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Iron County register., 1897-09-30
SYNDICATE BARGAINS.
President Mckinley Now DikcharE
ing Campaign Debts.

| President Mckinley Now DiEcharE-
ing Campaign Debts.
Upon President Mckinley alone rests
the blame for the disgraceful act of his
administration in appointing TO the i'm.
rortant post of naval officer of the GUS
toms at New Orleans Henry Demas, a
disreputable negro politician.
In a case of this sort the president
cannot shift the responsibility to the
shoulders of too plant subordinates; /;
nor can he offer as excuse for the blum
der personal ignorance of the unfitness
of the appointee. The best citizens of
Louisiana, irrespective of politics,
joined in protest against Demas. They
sent delegations to the president armed
fully with the private and official rec
ord of the man. He made the appoint
ment with a full knowledge of Demas'
| character. Proofs of the facts were
| laid before Maj. Mckinley and are now
in his possession, and he has admitted
that he has read them and "was wor-
ried" by them.
With all these facts before him it will
naturally be asked why the president
of the United States should have raised
to official dignity man whose mode of
life is a constant offense to decent peo-
pie. The answer is not far to seek.
The president made the appointment to
fulfill n bargain made between Demas
on one hand and William Mckinley Os-
borne and Mark Hanna on the other.
Demas and several of his pals were
pledged and even sworn to support
Reed in the ST. Louis convention, and
Osborne bought Demas with cash fur
nished by Hanna and promise of this
office.
President Mckinley has now made
himself an active partner in this bar
gain, shocking in itself, but vastly more
shocking in view of the character of the
man with whom the president of the
United States has locked arms.
The appointment is so insulting to
common decency that all elements of
Louisiana citizens are preparing to fight
confirmation in the senate. From re-
ports of the widespread Indignation
which it has aroused in Louisiana it is
evident that the act has not in it even
the poor merit of good politics." While
the affair is lamentable and in its wick
edness amounts to a national disgrace.
yet there are in it the possibilities of
good to the country. 1t is another ex-
emplifcation of the dangers of syndi-
cate politics, especially when controlled
by a man like Hanna. 1t will also in
working out disastrous results to Nc
Kinley and his party impress upon the
minds of all politicians the truth of the
old Latin proverb: Nothing is profit
able which is not honest."-St. Louis
Republic.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30

''The Street Dogs of Constantinople's
is the title of an article by Oswald Gar
rison Willard. Mr.. Willard says: The
instinct which enables these poor
tramps to tell the time is the most
astonishing thing about these dogs
/ mean their being on hand, day after
day, at regular hours when the scraps
are thrown out, and their never being
much too early or too late. The super
intendent of one of the great railway
lines ending in Constantinople told me
the most remarkable case of this have
vet heard. The Oriental Express, the
famous train from Paris to Constanti-
nople, arrives, it seems, three times a
week, at certain hour in the after
noon. When the train comes in there
are always many dogs ready to receive
it. Before the passengers have had
time to get cut, the dogs jump into the
carriages and search everywhere under
the seats and in the corners for the
scraps of luncheon left by the passen-
gers; and when they have found all
the pieces go away. The remarkable
thing is that they never come at any
time except when the Oriental Express
is due; that they never make a mistake
in the day, and always remember that
between Friday and Monday there are
two days and not one. They pay no at
tention to local trains, because little or
no food Is left in them owing to the
short rides the passengers take. Ex-
actly this same knowledge of the time
table and of the difference between To-
cal and 1ong-distance trains has been
noticed at the station of the Asiatic rail-
ways in Scutari, across the Bosphorus.
st. Nicholas.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

The Mckinley bill has its Home
stead and the Dingley bill has its Halle
ton.-Des Moines Leader.
There is more retaliation than
reciprocity under the Mckinley admin-
istration.-Kingston Leader.
1t is thought that Mr.. Hanna is
personally nesponsible for the high
price of wheat.-Atlanta Constitution.
There is a gradually but steadily
growing impression that as preSdent
Mr. Mckinley is. to borrow an express
sion from the vernacular of the street,
a -four fiusher."-Wheeling Register.
The National Republican league
has offered its services to Senator Han
na in his campaign for reelection. The
league may be of some little assistance,
but the astute Ohio manager relies upon
the almighty dollar" as the agency
that win carry him through If anything
can.-Manchester (N. H. Union.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
The Queens Irish Ancestors.

