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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
CRIMINAL IN CHILD NATURE.
Writer in New Orleans Picayune AS
serts We Are All Born with Ten
derness Toward the Bad.

GAIL children" said a psychologist,
care born criminals. Instinctively
they lie, steal, SANDER, torture-I don't
know what. The saintliest man. a very
DR.. Parkhurst of a man, were he to
grow up as he began, would have a
long caree Of bank robberies, as
saults, debauches and murders, and he
would die on the gallows.
"a child, as soon as it begins to
toddle and lisp, steals. Till you have
trained a child to know that thefts
are followed by ~spankings, would you
dare to leave it alone in a candy
shop?
at also lies. After a raid on the
jam or cake, does a child admit its
guilt? OF course not. 1t lies earnest
ly, doggedly,
"a child SANDERS and libels. Did
you ever hear a beautiful, lisping
child speak in praise of its play
mate? No. On the contrary, it ac-
cuses the playmate continually of
horrible crimes,
"A child will get drunk If you give
1t the opportunity. Lack of %opportu-
nifty is all that prevents children from
becoming confirmed inebriates,
1T is needless to go on. Look back
on your childhood. Study your evil
little child heart. You'll wonder then
that no curio collector cherishes a
piece of your :ope.'-New Orleans
Picayune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
Sound and Fury.

Theodore Roosevelt earned the sobri-
quet of Bombastes Furioso by the
spectacular methods of his antitrust
administration.
Roosevelt Illuminated against the
"m~alefactors Of great wealth" who re-
fused the common people a square
deal. We have had seven years Of 1t.
We have had the wicked trusts held
up to public execration. We have
even had much litigation brought by
the governments law officers against
the culprits.
Yet, during these seven years not
one single real burden has been lifted
from the backs Of American consum-
ers Of life's necessities. None Of the
robber trusts has paid the penalty Of
Its misdeeds by lowering artificial
prices as a direct result of government
prosecution.
On the contrary, the cost of living
has increased during the Roosevelt
administration. Some of that Increase
may be due to other economic causes
than an unjust tariff. But it is scien,
tifcally certain that the increase
would have been checked By genuine
tariff revision. Therein Roosevelt
failed the American people.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
The Way Toward Tariff Reform.

The Philadelphia Inquirer-stiff pro-
tectionist-is in favor of hurrying
through the present tariff to almost
any conclusion, and then letting it be
the last tariff that is ever enacted by
way Of general revision. 1t thinks
that as the house committee has had
its say the senate will have it's, and
then will come the conference commit
tee, and therefore there is no need for
a long debate, but that the best thing
for business and all else is to adopt
the law as soon as possible. Then it
goes on to say:
"And let this be the last general re-
vision of the tariff for all time. House
committees and senate committees can
not satisfy the public. That is proved
beyond all question. There is but one
sensible way to deal with the tariff.
Let us have a commission of experts
who will devote their entire attention
to the study Of conditions throughout
the world and the relation Of these
conditions with business in the United
States.
Gould the ways and NEAR commit
tee, through such a commission, be put
in possession Of all facts concerning
any specified. tariff schedule it could
treat that particular schedule as oc-
casion should warrant and that one
alone. Under such a policy there could
never be a general business upheaval.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
,,.r,,der Amoro The War poqs.


Prof. William Lyon Phelps OF Yale
went to West Point last fall to lee
ture. He was lecturing in the chapel,
the cadets were rigidly paying at
tention, erect, eyes front, each mai
a ramrod of military etiquette. An
Irish setter entered the chapel door
and ambled sniffingly down the aisle
and up on to the platform. The ca
diets squirmed under the eagle eyes OF
their officers but not a man smiled.
BILLY noticed the strain. He looked
down at the dog wagging its tail benev-
olently on the rostrum. "What!
How's this?" said Prof. Phelps. "A
setter? Why, l expected to see moth
ing but West Pointers up here
Yale Alumni Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
The "Protection" crutch.

