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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19
Mr.. MeriWether's Mistake.

The removal of Mr.. Lee Meriwether
from the position of Labor Commits
sloner became merely a question of
time, from the moment he began to
publish unpleasant facts about the
mining and lumber monopoiies of this
liical near sightedness. Mr.. Meri-
wether should have known that he
was not selected from the charmed
circle of upper-tendom to make the
ideal Labor Commissioner from the
wage workers stand point. His selec-
ton was made from altogether differ
ent consideration. 1t twas the comfort,
convenience, pleasure and profit of
the employer of labor it was his busi-
ness to consult. His failure to rightly
comprehend the duties of his office
and his obstinacy in refusing to be
amenable to remonstrance from his
superiors, brought upon him official
decapitation, which the proprietor
of every "pluck-me-store' in the state,
and the owner of every gang of slaves,
white or black, in the United States,
will unequivocally declare was most
righteous. 1t speaks well for the for
bearing and long-suffering disposition
of the autocratic element that he was
retained as long as he was. He was
given ample opportunities for repent
ance and reform, all of which he refus-
ed to embrace. 1t was repeatedly in
timated to him by the Governor, and
presumably others, that his course
was impolit C and calculated to injure
the reputation of the state. Mr.. Meri-
wether should have confined his in
vestigati ms to the office, instead of
visiting the slab-pile and the tunnel
At the office he would have founi a
report prepared for him, which in ev-
cry way would have been polite and
in no way reflected upon the reputa-
ton of the state. y bout the facts
that Mr.. Meriwether was so impolitic
and regardless of the reputation of his
state as to call attention to, there is
no dispute. There is no denying, and
no one wishes to deny, unless it be
some Observation-Disclosures with
a thin skin, that the Mendoza Mining
Company did withhold the wages of
its employees six or eight weeks at
time, and then pay only in checks re-
deemable in ten years, thereby COM
polling the miner to do all his trading
at the company's store and at company
prices-for the miner does not usually
keep large reserve fund by him
which resulted in shutting out the OBJ
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19

We call particular attention to a
section of "gayne law" published in
our jefferson City correspondence of
this issue, which has recently passed
the Lower House-and, intellec; ually,
a very low House it must be to enact
sue, n statu e: worthy the darkest
period of the Dark Ages. According
to this law, no II an may sell haunch
of venison, brace of pheasants, a
wild turkey, or halfa-dozen quails, to
his neighoor! Think of it. What
brainy lot of men are they who will
enact such a law! Depriving their
humb bier constitutions of their rights in
order that the game may be preserved
for the favored few who, with dogs
and guns, come out into the country
and enjoy their sport and eat of the
game denied to the poorer denizen
lacking leisure to capture the animals
of the woods and birds of the air with
bow and spear. II is an outrageous
law, and the men who have enacted it
have writ themselves down as asses.
We look to the Senate to knock it sky
high; if it doesn't, the people will be-
gin to believe that the betterment of
their laws does not lie within the
scope of their farmer legislature.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19
SIM. BUCHANAN,
opp. l.O.O.F. Hall. lrOnton.
TRUSTEES SALE.
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
All Work Guaranteed or Money Refunded


Whereas. john Steiner and Catharjna
Steiner. his wife. by their deed of trust.
dated the 10Th day of July, A. ID. 1884
recorded in the office of the Recorder OF
DEEDS for the County of Iron. State of
Missouri. in book 81, page 80 did convey
to Jacob GrandhOmme, trustee. all their
right, title and interest in and to the
following described tract or parcel OF
land, situate, lying and being in the
County OF Iron and Stare ofMissouri. viz.
Ali of lots No. and 10 in block 90 in
the Town OF Pilot Knob. in the County
OF iron. State of Missouri. with all build
lngs and improvements thereon:
which said conveyance was made in
trust to secure the payment of one GER
tam promlssory note therein mentioned
and described:
And whereas said note is long since
que. ana remains unpaid;
And, whereas, it is provided in said
deco OF trust that, in case of death or re-
lusal 10 act upon the part OF said trustee,
the then acting Sheriff of Iron County,
MO may proceed in his stead:
ANA, whereas, the sid Jacob Grand
homme. ustee, is dead;
Now therefore. at the rcnuest of tl,a To-
gal holder of said note. and i'm pursuance
OF the terms of said deed of trust. I. Ihe
Undersigned, sheriff and acting trustee.
will, on
Saturday, April 4th, 1891,
at the east front door of the courthouse
in the City of Ironton, i'm said IRON
County, Missouri, between the hours of
O'Clock A. NJ and ) O'Clock p. M Of
that dav. sell at public vendue the above
described real estate, to the highest bid
der for cash, to satisfy said note and the
costs and expenses t this rrust.
WALTER H. FISHER,
hafilh5o Sheriff and Trustee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19
Two Papers Week for a Dollar Year.
"Everythipg is lovely,
And the goose hangs high :"

