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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-16
CHAPTER V.
49,

a ~ Ni--D'
''Milly, dear, leave the coffee on the
stove and be off to bed. The pro-
fessor and 1 are going to hold pow
WOW, and sauaws are not wanted in the
wigwam."
The scene was the interior of the
prospector's cottage; the dramatic per,
sonae, Jack Wilders, his wife and Frank
Grey; time, twcnty-four hours after the
events recorded in the last chapter.
':Squaw, indeed, Mr.. Impudence,'
chirped the young wife, saucily. I've a
great mind to assert my woman's rights
and sit up till midnight"
do, DEAR" said Wilders, ''that's just
what was driving at. I knew that
the best way to keep you with US was
to ask you to CO."
"Then, to sustain my character for
obstinacy, good night, Mr.. Grey" was
the gay reply; but as the little woman S
glance fell on the haggard face of her
guest, her heart melted, and she added
with much feeling: Il know all Jack S
secrets. Bear your trouble bravely.
We are your friends and what Jack
wants you to do, Is for the best. Trust
him as you would a brother"
Easy, easy, cid lady, you're too
fast; you'll spoil it all. Women in bust
same trouble"
You savage man, leave you; but
remember, if you fail to bring Mr.. Grey
to our way OF thinking, 1 shall believe
that all your boosted tact is only strong
enough to impose upon an unprotected
female, who hasn't the courage to re-
bel"
''Ah!" the prospector unused, casting
proud, loving glance at tho retreating
figure of his wife. Did you ever sec
such n woman? Nature made her, and
broke the mold"
Have you seen Wixon, Edgcrly and
the othcrs?" Grey asked, too anxious to
handy compliments.
''Secn them! I've been running about
all day, like a candidate. who wants to
save his country by taking Office"
"Wcll?"
''Well, the whole concern boiled
down to facts means that Wixon holds
two bowers and the joker, an you are
cuchrcd."
.'Dut his charge is so utterly, wildly
absurd. Surely the child's age might
have protected her"
Hold hard, Grey. You forget she's
bouncing slip of girl sixteen years
old"
What" the schoolInaster's eyes
flashed fire. ''Uavc you shadow of
doubt il your mind concerning my in
ncccacc?"
THAT you are sitting in this room;
that you have just taken my Miles
hand il yours answers that question: -
said the prospcctor with dignity.
Il believe you. Now tell the worst. =
well. Frank, NY boy, you are just
in this tx. If you stay here you may
clear yourself. bat you will never be able
to relieve that young girls character
of the Stigma cast upon it. Ill-natured
people viii say that where there is
Gre there must be smoke. a lie that's
half 4 lie is always the worst to fight,
as that poet that AIilly's SO sweet On,
says"
Il sec ell this" Grey groaned.
''Wcll, tn, alternative is to fling up
the sponge. just quit and leave the
game IN Wixo1's hands"
Whit: That would be to confess
OR indiscrcsion. If the very children
are gossiping about US"
Cannon. There isn't man. worn-
al or child in the city has said one
word abou. her, except those as
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-16
FIXED PRICE FOR GOLD.
How the Yellow Metal Is Maintained In
Nominal Value.

How the Yellow Metal Is Maintained In
Nominal Value.
Here is an item clipped from Brad
streets to which we call the attention
of the advocates of gold monometal-
lism and the opponents of bimetallism:
unemployed deposits in bank, also
the gold in the Bank of England. con-
tinue excessive, and seem likely to do
so while quiet trade and low prices
call for so little money. Gold gathers
because the bank act binds the bank
to buy all fine gold offered at e3, IT'S
Cd. an ounce"
Notice that ''the bank act" binds the
bank to buy all fine gold offered at
nearly $50 an ounce. Gold, therefore,
has a fixed value--fxed not by the
supply and demand law. of which Mr..
Carlisle and the school of economists
to which he now belongs talk SO much
and so eloquently-buta price fixed by
legislative enactment. 1t appears from
the paragraph that the Bank of En-
gland is being forced to buy this
gold, although it has more than it
needs now.
1t is proposed to duplicate this leg
islation in one form Or another in this
country. What the banking ring is
working towards is national bank on
the plan Of the Bank of England, or
the Bank of France, owned and con-
trolled by a few stockholders. The
national banks, when they get the ex-
elusive privilege of issuing paper
money will be consolidated, the small
fish frozen out and all the immense
power com bined in few hands.
But monometallism must precede
this scheme. Free coinage of silver
helps the western silver miner. we are
told, but no one says word about
how the banking act helps the gold
miners, or how the demonstration of
silver and the retirement of green backs
have had the same effect.
We ask some of our gold-bug friends
and contemporaries to explain why it
is right to force the Bank OF England
to buy gold at fixed value, and this
country to coin it free, and wrong to
extend the same privileges to silver?
Will it be claimed that the English
banking act does not give an artificial
value to gold?
All that oimetallists ask is that tht
two metals be placed on an equality
before the law. But it is not to the
interests of the financial rings to do
so, and they have proven such adopts
in the past at controlling the powers
that be, that unless the people awake
to their danger the future is full OF
dark clouds.-Los Angeles Express
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-16
IDLE SILVER.
The Gold Ring still ClamorinE for Its
ssPOund of Fiesh.'

