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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

decentralization than after. and it then
experienced no difficulty in maintaining
the parity. its depreciation cannot be
attributed to its ..profusion." Ifa law
were to be passed prohibiting the use
of wheat for breadstuff, and derolying
that function upon corn alone, no one
doubts that the price of wheat would
depreciate and that of corn would APP
preciate in the most violent manner.
The case of gold and silver under our
laws is an exact parallel, only nature
has placed limit upon their produc-
ton.
The editors idea that we contract to
pay our foreign Indebtedness in money
OF our country when the debts full due
is rather against his view OF the case;
for in the event our money should be
copper at that time the foreigner
would have no ground for complaint;
for he made his contract with his eyes
open to the possibilities that might fol-
low. The most remarkable fact that
has SO far been developed is that silver
has remained almost absolutely stable
when compared with every other COM
modify not trust protected, except
gold. The bullion in a silver dollar
will purchase as mnch to-day as it did
in 1873, or in any year from that year
to the present. How, then, could the
foreign bondholder be swindled by
paying him silver dollars when the
bullion in each dollar will purchase as
much now as the bullion in the dollar
he lbaned us would purchase at the
time we received it?
The editor of the Journal cannot be
expected to admit that gold has appre-
ciated, for that would be admitting
away his whole case. No advocate OF
the gold standard, if he caa help it,
will permit himself to be brought face
to face with this fact. We beg TO as.
sure the editor that we don't want tC
pay any foreigner or other person fifty
cents for a dollar; neither Go we in.
tend to pay him two dollars for one.
There is broader question connected
with this silver question, viz: that Of
the public welfare. We should have
sufficient money to do the business Of
the country, regardless of the selfish
winnings of the gold trust. If the
| government should pass law prohi-
biting all horses but white horses tc
be used, white horses would command
a fancy figure. When this restriction
should be removed. and the law should
allow horses of all colors to be used,
the party who invested his money in q
| white horse would perhaps lose and
might grieve sorely, but the poor devil
| afoot would rejoice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

We regret that we asked the editor
of the Potosi Journal so many ques-
tions that he finds himself unequal to
the task of answering them. They
we're just five in number, If we remem-
Der Alright. We rather thought the
editor would find his time too limited
to furnish US with the information we
so much desired. In all discussions
that have hitherto taken place between
the advocates of bimetalism and the
goldites. we have noticed similar re-
luctance on the part of the latter to an-
swer questions of the character of those
we asked the Journal. They seem to
regard interrogatories OF any kind as
being in the nature of impertenences,
and as calmly disregarded them as
does the Journal.
The editor says. 1.-The argument
that gold appreciates in value because
there is no legislative ratio of value
established between gold and silver is
misleading-a fallacy in fact. Gold
maintains an equable purchasing
power because Of its rarity. The use
of gold as money for ages proves this
to be fact On the other hand, sill
yer. when left to stand on its own ba-
sis or intrinsic value as purchasing
power, 1epreciates of its own volition
because of its profusion. The above
would be very nice if it were true
In the FIRST place. value as usually UNI
derstood. is created by supply and de-
maud. n"silver depreciates because of
its profusion," why is it that in 1878.
at the time it was demonetized, the
bullion in the silver dollar was worth
about two cents more than the bullion
In gold dollarP Not q single argu-
meet the gold men use now was posi-
BILE then. It will not do to say that
the disparity between the two metals
has been occasioned by the vast in
crease in the production of silver since
that time, for. according to Mulhan,
the London statistician. the amount Of
silver In the world in relation to gold
decreased from 81 tons of silver to
ton Of gold in 1848 to Is tons OF silver
70 Of gold In 1880, and that for the
forty years prior to 1892 the ratio of
the production of the two metals
throughout the world was IL OF. ofsil-
Yer 70 | OF. Of gold. These facts have
never been disputed. It follows that
Il Silver was more ..profuse'' before its
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
l.Asr Saturday Judge Gibbons .


