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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30

Importance, for the endurance of de-
stroyer-setting aside for the nounce
the question of coal and water sup
ply-is in direct ratio to the physica.
endurance of the crew.
At full speed, and under the stress Of
warfare, the nervous tax upon the
complement of torpedo boat destroy
er is something closely akin to the ten
sion upon an engineer making record
time over roadway suspected OF
weakness; and anything that may con.
tribute to rest and physical recovery is
consequent promise of better per.
Torrance in the hours of sorest trial
They may be in commission by 1902.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30
Ascents of Mont Blanc.

Population in 1899; no later enumeration.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18

ity in Washington which is absolutely
perfect, Inc without sim"
There was no reply to that innocent
a But such things should not
occur in alleged Christian commun-
tiles. There is neither reason nor ex-
cuse for any community to boast of its
perfection, nor its approximation nnto
perfection. The churches in this city
are no better than the churches III
other cities, towns and villages. And
likewise, the churches and societies liz
the various cities and communities OF
this republic are not lerfect. They
have neither right nor reason to sup
pose that the national capital is a hot
bed of corruption: and hat it needs
the guardianship of the reformers OF
innumerable communities, who might
better be engaged in casting the beams
out of their own eyes, before they look
for the mote in the eyes of u people
here in this ten-miles-square, which is
the home of the federal government.
When the congress is not in session
particularly, this is a model city. The
people who are so anxious to regulate
the morals of the army posts and the
spiritual development of this city
might well employ their time and tai
entS in selecting model men to repre-
sent them in the national house OF
representatives. It is when the %
gress is in session that the hotels
make their "big money!" rs they cal
it, by their all-night poker games with
liberal sales of champagne and cigars:
all of the most costly brands. 1t is
when the congress is in session thai
the strange woman described in
Holy Writ infests this city. 1t is
when the congress is in session that
the national capital needs the guard
ianship of the moral elements of the
nation. Therefore, let the people who
want to make this q perfect city quit
sending here as their representatives
men who worship themselves. instead
of worshiping their Creator; who wor,
ship their appetites and passions, well
knowing that they are safely screened
by newspaper men of small caliber, to
whom they offer small official favors.
Thus is plain talk, of course; and it
is all true. But you must not imagine
that the people send nothing but
sporting men to the national house Of
representatives. Quite the contrary.
There are 357 members of that body.
Fully 300 of them are reputable and
worthy citizens. But the people WHIT
want this to be a model city usually
elect so or more scrubs every
two years, and they leaven the whole
lump with impurity and disrepute.
So don't allow yourselves to imagine
that this community needs a national
guardianship. 1t don't. 1t is one of
the best governed cities in the world.
1t is a credit to the republic, and to
every citizen of the republic. Petitions
for the betterment of the city are
valueless. Let the people send only
proper representatives to congress.
and the national capital will be all
right. SMITH D. FRY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18
PRESS COMMENTS.

The new republican platform is
rather long for a party that processes
to be running on the simple issue of
Observation-Disclosures Enquirer.
Mr.. Hanna's fine work in the
Ohio state convention may be taken
as an indication hat he expects the
Buckeye state to furnish the next
president, regardless of Mr.. McKin-
ley's declination.-Omaha World-Her-
aid.
If Senator Hanna can organize
a machine in a few more states which
will do his bidding as unquestionably
as does the Ohio machine, he can
either be the republican nominee for
president in 1904 or select the gentle
man upon whom hat honor shall fall.
Peoria Transcript.
The formation of trusts al
ways results in cheapening the prod
uct, as we have been so often assured
by the trust magnates. Nevertheless,
it may be well to note the fact that
the price of linseed oil has been CON-
stantly on the jump since the Linseed
Oil company was bought by the Stand
dId VII PCOPiOr Ao1 tIOIu A1ulCSs
There are significant signs that
the republican party is being divided
by discord. That party is likely to be
seriously disrupted in congress next
over the tariff question. and
who shall say that hat party, which
arrogates to itself all the virtues,
and is insolent in its assumption of un-
paralleled powers, may not go to
pieces before 1904 through internecine
quarre1s.-Syracuse Telegram.
Those who have been indulging
in the delusion that the ship subsidy
was dead will receive light from
the resolution of Mark Hanna's Ohio
indorsing the piratical
proposition. Mark Hanna is deter
mined to have his pound of flesh, and
he and his associate bandits are max
ing every preparation to put the next
congress in condition such hal they
can force this measure through.-In-
Sentinel.
Foraker, of Ohio, used to be
as a firebrand. Now he looms
mp as a peace agent and the adjuster
Of differences within the republican
The reason for his change of
base is this: The next legislature
viii select a successor to him in the
and he wants to be that sue
By posing as the harmony
agent between the factions of the
meanwhile stirring them up
by denouncing the wickedness of the
southern democrats, he hopes to have
the friendship and support of the
Hanna faction, the McKisson faction
md all the others.-Savannah News. |
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18

