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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
COLD IN NE COUNTRY.

Not Half t1ae Amount Claimed by Godd-
bugs TO BE in Circulation Can BE Located. :
The Boston Herald. in trying to DEM
onstrate that there IS more money in
this country than is needed, states that
OH the first day of November, 1896. the
amount of gold coin and gold certifi-
Gates in circulation in this country was
about S640, 900, 000 The Boston Herald
is doing a great injustice to the peo-
pie of the United States by not telling
them where this great amount of gold
is concealed or hidden. Comptroller
Eckels has evidently not been able to
find it, and he did not know of anyone
in the United States who has been able
to intelligently locate that amount, or
anywhere near that amount.
The truth of the matter is, the Boston
Herald is either woefully ignorant, or
else is doing some downright lying
about this fabulous amount of gold be-
ing in circulation.
A little while ago the comptroller
made hunt for the amount of gold held
in reserve by all the financial institu-
tions in the United States. As re-
suit of the hunt it was found that there
probably was about S190,0o0,O00 of gold
held in reserve by every banking in
stitution of every name and descrip-
ton in the country. If we add to this
the amount of gold in the treasury on
November 1-$124,00O, 000-it would
make a total of $314,000,000. VIII the
Boston Herald, or some other goldbug,
explain where the balance of this gold
is to- be found? It is quite important to
the people of the United States that it
should be located somewhere, because
the difference in the circulating me-
dunn per capita would amount to about
four dollars for each person in the
union. Win the Boston Herald under
take to say that over $311 100000 of
gold is boarded?
The people on the Pacific slope use
gold as a circulating medium, but the
amount in circulation there, added to
the amount found in Montana, Idaho,
Nevada and Colorado, would probably
not exceed $I5,0oO,0OO; that is to says
the amount of gold in the pockets of
the people in these western States for
practical use, outside of the banks
would not exceed that amount. Now
it is not probable that $50,000,000 of
gold is boarded, or has gone into hid
ing east of the Rocky mountains; but
if you add to the $15,00O,0OO another
$50, 100000 for the total amount hoard
ed in the east, then the total gold that
would be accounted for in the United
States would be S379,0o0, 600, as fol-
lows:
Amount of gold held by all bank
ing institutions in the United
States, about. 1870, 900, 0od
Amount in treasury November l. i24, 600, 900
Amount of gold boarded in the
United States and in use.... g. ,00o
Total .$S79, 0O0, 0oO
If the Boston Herald or any other
goldbug newspaper can intelligentIy
account for more gold, it is certainly
their duty to the public to give the in
| formation.-Denver Times-Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
a1nn Rerrard a1nn

The readers of this paper viii be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure In
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. CataTrh
being constitutional disease, requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catalrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the consultation and
assisting nature in doing its work, The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers Thar they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address f. j. CHENEY Sc CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
WE CAN GO IT ALONE.
National Wealth and Power and the 0ues-
tioh of independent Action.

National Wealth and Power and the Ques-
tioh of independent Action.
In MuLhall's Dictionary of Statis-
tics is large diagram representing
the comparative wealth of nations. In
this the pyramid representing the
United States towers far above all other
nations. The United Kingdom 1.-THE
next in height) is less than three
fourths its size The latter's wealth Is
given at e 400, 00O, 900, while that of the
United States is given at E 1924, oo0,-
600. And our citizens tell us we are I'M
able to formulate our own plans! Eng
land, 1.-The creditor nation of the world,"
found it to its interest in 1916 to adopt
gold monometallism. Though much
less wealthy nation than the United
States is now, il did not urge interna-
tionaI agreement. 1t did not warn its
citizens against attempting that expert
ment singIe-handed. No; and gold
monometallism surely was an expert
ment in 1916. 1t simply sacrificed the
concern of the people for the interest of
the Bank of England and consulted no
one.
The experience of Mexico is held up to
the ignorant. Why, Mulhall gives the
total foreign commerce, imports and ex-
ports of our southern neighbors at only
6 100000, while that of the United
States is given at 6 100000 OO-sixteen
times as great! The combined total
foreign commerce of Mexico, Central
America, all South America, India,
China and Japan-all the silver coun-
tries-barely exceeds that of our country
alone. Here are MulhalPs figures for it
in detail. amounts in million pounds
sterling, for the year 1889:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
sAYARo AT BRISTOL.