LAST Saturday Judge Gibbons at
Chicago declared the State law closing
barber shops on Sunday unconstitu-
tional, as being class legislation. An
appeal was at once taken by the Bar
bers' Sundays Closing Association.
which appeared as prosecutor In the
case. Manager Eden, of the Great
Northern Hotel. and the BARRIERS who
we're under him. were the defendants.
Manager Eden has been the most
persistent fighter of the closing law !,
and rightly regards the decision as a
great victory. He feels sure that the
Supreme Court will uphold to-day's de.
cision. The Chicago BARRIERS, as are
those of St. Louis and other cities In
this State, are greatly at variance on
the subject Of Sunday closing. major
ity OF the owners of shops being the
against the law. while the men who
do the actual work are about equally
divided in opinion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
To Isaac" of Oes Arc.

Dear Sir-In a recent issue of the
REGISTER, you accuse local preachers
of cowardice. in refusing to meet Mr.
Heacock, Seventh Day Adventist. in
debate. l don't see why you do this.
as Mr.. Heacock has not, 20 my knowl-
edge, challenged any ore here to oe-
bate the Sabbatarian issue. He has
been preaching here in a tent for sew
eral weeks,-preaching the peculiari-
ties of Seventh Day Adventists. and
exhorting people 10 keep sacredly the
Seventh Day; that's all, and nothing
more. Why, then. should local preach
ers go to his meetings, and say, shere,
Mr.. HeacOck, you have no right to
preach that stuff, you are wrong. ra-
Ideally wrong" when as yet no chal-
lenge has been given? Don't think,
therefore, for a moment, that local
preachers fear Mr.. Heacock's sophis-
try and clap-trap. Seventh Day Ad-
ventists are a deluded set of mono
maniacs, displaying INSCRIPTIONS in
genuity in garbling, twisting, combin-
ing, massiHg texts, and raising a dust
to hide an Old hulk of Judaism, which
they try to tack onto Christianity.
The undersigned is one Des Arc
preacher who has never backed down
from a personal challenge to discuss
any Bible subject.
There are several things to be con-
sidered in arranging for debate, as: a
fair proposition, time, place, dispu-
tants; and, lastly, who. foots the bill,
or pays the laborers; for the laborer is
worthy of his hire. Every man owes
support to his family. He that provi-
deth not for his own household is
worse than an infidel.
Des Arc, Mo. BATES MORRIS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

have, sixty per cent of the Democracy
of the State at their back, the Bosses
exhibition OF Christian forbearance is
the most remarkable and ill-timed
on record. We say ..ill-timed" adsis-
edly. for had they exerted their power
we would have had no Pertie Springs
Convention, the silver cranks would
have been suppressed. aud Filiey,
Walbridge, Mccullough. Francis. Sam
Priest, the editor of the Republic. and
other good Democrats. be meeting
nightly with the Sound Money Club at
the Office of that other eminent Demo-
crat, John w. Noble. to devise ways
and means for the suppression of the
last vestiges of the silver lunacy now
lingering amid the Ozarks. And the
most effervescenb ..harmony" would be
prevailing everywhere. We fear the
Bosses, in their cultivation of the Chris
tian graces. have allowed themselves to
become oblivious to the practical duties
devolving on them. In the interest of
harmony they should apply themselves
more vigorously to the stamping out of
not only the silver heresy, but all other
heresies and isms that now prevent
the Republicans and Democrats from
dwelling together in entire accord.
Certainly, let us have ..harmony
Let the Democratic party ignore the
Fertile Springs Convention; let it ig-
more its past. forget its principles. turn
its back upon its founders! Let the
Treasury be turned over to the Roths-
childs, the army to the corporations.
our lands to the English nobility, and
the people to the devil! Then we will
have rmony"-complete, entire,
soul satisfying ..harmony."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
Ali for Harmony"

