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WAN1'ED--By young married man, POSI-
tior OF any kind good business nicrr of
eAper.ence;. wugcs no object. Address
*, G.. Nj. this office 70
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London Money.

London Money.
Logon, October 2.-Consols for money
~ ~ 90 for the account 11lh; Mexican Or
1lhary ID; Mexican Central new f0urs 81;
t Par silver steady. Nhd per ounce; money
ltsYl% per cent: rate OF discount In the
bills 6-S92% per cent.
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HOUSTON EXCHANGE
No. 49, Buying. Selling.
New Orleans sisSi 1 az Sis e e. e e dis
american ssIver....Par Par.
NEW YORK EXCHANGE.
Reichmarks, COM asstefuAy'
Bankers. 60 days..,...4. ~ Az?
commercial. 90 days. 4. S1E 10
Francs, commercial,
" days ............6. ee3k-2iM B.22h.a1yi
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ENloRGETIC young man wants fob to
work In warehouse or watchman; wlA
Ing to work. Address TO- this office q
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MARINE lNTnLLIonNcn.
Port Of Galveston, octobe,

Port Of Galveston, October q,
ARRIVED.
Str Cumberland, Minot, Corpus Christi.
SAILED.
IS Aldworth. Reid, Liverpool
IS Savan, Norris, Havre.
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MONEY AND nASKrr~.

~ aouston. October A--rIocsi osnks r.r.,,
a. ~ 7H sSn r market easy. interest No.
HOUSTON BANK cLEARrNoA
The following ere thu ~. 80. ~ -
Houston banks for the weeS tn,,c vos W.
~ tne corresponding time MT 49, "a -.
6cthee with the incfSn az SSSss w.
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CHICKENS that viii lay IN spring, OF
White and Barred Plymouth Rocks,
,Mhhe Leghorns. also Pekm ducks. Mrs.
w. Billlngsly. 70
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FOR SAL1--Orgars, organs, organs; must
be sold want the space; easy payments.
Steff. 7l3 Main street Bargains In pi-
amos, call and examine, ~
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FOR SALE.

TO MUSIC DEALERS AND TEACHERS
1000 pieces Sheet music for $40. Henry
Austin Co.. Tempe. Texas. "a
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INUo I1II SAIlFr-FufInlfUro stOck
mostly fine bedroom and parlor suites,
chairs. wall racks, tables. wardrobes,
sdeboards, window curtains. al vnluss "a
suit purchasers. ZIG Main. n
FOR SALE--Steam hobby horses In Forcst
park. all In good running shape. Apply
Fred Boehrns or Il. l.. Coombs. al For
est park. Is
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LOST. FOUND. STRAY. STOLEN.

LO6T, EOUNO. oI6A c.O.z..v.
SO REWARD for the arrest Of the thieves
who stcle two bicycles last night from
ll6 Downing street steel rims; no num-
bers or names; one has wood handle
bar. other metal. -
BUNCH OF KEYS lost on Washington
street. Return to J. McCord, 20sii Main
street and receive reward Is
LOST--One white Maltese spitz dog: an.
swers 70 the name of "Ben Hur:" small
brown spot on back: also on one ear.
Return to Hutchins house and finder
viii be rewarded. w. T. Boyle & son;
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

200 ACRES choice black land. with 'front.'
age on Goose Creek. on opposite side
of bay from La Porte; price $3.50, VIII
son & Hannah. 203 KAN building. Il
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SAILED
CLEARED.

CLEARED.
Ss Ribston, Robinson, Liverpool.
IS Maritime, Hughes, Bremen.
Ss Maria. Arospe, Liverpool.
g Golden Cross. Thomas, Liverpool.
IS Boxgrove, Mably, Havre.
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TAILOR wanted at once small Job work.
er. Apply to @. Redford. Eagle Lake.
Texas. "a
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BOARD AND ROOMS.

