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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17
THE FARMING WORLD.
CORN MEAL FOR HENS.
Notes of Timely Interest to Farmers Who
Raise Poultry.

Notes of Timely Interest to Farmers Who
Raise Poultry.
Very often we see in our exchanges
articles advising the feeding of corn
meal, scalded until it will stick to-
gether. This is poor advice, for the
hen that is fed on such food will be
compelled to swallow more water than
is at all necessary. The very best way
to feed corn to hens is whole, and if it
is to be fed to chicks it may be cracked.
When we first got in the notion of feed
ing cracked corn we had no means OF
cracking it, and we went to our miller
and asked him if he could help us out.
He was perfectly willing to do so, and
we had him raise his buhrs till the corn
when it went through was just coarse
ly broken, say about like grains of
wheat. As the corn was dry. q con-
siderable part of it was much finer
than we wanted it. This we sifted out
and fed to the youngest chicks, and
the effect was SO beneficial that we
have kept up the custom for three or
four years, and the demand for
this cracked corn has grown to
Touring mills keep it regular
~ lOI Tic SOtc pOI pOSC VI ACCOAnS
chickens. Chickens cannot be grown
to the best advantage in country places
without being fed corn as large part
of their food. Some there are who are
constantly decrying the use of corn,
but they are those who base their
teachings largely on theory, and the
best practical breeders agree that corn
is one of the essentials. The chemist
tells rs what elements go to make up
corn. and from their analyses we are
led to think that corn is not the best
food, but it is with corn like it is with
root crops. The writer once asked a
noted dairyman why it was that
mangels, which analyze SO low in
value, were so valuable when fed to
cows, and he replied that there was
something in them that the chemist did
not find. So it is with corn. There is
something in it that makes chickens do
we'll On it in spite of chemical analyses.
We do not advocate n clear corn diet
by any means, bat believe in a variety,
consisting of anything edible. for the
digestion of any kind of poultry is good,
but if we were confined to one kind
of feed. corn would be our choice, and
we would feed it dry, even if we had
to feed meai-Farmers' Voice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

To kill corn or bunion dip a sock
in kerosene oil, put it on the afflicted
foot upon going to bed. placing the
foot thus treated in a thick quilted cot
ton sack, or oil-cloth bag. 1t will
efectually cure the very worst bunion.
Detroit Free Press.
Kisses one tablespoonful of
sugar to the white of an egg. Flavor
| with vanilla. and beat with a spoon I'M
til quite light Drop in little heaps on
white paper and bake in a cool oven.
They must not get brown, nor even vel
| low, but must be hard on top.-Boston
Budget.
-Forced-Meat Balls: Take half a
pound of veal, half pound suet, cut
fine and beat well together IN a NOR
tar. Take a few sweet herbs beaten
fine. small nutmeg, a little mace, a
little lemon peel cut very fine, pepper.
salt, and yolks of two eggs. Mix all
together, then roll in -four and fry
brown. If to be used for white sauce,
put a little water on in a saucepan, and
when The water boils, drop in. and lie
them cook for few minutes-Harper's
Bazaar.
-Impromptu Pudding: Place in
double boiler or saucepan three cupfuls
of milk, lump of butter and a pinch
of salt While it is heating, beat two
eggs light, whites and yelks together;
gradually stir in three level tablespoon
fuls of -four and six Of sweet milk Stir
this into the boiling milk and cook I'M
til thickened. Serve warm with sweet
ened cream. A tumblerful of ounce or
apple jelly turned out in the center of
the dish will be found a great improve
ment--Country Gentleman.
Chicken Croquettes: Thicker half
pint of boiling milk with two table
spoonfuls of flour. wet in cold milk;
season with one tablespoonful of but
ter. one of chopped parsley, a teaspoon
full of fnely-minced onion. quarter of
a teaspoonful of mace. salt and pepper
to taste. Boil these ingredients to-
gether, add pint or chopped chic zen,
and when cold form into croquettes.
dip in beaten egg, then in sifted bread
crumbs and fry in smoking hot fat.
Drain on paper, and serve on hot dish.
N 7. Observer.
Cream Spice Cake: Two tea cupfuls
each of light brown sugar and flour.
one-half teacupful each of butter and
milk. the yolks of four eggs and the
whites of three. well beaten. one large
teaspoonful of cinnamon, one-half tea
spoonful each of cloves and nutmeg,
and two teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Bake in layers For the Cream: Dis
solve one-quarter teacupful of granu-
lated sugar in teacupful water Set
it where it will cook quickly after it is
dissolved Try it by dropping little
in water and when it stiffens little,
beat it quickly into the white of one
egg. When cold favor with vanilla
and spread evenly between the layers
of the cake.-Orange Judd Farmer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17
QUICK PRESERVES.
An Easy Way to Put Up Fruit So 1t W
Keep for Winter.

