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a Worthless Appendage.

If there is man living in this coun-
try who can point to any meritorlous
act ever committed by the interstate
railway commission, even in fit OF
mental alteration, he is entitled to the
floor for an indefinite length of time.
1t has interfered with statuary legu-
lations, annoyed shippers, harassed
the railroads, and in a general way
proved a public nuisance. 1t seems
to be the fate of this country that ev-
|ery appendage, no matter how worth
less, must be continued. Our Con-
gressmen, however, ought to do some
thing to deprive mischievious append
ages of the power of injuring the
public. If it is deemed necessary to
continue the interstate railway COM
mission, all of It's pereogatives to in
terfere with state laws, contracts made
by shippers and railroads in general
should be repealed. Then congress
can safely appropriate the salaries of
the commissioners and rest assured
that they will not be able to do any
harm.
The last act of the interstate commits
sion was to declare invalid d law en-
acted by the Kentucky legislature, pro-
viding for separate railway coaches for
the white and black races. The SUI
preme court of this state has ruled that
railroads may provide separate accom-
modations for the two races, and the
United States supreme court held long
ago that hotels have the right to pick
their guests. The Kentucky authori-
ties will, of course, appeal from
the interference of the interstate
railway commission. Similar laws
have been in force in the south
for many years, and are vigor-
ously enforced at the present time.
These are sovereign rights guaranteed
the states and held to be valid by the
highest tribunals of justice.
The interstate railway commission
has done nothing to benefit the public.
and in place of being help to inter-
state commerce, it has proven detri-
ment. 1t is despised by the railroads,
condemned by the public. and in all
respects is a costly and worthless
branch of the gevernment.-Jeferson
Ciy Tribune.
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SOCIETIES.:

~ IRoNToN LODGE, No. IA, X.
EsAof F., IrOnton, Mo-. meets every "a
ER9 md 4th Friday evening of each month
at Odd-Fellows Hall; CO
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NUMBER /

| We are not criticising the banks, but
merely stating a simple fact. The
truth is, the banks have no more busl-
ness to run to the aid of the treasury
than the treasury has to run to theirs
Though we believe there have been
occasions when there was an interplay
of courtesies of this sort.
Nobody can now fortell what the up
shot of the gold export business is to
| be; nobody knows when it will come to
an end. Explanations of it do not ex-
plain. 1t was said, at first, that Eur
ope was returning our securities: in
point of fact Europe has been large
buyer recently. 1t is now said that
our gold is going out because it can be
more proftably employed abroad. But
in the face of the fact that money is l
per cent in New York and and one
half of l per cent N London. The on
ly reasonable explanation is that Eur
opean bankers want our gold to add to
their stocks for the reason that they
can get it for the asking. Every 9TH
er treasury protects its gold supply.
Ours, by violating the letter as
we'll as the spirit of the law-by al
lowing the government creditor to
discriminate between the two forms of
money In which his demand may be
lawfully paid-leaves it in the power
of the foreign bankers to deplete our
gold supply as rapidly as it is accum-
ulated.
The outlook is that we shall have
another issue of gold bonds-say $70,-
900, ,OOO-and that the foreign bankers
will so manipulate exchange as to take
it out of the treasury. How long this
process will continue remains TO be
seen. The eastern bankers say that if
the treasury doesn't pay out gold on
demand the country will go to a silver
basis. On the other hand, if the treas
ury continues to pay out gold on de-
mand it is reasonably certain to go to
a premium-and this. in the jargon of
financial ignorance, also means the
silver basis. So there you are!-At-
lanta Constitution.
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The Banks and the Gold Reserve.

At last accounts the New York banks
were still shy and modest. The New
York editors had advertised that there
would be great display of magnanim-
ity on the part of the banks when the
gold reserve in the treasury was re-
duced to the point at which Secretary
Carlisle issued bonds last February.
But the gold reserve is practically
down to $6O,OOO,00O, and the banks
still cry. We do not criticise them for
their attitude. We only protest that
when a spectacle is advertised to come
off those who assemble to witness it
ought not to be disappointed. Still,
there is some excuse to be found in the
old saying that ''a wet night will spoil
the fireworks"
A casual reader of the metropolitan
newspapers would conclude that the
foreign houses engaged in shipping
gold have no dealings with the bank at
all, but go to the subtreasury with
their paper money, draw out the gold
an6 cart it off to steamer. But the
truth is that the foreign houses do all
their business through the banks where
they have their accounts. They in
form the banks that they want so much
gold to be shipped by the steamer
sailing on such day, and make de-
posit of currency to cover the amount
The hanks, instead of supplying the
gold out of own vaults-they now hold
about $50, 900. o00-draw it out OF the
subtreasury aud thus do an active part
in depleteing the reserve.
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Memories Of Him.

