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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

God speed HIS coming-hero tried and true.
The flag he bore into that fateful fight
Its five-and-forty stars now blaze more
bright
Turn out the guard! And roar. We can.
mons, roar!
Till the earth trembles from Atlantic's
shore
To where the western sun. in gorgeous
state,
Greets the Pacific through the Golden Gate.
His praises shout. Ye heavens be not
mute,
But add your thunders to the grand salutsi
Turn out the guard! Turn out, ye peo-
pie all,
To greet the knight who sailed at duty's
call:
His coming conjures mem,ries of the past
The blare of guns, the braying bugle's blast.
Again we hear the trumpet's shrilly blow,
The while the charging cruisers crush the
foe.
Turn out the guard! Lord Nelson is out
done!
The guerdon fairly won from Albions son.
With Preble, Perry. Lawrence, Hull, Paul
Jones'
Who proved the country's might in clarion
tones
With Farragut, Dahlgren, F'oote enroll his
name
Upon the tablets of eternal fame,
DAVID JAMES EVANS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
DEWEY FESTIVAL HYMN.
To BE Read Mt the Reception 10 the
Admiral Mt Wnshingf0n.

Admiral at Washington.
The verses given here were written in
honor of Admiral Dewey, on his return to
the United States from the Philippine is
lands and in commemoration of the de-
struction of the Spanish fleet in the har-
Dor of Cavite by the squadron under his
command May /, 1898. This poem, accord
ing to Leslie's Weekly, is to be read at
the literary exercises al Washington in
connection with the admiral's reception at
the national capital.
Dewey Comes! Present Arms:
Turn out the guard. With arms presented
we'll!
He's home again, within our hearts to
dwell:
Within our hearts, as in a sacred shrine.
Wherein our love shall hold him for all
time.
Loud let the drums beat! Bright the bon
fires glow.
With palms and roses rare his pathway
strew!
Turn out the guard! Let flags and fall
chions wave!
With all acclaim extol the warrior brave.
Sing. maids and matrons, joyous paeans
sing
Let giad-voiced children shout and church.
bells ringi
While all the world applauds-amazed-
At deeds which challenge every record
past.
Turn out the guard! Another lustrous
name
Is craven on the nations roll of fame!
Nobly he did the work he went to do
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
pITH AND POINT.

A pun is merely play on words, but
it's hard work to understand some Of
them Chicago Daily News.
Look at child, and its mother will
Immediately take out her handkerchief,
and go to polishing its face.-Atchtson
Globe.
Employer Grascibly) sConfound
*kat boyi He's never here when he's
wanted!" Clerk-'I think it must be
hereditary with him, sir. His father 10
policeman" London Tit-Bits.
81 say, Nell, the Dad says that he re-
members that old boy when he hadn't
a shirt to his back, and now he has thou
sands" Good gracious, how extrava-
CANT! And how hot!"-N. o. Times
Democrat.
Accounted For.-Mr. Pitt-"Isn't il
odd that in SO many robberies in Chi
cago long and short man were inn
plicated?" Mr.. Penn-'sNot at all. The
short man was the victim after he was
robbed - Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
gram.
well, little chap" said the stranger
in the family, picking up one of the
children, what are you going to be
when you're man?" Muffin" said
the child. Nothing? Why so?''
asked the stranger. Because" said
the child, "I'm little girl."-London
Mt-Bits.
Sociological Discussion.-WearyW Wat
kins-"Of course, it amt none of our
business, but / don't think no man has
got right to stop no other from
worl1in' if he happens to have a mania
that way" Hungry Higgins-'I dunno
bout stoppin' him, but the injestice an
tyranny of maxim him begin is what
rifles my southern blood. "-Indianapo-
lis Journal.
His Proposition.-''Are you able te
support my daughter?" asked the old
gentleman. "You know, she has pretty
expensive tastes, and don't mind say
ing that the burden has been pretty
hard for me at times" That's Just
the point" exclaimed the prospective
benedict. eff I marry her we can di-
vide the expense."-Chicago Evening
Post
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

