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William Coldstart, whoybuilt the first
bridge across Duck River at this place,
fell from the bridge and was killed, and
is buried here.
John McGimpsey, a Revolutionary
soldier. sleeps his last sleep in Green
wood. The inscription on his monu-
ment relates that she was native of
Ireland, who fought and bled for his
adopted country"
Many years ago, IAN old gentleman by
the name of Polk, hunting for hen 8
nest among the graves, found in one of
these old-fashioned, box-shaped monu-
ments large sum of money, which had
been stolen from one of the banks and
concealed by the thief in this place.
But few people are inferred in Green
wood nowadays, nearly all of the burials
being in beautiful Rose Hill.
THE ANTIoUARY.
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Paper Viii Rurned.

Phillips, Wis, May 29.-The Flam.
beau Paper Co.'S mill and warehouse
at Park Falls. in Price county, were
destroyed by fire. Loss S225, 900.
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Twelve BuIIdinu. Rnrned.

jamestown, Pa, May 29.-Fire de-
stroyed 10 or ~ frame buildings here,
including the post Office and its con-
tents. Loss $4,000.
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wheeling Rank President Dead.

Wheeling, w. Va, May 29.-Henry
X. List, president of the City bank OF
this city, died Monday, aged 20.
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Wouldn't brazen nerve do?" anx-
iously inquired the applicant; II was
formerly book agent" - Brooklyn
Life.
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SnInewhnf the same.

"They who sail with me must be
men of iron nerve" said the prospec-
tive commander CT the arctic expedi.
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Setting a Neighbor Righl.

"Was that your dog that was bowling
all night?"
81 guess it was"
"Why in thunder don't you feed
him?"
Heavens, man, it's indigestion that
makes him how'll Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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A STROLL THROUGH
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.

In this quiet old cemetery, situated
on bold bluff of Duck River, there
rests, free from their labors, many
whose very names are now strange to all
of us. Many who we're active here in
their daily pursuits in the long, long
ago, have none now left to shed a tear
or lay flower on their last resting
place. Again, there are those whose
names are femiliar to us all-many
pioneers, mostly from Virginia and
North Carolina. A number of the Polk
family are buried here. Among them
the father and mother of President
James K. Polk. Near by is the grave of
James X. Folks cratic and brilliant
brother, William, who was "a Union man
during the ivil war, and died, | be-
lieve, IN Nashville in 1862, his remains
being brought here for burial Two
of these old Polk monuments bear the
scars made by the Union cannon while
on retreat before Hoods army.
The first man buried here-so tradi-
ton says-was killed by vicious stall
lion. Not far away is maidstone with
the following inscription:
. ..-......., ......
JAMES M. PosT, HILLsBoRo, n. H.,
Shoeman
This stone was erected by the
Geological Branch No 16. :.
~................ ..................
This man was member OF circus
! troupe that in that early time Travelled
over the dirt roads of the country-for at
that time there were no railroads nor
turnpikes nor telegraph wires. The
show tent was pitched where tho resi-.
dence of Mr.. j. p. Street now stands
Post was an acrobat, high jumper and
lofty tumbler In attempting double
somersault over the elepf an; and
spotted ponies, the poor fellow
fumbled, fell and broke his neck
and tumbled into eternity. Aunt
Sallie White used to say that his
funeral procession was the most impos
ing she ever witnessed, the entire com
pany headed by the band participating
in the procession. "Requiescdt IN
pace"
One finds many quaint and unique
cpl apis here. One old monument
bears the following:
. . .
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skye High,

Nisitor-ls this high-bred dog?
Attendant-Yes. sir; he's a skye ter
rier.-N. Y. journal.
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Immediately beside this is smaller
monument with the following simple
inscli ption:
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Poor young mother Poor little babe
There seems to have been no husband
no father. Sleep on, little ones! There
is eternal rest for the weary in that
beautiful land that you have entered
into. There, with all others, you are
the children of king.
About the centre of the cemetery
there is erected to the memory of a
young wife the following unique epitaph
which seems more in the form of love
letter addressed to the living husband
by the dead wife
"All is well with me, husband
Why in sadness dost thou mourn?
Is thy youthful companion :
By death from thee torn?
The Hand that atfiicts thee will
kindly sustain;
Though parted at present, we'll
soon meet again" ::
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+: Sacred to the memory of John,
4. infant son of Pr; born
. 1916, died 1876"
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are practically annihilated
by the ocean cables and
land telegraph systems
which now belt the cir
fn1lE
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-06
RATIO ITS MEANING.
Iism and Not for a Wall Street
Single Standard.