WANTED-By two gentlemen, furnished
south room: modern conveniences: Third
or Fourth ward. Address 1877. this Of
flee. 70
BOARD AND ROOM--Pleasant. nicely
furnished rooms. with or without board.
only three blocks from Capitol Hotel;
excellent neighborhod; bath. etc; refer
ences exchanged. TO San Jeclnto. cor
ner Rusk. 20
NICELY furnished rooms and good table
beard s. so per week: bath and all mod
ern improvements; trAne.ents Soc a day;
close IN: 1W Austin street. n
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AGENTS WANTED to introduce our line
OF popular priced cameras just out;
everybody buys them: profits liberal;
excellent chance to make money; for
Crosse Camera Co. x. La Crosse, Wis.
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WANTED-An all around blacksmith and
wheeiwright to tssse charge of shop with
good trade. Apply Gleich Bros. Nc
chanic street between 25th and 49, GAL
weston, Texas n
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-21
Anlsastrnus Plarne.

The rapid spread of the rinderpest, or
cattle plague, in South Africa, is oc-
casioning grave concern. A special COM
missioner sent out by the Cape parlia-
ment to investigate the situation re-
ports that the preventive measures
which have been undertaken were be-
gun too late. He is convinced that the
plague will run through the whole of
Cape Colony and Natal. and that not
one per cent. of the cattle can be saved.
If the policy of killing cattle and COM
pensating the natives is adopted, he
believes that it will be followed by the
worst war that Africa has experienced.
It will be remembered that measures of
this kind had much to do with the re-
volt of the Matabele tribes last spring.
DR.. Koch, the eminent German bacteriol-
ogist. has gone to South Africa to study
the disease, in the hope of discovering
more than is now known of it's origin
and agation.-Youth's Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-21
INSoLvENT PROMISES.
The Remedy for Our Condition Is Nor
Primary Money.

The Remedy for Our Condition Is More
Primary Money.
The Record says: mo business indi-
Nidual or firm or corporation would be
esteemed either safe or solvent after
having issued volume of demand
notes which it was impossible to pay
when presented. This is precisely the
situation of the government"
That is all very true, and all the more
foolish in our government because it is
true. The plain remedy is, stop promis-
ing TO pay what the government cannot
control, and, in the place of
promises of any kind, issue dollars
that are not promises for anything
but are dollars in themselves because
they are announced as such, be the
material what it may. That at once
ends all question about the solvency of
our government on that head.
The Records plan is: Destroy our
money, and, presumably, hand our
selves over to usurers," a most absurd
proposition, because how, then, could
we carry on business without money?
How control our own business when it
is put into control of usurers?
The proper remedy is to destroy the
promises" not the money-Philadel-
phia Item.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-21
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
Do Not Seem to Be Benefited by e
GoId-Standard Policy.

Do Not Seem to Be Benefited by the
GoId-Standard Policy.
The following figures, on the author
ity of the Wall Street Financial News,
will show the devastation to the rail-
roads of the country, along the track OF
the gold standard policy:
During 1896, "a railroads, with SAL
miles of lines and a bond and stock
capitalization of about $275, 1000, 900,
went into the hands of receivers.
In 1895 the number was 81; mileage,
4.O89, with bonds and stock at $500 ,075,-
600. In 1894 it was 36, with 7,025 miles
and 1895, 791 900 involved. In 1898 the
number was "A, the mileage &c, $40 and
the stocks and bonds 81, ISL ,046, 900. In
1892, 36 roads, 10,50S miles and $751;
100000 stocks and bonds made up the
record. For the Is years from 1884 to
1896 inclusive 412 roads, with ,S67
miles and $4,916, 044, 900 of stocks and
bonds have gone into receivers hands.
All reports agree that condition in
marked contrast to this exists in the
chief of the silver countries, and. while
nobody expects or wishes the United
States to go to silver basis, yet in the
experience of the country the silver
basis is far preferable, if one or the
other has to be had. Mexico is well
known to be prosperous in her railroad
business. Japan is taking mighty
strides forward. An incident is that
the Baldwin company has recently sold
40 65-ton locomotives, and another in
cident is that the paper manufacturing
machinery is going to Japan, involving
immense return to the manufacturers,
-Minneapolis Penny Press
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-21
DOCTORS THE SHAH OF PERSIA.

