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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
H PONY
EXPRESS RIDER
(ATale of the Old Westl
By ARTHUR GOODRICH
~tCopyright, lsOd, by Joseph B. Bowlesl
Tale of the Old Westl

Silence hung heavy in the plaza OF
Santa Fe late one afternoon in 1867.
Suddenly there came a clatter of hoofs,
unsteady with WEAKNESS, scattering
the stiffness with sharp echoes. A
man, coming out at the moment from
one OF the low adobe buildings, waved
his hand and the rider drew up short
and stopped.
The two men as they faced each other
were in striking contrast. One STOOD
with his feet well apart, sinews pulled
tight like wire-rope over his sllght
frame. The other, broad shoulders bent
with fatigue, begrimed with dirt, but
black eyes flashing with the unsupdued
fire of youth, swung himself from the
sweating, painting beast. Ihey were
both pony express riders.
The dismounted riders knees gave I'M
der him and he leaned against his horse
for support.
''Tired?" asked the older man with
q malevolent grin.
The young fellow stared at him
vaguely for a moment. Then a thought
seemed to strike him, for he leaned for
ward eagerly.
"Look-a-here, Harry! I'm petered,
you're fresh. You go to Fort Union an
back for me fer a ten-spot?"
"Ill co." said the other, and they
walked slowly to the corral. Half an
hour later "Old Harry" Simmons rode
down the plaza. Meanwhile Ralph Meaf
was lying sprawled on a narrow buni
in the corral, sleeping the sleep of sheer
exhaustion.
Ralph Mead had been left fatherless
motherless and penniless when he wa
II years old. His nearest relatives has
bound him out to a hard-headed Con
necticut farmer who believed in cor
9oral punishment for persons smalle
than himself. Three months later tn
boy slipped out of the house of his slaT
cry and started west in pursuit of ex
element and happiness. He was nov
IS years old, with the muscle and juds
ment and experience of a frontiersmal
of 80.
The sun was glaring sullenly throug
the doorway when he awoke suddenly.
Here you, Mead! Git up an out
this"
whats matter?" he asked, still hall
asleep.
you've got to go to Fort Union"
Mead smiled reproachfully and, lynn
back once more, curled up on the bun
and closed his eyes.
Harry Simmons-gone-Fort Union
he said, sleepily.
< Simmons IS dead. Killed and scalpa
1 at Pecos C~hurch"-he heard the voic
say. Then he jumped to his feet, an
Z threw on his clothes as he listened.
+ PARTY of Mexicans-just came in
found Simmons. Indians out, Navahoe
and White Mountain Apaches. Regula
s trail dangerous"
These were the words that his no
. acute senses heard and understood.
The black mustang had killed tw
men and had MANNED a third befo'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
HI COURTEOUS PERSON..
Even Reproof Need Not Be Given
Rudely-About Various Points
of Etiquette.

There is never an excuse for rude
ness; a perfectly well-bred person Is
never rude. If occasion demands, and
reproof must be given, 1t need not be
given rudely; rather with a dignity
that makes it all the more effective.
To be curious about other peoples
affairs is to be rude; to intrude when
one is not quite sure that a converse
ton is private, is to be rude; to make
direct personal illusions is rude; to
turn remarks into a personal applica-
ton is rude. In short, anything that
in any way seems in the least calcu-
lated to make others uncomfortable Is
absolute r%udeness, for which there Is
no excuse.
A very rude thing is to interrupt
with a contradiction or correction,
either of pronunciation or of state
ment; in the first the person may be
purposely misstating with some ute
rior object, with which one has no
concern. If this is not the case, it
is better to take the opportunity to
call attention in an aside, rather than
before others.
To correct is to confuse: If 1t Is
in the matter Of pronunciation, re-
member that different localities have
different pronunciations of the same
word, and yours might sound quite as
bad, even worse, in such localities.
Some very well-informed people
have peculiar ways of pronouncin9
simple words; the close !" Of th'
Virginian is an example. This cal
by no means be considered incorrect
it is habit and the custom; therefore
it is rude to notice it in a fault-findin;
or corrective spirit.
Also. in the matter of %pronouncin'
words that are a little out OF the OF
binary; it is never 50 much the accen
on the right syllable that is to b
noted as that the word itself is col
rectly applied. Many learn from reat
ing. and yet may not have opportun
ties Of hearing such words pronounce
as they should be. 1t is not the plac
Of the listener to correct, unless r.
,uested, and then only in the polit
spirit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

