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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-10
r:ew EXCUSE.

In the Portland municipal court recent
saying that an apparent drunkenness wa,
in reality only a desperate attempt on hei
part to break in a pair of new shoes and
at the same time to walk on ice. judge
Hill smiled but gave her 80 da~ys.-BangoI
Rauu
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-10

France is about to take the lead in
adopting the decimal system of reckon
ing time. This provides that ten hours
shall constitute a day, 100 minutes an
hour, and 100 seconds a minute. This
will greatly simplify all calculations Of
time. The universal use of this sys-
tenn will then be urged.-Albany Argus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-10

A broken-winded horse is rarely seen
in Norway. The fact is accounted for
by the statement that a bucket of water
is always placed within reach of the
horse when he is feeding, and the ami
NAL alternately takes a mouthful of
hay and a sip of water.-Chicago Trib-
une.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-10

A useful charity, called the London
Spectacle mission, provides spectacles
for needlewomen and other deserving
persons dependent upon their eyesight
for a living. Last year 726 applicants
were provided with snectacles.--Chicag
Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-10
Intellectual Asphyxiation.

A flood Of dead print has smothere0
the spoken word, and people think that
they awaken their faculties by reading
when really they subject themselves TOT
process of Intellectual asphyxiat'pn.-
London Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-10

Mornyian harley and spe1tx,

two great cereals, makes growing and
fattening hogs and cattle possible in Oak,
Mont, Ida, Colo, yes everywhere, and
add to above Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass,
Teosinte, which produces 80 tons If green
fodder per acre, Salzer's Earliest Cane,
Salzer's go Day Oats and a hundred OF
other rare farm seeds that they offer.
JUST CUT TING rrr N RETUR IT
with lOc in stamps to tie John A. Salzer
Seed Go; La Crosse ss,, Wis, and .s sss their as
ples.- Tx. IL
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-10
Breaking 1t Gently.

"And how did he die?" asked the lady
who had come west to inquire after
her husband, who had been lynched.
"Er-by request, ma'am," said tn
gentle cowboy, as mildly and regret
fully as possible.-Indianapolis Jour-
tai.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-10

CP, corner post; R, rafter; B, brace; P,
plate; Y, yoke; T, temple; S, sweep; AA,
roof boards.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-10

No man is SO insignificant as to be sure
his example can do no hurt.-Lord
Clarendon.
The state herald., 1904-10-21

classes; that the army and navy are too
big; that the nation has been run eStrav-
agantly and that the expenditures for the
army, navy. pension list. Panama canal,
rural free delivery service, irrigation
schemes and other grand purposes of ma
tional development must be reduced; that
the beneficent despotism' of the Re
publican party established and maintain
ell by the people must give way to that
Democracy OF which he is the leader, and
which proposes to stand the country on
its head MS beginning of the reform.
The judge would have hard row to
hoe" il he began to talk in public and
tell the Westerner he must do as the
Fastener does, and to assure the laborer
in shop and field that reformatory legis-
lation must at first be for the relief of
the wealthy.
He recognizes his weakness in these
matters-knows that he could not speci-
fy as to his accusations, could not con-
vince as to his proposed reforms; could
not successfully defend the revolutions
which his party proposes to inaugurate
in public affairs.
He is wise to recognize thus early In
the campaign that "silence is golden"
The state herald., 1904-10-21