church are really followers Of the
Founder of our religion" He had
scarce taken his sea- when a good
brother arose and said: "Criticising
the church is small business. The
church is all right; at any rate, this
church is all right"
The Illinois farmer listened to the
TRADE which was so unexpectedly
hurled at him, and then arose, saying:
'It is well for me that / came here to-
night. I never before supposed that
there was a perfect church, composed
of perfect men and women. Out west.
where / live, all men and women ac-
knowledge that they are imperfect.
and they are praying for salvation. l
will go back home and tell the old
folks that there is a church commun-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18
Seriously Bitten by a shad.

William Duncan, aged &c years, {
Delaware river fisherman, was bitten
by a shad and is now in the Delaware
hospital at Wilmington, Del, suffering
severely. While hauling in his net ten
days ago one of the fish, which was
particularly vicious, seized his hand
in its mouth and inflicted a painful in
jury. The fish had fine teeth, which
cut the flesh. The wound was regard
ed as trivial, but in a few days the
hand began to swell. Now it is in
famed and swollen much larger than
the usual size, and serious results are
feared. The injury is infected with
a poisonous matter and the outcome
may be blood poisoning.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18
HE TWO EIsHeRMEn.

Oh, he was @ sport of the citiied sort,
With a natty duck suit and a big black
cigar,
And he said that his wish was to LAND all
the fish
That would rise to a fly in the brooks
near and far.
His rod was of steel. and his splinter new
creel
Astonished the natives that lived there
about;
While his bril1iant-hued flies filled them
all with surprise,
He had every device for the taking of
trout.
He started at dawn, ere the last stars
were gone,
For the head of the brook where the
fishing was fine.
II will not do a thing but bring back a
He observed with a win that was large
and benign.
Half a mile up the brook this hot sport
overlook
a barefooted boy with a cut willow pole,
Who clearly was bent-from the way that
he went
For the head of the brook-the town
fsherman's goal
They both angled away through the warm
summer day
Went wading through rifles or casting
in pools,
NOIhS over the SNOdiS ana Q1ppeQ into
the holes,
Chasing minnows ahead Of them,
schools upon schools.
The city mans flies loitered oft for a rise
On the edge of a rifle, with counterfeit
squirm,
While the small country lad, with what
tackle he had,
Depended alone on the s~uccu1ent worm.
They returned to the town as the red sun
went down
Both torn on the bushes and tired all out;
And the small farmer youth, to be honest
forsooth,
Confessed he had landed all day not a
trout,
But the smart city chap took his creel on
his lap.
And emptied out ~strapping big fish by
the score.
I'm no rar;" he said, but I've got on
Three hundred and twenty, perhaps a
few more"
The lesson. good friends, that this plain
tale intends
In its roundabout fashion to try to i'm
part,
Is: Don't always take every old country
fake
OF a swell city fisherman" story to
heart.
No matter what KIND of fine tackle you
In a fisherman's hands, you will have
to allow
That the fellow who get the fish out of
the wet,
Be he pumpkin or dude, is the one who
knows how.
j j. Montague, in Morning Oregonian.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18
A NEE PIERCE LOCHlNVAR.
How an Unwilling Bride Was :
Doubly Won.
BY BATTERMAN LINDSAY.


