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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-22
POLITICAL POINTS.

----Itmust be remembered that the
whole South 10 now making noble ef-
forts to enlighten the children 81 the
people, and that, nevertheless, the ex-
listing educational agencies are still in :
adequate. Federal aid alone can ac-
complish what all true friends of ednca-
tion So much desire. - Charleston Means
and Courier. 8. s. - 2ss9 I
]. We'll, it has come 10 this st last--
- everything seems TO come to usra
little late. That the politicians Of the
party Gee, what the people saw four
wears ago, that Mr.. TiIden IS the unit
rersal choice. He himself has but q
say the word. and fhat ends II The
National Convention viii come only "a
confirm il Lostisuille Coxyier.Ionr5sds..
Representative Converse, Of
Ohio, sxpfesses tbs opinioA that the
ticket 10 be nominated 81 Chicago By
the Demccrats IS Hlden and Payne H
any mishap shenld come - Tikden4 "A
successor would be ready - take NJ
place. II am assurcd. q sid CokxveF1e
..that II they arsa nQnineted With enl,
sfantial unanimity they VII both ";
- 2
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.tOh, delightful-most delightful!
Butwould not you and Hermann prefer
to GO by yearselves?p ~ f
-N-ssHermannl and I have had quite
enough of each other, and want some
other society,"" "a.
zphiginGly said he would
al ef lia thin @pffadfct her. and Ms
6eTe. ma su1ed. hnpunked thu 10th
in1 c6dfd give her ~gfeafef saffsfattion
than the proposed expedition.
1t was sons distance ffoIn Rsda Lees
to the old Abbey Church at Foulhaven.
,aad every step of the way was bearsi-
A They fornedlas very merry trioEas
.shey sttaversed the dp-and-down road
which led them gradually into the town.
and took their way along the banks o
the river whiqa Q into tiss 81 and 4
black bulls of ships sent in for repaira,
and rolling over to one side. stranded
high and dry by the outward-set tide.
llrostR spaie1ws syinama stfeet with
rtheso odd Little lanes and alleys leading
to hd Hyef ode, fll-fhey aSriyed ct the
foot OF the church steps, a long. inter
hhiziz6le sfighs t8 Wsllk1orn Haas lead
ing up to the top of the East Cliff, on
tAS h4fiest point 6fs FhikA stood that
ruined fame already spoken Of. and just
beloYit, almosh oyerhanging the sea.
sass SSE eRsSE KIP siff9 es
They climbed the steps, and strolled
through the churchyard, passed the
shn4iE eneSs head stonks serected I'D the
memory of such and such q one, amas.
ter mariner. ~.-~-~~~---~~.---
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zSE. Esr - -
Northern neSspapcrs have egs hlz
Qnd ct 11dleuIlng ATkans1W L1sg1sI2.
lures This q wrong for The moA
/ Dusiness-iike session of GeneraI -
sembly evar held IN the Union was thAt
sQk an rkanseW Legislature. during
l this session many men distinguished
thep;selses Some Of them have since
gone to Congress and one or two
have t1le1. eJne day, in this especial
Legialature.s there came mp 4 bill IN en-
cOnragement OF railroad cpnst9 Notion
Z he member from Stonewal County
arose and said: 81 80 - - = 8
ss1aE am opposed 20 railroads Mr.
Speaker. Cast them eyes 81 yonfnoTex
this here land an see the one legged
men,. What. is the cause a. AL Ibis
one-1egeedness Mr.. Speaker War.
some uIliufUrmed mem say; but no. sir.
isIisnes war Il i railroads. ststistie.
sh0w that seyen~tenths Of one-legged
men arp caused BIZ the railroads. biz
being the case, am opposed TO them.
Dove wish to Mi up Our country - "a
one-leggeds menu No, sir; IN there.
fire. wish 10 enter my protest Against
the passage, of this railroad bill,
The member from Gray County arose
ii reply. Mr.. Speaker. said he
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-22
WIH ~ 1u r. iSs HpFee ne s Woru :
81 S'k 81 ~ a 4 N |