A New Jersey Physician Who Also Pre-
scribes for a Vast Barem.
What novelty it would have seemed
for a modern doctor to have been a
physician to King Solomon and looked
after the health of his thousand wives.
And not a whit less novel is the situa-
ton of DR.. William S. Vanneman, born
and reared near Salem, n. J., and edu-
Gated at Princeton and the University
of Pennsylvania, who is court physician
to the shah of Persia, having under his
care the shah's 600 wives and servants.
And if one of the favorite wives should
die through the doctors negligence
well, the consequence is not pleasant to
contemplate.
DR.. Vanneman was born 80 years ago
on a farm near Salem. DR.. Vanneman
went to Persia as missionary under the
direction of the Presbyterian board of
missions. When the cholera ragged in
Persia DR.. Vanneman rendered valu-
able service. This service brought him
under the notice of some of the high
est officials in the Turkish empire. Dur
ing the summer time the court officials
and their harems pass their time at
Tabriz. Here in 1895 DR.. Vanneman
made the acquaintance of the shah's
youngest son, and on several occasions
attended the prince and the members
of his harem. His skill quickly made
the prince his friend, and when the lat
ter's father was murdered by a fanatic
last May DR.. Vanneman was one of the
first to extend sympathy. AT the time
the prince was named to succeed his
brother as shah, instead of an elder
brother, the new ruler sent for the
American and offered him the position
of court physician.
On August 10 last DR.. Vanneman and
his wife set out from Tabriz, accom-
paning the shah's harem to Teheran.
The caravan consisted of 20 carriages,
the majority of the few in the land,
and 500 horses laden with men, women
md children and baggage. The jour
pey was expected to take three weeks.
the caravan travelling from IS to 80
miles daily. DR.. Vanneman and his
wife occupied one of the carriages, and
they had three tents for camping at
night. In addition to furnishing the
physician with a retinue of servants,
the shah gave him $500 to buy food
along the route. A native Persian &C
companied the caravan as assistant
N Y Press
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-21
THE OBJECTIONABLE SIN.
GOldbug Press Becomes Hysterical Owe
an Attack on Cnrnnratinns

GOldbug Press Becomes Hysterfcal Over
an Attack on Corporations.
distinguished by treachery and ma
licious efforts to disturb the course of
national prosperity"
''It is reasonable and an abettor of
the influences which are working for
the injury of the republic and the peo-
pie"
rs deliberately assisting the snarl-
ing forces of anarchy which are striving
for the political and social destruction
of this country"
ut is wicked and demagogical effort
to continue and intensity the evils and
the dangers to the welfare of this peo-
pie"
ut is seeking to destroy the harmony
necessary to prosperity"
1T has become wholly evil and perni-
cious."
SHANE and disgrace upon the -"
The above quotations, gentle and
affrighted reader, are not from the
writings of some frenzied patriot, en-
deavoring adequately to characterize
the trusts which corrupt legislators.
Oh, no! They are from an editorial in
a recent mornings Sun, which thus de-
nounces the Union League club OF New
York city because-the reason is given
in the exact language of the Sun-''it
has begun an attack on corporations"
N Y Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-21
INGENIOUS REASONING.
Rank Facilities for Farmers-view of an
Expert in Finance"

Expert In Finance"
Under this caption Matthew Mar
shaIl'' contributes to the Sun a very
erudite commentary upon Comptroller
EIckIes' late report. Mr.. Eckles, it vii!
be recalled, advised certain amend
ments to the national banking law. As
sentiDg to the general opinion that the
farmers complaint of. a continual
scarcity of currency is well founded, he
recommended that in places having
fewer than 1000 inhabitants it should
lie permissible to establish banks with
SOS, 900 capital; that in all banks circu-
Iation should be issued to the par value
of goversnment bond security, and that
the tax upon it be reduced to one-half
of one per cent. per annum, and that,
in places of fewer than 1000 population
national banks should be allowed to es-
tabiish branches.
None of these recommendations re-
ceives Mr.. ''MarshaITs'' approval. He
shows them to be impracticable, and ar
cues further that the farmer has all the
currency he deserves. ''The plain but
unpalatable TRUTH" according to him,
sis that if the farmers would spend
less than they earn they would soon
have money enough for their daily
transactions, and if they were more
scrupulous in paying the interest and
the principal of their debts they would
lind their credit better than it is and the
interest exacted OF hem less"
This is beating til" devil around the
stump with a vengeance The farmer
complains that he cannot sell his prod
ucts for enough money to buy the nee
essaries of life and pay even the inter
est on his mortgage. To whom Mr..
Marshall" replies:
1T is your own fault. Why don't you
save up your money? If you only
would, my friend. you would soon have
enough to pay off the mortgage; and,
having in this way proved that you do
not really need loan, we shall gladly
accommodate you with one at lower
rate of interest
It would be interesting to hear a west
ern farmers opinion of this ingenious
reasoning, especially if he had been in
formed that Mr.. ''Nfarshall'' is one OF
the experts in finance" we are told
should be allowed to manage the ma
tons financial policy.-N. Y. Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-21
LAUGHTER SOMETIMES DISEASE
Il Occasionally Produces UntOward and
Dangerous Results.

