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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06

at the census periods of 1900-1910
(present census), 1920 and 1880. The
argument he sent to congress in 1862
read as follows:
The aggregate sum necessary for
compensated emancipation, of course,
would be large. But 1t would require
no ready cash, nor bonds even, any
faster than the emancipation progress
es. This might not and probably would
not close before the end of the 81
years; at that time we shall probably
have a hundred millions to share the
burden, instead of t~hirty-one millions
as now. And not only 80, but the in
crease of population may be expected
to continue for a long time after that
period as rapidly as before, because
our territory will not have become
full"
He then proceeded to analyze the
problem of population increase, and
decided that the population Of the
United States grows at the decennial
ratio Of 1880 per cent. He submitted
the following table to verify his deduc-
tons:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06
PUBLIC MONEY WASTED
PEOPLE ARE TAXED TO eLoRIEY
AMBASSADORS.
Representative Underwood Makes Wig
orous Protest Against Republican
Extravaeance-ForcIhIc and
Well Chosen Arguments.

Opposing the present system Of the
government in appointing ambassa-
doris and ministers to foreign coun-
tries on the ground that 1t is a%ntiauat-
ed and a waste Of the peoples money.
Representative Oscar w. Underwood
of Alabama, chairman Of the new
Democratic ways and means commit
tee, did not hesitate to vote against
the measure providing for the expen-
diture Of IS, zoo, 900 for the building or
purchase of legation houses in the
foreign capitals. Congress spent the
IS, 900, 900, however. Mr.. Underwood
said;
MIR, Speaker, l am opposed to this
proposition. One reason is that am
opposed to the entire system that the
country and the world now recognizes
of appointing ambassadors and minis
tiers to foreign countries. l believe the
system is antiquated and as out Of
date as the system of riding In a stage
coach as compared to riding in a rail-
road train. The system Of sending q
foreign ambassador to represent us
abroad was inaugurated at a time
when a country a few hundred miles
away from another was so far re-
moved in time and ability to reach it
as 1t is to the furthermost point Of the
earth today.
To-day there is not a capital at
which we have a foreign ambassador
or minister that cannot be reached by
telegraph wire. There is not a coun-
try in which the communications by
mail between it and this country are
not nearer and faster than they were
a hundred years ago between the
states Of the Union. AS a matter Of
fact, we send some distinguished gen.
tlemen to a foreign court to represent
us there, and yet when an important
matter comes up we send a special
envoy or special agent to represent
the United States government and do
the work that the minister is sup
posed to do.
81 believe what we should do is
have certain men we'll trained, we'll
educated, understanding the business,
who can be sent to a foreign country
to negotiate our business whenever a
particular question arises that needs
representation at a foreign court.
Now, as to the consular service, 1t
Is a different thing. The consular
agents represent the business portion
of our people and the business In
terests of the government. We should
maintain the consular system, and the
consular agents a look after the
protection of the lives and rights Of
our citizens abroad as we'll as ambas-
.sadors.
But to build legation houses today
would be to extend the system that
we have but which I believe the world
lould abandon, a system that Is I'm
2cessary and that is not up to mod
I'm ideas and modern thought"
Republicans had no reluctance in
voting to spend the $751; 600, 900 for the
homes Of the foreign ambassadors, as
il unloads on the sixty-second con
gress another deficiency in the ap-
l,opriations for which the Demo.
c..tic party when 1t comes into power,
must provide.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06
Az Eve for Composition.

An artist in Chicago tells of a wom-
an in that town, who, with her maid,
went to purchase a still-life picture for
her dining room. She selected a can
vas on which were painted a bunch OF
flowers, a pie cut in two, and a roll,
and was about to pay $25 for it, when
her maid approached to whisper in
her ear.
Excuse me, ma'am," said the serv-
ant, but you are making a bad bar
gain. | saw a picture very much like
this sold the other day for $15."
and was it as good as this?'
Better, ma'am. There was a good
deal more pie in it."-Lippincotts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06