The fact should not be overlooked
that the management of the National
Export exposition is providing in an
ample way for the amusement and en-
tertainment of visitors, and it is ex-
pected that it's achievements in that di-
rection will meet with the highest IA
vor.
The musical feature will be especial
ly unique. The national airs of all
countries will be rendered by native
bands of those countries. Marvellous,
classical and inspiring music will mark
the exposition-a musical event of the
highest Importance, exceptional in this
particular, as well as in it's other fea-
lures.
Other sources of entertainment and
public instruction will be found in ex-
hibitions of wireless telegraphy and in
a series of novel and highly interest
ing experiments and scientific .feats.
The exposition will prove one of great
originality in all respects, and the
amusement loving public will find it
has been catered to in ways wholly UNI
expected with attractions that will de-
light and fascinate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

great Roman memorial arches, particularly
the arch of Titus: Its four great piers will
have bas-relief decorations, and at their
bases are to be large allegorical groups, per-
sonifying Patriotism, War, The Return and
Peace. The finals of the columns, on either
side of the allegorical groups mentioned, are
to be portrait figures, from eight to twelve
feet high, of famous American admirals and
naval officers. The committee of the Sculp-
ture society wrote to Secretary of Navy
Long to suggest the names of eight heroes
who he thought would most fittingly rep
resent the navy. In reply he suggested John
Paul Jones, representing the war of the rev
olution; Decatur, Hull, Perry and Mac
Donough, representing the war of 1872, and
Farragut, Porter and Gushing, representing
the civil war.
The spandrels over the main entrance, on
the north and south sides. are to have bas
reliefs symbolizing the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans on one side and the North and East
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
ODD TIPS TO WATERS.
Costly Umbrellas and Canes Gives
by One PatrOn-AnOther Pays
for Weight Gained.

1
| Although, said the head waiter at a
West end restaurant, our tips are for
the most part cash and vary in amount
| according to the means and generosity
of the donor, we receive at times other
| and strange Acknowledgements of our
| services.
The late Gustave Dore, the artist,
when at times he patronized our es-
| adjustment, was wont to dash off a
sketch on the back of his bill-gen-
orally a lightning spit on some person
| present-which he would hand me with
| the exact amount of his reckoning; and,
| as these pencilings found ready mar
ket among the other diners, / con-
| sidered the remuneration more than
| adequate.
AT the present time we have most
esteemed patron, well-known city
man, whom when some three years ago
he first dined with us, / regarded as a
| niggardly skinf1int, for not one penny
over the exact amount charged would
he disburse. One evening, however,
about a week after his first appearance,
he left his umbrella, handsome one
with massive silver mounting. The
next evening, upon my handing him his
property, he returned it with the re,
mark that he always considered his for.
getfulness the walters gain. And
since that time my gain has been con.
siderable, for every fortnight this gen.
tleman forgets-of course purposely-
his stick or umbrella, which, being in.
variab1y an expensive article, fully re,
quites me for my two weeks attend.
ance.
A friend of mine who is a waiter al
one of the principal hotels at Brighton
has very eccentric patron. This gen.
tleman, who often takes weeks hol-
iday at the seaside to recuperate his
health, gauges the benefit derived
from his stay by the amount he gains
in weight. Immediately on his alight-
ing at the station he gets on the scales,
and then, having made a note of his ex-
act poundage, repairs to his hotel,
where he summons my friend, to whom
he intrusts the entire charge of his di-
etary during his stay.
On the morning of his departure he
is again weighed, and my friends re-
ward is commensurate with the amount
gained. It always, however, takes the
form of some article of clothing, for
which the gentleman pretends to have
no further use, as being disproportion-
ate to his recently acquired obesity,
amounting often to only pound or so,
AT various times my friend has been the
recipient of shirts, hats, overcoats,
vests; and once, when the increase was
nearly stone, his patron left behind
two portmanteaus filled with clothes,
taking with him only those garments
he CHANGED to be wearing at the time of
his eparture.-Philadel Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

dron. When Farragut's fleet forced an en-
trance to the Mississippi Lieut.. Dewey was
in the thickest of the fray upon the old steam
sloop.
The most spirited fight in which the Mis-
sissippi ever took part occurred in March,
1868, when the fleet tried to pass by the con-
federate batteries at Port Hudson. Some
of the ships managed to pass up to the mar
row part of the channel, where they were
fired upon by the shore batteries, being
forced to retreat. But the Mississippi did
not attempt to get up into the channel. 1t
was foggy day, made more obscure by the
smoke of battle. The sloop lost its bearings
and ran ashore. Before its officers were
aware of it it had struck directly under the
guns of a battery which was one of the
strongest of the fortifcations. 1t was only
a brief breathing spell before $50 shots
struck the Mississippi and riddled it from
end to end. The obscurity made it possible
for its crew to take to their boats after set
ting it on fire.
Dewey got his first command in 1870, when
he performed special service with the Mar
ragansett. He made surveys of the Pacific
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
THE BATTLE OF MANILA.
1t Was Won Without the Loss OF q
Single American Life.