Mabeile was not a homely maiden to
look upon, but Beautiful With a rare,
delicate sbeauty of her own; and this
beauty which passed into her face dur
ing these hours Of eonveree with nature,
only added another loneliness to that
Which IS hEeadyst hexe-vY In -
and Suhday came. hnA Mabah. ayi1g
been to church id the morning with
Mrs. Massey, and passed the afternoon
in her favorite haunt, came to the house
in time for tea, and found Grace look
ing out for her : - "a II : Isl
1--WE have planned an expedition. -
said the latter. care you tired? or do
you feel etFlal to q goolaswalka'n SO Q
II feel equal to q good long walk. "
replied Mabelle. promptly. oy -,
going 30 to 90 Va avn sa q a 9oW " s apd
up the. steps to the Abbey Church, go
to service there. and then walk home ID
the cleaning, if you are equal to it,
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vote Of nearly $50, while Arthur is q
good second with vote close to 800.
ne remaining leo votes are distributed
a@aong Messrs. Edmunds. Logan. Sher-
man, Gresham. Hawley and Fairchild.
The balance of power held by tho
miqpr candidates is not likely 10 be
E. sT. .' shd Y ~ e, { .el Ar Arthur s,.r
former cad get bdl little Il any Of tbs.
strength unless, indeed, the final
struggle should be between him and
Elaine. In that event nearly all
of the Edmunds, Sherman and
Aawley vote would be cast for
Arthur. The talk of an understand
ing between Blaine and Logan is re-
peWed apdxf it be THE that an agree
meht bStkSen these two has been en-
tered into, it is quite likely that Bla,ne
will receive the So votes of Logan which
E s;ss . gl s,s b Bass1 Si 55|a f bs
dificult to defeat hims If the more
.asis6 any desree Il acc5lecy shs vote
controlled By Logan will be quite suf6-
Gent to give the nomination to the
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is not more excited over these discIos-
urres is that although. Badeau's state
fnents are not the most reliable, vet al
most any description Of blunders or ex-
hibition of weakness cansbe expected of
n department. I'M charge II Eeline-
huysem There has been evidence az
its imbecility in the management of our
relations with Germany. Its slip-shod
dipIouecy HAS Been. appars6k kn other
cases in which the National interests
far Weakness and general fneficiency
hes been est bliahsf 81 home md
The biographical Cons1l-General al
leses that he telegraphed his accusa-
,tions eight times TO the department
without their being noticed. when he
threw UP his commission in disgust
The public is thus enabled to size the
extent Of ! disgust that could induce an
old Grant office-holder to resign q So, :
600 salary. But it is intimated that
the consular fees of Havana amount
Ing 10 abcnt $I8D00sa year haye not
heen reported or any return made of
them to the Treasury at Washington
for the year during which Badeau occu-
pied the position. Great hallabaloos
are sometimes raised to divert attention
from embarrassing accounts. But
|whether the fault is With the coIsni4
General or the Secfetary q StRtai in this
case, Che people am not going 10 ct
excited over the deEnquencies Of Ko-
publican officials when the opportunity
to turn them all OUT is so near at hand.
Es&# n RFas88N ~
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-22

these vi h*tcze q mt ko1E |saisl
lican NMidn 4 aEonveifiap whst viii
equal if not surpass in stubbornness and
exciting interest that of the week.
battle between the 306 and the field ia
1S89s 6nt mar not the shrewdness et
these principals contessants suggest
to sthesn the propriety of spool
ing their issues insteads of per-
mifting the field To- utiize the
strength of the weaker for the benefit
of one of the minor candidates? Arthur
and Blaine between them control three
fourths of the Convention. There has
been no such bitterness in their rivalry
as to precInde . combinations amlich
m 1gua ID kantl edhsa z ne.
StiS not kEeE that Presiaem Ar4hur
would accept office under Blaine,s but
as he is 8 natural-born politician and
too young to retire altogether from
public life. he might be willing to be-
come 1.-the power behind the throne
greater than the throne itself" AS for
Blaine, il is not doubted for a moment
that If heN fnd8 that his play for the
principal stake is to lose, he would be
willing 70 repeat With Arthur or peny
|oth1r R5mis1pg candidate The feriain
.he m3de Wit Garfeld Strknger things
have happened In politics than COM
bination between Arthur and Blaine
H1r1is6axr0 P1fT-iof
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Tx III III Ell er.s> adj HsE.
bann I'D feir i o y. fyiasssw WING she