Eha American Ambassador the Honored
GGest of the Society of Merchant ven-
earers-
fSAIsroL, Dec. 1S.-Hon. Thomas F.
Bayhrd, the American minister, ar
rived here yesterday in response to an
Invitation Co distribute the prizes and
deliver an address to the students at
abe annual commencement of the
technical school of the Society of
Merchant Venturers Mr.. Bay
ard was invited to be present at the
commencement for the reason that
tlIs great grandfather on the maternal
side belonged to a distinguished fam
lily of Bristol merchants. This great
grandfather was born in Bristol IN
I709, and subsequently settling in
Philadelphia. was mayor of that city,
as his father before him had been
mayor of Bristol. -
The Society of Merchant Venturers
Is one of the surviving medieval
guilds
AS Mr. Bayard is a lineal descendant
-0f an ancient mayor of Bristol and
z1aeulber of the merchant venturers,
k1iS presence at yesterdays ceremonies
ezas particularly appropriate. He took
luncheon with the council at the Bris-
toll cham Der of commerce in she board
a-0o1n of the council. Replying to
toast 10 the health of the guest of the
sS6sea4i0n. Dir. Baysrd said that there
soxas much in the hearts of Americans
to-day to make them loolSnpon En-
gland as their old home. The ties of
blood. he said, were thicker than wa
Ser.
Containing, he expressed hope that
SuEaen he returned to America no cloud
sxould obstruct the vision of any just
minded man. Mr.. Bayard then pro-
.eeded 20 make his usual extreme An
xiophiIe speech, concluding by de-
lsIaring his belief that the peace exist
ing between the two English speaking
laatiOns would never be broken.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
FseAcH INCONSISTENCY.

,n.ssssl.akk sor Pomp. but Not One Sou for
che Starving.
PAn1s, Dec. ls.-The credit as I'D for
- the government to meet the ex-
-,enses Of the visit of the car and
s-.nrina to Paris was granted by the
--sauaber of deputies yesterday by
-..ks of 400 to II. Before adopting
el.e credit the chamber, by vote of
7a6 to I36, rejected 81 socialist amend
,..s,.E to add to the credit 10000
francs TO be devotedto the aid OF the
.,,,e,.a pioyed. many OF whom are suf-
,F.erin FOR bare necessiaries.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
smart Ynu.nr Man

Wonderful things happened when
oldspeople were young IF the memory
of old people IS to be trusted. MY
young friendS..a said a lecturer in the
Cornville academy lyceum course.
let me urge upon you the necessity of
not only reading good books, but of
owning them, so that you may have
recourse to them at any time. Why,
when was young man used FREE
quently to work hard all night to earn
money to buy books, and then get up
before daylight to read theml'--
Youths COMPANION.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
A Comfortable Ba.nkCe.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1.-THE execu-
tive committee of the repu lican con-
gressionai campaign comtAittee, at
their meeting Tuesday fight, au-
dited the accounts of the Slast cam
paign and found a comfortable bal
ance remaining, an unusual circuSu-
stance. The question of retaining
permanent headquarters was dis
cussed, and it was felt that while
these were not needed at present, it
would be well to open headquarters
next summer after the new committee
is selected, in anticipation of the next
congressional election.
The Military Academy Appropriation BIN
Reported.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.--The military
academy appropriation bill was re-
ported to the house yesterday. It car
ried an appropriation of S4sa, 572, which
is S3s, 24I less than the estimates and
Sac, 047 more than the appropriation
for the current year.
The house committee on agriculture
yesterday completed the agricultural
bill for the coming fiscal year. The
measure viii carry\ AN appropriation
of about So, 800. ooO-a&opt the SWINE as
for the ;current year. The bill con-
tains no new legislation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
AN Auxlliarr Jun,a In paltlmore.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec. I7.-Cubah
sympathizers in Baltimore contem-
plate the organization of branch OF
the Cuban junta to promote the cause
of the Cuban revolution. At present
whatever support is secured in this city
comes, it is said, under the supervision
of the Washington organization. In
order to obtain a more compact or
ganization it is proposed to establish
a separate body here. This is said to
be part of a plan to locate organiza-
tiorsSof this character in every city OF
any size in the the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
srlrer plate Cor Everydar Use.