An Easy Way to Put Up Fruit So 1t Will
Keep for Winter.
Canning. according to the old-fash-
toned idea of doing it. is SO fatiguing
and tedious that the modern housewife,
with her modern idea of labor-saving,
shrinks from undertaking it, and de-
clares that she prefers to buy her fruit
already canned or to go without rather
than spend hours and hours over a hot
stove.
Now, if the modern housewife only
knew it, there are ways of preserving
fruit not at all difficult and just as
good even as 1.-The good cid ways of
our grandparents And since the mod
ern housewife likes to know of new and
good things let her read and learn.
Here is an excellent way to preserve
fall fruit, such as plums, pears, peaches
and apples
Take a gallon of cider vinegar and
dissolve. with heating. enough sugar
in it to make thick sirup. Dry the
fruit carefully and fill an earthen jar
or ''crock' with it. Pour over all the
sirup-still without heating-put on a
cover and stand in n cool. dry place I'M
til wanted next winter.-N. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17
LIVE STOCK DON'TS.

DoN'r give impure water to any class
of stock on the farm
DoN'T let your scrub bull-if you own
one-run in the roads
DoN'r sell the heifer calves from cows
that you know to be good.
DoN'T be surprised to find that
diseased feet precede founder.
DoN'T use the cruel check rein to
jerk q horses head up out of a natural
position.
DoS'r forget when inclined to drive
fast that you are riding and the horse
is on foot.
Don't trust to the grass of very early
spring to keep the herds and hocks up
in condition.
Don't neglect to provide shade for
the pasture in which the cows will run
next summer.
Don't breed scrub stock. You desire
to make your farm pay. Scrub stock
will never make it pay.
DON'T feed too much corn to any class
of stock. Even fattening animals are
benefited by some bone and muscle
forming foodS-Farmers' Voice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17
PUSH AND PULL.
Success Docs Not Come to Him Who Waits
for 1t.

Success Docs Not Come to Him Who Waits
for 1t.
The old proverb that all things
come to him who waits advances a
very pretty and pleasant theory, but
its literal Interpretation makes it capa-
BILE of great misconstruction; for if it
is in one sense true. it's reverse is equal
~ true. Nothing comes to him who
waits and does no more. There is moth
ing in the world that is of any value
that has not to be struggled for: and
those who sit down and fold their
hands, expecting fate and fortune to
bring them what they most desire, will
meet with the disappointment they de-
serve.
We have to be governed very largely
by the analogies of nature whenever
we venture into the realm of the posi-
bilities and the unknown. and there is
no analogy in nature of something be-
ing given for nothing. The seed has to
push through the ground to find the
sun; the tree has to draw its sap up
from unseen sources to whirl forth its
buds: the bud itself has to force its way
through obstacles of bark and fiber; the
bird has to build its nest with careful
endeavor and MANY journeys ere it
feeds the little wings beneath its breast:
the gold has to be mined, the precious
stone dug from the matrix. the diamond
has to undergo fierce processes of grind
ing and securing before its facets shine
like living light Struggle is the rule
of life: were it otherwise, it would
seem as though we might all of us have
been put upon the planet in conditions
of luxury and ease and eminence that
would require no effort on our part,
and leave us free for all the enjoyment
the world affords. But what soft, I'M
tempered. worthless metal we should
be in such case! 1t is the fire that
tempers the steel. it is the hammer that
Yields it. the grinding. whirling stone
that brings it to an edge.
In running for a race. in seeking any
athletic distinction, it is training that
strips the muscles of all demoralizing
incumbrance and lets that muscle
strive for all it is worth. and training,
discipline. effort, are the steps to sue
cess of any sort that amounts to much.
That which is gained without effort
comes to unawakened nerve and flaccid
fiber, and is enjoyed in a spirit of in
dolence hardly better than that of the
dormouse in his sleep. and mentally and
morally the recipient is hurt rather
than helped by it Struggle brightens,
sharpens, rounds and perfects the ma
ture. We are born of it; the very worlds
struggle into life, and shape themselves
by means of it from gaseous masses of
fire out to green fields, blue skies and
pleasant waters: and why should we
expect tn escape our conditions? Be
assured that that which is worth hav-
ing is worth working for. and that the
poets famous line, "They also serve
who only stand and wait" refers to no
such waiting as inglorious quiesence
would imply. but to a waiting which
itself is the hardest struggle of an inn
patient spirit For the familiar line is
true enough: -
The waiting time, my brother.
Is the hardest time of all
Detroit Free Press
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17
A LITTLE LEARNING.
The Young College Graduate Comes Home
to His Untueored Folk

