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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
IS ALGERIsM AN IsSuE7
Not Political Prejudice, But Public
Demand That Arraigns the
War Department..

The hue and cry that has beer raised
against the mismanagement of the
war department was taken up at the
outset by representative newspapers
of both parties. All along, however,
the press has had nothing but praise
for Mr.. McKinley's personal attitude
during the war.
The scandalous blunders which
marred the Santiago campaign and
developed later in every camp of
mobilization began in the war depart
ment and should have ended with the
removal of Secretary Alger. Repub-
lican newspapers. partisan organs of
the megaphone variety excepted, were
not slow to find the cause of the
trouble. They printed the facts as
told in news dispatches and exploited
them editorially without reflection
upon the ability or motives of the
president.
These newspapers are still clamor-
Gus for the truth. They would sustain
the president and punish the guilty.
The most rabid politician would not
manufacture evidence from a theme
so unpopular as the inability of our Of
ficials to care for our soldiers. The
poverty, ignorance and cruelty of the
methods followed by the war depart
ment are not good material upon
which to base n political issue, nor
would the most reckless partisan or
gan advance charges so repulsive to
American pride without being sure of
its ground.
Disagreeable as It is, the misman-
agement of the war department is a
fact. The Hannacrat apologists admit
that Secretary Alger was unfit for the
position he held, without occupying,
before and during the war. To the
demands of the public and press gen.
orally, they shrek charges Of polit-
zeal prejudice, overlooking or con-
cealing the fact that the more intelli-
gent publications of their own party
also demand truth and justice in the
case at issue. AS much of the truth as
could be CLEANED from personal OBJ
servation and private sources has
been printed fearlessly. What all
fair-minded people want is all the
truth and nothing more nor less. 1t
so happens that this can come only
from republican administration.
Thus far public Indignation against
Algerism is anything but a partisan
howl. The insolent mouthings of men
like Senator Hanna and Steve Elkins
are calculated to direct public senti-
ment against the administration Of
which they are part, and to force
the president and his party to make
common cause against the popular
will. The persistence with which Mr..
Mckinley elings to his so-calIed
friends without regard to their merits
or the rights of the people is another
influence which will not fail to bring
odium upon the republican party. If
this should be the result of his alleged
determination to shield his friend AL
ger the controversy may grow into a
national issue, but Mr. Mckinley can
blame nobody but himself and his bad
advisers.-St. Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
SHEEP, BARN AND RACK.
A Convenient Structure-Is Large
Enough to Accommodate from
so to IS Animals.

I should build not less than 20 by 30
feet and 16 feet high. This height is
perhaps greater than would be needed
to store coarse feed for the number of
sheep named, but an extra two or three
feet in height costs very little and
know that the vast majority of barns
are too small. have never known one
that was too large.
The labor required to frame barn
of this size will be no greater than for
q smaller one. No purline plates will
be needed and but one interior bent.
Use plank instead of square timber for
the frame and the cost for this will be
reduced nearly one-half. For the
posts use two 2 by s-inch sticks, using
timbers of the same dimensions for
the joist bearers. Slip the ends of the
joist bearers between the two pieces
making the post, thus you have a NOR
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
A Cat That Likes Elevators.

The Philadelphia Bourse is the home
of very Intelligent cat. This tabby,
which is coal black, without a single
white spot upon her, has fondness for
travelling in the elevator. She is per-
fectly at home there, and travels up and
down many times daily. She goes to
the door of the elevator shaft and news
until the car comes along and takes her
on. The various elevator men are very
careful of her, for she is great mouscr.
and in the Bourse, as in other big build
ings, mice are troublesome. These lit
tie pests frequently destroy valuable
documents supposedly safely slowed
away in desks and drawers. Tabby
notifies the elevator men what floor she
desires to get off upon by mewing
loudly as the CIR comes to the particu-
lar story. In this way she makes a tour
of inspection of the entire building
Philadelphia Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22