conservative estimate Of the amount
that will accrue to this fund from the
sale of public lands during the next
twenty-five years is based at .between
$50, 100000 and SI5,0O000O.
Father of National Irrigation.
Under the caption, "Roosevelt Is 1t"
the Garland Guard, published ut Gar
land, Big Horn County, Wyoming, among
other things says:
although Mr.. Mondell, Senator War
rem and Senator Newlands and others de-
serve credit for what they did in Com
gress, all their efforts in behalf of the
National Irrigation Act would have
failed had it not been for the fact that
President Roosevelt cllampioned legisla-
tion of this kind for the benefit of the
arid region. He recommended in his
first message to Congress the enactment
of such law, and 1t was his indorse-
ment more than anything else which Sc
cured approval for it among the Sem
ators and Representatives from the East.
'Wliat chance can any Democrat think
this measure would have had If Mr..
Cleveland, instead of President Roose-
welt, had been in the White House at
the time 1t was pending in Congress? 1t
was Mr.. Cleveland who spoke of some
of the Far Western States as undesirable
communities, and il is well known that
with this part of the country he had no
sympathy. 1t was the influence Of Pres
ident Roosevelt. who lived in the West
and knew its needs. that secured fa-
vorable hearing for the proposition and
resulted at last in the passage of the bill
under which national reclamation work
is now progressing. Therefore President
Roosevelt is the father of the National
Irrigation Law"
lrrigation'a Part In Civilization.
In some parts of the country politi-
clans have stated to the people that the
question of irrigation is comparatively
new. This statement is wholly untrue.
Irrigation is as old as the human race.
Agriculture is the most ancient art of
which we have any record. 1t was the
beginning Of civilization. The first ngri-
culture was accomplished through irriga-
tion. 1t was commenced, according to
scientists who have sought the records
of primitive man, under conditions of
great aridity, and the civilized cities of
the ancients were either on the edge of,
or in, the desert. The earliest civiliza-
tion of America has indelibly stamped
its impress on Arizona and New Mexi-
CO, where to-day are to be found the
remains Of the cities and great irrigation
works which hourished thousands of
years before Columbus discovered Amer
ica. Almost all the ancient civilizations
which history records We're based upon
irrigation, and irrigation is to-day prac-
ticed by more than half the people in the
world. Under the workings of the Ma
tional Irrigation Act it is estimated that
what is now the arid West can be made
to support S0,O00.OO0 of people.
The state herald., 1904-10-21
FACTS ABOUT THE COINAGE.
Director Of the Mint Gives informa-
ton as to Old and New Issues.


The director of the mint is called
on to answer such wide range or
questions concerning the values of
old and new coins and medals that
he has found 1t necessary to issue
circulars covering matters of this
sort II tells some interesting facts,
1t appears that the mint does not buy
old coins or paper money except some
rare colonial coins in fine condition,
which are desired for. the mint cabi-
net.
Mutilated or uncurrent United
States gold and silver coin is pur-
chased as bullion. The mint has no
pattern pieces for sale. The govern
ment pays no premium for the returL
of any of It's coins or paper money.
New coins cannot be struck until au-
thorized by an act of congress. The
mint supplies United States coins on
ly and not Of any past date. The $50
gold piece and the half-dollar and
quarter-dollar pieces in gold were
struck by private parties on the Cali
fornia coast during the lSf9 period
and not by the United States gov
ernment
The coinage of the following coins
ceased in the years named: Half and
cent, copper, in 1857: l-cent, nickel.
1864: half-dime aud 8 cents, silver,
and 2 cents bronze, IN 1873; 90 cents,
silver, 1S7S trade dollars, 1888; 81
and SO, gold and cents, nickel, 1889.
The Columbian half.dollar was coined
in 1898. The Lafayette dollar was
struck In 1899, the cate on the coin
$4,000 being that of the unveiling of
the memorial.
There are certain markings on ev-
cry United States coin that enable
the place of its coinage to be located.
Those struck at the Philadelphia mint
have no mint mark, but those struck
at all other mlnts are distinguished by
a small letter on the reverse. near the
bottom. These letters are: c for
Charlotte, N. c., discontinued in 1861;
&C for Carson City. New, discontinued
in 1893; d for Dahlonega, Ga, discon-
tinued in 1861; o for New Orleans
and S for San Francisco.
The coins of the United States now
authorized by law are: In gold, dou-
BILE eagle, eagle, half eagle and quar-
ter eagle; in silver, hulf-dollar. quar-.
ter-dollar and dime; minor. 5-cent,
nickel and / cent bronze. A person
may buy proof set OF gold coins
from the mint for $3.50 and proof
set of silver and minor coins for
s1.50. When the business Of the
mints is slack medals may be struck
from dies furnished by individuals.
public institutions and incorporated
societies, at charge sufficient to COW
er the cost of the operation and the
value of the metal.
The state herald., 1904-10-21
eenn.e,Ieu, church Endowed.

According to the provision OF viii
Of Es-Gov. George u. Iounsbury OF
Ridgcneld. Conn. tho Methodist
church Of TINT place. where the gov.
crnors father and mother wero mem
bors. In TO receive $4,000. under con.
ditions that the society keep up re.
iigious services In tho nchoolhousc at
FnrmIngyillc. the district where the
governor lived. at least twice each
month. keep tho Achoolhouac In good
repair and painted. and In case II II
burned or otherwise destroyed. to put
np new one Of similar proportions,
or this amount $4,000 In to bo
known as the Nathan and Della Louna.
bury fund, In honor OF the tcatator's
father aud mother. $4,000 TO be known
M tho Frances Josephine Lounsbury
fund, In honor Of his wife,
The state herald., 1904-10-21
WAS DEMOCRACY INSANE ?
IfSo, Bryan Was "A Lunatic, According
to MIR. Cleveland.