The Young College Graduate Comes Home
to His Untueored Folk.
Mr.. Gillifoodle believed he was a far
seeing man. He is the father of large
family OF boys and girls. When most
OF his children were small he foresaw
that 1t would require a large amount
OF money to put all of them through
college, and SO he decided that the
oldest of them should become a college
graduate, and that after his education
was complete he could then give the
rest of the family the benefit of his
superior knowledge and culture Sew
eral of the boys had positions in the
common walks of life and girls are as
sistinR in dressmaking and the like.
Last Friday was a great day at the
Gillifoodle home. On that day the boy
whom they had put through college
came back. 1t may as well be stated
that the rest of the family were not
highly pleased with the result They
felt that the expenditure of the money
which they had all worked hard to con-
tribute had not been wisely looked at
ter. After Mr.. Gillifoodle, who drives
dray, had finished eating a hearty
supper he went out on the front stoop,
where the college graduate was smok-
ing a cigarette.
"Well, 1 reckon you know heap"
said the father.
"Yes, par, have acquired a consid.
cradle fund of erudition," replied the
youth between the puffs of cigarette
smoke.
''Par?- said his father. SIS that how
it orter be? That's somethin' new,
amt it?''
''Well, yes, it is new to you. but there
is much which shall introduce to the
family with which you are unacquaint-
ed. 1t fact. it pains it me to know
that your education and that of my
brothers and sisters has been so pain
fully neglected. / should hesitate to
bring my college chums here. 1 great
ly fear that my vocabulary will become
contaminated through associating with
such uncouth tongues" said the youth.
''New to me, eh?'' said the father. as
the happy dream of years faded from
his eyes. ''Yes, I've already seen lots
new to me. my young man; the smokin'
of them there nasty cigarettes is new
to me; the wearin' of an eyeglass,
cream-colored pants, and red shoes is
All ne" me- All. sI1cDDy you
mean ter interduce that there
dude drawl an high toned
sneerin' way o. your'n inter
the family. But. my young Teller. it
don't take yer unedicated old dad
more'n Il year ter see through a mill
stone at has a hole through it bigger
q. circus / sent you ter college ter git
ter be sensible man. an here We come
back home a striped jackass, with rib
bons in yer tail an dodo round yer
ears. Yes. indeed. there's lots about
you ats new ter me. Ye're all new
ter me, in fact-so new / don't know
yer tall, Git out o. this before We
Spite the rest o the fambly."
And the college graduate suddenly
found himself an outcast in the wide.
cold world. After he had been gone
awhile the father said to the mother:
''Marthy. we orter thank the Lord that
we had only money enough ter make
jest one fool in the fambly."-Chicago
Times
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17
Setting Out Trees.