sitting with Mrs. Massey in the painted
chamber up stairs. apd listening to the
discourse of. thss laM sanying forth.
hatless and bonnetless, into the garden
to gather bunch of flowers, or walking
about with DR.. johnson following or
preceding Der at sedate or decent
pace; swanderings out to the clif. (which
aastmas her daVorite resof& She. ex7
psrienced q profound pleasure in the
mere fact of walking over the breezy.
undulating downs, and letting her cot
tom gown trail over the clean, short.
cfi&psgrass Each time IS She nlopnted
the highest of the ridges, and the great,
shining. CLASSY sea flashed like a beam
of light upon her eyes, there came the
same thrill of joy and wonder, the same
sensation of longing satisfied in broad
and ample measure by something so
vast and boundle Is that Effort Of hers
could ever con2pNsS t. nny1teryN and
hidden meaning, <wlsae thek earse III, der-
current of the ground-swell, and the
rhythmic ~break~0f~ tbe-Faves ~on--the
shore, never lost its stately music for
Z III al. or :sssooae al hmdpea tia
edge of the cliff, shemight have passed
for Wordsworth's louisa everything
in nature was a2ioy to her. and, as she
watched and listened he potts words
Sal pss liz R 81 hsea FITS ],
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Defeat Of the Morrison Bill.
b has fes6 dften sad y tie Hps1bzaeaa
thai theaate d the HllT eportd ~ he
roInmit e4 on w aysA1N \ LEAFS Hr he
1ud ,,Ss4;<s&w Ges4rar ~&krfn.uM a. IL.

|thA theaate d the Mllf eportd ~ he
.asesiss 5as wasse k 5ss g (:
Morrison bill, depended on small mar
81 d L H small s majority
eas ss ss sE sa. zssss 6
the subject The final trial of strength
between the pretectipnists md revenue
nfomeHsc4Ine vest rday and tho bill
protectionist to strike out the enatipf
clause by a.vote Of 1856 in the afErma.
tive to ISL ia the negative. This, H i
part of the Democrats to- redflcE taxa
rtisn and the surplus revenues during
tie present Congress. There would
seem to be no use in spending further
time after the long and able. but unsuc-
cessful, battle for so reasonable and
seonserratiye measure as that which
has justsbsen Killed. No doubt there
will u felnts male to reduce internal
revenue taxation or remove it entirely
from whisky and tobacco; but these
will be of little consequence. The PEG
pie do not want free whisky and tobac-
co. and their representatives viii hardly
perseyere in, an, effort to do what is 50
manifestly against the popular inclina-
ton. eFsst
The struggle which has ended has not
been without value. It has done much
to educate the people and to finculcate
wise opinions on the luppermost ques-
ton in American politics. II has also
done much to~define the position Of
parties. The Democrats, though IN
fortunately not solid for revenue re-
form, have shown that the weight and
authority zoftthe party is on that side OF
the question mot only in their party
platforms but in the halls of legislation.
On the other hand. the Republican par
ty stands for q continuation OF needless
taxation and the imposition of DUE
which bring q vast and demors
surplus into the Fedatal TE
Those Democrats who hav4 3
ACT against theiraparty and to -
the allies 81 the Republicans are but .
fragment of the organisation whose
Eaaional taiumpa they impekI and
whose opinionsSon the most Eits1 quesr
tion before the people the do NOT
share. ssisaass1 Fl
there will, OF course. be 10 retreat
or lowering of the 6ag 81 The Democ-
raey They will go5nto npproach-
ing National campaign VIII the doc
trfne of revenue reform inscribed on
their i,annersaseiths all the emphasis of
,unabated earnestness,s and these who
battIe with them will have to march
under that sign and with that profes-
sion of opinion. This Is no. time for
hesitnney. nor will there be wavering
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himself to his book and hammered
(nwayxt it rs diligently - if he wsre a
space writer Dependents for his sdailv
bread uponsthe performance of stated
amount of daily labor. The booms of
the boomers went laundering through
aud hssrd them mot. I His eMn1 sopm
WIS lad tpih lSvendeE He knewap-
parently he had no record upon
which to- run for even a nomina-
ton, much less for an election. Most
of his party papers told HIM 10 and
many of them told him why with q
fullness. mot TO saw coarsness, ofs de-
tail which left nothing either stothe inn
Aagfnatioh Or TO the ii sensasty Of oppos-
ing Partisanship. He nade ND defense;
his friends made none. His 1navaiI-
ability seemed TO be an accepted fact,
and his withdrawal from the race q
foregcne conclusion. Suddenly it ap-
pears that he has an admitted strength
of 1888 votes in the Chicago Convention
and D. claimed strength of $50: his
friend Phelps Of NewgJersey. comes to
his defense with an elaborate sponging
out of all the wicked stories his party
has been telling about him, and the pre-
EteRee 1ak 4en4 not . candidate, but q
poor struggl ng author is thrust into,
The dim back ground Z kEss8S
Was ever party in this humor wooed?
Never that we recall But this wooing
has been wonderfully successful; and
the winning Of the party is among. the
most prominent of political probably.
tiles. If the nomination is secured the
party-in the main-will accept 1t.
1t will cost good deal of swat
lowing. There are brave words
mnumerable 4 about sstainfeda ckndi-
dates" and s.totten recoraS' anyfS tat
1tooed men Ito be- eaten before Maine
can be shouted for with anything like
nunanimity. asRut the swallow Of the
party of moral ideas is capacious, and
practicefhas made it very expert Like
the savAges WHO eat only tainted meat.
the s.proud old partyp rather1ikes can
didates that have been left too long out
side the refrigerator. They will take;
Mns line with phelps very fiimsv GER
fifieafc of chafhcfersand the assurances.
d the New York Tribune, 1.-THE party
VIII have to rob the cradle and the
grave to find candidate of whom no.
evil can be said. r And they viii leave
the task Of defeating him. and of pro-.
ptecting he Kep&hlie frnm the dishenors
his election wodld entail, to the Dem-l
4ocTaey4 a.. II Msa4S sa 90
Such, at least. Is one Of the present
Probabilities allowance must Ia made,
however. for sunstrokes. The Chicago
Convention convenes about the time the
bdGy III sss srn ~ Rialns sn abs IL.
nence--DetroH Free Press.
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The Republican arithmeticians are
npt 50 successful in figuring out the
TSlatise strength ct the several candi-
oates Tor the Republican Presidential
nomination. as they have proved ia
counting ia their candidate after he
8 de ated. E feR Pr 40
q nu per Of ID eg3es bat may pe
lied pn to supp1 II % l.
8 BAL didates e sctiy "
I e. .e Of !, ,ls s' 81 q 3, =, Z
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-22