1t Was Won without the Loss of a
Single American Life.
The story of the battle of Manila reads
almost like piece of fiction. On the morn
ing of May l, 1898, Commodore Dewey
steamed into the harbor. His squadron
consisted of the cruiser Olympia (fiagship),
Raleigh, Baltimore and Boston, and gun
boats Concord and Petrol, and the revenue
cutter McCulloch, with two transports
Here he met the Spanish fleet, consisting of
the Reina Cristina, Castillo, Don Antonio
de Ulloa, Isla de Luzon, Isla de Cuba, Gen
Leo, Marquis de Duero, Cano, Velasco, Isla
de Mindanao, some small gunboats and a
transport. The total tonnage of the Amer
lean fleet was l9,O9S tons and that of the
Spanish real fighting ships was 8,722 tons,
but the latter had the support of heavy and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
m DNIIRAL GEORGE DEWEY.

IN DMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY, the
~ hero par excellence of the Spanish
q II American war, is expected to arrive
at New York Thursday, September IS. He
will be accorded reception surprising in
spontaneity and grandeur anything recorded
in American history. He will be received,
officially, by the government of the United
States, by the state of New York and the
city of Greater New York, and by repre-
sentatives from every state in the union;
and millions of his fellow-citizens will be
present to express by voice and action the
esteem in which the victor of Manila is held
by the common people of America. After
the New York reception is over, the admiral
will visit Washington, where the president
and his cabinet will tender him a reception
and present him with sword of honor,
voted by the congress.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
PRESENTS FOR THE HERO.
Some of the Treasures to BE Given to
Dewey bH the PeOnle.

Some of the Treasures to Be Given to
Dewey by the People.
Beside the sword that is to be presented
to him by the nation, Admiral Dewey will
on his return be made the recipient of many
costly presents, among them a handsome
piece of work for his flagship, to be present
ed by the citizens of Olympia and the state
of Washington. 1t is a bronze panel, which
will be placed on the forward turret of the
ship, between the two big guns. 1t weighs
300 pounds, is four feet high, while its great
est breadth is II feet. Paul w. Morris de-
signed the panel, under the direction of D. G.
French. The panel will contain the historic
legend: "Gridley, you may fire when ready"
the words with which the battle of Manila
was opened. Another is a decorative tab
let, designed by Raphael A. Weed. The tab
let, which measures about three by four feet
in size, is something unique, the design be-
ing burned into prepared and polished white
Eastwood by the application of heated irons,
producing an effect of rich brown tones,
combined with a slightly modelled surface
that suggests wood carving.
Still another is the largest loving cup ever
produced by the silversmith's art 1t will be
of solid silver, six feet high, or a inches tall
er than the admiral. Fifty thousand dimes,
raised by popular subscription, have been
used in its construction.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
THE ADMIRAL.s CAREER.
He Gave Promise Early in Life of He
coming Hero.

George Dewey is a veteran among the
naval officers of the United States. He re-
ceived his first experience under Admiral
Farragut, and aboard the old steam sloop
Mississippi, to which he was assigned for
duty April 10. 1861, eight days before Fort
Sumter was fired upon.
He is now 81 years old and native of
Vermont. He was appointed to the naval
academy from that state in September, 1857.
When he was graduated four years later he
was sent aboard the steam frigate Wabash,
and went on cruise in the Mediterranean.
He received his commission as a lieutenant
when he was assigned to duty on the Mis-
sissippi, which joined the West Gulf squad
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
Race of the lights.

Acetylene gas has the greatest IL
Illuminating power of any of the illumi-
nants. The electric arc light stands
next, incandescent gas third and the in
candescent electric lights fourth. Gas,
oil and candles follow in the order
named. When gas was first put into
practical use in 1905 it was predicted
that lamps would be at once abandoned,
Yet many people still prefer lamps TIC
any other method of illumination,
Twenty years ago, when electric lights
were put on the market, the prophets
foresaw the immediate ruin of the gas
business. This prophecy in turn has
been falsified, though the electric light
business has grown to be one of i'm
mense Importance. Each new IL
luminant seems to make field for it.
self, without encroaching seriously on
its older rivals.-Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

sui, conferred with them and carried into
Manila the admirals ultimatum."
On May Commodore Dewey cut the cable
communication between Manila and Hong
Kong, destroyed the Notifications at the
entrance of Manila bay and took possession
of the naval station at Cavite. He demand
ed the surrender of the city of Manila, which
was refused, but granted later on.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

wen-mounted shore batteries. The result
of the battle was the entire destruction of all
the Spanish vessels and the silencing of the
land batteries. Commodore Dewey did not
lose ship nor man, while the Spanish lost
their entire fleet, commanded by Admiral
Montojo Trillo, and from 600 to 700 men.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
STORY OF THE BATTLE.
Told in a Few Words by Capt. COgl
Ian, of the Raleigh.

