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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.
Characteristic Qualities of the Two Lead


ing Parties.
1t a. often said that 1.-THE tariff is the
only point of difference between the
Two great parties but it shows great
lgaOraDee of human nature to- say SO.
Parties in this country and every other
represent tendencies of human nature.
Tho democratic party in America is an
expression of the tendency to seek
progress through the greatest possible
liberty of individual action. Its i'm
pnlss.s are all n the direction of the
'fntlest possible expression for the good
AVA human nature. Its fundamental be-
iirf ~ that tnen are made frecr they
e S3it make themselves better. 1t takes
full cnnniZancc of the evil in human
: nature and holds that the sole iustifi-
able purpose of government Is to- check
IL lint IT relies on the good, and be-
'e<eS that the evil can only get and
keep the upper hand in any man or in
Any number of them when they are
e made irresponsible by some process of
repression; of oppression. under which,
Bring held as irresponsible, they have
Esss.a srDI>ie 80.
The Intelligent democrat secs that
I1l'1maU nature is capable of any basc-
ness bu1 he s~es, too. that it fulfills its
greatest capacity for baacncss only
where = is degraded into irresponsi-
bIIitv ny external circumstances. chief
among which has always been opprcs-
ion hy government.
Nlt that intelligent democrats ash.
f-uca E,overnment Is the maintenance of
fjScrtv through justice-or if they do
not expert Justice through the mini
mixing of injustice. They believe that
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12

mon stood upon their feet and looked
at each other. A ceiluloid collar. a
waistDand to his shirt, and his shoes
and stockings was all the clothing
left on the ticket agent. His nose was
broken. one eye swollen shut, and his
body covered with dirt and bruises.
The telegraph operators pants were
split from top to bottom. the hide all
scraped off from one side of his face.
four of his front teeth knocked ont. and
he had a lump as big as Il goose egg
over his left eye. The baggage-master
now pol1ed his cut and bleeding head
through the broken window and with
many a furtive glance about the dis
mantled room inquired: Has that red
headed cyclone gomez"
Yes. the O'Donovan was gone: but the
three jOkers jol<ed no more Tor many
days to come.-N. Y. Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
A BACK-BREAKING BURDEN.

z.lI government help to individuals de-
grades the individual and destroys
liberty by producing dependence and
the responsibility that always charac-
tsrizes dependents. To be free, men
must be responsible. and responsibility
decreases as dependence increases. To
democrats it is an axiom that those who
depend on government must be OPP
pressed by it and must Cypress Others
II Is believed that men. when enforced
by government. have good enough in
them 20 help each other. and that the
result of government help to individuals
~ 70 prevent them from helping them
selves, to prevent others from helping
them willingly and to prevent them
from helping Others The best pos
>Iblc government at any given time is
the least government at that time pos
sibie-" That is American democracy.
The parties which have opposed de-
-mucracy all had the same governing
.5mpulse-that of distrust of the capac-
Fly of the individual to become respons-
ible- To govern himself: to help himself.
Elss Smp-lse can and does exert itself
bcrevolently, but always progressively
ny cpprs ssively- When 1t tries to help
csnc FORWARD II sets another back 10
put one at the head of the class it must
send the rest towards the foot. If YOU
oalisvs that unless men have some sort
of government ball and chain on their
legs they will go to the devil at once: IL
ron think that to enlarge freedom is to
inCrease crime: If yOu believe that men
VIII rot help themselves or each other
= jth0aTf icing forced to do SO by law:
= ynu think that the only Use they will
make of greater liberty will be to in
III Il greater wrongs on each other. then
yUn are surely republican. no matter
what ticket You vote. For republic
an Is one who believes that men will
never grow better; will never help
themselves or each other. unless they
AN be forced to do so by law. by police
clubs and by bayonet>.
There arc thousands of democrats IN
the republican party, thousands of re-
-pnhlicans in the democratic party. but
IN the long run the impulse of each
party can he relied on to take each and
all of us where we belong. Every now
and then there comes some issue which
drives ort of each party those who be-
long in the other. who have been demo-
Gratis or republicans without knowing
Il or reasoning il out Such a period of
party realignment is coming in this
country and coming soon.-St. Louis
prrt:hli,.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12

