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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01
MARKETING OF EGGS.
Rules Which Should BE Adopted by Al
Progressive Shippers.

Rules Which Should BE Adopted by All
Progressive Shippers.
The change from packing and ship
Ding eggs in barrels and old boxes to
that of the almost universally adopted
thirty dozen cases is a great improve
ment. Too many shippers are quite
careless in the employment of help,
which in most cases are boys who may
mean we'll enough. but lack the expert
ence in packing, often neglecting to
put the required chaff or cut straw on
the bottom of the case, or pack the
eggs in broken. torn or imperfect fill
ers. which causes breakage in transit.
Or they fasten the lid down without
first placing the long clean straw or
other packing on top of the eggs, SO
that the entire top layers will not
break should the case be turned down
or given severe jolt. Every shipper
should keep supply of new filters on
hand to replace any that may become
torn or impure from broken eggs.
Strictly fresh eggs, properly packed
in good cases. would never have a loss
off," except when they are shipped in
very warm weather from a distance. or
are roughly handled during the trans
portation. Every shipper should know
by a careful study of his trade the
quality of the stock he buys, and should
reject all imperfect eggs just as they
are rejected by the city trade and Gus
toner. The sooner all shippers adopt
this rule the sooner they will bring up
the trade to that perfection its i'm
portance demands. - Produce Trade
Reporter and Shippers Gazette.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01

The keen sportsman can extract the
greatest amount of enjoyment from a
chicken hunt in seeing his dogs work
Take a bold brace Of dogs. racing
around with an eager Will and vet with
nice judgment, looking for birds to
point. leading one On as they run. stop
ping stiff when the birds lie. sweeping
off occasionally to keep them in the
wind. and finally giving one good shot
that is real sport. Has any enthu-
siast ever been out with a brace of dogs
in September and suddenly come across
a wary old cock bird? Perhaps he is
alone on the prairie where he grass is
thin. and 70 bring the old bachelor
to bag calls into requIsItion the finest
work of both hunter and dogs. Tho
old fellow must be handled like a hi,
trout on light rod In rough water.
The knowing dogs seem deeply sensible
of the test upon their skill and are as
cautious as a man engaged in brushing
flies off sleeping Venus. The satisfac-
ton of finally bagging this veteran OF
the field is one of the keenest pleasures
that true sportsman can experience
Chicago Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01
SOIL INDICATORS.
Certain Kinds of Weeds Will Only Grow
on Fertile Soil.

Certain Kinds of Weeds VIII Only Grow
on Fertile Soil.
Weeds are not often either respecters
of persons or of soils, in the great Mis-
sissippi valley, but usually grow apace
with the crops unless diligently resisted
by the aggressive farmer, though
writer SAYS the fact that some kinds of
weeds only grow on rich soil, and their
presence indicates fertility, is we'll I'M
Cerstood by farmers. The common
bull thistle cannot be grown success
fully on thin, cold soil. Possibly its
seed might terminate on such land, but
it could not amount to much. Plantain
and catnip are weeds that have similar
preference. the latter especially thriv-
ing in the neighborhood of old build
ings. and always when plowed under
making fertile spot. The common
mallows, growing in gardens and often
a great nuisance there, will not grow
in fields of only ordinary fertility. On
the other hand, mullen and ragweed
grow better on poor soil than on any
other, probably because other plants
run them out if the land is rich. An
English story is told of a blind man
who was very wealthy, and who had
made much of his money buying and
selling land. Driving one day with his
servant to a piece that had been COM
mended highly he asked: Can you
find a thistle here to hitch the horse to
while | walk about the land?" NO"
was the response, ''but here is null
lein that will do as we'll" Drive on
said the blind man, "a soil that grows
mulIeins rather than thistles never
does for my buying. Western Rural.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01
CARE OF REFRIGERATCRS.
4 Matter the HouseSeepers Should Civ
Personal Attention.

