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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-17
Facts About Ireland.

Consumption is believed to be more prev
alent in Ireland than in either England or
Wales. -Four times more lrishmen reside
in the United States than Englishmen. 1t
is more difficult To believe the statement
that to, 600 people in tie Emerald Isle speak
Irish only, or another, that there are 10000
mud cabins in that country consisting of
but a single room. Yet this is the country
in which we are told suicide is less preva-
lent than in any other-which speaks vol
tunes for Pats light observation-disclosures
bers' journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-17
About waiting.

The old proverb that all things come to
him who waits advances very pretty and
pleasant theory hut It's literal iutrrpreta-
tion makes it capable Of great m,coustruc-
tion, for if It is ia one selse true its reverse
is equally true. Nothing comes to him
who waits Nothing comes to him who
SSaits and does no more. There is nothing
III the world that is of Gpy value that has
not to be struggled for, and those who sit
down and fold their hands, expecting fate
and fortune 10 bring them what they most
desire will meet with the disappointment
they deserve.--IIagper's Bazaar.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-17

"What ARE you stormiug about, Josiah?'
inquired Mrs Chugwater,
Nothing" Ioared Mr.. Chugwater,
throwing his hat on the lounge. Moth
ing. only pve made a fool of myself again
That's all ! got three cent piece in
change somewhere this morning and find
! passed it on a street ear conductor little
while ago Tor dime and cheated myself
out of seyeu-out of-er-no" he coutin'
ued, moderate lug his tone, 81 guess it's,
hum-it's all right Samaptha' '-c Chicago
Tribune. ~
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-17

Mrs X WAS left a widow with two or
three children. One of them died; another,
n daughter married Il man who soon left
her, so that the mother had to provide for
the grandchild, as we'll as her own family.
This was difficult and soon the stock OF
supplies got low, and there was no money
in the house, on whith also mortgage
had to be met. One day the son, a school
hoy, came in to say that Miss j., a neigh
Dor, rather noted for being CLOSE" had
given him five cents for shutting her cellar
door. This five cents seems to have been
the only capital of the widow and her little
family, though suppose she might have
obtained more had she made her condition
known to her prosperous neighbors. That
would have injured the story, however,
ard am glad She did not get II loan, but
invested her sons earnings in popcorn, as
She by inspiration did.
With some molasse5 she had left in the
Jug, the corn was soon made into fifteen OF
those sticky but enticing cornballs which
have coaXed many a copper out of boy
pocket The town school was close by, and
before noon they were all sold for a cent
apiece, and the little capital trebled,
Quick returns and large profits" was the
maxim of this merchant-whch seems &c
have worked we'll in this instance-at amy
rate after fourteen years of trade in the
village OF Plymouth, at the old stand, Mrs
X. is now the owner of her own house. with
out mort gage; has money in the bank
has educated her children Cher grandson is
now fourteen years old, and has very much
increased the variety of her merchandise
boston Advertiser.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-17

The FIRST presidential election TO be de
termincd by the popular vote cast in the
several states, and not by the choice of
electors hy the respective legislatures was
that OF 1924, when Andrew jackson, Henry
Clay, John Quincy Adams and William II.
Crawford We're the opposing candidates,
The total vote cast then was ~, 0Ga, which
Was 5000 less than the total note Of Texas
pollcd in ls3S.--New York San.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-17

The directness Of the bees fight i. pro
verbal. The shortest distance between
my two given points is called bee line.
Many observers think that the immense
eyes with which the insect 4. furnished
greatly assist if they do not entirely nc
count for tue arrowy s,raightness of its pas
sage through the Pcarson's Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-17
Modern Damons and Pythiases.

The senate is Il great place for chums.
Beck and Allison were such pair, az were
Don Cameron and Butler, Vest and Plumb,
Edmunds and Thurman, Another notable
case of congressional Damon and Pythlas
was that of Tom Reed and Bourke Cock
ran in the houae. Piltsburg Dispatch.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-17

NJ. J. KorCsi, director Of the Hungarian
bureau of statistics. taking n 600 cases as
q basis, reaches the following conclusions:
Children whose fathers are less than TWEEN
ty years Of aCe have It weak constitution.
The issue Of fathers OF between twenty. five
and forty years are the strongest, while
the descendants OF fathers of over forty
years are weuk.-LouGon rit-Bits.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-17