ping in and out of a big coat, as there
is nothing to cause ~inconvenient ruck-
ing.
In the instances where the coats are
themselves made of leather, the new
est idea is Danish leather, a sheep
skin used on the rough suede side, and
differing very little save in name,
from ordinary leather. The real dis
tinction, however, lies in the fact that
it is prepared in a new way, which
makes it lighter, more supple and
more comfortable to wear than any
thing else of the kind.
One novel macintosh seen the other
day was entirely box plated, both the
sleeves and the coat itself, and, OF
course, delightfully."- roomy for putting
on over another coat. The waterproof
coats looked charming, with the re.
lief of facings of colored cloth, gen
orally green, on collar and cuffs. There
is a peculiar shade of red that Is very
successfully used in this way.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
High Finance.

A Buffalo man stopped a neWsboy IN
New York, saying: "See here, son, !
want to find the Blank national bank.
I'll give you half a dollar if you direct
me to it."
With a grin the boy replied: "All
right, come along" And he led the
Buffalo man to a building half a block
away.
The man duly paid the promised fee,
lemarking: "That was half a dollar
easily earned, son."
"Sure!" responded the lad, "but you
mustn't fergit that bank directors is paid
high in Observation-Disclosures Spec
tator.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
WHEN MY LADY MOTORS.
A Superior Material Tor the Coat Il
an Olive Tweed with Hair
Line of Black.

The chief point worthy of noe at thu
moment with regard to auto modes
seems to lie the waning OF the popular
ity of leather for coats, the general
conclusion being that it is too reminis-
cent of the chauffeur. Apart rom
this, there is also the question of the
way in which it shows the dirt, and,
although it is, of course, quite possible
to have such a coat cleaned, this is
an extensive and expensive business.
AS a lining, however, leather is more
to be desired than ever it was, and IN
this capacity it is much used. Under
such circumstances it is possible to
employ the most delicate tones, and
champagne, pale blue and the palest
green, are among the shades most fire.
quently employed.
The outer part of the coats thus
lined is tweed, either self colored OF
a mixture, and in the mixtures green
is the predominant color.
The particular tone in favor just
now is an olive shade, and an ideal
coat is OF tweed, in Which this preuoIn'
mates. It has collar and revers faced
with plain cloth to match, n 6
band of the same drawing in the full.
ness at the back. The lining is 6
much paler shade of green leather
with a suggestion of spring about It
This olive green tweed with a blacA
check in it is quite the most desir-
able of all the tweeds of the moment
and a very superior motoring suit is
made of it, trimmed lightly with black
kid. The suit is double-breasted, ant
instead of the ordinary Follower col
lar, the collar is simulated in the kit
stitched fiat on to the coat, and deco
rated at the rounded corners will
three little k~id-covered buttons. TIT
cuffs follow the same idea, making thu
garment particularly suitable for slip
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
FACTS AND FINDINGS.

1cebergs sometimes last for 200
years.
The normal life of q mouse Is three
years.
Attentive is the name of BritGin's lat
est 25-knot scout ship.
In England a man can take out an IN
aurance policy against twins.
The young king of Spain is several
inches shorter than his fiancee.
Giraffes and a~nt-eaters each have
tongues nearly two feet in length.
The British soldier is now to pos
sess three shirts instead of two.
A silver coin remains in currency
for an average period of 81 years.
Diamonds have been discovered In
Kenuucky--and of the first whisky.
The japanese prefer soft wheat flou!
from the United States to the flour
made in Canada.
Montreal has the largest -four mill IL
the British empire. 1t turns out 5,00I
barrels of flour a day.
An Italian who tried to WALL
through the Simplon tunnel was stide-
by the heat and died.
British warships carry So out O.
every hundred of the total number O.
naval guns in existence.
The coach in which the lord mayor
of London rides on state occasions ma
been in use since 1857.
M. Fallieres' election as president o
tie French republic cost $4,000. Hi
salary is $4,000 a month.
1t is stated that at least 10000 squar
miles in Liberia are covered wit
dense rubber-tree forests.
Rome has a water supply Of 200,
900, 900 gallons a day; London, onl!
160, 900, 900, and Paris, 100000
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
AIDES ~Ng.

