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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
THE FORCE BILL.
Condemned by business Men in All Sec
lions of the Country.

Condemned by business Men in All Sec
lions of the Country.
As a general rule, we think that bust
ness journals should not interfere in
partisan politics, but there are political
measures which are so intimately asso-
ciated with the welfare of the whole
country that it becomes the duty of
every business man to speak out and let
himself be heard upon them.
At Appomattox General Grant said to
General Lee: Tell your men to take
their horses home with them to help
them make their crops and afterward
uttered the immortal words: Let us
have peace"
The people of the South accepted their
defeat in good part, and went earnestly
to work to retrieve their fortunes, with
result which has challenged the adj
miration of the world; but just as the
New South is emerging from it's dark
ness. with it's labor contented and it's
resources developing by union of
Southern effort and Northern capital,
certain politicians, actuated by the
same spirit which General Grant re-
buked, now come forward and for parti-
san purposes seek again to stir up strife
between the North and the South by
proposing what is popularity known as
1.-The force BILL" a Federal election law
which Lincoln, Grant and Gar field. the
great leaders of the Republican party.
if alive to-day, would unhesitatingly
condemn, and which every fair minded
man must pronounce as unwise as it is
unnecessary. Even intelligent colored
men are already found protesting against
it as sure to result in detriment to their
race.
The conditions at the South are such
that until the colored people have grown
in intelligence, federation and virtue,
the white race must necessarily be the
dominant race. Northern Republicans,
who visit the South and see for them
selves, admit this The property Of the
South is being taxed to educate the col
ored people, and in time they will rise
to the responsibilities and duties of cit
izenship; but to attempt to employ bay
pnets in regulating elections in Repub-
lican country a quarter of a century af-
ter the war, is a step backward that 1.-The
common sense of most will not indorse,
and that the dominant party will find to
be as bad policy from Republican party
point of view, as it is uutimely and I'M
just.
Among the first to condemn it will be
the men in blue, VIII fought against the
men in gray, and who sympathize more
with the sentiments of their great lead
err than they do with those who seek to
speak for the Republican party to-day.
At any rate, it is time for the business
men of the United States to protest in
the name of the country S welfare against
such legislation as the force bill, and
that they 'cM protest earnestly and Wig
orously the leaders of the Republican
party will find out in 1892, if they do
not be fore. -American Grocer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
DEMOCRATIC LERS.
Can They Better Themselves by Joining a
II New Party?

Can They Better Themselves by Joining a
New Party?
The silly report that there is a figh,
on between the Democratic and Farm.
ers' Union LABOR party is entirely un'
foun ded. The truth is the essential
princi plies of the two parties are the
same. and the question is, can Demo.
cratic farmers better themselves by
leaving their party and going to some
other? The Republican party is re-
sponsible for the hard times and scarcity
of money in the West Farmers who
have voted that ticket have abundant
right to complain. as they have not
been represented at all. The men they
have elected to lawmaking bodies have
never taken into aAcount their interests
and wishes, but have wholly ignored
them. On the other hand this is not
true of Democrats Democratic legis-
lators have done their utmost to en-
body into laws for the past thirty years
the very measures which the Western
people are so earnestly demanding now.
They were unable to do so, however,
because the party has not had COM
plete control of the Government since
the war.
AS sample of some of the legisla-
ton passed by Democratic legislative
bodies. take the work OF the Indiana
Legislature two years ago. Among
the important laws passed by it were
the following:
l. The new school-bool1 law, which
reduces the cost of text books forty per
cent.
=. The Australian election system
which will prevent fraud at the polls.
8. The payment of wages every two
weeks to employees.
0 Their laws might be cited, but these
are sufficient for the present. They
are all in the interest of the people and
what they have been demanding. In
Missouri, a Democratic State. the only
law so far passed in the United States
against trusts, an antitrust law can be
found which confiscates the property
of these oppressive organizations, and
which has served to compel them to
quit operating in that State. So, by
careful inquiry, the Democratic farmer
and laborer will find that his party has
done all in its power to forward his in
terests, always meeting with the united
opposition of Republican legislators.
What then has Democratic farmer
Or laborer to gain in leaving his party
to vote third ticket? Nothing. A
Republican, however, has the best rea-
sons to leave his party. If the Repub-
can farmers of this county are honest
and sincere in advocating the principles
enunciated by the F. NJ. b. A., and
Farmers Alliance, we do not under
stand how they can ever consistently
vote Republican ticket again. If the
measures advocated by these orders are
in their interest, then of necessity the
measures that have been passed and
are being voted for now by the Repub-
lican party are directly against their
interests, while those of the Democrat
ic party are in harmony with them.
This is serious subject, and should be
the object of serious consideration on
the part of every voter Washington
Und.) Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
PiTH AND POINT.