Carnegie, the richest of all steel
trust beneficiaries, says:
'Tf steel manufacturers, after 40
years nursing, cannot do without the
crutch of protection our policy has
been a failure"
Putting it another way, the very es-
sence of tariff protection is that 1t
shall be temporary. Except as a
"crutch" to tide over the period OF in
cubation and early struggles, tariff pro-
lection should never be given. That
Is the deliberate verdict Of all prac.
teal political economists.
The abolition Of duties that are no
longer needed for real protection i'm.
mediately lowers the cost Of articles
to consumers. 1t is memorable. The
removal Of the duty takes from the
robber trust the power to raise prices
above the cost under which foreign
products may enter.
- IT, LL IT, IT. III MI
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
BEFORE TAFT
is HE FOR THE PEOPLE OR THE
TARIFF BARoNS?
President Must Soon Make Choice
That viii Show the Country
Where He Stands-People
Demand He Keep Faith.

All signs point to a parting of the
ways between the administrative and
legislative branches of the federal
government ON the tariff issue.
The house of representatives will
consider no amendments to the Payne
bill except from the ways and means
committee, and on no schedules eX-
cept those affecting lumber, hides, bar
ley and malt.
This leaves the tariff in the hands
of the senate, and control of the SEN
ate in the interests of eastern tariff
barons is notorious,
The position of President Taft is I'M
%equivocal. He pledged himself during
the late presidential campaign to gen
uine downward tariff revision in the
interests of American consumers. Con-
gress, on the other hand, has been
whipped to the task of revision like
a reluctant schoolboy.
Will the tariff overlords, who have
long controlled congress, be able aa n
to make tariff revision a farce, so far
as are concerned!
President Taft will probably have
to answer this question. There is lit
tie prospect that the New England
senators will experience a change of
heart before the Payne bill is man
gled to suit the wishes Of their trust
owners. The people of America, on
the basis of past experience, expect
no voluntary concessions on the SEN
ate's part in the way of lower tariff
taxes.
And even before the Payne bill
comes to him for signature President
Taft can declare his position with
such emphasis that its trainers will
be less bold and arrogant. 1t is only
a few days since the presidents un-
compromising stand forced the lower
branch of congress to readopt rules
that would expedite the tariff meas
ure.
President Taft should make it as
clear as can be that he will not sign
any tariff bill that puts new burdens
on American consumers. His election
is partly due to the American peoples
confidence in his sincere purpose to
reduce these tariff burdens.
Keep faith with the people, Presi-
dent Taft.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
POTATO MAKES PROUD BOAST.
Humble Vegetable Used for Many 9th.
err Purposes Than Recog-
nized Dinner Essential.

Whenever you lick a postage stamp
you partake Of me, since all lickable
gums are made from dextrine, n
Of my products.
Your neck caresses me all day-for
the starch that stiffens your collar is
made from the potato.
The bone buttons on your under
wear are probably vegetable ivory"
compressed potato pulp.
My leaves, dried, make a good
smoke. You have often smoked them
"unbeknownst," mixed with your ia
vorite brand.
Potato spirit is a very pure alcohol
It is used to fortify white wines. Many
a headache is not so much due to
the grape as the potato.
| yield a sweet syrup, In this form
l am often present in cheap cocoa,
honey, butter and lard.
Let the corpulent try as they will,
they cannot escape yours truly,
THE POTATO.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
Too Literal.

"Well, yes" said Old Uncle Lazzen-
berry, who was intimately acquainted
with most of the happenstances of the
village. "Almira Stang has broken off
her engagement with Charles Henry
Tootwiler. They'd be goin' together
for about eight years, durin' which
time she had been inculcatin' into him,
as you might cal it, the beauties of
economy; but when she discovered,
just lately, that he had learnt his les
son SO well that he had saved up 217
pairs of socks for her to darn i'm
'mediately after the wedding, she
'peared to conclude that he had taken
her advice a little too literally, and
broke off the match.'-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
POLITICAL FUTURE AT STAKE
President Taft Has Real Cause for
Anxiety Over Result of Tariff
Revision.

