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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20
WARMING THE WATER.
A Pet Theory of Dairy Writers Weakened
by Carefully-Made Tests.

A Pet Theory of Dairy Writers Weakened
by Carefully-Made Tests.
A test was made during the winter
of 1888 at the experimental station
of the Agricultural College of Mich
igan, for the purpose of determining
how milk and butter products would
be effected by warming the water
drunk by dairy cows. The Holstein
cow Mac was chosen for the test, which
begun January 10, 1888, and lasted
eight weeks. For the first month the
cow was fed bran, ensilage and corn
stalks. Half the amount of bran and
ensilage fed daily was given in the
morning and the remainder at night.
The stalks were fed at noon. The
second month Mac was fed ensilage,
bran, cornmeal and ground oats
mixed; the daily ration was divided
into two feeds, while hay was fed at
noon. The first week and every alter
nate week during the test, water
warmed to sixty deg. F. was given the
COW to drink On the second week
and alternating weeks cold water was
given her.
A study of the tables shows that the
milk and butter product was but little
affected by the temperature of the
water drunk. In the last two weeks
of the test the balance is in favor OF
cold water. The amount of butter
made the last week on cold water was
one pound seven ounces more than the
preceding week when warm water was
given. This holds true in no other
case, there being a slight balance in
favor of warm water during the entire
period. The week when more butter
was produced with the use of cold wa
ter 161 pounds less of milk was given
than during the previous week when
warm water was drunk.
In the total results there is balance
in favor of warm water, there having
been 453 pounds more of milk pro-
duced during the entire period when
warm water was given than during the
time cold water was drunk The bal
ance in favor of warm water in butter
was 10 ounces, which indicates a
greater relative gain in milk than in
butter. Mac drunk $50 pounds more
of warm water than of cold. The re-
suits are not as pronounced in favor of
warm water as was expected. The
difference is so slight as. scarcely to
pay for warming the water.-N Y.
World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20

ance by the number of craft loading Or
in motion. The canals are about
sixty feet broad. Between them and
the houses are rows of shade trees, so
that the natives have both streets and
canals to depend upon. The former are
constructed of bricks laid diagonally.
One of the best geological gardens and
aquariums in Europe is owned by the
city. A very popular excursion is to
Zaandam, formerly the home of Peter
the Great. 1t is a forty-five minutes
sail up the great canal. The village is
the neatest in all Europe. and the peo-
pie most simple in their habits and
always ready to welcome strangers.
/ was travelling from here to The
Hague. In the same carriage was
government official. Finding that
was an American. though he had not
known me for an hour, he was quite
displeased to think l could not spend q
day in his city with him. The Hague
greatly resembles Amsterdam in many
respects. Here Paul Potter's famous
bull is to be seen. We found him in
an angry mood upon one side of an oak
tree stump Rembrandts anatomical
picture commands fully as much at
tention. The gallery abounds in
works of this master Passing on
through Dardrecht and Rotterdam,
where the houses in some streets are
so close as to almost forbid the en-
trance of sunlight, Antwerp is reached
the same evening.
We wander about only to find that it
is another to be added to the list of
pleasant cities seen. The facilities for
shipping here are uneXceled. Large
ships are enabled to go up into basins
alongside of wharves and unload by
means of immense cranes, while the
water may be raised or lowered to any
desired height by means of locks. The
cathedral is rich in specimens OF
Rubens, the most famous work of his,
1.-The Descent from the Cross" being
here. Antwerp and Cologne have both
long claimed to be the birthplace OF
this eminent artist and neither seem
inclined to yield the honor to the other.
The walls of the gallery here are COW
cred with his work, but can we say
from his own hands? Certain it is that
no man. however diligent, could paint
as many pieces as are accredited to the
brush of this master in life time.
There is a delightful park in the city
and numerous fine boulevards fanke6
by handsomest edifices. 1t is only an
hours ride from here to Brussels, but
people of one plodding quietly along,
content to take the work as it is; those
of the other pushing. striving. hurry
ing onward in pursuit of fame and
fortune. This latter city is well called
second Paris.-Cor. Albany IN. "
Journal.
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RUSKIN ON BOOKS.
What Kind of Literature the Great Crftf
Would Have Us Read.

