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WHAT HE VALUED MOST
By Ralph Henry Barbour


ture that is to bring fame and wealth.
economy is a sinful thing. Back In
her studio they talked until late.
The windows were gray with the
cold dawn when he awoke suddenly,
and stared about him. In a moment
he was out of bed and had thrown
open the hall door. Smoke. thick and
sitting, drifted in. At the bottom OF
the st~aircase-well orange light danced
and glowed. Throwing his clothes on.
he lifted the picture from the easel,
and staggered with it down the first
flight. The smoke made him choke
and gasp. The next flight was miles
long. At the bottom he dropped the
picture, and as it toppled against the
baluster he leaped to Beth's door and
knocked loudly.
who is there?' came the question
at once.
ut is Mr.. Timson. The house is on
fire. There's no danger, of course.
but you must come quickly"
eyes," she answered, family.
He buried his face in his elbow.
leaning against the wall. Once he
started impetuously toward the pic
ture, only to turn back. The crack
ling of the flames drowned now ever
the noise at the door. Then Beth
stood before him, w~hite-faced, anxious
eyed, but unafraid.
Down the stairs, quick!" he cried
I'll follow you"
"You mustn't stay!" she cried, fear.
fully.
THE picture" he answered. Go,
please" He seized his burden again,
and staggered down the hall, gaspins
and lurching. There he found her
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employ such a term), but was the
most conceited man who ever strutted
through either the senate or house
premises.
"Colfax was a good looking, meek
appearing member and was always
groomed as II coming out Of the verit-
able ~bandbox; he was severely good
until Cakes Ames, the tempter, came
along with some Union Pacific stock
he actually died from grief a short
time after the Credit Mobilier investi-
cation, and Sc did Congressman James
Brooks, Of New York.
Zone Of the handsomest men I aver
have known was Gov. Andy Curtin, of
Pennsylvania. Everybody called him
handsome. He was a perfect blonde,
without a single strawberry mark. He
was fond of a punch or juiep, and
could get away with three fingers Of
old Monongahela when occasion re-
quired.
II remember Philip Barton Key as
a remarkably handsome man, who was
shot dead in Washington in 1857 by
Dan Sickles: and also ! remember
Sam Butterworth, the big fine looking
person who urged on the shooting.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
The Beginning Of Greatness.
Americas first printing press was
erected at Harvard in the year 1889.
sunset Samuel b cox was

Sunset Samuel b. Cox was a
handsome little fellow, and as charm
ing as he was otherwise personally
attractive. He was a congressman
from New York many terms AMI dur
ing the hot days of reconstruction he
was the leader Of the attenuated
forces. He was one of the rosiest per.
sons | have ever known.
Another mighty handsome, rosy
fellow was Col. Horace ? Porter, OF
Grants staff; he was brilliantly edu-
Gated and could sing a song, tell a
good story and stay with the stirrup
cup as long as anyone.
Some remarkably handsome men
whom | have known quite well or in
timately were Gen. Edward McCook.
Surgeon General Barnes, Gems. Ere.
mont and Oglesby, O~sterhaus and
Logan; Gems. Custer and Merritt.
Hancock and Baird; Arson Burlin.
game, Prof. Lowe. George Francis
Train; Maj. Ben Perley Poore, Harry
Howard, for many years chief of the
volunteer fire department OF New
York; Maj, Burke, of the New Orleans
exposition, and Col. William Cody
Buffalo Bid"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

Yarmouth, Of Louisiana. / spent an
hour or nor with him at the Ebbitt
House in Washington one evening In
1880, and l thought him one of the
most enrapturing persons / had ever
come across. His voice and manner
held me spellbound.
Andy johnson, of Tennessee, had
a splendid face, with sparkling little
black eyes, and from his lips some
times spiteful words dropped like
pearls. William M. Gwin, Of Califor-
mia, vas massive but courtly and had
a complexion like a peach.
I'm the house before the war there
were some remarkably handsome
men, among whom was Dan Daniel
Ed Sickles, for whom l cast my first
vote in the Fifth ward OF New York
in 1856. He was the finest looking
man in congress at that time. The
next ~handsomest congressman was
Henry Winter Davis, of Maryland.
who was one Of the most brilliant ora
tors in congress.
"But Blaine, who came later. was
the handsomest and most magnetic OF
all, Conkling also was exceedingly
handsome and even majestic III / may
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
UsI.W
TOOK THE SOVEREIGN.