The Gold Ring still Ciamoring for Its
"Pound of Flesh"
It is alleged now by Secretary Car
Isle and his school of economists that
there is over $500, 600, 600 in notes to be
kept at par with the gold reserve. Not
content with the bonds that it would
require to redeem s.the greenbacks,
they are already demanding more to
redeem those issued under the Sherman
law. OF course that is quite unneces-
sarv, as they could be redeemed and
should be in silver, but that would not
satisfy the gold ring, so the silver is
allowed to lie idle in the vaults in the
treasury, and the notes are treated as
though they were gold instead OF
silver certificates The object of the
ring in forcing this policy on the sec.
rotary of the treasury is clear. It adds
to his embarrassment and obliges him
to issue more bonds. It is bonds they
want, and bonds they will have il they
can squeeze them out Of the admins.
tration. The silver meantime is to be
entirely ignored and not to be used
even at the rate of so cents on the
dollar.-Los Angeles Express
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-16

Nixon had at the meeting last night.
There isn't living soul in the city as
guesses the purpose of the meeting
The captain played his cards uncom-
monty smart. He didn't want no in
vestigation. He just wanted to get rid
of you; and, If he had not left this
chance for you, he would have had no
price 60 pay You off with"
"And he offcrs?'
..Ns don't shoot straight at the mark
He insinuatcs that if you will resign
aud leave these parts, he will keep
everything as secret as the grave"
"But how can he? Who could curb
the tongue Of that woman Clarkson, for
iustance?"
"Ne can. That know. He's got a
hold on her that 'ull shut her mouth as
tight as a squirrel trap"
"And Susan Green?"
"Her fathers Wixon's private prop
erty. He never uses no tools he can't
dull or sharpen as he wants to. That
sham parson is his. body and soul, and
the lubber Holbrook is already shipped
of to Chicago"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-16
Easy You Know How.

A sporting gentleman. who had thes
reputation of being a very bad shot,
invited some of his friends to dine with
him. Before dinner he showed them a
target painted on barn door, with a
bullet right in the bullseye. This he
claimed to have shot at 1000 yards
distance. As nobody believed him h.s
offered tn bet the price of an oyster sup
per on 1t. On che of his guests accSpt-
ing the wager he produced two Wit
nesses whose seracity could not be
doubted to prove his assertion. Sinca
they beth stated that he had done what
he claimed he won his bet. Durin1
dinner the loser of the wager inquired
how the host had managed to 6Ic such
an excellent shot. The hest answered:
We'll, shot the bullet at the door at
distance OF !; 900 yards and then 7
painted the target round it,,.-Iit- Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-16
Falling Prices.

Contraction of the currency is the
cause, and the sole cause, and ever was
the cause of a general fall OF prices.
Our British gold standard has resulted
in currency contraction. Con traction
of the volume of currency appreciates
the value of the dollar. Appreciation
of money is denoted by falling prices,
shrinkage of values, lowering Of
wages, enforced idleness for la bor, all
the ills from which we suffer in this
land of great plenty. But why reiter-
ate what has been said thousand
times by every man in public life who
makes the least effort to represent the
people.-Toledo CO., News
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-16