Democracy "has returned to sanity"
said Grover Cleveland recently, in an in
terview.
This statement. made with all the SOL
emn ponderosity OF which Mr.. Cleveland
Is capable, would imply that the Demo-
cratic party has been insane and its lead
crs a set OF lunatics. In previous inter
views Mr.. Cleveland contented himself
with merely saying that Democracy had
| strayed from the right path after
| strange gods" when it embraced Bryan
ism, but since the defeat OF the Bryan
| faction at st. Louis he has been secretly
rejoicing over the apparent downfall OF
his most bitter political enemy, and on
Oct. ., at Buzzard's Bay, he virtually
declared that Mr.. Bryan was n madman.
How do the friends OF Mr.. Bryan in
| Indiana, Illinois. Nebraska and other
States relish having their leader called
a lunatic? Insanity is lunacy, or mad
ness, and IL the Democratic party has
returned to sanity" it must first have
been insane, and, by the same reasoning,
| IL the party was insane because Bryan
was its leader. Mr.. Bryan himself must
have been the chief lunatic.
Candidate Parker is generally admitted
to be noncntity in his party-a tool of
Hill. Sheehan and others-and what he
says counts for little, but it is different
when Mr.. Cleveland talks. He is the
oracle of the Eastern Democracy, and
il he says Bryan is insane it is certain
he voices the sentiments of sane" Dem
ocracy.
How can the Bryanites indorse such a
slander on their leader by supporting
Parker? Mr.. Cleveland declined TO vote
for Bryan on the ground that the Ne
braskan was insane, but lie will vote for
Parker. because he leads the sane"
Democracy ticket.
An important point seems to have been
forgotten by Mr.. Cleveland. Parker yot-
ed twice for the Nebraska ''lunatic" and
was therefore one Of the host Of madmen
who composed "insane" Democracy. Does
Mr.. Cleveland improve his position by
now supporting one OF the madmen who
voted for the leader OF insane" Dem
ocracyI
Mr.. Clevelnnd's thrust at Bryan was
uncalled for. and will. no doubt, be re-
sented at the polls. for the friends of Mr..
Bryan do not think he should be put
| in the straitjacket class.
The state herald., 1904-10-21
H..pr..ld.nt cleye,nud,. F.lIur..

Ex-President Cleveland Is an unimag.
NATIVE man. and for this. aud other good
reasons, his recent magazine article en-.
titled "Why Young Man Should Vote
the Democratic Ticket" is short. point.
less and unconylncing.
II takes good deal OF fervid fancy.
and knack for invention, TO construct
an argument upon theme like that. Mr..
Cleveland was evidently III at ease with
his subject. Probably few young men
will read the article. anyway, and no one
will be Influenced by IL.
The young men OF America live In the
present, and hope for the future. They
do not care to be even holding post.
mortems on dead issues. nor TO spend
their days holding back the wheels OF ac-
ton and progress.
The young men OF the United States
are alive. And they will vote the Repub.
lican ticket this fall.
The state herald., 1904-10-21
WHAT THE KING CANNOT DO.
Royal Prerosative in England Has
Its Limitations.

II is n prevalent and popular notion
that the power possessed by the mon.
arch is absolute and almost without
limitation. says the Hour Glass. This
is fallacy, as the following facts
will attest. The privileges and pow
ers relegated to royalty are manifold
and peculiar, but there are certain
things that king may not do.
While 1t is quite within the prov
ince of tho royal preroga:ive to dis.
pose of the entire army or navy and
also to declare war without consulting
anybody, yet our king could not util-
ize penny Of the public funds with
out permission from parliament. How
ever excellent and bcneficent his mo-
tive may be for so doing. the king is
debarred from communicating with
any OF his loyal subjects and the same
limitation prohibits him from accept.
ing gifts from any of his people ex.
cept in cases where the offerings are
presented through the medium OF an
Officer OF the state or an intimate
friend of his majesty. After an in.
'lNNANh' Noh-
stituents to take his seat In the brit.
ish senate at Westminster It is not in
the power Of the king himself TO pre-
vent the member from occupying his
place In that august assembly.
OF his own royal prerogatiye King
Edward possesses full power to par
don n murderer. even after he has
been found guilty and sentenced TO
death by the representative OF the
law. Yet. by curious statute Of one
OF the Georges, tho king is prevented
from exhibiting mercy or grace to
willful sabbath breaker. To render ev-
cry new law absolute and irrcyocahle
the royal autograph must be inyaria'
bly, attached thereto. nor Is his ma
jesty ever permitted to perform his
duty by proxy. Even the salaries OF
the kings servants nrc fixed by state
and he cannot raise the salary OF his
own butler except by permission or
out OF his own private purse. That
the king can do no wrong is obviously
the view taken by his counsclors. for
by the laws that hedge the throne no
person can take action against his
majesty and he cannot be arrested by
the omissarlcS OF the Jaw on any pre-
text whatever.
The state herald., 1904-10-21
utiqueste In Warfare.