There are comparatively few people
that understand the real significance
of the ~insistence of Mr.. Bryan's de-
mand for the reiteration of 16 to / in
the Kansas City platform, writes Ar
thur Tredway in the National Watch
nan. Mr.. Bryan and all intelligent BIZ
metallists know that the whole con-
tention of the democratic party on the
money question is involved in the ratio.
Sixteen to one, correctly interpreted,
means bimetallism, and cannot by any
kind of juggling be made to spell out
monometallism. There can be no such
thing as ratio applied to one metal, or
the gold standard-ratio has to do with
two or more things that are in them
selves unequal. Bimetallism means the
use of the two metals. silver and gold.
as money. and the ratio of 16 to 1 means
the equalization of the value of the
silver and gold dollar by putting 16
times the weight of silver to one times
the weight of gold into the dollar to
bring the silver and gold dollars to a
parity with each other. In determin-
ing the ratio of 16 to. 1, congress in
1884 found that our first congress had
overvalued silver in making the ratio
of Is to 1, and therefore changed it to
10 to 1. which is the ratio between the
old Hebrew silver and gold shekel. 1t
is our present coinage ratio. and it is
also the present ratio of the worlds
stock of the two metals. Is there any
reason for its change? The republican
party does not ask for a change in the
ratio. Their pIatform demands mono
metallism, or, in other words, the ut
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-06

SET have been searching for this woman
the insane asylum at Hamilton, but
made her escape. She was an Italian
prima donna. About a year ago her
husband and her babe were burned to
death in a hotel fire at Cincinnati, while
she was singing in the opera house.
The misfortune drove her mad.
The silk gown you saw was one of
her stage costumes, which we some
times allowed her to wear, to humor
her. 1t is undoubtedly the only thread
of clothing the poor woman has. You
must help me find her."
They tried, he and Tom. They lay
in wait two nights in succession, but
apparently the timid songster had
taken fight. The stranger, however.
was resolute, and on the third day
he organized a regular hunt by dag
light Twenty men and boys, under
his direction, secured every foot of
ground in the HoIbrook tract. They
looked into every cave and fissure of
the canyon-like gorge of the river;
peered into bushes that would not
have sheltered a rabbit; kicked brush
piles; scrutinized the tree-tops; thrust
canes and sticks into hollow logs. But
the poor hunted creature e.uded them
all.
A small group centering around the
stranger and his lieutenant. young
Bentley, gathered at the edge of the
river about five o'clock.
Il guess We'll have to give it up for
to-day, boys" said the stranger. We'll
drag the river in the morning."
lust then a halloo came from a near
hilltop. Everybody swung about.
Some one was reckoning excitediy.
II guess they've got her. said the
stranger, cheerfully. promptly moving
off. The others followed.
On the top of the hill six OF seven
men were punched in a group before a
clump of hazel-bushes. The stranger,
with Tom at his side, pushed through.
In the center of the clump, on her
side. her hair clustering over her tenn
pie, lay the beautiful mad singer-cold
and dead. One thin, biue-veined hand
pillowed her cheek; the other
clutched a wisp of dead grass. and
seemed in the act of bringing it to her
mouth.
Starved, my boy!" said the stran-
ger, sadly, to Tom.
1t was so. The emaciated arm was
not strong enough to tear the coveted
mouthful from its. roots. Those lips
which had ministered divine melody to
thousands, were denied a handful of
withered grass in return.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-06
The Cause of Free Silver.
A PLAIN CONFESSION.
Duplicity of Republicans ON silver
Question Admitted by an ADJ
ministratfon Organ.