As the steamer Idlewild pulled out
Of the bay Grey sat gazing on the re-
treating land, wondering whether ever
again he would see those inhospitable
shores.
His heart was full OF bitterness.
Why had things gone so wrong? Wen,
yes, he had after all been indlscreet In
his treatment to Elsie Whitford, but
who would have expected such child
as she was to have grown into a woman
in one single night?
Then he took from his pocket the
package that Wilders had given him.
There was a spell of sentiment over
him now, and the dried gorse flowers
would be a consolation, conveying
many pleasant memories; but, when
the envelope was torn open no yellow
buds were there, only ten twenty-dol-
lar bills wrapped in tissue paper and
q letter in Mrs. Wilders' neat hand
writing.
use this trif1e without compunctioD.
It is a free gift from your loving
friends, Jack and Mile"
Then was added in the big, rough,
scrawl of the prospector:
Don't return this little pile. No
man goes back on my Miles wishes
and calls me friend j. W."
Now, God bless their noble hearts!'
murmured Grey, as tears of deep emo
ton coursed down his checks -.,;i
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-16
A Note OF Warning.

In referring to politics in Tennessee
and the next guberEatorial contest, tho
Hickmon County (Tenn.) News sounds
this note of warning to the dominant
party in that state: Zone thing is GER
tain. the party must select a man who
stands squarely on the financial ques-
tion-a free silver man ut that. There
can be no lodging. The people are
going to join in the fight, AI1 -1sir
wishes must be regarded. They are
going to send delegates to the conven-
tions, and men seeking preferment 1t
their hands must be in line with them
or they will stand but little show.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-16
WOMEN AS FARMERS.
The Outlook for Them to Make Sure
Profit Not So Glowing 1t Is Told.

The Outlook for Them to Make a Sure
Prof. Not So Glowing as 1t Is Told.
y very recent article on possibilities
in feminine livelihoods pointed out the
1lesirability of farming as peculiarly
delightful way for women to earn their
own living. 1t, the woman who writes
this asserts, is so slow a return for
time and money invested-she bHnhs
the work entirely-that men are more
and more dropping that for some en-
ployment that will yield them swifter
returns on their capital. She thinks
this a golden opportunity for her sisA
tiers to rush in and purchase farms.
They will find the very things thai
their sex prize, she goes on to say;
sure living, quiet life, Il moderate re-
-urn for outlay and chance &c eNer-
else their natural propensity for econ :
,omies which masculine natures IS nat
urally despise and resent. 1t would
be interesting to have this lady point
out who is to do the farm work. Is
= woman, then, to milk the COWS before
daylight and in the biting cold and
gloom of winter evenings? Is she to
dig paths in the snow to fodder the
critters?'' Is she to hoe corn and plant
potatoes and hill beans? Is she t. reap
ard NOW and harvest? Or is she to
hire all this and a million other
Chores done for her? And, in the
latter case where goes her small but
sure" profit? 1t is crying shame
that SO many of these so-called 'prac-
ticaF' hints for women's help are writ
ten exactly after the fashion iEnmor-
talized in "Rudder Grange" Euphem.-
and her husband concocted hook IN
which it was demonstrated that
house could be furnished for an abb
sur6lly small sum. When the wife was
called to account for some especially
false item she ENORMOUSLY replied:
Eyes, we had to make that so cheap,
in order to stick to our assertion that
the whole house could be supplied
within the limit which we had set
Philadelphia Press.
The length of the Congo is believed
4
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-16
CRADLE SONG,

There's baby moon rocking far up In the SKY,
And the night wind is blowing soft lullaby:
And down. away down, in q moSsJ -l;nod nest
Are five little brides meath mothers warm
breast
o hushaby. little one sleeoi
EMBODIED in arms that a loving hold keep.
Another wee baby is rocking to sleep
soft golden head presses close to my heart,
And darkly fringed eyelids just drowsily part
Ohushaby, little one. sleep!
The tiny star candles are lighting tho way
For brides and elves that to Sleepy Town
stray.
But my baby's stars are its mothers brown
eyes,
That lovelight his path as to drearnland he
HES
Ohushaby, little one sleep.
The silver moon-baby sinks low in tho west.
The chipping is nushed In the little brown nest,
And. swinging and swaying. with eyes clos
ing fast,
My little one crosses the border at last.
Ohush thee. my little one sleeps!
Pauline F. Camp, in Outlook.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-16
Iro DE CONTINUED

An authority on anthropology says
that the ears Of women are set further
forward ON the head than those Of men.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-16
The soft WorA

She-I have heard that YOU said I woa
fond OF the sound of my own voice.
Howell. you have yourself admis,esl
that you like music Philadelphia
Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-16

The Nile. from It's delta to the great
lakes OF Central Africa. ia over %0ta
miles in length.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-16

The length of the Congo is believed
to exceed 1000 miles, and it drains
an area of 5000 square miles. In its
lower course it is frequently more than
ave miles in width.
Mohave County miner., 1896-07-25
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
 Contain Mercury.

As mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such ar ticles should never he used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Halls Catanh Cure, manufac fured by F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, O.. contains no mercury, and is taken m. formally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying H ,ll's C,tsrrh Cure be sure you get the genuine T. is taken internally and is made in Toledo. O., by F. J. Cbarey & Go Testimonials free.
 1" Sold by Dug ,ists, price 75c. per bottle
Mohave County miner., 1896-07-25
Notice 10 Ore Shtppss.

By shipping your ores to us you eau obtain the bighss. prices paid on com petitiye bids in the public market, to setber with careful and accurate sam ple as with our new mill and improved machinery we are able to give per'ec' satisfaction to all shippers. Write fo' our Pocket Reference Book. The highest cash price paid for gold bullion and old gold. Prompt returns.
 TIE STATE ORE STARTLING Co,
 Denver. Colo
Mohave County miner., 1896-07-25
Bryan, Wind and Demagogy.


 Do the people of the United States want an irresponsible human wind bag to be their president?
 Are the people of the United States willing to see William Jennings Bryan, who IS thirty six years old, who has had no standing whatsoever among intelli. gent men any where, at any tune, who Is positively grotesque in his ignorance and his demsgogy, who is inexperienced and incompetent, and who would be laughed at by the whole world-are the people willing, we ask, to place this person in that splendid list ot statesmen, patriots aud soldiers who have been the pride, the glory and the safety of this great re- public?
 Washington. Jefferson, Lincoln, and Brysnl God save ,he country from such stupidity. from such everlasting shame, from such an ,nsuffersble spectacle. Blu, Bryan with all of his ignorance, his cheap demsgogy, his intolerable gabble, his utter lack of common sense. and his general incapacity in every direction Is a typical democrat of the new school. His weapon is wind. His stock in trade is his mouth.
 From Tilden to Bryanl From Ma. poleon to Gen. Coxy. from alabaster to mud, from lion to tree toad, from the sun in the heavens to Jack o-lan tern of the swsmps. And Tilden bought up people and attempted to purchase the presidency.
 From Jackson to Bryan Jackson, who swore like sailor, who fought Tn the public streets, and who smoked corn. cob pipe, but who was honest as far as he went, who had dignity and character, and who was patriot if ever there was one Yes, and from Jefferson to Bryan Where ia there democrat who can couple these two names and then restrain his passion and pr ,fanity?
 We congratulate the various and varied niucompoops who nominated Bryan. He is man after their own model. He will represent their vagaries, their poliii cal vciousness, their all around deprav itv, and their total imhecility He will talk them deaf, dumb and blind if they give him a chance. and when he has been stopped they will he more insane than they are now, if such a condition is possible
 As republican newspape. the Leader halls Bryan with delight He is mon- strosity, and ss such may he curiosity. hu, ss q candidate for president he is a sim pie impossibiliiy Mir M"Kinlev's elechon--and we apologize 70 Mr. Nc. Kinley for printing his name in the same c,lumn with that of Brysn-is no onger in any dcubt whatever We saint. the next president
 As for Bryan, he IS candidate for the political ash heap Cleveland Leader.
 ABUSE IS NOT ARGUMENT.
 The political battle of 1896 is one of principles and noi for the spols of office The victory is 10 be won by arguments and not by abuse and vliuperalion. Votes
Mohave County miner., 1896-07-25
More Tea

more delicate tea-aroma Tn a twelve ounce package of SchrlA,ng's Best than in pound of colored tea and no poison.
 What Poison
 Yes. All Japan teas sold in the United States, that we know of, are colored- with Prussian Blue or plumbago or lamp black. It won't kill you; but people don't drink lamp-black for their health
 In ScArlAlng's Best. more tea, no poison, no gypsum two cents pound), no soap stone lone cent pound), nothing but tea, and the best tea that the Japan growers can find for us.
 The Japan growers want SchalAlngs Best to succeed; so they make 1t as good as they can.
 At your grocer's. Money back if you want It.
 San Francisco 4 ScAszhng 6 Combaay
Mohave County miner., 1896-07-25
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, ss
 CnrrHrY nY MnHAxH Oo.

TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, ss
 COUNTY OF MOHAvE. oo' I, Ed. F. Thompson, Notary Public in and for Mohave county, and residing in Kingman, said county. do hereby certify that o. D. NJ. Gaddis and Anson H. Smith who are personally known to me to bs the persons described in and who exeout sd the within articles of incorporation, appeared before me this day and personally no. knowledged that they s,gned, sealed and delivered the same as their voluntary aci and deed.
 Witness my hand and notariaI seal (sxAL.) this eleventh day of Janu.
 ary, 1896.
 ED. F. THOMPSON,
 Notary Public.
Mohave County miner., 1896-07-25

are to be gained by reason and not by rant. The days when abusive epithets and slanderous adjectives were effective against candidate have gone by. The interruptions defamer in an editorial chair is of no more accoun. than the common scold of back alley.
 IL Ia no argument to call the presi. dentisl candidate of great party "a human wind bsg." "a tree toad" "a buzzard," "a. jack-of lantern of the swar.ps," and "a monstrosity" or to accuse him of being ''grotesque In his ignorance" Incompetent" using ''in- toleraole gable" and At representative of "all around depravity" and total lm becility" The extravaganza of the sbuse and It's utter lack of foundation in fac [ renders it harmless.
 Major Mckinley, who knows what manner of man Mir Bryan Is, could not but have felt indignant and disgusted when he read the Leaders shameful at. tack on the democratic nominee. Con. trasting it with the manner in which it has been treated by the democratic pa. pers and democratic people of this city and neighborhood since his nomination to the position which he Is conlesting with Mir. Bryan he must feel an anxiety to free himself from any responsibility for the performances of a paper that seeks to be considered his personal organ. Cleveland Plaindealer. Dem
 
 Last summer one of our grand children was sick with a severe bowel trouble Our doctors remedies had failed, then we tried Cham berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which gave very speedy relief. We regard 1t as the bes, medicine ever put on the market for bowel complaint-Mrs E. G. Gregory, Frederickstown, Mo. This ceitliuly is ihe best medicine ever put on the mar ket for dysentery, summer complaint, collie and chol,rs infantum in children. It never fails to give prompt relief when used in reasonable time and the plain printed directions are followed. Many mothers have expressed their sincere gratitude for the cures it has affected For sale by H. H WATKINS.
 Druggist
Mohave County miner., 1896-07-25
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY oY PHILADELPHIA.

COUNTY op PHILADELPHIA. Before me, Samuel L. Taylor, Commission CT of Deeds for the Territory of Arizona, within and for the County and State aforesaid, per sonally appeared Walter F. Smith, known to me to be the person whose name Is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and ack now ed ged to me that he executed the same for the pur- pose and consideration therein expressed.
 Given under my hand and official fsEALl seal this 24th day of February
 1s96
 SAMUEL l.. TAYLOR
 Commissioner of deeds for the Territory
 of Arizona.
Mohave County miner., 1896-07-25
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that neither the Nigh,hswk mine, nor the owners thereof, will be responsible for any debts contracted by the lessees thereon.
 GEORGE NJ. BOWERS,
 Superintendent. Kingman, Arizona, Nov. 23d, 1895.
Mohave County miner., 1896-07-25
Surveying.

Surveying.
  O KUENCER. DEPUTY U. s. SURVEY. U. or and County Surveyor. Mines examinee and reported on, Kingman. Arizons.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-08-04
colorado,s Silver Party.

Denver, Col. Aug. 3.-The state com mittee of the national silver party held a meeting today for the purpose of dis cussing the matter of state ticket. Af- ter several hours of quiet dehberation it was decided to appoint committee of four to confer with similar committees from the democratic and popalist parties with view to fusion upon the state tick ct and union upon Bryan and Sewali electors But small minority of Colo rado populists favor the indorsement of Watson. The republicans are still at sea, though the effort still continues to se- cure signatures of stste committeeman to call for another meeting of the com mittee on August 12 to rspudiate the &C., tion of last week in indorsing Mckinley and the republican national platform.