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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12
HOME AND FARM,
1t is mistake to put spoons in the
holder handles down.

1t is mistake to put spoons in the
holder handles down.
When drain pipes or other places
get sour or impure they may be cleansed
with lime water, carbolic acid or chlor-
ide of ime.-E1change.
TO stone raisins easily pour boiling
water over them and drain it off. This
loosens them and them come out with
ease.-The Household.
You may grow Melilot or sweet
clover for the bees to gather honey from
late in the season, but not for stock as
they will not eat it. 1t has bitter
taste. 1t will perpetuate itself in good
land without cultivation. - Western
Rural.
Asparagus Soup: Boil one bunch
of asparagus and one onion until ten
der, with one teaspoonful of salt and
one of pepper. Pass through a colan-
der and mix with one quart of boiling
milk, little butter and one egg. Serve
Immediately. -Iotedo Blade.
Public water-troughs, it is claimed,
are places from which infectious dis
eases may be spread. 1t is better that
the farmer carry pail in the wagon.
But if the trough must be used, the wa
ter should always flowing in it instead
of turning it on only when wanted
Chicago Tribune.
Orange jelly in the Peel: Cut inch
round holes in the stem side of smooth
oranges; take out the pulp with a tea
spoon, and steep the skins for two hours
in cold water: drain. and scrape out the
inside carefully. range them on broken
ice, and fill with French jelly. When
cold, cut in halves, and serve from a
glass dish. garnished with green leaves
Tile Caterer.
--Kceping down the weeds will not be
the on y gain to come from thorough
hoeing. By having layer of finely
pulverized soil at the surface evapora-
ton of moisture will be prevented dur
ing the day, while absorption will 90 on
through the night After every heavy
rain the soil of the garden should be
gone over with hoe or rake to prevent
crusting. Chicago Joatrna!-
Charcoal in a porous basket and
also quicklime serve important uses in
the publication of air. In experiment.
ing on this subject a scientist took three
hens and placed them under bell glasses.
With one he put little lime, with an
other some charcoal, and with the third
nothing. In a half hour the latter was
dead, the second quite stupid, and the
first was almost as well as ever. This
shows the value of charcoal in bed
rOom or sick room. -EGcl0Rge
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12
stylishly-dressed woman, followed by q

stylishly-dressed woman, followed BY
small monkey arrayed in a CAV suit of
silk and velvet entering one of tho
large stores on my street. A thought
flashed across my mind, and instinct
lively for some reason or another, as
soclated this woman with the thieving
operations which had been going on.
followed her into the store and COM
menced to watch her closely. She wan
dered listlesly up and down the estab-
Eshment. stopping at this counter or
that to price different goods. | follow
ed her for perhaps ten minutes without
seeing any thing to confirm my suspi-
cions that she was shop-lifter. Then I
turned my attention to the monkey.
He following his mistress at distance of
about five yards. and picking his way
in and out of the throng for all the
world like one used to such things. I
kept my eye closely on him.
suddenly / noticed him make sly
dive for one Of the counters and snatch
lace handkerchief, concealing it in one
OF the capac Gus pockets of his suits. !
said or did nothing at the time, but COM
tInued to follow him around the store
until | saw him steal perhaps half a
dozen articles, the total value Of which
must have been over fifty dollars.
Then l closed up on him and. making
a quick rush, grabbed him without 60
ing through the formality of shown g
him the warrant for his arrest. The
little fellow squalled vigorously and bit
viciOus!y at me, but l held him. The
crowd closed in around me wondering.
ly. l kept my counsel however. and,
after explanations to the proprietor of
the establishment, put the mon k ey into
closed carriage and drove off to the
central station. The woman, whom /
had intended to arrest, had disappeared
at the first sign of trouble, and this con-
fIfmed my suSpic.on that she and the
monkey were pals. To cut long story
short, the next day the monkey was
turned out on the street, a long string
being attached to him, upon which Ihad
firm hold. He started off at pace
which indicated that his pedestrian
powers were not to be sneezed at. lead
ing first down this street and then down
that, until he came to little tumble
down tenement structure in a low quar-
ter of the city. He bounded upstairs, I
after him. He stopped at the door of
one of the rooms and commenced to
howl piteously. The door opened and
we stepped into the shoplifter' den.
The handsome, stylishly-dresscdw woman
was there. She saw that she had at last
been cornered, and made no resistance
when | told her she must go to jail with
me. She was tried, and. a complete
chain of evidence being forged about
her, was convicted. She was sent to
Sng Sing for five years. Before leav-
ing for the penitentiary she made
complete confession, telling how she
had spent years in training the monkey
to become a shoplifter. She said that
during the last five years her monkey
had travelled with her through the coun-
try, and that the total amount of his
thievings was well up in the tens OF
thousands. The monkey was turned
over to a museum, but [ understand
that he died before the end of his mis-
tresS term. omaha Bee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12
PLANT DESTROYERS.
The Damage Done by Weeds in Times of
Prolonged Drought.