If an early benefit is desired. trees
may be set two feet apart, and the
branches will interloclz in three years;
but if more permanent result is looked
for. three or four feet asunder will be
better. and an efficient screen nine or
ten feet high may be expected in five
or six years. Trees set six feet apart
may reach twenty or twenty-five feet
high in ten years. For permanent,
lifelong screens. a greater distance
asunder may be sufficient To prevent
injury to the young trees before they
attain the sufficient size it would be
better to set them back two or three
feet from the yard fence. When they
become as large as stout fence posts, a
single rail may be fastened to them
horizontally. and if the cattle browse
them moderately it will not hurt the
screen, as it will cause them rather to
thicken in growth than otherwise. Or
. barb wire stretched upon them will
prevent any injury.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17
THE CALIFORNIA QUAIL.

the north and east, but slightly heavier
and carry plumes upon the crest. They
closely assimilate in their general
habits to other quails. They run in
the cover of low bushes and thickets.
build their nests upon the ground and
migrate to a warmer climate in winter
time. They are easily bred, however,
and thousands of them have been do
mesticated. both in California anC
other states When grown under cover,
as the Englishman raises his pheasants,
they breed kindly and prolifcly.
They 60 in large focks in California
two to three hundred together being
seen very frequently there. They are
killed in various ways in their native
forests or prairie retreats, and theiI
flesh has been found very toothsome
in flavor. Several fanciers not only
breed them in considerable NUM- ers,
but export them alive to Europe and
send a great many overland to the
states south and west They are easily
handled, taking kindly to domestic
treatment, and furnish the epicure
with a rAre dish when in condition and
served in proper way at table.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17
Meat for Children.

It is the opinion of a celebrated doc
tor that children under five years
should not eat meat more than once a
day, and that in the morning or at
noon. AN almost ideal dietetic sched-
ule for most children it is said. would
include eggs at breakfast, meat at noon
and bread and milk at night, ''appro-
pirate cereals" being given with the
milk and eggs. For younger children,
or those between the ages of two and
five, it is not advisa BILE to give eggs
and meat at the same time, for fear that
the digestive powers may be overtaxed.
N. Y. Post
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17
Wake Them Uul

That's what should be done with the kid
neys when they grow sleepy. Their mac
ton prececes their disease That capital
diuretic, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, gives
exactly the right impetus when they be-
come sluggish Use it and keep OUT of dan
don't act. This medicine is ESQ adapted 10
malarial and rheumatic ai',nents. want of
vigor and irregularity of bowels, liver and
stomach.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17

y
a Methodist minis
ter, and from a child
q member of the
church and Sunday
school. He began
working in the Sun
day-school in Chi
cago at the age OF
seventeen. teaching
in his own church
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17
A DelfRhtful Trip.

Friend-Did You enjoy your sojourn
In Europe?
Relic Hunter-Enjoy it? I should
saw 90! / cut some gold fringe from the
emperor's throne in Berlin, hooked a
door knob sfrom the vatican, broke an
ear of an old statue in Italy, and chip
,ed on q piece of Shakespere's tomb
wouldn't take one thousand dollarS
for 'em.-Puck
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17

you feel the good that's done by DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. It purifies the
blood And through the blood, it cleanses,
repairs, and invigorates the whole system.
In recovering from La Grippe" or in
convalescence from pneumonia, fevers, or
ether wasting diseases, nothing can equal it
as an appetizing, restorative tonic to build up
needed hesh and strength It rouses every
organ into natural action, promotes all the
bodily functions, and restores health and
vigo-.
For every disease that comes FROM torpid
liver or impure blood, Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Biliousness, and the most stubborn Skin,
Scalp, or ScrofuIous affections, the g Discov-
cry" is the only ren1etsy so certain that it
can be guaranteed If it doesn't benefit or
cure, in every case, you have your money
back
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17
The beneyolent work beann among

the Zulus by the late Bishop Colenso,
renowned alike for his heterodoxy and
his arithmetic, is continued by his
daughter. She has translated much of
the Bible into the Zulu tongue, and has
taught a number of the chiefs to speak
English 1t is to her intercession for
Cetewayooand his people with the queen
and Mr.. Gladstone that the former owe
many concessions
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17