There are such memories of him
About the place, my eyes grow dim
With sudden tears whene'er l see
The mischief that he made for me!
The band torn from my newest hat,
And leaves from Shakespeare on the mat!
Such memories of him abound:
With tears and smiles glance around
The Uttered room, strewn with his toys,
But no more echoing with the noise
OF his dear feet. Where was the art
Wherewith he climbed straight to my heart?
His moth er's sweet geranium-tossed
Aud tumbled all their beauty lost.
And here album out of place,
And there-a sadly broken vase!
And where the sorrowing sunlight shines,
The tousled morning-glory vines!
Would he were here, with his sweet looks!
He might have all my dearst books
To tear in tatters. Shakespeare-all,
For just his highest footsteps fall!
For what is Shakespeare to the kiss
And clinging of the one l miss?
Take thou my library classics-take!
And an enchanting litter make
OF Chaucer, Milton, and the rest!
Thou art my classic-sweetest best!
And break thy mothers flower pots,
Thou loveliest of for-get-me- -nots.
Command my house, my heart, my hands!
At the glad clapping of thy hands
My lordliest throne l shall resign
And make thee king of me and mine!
So that thy love that throne bedeck-
So that thine arms are round my neck.
FRANK L. STANTON.
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When He Strengthened Out.

Ex-Speaker Reed was stretched out
on sofa in the house and Represen-
tatire Bynum was writing letters.
Representative Berry, of Kentucky,
passed by.
81 should say" said Bynum to Reed,
in an off-hand way, .'that Berry was
the tallest man in the house."
A look of ineffable scorn fitted across
the face of Mr.. Reed. ..Bynum." he
said. ..why is it that | have always to
go around dispensing information to
the Democratic side. Don't you know
that Curtis, of New York. is the tall
est man in the house? Bynum | am
surprised at your ignorance. And
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Civil Strife Instead Of Foreign Wars.