4 Matter the HouseGeepers Should Give
Personal Attention.
This is one of the most important
duties of the hOusekeeper. No matter
how many servants she may keep she
should give this matter her personal
supervision once a week. The refriger-
ator should be in perfect condition. If
the lining be broken in any part. so
that the water soaks into the wood. at
tend to the refining at once: or. if the
refrigerator be not worth that, discard
it wholly. When possible. avoid hav-
ing the drain pipe connected with the
plumbing in the house. Have the re-
frigera tor placed where it can be flooded
with air and light whenever necessary
but of course. in a cool place as pos
sible. Once Il week have everything
removed from it. Take out the shelves
and wash them in hot soap-suds: then
pour boiling water over them. Place
them in the sun: or if that fails by the
range. that they may be perfectly dried.
Now take out the ice rack and wash
and scald in the same way. except that,
as there are grooves or wires in this.
the greatest care must be used to get
ont every particle of dirt that may have
lOugeQ there Next wash out the Ice
compartment. running flexible wire
rod down the pipe, that nothing shall
lodge there. Put two tablespoonfuls of
washing-soda into a quart of boiling
water and on the fire. When this boils,
pour it into the ice compartment: fol-
low this with a kettle full of boiling
| water, and wipe dry. Now wash the
other parts of the refrigerator with hot
soap-suds and wipe perfectly dry. Be
careful to get the doors and lodges clean
and dry. Leave the refrigerator open
for an hour and then return the ice and
food to it.
Iplan this work for day when the
iceman is due. The work is done i'm.
| mediately after breakfast, so that the
refrigera tor is ready when the ice comes
Should you. after this care. still have
trouble. do not use the refrigerator. 1t
will be far better to get along without
the comfort it affords than to endanger
health and life by using a contaminate
article. Food should never be put in a
refrigerator while warm. because it alb
| serbs the fiavors of other food and also
heats the Observation-Disclosures Home
Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

1t is an old idea, which may be new
to some housekeepers, that to boil
cream the day before enhances the
richness of the coffee into which it is
poured. This is a specially valuable
warm-weather suggestion, when cream
has a knack of inopportune souring.
If boiled it surely keeps sweet, and is
moreover much better for the purpose
referred ton. Y. Times.
Breakfast Mullins: One egg, half
pint of sweet milk, one tablespoonful
of butter, one tablespoonful of sugar,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
sifted into the flour, -four enough to
make batter as stiff as cake. and
dust of salt. This rule will make about
one dozen; bake in muffin rings or gem
irons: have the irons hot and well
greased.-N. Y. Observer.
Apple Charlotte: Pare and stem six
or eight large apples, press through a
colander and sweeten. Cover half
box of gelatine with cold water and
put to soak for half an hour. Stir in
the apples, pour in a tin pan and set on
ice, stir until the mixture begins to
thicisen, then add a pint of whipped
cream. Turn in mold. and stand in a
cool place to harden.-Home.
Steamed Bread: To steam stale loaf
of bread, or slices that have become
dry, put the loaf in the steamer and
arrange the slices around the outside,
leaving small spaces between each for
the steam to rise. Place over a dinner
pot, half full of boiling water, which
the steamer fits over tightly. Let it
steam fifteen minutes. 1t is then ready
for the table, and is almost as fresh as
when first baked Home.
Bread Fritters: Delicate fritters
may be made from stale bread. If care
is taken to remove all dark brown
crusts the fritters will be light colored
and very inviting in appearance. Take
four eggs, one quart of sweet milk, a
saltspoon of salt, and four or five slices
of stale bread. Soak the bread in the
milk two hours. 1t can then be broken
into small bits and will not be lumpy.
Fry to delicate brown in boiling hot
lard. and serve with stewed or pre-
served fruit.-Home.
Fowl and Turnip-Tops: Put we'll
cured fowl into pot of cold water and
let it boil so thoroughly that the bone
may be slipped out with ease. Boil
gently for six hours: a half-hour before
the time for serving it. throw in the
turnip-tops. Let them boil until done,
then place the fowl in the middle of a
fiat meat-dish. and garnish it with the
salad. AS an Indispensable accompani-
ment, there must be corn dodgers
boiled likewise in the same pot, or corn
bread baked in small pones. and served
very hot.-Harpers Bazaar.
Corn Omelet: For this take young,
tender sweet corn: shave off the kerr
nels, scrape out the rest with dull
knife, being careful not to get in any of
the cob. For four large ears, add
three well-beaten eggs, two tablespoon
fuls of cream, or the same amount of
milk with a tablespoonful of butter, a
pinch of salt and little pepper. Place
a tablespoonful butter in spider, and
when hot pour in the omelet. AS soon
as it sets turn or fold it over and take
up on hot platter. Omelet is best il
eaten hot.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01
SOME LAUGHS FOR YOU.

