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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11
Goals and I'hilantlirOp

ado good by stealth aud blush to find 1t
fame" may Have been excellent advice
when Mr.. Pope wrote, but it would require
reshaping to bring it into harmony with
modern requirements. A Yorkshire coal
dealer who has been doing good by stealth
OF, quite an extensive scale, now has cause
to blush at finding himself fined by police
magistrate. This philanthropic trader owns
a weighing machine which gives his Gus
toners twenty-one pounds overweight on
every hundred weight Some time ago his
attention was officially drawn to the fact, and
he received solemn warning that if he con-
tinued his sinful benevolence he would be
summoned. A weighing machine that gives
overweight is as illegal as one that does the
other thing, the law demanding perfect
adjustment of balance. This coally Samar-
ttan refused to believe, however, that his
stealthy benefactions were punishable, and
so persisted in adding the little bonus to
every hundred weight of black diamonds
that left lis shop. A fine of five shillings
and costs is the result, the bench expressing
the opinion that it looked little hard to
punish man for cheating himself to bene-
fit his customers. 1t does look hard, un-
doubtedly, but what a splendid advertise
ment!-London Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11
CANNED DELiCAClES.
The Export of Northern Shel1-Fish and
Salmon to Tropical Countries.

Salmon to Tropical Countries.
Progress in manufacturing has
greatly increased the physical COM
fort of the tropical resident. No
longer is he dependent for subsistence
on the flesh, fish or fowl of the south
ern land. Though far on the other
side OF the equator, northern products,
either animal or vegetable, are within
his reach; at the worst, with a slight
ly ''tinny'' flavor. There is a far
greater quantity of fish sent to the
tropics than any other class of canned
goods. Within the past year very
nearly half a million dollars worth has
been exported to tropical lands, and
this does not take into consideration
those goods which were carried to
Africa, ETC.. via England. Salmon is
the popular variety; the consumption
of other fish is small in proportion. 1t
is caught in the Columbia river, and
in other streams of British Columbia
and Washington Territory, and canned
and labeled on the spot. By far the
greater part is carried to New York by
rail, but good-sized shipments 60
across the Pacific to Australia and
Southern Asia, and British vessels take
it around the Horn to England, whence
portion finds its way to Africa.
HOLSTERS are dear to the man in the
South and reach him by way of New
York, after being caught on the coasts
of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and
the adjacent provinces. The catch
RI i.roir ,iShi bo
of late fallen off. Shrimps, another
export delicacy, are caught in the
Gulf of Mexico, largely on the coast of
Mississippi. Instead of being shippe
directly from New Orleans to South
America or the West Indies, they are
sent via New York, whence they are
dispatched southwark. Oysters, which
are sent down in goodly numbers, are
packed and labeled in Baltimore, but
they are seldom sent from there, as a
general rule passing through New
York.
Thus New York becomes, from it's
great shipping facilities. the port of
distribution and out-sending for the
tropical export trade. Nowhere else
is tonnage available, nor do lines of
vessels run; nowhere else is there a
surety of transportation. The export
market is widening rapidly, and espe-
cially in the canned and preserved
goods line. as is shown by the con-
slant importing and success of new
brands upon the market. Besides fish
there is a growing demand for canned
fruits and vegetables, as peaches,
pears, cherries, tomatoes Tin marked
degree), corn and peas. This special
branch, as well as that of condensed
milk, of which large tropical ship
ments are being made, is yet in its in
fancy, but it shows promise of great
expansion.-N. Y. Mail and Express.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11
Had Bought the Wrong Foot.

"Det eands dat" said colored man
who was brought into the Central sta
ton the other day as suspicious
character.
s'W hat?" asked the sergeant.
ibis yere," was the reply as he pro.
duced rabbits foot and tossed it con-
temptuously on the desk. dat ar dc
off hind fut of rabbit
What is it good for?"
Muffin tall"
.'What do you carry it fore"
bought dat fut of an ole Kaintucky
niger, who said it would keep dc
ghosts off,"
s'Well, hasn't it?"
..Yes, de ghosts hain't come, but de
purlicem en- has. Walked right up an
grabbed me fore l knowed it. What's
de good to keep de ghosts off an let
de coppers grab We. Doan' believe in
de rabbits foot no mo-. You jist keep
it. Doan' want muffin in my pocket
dat walks me in yere an sends me up
fur six months. Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11
INDOOR INTEREST.