-Husband-"How about the new
cooh-can she make a good many fancy
dishes?" Wife, hope she can, but SO
far she has only succeeded in breaking
Q great many.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17

HALE's Honey of Horehound and Tar re-
lieves whooping cough
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17

j. C. SIMPSON, Marques, ". Va, says:
''Hali's Catarrh Cure cured me of a very
bad case Of catarrh-" Druggists sell it, 75c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17

For a perfect and permanent cure for
Catarrh, take DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Its proprietors offer $500 reward for en-
incuratle case of Catarrh.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17

IT CosTs NoTHING.-Adviceis the cheapest
thing in the world, which is why so many
people are so fond of giving it AWAY
Brooklyn Eagle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17

A COLLAR button was recently found con-
cealed in a COW, and this has caused u Won
der how the cow crawled under the bureau.
Boston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17

MASGLED remains-ihe part of your shirt
that comes hack from the steam laundry
Puck
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17

WANTED - several hundred women to
scour the country.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17

LARGE hats. it is said, will rage this win
ter and SO will the people who sit behind
ttem.-lnter Ocean.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17
DAVID c. COOK.
Tho Pioneer Publisher OF Sunday Schooi
Literature.
David c.

David C. Cook, of Chicago. the widely
known publisher of Sunday-school lit
erature, was born in East Worcester,
New York. in 1850 a son of E. S. Cook.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17
THE CALIFORNIA QUAIL.
They Breed Readily and Furnish Rare
Dish.

Our illustration. which we reengrave
from the Poultry World, is a correct
representation of the California quail.
They are fine game. bird, in size and
shape not unlike the common quail OF
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17

DAVID c. COOK. school and at the
same time in one, and much of the time
two, mission schools meeting at differ
ent hours.
In 1871, after the great FIRE, he left
home and wi tn three other young men,
whom he persuaded to join him, rented
rooms in one of the poorest and rough
est parts of the burnt district of North
Chicago, and gave himself to relief and
mission work. Here he started "kv-
erybody's Mission" in German beer
hall and theater. afterwards removed to
building of it's own. This mission,
with an attendance of $50 to $50, made
up of some of the worst elements, he
sustained for five years without finan-
cial aid from any church or society. He
has since organized and superintended
North Avenue Mission, Lake View Mis-
sion, and Lake View Union Schools in
Chicago, and Grace Sunday School, Ell
gin, besides several smaller enterprises.
HIS first publications were prepared
only for his own schools; then, to
cheaper expense, he solicited orders
from others. This was the beginning
of wonderful growth and popularity.
which, in sixteen years, has made his
name a household word.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-19
NEWSY NOTES.

"What is the outlook % said the editor
ofa country newspaper to a dying sub
scriber who was several years in arrears
for subscription. "All is bright ahead, !"
gasped the dying man. "Just as | expect~
ed, said the editor. ain about ten min
utes you'll see the blaze"
In conversation the other day prom
inent citizen of Rose township said: l
have just discovered what the "second
resurrection is for. II is to accommodate
my neighpor, -, who is so un-
endinglv slow that it will be utterly ina
possible for him to get ready for the first
rising. Brookville JofIersonan.
From birth boy can own property; at
seven, he is, ifintelligent, answerable for
crime; ; at fourteen he, if necessary, could
choose his guardian and could contract
marriage; at fourteen he is punishable for
misdemeanor; at eighteen he is quail.
fled for military service :; at twenty-one he
may declare himself independent of his
father, and is then old enough to vote; at
twenty-five he is elighbe to congress; at
thirty to the United state senate; at forty
to the presidency; at forty-five he is
exempt from military duty.
A Wilcox man came home from drive
to Ridgway last Thursday evening. He
was quite hungry as well as tired. He
arranged his own supper and noticing the
contents of tumbler on the table with
piece of bread over it kept dipping into
the tumbler and chewing the contents with
the rest of his victuals. The next morn
ing he asked his wife where she got her
blackberries. "Blackberries - she ex-
claimed, 81 should say as much. You ate
up nearly half tumbler of dead flies
which had fallen into my tumbler fly trap"
There was no further allusion to blackber-
ries on his part.-RidgiUdy Democrat.