ICES. 1t is impossible for anyone to de-
termine the influence the censu fig
ures will have upon the educational,
political and religious interests of the
people. These numerals will affect
every state, county, city, town, village
and hamlet in the union. The size Of
the United States senate, as well as
many state senates, will be immedi-
ately enlarged, and in a few cases d.
minished. The national house Of rep
resentatives and state assemblies will
also share in this change. Even states
will be bounded differently, and the in
ternal outlines Of the present map OF
Jul country will undergo most drastic
alterations. Governors of certain
states are anxiously anticipating sub
divisions of their respective domains.
Each fears the setting up of another
state government IN the east, west,
north OF south of his present undis-
puted territory. The size of our army,
the strength Of our navy, will be
shaped into accord with the findings
of the household of Uncle Sam.
Millions Of books are being held
over in the press until such time as
the exact and official information Of
this census is made public. Absolute
ly nothing which the government does
seems to have SO far reaching a power,
and exerts such an influence on the
destinies of the nation as the taking
of the census; and nothing is accept
ed with such calm Indifference by the
people concerned in it's findings. Like
the Passion Play, 1t is in evidence
every ten years; and not unlike the
business inventory which takes place
every year, it establishes untold
changes, causes many unforeseen alter
atoms, and brings to the surface val
liable details of both retrogression and
progression.
Trivial and profound themes alike
receive earnest attention. Even the
oft recurring argument that the capt.
toll of the United States is not central
ly located will be thoroughly threshed
out in many columns of space ere the
official report Of the census is sent
broadcast through our land.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06
Doas, Public Baths.

Half the Vienna sogs are terriers.
The fox terrier Is a particular favorite.
The necessity Of the dogs being fre,
quently washed has led to the estab-
lishment in Vienna of dogs public
baths which are to be seen In all
parts of the city. One would think
that dogs being SO popular in Vienna
they would be everywhere tolerated,
but such is not the case. Dogs not
admitted Is the rule at every restau-
rant and cafe, while the trans and ON
nibuses are also forbidden ground.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06

conglomeration Of ideas that finds a
home In the brain OF the average Chi.
nese, and the medley OF beings that
people his unseen world make it pc
culiarly easy for the story-teller to win
the credulity Of his audiences. And
as ninety Celestials out Of every hun.
dred r even yet in complete igno
Of the laws that govern the
world in which they live. there is no
difficulty in inducing the masses to
gIye credence to any story, however
r~otesque. The faith Of the people in
tho TRANSPORTATION Of souls lends 1t.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06
NOT A RETIRING o

ing crowd. Here, as in all large Chi.
nese cities, wherever there is a favor
able spot, story-tellers may be found
amusing the people by way Of making
a living. At the close Of a recital the
large and attentive audience are in
vited to throw down their cash at
the feet Of the story-teller, in ap,
probation Of the entertainment to
which they have listened. The appeal
Is seldom made in vain. The strange
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06
PluraIittes.

Senator Root favors a bill under
which in the event of a legislative
deadlock until March 4 In senatorial
elections, the candidates receiving the
largest number of votes should be de-
clared elected. That would mean the
substitution Of 9 plurality for a ma
jority vote. One objection to such
a law is that II 1t had been In effect
It would have insured the election Of
Mr.. W. F. Sheehan as senator from
New York. And surely there is better
senatorial material to be found in that
great state.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06
would compel Housework.

Frau Woerner is the German suf-
who would make a course in
homework compulsory for every Ger
girl, just as military training Is
compulsory for the boys. She is try
ing to interest the men in the project
by telling them that they will reap
the benefit, as all the German house
wives will soon be good cooks.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06

self to all kinds of metempsychosis
Foxes Of vindictive intention are MADE
to appear as sirens in order to work
evil on objects Of their hatred. Princes
seeks the elixir Of immortality under
the most thrilling circumstances. Just
as they are about at last to lay their
hands on the long-sought and much
coveted treasure. 1T. of Course, eludes
their grasp.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06
itching Piles Permanently Cured by a
Jar Of ResinoI Ointment.

