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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27
SCIENCE OF DRY ROT.
No Wood That Is Liable to Damp Safe from
Attacks.

No Wood That Is LiabI. to Damp Safe from
Its Attacks.
Prof. Bidlake, Rhode Island. reports
as follows on dry rot in lumber: No
wood which is liable to damp. Or has
at any time absorbed moisture and is
in contact with stagnant air, so that
the moisture can not evapOrate, can
be considered safe from the attacks of
dry rot. Any impervious substance
applied to wood which is not thor
oughly dry tends to engender decay,
as floor covered with kamptulicon and
laid over brick arching before the lat
ter was dry, cement dado to wood par
tition, the water expelled from the dado
in setting and absorbed by the wood
had no means of evaporation. Wood
work coated with a paint or tar before
thoroughly dry and well seasoned is
liable to decay, as the moisture is i'm
prisoned. Skirtings and wall paneling
are very subject to dry rot, and es-
pecially window backs, for the space
between the woodwork and the wall
is occupied by stagnant air; the former
absorbs moisture from the wall, espe-
cially if it has been fixed before the
wall was dry after building, and the
paint or varnish prevents the moisture
from evaporating into the room.
Skirtings thus form excellent channels
for the spread of the fungus. Plaster
seems to be sufficiently porous to allow
the evaporation of water through it;
hence probably the space between cell
ing and floor is not so frequently at
tackled, if also the floor boards do not
fit very accurately and no oilcloth
covers the floor. Flowed and tongued
floors are disadvantageous in certain
circumstances, as when placed over a
space occupied by damp air, as they
allow no air to pass between the
boards, and SO dry them. Beams
may appear sound externally and
be rotten within, for the outside
being in contact with the air, becomes
drier than the interior. It is well to
saw and reverse all large scantling.
The ends of all timber. and especially
of large beams, should be free, for it
is through the ends that moisture
chiefly evaporates. They should on
no account be embedded in mortar.
Inferior and ill-seasoned timber is
evidently to be avoided. Whatever
insures dampness and lack of evapora-
ton is conducive to dry rot, that is to
say, dampness arising from the soil,
dampness arising from the walls, es-
pecially if the damp-proof course has
been omitted, dampness arising from
the use of salt-sand and dampness
arising from drying of mortar and
cement. Stagnation of air resulting
from air-grids getting blocked with
dirt or being purposely blocked
through ignorance. Stagnation may
exist under floor, although there are
grids in the opposite walls, for it is
difficult to induce the air to move in a
horizontal direction without some spe-
cial means of suction. Corners of stag
nant air are to be guarded against.
Darkness assists the development of
fungus; whatever increases the tenn
perature of the wood and stagnant air
within limit also assists.
American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27
HOME AND FARM.

The same food, without variation,
should not be given to poultry for any
considerable length of time.
Regularity in the care of stock
should be the aim of every farmer. If
they are fed and watered at the regu-
lar hours they will pay all the better
for the trouble.
Study to feed the plant, not to
make the soil rich, if profit is the OBJ
ject- Farmers should never overlook
the fact that the object of agriculture
is to make crops grow rather than to
enrich the soil.
1t is wrong to cut a slit in a hog S
snout- The hog should be able to
root. When kept on the ground all of
the time and fed variety of food, hogs
do not root, When they do they
ought to.-Farm journal.
One of the heaviest things on earth
is sheet of paper after it has been
transformed into a farm mortgage; it
always takes a strong man and his
whole family several years to lift it.
and often it can't be lifted at all.
1t requires more experience and
good judgment to cure clover cheaply
and nicely than to cure timothy; but
it is better hay when you get it, for
most purposes. and it leaves the land
in far better condition for the follow
ing crops. Rural New Yorker.
Beef Cakes: Chop cold chips of
beef roast, Or cold steak, two cold
onions, a bit of carrot, a quarter of a
turnip, one cupful of potato and one of
meat; moisten with cold soup, gravy,
or hot water sailed and peppered.
Mold into cakes with the hands and
brown in a well-greased spider.
. Apple Ginger: Make strip of
four pounds of granulated sugar and
pint of water in which cook very
slowly four pounds of fnely-chopped
tart apples, peeled and cored. and two
ounces of green ginger. Add the
grated rind of four lemons. Take it
off the stove when it looks clear
Good Housekeeping.
: Tomato Toast: Take fresh or
canned tomato, stew and season with
salt, pepper and cream, with little
-four stirred to a paste in small por-
ton of the cream before adding to the
rest, then toast slices of bread. spread
them with butter, and spread on the
tomato while hot and serve immedi-
ately.
Stock may be kept in too close
stables. There is not so much danger
of this as the summer comes on as
there is in the winter when every crew
ice is closed to keep out the cold.
There is more danger from bad odors
now, however, than in the cold of
winter, and there should be free cir
culation of air to carry away any odor
that may be injurious to the stock or
milk.
If the meadows are rough and I'M
productive, the heroic treatment will
be found best. Pillow, replow, level,
clear off all stone and stumps, fertilize
and re-seed, using some clover, which
will disappear in about two years. By
this method plant food will be set free
at the surface and brought from the
subsoil by the clover roots, there will
be enough available fertility in the
surface soil to produce many abundant
harVeStS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27
THE SOUNDING ROCKS.
A Natural Phenomenon Which Has Give
Rise to Many Legends.