The self-sacrifcing spirit the Bosses
have shown in their efforts to promote
'.harmony" in the ranks of the Democ'
racy in this State is worthy OF the
highest encomiums. This Christian
disposition has been manifested under
the most trying and untoward circum
stances. Like the efforts of the Apos
ties to spread abroad the light of the
gospel among the benighted heather
been misunderstand, their uttterances
disregarded. Theirlove of "harmony,
like the charity of a generous nature,
overflows the borders of their own party
and seeks to inundate the surrounding
territory. They not only propose to
themselves to restore harmony between
the warning factions of the Democracy,
but to bring into accord the Demo
cratic and Republican parties, which
have hitherto merely misunderstood
each other, and thereby inaugurate an
era of goodwill the like of which has
never before been seen in politics.
The plan by which these golden re-
suits are to be attained is so simple
that the wonder is it has not been before
discovered and presented to a grateful
country. Stated briefly, it is as follows:
1st. Silver Democrats are to ac-
quiese in any policy their golden
brethren may suggest; then. side by
side, and hand in hand, they are to
march into the Republican camp and
listen to words of wisdom from John
Sherman and his coadjutors, the Ickel-
heimers and Heidelbachs. and other
eminent fnanclers who are now guild
ing the ship of state.
I'd. All agitation calculated to in
terfere with class privileges must be
suppressed as tending to unsettle val
ues. destroy confidence and repress
Harmony"
Sd. There is to be no more foolish
talk about the sacredness of State
lines. or the right of local self-govern-
ment, as this would at times prove in
convenient should the serfs of any of
our great monopolies refuse to work
longer for their lords.
4th. Campaigns, for the present,
are not to be eliminated, but only
shortened. because people are used to
political excitements. and as yet pref
udiced in favor of elections; but all
elections are TO be dispensed with in
the near future, for the reason that
they tend to foment the agitation of
economic questions which the people
know nothing about, thereby disturb
ing business. Besides, what is the use
of elections when everybody is prac-
tically agreed except few silver
cranks and Populists-people only fit
for the lunatic asylum?
The scheme is SO easy. SO simple. so
delightful to contemplate. that it is
calculated to make an old-fashioned
Democrat shed tears.
Having, as one OF their esteemed
admirers, Mr.. Con2er, claims they
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

The Pertle Springs Convention en-
larged the State Central Committee
and instructed it to call the convention
for the selecting of delegates to the
national convention mot later than
April Is, 1885," If the Pertle Springs
Convention had authority to add nine
teen members to the State Central
Committee, it had the right to instruct
that Committee on any given point.
If the instruction is void the appoint
ments are void. Both must stand or
fall together. So what's the use of
..monkeying?" If it is the purpose of
the old members to ignore the said
convention, let them do so boldly and
above-board and wreck the party in
this State. If they so desire. As to
the new members, their duty is plain:
force meeting of the Committee and
determine these things without delay.
Their title is good. and the command
as to the calling of the convention for
choosing delegates peremptory; and
snapshot petitions cannot prevail
against it. Call meeting of the Com
mitteei
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

WHILE the St. Louis Republic is pre-
tending to advocate harmony in the
ranks of the Democratic party in this
State, ex-Gov. Francis. one of its big
gest stockholders and the man who is
supposed to direct that papers policy.
is secretly scheming to annul the &C.
tion of the Pertle Springs convention.
The most important thing the Pertle
Springs Convention did was to enlarge
the State Committee and arrange to
have the State convention to send del
egates to the national convention meet
not later than April 18th. Now Boss
Francis is plotting to have the State
committee ignore the Pertle Springs
instruction and defer the convention
until after the goldbug States of the
East have shouted through their plat
forms for ..sound money" in hopes
that the goldbug thunder from the
East will scare the silver forces in Mis-
souri, into Standardization Cash Book.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

