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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-06
Personal Impressions by T. P. o'Con.

Mir. T. P. O'Connor. in the latest num- ber of Mainly About People" gives his impressions of MT. Rhodes. whom he describes as 'one of the most potent. dra- matc and Interesting figures in the his tory of the British Empire"
 Cecil Rhodes" he writes. 'one or the greatest men of action of his country was garrulous. joyous and had not par tlcle of craft or concealment or under handedness in his composition. when you met him he poured forth perfectly lncessant stream of talk. Instead of be- ing grim. he struck you at once as one of that good-natured, unarected, hale fellow wei met tyne of Englishmen who might at any moment stand for the con- ventional portrait of John Bull Though some of the ways into which Rhodes was dawn were tortuous it is neverthe- less true that essentially he was trans parent simple. straightforward blum John Bull who said what he meant and did so with d frsnkness that was often most disastrous. and often wanting. unin- tentionalIy in good taste as much as in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-06
Greatest Living Man." Said Rud-
 yard Kipling.

Rudyard Kipling called Mir. Rhodes the greatest of living men," Justin McCar- thy. in his History of Our. Own Times" says that he was above all things an adventurer by temperament and by ca reer eager to extend the em- pire. but not unwilling at the same time to make money out of the enterprise" '" Lord Salisbury, who never came in close contact with him. was of the opinion that MT. Rhodes is gentleman with con- sidera bl1 force of character" Sir Will liam Harcourt once said regarding MT Rhodes well-known views on preferential tariffs between England and her colonies and the necessity for compelling the Af- rican natives to work: Reasonable man, MT. Rhodes. He is so easily statistical All he asks us to do is to give up free trade and to restore slavery. New York Tribune
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Did Not Value Money for its Own
 Sake,

In Howard Hensman's recently pulp lished biography of Mir. Rhodes. the sub title of which Is "A Study of Career" he says:
 For money as money, Rhodes has never cared the slightest. It was only for the power which the control of wealth brings with 1t that Rhodes strove to become millionaire. Today, though he is, as he himself has stated. a millionaire ten times over. he probably spends less upon him. self than a good many of those in his ries which money buys, Rhodes would never have worked early and latesto ob- tain 1t. But, as has just been said, a large capital at his command was the first step toward the accomplishment of his ideas. and therefore he devoted himself to the task of making money with that logged earnestness and concentration of energy which had previously carried him triumphantly through so many difficulties at school and coIlege.-New York Tri- bune.
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His Friendship With Chinese Gordon.

An interesting incident in his life was his friendship with Chinese Gordon. 1t Is recorded as one of the best Gordon anecdotes that tn Inflated General said to Cecil Rhodes on the eve of their part ing: Rhodes. you are one of those men who ne Ter approve of anything unless you originate 1t yourself" It was d judg- ment that accurately summed mp Rhodes character.
 4e and Gordon ware companions in Basutoland and the tradition is that they never agreed upov anything, yet, several years later when Gordon was about start ing for that place so soon to be the scene Of inc tragedy Q. his lfe. Khlrtoum. he telceraphed to the young man who had fought many a verbal battle with him. to join him, extending to him an
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 Yes, I have heard that they discharged people in Cape Town for doing their duty" answered the clerk, but we ain't incsge sas 1pst TeWn; s;I This is republic Kan Why Rhodes Caused the Jameson
 Raid.
 Cecil Rhodes never publicly avowed the reasons why he organized the Jameson raid. They are now set forth in his own words by one of his biographers. lie quotes Mir. Rhodes as saying:
 There were three reasons. In the first place found that old Kruger was an insuperable obstacle to the union of poses and for the development of the country. I tried him in every way could on what you may call Afrikander principles. but 1t was of no use. and so long as he ruled the Transvaal the brake was put on all progress in South Africa.
 The second reason was that there was an English speaking minority opposed to Kruger. but at least as much opposed to seeing South Africa under the British flag That was then a small minority, but a growing one. and if left to develop it would have become a majority. When the hour came to get rid of Kruger. that would have baked the policy for which had struggled all my life-to make South Africa an integral part of the Brit ish empire.
 make revolutions in these days without money. and had at my command at that time a combination of millionaires reaGy to support me whom l might never be a ble to get together again. .--London cable to The Chicago Inter-Ocear.
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Nominations Sent to Senate.

