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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-19

A Man caught a Weasel, and was about TO kill it. The little ami
NAL prayed earnestly for his life. You will not be so unkind,' said
he to the Man, "as to Stay a poor creature who kills your Mice for you? p
For me" answered the Man; that's a good joke. For me, YOU say,
as if you did not catch them more for your pleasure than for my profit.
And. in respect of eating and gnawing my victuals, YOU know that you
do IS much harm as the Mice themselves. You must make some better
excuse than that before fee. inclined to spare you" Having said this
he strangled the Weasel without more ado.
Mora-Ths fable is pointed at those who aea apt to impute factions which are done
with a private view oil their NV to ther zeal for the public.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-19

%Pineapples costing four and five
shillings In England may be bought
three for a penny at Singapore, and
we're eve cheaper than this a few
years ago
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-19

Clarissa-Frankly, / don't think I ever
saw the man | would marry!
Kitty-Oh, well, dear, have patience;
he may heave in sight, you know-Bostoa
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-19
Japs Growing Taller.

1t appears from statistics recently
published that the Japanese are grow
ing taller.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-19

Fire and sword are but allow engines
Of destruction in comparison with the
babbler.-Steele.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-19

There is no way Of estimating tie
nara done by a man tattler.-Chinago
IouI Dal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-19

Extreme heat is more fatal to human
life than extreme cold.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-19

Servia and Greece each have a popula.
ton Of 2,5O0,O 900, or a little less than the
stata of Indiana
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-22
The Engineer,s signaI.
nv Bret Harte.

BY Bret Harte.
Two low whistles quaint and clear,
That was the signal the engineer
That was the signal that Guild, tits
said.
Gave to his wife at Providence,
AS through the sleeping town, and
hence
Out in the night,
On to the light,
Down past the farms, lying white, he
sped.
AS a husbands greeting, scant, nc
doubt.
Yet to the woman, looking out,
Watching and waiting, no serenade
Love song or midnight roundelay
Said what the whistle seemed to say:
ITO my trust true,
So love to you!
Working or waiting, good night" II
said.
Brisk young bagman, tourists fine,
Old commuters along the line,
Brakemen and porters glanced ahead
Smiled as the signal, sharp, intense.
Pierced through the shadows of Provi-
dence.
Nothing amiss-
Nothing-it is
Only Guild calling to his wife," they
said.
Summer and winter the old refrain
Rang Ger the pillows of ripening grain.
Pierced thro the budding boughs
o'erhead.
Flew down the track, when red sheaves
burned
Like living Goals from the engine
spurhed;
Sang as it flew:
"ro our trust true.
First of all duty! Goodnight" it said.
And then one night it was heard no
more
From Stonington over Rhode Island
shore
And the folk in Providence smiled
and said
AS they turned in their beds: THE
engineer
Has once forgotten his midnight
cheer"
ONLY one knew,
To his trust true,
Guild lay under his engine, dead.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

New York Commercial (Rep.): BE
cause Gen. Miles has nothing else to
do is not a logical reason why he
should be a logical candidate for the
presidency
Chicago Chronicle (Dem.): Talk OF
Gen. Miles as the Democratic presi-
Dental nominee is nonsense. A snub
from Elihu Root cannot by any posi-
bility be amplified into a national
Democratic platform"
New York World (Dem.): mfr Bry-
an is unwittingly doing his party a
service in denouncing Cleveland, OIL
ney, German. Hill and Parker and
shouting for another campaign of ca
lamity. He is giving the voters an
other lesson, unnecessary though it
would seem. of his unfitness for lead
ership or counsel"
Norfolk Landmark (Dem.): Every
body is bound to admire the generous
spirit back of Mr. Pulitzer's $4,000 900
endowment of school of journalism,
but the best school for that purpose is
any good school, and college, too, if
possible, coupled with actual expert
ence. Newspaper knowledge is not to
be obtained anywhere else than on a
newspaper. 1t is a good thing TO start
with a general education. which can
not be too thorough"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-22
Personal.

