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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
CURRENT NOTES.

HCKs-'I guess I'm square with Dix
gave his boy mouth organ last
night" Mrs Hicks-ssBut you're not
square with me. Mrs Dix sent him
over here to spend the day."-Pitts-
burgh Dispatch
HUNGRY HIGGINs-sIf you had to
work-iist had to-wot sort o. job
would you like best?'' Weary Wat
kins-'.Well, think drivin' load o.
hay over a new asphalt street would
suit me niddlin' we'll "-Indianapolis
Journal
BEAUTY is only skin Deep" said
Miss Homeleigh to the handsome Miss
Fairleigh. ''Quite true, my dear Miss
Homeleigh," was the reply. But the
important part of it is that every body 8
skin is on the outside, where it shows !"
IN. Y. Herald
IT was the late DR.. Wisner, Of Lock
port, for long time pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, who, when asked
why they did not build the steeple OF
the present church higher, said. in re-
ply: 81 think that is as far as we own
in that direction. News.
NICE YoUNG MAN "Yes, sir; my
motto is to reach the top, if possible. "
Moralist-''Noble young man; keep up
your efforts and you will succeed u
Nice Young Man" don't know
whether we can turn down Philade1-
phia and Boston or not, but we expect
to skin Pittsburgh in next Sunday
game '-Cleyelaud Plaindea1er.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
NEW AND NOVEL

TIE town council of Geuda Springs,
Kan, is composed entirely Of married
women and the mayor is also a woman
Mrs Emma Barnes.
THE recent municipal election in the
Missouri town of Lexington turned up
on the issue of hogs or no hogs in the
streets. The no-hogs won.
TUNsH bath parties are the latest
fad. A-number of young snen form a
party, go together to a Turkish bath,
where they spend about two hours,
then proceed to a hotel where they
Eave2 feast.
VISITING BARRIERS are becoming pop
ular. They call on their patrons at
their respective houses. and there make
them rpresentable. The price of a
shave is twenty-five cents. With ten
regular patrons each day, visiting
BARRIERS weekly salary is seventeen
dollars and fifty cents
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
A JayaneSe Bed.

The very bed on which a man reclines
at night affords him considerable OPP
sportunity for reflection. At first sight
it never.occurred to him that the great
square object-looking with its cover
ing,o mosquito curtains more like a
huge bird-cage than anything else
was a he'd. He knows better now, aud
proceeds to examine it with interest
before turning in for the night. He
finds that the large square mattress is
covered by sheet, but otherwise en-
tirely devoid of bed-clothing. At the
top are two pillows for the head and
down the center is placed a long, round
bolster called Dutch wife This
scarcely comes up to his notion of what
a bed shooald be, but after he has slept
Tor tried to sleep, for two or three
nights in the hot, steamy atmosphere
of Batavia he changes his mind He
finds that bed-clothes are not wanted IL
the coast towns of Java, and in partie-
x,lar he learDs to appreciate the relief
which he experiences by throwing arm
or leg over lat useful too1trivance for
securing GOODNESS, the Dutch wife
EortE;ghtly Review.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

Is Childhood the Happiest Time In Our
Lives.

- SxlAkUhOOu the khAPHlesI lime In ouF
Lives.
1t is often said that childhood is the
happiest time of our life but to admit
this is to give to happiness very mar
row definition. II 20 be unconscious of
any thing but mere physical existence
as to be happy. then one may possibly
allow that this Is SO: but to those who
look upon happiness as positive in
stead of n negative quality such view
seems scarcely reasonable. The same
argument will hold good if one declares
that only those people who are lowest
in intellectual capabilities and ideas
are superlatipe1y happy. In one sense
this may be so, but the happiness is
not of thar order that the class
of critics would crave either for
themselves or their immediate circle.
Nothingness in any form can not be
thought desirable by intelligent human
beings; neither can that form of pleas
ure that simply means absence of dis
comfort and the enjoyment of purely
animal existence: indeed the term hap
piness has so many definitions that it
seems impossible to define it other than
relatively. What is the highest de-
light for ~one individual would be
misery unspeakable for another. 1t
may be safely said that there are times
In later life after ones intellectual and
moral faculties are fully developed,
when seasons of enjoyment occur that
may be looked back to as filled with more
pleasure:tkxn the unconscious, rollick
ing, Kitten like comfort of childhood
can ever dream of. 1t is difficult, in
deed. to fix a standard, and so we must
allow'that rhis old theory of the de-
.lighss of childhood days is about as
near the actual fact as the old theories
of most things are likely to be-
There is more pleasure in the antici
patton. one young and trusting heart
than in all of the animal comfort of
youthful days. If by happiness one
means freedom from care and response
bilities, the definition might stand: but
the absence of accountability and the
Indifferent nldolence of the pleasure
seeker are sea rely to be rated as : high
type of human enjoyment--N. u
Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
OUR NORTHERN NEIeHHoRs.
1ne Soyo1s End Lfsht-Hea-ted Ffenchmel
OF the New World.