An honest confession is not only good
for the soul, but it frequently tends to
enlighten the public on much beclouded
subjects. A confession of this nature
is tina of the ~Phi.adelphia Ledger, a
stalwart organ of the administration
party. Speaking in a recent issue of
the national republican platform OF
1855. which as read III convention by
Mckinley, chairman of the committee
on resolutions, condemns the policy OF
the democratic administration in its
efforts to demonetize silver" the
Ledger confesses: "Now, this was
only a piece of claptrap and demagog-
ism, intended to be a sop for the silver
republicans of the west. The Cleveland
administration had made no effort to
demonetize silver, but it had resisted
the free coinage proposition"
This, say the Denver Post, is q plain
confession of the position of that party
on the silver question in 1883. Its pro-
fessed friendship for the white metal
! was then, according to the Ledger, only
a piece of claptrap and demagogism
intended to be a sop to the silver repub-
licans of the west.
That the Ledger inferentially charges
Mckinley with having been a humbug
and a demagogue at that time is a mat
ter of no consequence now, for the
same Mckinley reported a platform to
the republican national convention in
1892 in which the Cleveland admins
tration was again denounced for its
efforts to demonetize silver. ofcourse,
he was i~nsincere then also, likewise a
demagogue, and the platform of 1892,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-06
LARGE FORTUNE IN CLOCK.
The Old Tinepiece Contained a Large
Sum OF Money for Many
Years.

In al old eight-day clock in the
house of Mrs. Nancy Bebout, who died
lately, there have been discovered
bags of gold and silver coin which
will amount. it is estimated, to several
thousand dollars, says a Washington
(Pa.) letter to the Pittsburgh Dis
patch. The Bebout home is situated
in Amwell township. Mrs Nancy
Bebout died the other day, and a few
hours before her death she gave some
keys to her niece, who stayed with
her at the house. She told her that
the keys were for small drawers
which had been constructed inside the
old clock on the stairs After Mrs.
Bebout's death the girl turned the
keys over to the ecu of the es-
tate, w. NJ. Lee, of Holidays Cove,
w. Va.
He opened the clock in the front
and discovered the small drawers.
The upper one vas opened, but moth
ing was found. The Others in the
front could not be opened and he be-
gan to search those i'm the rear.
Upon opening the first drawer he dis
covered Jour sacks, which weighed in
aggregate "a pounds They were
filled with gold and silver coin. These
sacks of coin are estimated to be
worth many thousands of dollars,
though the executor did mot count
the contents, taking them to a bank
in Steubenville, o., where they were
deposited.
Mr.. Lee was in Washington and
filed the will of Mrs Bebott for pro-
bate. She ~bequeathed $100 to the
board of foreign missions of the Pres
byterian church and distributed her
property, real and personal, among
her nieces and nephews- To :one she
~bequeathed the eight-day clock. but
no mention was made of the contents.
Jeremiah Bebout Was a cabinet
maker by trade and over three-score
years ago made this old clock. IN
the interior he placed a variety of
little drawers. which were ornament
ed and so constructed as not 10 be
noticeable. Mr.. Bebout was q nan
of industry and frugality and during
his life accumulated much money.
He would never invest any Of ms earn
ings and had no faith in ban}1s. With
in this old clock. which stood at the
head of the stairs, he year after year
placed the money which he had save&
and accumulated.
He died several years ago. and II
was not until the time of his death
that he told his wife of the secret.
and she has since then carefully
guarded it, as she did not need any
of the money. having plenty to 1--WE
on. The discovery of the bags of
gold and the fact that there are a
number of drawers in the old clock
which have not yet been opened has
created much excitement in the
n~eighborhood. Some of the neigh
bors are of the opinion that the
wealth of the old couple will amount
To many thousands of doIlarS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-06

