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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18

l was in and out of camp several
times that day, and it was not until
night that I saw Smith again. When
L did so it was after supper, and
Fraser had lit the evening fire, around
which we gathered to rehash the adj
ventures of the day and hear how
Smiths plan had worked upon its first
trial. Smith was one of Is men who
had failed to catch a fish of sufficient
size to warrant its being kept, but a
little thing like that could not affect
Smiths good nature.
After Fraser had cleared away the
remains of the supper he. too, joined
the crowd about the fire, and we
catch, for it had been agreed hat all
fish brought in were to be turned over
to him and he was to keep the rec
ords.
"Well, Fraser, who caught the big
one to-day?" asked DR.. Meyer, ST.. u
know 1 didn't, for most of my pass
were bullheads. Never saw anything
like it; I'll bet 1 caught
NO, you won'tHuess at all put il
Smith. "Guesses are barred; it's only
Fraser's figures hat go in this con
test"
where did you fish to-day, I'll
mark?" asked Sweet, without giving
Fraser an opportunity to produce the
DAYS records. Sweet vas another OF
the unfortunates who had failed tc
get a four-pounder. and was probably
not anxious to hear about records.
"Oh, just out here off the island g
little ways" replied Ullmark. YORKER
and I went together. he said he
didn't know anything about where the
best places were. but l thought i;
looked deep enough out there, SO we
| tried it."
Deep enough!" yelled Smith. why,
there is a hundred feet of water out
there if there is a foot You are more
of a poor, innocent than | had thought
for. Guess we had better increase
that handicap to a pound, if that is
all you know. Yorker knew better;
he knew where the grass beds are, or
the narrows, or the different little
coves and logs. What do you think
of that for sweet innocence, F~raser?"
But Fraser only smiled and said
nothing. The situation was too good
to spoil.
Have any luck out there?" asked
King.
"a little" replied Ullmark.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18

better go home again where the beds
are softer" said Zuckmeier.
I'm going fishing" began Smith,
"and before [ started put l wanted to
say a few words to you fellows as an
ordinary citizen. My authority as the
boss of this outfit ceased last night,
and 1 waited until this morning to
speak my little speech for that eason
Last year in this camp there was
more lying than l liked. 1 am INT
what of a liar myself, but / couldn't
keep up with the procession, and SO /
determined to try to change things in
that lin this year. Last year we
counted the fish, and every night some
one would start the tale of the days
catch at a figure that he thought
large enough to be safe as a record
breaker, but, if you remember, the
pastor always-nad the last say, or at
least took that advantage of the rest
of us, and his records were never
beaten.
'SThis year a kind Providence has
given to the pastor a new boy which
would not stop bowling long enough
to permit him to get to the train, SO
he is not with US. 1t can be no ~refiec-
ton upon his integrity, then. when I
say let us go by weight instead of by
numbers this year. 1 want to catch
the biggest fish. It is an easy matter
to guess big, and I wouldn't like to &C
cuse anyone of last years party of
exaggerating the number of fish they
caught, but to guess is easy; it is ac-
tual and accurate figures that count.
ST have fastened to each canoe q
pair of scales, purchased from the
profits Of an extra suit of clothes 1
sold, and not from any of the club
funds. I move that we weigh our fish
and keep the record breakers for in
spection. It is the rule of the club
to throw back all fish caught except
ing such as we want to eat, and for
the present let us keep only such fish
a. weigh four pounds or better. When
q better record than four pounds has
been established, as it will be before
night, we win move up to it, and in
this way we can get back home with
o clear conscience.
aAs Ullmark is a recruit who does
not understand the ways of Kah-pee-
kog bass, I would suggest that we
give him a handicap of half a pound
in weight, so as to sort of even up the
race for the championship. Now, 1 am
going fishing, and Bert a go back
to bed if he wants to-"
Smiths got 'em cinched this time"
said Fraser, the guide, to me as he
moved away to prepare breakfast.
"He always had to tell the first story
last year, and didn't have a fair show
at the records, so he's fixed it 81 as to
bar lyin' and is willin,. to take his
chance with the rest at results"
As for myself, I believe Smith was
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
THE FOREST.