Miss ELDEE-''Jacls makes me tired. -
Miss Pert-'Hc wouldn't if you didn t
follow him SO assiduously.''-N York
Herald.
4 WESTERN landlord complains Of the
story that his wife ran away with a
reigEbor. 1t was only a rr.mor.-Colun-
bus Post.
MY last poem made a great hit. The
editor was struck with it, Good.
Knocked him down, did you?''-Atlarlta
Constitution.
HAD TO KEEP HIM AWAY AWHILE.
Jake (after they had made up1-''Why,
darling. did you make me nad?" Cora
TO be plain. dear, / was just dying
for G few nights rest. and had to do it. =
Yankee Blade.
PAPA" said little Washington girl,
tell re a story" We'll I'll tell you 4
true story II don't like true stories. -
Il don't know any other kind ''Ol,
yes, you do. Tell me bout the last
time you went fshin'. asiiington
Star.
BoEEUM-"Did you ever think how
much Of truth there is in some of our
popular comic songs?'' Boured Shorty
YES BoeruEl-''Now, for instance,
There are times when one would like
to be alone Boured-''That's the
one | was thinking of.''-Detroit Trib-
me
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01
THE LAXATIVE GUM DROP.

When you feel out Of sorts and your
dinner begins to distress you get box of
the Laxative Gum Drops and you will
soon be relieved of your disagreeable SEN
sations. These Gum Drops are the finest
cathartic in the world for they contain Moth
ing deeterious so that they can be taken
at any time and in numbers according to
the constitution of the patient. With
some people two are sufficient, others may
require from four to six but no matter how
many are taken, no ill results will follow.
They are made of pure materials accord
ing to a regular official prescription so that
no danger results even when more are
taken. This renders them great remedy
for children. They taste like the ordinary
gum drop which they resemble in form so
that children need not know that they are
taking medicine at all. When they are
taken regularly they will produce the re-
CURED effect even upon the most obstinate
case of constipation. Ask for them and
do not let the dealer give you any thing
else, for nothing else is half so good.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO. Peoria. III.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01
THE CANADIAN PLAINS.

Remarkable Similarity of the Asiatic
Steppes and the .aGreat Lone land"
No one. think. who is acquainted
with the great plains of our own west
tern continent lying north of the great
lakes can read the narratives of the ex-
petitions sent out in search of the Jean
nette explorers. or Mr.. George Kennan's
accounts of Siberian travel, without
being impressed with the likeness sug
gested between the Asiatic steppes and
the Great Lone Land" of the western
hemisphere. Many of Mr.. Remnants
descriptions of the country through
which he passed on his memora BILE
journey to the penal colonies and the
prison mines of eastern Siberia are
equally well suited to the almost
boundless tracts west of HAdson's bay.
and northward to the region of the
Great Slave lake. Indeed. know of TO
more graphic and truthful portraitures
of many parts of what used to be
marked on the maps as British North
America, and is now more com
monty known as the British Northwest
or the Canadian Northwest than these
same narratives: but | am sure no
words or pictures can adequately con-
vey to the mind the real impressions
which these regions make upon one
who lives among and travels over them
in long journeys in summer and winter.
IT is one thing tC talk of vaStnesS and
solitude and silence. of transparent air
and illimitablc sunshine in summer. Or
of fierce, how ling winter tempestS shut
ting down about the lonely traveller as
he struggles forward. the only spot of
color in the welterinr waste of snow.
with no friendly shrub or tree or shell
tering hill greeting his tired senses,
only to ind an enforced halting-place
where darkness overtal1cs him. from
whose frozen torpor and death no morn
ing may arouse hint isquite another
to have experienced these things in ones
own person
Among the mountains there are
grandeur and solitude: mists wreathe
the lofty SUBMITS. and lie along the
valleys where the rivers run: morning
and evening battle the snowy, ice-clad
peaks in floods of golden and crimson
glory. from moment to moment shad-
ows. tints and tones of color come and
go to mark the passing hours: and
climb where you will. the prospect is
always limited. bounded. varied. Even
the barren. unsociable sea is not with
out changing aspects and motions,
fraught. indeed, at times. with danger
and terror: but the traveller who has
passed many seasons in the grandest
mountain scenery. or has sailed on many
Il sea, has yet to find. in an acquaint-
ance with the great plains. new set
of novel and strange eXpe riences.-C.
A. kenaston. in Century.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01

