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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
BURDICK'S COUSIN EXPECTS
EXPLODE A BOMBSHELL.

to Buffalo to Take Part in the In
stieaon He Has Strong Suspicious
as Who the and He Intends Verify His
Suspicious
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
Eczema, No Cure. No pay,

Your druggist will refund your money IL
PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Ringworm
letter, Old Ulcers. Sores, Pimples, Black
heads On the face. and all skin diseases. SOc.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28

>, Among many applications for Exposition
stock from other cities is one from r. A.
Youngblood of Salem, Ark who writes
that he desires to be enrolled to the extent
of two shares .s,f.f -.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28

clear up the mystery, but shall do my ut
most to verify my suspicious. Something
has got to be done when I get there
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
SPORTING

Sergeant Gilmore, leads the Second Dis
trict marksmen in revolver scores with a
total of 1O6.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

Spring trade is at its maximum. accord
Ing to the reviews of Bradstreet and Dun
while in some lines fall business is sought
for. ..
E Four additional indfotrnerrt s' SIRE found
against Doctor r. c. Flower. charging him
with fraud. Bail in the first case is re-
duced from $4,000 to 5000. .,.,
c. S. Davidson. held at Monroe City on a
charge of burglary. hanged himself to his
cell door with a sheet.
Mrs. Mary Wood Swift OF San Francisco
was elected president of the National Wom-
ems Council. now IN convention at New Or
:leans
A man is convicted at Texarkana, Tex,
sof breaking into the county jail.
Twenty persons were injured In the de.
railment, OLA, c., 3. 6 @. paeseEger train
,near THOMPSON. Ill !
Three passengers were burnedfto death
and nine others injured in collision OF
the Sunset limited and the Eagle Pass ex-
press near LaCosta, Tex.
woman was found dead with a knife
Tsticking in her neck near CiarksviIle. Tex
1Her husbands arrest followed hers death.
The New York stock market was sub
sJect to another bear raid. the high-priced
j. stocks being the chief point OF attack.
New York poolroom is so carefully for
$tified that detectives who try to raid the
Dplace are compelled to chop hole through
a noor TO gain entrance to the apartment
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
Independent Mas, M.c,,,r

A mass meeting to indorse W. A. Block,
the Independent candidate for the House
will be held at Plumbers Hall. corner OF
Thirteenth and Benton streets, this even
ing ~ 800
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
FOREIGN

q General San Miguel a, Filipino insurgent,
Is slain in battle in which his army is
routed.
- Many new points in the proposed Irish
land reform are brought out by the pub
hcation, of the full text of the bill. = /:
The German Empress is injured by asfall,
from horse while riding In. .Gruene valid
Forest
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
DOCTOR b. c. CRAWFORD.

Georgetown. Tex. March g7.-Doctor B. c.
Crawford an old citizen of this place, died last
night. aged 60 years. He leaves wife and son.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
FEATHER" OF BRITISH NAVY
TO WED AT NINETY-THREE.
Prospective Bride, 1T In Asserted, Is
About Seventy Years Younger
Thnn Admiral Keppcl.

HERALD AND THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
London, March 21.-(Copyrisbt. 152.)-It is
said on excellent authority that there is
every possibility of the gallant old sailor.
Admiral Sir Henry Keppel. who is now at
Singapore. being married before he returns
to England.
Considering that the ever-popular Admiral
is in his ninety-third year there is consid-
cradle interest expressed on the subject
The future Lady Keppel is said to be
some seventy years younger than her fu-
ture husband.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Keppel Is
the Father of the British Navy. He was
born in 1899. and retired from active serv-
ice in 1879, but only formally retired in
1899. after seventy-eight years service In
the course Of which he wen dis tinction In
China in 1Sil-42, and in the Baltic and at
Sebastopol in the Anglo-Russian War.
His son commander of the Nile
fiotilla in the last expedition to Khartoum
The Admiral is a great favOrite of the
King and Queen. and is a well-known
yachting figure at Cowes. He recently went
on a long tour in the East, particularly to
revisit the Chinese waters, where he was
actively engaged over sixty years ago. and
has given his name TO naval dock just
opened at Singapore in the Straits Settle
Dlents.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28

