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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02

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a more generous water supply is
needed. This can sometimes be OBJ
tanned Shy tapping stream, pond or
canal: or by damming stream of
water above the land to be irrigated
Opportunities of this kind are fire.
quently met with, but they are seldom
utilized.
Some years ago we obtained good re-
suits by damming little stream or
brook flowing by just above a one
cighth-acre patch of celery. the rows
running with the natural slope of the
land and letting near the whole of this
water run along in little channels made
By the hoe between the rows. until the
whole ground had complete soaking.
1t took tons of water, but the result
was gratifying.
Ever since then We have been wishing
to prepare a piece of land for under
ground irrigation, in somewhat the same
way. as We find it described and illus
trated in recent number of Drainage
and Farm Journal.
The use of common drain tile from two
to three or four inches in size. says our
contemporary, affords very convenient
and a successful method of underground
irrigation.
Fig. l illustrates continuous line of
tile TO be laid across the incline or slope
of the land with very slight fall-sutti-
cient to afford slow current of the
water. A portion of the water escaping
through the joints OF the tile rises by
capillary attraction toward the surface
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02
God Bless the Babies!

God bless the babies! What a world
this would be without them, saws some
unknown enthusiast, possessed of
big heart. What souriag and curd-
ling up there would be of the milk of
human kindness for the want of an out
let if there were no little cherubs to ca
ress and be foolish over Often and
often when entering with some misgiv-
ings, the great hall of new place. my
heart has leaped up at the sighto of a tiny,
wooden botee, very rainbow of hope,
lying on the waxed floor, while the sight
of wrecked tin train has been as well
come as a card of invitation TO ball is
to young lady. God bless the baby. It
is better tonic than all the bitters ever
advertised. The baby has a mission and
fulfills it; it has an object in life and ac-
complishes it. If everit becomes neces-
cary to thin out the population l hope
the process will not begin at the small
end of the human race. for I affirm and
maintain that there is not one baby too
many in the whole world. - Chicago
Standard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02
YARNS AND GOSSIP.