Readers of the weekly edition of
The st. Louis Republic now get two
papers of not less than six pages every
week. These papers are issued on
Tuesdays and Fridays, and each con-
tains all the news up to time ofpubli-
cation, yet the price remains only one
dollar year. Sample copies of pre-
MUM catalogue sent free on applica-
ton. Address, The Republic, st.
Louis, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19

The farmer may not be the wisest of
the human kind, but he knows when
he is hurt, as well as anybody, if he
can't always tell the cause of it.
Tighten the screws, gentlemen, now,
while You have the chance, but some
day your machine will burst, and then
you will have to transfer your opera
tons to the highway.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19

The Globe Democrat intimates, in a
recent editorial, that in those states
where the Alliance has gained legisla-
tive control, the mOneylending class
es have undertaken to boycott the
farmer. 1t says ether banks are fail
ing, beca use business is so dull and
the loan companies will not furnish
any more money to borrowers on any
terms'
The monetary condi ton which ena-
bles few men to control the financial
destinies of this country, i'll the opin-
ion of the farmers is wrong, and must
be overthrown. We have a very cur
ious state of affairs in this country.
The farmer of the West usually has a
superabundance of corn and wheat,
needful to support life. The miner
and mechanic of the East, ordinarily,
has hungry belly and an abundant
ability to work when he can get any
thing to do; but somehow he and the
farmer find they cannot exchange
their commodities, so the farmer burns
his corn and the miner and mechanic
go hungry. In casting about to find
a reason for their inability to get to-
gether, they have found that money
to commerce and trade is what water
is to a canal That where the supply
is adequate and uniform, people are
found to be prosperous. They have
found that the supply ofmoney in this
country is not adequate, and that it is
not uniform. They find that gold,
which is now our money metal, is
yearly approaching in value, because
more of it is used annually than is
mined, thus, as the years go on. max
ing it harder to get. and consequently
more valuable. He finds that, with
the limited amount of money in actual
circulation, half-doZen mon can con-
spire together and create stringency
in the money market wherever and
whenever they choose, just as they
are now doing in the Alliance States.
This condition of affairs the Alliance
thinks wrong, and the more conserv-
ative of it's membership favor free
coinage of silver as a remedy, in that
it will furnish a medium of exchange
stable and uniform, incapable of being
contracted and expanded at the will
of Wall Street. For advocating ideas
of this nature, it seems that the
screws are TO be put to the farmer in a
very literal sense, and that he is to
be i'll further oppressed. Gentle
men of the money-bags can undoubt-
eddy make it warm for the farmer for
season, and will likely do so; but
recollect, gentlemen, when you do,
you will be sure to set him to think
ing about how such things can exist,
and as to what right you have to COM
pletely control the currency of this
country, and how it comes that your
interests have come to be considered
the business interests of the country:
and that will be bad day for you.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19

The Senate having so changed the
weekly pay bill as make it applicable
to only two industries thereby rem
dering it unconstitutional, null and
void, as 'class legislation"-can now
proudly receive the thanks of all the
n-year-checkers in the State.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19

No association for the propagate ton
of murder can flourish in this coun try.
The killing by mob law of eleven muir
derers in New Orleans last Saturda
was deplorable, no doubt; but the
Malta is not so arrogant as it was.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19

The New York Sun, semi Demo-
cratic paper, thinks we should not
fight in '92 on either tariff or silver
1t believes in the play of Hamlet with
Hamlet left out.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19

The Frederick town Plaindedlcr calls
it the "Miller" bill and says Jasper
Burks is right in opposing it as the
Republic is wrong in supporting it..
We trust our brother of Madison
knows more about the contents of the
bill than the foregoing would justify
Us in believing that he knows of is
author.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19
Painting and Paper Hanging.

If you want any Painting or Paper Hang
ing done, call on T. B. Pruitt. / am ready
at any and all times to give estimates on any
kind of work in my line of Business. Mail
orders receive prompt attention.
THOS. Il. PRUITT.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19
OUR PLATFORM.

URalterdble opposition TO the policy of
Public Fdu0ritism to PriUate' Industries by
Tariff Ta1Gtion-conamonly called the Re
publican Policy Of Protection.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19

Go to Payton Martins Livery Stable TO
Buggies, Hacks, and for accommodation
for Picnic excursions. New rigs and good
horses.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19
THOS. Il. PRUITT.

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19

he will not be the last, gentlemen
mot by no manner o. meansi"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19

Hon. John NJ. Palmer is
now United States Senat-
or-the first Democrat to
fill that position from IL
Iinnia cinno the Irnr RIlf
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-19
HOLMAN'S SUBDIVISION
MILLS ESTATFl

New York and Rhode Island will
by this and thereby bring it direct
city Buy of their lots
and don't after Buy
Remember that real the basis of ali
Joining this selling from while
closing these lots from
pricesSIo cash and $40 month Two lots
wait until the best lots all Sold get
tickets, and go out and see for yourself
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-19
THINK OF TT
TWENTY TRAINS DAILY. FOUR CENTS FARE.