further 20 nc condemned "a an invasion Of tina.
religious liberty guaranteed by the cons titu-
ton. and which in effect amounts TO an Inter
ference with the Christian church. This law il
antagonistic TO democratic institutions, AMI we
demand us unconditional repeal: and we pledge
Otr candidates for the legislature to vote and
work to that end.
We favor the election OF United States sen
ators ~ direct vote of the people
The demand herein made for the I'M
conditional repeal of the republican
compulsory education law with its pro-
visions for political control of private
schools leaves the republican party no
room for evasion. 1t must either
repudiate its record and consent to
absolute freedom. of education in
Illinois or lose the state. IIav-
ing made pledges heretofore only
to violate them It must now indorse the
democratic demand for educational
freedom, and after having done SO must
stand its trial before the people for its
acts of oppression.
With the ticket nominated. and on
platform thus strong in its presentation
of state as we'll as of national issues.
the democrats ought to carry Illinois
by a plurality of over ten thousand
This allows for loss of fifteen thou
sand from their plurality of 1890. and
they novv present ticket certainly not
less strong than the ticket of 1890.
while the platform is much stronger.
The possibility of dissenSiOns over
the choice of presidential can
didates is happily avoided by in
structions which indorse Senator
Palmer and call on the Illinois
delegation TO Chicago 20 use all honora-
be means 70 secure his nomination in
the event the convention find it dlvis"-
bic 90 come yvcst for I candidate. This
is definite enough TO express the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
ILLINOIS GOOD SHOWING.
The Splendid Record Made by the Demo-
cratic Party

SpleDthd fscfoFu ny
cratic Party.
The democratic party in Illinois Is
left in u commanding position by the
action of its state convention. Its state
ticket has all the elements which com
rnand success before TIE people. Its
platform makes n clear and bold state
snent of the state and national issues
on which the campaign will be de-
.ided- The following resolutions show
how courageously the party enters the
state campaign:
We are proud Of OUr common school system
and pledge ourselves to uphold and improve il,
Tor free Institutions cannot exist without uni
vx.ysaI education. We denOunce the republican
marty for enacting a law which tends TO bring
ere cause of popular education into disrepu''s a
law which takes from the parent the right
educate his child according to the dictates OF
his conscience: a law which creates a state in
QUESTION over schools toward which the state
contributes nothing: a law which gives the OBJ
ISOLATE mower to every local school board, no
u. trts~ how ignorant and spteful- TO harass and
y. r~,.zIte 3: large class of people who are
a,ue,,sy our best citizens and who do their full
s.ufr both toward the state and. their children
and Who by their labor. their patriotism and
intelligence, have contributed very much 10
-ous prosperity and greatness Such Jaw .
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12

sides of the ehaperon question. If
girl is properly brought up. and has
careful training. and IS taught what
she should know about herself and the
world. chaperon IS unnecessary. save
in large cities and in very much mixed
society. In ordinary country commune
ties. where almost all of the members
of society are known to each other. the
custom is not observed Young ladies
who are taught and trusted are quite
as likely tn turn ont well as the igno-
rant girl who must be watched and
guarded.-N. Y. Ledger
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
HE BURNED HIS DIAMONDS,
And Some Sceptical Drummers Much Re-
GREETED Their Scfpticism.