That now.famous offcr Of tho mlka
do 10 allow tho noncombninntH 10
ioayo Port Arthur In one Of those
amenities OF which warfare between
civilized powers furnishes many ex.
ampies. Tho duke Of Wellington was
u stlcklor for etiquette In this connoc'
iion. II In on record how. after giving
Jnnot IN good beating" he sent 10 In
quirc concerning his health, the friend
iy message being accompanied with n
present OF vegetables, which were said
60 be scarce In Junots camp, Tho
great duke was especially punetIlllous
The state herald., 1904-10-21
DEMOCRATS WITH THE TRUSTS.
The Showing Made When Vote Was
Taken In the House.

The present laws which place whole
some restrictions on the trusts were put
on the statutes by the Republican party
and not by the Democratic party. Loud
ly as the Democrats have always talked
against the trusts. and seriously as they
have from time to time awakened nppre-
hcnsion in all business circles by their
threats that they would destroy all large
corporations whether good or bad, yet
never once have the Democrats accom-.
plished or even aided in the accomplish
ment Of any salutary effort TO control
the trusts along lines of public safety.
The rulings Of the Supreme Court hav-
ing shown that as the constitution now
stands, Congress can only regulate trusts
engaged in interstate commerce. the fol-
lowing amendment was introduced in
the House Of Representatives and press
ed to n vote on June ]. 1900:
Section !. All powers conferred by this
article shall extend TO the several States,
the territories, the District Of Columbia.
and all territory under the sovereignty and
subject TO the jurisdiction Of the United
States.
Section .. Congress shall have power
to define. regulate. control. prohibit. or dis
solve trusts. monopolics or combinations.
whether existing In the form OF combinn.
tion or otherwise. The several States may
continue TO exercise such power In any man.
ncr not In conflict with the laws Of the
United States.
Section g. Congress shall have power to
enforce the provisions Of this article by
approprlat. legislation.
The clause saving all rights Of States
was inserted in the hope Of inducing
Stntc-rlghts Democrats 10 support the
amendment. Nevertheless. the vote stood
lis Republicans for and 1870 Democrats
against, and the measure failed OF the
necessary two.thirds majority.
LOUDLY AS THE DEMOCRATS
TALKED. WHEN IT CAME TO A
VOTE THEY WE'RE FOR THE
TRUSTS, NOT AGAINST THEN.
The state herald., 1904-10-21
The Work. Of Democracy.

by their works shall ye know them"
by what single work are the American
people 10 know that the Democratic
party can be safely iutrusted with pow.
cry There is not n single distinctive
policy Of the party that put TO the test,
ever worked without creating damage.
The Democratic party has favored slay,
cry, free silver aud free trade. but never
n single principle has Il ever favored tina,
meant greater happiness and prosperity
for the American people. The RepublI.
can party freed the slaves. It has stood
and still stands for sound money and
protection TO American industries. II |.
the party Of construction. not the party
OF destruction,
The state herald., 1904-10-21
Contrasting corona,lon..

In strong contrast to the ceremony
OF King Peters coronation Mt Belgrade
recently was the simple amounting of
tho illfa'cd King Alexander when he
nhcondod the throne. Tho latter core.
mony took place In the half.ruined old
church, built by King Stephen OF Ser
via, who himself was crowned there
IN tho thirteenth century and declared
hat In future all sorvlnn kings should
hc nccuraod who dared TO be crowned
elsewhere. The curse can be seen 10
MS day Inscribed over tho church
door
The state herald., 1904-10-21
PARkeR's SILENCE.
II lie speaks, unpica.sut Questions
Might lie Asked,