An antomobilist who was touring
through the country saw, walking
ahead Of him, a man followed by a
dog. AS the machine drew near them
the dog started suddenly to cross the
road; ne was hit by the car and killed
Immediately. The motoist stopped his
machine and approached the pedes.
trian.
I'm very sorry, my man, that this
has happened" he said. "Will a SOW
ereign make it all right?"
"oh, yes" said the man; Il sup
pose So"
Pocketing the money as the a
disappeared in the distance, he looked
down at the dead animal.
I wonder whose dog 1t was?" he
said.
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crouching on the top step. He put
the picture aside, and caught her in
his arms.
Hide your face" he said.
She struggled, sobbing. NO, no!
Let me go! You mustn't leave it,"
"Ill come back for it" he answered,
quietly. Courage, little girl; it's just
for a minute"
Then he plunged down the stairs,
past writhing tongues of fame. Set,
ting Beth upon her feet, he led her
across the street. On the stoop he
turned. Il must go back" he said,
gently. II won't be long"
She waited and watched, fearful
and wretched for his sake. Presently
he returned empty-handed.
1T vas no USE" he explained. "The
halls are in flames"
"Oh," she moaned, Il wish you had
never seen me. It's gone-all your
work-and hope!" She glanced up
miserably. to find his grave eyes smil.
ing.
Hush, hush," he whispered, ten.
derby. I've saved what | valued most,
dear"
The color flared into her white face
and she swayed dizzily until his arm
went out and drew her to him.
Beth" he whispered.
She raised her eyes slowly to his.
They looked, he thought, like pale
dew-wet violets. He bent his face.
her lids fluttered down, and their lips
met.
Little girl" he said, presently.
were pretty well cleaned out, you
and I, aren't WEI"
yes" ske answered, softly.
1T wouldn't matter, if only Won
could have saved the picture" she
said, dolefully.
Never mind the picture he re.
piled, steadily. I'll do it again, and
better" Then he whispered: Look"
Above the sleeping city, toward the
east, a faint rose flush was dispelling
the dawn's gray gloom.
IA new day out of the embers Of
the night she said, softly.
He bent again and kissed her. "And
for us, dear, a new life out Of the
ashes of the old"
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one Of the firing party. directing them
TO take good aim.
THE firing party was now ordered
to advance. make ready, aim, frei
Strange as it may seem, Macmillan
fell MORALLY wounded. only, exclaim-
ing as he fell: oh, my God! nv
God!' At once the commander of tao
reserve firing party (Sobieskl HIMSELF
ordered one of the men from his own
party to advance, and drawing his
own revolver, ordered the soldier to
put 1t to the ear of the archduke and
fire. He did so, and the career of the
archduke was ended"
Col. Sobieski's long subsequent
career as lawyer and temperance lee
turer is well known. He had one son
who would have perpetuated the name
but he died while q young child. His
n daughter married Mr.. Gilhausen,
of Los Angeles. To them a little son
has lately been born. {.
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proofs of descent. He suggests that
his documents and proofs be submit
ted to the Imperial Academy of Sci
ence at Cracow.
He may be somewhat chagrined to
learn that the paper containing his
defy has come into the hands of Col
onel Sobieski, who has promptly &C
cepted the challenge. He has written
to the Chicago Record-He and to
Editor Siemiradski that he will be
pleased to leave the question to the in
stitution Of learning named in the
defy If 1t can be shown that it is a
university of national importance and
standing in Poland. Colonel Sobieski
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Sees End Of All Thrones.

So the last of the Sobieskis is a Gill
hansen.
After this long and exciting career
of adventure, Col. Sobieski is a calm,
handsome, gentle old mantle soul
Of courtesy. Aside from his bitter
ness against monarchies whose tyran-
MES have brought him such misery.
he has other reasons for not caring
anything about the right to the empty
throne to Poland.
Before you are a middle-aged man"
he said to the writer, every throne in
Europe Will be swept away in a vast
bloodless revolution"
Siemiradski claims that there is not
a mention in history of any Sobieski
in recent times. He wants to know
why no Sobieski came forward as a
candidate for king at the election of
King Stanislaus Augustus Ponia-
towski in 1864 if the family still ex-
listed. He denies the execution Of
Sobleski's father, saying that history
has no mention of it, and points out
that it would have made the nation
thrill.
He makes a great point of the fact
that the Almanach de Gotha makes no
mention of any living descendants Of
John III.
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Maximilian's Execution.