Many are called, but few deliver the
goods.
AS the father is bent the child is in
clined.
A good jolly is worth whatever you
pay for it.
1t is a wise father that tumbles to
his own son.
Some people are good because 1t
comes high to be otherwise.
A patient woman can educate any.
one except her own husband.
In all the learned professions, many
are called but few are CHOSEN.
Every man knocks his W line Of
work and sticks to it like glue.
In these days, chivalry must wear a
tag or it will not be recognized.
A complete change will always do
one good and sometimes do him to a
finish.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

Mead had broken him. Now he was the
riders slave, and proud of it. No
else dared ride him. And so, on they
went through the hot sunshine, Mead's
brain steadied by sleep, his senses keen,
his horse %throbbing beneath him, and
danger ahead.
AS he rounded a turn in the trail into
which a great rock had jutted and OBJ
| scured the view, the bloody scene lay
quivering before him. At the right of
the roadway Indians; at the left, Indi-
ans crouching behind powders, hiding
in the %chaparral, slipping ~sinuously
among the high bunch grass, fighting
across the trail that lay before him.
Only a second he hesitated. He could
not go back. Some of them had prob
ably already seen him.
81 started fer Fort Union," he NUT
tered, "and by tn eternal I'm goin'!"
Mead dropped the rein over the high
pommel of his saddle and leaning for
ward, lay close to the mustangs neck.
seizing as he did SO the revolvers from
HIS IlSu DOOlD. AlulBpl INSTABILITY tilGy
we're in the midst of it, the beast plung-
ing sure-footed oyer dead bodies still
warm in the alkali dust, the man shoot
ing at random to both right and left and
believing at the top Of his voice.
Almost before he knew it. he was past
them and boring straight on through
the whistling wind.
His mad daring had saved him tenn.
porarily, but it had also united the fight.
ing war parties. They were probably
the same bands which had ambushet
Simmons and had later cut across tx
the canyon and quarreled there. The.
were coming! Mead heaved a deep sigt
! and called again to the mustang; the,
started down the narrow trail beyond.
A low rambling structure, like a groul
Of huts, sprang up suddenly beside tn
road, and in the doorway stood a girl
Mead started as he saw her-a girl, an
, those devils behind! The mustan
plowed her fore feet into the ground an
stopped.
J "Tnjuns-half mile ~back-comir
! rapid" he shouted. The girl, Of goo
4 height for a woman, broad-hipped, full
breasted, a healthy red showing thvoug
/, the tan of her cheeks, her smooth brow
1 hair braided carelessly to her waist, he
! arms akimbo, stared at him doubtful
! as he filled with quick slaps the empt
!, chambers Of a revolver.
!. "Git along, stranger" she called,
singsong tones. Reckon YOU
afeard."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
BELGIUM'S ART REGNANT.
Growing Industries Fail to Stamp
Out the Work of Poet and
Painter.

No country is more frankly indus
trial than Belgium. Within a few
decades the meadows of Brabrant, the
leafy copses of Hainaut, and the val.
leys of the Mouse and the Sambre have
been scanned and Scared by hundreds
of colleries and iron foundries, writes
Christian Brinton, in "a Sculptor OF
the Laborer," in Century. Everything.
it would appear, has c%onspired to an
initiate art and the sense of beauty
yet both have survived and have even
taken on new and deeper significance.
The novels of Camille %Lemonnier, the
verse Of Verhaeren and the gentle mys
ticism of the Maeterlinck have all flow.
cred on this somber battlefield of in.
dustry. In painting Laermans and
Frederick reveal a penetrating mas
terry, while the sculpture Of George
AIinne embodies a dolorous and tender
appeal.
1t is not despite, but because of, ex'
listing conditions that such results
have been achieved. The art of Bel
GUM is uncompromisingly social. II
mas never been and never al be, a
mere matter Of play or p~rett1ness
hovhere is the social function OF ART
more clearly understood; nowhere Is
its expression more robust or more
concrete. Around Charles de Groux
the apostle of the poor, the painter o.
the forlorn and famished, gathered
group OF men whose creed was actual
ity, whose passion was not vapid, Ian
guild l%oveliness, but a truth that coul'
enlist the deepest human emotions an
aspirations. The supreme accent Q
the movement did not, however, mar
ifest itself in painting or in letters. I
VS. voiced IN the vigorous yet re
signed art Of Constantin Meunier.
FL.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
III PLAY UNIFORM.
II Adds Very Much to the child's
Comfort to Have Overall Like
One Here Described.