-'FAnd, Alphonse, do you think you
can love me a little when I am old?'
"Yes, very."-Boston Times.
Never get mad when the other fell
low does. Wait until he cools off, and
then you will have the field to youself.
Texas Siftings.
-Interviewer-''You began life as a
clerk, did you not?" Merchant-''No,
sir; began life as king. I was the
first babv.-Terre Haute Express.
-Jenks-''Winks married woman
of intellect, didn't he?" Blinks-'I
don't know. Why?" Jenks-'I notice
he never has any buttons on his
clothes IN. Y. Weekly.
by the way, how is Higgins? I
heard he was at DEATH door" 81 don't
know about that, but the last time
saw him he was on the step pulling the
doctors bell. '-Philadelphia Times.
Farmer Waybacl-''All my pigs
broke out last night and the consta BILE
put them in the pound" Farmer Wise
Take care of the pens and the
pounds will take Gale of themselves. -
Puck.
In the Sanctum-''What doyo mean
by saying that the author of this story
is a young man of twenty? He is sixty
four years of age" You forget. He
was twenty when the story was accept
ed.-N. Y. Sun.
-Spaeer-''Oh, we'll, I don't care
whether you accept my jokes or not.
| can sell them elsewhere" Ed
itor-"I dare say you can. What has
been done once can be done again, and
all these jokes have been sold before"
Epoch.
waiting for an answer. Suddenly the
peculiar hating click of the receiving
machine sounded in the office, and she
said to her companion: That's from
George, | know. l can tell his stutter."
Philadelphia Times.
Magazine Editor-"Great Lucifer!
man, we can't accept such a poem as
that" Poet-"Why? / think it one of
the best things l have ever done"
Magazine Editor-''Bah,i its too simple.
Why, our readers would understand what
it means the first time they read it."
A Williamsport girl, who, in the
matter of beauty and effectionate exu-
berance, was not to say fresh as first
love and rosy as the dawn was asked
why she did not get married, and this
is what she said in reply: Il have con-
siderable money of my own, l have
parrot that can swear and a monkey
that chews tobacco, SO that | have no
need of husband. Oil City Blizzard.
Sweet Girl Graduate-"Tm so glad
you liked my essay on The Philoso-
phical and Religious Thought of the
Ancient Etruscans.' Do you know I'm
going to send it to a journal in the city
of Washington for publication. Friend
Il certainly would do SO, as the essay
shows you to be a soundly and thor
oughly- educated American woman"
Sweet Girl Graduate-'By the way,
what state is Washington in?-Amer-
lea.
-''Brethren and sisters" and the pa
tent old pastor buttoned his thread
bare coat closer about his spare form, II
notice that members Of this congrega-
ton are shivering from the cold. |
should have replaced the broken pane
of glass in this window behind me
weeks ago with rags if they could have
been spared from the family wardrobe.
The collection for foreign missions will
now be taken up.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
OWLS.
Habits of Some of These Wise-Lookins
Birds.