NO TIME the history the has anv so
high healthfu and eligible building lots placed
reach of citizens when the perfect
and terms of owning ones home good at
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-08-08
A VORAClCUS FISH.
He Eats Everything from Other Fish to
n1ice. sparrc,ys and Cheese.

hiice. Sparrc.vS and Cheese.
In the water-trol.gh in front Of Sulli-
vans hotel ON Chelton avenue, German
town, there is black bass that has at
tracted the attention of hundreds of
people because of his peculiarities
and the degree Of intelligence
exhibited ON many occasions, says the
Philadelphia Tiz1ses;. The fish is the
only inmate of the trough and has &C
cupied it for two years, to the exclusion
Of two hundred others which had been
put in it for propagation purposes, but
the bass killed them one by one until
the entire number had fallen victims
to his voracity. lie not only killed the
fish, but ate them. He swallows flies
by the Dozen which the boys of the
neighborhood gather for him, and the
more they give him the better he appre-
ciates them. He is fed almost daily on
cheese, Holsters and choice beefsteak,
and after he receives his morning com.
plement Of the latter he rises to the sur
face and splashes the water furiously
with his tail. This is presumed to be
his method Of returning thanks.
He also eats mice, and several times
during the past week John Leitilead, of
engine 10, provided him with this quail
ity of bait, only to be swallowed with
out any ceremony. He likewise eats
birds, and hardly q day passes that he
does not dispose Of at least two spar
rows and two chippies. The fact that
the feathers are upon the bodies Of the
birds m axes little difference to him, and
it is only when the legs have not been
removed that he refuses to touch them.
Otherwise he gulps them down with
great rapidity. Although he measures
eighteen inches in length and weighs
about five pounds he causes no trouble
to horses at the trough, and never has
been known TO modest one Of them, ex-
cepting Joe Ladley's gray mare, and
several times he has risen out of the
water and snapped at her while she
was drinking.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-08-08
Dwellings of Belgian Workingmen.

The results of the official inquiry into
the condition of the dwellings of the
working classes in Belgium have just
been published. According to the re-
turn there were in Brussels on Decem-
Der 81, 1890, 49,619 families, of which
1924 were the families of workmen.
The number of houses in the city was;
1854, inhabited by 16s, lGS persons,
There are 4,6O1 houses inhabited by the
working classes, 105 common lodging
houses, and 3,436 places Of business.
The rent of d room for workman
averages If. Csc. month. The average
daily wages Of workingman is ST. 14c.
Of the 1924 worlzing-class families in
Brussels 1O,4G2 have occasional re-
course to public charity, Of working
class families 491 occupy an entire
house, 1871 occupy three rooms, S,05s
have but two rooms, and G,97S have
TO be content with only one: 2,1S6 fami-
lies lodge in garrets, 1900 in cellars. In
1,511 cases family Of five persons live
in single room. In 406 families the
boys and girls sleep in the same bed.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-08-08
NARY AN ARMY WORM.
The Old Farmer Was No Raw Recruit II
He Was HOMEGROWN.


He Was HOMEGROWN.
He was "a gay young officer and I'm
Gle Sam was in great luck to have such
nice hired man, says the New York
Evening World. The car was crowded
and he had to set his bright, new uni
form right down beside din&gy Old
farmer looking chap.
"Wen, my avuncular relative. said he,
speaking up 80 that the passengers
might have q chance to join in the
laugh, s'what promise does he of whom
one touch makes us all akin hold forth
touching the particular Of farinaceous
cereals?"
The passengers chose who under
stood him and chose who didn't) snick-
cred.
''How's the wheat crop, eh?' replied
the dingy parsonage. "Fnst rate, fust
rate
"Is that which fell alike by the way
side, into barren places and upon good
ground completely subterranean?'
The passengers all laughed.
sis the seed all under ground, eh?"
said the countryman. ''Sure: all the
seedin's done and things are sproutin'. -
''Has your retina been impressed by
any members of the advanced guard of
the cantharis vittata?''
The passengers gigggled.
''seen any potato bugs, eh?'' said the
rustic ':You bet; seen lots of potato
bugs but nary au army worm."
'sNo?" said the gay young officer,
hastily. heading off an incipient laugh,
sand why is the army worm no longer
with you?''
"EVell," said the old professor from
the Podunk agricultural college, Il
heard that most of 'e,n had been jagged
for duplicating their pay accounts"
The naaseugers rOared
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-08-08
EARLY TRACES OF MAN.
He Existed in Denmark ANA Scandinavia
Seven Thousand Years Ago.