Washington. April 3.-~The President to- day sent the following nominations to the Senate: Captain Edward H. Browne. lst Tnfan- try. Major: Edward J. Bloom. al large. Second Lieutenant of Infantry.
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invitation to join the expedition as his sGordons) private secretary.-New York Tribune.
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CECIL RHODES.
HIS CAREER DISCUSSED FROM MANY POINTS OF VIEW.
Struggled for Wealth to Purchase Power-Cared Not for Gold It. self-Was Not . Woman
 Hater, But Fought Shy
 of the Fair Sex.

The New York Journal prints the fol- lowing review of Cecil Rhodes career, written by William T. Stead:
 In the death of Cecil Rhodes Africa has lost its only statesman, the world one of its greatest human forces, and ] have lost a very dear and very faith full friend.
 Mir. Rhodes, a millionaire with imagi- nation, aspired to be to the English speaking race what Ignatius Loyola was to the Catholic Church when 1t reeled be- heath the Protestant reformation. He saw that the new times required new measures. The empire which had been made by adyenturers. as Gordon said, needed to be maintained by adventurers. He applied himself to the task with a whole heart. He was Gordon's friend Only an accident prevented his dying at GordOns g side when khartoum was sacked by the forces of the Mahdi.
 To found the new society--not of Jesus, but of the English-speaking man-4Mr. Rhodes saw it was necessary ito put money in thy purse" He put money in his purse to the tune of millions. No one alleges that he did so uniawfuliy or ruthlessly. He was the precursor of [. Pierpont Morgan as the great amalgama- tor. He formed the greatest trust or com bine the world had up to that time ever seen in the creation of De Beers diamond mine.
 A Millionaire Without @ SiXpence.
 Mir. Rhodes was the first of the money kings of the African world. But to him money was never an end in itself. No one so merctlessly satiriZed the mere mill lionaire who had millions but no mind. who, while breeding like nesting hens over incalculable personalities of power, never matched out a single chicken of po- litical or social achievement.
 MT. Rhodes was a man of different mold. To him the only joy in the pos session of money was to use 1t for the realization of great ideas. No man ever realized more absolutely the ideal of be- ing a mere steward of his worldly posses sions. He was always straining even his vast resources to accomplish his still vaster designs.
 You once wro,e of me- said Mir. Rhodes to me on one occasion. that l was a millionaire who never had six pence. If you only knew how true that was! Why, today my banker tells me my bank account is overdrawn by SO.OOo pounds sterling"
 All his credits were overdrawn. Espe- cially his credit upon the Bank of Life. He lived eagerly, worked constantly, at tempted to do greater things than mortal man could accomplish. And so it has happened to him to fall dead midway in the track of his great career.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

than it is to-day, Angora meat will
take it's place and give to both the
rich and poor epicure a taste of
meat which, to the writer, is indis-
ti~nguishable from that of the deer.
The Angora is not destined to kill
the wool industry of the world, for
the warmth of the sleeps fleece will
be always sought by all manner of
people in the temperate and frigid
zones His mission is to supply mo-
hair for the manufacturing of deli
cate fabrics and to clear the brush
from off large and small tracts of land
extending more or less from Maine to
California.
At the second annual sale of An
CORA goats recently held at Kansas
City, the Champion buck of the
show was bought for the record
breaking price of $1,O50. He is a
notably fine animal, and experts con-
slider that he is worth the price.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
IMPORTANT QUESTION.
Gains, in the First Season or
at Mature Agee