Maximilian's Execution.
The old Polish nobleman tells of the
tragic incident of h~istory-the execu.
ttion of the emperor-in simple sol.
der fashion. In writing an account
of it for his biography he says:
THE last three or four days of Max.
imilian's life were spent almost Who'll.
ly with the priest. On the morning
of the execution, June 10, 1914
bright, beautiful morning-he was
taken out of the old convent where he
was captured and where he had lived
during the time he was in our Gus.
tody, and placed in an ambulance and
driven outside Of the walls of the city
near an old fortress, where the execu-
ton took place.
Arriving on the grounds, the troops
were formed in line, the doomed men
were placed in position, Macmillan
standing on the right of the firing
party. The firing party consisted of
36 men, formed into two companies,
six to each of the doomed men. 1.-TWO
%traitorous generals were executed at
the same time.)
One In each firing party of six had
a blank cartridge. There had been a
sharp rivalry for the honor of belong.
ing to the firing party. l was selected
to command the reserve firing party.
n
Fate Gives Deferred Revenge.
Macmillan, speaking in Spanish,
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Squeezing the Farmers.

The Cereal Club Of Des Mcinse,
Iowa, appears 70 have played a frieno
" game every week with the profitt
they fixed out OF the farmers grain
as the stakes. With tho low price Of
wheat and the tariff protecting the
trusts in boosting the price of all the
farmers buy, and the Cereal Club get.
ting 0 than their fair share of the
profits on grain buying, and the rail.
roads charging all the traffic Will
bear, prosperity will 500 be one-sided
in Iowa, and it won't be on the side
OF the farmers, either.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Col. John Sobieski, Once Sol
der of Fortune, Direct De-
scendant of Thaddeus
of WARSAW.
SAYS INFANT GRANDSON is ROYAL HEIR
Interesting Predicament of a California Youngster and
the Romantic Life Story of His Grandfather-Driue
from Austria by Macmillan, He Lived to- Com
mand Firing Party That Ended the Career
of His Cns- Time Prosecutor.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Sucking his bare
pink toes and calling aloud for the
royal nursing bottle, the rightful fu
ture king of Poland lies In his cradle
In a cottage in the West Adams street
district %serenely unconscious of the
fact that a battle of documents and
family trees is raging over his crown
and estates.
Little does he care that a rude Chi.
cago editor has denied the claim that
ne is the direct descendant of Thad,
deus of Warsaw and heir to a vast
confiscated estate-not to mention the
shattered Polish throne.
His fond father is L. S. Gilhausen, a
clerk in the First National bank. His
grandfather is Colonel John Sobieski,
the ~well-known temperance lecturer
the last Of the illustrious line of John
Ill, who rescued Europe from the
Turks.
From a life Of quiet retirement, this
grandfather and grandchild have burst
suddenly into national fame.
Recently a Polish editor named
Siemiradski came into print in the
Chicago Record-Herald denouncing
Colonel Sobieski as an impostor, or
practically that. He denies Colonel
Sobieski's claim to direct descent by
the Observation-Disclosures route
from King John III, the adored ma
tional hero Of Poland-again not to
mention the throne and the great es-
tates.
This editor with a name like a
sneeze claims that the last genuine
Sobieski died yer a century and a
half ago. He calls upon Sobieski of
Los Angeles to bring forward his
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Pohn Peterman,s Brevltv

John Peterman of Scituate, R. l.,
was noted in that part Of the state
for his breyity of speech. The wheat
crop OF 1895 "a generally a failure
elsewhere, and so It proved with Mr..
Peterman.
How did Your crop come out this
fall?' asked his neighbor.
Purity fair. Sowed II. got u waa
Johns laconic answer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

The Republicans are talking about
a battle of the giants in the senate,
apparently believing that fire alarm
Foraker and stand-patter Aldrich and
benevolent assimilator Lodge and
ha~ir-splitter Spooner are giants. why,
Ben. Tillman, the "cornfield lawyer"
can rout the whole Of them and he
does not claim to be a giant but just
an honest citizen trying to serve his
state and country to the best of his
ability. The race Of Republican giants
has run out and the pigmies of poll
tics have usurped their place.
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His Remarkable Life.