This is an age of odd conceits. The
other day a young matron was proudly
displaying new ring just sent home
from the jewelers.. It was goid-band
with raised setting, in which was
what looked like a very white pearl,
although rather Opaque. Speculation
about it was finally set at rest by its
owner, who proudly stated that it was
"Claribel's first tooth" Ciaribel being
her only child, little miss OF four
summers. When the tiny grinder fell
out it was taken to a jeweler, who cut
off the root, shaped and polished it,and
mounted it as ring. And no jewel
could be half SO precious was the dot
ing mothers found conclusion. Which
sentiment, however, sincere in occa-
sional cases, will be pronounced by
many as rather disagreeable. if not
positively morbid, one.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01
A TERRIBLE LEOPARD.
Before it Was Killed 1t Was Driven fror
the Bodies of Eighty-Two Victims.

Before it Was Killed 1t Was Driven from
the Bodies of Eighty-Two Victims.
The monster was n male leopard, in
no respect different from an ordinary
leopard in the beauty of its skin and its
general appearance. save that for its
length. six feet six inches. when it was
measured before being Invested of its
skin. it had an abnormally large head
and very powerful shoulders The skin,
after being cured, measured just a trifle
over seven feet nine inches.
The brute had had long career of
crime, for its first kill, that of little
girl of four years, whom it sprang upon
and dragged into the jungle from the
courtyard of the house or bari, where
the child was playing about sunset or a
little later, was notified by the police of
Arau: outpost in July, 1890. Many shoot
ing parties were organized for it's de-
struction last year. The sporting rajah
of Nator went twice with his elephants
to shoot it. A Mohammedan gentleman
also visited the Arani jurisdiction on
the same erraud. Several European
planters living in the tract of country
OVER which the leopard was known to
ro.m were also foiled in the attempt to
KILT. The animal took refuge when
ever search was made for it. in the
sugar cane. Never before-at least in
jshahi-has leopard been known to
display the same ferocity and daring.
There have been tigers that have in diff
ferent parts of India caused q terrible
loss of life; but l doubt whether Il
leonard has ever been known to kill
such a number as one hundred and fifty
four human beings in the space of
twenty-one months
1t was killed itself on the 9th of April
at Madaha. village four miles distant
from Arhab 1t killed one victim only
ON each of one hundred and twenty-one
different days; twelve times it killed
two human beings on one and the same
day. and three times three victims in
one dav In one village, that of Ban
sha, in the Arani jurisdiction, on diff
ferent occasions it killed seven people:
in seven villages it killed no fewer than
five people; in four villages, six
people: in twelve villages, three
people. and in eleven villages two
people. Except in the first year
of it's criminal career it did not let an
interval Of more than seventeen days
pass without killing; twice it went
hungry for fourteen days 1t killed
forty-one boys of ages varying from one
to ten wears and twenty-five girls; it
found old women from ages varying
from forty to sixty an easy prey, for it
killed forty of them OF grown-up men,
rom twenty TO forty years of age, it
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01
HEALTH HINTS.
SODA baths.

SODA baths.
SPRAINs-Hot water.
Work in garden for women.
WEAK LUNGs.-Tar on sugar.
sunny RooMs.-Sunny lives.
ONION odor removed by coffee.
HoARsENEss.-Eatr raw oysters.
SODA for indigestion and headache.
Hot lemonade at bed time for a cold.
TUEPENTINE on cut prevents lock-
jaw.
QUIcELIME dissolved in water for poi
son.
\ CUT. - Dip a rag in raw eggs and
apply.
NIGHT SwEAr.-SpoHge in salt and
water.
SUGAR moistened with vinegar for
hiccoughs.
DIABETES. - Buttermillx fresh from
sweet cream.
BILIOUS DYsPEPsIA.-AIilk buildings,
stewcI fruits.
HAIE.-Tash in salt and water to pre-.
vent ccElirr out.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01
Color of Eyes In the Sexes.

