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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
M'kINLEYs STRADpLE.
rhe Presidents Attitude ON the
Money Question.


No sooner has President Mckinley
| delivered himself of most emphatic ut
terances on the financial question in
his New York after-dinner speech than
all the newspaper editors in the country
fall to quarreling with each other over
what the speech meant.
There is no other man in the United
States who can say so much that sounds
convincing while he is saying it and
which means so many different things
when it is said. This gift may be
gratifying to the president, but it is the
cause of much anguish of spirit on the
part of bis friends.
In New York the president, with ear
nest and impressive words, pledged the
government as follows:
Nothing should ever tempt us, moth
inGever will tempt US, to scale down the
sacred debt of the nation through legal
technicality. Whatever may be the lam
guage of the contract, the United States
will discharge all it's obligations in
the currency recognized as best
throughout the civilized world at the
time of payment"
This declaration has set the gold clique
VIII Win Joy dS PROOF pOSIlIhe IIldl
the president was at last thoroughly
committed to the monometallic gold
theory of currency. For the moment,
doubtless, the president thought he was
believer in the single gold standard,
but he did not confine himself to the
statement quoted
With true Mckinley evasion he wan
dered on and away from the narrow
golden gate and said: I'VE are, there
fore. opposed to the free coinage of sill
yer except by international agreement
with the leading commercial nations of
the world. which we pledge ourselves tc
promote"
Thus. by quoting the republican plat
form. the president cast down the high
hopes of the gold advocates and, in the
forcefuI but inelegant language of the
gambling table, may be said to have
''straddled" the financial question.
Everybody seems to be agreed thatthe
president delivered a very important
speech in New York the other night.
Everybody says it will go ringing
around the world. But no two people
can be found who can agree on exactly
what position the president took on
the currency question.-Chicago Dis
patch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
COTTON SEED MEALS.
No Other Food Varies Quite SO Much
in Composition.

IN SOHpOSAAAOAs
Much has been said and written rela-
tive to the use of cotton seed meal as
cattle food. Nearly all investigators
agree in giving it Il high value and urge
dairymen to use this material, not only
because it is a cheap source of protein.
but because it also has high manurial
value. Practical feeders differ greatly
in their estimates of cotton seed meal.
Some seem to use it very satisfactorily
for awhile, and later conclude that the
feed is not well ada pied for their pur-
poses. Occasionally a feeder observes
that the health of his animals is af-
fected by the feeding of cotton seed too
freely, and it sometimes happens that
even after animals have been fed for
months with apparent success that
they are injured by its continued use.
1t has also happened that cows fed
upon cotton seed meal do well for a
time and that later the milk flow is
diminished without any apparent
cause.
There are at present no other concen-
trated feeding stuffs which vary so
much in composition as cotton seed
meals from different sources and diff
ferent mills. Within three weeks the
Maine agricultural experiment station
has examined samples varying from %
per cent. to over SO per cent. of protein.
This great variation in different lots
of cotton seed meal may explain the
different estimates of different prac-
teal feeders and of the same feeders
at different times. If a COW is fed Il
cotton seed meal containing &c per
cent. protein, and is then fed an equal
weight of a meal containing So per
cent, it is evident that the amount of
protein which she receives will have
been doubled by the change. If she has
been FED up to her full capacity in the
first instance, such an increase might
result disastrously- On the other hand.
changing from a cotton seed of high
protein content to one of low protein
content would diminish the milk flow
unless the amount of meal fed is also
correspondingly increased. Rural
World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
A Steady Walking Gait.

Walking is one of the gaits that is
nearly always neglected, and yet an ac-
five, quick, clear-footed walk is val
liable gait to the horse intended for the
farm, for use as roadster or for
s4ddler. \ horse broken to harness is
generally trained for awhile at the side
Of some steady old animal, and the
youngster, if inclined to walk fast, soon
begins to learn that it is not the thing
to do. For that reason it is best to
break a young horse in single harness
or under the saddle. and train him t o be
p good walker, as well as good at other
gaits. y three-year-old is generally
better walker than he will be at any
other age if he is kept as a harness
horse, unless specially trained with a
view to brisk, active movement in that
gait.-Prairie Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
WORKINGMEN DUPED.
The Poor Victims of Protection and
the Trusts.