IN putting down the carpets, sprinkle a
little salt over the lining, especially around
the edges; this will prevent Buffalo moths.
KEEP a copper kettle bright by using a
weak solution of oxalic acid. Have the
kettle warm, but not hot, wet a flannel cloth
in warm water, then in the acid and rub
quickly over the kettle and polish with a
soft, dry cloth.
SAUTED BEETs.-Boil beet. Peel and cut
INTO slices. Melt little butter, add pepper
and salt. Put in the slices of beet and cook
a few minutes. Add vinegar and serve.
Melt the butter in spider, cut the beet in
thin slices, salt and pepper and then fry.
Eggs should be cooked simply. The best
way to boil eggs is to put them in boiling
water and then set them back on the stove
where they will not boil, letting them sim
mer for eight or ten minutes. This makes
the albumen soft jelly throughout, and
the whole is good in favor and easily d.
Eested.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11
WHAT CHINAMEN EAT.

Gastronomical DeIicacies to BE Found In
Shops and Restaurants.
Canton is of about the size of Paris
or New York, and it is one of the best
of places to study Chinese gastronomy.
The restaurants here have birds nest
soup at s. plate, and l bought rat
which was sailed, pressed and dried,
yesterday, for cents. | doubt not
the price was five times too high, for
the rat was the smallest which hung in
the butcher shop. 1t lies before me as
write. 1t measures a foot from nose
to tail, and it looks a little bit like a
piece of dried pork. It has been
skinned even to the tail. Its legs are
cut off, and the liver and heart are
pressed inside of it. 1t smells like
salt meat, and it looks as though it
would make the center of good sand
wich- 1 propose to send it to the Grid
iron or Clover Club as a sample of
Chinese gastronOmy. In this same
shop l saw cooked cats, and l visited
yesterday cat and dog-meat restau-
rant. Carcasses of small dogs, which
looked not unlike clean sucking pigs,
HUH INV, udEh
room. and these, in most instances, had
a tuft of hair left on the tip of the tail.
This hair was black. for black dogs
meat is worth more than that of yell
low dog, and black cats flesh costs
here 10 cents plate.
just below these dogs, and next to
the street, were two clay bowls filed
with burning charcoal, and upon these
was stewing the flesh of dogs and cats.
In little cages on the floor were a num-
Der of live cats ready to be killed and
cooked to order, and / saw this after
noon a peddler showing cat to
woman in one of the narrow streets of
Canton. The woman was examining
the cats teeth in order to know its age,
and she felt of its body as though it
were rabbit. There were about a
dozen Cinnamon dining in this dog
and cat restaurant, and a good dinner
costs on an average of 10 cents.-F. G.
Carpenter, in Cleveland Leader.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11
SPRING FARM WORK.
Why Agriculture Can Not BE Conducted
Set Rules.