Habits of Some of These Wisc-Looking
Birds.
Oh! the round headed owls
Are such wise looking fowls,
That you'd think they'd read many book
But. between you and me.
Like some people you see,
They're not nearly as wise they look.
Owls have large, puffy heads, big,
blinking eyes, short, stout bodies, little
hooked beaks and soft, downy feather
coats, and almost all of them sleep in
the daytime and go about at night, for
their eyes are not strong enough to bear
the light of day. Owl-faces and cat-faces
are very much alike, and the owls and
cats themselves are in many respects
very much alike, so much so, in fact
that one of our great naturalists says
IAN owl is cat with two legs, two
wings and feather coat, and cat is
an owl with four legs and fur coat
They both eat rats mice. birds and fish,
and they both see we'll in the dark.
A snowy owl is handsome bird Its
coat is white as snow, it's claws and
beak are black and its eyes are orange
color. This owl is one of the few owls
that fly by day, and it is good fisher.
1t sits on a rock or the branch of a tree
fish comes within reach it takes the un-
fortunate swimmer with its sharp long
claws in the twinkling of an eve.
The coquimbo or burrowing owl is a
quaint, long-legged owl, not quite elev-
en- inches in length, which lives in
those parts of America. where prairie
dogs abound in the burrows made by
these curious little animals. They are
also day owls and can even stand the
glare OF the monday sun. and they NAV
be seen any time of the day or evening
perched on the small heaps of earth
that are thrown up in front of their
homes.
Some owls are called horned owls he
cause they have two tufts on their
heads that look like horns They are
very large, strong birds with white
Threats and reddish brown coats and
their beaks and claws are black. and
their eyes the same color as those of
the snowy owls
The horned owls kill and eat souir-
rels, rabbits, ducks and wild turkeys
and, like the majority of their kind,
they hide in the dark woods all dav
and prowl about at night, when thew
utter loud and fearful cry which
sounds like waugh o! Waugh O:
Waugh or
The barn or screeeh owl is ALWAYS
found near human habitations. gener-
ally in the vicinity of farm-yards, where
1T loves to dwell, not for the sake of de-
vouring the young poultry, but of eat
ing the mice that do so much damape
In the ricks, fields and barns.
This bird is easily tanned when young.
and makes very amusing pet.
Most owls build their nests in holes
In trees. They build them of big
sticks, leaves, grass and feathers, and
their eggs are large and white. De-
troit Free Press
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
OUR YOUNG READERS.
A HAPPY LOT.

Happy the boy whose lot in life
Mid rural scenes is cast,
Whose youthful hours with birds and flow
erS
ContentedIy are passed;
Whose home is where the dense woods waV'
And emerald meadows Law,
Where Nature stands with outstretche'
hands,
Inviting him to play.
The mill-race, churned to dancing foam.
The pond, the rush-rimmed brook,
Are free for him to sail or swim,
Or cast the baited hook;
He roams in blossomed clover iirlls,
Companion of the bee,
And for the fruits his palate salts
He plucks the orchard tree.
He sees no signs: Keep off the grassr'
Boys not admitted here"'
Policemen grim don't trouble him
And make him quake with fear;
No threatening municipal laws
His outdoor sports annoy;
There don't exist Socialist
Free as the country boy.
These summer days he sports about
Barefoot and jackctless;
No fashion pl ates he initiates
In matters such as dress;
The prisoned brick and mortar lads
May dub him Country Jake"
But everywhere the pure, fresh air
Clear brains and stout limbs make.
And while the draughts of rich ozone
Feed muscle, brain and lung,
The rustic mind is quick to find
Gems in our mother tongue;
For where the state, the pen, the sword,
Ambitions slaves employ,
High up in fame is carved the name
OF many country boy.
p. Z. Fossett, in Golden Days.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07

with the merchant service OF oUner
countries. it is now proposed to pay
men out of the Treasury to meet these
obstacles, rather than to remove them.
Many of the vessels in the carrying
trade are owned by Americans, but they
find it improbable to sail under the
flag of their country. The tariff and
ship-building regulations are in their
way. The provisions of the act IN sub
stance are that the United States Will
pay each home-built ship engaged in the
foreign trade bonus of 80 cents for
each l. 900 miles or fraction thereof, for
every registered ton gross, with
trlflinG variation or two. This would
involve an expense of 80 cents ton, or
nearly that for a vessel running be-
tween New York and Liverpool.
steamer of 5000 tons register would get
81, 500 for each passage, or 50, 900 for the
round trip. If it makes twenty trips
year it would have for its subsidy $780,
900. Ships going on long voyages such
as around Cape Horn to South American
ports, or about the Cape of Good Hope
to India or China, would be paid in the
same proportion. These figures are to
continue ten years and the next nine
years there is to be reduction of three
cents a ton. No close estimate can be
made of the outlay to be required by
this measure, but if it meets the expec-
tations of its supporters it must run up
among the large millions. They insist
that it will more than multiply by four
the present tonnage of about 1000, 600
in the foreign trade. The cost would be
enormous were there ships under Amer
lean register to take advantage of it.
Time will be required to build them.
This is all that saves the Treasury from
fearful depletion.-St. Paul Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
PRESS COM MENTS.