The Poor Victims OF protection 0nu
the Trusts
The thousands of protected working
men who are now walking around"
looking for some capitalist who will
permit them to work may congratulate
themselves that Grover the Fat is worth
five or six millions of dollars; that the
Standard Oil company's profits during
the year were over S5O,000,00O, and
that J. Pierpont Morgan controls near
" one-third of the railway mileage of
the United States; that the sugar trust
is making 60 per cent. profit; that Pull
man left S3O.OOO.OOO; and that Mark
Hanna's IS Mckinley. in the interest
of the poor national banker, has urged
congress to authorize the comptroller
of the currency to issue-loan-mone
to the poor ma tional banker at the rate
of one-hGlf of one per cent, and which
the banker can loan at eight or ten
per cent. or, in other words, Mark
Hanna's SIS Mckinley desires the gov
ernment-the people-to issue to his
masters, the bankers, $1,000 in money,
for which the poor national banker
shall pay the government-the people
five dollars per year, and for which
it is expected the people-the govern
ment-will pay the poor national bank
er from $50 to 500 per year in advance.
The work the people may further con-
graduate themselves upon is that If
they cannot obtain the consent of some
capitalist to be allowed to work, they
they are free men. and they can either
steal or starve.-Rights of Man.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10

"There's nothing succeeds like success"
There is no withstauding the living argu-
ment of the man who should be dead, who
isn't dead. but who would be dead. but for
a preserving medicine. That's about the
way II seemed to strike Editor Lawrence,
of the Ohio Farmer, Cleveland, Ohio. He
was afflicted with one of those colds that
have, thousands of times over, eliminated
in consumption, when not promptly cured
In this condition he met a friend, a con-
sumptive, whom he had not expected to
see alive. The consumptive friend recon-
mended DR.. J. c. Ayers Cherry Pectoral
for the editors cold. on the ground that it
had helped him wonderfully. 1t helped
the editor just as wonderfully, giving
almost instant relief" But read his
letter:
About two months ago, was afflicted
with bad cold, and, meeting friend, he
advised the use of Ayers Cherry PICTORIAL
which. he claimed, had helped him won
derfully. As he was consumptive, whom
had not expected to see alive for several
years, concluded there must be merit in
this preparation. I accordingly bought
couple of bottles, one of which I keep on
my desk all the time. This is certainly
the best remedy for a cold I ever used. It
gives almost instant relief. and the ]. c.
Aver Co. are to be congratulated on posses
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10

daylight below it. The tails of all Chew
lots are left long enough to reach the
hooks. This needed protection, espe-
cially to the udders of ewes, is rendered
practicable on account of the dry ma
ture of the usual forage, which obviates
the danger of securing. The legs be-
low the knees and hooks, as well as
the face, is covered by a close growth
of short, stiff, white hair. The fleece is
so dense and close as to be almost i'm
Penetrable to rain and cold. The ewes
clip from five to seven pounds each.
rams two to three pounds more. The
wool is of medium length, strong and
firm, furnishing the staple for those
durable cloths known as cheviots. The
live weight of ewes and wethers ranges
from 100 to 100 pounds. The mutton is
finely marbled, juicy and palatable.
Ewes are prolific, averaging three
lambs to two ewes annually, and are
good mothers, with abundance of milk
Farm and Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
IN ALL SORTS OF WEATHER.

He tried the best physicians but without
being benefited and has used several specific
rheumatic cures, but was not helped.
About one year and six months ago he read
in this paper of a case somewhat similar to
his which was cured by DR.. Williams Pink
Pills and concluded to try this remedy.
After taking the first box he felt some
what better, and after using three boxes, the
him. and he has now for over a year been
entirely free from all his former trouble and
enjoys better health than he has had since
his boyhood.
He is loud in his praise of Dr. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and will gladly
corroborate the above statements. His post
office address is Lorenzo Neeley, Horton,
Jackson County, Michigan.
All the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves are contained, in con-
densed form, in DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. All druggists sell them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
COMMENT AND OPINION.

