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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-03
rha nnaineas I.erirnl.

Papers that are making such fuss
over what they call 'the revival of BUSH
ness in consequence of the sound
money victory would confer favor
upon anxious readers by explaining
the depression of business last spring
and for seven years preceding, before
sound money" was threatened by the
.50-cent dollar" If the depression.
which has been continuous, was not
caused by unsound money, how can
the revival be attributed to Sound
money."-Illinois State Register.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-03
A Plutocrat,s PhiIoaophy.

There viii be prosperity-for me.
High 1agss never made dividends.
Don't be a loser for the sake OF being
right
The dough is mightier than the pen or
tongue.
Ignorance never caused reform.
Keep the people ignorant.
when fact hurts you call IL base
SANDER.
II everybody had more money there
would be less satisfaction In being .
niIlionaire.-Buffalc Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-03
Sold Chean.

"In 1872, silver being demonetized in
France, England and Holland, a cap
itaI of 100000 was raised and Ernest
Seyd, of London, was sent 10 this
country with this fund as agent OF
the foreign bondholders and capital
lists. to effect the same object-the de-
monetiza+ion of silver, which was ac-
BANKERS Magazine foT
August. 1873.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-03
The Reopeninr of the Minis.

The Seattle Times asks the gold men
to be honest enough to admit that most
of the mills and factories which have
been '.reopened" with so great flour
ish. were those shut down last sumfser
with the intention of reopening late in
the fall That is the case in Washing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-03
co,,I,te f,ontrs,lirtlon.

Mckinley says free coinage will cause
an oversupply of money. thus raising
prices. while Harrison says IL will drive
gold out. making money scarce. and
thus lowering prices.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-03
No oyerproauction of silver.

The silver mines have never yet and
never will produce more than enough
silver to supply the worlds nations
with coins and the arts with silver
ware, and there can be no overproduc-
tion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-03
20 Wnnfesl rt Az.

When you hear millionaire say that
there is too much money you can make
up your mind that he il thinking Of
that which is not In his possession.
Buffalo Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-03

Start the mills, says Mckinley. Yes.
start. and give the people money vita
which to purchase mill products, and
tlAs machinery viii hum. Philadelph.a
item.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-03
rha rnrkinrmnn 81

Five cents is a large sunn to pay for
a street car ride. With the gOld stiogsar
continually getting Higger and ERE
means of operating cebnstantIy getting
cheaper.-Illinois State Register.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-25

should send you to the penitentiary.
how long do you suppose il would be
for?"
mot SO loud. cautioned.
There are no other prisoners on this
floor. How long do you suppose 1t
would be for?"
''Ten years at least"
THAT long? Terrible to think Of
But l suppose robbery Is different from
theft or embezzlement. After all. II a
man goes to the penitentiary 1t doesn't
make much difference for how long.
The mere sentence Is enough to break
his heart"
"Yes. but time may heal a broken
heart"
mot time done in a penitentiary."
Was he laughing at me? l listened,
and thought l heard him litter. but 1t
might have been the ripple Of sup
pressed sob.
II wonder what time it is?" said he.
turning over wearily.
Must be nearly day. You seem more
than usually distressed"
II am. My heart has been growing
heavier since you told me your story"
Don't think Of me. my dear boy, but
Of yourself"
II am thinking of myself, and that's
| what makes my heart so heavy" For
a few moments he was silent. and then
he continued:
And you say there Is a sort Of brav-
ado in confessing to the wOrld?"
Yes; and the church, early in the be-
ginning, recognized in man the yearn-
ing, the necessity to confess his errors
| to an individual. In my case religion
plays no part. I told you of my de-
pravity and my heart has become light
| er. Suppose we 60 to sleep"
II can't, Dick, l am too wretched
And now am going to tell you some
thing-but it's daylight, and our fat
| friend Is coming"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-25

brother had money. say ten thousand
dollars. and II had been given out that
the larger part Of this money was to
fall to my father. But the brother
continued 20 linger, though his hour
was surely near. Just after hearing,
one day, that his brother could not sur
vive another night, my father saw a
grand opportunity to invest five thou
sand dollars. The return would be
quick. He would use the banks
money, and even should the investment
fail. he could soon replace the amount
from his brothers estate. The invest
ment was made-and lost-and the
brother grew better. In despair father
came to see me. l thought Of mother
and sister when told him that would
risk everything to save him. In the
express Office, during the tobacco sea-
son, there was constantly a large
amount Of money in the company's safe.
/ would take five thousand dollars and
wait for the brother to die. Well,
took that amount, and father was
saved. But the brother continued to
improve. And it was drawing near
the time when ! might expect a call
from the company's inspector. 1 had
no means of raising the money! was
not inventive. so / was forced to resort
to an old trick. blew open the safe
and knocked myself senseless with an
iron bar. There was money scattered
all about the room when the town OFF,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-25