1t is now pretty generally under
stood that sheep and cattle make
gains the most cheaply near the
birth period, and also the most rap
idly. This is owing to the greater
activity of the secretions when an
imals are young. But this explana-
ton does not 81 well apply to the
case of swine. After several years of
experimenting at the Minnesota ex-
pertinent station, it has been ascer-
tanned that pigs do not gain nearly
so rapidly when they r young as
when of more mature age. When
they were on the sow it was found
difficult to make them gain a pound
a day. After weaving for two or
three months they seldom made more
than one-half pound per day, but aft
er say five or six months for the next
two or three months they gained well
on to two pounds per day. Thus it has
been shown in several instances, that
between the ages of five and eight
months pigs have made the most
rapid increase in weight. The exper-
iments referred to were not made
with IL view to test this question, but
these results came out incidentally
in a large number of tests. AS a re-
suit of the casual n in which
these conclusions were reached, the
relative cost of the gains cannot be
given, but it is probable those made
neal the birth period were the least
costly, owing to the small amount
relatively of the food consumed.
This is a great question. 1t ought
to be further Investigated. The ex-
perience referred to calls up the
thought that it may be possible to
market pork too young to bring the
grower the greatest profit, even
when swine are sold as young as six
or seven months, the popular age at
which to sell. These results in swine
growing, so different from those OBJ
tanned in growing cattle and sheep,
are well worthy of the closest study
Northwestern Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
Using the Hand Separator.

Prof. H. II. Dean: A great many
who use hand %separators take the
warm cream from the separator and
put it in with the cream that has been
skinned in the morning Or the pre-
vious day, That practice will result
in a poor quality of butter every time.
Cream from the separator should al
ways be cooled at once to a tempera-
ture of go degrees or lower, otherwise
it win be verse for buttermaking than
that obtained in the old way without
separators. N%eglecting to wash the
machine properly, and neg.eeting to
cool the cream PROPERLY the two
great evils to guard against in the
use Of the hand separator. If these
two points are carefully observed, we
shall have a better quality of cream,
but not otherwise.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
ALWAYS DANGER IN TRUSTS.
Thoughtful Men Regard the Vast Corr
p0rati0ns with Suspicion
and Anxiety.

think it is undeniable, says William
r. Merriam, in Atlantic, that great
wealth in the hands of q few men. and
especially in the hands of bright and
able men, such as these leaders in in
dustry have shown themselves to be,
is alwaysmore or less dangerous to the
state. Even though they may be men
of high character and personal integ-
rity, they will probably hold that eff
forts to influence by improper induce
ments the action of legislators and as
SCISSORS and of men in authority who
may, under certain circumstances,
have the power to do things adverse
to their interests, are permissible, on
the principle that the end iustities the
means. The political influence of these
large aggregations of capital is the
chief danger, and the one which will be
the hardest to eradicate. 1t may safely
be predicted that there Will be some sort
OF supervision over them sooner or
later. This supervision ought not to be
such as to interfere with the pursuit
of the business for which they were in
c~orporated; but it ought to give their
transactions such publicity as will not
only protect the investors who buy
their securities, but also convey to the
great mass of consumers some concep-
ton of the profits which arise from the
existence of Industrial combinations.
There can be no doubt that many Of
the thoughtful men of the. country
look with much suspicion and anxiety
upon the influence being eyerted by
these vast corporations in the United
States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
MORE EXPANSION.
lore Trouble in Prospect Through
the Trade for the Danish
West Indies.