And Some Sceptical Drummers ,Iuch Re-
GREETED Their Scrpticism.
1t was in the smoker of parlor car.
Four drummers on Il five-dOllar a day
allowance were telling stories of lavish
ness in spending money.
Il know a man who gives waiter a
ten-dollar bill for q tip" said one.
That's nothing" said IL second. Il
know Il man who invited his friends to
dinner and put ii hundred-dollar bill
under the plate of each one for a sur
prise. and do You know where the sur
prise came in?"
No" chOruscd the other drummers
-.Whcrc?''
Why at that point in the proceed
ing, when the guests discovered that
the hundrcd-dollar bills were counter
felt.
Ia. ha," laughed the chorus.
Pretty good that. boys. ch?" said
Drummer No. !. Reckon it puts the
drinks on me. Well. give your orders
and vel listen to the next lie
-'GcntIemcn. said weak-vOiced.
miid-mannered representative of the
shoe trade, Il had a brother who used
to amuse himself by knocking the dia-
monds out of his rings and burning
them up"
The wcak-vOiccd man paused and the
drummers gulpcd down their drinks.
each trying to think of some way of
crushing this outrageous little liar.
Bet you five to one he never burned
ii diamond" exclaimed one.
Bot you four to one diamonds won't
burn"
Bet Won three to one he never
knocked a diamond out of a ring.
Bet you two to one your brother
never had diamond"
I'll take odds you never had Il broth
or
Gentlemen" answered the weak
voiced drummer in even a weaker tone
than usual, Il accept all your bets. the
unit being five dollars. Here is my roll.
and he pulled forth well-stuffcd wal
let. KINDLY put up yours
The drummcrs put up in silence.
Then their mild-mannered cOmrade con
tinued:
''Gentlcmen. my brother is the profess
SOr of chemistry in stevens institute.
Every year in the course of his lectures
he Is allowed fifty dollars for the beau
tiful and interesting experiment of car
bombing a diamond by heat. In order
to make his experiment more impressive
my brother buys the diamond in adj
vance and has it set in a ring. which he
wears conSpicuousiy during the previous
lectures. Then when the day comes for
carbOniZing the gem he lOOscns it from
its setting before the class and burns it
to dead and worthless mass of black
cinderS in an oxy-hydrogen flame. /
assure you the experiment, my
brother performs it. is well worth see
ing. ard | will now trouble YOU for
twenty-five, twenty. fifteen. ten and
five. which makes scvcnty-five dollars
in all. Thanks,
You will now see. gentlemen. the
advantages which even drummer may
derive from having received a liberal
education N. y. Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
Progress in Iowa.

The local press in Sioux City is sur.
prfsed to find that SO many farmers
here are in favor of the single tax. The
fact came out al meeting of the local
Alliance. where the question was dis
er1~Sed. and a large proportion of farm
ers expressed their sympathy Similar
surprises are in store all over the couu-
try. Farmers are beginning to learn
that the single tax does not fall upon
farmers or their business. bat Upon the
owners of valuable land who have
fooled Ihe farmers abou. as lone, "a
they can
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
DERRY Simpson on tano

Jerry Simpson. in a recent interv,s Y,
on the opening of the Cherokee str p,
said:
Il would give the settler tire right IL
sell his improvements, but not the la d.
Everything he produces upon it Shot Id
be his but the land belongs to- all tie
people and he should have only the
right TO use it. and he should pay the
people for the privilege. The land
should be appraised periodically, 80 that
the rental would have it's proper rela.
ton 70 any change in real vaIne How
or by whom this should be done. would
be details to be settled by territorial
lepiSlatiOn''
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
Puck.

wishes of Illinois democrats. and at the
same time it shows them unwilling to
put their delegation in straight-jack
ct. Expressing preference of it's own
Illinois will be able to consult with the
other states in convention and join
them in whatever action is shown by
mature deliberation to be best for the
party and the country.-St. Louis Re-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12

EVERY one of these taxes ION cornmo-
dlNes and buildings) the ostensible tax
payer-the man on the assessors books
shifts to their shoulders The only
tax he can not shift is the tax on his
land yaiues.-Detroit News, November
!, 1891.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12

Jeweler-Here's the latest novelty IN
bar pins.
Customer tinterested)-Dear me. Are
they for the wives of lawyers or liquor
store people?-Jewelers' Weekly
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12

An old gold mine near Georgetown
Cal. long since deserted by its owners,
is still visited by miners. who take out
an occasional grub stake" Not long
ago a young man on a prospecting tour
went into the mine and located what he
believed to be a paying lode and. after
getting together supply of provisions,
candles. matches and tools, started to
work his claim It was fully mile
from the mouth OF the mine. and, after
travelling quite distance, the pros
pector realized that he had lost his
way. Then began Il dreadful series of
attempts to escape. during which he
a abandoned his tools consumed his
food. and finally was left without
light. to wander IN darkness, at ran
dom. half crazy from fear and exhauS-
ton. When he had been absent nine
days. the landlord of the hotel where
the young man had been stopping sent
out d search party that found the wan
derer on the following day. lying in
sensible in the main tunnel. and it was
a month before he recovered from the
shock Days.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
Dogs in the Manager.

If you want no dogs in the Manager"
holding land which they will neither
use nor let others use-adopt the single
tax.-Charles E. Garst.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
Butterflies That love fee.