ter abolition of the use of silver as
money-and why? There is but one
reason that is fundamental. and that is
to cut off one-half the supply of STAN
dard money-and why? Because the
quantity of the money determines the
price of commodities and property, a
half supply of money reduces by half
the price of all commodities and prop
erty, which has resulted from the eff
forts made thus far to establish the
gold standard. The average price of
wheat in the Chicago market for the
year 1872 was $1.40 per bushel, and all
other things have fallen in the same
ratio except such as have been con
trolled by the trusts and unions, or
war, famine or the increased output of
gold. What would be the result of a
change in the ratio from 16 to /, if such
change should be made? The worlds
stock of gold to-day is approximately
81 O ,000, 900, and at 16 to the silver
is the same. Together it is S. 900 ,000,-
600. If the ratio should be changed to
80 to 1, the amour in dollars would
stand at $4,000, 900, 900. because only
So, 900 ,000,0 900 could be made out of the
stock of silver in the world. 1t would
shorten the supply of money by S ,00o,-
000. 900. The entire decentralization of
silver would shorten the supply by $4,-
100000, 600. Should the ratio be changed
to eight to one, the amount in dollars
would stand at $4,000, 000. 900 in silver
and $4,000. 100000 in gold, together S12,-
900, 1000, 900, or an increase in the worlds
money of 81, 200, 900 600 over the ratio
of 10 to 1 and of SIS, 000, ZOO, 900 over.the
amount furnished under the gold STAN
dard, or recommendation, and as prices
rise and fall with the increase or de-
crease in the supply of money. prosper
ity to the nation at large and all the
industrial classes by the increase and
hard times and general adversely by the
decrease in the supply of money, it fol-
lows of necessity that bimetallism,
which is the money standard of the
constitution and the birthright of
Americans, is a righteous and bene-
feent standard, and monometallism.
which can exist only in defiance of the
supreme law of the United States, and
is subversive of the rights and prosper
ity of the people, is an unrighteous
standard, un-American, and a gigantic
fraud and curse. Low prices and fall
ing prices of commodities. property, or
interest are infallible signs of dull bust
ness and hard times; rising prices of
p~roSneritv
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-06
M'K1NLEY PROSPERITY"
That 1t Is a Delusion and q Snare
Is shown by n Republic-
an Organ.

One of the strongest evidences OF
genuine prosperity is the absence or
scarcity of those seeking employment.
This is a condition that does not exist
now, republicans themselves being the
witnesses; and, therefore, Mckinley
prosperity" about which the Organs"
boast so much, is a delusion and a snare.
If employment was abundant-if there
was plenty of work at good wages-if
clerks, accountants, stenographers and
copyists We're in demand, says the ILL.,
nois State Register, there would be no
such dispatches sent out from republic
an headquarters and published in re-
publican organs as the following which
was clipped from a recent number Of
an evening organ of republicanism in
Springfield, ILL.,:
Everybody Wants Work!-Republican
Committee Overwhelmed with Applications.
Chicago, July 26-Members of the repu.
Hcan national committee are overwhelmed
with personal applicants and letters from
applicants for work at headquarters. They
have been constrained to announce that no
appointment will be made from any state
except on recommendation of the commit
teeman from that state"
Out of their own mouths are the ro-
publican prosperity shouters con-
demned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-06

why Some Small Publishers Have
Gone Over to the Repub-
Iican Side.

One of the ready-made editorials
just now being extensively circulated
among the rural press by the Hanna
campaign committee contains the
statement hat no less than % news
nave abandoned Mr.. Bryan since
the beginning of this campaign and
gone over to Mckinley. The demo-
cratic national committee has been
at some pains to investigate the facts
and is able to state without reserva-
ton that this is almost wholly I'M
true. As a matter of fact, not
than two of the English papers. in
Minnesota have made this change,
and in both of these cases there was
also a change of ownership under
circumstances which give no political
significance to the transfer. On the
other hand, five English papers in
Minnesota have changed from Me
Kinley to Bryan, making a net gain
for the Bryan cause Of three English
papers.
1t is unhappily true hat some of
the foreign newspapers, most of them
of small circulation. have succumbed
to the Establishments of the Hanna
treasury. At least some of them who
we're formerly in poor circumstances
have OF late raised the Mckinley ban
ner and It the same time shown signs
of unwonted prosperity.
1t is well enough to confess that
into this field the democratic nation
al committee is not able to follow Mr..
Hanna, not having at command the
purses OF the trBsts, railroad pools
and other benefciaries of special priv
ilege as Mr.. Hanna undoubtedly has
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-06