Is "the emerald gem of the western
world set in the crown of a stranger?''
/ think not. The throne of Great Brit
ain and Ireland is occupied by a SOW
ereign descended from an Irish race.
The most ancient blood flowing in the
veins of the queen is Irish blood. Queen
Victoria is in direct descent from King
James I. of England and VI. of Scot
land. James pedigree can be traced
back to King Kenneth III. of Scotland
"a. d. s54) and to King Feargus More
of Argyleshire "a. d. 4s7). The latter
came from IEeland, and his ancestors.
through long line of Irish kings, date
back to B. C. $50, by more or less as
certained chain of descent, till we ar
rive at Heremon, a king of Ireland,
Without doubt our queens pedigree
carries us back to long line of Irish
kings who, !, 400 years ago, inaugurated
the Scottish and English chain of de-
scent, and it is plain that the reigning
!ynasty of to-day was Irish at one
epoch of its existence.-London Spec.
tator
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
OHIO'S SHAME.
BOss Hnnna's VuIEarify and Dema.
EOEuery.

EOEuery.
Senators Foraker and Hanna, at Bur
ton, o., made joint offer to convince
the people that Hanna is the best man
in that great state to succeed the emf
nent Sherman, and worthy of a place
even among those illustrious senators
of the past-Ewing and Wade and Cor
win, Chase and Pendleton and Sher-
man.
In frank and fulsome praise of Han
ma, Foraker was not so extravagant as
Hanna himself. Still Foraker let drop
no hint of his hatred and jealousy
of his rival for the control of the Ohio
republican machine. And together
this precious pair succeeded in proving
beyond a doubt that, while each is a
fit colleague for the other, neither is
worthy of a place for which dignity,
sincerity and craftsmanship should
be indispensable qualifications.
Hauna's speech will be a shock to
the moral sentiment of the country.
There have been other senators and
other senatorial candidates of the type
of this boodle-fund collector and part
ner of Wimberly, Cohen and Demas.
But when in any of our great states
has such a one stood before an intelli-
gent and moral people and appealed
to them on the very ground of his pub
lie immortality and exhibited to them
the fulness of his vulgarity, his dema-
goguery, his hypocrisy and his colos-
sal vanity?
L saved the country; 1 discovered
Mckinley and elected him; l love the
worLingmen; rally round the flag and
support me-these are specimen senti-
ments that give faint idea of the tone
of his harangue.
In Ohio that was a black-letter day
IF shame-N. Y. World.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
IMMUNITY FROM SNAKE POISON.
Experiment ON Animals Who Pro-
duce AntatOxic Seruma.

Experiment. ON Animals Who Pro-
duce AntatOxic Serums.
The task of artificially rendering ami
mails immune from snake poison was
not an easy one, for the process depends
upon training the animals to gradually
withstand larger and larger doses OF
the venom, and considering the intense
~ toxic character of the substance
which had to be handled the danger
was ever present of the animal succumb-
ing to venom poison before its serum
had acquired the requisite pitch of pro-
tective power to render it of service as
an antitoxin.
DIR. Calmette tells us that he carried
out a very large number of experiments
before he met with success. But it is
not necessary here to discuss his vari-
Gus efforts, suffice it to say that at
length his labors were rewarded, and
the following extract from one of his
memoirs describes the methods which
he now adopts for the purpose:
''The best method of procedure for
the purpose of vaccinating large ami
mails destined to produce antivenom-
Gus serum consists in injecting them
from the outset with gradually in-
creasing quantities of the venom of the
cobra mixed with diminishing quanti-
ties of one in sixty solution of hypo-
chlorite of lime. The condition and the
variations in the weights of the animal
are carefully followed, in order that the
injections may be made less frequent
" if the animals do not thrive well.
Quantities of stronger and stronger venS
ON are in turn injected, first considera-
bly, diluted, and then more concep-
trated, and when the animals have al
ready acquired sufficiently perfect i'm
munity the venom derived from as large
a number of different species of snakes
as possible are injected. The duration
of the treatment is of considerable
length-at least Is months-before the
serum is sufficiently active to be used
for the purpose of treatment"
During the past three years an inn
mense number of animals have been
vaccinated by this method of the Pas
teur institute at Lille, where DR.. Cal
mette is now director, and in a paper
published a few weeks ago we are told
that they have horses there which
have yielded for the past IS months
serum extremely active against venom.
These horses receive in single innocu-
lation, without suffering the least in
convenience, doses of venom sufficient
to kill so horses fresh to the treatment
.-Longman's Magazine.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
PITH AND PoINT.