THE question of how much Han
mas election cost has been settled. All
those connected with it say nothing
Chicago Dispatch.
Some of Mr.. Hanna's money has
been found. 1t should be returned to
him, care of Mr.. Mckinley ut the white
house.-Atlanta Constitution.
In moving into the white house,
Mr.. Hanna has kindly consented to let
the previous tenant remain as a roomer
for the present.-Albany Argus.
-Maine's ice crop is extraordinari-
ly large this year. Nelson Dingley
romplacently rubs his hands and says:
Look at that, now!"-Kansas City
Times.
Boss Hanna has split the re-
publican party in Ohio and wiped it out
in louisiana. If boss could be used
for political damages, the republican
party could throw Hanna into bank
ruptcy.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
President Mckinley made a
wheelhorse political speech to the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers,
but the way he SHE'D off from the sub
ject of the New England mill strikes
was more worthy of skittish colt
St. Louis Republic.
The most intimate political
friends of Mr.. Hanna did not seem to be
proud of his election. They do not
want to publish the means by which it
was attained. They seem to be desir-
Gus of allowing the matter 10 fade
away. They have the bird and want
to stop the discharge of firearms
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The gold reserve, dearly beloved
fellow-citizens, now exceeds the sum
of 16O.O0O,O0O. So of course, you are
prosperous, and everything is all right
What! You are not prosperous? Well,
Pierpont Morgan is prosperous. any
how; so cheer up. He fixed up the gold
reserve, you KNOWN. Y. Journal.
The attorney general of the
United States, who has always been the
friend of trusts, has been promoted to
the supreme bench, and another at
torney general appointed who exactly
fills his place. The trusts are losing no
ground under this administration
Columbus (O.) Press.
The present condition of the
trade Is q VI AAAS
and the defects of protection. If the
democratic party in the house of repre-
sentatives had not become n fen of
stagnant waters tenanted only by tad
poles, Cuba, Hawaii and Mr.. Teller's
resolution would be forgotten in the
country's amusement at the daily bait
Ing of Dingley.-Philadelp Times.
No longer is there any semblance
of doubt as to the proper answer to the
Output question: "Who is the biggest
man in the Mckinley administration? ?"
Mark Hanna is closer to the president
and has a stronger pull with him than
all the members of the Mckinley cab
met taken together. He not only sleeps
in the white house, but sleeps near the
executive. When an idea or a scheme
comes to Mark in the middle of the
night all he needs to do is to run into
the presidents room, wake him up and
impress it on his attention. Talk about
the Kitchen cabinets" of other admin
istrations! Compared with Hanna and
Hannaism ensconced in the executive
mansion they are naught.-Boston
Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
SHE TOOK THE HINT.
And Then Proceeded to Display Hez
Immense Ingenuity.

At home stations the private soldiers
washing is usually done by the married sol
diers' wives, who are expected to sew on
missing buttons and do repairs, for which
a small sum is deducted from the private s
pay.
Pat McGinnis had good deal of trouble
with his laundress; Sunday after Sunday
had his shirt come back with the neck but
ton off, or else hanging by thread. He
had spoken to her on the subject and she
had promised to see to it, but still the but
ton was not on properly.
He got out of patience one Sunday when
the missing button had made him late for
parade, and exclaimed:
Bother the woman! I'll see if 1 can't
give her a hint this time, anyhow"
He then took the lid of a tin backing box,
holes in it with fork and seWed It on to the
neck of the shirt that was next to be
washed. When his washing came back he
found that she had taken the hint; she had
made a button hole to fit it.-Detroit Free
Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
Trimming n Shenherd Pun.

