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Iron County register., 1897-12-23

its members unite to shield him. He
points out that if this corrupting influ-
ence is to continue the death of the
Empire is not far away. The blessings
that gold standard England is now en-
joying are sought to be further extend
ed on this side of the Atlantic. The
Mckinley administration is using all
its influence to that end. The Mckinley
administration is Wall streets agent,
as was the Cleveland administration,
and the Harrison administration before
that. We should keep in mind that
the same causes that have operated to
produce disaster in England will, if al
lowed to operate here. produce the
same results. The barnacle never
lea7es the ship voluntarily until it
sinks it.
Iron County register., 1897-12-23
Southeast Missouri Teachers Asso-
citation, Cape Girardeau, No., Dec.
80, 81, Jan. /.
DE soro. No. Dec. /. 1897,

De SoTo, Mo-, Dec. 1, 1897.
Dear Felloa0 Teacher = The above
dates were selected for our meeting to
conflict as little as possible with the
State meeting, Dec. 2S, 90, 80.
Reaching Cape Girardeau in the af-
ternoon, We shall hold our first session
Thursday, Dec. 30th, 7:3O P. NJ, three
sessions on Friday and one on Satur-
day, leaving for home Saturday before
noon.
Are you planning to go? Cape Cir
ardeau the educational center of our
District will entertain you royalty.
Reduced rates on all railroads will be
made, Ladies will be entertained free
of charge. Hotel rate will be one dol
lar ($D per day.
We expect to have profitable discus
cussions of ltUe practical topics.
Let us make this meeting a repre-
sentative one, renew our acquaintance,
gain inspiration and keep in touch
with educational thought. As Supt.
Kirk says of the State Association:
The programme will deal with living
issues. We can spare no time for
vagaries or platitudes. The passing
decade is revealing many marvellous
things. There is new education
founded on the old, but new all the
same. We all need to understand it. :"
A Round Table Discussion of the
New Text Book Law, and adoption of
the new books to our permanent
courses of study, will occupy a promi
nent place. Well known public school
men will lead the discussions.
Please advertise the meeting, urge
attendance. and make our Association
show how Southeast Missouri really
stnnds educationally.
Fraternally Yours,
CHAS. NJ. GILL, President.
Iron County register., 1897-12-23
How to Prevent Pneumonia.

At this time of the year a cold is
very easily contracted, and if left to
run its course without the aid of some
reliable cough medicine is liable to re-
suit in that dread disease, pneumonia.
We know of no better remedy to
cure a cough or cold than Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. We have used
it quite extensively and it has always
given entire satisfaction.-Ola Ind.
Ter. Chief.
This is the only remedy that is known
to be a certain preventive of pneumo-
MIA. Among the many thousands who
have used it for colds and la grippe,
we have never yet learned of a single
case having resulted in pneumonia.
Persons who have weak lungs or have
reason to fear an attack of pneumonia,
should keep the remedy at hand. The
25 and so cent sizes for sale at the Ar
cadia Valley Drug Store.
Iron County register., 1897-12-23
MuItum IN ParVo.

The fatigue incident to travel on
poorly equipped railway trains and
improperly constructed road-beds,
may be overcome by selecting the
BEST ROUTE" The most popular
trunk line from ST. LOUIS to ALL EAs-
TERN POINTS is the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern Railway, the ROYAL BLUE
LINE. An appreciative public testify
by continued and unprecedented pat
ronage the merits of the ''BEST ROUTE"
over all COMPETITORS. Tickets via
the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Railway are on sale at the ticket offices
of all Railways in the West. Lowest
rates, uneXcelled service, and unques-
tiOnable reliability compose the Trim
ity which have made it famous.
Iron County register., 1897-12-23

The $4,000 cotton manufacturing
employees who are to have Christmas
present in the shape of ten per cent.
reduction in their wages are not shout
ing prosperity" now; but no doubt
the great majority of them yelled
themselves hoarse last fall for McHan-
ma and Confidence. What a gap lies
between ardent promise and slow full
filmentI
Iron County register., 1897-12-23

AT least fifty bills concerning the
civil service will be introduced into
the House at Washington this winter.
These bills run the whole gamut, from
a pension for government employees
down to the total abolition of the civil
service law.
Iron County register., 1897-12-23

MISSOURI during the year about to
close has reduced her public debt
$500, 900. Yes, we're standing up
for Missouri" in the way that tells.
The railroad-steal bag a Republican
State administration left for the Dem
ocrats to hold will in due time have
been filled and laid away to rest for
ever. But it's filling will have cost
the people pretty penny.
Iron County register., 1897-12-23