and saw the old man take out his wal
let. and when he had unwound string,
laying 1t carefully across his knee. /
caught sight of a fifty-dollar note.
Soon afterward l was shown to room
just above. And l lay there thinking
Of that money. At first l turned over
with q shudder And then the weary
miles 1 had walked stretched out be-
fore me. l could see the dust of the
rOad-and the heat danced on the hot
hilltop. and in the glimmer saw that
old mans money. turned over
again-nOt with shudder, but with u
mere shiver-and / saw myself treading
that dry road: and l saw a. railway
train sweeping past. and l caught sight
Of two men as they tipped their glasses.
They saw me, and one Of them shouted:
Not for you. poor fool. rob the poor,
but you haven't sense enough to rob
even the rich when they spread their
money before your very eyes 1t seemed
that the train Stacked long enough for
the scOundrel thus to tantalize me, and
then 1t numbered on, the two scoun-
drels tipping their glasses again. /
got out Of bed, tiptoed to the head of
the stairway and listened. heard the
ticking Of the clock. I stepped back
and dressed myself. Then trod softly
downstairs. In the room a light was
burning dimly. The old man and his
wife were sound asleep. His trousers
were under his pillow. Slowly l pulled
them away, and without noise l got
out. Then I ran for a mile at least,
and then stopped and thrust my hand
into the pocket-and there was the wal
let. The moment touched 1t I would
have given half my life never to have
seen 1t. But repentance was now too
late. ! could have taken the money
back-in fact, I was almost decided
upon this risk, when my blood shot
through me at the barking of a dog
and dropping the trousers, but grip
ping the money, leaped over fence
and ran flercely into the woods. Well,
I went to town, tricked myself out in
new clothes-had my beard shaved Off
and was ready to take a railway train
and tip glasses with some other scoun-
drel when was arrested. said was
suspected Of the crime, and that is the
case, for that blessed old farmer was
not certain that 1 was the man. And
here have told you all about 1t. But
I trust you'll don't know why, but l
do"
The candlewick fell and the cell was
black. Haines said not word. heard
him scramble to his feet, and then with
sigh he lay down heavily upon his
bunk. And so long silence followed
that I thought him asleep, when he be-
gan to mutter something and heard
him repeat my own words: "A trouble
aired is lighter for the airing"
Il hope you don't think any less Of
me-" ] remarked.
mo, l am sorry for you-sorry that
yOur better self Welded Ruf don't vo,I
think they will convict you?"
"Yes. I'm afraid So"
"And If they do, are you going to
make confession?"
mo. I have confessed to you, and
that was cooling to my conscience.
There is bravadO in confessing to the
world, but confessing to friend is a
simple virtue"
I listened with my head Off the pill
few,. and he fifHttefed something, but
did not understand him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-25

in more time with you, but they keep
me on a rush these days., - -
He was gone at last. Haines was pac-
ing the floor. Would he wait for 4the
death Of the candle? said nothing
but sat on my bunk waiting. '..-
"The candle burns longer than usual
tonight" he said. He was waiting for
the darkness. - s;',.s
Yes: for 1t seems to know that, we
are sleepy, and it wants to tantalize us. I"
I'm not sleepy" he replied, quickly.
He sat down. 1 said nothing. I'm
not sleepy can't sleep until I have
told you something. I'm going to
throw Off all reserve and talk to you
as l, would to myself. My father is
cashier of a bank. He was one Of the
most lovable of men, but he Is weak,
always itching to better his condition
in life, living in the midst of money,
daily noting it's power, counting the
wealth Of other men. In such an at
mosphere it was but natural that he
should feel the clamp placed upon him
by a moderate income. He had q
brother, much older than himself, and
this brother was slowly dying. The
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-25
The Supel.intcndcntS 5
Example.
by OPIE READ.

"But there is no direct proof against
me. Come closer. That fat jailer might
be out there
He did not get up; he scrambled
across the floor and sat down near me.
II had beep out Of employment a long
time" went on. speaking low, "and
was forced to quit the city. / wan
dered about doing odd jobs, desperate.
hating the world. Well, one day, not
long ago, I came into a neighborhood
not far from here. stopped at farm
er's house and asked for something to
eat. He received me into his house,
placed a chair at his table and treated
me as his guest. A rainstorm came up
and he insisted upon my remaining over
night with him. Just before bedtime a
hired man came in to receive his wages,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-25