Why Agriculture Can Not Be Conducted
on Set Rules.
The farmer who starts out in the
spring without his work all planned
out, just how and where each part of
the work will be done, will most as
suredly meet with failure. The man
who follows the same plan of planting
and cultivating, irrespective of the sea-
son, as the conditions under which he
is working, will fail to meet with the
best success.
1t is good economy to plan ahead, to
outline the general plan of work, but
much of the details must of necessity
be kept and be determined as the work
progresses.
What would be the better plan one
year would be nearly the worst to be
followed the next, because the condi-
lions were SO different. Yet there are
plenty of farmers who follow
the same course year after year
and put in the best part of their spare
time complaining that farming does
not pay. 1t is an item to prepare the
soil and plant the crops in good sea-
son. With grass and oats and some of
the garden crops this implies doing
the work at the very first opportunity
in the spring. With flax and potatoes
the work should be done little later.
large class of garden crops should not
be planted until the soil is reasonably
we'll warmed up so that a quick ger
mination of the seed and a vigorous
start to grow can be secured.
But there will be a considerable
variation in the time that this can be
done and any attempt to follow set
rule would certainly prove unsatis-
factory.
This applies also to all kinds OF
work, as well as the manner of doing.
If the soil is warm and dry corn
should be planted and covered much
deeper than if the soil is wet and cold.
If the soil can be prepared in a good
thrifty condition before the seed is
planted. the harrow is the best imple-
ment to commence the cultivation, but
if rough and cloddy. and as is some
times the case, wet, the one-horse
diamond pillow will prove the most sat
isfactory. One season one or two har-
rowings and three OR four civilizations
with riding or walking cultivators is
all that will be necessary to keep the
soil in good filth and the crop free
of weeds. Another year the diamond
pillow will have to be used all during
the season in order to afford sufficient
drainage and to keep down the weeds.
while in dry year it will be neces-
sary to stir the surface of the soil
to the depth of two or three
inches in order to maintain a good
growth, so that the man who attempts
to raise a good crop of corn by using
the diamond pillow every year, running
the bar of the pillow to the corn each
way and then throwing the earth to
the corn each way and laying by the
corn by running out the burrows, will
occasionally fail.
If the best success is secured, farm
work must be done according to the
season. and have such implements used
as are necessary to do the kind of work
the crop requires, the pillow, harrow,
cultivator and other implements need
ed in the preparation, planting and
cultivation of the crops, so that the
work can be properly done in good sea-
son and economically.-N. j. Miller.
in Western Plowman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11
JEST AND JOLLY.

WHY IS love affair like monopoly! Be-
cause the girl gets finger 10 the ring and
gives the young man her trust.
A CHICAGO damsel whose privilege it was
TO see young male person in this costume
| writes that ''he locked sweet enough to
kickn
| "How DO you know when a cyclone is
| coming!" asked a stranger of Dakota
| farmer. "Oh, we get wind OF Them" was
| the reply.
WHEN Fogg was asked regarding the
latest additions to the English language, he
said he would ask his wife. She always had
| the last word.
THE compositor who set up the term
| ''ofice seeker'' as an ''office sucker'' was
| discharged by the editor, who took the error
| as a personal insult.
lie old superstitious notion that croco
dies weep has been exploded by the scien-
lists, but is pretty generally acknowled ged
that sailors have repeatedly seen whales
blubber.
PLENTY of milk in your can this morn
ing?" the customer asked the milkman the
| other day. And the milkman nodded grave
ly, as, without a wink in his eye, he made
reply: "Chalk FULL
''AH, Sambo," said a sick planter to his at
tendant negro, 81 fear I'm going, and I've a
massa," was the encouraging answer, che
all down hill''
You've LADY Ito editor)-ssI see, Mr.
Shears, that you published my article"
Mr.. Shears-''Yes, we used it; but we had
to cut it down good deal. We had the boy
who runs the adject1ve-kilIer at work on it
pretty nearly all day"
"DID not the sight of the boundless blue
sea, bearing on it's bosom whitening ed
fleets of commerce, fill you with emotions"
EYES," replied the traveller, sat first it did;
but after awhile it didn't fill me with any
thing. 1t sorter emptied me-"
A CoUNTRYMAN was sowing his ground
when two smart fellows riding by, one of
them called out, with an insolent air:
''Well, my good man, it's your business to
sow, but we reap the fruits of your labor"
The farmer replied: "'Tis very like you
may, for just now am sowing hemp"
"DIp your daughter find the work of
operating the typewriter remunerative?"
asked Mrs. Kurus of friend. eyes, was
the reply. "She made 100000 the first
year, Zone hundred thou! Why, how
in the world did she do its" ''She married
the rich old broker who employed her, and
he died two months later"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11
HOME AND FARM.

