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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20
AGRICULTURAL HINTS,
a NOVEL RAT TRAP.
An Easy Way of Poisoning Rodents With.
out Danger to Poultry.

An Easy Way of Poisoning Rodents With.
out Danger to Poultry.
AS rats destroy large numbers OF
young chicks. and are difficult to catch
in traps, or to poison them without at
the same time injuring or poisoning
the chicks. the illustration shows a
cheap and easy mode of poisoning rats
without danger to the cats, fowls or
chicks Make a box two feet long. one
foot wide and one foot high Tor use a
soap box if necessary, and have a top
to it that can be raised up. At each
end. about four inches from the floor.
cut a hole ~ inches in diameter.
Never raise the top unless to put in
the feed or to take out dead rat.
Place some corn meal in a pan and
leave it in the box. In the illustration
the holes are shown at A A, the top at
y, and the pan of feed at C.
AS the rat will feel safe and secure
from the cat, and will prefer the two
holes. so as to have better opportu-
mites for escape, it will soon find out
the box, and will also soon learn to eat
the meal. Once the rat tastes the
meal Tor other food and finds it to be
wholesome, or free from poison, it will
come every night for the meal and
bring other rats Do not poison them
at first, but wait until they have Toasted
for a week, when all their suspicious
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20
UNPROFITABLE STOCK.
1t Should Be Fattened and Sold Before
Feed BECOMES Extensive.

1t Should Be Fattened and Sold Before
Feed Becomes Expensive.
1t is of no advantage to keep stock
that will not make a sufficient growth OF
gain to return fair profit for the feed
gwen. Breeding stock must, of course,
be kept for the increase. but if prop
erly managed they can really be made
profitable.
With good pasturage almost any class
of stock can be fattened more readily
and at a less cost than when they must
depend largely upon dry feed. This is
one strong reason why it is best to push
the feeding of the unthrifty stock and
market before the pasturage begins to
fail. Look over the stock and select
out those that under favorable condi
tons have not done as well as others
managed in the same way.
1t is always an item to make as much
as possible out of the products of the
farm. and one way of doing this is tc
feed thrifty growing stock under such
conditions as will secure the best gains
at the lowest cost. While a good deal
depends on the material supplied and
the manner of feeding, the grade OF
quality of the stock must also be con-
sidered
Grass is the cheapest feed for growth,
and if the animal is to be sold at low
price when ready for market it must be
fed as economically as possible in
order to realize a profit With hogs and
cattle especially, quick growth and
early maturity are necessary if the best
profit is realized: this implies a good
grade of stock to feed. They must be
animals that, when given good pastur-
age and plenty of water in summers
and good shelter, good care and plenty
of feed in winter, will make steady
gain until they are maturcd, and when
they are matured the sooner they are
marketed the better. Animals that will
not do this should be sold. and so far as
possible before it becomes necessary tc
depend on dry feed.
In many cases a little extra feed now
for short time will put the animals in
condition SO they can be sold
Winter only such animals as can be
properly sheltered and cared for, and let
them be those that will make a good
growth for the food supplied. st. Louis
Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20
STRANGER THAN FICTION.

AN Atchison girl, eighteen years old,
has only eight of her second teeth.
WHILE praying for the restoration of
his wife's health, Robert James, aged
seventy, of Columbus. O., had his sight
unaccountably restored. He had been
blind for several years.
BAREFOOT girl of Big Stone, Tenn,
while gathering ginseng one day re-
Gently, suddenly found herself il n rat
tlesnake's den. When the battle was
over she counted sixty-three dead rep
tiles about her, having escaped herself
without 4 scratch.
SEVERAL pigs were missed by farm
er in Gladwin, Mich. After watching
several nights for the rogue, the vigil
ance of the sentinel was at last re-
warded- He saw a snake carrying off
another young pig. The snake was dis
patched, and found to measure over
nineteen feet III length.
CAPT. MALETTs, of the bark G. C..
Goss, vouches for the story that one of
his sailors. 4 Japanese, fell overheard
and was swallowed by whale in the
Pacific ocean, but was presently elected
cast on deck, in fact, q petroleum
covered oil suit the sailor wore proving
too much for the whale.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20
DON'T SCOLD.
Much More May be Gained by Being Pleas