Rise to Many Legends.
Not far from Oman, on the banks OF
the Arguenon, one of those small tor
rental rivers which, in emptying into
the sea. carve the coast of Brittany into
capricio'1s festoons, there is shown to
the tourist heap of grayish rocks
known in the country under the name
of the sounding stones of Guido"
In the crystalline texture of these
rocks and their slaty color we at once
recognize that variety of stone known
in mineralogy by the name of amphib-
ole Complex silicate of iron. manga
nese and lime). These stones, which,
aside from their musical properties.
possess no novelty, are situated in the
midst of wonderful scenery. They oc-
cupy small cove, that at rising tide is
entirely covered, and which is over
looked by high bank, upon which
stands the little village OF Guido,
formerly the center of a celebrated pill
grimage.
The stones of Guido are not erratic
blocks derived from the upper part OF
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27
DIED OF GRIEF.
a Circus Horse Left Behind the Caravan
Expires of Broken Heart.


Expires of n Broken Heart.
The emotional life of the horse is re-
markable There are instances on
record where the death of the horse
has been traced directly to grief. One
instance is called to mind which &C.
Cured more than twenty years ago. A
circus had been performing in the
little town of Unionville. Pa, when
one of the trained horses sprained one
of his legs so that he could not travel.
He was taken to the hotel and put in a
box-stall. The leg was bandaged and
he was made as comfortable as posi-
BILE. He ate his food and was ap-
parently contented until about mid
night. when the circus began moving
out of town. Then he became restless
and tramped and whinnied.
As the caravan moved past the hotel
he seemed to realize that he was being
deserted, and his anxiety and distress
became pitiful. He would stand with
his ears pricked in an attitude of in
tense listening, and then as his ears
caught the sounds of retiring wagons
he would rush, as best he could with
his injured leg, from one side of the
stall to the other, pushing at the door
with his nose and making every effort
to escape. The stableman, who was a
stranger to him, tried TO soothe him,
but to no purpose He would not be
comforted. Long after all sounds of
the circus had ceased his agitation con-
tinued. The sweat poured from him
in streams and he quivered in every
part of his body.
Finally the stableman went to the
house, woke up the proprietor and
told him he believed the horse would
die if some of the circus horses were
not brought back to keep him COM
pany. At about daylight the proprie-
tor mounted horse and rode after the
circus. He overlook it ten or twelve
miles away, and the groom who had
charge of the injured horse returned
with him. When they reached the
stable the horse was dead. The stable
man said that he remained for nearly
an hour perfectly still. and with every
sense apparently strained to the ut
most tension. and then, without MAX
ing sign, fell and died with scarcely
a struggle. Sportsman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27
A Winter Girl.

A tAAtoT S11E1s
Yes, it's OIL Jack, the dearest old fellow:
am really sorry for Jack:
But you know, dear, whenever we-Quarrel,
Always can whistle him back
That stupid old proverb Is nonsense:
I've thought ever since could stand.
u the Dlrd in the bush that's worth having
= Worth twenty tame birds in the hand.
Poor Jacki He is awfu1y handsome,
And perhaps has two thousand a year:
One can not afford to be silly.
We are going to Newport, nv dear.
And two earls will be there, it is rumored.
ana oe irllilon, who is rolling in gold;
AND who knows i'll? Poor Jack! he couI
hardly
Expect our engagement to hold,
Such affairs are only for winter
In summer you have to be free;
Butt always liked Jack: and next autumn
Why, if nothing occurs-we shall see.
Charles Prescott Sherman in Life
The Miller's Wooinx.
"Loye me little, love me long,
Sang the dusty miller
To his wheat art, and his song
Did maize and thrill her.
IBID me barley hope; oh, give
Me one grain Of comfort;
I would oat on thee and live,
Holding on to some fort.
In you ryes now love-lools shine,
There lies cereal pleasure.
Oh! hominy joys are mine,
Filling up my measure"
Came the maiden's corn full laugh
At the miller's fawning:
You can't winnow girl with chan-
Sir! to you, good morning.
London Sporting Tines.
In the Country.
The sweet briar and the arum blush,
The blossoms purple, gold and red,
Are flames with voices in the bush,
And holy seems the ground tread
The golden bees
Mock Memnon's softest melodies.
In shadows OF the wood Tile,
And dream, unwaked by noisy marts,
Where smoke and dust vail not the sky,
Nor hammers beat on human hearts,
Nor shuttles fleet
Weave life in to winding sheet,
The summer leisure OF the birds
Is mine, and brings refreshing rest;
The flowers are many colored words
That happy nature writes, and blest
Is he who spells
Alright the sylvan syllables.
Here can rest my weary brain;
And win for health and life lease,
And gather strength to fight again
The war that wins the spoils of peace;
This rural calm
Soothes the tired heart like healing balm
When the pale nxe-nan strikes the stroke,
And stills the quick life in my bosom,
Plant near my grave a sapling oak,
And vioiets of azure blossom.
The oaken staff
My shaft!-the flowers my epitaph!
George w. Bungay, in chronological Jour
nal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27
Experiments with Potatoes.