1he Soye1s End Light-Hea-ted FrenchmeH
OF the New World.
Ire Frenchman of Canada remains
essentially an old world product. Cen
turtles of life in the new world have not
transformed his nature. His trans
planting has modified his manners,
gwen him new interests, surrounded
nun with new conditions, but in spirit
ne remains what his ancestors were
Wnen they came to New France from
Normandy in old France. He is the
same cheerful, optimistic, pleasure-lov-.
ing being that they We're. In many
respects he is as simple as a child; in
Others he is as cunning and as guileful
as any small trader on the earth.
The French Canadian can not live
In solitude; he must have society.
when his American neighbor in New
England has finished his work in the
nelds or woods, and has done the chores
about the house and barns, he gets
himself into a brooding frame of mind.
and reflects upon his mortgage until
threatened return of interest day drives
him to his dark bedroom. When even
ing comes to the Canadian, he leaves his
pillow in the furrow and greets the stars
with song that his forefathers who
fought with Frontenac brought over
from the land that their descendants
still calls la belle France. Their tired
women are never too tired to dance in
the midst of cares and labors so heavy
and severe that their like has driven
hundreds of thousands of the habitants
into the United States. The old customs
OF visiting, of great feasts on the day set
apart by the church to the saint who is
patron of the parish, and on the family
anniversaries, are kept up as they are
home. Here as there the race is the
atrical; the dramatic effects of cos
tune and of conduct are still dear to
the heart of this Frenchman who has
never seen France, and whose people
Tor generations were born in the SOM
Der forests of Canada, while he has
spent a life of toll on fields that de-
cline to yield a fruitful harvest to his
untutored and inadequate cultivation,
BY the light of blazing logs in the
humble cottage, he and his neighbors
are happy and cheerful after man
ner and to a degree that would seem to
the grave New-Englander wicked lev
ity and mad responsibility
LOOMS Nelson. in HarperS Magazine
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
FRUIT PANCAKES.
Recipe for q Delicious Dessert Familiar to
Europeans.

RecfDe for a Delicious Dessert Familiar 10
Europeans.
The fruit pancake is a dish almost
unknown in this country. Yet it is a
delicious dessert in familiar use among
the Germans, and one very easily made
The European pancake, however,
which is baked in a sheet-iron frying
pan, Goes not>eompare with our Ameri-
can g1iddle-cake. The griddle is dis
tinctively American institution. The
batter used for the European pancake
is quite similaS. in consistency 70 our
American gridele-cake batter, possibly
a little thinner
Make plain batter of half pound
of wheat flour. add three eggs. ye;lks
and whites, and a tablespoonful of
powdered sugar. Stir the mix
ture well with. a wooden spoon.
Then add slewlv n cup of cold
milk BEAT the batter thoroughly nm
til it lis perfectly smooth and light.
For an apple fruit pa ncake pour enough
OF the batter into a thin frying-pasa to
cover the bottom and spread a layer of
ssewed apple over it. Let it cook for
about three minutes on top of the
stove. and then SET the frying-pan il a
hot .ovensso bake fer a bout five minutes.
For an orange pancake prepare the bat
ter in the same way. Cut the oranges
in thin. roNnd slices. crosswise, remove
the seeds. cover the bottom of the fry
ing-pan in the same way, and spread a
layex- of oranges ove- it. masking each
slice with little of the uncooked bat
ter. Finish 1T in the oven in the same
way as the apples
A mixture IN equal parts of oranges
and bananas, sliced asd treated in this
way, IN akes,a nice pancake. Peaches
make adelicioals pancake. Strawberry
pancakes are hest prepared in the fol-
lowing inannes: Bake the after as
before, Raft without adding ta, fruit.
When it is baked. spread it with fresh
Strawberries, slightly crushed and
sprinkle them lightly with powdered
sugar. All fruit pancakes should be
eaten with powdered sugar, and the
Germans and French often add Sices
of lemon. the juice of which they
squeeze over the pancake. h is not de-
sirable to serve these pancakes in ros Is
like a French pancake, but spread ont
ilat as they are bake6.-N. Y. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