AT a recent election in Beverly, Mass,
one ballot was entirely blank, but on the
back of it was written: Il want TO vote
the same as Maurice Heaphy."
AN Oakland (Cal.) Judge got drunk in
saloon and was published in the paper.
When court opened he lectured himself
for breaking a city ordinance, imposed
fine of fifty dollars and paid it.
An American has sued dealer in
mummies in Egypt for swindling. The
American bought mummy guaranteed
to be 5000 years DID," and afterwards
discovered that its age was only 1895
years.
A CINCINNATI young lady, who culls
fashion S latest terms from the newSpa-
pers, threw a whole millinery store
into a state of excitement by calling for
"a pair of hose nozzles." She wanted
pair of CATERS.
IN catechizing a candidate for cook
the epicure asked: How would you
serve woodcock-with or without their
heads?'' Without said the olsen
gagged culinary applicant. That's
enough" said the questioner; Il do not
want you in my kitchen" Moral, heads
win.
s'WHAT nuisance!' exclaimed gen
tleman at concert, as young fop in
front of him kept talking in a loud
voice to lady at his side. Did you re-
fer to me, sir?" threateningly demanded
the fop. ''Oh, no; | meant the musi-
sicians there, who keep up such noise
with their instruments that | can't hear
your conversation
4 CoUNTRYMAN went to a store in
Morgantown, w. Va, the other day and
purchased a kerosene lamp. That's
the first one O them notions that ever
come to my house." he remarked
Candles was allus good enough for
marin and me, but darters got a beau
and thinks we ort to put on leetle
style
THE following sentence is said to
have been pronounced by a Scotch
Judge: I'VE did not only kill and MUIR
der the man. and thereby take away his
valuable life, but We did push, thrust,
protrude or impel the lethal Weapon
through the belly-band of his regimen
tai trousers, which were the property of
his Males ty.''
THERE was novel fight in Ogle-
thorpe, Ga. the other day. Two one
armed men were the chief participants.
Another one-armed man interfered to
separate them, and while these three
men with their three arms were making
quite three-cornered racket three
legged dog stood by as referee and
barked three yelps at a time with three
minutes intermission, until the whole
performance was concluded by the town
marshal.
IN Scotland the topic of a sermon or
discourse of any kind is called by old
fashioned folks it's ground" or, as
they would say, its ''grund." An old
woman, bustling into kirk rather late,
found the preacher had commenced,
and, opening her Bible, nudged her next
neighbor, with the inquiry: whats
his grund?" 90" rejoined the other,
who happend to be a brother minister,
and therefore privileged critic. hes
lost his grund long since, and he's just
swimming"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Melted alum is very good cement,
II where neither water nor heat touch it.
A WOODEN cloth is much better than
brush to polish the kitchen stove. as
it makes but little dust and gives a soft
er gloss to the iron. \ person with
weak lungs should never use brush for
this work.
Vinegar Sauce: One cup and half
Of sugar, one tablespoonful and a half
Of -four in little water, two table
spoonfuls of vinegar, quarter of nut
meg and punch of salt; pour over this
one pint and a half of boiling water. boil
ten minutes. Just before taking from
stove add one dessert-spoonful of butter.
The Home.
For squash pies it is only necessary
to oil the plate or tin and sift over 1t
evenly layer of Indian meal sufficient
ly thick to well cover the dish. Pour
the warm, seasoned squash carefully
over. and bake. The pieces can be
easily raised by means of a broad PIE
knife. the meal serving to keep the
squash from sticking to the plate
Take all the sleep you can get, but
remember that the necessary amount
varies greatly for different persons.
Some must sleep at least nine hours,
while others thrive under six. Only
don't rob yourself of what you really
need. The midnight OIL is a terribly
expensive illuminant to burn, either for
purposes of labor or study.
Vanilla Sponge: Soak three spoon
fulS gelatine over night in a pint of
milk. In the morning bring to d boil.
add the beaten yelks of three eggs and
three large tablespOonfuls of sugar.
When scalded. remove from the fire and
stir in the whites of the eggs. beaten
stiff, add a pinch of salt and one tea
spoonful extract of vanilla, place in
wet mold and set away to cool. Lemon
juice can be added instead of vanilla.
but little more gelatine is required in
that case than for the yanilla.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
Snow Eggs: Put one pint of milk
on to boil with two tablespoonful Of
sugar and one teaspoonful of vanilla:
remove the whites from four eggs and
whip them until very light and stiff.
then stir in four teaspoonfuls OF pow
dered sugar. sifted: drop the whites
from tablespoon into the boiling milk:
when they are firm on one side, turn
them carefully and cook until firm on
the other; when all are done mix the
well-beatcn yelkS of the eggs with the
milk, and cook, stirring all the time;
pour into a bowl TO cool: when cold. pile
the snow eggs in glass dish, pour the
custard over and around them. and serve
with delicate cake.-Boston Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02
PlTH AND POINT.
1t is the guilty man who makes ex

1t is the guilty man who makes ex-
plantations.
A little learning is a dangerous
thing: but the danger is not in the
learning but the littleness.
Whatever you or your friends do is
never wholly wrong: whatever your
enemy or his friends do is never wholly
right
The man who doesn't know where
his next dollar is to come from ALWAYS
sends it where his last went.-PhiIa-
phia Times
When you can induce man TO hold
your horse in the rain. how natural it IS
TO tarry around the fire on the inside
Atchison Globe.
Praise never gives US much pleasure
unless it concurs with our own opinion,
and extol Us for those qualities in which
we chiefly excel.-Hume
As l know more of mankind I ex-
pect less of them, and am reader TO
call a man good on easier terms than l
was formerly.-Dr. johnson.
Common courtesy is quite distinct
from matter of common curtesy. but
some people don't seem TO know it
Merchant Traveller
He who bears failure with patience
Is as much of philosopher as he who
succeeds: for to put up with the world
needs as much wisdom as TO control it.
A slight divergence at the Outstart
carries the arrow far out of the way at
the end. just as a false step in starting
gives life a result that IS disastrously
wide of the mark. To begin well is to
begin true. and with a sure aim.-Cnited
Presbyterian.
Every one who suffers punishment.
if the punishment has been rightly dealt
him by another, must needs either him
self be made better and thus benefit
thereby. or else serve as an example To
others, that they, seeing the -, Ferings
which he endures, may be made better
through dread of them.
The man whose conversation is
habituallv chaste and pure from whose
lips no corrupt communication pro-
ceeds. and whose words tend TO minis
ter grace unto the hearers" knows how
TO talk and what to say. One is always
in good company when in the company
OF such a man. His society is worth
having. and contact with him will tend
TO make one better.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02
LITTLE 30 PEEP