The following conclusions may be
made from the New York station S
well-conceived series of potato expert
ments:
l. Little or nothing was gained by
using cut potatoes for seed. over whole
tubers of the same weight.
2. Seed tubers badly sprouted yielded
about eight and a half per cent. less
than unsprouted ones.
3. The earliness of the crop was not
influenced by exposing the tubers to
light and warmth before planting.
4. The yield was materially reduced
by removing the seed end of the plant
ed tubers.
5. Fertilizer placed below the seed
may be slightly preferable to fertilizer
placed above it. The fact was not clear
Iy established. Rural New Yorker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27
COMMERCIAL GLEANlNGS.

ONE-THIRD of all the zinc made in Europe
Is manufactured in Belgium.
BONE ashes enter more largely into the
making of phosphorus than any thing else.
WHITE pine, as suitable for mas1s as that
brought from Oregon, has been found in
South Carolina.
THE annual production of oleomargarine
in the New England States averages about
100000 pounds.
THE United States has bought S. OOO, OOC
worth of wool and wocien goods during the
or tUentv-fiva vaarc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

.THE race Is not to him who doth the swftest run.
Nor the battle to the man who shoots with the
longest gum
aAll the samen a long gun does count, and
s'the tallest pole gets the persimmons." II
you are not satisfied with your equipmentfor
the race for financial success or position IN
the battle of life, take our advice and write
to B. f. johnson & Co., Richmond, Va, and
our word for it they will show you how to
get a fresh start, with the best possible
chances of winning some of the big prizes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

DR.. Pierce's medicines outsell all others,
because of their possessing such superior
curative properties as to warrant their
manufacturers in supplying them to the
people Gas they are doing through all drug
cines are sold under, viz: that they shall
either benefit or cure the patient, or all
money paid for them will be refunded. The
Golden Medical Discovery" is specific for
catarrh in the head and all bronchial throat
and lung diseases, it taken in time and given
fair trial Money will be refunded if it
does not benefit or cure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27
In 1sn. Henry Goethe. of Beaufo

In 1860. Henry Goethe. of Beaufort, s. c.,
wrote DIR. Shallenberger:
81 regard your Antidote speclhc Tor
chills and fever. It was used on the
Charleston & Savannah r. Road last sum
mer and autumn in the most sickly region,
and under the most trying circumstances
Out Of one gang of negro operatives. ftty
were stricken down with chills and fever,
and every one recovered by the timely use
of Shallenberger's Antidote. You possess
the GREATEST MEDICINE IN THE WORLD"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

MUsr not be COMPOUNDED with common
cathartic or purgative pills. Carter's Little
Liver Pills are entirely unlike them in every
respect.O One trial will prove their superiority.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

"A new occupation for woman 10
that of superintendent of visiting list
She arranges names in alphabetical
order, with marginal notes of lat
home" days.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

THE frs. regiment in New York to offer
its services to t Government is said BY
Colonel Adams, &. the Sixty-Seventh, to be
the regiment he commanded.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

MANY speak the truth when they say that
they despise riches and preferment; but
they mean the riches and preferment pos
SeSsed by other men,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

THERE are people using Dobbins' Electric
Soap to-day who commenced its use in 1868
Would this be the case were it not the purest
and most economical soapmad Ask your gro
Ger for it. Look out for limitations. Dobbins.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

DoN'rwait until you are sick before trying
Carter's Little Liver Pills, but ge TIA vial at
once. You can't take them without benefit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

THE wife of prominent Brooklyn clergy
man has thimble that was carved from q
peculiar stone she found ON the shore of the
Dead Sea
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

impression in Washington. He is always
good natured and is inclined to admire
America and Americans.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

RHEUMATIC Pains are greatly relieved by
Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, 50 cents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

THIMBLEs made to order with the mono
gram or initials of the person for whom
they are intended set in precious stones
are by no means unknown objets dart.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

A NOTTINGHAM in Pittsburgh has patent
ed new submarine ram that will pierce
the side of the heaviest iron clad.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27
"a bundle of Nerves."