The Mckinley tariff cost the Repub-
licans the Ffty-second congress and
the subsequent presidential election in
1892.
The Wilson tariff plus the repeal of
the Sherman act cost the Democrats
the Fifty-fourth congress and helped
bring about the conditions which left
the party split in 1896 and have kept
it divided ever since.
The Dingley tariff would have cost
the Republicans the Fifty-sixth con
gress but for the war with Spain. As
1t was, the Republican majority in the
house was only Is.
Mr.. Taft may be pardoned if he dis
plays more than a little anxiety as
to the political consequences of the
Payne revision.
Ask the average member Of con-
gress what he thinks of the political
prospects of the Taft administration
and he will answer about in this
fashion: "The Roosevelt hero-worship-
ers are generally distrustful of Taft
and think he is a ~reactionary. They
confidently expect that the Republi-
cans will lose the next house as a re-
suit of tariff revision. Roosevelt will
return from Africa when Taft's politi.
cal fortunes are at low ebb, and all
his faithful followers will hail him as
the true leader of the party. If the
house goes Democratic they will de-
nounce Taft as a failure, and shrek
for Roosevelt in 1912 as the only presi-
Dental candidate who can save the
party from defeat.
Political gossip may be entirely mis-
taken as to the plans and hopes Of
the Roosevelt element, but there can
be no doubt that Mr.. Taft's friends
are worrying over the situation and
that the president himself keenly ap.
preciates the necessity of a revision
of the tariff that will meet the xpec-
tations of that elusive person who fig
ures in the house debate as "the ulti-
mate consumer"
Mr.. Taft has probably had as few
real troubles as any president ever
had in the first days of his administra-
ton, but he is slowly approaching the
critical period which will determine
whether he is to have a united party
back Of him, or whether the history
of the Harrison administration, il a
way, is to repeat itself.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22

gifts from the devotees. To-day an
electric light illumines the veil that
~conceals the prophets tomb-which is
about as great a miracle as the hegira,
or flight Of the prophet to Medina.
Mecca is the ultimate end of the holy
railway. Into Mecca the pilgrim must
enter in the seamless garment, like a
penitent, and performs all the cere.
monies as old as his faith.
The great kaaba, the ancient pan
theon of Arabian idolatry, must be
walked round seven times. The pill.
grim must stone the devil, and listen
to a sermon delivered from the gran
lite blocks of Arafat. Such are a few
of the fervent devotions of t'the
hadjs." or pilgrims at Mecca.
f, The Egyptian orator who spoke at
the inauguration of the holy railroad
said: "The prophet did not permit
che railway to reach Medina until tie
khalif, or sultan, had granted a con.
stitution," which is nov the cure-all
for every Moslem i'll,
For eight years the work on the
holy railway has gone on, and it is not
yet finished. The engineers say it will
not be until 1918, when the trains will
run through to Mecca. This huge I'm,
dertaking, it is estimated, will cost
$4,000, 900.
Turkey has lost one after another OF
hny prnufpaoc en- EN,1rnno . onI NToao
donia is but a question of time, but
she hopes by means Of the Damascus,
Mecca railway to have more intimate
contact with the Moslem world, and
to bind together her empire in Asia
for beyond a doubt with time this so.
called holy railway will become a DO.
litical railway, and the sultan has per.
fectly understood the Importance of 1t
from this point of view, leaving out.
side its value as a means of transport
for the military. Fifteen years ago
80 or 60 miles south of Damascus. in
an independent little country, one OF
the heads of the administration wrote
to Pierre Lott: "In the name of Allah
who is all in all, and not in the name
of the sultan of STEAMBOAT, who is no
one."
The sultan sought to give to the
Mecca road a panislamic character
under the direction of Moslem engi.
neers, Turks sent from Damascus
but this program has not been strict.
ly carried out, for Germans, French
and Belgians have all been called in to
push on the great enterprise. Sub.
scriptions were opened in every part
Of the world. The shah Of Persia was
one Of the first to head the list with
100000; the khedive of Egypt added
5000, 900; from India many hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars have come, all
from Moslem sources, but finally these
subscriptions of the faithful were not
sufficient, SO the money of Christian
investors had to be accepted with a
good grace.
The sultan has ven resorted to sell
ing decorations, which are so dear to
the heart of the Turk. The first class
is a medal in nickel, bestowed on those
who subscribe from five to ten dol
lars; the second class in silver, for
the officials, for those who subscribe
from $40 to $40; and the third-class
medal in gold, to be worn about the
neck, and bestowed on those who sub
scribe more than 500.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
"coFFEE DOESN'T HURT ME-"
Tales That Are Told.