had lost her sheep and couldn't tell where to
find them" So the old nursery rhyme says,
and it goes on to bid her I" Leave them alone
and they'll come home and bring their tails
behind them All this may be true of lost
sheep but if you have lost your health you
cannot afford to leave that alone. 1t will
not come back of its own accord Some
people brag that they never bother about
came" Alas too often the victims go
to a consumptive's grave. Until very re-
Gently cure for Consumption, which is
universally acknowledged to be scrofula
affecting the lungs, would have been looked
upon as miraculous, hut now people are
beginning to realize that the disease is not
incurable. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery will cure it, if taken in time and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02
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the feeding ground of the roots of the
growing crop-the capillary action of
the soil brings a portion to the surface.
1t is we'll to remark at this point, if
two or three inches of the surface soil
is kept very fine by frequent STRINGS
that it will serve as mulch to prevent
the moisture evaporating SO rapidly at
the surface.
This system of irrigation has the ad-
vantage of cheapness of material, con-
struction and the economy of water.
In addition it supplies the water where
it is needed without pudding the sur
face. and allows the cultivation to go on
without hindrance-
4 small area may be prepared at a
time for underground irrigation at a
reasonable cost. and when done it is a
permanent improvement. A few hun
dred dollars and the labor required
with care will put several acres in con-
dition 10 test the efficiency of such sys-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
NEW USE FOR TILE
How 1t May Be Employed for Sub-irriea-
ton in Gardening.

How 1t May Be Employed for sub-irriga-
ton in Gardening.
The control of soil moisture. by stor-
ing up part of the water supply during
time of excessive rainfall for use at a
subsequent drought, is problem that
has long occupied the minds of good
cultivators. We have begun to realize
that for general outdoor garden crops
soil-soaking is the only effective method.
and that mere surface sprinkling is apt
to DO more harm than good.
Our modern improved appliances for
drawing water from wells by the use of
windmills have made it feasible to fill,
at comparative light expense. tanks
constructed somewhat above-ground, and
thus obtain the necessary water and
pressure for flooding smaller areas in
short time.
Where acres are to be irrigated. how
ever, arrangements of this kind Will
soon find their limit of usefulness. and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02
Eject. Of Mental rdlene...

Mental idleness is sure to lead to men.
tai ruin. He who will not exert his
thoughts, who lets them passively re-
ceive whatever influence may chance to
fall upon them, will soon lose the CHIEF
power which makes them valuable. 1t
is an easy habit to fall into, and one
which each person needs to guard
against-that of listlessly reading, or
listening, or dreaming instead OF
actively thinking and working up
these influences into ideas and con-
victions that are worth holding, because
they have been justly earned. 1t is the
vacant mind, where no good seed is
struggling upward into life, which viii
soonest be covered with weeds.-Once .
Week. |
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02

given a fair trial This world renowned
remedy will not make new lungs, but it
will restore diseased ones to a healthy state
when other means have failed. Thousands
gratefully testify to this. 1t is the most
potent tonic, or strength restorer, altera-
tive, or blood cleanser and nutritive, or
flesh builder, known to medical science.
For Weak Lungs, Splitting of Blood, Liv-
er Complaint and Dyspepsia, or indiges-
ton, it is an unequaled remedy.
Golden Medical Discovery" is the only
medicine of its class that is sold by drug
gists under a printed guarantee from the
manufacturers, that it will benefit or cure,
in every case of disease for which it is rec
commended, or money paid for it will be
refunded.
WORLDS DIsPENsAET MEDICAL Asso-
CITATION, Proprietors, No. 663 Main Street,
Buffalo, n. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02