trustees. In a recent interview he said:
"I had been a sufferer of rheumatism for
a number of years and the pain at times was
very intense. l tried all the proprietary
medicines l knew of but received no relief;
II family placed my case with several
physicians and doctored with them for some
time, but they failed to do me any good.
Finally, with my hopes of relief nearly ex-
hausted read an article regarding DR.. Will
lians' Pink Pills for Pale People, which in
duced me to try them. was anxious to get
rid of the terrible disease and bought two
boxes of the pills. began using them about
March, 1897. After had taken two boxes
I was completely cured, and the pain has
never returned. think it is the best medi-
cine | have ever taken, and am willing at
any time to sign my. name to any testimony
setting forth its good merits"
(Signed) ADAM VANGUNDY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
Goth day of September, A D. 1897.
FRANKLIN C. FUNK, Notary Public:
Mr.. Vangundy's statement ought tc be
regarded as criterion of the good merits, Of
these pills, and what better proof could
person want than the above facts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
MUSTER OUT THE WAR TAX.
A Needless Burden Imposed Upon the
People by the Admin
istrRtiOn.

It Is now manifest that the special
taxes levied by the war revenue bill
were needlessly burdeusome. The
people were called upon to furnish at
least 500, 900 more money per
year than was really required to prose
cute the war TO finish, just as they
were called upon to furnish at least
100 900 more men than were needed,
or ever likely to be needed, for the
same purpose.
Not satisfied with raising 5000, o00,-
BOO by a special bond issue, the admin
istration forced through congress a
bill putting taxes on about everything
in sight, from patent medicines to
bank checks and from express pack
ages to kilograms. The American
people, with the same marvellous pa
thence they have shown in bearing
every burden and sacrifice, however
Mistakenly and unnecessarily inl-
posed upon them, uncomplainingly
submitted to this complicated and an
noying system of internal taxation.
It is now known that the collec-
tons under the war revenue bill will
surely yield s14O,OOO,OOo by the end of
the current fiscal year. That sum,
added to the $500, 1000, 900 derived from
the bond issue, will bring the extraor-
binary revenue of the treasury for war
purposes up to $40, 100000. 1t is also
known now that the total cost of the
war up to the end of the current fiscal
year will not exceed S235, 100000. Still
further, it is known that the increas-
ing volume of imports is likely to in
crease the ordinary revenue of the
government, derived under the cid
laws, by about $50, oOO, 900 within the
same period.
In short, the financial prospect be-
fore the country is that, unless the SUI
perfiuous war taxes are repealed,
there will be an enormous treasury
surplus on June 30, 1899, which the
country has no use for.
These special war taxes should be
repealed. They were imposed under
conditions that have ceased TO exist.
They are yielding at least S14O, OO0, 900
q year of unnecessary revenue. They
are taking just about 100000 day
out of the pockets of the people need
lessly and for no purpose whatever
except to pile up huge surplus in the
treasury which will be a menace to
the financial and commercial welfare
of the country.
These war taxes will continue to be
collected month after month, year
after year, until they ere modified or
repealed altogether.
Muster out the unnecessary war
taxes as well as the unnecessary war
riorSi-N " World
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
FIG. 2.

mine the kind OF roof and the kind
of siding used.
Have two S-feet doorways at either
end for convenience in hauling out
manure. Have three double windows
on either side. Place the sash beside
each other instead of one above the
other. Fasten them with spring bolts
so that they can be revolved to admit
of ventilation without admitting rain
or snow.
Place a double rack through the
middle lengthwise, thus dividing the
barn into two stables. If additional
feeding room is needed place racks
along the wall. Take hay in at one end
by hand. Just in front of the door
ut which hay is taken in have a trap
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22

tise and tenon made without auger or
chisel. Use two 2 by S sticks for plates
spiked together, as in making a W
shaped trough.
Instead of the short braces, such as
are commonly used in heavy timber
frames, make the plate braces extend
from the foot of the posts and spike to
each mailing girt. This strengthens
greatly the entire structure. Use
three pieces by at each bent for
joist bearers. Bolt and spike one to
either side of the posts. The mailing
girts for the siding, supposing it to be
put on up and down, are spiked to the
outside of the posts; 2 by finch are
strong enough for these. I append a
list of the timber needed for the
frame. Local conditions may deter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
Trees That Grow Ivory.