No, Bro. Press, no Senatorial bee
buzzes beneath our bonnet. Much
obliged for your kindly expressions;
but we wouldn't be Senator if we
could, and-to the public perhaps
more credible statement we could
mt if we would.
Iron County register., 1897-12-23

A VERY disastrous fire occurred at
Doniphan early Tuesday morning.
Twenty-nine business houses were
completely destroyed, with a loss OF
over 100000. The total amount of
insurance was about $50, 900.
Iron County register., 1897-12-23

SIR ROBERT GIFFEN, an English sta
tistician after the style of architecture
of our own Edward Atkinson, uses
space and printers ink in the Novem-
ber number of the Nineteenth Century
to scold the Salisbury Ministry for in
timating to the monetary commission
from this country recently junketing
on that side of the Atlantic that Eng
land could be induced under any cir
cumstances to modify her gold stand
ard. Sir Robert Glffen, as well as Ed
ward Atkinson, belongs to that class OF
economists that the plutocracy keep in
stock to meet any unlooked-for emer-
gency. Their figures always produce
the answer desired by their employers.
They figure for money and their figures
are always comforting to the parties
who secure their services. They are
not required to be consistent. Consist
ency is the virtue of small minds. If
their labors keep the wolf from the
door it is sufficient for their purpose.
To them it is of no moment that they
contradict each other and their own
previous statements, as was pointed
out recently by the British agricultural
commission. They would produce fig
ures as copiously to support the HAT
earth theory as they now do to sustain
the gold standard, were there any
money in it. Incidentally Sir Robert
sets up a most striking theory of mon
ey. He claims that in the English
monetary system law has no place;
that money is not the creature OF law
in any respect. His theory ls-and we
heard something of the same nature
from the hustings in this country in
the last campaign-that the sole prov
ince of the government in the matter
is to stamp a piece of metal-gold OF
course-as a guarantee of its weight
of people who advocate this theory is
the legal tender function. Would they
abrogate legal tender laws, repeal the
laws fixing the unit, and place all
transactions upon a basis of barter?
This is the logic of their theory.
Should an attempt ever be made to
enact it into law, they would prove its
most bitter opponents. Perhaps the
most significant part of his article is
the lament that the bimetaltc theory
has gained momentum in England. 1t
is a most remarkable fact that in spite
of finauciers of the stamp of Mr.. Giffen,
bimetallism is growing steadily In Eng
land; growing so steadily and rapidly
that the banking and bond-holdlng
classes are becoming alarmed. were
England as prosperous as formerly her
people would remain satisfied, but
dry rot has seized upon her vitais.
Her lands lack people. The wages OF
her working population are being
forced to 4 lower level. Her army has
broken down; in fact her military sys-
tenn has become so rotten that English
men say if the true state of affairs were
known it would create an explosion.
Lord Charles Beresford, scion of one
of England's oldest families. declares
that the worship of gold overfows ev-
erything; that money is now the key
that unlocks the door Of English socie-
ty; that man with sufficient money
even If IL be obtained by means that
would entitle him to admission into a
penitentiary, can force his way into it
without abandoning his evil practices.
Instead of hanging him to tree for
hi. crimes, Lord Charles charges that
Iron County register., 1897-12-23

For RENT-Lower foor'in l. o. o.
F. Hall, Ironton. One of the best
business locations in town. Apply to
Geo. Schultz, John Albert, or I. B.
Prulft
Iron County register., 1897-12-23
FOR EVERYBODY, REGARDLESS
Gentlemen's Kid Gloves.

Gentlemen's Kid Gloves
Heavy Satin and Silk Mufflers, elegant Xmas
Gifts SOC to So.
Mems High Art Neckwear-fowing end tecks,
Puff Scarf, handsomely lined with Slk-from 25c,
SOC and 75c.
Japan Silk Handkerchief hem stitched, from
35c to $125.
Hem Stitched Linen Handkerchiefs, from Zoe
to 35c.
Silk Umbrellas at all prices.
Iron County register., 1897-12-23

The formation of trusts under the
Dingley Bill goes on apace. 1t may be
a revenue reducer; but as a promoter
of commercial slavery it is without a
peer.
Iron County register., 1897-12-23
Notice to Debtors.