Papa, wish you'd whip me- =
Whip you. my sonl why should 4
whip you2 ?" Because. when you vshin
me, mamma gives me some San.--
Tit-Bits.
-Knsax the Accent. - ssThaf 1or i
bought in Paris understands my
French perfectly. ssNo doubt he for
merly belonged to some other Amer
lean. - Chicago Record.
DO you know I'm quite worried
about myself. really believe I'm los
ing my nerve" "How do YOU notice
it ?'' 4tI'm getting to hate to ask any
one for loan. AS soon as i saw you I
began to tremble.'s-Life.
Said Biddy: ''The mistress brought
home some oysters. Cook, said she.
yen stew these, plase.' What, like
praties!' said i. And then the ould
woman blayguarded me because billed
them with their jackets on."-House-
hold Words.
-'sNo. we don't permit our names to
go in the directory, don't You know"
''And why not?" $50 deuced common,
don't you know. Why. last yeah my
name was sandwiched in between gar
bage colIectah and a city councilman.
It's fact, pom honah. Cleveland
Pain Leader.
The Evening After the Reunion
Miss Ethel Gnnocently) )-'sWhy, Mr..
Brown, how sober you are tonight"
Rev. Brown Tin some alarm, absent
mindedly) y)-"To-night, yes; but" re-
covering himself, and with much dig
nity-"have you ever seen me other
wise, Miss Ethel ?''--Harlem Life.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
GRIPPE

-Never had It? then the world Is all befor,
you! - A- NeAOh'
Just recovered2 then there's nauebt for m.
to tell e'--e ava AJAX
But for me. I've just arisen
A. grim and grippy prison.
ana desire IN me is weIIIng
Al Al Ine world to be a-teIlire
VI ~ my singular sensations
9ay extreme exacerbatious
eay unoounded irritatfons
anu intense exasperations
Ffrst Of all. a sudden shiver,
Like ripple on the river.
Sels your marrow all a-ouiyer
Wlnous any cause whatever
ana from thence go hurry-scurry.
r1eIter-skelter, hirry-hurry,
Darting, little icy particles
through the nine-and-thirty articles
lRather more or rather Iess)
IhaI your body may possess
And your teeth begin to chatter
1nough the speech is no great matter
daf a groan and half grumbIe
As the shawls you clutch and tumble.
And you cover, shaking, Quaking,
When-your teeth set up an aching!
Guspid, molar, each one taking
His peculiar line Of deviItry,
As in some Internal revelry
WIN throbbing and jobbing,
And driving and rfying
And stabbing and jabbing
And jerking and dirking,
AS II all were Greek-and-Turking,
And nagging and tagging,
And darting and a smarting
As of soul and body parting
Ihen your head takes up the story,
Crying; II will ache for glory!
1 Will ache with such an aching
As the world shall be awaking:
Fame shall sit upon my banner,
TO nave ached in such manner.
And 1t aches! till every brain-celI
Is transfigured to pain-cell;
iii cerebrun, cerebellum,
To balloons of anguish swell 'em,
And medulla oblangata
Wears the crown of saint and martyr
Then your knees ache; and your nose
aches;
And each smallest of your toes aches;
And your throat's ring of iron
which your tongue lies parched and
dry on;
Now your feet they fail from under!
Now your backbone drops asunder!
Now your whole articulation
Creaks and groans like all creation,
As wave of fever fills you,
And engulfs you and enthrills you,
TIL you sink beneath the billows,
Sink, and, clutching at the pillows,
Yield to dissolution, crying:
Bring the doctor! quick! I'm dying"
Laura E. Richards, in Youths Com
panion.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
More American rerritory for Ena,oD,

The rapid rise of the land about Hud-
son bay is said to be the most remark
able gradual upheaval of an extensive
region ever known. Driftwood-covered
beaches are now 20 to so or 20 feet above
the water, new islands have appeared
and many channels and all the old har-
bors have become too shallow for shiDs.
At the present rate this shallow bay
will disappear in few centuries. add
ing vast area of dry land or salt marsh
to British territory in America
Iron County register., 1897-09-30