IL
Seven Thousand Years Ago.
When was man first placed on earth?
No oae can ans yver that question.
Hugh Miller says that mans habit Of
burying his dead out of sight makes it
| very easy to be mistaken on that point;
! for, because of burial, mems bones
may be found among the animals that
have lain in the earth for ages. There
is one thing, however, that gives us an
| inkling of when he came. Certain
tools, that only man could have made,
have been found buried in caves, in
| peat beds, and III the bottom Of lakes.
Often these are covered by layers Of
rock; and, by calculating how long it
took to make the layers, q guess can be
made as to when the tools were put
| here. Still, it is only 81 guess, and no
one pretends to regard the question as
! settled, because under some conditions
the layers would be made much faster
| than under others. But the bones OF
certain animals, the mammoth and
other great creatures Of that time,
which have long since died, have been
! found with these tools, writes Theresa
Crofton in St. Nicholas. BY calculat-
ing in what ages these animals lived,
! and how long it takes a race of AMI
mails to die out s11rer result can be
| arrived at In cave in England bur-
+! led under limestone layer from one to-
fifteen inches thick, tools have been
found mingled with the bones Of ele-
phants. tigers, rhinoceroses and hye-
! mas which, rOaned over that country
! thousands and thousands Of years ago.
The peat boys Of what is now Denmark
and Scandinavia are filed with stone
tools. Some have been found in beds
of gravel, underlying peat which is
certainly seven thousand years old.
This seems to show that man must
have dwelt on earth at least as many
| "a
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-08-08
HOW THE GRIP TRAVELS.
It Us Communicated by Personal Contact
and Is Not Carried in the Air.

1t Ys Communicated by Personal Contact
and is Not Carried in the Air.
DR.. Parsons has presented to parlia-
rnent the government report on the re-
cent influenza scourge. The report con-
tains mass of interesting evidence, but
does not solve the problem as to the
origin of Influenza, nor does it provide
any sure prevention of the disease. On
the other hand, the report dispels the
common idea that influenza is spread
by atmospheric conditions, and proves
that it is propagated by personal con-
tact. This is shown by the fact that
isolated persons, such as those confined
in prison, lighthouse keepers, and 9th
ers, enjoy immunity from the disease,
while the greatest mortality from it's
effects has been found in large co1nmu-
mites In this connection it is q curious
fact that the general post Office heads
the list of Large communities" where
the disease has been most prevalent,
The Communities represented by
railroad stations, ETC., come next to the
general post office in showing them
selves spots where influenza has player
sad havoc. The period of incubation j
short, sixteen hours to three days bein.
held to be sufficient to account for the
simultaneous incidence of a whole COM
munity where only one or two people
originally suffered from the infection.
1t is expected that in accordance with
precedent the disease will disappear
after two successive years Of epidemic.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-08-08
HIS LITTLE. JOKE FAILED.
One Learned Doctor Is Outwitted by the
Shrewdness OF Another.

One Learned Doctor Is Outwitted by tho
Shrewdness of Another.
An excellent story is. told in the Lon
don It'd Bits Of the late Prof. Rogers
and DR.. r. Dale, of Birmingham. These
two gentlemen were giving a series Of
lectures in Lancashire, and at every
town he visited DR.. Dale noticed that
his colleague, who always spoke first,
made the same speech. In fact, so often
did the professor give that speech that
the worthy doctor knew it all by heart
and this led the latter to think of way
of taking the wind out of his friends
sails.
On then" arrival at a town in south
Lancashire DR.. Dale asked DR.. Rogers
to allow him to speak first, an arrange
ment to which the latter readily agreed,
SO DR.. Dale rose and proceeded to de-
liver the speech of DR.. Rogers, looking
every now and then with the corner of
his eye to see how that worthy gentle
man was taking this practical joke.
DR.. Rogers sat calm and composed,
and when at length his turn came to
speak, he just as calmly rose and de-
livered, to DIR. Dale's utter astonish-
ment, new speech.
At the conclusion of the meeting DR..
Dale said to his colleague:
Il thought had taken the wind out
of your sails tonight
DR.. Rogers replied: ''Oh, no; de-
ivered that speech when was here
month ago.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-08-08
Chinese Kitchens.

A feature of Chinese economy just
discovered at San Francisco has Gre
ated some alarm. On the tops OF
many Of the buildings in the quarter
occupied by the Celestials wooden
kitchens have been constructed. They
are made of rough boards, and the
chimneys in them extend scarcely above
the slab roofs. Here all kinds of cul-
mary and laundry operations are car
ried on, with reckless disregard of the
constant danger from fire. The space
between the buildings on narrow alleys
has been utilized in the same way.
Sometimes these fre-boxes are three
stories in height, with fires blazing in
them constantly.