THE Yakimas, the Nez Perces and
L the Umatillas were holding a
midsummer Low feast. 1t was a
country fair, a camp meeting, an ath-
letic meet, a Knights Templar con-
clave and Monte Carlo fused in one
and poured into a picnic mold. For
assembly room and banqueting hall
they had a sandy plain on the first
standard parallel of latitude, not far
from the confluence of the Snake
N Columbia. 1t was walled by the
horizon, rooted by a sapphire vault
N festooned at night with innumer-
able scintillant sparks, to account for
whose origin and destiny the Indian
does not lie awake at nights, though
he has his explanations of such mat
tiers, too.
The sportively-inclined braves of
the three tribes-and what Indian is
not sportive?-had come to the meet,
bringing their ponies and blankets,
their inc baskets, their trinkets and
pelf, and, incidentally, their squaws
and papooses.
And now, after three days of play,
the loot was stacked up in heaps on
the Nez Perez side. The Umatillas
and the Yakimas had not a pony, a
blanket, a valuable of any kind left
them-scarcely a battered tin to boil
water in. The fun was over, there
was nothing left to do but to break
up the c~onclave and return whence
they came. But among the Yakimas
was one young man, Homework by
name, who was not as good a loser as
the others; when he looked over at
his two fleet ponies, with headstalls
and bride reins of braided horse
hair, his finely woven baskets,
worth much money in the marts of
the curio hunters, his thick blankets,
his beaded belts and moccasins, his
trusty knife, his heart rebelled within
him. He strobe up to Blue Heron,
the Nez Perez, who had been his priD
cipal opponent, and said to him:
some game between US two only. j
will stake my squaw against all you
have won from me-"
Blue Heron laughed. He was a tall,
STRAIGHTFORWARD, devil-may-care fell
low, fresh from a morning plunge in
the creek, and groomed to the very
perfection of an Indian toilet. 1.-THE
Nez Perces have plenty of girls" he
replied. ST had rather have the
ponies"
"CowardI" sneered Homework.
"You refuse a challenger"
"Never!" said Blue Heron. Bet
what kind of a squaw is it that you
think to put up against two ponies
and two blankets and baskets and
bead work? I never saw one worth
so much"
'"There she is, standing among
those The one with her hair
unbound. She is angry because /
made her give me the strings of beads
and silver pieces h had braided in
with it."
"Huh,. said Blue Heron, surveying
the young woman, critically. "She
has a temper"
Sometimes" admitted homework.
But she is strong and a good cook;
and very pretty"
.sWell, 1 agree,'' said Blue Heron.
The Nez Perce brought n of his
lately won blankets and spread it in
a convenient spot, Homework pro-
huced a deck of cards, and b two
sat down. News of the wager rapidly
spread throughout the camp, and the
PLAYERS were quickly surrounded by
a triple ring of deeply interested spec
eators.
Either from a malicious desire to
.orment his opponent, OF from a wish
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18

there is any place in the world where
young women do not need additional
protection it is in the city of Wash
ington; and the petitioners from New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago,
Cincinnati, St. Louis, San Francisco,
New Orleans and other great cities of
the country would do well to confine
their missionary work to their OWE
cities. There are many thousands of
women in the employment of the gov
eminent in this city. This condition
has endured for years; and out of it
not a dozen scandals have ever grown.
TksEe is nothing in the history of the
policy of employing women in the
government departments that does not
rebound to the credit of American
ome
There are very few people living in
Christian countries to-day who obey
the injunction of the Founder of their
religion to Judge not, hat We be net
Judged" That is the reason that good,
well-meaning people, wSoregard them
selves as approximating perfection,
take such an interest in making their
peighbors behave themselves. They
overlook John, the drunkard, in their
own community. They overlook Mary
the Magdalene in their own village.
They are SO self-satisfied with their
own lives, and with the workings of
their churches and societies, that they
want to reach out and evangelize the
other poor fellows who are not so
righteous as themselves. Consequent
~ they want to reform the national
capital.
In one of our churches recently a
man from an Illinois farm, who vas
visiting relatives here, addressed a
prayer meeting, and expressed the
hope that "aI of the members Of this
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18
Exploring syrian Castles.

Castles in Syria, to the eastward OF
Moab, are being explored by DR.. Alois
Nusil, of Vienna. On an earlier tour
he came cro one of these ruins
and reported its plan, at the same
time that he showed photographs of
the frescoes that survive on its walls.
They are believed to belong to later
Roman centuries and to have been
erected by powerful princes of Arab
stock. Architecture and ornament
show the influence of Perso-Greciea
art
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18
Cur Tncongruous Tarin Laws

If the national tariff lew was drawn
up for the sole purpose of raising
revenue for the government and was
based, like other forms of taxation,
without discrimination cor or against
industries or individuals, there would
be comparatively no complaint. As it
is we have a tariff the iron schedules
of which are made in the interest of
but half a dozen individuals. With the
protection thus afforded these men
hold up the prices of iron goods to-
American citizens in the United States,
while the benefit of low prices is given
to those abroad. Thus we see a law
having for it's ostensible object the
upbuilding of American citizens con-
verified into an agency to squeeze their
pockets and resulting in the benefit
of lower prices to the man living in
France, in England, in Africa or al
most anywhere so that he is not an
American citizen.-Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18
DOOM OF