Those having accounts with me
please settle between this and January
25th, 1898. w. p. MCCARvER,
Union Market, Ironton. Mo.
Iron County register., 1897-12-23

For Rent-A residence in Irontop a;
north addition. Apply TO A. RIEKE.
Iron County register., 1897-12-23
at Little Prices. You will find what you
want by coming to us.
WHAT TO BUY for the GIRLS, BOYS ID LADIES.
FOR The LADIES'

A nicely Trimmed Hat.
Embroidered Silk Handkerchiefs, from sc to 75c.
The Largest Line of Linen Embroidered Hand
kerchiefs ever shown, from sc to Soc
Silk Mitts.
Kid Gloves, 'the latest at 81 and $1.25.
What would be nicer than a stylish Cape
Jacket which selling at SOC the dollar
Ladies' Ready-Made Skirts in many styles, from
Isl. .25 to &c.
A Nice Dress
Jewelry and solid Silverware-everything new.
Ladies's Pocket Books, very and stylish
Silver Mounting at 75c and $125,
Pearl Handle Gold Pens
Solid Gold Rings.
Jeweled Hat Pins 81.
Solid Gold Scarf Pins
Ladies' Gold Watch-fnely engraved-$1S.
Sterling Silver Paper Cutter.
Sterling Silver Ink Stands
Sterling Silver Tooth Powder Case.
Sterling Silver Tooth Brushes, 81.
Sterling Silver Scissors
Sterling Silver Nail Files.
Sterling Silver Hair Curriers'.
Sterling Silver Combs and Brushes
Iron County register., 1897-12-23

Tablets from to 10c, at the Racket
Store.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-09-16
MODERN WHALE HUNTING.
The Huge Mammals Now Pursued with
Explosive Lances Fired From Cannon.

The weapons with which q well armed
modern whaling vessel Is equipped are
probably the most savage and deadly
known to warfare. The enormous strength
of the average whale makes the contest
with a small boat, even under the most
favorable conditions, very unequal.
Captain A. f. Folger of New York, 9TH
erwise known as whale Oil Guss," who
has spent 30 years on whaling vessels, has
accumulated very curious collection Of
these deadly weapons. The most barbar-
Gus is "A bomb lance In whaling the main
object of the hunter is to securely fasten
harpoon in he whales flesh. Tho old
style Of fish consisted in merely throw
ing harbec rpoon at u whale with sui
ficient force to fastcn II in its body 1t
often happened that this crude instrument
was torn out of the flesh and the whale
was lost.
The bomb lance consists of long, thin
cartridge, at the end Of which is fixed "A
very sharp steel lance The bomb lance is
fired with Great accuracy and force from a
gun especially constructed for the purpose
Tie bomb is provided with n fuse, which
is set on fire automatically when it is dis
charged and burns for three seconds before
exploding the bomb itself This gives the
bomb time To strike the " hale and become
imbedded IN its flesh before it explodes
These bombs arc filled with pound Of
powder, so that the result of the explosion
is very likely to be fatal.
The bomb harponn is constructed on the
same general plan. except that the hnr-
poon is nuch heavier and the bomb much
larger This interesting weapon is fired
from gun weighing $50 pounds or more,
the barpoon Itself weighing about 40
pounds. A rope is attached to the end of
the hsrpoon, the other end Of which is, of
course, held IN the boat. 1t Ia customary,
Captain Folser says, to open fro on .
whale with ihe light mu-ketry, bomb
lance or so, and then immediately to fol-
low with a broadsde OF bomb harpoons
New York World
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-09-16

The buttercup belongs to the ranuncu-
lacea, and nearly MI the members Of this
group possess poisonous qualities, chiefly
of an irritant nature, though in q few mar.
cote PRINCIPLES are to be found. The viru-
lenCe ~ the poisons varies very much, but
Their" are few Individuals OF this order
which arc inert. The various species of
buttorcups have all irritant properties The
active principle Is volatile. SO that when
tho hHttercups are dried with hay or ex-
posed to the all they become inert. Luck
lily the butterenp, though pretty to look
ut, does not nusally tempt children to eat
IL wholesale. Otherwise cases OF poisoning
might be les rare than they fortunately
are ut presout.-I.oudon Lancet
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-09-16
Emery Bags.