What Kind of Literature the Great Critic
Would Have Us Read.
Life being very short, and the quiet
hours of it few, we ought to waste none
of them in reading valueless books;
and valuable books should, in a civil
lied country, be within the reach of
every one, printed in excellent form,
for a just price; but not in any vile, vul-
gar, or, by reason of smallness of type,
physically injurious form, at vile
price. For we none of us need many
books, and those which we need ought
to be clearly printed on the best paper.
and strongly bound And though we
are. indeed, now a wretehed aud pow
erty-stricken nation, and hardly able to
keep soul and body together, still as no
person in decent circumstances would
put on his table confessedly bad wine.
or bad meat, without being ashamed,
so he need not have On his shelves ill-
printed or loosely and wretehedly
stitched books. l would urge upon
every young man, as the beginning of
his dGe and wise provision for his
household. to obtain as soon as he can,
by the severest economy. restricted.
serviceable and steadily-however
notwithstanding series of books for
use through life; making his little
library, of all the furniture in his
room. the most studied and decorative
piece; every volume having its assigned
place, like little statue in its niche.
and one of the earliest and strictest
lessons to the children of the house
being how to turn the pages of their
own library possessions lightly and de-
with no chance of tearing
or dogs ears.-John Raskin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

in Japan no article less than one
bric-a-brac exhibitions.
Among the permanent residents of
Paris, it is said, the exiles of Russian
nobility are the most noted for extrav-
agance and prodigality OF life.
"A physician at the annual meeting
of the American Academy of Medicine
made the statement that the injection
of morphine in France is to-day almost
a matter of fashion.
The international Hygienic Society
of London is starting street stands in
different parts of that city where ladies
may send their parcels, leave their
cloaks and arrange their toilet when
on shopping tours.
1t is proposed in England to pro-
vide judges at race tracks with an in
Simultaneous photographing apparatus
by which to tell beyond possibility OF
mistake what horse has won in close
finish.
"A pound of bread, which in Ger
many costs twenty-one pfennige, can
be had at few minutes journey over
the Swiss border for seventeen pfen-
nige. And, of course, every body with
in easy distance patronizes the Swiss
bakers. carrying back only the exact
amount of import allowed to pass duty
free.
The tedious work of removing
fha
ancient forest from the bed of the
Thames river still goes on. 1t began
seven years ago. At last accounts 800
trees and 1900 powders had been
taken out. The latter varied in weight
from one to four tons.
-Ex-King Frances of Naples is re-
called by the controversy now going
on in regard to the length of skirts of
stage women. During his reign in
Naples he insisted on the gowns of the
ballet girls reaching below the knees
and also obliged them to wear green
underwear.
Queen Victoria has had monu-
ment erected to the memory of John
Brown at Balmoral. 1t is colossal
statue, made by Boehm, England's best
known sculptor. Besides this a ''cairn"
has been erected to the same High
lander's memory on hill looking
down upon the castle.
The magistrate of the Mixed Court
at Shanghai has proved himself a
Haroun al Raschid of no mean ability.
He had before him a most complicated
family dispute about lard. On in
vestigating matters he found all the
litigants were related, and that one
lawyer represented them all. He
promptly decided that the lawyer had
prompted the quarrel, and ordered that
unlucl1y person brought before him
and soundly whipped. Then he invit-
ed all the disputants out to dinner, in
the course of which he lectured so sue
cessfully on the beauty of harmony
among relatives as to induce them to
settle amicably on the spot.
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and upright In his dealings with his
fellows. Suddenly the time lock of a
thievish ancestor is turned on; he finds
temptation too strong for even that
greatly underestimated power-the
force of habit of a lifetime-and the
trust funds in his keeping disap-
pear with him to Canada. Every body
is surprised, shocked. pained-and
he' no doubt. more so than any one
else. Emotional insanity is offered as
possible explanation by the charita-
Die, iongheaded, calculating. Intention
al rascality, by the severe or self
righteous. And he? Well. he is wholly
unable to account for it at all. He
knows that he had not lived all these
years as conscious, self controlled
thief. He knows that the temptations
OF his past life had never before taken
that particular form. He knows that
the impulse was sudden, binding,
overwhelming; but he does not know
why and how. 1t was like an awful
dream. He seemed to be powerless to
overcome it. The time lock had turned
without his knowledge. and in spite of
himself. The unknown, unheard of
thievish ancestor took possession, as
it were, through force of superior
strength and abllity-and then it was
his hour. The hereditary shadow
on the dial had come around to him.
The great-uncle's hour was past. He,
no doubt, was turned on to some other
dazed automatom-in Maine or Texas
who had fallen heir to a drop too
much of his blood, and she, poor thing,
if it happened to e a girl this time,
forthwith proceeded to fall in love with
her friends misunderstanding he was
the only man at hand at the time;
while the thievish ancestor left-in
shame and contrition-a small but
light-fngered boy in Georgia, to keep
his engagement with our respectable,
highly-honored and heretofore highly
honorable man of affairs in Wall street.
The time lock of heredity had been set
for this hour, and the machinery of cir
cumstances oiled the wheels and SILENT
ly moved the dial.-Belford' Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20
MANS TIME LOCK.
POINTS lin L fe When 1t Turns and Marks
Astonishing Changes.