Il was one Of the kind who wouldn't
believe that coffee was hurting me-"
says a N. Y. woman. "You just couldn't
convince me its use was connected
with the heart and stomach trouble l
suffered from most of the time.
my trouble finally got so bad I
had to live on milk and toast almost
entirely for three or four years, Still
loved the coffee and wouldn't believe
1t could do such damage.
What l needed was to quit coffee
and take nourishment in such form as
my stomach could digest.
II had read much about Postum,
but never thought it would fit my case
until one day l decided to quit coffee
and give 1t a trial and make sure about
it. So l got a package and carefully
followed the directions.
Soon | began to get better and was
able TO eat carefully selected foods
without the aid Of pepsin or other d.
gestants and 1t was not long before /
was really a new woman physically.
NH LNKUD FH "a
Now I am healthy and sound, can
eat anything and everything that
comes along and ! know this wonder
full change Is aD due to my having
quit coffee and got the no"urishment
needed through this delicious Postum.
my wonder is why everyone don't
give up the old coffee and the troubles
that 60 with 1t and build themselves up
as ! have done, with Postum
Easy to prove by 10 days trial OF
Postum In place Of coffee. The reward
Is big.
There's n Reason"
Ever read The above Iefterf A new
rnr npptnrs from time to time. They
nre genuinc, true. = full Of human
Interest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
what charlie Had.

Several of the scholars had returned
to Sunday school after being absent
some weeks on account of illness. Il
had the measles" said n little girl.
II had the humps" said another. 80
did l." said a third. The superintend-
ent heard them, and, addressing a
curly-headed boy said: well, Charlie,
you were absent, too. What did you
have?"
Charles face flushed. He thought a
moment and then sang out in high
treble: 81 had a little brudder!'-De-
lineator.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
Question Of the Hour.

we are really at a loss to know
how to punish Earle" she said. I'VE
have tried all the punishment in our
kindergarten list without effect. We
have reasoned with him and told him
that he will cease to be pretty pet
and will grow up to be a bad, bad
man, and"
Madam" interrupted the gentleman
of the old school, who vas visiting
them, you will find on the trunk in
my room a very excellent strap that
I shall not need temporarily"
But, Of course, he didn't know any
thing about modern methods.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
PerfectIY Reckless.

The members of the church voted
that their d~early-beloved and devoted
pastor should have a vacation, and so
he decided that he would visit a broth
er. worker in the neighboring village.
This good brother recognizing his
fellow-worker in the Lord way back
among the congregation, on Sunday
morning, and wishing to show every
courtesy, asked him to lead in prayer.
But the visitor calmly replied: You'll
have to excuse ne, dear brother, I'm
on my vacation."-Ladies' Home Jour-
nal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to learn
that there is at least one dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all its stages, and that Is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease. requires a %constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken In
ternally. acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t falls to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
The Missionary Mule.

"That mule" said the old farmer, lis
what l call a missionary mule an I'll
tell you why: 1t throwed n man on
his head, an when the man wuz able
to be UP an about ag'in, he went to
preachin'; an the last time the sherin
come to levy on that mule the critter
kicked him cross the county line, whar
they wuz holdin' a campmeetin' an
I'm blest eff the sheriff didn't git relig-
ion an quit runnin' fer oftice-wich
wuz uncommon hard to do, seem that
the office habit run in his blood, l tell
you, nuthin' in this here worp is to be
despised, wen as humble a critter as
a mule kin be a missionary"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
LETTING Him Down Easv.