The Damage Done by Weeds in Times of
Prolonged Drought.
We are all aware of the fact that
weeds and grass consume the food which
should be devoted to the growing crop,
but even when the land is very rich, and
the soil contains enough for both the
crop and the weeds, the former soon
succumbs while the other tlourishes.
This is because the soil can not provide
sufficient moisture for two crops at the
same time. Every plant that grows
takes up certain proportion of moist
ure, which is pumped into the stalks
and leaves, and the larger the growth,
and more numerous the plants, the
more moisture required. Nor do all
pump with the same rapidity, or with
the same quantity. A strong, vigorous
weed, with roots running i'll every direc
ton, will seize on all moisture within
its reach, to the detriment of
every plant within the compass
of its influence, and the result is that
the weaker plants perish because the
struggle for moisture is more than they
can endure, while the weeds, having
crushed out opposition, usurp the
ground and grow vigorously. Now,
the farmer who wishes to economic in
time of drought, must allow no moist
ure to be wasted on weeds. Nothing
should grow where plant is desired
but the plant itself. Very often there is
not enough moisture for single plant,
and the presence of two lessons the
chances of both. Weeds, therefore, do
not always destroy plants by robbing
them of food. but by depriving them of
moisture, and the safest plan is to kill
them as soon as they appear. A day
may be too late. No well-regulated
farm should have weeds upon it, and if
they do appear make short work of
them and thus save the moisture
Vol
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12
An Honest Parsons Fears.


Alfred N. Marcus, Boston diamond
merchant, lost a package of diamonds
worth five thousand dollars in the Tre-
mont House on July 2. The Rev. O. W.
Scott, of Greenwich, R. l., found the gems
and was, he says, $50 dumbfounded that
he kept them three days" Then he de-
termined to find the owner, but, fearful of
being arrested for theft, advertised under
a false name. Mr.. Marcus went to Green
witch, but, of course, was not able to find
a man bearing the same given. Then he
went to the newspaper office, got the man
uscript of the advertisement, compared
it with the handwriting in the fremont
House register, and decided that it was
written by Mr.. Scott. He communicated
with the clergyman, who at once went to
Boston with the diamonds and turned
them over to Mr.. Marcus. Mr.. Marcus
gave the minister and his wife each a sill
yer watch and 500.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12
A GREAT TRAVELLER.
4 brakeman Who Has Journeyed Over
Two Million Miles.

! y brakeman Who Has Journeyed Over
Two Million Miles.
l.. ID. Chosen has been brakeman
on the Penn sylvan:a railroad for twen-
ty-f0ur years. He rams now Oh the fast
train to Ney- York. which leaves tho
Broad Street. Station avery morning at
$50. He knows every prominent man
in Philadelphia who goes to New York
over the Pennsylvania railroad. Brake
man Chosen IS noted for his funny
stories, which he tells in droll sway
He can get an audience at any sine
He knows what.every mans business is
" no travels on his train, and how much
they are worth and how old they src
and how they mas,e their N oney. Dur
ing his twenty-fGur years service he
has travelled two million mhes.
The distance between this city and
New York over the New York division
of the Pennsylvania railroad. is ninety
missed making this journey twanty-four
days in twenty-four years. The round
trip daily is ose hundred and eighty
four miles. Made daily for twenty four
years the number of miles would be
1,611,S $40. Besides this long distance
Brakeman Closson estimates that he has
made 400, 900 extra miles in the twenty
four years. In the summer season,
when travel is heavy and brakemen are
scarce, he doubles the road several times
a week, which makes the days riding
three hundred and sixty-eight miles. He
is fifty years old, but as spry as brake
men half his age. Whenever he is not
on his train the regular riders inquire OF
Conductor Silence where he is. Brake |
man Clossou always believed in a rainy |
day and has snug sum in bank.-Pbst. |
ddelphia Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12
PREPARING WHEAT LAND,
Work That Should Begin Early and Be Ex-
ceptionaIly Thorough.