II IL announced. presumably by author.
lty, that the Democratic candidate for
President will make no speeches. but re.
strict his ofntorical cxplosiycness 90 the
compilation Of forecasts as to what he
will do II elected. lie will save him.
self an lncnlculnble amount OF trouble by
this tnr,lc'llke reserve wcr. he 60 take
the stump he would be compelled To make
specific the general charges he has writ.
ten against the Republicans lie would
have to show 10 be true his utterancel
that his opponents have assumed unlaw,
ful authority: that the President. "hrc,l
with the lust Of power" Is usurping m
'ionnl strength with the view of bccnm
lnR dictator; that imperialism l. the ten
dcncy ~ Rcpubicanlsm, that the ,nrin
which lifted business out of the ulnu..
OF jcspond il crushing the working
The state herald., 1904-10-21

ln any manner affecting the comfort
or convenience Of women and children.
soult, during tho polnsulnr war. hear.
Ing that there were many wounded
English In on adjacent village. sent
forwith to their assistance. aud all the
times Charles Napier was n prisoner
he was treated ~ m honored guest,
particularly by Baron Clouot. Noys
nld.de camp when, after three
months' uncertainty the British gov.
ornment sent to ascertain what had
become Of Napier Noy learning for
tho FIRST time that bis gallant opponent
had blind and widowed mother,
The state herald., 1904-10-21

when this particular tree was about
a year and half old II measured four
inches In dlamctcS In order to get II
safely TO the fair the whole trcc was
carefully packed Ia moaBcs and soaked
cloths.
One Of the most interesting features
Of the work OF the station Ia importing
trees from foreign countries aud try
Ing them In California soil and eli
matte conditions, First ono soil and
then another Ia tried until congcnial
ono IA found.
one OF the additions TO tho Call
fornla troo family thus made Ia one oi
The state herald., 1904-10-21
"s wing I.o W. "

"Swinr Low. Sweet Chariot" Swing
low over New York and New Jersey and
Rhode Island. We know you will swing
low enough to brush the clover blossoms,
but we want just TO remind you that 1t
Is your business-for the good OF the
United States and for the good OF the
world-that you swing low enough to In
sure Republican success In the States
just named: "Swing low, Sweet Chariot"
And we know you will swing,
The state herald., 1904-10-21
inaslI., opInIon Of Aoar,

ingalls, was one Of those who had
been no often raped by Senator iioar
that he took keen delight in saying
sharp things at his expense. when
tho Conkling Garfield episode came up
iIoar was 80 dlsgustcd with tho man.
ngcmont Of the afralr that II was said
that he threatened to resign his seat.
The question was under discussion In
The state herald., 1904-10-21

tho cloak room, and some ono com.
mentod on the probability OF Hoar's
resignation.
"IIoar roalgnl" laughed ingalls,.
You don't know him. Whenever his
resentment at anything reaches that
pitch he viii rise In his seat and hand
IN tho resignation OF Dawes, bis col.
league"
The state herald., 1904-10-21

"lf eur opponents come into power
they can revoke thi. order Pension
order No. ISL and announce that they
will trent the veterans OF s,s'y.two to
seventy as presum 'biy In fuii bod iiy
visor and not entitled 10 pensions.
VIII they now authori'atIssiy state
that they intend to do thisr IL 80, We
accept the issns. ~ not, then vs. have
the right to ask why they raise an
Issue which, when raised, they do not
venture 20 mcet."-Ioossysirs letter Of 40
The state herald., 1904-10-21

Having "monkeyed'' with Roosevelt.
Ism" until they found the buzz saw. the
Democrats are now tempting the fool.
Killer by r.NiNing the cry that "rro,cc'
tion il robbery" Eight years ngo the
workingmen Of this country decided tlh,
protection I, blessing. aud they hty,
not changed their minds.
The state herald., 1904-10-21
ou,,o.,. Around M,td.,.

They are getting close In New York.
There is no question about that, and on
which ever side the outposts are, they
have got In, politically. That's all right.
They are past the undcrbrush and they
aro close together The political gnpple
will be a fierce one, hut II can 20 hut
one way. The vote on Manhattan Island
cannot overcome the vote Of the farm.
crs and thinkers upstate. New York
will go Republican.
The state herald., 1904-10-21
Wheto Trees CROW Ea.,.

A tree which grew nearly twenty
foot In year and half has been
taken from the experiment station In
Santa Monica canyon 10 tho worlds
fair TO show what California can do
In hurry for place in tho shade.
II Ia n variety Of tho eucalyptus. A
amnll grove OF these trees was planted
on shaggy cliff back Of tho expert
mont station, whore II seemed M
though no tree could grow at all.
The state herald., 1904-10-21

A Democratic national victory Is In.
rnrinbly followed by disiru-t nnj CON
fusion IN business, aud by policies ,hn,
cripple tito great industries Oh which
worhinRm"n depend Ter support. M
such party should bs entrusted with
power.