1t is a mistake to suppose that all
ivory comes from the tusks of the ele-
plants and other animals. AS 4 mat
ter of fact, the greater part of it comes
from the fruit of palm trees that grow
in South America. If man could only
cultivate these trees in England he
could turn his back garden to good ac-
count. Of course, the ivory does not
grow in the form of a tusk. The fruit
CT the tree contains nuts, having a
copious supply of albumen, which is
edible when young, but afterward be-
comes exceedingly hard and white,
bearing so stronga resemblance to ivory
that only an expert could tell the diff
ference. Nearly all knife handles that
are sold as ivory are made from these
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
rhe nemocratie Rally.

The war craze, and all the frenzied
generalization it brought with it. are
waning. The attempt to use it to
stampede the democratic party is a
failure. The old guard of stalwart.
progressive, liberty-loving Americans
who are not afraid to be called moss
backs" and "bourbons" by knaves and
imbeciles, are standing four square
for the historic principles of Ameri-
can liberty. TIL true democrats will
rally to them. The war craze will lose
its force, ard as one plutocratic scan
dial after another develops, the imper-
ialist rascals will be glad to change
the subject. The stars in their courses
are fighting for American democracy.
1t will never surrender, ard it cannot
lose.-Mississippi Valley Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Mark Hanna says he knows the
war department is all right because
he "was there nearly all the time"
Here's a chance for Alger to stand
from under.-St. Louis Republic.
The republican chanticleer must
be sadly in need of an excuse for
trying his voice when he INDUCES
in a husky crow over the republican
victory in Vermont. - Binghamton
IN. W Leader.
Removing Alger will not cure
the disease. That would be only doc
toring a symptom. The remedy lies in
sweeping from authority the party re-
sponsible for the power he has ex-
erted to infict so much suffering and
harm upon the country.-St. Louis Re-
public.
If the two hundred millions in
gold the Hannacrats were boarding
m the treasury were put in circulation,
the price of gold might go down far
enough to put up the price of wheat at
least ten cents a bushel. Stand by
Bland and vote down gold standard i'm
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Valley Demo-
crat.
-Alger and his benefciaries, the
incompetents and their relatives and
friends, are talking glibly of 'the nee
essary horrors of war and military
camps in time of war" The wrecking
and ravaging of our volunteer army
are not horrors of war. but horrors of
Algerism. And for their continuance
after they became known William Nc
Kinley made himself responsibility.
Y. World.
President Mckinley was none
too quick in abandoning his first in
tention to refuse an investigation of
Algerism and to make his administra-
ton responsible for it. Already the
first intimations were becoming aud
ible in his party that, if Mckinley were
to shoulder Algerism. the republicans
would need to look elsewhere than to
the white house for their candidate
in 19OO.-N. Y. Post.
Mark Hanna says the surgeons
and chaplains who tell stories of camp
horrors are talking for political effect.
Well, they are nearly all talking. and
they all talk alike. Is it possible that
all the surgeons and chaplains in the
volunteer army are partisan demo-
Gratis? Why did the president go to
the other party for the men to fill these
posts? Didn't he give republican doc
tors and preachers any show at alp
ST. Louis PostDispatch.
The official family of the admin
istration started in with the idea that
"a public Office is a private snap" and
they have managed the affairs of the
government along that line. This is
how the republican, leaders have been
manufacturing democratic campaign
thunder. and they may be assured
that the democratic party will make it
sound to the uttermost parts of the
country and weave in a good many
streaks of lightning. too.-kansas City
Times
The election in Vermont has set
all the republican. organs at work to
find an explanation of the phenomenal
results reached by the popular vote.
1t is a surprise party, and no mistake.
The democrats increase their poll for
governor by a very respectable figure:
the republicans lose to a degree which
in a less sure state would mean defeat;
while in the legislature the democracy
makes what is stupendous gain in
representation. comparatively consid-
ered.-Boston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
Po1i.hing Horns and Hoof..

