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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27
LITTLE FEET.


Dear little feet that lie in NV handt
Dear little feet from a far-off land.
come to us, come to US come to us newly
Out of far-off fairy Thule
on nave run to us out of the greater day
Gan you give no hint of the winsome way?
For We who are grizzled and gray and old
Would fam step out on the streets of gold.
What was the way? What was the road?
was the pathway easy, and smooth, and
broad?
1t must have been strewn with roses 7
think,
For here is their white, and here is their
pink;
And forget-me-nots, and violets, too.
have stained sweet lilies of delicate blue
Yes, rose leaves white and rose leaves red
Were carpet meet for your dainty tread,
And forget-me-nots and violets blue
Lent you a hint of heaven new
Tell US the way! All! youth forgets
And the dew soon dries on the yioIets
Dear little feet, you will go some day
Down by dark and cruel way,
" Out to country dim and far,
Where cool, great waters and green grass
are.
But the way is sharp, with many stone, -
And, dear little feet, you must go alone
And it's oh! that might lay down my heart
To ease for moment just one little smart
For my heart is tender and soft and true,
And 'twould be as the silk rose leaves for
As the rose leaves white and the rose leaves
red,
Warm and soft to your timid tread;
As the rose leaves red and the rose leaves
white
To CLEAN in the dark with Loves own light;
AS forget-me-nots and violets blue,
To keep you in mind OF the heaven in view.
And oh! it would stretch for you all the
way,
On through the night, on to the day
But, dear little feet, you must go alone,
Alone, alone, and all alone.
"A. MACKENZIE, in Good Words.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27
Hanna Is Hurt.

Queer how touchy men will be upon
some subjects and blandly Indifferent
to others equally delicate. Here, for
instance, is Mr.. Hanna using the Assoc
ciated Press to repudiate with great
vehemence the mere insinuation that
he was in Secretary Ayers office while
beef contracts were being discussed.
He denounces Maj. Lee as a contempti-
BILE person and manifests much distress
at what he terms vile insinuation.
One would be warranted in deeming
Mr.. Hanna a gentleman of the finest
sensibilities when his honor is in
volved. Yet we cannot forget that this
same Mr.. Hanna was charged-not by
implication, but in good set terms
with bribery; that he was summoned
to defend himself at Columbus, and
that he ignored and still ignores the
charges, which are sustained by the
testimony of n cloud of witnesses under
oath. In other words, Mr.. Hanna sup
ports with equanimity the unanswer-
able charge that he is briber and cor
ruptionist, but resents with fiery in
dignation the insinuation that he is on
friendly terms with Alger. This is
pretty tough on Alger, whatever may
be thought of Mr.. Hanna's ethical
standard.-Chicago Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27
HAD THE DESIRED EFFECT.
The Grensers Became Convinced That
DESERVING Was Not the Proper
Thing to Do.

| For sheer, cool nerve and absolute
| inspired genius In dealing with men,
commend me to Clarence King, the ge-
ologist. Mr.. King, the tale runs, was
in the field all one summer with a gov
| eminent expedition. The field hap
pened to be in the far west, and the
men he was compelled to employ as
assistants were Il band of cheerful ruff
fans, half-breeds, desperadoes and
'greaser" scamps. Bad as they were,
they worked well, and they were in
dispensable. One night one of them
deserted. Mr.. King knew what that
meant. 1t meant stampede and an
empty camp if the deserter were al
lowed to go unpublished. He chose a
companion in whose silence ne could
depend, mounted and took the trail.
On the third day the deserter was over
taken, captured and landed in con-
venient fort. The runaway had sub
sisted on such game and birds as he
could kill. His horse was white, and
as he rode often with prey slung to
the saddle, the animal was streal.2d and
stained with blood. The man being in
safekeeping, Mr.. King and his compan-
ioAi AON'S C~tNN ~ camp i1aItilisS inc
Crimson-streaked horse, with all the de-
serter's belongings strapped to his
back. They spoke no word of the miss
ing man to his former companions, but
dismounted in grim silence. The men
endured the paEgs Of curiosity as long
as they could. Then they sent COM
mittee to Mr.. King to make inquiries
about the fugitive. Mr.. King gave
meaning glance at the blood-stained
horse and made answer briefly.
HE is gone" he said, impressively.
"He is gone where anybody else who
tries to desert will go, too
Half-breeds and 'greasers" gasped
and crossed themselves, and from that
day on no one of them all ever tried
to desert.-Washingto Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27