The British empire is the largest owner
of island territory. To begin with, Great
Britain and Ireland comprise, in addition
to the Isle Of Man and the Channel islands,
more than 5000 islands and islets, by far
the greater number being uninhabited and
in very many instances mere rocks. In the
central Mediterranean Great Britain pos
sesses Malta, with Comino and Coco; in
the southern Atlantic ocean, Ascension,
the group of which Tristan d'Acunla is the
chief, Inaccessible island, the Falkland
and Nightingale islands. South Georgia
and St. Helena; on the west coast Of At
RIGA, Lagos; in the Indian ocean, Socotra,
Mauritius and the Seychelle islands.
In the east are many, including Cyprus,
the Andaman and Nicobar islands, Ceylon
and the Maldive and Laccadive groups.
In Canada Great Britain owns Prince Ed
ward island, Vancouver, the Queen Char
lotte islands, Newfoundland, Cape Breton
and Anticosti. The countless islands, islets
and isolated rocks included i'll the West In
dies, with the islands in Oceania, and, not
least interesting, the group of 225, known
as the Fiji islands, belong to Great Britain
brooklyn Eagle.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-17

4 Yankee WAS being shown lamp by
an eastern priest, which the latter affirmed
mad not been extinguished Tor five cen
turtles. lie just gayo vigorous pun and
remarked, Well, l guess iL's out Lew
anyways. London Tit-Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-02

All who wish fine healthy Potato.
Tomato and Cabbage plants, should
call at Newman's Gardens. st
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-02
Democratic Committee Meeting.
IRONTON. Mo. Nav 9TH. 1896

IRONToN, Mo-, May 7th, 1892.
The Iron county Democratic Com
mittee met pursuant to call, w. X.
Edgar in the chair.
The question of naming dates for
next mass meeting for the purpose of
electing delegates to the following
conventions: St. Louis, July 9th,
1892, to nominate Judges of Su-
preme Court, jefferson City, July
18th, for the purpose of nominating
State officers: at Hannibal, (date of
convention not named yeti for Judge of
Court of Appeals; to the 18th congress
sional convention, 0ime and place not
yet named); and to the 26th Judicial
circuit, (time and place not yet named.
On motion, June 11th, 1892, was
selected for time of holding said mass
meeting, the new county committee to
be selected at this meeting.
After due consideration, and, on mo-
ton, it was decided to hold a primary
election for the nomination of county
officers, to be held under the new
primary election law, July 30th, 1892.
ResotUed, That none but known Dem
ocrats or such others as pledge them
selves to vote for and support the nom
inees of said election shall be allowed
to vote at this Primary; two (2) judges
and two (2) clerks be placed at each
precinct, the judges to select their own
clerks.
On motion, it was held that each
candidate pay an assessment of ten
dollars $4,000 each to defray the ex-
penses of said Primary; that amount to
be placed in the hands of w. III. Byers,
Secretary of Committee, on or before
July 18th, 1892. The name of no can
didate will be placed upon the election
ticket unless the above assessment is
paid by the date named.
Resolced, That the Chairman, w. X.
Edgar and the Secretary, W. II. Byers,
be made a committee to have the poll
books, tally sheets and tickets made
and printed in due time for above
named Primary Election.
The following Judges of Election
were named for their respective pre-
cincts:
Des Arc-T. B. Lowe and VIM. O'Neil.
AanapOlis-J. B. Hampton and James
Lucy.
fDth-IHar. ". olh anu CDdS. 1lIItT.
Big Creek-(ieu. Lewis and j. ii. Sutton
IrOntQn-A. p. Vance and HI. B. Jones.
Pilot TnOt-Dan'l O'Donnell and j. w.
Hancock.
MiddleJrook-Thos Hill and VI. seitz.
Grdniteuiiie-Johh Welle and Ben Kidd.
BelleUietc-S. L. Buford and James n.
Logan.
Kdolin-James II. Campbell and Vim. Inn
bodeD.
Bells-Tillman Terry and Henry wester-
man.
LOues--Wyatt King ard Dolerson Love.
HendersOn-James Mcmahon and Nelson
Hawk.
No further business coming before
the Committee adjourned until June
18th. 1892 w. X. EDGAR,
w. II. BYERs, Chairman.
Secretary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-02