Much More May be Gained by Being Pleas
ant.
The most deluded mortal in the world
is the woman who fancies that much is
gained by scolding or whining or COM
planning. She may seem to gain her
ends for awhile (for at first one will do
most anything to avoid swallowing a
bitter dosel. but if she would stop to
consider she would soon discover that
every day she has greater cause for
scolding or whining or complaining,
whichever method she adopts, and that
as the months roll by an ever-increasing
amount is required to accomplish the
same result.
The scolding woman never has things
her own way without a vast expendi-
ture of nervous strength much more
than the object to be gained is worth.
Why can not she realize that. and adopt
some pleasanter method?
There is, in tins city. Il merry little
woman who is never obliged to ask
twice when she wants anything. She
isn't one of the meek women who never
dare to have an original opinion, or to
indorse one unless husband has first
indorsed it. She says what she thinks,
but even if it is a criticism it is given
with such good nature that no one can
take offer-se. Very often things donot
go 10 suit her, but she has the good
sense to realize that Scolding or COM
planning or whining will not help mat
tiers.
If she is too angry to laugh, she keeps
still until she can control herself. If
very angry she shuts herself up in her
room alone, for a few moments. She
says that an angry woman seems to her
to be so repulsive an object that she
can not bear to have those whom She
loves best see her in any such charac-
ter. She never seems to command. and
her husband imagines that he always
has his own way. She never disputes
the point, yet they who know her best.
know that there are fer. questions that
are not settled to her entire satisfaction.
She will appear young when the
scoldinr women OF her age are consid-
cred old, and she will always have an
influence for ,~ood where they have no
influence at aIl.-The Housekeepcr.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20
HOT ELECTIONEERING.
a Man who Was Too Peaceful for Old Col.
orado Days.

a Man Who Was Too Peaceful for Old Col.
orado Days.
remem Der" said the colonel, laugh
ing 10 himself, when Charley Wilson
was running Tor coroner in our county
III colorado. 1t was dead sure thing
ior MN, because he was backed by the
sheriff, and the sheriff always had his
own way. Elections out there in those
DAYS were not very exciting until about
Two days before the voting. Then we
hao NICE, entertaining times, for every
one quit work, whatever his work might
De, and began to warm up for the cleo
ton.
We'll, Wilson went around with a
smile on his face that would have en-
clrcied hogshead. He had never held
Office before and the prospect tickled
MN nightly. 1t was just two DAYS be-
lore election that the sheriff began to
warm up, and by night he was red-hot.
lie was button-holing everyone he met
to vote Tor Wilson, and his enthusiasm
was something irresistible. He and Will
son got into a difference over the plan
of election that evening. Wilson
wanted to let every man vote as he saw
mt, while the sheriff declared that the
way to run an election was to go to the
polls and watch every man cast his
ballot.
land we'll argue with en- he said,
tapping his six-shooter with his big
hand
Wilson was a peaceful man, and this
plan did not meet his approval at all
However, by nine o'clock the sheriff
was in such condition of enthusiasm
that he was willing to compromise, and
all seemed to be going well for our
candidate. He and the sheriff were in
back room of the saloon discussing
the situation when we heard shots
We thought that they had got into a
tight, and we ran back there on the
jump. We found Wilson under a
table, while the sheriff stood in the
center of the room. In his right hand
was Colts six-shooter, and in his left
a bulldog revolver. He was dancing
around on one leg, blazing away with
both hands, with one shooting into the
ceiling, and with the other into the
floor. We waited until his ammunition
was exhausted, and then we dragged
Wilson from under the table
That lets me out he said, with his
teeth chattering.
'Why?' was asked.
. Think what he will be day after
Tomorrow he said.
oh, that's his way of carrying an
election we explained. He's Just
warming up
Wilson shook his head
8 i withdraw on the spot he said
No more of that for me-
I'VE couldn't shake his resolve, either
and. to the disgust of the sheriff, he
withdrew. Wilson was a peaceful man,
you see. We had to put up another
man ut the last minute. OF course the
sheriff elected him, but that ruined VIII.
son politically. N. Y. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20
The smallest is the be

The smallest IS the best
in pills, other things being equal.
But, with DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
let's, nothing else IS equal. They're
the best, not only because they're
the smallest, and the easiest to take
but because they do more good.
They cleanse and regulate the liver,
stomach and bowels in a way the
huge, old fashioned pill doesn't
dream of. Think of trying to rega1-
late the system with the ordinary pill.
It's only good for upsetting it.
These are mild and gentle-but
thorough and effective, no pain-no
gripping. One little pellet for laxa-
tive three for a cathartic. The
best Liver Pill known. Sick Head
ache, Bilious Headache, Constipa-
ton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks
and all arrangements of the liver,
stomach and bowels are prevented,
relieved and cured.
Put up in sealed vials-a perfect
vest-pocket remedy, always conven-
lent, fresh and reliable.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned. It's plan peculiar to DR..
Pierce's medicines.
You pay only for the good you
get. Can you ask more
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20
A NOVEL RAT TRAP.

will have been allayed. Then add
poison to the meal and you will, in all
probability, get them all and be
troubled no more until a new genera
ton appears
Rats can be easily poisoned by bait
ing them with food for awhile, but it
cannot be done suddenly, as they are
too cunning and suspicious, and the
difficulty is to poison them without
danger to dogs, cats or poultry, but
with this contrivance there is no diff
Guilty, as the box may be placed in the
poultry house or at any desirable point.
The two holes to the box. and the fact
that the cat cannot get in, will be such
an inducement as a secure retreat that
the rats Will come to it even when thu
cat is near-Farm and Fireside.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20
LUCK IN OLD SHOES.
Queer Superstiti"ns Regarding Cast-Oh
Ecat-Wear.