8 fySuExests ReprOCuctIOn of Tort.
N. Boone Of Danville. KY. suggests a fac
smile Of the old fort at Bonneville. with q
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
Insures Proper Digestion.
SHREDDED WHEAT BISCUIT

consisting MOTH
Shedding
AfwsysEf by In WsrnnxO Over
err Is serveG
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Used as Bread.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

strange apparition OF the herd, which
it seemed had risen out of the sod.
The ranchman saw something else
that the girl did not-a cluster OF
earth mounds thrown up il the level
OF the plain, the work OF prairie dogs
or some other borrowers of the plains.
Before he could caution the girl. her
horse stumbled, fell, staggered, went
tumbling in a heap with a broken leg.
Now it was serious. The cattle
more curious than ever, scampereC
faster toward the object of their in
%terest; the fallen horse plunged ana
snorted; the skirts of it's rider held
her prisoner.
In an instant Mason was by her side,
Juggling at the fair burden. When she
was free he found her helpless from
a strained ankle, and with tenderness
he lifted her in his arms and to his
W saddle. Then jumping beside her
he turned the nervous animal, drew
his revolver and shot u%nerringly the
struggling beast on the ~ground-then
away toward the station resting on
the broad and dusty plain.
Arrived there, he lifted her gently to
n of the benches which stood in the
tiny waiting-room; he transformed it
into a settee with blankets from the
livery stable; he heard with pleasure
her words of satisfaction.
THAT pin you wear-where did you
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
FLEECE Il PEOPLE.
How IA Postal Frauds Heac Down
Into the Pockets of the
voters.

Tie investigation, OF those W emil
nent lawyers, Holmes Conrad and
Charles j. Bonaparte, Uf the postal scan
Gals, expose more %rottenntss ana involve
many much higher in authority than the
legal proceedings indicate. in their re-
port they denounce Perry Heath. the
secretary OF the republican national
committee, in immeasured terms, and
say that Charles Emory Smith. ex-post-
master general; Robert Tracewell,
comptroller Of the treasury; Henry A.
Castle, auditor for the post office depart
ment, and the late and present posImas-
tiers OF Washington, d. c., all appear to
have shared in the responsibility for the
acts OF the minor officials that have
been indicted. They also say that the
'Tulloch charges" have never been
properly investigated. The far-reach-
ing grab game of the minor officials has
been described by the Kansas City Jour
nal in a way that will bring the mat
ter home to the voters:
Whenever within the last ten years
anyone in America mailed a letter. the
chances were that he deposited it in a
letter box which was bought by graft,
painted by graft and attached to the
lamp post by graft. He found what tiEQe
the letter would be collected by reading
a time card put on the letter box by
gra,t. The mailcarrier who took up the
letter, if he lived in the east, perhaps
paid a bride to get his job or TO get an
increase Of salary. The postman placed
the letter in a pouch suspended from a
shoulder strap, both of which were solo
TO the government by fraud, and carried
1t to the post office, where, perhaps,
some favored or mulcted clerk Cancelled
the stamp with ink and machine fraud
ulently foisted upon the post depart
ment. The letter was then bundled up
with other mail matter tied together
with a piece of Irvine or leather thong
which the government was swindled in
to buying, and thereupon thrown into a
railroad mail bag; and this bag, its fas-
tener, its locks, its keys, became public
property by three distinct and separate
gratis. Finally, the laden bag was sent
OF to the train according to the time
old out by a peculiar clock, during every
tick OF which Uncle Sam was being out
r~ageously robbed and swindled."
1t might be added that the greatest
graft has not been included, the rail-
roads every time a wheel goes round
charge Uncle Sam more than twice as
much for carrying a pound of mail as
they charge the express companies. The
postal cars, even while standing still,
are bringing rent to the railway corpora
lions equal each year to double what they
cost to buy from the car manufacture
ers.
Yet the voters in many states seem to
approve this "a of footing, and go on
electing representatives of the party
whose morality has departed and whose
slogan is stand pat"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