About three weeks since 1 was suf-
fering agony from itching piles, l got
q sample jar of Resinol Ointment and
after bathing with warm water and
applying the Resinol, l was in a few
days entirely relieved of the itching
and believe I am permanently cured.
W. w. Evans, Carrollton, Ky. Resinol
Ointment Ia sold by all druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06
lavish with raxpayers, Money,

One piece of work the last congress
was able to do. While tariff board,
reciprocity, conservation and other
things had to be crowded out, %appropri-
atoms were made so vigorous that the
$4,000, 900, 900 mark was surpass-
ed, beating all former records by cver
$4,000, 900. The retrenchment plans
of the opening Of the session seem to
have slipped from the legislative mem
DRY at its close.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06
Chinese Eat, Wash, Sleep and Are
Shaved In PubIlc-story Tellers
Are Popular.

The Chinese cannot be called a re-
firing people. AS they eat, wash and
sleep in public. SO In Canton YOU will
see the barber shaving his customers
in the streets, the dentist twearlng
a necklace OF fangs) extracting q pain
full tooth in the presence Of an admir-.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06
Quiz WhInlnu.

Do you whine? Do you find fault
with everything and everybody? Then
make an effort to quit it. You are not
only harming others, but what Ia
worse for a selfish person of your
stamp, you are harming yourself
Atchison Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06
After ! Rjo Haul.

"Binks used to be daft on the sub
tect of buried treasure. What's he up
to now?"
He's got up an expedition to Asia
Minor to try to find the place where
Methuselah stored his birthday pres
ents."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06
Another story.

do you think the rich men of the
next generation will be able to say
they started In life as barefoot boys?o
"No. But some Of the wealthiest
dancers will be telling us they started
out as barefoot girls"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06
Increase

He then added: ut is seen that the
ratio of increase at no one of these
periods is either two per cent.
below or two per cent above
the average, thus showing how inflex-
ible and consequently how reliable
the law of increase in our case (coun-
try) is. Assuming that 1t will con-
tinue, 1t gives the following results:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06
important to Mothers

Rightly employed, the reason is not
a check to piety, but is its regulator.
It chastens and refines the flames of
devotion in the human heart, but
does not put it out.-C. w. Wendte.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06
More Than ono.

Yeast--Does you wife have the last
word7
Crimsonbeak-The last wordY say.
Nhe has the last hundred Or soi--Yonk.
ers Statesman,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06

You can hide all Of the average
mans wisdom In 2 pretty girls
dimple.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06

Every church breaches louder by
it's square dealing than by its high
shouting.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06

indefatigable zeal to
count and systematic
the census of 1910. An
army of experts is ca
gerly toiling to bring
forth the figures in
which not only Ameri-
cans, but the world at
large. is interested.
Upon the result de-
ponds more than the
average reader real
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-06

Freedoms established reign, cities and men
Numerous as sands upon the ocean shore,
And empires rising where the sun descendsl
The Ohio soon shall glide by many a town
OF note! and where the Mississippi's stream
BY forests shaded, now runs sweeping on,
Nations shall grow, and states not less in fame
Than Greece and Rome of old"
New-York tribune., 1911-11-11
IMMIGRANT TALES.

THE BROKEN WALL. Stories OF the
Mngllng Folk. BY Edward A. Steiner;
Illustrated The Fleming II. Reven
Company
There must be wealth OF good ma
terial for fiction in the adventures and
misadventures, the successes and fail
ures OF the hosts of immigrants among
us, and yet those who are endeavoring
to shape it into stories short or sus-
tained have thus far failed TO make IL
vitally important or even interesting.
Curiously enough, native authors have
Jared better with this material than our
writer's of alien birth-Mr. Upton SIM
clair. for instance, In THE Jungle
probably because their native point of
view ia more understandable to the native
reader Mr.. Steiner. who has written
economical and sociological studies or
the immigrant in the mass, can hardly
he said to have succeeded in making this
bundle Of short stories worth our while.
in fact, one doubts If it can have much
meaning for Americans, because 1t as
gumes a greater amount of knowledge OF
the immigrant on their part than they
usually possess or care to acquire.
Israel Zangwill has spoken of the melt
ing pot" Mr.. Stejner's figure of speech
Is the "broken wall' of clinical prcJu-
dices-not so much the wall between
natives and aliens as that between the
aliens themselves. He tells OF the
breaches made in it by Jews and Irlsh'
Polacks, Italians, Swedes; he even In
trodUces the element Of negro blood, but
the impression he makes Is OF the Sight
est Best OF all is his chapter-one can
hardly call il a story-dealing WIN
"him," the powerful parsonage who must
lie b..bed at the Russian frontier; who
cannot be bribed in Germany, and there
fore must he deceived. and who looms
largest at the gate Of Ellis lsland-the
arbitcr of fate.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-11