The alternative now presented 10
var or ig~nominious retreat. Senator
Aldrich, chairman of the senate finance
committee, has served notice on the
president that the republican organ
ization in congress is opposed to reef
procity dickers and win defeat any at
tempt to procure the ratification OF
those now pending.
Senator Aldrich claims to speak for
his party in the New England and
eastern middle states. He undeni-
ably speaks for those who have pre-
vented the ratification of the pending
treaties, and who can continue to de-
feat them and others like them unless
reciprocity republicans and demo-
Gratis can agree TO pull together, which
is not very likely.
The true democratic doctrine is that
tariffs are to be made by congress,
not by the treaty-making power, and
that congress cannot be dive ,ted of its
exclusive prerogative in the matter
of raising revenue by the treaty-mak-
ing power or any other power.
The true democratic doctrine is
that reciprocity treaties are repug-
udAl u Tic CONSTITUTION oho - ~
more to be tolerated than attempts
to discharge any other constitutional
functions of congress by treaty
Democrats, therefore, should not join
western republicans in ratifying the
pending treaties.
What then? viii Mr.. Mckinley per-
sist in urging the senate to ratify
those treaties? Senator Aldrich arm
him against hat course. He assured
the president that the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers, which re-
Gently held a convention in Detroit, is
merely an association OF western
makers of agricultural implements,
and that the real manufacturers of
the country-those asst of the Alle-
ghanies and north of the Potomac
will make it uncomfortable for him
if he does not abandon reciprocity
These real manufacturers have shown
what they can do with Mr.. Mckinley
heretofore, and they are likely to DEM
onstrate their power to upsettle his
settled convictions of duty once more
But whipping him into line again
will not end the matter. Thousands
of manufacturers are seeking foreign
markets. They see that Dingleyism is
shutting the doors of those mar
kets in their faces. If they
find they cannot unlock those
doors by means of reciprocity
treaties they will seek to secure DEM
o~cratic assistance by attacking Ding
leyism directly in some sucA way as
thai proposed by Representative Bah
cock.
MI. Aldrich declares that eastern
republicans are practically a unit in
favor of maintaining the Dingley law
intact, and will effectively resent any
attempt to modify it's offensive pre-
visions, which are shutting doors
against our products.
But western manufacturers and
many eastern ones, zoe, are deter
mined that the Dangley rates must
come down; if not In one way, then
in another. IF they turn to the demo-
cratic party for aid they will win.
and neither manufacturing nor agri-
cultural interests viii be slaughtered
any Longer in order to build up the
private fortunes of greedy hene-
ficiaries of Dingleyism in Pennsyl-
vania and New England.
MI. Mckinley may be turned aside
once more from the path of "plain
duty but the war is on, and Ding
leyism is doomed.-Chicago Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18
ENCOURAGING.

Nervous Lady Passenger Ito deck
hand)-Have you ever seen any worse
weather than this, Mister Sailor?
Deck Hand-Take a word from an
old salt, mum; the weather's never
very bad while there's any females
on deck a-makin' henquiries about
~
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18
Censaderate

II thought, Mrs. Sharpe, I'd atop
and ask how you we're. / must go
again immediately"
You are very kind and thoughtful,
Mira. Observation-Disclosures Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18

at seems strange that such IN old
man should be in love with me-"
eyes. doesn't it? Usually they are
after some young girl."-Detroit Free
Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18
republicans in ohio nnrhta !,

The republicans in Ohio ought to
be careful and not bear too heavily on
the observation-disclosures issue. II
might interfere with the presidents
plan of building up a white republican
party in the south. Indianapolis
News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18

The Dingley law stands like q
club over foreign trade at every port
under the American flag, Whether it
is German sugar or French wines or
India silks or Chinese tea or Japan.
csc mating, we put a penalty upor
every man who would like to do bust.
ness with us and part with the pro-
ceeds of his labor to us that he may
be fed with our wheat and warmed
with our cotton and wool and carried
on our locomotives and bicycles. Tt
is we from whom the offense comes.
and if we want trade with Europe or
Asia or South America we must open
our ports to fairer trade or else we
have no moral right to complain oi
Notwithstanding 0regonian.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18

II is possible that the brutal tao
tics adopted by advocates of protec-
ton for industries that nave out
grown any need OF excuse for such ia.
vor, for combines that are paying div
idends on hundreds of millions of fc-
titious capitalization, may be able to
prevent any r~eformatory action by
the Fifty-seventh congress. We can
conceive of no happier fortune for the
somewhat demoralized and disheart-
ened democracy than to be endowed
with the campaign thunder, the po-
litieal capital, that will be in its hands
If congress adjourns without having
put away the fragrant abuses that are
sheltered behind some of the schedules
of the tariff Of 1s97.-Washinpton Post
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-18

After throwing a scare into the
Ohio convention about foreign labor,
Senator Foraker congratulated the
country that there would soon be
free trade between this country and
Porto Rico. The tobacco and sugar
growers would like the senator to ex.
plain.-Indianapolis News Qnd.).
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
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