All the argument seems to be on our
side, for our opponents never bring for
ward any serious argument to prove
that the single gold standard is good
in itself. They attack our proposals,
and say it is impossible to maintain
ratio between gold and silver. They
attempt to deny our conclusions, but
have never seen one single argument
which, if the United States were now
bimetallic, would have the slightest
chance of converting any reasonable
man to recommendation, or of inducing
the United States to readopt cur pres
ent system.-Henry M. Meysey-Thomp-
son. in Mississippi Valley Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27

Mr.. Spurgeon: Zone day, many years
ago. the services at the Tabernacle were
disturbed by a perfect hurricane of
coughing. Sturgeon stopped in his dis
course and said: My dear friends.
have a cough; you have coughs. But |
think we can stop them if we try. So
let us have cough, good cough, and
cough altogether. Now The re-
suit. says one who was present, was
terrific, but after minutes uproar,
Spurgeon concluded his sermon in ger
feet silence."-London Truth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27
No More Funds for Hanna.

Mark Hanna will be compelled to run
the republican headquarters this year
on whatever funds he may have left
over from the election of 1896, together
with the assessments he collects from
officeholders. The gold combination
already realizes that to furnish money
TO Hanna at this time would be equiva-
lent to throwing it away. Besides, Try
realize that the Croker combina tion
will need all the cash that they will
be able to raise for them until after the
delegates to the next national conyen.
tion are chosen.-Silver Knight-Watch-
man
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27
The situation in the president

The situation in the presidents
own state is most discouraging to his
prospects of reelection and has already
caused great alarm in the ranks OF the
may be content. The Ohio machine has
for years been one of the most corrupt
and domineering of the many political
organizations of the country and any
thing that will tend to limit its power
for evil is to be welcomed as whole
some change.-Rochester IN. W Her
aid
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27
-The conditions confrontine th,

The conditions confronting the
national republican convention in 1900
will not be the same as in 1896, so far
as President Mckinley is concerned.
He will come before that convention
asking denomination, and the expert
ence of presidential candidates for re-
nomination in the past should teach
him that the methods of Mr.. Hanna, if
followed at that time, will not be con-
ducive to party success or to party
harmony.-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27

corporate in its last platform demand for
an increase in the army. A temporary in
crease such as the democrats in congress
consented to can be justified. but this in
crease must be limited to the settlement
of the questions which made the temporary
increase necessary.
THE opposition to Imperialism has grown
so rapidly that the president was con-
strained to deny any purpose to enter upon
such course. But the denial is of little
value when the purpose upon the part of
the administration is so apparent. The
proclamation issued to the Filipinos plain
ly indicates purpose to govern them with
out their consent and to tax them to suit
our purposes rather than their own. Ac-
cording to the plan thus far outlined, the
constitutional guarantees which protect the
people of the United States will not be ex-
tended to the Filipinos: our people will
govern themselves; the Filipinos will be
governed by the executive through off,
GERS appointed by him. In this country we
shall have a republic in the Philippines
despotism. despotism is not relieved
or its name because of its benevolence.
On Government of FiIipinos.
A government wherein authority rests
upon force, and where the people have no
voice in making and executing the laws I'M
der which they live, is despotic in its form.
When we pleaded for independence for the
Filipinos. we pleaded for our own people.
rather than for them. We believe in the
doctrine of government, and are not
only unwilling to deny ii to alien races, but
we fear that denial of it in one part of
the nation will lead to the abandonment
OF it entirely. The moment force is raised
above reason. the moment might is substi-
tuted for right in the government of any
part of this country, that moment decay
attacks the fundamental principles OF the
republic. If the people become sufficiently
indifferent to the doctrine of self-govern-
ment to permit its abandonment in the
orient, they will not long defend it here.
G foo foo hos, Tho -,
1896 were willing to borrow a financial sys-
tenn from England are now foremost among
the people who would borrow a colonial pol
icy from England. How long before they
would be willing to borrow the laws of
entail and primogeniture and the splendorS
OF royal court and a titled nobility?"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27