I know a forest boar that oroods
From troddea pathways far apart.
Into whose inner solitudes
You may retire with open heart;
Receive from the unbending pine
Whate'er of rectitude you ask;
And garner from the strenuous vine
The strength to cleave unto your task;
Learn patience from the ~tireIess riIl
That through the bedrock wears its way
Draw harmony from threats that fill
The leafy transepts with their lay;
From the sweet bloom of mint and balm
Gather the altar of content;
And with the vastnesses of calm
Find healing for the spirit blent.
Come, let US climb the rising land
Where still dawn's dewy opals cling,
Till every tree holds out a hand
And bird and flower give welcoming!
Clinton Scotland, in Youths Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18

old SOL was just peeping above the
" pines off in the east when Smith
pulled every inhabitant of the log
clubhouse on Crown island out of his
bunk that first morning of the years
meeting at Kah-pee-kog.
This is an injustice to slumbering
humanity" growled Bert, otherwise
DR.. Meyer, Jr. 81 want it understood
now that 7:45 is my time for rising
in the morning. I came up here to en-
JOY myself, and not to be hauled out
of bed in the middle of the night by a
fish-daffy lunatic.
"Fie, fie, my boy!" said DIR. Meyer,
Er., this bracing atmosphere of the
early morning will give you new life.
I like it too much"
If you came up here to sleep, you'd
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
IN CHINA.
A System of Securing Self Profit Is
Very Largely in OPP
Grafton.

A curious instance of the eXploits
of the Chinese secret societies is given
in an interview with NJ. Nagelmack-
ers, who spent the winter in Picking.
He states hat China is honeycombed
with secret societies, says a Paris cor
respondent of the Pail Mall Gazette.
1t is practically the exception for a
ChinaInan not to belong to one OF
these associations, not all of which.
however, are intended to serve such
mlschievous ends as those aimed at
by the Boxers. Many of the societies
are comparatively harmless, and much
resemble the guilds of medieval Eu-
rope. Almost every trade and calling
has its secret society. The occult
power welded by these bodies is ex-
perienced by residents in China in con
n~ection with their domestic servants.
The bepigtailed cooks and buffers are
adopts in the art of lining their
pockets at their masters expense,
their favorite practice being to over
charge their employers in connfvance
with the tradesmen. The trouble is
that there is nothing for it but to pay
this tax with resignation 1t is use
less to discharge a servant who habit
ually makes you pay more than the
market price for your meat, yegeta-
bles and other supplies. His secret
society knows to a cent the amount
of the squeeze in which you have
been mulcted-"squeeze" being the
suggestive pigeon English expression
for the illegitimate profits in ques-
ton. The new servant is informed
by the society Of the squeeze ex-
acted by his predecessor, and with
imperturbable impudence he will con-
tinue to levy precisely the same toll.
In the unlikely event of his having
leanings towards honesty, the serv-
ants secret society would wreak dire
vengeance on him for his treachery
to his order. The amount of the
squeeze" varies with each employer.
It is regulated in the main by the ex-
tortion submitted to by the resident
on his arrival in the country. NJ. Ma
gelmackers says that the squeeze" at
the French legation in Picking
amounts to II per cent. The other
legations escape a little more lightly,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
Mr.. BrYan's remark

-Mr. Bryan remark That The
president of the United States is only
the hired man of the people and that
they should be as careful in selecting
him as the farmer ought to be in hir-
ing his help does not altogether seem
to fit the case of the present occupant
of the white house. He hardly a be
said to be the hired man of the people.
although II is true that they pay his
wages. What he is is the hired man of
the trusts, whose money elected him,
to whom he was mortgaged body and
boots before he took Office, whom he
has served submissively and without
question, and whose money win elect
him again, if he be elected.-Washing~
ton Times,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
WhX He GOnanSRd.