Madam, l beg your pardon, inter
rupted, but you seem to have made
mistake"
but you are-are George?"
'.No, madam. My name is Boggs-
Abraham Boggs, Esq, dealer in grind
stones, green hides and guano."
And you never lent me a Thousand
dollars to pay my dressmaker?''
Never! That isn't Abraham
Boggs!"
But you"
"Boggs, madam-Boggs. 1 simpl,
happen TO look like Mr.. Renfew, yvh,
was probably some sentimental idiot
and your mistake is eXcusable Try
some one else, madam-good night"
DAVID WECHSI .ER
Iron County register., 1897-09-30

The moon shone family through
the mist and it seemed TO trouble the
boy who was looking at it from win
dow.
Papa" he said at last, ,'.if they can't
make it look any brighter than that
should think the officers would get
after the moonshiners."
For n long time the father was un-
decided whether the boy had got off a
good thing unwittingly or whether the
germ of the professional humorist had
taken root in the boy and needed to be
wnaled out of him.--C Chicago Post.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30

asked to meet the widow in that same
parlor, and he didn't lose any valuable
time getting there As his first naEe=
called him Sammy and she probably
squeezed his hand and made as big a
fool of him as in the other cases. He
wouldn't be confidential with the rest
of us after it was all over and we were
comparing notes, and so 1 can't tel
, what excuse she put forward to borrow
money. He owned up that he handed
over 1900 in the long green, and would
have made it more had it been asked
for.
Taken altogether there were IL vic
tins. One by one we entered that
private parlor to be made fools of and
plucked. The lowest sum received by
the widow was $500. The highest sum
handed out was that of Fitzy-who
threatened to commit suicide, but final
ly turned to cigarettes. The sum to-
tai was a little over $4,000, but in cast
ing it up we did not mind the odd hun
dreds.
A quarter of a mile in rear of the ho-
tel was a sylvan grove and a lake.
Each and every one of us was invited
to meet the widow beside the lake at
certain hour. We were on hand to the
last man. Some of us walked around
and glared at each other, and some of
us sat down on the benches and smiled
knowingly to ourselves. The hour
passed, but none of US left. 1t was
three hours past the appointed time be-
fore anyone became suspicious, and
then we moved to the hotel in a body
to find the widow gone. She had taken
train at the very hour she was to
meet us, and with her had gone our
cash. Old Jones called her an adven-
turess and voted to pursue and arrest
her, but we voted him down by large
majority and decided not to make fools
of ourselves any further. In fact, we
decided to become liars instead, and
during the rest of our stay we boldly
denied that any of us had cared any
thing for the widow or had lent her
dollar.
Five years later, while was at an
other spring-this time cold one-for
the benefit of my digestion, a lady and
gentleman drove up one evening from
the depot, and at once recognized the
Widow Hendricks. She was just as
young and cute and pretty as ever, but
L took it that she had been married
since / saw her last. l didn't put my
self forward at all, but after supper
she ran across me on the veranda, and
uttering a little exclamation of glad
surprise reached out both hands and
said:
"Why, Mr.. Renfew-George-how do
you do" Why, 1 haven't met you
since"
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
per.fn,. nnIer

The shah of Persia is brusque OF
speech; he is also a magnificent shot,
and can shoot hole through a cop
Ier coin tossed in the air. He goes
of on rough hunting trips, and bags
big game, and is the best gun shot in
Persia. He is neither fool nor an i'm
bcciIe, and is man of swift action
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30

Bullets, partially hollow, which ex.
Pand in the wound, are sometimes used
for shooting deer, while hollow-heade6
explosive bullets are in request for dis.
patching tigers, elephants and oEhea
big game.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30

Mr.. Hanna in his speech the other
day says that he was the friend of the
poor man and that the prosperity of one
would mean the prosperity of all. If
anyone doubts Mr.. Hanna, reference
can be made to the following: The
Seamen's union of Cleveland; the coal
men who left 20 per cent. of their wages
in their clutches when they went on
strike; the street car men of CIeve-
land. There are probably others who
would bear eloquent testimony to Mr..
Hanna's labors in behalf of the work
ingmen, but these viii do for a starter.
Peoria Herald.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30

Stationers' hall in London. where al.
books must be copyrighted. has at last
prepared an index of titles, thus en-
ablng authors to guard against in
voluntary infringement of others
rights and the consequent lawsuits.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30

His call had lasted something like two
hours when he suggested that he be-
lieved he could read her thoughts.
''Then why don't you go?" she asked.
-Chisa9o Pest.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30

Judge--And what did you do to curb
Ills passion?
Prisoner Hit him with q piece OG
cuTbxtone.- BROOKLYN Life.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
DrawbneI<a Of Wenlth.