The facts concerning Walt Nhitman's
socree of revenue in the last years of
his life have rever been told. 1t is
well known that he was always poor:
that few magazines would buy his work;
that the royalties on his books were
small, and that he was partly incapaci-
tated by paralysis He might have
died in actual want but for the seton
of a few of his admirers, mostly resi-
dents of New York and BROOKLYN, who
agreed to pay, and did pay. q certain
sum apiece every month that insured
his comfort. Whitman was sensitive
to anything that appeared like charity.
and this generous giving was kept Sc
cret. but he was very grateful for this
timely aid, and those who furnished it
have autograph letters in his heavy,
sprawling hand that may some day be
ssorth as much as they contributed for
IFS needs.-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FOR STACKING HAY.

A Homemade Device for Saving Time and
Heavy Work.
H. p Edmonds sends to the Orange
Judd Farmer q model of the home
made haystacker illustrated herewith
The frame is made of two poles or
timbers of suitable length, 40 feet be-
ing about what he uses, and this is
long enough to build stacks IS to so feet
high. Use poles of light wood to avoid
unnecessary weight il handling; poplar
does we'll If suitable native timber can
not be obtained use pine, splicing two
pieces together to secure the needed
length. Use 6x6 inch timbers for the
lower section and AKA inch material for
the upper part At the top they are
bolted together with a single strong
bolt The crossbar near the top is about
4 feet long and is bolted to the posts.
They are set on top of the ground and
supported by long guy ropes which are
attached at the apex and staked at 1,
/. These stakes must be set SO the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
CORN FOR FORAGE.

Experiments Showing the Amount of Di-
gestible Food Per Acre.
The value of Indian corn as a forage
crop to the American farmer can scarce
1y be overestimaAsd. Corn and clover
are the two sheet anchors of American
husbantlry. A goad corn crop will pro-
dnce net less than two tons of actual
Hgestihse food material per acre. or
more than twice as much AS a heavy
hay crop. A very considerable proper
tom of this food is produced, during the
later stages of growth. According to
the results of experiments at the Penn
sylxania agricultural Experiment st<-
ton. emily shout 4 Of the total dry mat
ter Of the crop has teeE produced up to
the tine the ears begin TO fill, while %
of it zsre produced after the kernels be-
gin to glaze Experiments recently
complesed, extending over two gers
indicate that there is nodeerease in UNI
digestibility Of this dry matter .as All
plant natures, as is the case with m I
other forage crops, but rather a sill are
increase. especially as regards d 81
starchy matter and the fat which mary
mp the bulk of the corn plant The a.
taal yield Of digeStible food per acrSt L
these experiments was as follows: 1.-THE
when the ears are silkin2. 1.97s lig t
when glazing. 2.S6s lbs; when matu re
A,024 lbs. is v
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
A South Americas Boys Deg.