POINTS lin l. fe When Ii Turns and Marks
Astonishing Changes.
There is a theory. you know, that we
inherit traits and conditions from our
remote ancestors as we'll as from our
immediaae ones. l sometimes fancy
that they descend to some people with
"a time lock attachments A child is
born; he Is like his mother, we will
say, gentle, sweet, kind. truthful. for
years-let sS say seven Suddenly the
tine lock TURNS, and the traits of his
father (modiied, of course, by the
acquired habits of seven years) show
themselves stI~ngly-talSe possession.
in fact. Another seven years. and the
priggishness of a great-unele. the
.stinginess of an aunt. or the
dizziness, in books, of fslral
grandfather. Then. in keeping with
the next two turns of the lock. he
fails in love with every new face he
sees, marries early and INDUCES him
self recklessly liz large family. He
is an exemplary husband and father,
as men go, an ideal business man, and
q general favorite in society. Every
body remarks upon the favorable
change siEce his stupid. priggish col
lege days. All this time. through
every change. he has been honorable
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20
THE NORTHERN VENICE.

what an American Saw in Amsterdam,
Rotterdam aad Antwerp.
Amsterdam. often called the Venice
of the North, from the numerous
canals which it contains, is a very in
teresting city. The houses are in
most cases of wood. though there are
numerous brick ones, the fronts at the
top ending in a sort of pyramid. The
famous Ryks museum, the chief feat
ure of interest in the tourists timer
airy. was a great disappointment. The
whole CITY Is given = lively appear
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20
Homeless Children.

The American Educational Aid Associa-
ton, which has FOR it's object the providing
of homes for poor and friendless children,
is doing u poble work. Since its establish
ment It has found good homes for seven
hundred homeless little ones. All children
received under the care of the Association
are of special promise in intelligence and
health, and are in age from one month to
twelve years, and are sent free to those re-
ceiving them. on ninety days trial. unless
a special contract IS otherwise made. A
numb OF promising children Of both sexes
are now waiting adoption into families
Contributions to this very worthy charity
may be sent to Rev. Glen Wood, Financial
Secretary, Room Al. 230 LaSalle Street Chi
cago. Rev. Nj. v. B. Van Arsdale. 5lS sixty
seventh street, Englewood, Ill, is the Gem
eral Superintendent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20
Runco steerers are Exemplary NJ