like its predecessor of 1888, both OF
which were reported by Mckinley,
was only a piece of claptrap and
demagogism intended to be a sop to
the silver republicans of the west" as
the Ledger now explains. The repub-
lican platform of 1896 pledged the par
ty to international b~imetallism. This,
too, was undoubtedly claptrap and
demagogism intended for the west
alone, for as soon as Mckinley came
into power he changed from interna-
tional bimetallism to the gold stan
dard. According to this explanation
of his organ he was a demagogue OF all
Of these occasions, and the silver pre-
tensions of his party as far back as
1855 were only claptrap and denagog-
ism. 4
To have made its confession complete
the Ledger should have spoken with
equal frankness of this years platform
and candidates. AS an uncompromis-
ing republican organ, it should al the
very least have explained their entire
honesty, though possibly in 1912 it rvili
tell its readers the truth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-06
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

when the advocate OF a high
protective tariff admits that the home
manufacturer is able to undersell the
manufacturer he asks to be protect
ed against he admits the fallacy of
the high protection idea--Omaha
World-HeraId.
The imperialists think 1t is a
great thing that we had troops close
by when the riot took place in China.
If it is essential that we should have
troops close by every place where
riots r likely to happen, 1T would
be we'll to withdraw those we have
IN China and the Philippines and sta
ton them around in the vicinity of
New York. New Orleans, St. Louis
and Akron, O.-Columbus x0.) Press
Post
TO be a republican under Han
ma us to altogether the prin-
ciples on which America and Amer
lean prosperity are founded. 70 be a
republican, according to the condi-
tiuns of to-day, is to renounce Wash
ington, Lincoln and Grant. Because
TO be a republican you must be an
iE~perialist, a Hannaite. a royalist #
you like, ~anti-republic, anti-freedom,
a~nti-everything that enters into ths
welfare of the United States of Amer
ica.@Toledo Bee.
AS the trusts are in control of
the federal administration. nothing
can be done to minimize the rus evil
SO long as this administration is left
in power. That fact is as plain as
daylight. The Dingley tariff is the
foundation of hundreds of industrial
combines. Without it the trust or
CARNATIONS could not have been per-
feeted as they have been all over the
country. Two things were necessary
for the organization of trusts on a
great .scale-a protective tariff which
would exclude competition from
abroad and an administration which
would favor them and not interfere
with their organization and operation.
Both needs were supplied.-Denver
Post.
II rs now in order for the adj
ministration organs to begin their
accustomed task of abuse. directing
it this time against Thomas Went
worth Higginson. Mr.. Higginson
worked against Bryan four years ago,
but believes now that the election
of Bryan is necessary to the perpetual
ton OK republican institutions. Thorn
as Wentworth Higginson is one of
the foremost literary men of the GEN.
fury. His record as a soldier is above
criticism. He entered the army in
1862 as captain of the Fifty-frst Mas
sachusefts volunteers. He served for
three years, was severely wounded in
1868 and was mustered out as colonel
in 1914. AS soldier, author, lecturer
and minister he has been in the front |
ranks.-Omaha World-Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-06
The Man and the DoI,,r.

In 1859 Lincoln said that the repub-
hcan party believed in the mar and the
dollar, but that in case of conflict it be-
lieved in the man before the dollar.
Thisis the proper relation which should
exist between the two. Man, the handi-
work of God, comes first; money, the
handiwork of man, is of inferior inn
portance. Man is the master, money
the servant, but upon all important
questions to-day republican legislation
tends to make money the master and
man the servant. The maxim of Jefer-
son, Equal rights to all and special
privileges to none" and the doctrine of
Lincoln that this should be a govern
ment. "of the people, by the people and
for the people" are being disregarded
and the instrumenta1ities of govern
ment are being used to advance the in
terests of those who are in a position
&c secure favors from the government.
w. j. Bryan.