Told in a Few Words by Capt CORh-
Ian, of the Raleigh.
Capt. Joseph B. Coghlan, who commanded
the cruiser Raleigh during the battle, has
furnished what is perhaps the best short ac-
count of the famous engagement. He says:
1.-The Olympia, a. about 1l:50 of April
80, passed FL Fraiie rock, small islet near
the southern side of the entrance, upon
which a three-gun battery of 4.7-inch Hon
toria guns had been erected. Next passed
the Baltimore in its line.
1.-The Raleigh came next and was abreast
of the rock at 12:10 a. m. of May l. As it
swung into the wake of the Olympia at II: Is
a. m the first gun of the operations in the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
The Grandest Piece of Art Work Eve
GasxoGa

The Grandest Piece OF Art WOFk Ever
Conceived i'm America.
The contribution of the National Sculp-
ture society to the Dewey celebration is the
most notable of all. 1t will consist of an
arch and colonnade to be erected at Madison
square, free of cost, although the profess
sional services of the artists engaged in
the work represent an equivalent of from
$l50,000 to $780, 900.
The arch is to be supplemented by line
of columns, enriched with sculptures. The
arch itself is similar in general design to the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

coast until 1876, when he became a light
house inspector, afterwards being the sec
rotary of the lighthouse board. During
1928 he commanded the Juniata on the
Atlantic station.
In September, 1884, Lieut.. Dewey was
made captain, and placed in charge of the
Dolphin, one of the four vessels which
formed the original white Squadron" He
was placed in command of the Pensacola, of
the European squadron, in the following
year, remaining as its commander until 1888,
when he became the chief of the bureau of
equipment and recruiting, with the rank of
commodore.
The duties and rank of Capt. Dewey re-
manned unchanged then until 1898, when
he became a member of the lighthouse
board. He received his commission as COM
modore February %, 1896, being about the
same time made president of the board of
inspection and survey, which position he
occupied until January, 1898, when he was
placed in command of the Asiatic squadron.
On May 7, 1898, Commander Dewey was
promoted to be rear admiral and given the
thanks of congress. Still later he was made
full admiral by act of congress.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
Kamr. Believe Kruger win "

1t is customary among the Kaffir
tribes when trouble is brewing among
themselves or with white races to skin
oxen alive in order to ascertain which
side will win. A white OK always rep.
resents the Dutch, a red OK the English
and black one the natives. The Ba-
sutos in the Free State, having heard
of the trouble between the English gov
eminent and the Transvaal, put their
old custom to the test short time ago.
They reported that the white OK lived
four days longer than the other one;
both oxen were skinned alive. The re-
suit is that the Basutos think IL war
comes about that the Beers win win,
and they have decided to take no part
in any trouble that may ensue.--N. Y.
Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
DEWEY TRIuMPHAL ARCH.

tertainment of 100000 visitors during ths
Dewey festival.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
THE NEW YORK RECEPTION.
Three Million People Are Expected to
Participate in 1t.

The Olympia, her admiral, captain and
crew will be received September % by Rear
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-06-17
HAD TO WALK.
The Irisman Made General King &C
Foot.

, SAN FRANCISCO, June 5.-One of
the watchmen stationed at the gate of
the Government dock at Folsom street
has gained for himself a reputation
for an eNactness in carrying out or
ders that is sometimes embarrassing.
Captain Barneson issued orders a few
days ago relative to the driving of
teams on to the dock. A large amount
of freight was being received, and, to
avoid confusion and save as much
room as possible, Captain Barneson in
structed the gateman to allow nobody
to drive on the dock unless hauling
merchandise. Soon after this order
was issued General King took it in his
head to visit the dock. He drove down
on Saturday afternoon and was
promptly halted by the gateman. "Ye
can't come in here wild dat wagon"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-06-17
1t
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