All of the Livingstons had large
quantities of silverware, good deal of
it having come over from Scotland with
the first Robert, whom it is now the
fashion to call Robert the Founder"
and much having been acquire by later
generations. But said Mrs. Smith,
sall the silver of all the other branches
put together would not equal the
amount in daily use at Cousin Chan
cel1or's, and among it all there was not
q single silver knife or fork; yet now.
you think you could not dine without
them. Three-tined steel forks, anfl
steel knives with silver handles were
then the highest style China in
plenty, including many most beautiful
specimens of Sevres. with the glazed
closets about the great dialin broom;
but it was kept carefully locked away
for service only on Kerry stately Aocca-
gions. solid silver plate being eInplexed
or all daily usea Fl those days g
lie were not SO much afraid Of thieves
of brea1kags elem Efertson Saith,
Cenfurg
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
Gen. weyIer Hanged in EmGy.

WHEELING, W. Va, Dec. IA meet.
ing of Cuban sympathizers was held in
this city Tuesday night which was ad.
dressed by an agent of the Gu ban junta
who cames here from Columbus, O..
Twenty volunteers were enrolled,
among them teterans of both the
union and confederate armies. During
the night Gen. Weyler was hung in
effipy ON a telephone pole.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
settllng &c santenee. .


There isa venerable and benevolent
Judge in Paris who, at the moment
of passing sentence on prisoner, con-
suits his assessors on each tide Of him
as to the proper penalty 70 be in
hicted.
what ought we to give this rascal. j.
brother2" he says, bending over 70 q
assessor on the right.
II should say thTee xesrs =
What is your opina brother? IF
the assessor on the Left.
Il should give him bont
years ans Expr
The Judge, with acknowledgement Buf1s
oner, not desiring to give you aities.
and severe term of impris| 5nment, as D.
should have done if Left to myself,
have consulted my leagfneo brothers
and shall take their fadvice. Seven
years Tit Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
The War Spirit in Texas.

DENIsoN. Tex, Dec. 17.-Mass meet.
ings are being held all over north
Texas in sympathy with Cuba. The
war spirit is rampant. Col. l. NJ.
Standifor, of Gov. Culberson's staff,
says that in case of war with Spain
Texas could put $4,000 men in the field
inside of sc days
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24

Is rather hard, isp't it3 Yet how many are
compelled TO do this after every meal. Dys-
pepsia, that memorable prosecutor, never
ceases to torment of its own yolition, and
rarely yields to ordinary medication. But
tranquility of the stomach is In store for
those who pursue course of Hostetter,s
Stomach Bitters. This fine corrective also
remedies malarial and kidney complaints,
rheumatism, constipation, biliousness and
nervousness,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
Ready to Tnke the Field,

TOPEKA, Kas., Dec ia dozen stu
dents of the Kansas medical college
here have notified the Cuban iunta in
New York that they are ready to take
the field at any time as surgeons of
the cause of the insurgents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
wllLtAM POE sT. JoAN
800, FOR membership la the New York
Exchange.

-, sEaE1 Tor Aiem0orshtp Ia ING NV A"tA
Exchange.
NKw YoRK, Dec. IL = Wm- Pope 81
.Tonr. Formerly president OF the Mer-
eanaiie national bank, Is posted Tor
rmembership in the New York produce
.e.sesaslve. Mr. ST. john is proposed
Esr Il. Z. Kneeland. of the hrm OF ale
= Kneeland.. The notice attracted
80 sistera bic Intention from the mem
: sS...r,s az .the esschange. Mr.. kneeiand
-. 800 81 the directors of tae bank
s-.,g. which Mr.. ST. Jonn resigned to
-, 6 the sikyer convention.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life
AWAY.