-Mascagni, the italian composer, is
disguised with the decision of the
council of state not to reinstate him
in his post as director Of the Conser-
vatoire of Pesaro and has written to
a friend in Paris that, unless the coun-
Gil shall reconsider it's action, he will
leave Italy forever and settle in the
French metropolis. Il will not even
let them have my ashes when 1 am
dead"
The most gifted Of all women
composers was Clara Schumann, yet
shortly before her marriage she frank
ly wrote in her diary: Il used to think
l had talent for creating, but 1 have
changed my mind. Women should not
wish to compose; not one has ever sue
ceeded. To suppose that 1 was des-
tined to be an exception would be an
arrogant assumption, which 1 made
formerly, but only because my father
prompted me-"
The new pope must be classed
among the younger members of the
sacred college, although he is IS years
old. Twenty-Five out of the sixty
four cardinals who attended the con-
clave are older than Plus X. The
oldest member of the sacred college
is Cardinal Celesia of Palermo, who
is S9 years old. Cardinal Rampolla is
more than ten years the junior of the
new pope. Cardinal Gibbons is one
year older than Pope Plus.
That portion of Fifth avenue, New
York, which is often referred to as
Steel Trust row." attracts attention
because of the splendid entrances on
many of the mansions recently erect
ed there. Wooden doors have given
way entirely, bronze iron and polished
steel having been substituted. Many
of these homes have entrance ways
costing $4,000 or more. A well-known
architect says that $1,0OO,000 a year is
being spent IN this way on fine New
York residences.
r. c. Kerens, for more than a gem
Grafton the recognized boss of the Re-
publican party in Missouri and a po-
tent factor in the doling out of federal
patronage, has definitely and decisive
ly withdrawn from politics. The fail
tire of successive administrations to
reward his faithfulness in the party
service is given as the reason for his
retirement. Although he has secured
offices for hundreds of his fellow Re-
rublicans he has failed to obtain one
for himself.
w. P. Bentley of Shanghai, China,
addressed a Christian Endeavor meet
ing at Bethany Park, Ind, the other
day, and surprised his hearers by as
suring them that the Boxer movement
had proved a great blessing to the
church. The prosecutions the Chris
tians endured then only spread their
teachings. Since the tremendous
slaughter of Christians the number of
converts had increased until it now
EQUALS what it was before the upris-
ing, 100000.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-22
BRIGHT BITS.

WAS your son graduated as a law
yer?" well, he thinks so now. He
hasn't had case yet, you know
Judge.
Gas Mani. came (hic) to see y'r
gas meter" Lady Of the House-"But
you've been drinking" Orders of
company. Now 1 see double. Life.
-Teacher-"Willie, what would be
the first thing to do if a boy should
be sunstruck?" Willie-"Let him stay
home from school. '-Chicago Daily
News.
-"She refused him eight times be-
fore finally saying yes" why did
she change her mind ?" "She didn't.
She was merely learning if he would
change his."-Puck.
First Mechanic (paid by the hour)
well, matte, how do you like these
long summer days." Second Mechanic
Il don't mind 'em as long as we're
paid by the hour. Punch.
is your wife good cook?" asked
the visitor from out of town. rs she %
echoed the fiat dweller. Say, you Just
ought to be around when she roasts
the janitor. Chicago Daily News.
-"Bruddahs en- sistahs," said old
Parson Sparks, "ef he church bell at
tracted people lax de dinneh bell de
pews would be filled in two minutes
after de fus' ringin' ."-Chicago Daily
News.
A recent case has caused it to be
reafflrmed that there can be no copy
right in news. This decision, however,
is not expected to affect the sanctity
of the foreign intelligence of some of
our contemporaries
Britain as beat H'America hat golf!
'Ooray!
No more the blooming Yanks can
scott,
HI say,
H'about hour fighters hand hour
yachts
No more they'll sting those long-sore
spots,
But we'll give them the scornful
cough
Ho joy! We beaten them hat golf!
Chicago Journal.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-22
THE NEW vAGRANr Law.

