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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06
TO TAX SOME
 CORP0R RATIONS Democratic A Amendm ent to the War Revenue
 Bill.
Call Office, Riggs House,

Washington, May 5.
 There Is little doubt from Senator Wolcotts expressions in the Senate Finance Committee yesterday and the fact that he did not sit with the Re- publican members to-day that he will vote to eliminate the bond provision, but it is understood he is not quite so clear as to the support of a substi- tute.
 The Republican members are dis turbed over the discovery of his posi- tion and are considering how to best repair the breach occasioned by his probable def1ection. They were not so greatly surprised at Jones' position, although they had hoped to be able to secure his support of the measure practically as it passed the House.
 The proposition on which Senator Wolcott and Senator Jones of Nevada voted with the Democrats in the Com mittee on Finance yesterday was a dec laration to the effect that the bill should provide more than $100, 900, 900 in revenue.
 On this the two Western Senators aligned themselves with the Democrats and in opposition to the Republicans. The delaration was construed by the Republican members as in opposition to the bond provision.
 The Democratic members of the Finance Committee held conference late this afternoon and agreed upon an amendment they will offer to the bill, imposing a tax of 1 per cent on the revenues of certain corporations, in- cluding railroad. express. sleeping car. telegraph and telephone companies. This probably is the only addition they will suggest to the revenue portion of the bill, but 1t is probable that they will also urge the coinage of the sil- yer seigniorage in the treasury and the issuance of at least $150.000000 in green backs. The seigniorage amounts to about $42,000.0 900, and the intention is to authorize the issuance of certificates for it, so as to secure immediate money and not wait upon the coinage of the silver These certificates, with the greenbacks, would give $192,000,000 of immediate cash. and the Democrats think this would be sufficient for the immediate wants of the Government. They believe that the tax they pro- pose on corporations would increase the regular revenues to the extent of about $50, 900, 900 annually.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06
RENEW Al OF
 THE CONTEST Fight Over the Estate Left by George H. Parker
 at San Jose. The Widow of the Capitalists Son Tells How She Was
 Injured.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, May 5.-The fight over Parker began in earnest this morning. A jury was secured yesterday after noon, and when court convened this morning Attorney Nicholas Bowden made the opening statement for the contestant.
 Mrs. Emma L. Parker, the contest ant, was the first witness. She testi- fled she married Edward l.. Parker, the testator's only son, in Hartford, Conn, in 1873, and they had lived to- gether until her husbands death in 1893. Edward Parker was conducting a shoe store in Hartford at that time She said they lived together happily until Jane Pomeroy, sister of George H. Parker, took a dislike to her. Mrs Pomeroy then set her machinationS to work to separate witness and her hus- band. Mrs. Parker accused Mrs. Pom eroy of writing to her father-in-law and giving her (the witness) a bad rep utation. She saiu Mrs. Pomeroy told her if she did not leave Edward Par ker she would make things uncomfort- able for her and that they would never receive a cent from his father.
 Witness also said undue influence had been exercised over George H. Par ker in the making of his will.
 There were frequent Interruptions by objections from various attorneys Mrs Parker had not finished her testimony at adjournment.
 The number of churches in Chicago has
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06
AMERICAN MISSIONARIES
 HAVE BEEN MASSACRED.
Further Outrage Committed by In-
 surgents on the West Coast

FREETOWN. Sierra Leone, West Coast of Africa, May 5.-It is reported that tEe insurgents engaged in the rebellion which has grown out of the dissatisfaction with the Hunt tax, and as was announced yes terday, had burned the headquarters of the American missionaries at Shongay, in the Sherboro district, have attacked and destroyed the town of Rotifunk. It Is further said that the members of the American mission, located in that place. who were Sierra Leonians, have been mas sacred
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06

Jessie Alderman relates some of her most wonderful experiences in dotting the great globe with W. O. T. U. missions in next Sundays Call.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06
Stricken With ApopIexv

WOODLAND. May 5.-F E. Baker, one of the leading lawyers of Northern Cali fornia, suffered a stroke of apoplexy last evening and is thought to be dying
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06