Holland is used for this overall.
which will be found a very useful style
for outing wear, as it is easily washed
and ironed. 1t is tucked at the top, both
front and back, the tucks being shorter
at the sides than in the center. The
tucks are divided in series Of tours by
pointed straps Of red and holland
colored embroidery. The lower edge LIS
turned up with a hem one inch wide.
The sleeves are gathered into straight
wristbands, which, like the small turn
over collar, are edged with embroidery.
Leghorn hat trimmed with cream silk
spotted with red.
Materials required: 3 yards holland
! 70 inches wide. 2 yards embroidery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
HOW TO USE A CHAIR.
Very Few Women Seat Themselves
Gracefully-A Few Pertinent
Points Thereon.

The little woman looks odd in a high
chair. With her feet dangling and her
back ill-ftting, she has a misfit look
which is as uncomfortable to the behold
er as it is to herself. She looks and feels
and is out of place.
In order to appear to the best possible
advantage it is essential that my lady
should b seated upon a chair that is
neither too high nor too low. In her
own house she easily can arrange 1t SO
she has a chair just suited to her. II
follows that every drawing room should
be furnished with chairs of diversified
heights. When this is the case guests
of all s~tatures will be able to find chairs
that are exactly suited to them.
The subject is Of much greater conse-
quence than the average matron or So
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
Not to Be Deceived.

Boys, business men Of your town
know you better than your parents.
There eyes are on you when you are
least aware. You may slip away from
your mother, you may dupe and de.
ceive your best friends, you may elude
the watchful eye Of your teacher, you
may trife with the confidence Of your
Sunday school superintendent, but you
can't fool the business men in your
town when they have a position to be
filled.-Kansas City Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
WAS WEAK AND DIZZY
Or. Williams Pink Pills Restored che
Patient to Perfect Health
q And Strenqth.

Oh6
Mrs. Mary Gagner, of No, 576 South
Summer street, Holyoke, Mass. has
passed through an experience which
proves that some Of the greatest bless
ings of lif, may lie within easy reach
and vet be found only by mere chance.
Afew years ago while she was employed
in the mills she was suddenly seized
with dizziness and great weakness. 81
was so weak at times" she says, ''that
/ could hardly stand, and my head be.
came so dizzy that it seemed as II the
floor was moving around.
"My condition at last became so bad
that l was obligedt to give up work III the
mill, and later still l became so feebly
that l. could not even attend to me
household duties. After the slightest
exertion I had to lie down and rest until
Iregained strength.
"a friend who had used DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People urged me to
try them. / bought a box and began to
take them. The benefit was so positive
and SO quickly evident that / continued
TO use the pills until I had taken alto
rether six boxes. By that time l was
entirely cured, and for two years l have
had no return of my trouble. am now
in the best of health and able to attend
to all my duties. lam glad to acknowl-
edge the benefit I received and l hope
that my statement may be the means OF
Inducing others who may suffer i'll this
way to try this wonderful medicine"
The secret of the power of DR.. vii
liams' Pink Pills III cases of debility
such rs Mrs. Gagner's lies in the fac
that they make new blood, and every or
gan and even every tiny nerve in tn
body feels the stir of a new tide 0
strength.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by al
druggists OF will be sent, postpaid, o.
receipt of price, 90 cents per box, 81
boxes for $3.50, by the DR.. William
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
Mice in Mines.

White mice are to be put to novel
use in South Africa. It has been shown
that with 0.4 per cent. Of carbon mon
oxide in the air, one Of these very sus-
ceptible animals becomes unconscious
In three minutes, but that a man feels
no discomfort for half an hour. 1t IS
urged, therefore, that operators OF
coal mines, and YER Of metailiferous
mines, be required to test the air by
means Of these creatures whenever the
presence Of dangerous gas is suspected.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
what thn Woman Thougbt.