Senator Hanna's friends at least
seem positive that he will not make any
of those familiar feints at retiring from
politics. W Star.
Perry Heath's friends are wonder
ing what he is going to do without a DO
litical future; but it's remarkable how
people can do without things when they
have got to do without them.-Bing-
hamton IN. " Leader.
There are evidences that the re-
publicans in congress intend to have a
post Office investigation of their own, so
as to reduce as much as possible the
dividends on the democrats political
capital.-Indianapolis News Gnd.).
There are so many complications
in the republican politics of New York
that 1t must be difficult for ever SO OBJ
serving a person as President Roosevelt
to determine who are his real friends
and who are not. The animosities in
the great commercial and financial con-
ter are enduring. If the state should be
overwhelmed by the west in the repub-
lican national convention, 1t does not
follow that the New Workers are 90, ne
to succumb and be good. They are
business men, and they have not much
fidelity to party when material interests
eve 2 Nfarned Cincinnati F-nuirer,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

her, bowling 81 slightly that it seemed
to be merely the motion of his horse.
"What is the matter, madam"
Don't be mean"-the girls eyes
were beseeching.
But you told me never to speak to
ou %again-only this morning"
Eyes, | know, but you see how 1t is
the train has gone-it is almost
evening and here l am"
1T does look serious, doesn't it?
Where do they think you are?"
"They don't think. Aunty's prob
ably gone to sleep and won't wake up
until midnight-the others think I'm
in my room, in papa's car"
ut is serious-and nobody's at the
ranch to take care of you. suppose
they will come back tomorrow any
how"
"To-morrow!" The girl fairly
screeched the word. I'VE must get
them now-to-night, don't you under
~stand-now!"
"But it is so miles to the next tele-
graph station-how can the engineer
get orders?"
He looked toward the train, which
was disappearing in a cut between
some creek bluffs a mile or two below
the station.
"You see, it's New Years day and
everybody but the stable boys and sta
ton agent has gone to the county seat
to a celebration. There's a dance to-
night, so they won't be home-yes, it is
serious"
Their horses were moving slowly
toward the station, yet a long distance
away. They were talking earnestly
and did not notice the curious move
ments OF a herd of cattle that had
strayed from the grasslands toward
the station and now, hundreds and
hundreds of them, were pushing close
to the two figures. The girls bright
jacket and the flashing red of the can
that topped her brown curls may have
caused their exceeding interest. When
a huge fellow trotted in front of her
weary horse. the girl stared about her
In alarm.
"Oh, Frank-Mr. Mason-look!"
The young ranchman seemed much
excited. "Hurry!" he exclaimed. and
urged his horse into a run. She can
tered by his side, alarmed by the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.
A Variety of Useful Information 70,
the Family Reference
Book.