The average speed of a carrier pigeon in calm weather Is 1120 yards per minute. With a strong wind in the direction of a minnie
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06

The number of churches in Chicago has grown from 157 in 1870 to 633.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24

very satisfactory, and, II only properly
attended to, will serve for many years.
The barn represented in the sketches is
supposed to stand on perfectly level
ground, which renders the work of con-
structing a basement and approaches
for driving in and out Of the second
floor quite difficult; and yet, one has
only to glance at the remOdelled barn to
see how nicely and completely the whole
may be arranged by little planning
and labor. AS before mentioned, the
work is lessened greatly provided the
barn is situated On an incline or bank,
for then the approach to the second
floor will be, for the most part, of
natural construction. In any case a
basement pays, owing to the extra
amount of room that is obtained; and if
the barn is only properly ventilated by
means of windows, and a vcntilatOr at
the top. better, more convenient and
comfortable structure for the housing
of stock cannot easily be devised, es-
peCialIy when the cost of construction
is taken into consideration.
One, of course, can arrange the
ground plan of such a barn as he de-
sires; but it is well to divide the stall
room, as far as possible, SO that it will
give the best service.
For tieing cattle it has been found
from practical experiments that a chain
is very serviceable. The way to use it
is to place n 2x4-inch scantling, with
rounded edges to permit free working
UP and down of the chain in the stalls
in such n manner that one end of the
scantling is fastened to the top of the
partition and the other to the top of
the manager slantingly. The chain,
placed about this scantling and the
neck of the animal, allows plenty of
room while eating and lying down, and
yet keeps the animal in its proper place
constantly. The COW stalls should vary
in length according to that of the cat
tie, and behind all of them ought to ex-
tend a siX-inch drop.
Simplicity is the object aimed at, and,
as regards the stalls. they are practical
" separate, even to the managers; there
fore each animal has its own stall and
own food-a thing of vast Importance,
especially where animals of different
ages are stalled Observation-Disclosures
o. Sibley, in y. Y. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
FROM AMERICANS ABROAD.
United States Representatives in France
Talk ON the Present Crisis.

United States Representatives in France
Talk on the Present Crisis.
LONDON. March 1.S-The Morning
Leader publishes a dispatch from Paris
giving interviews which its CORE
spondent is said to have had with the
United States ambassador, Gen. Horace
Porter; the secretary of the United
States embassy, Mr.. Henry Vignaud,
and United States Consul-General j.
h. Gowdy. The ambassador, re-
ferring to the Maine disas-
ter, eulogized President McKinley's at
titude, and is quoted as saying:
'In spite of the sensational atmos-
phere, the United States will not rush
into war, although the Maine report
may prove to be the last straw"
The secretary of the United States
embassy said: There will be no war,
because the feelings of both countries
are that all the difficulties can be set
tied. There is not an American in Paris
who does not applaud the attitude OF
President Mckinley in trying every ex-
pedient before resorting to war"
The consul-general said: THE real
heart and soul have not yet been heard.
The surface talk which causes the col.
lanse of stocks does not merit. serious
attention. Unless l am greatly mis-
taken, our troubles with Spain will
shortly be ended"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24

On all kinds of soil clover. when fully
grown, is a benefit. Its roots break UP
the heavy clay soils and make them
permeable to air and moisture. But on
sandy soils clover growth as often as
every two or three years is necessity.
1t is only thus that what vegetable mat
ter il contains can be kept from being
washed or burned away and wasted. 1t
is often difficult 70 get clover catch on
sandy soil. Glover needs mineral fer
tility, both potash and phosphate OF
lime. In both these sandy soil is gener-
ally deficient. There is no better
single manure for sandy soil than wood
ashes. If from hard wood these will
also furnish some lime and phosphate.
Americas Cultivator.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
Early Potatoes i'm Gardens.