In South America, a boy who wants
to own a pet animal. gets a monkey in
stead of a dog. Sometimes he eaa buy
a monkey already trained, and If be can
do so he is a very happy boy. because
wild monkeys are ugly little fellows,
and it takes a long time to teach then,
how to live with civilized people. A
South American boy has to pet mon
key because there are not enough dogs
IN South America. The dogs that are
found there are used more as beasts of
burden. like Arctic dogs. fer useful
purposes, such as drawing wagons of
figs to market. or boxes of coeoanuts.
Nor are they affectionate animals like
our dogs But with the South Amer
lean boy a nice tame monkey with soft
fur hair and swapping, black eyes is
very highly priced, and he becomes at
tached to it, just as an American boy
becomes attached to his Collie or his
Newfoundland: so he does not feel the
need of good doK.-N. Y. Ledger
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

straight line connecting them will run
lengthwise through the center of tho
site for the stack. The load of hay is
then driven along the end as shown
in the illustration, and the fork load
ed. The rope for drawing up the load
ed fork is tied to the crossbeam, passed
through the pulley on the fork, through
pulley on the crossbcam and extend
ing down to the ground at one side
of the stack and toward the oppo-
site end of it Ito avoid too much of a
side draft passes through pulley as
shown. After the fork is set, the load
is drawn up by horse or team hitched
to the rope which runs through the
pulley at 2. The poles remain in the
position shown at A until the load
strikes the erossbeam, when the draft
brings them over to the position 3.
The load is then Immediately over the
stack and is dropped upon it. When
the load is off. the poles are easily
tipped and in drawing back the fork
the man on the wagon usually pulls
them back to the position shown at A,
or if they are not thus pulled back they
will come into position when the team is
started to draw up the next load. This
is very cheap and easily constructed
device for stacking hay, and can be
used where hay is hauled On wagons,
hay sleds or by any of the devices for
drawing in shocks. The length of stack
which will be made at single setting
can be varied to suit the builder. Quite
a common method is to put up con-
venient length and simply move the
stacker on far enough to build another
section to the first and soon. making a
long rick. This method also saves time
in moving as the poles do not have TO
be taken down, being simply stepped"
along to the new position. The guy
ropes must be quite long, varying some.
what with the length of the stack.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
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-A--~SG
CHEAP AND RooMY ROUSE.

southeast portion of the house from
sunrise until late in the day, while the
othe. portions of the house ,aee also
favored with sunlight and heat during
a portion of the day. The windows
may be of ordinary house sash, and
be arranged so as to permit of being
raised and lowered for ventilation.
Such a well-lighted and 1arm-house will
be very attractive to the fowls, and its
cos. will be a minimum compared with
the many advantages possessed. The
rocst and nests may be placed at the
rea- or at the west end. The door is on
the south side, in order to escape ex-
poenre to the west and northwest winds
i arm and Preside
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
KNOWLEDGE IN SMALL DOSES.

THE first permanent settlement in
New Jersey was made at Elizabeth
town in 1914.
Down to the days of Apelles, Greeks
knew but four colors-white, red, yell
low and black.
THE 6ining-room of the Campania,
the new Cunard steamer, is 100 by Ga
feet, and seats 430 persons.
THE average weight of adult Boston
ians of both sexes is only 1873 pounds
Western people average six pounds
heavier.
THERE are two kinds of cattle brands.
The chair brand doesn't mark the
hide The ''cherry-red brand" shows
on the inside OF the hide after the ami
NAL is killed and skinned.
THE Chinese ''Sx Companies Of San
Francisco have raised large sum of
money and employed able counsel to
fight the Chinese registration law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

Two cases in which fire was caused
by water are reported. In one flood
caused the water to rise high enough to
reach pile of iron filings in factory.
The filings oxidized so rapidly as to be-
come so intensely heated as to set fire
to neighboring woodwork, and the fac
tory was burned to the ground. In the
other case, during fire, water from
the engines found its way to shed
containing quick lime. The heat gen
Grated by the lime set fire to the shed
and the flames spread to other build-
inpS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
PIG-PEN POINTERS.

DySrxFEcT your swine pens with fl
s;r-sIaelSed lime. fou can prevent
ease by doing this thoroughly.
TEACH the pigs to eat grnin as S
as possible. 1t will not be much tro,
if you give them half q chance.
IMPROPER feeding is the prime
cause of diseases of swine Fee
varied ration and never crowd Il
with indigestible food so as to dera
the digestive organs and you VIII
much to insure their health.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
SPLITTING STOVE WOOD.

piece of hard wood three or four feet
long, twelve inches wide and one and
one-hAlf feet thick Take q block of hard
wood six or eight inches square; hollow
out the top little and fssten to one
end of the first piece. Place one end of
the stick of wood in the notch and the
other Gu the block. 1t is then easily
split-Cor. Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
ROOMY HEN HOUSE.