Delicious sandwiches are made of
whole wheat bread into which hazelnut
meats were stirred before baking. Cut
the bread in thin slices and spread with
butter and orange marmalade.
There is a sort of revival of the fash
ion OF having the family cipher or mono
gram on china and glass. Elaborate
gold traceries are preferred for china,
but the monograms are often done in
colors, such as green or blue. These
decorations are done to order, and are
very durable.
The water in which corne5 beef is
cooked should on no account be thrown
away. After the hot corned beef is
taken from the table, to be afterwards
eaten cold, put it in a stone jar and pour
the hot liquor we it. Keep the beef
in the liquor until the last of it has been
eaten. If hash is made use the liquor
to moisten it in the spider.
The pepper sandwich is new, and
ought to be a favorite with those who
like pungent dainties. Chop a pepper
in a saucepan, with a tablespoonful of
butter, and allow it to heat without
browning. Stir briskly. Add a little
salt and take from the fire. When
quite cold spread between thin slices of
bread, adding a little grated cheese be-
fore putting the slices together.
Fresh pineapple juice possesses valu-
able therapeutic qualities, having the
power to digest proteids, and being a
healing agent in certain cararrhal af-
fections. Grated pineapple, it is said,
may be preserved without cooking, and
thus made available at all times. The
pineapple should be grated, mixed with
sugar, pound for pound, and left in a
covered jar over night. The next day
place in sterilized jars, the covers and
rubbers, of course, also sterilized.
A new vegetable which is beginning
to appear on American tables somewhat
resembles a Jerusalem artichoke, and
Is called the Japanese crosne. 1t did
originally come from Japan, but is now
cultivated rather extensively in France,
from which land of delicate feasting it
has reached these shores. Crosnes are
described as being about two inches
long and less than an inch in dame
ter, and at the thickest part. They
look something like stubby little spin
dies. Uncooked they are used as gar
nishes for salads, and with a French
dressing as a salad by themselves. In
Japan they are picked. When they be-
come known other uses will doubtless
be found for them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
FRILLS OF FASHION.
Many Small Items of Finery That Are
Dear to the Feminine
Heart.

A capuchin hood is seen on many
OF the newest evening wraps.
Tiny gold buttons lend a bright
touch to afternoon gowns of velvet or
cloth.
Clusters of flowers fastening on rib
bon bands, or long wreaths and trails
of blossoms appear frequently on chit
fon and tulle evening frocks.
The vogue for the shaded ostrich
feather is on the decline.
Velvet fruit decorates a number of
the latest creations in millinery.
Jeweled fabrics are much favored by
Partisan designers for ewing gowns.
Fringe and gaugings conspicuous on
new models impart a quaint, old-fash-
Toned look.
Gold spangles, braid and passemen-
terie contribute to the adornment of
some handsome evening gowns.
S%hirrings over the hips are the
feature of the newest skirts.
Among the new cravats is a knot Of
colored ribbon without any ends at all.
Colored laces accompany every sort
Of gown, but they must match to per-
lection.
Aluminium is the latest medium for
toilet sets. Medallions of pearl or por-
celain impart a decorative touch.
The newest linen collars are fash
Toned so as to be worn without a bow
or tie, a V-shaped piece in front being
substituted. The fastening is at the
back.
Flounced skirts are in evidence, and
as a rule most of the flounces descend
in the front and are carried upward
toward the waist at the back.
Recently exhibited was a fetching
opera cloak composed of deep chenille
fringe in white, relieved by an occa-
sional touch of black. The foundation
was white silk.
A charming effect in collar embroid-
cry is produced by the use of the new
rainbow silk which ONE in delicate
tones of pink, blue and green.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
oAWeUXear
Conquest%
BY
CHARLES MOREAU HARGR
A Story of the Great Southwest