Aside from the home consumption
of eggs, small flock of poultry, when
properly handled, may be made profit
able.
1t is seldom early potatoes are
planted too early. If they come up
and the tips are frozen. it will not ma
terially retard the growth.
Pigs should not be weaned under
eight weeks old; ten is better, and if
the sows are only bred once a year,
twelve will do better still.-Swine-
herd.
The foolish farmer plants his crops
by Zodiacal signs; the wise farmer
plants his when the weather is suit
able and the ground is in good con
dition.
Nothing is so disagreeable as ILL
smelling hair, and persons who use
pomades or great deal of water upon
their hair make themselves very Of
lavender water used as a finishing
touch to the hair will keep it from get
ting sour or ill-smelling. if it is prop
erly cared for-Farm and Fireside.
Grating Wax: Melt and boil to-
gether three pounds of resin. two
pounds of wax and one pound of rem
dered beef tallow. When well incor-
porated by boiling together for few
minutes, pour it into cold water and
work and pull it as in the manner OF
candy making. Some horticulturists
use linseed oil in place of the tallow.-
Orchard and Garden.
Home woven blankets, made in
two breadths with a seam in the mid
die, are easily turned when worn, but
the factory blankets woven in one
piece are often neglected until worn
out. They should be cut apart in the
middle, the outside selvedges overcast
together with Saxony yarn, and the
cut edges finished off by the above di-
rections for the ends of blanket. 1t
is much nicer than a hem, and if one
is handy at crocheting, more quickly
done.
These are the boys and girls who
come nearest paying father and mother
for their ceaseless toll in rearing them.
The careful boy is the one who accu-
mulates and saves and thoroughly I'M
derstands the business in which he en-
cages. The careful girl does her work
with neatness and dispatch, and is
mothers mainstay and fathers pride.
and in the end marries some good man
and has a neat home of her own. while
perhaps some of her fairer and more
careless sisters are left to dance in
the pig trough
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11

two piercing wind instruments broke
cut This lasted only moment, how
ever, and there was no Chinese drum,
this being used especially at funerals.
When the hideous music had stopped
all fell to chattering like mad around
the father and mother. Then followed
a dinner which lasted for two hours.
The whole ceremony, including the
''name-feast, as it is called. required
a trife over three hours.-N. Y. Trib-
une.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11
CHINESE CHRISTENING.
A Peculiar Religious Ceremony Followed
by q Sumptuous Dinner.

A Peculiar Religious Ceremony Followed
by q Sumptuous Dinner.
On bed, spread with a spotless COW
sring of white, lay the child. the
tiniest, most fragile bit of bundle of
gaudy silk and olive-tinted cheeks.
About his neck hung string of gold
beads, there was q band of gold about
his diminutive head, gold bracelets
encircled his small wrists, while two
ivory rings with gold fastenings were
clasped around his ankles, beneath
which were beautifully embroidered
shoes, which seemed to be no larger
than mans thumb. The guests
walked in silence before the bed, the
young heir blinking up at them with
all the wisdom of Confucius in his
face. When the last couple had filed
past the bed they gathered about the
center of the room and Win So, the
officiating priest, picked up the bundle
of silk and carried it to place before
the guests. The mother stepped forth
and took the bundle in her
arms, while all those present
bowed low. AS yet no word had
been spoken by any one. Then the
priest bowed almost to the ground
three times, his face getting longer
and longer until he let out string OF
Chinese words. first to the father and
then to the mother. This was to ask
them if they both wished their heir to
be named Mon Kee Sing. Both of them
nodded assent to this. The priest again
took the child and bowling three times
more, with him in his arms. pro-
Rounced his name. There had been
stationed in the room three Chinese
musicians. and as the last words fell
from the priests mouth sudden noise
of a screeching, one-stringed violin and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11
The Wrong Door.