The origin of the saying: "As clean as
a whistle" is ascribed to the whistle
tankard" of olden times, in which the
whistle came into play when the
tankard was emptied or cleared out"
to announce to the waiter that more
liquor was required.-Cincinnati En-
QuirsE,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27
In his speech at the Roosevelt

In his speech at the Roosevelt
banquet in Chicago Postmaster General
Smith said of the Philippines: "We are
there with healing and blessing. We
are there with the Bible and civiliza-
tion'' Is slaughter of the Filipinos
by western sharpshooters part of the
healing and blessing" that Mr.. Smith
describes? Are our Cuttings wadded
with .Bibles?'' We have already killed
more of the natives than the Spaniards
butchered in 100 years. Is this ''civiliza-
tion'-with a big c? ''Deliver as from
can't" was the prayer of rugged and
honest Thomas Carlye.-N. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27

Senator Hanna's denial that he
was ever present at any conference con-
corning army beef contracts and his
vehement reputation of 'the con-
temptible insinuations of that man
Lee" may create the impression in the
public mind that this Falstff doth pro-
test too much" Maj. Lees casual ques-
tioning of Eagan appears TO have
pierced the Ohio senator's ordinary
thick armor and brought forth con-
spicuous howl of distress.-Pittsbur
Dispatch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27
An Imnos.ih,e Feat.

It will be as easy for a camel to pass
through the eye of a needle as it will be
for the Hanna, Mckinley, Wall street.
British crowd to fool the American
people again. Silver Knight-Watch-
man
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27

Two years ago we heard much about
"opening the mills" The reference
probably was to trust mills.-Illinois
State Register.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27
Two Crook. Tnrether.

The worst swindler is always the
most merciless when he gets the advan-
tage of another crook.-WashingtcsA
fIa.l Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27

/ put on the hand brake In the
guards compartment just sufficiently
to impart a slight drag to the wheels
when the vehicle was running alone,
but not enough for the engine driver to
notice during the brief time he would
still be connected to tiff he did, fer
vently hoped he would think the guard
was steadying the vehicle just prior to
| slipping it-and then 1 stepped out and
closed the door behind me. With lit
tie spring / regained the vehicle which
held Braggs and the booty, and now
now came the crisis. Where ought to
detach the carriage? All had gone well
| up to now; would it continue to do SC?
l had very little previous experience
to go upon; but 1 guessed the distance
as nearly as L could, allowing for the
fact of the line being on a slight falling
gradient.
Another so yards-20-noy! 1 took
hold of the cord and gave it sharp
jerk-and held my breath. Was it to
be failure or success? There was a
slight swerve. Il 'clink-clank'' DIS the
couplings parted-and 1 knew that my
good luck had not deserted me. The
carriage ndu separated from the tram
and the whole length of cord flew swift
ly past me into the darkness.
1 do not know that l need say much
more. 1t only remained for me to get
back to the compartment where Hraggs
was anXiously awaiting my appear
ance, and this | did without mishap.
When two soberly-attired individuals
descended from the train at Manches-
ter, who was to connect them with the
daring affair at Salterton. supposfng
that particulars of it had vet reached
there, or who was to guess that the
very ordinary-looling black bags which
they carried in their hands contained
something like Il thousand pounds
worth of stolen diamonds?
At any rate. no one challenged us:
and we returned to London by different
routes, highly pleased at the success
of our scheme. [ am not sure that the
railway authorities know even now
how their carriage was slipped; but I
understand that there was something
like CONSERVATION among the local of
ficials when the state of affairs was dis
covered, fact which 1 can quite be.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27