His Remarkable Life.
Follows the briefest possible glance
at his remarkable life:
He was born in 1912 in Warsaw, be.
ing the sixth in line of descent from
the great warrior monarch of Poland,
John III, His father was John Sobi.
eski, who lost his life in 1848 in the
great Polish rebellion.
He says one of his earliest recol
lections of childhood is of a sleigh.
ride and the gay trappings of a Cos,
sack soldier who conveyed his mother
and himself to say goodbye to his
father-about to be executed.
His father had been captured by the
Russian army and had been confined
in a vile Russian prison, crawling with
vermin, for Is months.
Before they were allowed to see the
doomed husband and father, the young
mother was taken before the Russian
viceroy, who offered to allow her to
retain her estates and honors if she
would give up her son-the last So
bieski-to be sent to the Russian cap-
ital and there brought up as a loyal
subject Of the Car.
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Famous Americans
Handsome of Person
and Mental Giants
Major Truman Of California Talks En-
t~ertainIngly Of Noted Men Whom
Nature Seemingly Had FASH
Toned to Be Leaders
Blaine and conkiing
Among Them.


The memory of Maj. Ben. G. Tru-
man, Of Los Angeles, CAL, is a gallery
of Adonises. In the Graphic Of that
town he paints with beauteous parts
Of specific use his own language
the portraits Of the handsomest men
he has known.
The first really handsome vision
that comes to my mind says the
major. SIS that Of Col. John w. For.
ney, editor and proprietor of the Phil
adelphia Press, and a conspicuous per-
sonage from 1894 until 1884. Col.
Forney was tall and straight and
handsome Of face and figure.
.one Of the most strikingly hand
soma men | nave ever met was Gov.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
No Sobieski Dynasty,


In reply, Col. Sobieski points out
many places wherein the Polish editor
c~ontradicts himself; he then proceeds.
He (the EDITOR declares that the
Almanach de Gotha has not got me on
the list. Icould not presume under any
circumstances to think that my name
would appear in that distinguished al
manac, as 1t is a register exclusively
devoted to dynasties. l do not claim
to be of any Sobieski dynasty.
I'm the first place there was no
Sobieski dynasty. The definition of
dynasty is q family of kings. Poland
In the days of John III. was an aristo-
cratic republic and elective monarchy.
There is a tradition that comes down,
however, that when the elective sys.
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tenn was abolished by the new consti.
tuition in 1891 1t was the general
understanding that the Sobieski fam
lily was to be the royal family. The
constitution was only prevented from
going into force by the conquest Of
Poland"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

said in substance that he loved Mex
leo and desired it's welfare; and If
shedding his blood would be the means
of bringing peace and happiness to the
distracted country he was willing to
die. He asked that the commander of
the firing party advance to him, and
he delivered to that officer six pieces
Of gold which is equivalent to about
ten dollars Of u money. He ordered
a piece of gold to be delivered to each
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

afterward became famous In the civil
war-Gen- Albert Sidney Johnston,
then q colonel; Capt Hancock. after.
ward the northern general; Col. Al
exander. who became Lees chief Of
stan; Fitz John Porter, Mai. Beaure-
gard. Capt. ]. B. Magruder, afterward
a southern general. was commander
of young Sobieski's battery.
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confesses that he has never heard
of it.
1T is only for my honor that l am
preparing these documents" said Col
onel Sobieski to the writer.
He Wants No Throne.
There is no throne in Poland. If
there were n and it were offered to
me, I give you my word l should re-
fuse it."
The Y e of the old nobleman flashed
as he added:
Rather would l go to the cradle
and strangle that little baby as he
lies there than ever to allow him to
ascend any throne. Yes, my memories
of monarchy are as bitter as that"
His memories of monarchy cannot,
inded, be very happy. This gentle
old nobleman who lives so quietly in
Los Angeles saw his father led away
to be slaughtered by Russian soldiers
after long confinement in a prison so
vile a dog could not have lived in it;
saw his mother driven away from
home almost a pauper; saw her driven
like an outcast from country to coun-
try until she died an unhappy exile.
No wonder his eyes flash.
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Witnessed Stirring Scenes.