An optimistic contemporary believes
that the world is entering an era of
peace because we have had only civil
wars lately, instead of foreign wars.
Brazil. Guatemala and Salvador have
had serious struggles at home between
contending factions, but there have
been no conflicts between nations.
If peace is the gamer by this kind Of
warfare We fail to see it. Any war is
better than a civil war. But it may
be that this is what we are coming to
when peace between the different
countries becomes settled thing.
War being the natural state of man.
kind. according to that profound phil
| osopher, Hobbies, we may expect to sec
civil strife at home in every country.
in the course of time, when people can
no longer crafty their fighting pro-
pensitles by attacking foreign nations.
1t is not a pleasant prospect. Cut
ting throats is bad business at best.
but when two countries are warning
with each other we see on each side
the development of patriotism, hero
ism and the lofticst human virtues. 1t
is altogether different when the people
fight at home. Then. the worst pas
sions are generated and the opposing
u<;oo V,avoilocc nd n
lous. Such conflicts are generally
campaigns of arson, rapine and assas-
sination.
The reign of universal peace will
probably be long delayed. There will
be wars and rumors of wars for centu-
ries to come. Our own republic may
be forced at no distant day to resort to
the arbitrament of the sword to settle
her claim to the control of the Mica
ragua canal. or to uphold the Monroe
doctrine, or to resist the aggressive
policy OF some powerful European ma
tion. We must avoid such clash of
arms it we can do it with honor, but it
would be better to have six years OF
such warfare with a foreign country
than to have our own people plumber
ing and killing one another for six
months. The older countries have
many times in the past cured discon-
tent and poverty at home by getting
up a row with other nations. Great
statesmen have endorsed this policy,
and perhaps they were right. For in
stance. a war between this country and
England would be preferable to anoth-
er war between the north and south.
Viewed from any standpoint we can
not agree with our contemporary that
we are nearing the era of peace be-
cause civil wars have taken the place
of those in which nations are arrayed
against nations.
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A Million Friends.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.
and not less than one million people
have found just such a friend in DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption.
Coughs, and Colds.-If you have never
used this Great Cough Medicine, one
trial will convince you that it has Won
derful curative powers in all diseases
of Throat, Chest and Lungs. Each bot
tie is guaranteed to do all that is claim
ed or money refunded. Trial bottles
free at P. r. Crisp's Drug store. Large
bottles Soc and 81 90.
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Mr.. Reed settled back on the sofa as ii
he had settled that question forever
and forever.
II am willing to pin my faith on
Berry, said Bynum quietly.
..Well," spoke up Reed, '.if you will
be foolish, will go you a bottle OF
wine on it."
Out went couple of pages to hunt
up Mr.. Curtis and MIR. Berry. Half
dozen members who overheard the
wager awaited the result. The New
Yorker and the Kentuckian came up
together-Mr. Curtis tall and straight,
Mr.. Berry STOPPING slightly. There
was no question as to who was the tall
ler.
There" !" said Mr.. Reed, with tone
of triumph; .swhat did l tell you?"
But at that moment Mr.. Berry. hav-
ing heard the question at issue, began
to unfold himself, SO to speak. like the
swan necked woman in the dime muse
um. His long legs Strengthened out,
his back gathered inches unto itself,
his head rose up in the air, and pres
emily Mr.. Curtis-six feet and four
inches though he be-was dwarf.
'.My God, Berry," exclaimed Mr..
Reed somewhat irreverently, but with
an expression of awe in his voice.
chow much of yourself do you keep in
your pockets?"
And then the crowd went down and
ate wine at Mr.. Reeds expense
Washington Post.
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Dissolution of Copartnership.

The copartnership of d. F. Reese &
Bro, merchants. has this day been
dissolved by mutual consent, and the
business will in future be carried on
by d. F. Reese. the senior member of
said firm. who has assumed all the
liabilities of said copartnership busi-
ness. and to whom all debts due said
firm should be paid.
Ironton. Mo-, June 5, 1894.
D. f. REESE.
w. H. REEsE.
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Official DIRECTORY.

MEMBER OF CONGRESS-.
Hon. Il: W. FYAN, Thirteenth District,
Marshfieid Mo.
u. ). LAND OFFICE j. C.. NELL.
register; WIN. b. NEWMAN, Receiver
IrOn.on, Mo.
. y. FRANK GREEN, Judge Twenty First
'4ircuit, De Soto, Mo.
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session was the adoption of resolutions
submitted by the committee through kev.
Or. Jenifer, chairman. Their tenor was
iaudatory OF the visit of Ida Wells to Erg-
iahd and her speeches there on the preva-
ience OF lynch law in the south.
Inc resolutions condemned 1.-The evasions
and arrogance displayed in the letters of
several governors of southern states in
regard to Miss Wells crusade" 40 argue
the necessity of lynch law as these gov
errors do is to argue the weakness of eau
;aslan law. The Potomac district recog-
nizes that the wrong conduct of one people
does not justify wrong in another" The
resolutions were discussed widely.
DR.. w. G. Bryant, secretary of the Ma
tional League of Equal Rights Association,
said that his organization, numbering 49,
600 colored members, and affiliated with an
organization of whites numbering $50, 800,
are pledged against lynch law. He had q
letter few days ago from Rev. Peter
Stanford of England that he would be in
this country next month. The Duke of
Argyle and Lady Somerset are also COM
ing to investigate mob violence. He said
the more respectable southern people have
a warm place In their hearts for the negro,
and he rejoiced that in Memphis, Tenn,
all the papers that had condemned Miss
Ida Wells now denounce the lynchers ut
Wilmington, Tenn, and, better still, those
lynchers are in Jail, and the jail is guarded.
The conference then adjourned.
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STRIKES AND LYNCHING,
A. M. Z. Clergymen Of the Potomac
District Express Themselves.