Its Cost at a Minimum Compared with Its
Many Advantages.
The illustration of a poultry house is
intended to show several advantages.
The house should be 1Ox15 feet, of any
preferred height, and will comforta bly,
accommodate twenty fowls. Having a
fat roof it gives the most room at the
least cost The roof may be covered
with tin or earred paper. A window is
at the east end and also on the south,
which brings the suns rays into the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
MARRIAGE DON'TS.

DN'T forget that marriage is the
foundation of new family, not the
union of two olS ones
DsS'r marry anybody till satisfied
that life together will be bearable and
enjoyable as long as both shall live
Dess'r expect marriage to make
great change in the habits and aims of
a young manor q young woman
either.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

~c oH"HFpn sE II (S1Ol
ling term of school at
Ill parents who expect
to attend should see
are provided with suit
l states, and that they
y during the whole term.
are cenSured because
It make much progress
the grumblers are usual
g those whose children
regularly. Let us all
IS year and have a good
TIMOTHY HAY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
SPLITTING STOVE WOOD.

A Device That Any Bright Boy Can Con-
struct OufckS.
4 novel device to aid iIssplitting stove
wood came to my notice the other day
anal 1 give it for the beneft of boy
readers, for any bright lad can con-
struct one in few minutes. Cut a
z.h as shown in the illustration in a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
Almost Inside Out.

The stomach that is not turned thus by q
shaking up on the ''briny wave'' must he q
we'll fortified one. The gastric apparatus
can be rendered proof against sea sickness
with that stomachic so popular auaong tiav-
elers by sea and land-Hostetter's Stom sch
Bitters. 1t defends the system against
malaria and rheumatism, and subdues liver
complaint, constipation and dyspepsia
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

skin is the result of pure
healthy liver, to secure
Sarsaparilla is the SUI
ne. Ladies who rely
IS to beautify their COM
Id make a note of this,
lind that they can't inn
iture.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

he ST. Louis dentist who
ext week. desires US to
is not the DIR. Smith,
as here last winter, nor
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

The pleasant effect and perfect safety
with which ladies may use the California
liquid laxative Syrup of Figs, under all con-
ditions, makes it their favorite remedy. To
get the true and genuine article, look for
the name of the California Fig Syrup Co.,
printed near the bottom of the package.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

1.-THE United States senate Is It what
n used to be-" said Hawkins THE
a.vs of Seward and Webster are gone"
:.Of course they have" said Phillips
..yon wouldn't have had those days
ureserved in alcohol. would you9'-
Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
,ycoHERs A GOOD DEAL OF GROUND

DIR. Ferce's Golden
Medical Discovery.
And when you hear
that It cures 90 many
diseases, perhaps You
think "it's too good
to be true"
But it's only ree-
sonable. As Q blood
clesmser, desh-blilde
nothing ike the " Dis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

III. L. THOMPSON & Co., Druggists, Coa.
dersport, Pa, say Halls Catarrh Cure Is the
best and only sure cure for catarrh they
eyer sold. Druggists sell it, &c
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

DIDN'T CARE FOR Ir.-Music Dealer
Cant sell you copy Of our latest ,6oeee
think much Of the missing-word crase."-
Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

WIZ, INDEEDa-"What's a lapstonen
papna1 ssIt's a stone the cobbler uses IA
beat his leather on.' ''Why doesn't he use
q rxshhlestope papaV-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

A GREAT many of the women engaged In
advocating sweeping reforms Of various
Kinds should begin right at home. Their
carpets probably need it--Buhalo Courier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

Jusr LIKE WoMAx-Husband-' Whst
did you buy that fort" Wife-''Why, be-
cause it was on the bargain COUNTER
Yankee Blade
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

GONE of de penalties OBJ greatness" said
Uncle Eben, lis ter be specially conspicuous
ebry time yer makes fool OBJ yerself."-
Washington Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

BRucHxM's Pills stimulate the ptyalin in
the saliva, remove depression, give appe-
tite, and make the sick well.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06

EVERY boy has IN idea that II his fathsr
had lived at the right time he could have
thrashed Goliath.