What" he exclaimed, as he hurried
to where the crowd had gathered,
was the ambulance called for?"
They've just taken a man away in
a ~precarious condition"
DO you know what happened to
him?"
1T was a case of heart disease. he
had made IN appointment to meet his
wife here on this corner at three
o'clock precisely"
"Yes?"
"He got here exactly on time"
"And he had t run so hard to do
this that his heart went back on
him?"
mo. He didn't run at all. He found
the lady waiting when he got here
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
He WiIted.

What if l were one of those hus-
bands, my dear, who get up cross in
the morning, and bang things about
and kick everything over just because
the coffee is cold?"
"John," responded his wife, 81 would
make it hot for you"
AS her words admitted of more than
N Interpretation, John said nothing
about the coffee.-N. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
Chronicles Of the
KAH-PEE-K CLUB
By Wright A. Patterson.


EOTE-The Kah-pee-kog club IS an Interstate organ
izatlon OF good fellows and good fishermen, so they
say. who meet once a year in the wflds OF Canada for a
fishing expedition Of from two weeks to q month in
length. The members are but ordinary citizens of
Uncle Sans territory who once a year invade the
Gueen's domains for a good time. They come from all
portions OF the Union and conZregate at a little lake in
the Canadian wilds where the gamy bass strike hard
and o. ten Who they are is of no interest to the reader,
but they do many things and tell many stories that
are Interesting and entertaining to those who love q
vacation time in the woods and on the ~water-EDIToR.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18

Some interesting experiments IN
boat traction by means of electric
locomotives We're
recently made on
" behalf of the Prus-
sian government by Messrs. Siemens
4 HaIske, of Berlin. The scene of
operations was a short length of the
Finow canal. which forms a portion
of the waterway between Berlin and
Stettin and is traversed every year
by about $4,000 to $4,000 boats each
way. The craft used are in the main
barges. 1872 fee long by Is feet 6
inches beam, carrying $50 to rs tons.
There are a few steam barges EN-
ployed. which carry about $50 tons
and can tow a second barge. The
traffic to Berlin is much heavier than
toward Stettin, and as a consequence
three-fourths of the barges return
light from the metropolis. Traction
is generally effected by horses, there
being a towpath on each bank, but
on the down journey man traction
is not infrequently relied on. In any
case the speed is low, and, including
stops. does not average more than
about IA miles per hour
The section canal used for the ex-
peiments was selected owing to it's
physical difficulties, presenting sew
eral curves. in one of which with only
32S feet radius the waterway is
SPAWNED by a railway bridge. The
line laid down for the towing en-
CINE was of 1913 feet gauge. the outer
rail weighing 1872 pounds per yard,
while the inner. which was fixed on
the inner edge OF the towpath,
weighed o. pounds per yard. These
rails, which were of the fiange type.
we're laid on sleepers ballasted with
gravel and partly on blocks of con-
crete. weighing 22O pounds each in
the Ease of the heavier principal rail,
ard half this in case of the other
rail. This arrangement costs more
per mile than the sleepers. but has
been found less expensive to main
tain. Though no wharf actually ex-
listed on the length of canal exper-
imented on, the arrangements neces-
sarv were fully tested. AT one point
the line was raised to a height of
nine feet six inches above the level
of the towpath, being carried on
posts and brackets. The carrying
posts were IL inches in diameter, and
were spaced at Is feet s inches. A
cap piece spanned the gap between
posts and the principal rail was laid
directly on this cap piece, while the
other was carried by a stringer, sup
ported at each post on brackets.
The conductor for the current was
supported on pine posts % feet long,
located IS to II yards apart. 1t con-
sisted of eight-millimeter wire, r.
ried by porcelain i~nsulators. The
principal rail served as conductor for
the return current. The source of
power was a 15-horse power, port
able engine, driving a nine-kilowatt
dynamo; and a large storage battery
was also provided. The extreme
dimensions of the towing locomotive
were six feet ten inches in length
by four feet ten inches wide. It's
total weight was two tons; but the
motor was so placed tina: only one
fifth of this total came on the &C
cessory rail. The motor provided was
much more powerful than necessary
for the work in hand, as it was cap
able of working at the ate of IA to
15-horse power. Since. however, these
experiments were merely preliminary
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18

ones, intended to test the possib1f>
tiles of electric traction for large
piled Intentionally, and the resist
ance requisite to call forth the full
powers of the motors was in some of
the experiments provided by RATS.
These experiments showed the sys-
tenn to be capable of meeting ali
needs, working as it did, with safety
and economy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
The rumor that Mrs. Lease he