To train shepherd puppy to drive
cows and sheep, be sure that the sire
and dam were trained 10 do what you
wish of the pup, and that he naturally
goes to the heel and not to the head.
If these are secured, the training is
easy, and only consists in teaching the
pup to come at once when called. Then
take him on a string with you a few
times, so as to let him get used to see
ing the cows or sheep, and let them be-
come acquainted with the pup. Then
let him go, but keep him near you to
avoid getting him hurt and frightened.
and little by little he will come to I'M
derstand what he is to do and how to
do it.-Dakota Field and Farm.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
Pres. Mckinney VS.. Free silver.

A battle of giants is going to take nIa"c
this summer on $1,000 farms in America. hot
in talk or votes, but in yields. Salzer's new
potato marvels are named as above, and he
offers price for the biggest potato yield,
also $500 in gold for suitable name for his
corn az inches long, and oat prodigies. Only
seedsmen in America growing grasses,
clovers and farm seeds and selling potatoes
at $3.50 barrel. The editor urges you to
try SalZer's Northern-grown seeds, and to
SEND THIS NOTICE WITH 10 CTs. IN STAMPS
to John A. Salzer Seed Co, La Crosse, Wis,
for IL new farm seed samples, worth $1,000.
T. set start, and their big catalogue. 2
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10

before taking up their home there visited
the country as delegates. They reported
to the Government of the Dominion of
Canada the result of their observations,
and from this report extracts have been
taken, which are published below:
We have visited number of most desir-
able locations and are highly pleased with
the country as a whole, it being beyond our
porous and weli-contented lot of people
They have comfortable homes, and their
vast fields of wheat and other crops in addi-
ton to their herds of choice cattle, indicate
prosperity in the full sense of the word In
conversation with the farmers throughout
them came here with very limited means,
and some with no more than enough to
bring them here, and they are now well-to-
do. They all claim that this is the only ceun-
try for poor man, or one with little means,
to get start and make home for himself
and family. As you are aware, we were a
little shaky and undecided before leaving
Detroit, but have determined since that we
with our friends, will make this country our
future home 1t is far from being the wilder
ness we had pictured it to be; it is, instead,
a land having all the facilities required by
modern civilization, such as railroads, mar
kets, stores, churches, schools, ETC., in fact,
an ideal hore for those having the future
welfare of themselves and families at heal {"
The Messrs Striovski selected the Ala
media district, but what they say of it appeals
in a general way to most other districts in
that vast country. They speak of the fuel,
which is to be had in great quantities, of the
water that can be had by digging from 10 to
20 feet, and of the good grazing land to be
had almost everywhere. There is plenty of
wood for building timber anu for fuel, while
coal is convenient, and sells at low prices at
the mines. In driving through the country
they passed many fine patches of wild rasp-
berries, and say they can speak highly of
their fa=cr, as they could not resist the
temptation to stop and eat.
Having already transgressed on your valu-
ABLE space shdi deter f further reference
illustrated pamphlet recently issued by the
Department of the Interior, Ottawa, Can
ada, giving a complete description of the
country, will be forwarded free to all who
write for it. Yours,
WESTERN CANADA.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
THE MAN WHO LIVED.
He should have been dead.
But he wasn't, because

sing the formula for such a very valuable
remedy."-W. H. LAWRENCE, Editor The
Ohio Farmer. Cleveland. Ohio.
Keep bottle of DR.. Ayers Cherry Pee
toral handy, on the desk, in the ONCE, on
the shelf or in the closet at home, and YOU
will have at hand a remedy that is capable.
at any time of saving you suffering, money,
and even life. There is no malady 50.
prolific of evil results a neglected cold.
There is no medicine SO promptly effective
in curing a cold and absolutely Graduating
its effects, as DR.. Ayers Cherry PICTORIAL.
Every traveller should carry il. Every
household should keep it. It cures every
variety of cough. and all forms of lung
and throat trouble. Asthma, bronchitis,
Group. and whooping cough. are promptly
cured by it, and it has in many cases over
come pulmonary diseases in aggravated
forms, when ali other remedies failed to
help and physicians gave no hope OF cure
Those who for convenience have wanted a
smaller sized bottle of DR.. Ayers Cherry
Pectoral. can now obtain it of their dealer
in half size bottles, at half price-5o cents
Send for DR.. Ayers Curebook, and read
more of the cures effected by this remedy
The book contains 100 pages, and is sent
free, on request, by the ]. c. Aver Coz
Lowell. Mass.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
How's Thise

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. Cheney & Co, Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
Mark Is Mum.