1t may well be doubted whether
the purchase of the Danish West In
dies is such Il glorious thing for us.
Apparently we have enough trouble
on our hands without purchasing
more OF the same in $5,000,000 lots.
Denmark has every reason to rejoice.
She has traded us a troublesome and
expensive white elephant. She would
make money if she had paid us S.
600 1000 to take the "onery critter"
off her hands. Now our troubles be-
gin. The inhabitants don't want us
and we most certainly don't want
them. The only class benefited will
be the colonial officials who will be
sent out to govern the islands for
a sufficient consideration.
The New York Times takes an OPP
timistic view of the situation. 1t
sagely comments:
what is a fair price for a liability is a
fair question. But 1t does not arise in this
case, because that Denmark has found
q liability We can at once convert into an
asset by opening our markets to Its prod
uCtS. OHe line Oh our tdTlI NOuIu not OHiy
make the Danish Islands prosperous, but
start an overwhelming demand for an
nexatlon in all the sugar. islands of the
Caribbean. British, French and Dutch, as
we'll as Danish. All that would be needed
would be to put upon the free list raw cane
sugar, the product of possessions of the
United States.
why should we hesitate to do ourselves
and the islands at the same time an excel
lent turn? The only answer Is, because Of
Oxnard. 1t Is Oxnard who has planted
himself and his industry in the way of
manifest destiny"
This smacks too strongly of sugar.
1t is incredible that by removing the
tariff on sugar eve car at once con
vert into an asset this heavy la
bility. Even were this possible it is
no reason why we should purchase
the islands. If there were any i'm
mediate danger that this prophecy
should come true and "start an
overwhelming demand for annexa
ton in all the sugar islands of the
Caribbean British, French and
Dutch, as well as Danish"-then in
deed would our woes be consum-
mated. We have had all the annex
alton that we need for a long, long
time.
Our imperial friends must not
think hat the peoples Endorsement
Of McKihley's colonial policy gave a
license to "annex" every vacant or
worthless property within the seven
seas, else the dead issue of imperial
ism may suddenly spring to life
r. M.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
THIS IS SIMPLY WONDERFUL.

Champion, Mich, March 18th, Mrs,
A. Wellett, wife of Il local photog-
rapher has had a remarkable expert
ence recently.
Mrs. Wellett tells the story this way:
81 could not sleep, my feet were cold,
my limbs cramped. had an awful hard
pain across my back. l had to get uF
three or four times every night. I was
very nervous and fcarfully despond.
ent. 1 had very little appetite.
"After / had suffered in this way for
five years / began to use Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. When l had taken n few
pills you ought to have seen what came
from my kidneys. 1t looked like a
spoiled egg only darker.
81 kept on using Dodd's Kidney Pills
till | was cured. Now | can sleep well
and do not have to get up in the night
I have no pain in my back or limbs and
I feel better than | have for years"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
when to slaughter a Pig.

When to slaughter a pig must de
pend on what we have to feed him, and
the price at which feed is selling in the
market. The price of pork also cuts
some figure, but not so much as the
price of feed. For instance, this year
in some localities pig feed is so high
in price that every pound of additional
weight put IN costs ten cents, which is
far above the highest market price
possible. Where the hog raiser lives
near a creamery and can get skim
milk at a low figure, or near Il cheese
factory and can get whey for prac-
tically nothing, it often pays to keep
the pigs till they are of good size, even
when other feeds are high. This year
a good many pigs are being got rid
of as soon as they attain a weight OF
$50 pounds.-Farmers Review.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

One would naturally think that the pack.
age dye business was a small industry, but
there is more than one million dollars worth
OF package dyes sold in the United States
every year.
One of the largest package dye factories
IN the world is that of the Putnam Fadeless
Dyes Co., Unionville, Mo. In this factory
alone, three million packages of Putnam
Fadeless Dyes are made every year. To
put up this amount OF dyes requires the
handling of seven million of envelopes, think
OF it, seven millions of envelopes laid length
wise would reach a distance of seven hun
dred miles; if laid one upon the other they
would max a pile of Putnam Fadeless Dyes
a miles high. As each envelope has to be
handled five times before a package is com
plete, the completion of three millions of
packages requires that they be handled
thirty-five, million times. This of course
gives employment to a number of people,
the Putnam Fadeless Dye Company alone
employ. almost a hundred people, 80 per
cent. of whom are young ladies.
As each package retails for lOc the weight
OF the retail price of the three millions pack
ages in dimes is $4,000 pounds, or almost
a car load.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
THE USEFUL ANGORA.
the Manufacture of Delicate
Dress Fabrics.