The news from all over the state is
TO the effect that the Calvin vagrant
law is being put in force. In Savah-
nah there is wide field for its opera
lions. There are hundreds of negroes
who do nothing. They live upon the
products of the toll of their wives, or
by disreputable means.
The law, if rigidly enforced, will be
beneficial to working negroes, as it will
relieve them of the weight of contrib
uting to the support of the worthless
members of their race. 1t will also
save thousands of dollars in food to
the whites, out of whose kitchens this
idle class is fed.
There should be no distinction made.
however, in enforcing the vagrant law.
White men, who are always hooking
for work and praying to God that they
will not find it," should be given the
benefits of the law. 1t viii do
them good If it forces them to work,
or it will do this county good If they
can be run out OF it. The negro va
grants are a danger and a nuisance,
and the white Migrants are a disgrace
TO their race. There may be an ex-
cuse for the negro, but there is none
for a white man.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-22
Had Too Many Feet.

Uncle Zeke had just returned from
his first and only visit to salt water
and was narratihg his experience and
telling of the wonderful things he had
seen on the edge of the mighty deep,
among which was his first CRAB.
Il seed sufnthin' skeeting along in
de sand" he said, land l axed a boy
was de ting fifteen to eat, and he said
he sho was. 1 cotch de crab, and de
boy he say, Better look out, dat
thing'n bite you 1 said, How he
guinter bite me when 1 got him by de
mouf?" And bless God, befo' l knowd
it, de d-n thing turned round, he
did, and bit me wild every foot he had,
and he had foots all round i'm, too.
Did l drap him? 1 couldn't drap him,
but 1 bussed him open wild a bode.
No, sir, catfish all right, but dis mig
ger is muffin wild er crab"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-22

| Capt. Foster superintendent of the
| prison farm, declines to occupy the po-
sitloh in which the Prison Commission
sought to put him in its report. In
its report the commission said that in
the absence of the commission the sup
erintendent had authority to act for It,
| Capt. Foster takes occasion to say that
he has no authority except as pro-
vided in the rules, and that there is no
rule that gives him direct control of the
convicts. 1t seems that he cannot pre-
vent the logging Of a convict nor can
he say that a convict shall not be sent
to the field when the warden decides
otherwise. Capt. Foster says that he
condemned the whipping of Mamie De-
Girls and did not approve sending her
to the field. but it seems that he was
powerless to prevent the infection Of
either punishment.
We call attention to this difference
between the superintendent of the pris-
on farm and the commission simply to
bring out more clearly the fact that
there is need of a thorough overhauling
of the whole convict business. If
Capt Foster is right then the commits
sion isn't posted as to the authority
with which each of the officials of the
farm is clothed. and the power to in
hict the severest sort of punishment
upon eonvicts is placed in man hold
ing an inferior place. 1t is probable
if the authority to infiict punishment
had been lodged in the superintendent
instead of the warden there would have
been no Mamie DeCris scandal.
AS soon as the Legislature assem-
bles next summer the treatment of the
convicts, whether at the prison farm or
elsewhere, ought to be thoroughly in
vestigated, and regulations made that
will insure them humane treatment.
We are sure that the people of the
state do not want the convicts sub
jected to brutalizing treatmenp 50
that when they leave the prison they
will be in a frame of mind that will un-
fit them for becoming law-abidihg
members Of the communities in which
they take UP their residences.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-22
CONSOLIDATION OF THE RAIL.
ROADS,