A physiological observer has come to
the conclusion that women have a
larger proportion of brown eyes than
men. He also finds that the color of
the eyes in children does not become
fixed until they have arrived at the age
of ten years. 1t has been pointed out
by another investigator that when both
parents have eyes of the same tint the
chances are forty to four that the eyes
of the children will develop the same
color as they grow up, and then, when
the parents have eyes of different colors,
the chances are fifty-fve to forty-five in
favor of brown as against blue or gray
eyes in their offspring.-Sa Francisco
Argonaut-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01
AGRICULTURALHINTS
PORTABLE Hay SHED.
Protection for the Tops of Stacks Against
Wind and Rain.

Protection for the Tops of stacks Against
Wind and Rain.
Wind and rain make it necessary to
weigh or fasten down the tops of heavy
stacks. 4 convenient porta BILE roof is
shown in the illustration engraved
after sketches from John c. Umsted.
The ridge pole q in Fig. 1 is a two by
four-inch timber, fourteen feet long.
To keep this in position, pairs of legs b
made Of one by six-inch boards, twenty
inches long, are nailed ON and braced
by two by four-inch piece d. six
inches long. The sections of roof. Fig.
2. are three by eight feet, made Of three
widths of one by twelve-inch barn sid
ing. nailed on two one by eight-inch
crosspieces, one of which is two feet
nine inches long, the other three feet
three inches. To keep the sections in
position the length of the cross-pieces
alternate above and below as shown in
the illustration. Use three-inch wire
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01

killed only SIX OF the number of per
sons killed it had been driven OF from
the bodies of eighty-two; it partially or
entirely devoured seventy-twO- 1t was
seen to climb trees, and actually as
cended tree once when chased by
some villagers. 1t killed at least one
Tiliager who attacked it with a lathi.
1t generally killed at evening, its vic
Tins being among the children playing
in the open space around the haris. 1t
also attacked people before they had
retired to rest after partaking of the
evening meal. and while they were
smoking on the veranda- 1t broke into
houses at night on several occasions
and dragged the unfortunate inmates
out and devoured them in the neigh Dor.
ing jungie.-Calcutta Englishman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01
DOMESTIC SERVICE.
A Mistaken Idea Prevalent Among
Country Help.

A Mistaken Idea Prevalent Among
Country Help.
There are few relations which cause
so much feeling as that of domestic SER
vice outside of cities. or where the du-
ties and privileges of household help are
not clearly defined. The girl in the
country or on farm thinks she is badly
treated if she is expected to take her
meals by herself or with other help.
She thinks she is just as good as hex
employer, and is filed with wrath that
there seems to be a prevailing impress
sion that she is not. This is the ex-
treme of folly, aud is productive of more
discomfort than almost any other sub
ject of difference between employer and
employed. AS matter of fact, the
question of who is or who is not as good
as the other, does not enter into the
case at all Custom and convenience
often make it more desira BILE that the
family take their meals by themselves,
and she is, indeed, foolish girl, who
looks upon it as an evidence that she is
not just as good as somebody else. She
may be great deal better, for the mat
ter of that, and according to this. might
decline to associate with the family at
all. Many girls fancy that the distinc-
ton rests upon the possession of dollars
and cents, and resent the advantages of
the wealthy. Girls who do their duty
in cheerful and obliging spirit are not
'1col>ed down upon" as they choose to
term it, but are respected, and often
much beloved-in many cases cared for
through sickness, and provided for in
old age. But 1.-The girl who leaves her
place because she is not good enough to
sit at the table with the family" will
wait long for such care and remem-
brance.-N. Y. Ledger.
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Park Benjamin. the scientific expe =,

IF New orls, has q library of over. l.
0O0 volumes on the subject of electric
ity. These books are all treatises, and
every one of them bears upon electricity
and magnetism. The science has only
been in existence about 800 years. and
for $50 years of that time it was merely
experimental. Electricity came into
practical use with the telegraph; and
the books that have been published
within the last fifty years are proba bly,
two or three tinaes as numerous as all
that were printed in the two and half
centuries preceding. -Buffalo Inquirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01

One of the very favorite silks of the
season is changeable taffeta, which is
largely used not only for entire COS
tunes and for foundations for airy
dresses of grenadine. null, batiste. or-
candle and lace. but for dust cioahs,
negligee jackets, hammock robes. pe.e-
rines. parasols and pettieoats- In their
delicate shot effects of pink and silver,
blue and gold. mauve and sea-grcel,
etc, they make lovely evening toilets;
in the darker shading they are used f.yr
church, travelling and visiting costumes.
N. \. Post.