CargrGT.rg CHURCH, Arcadia College
aGI ITs- Knob. !. {. WEESEET Rector.
H. Ms aud Sermon At Arcadia College
s-erv SUNDAY II : o'clock :. II. VespeTs and
B-usI fiction Of the Blessed Sacrament ~ 4
o's'ars +. ". IIi.h Mass and Sermon and
Beu-.irtipn ~ Pilot Knob Catholic Church
II -t:@J o'clock :. NJ sunday School FOX
children =. 30 O'Clock =. ".
u. T.. CHURCH, Cor Reynolds and
Mountain Streets, l. II. TILMBLE, Pastor.
Residence: IrnEtGH. Services every Sab
ta.h exc pting the first Of zach month At II
4. V. and 7:ij r. VI. sunday school $3.50
4. -. Class Meeting sunday afternoon At 8
O'Clock Prayer Meeting Thursday evening.
III are invited.
=. Z. CHURCH, SOUTH, Fort Hill,
heLwec. Trorton and Arcadia. Rev. II.
WHITEHEAD. Pastor. Services every sun
day, ~ II =. VI. and =. n. Prayer meeting
every wednesday evening, : o'clock. Sab
barn school 81 $3.50 A. u.
BAPTIST CHURCH, Madison street,
rear Knob street, =. ". SHOU5H, Pastor.
Residence IrOntOn. Preaching on every
Saturday before the first sunday OF each
month At 2:3l p VI. and on the first and third
Sundays at II \. VI. sunday School every
Sunday at $3.50 \. NJ ald Prayer Meeting
every TUe- iay evening at 9:3O p. VI.
LUTHERAN CHURCH, Pilot Knob.
Rev. OTTO PFAFFE, Pastor.
VI. +. CHURCH, Corner Shepherd
and Washington streets, IrOnton. ID. J.
hESOLT, pastor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-02
A Naval Destroyer.

John Ericsson invented the Monitor
which revolutionized naval warfare and
rendered the old wooden frigates and
| lline-of-battle-shill as useless rs the Ro-
man galleys of the days of Julius
Caesar. Not content with compelling
all the naval powers of the world to
discard their old navies and build ar
mored vessels in their stead at an i'm
mense cost, the inveterate Swedish
American inventor then tried to invent
q submarine gun with torpedo pro-
jectile that would blow any war vessel,
whether built of wood, iron or steel,
sky high. John Ericsson is dead, but
it, looks now as though he had sue
ceeded in his final ambition before he
died. and that his submarine gun would
be capable of destroying any ship that
the skill of man can devise and build.
Ericsson's invention is now the prop
erty Of the United States Navy Depart
ment and recent experiments at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard demonstrate be-
yond doubt that the torpedo projectile
can be accurately directed against any
vessel thousand feet distant and per-
haps farther with certainty of blow
ing it to atoms when the projectile
reaches it. The Destroyer is mounted
in the hold of small boat that looks
for all the world like an ordinary tug
boat except that it has an armored
deck inclined from the bow at an angle
of forty-five degrees. As the little tug
would approach the vessel it intended
to destroy bow on the shots from the
vessel would glance from its deck like
the stones that boys skip on the sur
face of the water. The gun in the
tugs hold is nine feet below the water
strate that the projectile can be accu-
rately propelled at that depth and that
no armor can withstand the force of
the explosion that will follow its col
lision with the vessels side.
The calling of war always was dam
gerous one. but if another Ericsson or
two should be let loose on the planet
even the peaceably disposed might as
well make their wills. When torped-
oes can be propelled under water as
accurately and with the force of can
non shot above water nothing that
floats, whether ironclad, merchantmen
or ocean greyhound, will have a mo-
ment's lease Of existence If belonging
to either of two nations at war.-PhH-
adeLphiG Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-02
How the Tariff Creates Industries.

When the late President of the French
Republic, NJ Thires, was reproached
for taxing the people to build up the
sugar refineries, he is reported to have
answered: Il do love to see the big
chimneys smoke 1t is precisely this
feeling that is constantly appealed to
in this country in support OF our system
of taxing the many for the enrichment
of the few. There is an indefinite idea
that there is something grand, patriotic
and meritorious in the strong industries
supported by the tariff that lifts them
above the plain and weaker and unpre-
tending industries on whom the burden
of their support is made to fall.
The life of the farmer is one of isola-
ton and of almost daily toll. His work
in the main is prosaic; his surrounding
generally unpoetic, and his home at
best comfortable, seldom, if ever, splen-
did and luxurious. There is little to
fascinate the eye or kindle the fancy.
A great manufacturing plant is often a
scene of wonder. Its spacious build
ings, its towering chimneys, its gigant-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-02