Thy were talking about thu ~ew
star Il society.
"5he never laughs at Jokes" said
The a
Maybe she has no sense Of humor,"
said the other man.
Maybe she has false teeth" said
the woman.
And then the conversation lam
yuished.-Louisville Courier-Joul hal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

The Bedouin Arabs are small eaters.
Six Or seven dates soaked In melted
butter serve a man q whole day
with a very small quantity 'of coarse
hour or 4 little ball OF rice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

There is one way the women ge,
evenge on the men. When they want
a fried chicken they always wiring the
young ROSTERS neck and saw ths
pullets.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-02-05

dieEraceful condition Of the street
cars I'm this city.
Il Is understood that a determined
effort will be made by the association
TO make war ON an persons who en-
danger the health OF the people by
splitting on the floors Of street cars.
There Is an ordinance against splitting
ON the floors Of cars. The law clearly
recognizes that the practice is not only
filthy. but extremely unsanitary. but
the street car conductors make no cf
fort to prevent passengers from ex.
pectorating ON the car floors. Their
excuse is that requests on passengers
not to spit on floors Of the cars fre
quently Lead 10 alterations and even
violence and that by such disturbances
the conductors endanFcr their pod.
tiona. az the street car companies DO
not support them. but ddo with the
passengers Tho phbpiclans viii try
20 convince the managers OF the street
car lines that spltting in tho cara
should bo suppressed by all means
and the conductors who attempt TO
enforce tho law should receive the
hearty support Of the companies.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-02-05
in favor Of willamette

in favor Of willamette.
The scores very accurately, repre-
sent the comparative strength OF the
two teams, as demonstrated last might
The visitors put up an article OF ball
that was worthy Of any foe. The
games were both speedy. clean and
though many fouls were called. they
were OF such nature as not to le
tract materially from the interest of
the game. All four teams "feli down"
when Il came to throwing baskets
from the foul line. and very few points
were scored in this manner.
In the second team game the locals
took the lead and maintained Il
throughout the contest. though the
visitors ran them pretty close and
were only three points behind at the
close Of the first half The Portland.
ers excelled in team work and I'm
passing the ball. but the splendid
guarding Of Nelson and the accurate
basket throwing Of Moore DID the bus.
iuess.
When the game between the arst
teams started on e looked like the
visitors were going to have a walk.
away Within three minutes they
Dad scored six points. willamette
then took a brace however. and when
the half closed the score was to Z
in favor Of Murnomah. and before
the second half was many minutes old
Il was plain to all that the Salem play.
ers were playing the game as they
had not done before. and that the Port
landers hal no show to win. The
local score was quickly advanced nine
points. while the visitors we've com
PEELED to content themselves with
two.
AZ in the former game the visitors
wero swiftor and better passora. but
The Willamette team work IN tbs SOC
ond half. the excellent guarding OF
Parcel and Simpson. and the splon
did "shooung" Of Tiny" whipplc was
too much for thom
Tho members Of the defeated team
know the game from start 10 hniEh
and were well up on an the tricks and
Ono points Of tho game. They play
good. consistent ball throughout. aud
it is probable that when willamette
goes 20 Portland tho score will DO
closer. II not altogthor diforcnt.
Following "a the lineup Of the
teams. that OF tho uocond teams be-
ing given hrlt;
Willamette Moore. forward; Bolls.
nap, forward: Prce. center; Rishar.
guard; Nielsen, guard, Mul,nomah,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-02-05

Springfield; Eugene Davenport. dean
Of the agricultural college; william
Dietrich, w A Dobson. Marion. liza
Norman ,. Colman. ST. Louis; II. J..
Waters. dean Of the Missouri college
OF agriculture T. r. Il. sotham. Kan
kakeo; Herbert Mumford Of tho Uni.
verslty OF Illinois DR. A. T. Peters OF
tho University Of Nebraska; Col. H.
II. Kinds Of stanton. Mich, and many
other prominent experts and author
tiles ON breeding and stock judging
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-02-05
SWIFT
BASKET
BALL
Willamette'S Two Teams Win
Easily From Multi
n0mah

The two decisive victories won by
Willamette basket ball team satur.
day night again demonstrated the 81.
penority Of the "Old School, over the
Multnomah club Of Portland. with
two Of as good teams as the club
membership could produce, Multnomah
came to Salem Saturday evening and
expected to go back victorious. but
alas they had reckonei without their
host When the smoke and dust
had cleared away from the first con.
test, which was called at $3.50. It was
found that the second willamettes had
defeated the second hlultnomahs by a
score Of n TO 10. and the score board
at the end Of the game between the
two first teams registered 16 TO 10