Mrs. W. B. Meek. who resides at
Camptonville, Cal, says her daughter
was for several years troubled at times
with severe cramps in the stomach.
and would be in such agony that it
was necessary to call in a physician.
Having read about Chamberlain's Col
ic, Cholera and Diarrhoa Remedy she
concluded to try it. She found that it
always gave prompt relief. 1t was
seldom necessary to give the second
dose. at has not only saved US lots
of worry and Time" she says. ..but al
so doctor bills. 1t is my opinion that
every family should have a bottle of
this remedy in the house." For sale
by all dealers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

No wholesalers profit on Perfect"
Baking Powder. T. S. Lopez & Sons
buy direct from the factory and can
retail at 10, Is and Csc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

COMM Will buy a One-Half
>pG,OOO Interest in an Old Es-
tablished GENERAL MERCANTILE
BUSINESS in a County-Seat Town in
Southeast Missouri. Daily Sales $40.
REASONS FOR SELLING: party is get
ting old, and wants an active Young or
middle-aged man to look after the
business. as it is constantly growing.
Address all communications to L. T..
G., REGISTER Office, Ironton, Mo.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-02
Couldn't s.arry on s3o, ,aoo n Year.

No" remarked the young man with touch of sadness in his voice, it may be that some day happiness will be mine, hut at present it is beyond me. There is a girl whom I love dearly. She would have me if I only asked her, but I dare not. I really cannot marry and live on e6,OOO a year." His two friends to whom he spoke looked ct him in wonder. For q moment they were specchless-con- sternation and pity depicted on their youthful countenances. But present. ly speech returned to them exactly at the same time, and they fairly howled in their excitement: You cannot mar ry on eG.000 Q year? Why rot?" Why not?" echoed. the youth with the sad voice, which grew still sadder. ''Why, simply because l haven't the e6,OOO." And the mystery was explained.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-02
A Chinese Taa Legend.

There is q strange Chinese legend concerning the tea plant. According to
 he story, there once lived q very pious hermit who passed the greater part of lis time in prayer and vigils. He was, however, unable to keep awake as long IS he wished, and often found his eyes losing while he was in the very midst of his devot;ons. This naturally an noyed hin, and one day in fit of wrath aTainst this weakness of the flesh, which he seemed unable to over come, he cut off the offending cyclids md cast them upon the ground. But his action had been observed by god, who immediately caused tea shrub to
 bring up from the spot where the eye ids had fallen. It is in reference to this, according to the legend, that the leaves of the tea plant arc shaped like eyelids, fringcd with lashcs, and pos, sess the power of war(ling off sleep.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-02
NEVER COME SiNGLY.
Common Superstition Among Engineers
 About Collisions.

| Common Superstition Among Engineers About Collisions.
 Of the superstition of sailors. fisher ] folk and others we have all heard, but i that such distinguished characteris- : tic should have attached itself to rail : way men would not appear to be gen i erally known. It savers somewhat Of i the anomalous that such preemi- nently practical class of men should be i the victims of credulity regarding the supernatural. Such, however, is the
 case, says writer in the London lid 1 Bits,
 l recently had occasion to interview prominent railway official. and in the course of the conversation that ensued
 that gentleman incidentally alluded to two collisions which had lately oc- ! cured in tho neighborhood. following up his remarks with the announcement
 that the local men would be in state of subducd excitement and ''flurry" till third mishap took place. Such is the superstition of the railway man. Upon expressing considerable astonish- ment l was assured that this kind of thing was notorious amoGg railway men in general, and in this particular instance, 1t was known that the cir cumstances of the two previous acci- dents were the chief topics among the worlzmen i1 all departments, who were
 also counting on the possibilities of
 third disaster. Curiously enough
 touch of realism was lent to the infor- nation just inpartcd by the explana-
 tion that the second of the two coll;- sions referred to was due to the driver of one of the cneincs--a reliable serv- ant, noted for his alertnesS and preci- sion, with an honorable record with some forty years service-who being, it was believed, so disturbed over the ''omens" of the first occurrence and so elgrossed with what he felt would be two other catastrophes that he com mitted the slight error of judgment which caused his locomotive to crash into another coming in an opposite di- rection. The statement is given as the conviction of one who spent upward of quarter of century among railway men of all classes, and who has known
 CilC uAI'CI c11uuGi lO Ioa IoHS pcI1Ou of years. So came about second col
 ision. Surely superstition could go no further than this. But here is a tragic sequel-a sequel which, unfortunately, will, in all probability, do much to strengthen the reprchensible beliefs of these men. Two days after the in- terview above mentioned, within if teen minutes drive from the scene of the second collision, an express mail failed to take the points, q portion of the train with the tender of the engine was violently thrown across the rails and one stollcr killed. This is what the railway men will term their third mishap." There's the third they say, and now perhaps they will breathe freely for season.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-02
THE NILOMETER.
4 Queer Instrument Used Curing the An
 nual Overflow of She Nile.