A Fragment from His Philosoph
ical Workshop

SOME PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY.
A Beginning of an Introduction to Phil
oSophY. By william james or. 6Vo'
pp. xii. 237 LonRmans, Green < Co.
Unfinished though it is and by no
means offered as philcsophic testament
,he present book sets forth those doe
trinal preferences i'm philosophy to whose
defence Professor William James so long
devoted his expository genius. II "a
PREDATORY note the authors son tells
us that his father had for several years
cherished the purpose of stating his
views on certain problems Of metaphy-
sizes in a work addressed particularly To
readers Of philosophy. The actual writ
ing was begun I'm March. 1909, but Ill
ness ana other demands on his dimin-
ished strength continued 10 interfere.
What is now published is all that Pro-
fessor William James had succeeded in
writing when ne died. In August Of last
year
Having dedicated his essays on prag-
matism 10 the memory of John stuart
Mil the author iuscribes the present
textbook 10 the memory Of another Of
hts masters. Charles Renouvier whom he
calls the strongest philosopher of France
New-York tribune., 1911-11-11
WHITEWASH
An Attempt to Apply 1t to the
Bloodthirsty Marat.

Paris, october ~.
The series OF works on the Elite OF
the Revolution" published by Fasquelle,
is this week enriched by the collection
of letters and pamphlets Of Marat.
brought out, with an introduction and
copious notes. by NJ. Charles Vellay,
which supply invaluable material for
studying the character and personality
Of the best-hated and most-dreaded DEL
egate Of the Convention. The inside
history Of the early period Of the French
Revolution. from 1889 to 1I02, is re-
fiected in Marat's writings, which have
become exceedingly rare. All the lead
ers Of the revolutionary movement from
Necker to Petion figure in Marats let
ters and pamphlets, Of which the publ
cations of the famous "L'Ami du Peu-
ple" form but a small portion. Marats
clean shaven, hatchet face, his head
covered with a pale green turban, and
his cleaning wolflike eyes are familiar 10
all. and his portrait by David, who rep
resented him assassinated in his bath
bv Charlotte Corday, reproduced broad
cast I'm cheap public prints, is still
popular symbol Of the most violent
period Of the Revolution. According TO
M. Vellay, Marat is very much "misuh-
derstood." 1t is difficult to judge him
otherwise than as the principal insti-
gator of the bloodshed of the Reign Of
Terror. His ideas of "the purihcatlon
of society" are shown by NJ. Vellay to
have been inspired by the writings OF
Montesauieu and by his compatriot,
Jean-Jacques Rousseau. He detested
Necker and hated Voltaire. Marat, after
all said and done. is pretty difficult
subject to "whitewash." 1t is like dec
Grating the guillotine with orange BIOS
SONS.
In bright, clever little book called
lie Magnetisme Personnel" published
by Daragon, NJ. Leon Kendall deals with
that particular manifestation OF occult
ism known as will force" which, by
means of mental concentration on a
given subject produces vibrations OF
thought waves exercising magnetic in
fuence upon persons with WHOM the
man or woman who generates them
comes into contact. The author sum-
marizes in a handy, practical shape the
latest researches in electro-biology, mes
merism. hypnotism and thought read
ing He begins with simple and logical
explanations OF personal influence re-
sulting from the presence in sick
chamber of a person Of sound, healthy
mind He shows that, in great meas
ure. men and women may become what
they wish to be merely by force of viii
power. NJ Kendall develops his theory
that the sense OF personal magnetism eX-
lists in every human individual and
shows how this little understood art
can. by concentration Of the mind, be-
come a potent factor for good or evil in
everyday life. {. l. b.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-11