For some reason or other Mr.. Hanna
has been remarkably quiet since his
return to Washington. His self-efface-
ment is the more remarkable because
there have been several occasions on
which he could have displayed himself
as the motive power and mouthpiece of
the administration. But he has re-
Trained. He hasn't said word about
Cuba, Hawaii or currency reform. He
hasn't divulged the presidents opin-
ions on any topic to a single corre-
spondent. 1t is hard to account for this
except upon the superstition that
Hanna is beginning dimly to realize
that he has overestimated its impor-
lance. The way he was raped over the
head at Columbus may have taken
some of the conceit out of him. In
other words, Mr.. Hanna is not so or
acular as he was, but he knows heap
more. Some men, like some dogs, are
the better for good, sound thrashing
Chicago Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
Give the Chtldren a Drink

called Grain-O. 1t is a delicious, appetizine,
nourishing food drink to take the place of
coffee. Sold by all grccers and liked by all
who have used it, because when properly
prepared it tastes like the finest coffee but
is free from all its injurious p-operties.
Grain-O aids digestion and STRENGTHENS the
nerves. 1t is not a stimulant but health
builder, and children, as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit. Costs about as
much as coffee Is and 25c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
Corn for FnttentnE sheep.

The results of various trials declare
corn to be the most profitable grain for
fattening sheep. But practice teaches
that other grains must be fed with it to
maintain the appetites of the sheep and
keep them otherwise healthy. 1t viii
likely be safest and best under most
conditions to start the fattening with
oats or bran, then introduce as much
corn as possible. and finish the fatten-
ing with mixture containing one part
oats, one part oil meal, and three
parts corn by weight.-Prof. ]. A.
Craig.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
Did Won make your Gratn-o this way

Here are the latest directions: Use one
teaspoonful of GrainO to two cups of cold
water. Mix the Grain-O with half an egg
and add the water. BE sure to measure. J
After the water gets to the boiling point
let boil for fifteen to twenty minutes. Use
cream and sugar to suit the taste. If you
have not cream use hot milk.
A lady said: "The first time I drank
Grain-O 1 did not like it, but after using it
for ten days and forming the habit, nothing
would induce me to go back to coffee" This
is the experience of all. If you will follow
directions, measure it every time and make
it the same, and try it for ten days, you will
not 90 back to coffee
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
Chronic Rheumatism.

From the Industrial News, Jackson, Mich.
The subject of this sketch is ffty-six years
of age, and actively engaged in farming.
When seventeen years old he hurt his
shoulder and few years after commenced
to have rheumatic pains in it. On taking a
slight cold or the least strain, sometimes
without any apparent cause whatever, the
trouble would start and he would suffer the
most excruciating pains.
He suffered for over thirty years, and the
last decade has suffered so much that he
was unable to do any work To this the fire.
quent occurrences of dizzy spells were added,
making him almost helpless invalid.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
February Excurs,cra.

Opportunities for visiting the South dur
ing this month, via the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad, are as follows:
Home-Seekers' Excursions on first and
third Tuesday at about one fare for the
round trip.
Florida Chautauqua at DeFuniak Springs
begins on the 14th inst. Splendid pro-
gramme, beautiful place, low rates
Mardi Gras at Mobile and New Orleans
on 22d inst. Tickets at half rates
For full particulars, write to C. p At
more, General Passenger Agent, Louisville.
KY, or Geo. B. Horner, d. P. A, st. Louis,