Mr.. de Spare-You have spurned
me with contempt, and when l. close
this portal behind me, shall be lost
to the world for-r-r-ever!
Miss Cooldorf (quietly)-I think you
will, Mr.. de Spare. if you go out that
way. Wolf hasn't had any breakfast
to-day.-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11

To bring them about, and are always more
complete and lasting when they proceed with
steady regularity to a contamination. Few
of the observant among US can have failed
to notice that permanently healthful
changes in the human system are not
wrought by abrupt and violent means, and
that those are the most salutary medi
cines which are progressive. Hostetter' S
Stomach Bitters is the chief of these.
Dyspepsia, disease of obstinate charac-
Ter, is obliterated by it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11

SHALLENBERGER's Antidote for Malaria
destrOyes the cause of disease, which
Quinine and other remedies do not pretend
to do. 1t effectually neutralizes the poison
in the system and thus prevents the chill.
1t contains no arsenic or poisonous in
gredient of any kind, and may safely be
given to an in FAINT. Sold by Druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11

Company has been incorporated with is,
900 capital. The object is to construct a
ditch by way of Tonawanda to the bottom
of the Niagara gorge. which will be used as
tail race for water motors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11

WILL be found an excellent remedy for
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, 1889-04-11

THE dark oranges grown in Florida are
known there as the AFRICAN russell" They
are growing in popular favor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11

PAIN in the Side nearly always comes from
a disordered liver and is promptly relieved by
Carter's Little Liver Pills. Don't forget this.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11

SUFFERERS from Coughs, Sore Throat,
etc, should try Br0Uns Bronchial IrOches, " a
simple but sure remedy. Sold only in bores.
Price 25 cents
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11

UTAH is so anxious for Statehood that the
Mormons declare that they will abolish
polygamy to bring about the desired result.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11

FoRTIFY Feeble Lungs Against Winter
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11

'uo1leA11Ino 10 $500 eQa suessaI pue 'saupId
La6uoLls 'uo!lpuImIoS Iolloq g so3npuI paas
eql 5uIMos aIoJeq uone.IedeId HaoHonL
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11

A FRENCHMAN is anxious to arrange for
fight between a devil-fish and q shark in a
tank where 10000 people can see the combat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11

NEW ZEALAND offers bounty of five
cents each for the destruction of English
SDarrOWS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11

p IT costs twenty five dollars fine or thirty
days in Jail to sell boys cigarettes in Ohio.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-11-21
TROUBLE IN VENEZUELA.
Guzman said to Have Been Repudiated
10y the Government and People.

Guzman said to Have Been Regulated
10y the Government and People.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1s.-There is excit-
ing news from Venezuela. The reign
OF General Guzman-B lanco rs director,
il appears, is at an end. both the people
and the Government having repudiated
him. a letter just received from
prominent gentleman at the capital of
Venezuela SAYS:
"on Saturday. October rs. the statues Of the
illustrious Americans were demolished. most
ly by the youth OF Caracas. headed by our stu
dents The Government did nothing 20 disturb
the perpetrators. II appears even that at least
the Governor. Or Cassanos, aud the chief Of
police were rather IN the cornplot. one
party went 10 Guzmaus estate IA the
east OF the city. called Lacuadri which was in
vaded and badly used. The house was broken
into and the furniture was broken into pieces.
Nearly nj tic same hour the statues of Guzman
In other towns In Venezuela were likewise
thrown down. The President on October ~
wrote decree, signed by all the Ministers, that
the statue Of old Guzman should be replaced
as soon as possible by another This de-
cree has produced considerable disgust in
some quarters, and from il may spring forth
dissention having ugly consequences. The
Minister Of Foreign Affairs Or \. Parejo, i'm
mediatelv resigned his office, and the Govern
ment accepted the resignation. 1 think
by the next French mail General GuZman
will receive his letter Of withdrawal Min
lister to France II Is said that Dr. Modesto
Urbaniia, for many years q resident Of Paris,
will be named plenipotentiary in Guzmans
place and it is very likely that this will lead
10 an arrangement with Great Britain in the
Guinea question, as il is known that the Cabinet
Of st. James refused absolutely TO have any
thing 10 do with General Guzman. I believe
there is an end to ex President Guzman's infiu-
ence in Venezuela