This term is often applied to people whose
nerves are abnormally sensitive. They
should strengthen them with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. After course of that
benign tonic, they will cease to be conscious
that they have nervous systems, excep'
through agreeable sensations It will en-
able them to eat, sleep and digest well, the
the nerves in common with the rest Of the
system. The mental worry begotten by
nervous dyspepsia will also disappear.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

ana freon neu '. snt Nth S;amonds s are
found none too good for many fashionable
home decorators
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

A TEN-HoUR husband ought not to have
sixteen-hour wife. Reform, brother. at
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

PLUMBER-"Sir, honesty is printed on m.
face" Victim-''I don't dispute it, but
has got very wide margin"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

Oregon, the Paradise OF armers.
Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops Bestfruit, grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Fuliinformation free. Address
Oregon Immigration Board. Portland, Oregon
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

DR.. Pierce's Pellets-gently laxative or
actively cathartic according to dose. %
cents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

3 POCKET CIGAR CASE and five of ''Tansill's
Punch" all for 25c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27
THE MARKETS.

THE Fifth Vermont twas the first New En-
gland regiment to enlist for three years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

If afflicted with Sore Ewes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

IT is the experience Of all conductors that
strange things come to pass on railroads.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27

WHEN WRITING To ADVERTISERS PLEASE
state that you saw the Advertisements In this
paper.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-13

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-13
MEASURES AND CONTENTS.

One bushel requires n measure rs inches
square and % inches deep.
One quart requires measure inches
square and Is inches deep.
One peck requires n measure inches nv
800 inches square and inches deep.
Ono gallon requires measure inches by
inches square and ID inches deep.
a barrel requires a measure "a inches long
by ~ inches wide aud Is inches deep.
Half n bushel requires "A measure lG inches
by 20 inches wide and inches deep.
Half a gallon requires a measure inches
by inches square and 4-5 inches deep.
Half a barrel requires a measure n inches
long Ivy lG inches wide and II inches deep
One ton Of coal requires a measure feet
long, 3 feet inches wide and . feet inches;
deep. -Nenowine's News.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-13

name for him was always the central figure.
Nothing interfered with her devotion to him.
Even so early, her theories as TO the proper
treatment of children were formed and udopt-
ed. Rennie was never punished as most chill
dron IRE, even 10y loving mothcrs-shaltcn or
slapped or shut up i'll closets His mother
had endless patience with his occasional fits
of naughthcss or obstinacy. But neither did
she yield and give him his own way to save
trouble. She made him do what was right;
but she did it by methods of her own, and al
ways. whatever she did, he felt that she
loved him best of all.
To teach him to do right instead of wrong
of his own choice was her great desire.
"Tf he is only good because am the strong
est and he is afraid of me, what use will it be
in the end she would say. "Some day he
will be bigger than | am and no longer
afraid, then if only the fear of punishment
has stood in his way, he will go straight to the
wrong. No; he must Learn to use his own
will and conscience, and not because he is
afraid Of a whipping"
Babies think more than grown-up people
quite realize. Very enrly little Rcnnie be-
gan to reason things out AS soon as he
could understand, his mother set herself to
explain to him the reason of things. She
never said "You must do SO and so because
order it," but "because it is kind and bra We
and unseldsh.n She would sometimes add,
at would please mamma very much if you
do it, but She never commanded.
at has cost him a hard struggle some-
times She told me. mot to do the pleasant
thing which was selfish or greedy or mean,
but never, not once has he disappointed me
in the end!"
This happy child, thus led, not dragged, in
the right direction, and living on terms of
the closest intimacy with his mother, grew
into Il superb, manly boy, one of the hand
soonest and dearest have ever known.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-13

There are q societies having missions in
Africa, with 403 ordained and 1917 lay preach
ers and helpers, lSG women, 10000 native
pastors and helpers, and about 10000 COM
nunicants. A man brcathes about eighteen
pints of air in a minute or upward of seven
hogsheads day. An important industry of
Paris is the manufacture Of toy soldiers from
sardine and other tins that have been thrown
away. In Russia women may be physicians,
but they must confine their services to chill
dren and adults of their own sex. An Aus
trim botauist, Professor Peyritsch, has dis
covered that double flowers may he artiicially
produced by mites and believes each flower
has its peculiar mite parasite which gives
rise TO the doubling. There are IS 729 known
thieves over Ii years of age in England. One
in five of the population of Great Britain is
in the Sunday schools.-Current Literature