It is the habit of most farmers to plant
q few potatoes for early use in the gar
den. But this is bad practice, because
often the potatoes are planted on the
same ground year after year, and rs the
germs of disease live in the soil over
winter, the potatoes thus grown are
most likely to be diseased. Besides
where potatoes are grown in succession,
the soil is filed with hard-shell potato
bugs, which come up just about the time
the potatoes do. and will often be found
gnawing the potato shoots before it is
fairly out of the ground. It is much
better to pillow clover sod somewhere
on rich land for the early potatoes, and
reserve the garden for vegetables not
so easily grown by field culture
American Cultivator.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
yeTToxv Alaska Cedar.

The durability of this timber is forci,
bly, illustrated by fallen trunks that
are perfectly sound after lying in the
damp woods for centuries. Soon after
these trees fall they are overgrown
with moss, in which seeds lodge ard
terminate and grow up into vigorous
saplings, which stand in a row on the
backs of their dead ancestors. OF this
company of young trees perhaps three
or four Will grow up to full stature,
sending down straddling roots on each
side and establishing themselves in
the soil; and after they have reached
an age of 200 or 800 years the down
trodden trunk On which they are stand
ing, when cut into, is found as fresh in
the heart as when it fell.-John Muir, in
Century
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
THE OLD BARN.

ment barn and one built on leye
ground. Nevertheless, the writer haz-
ards the opinion that no farmer who
contemplates builGinga new or remodel
ling an old barn viii be sorry if he
chooses one with a basement. Whyf
Because such Il barn is economical and
warm, and, if well ventilated, very com
Portable for stock. Indeed, in case Of
an old barn, such as is shown in the first
illustration, rather than replace it with
a new and enlarged affair, which will
cost much time, labor and money, why
rot new timber, new side and new roof
it. as may be needed. and then raise it up
sufficiently to build an eight-foOt stone
wall on three sides of the rectangle, the
fourth to be boarded, battened and pre-
pared rs shown in the following cut.
An old barn, thus made over, will prove
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
A DOCTORS DIRECTIONS.
They save a daughter
from blindness.

a common experience to have DR.. Ayers
Sarsaparilla prescribed by a physician.
1t is common experience to see " COM
plete cure" follow the use of a few bottles
of this great blood purifying medicine.
Because, it is a specific for all forms of
blood disease. If disease has its origin
in bad or impure blood. DR.. Ayers Sars-
aparila, acting directly on the blood, re-
moving its impurities and giving to it
vitalizfng energy, will promptly eradicate
the disease.
The great feature of DR.. Ayers Sarsapa-
ril1a is the radical cures that result from
its use. Many medicines only suppress
disease they push the pimpies down
under the skin, they paint the complexion
with subtle arsenical com pounds but the
disease RACES in the veins like pent-uD
fire, and some day breaks out in a vol
canic eruption that eats up the BODY.
Ayers Sarsaparilla goes to the root. It
makes the fountain clean and the waters
are clean. It makes the root good and
the fruit is good It gives Nature the
elements she needs to build up the broken
down constitution-not to brace it up with
stimulants or patch it up on the surface.
Send for DIR. Ayers Curebook and learn
more about the cures effected by this
remedy. It's sent free, on request. by the
J. c. Aver Co., Lowell. Mass.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
Home-seekers, Excursions.

On April 9Th and 18th, the Chicago, Nil
waukee & St. Paul R'y will sell roundtrip
cago, Milwaukee and other points on its
line, to a great many points in South and
North Dakota and other western and south
western states, at greatly reduced rates.
Take a trip west and see what an amount of
good land can be purchased for the least
money. Further information as to rates,
routes, prices of farm lands, etc, may be
obtained on application to any coupon tick
ct agent or by addressing the following
named persons: W. f. Powell, Genl I'm
migration Agent, 4lO Old Colony Bldg, Chi
cago; H. f. Hunter, immigration Agt. for
South Dakota. 29l Dearborn ST.. Chicago, or
George H. Heafford, General Passenger
Agent, Chicago, Illinois.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24

Marchioness Ii, wife of Ii Chung
Tang, is very beautiful and learned, If
compared with her countywomen.
While her age is more than so, she looks
80, or even less. The wife of very
rich man, she spends royalty, although
not without keeping a detailed account
of her expenditures. She lives in her
magnificent home On the banks of the
Pei-Ho in great splendor, surrounded
by songbirds, peacoclls, aquaria, pot
terry, gems, and botanical collections.
One thousand attendants and servants
answer her beck and call. In her ward
robe, it is said, are guarded 2,GOO coats,
1000 pairs of "trouserettes, and 500
fur robes made from the finest skinB-
COIlier'S Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
A Prnnosnl.