The rumor that Mrs. Lease has
been hired by the republican campaign
managers to support Mckinley is prob
ably without foundation. True, they
may be hardened politicians who be-
1ieve that almost everything is fair in
campaign war, but they would scarcely
stoop to such a low-down trick as that
further their cause.-Denver Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
Quest. Annoying Blunder.

An Englishman recently visited
friends in Donegal, Ireland. Going
to bed soon after his arrival he
dropped his watch into a handso5Ea
pocket above his pillow. Not till
morning did he discover that there
was water in the receptacle, which.
indeed, was not a watch pocket at all.
but a place for holy water. The watch
ruined.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
orarublican camr

The republican campaign against
the trusts can be summed up in these
three propositions: First, there are no
trusts; second, trusts are good things;
third, the republican party will sup
press the trusts. This must be the re-
publican programme, because Mark
Hanna has said all of these things al
various times.-Wheeling Register.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
Am Unannwered PROBLEM.

"I don't see" she simpered. how you
ever came to love me-"
"Oh, WELL" he CALAMITY remarked,
perhaps it would be better to waive
these pulling leading questions
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18

honest, and that he had provided the
scales in a desire to lessen the lying
as far as possible. He had certainly
seen a horrible example of unchecked
exaggeration the year before.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18

On June 81, 1891, a number of Bel
gian commercial travellers founded a
mutual benefit as
ISOLATION. This in
Stitution at first
had a limited professional character,
which has now completely disap-
peared, and to-day it unites without
distinction merchants, contractors.
foremen, travellers and clerks-in fact,
all persons connected with commercial
life. 1t is a vast association of trades
men, divided into professional sec
lions. maintaining in its work the
original principles governing its crea-
ton. There are throughout Belgium
5000 members, 500 of whom belong
to Brussels. COMMITTEES are located
in the important manufacturing and
trading centers of Alost, Antwerp,
Binche, Braine-le-Comte, Bruges. Cour-
trai, Dinant, Client, Liege, Mons,
Marchienne, Namur, RenaiX, Journal,
Verviers and Ypres. The association
interests itself in all questions con-
corning the various industries repre-
sented. 1t also eXerts its best efforts
toward inducing small tradesmen to
join the movement.
Professional instruction. consisting
of courses in elementary and superior
instruction in English, German book
keeping, stenography and commercial
law, is given free to members and
their sons under Is years of age. The
government contributes funds for
meeting this expense, and the instruc-
ton is terminated by rigid eXamina-
ton under the superintendent of pro-
fessors connected with the commercial
high school anneX of the Institute St.
Louis, at Brussels. Diplomas are
awarded, and already they have been
of great assistance in securing hon
orable positions for the holders.
In case of accident by rail or boat
or loss of position, the association eN-
tends aid. 1t also obtains reductions
in prices from doctors, druggists. dem
fists. lighthouses, newspapers and
tram lines. One section occupies it
self in securing positions for members
seeking employment; another, in as
sisting members who have met with
reverses of fortune. A society has
been formed for the purpose of as
sisting members in the acquisition
and construction of houses. The gov
eminent savings bank has promised
to advance important sums under ad-
v~antageous conditions fer this pur-
pose.
BY paying a monthly sun of 81
cents. memb,Hs are assured of an al
most c%ratuitous medical service, as
well "a a monthly sum during illness
or incapacity to work, limited to
STAT. Members have the right to
select their medical advisers. The as
ISOLATION has also made an arrange
ment with the government savings
bank which permits members the priv
ilege of participation in subsidies ac-
corded by the government. Pensions
and Efe insurance T among the other
advantages offered
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18