1t seems to be settled that State
rights are for Northern States. The
South must content itself with National
rule.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Vice President Morton is not one
of those prohibitionists who carry water
on both shoulders. One of his shoulders
he devotes to alcoholic mixtures. -Cour-
ier-Journal.
THAT stanch Republican paper,
the Philadelphia American, advises all
Republicans to vote the DemOcra tic
Gubernatorial ticket this time. Things
seem all ready for tidal wave" in
the keystone State.-Boston Globe.
$50 there will be no Pattison men
and no Wallace men in the Pennsyl-
vania Democracy. They are all Demo-
Gratis.
I'VE will unite the white rose and the red,
Smile Heaven upon this fair conf junction."
N. Y. san.
The New York Tribune editorially
inquiries: who says it is force bill?"
Well. leaving out a few millions of
Democrats, the Pioneer-PreSs of
Minnesota says so, and Murat Halstead
of Brooklyn and Cincinnati says So
Washington Critic.
why should the House or the
Adm Illustration be expected to take
notice of the scandalous conduct of
Pension Commissioner Raum? Is he
not a Republican, engaged in distribut-
ing the surplus among his own rela-
tions and clients End the pension raid
exs?-N. y. World.
The force bill will produce IAN
other crop of carpet-b aggers, but they
will not find the South of 1865 in 1890,
and it would be we'll enough for them
to exercise a degree of caution when
they approach kemper County.-Louis-
vile Times.
In an interview with the Roches-
ter Union (Dem.) Bob Ingersoll says:
II believe in protecting what are called
the infant industries, but after these
infants get to be six feet nigh and
wear No II boots is about time to stop
rocking the cradle, especially when the
infant tells you that if you stop rock
ing he will get out of the cradle AMI
kick your head off,"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
Seven Bodies Recovered.

BALTIMORE, Md, July S1.-All day
long crowd of busy searchers with
graphing irons and hooks were fishing
the waters in the vicinity of Monday
nights disaster on the river for bodies
of victims Seven bodies were recov-
cred. They were: Harry Kopp, Lena
Beetz, Lille Griggs, Annie Rieth, Mrs.
Sophia Faber, Mrs Lizzie Grenzer and
Willie Beigal. The bodies were in a
badly decomposed condition and pre-
scented a sickening appearance. The
faces and other parts of the bodies were
badly eaten by crabs. and they were
recognized only by their clothes etc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
THE SUBSIDY BILL.
a job of Whose Magnitude But Few
Have a Correct Conception.

The subsidy bill has recently passed
the House, having previously passed
the Senate and vii! unques tionably be-
come q law. 1t has not received much
attention, and few have a very definite
idea of what it amounts to. The OBJ
ject, as stated. is to re-establish the
American merchant marine, and divert
the foreign carrying trade from the
ships of other nations that have a
monopoly OF it. The offer it contains
is to pay certain sums to vessels built
in this country, and manned by Amer
lean citizens. trading with foreign ports.
There was time, before the legislative
policies of the Republican party were
adopted. when it was not necessary to
hire American citizens to build ships
and sail them on the high seas.
Having destroyed the foreign commerce
of the country by imposing burdens
that made it impossible to compete
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
Forty Acres of Fla me.

CHICAGO, July 31.-Fire, supposed to
have originated from spark from a
locomotive, started about seven o'clock
yesterday afternoon in the lumber
wards Just north of the mouth of the
Chicago river. Famed by a heavy
breeze, it spread rapidly, burning over
nearly forty acres before it was SUBJ
dued. The total loss will exceed $500. =
600. Ayers & Company's lumber yard
and the Fitzsimmons & McConly Dredge
Company are among the heaviest losers
The fire destroyed nearly $4,000 worth
of freight cars belonging to the North
western Railroad Company.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
Relief for the South Lawrence Cyclone
Sufferers-MOre Help Needed.

LAWRENCE, Mass, July S0.-Battery
c. which has been on duty at the ruins
daily since Saturday, Yesterday morn
ing voted orc hundred dollars for the
relief of the cyclone sufferers. Rev.
Clark Carter. Rev. NJ. f. McManus and
Rev. NJ. Z. Collins have been appointed
a subcommittee on distribution of the
relief money and $4,000 has been
placed in their hands. They have es-
tablished headquarters on Springfield
street, and are issuing orders for sup
plies. Much moro money than mas been
raised is urgently needed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
The Great Conflagration at Wallace.
Wash.