81 have proposition to make"
All, how these words thrilled the dear
little maideni
For months she had waited for them
expectantly, and now as they fell in
sweet cadence upon her ear, her little
heart futtered, and with accents
crowded full of suppressed joy, she
softly said:
What is it, George?'
u know" he answered, that we are
happy as we are, but still L have been
thinking of q change which L feel
would bring to me q delightful sense
of relief after my anxious and painful
waiting; and so, dear one, what !
would ask is this"
He paused.
The maiden bent her listening ear
to catch his trembling words, and after
a moment of breathIess silence the
question came:
Darling, had you just as soon sit for
awhile upon the other knee"'-Up-to-
Date.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
REMopELING A RARN.
Tow 1t Can De Done Effectively and
ut Small Ernense.

Tow 1t Can De Done Effectively and
at Small Expense.
As the country grows older, and tim
Der for building purposes gets scarcer,
the fact becomes more and more APP
parent that the practical farmer should
endeavor to derive the most benefit pos
sible from under one roof. This ap-
plies in particular to the barn. \ barn
with a basement under it may have
nearly a third more room than one with
out, and that at the expense of but little
more building material. Especially is
this true if the barn is located on an
incline or bank. In any case, however,
the most required will be stones for the
wall, and generally speaking, stones of
tie requisite sort can be had in most
localities in abundance.
OF course, there has been some con-
troversy of late years concerning the
comparative value of a bank or base
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24

When father writes that yours is the
best medicine in the world" you can
allow something for seeming extrava-
gance in the statement if you know that
the medicine SO praised, cured loved
daughter of disease aud restored to her
the eyesight nearly lost. The best led
icine in the world for you is the medicine
that cures you. There can't be anything
better. No medicine can do more than
cure. That is why John S. Goode, of
Orrick, Mo-, writes in these strong terms:
"Dr. Ayers sarsapari11a is the best med
icine in the world. My daughter had
relapse after the measles, due to taking
cold. She was nearly blind,an was obliged
to remain in a dark room all the time.
The doctors could give her no relief; one
of them directed me to give her Ayers
Sarsaparilla. Two bottles cured her COM
pletely."
The thousands of testimonials to the
value of DR.. Ayers Sarsaparilla repeat
over and over again, in one form or another
the expression: THE doctors gave her
no relief; one of them directed me to
give her DR.. Ayers Sarsapari1la. Two
bottles completely cured her"
1t is a common experience to try DR..
Ayers Sarsaparil1a as last resort. It is
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
NOT AN ART ELEVATOR.
One Girl Who Was Satisfied to PAIN


Pictures.
The art student shook her head in whim-
steal protest. She has just come back from
six years study in the Paris studios, where
she had the reputation of being a talented,
conscientious and ambitious worker
Il am glad to be at home again." she
said; but everybody takes things so seri-
ously over here. AT least the girl art stu
dents do. They haven't the pluck to get
down at the bottom and dig away on first
principles in a way that every Frenchman
thinks perfectly natural; but they are awful
~ busy with ideals. They belong to clubs
for elevating all sorts of things. I've been
buttonholed on every corner by people who
want me 20 join clubs. The day got into
my studio some of my old friends came to
see me, girls [ had worked with before |
went abroad. They all looked deadly seri-
Gus, and of them struck Curtius-dedicating-
is-life-to-his-country pose and said SOL
emnly:
I" Margaret, we need you. You must help
us elevate American art
81 just tucked pillow behind my head
and said: I'll be hanged if l do. I'm going
to paint pictures
'iThey are terribly disappointed in me- I
don't breakfast until ten. can't do honest
hard work, with my best force, on less than
ten hours sleep, and so | take it; but it
seems nobody can elevate art and sleep in
the mornings. I'm willing to give up my
swell studio and go over on Tenth avenue to
live in one room and work as please rather
than paint things / don't believe in because
they would sell; but I'm using what nerve
force / have on my work, and so the girls
think I am unregenerate. Club me no clubs.
My club is a maui stick.''-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
GAINED p POUNDS IN $ WEEKS
From the By-stander, Macomb, Ill.