The consolidation of the Seaboard
with the Rock Island and the st. Louis
and San Francisco railroads was but
another step in the direction of bring
ing all the railroads of the country
under the management of a few men.
1t is said that there are about 800 rail-
road companies now, and it is probable
that the consolidation of companies
will go on until there will not be more
than twenty or twenty-five great rail-
road corporations
There are several things that lead
to these consultations. One is that
they present a way to prevent rate
cutting. Congress has refused time
and again to let the railroads pool their
earnings and consolidation has been
adopted to accomplish the same OBJ
ject. Rate cutting does not benefit
the general public. 1t benefits only
the big shippers-the shippers who are
able to compel the railroads to come
to their terms. 1t is to the interest
of the public, therefore, that rate cut
ting should be stopped. 1t is probable
that there is nothing so disastrous to
dividends as the cutting of rates.
Consolidation also makes it possible
to manage the roads with greater
economy. The claim is put forth that
the greater the consultations, the
greater the power the railroads will be
and that in proportion as their power
increases their rates will be raised. This
is not proving to be the case. On the
contrary, the tendency of rates is
downward. But the rates are under
the control of state commissions and
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The people have it in their power to
say what the rates and taxes shall be.
They haven't much reason, therefore, to
complain.
Among leading railroad men the opin-
ion prevails that the movement that
gained such force a few years ago, and
which still has many friends, namely,
to put the railroads under government
control, or, in other words to have the
government buy the railroads, will not
be successful. The people, when they
come to think Of the matter, will not
consent to have the railroads mixed zip
in politics. The party in power would
control the railroads, if the government
owned them, and with a million of
railroad employees at it's command it
would be a difficult matter to get a
party out of power.
If the laws of some OF the states
had been different 1t is probable that
the Seaboard would have been consoli-
dated with another system than the
Rock island and the st. Louis and San
Francisco roads, because there are
roads with which it could work to bet
ter advantage, but it may not be long
before there will be changes all around,
and that some of the big systems will
themselves be consolidated or merged
When Congress sees that consolidation
is inevitable it may open the way for
more economical merging than is now
| possible.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-22
was the Rnnsomest.

Many years ago homemade tar was
used in the rural districts OF Florida,
and axle grease was hardly known.
An enterprising country merchant laid
in a supply, however, and while he
was placing it on his shelves a green,
country darkey strolled in, when the
following colloquy took place:
Mos Tom, is dem cheeses what
you setting UP dere?"
Yes"
What dey wuf?"
'Ten cents a box"
well, gimme box an 10 cents
wuf er crackers"
Charley took his crackers and
"cheeses'' to the back of the store,
and, seated on a meat box, devoured
the mixture with evident relish, and
as he licked his chops Mos Tom
said to him:
your lunch?"
MOS Tom, femme tell you, de crack
ers was all right, but dem is sho de
ransomest cheese ever tackled in my
life"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-22
NEW PANAMA COMPLICATIONS.

Believing that there was no doubt
that Colombia would ratify the Pan
anna canal treaty many Americans
made Investments in Colon and Pan
anna and along the route of the ca
nal. Naturally they are very much
disturbed by the rejection of the
treaty, and it is doubtless their talk
that is the cause of the rumors that
the state of Panama will secede from
Colombia and set up an independent
government that will make whatever
canal concessions the United States
want. It is even said that the State
Department is well informed of plots
to establish an independent govern
ment in Panama, and that the lead
ers of the movement can expect en-
enlargement from that source.
1t is quite safe to say that the
United States government hasn't given
a thought to the possibility of Pan
anna seeding, and it certainly hasn't
given the promoters of that scheme
ENCOURAGEMENT. 1t isn't at all likely
that it will give encouragement to it.
1t has a reputation for fair dealing
with the Central and South American
states, and it is necessary that it
should maintain 1t.
The United States could of course
take possession of whatever conces-
sions they want for carrying into effect
the Panama canal project, but they
are not going to use their strength in
any such way, and Colombia knows
they are not If Colombia thought
the United States would proceed to
take the concessions they want, If
they could not get them by treaty on
their own terms, it is probable that
she would have ratified the Panama
canal treaty 1t is because she knows
the United States will not grab her
territory or rob her Of any of her
rights that she feels free to take
whatever course she pleases in regard
to the concessions the United States
want for canal purposes. 1t is prac-
tically certain that the United States
viii not be a party to or encourage
the secession of Panama with the
view of facilitating the effort to get
possession Of the territory that is con-
tiguous to the Panama canal route.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-22
Hix Dixtinguished Uncle.