Emery bags for keeping in the work.
basket, for taking the rust off and polish
Ing needles, can DO made in various forms
The rrettiest areimitattons OF straw berries,
made OF crimson merino, worked with
green and brown silk, to represent the
calyx and spots Of the sas~w berry. Unless
these bags are made Of firm stuff they
should be lined, for tAs emery would be
apt to sift out. Emery can be bought at
any ironmonger's. Perforated cardboard
In the childhood days Of our mothers was
used for making bookmarkers, needle
books, pincushions, the tops of penwipers,
the outside of blotting books. etc. 1t is a
good material for the youthful fancy
worker.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-09-16

their values. But bowling the head Is not
bowling the heart, and 1t is heart worship
alone OF an ideal in life that will make
you walk buoyantiy and triumphantly
the solitary path. Teachers are OF all
people most miserable IL their horizon is
bounded by anything less than helpful
ness to the nation. The four walls of
your room too often seem to shut you off
from the world; some weary day, dear
women, when nerves have been strained
almost to the screaming point, and you,
dear men, when to yield to anger would
he JOY, close your eyes on the post of duty
that for ~ moment seems dreHry and let
your imagination run free. Then will
you quickly see that you are not called to
carve iusensate blocks, but to LEAD
forth" Municipalities; that the children
who under your cure grow to a knowledge
OF themselves are potential elements in
the national life; that the work you do is
being duplicated in hundreds OF thou
sands OF other little school houses, and
that he aggregate of all he work done is
making or marring our national future.
Does the brickayer ask for admiral ion
over one brick well laid in the wall OF
some towering building? No, he goes on
to another, being careful to align his
work to the work OF ali the rest You
too, unpraised and yet content, because
possessed by your ideal, will go on with
your good work, transmitting the dull
clay OF duty into golden opportunity.
The routine of arithmetic and the strange
mouthings Of phouics will then be
changed from items in a scheme OF teach
ing to valued portions OF our national
buiwarks.
Let no man de-pise you for good
reason; glorify your office; try to rise to
the demands of the age; work for
twentieth century to dawn on genera
,ion OF right children; having
done all, guip down that cIamoring cry
for praise, and be content to have lived as
a conscious guardian OF untold treasures.
The reward is ever from within.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-09-16
INVESTIGATING Tue BABY.
Mamma Appeared just In tho Nick OF
Time to Save Trouble.

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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-09-16
EUROPE'S HIGHWAYS.
SPLENDID SPECIMENS OF THE
ROAD BUILDERS ART.
OBJECT LESSONS OF THE VALUE OF
GOOD ROADS-BUTLT FOR PLEAS
URE AS WELL AS UTILITY.

To the advocates Of good roads the
progress made in Europe is full Of en-
enlargement 1t was about 1890 before
Macadam was able to arouse Scotch and
English sentiment in favor of his prof
ect He had no army Of wheelman at
his back to encourage him and to com
pei the public to listen, but wherever
mile of macadam road was built the
sharp contrast between it and the
wretched roads about it compelled pub
lie attention and approval. Telford, the
Scotch engineer, turned aside from his
great engineering projects and gave the
movement his powerful support In less
than so years the gospel of good roads
was spread not only throughout Great
Britain, but through all the settled dis
tricts on the continent. Now good roads
Of the macadam or telford type are
everywhere, writes c. NJ Dickinson in
Home Magazine. Every day in the year
the peasant farmer Of Europe can haul
to market as heavy load as he can
draw across his thrashing floor. He
makes one trip instead Of two or three
There is no mud. no stone working up
to the surface. His beast Of burden am
bles along easily instead Of the fret and
strain from stone and rut and wabbling
wagon and would doubtless sing his
masters praise if he had the power of
speech given to the beast ridden by
Balaam.
Nor is the good roads movement in
Europe confined to highways that are
strictly necessary. 1t is as contagious as
measles The governments are taking it
up and building expensive roads, which
must be largely for the special delight
Of tourists. A splendid road has just
been finished from Sorrento, Italy, to
Sslerno, fully 80 miles. Except for
few inconsIderable villages it runs
along the rocky and uninhabitable coast
Of the Sulf Of Salerno and much Of
the road is cut through the almost per
pendlCular limestone cliffs that rise
from 1000 to 1000 feet above the sea.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-09-16
seeds.
Mans Most Perilous Hour.