For Sale-A half dozen Pea Fowls
Fine plumage. Apply at once to Jos.
A. Reyburn, Russellville.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-02
NUMBER 48.

ic engines, the roar and clatter of its
machinery, its busy operatives = all
these things stir the fancy and fill us
with admiration for one of the marvels
Of modern civilization 1t is not strange
as We gaze on such scene and are i'm
pressively reminded that it is a creation
OF the tariff that We fail to reflect upon
the means by which it was created.
Yet there is nothing new or mysterious
about it. The palaces OF royalty, its
parks and equipages, its slender and
magnificence have. in other countries
and in other lands, been created in eX-
actly the same way, and that way is by
taxing the masses of the people and
bestowing those taxes upon the privil-
eyed few.
The poor peasant delving in the field,
lily clad and lily fed, is not a pictur-
esque sight. The royal equipage dash
ing along the neighboring highway IS
a thing of beauty. But it is the labor
of the peasant that makes the equipage
and its splendor, and the power that
gathers from that labor is the power OF
taxation. In precisely the same man
ner every industry in this country that
can support itself and leans upon the
tariff for support is the creation OF
taxes gathered from the labor of the
country. We may be filled with ad-
miration for its greatness, and almost
bewildered by its marvellous machinery
and abounding products, but there is
nothing more wonderful about its Gre
alton by taxes taken by law from the
people than about the splendor of a
king created by similar taxes on the
people. w. l.. w.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-02
The Song Of the Blaine Boomer
New York Sum-


They tell Us in rash and reckless,
wild, impulsive manner,
With grandpa in the background and
his Old hat on their banner.
That Blaine OF Maine is quite without
the most remote intention
OF boDbing up sereuely at the National
Convention
But, friends and fellow citizens. don't
think 1t for Il minute,
james q. Blaine is IN 1T!
They say he's broken down in health
and cannot stand the racket:
They're talking through their hats, of
course, and have no facts 10 back it
They try TO make us think that Blaine
IS in no such condition
As is the man they think the man to
run for that position,
But, friends and fellow citizens. don't
trust them for minute,
We're here to say, and say it now, that
JanteS q. Blaine is IN it,
They make US weary with their talk
about that published letter
OF declination. What of that? Who
could have written better?
Nobody could, and yet they keep right
or in their intention.
And swear By all the gods at once he'll
shake the June Convention.
Rut. friends and fellow citizens, don t
think it for minute,
We're here to say aad say it now, that
JltuifS Il. Blaine IS IN At!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-02
A College That Should Be Stunned

Last week when DR.. Parkhurst lect-
uEed to i meeting Of young men and
excited them to laughter by talking of
what he calls his nocturnal explora-
tiOns in temple of VEINS" Chancellor
MacCracken sat cOnspicuously on the
platform, thus lending countenance
and support to Parkhurst's operations.
Chancellor MacCracken is the actual
head of the college on Washington
square, known as the University of the
City of New York. 1t is an institution
which was established for the education
of young men on the basis of Christian
principles. At present he Is making
strenuous efforts to obtain for il a large
additional endowment. with which to
increase and extend its facilities. He
is trying to raise millions of money
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-02
& Chapter From the Record.