Alderman Louis w. Camp, of our city, has
quite astonished his friends of late, by re,
markabe gain in weight, He has gained
p pounds in five weeks. Those of his friends
who do not know the facts of his sickness
will read with interest the following:
Il was broken down in health. and utterly
miserable" said Mr.. Camp to our reporter.
Il was unable to work much of the time
and so badly afflicted with form Of stomach
trouble that life was veritable nightmare.
Il tried various remedies, but during the
six months of my sickness l obtained no
relief. / had always been a robust, healthy
man and sickness bore heavily upon me.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
[ purchased one box and received so much
benefit that | used five more and was en-
tirely cured. l gained twenty-five pounds in
FIVE weeks. Since | stopped taking the pills
I have SCARCELY had an ache or pain.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
Reflections of a Bachelor.

At 80 marriage is the wine of life; at 40
it's t1e morning after.
a man is quiet when he is dead; a woman
is dead when she's quiet.
Livery woman is mirror of her bosom
friend to her husband and a mirror of her
husband to her bosom friend.
The first sign that woman is beginning to
feel her age is when she hunts UP all the baby
pictures of her children.
Half woman's pleasure in buying pref
ty pair of stockings cheap is spoiled because
she can never be perfectly sure they won't
crock
When you see a girls eyes look as if she
had been crying she has generally met with
bath and couldn't find her silk starching
bap-N Y Press
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
FircDroOf Babies,

4 doctor residing in the East end of
London has discovered a solution which
renders clothing absolutely fireproof.
by this discovery" he says, the APP
palling loss of life in babies by being
burned will be minimized." The fOrmu-
Ia represents prescription of five per
cent. alum and five per cent. phosphate
of ammonia, which renders the sub
stance absolutely noninfammable. All
that is necessary is to steep the clothing
in the solution, and the tissues SO
treated will resist the flames, even if
they have previously been rubbed with
Cunpowder-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24

called Grain-O. 1t is delicious, appetizing,
nourishing food drink to take the place Of
coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all
who have used it, because when properly
prepared it tastes like the finest coffee but
Grain.O aids Digestion dis and STRENGTHENS the
nerves. 1t is not a stimuant but health
builder, and children, as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit. Costs about ! as
much as coffee. Is and Csc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
Getting Things I'm Trim for the ArbitratorA
Who Meet in Paris.

WASHINGTON, March 1s.-By arrange
ment between the parties, Sir Julian
Pauncefote for Great Britain and Senior
Andrade for Venezuela, the cases
relative to the boundary arbitra-
ton prepared by council on either
side have been exchanged. The docu'
1nepts will be forwarded to their re-
spective governments by the ambassa'
dor and the minister to serve as the
basis for the counter cases to be eX'
changed later on, and to prepare the
Ivav for the arbltrators to meet in Paris
next fall.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24

So obviously did she desire 10 be alone
that the fire in the coal stove went out.
Yet the lover stayed.
Speaking Of the force of habit" he
casually observed, Il have eaten eggs
fer breakfast until don't believe I
could get along without them"
Dear me-" she exclaimed. Il might
have ordered some last night just as
well as not"
The millcman, whom he met just
without the door, passed the compli-
ments of the season, but he needed not.
San Francisco Examiner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
Had Been There.

measured longings, with indefnable
ecstasy, with a feeling that your soul
can rise above the trammeiments of
mundane things and bask in the sun
shine of the infinite?
He-Yes. indeed! But think of the
head you have on you the next morn
ing!-N. Y. Press.