A young lady, the beautiful daugh-
ter Of a western congressman, says the
Chicago Record Herald, was introduce
ed. on her arrival in washington, to
a dapper young government official,
a relative of the late Thomas F. Bay
ard. During their talk about the Della
ware statesman she pronounced his
name as 1t is spelled, giving the first
a its long sound. The young man felt
1t his duty to correct her. saying that
the name was pronounced "Byard."
A few days later he sent her a note
asking for the privilege of entertain
ing her and some friends who were
visiting her from the West by taking
them to dinner at his club. In the re-
ply that she wrote she said she would
have been pleased to accept his invi-
tation, only the messenger that he had
'hayard' seemed very ''tayard" and
had dallied upon the way, SO that she
had entered into another engagement
before the note reached her. However,
if he "desayard' her company at some
future time she would be "al-fayard'
glad to hear from him again.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-22
lNDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Notice of Closing
Public Road Bids for Telephones
wanted. Charles Garfunkel, superin-
tendent of Police.
Business undesirable Hints, A. M.
h c. w. west; The $3.50 Auto, James j.
joyce; Country Things, M. S. Gard
ner.
Here's a snap-The Metropolitan CO.
Is Your Liver Active?-Rowlinskl'
Druggist.
Mackerel-The Delmohico Co.
Stoves and Ranges-At Dattimores.
Real Estate-Acme Realty co.
Beer-Schlitz Brewing Co.
s,lverware-The Gorham Co.
savannah Theater-Herrmarn, the
Great. This Afternoon.
Medical-Pinkham Remedy.
CHEAP Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-22
The Two Cities, Ways.

The very young man in business is
an annoyance, says the New York
Press. A merchant in need of 100000
articles of a certain character visited
the biggest manufacturing firm in this
city to place the order. He was turned
over to the tender mercies of a callow
youth. 1t took him about three min
utes to describe exactly what he want
ed, and he closed his remarks by say
ing that he would pay cash on deliv-
cry. Il don't know whether we can
fill this order or not" said the youth
doubtfulIy. Gould you possibly find
out about it?" Maybe so. But we are
so full of orders that we might not
be able to make the articles under
three or four weeks" Il must have
them within week" Tn afraid We
can't do it, "C0lld you find out def
nitely:" Eyes, I suppose so. The best
| could do is to put in the order at the
factory and take chances" Then you
do not want the order?" IT guess we
do; but we are very busy" Where is
the head of the firm? Perhaps he
might have an opinion on the SUBJ
ject." Hes out just at present"
And you are in charger" This is
my department" You are the firms
representative ?" az am" I'm sorry
for the firm; good morning"
The same merchant went to Chicago
a day or two later and called on a
manufacturer. Il understand exactly
what you want" said the latter as
soon as the article had been described.
You want 100000. How much time
win you give me?" Five days.
You shall have them, Where do you
want them shipped?" ITO New York. .
"All right, sir. Glad to get your or
der. It's new thing in my line, but
the goods will be made as directed and
shipped promptly The merchant re-
marked to me yesterday: mo wonder
Chicago is booming, and no wonder
New York is losing trade so fast.
Think of it! In my own city I've got
to beg a firm to accept $4,000 ORDER
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-22

The fugitive former Governor of
Kentucky, Mr.. Taylor, in his answer to
interrogatories concerning his connec-
ton with the murder of Gov. Goebel,
denies any completely in that crime,
but acknowledges that he invited the
wild Republicans of the mountain dis
tricts of his state to bring down 1000
men a day during the meeting of the
Legislature that was investigating The
gubernatorial election. If that was
not, to say the least, encouraging the
intimidation Of the Legislature. the
disturbance Of the peace and the pos
sible murder of prominent Democrats,
1t Is difficult to discern any surer meth
cd of doing so. Mr.. Taylor is now liv-
ing under the protection Of Gov. Dur
bin Of Indiana, who IL against lawless-
ness, but who refuses TO deliver to the
authorities an alleged notorious law
breGis@-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-22
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