Bunco Steerers are Exemplary Men
Compared with the ruthless impostors who
represent to invalids inquiring for Hostel.
ter's Stomach Bitters, that certain local
nostrums they prepare are the equal Of the
world celebrated tonic and Alternative 1t Is
deep infamv to rob the sick of a chance of
health. The Bitters restore vigor and
eradicate malarial complaints, dyspepsia,
constipation, liver and kidney complaint,
rheumatism and neuralgia
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20

TACKLE an Obstinate Cough or Cold with
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20

"A coating of linseed oil. applied to
the out-bufldings, will prove of bene-
fit. If colored in some manner, it will
nearly equal paint
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20

For CoueHs AND THROAT DISORDERS use
Bro,pn's Bronchial Tr0ches.-" Have never
changed my mind respecting them, except
I think better of that which ! began think
ing well of''-Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
Sold only in boxes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20

A M1LKMAN and an oak tree both flourish
according to the size and condition OF their
route.--Harper's Boar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20

By INVESTING 81 TO IS you may secure a
fortune Address with stamp, The Montana
Investment Co., Helena, M. T.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20

WILL be found an excellent remedy fol
sick headache. Carter's Little Liver Pills
Thousands of letters from people who have
used them prove this fact. Try them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20

ARE unlike all other pills. No purging OF
pain. Act specially on the liver and bile
Carter's Little Liver Pills. One pill a dose
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20

THEY have no police on the prairies,
though coppice often seen there.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20

'Man OVERLOOKED v'-the editor Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20

THE successful lover thinks he is getting
ahead when he is getting heart.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20

WHY is tooth drawn like thing for
gotten? Because it's out of the head.-R0t
fno5e Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20

The latest out-the boy .who is kept
after school"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20

No WONDER time is 80 often killed; It 10
struck every hour
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20
THE MARKETS.

A BALL-PLAYER can be put out and Z
lose his htlddelphta Call
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20

LIVESTOCK SHIPPERS AND Fedora
Read ad. of c. c. Daily & Co. other column.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20
bryant G Stratton Chicago Business College,

CLISH TRAINING SCHOOL,. Is the sIAsDANU
r IT TsHH ~oE1JsDt Full informe-
- n m RKYANT 4 son, I'rsprietors, Chicago, III
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-01-20
A Hindrance to Kissers.

81 wish you would tell me of anything
in the world, said a young man. that is
worse than the stiff brimmed hats worn by
the men of this generation.
What fault have you 10 find with the
stiff hair" was asked.
well, there is one fault that out-vil.
lanies all the rest, and that is the difficulty
a fellow encounters in trying TO kiss girl
with a stiff brimmcd hat on. You make a
sally, and when within two inches of the
goal your hat brim strikes Clarissa on the
forehead and stops you. Nine times out
of ten your hat is knocked off and falls on
the porch with great racket, which makes
you ridiculous. 4 fellow that has been
caught so once or twice always takes care
TO set his hat on the back of his head be.
fore trying TO kiss girl, and then he has
some chance. When girl sees her COM
panion push his hat to the back of his
head she needs TO be on her guard. lie is
bent on mischief"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-01-20
Much-Needed "Don'ts" for Women.

If you are lantern jawed don't wear a
sailor hat. You are certain 10 want TO,
but take warning by the awful examples
you see Of doleful old girls that have
yielded to the temptation.
If people stare at you don't plume your
self and shipper; it may be because you
have paper pinned on your back or a
streak Of smut on your nose.
Again, If you are stared at don't founce
and frown; 1t doesn't do you any good and
makes you conspicuous. Besides, you are
probably imagining the attention anyway.
Don't wear hustle as big as a bay win
dow unless you have some way TO lash i,
securely 10 your spine, and you are sure
your spine is in the middle Of you; a big
hustle on the left hip is not fashionable,
often as you see ii.
Don't think all the men you know are in
love with you, and that only various sec
ondary motives restrain most of them from
declaring their passion. 1t is likely thai
very few of those that do declare it tell the
truth.
Don't run down prettier women 10 men
Your motives are certain 10 be impugned
Don't estimate yourself by the most ex
travagant compliments paid you; remem
Der you hear inevitably grea. deal more
from the people that admire you than
from that perhaps equally large constitu
ency that doesn't.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-01-20
PERSIAN SEERS.
Methods OF the Astroiogers Go Give Weight
TO Their Predictions.