Queer Instrument Used Curing the An
 nual Overflow of She Nile.
 During the time of the periodical in 'indation of the valley Of the Nile q iueer recording instrument, known a. he ''niloneter," is hourly and daily consulted by sluggish Egyptian off Ger, who, to jadgc from his motions md actions, cares but very little + the -,ivcr keeps it's bed or overllows the whole northern half of the African continent. But, as it is the only labor e is forced to perform. and as his bread md cheese usually depend upon proper execution of tho duties assigned. the ecord is taken with scrupulous accu- .acy. This queer and ancient "thcr- 1ometcr of the Nile" (it dates back tC ,45 A. D. i3 situated at the end of the island of RhodG. It is simply an i'm nensc upright cctagonal pillar stand ;ng in well-lil1e chamber, surrounded on four sides with strong walls pro yided with arched openings which all low the rising waters free access to the 1ilomcter. The recording pillar is covered throughout it's length and on Ill of it's eight sides with cubits and !igits nicely divided, painted with freat precision, much resembling sec sions of a gigantic chccl.cr-board. There is huge staircase leading from above down to the bottom of the cis tern. in which the rilomcter stands the wcll-worn steps at5esGing to the immense number of times the instru- ment has beeu consulted.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-02
Reduced to tho Ranks.

Different ideas exist in England from those prevalent in Germany with regard to the attitude to be adopted by soldiers toward escaping prisoners. Whereas Emperor William some time ago aroused much unpleasant com ment by promoting corporal who had shot at and killed in a crowded street au escaping prisoner, at Wool rich g sergeant and a corporal have just been reduced to the ranks and sentenced to months Imprisonment for having discharged their carbines, without inj1ry to anybody, in public thoroughfarc at dcserter who had broken away from them.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-02
Sixty Miles or Locasts,

The African Steamship company's steamer Winnebah, which lately ar. rived from West Africa at Liverpool had a most unusual experience when steaming between the attitudes ot Cape Verde and St. Louis, Senegal For sixty miles the vessel steamed through locusts, which were so thicl1iy packed together on the top of the water that they completely covered the surfacc for miles around. Indeed, they appeared to be lying on the sea as far as the eye could reach. The locusts had no doubt been blown from the Morocco coast into the sea. They resembled gigantic grasshoppers, and one which was secured was five inches in length. Of course, all of the locusts had been drowned
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-02
4 snub-Nosed Regiment.

In the Russian army there is one particular regiment of infantry of the guards formed by Emperor Paul, the men of which arc recruited, not so much with regard to their height or the color of their hair and complexions as to the shape of their noses. En- peror Paul had a typical kalnuil nose of the most eXcrueiatingly up-tilted pattern, and since then. out of com pliment to him, all of the officers and men of this particular regiment have noses of the same shape, the sight which they present on parade being somewhat startiirg.