L decided early that to effect the.cap-
ture at st. Pancras was not to be
thought of, and that the only chance of
success lay in obtaining possession of
the jewels during the journey. But
then the difficulty arose how to escape
detection subsequently. If we re-
NAMED in the slip-carriage and were
deposited at Salterton with the rest of
the passengers, it was inevitable-an
absolute certainty. 1t was a point
which bothered me for some time, but
ultimately I evolved a scheme which,
IL audacious to the verge of reckless
ness, saw no reason to consider impos-
sible of accomplishment.
This was nothing less than to oper-
ate, not from the carriage itself, but
from the main portion of the train
How L proposed to do this you shall
learn in due course; sufficient for the
present that when Braggs called sec
ond time l had fully mapped out my
plan of campaign. He acquiesced. as 1
knew he would, in all that proposed;
and when we parted all the details were
agreed, and we had drunk a bumper to
success.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27

Improbable investments are nat
urally the cause of much unavailing re-
greet. Men get their money into prop
erty and not only fail to receive returns,
but discover that the whole sum in
vested is lost, to all intents and pur-
poses. y case in point is feelingly set
forth by Fiber and Fabric, publica-
ton devoted to the interests of the New
England mills. ut is a remarkable
fact" says this periodical with gloomy
candor, that vast sums of money were
donated by the wooden industry of New
England to secure a high tariff presi-
dent. We got the president and we got
the high tariff, but where are we?"
We are unable to supply the desired in
formation, but we may suggest to Fiber
and Fabric that it inquire of Hon. Mar
Gus Hanna when he makes a tour of
New England, skillet in hand, in 1900
as he assuredly will.-Chicago Chroni-
Gle,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27
Tint Money Power

In all the talk about the money ques-
ton there is just one thing which
should never be lost sight of. The peo-
pie must retain the function of Great
ing money and this right must not be
handed over to the men who want to
grow richer by controlling the cur
rency of this country. There are
many trusts in the United States, but
the greatest and most threatening of
all is the money trust. The function Of
expanding and contracting the volume
of the currency belongs to the govern
ment and not to the individual. In the
hands of Il money trust the manipu-
lators of the currency can increase their
wealth by contracting the volume and
increasing the purchasing power of the
money they possess.-Chicago Demo
crat.
The commercial courier. (Union City, Tenn.) 1897-190?, 1899-09-07
MOSS DRUG STORE.

Moss drug store was established
some thirty-one years ago by Mr..
w. G.. Moss, and is the oldest drug
firm in Union City. Mr.. Moss is
prominent planter, owning two fine
plantations, to which he gives a
great part of his time, leaving the
drug business principally to his
two sons, {. d. aad ]. T. Moss,
who are thorough pharmacists.
The name of Moss is synonymous
for all that is pure in the way of
drugs. They never substitute, but
follow physicians prescription
accurately. The firm carries a
large stock of all kinds of patent
medicines, drugs, toilet articles,
brushes, combs. fancy soaps, per-
fumery, etc. They also manufac-
ture Il number of remedies of ex-
traordinary merit, some of which
have been on the market for twenty
five years and are daily growing in
favor. This popular pharmacy is
on the south side of Mary street,
where you will be welcomed at all
times, whether you buy or not.
The commercial courier. (Union City, Tenn.) 1897-190?, 1899-09-07

to his 1arm in 1893. Perhaps no
man in the state ever had half the
abuse Eeaped upon him hv the
press as has Mr. Mcdowell 1t re-
suited in driving him for a while
out of the Democrats party. but
always Democrat III principle he
could not remain out, and IL er the
attacks on him ceased he returned
to the fold and is again one of the
best campaign workers iii the
party.
Mr.. Mcdowell stands high in the
estimation of his home people, who
recognize in him an honest, upright
Christian gentleman, whose public
efforts are always in the interest of
good morals and good government,
and who earnestly strives for the
financial and moral advancement of
Union City and the county at large.
Mr.. Mcdowell is a scientific far
mer, and owns and controls what
might aptly be called model farm.
He is a strict member of the Bap-
fist Church, belongs to several fra
ternal orders and is an all-'round
good citizen of whom Union City
and Obion county are justly proud.
The commercial courier. (Union City, Tenn.) 1897-190?, 1899-09-07