Soak horns in warm water till pitk
or core can be removed; this also soft
ems horns, making them more easily
worked. Smooth by rasping, scraping
andsandpapering, using fine emery pa
per last. To polish, rub with cloth
moistened with linseed oil dipped in
tripoli, finally rubbing with the hand.
The horns may be more easily handled
by inserting a stick fastened with a
screw through the horn and held In
q wise. Hoofs may be polished IN the
same way. making neat match safes
Country Gentleman
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22

door in the floor through which hay
may be thrown to the rack below.
append a drawing of the rack l use, a
rack that is almost ideal. In the
double racks, we walk in them when
distributing grain. This is done with
the racks closed, so that all the sheep
are let at their grain at once. Grain,
ensilage, roots, cut fodder and hay
may all be fed in this rack without
waste or danger of getting any of tho
feed in the wool.
The cut above shows an end view of
the rack with all the CROSSROADS left
off as it is open for the sheep to feed.
The dotted lines show the way the
wings revolve and the position they
take when the rack is closed. Use
boards a foot wide for the bottoms OF
the troughs, also for the one joining
the troughs and for the wings. Use
5-inch ones for the sides. making the
troughs 5 inches deep. Make bottom
of trough IL inches above foot of posts.
Make racks just long enough to fill the
spaces designed for them, in this case
about IA feet. For this length of rack
I use middle posts. Two-inch square
stuff is large enough for posts. and
even lighter Will do for the arms of the
wings. Fasten the wings on with
bolts. A wall rack make just two
thirds as wide. leaving off one trough
and wing. Framing lumber for barn:
Is by s-inch 16 feet long, "a 2 by g.
inch. Is feet long. IL 2 by finch. IL feet
long. 10 by S-inch. 90 feet, IL by f.
n
This includs joists, supposing that a
tight floor is to be put under hay NOW.
Use strap hinges for the doors and cut
at least one of each pair of doors in
two.-H. P. Miller. in Farm and Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
IT Didn't Work.

Father Dugan-I am afraid, Bridget.
that you are as much at fault il this
quarrel as Patrick. You must learn
to exercise forbearance, and remember
that soft answer turneth away wrath.
Bridget observation-disclosures. yer
r;verance, that's jist wot stharted the
throuble. Pat came home from his
worruk and axed wot was there for
dinner. He was toired an hungry an
cross as two sthicks, so he was. an /
give him a soft answer.
"Well, what did you say?"
"Cowld mush"-Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
True Happiness in Potatoes.

London has Woman's Vegetarian
club whose business it is to teach the
esthetics of this form of diet. In its
mentalaspectvegetarianismis, it seems.
the root of all great attachments. One
gains happiness, health, and love of
all around, a sympathy, the desire to
lend helping hand to others, perfect
unity of soul by partaking only of this
food. Who would suppose, if they had
not been told, that beans and potatoes
would bring about such a delectable
Embellishments Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
Starving for Breath.

Several hundred thousand people in the
United States and Canada are literally starv-
when if they would consult DIR. P Harold
Hayes, of Buffalo, n. Y, by letter, he
would inform them how to be cured of this
most distressing and treacherous disease,
and cured to stay cured. DR.. Hayes makes
no charge for examination by mail and his
opinion as to the durability of any case.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
THE RUSH FOR GOLD.
From the Times. Bluffs. Ill.