The imperial supreme court of Ger
many (the last court of resort and
appeal in the en-
pire) has decided
that a banking firm
or a company selling stocks OF bonds
is liable to refund the money to pur-
chasers when any of the statements
given in the prospectus published with
the issue of said loan or stock are
found not to be in accordance with
facts. The decision was in a case
thai came up on appeal from a lower
court which had decided against a
banking firm that had recommended
certain shares of stock of an industrial
company as promising-after the first
year of its operation-about five per
cent. dividend, and within foul or five
years thereafter still lore. The bank
ers, as stated by claimant, also rec
commended the stock-issuing company
as being a concern of brilliant future
results and the stock as a good and
safe investment. The lower court held
the first statements of the bankers
TO be of a general nature which are
customary in business usage and not
of a character to make them response
BILE. but decided against the defend
ants on account of the aforementioned
remarks. which amounted to a guar
anty.
The imperial court, on appeal, de-
cided that the bankers were liable
under the aforementioned statements.
which they admitted TO have been
- IL
their liability without regard to the
point on which the lower court had
formed its judgment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
Pho.phorus and Matches.

A pound of phosphorus heads 1000,
COO matchek
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-05

republics. The Beers will have the
same liberty they enjoyed before the
war was declared. Otherwise we would
fight until there We're no Beers to be
deprived of their liberty. We Beers will
never be slaves.
/ do not mean to say that the Beers
themselves will end the war by supe-
rior force of arms. While we cannot be
conquered. neither may we hope to defeat
tn hundreds of thousands of men Eng
land can pour into South Africa.
AID FROM RUSSIA.
1t is Intervention to which we look
for succor. We had hoped America
might say MOI to England. but your
presidents efforts nave been fruitless.
Russia is the nation to Which we now
turn. And we feel assured it is not in
vain. From advices from my own gov
J. can state that inside of six
months it is confidently expected by
Presidents Kruger and Steyn that
Russia Will declare war on England I'M
less the war in South Africa is stopped.
England will refuse and an Anglo-Rus-
sian war will follow, in which Contin-
entail Europe and probably the United
States may be drawn. This, to me, is
as certain as that he sun will rise to-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-05

VERSUS DIVES
BY Gov. Hazen s .Pingree.

The most dangerous enemies to good
government are not the saloons, the dives,
the lens of iniquity and the criminals.
These are the result of laxness in en-
foi cling police laws. The axness is the
natural result of incompetent officials.
Most of the trouble can be traced to
the temptations which are offered to city
officials when franchises are sought by
wealthy corporations, or contracts are to
be let for public works. Honest men will
not grant a franchise without adequate
return to the people in the shape of rea-
sonable fares or rates.
Therefore, corporations seeking fran
chises find it necessary to elect dishOn-
est men to public office. When they sue
coed the incompetence of their creatures
in public office naturally breeds incom-
petence in the administration of the po-
lice and other laws. So it is, l say, that
we have not been placing the blame for
bad municipal government where it be-
Aongs-namely upon those seeking fran
chises and other special privileges, with
out honest return to the people.
I think many have clearly seen the
source of the evil, but have not cared
to take the consequence of an exposure
of it I do not say this in a spirit of
> >"
have reference to the abuses of the pow
tr which wealth. and especially the wealth
which corporations without consciences
and without souls, possesses.
1 know that the answer which is made
to this is that private corporations seek
ing public franchises cannot get fair
treatment. because the class of men who
are powerful in politics and city councils
hold them up" as the phrase goes.
They say they cannot get these fran
chiseS upon fair terms without buying
them. if politics We're clean and
homes men placed in office, they would
be well satisfied with any franchises
which such public officials would, in a
spirit of fairness, grant them. 1 contend
that this position is a false one l assert,
in the first place. that privileges which
are commonly asked for from city coun-
ellis are not fair to the people. The cor
porations applying for the franchises do
not propose to give the people a fair re-
turn for the privilege contained in the
franchises.
This is true of water works franchises,