Weary Watkins-If ! had million
ioliars-
Hungry Higgins--You'd be misera-
BILE. Jist think OF havin' to stop drink.
in while you had money to buy more.
Indianapolis Journal.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30

The thanks which should be given
to Almighty God for abundant harvests
seem to be rendered by republican
organs to Mckinley and Dingley.-
Newburg Register.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22

At a small railway station in the north
of England, a short time ago. says It'd
Bits" the following amusing incident oc-
eurred:-- The station-raastcr, who is not
ed for his gruffness. while examining tick
cts, came across a cattle dealer, well
known in the district. who held a season
ticket over the line. The station-master,
being aware of this, usually passed him
without troubling him to show 1t. On
this occasion, however, he ordered him,
in a not very polite manner, TO produce
it, adding, in a severe tone:-
Mind, ! want to see it every time you
stop at this station" OF course the ticket
was produced, examined. and the official
passed on. looking very important and
self-satisfed. A few days later, as the
early morning mail train drew up at the
platform at 5 a. NJ. a passenger accosted
the solitary porter on duty. and asked for
the station-master.
'He is in bed, sir" replied the porter.
Tell him / want him. said the passen-
ger.
The porter at first declined to disturb
him. but on being told that 1t was the sta
after some delay returned, closely follow
ed by the station-master, who was audi
bly, grumbling at being brought out of bed
in the cold. On reaching the platform, he
was confronted by his old friend. the cat
tie dealer. who handed him his season tick
ct. politely asked him to examine ii, at the
same time reminding him what he had a
few days ago expressed a wish to see it
every time he stopped at the station"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22

The invention of the kite is usually at
tributed to the Chinese. The first man
on actual record as having used the kite
is Archytas (about 400 B. CO. For what
purpose he employed 1t / have been unable
to ascertain. but it is not probable that he
accomplished anything of scientific inn
p~ortance; and it was not until 1879. when
Dr. Alexander Wilson and Thomas Mel
vile, in Scotland, used 1t for taking the
temperature of the upper air. that the
kite showed possibilities Of becoming a
useful and scientific apparatus. Frank
Inns well-known experiment of obtaining
atmospheric electricity by means of a
kite again drew attention to it. 1t is, how
ever, within the last decade that the kite
has gained nearly all Of its Importance.
and this is due to its development by men
who have studied It, and the forces act
ing upon it, in q scientific way. Among
others may be named Marvin, Langley,
~IIargrave and Eddy; by their labors a
hitherto useless toy has become an inn
portant scientific apparatus--Century.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
THURSDAY. JULY %, 1897.
This paper is Democratic in principles
end Is -sndepcadent in ats raeaos on al local
questions.


In spite of Senator Allison's promise OF
a full debate, the tariff is to be jammed
to a vote tomorrow, and as President
Mckinley is s.all right" the determination
is likely to be law by noon on Saturday.
The trouble will begin on Monday when
the fools will begin to initiate, and the
rogues to watch for the right moment to
stand from under. The business boom
ought to be good for about two years;
but this will not avert the political penalty
in November. 1898. Dear living and the
absence of revenue will arouse the people
long before the bubble bursts.
In this crisis, it is reassuring to see
that the National Gold organization is
maintaining its strength. It may present
~ be the only refuge for truly patriotic
voters. If Organism maintains its hold
upon the Democratic machine n the
mass of unrefecting voters, there can be
no refuge in that quarter from the mon
strosities of Rep~ublicanism. The situa-
ton itself coerces the third party into
existence. With i~nsanities on each side
of it, it is. the hope of the country.
What a strange resemblance there is be-
tween the besotted obstinacy of the Re
publican protectionists at the present time
and the attitude of the Shareholders be-
fore the war.