The ministers of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church attending the Potomac
district conference at Trinity Church, Lin
den avenue and Biddle street, Baltimore
devoted considerable attention to current
topics yesterday. They discussed the
proper attitude of the church toward
strikes, Mis- Ida Wells and her crusade
against lynch law, the prosperity of the
colored race, missions and kindred mat
tiers.
At the afternoon session Rev. ]. T. Jeni-
The Attitude of the Church Toward
Strikes" He took as the basis of his re-
marks Malachi, Iii, 8. which condemns
those who Cypress the hireling in his
wages, and also the words from Matthew
XIV, 10, which tell of the gift of talents
according to the ability of the recipient
to one five, to another two, and to another
one talent He said the first text suggests
tween capital and labor, while the second
suggests the occasion for such troubles;
the one speaks of the sin of covetousness,
ard the other of a diversity of talents.
The speaker favored legal arbitration as
a remedy for evils of the present times.
He cited as an evil the suffering of the
therefore" said he, the only tenabie
ground for the church to take is in favor
of legal methods of settlement by arbitra-
ton where there is a dispute. The time
may come Wnen plOuS negro MAY De
called upon to save the republic from an
archy or from the danger of dictator"
At the night session Rev. d. z. Seaton,
DID,, MD, of this city read a paper on
THE Moral Influence of Miss Ida b. Wells
Crusade Against Lynching." DR.. Seaton
cited the efforts of conventions and con-
ferences Of the colored people to arouse
the nation to oppose lawlessness against
people of his race, and claimed that they
have not succeeded in preventing lynch
ings. Miss Wells, said he, had done more
than the short range efforts they had been
using to arouse public sentiment against
these outrages. She loaded her gun with
truth and shot at long range from across
the Atlantic with telling effect.
He called attention to the need of a
change of public sentiment as to the
morals Of the colored race, claiming that
falsehood in regard to this matter is what
leads up to these lynchings Miss Wells
had done much in England to correct the
false impression that colored mel are
lynched as q necessity.
The most important business Of the night
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easy chairs and sofas dotted the space all
around, and papers and books give plenty
evidences of their enjoyment. A big rocker
under the trees which shade the church
porch made a resting place for the man of
millions as he sat out there almost all day
reading or chatting. Nobody could have
more fun than himself over the fact that
within easy reach hung the bell rope a
pull on which would have caused a familiar
sound in that locality.
With plenty of servants and every conf
fort possible the little household, or congre-
cation would perhaps be better word
spent the past few days very pleasantly in
their novel quarters. and liked it so well
that it is quite probable the church will be-
come their winter home.
a Winter Residence.
OF course, they intend to put up parti-
tons and make a good many aiteratios
to transform it into a proper dwelling, and
had plans drawn up for that purpose be-
fore they left here On Thursday which
they are still considering. Mr.. and Mrs.
Van Wyck started then for Nebraska 10
place their young daughter at a boarding
school, and were undecided as to the date
of their return here and their occupancy
of the old Holy Cross Church again as a
home. During their absence, however, some
relatives will reside there and be on hand
to superintend the repairs if it is decided
that the church is to become the winter
home of the family.
The Van Wycks' home in Nebraska is
one of the suburban palaces of its locality.
The house is only two stories. inasmuch as
Nebraska cyclones have the habit of top
ping over anything more of a sky-scraper
and because 1t is the custom there to spread
ever considerable ground The house has
every luxury and comfort that money can
buy and overlooks grove of planted
trees of great beauty and is surrounded by
extensive pleasure grounds. miles Of cattle
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Music by the Pound.
rom the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript
That's a jolly idea that they have in Ber-
lin, of selling sheet music by the pound.
You go to one of the shops where music is
sold in this way and give them list of the
pieces you want and they select them and
lay them out in pile and weigh them out
so many pounds, so many marks and pfen-
nigs. Or, if you can afford, say, three
pounds of music, you can take one pound of
sentimental, one pound of dramatic, twelve
ounces of comic, and four ounces of devo-
tcnal, or any other such arrangement that
suits your fancy. 1t is great boon to the
musician who is poor-not to speak of the
poor Observation-Disclosures under this system
Wagner and Brahms and Dvorak will cost
him no more than the Insignificant and for
gotten Smithkowski, and the deluded and
soft-headed Screwlocski And Wagner for
the piano, of course, being bought by the
pound can be played by the pound with good
grace.
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.arlOr' Suites.