| Il OCCASIONALLY Produces Untoward and
/ Dangerous Results.
Is laughter disease? It sometimes
In unquestionably so, and it has been
known to cause death. Some eminent
neurologists have declared even mod
crate laughter a symptom of nery-
/ Gus hysteria and therefore abnormal
| and indicative of something wrong.
European physicians are now busy
| discussing the case of a man in Aus
| tralia who is suffering from a nervous
| disease which manifests itself in par
oxysms of laughter. He is about 80
years old, and for several years has
| been afflicted with uncomfortable fits
of laughter, which occurred every few
months. There gradually increased in
frequency, until now he laughs dozen
or more times day; in fact, he Is
laughing nearly all the time.
In the intervals between attacks the
man is perfectly well. When an at.
tack comes on it first manifests itself IN
tickling at the extremities of the toes
of the left foot. The man began laugh
ing, and, as the tickling sensation ex-
tended up the body, his laughter be-
came uncomfortable. When the feel
ing reached the level of the breast the
man lust consciousness for a short
time, after which he fully recovered.
These attacks usually lasted two min
utes. While they continued the man
laughed in forced and mirthless way.
Laughter is a function when it Is
normal" was stated, land it becomes
disease only when it is without cause
and cannot be controlled. AS DR.. Oil
yer Wendell Holmes said, the hui
man system is run by both water pow
er and wind power. Tears typify the
water and laughter the wind. 1 sup
pose one power is as natural as the
other, and each is equally normal and
harmless. Laughter is merely excess
of enjoyment. It becomes a disease
only when its character has changed.
In every asylum there are patients who
cry too much and too easily, and there
are others whose loud laughter can be
heard all through the building. Such
laughter is symptom of insanity and
is due to representation of the laugh
ing centers.
1--WE would be better off as race il
there were more laughing. think that
the man who laughs too easily is better
off than the misanthrope who never
laughs at all. We know that laughter
aids digestion, and that it acts bene-
ffcially in many nervous disorders.
cannot think that all laughter is dis
ease or that it is a symptom of nerv-
Gus disorder. The man who never
laughs needs more attention than the
man who laughs too much. As long as
there is mirth in the laughter it is all
rightly. Y World
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-21
SHERMAN ACCEPTS.

/ The Ohio Senator Will be Secretary OF
Stase-Ex-GOv. John D. Long. of Massa-
chusetts, Supposed Co be Slated for the
New England Member, and Gen. AISer,
of Michigan, Considered for Secretary
of War.
CANTON, O., Jan. Ex-senator Sher-
man. who, this afternoon, authorized
the United Associated Presses to posi-
lively announce that he has accepted
the portfolio of state, and ex-Gov.
John d. Long, of Massachusetts,, who
will in all obabability be in Maj.
McKinley's cabinet, sat down at
table with the president-elect to-day.
The other guest at luncheon was Sem
RtOr Burrows, of Michigan. Senator
Sherman arrived at the house about an
hour and a quarter before noon and
left for Washington at 2 o'clock. He had
long talk with Maj. Mckinley, and
they discussed many men and meas
ures. The formation of tile cabinet
was the main topic of conversation.
Senator Sherman said appoin tments
and the organization of the work in
his department would not be consid-
cred till after the Inauguration of
Maj. Mckinley. 1t is understood that
the appointment of a first assistant
secretary of state was not discussed
to-day, but the gossips have it that
John Russell Young, of Philadelphia,
is under consideration. Senator SheB-
man was in excellent spirits and
seemed full of vigor.
The visit of ex-Gov. Long following
so closely upon that of Senator Lodge,
of Massachusetts,, is construed to
mean he is not unwilling to accept a
place in Maj. McKinley's cabinet.
Senator Lodge assured Maj. Mckinley
that there were no objections to the
appointment of Gov. Long on the
part of the Massachusetts, republi-
cans, and it may be deemed reasonably
certain that he will be the New En-
gland member of the cabinet. Maj.
Mckinley and Gov. Long had long
talk and the latter left for the east by
way of Cleveland at 4:3O. 1t is not
thought that the particular place in
the cabinet which is likely to be Of
fered Gov. Long has been determined.
No tender of a portfolio was made to-
day. Gov. Long said he simply came
to confer with Maj. Mckinley.
Senator ]. c. Burrows, of Michigan.
came to see the president-elect in the
interest of Gen. R. A. Alger, whom
he hopes will be appointed secretary
of war. Senator Burrows said the
republicans of Michigan had counted
upon Gen. Alger, and that he had the
hearty Endorsement of the two sena-
tors. Gen. Alger is also being urged
by the old soldiers of the Union
armies. Senator Burrows did not
indicate that the portfolio had been
rendered Gen. Alger, but the belief is
pretty strong here that twill be.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-21
A REMARKABLE PROPOSITION.
One Way of EnIarginS the Use OF Silver
as . Metal.