THE man who claims the right to think
for himself should be tolerant towardb
those who disagree with him.-Boston Tray.
eller.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02

NECESSITY is the mother of inventlonj
These patent, self-applying buttons would
have never been invented if women had res
mafned content to stay at home and do the
sewing.-Terre Haute Express.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02

IT is the unmarried lady who can give her
sisters points on the art OF how TO manage
a husband.-Boston Courier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02

IHE law permits a man to use his wife to
rob his creditors. Yet in the face of this il
is argued that marriage is a failure-Bing-
haInton Herald
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02

A curious spectacle was presented
rne other night TO those living in the
vicinity of Chippewa Lake, O. y cat
tail swamp bordering on that sheet OF
water was seen to be one blaze OF ire
which continued TO burn for number
of hours. There are several theories
riven in explanation of this phenome-
non. the most plausible one being tnat
someone had saturated the head OF each
,at-taiI with kerosene and then set IRE
to the swamp.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02

Magistrate ito prisoner, upon whom he
i about TO pass sentence)-Do you ever
think of your mother?
Prisoner (much affected)-Ie- your
honor: but she's dead
Magistrate tsympathetically)-l did
not intend 10 hurt your feelings. / hope
YOU Will pardon me-
Prisoner (brightening)-Don,t men,
-;on il. YOUR worship. l hope you will
pardon me.
MAGISTRATE Catching his drift)-Don't
mention it.-London Tid-BitS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02
ELY'S
CREAM BALM

II lEds surprised
after using Etys
Cresn1 Balm tTO
months to find the
right nostra, ichtch
uds closed for 20
years, ,cds OpeH-dRd
free as the other. I
feel rery thankful,
r. Fl. CreSsenghdm,
18th 5 tire ct.
Brooklyn.
A particle is applied j
able. Price 50 cents al d
so cents. ELY BROTHE
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-22
Novel Aid TO Teetning.

Joe Brooks was sitting in his barber
shop Thursday morning when two la
dies entered. evidently mother and
daughter. the younger carrying "a babe,
and both strangers to the proprietor.
Mr. Brooks. with that Chesterfieldian
bearing for which he is noted, arose and
gave them cordial greeting. The moth
er of the babe, after replying to the sal
utation. said to Mr.. Brooks:
II have favor to ask of you, and al
though it may seem a queer one, and
you stranger, hope you will grant it.
I'm sure if you do it will be a great ben
eft to my child"
what can do for you, madame?' re-
piled Joe. IF it is anything reasonable
presume can grant it,
81 have heard" continued the lady,
that if a colored person will kiss baby
twice in the mouth it will assist it in
teething, and make this otherwise trou-
blesome period to children very easy to
bear"
Il guess | can accommodate you,
madame" replied Joe, and suiting the
action to the words took the child from
its mothers arms and gave it two as
sweet and resoundipg kisses as he was
capable of bestowing-and Joseph is an
expert in that direction. He has the
mouth.
When this was done the mother took
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-22
To Prevent Sunburn.

The fair sex often seek eagerly for a
preventive against sunburn. Some re-
searches made by DR.. Robert Bowles
have resulted in the discovery Of an in
fallible one, but one which, am afraid,
the woman with even the most beautiful
complexion will find too exacting in its
conditions.
1t is an acknowledged fact that the
sun on snow burns more quickly than on
rocks or in heated valleys at a low eleva
ton, and DR.. Bowles remarks that sun
light reflected from freshly fallen snow
acts much more energetically on the
skin than that reflected from older snow.
One brilliant day he painted his face
brown and assembled the Corner Graf,
where there was much snow. There
were about eighty others making the
ascent. In the evening all excepting
DR.. Bowles were smarting from the
effects of sunburn.
He points out that in Morocco and all
along the north of Africa the inhabitants
blacken themselves around the eyes to
avert ophthalmia from the glare Of the
hot sand. In Fiji the natives ABANDON
their red and white stripes when they go
fishing on the reef in the full glare of
the sun, and blacken their faces. In the
Sikkim hills. also. the natives blacllen
themselves round the eyes as protec-
ton from the glare of the sun or newly
fallen snow. DR.. Bowles concludes that
heat is not the direct cause of sunburn,
but that it is probably caused by the VIC
let OF ultra violet rays of light which are
reflected from the snow.-Table.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-22
Visiting Manners.