Near the top of Mt Washington. in
New Hampshire Lives little colony of
very cold-loving and mountainous but
tertieS which never descend below two
thousand feet from tie wind-swept
summit Except just there. there are no
more of their sort anywhere about and
as far as the butterflies are themselves
are aware. no others OF their species
exist on earth. Theynever have seen
single one of their kind save of their
own colony. The scientific theory is
that this little colony of chilly insects
was stranded on Mt Washington al the
end of the glacial period some odd
thousands of years ago and the butter
tles have dwelt there ever since genera
ton following genration--N- y. Jour
nal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
Not Old Enough.

Old Resident-Yes, sir, I'm eighty
years old, and I walked thirty miles
t'other day. Could you do that?
Average Man-No-o not yet, I'm only
forty.-Drake's Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12

NO mai can get very much of an
education without going to school to
his mistakes-Ram's Horn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12

A silence as of death was in that of
flee for a few II inutes. Then the ticket
agent slowly and painfully climbed
from off the telegraph operator, who,
in turn, with equal caution and many
groans- crawled out from between the
legs of an upturned table, and the two
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12

him. with both hands in grip that
crushed the metal. and exclaimed: No,
We don't. We little jumping deevil- Oh.
I'll houldye-IIoly Mither.
The telegraph operator had turned on
the full current and the big Irishman
had received a shock that caused his
short hair to stand up like red pOrru-
pine quilts and his arms To twist until
they felt like two corl<screw> endeavor-
ing to bore their way through his
shoulder blades He could not let go
OF the cup and down he came sprawl
ing upon the floor. The fail broke the
chain and the electric tiend lost its grip
upon the freshman.
The ODonOvan bounded to his feet
with blazing eyes. One kick of his
heavy boot sent the haif-barrcl of
water spinning all over the room.
-'ThOit We could down tn O'Donovan,
did We? Begorra and its mesclf that II
tache We to look before ye tackles the
loill of me- he rOared. glaring around
the room with his fiery eyes.
At this moment the handkerchief fell
ont of the telegraph operators mouth,
and a half-smothered laugh reached the
lrishman's ears. Instantly his quick
wit discovered that somehow somebody
had been making sport of him. and his
r.a~S WAS fearful
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1892-05-24
Suceso que parece cuento

R0cOrCamoS de 81 NOtScSeTO U92SvefSGl de
Barcelona:
Cuenta Ez PADS, asegurando ser notioia ab-
solutamente veridiea que le comnnican de Eoija,
81 siguiente ouriOSO y miateriosO sueesO:
Al llegac nOoheS paSadaS & Ia estaci6n de
Fuente Pa'mera, distante tres leguas de lafde
Eoija. el tren mixtO de Marohena Cordoba, ba-
j6 del mismo un individuo embozado hasta los.
OjOs en- amp1a panOsa, prec1pitadamente
porque el tren para breves moment0s, entreg6
al jefe de estaci6n una GAIA de MADEIRA fna y
una carta, dici6ndole que era IN encargO que
para 81 le hab1an confiado .
Daspu6s de dar Ia salida, entra en- su des
pacho el jefe, abre con deseO la GAIA, porque la
oarta no llevaba frma, y encuentra denbro un
nino racien nacidO, enyuelto en- ricos pailales
de batlsta.
La broma le pareoi6 de tan NAL gusto al
iefe de la estaci6D, que SO nego resueltamente
q cargar, como decfa, con el NsochMel0.
Compadecido un guarda aguja ALI presente
del llautO del nihO, y teniendO on cuenta que
su mujer estaba orlando. SO Ofreci6 haoerse
cargo de le criatura.
Con mil amOres aocedi6 el jete, y ell carita-
two empleadO sc 10 present6 q su mujer, Ia
cual, no menos caritativa, estuVO confOrme con
Ia decision de su espOsO.
Al desnudar al niho para mudarle de ropa,
cay0 al suelo un papel que decia "Quien re-
cola Guide este nilO sera teliz.n Pensando
de dOnde vendria Ia felicidad estaba ell matri-
monio, cuandO Ia mujer, que segufa desnudan
do Ia criatura, observe que al quitarle Ia pri-
mera de las faias, caian al suelo otros papeles J;
poro no blancos nj con letras escritas, sino con
TODD el grabado que pOne el BanoO de Espafla
sus biletes. eada vuelta que daba la
mujer la faja caian nueVos billetes, que el
marido rdcogfa contaba CON la algeria y Ell
estupor consig1ientes.
Cuando el nilo eatuvo on 81 traje con que
vino al mundo, habla escurrido hasta I25,0 900
pesetas.
FL jefe de estaci0n do Fuenta Palmera. al
saber 81 suceso, acometido de un repentino
vio.ente amor por 81 niho, exigi6 al guarda-agu-
ja cue Sc 10 entregara On compania de los
25 900 durOs.
Pero el guarda-aguja, como es natural, no
accedi6. La consecuencia ha sido entablarse
un pleito, del que no oabe duda que saldra
triunfante 81 carictatiVO empleadO que recogi6
al nin0 sin saber que era rico.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1892-05-24
= correspondence do pueE Rice.
Lssases, 23 0e MayO de 892.
ResoIuciones de Guerra