If you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, be made well, strong, magnetic,
full of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the wonder-worlSer that makes weak men
strong Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 100000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from
your own druggist, who will guarantee a
cure. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
SC. Psehlslsea t.om ra.rolllnE enc

HAMBURG. Dec. 1s-In consequence
al the disturbance here the strikers
are prohibited by the police FROM pa.
erozling chs port. Numbers offstrik-
s.rs are seeking to return to VIZ, but
che employers refuse to. receive them
.,zasff The strike is ended.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
Practical Sympathy of St. Paul Medical
Men.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. IA sub
scription list has been started among
the medical fraternity of st. Paul for
the purpose of purchasing medicinal
supplies for the sick and wounded in
Cuba. 1t is intended to send
the supplies by way OF Tam
pa, Fla, to the camps and
towns of the patriots. If the
government attempts to interfere
in this humane movement an appeal
will be haG to the president for the
expeditions as made from a humani-
tartan standpoint. The story that
comes from Cuba to the physicians of
this city through one of the number is
that there are $4,000 sick people in
Cuba, many of them families of the in
SurPentS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
NEBRASKA is READY
To Do Her Share in Aid of the Cubans-
An ApoIogist for Spain.

To Do Her Share in Aid of the Cubans-
An ApoIogist for Spain.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. I6--Gov. Hol-
com to-day made public his attitude
concerning the Cuban insurgents and
the alleged assassination of Gen.
Maceo. lie said:
The belligerent rights of Cuban
revolutionists should be recognized by
our national government. Their vail
ant fight, SO long continued, to free
themselves from the yoke of European
oppression, entities them to the SYM
pathy of every American"
The governor declared that in the
event of war with a foreign nation
Nebraska could furnish 1900 drilled
and organized troops, and that 200, 900
Nebraskans stood ready to defend the
country'a honor.
Maj. Fechet, U. s. A, of the gov
ernOr's staff, who is familiar with Gu
ban and Spanish warfare, questions
the accuracy OF the report that Maceo
was assassinated under flag of truce.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24

Frs stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle a.
treatise. Dr. KLINE, 933 Arch ST., Phiia., Pa.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24

BEWARE of the sin whose only defense Is
that it is highly respectable Rams Horn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24

ssUNcLe BOB, what is q Pedestrian"
stWhy, he's the fellow who makes row
when a bicycle runs over him. ~ Chicago
Record
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24

IT is not what we have, but what we do
with what we have, that proves our fitness
for promotion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24

In this world il is not what we take up,
but what we give up, that makes us rich.-
III w Raecher
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24

BAcKAcHE, toothache, frust-bites, too, st.
Jacobs Oil will cure-thats true.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24

THE man who always does his best viii
find steady demand for the things that he
can do.-Ram;s Horn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24

WHILE asleep, cured soreness, stiffnessa
All right, st. Jacobs Oil did it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24

THE man who robs another of his right
loses most by the transaction. Rams Horn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24

THE same-old or new rheumatic painsSt.
Jacobs Oil will cure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24

A practical Business Colleges at Hnnni-
/ bal, Mo. "Life Scholarship $40. Write
| for particulars. Address r. l.. Kelly, Pres.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
The French Naval Budget Passes the
Chamber of Deputies.

PARIS, Dec. 1.-THE naval budget
was passed by the chamber of depu-
ties yesterday. Replying to an inter
rogation, Admiral Besnard, minister
of marine. said that it was the inten-
ton of the governments to submit
plans for the defence of Brest and
CherbourU
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
BUSINESS MEN sTuDYINe.