Queer Superstitinns Regarding CaSt-Oh
Fcat-Wear.
The Chinese value a pair of boots
which have been worn by an upright
magistrate, and the custom of wishing
a friend happy foot is still OBJ
served all through Europe. The casual
putting on the left shoe on the right
foot. pulling it on uneven or croSSwise,
bursting the shoe latch or tie. lacing it
wrong, and losing button. are all bad
signs. A Yorkshireman will spit in his
right shoe before putting it on, when
going out on important business. to
bring luck. and many an English girl
has been known to hang her boots out
of the window on st. Valentines night
for lOve-luell.
Prof Black tells of a singular super
stition existing in England which in
sists that if the Youngest daughter OF Il
family marries first. her sisters must
dance ut her wedding without shoes, SO
as to insure husbands for themselves.
Old-shoe throwing is done for many
purposes. In Ireland the election of Il
person to almost any office is concluded
by throwing an old shoe over his head
The gypsies say:
IIur,e after old shoe.
I'll be merry what here doe,
In the Isle of Man an old shoe is al
vays thrown after the bride. as well
as the groom, when leaving their
homes, and in the south the oldest per-
son on the plantation, white or black,
always throws an old shoe after anyone
starting on n long journey.
1t is said that Nine. Patti and other
---o,,a,, Of b;ph standing on the stare
preserve most carefully the boots they
wore at their debut, which they consid-
er lucky to wear on the first night OF
engagements forever after.-Desois
Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20
NEEDLESS ALARM.
A Hospital Case That was Not Very Seri

A Hospital Case That Not Very Seri.
knocked down and run over -
Just brought inr' Leg must be am
putated ~ and ''only a working man -
are the phrases which float about the
great bare surgical ward of the hos
pital.
A hush and a waiting.
A dim far-reaching odor of disinfect-
ants and anasthetics. Women's faces
some feebly pretty-some quantity
ugly-framed in crisp muslin. Capa-
BILE hands lying Imply clasped upon
snowy apron fronts a row of stu
dents, hushed, intent. with knitted
brows. Surgeons, brusque in manner,
low voiced, and rapid in the touch of
their firm yet delicately feminine fin
gers.
a heartless. mirthful, glimmering
play of light about a long row of Jelly
cleaning bits of steel.
A shutting of feet. A gasping groan.
A stain on brow. of hideous red
''Only a working man.
SLOWLY. Lift him carefully, Sol" A
surgeon bends over the inert pitifully
PROSTATE form
Hum. Head injuries. And crushed
limb he mutters, hastily. 1t is his
brief diagnosis.
I'm drink he adds d moment later.
THAT is bad. Stupor!' A skilled finger
on the pulse. But he will stand it.
And now the anRsthetic.' And a mask
of linen is fitted to tie purple face
A nun-faced nurse is at his elbow.
Her every gesture is in response to
suggestive glance. Quietly, with I'M
moved face, she assists. Suddenly there
$ a stir A young nurse has tainted.
1t is her first surgical case. Carry her
out,
There is low cry-a feeble fighting
for breath.
The surgeon lifts his head. a smile
as cold as his steel wildly distorts his
lips.
There will be no amputation.' he
CURLY announces.
Dead?
ssGentlemen! Ahem, 1t is-in point
of fact-merely a case of nose-bleed, and
IA wooden leg"
'-NeNt."-Jury.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20
PROMINENT IN AMERICA,

EX-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND is 4 good
sailor in spite of his weight.
SECRETARY FOSTER grows SO enthusi-
astic when he sees good baseball play
that he throws up his hat like any boy.
FRANK INGALLS,, a younger brother Of
the ex-senator, is president of Drury
college at Springfield, Mo. He is tall
and slender and otherwise resembles
his distinguished brother in personal
appearance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20
GO AND VIEW THE LAND.