It Is very possible, as alleged by the
Harrison organs, that Quay and other
organizers of the Blaine movement OBJ
ject TO the President because he has re-
fused to appoint their relations to lu-
crative positions under him. But the
pretense that Mr. Harrison was infiu-
enced in such refusal by the heroic vir-
tue attributed to him by his organs is
very funny. They have evidently for
gotten how many Of his own family he
has billeted on the public treasury,
beginning with his own brother and
running the scale down to his son 5
wife's cousin. We cannot pretend to
give a complete list. but here is the roll
as it was made out in October, 1889,
just after the appointments had been
made. and as complete as possible up
to that date:
!. The Presidents brother.
,. The Presidents brother-in-law.
3. The Presidents sister-in-law. Q
/. The Presidents tather-in-law
>. The Presidents sons father-in-
law.
8. The Presidents wife-s cousin.
Z. The Presidents sons wife's cousin.
s. The presidents nephew.
.. The Presidents daughters broth
er-in-law.
10. The Presidents brothers son-in-
law.
II. The Presidents wife's niece's hus-
band.
u. The Presidents sons father-in-
laws nicce's husband
13- The Presidents brother-in-law,
number two.
The record we have at hand does
1ot show now many members of this
extensive and formerly
very hungry family of taxeaters have
)een billeted on the treasury since the
'all of 1889, but we will endeavor, later
on, TO present list so full and accur-
ttc!y complete that the demand for in
on this interesting subject
will be fully satisfied
The Harrison organs have short
After dwelling on the enOr-
nifty Of Quay's oflense in trying to get
his son more salary out OF the treasury;
after exploiting the Spartan virtue of
The President in refusing to consent to
,uch nepotism, the local Harrison or
gan goes on in this fashion:
Another powerful political influence
vas LOST by the President in the same
way. The refusal to make still more
important promotion out Of the order
from him his influence, and
/ has been exereted against him stead
asuy. The Senator affirmed that he
'Ould take every ayowed and opponent
IF any consequence and show that he
lad some personal motive for his posi-
ion against the President.
We are asked 70 infer from this that
+ the President does not succeed in re-
himself unanimously at
it will be because of his
refusal to allow Repub-
lean poor relations to be fed out Of the
reasury. Let his own record speak
or this hater OF other mems nepotism.
-RPn7lbgic
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-02
Mai. VIM. Warner.

The mugwumps ard political eunuchs
generally have commenced yelling for
Maj. VIM. Warner. He, according to
their extravagant talk, is the man who
can make two hills of corn grow where
but one has been growing the past
century and pull Missouri out of the
old rut, so to speak. These self-ap-
pointed prophets are never tired of be-
moaning the condition of Missouri un-
der Democratic rule and in general
way telling the advantages to be deriv-
ed from a change. They do not resort
to facts and figures, because both are
| fatal to the insipid rot with which they
are constantly intiicting the public, but
| they talk in a way peculiar to disgrun-
tied men who want something they
cannot secure.
If the Democratic party had not re-
duced the state debt, reduced taxation,
promulgated and executed equal and
Just laws, there would be room for
complaint against its continuation in
power.
Maj. Warner is no better than the
Republican party. He came here a
carpet-bagger during the Fletcher-Rod-
man reign of iniquity and was a bene-
ficiary of one of the numerous political
steals of this sweet-scented pair. In
1868 he ran for circuit attorney OF
Jackson, Lafayette, johnson, Pettls
and Saline counties and was defeated
by the Democratic candidate, VIM. +.
Sheffield. But this did not keep him
out of the office. Between Fletcher
and Rodman the returns of jackson
county were burned and Maj. Warner
given the certificate. He held the Of
fee for four years under a certificate
which the supreme court declared to
be fraudulent. This is the kind of a
man that the political eunuchs are
worshiping-a man who was the bene-
ficiary of great fraud-and yet they
would have the people believe that he
is better than the Republican party,
and that all men, regardless of their
past political ties, should bow down
and worship him.
Maj. Warner was side partner of
the old gang that disfranchised men in
Missouri, bankrupted the credit of the
state and made life burdensome to two
thirds of the actual settlers in the state.
He has been feasting at the public crib,
with slight intermissions, ever since he
unpacked his carpet-bag. He is not
the sanity statesman that he is repre-
sentcd to be, as readers of the Demo-
cratic newspapers will discover as the
campaign wakes hot.
All talk about the Democrats of Mis-
souri, voting for him is nonsense. There
is not a sound Democrat in the state
who will vote for any man that was a
cheek -by-jowl beneficiary of the Fetch
er-Rodman outrages. jefferson City
Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-02

IRON MOUNTAIN LODGE, No. 293,
A. q. L. W. meets on the first and third
FRIDAY of each month.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-02

THE managers of the Chicago Tx
position have at last put an end to all
uncertainty as to their attitude on the
prohibition question by the announce
ment that wine and beer would be sold
on the exposition grounds if it takes an
act of the legislature to warrant IL.
This is an iutimation that the great
national enterprise is not to be con-
trolled by hobby-riders in the interest
of their fanaticism, but by the dictates
of plain common and business sense.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-02

BELLEVIEW.
Mosaic LODGE No. 35i, y. +. & A .
NJ, meets on Saturday night Of or after the
full moon. +. NJ. LOGAN, w. VI. Il. ].
HILL. Secretary