covery, even after the disease has pro.
gressed so far as to induce repeated bleed
ings from the lungs, severe lingering cough
with copious expectoration Cincluding TIL
bercular natter), great loss of flesh and ex-
treme emaciation and weakness.
Do you doubt that hundreds of such cases
reported to us as cured by Golden Med
ical Discovery were genuine cases of that
dread and fatal disease? You need not take
our word for it. They have, in nearly every
instance, been so pronounced by the best
and most experienced home physicians
who have no interest whatever in mis-
representing them, and who were often
strongly prejudiced and advised against
a trial of Golden Medical Discovery"
but who have been forced to confess that
it surpasses, in curative power over this
fatal malady, all other medicines with
which they are acquainted. Nasty cod.
liver oil and its filthy enulsions" and
cases and had either utterly failed to bene.
ft, OF had only seemed to benefit little for
a short time. Extract of malt, whiskey,
and various preparations of the hypo.
phosphites had also been faithfully tried
In vain. Ss,.
The photographs Of large number Of
those cured of consumption, bronchitis,
lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal
catarrh and kindred maladies. have been
skillfully reproduced in book Of 100
pages which will be mailed to you, OH
receipt of address and six cents in
stamps. You can then write to those who
have been cured and profit, by their ex.
perience.
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-25
TAKE STEPS

Va huAAAohisy AAN
consumption, and
can be cured. The
the evidence of
hundreds of liv-
ing witnesses to
the fact that, in {
all its earlyL
stages, consunp-~
tion is a curablc
disease. Not
every case, but a
large bercentag
cases, and we bel
fully oS per cent.
cured by DR.. Pie
Golden Medical
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-25
PART III.

During all that day we talked In
closest sympathy, but I was afraid to
remind him Of his resolve to confess.
Nor did he refer to 1t; indeed, at noon
time, when sunlight fell into the cell.
he fiipped a joke at our condition. but
/ knew that this was brOad-day banter
and that the ghost would return at
night.
That afternoon his sister came from
Louisville. On q chair. brought for her
by the jailers wife, she sat inside the
cell. and, looking at her. l could have
fancied that she was u part OF the
noon hour. She weDt at first, but she
grew cheerful when l assured her that
her brother would prove his innocence
"Oh, l know that" she said; but
think Of what q shame 1t is to keep him
shut up here so long. And you haven't
done anything. either, have you? !
don't see what makes people so mean. :"
She remained with us until evening
and the light was surely gone when
she went away: and the hours were
slow and long before the candle was
put above the door. But the old fell
low came with 1t after a stretched -Out
season. Boys" he said, filling the
window with his face, i've a little
piece Of news for you. The grand jury
met today and court will be in ses-
sion before the weeks out and, con-
sequently, you'll have a hearin' pretty
soon. But don't git skeered. for the
foreman of the jury is a hoss doctor,
and the judge owns a livery stable.
This might not seem to make any diff
ference, but it do, for i want to tell
you that feller that knows how to
handle a hOss knows how to handle
a man.
We'll, I must leave you now" he
continued. Pardon me for not spend
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-25
SYNOPSIS.

The express ofiice Of q small Kentucky
town Is robbed Of 5000. The safe is found
y bruise on his head. The company sus-
poets him. and he Is arrested. The SUI
perintendent Of the company. desiring to
make an example Of the agent, employs
Q detective, the narrator Of the story, who
IL put IN the agents cell. in the guise Of
= CRIMINAL, to elicit q confession. They
become acquainted, and the detective Is
impressed with the agents pleasing per-
sonality.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-25

- He gave me blank look and showed
the check book from him. -,.....
Innocent"
''As q lamb. Turn him out"
stalked away. poor. but with q
smile In my heart. l was liar. but l
was a man.
The money was mysteriously re-
turned. Haines found the success ly-
ing down the road. waiting. and he
found II before II had gathered rust.
He Is an evangelist, telling his story
to the world: and his sister-she's my
wife.
(The End.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-25

"There is one thing I am glad Of"
said l.
what is that?"
"The fact that I have no' near rela-
tives to be disgraced."
That's Fortunate" he replied.
I waited for him to say more, but he
was silent, though knew that he was
not asleep. for l heard him turn over
time and again. was now almost out
of patience. had made my confession
Why didn't he make his? I felt that
had won his confidence; knew that he
admired my tastes, because they agreed
with his own. I had given to him the
most pronounced of all fiattery-I i'm
itated his accent and his mannerisms.
I was growing weary Of my contract.
Confinement was telling on my nerves.
Inwardly. I cursed the superintendent
and all his senseless whims. ! con-
demned the undertaking as most fool
ish experiment, without the possibility
Of q compensatlng result. But the su-
perintendent's promise came back to
me. My affairs had been running be-
hind hand. was In need of money.
Yes, I would stick 1t out. Haines be-
gan to mutter. 2.. .fl&
Talking to me?"'. asked.
mo. wasn't saying anything BY
the way-and you will please pardon
me for such o question--but II they
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-02
NO POLITICS IN 1T.
The Dispensary Will be Run on Strict
Business Principles.