Reception Parlor Suite
with solid mahog,ny
panel. beautifully inhid
In three woods. spring
seas, carved top and
gracefully shaped legs.
covered In silk damask.
polish finish, u lew and
beautiful design, was $40.
but the $50 snites OF
others don't excel IL.
Our price next week
Same Suite, with curly
birch panel. polish ma
hogany finish Instead OF
inlaid. Next weeks price
Unnecessary to say that
nIE Tnnr u-anf o.. Al a
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ranches and other indications of its owners
wealth and prosperity. There is where the
family will spend the autumn before re-
timing here, IL they so decide to spend
church.
Mrs. Van Wyck is a charming lady and
has wide acquaintance in society here
irrespective Of party or set, and her en-
tertainments last season, which was spent
at the Portland, gave pleasure to many
old and new friends.
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@rmferS Jn&, f6e fffffs sceoos
master Of aeoerfisns,. saps:
il is Claimed for tie 1pas6mston
Star. ane pro8a8fp frufefuffp
Claimed. fiat no offer newspaper
IN f6e eounfrp goes into 80 farse
a peroenfase Of Off f6e 8ouses
uetf6m a RADIUS Of fuenfp mites
from f6e office Of publication
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Owns an Old Church Edifce and
Makes It His Home.
EX-SENATOR Van WYCK'S odd HOME
He and His Family Occupied the
Old Holy Cross Edifice.
KITCHEN IN THE VESTRY

One of the satisfactions in being a mil
lionaire is that you can live just where
you please and precisely as you please. too.
You can elect to spend your hours of ease
in a palace of brown stone with frescoed
ceilings and inlaid floors. and that is con-
sidered the proper thing, but IL on the other
hand you go in for saving the pennies to
make big dollars of them and live in an
humble cottage away from the madding
crowd CT select any other modest sort of
existence-well, the world smiles and rays
you were always bit eccentric, and pretty
soon you will be known as 4 miser. to
whom the amassing of gold is a keener
pleasure than its distribution. When the
late Senator Stanford died a year ago his
only uncompleted residence was a four
room log cabin on the mountain side, from
which twelve miles away a glimpse Of his
idyllic country home could be had. 1t was
his purpose to forsake now and then all
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Ex-senator Van Wyck's Church.
his gorgeous town and country Ialaces for
the log cabin, which, when finished. would
have been no larger than the shanty in
which the first happy years with his wife
and boy were spent in California. A man
has lived here very comfortably as every
body knows UP tree and never cared a
bit whether the wind blew or not, either,
but it has remained to a millionaire ex-
Senator, General Van Wyck Of Ne
braska, to make his home in church and
feel very jolly and satisfied there. too. OF
course his wife owns the church and the
land around it, and he could see some of
the fine corner lots he OWNS from the
church windows, and all this. naturally. in
creased his happiness and content as he
sat under the trees in his own church yard.
They Moved Into the Church.
Everybody knows the picturesque and
vine-cIad little church on Massachusetts
avenue, at the intersection of 18th and p
sire cts. For the past few days ex-senator
Van Wyck, his wife and young daughter
have made 1t their home. Mrs. Van Wyck
owns the property. it having been bought
by her husband and presented to her, as a
little after-dinner favor. the day they were
leaving Washington for Nebraska, at the
conclusion of the latter's senatorial career.
1t has been the scene of high church Epis-
Copal service and Swedenbcrgian services,
but lately has been idle. When Mr.. and
Mrs. Van Wyck came here over a month
ago, to attend to repairs then in progress
upon their other property. the former sug
gested that they camp out in their empty
church. Mr.. Van Wyck, since his long ILL
ness has "A horror of mounting steps. and
thought 1T would be a great scheme to live
On the ground floor. So in they moved to
the church and divided off the auditorium
by imaginary lines into parlor, bed rooms,
dining room and picture gallery.
The pictures they had stored away here in
plenty, and a shopping expedition quickly
provided the necessary furniture The
vestry was turned into a Kitchen and the
shining pipes of the organ and the decora-
ton of the chancel helped out the art gal
lery, though If the truth must be told, the
pictures are yet all turned face to the wall
on the floor. Rugs, lamps, small tables,