The rush of gold seekers to the KlondikA
brings thrilling memories to the forty
miners" still alive, of the time when they
the great American desert on the journey to
the land of gold. These pioneers tell some
experiences which should be needed by gold
seekers of to-day. Constant exposure and
faulty diet killed large numbers, while
nearly all the surviyors were afflicted with
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22

Some experts declare that Comm
ute engagement between two big fleets
of the modern type would involve cost
of over 100000. And this estimate
takes into view only expenditure of
ammunition and wear and tear of guns
leaving out of consideration damage
to or the loss of vessels.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22

Manga puny, debilitated infant, fretting
and wasting away daily, often unable to
digest its food, may be rescued from an I'M
(Teethin0 PoiDders). TEETHINA Aids Diges-
ton, Regulates the Bowels and makes teeth
ing easy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
Taxes i'm Turkey.

Most Turkish towns are surrounded
by walls, and officials are usually sta
toned at the gates to collect a tax on
every thing that comes in for sale. A
recent traveller tells a story of peas
ant who wanted to take cheese into
town for sale, but finding that the tax
was beyond his purse. "he sat down and
ate the cheese, whereupon he was al
lowed to take it in free."-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
Got the WronE Man

A wounded Hungarian bear came
near rendering a service to Austria re-
Gently. It rushed upon the disreputable
Archduke Otto, next brother of the
sickly heir to the throne, who. with
kuntsman. stood in it's path. and tore
the huntsman to pieces before it could
be shot.=Cincinnati Enquirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
nfdn,t Fininh Her Worlx.

Mrs. Bilkins - The new girl broke
four plates to-day.
Mr.. Bilkins-Did she assign any rea-
son for not breaking the entire set P
Ohio State Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22

d i s e a s e
m a n y of
them with
+ b e u m a
tism. Such
a sufferer
was Adam
Vangun dy,
who now re-
8 j d e 8 at
Bluffs, H.,
where he
has be- en-
Justice of
the peace
and was the
first presl-
dent of the
board of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
Improvements Am Flxing Machines.

Inventors are plenty who can make ma
chine that viii rise and float in air, but the
one Improvement which none has succeeded
in making is an apparatus that viii guide the
machine through the many treacherous cur
rents of air. In this respect humanity Is
Bitters, which acts as a safe guide by cur
ing treacherous stomach, liver and blood
diseases, giving good appetite, strong con-
stitution and nerves like steel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
River Nile Not Destructive.

The River Nile has its rises, but those
that do mischief arc not frequent. Dur
ing the last 1000 years there has been
only one sudden rise of the Nile, that
of 1929, when 10000 people were
drowned.-Ckieago Times-Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22

At the Fancy Dress Ball.-Wife-"H Henry,
I'm ashamed of you; you have had six dis
tinct drinks tonight that know Of" Hus-
band-"No. m dear, lasht two YER indish-
tinc'."-Judy
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
A warning DisreEardcd

Cannibal Chief-The queen. sire. has
caught a dreadful cold.
Court Physician-I knew it. knew
she would. Ihave warned her repeated
ly not to 60 out without her beads
n. Y. Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22

Suspicious.-Nephew Ito rich uncle, who
has fallen down stairs)-'I hope you are not
hurt" Uncle-"Oh, you do, do you? You
know very well that must be either hurt or
ad."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22

The expense of repairing tire punctures
should be added to our income tacks.-L. A.
W. Bulletin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22

Piso's Cure is wonderful Cough medi-
eine-Mrs w. Pickert, Van Siclen and
Blake Aves.. Brooklyn, n. Y, Oct. 26, "a.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22

Fortify Feeble Lungs Against Winter
with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22

A Eaful nrou

Snooper-He took drop too much
and died.
Skidmore-Delirium tremens?
Snooper-No: parachute. = Harlen
Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22

There is more money squandered in foo
bargains than is spent for whisky.-Wash
ington (Ia.) Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22

The man who fails to lay up something for
a rainy day always has to depend on his
friends for an umbrella.-Chicago Daily
News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
WAY He Wa. rronhlea.

she did break the engagement; she's not the
only fish in the swim.
Tom-Oh, I don't care about her break
ing the engagement, but you see I've got to
go right on paying installments on the ring
icy breeze comes inc Chicago Evening News.