"ieitcSsSo ohiIEtH9 oCeUcSs
When the war was getting ready to
break. young Sobieski's battery was
ordered recruited to its full strength
and the young Pole was ordered to
New York and Washington on recruit.
ing duty, witnessing the Inauguration
Of Lincoln, the closing debates in the
senate and many other stirring
seem
He went all through the civil war
and was terribly wounded the first
day of the battle of Gettysburg. 1t
was his privilege to be an eyewitness
to the most dramatic battle in naval
history, the first fight Of the ironclads,
the fight between the Merrimac and
the Monitor.
After the war he went into Mexico
and began another fight for a peoples
freedom. He lived the hunted life of
a guerrilla warrior, eating rattlesnakes
and living a ~precarious life off the
country. He was commissioned a col
onel. He seemed to have a charmed
life. He came through a hundred
thrilling ~escapades unhurt-once be-
ing the only mar of ar entire COM
mand to survive.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-03

property has been adjudicated TO the
State, the said Tax Collector shall be
allowed and paid by the Auditor for
making acts of sale. and having same
recorded and furnishing the Auditor
with a certified copy thereof one
5O-lOO Dollars Q.5O per each name
contained therein: also expenses
actually paid for advertising, not to
exceed the rate tXed by law.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, etc.
That this act shall take effect and be
in force on and after the 1st day of
July, 1908.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, etc..
That all laws or parts of laws incon-
sistent or in conflict with the pro-
visions of this Act be and the same
are hereby repealed.
J. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
j. w. HYAMS.
Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives.
Approx ed November q, 1907.
NEWTON c. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-03
Benefit Tomorrow Night.

The Push and Pull Dramatic
Company, which is another name
for some very bright little Lafa-
yette folks, who can do some
very entertaining things, will
appear" at Tanner ,& Landry's
Popular Roller Rink to Laorrow
night. You are invited to he
present and spend pleasant
evening with the little folks us
entertainers. The admission
for "grownuqs" will be only 25
cents and children Is cents.
On Saturday night the man.
agement of the rink will offer
its patrons 1000 feet of interest
ing and highly entertaining
moving pictures. In addition
there will be a grand ball.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-03
ANNOUNCEMENTS,
For Sheriff.

To the Voters of LAFAYETTE
Parish:
/ hereby announce myself AS
a candidate for the Office of
sheriff of the parish of Lafavette
subject to the action of the
white democratic voters of the
parish at the primary election
to be held January %, 1908.
If elected, l pledge myself to
donate two thousand five hundred
dollars per annum to the public
schools of the parish, until the
Legislature enactS the laws nee.
essary to reduce the present ex.
cessive salaries of sheriffs. |
further pledge myself to the con.
scientious discharge of all the
duties of said office and the
thorough execution of all laws.
G. A. MILLER
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-03
ag "A REGULAR" es
School of Telegraphy
Organized and Opened
at the
Southwestern Louisiana
Industrial Institute,
Lafayette, La.

We have succeeded in securing the
services OF Mr.. John I. Hulse, now y
train dispatcher at Beaumont, Texas.
on the Sante Fe Railroad, to conduct
the School Of Telegraphy, devoting
his entire time to this work. which will
begin December l. 1907.
The eight hour law, which will 90
into erect January l, will require three
telegraph operators for ali positions
where only two are now Sufficient
Therefore the demand for Operators
will be greatly Increased. Pof Several
years to come no telegraphropera
will ever be out of. lob. mn Iess he
strikes. 'io 'io.
Write to US about enteridE: also get
a catalog OF the Institute, with. f1tl il. In
formation concerning ali depa rtments.
We have a large brick Mn Sbn;l.j;ns.
and two large brick dorniitorits, one
r. L. sTIPEENS, Il
freladent,.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-03
Big Sale CONTINUED

CONDOR Joseph, the Oak Ave-
nue. merchant, announces that
he will continue his big sale of
dry goods. clothing, shoes, gents
furnishings, at % per cent below
cost. He has just received $4,000
worth of goods, many OF them
Christmas goods, and these he
states will be included in the
sale. as he must dispose of as
much of his stock by Jan. / as
possible.