|REAT clouds of yellow dust, a
NJ dazzling blue sky, sweeping
winds. long reaches of level
landslide midwinter southwest, and
on the siding the palatial train of the
cattle king who was now off among
the ranches looking after sleek and
well-bred herds.
The cattle kings daughter, whose
prospective wealth entitled her to the
rank OF princess, sat under the striped
awning on the rear platform of the
train, gazing YEARLY at the monot-
onous landscape.
How long are we to stay here?"
she demanded of the porter who was
indSStriously trying to keep the leath-
e~r-covered chairs clean.a He did not
answer-he did not know. She went
back to the parlor of the other private
car and accosted the quiet woman who
sat by the window sewing. "Auntie,
how long is this to last?"
Until your father gets back or
there are orders"
I'm tired of tim going out of
DOORS"
She seized a jacket, and cap, slipped
down the side steps and disappeared
behind the squalid depot. A dilapi-
dated livery stable stood in the sun
shine. Il want a riding horse-quick!"
The man fairly trembled in his anX
iety to serve the city girl, and in a
moment she was cantering over the
sand and sage brush, headed straight
for the green hills in the distance.
Away and away she sped, delighting
in the free rush of the wind, the swish
of her pony's hoofs through the grass
and the exhilaration of the open lands.
The horse was willing; she was in
love with the exercise; mile after mile
they went, unconscious of the distance.
At last she turned the horses head
where was the station? Nothing but
a rolling plain, not shining with sun
light, but dampened by shadow. With
a little cry of terror she sent her
mount racing ahead and strained her
eyes for the engine smoke on the
horizon.
"Ah, there it is-but SO far aWay!"
She turned again and hurried at Che
horses best speed. She mounted a
knoll and saw something that thrilled
her very being-the train was in mo-
ton, s%kurrying away to the south, al
ready it seemed to her miles on it's
way.
She surmised what had happened
her father had reached a station far
Their down the line and wired for the
train to join him, and they had not
discovered her absence before start
Ing.
AS she looked she saw off to the left
another rider-a wide-hatted ranch
~man-toward him she rode. AS she
drew nearer her cheeks grew red and
her eyes frightened. Once she stopped
and turned as if to leave him. Then
he came close to her.
"Oh, Mr.. Mason, what shall | do?"
Frank Mason, the handsome ranch
superintendent, scarcely recognized
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

get III! h asked, lrreleVantly. 1t
looks like Harvard"
1T is Harvard graduated there"
And you are herding cattle?"
Il am experimenting a ranch-my
father owns it-10,000 head"
And you live?"
In Chicago-my special train is
at st. Louis now with my sister and
mother aboard, bound here"
So this was the cowboy" she had
patronized and made fun of as he came
to the train day after day to see her
father. She had been amused by his
assurance and had quarreled with him
that very morning. Now she was at
his mercy-and she found it rather
pleasant.
This is a strange beginning for the
New Year." she broke out. 81 wonder
when the train will be back"
Il think it is a good beginning-I'm
sure l don't know about that train
there is no connection with it yet"
I'm sorry J. was so rude this MORN
ing, Fr-Mr. Mason"
Don't worry, Anna-Miss Seamans."
He smiled, cautiously, at her.
1T is fine of you to care for me and
protect me this way" she went on,
land don't know how to thank you"
Don't try. This is not the first
time | have seen you'll danced with
you two years ago at your cousins
bail"
81 do not remember, but you have
been very good nov l shall not for
get it."
81 know-but don't you think it
would be a fine thing to have me take
care of you all the time?"
His face was very close to hers and
he looked anxiously out of the win
dow down the long stretch of track
from which her eyes were turned
away.
She gave a pressure of her hand
but no more. Almost at the door was
a rumble, a high note ''T-o-o-t!" and
the striped awning of the rear car
came into view a few feet away.
"Quick--love, will your" His words
were eager, and as he lifted her in
his arms once more for a journey to
the train she whispered: yes"
Almost as soon from the opposite
direction came Mr.. Seamans and his
fcremen. He greeted the pair with
smiles and laughed at the daughters
injuries when he found they were not
serious.
Stay on with u.s." he invited Ma.
son. We'll bring you back before VIZ
leave for Chicago"
How did the train come back SC
soon?" asked Miss Seamans, rising
from her couch. Il thought it was 50
miles to the next station!"
Wireless ~telegraphy," suggested
Mason.
"Shucks," said the aunt, contemptu.
ously. "The engineer pulled it down
to the creek to fill the boilers. We
weren't gone half an hour"
The girl looked quickly into the
laughing eyes of the young ranchman.
81 believe you knew it all the time"
she exclaimed.
Il did not tell you differently" he
pleaded. ".You remember | was under
orders"
She was not satisfied. That evening
as they sat out under the striped avn
ing OF the real platform and watched
the la%ndscane. gliStenjrp under tbe
winter moon, as the train sped sorth-
ward, she continued: Really, Frank,
didn't you bride he engineer to run
behind the hill so it would scare me p"
But he did not answer-nor has he
answered yet, though his wife pro-
pounds the question every New Years
day.