The most perious hour OF person 5
life i, when he is tempted to despond.
The man who loses his courage loses
all. There is no more hope for him than
of II dead man; but it matters not how
poor he may be, now much deserted by
friends, how much lost to the world, il
only he keeps his courage, holds up his
head, works on with his hands, and with
unconquerable viii determines to be and
to do what becomes man, all Will be
we'll. 1t is nothing outside OF him that
kills, bat what is within that makes or
unmakes,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-09-16

| From L. A. ". Bulletin
In many places there are long tunnels
through the rock, and in others the
mark OF tho blasting drill where the rock
! has been torn from the face of the cliff
is to be- seen fully 80 feet above the
! road.
This is ono OF the moststupendous
specimens Of modern roadbuilding in
Europe, but something hardly less diff
cult and expensive is the road now in
course Of construction by the Swiss gov
eminent from the Rhone glacier over
/ the Grimsel pass to the lake of Brienz
| The road Ia already completed from
Meiringen to Handeeg falls, perhaps Is
miles-as fine and difficult specimen
/ of macndam as can be found anywhere
and from Handbag to Rhone glacier
hundreds of men are at work cutting
their way through the rock. over barren
SUBMITS which are always in or above
the clouds whenever clouds are in the
sky.
With the object lessons in roadbuild-
ing which Europe presents, why should
not public sentiment in this country he
appealed to through every medium in
favor Of good roads? What Europe has
done in the last century America may
do in the next. The obstacles Of cost
and magnificent distance" will look
less formidable as We approach them.
In the state of New York alone, outside
Of villages and cities, more than So,
600, 600 is expended annually in the
so called repair and construction Of
roads. The most of this immense sum
is thrown away Expended under the
direction Of competent engineers, it
would build from 600 to 500 miles ef
the best macadam pavement.
At this rate how many years would
it take to embalm Macadam and Telford
and all their wisdom under every high
! way and cowpath in the state OF New
/ York? And the increased value Of farms
/ brought nearer to market in wet weather
| as we'll as dry, the saving Of time and
wear and tear on men and horses and
wagons, would more than offset the en-
tire cost And why should not the state
prisons be opened and the convicts
taught BODYBUILDING on the European
plan? Superintendent Lathrop reports
that over / 900 prisoners are still out Of
employment. What worthier work could
be given them than the building of good
roads2
The agitation for good roads should
not be confined to the several states.
Persistent appeals should be made to
the general government. Congress has u
special warrant under the constitution
| to build roads. In 1896 an act of con-
gress authorized a national road from
Baltimore to the west. 1t was built for
$50 miles, so feet wide, with broken
stone 80 feet in width, on stone foun-
dalton, through Pennsylvania, Ohio and
| Illinois. Though out of repair, it is still
good road. 1t ought to be extended at
least to the Missouri river, and the
states through which it passes should
build their macadam systems into this
great national artery stretching across
| the continent.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-09-16
TIE HIDDEN LIFE.


\ gentle flower in the forest grew,
Where never q soul it, sweetness knew,
And It's upturucd eyes win beauty bright
Meier glowed with responsive loves delight.
1t withered and died. unmarked, un-ung,
When low In the Ky the pale sun hung,
Still the Wild birds called On joyous wing,
SO its life seemed but a wasted Thing.
Yet the wind had taken it, pure sweet breath
nd borne ii away to a room of death,
Where it glidcsi in with the setting SUI,
And GAINED the soul OF a ~ Ing Que,
For il hani-hed Of unbelicf the wrath,
And restored 10 the soul a child ilkc iaiih
As 1t whispered the words which angels Know
Consider the lilies how they grow"
You have nodded your head when YOU
beloved Emerson wrote about ideals anc
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-09-16
A Seaside Romance.

They were sitting on the sands side by
side, looking out over the ocean.
allow peaceful it looks!" said he.
Yes said she, "but how very wet!"
"True," he observed, aud yet how calm
and restful it appears! With you by my
side ! could sail on forever"
"Yes?" she queried.
"he :" he affirmed, "forever. VIII you,
dearest?'
ION one condition" she replied II am
a cautious girl. and ! do not wish 20 be
over-hasty. But | will let you make the
test, and When the test is made and you
say II is successful, ] will go with YOU"
And that test, love?" he cried.
Nou teile ii boat and sail Oh forever,
aud after yun have sailed on furt Yer tell
me how ii works" she answered
And size lett him mtditating. -Hdrper's
BdzCr.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-09-16
An Old Time Dictionary.

One Of the most insssss,ing Of the old
books lately unearthed Is u little volume
about six inches ss1nse, entitled the
"Royal Standard Dictionary" published
In Boston in l777 by William Perry, who
announced tina. he exhibited the pronun
citation of words according to the polite
accommodation u ENGLAND.