Concediendo al teniente de Infanteria don
Sebastian Mainar Lenguas, el legreso 8 Ia Pc
ninsula con abonO de passje por e1enta del Els
tadO, pOr llevar el tempo de obigstoria per-
n4anencia on q tramar. -Idam al teniente don
e Oy Garcia Asdudo, el regresO Ia Peninsula
con los miSm 10 haberes.-Idem el retro de-
Eduardo Farinoi Vicent. corosel del Regimen
to Infanteria Reserve ndmero 40 con el sual1o
de 662'50 pesetas meHsuales, mas la bOnif %
con imp1rtante 1880 pesetas como cOmOren-
DIDO on Ia Tegla 2. de Is Real Ordeu de 2l de
n HayO 1889 Collection Legislative nd nero 2lO).
I'd estinando este Dstrit0 al teniente cOro-
ne, don Luis Garcia Alpuente, primeros tenien-
tt don CreSCencio Rebullida Sanz, don Carlos
Colorado PedrOsa, don jose Torrecilla Parrilla,
Il dos del arma de Iafanteria. DestinandO
. .te Distrito al capitan don Pedro Meana Ma
Una, prlmeros tenientes don Eduardo Porto y
Peha y don Castor Hernandez CastellanOs, del
Institute do Ia Gaardia CiviL-Concedie &
i IA Eacarnaci0n Carrasco Baeza, Vluda del
primer teniente don Manuel Madrigal y del Rio,
'as dos pagas de toca & que tiene dereoh0 por
reg amentO -DlsDOnieudo que La pension que
djstrltaba dofa Gsrtrudis G menez y Sicard0,
viuda del coronel don Enrique O'Neill, sea tras
mitida dofa Elisa O'Neill y GimeneZ, Quien
esponde mientras permanezca sOltera.-
-tobando haber expedido pasaporte para re
< .sa 4 la Peninsula por cuenta del Estado
i na Par Lafora Calatayud, vinda del cOronel,
e MISS 50 ooronel de Estado Mayor don Carlos
8 1ullEu8z Alfonso.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1892-05-24
Tragica Desgracia

Anoche, serfan las siete media, con-
secuenoia de gravfsimas ofensas que su hOnra
SO hiciarOn, di6 muerte ei j6ven Vidal, puerto,
rriQuen D, y dependence de una prlperfa sita
en- 81 rio, al duefo de eata, resultando tambi6n
desgraciadame herida la hiia de ese sefior
llamado De Castro, antique comerciante en- la
isIa de Vieques.
Els deporable, tristfslmo bajo todos con-
ceptos 10 acOntecido ), pero 81 son ciertas las
noticias que corren, ciertos los motives qr4
Sc dice impu'saron al j6Ven 8 perpetuar al
atentado, nosotros, f0er de justos y de hom
bres dignos de verguenza, pedimos para e.
que csc desgraciado suces0 sea calificado pOr
la Sooiedad, no como asesinato de esos vulga-
res que tQda c0nciencia honrada reprueba, 81
no como un fatal arrebato de c6lera excusable
siempre cuando de la prepia honra Sc trata y
esta se We nltrajada y arrastrada en- el cieno.
Jorge Vidal es el nombre del desgraciado
j6ven. Francisco De Castro el del difunto el de
su hija, cuya pronta curacion deseamos, Isabel
de Castro.