Unlike that of the Belgian hare, the
Angora goat business cannot be
called a fad, for the reason that the
animal in question is, and has been
for long, long years, an animal of
utility, and will continue to be an an
imal of utility just as long as mohair
is imported into this country or ex-
ported from it, as it is most assured
ly bound to be some day, says Shep-
herd Boy in Wool Markets and Sheep.
As a meat-producing animal he will
no doubt take his stand with cattle.
sheep and hogs in feeding the ever
growing meat-eating population of
the world, but he is never intended
Or destined to kill either the beef.
mutton or pork trade of this OF any
other country. When venison is
scarcer, and, consequently, dearer,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

Why nine-tenths of our American
farmers do not take pride and
interest in nice teams and horses Is
a mystery to me, says q wcll-known
writer. We have plenty of good feed
and plenty Of good stations and all
that is lacking is an eye for beauty
and a hand to mold it. / do not like
mixed breeding. If a man wants to
raise a horse or team of horses let him
first select a good sound brood mare
of the type he wants to breed. Let
her be sound and suitable or she is
not fit to breed from. Then a sire
should be selected. 1t should be m
of the same type as the brood mare,
and if one is deficient in any point the
other must be double in quality cor
respondingly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

If the tariff were placed only
where it is needed there would be a
radical revision of the whole list
Indianapolis News (Ind.).
THE presidents policy of gag.
ging his cabinet is not likely to deprive
the public of news while the newspa-
pers continue their Washington serv-
ice.--N. Y. World.
We are trying to keep the Phil
ippines because of their rich resources,
and we are holding off Cuba at arms
length for the same reason. The ex-
pansion policy comes a little awkward
to us.-Indianapolis News (Ind.).
High as the cost Of living now is
it is certain to 60 higher, as it is in the
unrestrained power of the trusts to
make prices as high as their greed de-
mands they shall make them for their
own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. There is at
present no legal restraint upon their
Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
The ship subsidy bill is to be kept
steadily before the senate, as the un-
finished business of that body. 1t is
supposed that the intent is to tire the
senator's into passing the bill. On the
other hand, this plan may have the
salutary effect of making them sick
and tired of the subsidy scheme.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The Minnesota delegation in
congress is reported to be willing to
agree to a reduction of the duty on
Cuban sugar provided the duty can be
sealed down on some other things.
Nobody out this way would object If
the price Of other excessively protect
ed articles as well as sugar were Topped
off q bit.-Minneapolis Journal (Rep.).
The democrats stand ready to
do more than Cuba asks. They would
vote for absolute free trade with the
island. It is the republican party
which has, in all this Cuban guam
dairy, got on a conspicuous stage to
exhibit to the country q dishearten-
ing spectacle Of vacillation, divided
counsels and predetermined leader
ship facing both ways.--N. Y. Post.
Senator Hanna ought to accom-
,pany his speech in favor Of ship sub
sides with a rule and figure table to
show how much the gang will cough
up for campaign purposes while their
graft lasts.-Atlanta Constitution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

In New York city alone there are
now about 400. 900 Germans.
q A silken thread is three times as
strong as a fayen one of the same
thickness.
Among the "a inhabitants of Lon
don who are over Il hundred years
old 10 are m
What were supposed to be dia-
nonds found in Montana recently
proved to be white sapphires.
At q recent meeting of the anthro-
biological society, of Washington, evil
dence was adduced that the tattoo
marks on Eskimo women were made
for the purpose Of indicating rela-
t%ionship.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
N MANURE BOX.
ny Its Aid the Stable and Its Sur
rOundings a BE Kept Always
Neat and lean.

A very handy manure box and how
to make it is shown herewith. The
upper figure is a side view; the lower
shows the box as seen from above.
1t is very easily constructed, is eight
feet long, IS inches wide, 16 inches
deep and shaped like a fiat boat. At
each end are handles used in unload
ing. 1t is very convenient. standing
near the stable door where the
manure is thrown into it when the
stable is cleaned in the morning. A