A young man of very limited means,
after the marriage ceremony, present.
ed to the minister 27 large copper
cents, all spread out on the palm Of
his right hand. 'This is all I've got,
parson," he said. Seeing a d~isappoint-
ed look in the minister's face, he add
ed: IF we have any children we will
send them to your Sunday school,
Success Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
Il larred Him.

Howell-How did you come to break
your engagement with that girl?
POWELL had reason to think that
she hadn't enough practical knowledge
to make her a good helpmeet.
Howell-What gave you that idea?
POWELL told her n day that the
hens weren't laying, and she said she
supposed that would affect the price
Of egg coal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
When Courage Failed.

Duke said the heHess, eagerly.
"did you see father?"
YES"
"Well?"
"We talked about the weather"
"What? Lose your nerve again?
Why don't you brace up and talk like
a mana subject of a king on whose
domain the sun never sets!"
Cant" moaned the duke. "All the
time l was in your fathers office he
kept grinning at a big painting"
What paintings"
'The battle Of Bunker Hill."-Lip-
~pincott's.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
Foolish Question.

A New York chap wants to be told
why theater,tickets in that city do not
indicate the hour Of the beginning Of
the performance. Should think he
would know. The hour is not men
toned because nobody is aver on time
at the beginning OF the performance.
What would be the good of wasting
printers ink?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22

why did you lift your hat to that.
man? He didn't look like a preacher,
and haven't heard anything about q
great statesman or a renowned philos-
opher living In this town"
Gee, didn't you know who that
was? That was old man McSweeney.
He's the father Of one of the greatest
pitchers In this part Of the country.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
Jess Said Her PRAYERS.

One day three-year-old Baby Jess
was visiting her grandmother, who
was very devout. She asked Baby
Jess if her mother had taught her
to say\her prayers.
Jess answered: Eyes, ma'am."
Whom do you pray to, dear, and
ask to forgive your naughty ways"
Sometimes | pray to mothers
knees and sometimes to the bed."--
Delineator.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22

Soon after I began taking Doan's Kid
ney Pills I passed several gravel
stones. l got well and the trouble has
not returned. My back is good and
strong, and my general health is bet
ter"
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22

and how to cure
them. Mrs. w. G.
Davis, of Groesbeck,
Texas, says: Back
aches hurt me so 1
could hardly stand.
Spells Of dizziness
and sick headaches
were frequent and
the action of the kid
Oavc mac irroOuIor
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
4 Msre Phra.o.

searchers for tarift .jokers" should
look through congress and discover, II
possible. any political party as repre-.
scented in that body which proves that
II favors . 'tarih for revenue onIv.v
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22

FOR catarrh Of the Throat Of Two
Years Standing.

al was afflicted for two years with
catarrh of the throat. At first it vas
very slight. but every cold | took made
it worse.
al followed your directions and in a
very short time | began to improve.
took one bottle and am now taking
my second. | a safely say that my
throat and head are cleared from ca
tarrh at the present time, but ! still
continue to take my usual dose for a
spring tonic, and ! find there is noth-
ing better. Mrs. w. Pray, geo
Twelfth ST., Brooklyn. N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
a Hot Time All Around.

Lawyer-What did TIE prisoner say
when you accused him of afson?~
Witness-He answered with heat
that such a charge was q burning
shame.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22
.Life,a ups and nowna.

Blinks-You're not looking well,
old man.
Jenks-No; I'm all broken up.
Blinks-What's the trouble?
Jenks-My health is broken down.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22

When you wear out a suit of clothes
you can generally get another, but it's
different when you yea out your well
come.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-22

Red, Weak, Weary, Watcry Eyes
Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy. Com
pounded by Experienced Physicians. Con-
forms to Pure Food and Drug Laws. Mu-
rine Doesn't Smart; Soothes Eye Pain
Try Murine in You Eyes. At Druggists