as aAeG0As
There is an amazing amount of ig-
rorance, willful or otherwise, among our
contemporaries in their suggestions for
relief in the silver question: for in
stance, the Public Ledger's Washington
correspondent advises as a feasible
scheme +for satisfying the demands of
the silver advocates and enlarging the
use of silver as a metal would be Ito
agree upon a common silver coin, equal
in value, say, to our gold dollar, or to
some other approximate standard,
which, under proper regulations as to
coinage, etc., should be current in all
countries of this continent. Thus, value
would be given to our silver product,
and commerce with these countries
would be aided
Such advice means this: IF we make
a silver coin that is legal tender in all
the countries named, we at once de-
scend to a silver basis such as all silver
basis nations now enjoy. In other
words. our money is at once reduced
one-half of its present value.
Because one coin legal tender in
our country, must have like value
with all other legal tender coins.
So long as we adhere to our present
standard of legal tender, it would be
practically impossible TO so reduce
the value of our currency. That is to
say, it would be impossible for us to
make coin that would be worth less
than double what would be legal tender
in silver basis nations. To reduce our
coins one-half, we would be obliged to
coin one-half the grains now in our gold
dollar into a gold dollar. Or what would
come to the same thing, make a law stat
ing that our silver dollar is only worth
the value of the South American silver
dollar, which, of course, necessitates
that our gold dollar ceases to be circu-
lated as dollar in the United States.
Or, if we made a silver dollar the
bullion value of which would be worth
commercially the present price of gold
bullion, it would double the weight of
our present silver dollar. That would
necessitate that all silver basis nations
double the weight of theirs. Which
would, in practice, mean that our con-
temporary recommends these silver
basis nations to double the size of their
present dollars and name them one dol
lar; or, the United States to sacrifice
or throw away one-half of all the silver
dollars we now have doing duty as dol
lars in this country. In other words,
our contemporary is hopelessly mixed,
and understands very little what it is
talking about, in spite of the authori-
ties it quotes in the shape of our late
President Arthur and Secretary Blaine
-PhiladelDhia Item.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-21
DEFENDS HIS DAUGHTER.
Maj. HIGIey Says Mrs. Dimond Did No
EIope from Honolulu. "a Char1od.

Maj. HIGIey Says Mrs. Dimond Did Not
EIOpe from Honolulu, as Charged.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, Jan. 16-When
Maj. NJ. A. Higley, of this city, the IA
Their of Mrs. w. w. Dimond, who is re-
ported to have eloped from Honolulu
with Charles billiard Wilson, was
shown the dispatch. he denied there
had been an elopement. He asserted
that his daughter came to San Fran
cisco upon the advice of physicians to
recover from the effect of cruel treat
ment inflicted upon her by her hus.
band, who has brought suit for di-
vorce at Honolulu
Maj. Higley stated that his daugh-
ter had made answer to the bill with
countercharges, and had left yester-
day by the steamer Coptic for Homo
lulu to fight the case. She learned of
the scanda1ous charges as soon as she
arrived at San Francisco, and accused
her husband of instigating them
Maj. HigIey declared she had trav.
eled alone.