dav easily the wealthiest man III
Obion county. Col. Whitesell was
succeeded as president by LeXle ).
Parks who has the distinction of
having served the bank i'll this ca
pacity longer than any one else,
having served as president since
1898, except the year of 1898, when
the Hon. Seid Waddell, speaker of
the senate, gave his valuable ser
vices as president to the institution,
du ring which year Mr.. LeXie S.
Parks was nominal cashier.
The bank, since it's organization,
has had only two active cashiers,
Mr.. Watts, and the present incum-
bent, Mr.. Harris Parks, and though
both are young men, each has won
his spurs in the business world and
proved his ability by his success.
Mr.. Parks began his banking career
in the San BarnerdinO National
bank in California in 1890, and has
been engaged in the banking bust
ness continuously since, except
eighteen months when he was in
the government employ i'll Los
Angeles, Calf. During the cashier
ship of MIR. Parks the bank has en-
joyed its most prosperous year, its
business being larger and earnings
greater than at any time previous,
though at all times i'll its career it
has been a signally successful ms
titution.
The assistant cashier, Mr.. +. V.
| Caldwell, has been with the bank
| for six years, and can not be excel
led in efficiency behind Il bank
counter; his obhgiHE manners and
accurate business methods have
made for him a lasting reputation
as a banker III this community. and
it can p,obabIy bc said OF him that
no man in Union City has lost few
CT days from actual Woik curing
these six years than he.
The position OF clerk is flied 10y
Lieut.. John Bel, the first volunteer
from Obion county to the Spanish
American war, Lieut.. Bell has fill
ed this position near three years
with the exception of the year leave
of absence given him by the banl
/ to serve as lieutenant in Company
i, Fourth Tennessee Volunteer In
fantry. Whether as banker or sol
dier, Lieut.. Bell fills the full meas
ure and requirements of duty, ant
it can probably be said of him tina
The commercial courier. (Union City, Tenn.) 1897-190?, 1899-09-07
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

This bank began business in Au-
gust, 1888: the late DR.. T. J. Ed
wards was the first president, and
Col. II. p. Whitesell was nominal
cashier for few months, owing to
Mr.. +. O. Watts not being quite Il
years of age; as soon as he attain
ed his majority he was made the re-
gular cashier of the bank, and held
that position until October 1897. at
which time he was elected cashier
of the First National Bank of
Nashville, Tenn, which is the old
est national bank in tine state and
does the second largest business.
Mr.. Watts's reputation as bust
ness man is not confined to state
limits. He was president of the
Bankers association of the state of
Tennessee for the year ending Au-
gust, 1890.
DIR. T. ]. Edwards, who was the
first president of this institution,
was The most successful fnanciei
that ever lived in Obion county
and was succeeded as president by
Col. R. P. Whitesell whose success
and conservation in business is too
well known for cOmment.-he is to
The commercial courier. (Union City, Tenn.) 1897-190?, 1899-09-07

Mr.. l. H. Foster has been a resi-
dent of Union City forty-two years.
For a number of years he carried
on the watch and jewelry business,
which he discontinued under Presi-
dent Buchanan's administration to
accept the postmastership, which
he held to the entire satisfaction of
the public until President Grant
came into power. After FIVE years
of faithful service to Uncle Sam
he went into the sewing machine
business, in which lie has remained
until the present, And if there is
any one in Tennessee who knows
all about a sewing machine it is
Jolly Ike Foster, who does all kinds
of repairing in his line in the most
approved manner and at the lowest
| figures. You will find him at Nj.
w. Barney's ready to sell you a
new machine. trade for your old
one, or supply you with needles,
oils or any kind of attachment.