] 's---You Rhssisns DO have ss1ci1 fanny
names.n was q remark made by Miss
Hosg to diplomat at Washington. -
Washington Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-22
a Blaine q Maine. II

He is a queer creature is Blaine. of
Is saif ii tricks as any nobE se that s
ever appeared in the only greatest show
on earth-or In any other Show on any
other earth. Neither politi ians or peo-
pie know where I'd have him or whit to
do'withA him. 1t begins to now look
very much as if one of the places to
have hin is to be the nlase Of Reppb-
appearances may be deceptive. as they
often are in Blaine case. Even if he
should be candidate the question what
to DO 9th him ~ DE as diafcuH as
S' Starring out xith-the-Imo,. slo-
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Saturday, the day of Hermann's Al.
rival. had come and gone, and brought
him at the appointed time. and Sunday
morning found him exceedingly hap
py, and Grace no less so in pretend
ing to make little of him. while in
reality she made very Ihucn sof him.
Thus Mabelle found herself with
a hportentops amount Of asoitaE5
time q hef hands, t. dispo@ Of j.
best SIC could. Fortunately, 1t sFom
shaven, she was never at loss for means
to do that; the sensation of being in
place she liked. and amongst personsy
she loved, went long way toward CO e.
shutting the happiness of Mabelle EaN.
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prlety even be accused OF derelict.OnS
sssspb'g shf4 4, ls,spders: Ysl
sx2attek seems to -sksulne . humid ou&
aspect The public is disposed to Sc.
something laughable in charge Of
ofiiciN delinquency preferred By one Of
baIIess a acess esfse SUI. D,paitnen1
of almost every offense it could in an
official capacity be guilty Of. II it had
made. q. special effort IL. be as contempti-
lie as inlpci6tT lad nsglect oI dfky
gould possislI 9lske g appear As :
have done worse than the retired Con-
sui General charges it with having done
sutiioritiea t.. pe1sislenay sersened'
corruption;'' it twas derelict
Mas se sesii ssd 9s &
neglect OF injuries and insults to Amer
lean citizens, seamen and trade ii the
ishnb Of Gubar Yashstitual; its nego-'
tiations with Spain were ssiniurious to
the interests AMI honor of the coun-
try" ETC., etc.xaaH Here is istuof DEERE
lotions and fenses that sIioSf entitle
the State Dfment to The cit for
''eussednes 1gsnsral md
|a ~ mel i nj reiis6ie bic 80 ie Of
i'll S. Grsnt, th& diSera ing
hch, q State Qef& rtnal I'M
rs ira iohs,
j, e 1
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/ was not to go to school any more. 50
it really seemed as If my whole time
was to be given up to AMI mean "a
these stupid calls and .viAits AID
things. I could not study auyfhine.
Angela said it was so dull TO have some
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2 St i.
/ = ( ass s should m1i ii
out or1 Fee eally was & III
md is = 6pos Nv having e 4 -