The State Board Of Control has is
sued the following circular letter which
explains itself:
COLUMBIA, S, c., May 25, 1896.
To County Dispensers
Information has been received at
this Office that in some of the counties
of this State Dispensers have announc-
ed themselves as candidates for differ
ent offices to be filled next fall The
State Board.of'Control has ordered that
when a,Dispenser announces himself as
q candidate forsofiice he must at once
resign as Dispenser. This is to warn
and notify all Dispensers who violate
this imperative order Of the State
Board of Control, that upon proper
evidence they will be promptly remov-
ed by the State Board of Control.
In connection with this, we take oc-
casion to state that the State Board of
Control demands that the Dispensers
carry out the Dispensary law strictly
and to the letter and that no violation
will be permitted under penalty of in
stant removal.
f. is the firm intention of the Board
that the business OF the Dispepsary
shall be conducted on strict business
principles, and that politics shall have
no part in it's management.
WILLIE JONES,
Chairman State Board of Control.
S. w. SCRUGGS, Clerk State Board
of Control.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-02

"A rich discovery of gold and silver
was made few days ago at Somer-
vile. just across the river from Bos-
ton. Workmen engaged in blasting
for stone unearthed the vein, from
which samples were at once taken to
the assayist. After thorough ex-
animation they were pronounced the
richest which he had seen this side OF
Colorado. In speaking of this discov-
cry, which may turn out to be most
valuable ore, a Boston paper says
This is not the first time that gold
has been found in Somerville. Some
years ago the great Tuft farm, which
included large part OF what is now
West Somerville, was operated by q
man named Emerson. The story is
told by the older residents of Somer-
vile that Farmer Emerson spent many
years in digging among tho ledges on
the farm for the precious metal. But
he never achieved success as miner,
although he often found traces of gold
and silver. The location OF the present
find is some distance from the places
where Mr.. Emerson went to work. II
is very near Fosket street, but the
vein cannot be seen from the street
There are buildings all about the acre
of land on which the find has beer
made"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-02

the operator sending the report OF tn.
races stopped his work long enough X
remark: Thore goes the grand
stand" and then his wire collapse 1
and nothing more was heard from him
In few seconds, the same message
was reported from Lexington, KY.
with the additional information thai
fully $50 people were killed. This In
formation was subsequently corroborat
ed by the operator at Decatur, who
said that in his second message re-
ceived from East st. Louis it was de.
clared that the grand stand at the races
was down and that fully 150 people
were buried in the ruins.
A few minutes after s O'clock, the
operator of the Associated Press at ST.
Louis, who was in the act OF taking
the usual report, sent word tn at it was
growing very dark, and asked for q
minutes delay that he might provide
himself with a light. In second
more the wire snapped and it was
impossible to get any further informa-
tiOn from him or out of the town.
The local Weather Offices in Chicago
were unable to give any information
regarding the storm, as they were in
formed early in the evening by the
Western Union that it would not be
able to send the usual weather bulle-
tins from st. Louis. 1t is said, how
ever, that the condition has been all
day favorable for severe storms all
through Missouri and Southern Illi-
nois. 1t is thought that the storm
swept over st. Louis from the north
west to southeast, as 1t Is considered
probable that the storm which was re.
ported in the afternoon at Rush Hill,
Mo-, would require several hours to
reach st. Louis and the storm &C two
points Is reported as having been long
enough apart to enable the storm to
cover the distance between Rush Hill
and st. Louis. The storm which tore
through the country south OF Centralia
Is said to have occurred at about 6
o'clock, or an hour after ST. Louis was
devastated. These,three points are in
direct line from the northwest to the
southeast, and the weather officials are
inclined to believe that the storm was
one and the same.
The Eads bridge which is reported
as having been badly damaged by the
storm was built in 1873, and was con-
sidered one of the strongest arch
bridges in the world. 1t was built
without draw bridge, and rose to an
elevation in the centre and sloped down
to tho shore on each side. There was
upon 1t q double railroad track, q
double passageway for wagons, and
double pathway for pedestrians. From
the reports received it is not thought
that 1t Is so seriously damaged as to
delay the train service of the roads
which cross it to any large extent.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-02

man and handsome, dashing young
woman, were enabled day after day to
send news OF the races outside the
management was doing all in its power
to keep the result OF the race from
being made known in the city. pool
rooms. 1t was this discovery which
opened the eyes of at least one man to
the possible uses to which electricity
may be put, and now he is reaping a
harvest of money by peddling the re-
suit OF his idea in the form OF canned
electricity.