Three Cheap Harvest Excursions.
On August 25th, September 18th and Sep
tember 18th Low Rate Harvest Excursions
will be run from ALL STATIONS ON the WA
BASH RAILROAD to the Great Farming Re-
gions of the West, Northwest, South and
Southwest. Tickets good returning for
thirty days from date of sale.
The crops were never SO good as this year,
and the Railroad Rates, via Wabash, never
so low. Whatever section you wish to visit,
be sure and write to or call upon the nearest
Wabash ticket agent for particulars to
rates, time of trains, accommodations. etc.
If you do not live djacent to the Wabash,
write at once to
F. CHANDLER,
Gent Passenger and Ticket Agent,
ST. LOUIS, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20
To Make Things sweet.

One-half ounce of the spirits of laven-
der and lump of salts of ammonia
placed in a wide-mouthed fancy jar or
bottle and left uncovered in a room acts
as a pleasant deodorizer and disin-
fectant, filling the room with delicate
perfume which will be soothing to the
nerves and senses in warm weather.
Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

THERE is one remedy that has saved many
adebilitated, blood poisoned mortal to a life
of happy usefulness and robust health It
will save you if you will give 1t trial. II
is Dr. John Bulls Sarsaparilla: Any medi-
cine dealer will supply you. You do your
self injustice if you fail to use 1t.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

No REMEDY has saved so many sickly chill
dren's lives as DIR. Bulls Worm Destroyers.
They never fail and children like them too.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

IT is no wonder that tho spring chicken
can boast of large crop when he takes
everything in by the pech.-Baltimore
American
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

JAGsoN says he has found more grass
widows in clover than in weeds.-Elmira
GaZette
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20
A Pleasing Sense

OF health and strength renewed and of ease
and comfort follows the use of Syrup Of
Figs, as it acts in harmony with nature to
effectually cleanse the system when costive
or bilious. For sale in SOC and 81 90 bottles
by all leading druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

ALL cases of weak or lame back, backache,
rheumatism, will find relief by wearing one
of Carter's Smart Weed and Belladonna
Backache Plasters. Price 25 cents. Try them.
ENGAGED couples may not average larger
guished by their sighs.-Lowell Courier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

A TREE is green when in foliage and a
boy is green in his folly -age.-Bingham,on
Republican
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh- By druggists. 25c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

FLANNEL next the skin often produces a
rash, removable with Glenn,s Sulphur Soap.
Hill s Hair and WhiSiSer Dye, 80 cents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

PAIN in the Side nearly always comes from
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

CAN a man intoxicated by music be said
to be air-tighta-Texas Siftings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

IMPURE Blood is the primary cause of the
majority of diseases to which the human
family is subject. The blood in passing
through the system visits every portion OF
the body-if pure, carrying strength and
vitality; if impure, disease and death.
Blood poisoning is most dangerous. Prickly
Ash Bitters WILL render the last impossible,
and will regulate the system SO that health
will be a sure result.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

If tastes didn't differ restaurants woult
have an easy time Lowell Mail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

A MUSIC dealer advcrtises 1.-THE Smokers
Song" n spit tune, probably.-Boston
Commercial Bulletin
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

THE oarsman points to the river as bed
Of rowses Washington Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

TIE spoon craze pervades the watering
places. 1t takes only two to make 1uH
set.-Boston Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

PEOPLE who wear tight shoes may not
take the prize at q cake walk, but thew often
secure the bum. g., bunion.-W ashington
Ratchet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

Don't you think the baritone's
voice has usually fine timber ?' Yes,
some chords CT it. "-Washington Post
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

Are not surer than the fact that if you are
constipated, the most efficient, as well as the
least painful laxative, is Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, gentle and thorough, not vio-
lent and weakening like drastic cathartic:
Together with the bowels, the liver and
stomach are regulated and invigorated by
this genial reformer, which also subjugates
malaria, rheumatism, neuralgia, nervous
ness and disorders Of the kidneys.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

The Only One Ever Printed. Can You Find
the Word?
Each week, q different inch display is
published in this paper. There are no two
words alike in either ad., except One word
This word will be found in the ad. for Dr.
Harter's Iron Tonic, Little Liver Pills and
Wild Cherry Bitters. Look for " Crescent
trade mark Read the ad. carefully and
when you find the word, send it to them and
they will return you book, beautiful litho-
graphs and sample free.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

If woman would change her sex, what
would be her rengiOnE She would be a
he then, of course.-National Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

ERclnNc Due All Soldiers disabled. o. fee for in
T6NSIUUC crease 2s years perience. Laws free.
MCCORMICK SONS, washiaxton, D. c.. Cneiaassa, 0.
arNAAx THIs RAREa every .s5a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20
Death and Taxes

tTHIs is very well put" remarked the
editor. as he dropped the poem into the
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20
A Very Useful Book.

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