ceptionaIly Thorough.
Begin blowing for wheat at the earli-
est post-harvest moment. This will
prevent a growth of weeds; and you
will gain the aid of the rain, sun and
air in pulverizing and packing the
ground. Pass, each evening, with a
heavy roller, over what has been plowed
during the day. As the ground is dry.
there is no danger of its packing too
solid if this is done. Rolling will
crush the clods before they have hard
ened; it will also prevent the drying
out of the ground. 1t is great mis-
take not to follow close after the pillow
with the roller: the clods harden and
the ground becomes SO dry that part of
the wheat will not terminate. Allow
the ground to lie until shortly before
YOU desire to SOW. Then harrow and
roll until the ground is fine and solid.
Apply the barn-yard manure Just before
this, that stirring the ground may mix
it through the soil. The seed bed for
wheat can not be made too fine, nor too
solid if fine. No crop is benefited more
than wheat by undertaking. Wheat
is .'spewed OUT by the freezing of the
water in the ground. Dry earth does
not freeze; no degree of cold will cause
it to expand. But water expands;
hence, when the water in the
ground freezes it hosts the sur
face up and the wheat plants with
it. The wet ground, being heavier than
the roots of the wheat, settles down in
the spring. leaving the roots exposed.
Undertaking largely lessons this. be-
cause it removes all surplus water from
the ground. Plants really require very
little moisture about their roots. just
that amount which will imperceptibly
diffuse itself through the earth, is best.
More suffocates the plant, Under
draining reduces the water in the soil to,
or maintains it at, the proper amount;
hence, understanding is the most effective
means against winter-killing. Making
the seed bed very fine and solid has
much the same effect. There is no sur
plus of water; and the water is diffused
through the ground. 1t is known that
wheat, on compact ground, is not
spewed out as is wheat on loose ground.
This is sometimes accounted for by the
greater resistance which compact
ground would offer to the frost, and
also the greater tenacity with which it
would embrace the roots. But ground
can not be so compacted as to resist the
expansive force of freezing water. The
reason is that there is less water to eX-
pand. Besides, the gram terminates
most readily in compact soil, and the
plant is more thrifty in fine ground;
hence, plants in such seed bed have
more vigor to endure the winter. The
work on the seed bed for wheat should
begin early and be thorough.
can Ag7icultmrist.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12
Fair Bathers Who Wear Stays.
TCor. Albany Journal

Bathing dresses this season are worn
shorter in the skirt and with pantalettes
that scarcely show at all. Corsets are
now furnished with every suit, for it is not
an affectation that women adopt when
they say they can not dispense with them.
A corset is even more of support to
woman than back of chair to tired
man sitting down. Wearing corsets
weakens the spinal column, 80 that at last
it takes the place of a spine, and the long
sustained demand for corsets in the water
has at last led to their being considered
part of the dress for the bath.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12
Il There a Cure for Consumption,

We answer unreservedly, yesI If the
patient commences in time the use of DIR.
Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" and
exercises proper care. II allowed to run
Its course too long all medicine is power
less to stay t. DR.. Pierce never deceives q
patient by holding out false hope for the
sake of pecuniary gain. The Golden
Medical Discovery" has cured thousands
Of patients when nothing else seemed to
avail. Your druggist has it. Send two
stamps for DR.. Pierce's complete treatise
on consumption with numerous testlmo-
mails Address Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

THOUSANDS Of women bless the day on
which DR.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription"
was made known to them In all those de-
rangements causing backache, dragging
down sensations, nervous and general de-
bility, it is a sovereign remedy. Its sooth-
ing and healing properties render it of the
utmost value to ladies suffering from Gin
ternal fever" congestion, Inflammation,
or liberation. By druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

THOSE who are trying to break up the
baneful habit of intemperance will expert
ence great benefit from the use of Prickly
Ash Bitters. Liquors derange the system.
Prickly Ash Bitters will remedy the evil
results and restore the brain, stomach and
liver to healthy action, thereby siren 9Th
ening the will power, thoroughly cleans
ing and toning up the system, and remove
every faint of disease. 1t is purely med
icine, and while pleasant to the taste. it
can not be used as a beverage by reason
of its cathartic properties.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

On August Is, September 8 and % the
Chicago & Northwestern railway will run
cheap excursions to Minnesota and Dakota,
for which lower rates have been made than
have ever before been quoted to these
points. For full particulars address-R. s.
Hair. General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

Badness and dandruff can be prevented
by using Halls Hair Remover.
Ouinine relieves only temporarily in
fever and ague Ayers Ague Cure cures
permanently.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

WOMEN ADMIRATION WIN who use GI4ENN's
SULPHUR SOAP to improve the skin
HILLS HAIR AND WuIsKER DYE, Black or
Brown, soc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

WHY is a locomotive like a comet? Be-
cause it has headlight and carries long
train.-N. J. Telegram.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

A CHICAGO paper says Mr. Multum has
settled in that city. Then he is no longer
in Parvo.-Teras StftingS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

DR. PIERCE's 'Pellets''-the original Lit
tie Liver Pills. (sugar-coated)-cure sick
and bilious headache, sour stomach, and
bilious attacks. By druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

COUNTRY board that is much sought AFTER
in the summer-the guide board.-boS'o"
Bulletin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

BooK-KEEPING taught in one lesson-Do
not lend them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

You can prevent milk from souring in q
thunder storm by drinking it just before
the storm begins.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

Or course it's the saline quality of thu
sea that makes it easy to sail in.- fosker
Gazette.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

How Illinois dog can make. Sometimes
it Texas long to see the point of such .
pun.-Prnirie Farmer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

No Optune in Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton. Cures where other remedies fail. 25c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use Or. lisa a
Thompson'sE Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 22:1'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

STRAWBERRY boxes probably need no
cover because the bottom is SO near the
ton
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

THE great trouble with a buzz-saw is
that it never wears false teeth.-LoHA Cit
Szes
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

No MAN would hang picture frame be-
cause of it's gilt--Orange Observer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12
LAFAYETTE'S ESCAPE.
How the Great Soldier and Philanthropist
Ran Away to Sea.