to myself. He gave me a little room
for NV own, and said in winter there
was always to be fire there: and one
day he got me pass for the CollegS
library.that's where I get my ledrae1
books, Grace-and he subscribed 10
Nudes for me for new ones asked
him what there waA could d. X him.
!, felt sss 4 aGd &C Oh LII a n and
Eyes. very" Grace was obliged to own.
Because Angela grumbled dread
fully. Oh, she does grumsle soraeu
times, Grace. You will not tell aAy
one said so, but she makes me fed
sometimes as if 1 should absolutely like
to box her ears.
r"Did ever any one hear Of such
fiEhttal fhoughtsf aYeaR3 y
M. Fordyess shid sheadidn't know
he had done anything that required
payment, bptthat he neFsr refused a
ibid Offer, add Inni&M fea1 The paper
to him sometimes. and write a few of his
letters. So we began with that, and
now we have got beyond the papef,
and read very interesting books some
times, voyages and travels and history.
The only drawback is that Angela
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-22
! hs Oily. ana abgsess to It so
! aaEs lg j; u Rss i ssR to i Ms.
rstIn osher~werds, your, sister has
pterreacRd hefeI and has to subm4

to Mr.. FOrdyce, instead OF his Submit
ting to her, as she intended. You will
excuse my saying. Mabelle. thatsI eml
very glad to hear it. ~ =
Mabelle smiled rather family, and at
this moment the sound of bell warned
them that tea was ready at the farm;
and. accompanied by DR.. johnson.
thopgblfnpy paging before them, they
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CHAPTER KxAcox1rscrn

..And,you have .alienated the affec-
sfo1ssof my dog tosaeh an sextene shas
he always follays ,youT nov, sari never
me. sSDfs Johnson. SAr. come here!'s
said his mistress. seating herself and
holding out her hand to him.
DR.. johnson looked from one to the
sother. shufiied foolishly about on his
launches, and remained where he was
with deprecating grin.
I'm going to tell Hermann .tEat he
must not expect You to be at liberty in
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-04

AND now it is said that Postmaster
General Gresham, in pursuance of his
crusade against the lottery companies,
will move To exclude from the mails
such papers as publish lottery adver-
tisements. Next thing, no doubt, Mr..
Gresham will warn the papers that
they must shut down on the patent
medicine advertisement, which, with
pleasant and attractive opening sem
fences, woos the guileless reader on To
concluding paragraph about his
liver or blood. Mr.. Gresham is very
Jealous man. The newspapers, as a
rule, take the lottery advertisements
when offered and well-paid for. But
the reputable journals are exceedingly
cautious TO refrain from editorial in
dorsements of any lottery or gift en-
terprise.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-04

II congressman are not too pervioush
the assaults of these aribe-hucks'ers,
tho lapsed grants will be declared for
feited. and put on the market for pup
lie occupation
These lands, embracing more than
50. 600 0)0 acres. were granted by con
press to corporations to aid in the con
struction of their roads, with condi-
tions attached that the roads must be
completed within n stated time. IN
some instances the roaus were par
italy completed within the time III
lowed, and in others not even Conn
mrnccd AS the condition Of the
grant was violated, congress Las power
to declare the lands forfeited, and 10
throw them open TO public entry.
This it should do at once. Contracts
between private individuals ave voida-
bic when one % the parties violates
his conditions, and the same law APP
plies to the parties 10 the land grants
the government and the railway cor
po atoms.
In the present state Of uncertainty,
large tracts OF land are not available
for settlement because The settler can
not determine whether the title is in
the government or the railroad COM
pany. II he purchases from the COM
pany and congress declares the grant
forfeited 10 the government he Loses
his land. He cannot get it from the
because it is yet in the
hands of the railroad companies. So
it lies idle and unproductive. So it
must lie until congressional action
either declares the grants forfeited TO
the government or extend, the time
allowed for the completion Of the
roads.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-04
A system of the Past.


The system that the ultra free-range
men desire to bring upon Texas is he
same system, Of land distribution that
| prevails in tue Indian Territory. That
is, communism Us to real estate. No
Indian holds title 10 his land, nor can
he own land in severaltv. He is the
subject of a paternal system that holds
the lands of his country ut large, or in
common, and disarms the individual
member OF the government of ambi-
ton to improve and develop property
that he cannot guarantee himself the
enjoyment Of The effects of the sys-
tenn may be beheld in the Territory
II induces slolh, carelessness and neg
lect in all farming operations. We
want nothing of that kind in Texas.
Here, men who look to the acouisi-
ton of a competency in the future
want the possession and enjoyment of
their property guaranteed 10 them.
Individual effort alone can make n
country and n people prosperous, and
this effort must he brought ont by an
adequate reward. Enterprise and in.
dustry vii acquire land. while sloth
and Incidence will not Communism,
which cannot elevate vice to the plane
of virtue, drags the latter down to the
level of of the former. Free rangeisa
is principle Of communism. and
those who advocate unrestricted free
range are driving toward communism.
Texas is not ready for il.