| Many Of us who pride ourselves on
our good breeding are singularly blind
as to what is due to friends who are
visiting people unknown to us. or who
are entertaining guests whom we have
never met. Nor are we more assured as
to some of the points of etiquette toward
our own guests and to our own hosts
when we make an occasional fitting
from home.
1t is useless to decry etiquette by say
ing that the best manners in all cases
are those which hurt no one. This is
true as ~ general law, but there always
are some points which leave no room for
experiments as to what will hurt an
other, and which yet may be settled once
for all by few rules.
If you have an acquaintance who is
entertaining friends whom she wishes
you to meet, it is your duty to call
promptly, and if possible offer some hos
pitality to both guests and hosts.
Ii the position is reversed and your
friend is visiting people unknown to
you never go to see your friend without
leaving card for the hostess. If you
give any entertainment for the friend,
be very sure TO invite her hosts also. 1t
does not follow that your invitation will
be accepted, but if it is the hostess
must be treated as the guest of honor
and shown every Difference. If, for in
stance, the entertainment is a luncheon
for young ladies. she may be asked to
take the seat at the end of the table OPP
posite to your own.
IT the mutual friend is your guest,
you may be sure that, if she is woman
Of good breeding, she, in turn, will &C
cept no invitation which does not in
clude you, although you may think best
to decline it and insist upon her going
alone Nor will she receive visitors
without asking you to join them in the
parlor-shouIG her friends be rude
enough to have sent you no cards. Here,
too, you may excuse yourself, or at
most join them with such delay as to
give them a short interview alone
Youths Companion.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-22
Bribing Into Sunday Schools.

The effect of one sided method upon
the pupils gathered into Sunday schools
by brides of food, clothing and Christmas
trees is deplorable. When | say ''bribes"
mean it! Brides so openly offered and
so shamelessly accepted that one bushes
TO think in whose name they are ten
dered, and what is the ostensible object
of collecting the untaught waits into
classes. could tell you stories of COM
petition between so called nurseries of
the church. especially in what are known
as mission parishes" that would startle
and confound you. Personally have
been Intercepted boldly as to what in
ducements were offered by certain
schools to attract and keep scholars.
Again and again | have been told in a
business like tone that spoke more plain
ly than words of the prevalence of the
evil practices: "Our children went for
quite spell to Such-and-S Il Sunday
school. But the visitors OF st. So-and-
Sos told Us if we would send them there
they would be kept clothed all the year
round and get more prizes and presents,
so we thought we would better let them
CO."
Now and then mother more sensi-
tive than the majority adds: 1--WE felt
kinder sorry. too, for the teachers at
Such and-Such were real kind to the
children: but we felt it was our duty to
do the best we could for our boys and
girls"
could name dozen families that
have for years depended for much of
their support upon such sources as city
missions and Sunday schools: 1t is as
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-22
A College for Russian Women.

The Medical Academy for Women at
ST. Petersburg is to be reopened. At
recent sitting the municipality of that
city voted yearly grant of $4,000 for
the support Of the academy, and decided
TO give it the use of house bel rging
to the municipality and to open the city
hospitals to the students. 1t is hoped,
therefore, that the government will not
oppose the reopening of the institution,
which has already given to Russia no
fewer than 69S lady doctors. The de-
cision of the municipality was based
upon report by DR.. Archangelsky, who
spoke very favorably of the work done
by the eleven lady doctors who are in
the employment of the municipality for
the inspection of city schools and the
poorer districts of st. Petersburg.
Petersburg Letter.