How the Great Soldier and Philanthropist
Ran Away to Sea.
One hundred and nine years ago. in
the month of February, 1777, a young
French guardsman ran away to sea.
And most singular running away it
was He did not wish to be sailor,
but he was so anxious to 90 that he
bought a ship to run away in-for he
was a very wealthy young man; and
though he was only nineteen, he held a
commission as Major-General in the
armies of a land three Thousand miles
AWAY land he had never seen and the
language of which he could not speak.
The King of France commanded him to
remain at home; his friends and rela-
tives tried to restrain him; and even the
representatives, or agents, of the cOun-
try ia defense of which he desired to
fight would not encourage his pur-
pose. AndMhen the young man, while
dining at the house of the British AM
bassador to France, openly avowed his
sympathy with downtrodden people,
and his determination to help them gain
their freedom, the Ambassador acted
quickly At his request the rash young
enthusiast was arrested by the French
Government, are orders were given to
seize his ship, which was awaiting hum
at BordeauX. Bus ship and owner both
slipped away, and, sailing from the
port of Pasajes in Spain. the runaway,
with eleven chosen companions, was
soon on the sea, bound for America,
and beyond the reach of both friends and
foes.
On April 25. 1771, he landed at the
little port Of Georgetown, at the mouth
OF the Great Pee Dee river in South
Carolina; and from that day forward
the career of Marie Jean Paul Roch
Yves Gilbert Motier, Marquis de La
Fayette, has held place in the history
of America, and in the interest and af-
lection of the American people.-EU-
1e7,tG IL. H0dge, in st. Nicholas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12

A hawks nest was broken up by
,ome boys who were attending tem-
perance camp-meeting at Spring Grove,
\. Y. When the old hawk discovered
that her nest had been ruined, she
swept down into the crowd of temper
ance-workers. seized a straw hat from q
man's head and flew away with it
Utica Herald.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-04-03
ON WHEELS.
News Dots Along the Line from Tul-
lahOma to Sparta.
OCCASIONAL.

Specially Reported for the Standard:
AS this is the first of April | thought
| would April-fool some of your read
ers by writing few lines this week.
Well, a good many things have
happened since wrote you last, but
not much of any interest.
The heavy rain Of the last few days
has done great deal of damage to
the railroad between Stevenson and
Columbia and Chattanooga. There
has not been q train from ChattanOo-
ga since Tuesday morning. This
Branch has still stood the storms,
with the exception of a few slides,
which did not amount to much.
Mrs. Tom Meeks and Mrs. John
Stevens, of Nashville, who have been
visiting their sister, Mrs. W. w.
Richardson of Sparta for few days,
returned home last Monday.
John Lane, wife and little daugh-
ter, went to East Tennessee last week
returning Tuesday.
Col. John French came up to Nc
Minnville Wednesday evening.
There is more red mud in Sperta
about now than / ever saw. Just
step out and you soon get a coat OF
paint.
Wheat is looking well all along the
road now, and we think the prospect
is favorable for good crop this year.
We had regular snow storm in
Sparta Wednesday evening.
Miss Mary Bonner, of McNIinnville,
went to Tullahoma Last Saturday, to
visit friends for a few days, returning
Tuesday.
will try to write again before next
April.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-04-03
Insurance Commissioner Report.
INSURANCE BUREAU OF KENTUCKY,
FRANKFORT JAN. l5 1886

FRANKFORT
Hoke, President Kentucky Security Co.,
UiNe, Ky.
the condition Mtuary
AS
The condition the
careful and efficient medical
acaly arranged and conducted neat and bussike manner
found
CURED by law and further the honest Of the GmPas al
for held the position of Judge the County Court Jefferson
the first in legal, social and political rank in the State
defend
its members against fraudulent claims commend the consideration all
holds the drmentO honest
said
with
L.C.N NORMAN Commissioner
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-04-03
A Pair of Kid Gloves.

The publishers of the Housekeeper,
(Which is the best monthly published
relating to housekeeping offer an eX-
cellent pair of kid gloves, choice of
several shades, to any lady who
makes up club of three subscribers
under a special offer made in the last
number. Write for a specimen copy,
which is sent free to any address.
BUCKEYE PUBLISHING Co.,
Minneapolis, MINI.