Erstwhile Supporters of the Gold Stand
ard Now Question Its Wisdom.
One of the most hopeful signs of en-
couragement for the free coinage cause
is that business men are taking up the
subject and studying it as they never
did before. The average man of bust
ness is not given to political or econom-
ic Investigations. He was so worried
in the last campaign by the Interrupt
tions of trade and the uncertainties OF
the future, that he plunged into the
support of the republican party as the
best means of securing surcease from
agitation" The old system would be
better than the new, with all the dire
things the politicians predicted for it.
But all the same he has kept in mimi
the one question, as to what is the
cause of the inability of the people to
buy his wares, to obtain employment
ard to g. on in their various lines of
business. He does this in such manner
as not to interfere with business, the
same as the newspaper which is sure
it knows the trouble does all in it's
power to encourage trade and assist
that improvement in business for
which we all hope. If these questions
are to come up for future settlement,
the business man is this time going to
be able to acA independently and not
be deceived int9 passive acquiescence
in party dictunl. unprecedented study
is what the opposition dread; it is what
the free coinage men ask for. The
business man will find the inevitable
deduction from all his painstaking
study, that ye cannot truly prosper
until the ctfnsumers prosper; that his
interest is ION the side of the people
and not with Wall street. The condi-
ton he must court is that of a large
volume of business, so that he is less
and less a borrower, and thus less sub
iect to those who control money. This
he will find when the people are able
to buy and pay for his goods and not
before.
One of the best-intentioned men OF
Minneapolis, his own previously large
business having gone, under our per-
niciouS4 system, stated the following
= ances: within the week"
we have been obliged to fore
Mortgage of $500 on property
300, the owner being absolute
to pay one dollar either of
DR. interest. he could neither
whole nor in part, nor re-
dollar, notwithstanding the
he property is renting for
b. Think of it. Property
Rr cent. on $500, goes
lit is such facts as
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24

ENERGY and persistence conquer all
things Benjamin Franklin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
wATTERsoN ON WEALTH.
Sees the Evils of Concentration. But Over
looks the Cause.

looks the Cause.
The supporters of the gold standard
denied that there was a money power"
The money power" they said, existed
"only in the diseased brains of the
Bryanites." Henry Watterson was an
ardent advocate of this same theory.
lie denounced bitterly men who ia
vored the free coinage of silver. He
has been in Europe and has just re-
turned home. In an interview Mr.. Wat
terson says:
Organized wealth and power have not
vet grown wise enough to scent danger
before it is upon them. The eastern sec
ton of our country is already in danger,
and have an impression that it does not
see this. In it's concentration of the
wealth of the country and in its ostenta-
tious display of it's wealth. In the gradual
cultivation of caste, in the tendency to
hug it's vast riches and in finding means
to keep it's millions at home, let it behold
danger it will do we'll to consider in the
light of both ancient and modern history"
This illustrates that the people were
Northumberland Mr.. ,Watterson helped
TO do it-into believing that the dam
ger from trusts was purely imaginary
and that the concentration of wealth"
was ''rot." So great an upholder of the
victorious principles in the last cam
paign as Mr.. Watterson now freely ac-
knowledges that there is not only con
centrated wealth. but there is absolute
danger to our institutions on account of
it. Continuing, Col. Watterson said:
IF it (the eastern section) has any real
statesmen, they cannot put their genius
and resources to better uses than to formu-
late some policy which will bring the con-
fiicting elements together.
I'm $500 we were few millions of peopic
and we loved liberty. In 1900 we are near
ly l000O0,000 of people and we love money
Moreover, individually and collectively,
we have a great deal of money. Most of
this money is invested in what are called
corporations. From a handful of indi-
vidualS we have become a nation of insti-
buttons. The individual counts for less
and less, organizations for more and
more"
These are extraordinary assertions,
coming from Nal. who hassupporta
the gold standard. l,e rejected a
icy, which, if it would do any
would check the cGtfcentrs
wealth and destroy ii uaI
b;nations, and he advoca
under which, as he In
men are swallowed up
through which the
danger and money
RUIship.
Mr.. Watterson IS
spurns the doctor
plains because he
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