THE YELLOW LETTER. BY William
Johnston. With Illustrations by Alex, len,
ander Popini l2mo. pp. SOl. the
Eobbs-Merrill Company.
Mr.. Johnston plays the old, thrice
familiar game of mystifcation. Chapter
after chapter in his book whelms the
reader I'm deeper bewilderment. Tragic
things occur, for no explainabe reason.
In due course, when the secret is solved,
ii is simplicity itself. In unnumbered
novels we have been thus conventionally
kept on tentcrhooks. But Mr.. Johnston
deserves considerable credit for his In
vcntion of the scheme which in this in
stance drives more than one person
frantic and even to suicide. We know
nothing OF his rascal for a long time.
We cannot even guess his identity. All
we know is that some one in the dark is
writing letters on a certain yellow paper
and that the receipt of one Of these let
tcrs Invariably causes trouble When
at last this epistolary fiend is run to
earth and his wicked little plot is ex-
posed we gasp with admiration. Never
was there a criminal more adroit or OF
more cynical humor, We are sorely
tempted To reveal his astoundingly ef-
fective mode of blackmailing people right
and left but TO do this would quite spoil
the readers pleasure. Instead, we
merely assure him that Mr.. Alexander
Young is a wastrel of genius undiluted
and that the incidents which lead up to
his detection are worthy of his sinister
individuality. Connoisseur- of the
"shocker" i'm fiction will enjoy this
New-York tribune., 1911-11-11

during tie second half of the nlne;eehu'
century Of the function OF philosophy
Professor James observes:
If roueae ne from our native Gosmailc
giumLer and breaks up oui caheu Pie
jpdices. Historically N has always pce.
sort of fecundation OF four olHtItn, an
human interests. science, poetry, IchbtVV.
ana logic, by one another. IL mas sousnns
b.. hard reasoning for results emotlonaiiis
valuable To nave some contact WIN ~, ~,
to catch its influence. is thuS goon ior D'.
both literary and scientific stuoehts. bS
its pootrv il appeals to literary iniIos
hut It's logic stiffens them ny ana remsdit 10 J
their 50 ftness. BY It's logic II appeals ~
lie scientific: but softens them by It's
other aspects, and saves them from ,,,den, tSu
dry n technicality. Both types of stuurtl
orcht TO get from philosophy a lvelier
spirit. more air. more mental backgrounds
"Hast any philosophy In thee: Shepnefu .
ttis question uf rouchstones Is the one
with which men should always meet on
another. \ man with no philosophy IN
him Is .he most inausplcous ana uhprohl-
able of all possible social mates.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-11
4 DELIGHTFUL STORY.

TIE THIRD MISS WENDERBY. by
Mabel Barnes Grundy FrOn,isricCe IN
color bv the Roeses. l2mo. PIP. as. The
Baker 6. Taylor Company
The child in fiction is apt to become
a wearincss LONG before It reaches the
years of hcroincship. Not so the third
Miss Wendcrby. There is not too much
of her childhood. and what we are told
is amusing and convincing and throws
light on what she became in character
and tcmperament in later years. At
eightccn she was forced to face the
world bv her fathers loss of fortune,
and. this being an English story. she
started To solve the question of "A liveli-
hood by taking n position as nursery
coverness. This may sound conven-
tional and far from novel but our word
for Il. il is neither In her case. The
story IS so well written, 40 interesting
i'm A nuiet. we'll bred well sustained way.
that il would be unjust to the reader 20
enter into particulars as To It's plot and
its minor characters. who are all well
outlined. suggested and interpreted and
accurately proportioned i'm the attention
bestowed upon them To the parts they
Jlav i'm the progress of Diana Wenderby
toward a knowledge Of herself and a
realization ~ where happiness lies for
her. This is good work I'm ali unassum-
ing way, an addition To that long line Of