The monajem, or astrologer, is power
IN Persia. He Is recognized as man Of
science, member Of learned profession
The chief astrologer Is high court Off.
cial, from whose ruling there is no appeal
for his decisions are based upon knowledge
that is communicated directly from the
stars. Thus. il he DEGREES that the asylum
of the universe must not start on hunt
ing expedition on Thursday, but that half
an hour after midnight on Saturday will
be the fortunate hour, he is able to give ir-
refragable reasons for his conclusions by
showing that Saturn is in the ascendant in
one case, while on Saturday night, at the
precise time mentioned, there will be a
happy conjunction of Venus.
II another astrologer is consulted, he will
give the same story Every hour in the
day. and every day in the year, is thus
worked out as fortunate. indifferent or
unlucky in the astrologer's books Of fate
Besides these calendars they have as
their stock in trade plumb line. level,
a celestial sphere and an astrolabe. The
astrqA pes are In the form Of a gigantic
watch and are often beautifully made
Every large town contains at least two
astrologers, and they are very far from
being poor. A Persian may find an astrol.
oyer very useful. especially IL he be an
officer and desires TO evade some response
bility. Thus. suppose provincial cover.
nor is ordered to the capital and that he
does not want to go. what more powerful
reason for delay in starting than to reply
that he is waiting for a fortunate hour,
and what easier than TO induce the astrolo-
ger 10 fail 10 find one? In the meantime
the officer has time 10 administer the ne
cessary brides at court and the storm
blows over.
Istikhara, tossing up or the drawing OF
the lot is done with a rosary. A bead Is
grasped at hap-hazard Good, bad.
Indifferent, is calculated at each bead
till the big terminal one is reached, and
that decides the question. Answers are
given in conversation, bargains are made
or refused and serious acts are undertaken
under the guidance of this formula
Another way is 10 thrust knife into the
leaves Of the Koran or one of the poetica
books, and be guided by what is found al
the place. The OWNERS are real quack,
and gain their success by working on the
fears of the people. The guilty party in
a scandal or criminal inquiry in his ner
vousness is provoked 10 do some act tina
brings about his detection.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-01-20

Alma about Feb 20, 49, Every dollars worth Of
Dry sold before that date We realize it time
dull people spending but little
all the
why you should make dollar reach far it willard
place in Michigan much will
Baughmans for the weeks This advertising dodge
Goods
have made leave Alma
reduced prices will the
skeptical that mean business
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-01-20
A Serious Drawback.

New York man says that the great
drawback 10 electric street railways is that
you cannot ride even block on one of
those cars without having your watch com
pletely magnetized and ruined so far as
timckeeping Is concerned. All the electric
roads have the same difficulty, and the
inventors. although they have been trying
for years. have not yet succeeded in dis
covering a remedy. Until that defect is
removed no electric street railway will be
q success.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-01-20
Thu Wrong Chair.

He had been looking upon the whisky
when Il was a rich, russell color, and he
dropped into the dentists chair with a
sigh that blew out the window-shades and
sank into trance like slumbcr.
When he awoke few minutes later and
saw seven of his best teeth exhibited on
the stand. he exclaimed: Now, Z you
got through foolin' gimme shampoo'n hair
ctIt
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-01-20
A vaiuabie Experiment.

Traveller TO negro)-Will that dog bitef
Negro-Don't know, sab; better come
In an see. Dog amt had much 'speri-
ence.
Traveller gets over the fence and the dog
bites him-You trifling rascal YOU
Negro-Said dat didn't know. Ell yer
axes me now ken tell. I b'lebcs, sab.
dat he will sorter bite.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-01-20
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