SPOKANE FALLS, Wash, July So
The fire at Wallace, Sunday night,
started at eight o'clock in the Central
Hotel, and in two hours every thing had
gone up, the supply of water in the
reservoir having given out after ten
minutes work by the firemen. One
man, Antonio Demarcio, was burned to
death. Help is pouring in from the
surrounding towns. The district burned
covers six blocks, the fire even reach
ing the surrounding hills and consum'
ing a portion of the residence part OF
the town.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
I'm the Same Business.

INVENTOR would like to interest
you In a little invention by which sheep
can be shorn by electricity.
broker turning to the ticker AID
looking at the quotations)- dear sir,
THAT'S just what l am doing.-Tex as
Siftings
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
THE INsURREcTIoN QUELLED.

The Argentine Revolution Comes to an
InClOriOuS End from Lack of .Ammuni-
ton to Further Prosecute the Fight.
LONDON, July 29.-The Argentine
Legation has received the following:
BUENos AYREs, Monday, 2:3O p. IN.
Announce that the insurrection has been
completely subdued. The President of the
Republic and the National Cabinet are Civ
ing orders from the national government
house. The Finance Minister has been set
at liberty
[Signedl JUAN GARCIA.
Garcia is the Prime Minister of the
Argentine Republic.
The Government Completely Victorious.
LONDON, July 3O.-The Argentine Le-
cation in London received last night the
following telegram signed by the Minis
ter OF Finance, Garcia:
BUENOs AYRES, July 49,
The government is completely victorious.
The mutineers have capitulated and depo5-
tied their arms in the arsenal. All re ious
superior officers will be dismissed. The
troops are returning to their quarters under
the command of loyal officers. The minor
officers participating in the revolution W i'll
be transferred to positions of less influence.
The forces modified by the government are
returning to the provinces. The political
situation is thoroughly consolidated. The
capital and the whole country are tranquil.
JUAN GARCIA,
Prime Minister.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
The Loss Placed at Half n Million,

AUBURN, n. Y, July 30.-The latest
news from Seneca Falls places the loss
at $500, 900. Fifteen acres were burned
over, covered principally by three-story
brick buildings.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-14

Living is Not Necessarily Expensive.
Is lbs. delicious mince meat Sl.OO.
Il lbs. excellent plain buckwheat
flour 90. II lbs. Stobe's self-rais-
ing buck-wheat $l.OO. lbs. beauti-
full white saurkraut for 25c. 3 Ib cans
vanguard table peaches l5c each. 3
10 cans Ozark tomatoes, 1889 crop, Toe.
3 two Id cans Fort Smith sugar corn,
crop 1889 for 25c.3 two 10 cans Fort
Smith beans, crop 1889 for 25c. II lbs
standard graduated sugar S1.OO. 10
lbs beautiful brown sugar S1.0O.
AS good a pair of spectacles or eve
glasses for ID cents as can he bought
in the city for Sl.OO.
A good pair of scissors for Is cts,
can openers 8 cts and 10000 other
articles at cOrrespondingIy low prices.
These are no Cheap John" goods
nor 'calamity prices" but a practi-
cal demonstration of the live and let
live motto of the Little Red Grocery,
corner North Flores ard Romano
streets
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-14

The true inwardness Of the London
Times in its persecution of Parnell ap-
pears in lengthy statement sworn to
by P. }. Sheridan, of Colorado, who
was approached by the Times agents
to give testimony against Parnell and
who entered into an agreement to- give
satisfactory evidence for 100000 and
English protection. This was blind,
and the correspondence relating there.
to is now in the hands of the Irish
leaders in England and has been for
months. The facts are made public
through Thomas Brennan, the first
secretary of the land league in Ire
land, man who has always been
thoroughly in the confidence of the
Irish leaders.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-14
Eyes Tested

by Kings optometer and spectacles
to suit Watches, Clocks, Silverware
and Jewelry to please every body.
Also, watches and Jewelry repaired.
all at lowest figures. OTTO BLUMEN-
THALL :, 24l Commerce street.