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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19
COPYING PICTURES.

Chances for Fraud by Some Painters. but
Good Livelihood for Others
On two days in the week, Thursdays
and Fridays, fee is charged for adj
mission to the National gallery,
Trafalgar square. London. This does
not diminish the attendance, but
changes the character. Instead of the
usual throng of tourists and home Wis
itors, most of whom stroll in a be-
wildered manner from chamber to
chamber in the great building, there
is an attendance of men and women,
who gather in groups before the most
famous masterpieces Most of the
women chatter volubly, and not a few
of the men will join in conversation.
The visitors for the most part are
painters, students, dealers, or con-
noisseurs.
The number Of copies made in the
great galleries to be sold under false
representations is small compared to
the immense amount of work done
there every year. Most of the work if
sold is sold for what it purports to be.
and therein lies the opportunity for
purchasers who want good paintings
Not a few painters of unmistaka BILE
talent give themselves up to copying.
because it assures them a living less
precarious than might be earned by
creative work alone. Moreover, to
copy on fee days in the national gal
lery is in itself an advertisement of no
mean value, for dealers are lowering
about all the time ready to pick up an
excellent copy at bargain. or, as is
franY>Anf1y- Tho 70 niCo
sion for a new work, real original,
from the brush of any painter whose
work strikes them as having the req
uisite style and power. Besides the
dealers there are always private buy
ers on hand, some of them Americans,
who happen to know the posi-
bilities of obtaining good pictures at
low prices. and are not slow to take adj
vantage of the opportunity. That the
opportunities may be excellent, so far
as prices go. may be inferred from the
plight of an Italian who was faithfully
copying an old Dutch picture. He
frankly admitted that he had no cou.-
mission, that he was copying solely in
the hope that he might sell his copy for
a little food. He came from Naples,
where he had run through a fortune,
and had been four months in London.
During that time he had sold one small
picture of his own, and that for a mere
trif1e $50 have taken to copying ~
he said. simply.
Some of the copyists make good in
comes One man who came under the
observation of a Sun writer, had lived
for several years on one picture in the
Bethnel Green museum. He had copied
it more than thirty times A favorite
among the copyists is Murillo's ''St.
John. the Baptist" One painter alone
has made and sold dozen copies of it
N Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19

FIG. Assertion OF wELL-BUILT oRAYEL.
obtained, broken slate stone will an
swer; that of dark color will prove
best, as it is not Sc readily dissolved by
the action of the atmosphere. All the
stones and gravel used should be az
free as possible from earth, as the OBJ
ject is to prevent the growth of grass
or weeds in the walk; however, if they
should become established. they may
be killed by heavy sprinkling of COM
mon salt. or where they are few and
scattering a strong brine made boiling
hot, if applied in a dry time, will kill
them root and branch A strong solu-
ton of I've, or potash will accomplish
the same purpose. They may also be
removed by pulling or digging, but the
latter should be avoided if possible
Hard burned brick, when properly
laid, make a good durable walk, the
particular objection being the liability
of particles of brick to adhere to the
bottom of shoes and thus be tracked
into the house, but that is not observed
in the improved bricks that have a
surface almost as hard as glass, and
some material is often added in mixing
that, when burned, gives density al
most equal to stone.-L. d. Shook, in
American ApriculturiSt
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19
FIG. 3.-DoUB.E BOARD WALK.

travelled walk, is no detriment, but un-
less much used the grass will prove a
disadvantage in rainy weather or when
the dew is on. Sometimes a walk is
laid with cobble stones, but unless they
are less than two inches in diameter, or
are broken and laid with the fat side
up, they prove a most disagreeable
thing to walk on. and grass and weeds
are certain to gera foothold.
Gravel walks and drives for lawns
are much admired by some, but they
are expensive to construct. For a
permanent walk or driveway, excava te
to the depth of eighteen inches, filling
in small fat or round stones to the
depth of one foot; these should be
pounded down until they are firm. Fill
in three inches more of broken stone
or coarse gravel from half an inch to
an inch in diameter, cover the whole
with well sifted finer gravel to the
height desired for the upper surface of
the walk Gig. y. If gravel cannot be
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19
FACTS ABOUT MULCH.
Tests Showing Its va1ue and Best Mat
rails for the Purpose.

Tests Showing Its value and Best Mate
rtals for the Purpose.
1t does seem that the majority of rs
find it difficult to grasp a fact fully. ex-
cept as it comes to us in our own expe-
rience. have known in q general way
that a mulch was beneficial to the
growth of plants, and have used one in
the strawberry bed and garden patch
OF potatoes, as well as employed the
principle in protecting plant roots in
field culture by keeping the top two
inches of soil loose. forming what is
called an earth mulch, but this season
l have found a mulch of cut grass
among the shrubbery and flowers of the
lawn to be the best help to growth that
could be given. Rose bushes require a
firm, compact soil. if plenty of buds are
wanted, and yet such a soil dries out
badly. A square plat containing two
dozen bushes has a clayey soil, and
early in the season we used a hoe and
rake among them, but for the last six
weeks the clippings made by the lawn
mower have been spread over the sur
face, and the result is gratifying. The
heat of the sun and deficiency in rain
fall have little injurious effect. Occa-
sionally the mulch is chopped lightly
into the soil and q new supply given.
A covering of this tender grass N the
pansy bed has done wonders. Early in
the spring a small bed gave a wealth of
blossoms, hundreds appearing each
week, but the summers heat began to
affect it, and grass mulch was put
on, keeping the roots cool and moist
The result was most satisfactory, al
though care should be used that the
grass near the stems be not heavy
enough to rot them. Other beds OF
flowers have had q similar treatment,
and all prove that a null CHI robs heat
and drought of much of their terrors.
Last spring I set out some small
shrubbery and few forest trees. Two
of the trees stand where others had
succumbed to an August sun. All
these have been worked around and
then mulched with clippings. and not
one shows any signs of W ealxening. In
extended drought little water goes a
long way, as the blanket of grass re-
tains the moisture. Mulching is ma
lures way of restoring fertility, and
there is pleasure in watching the
change in mechanical condition that a
stiff soil undergoes when protected
from the sun. All clippings from lawn
can be profitably used amid flowers,
shrubs and garden vegetables.-Cou
try Gentleman
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19
A Dairy without Ice.

T. S. Hascall. of Massachusetts,, gives
his plan for raising cream by dilution.
He has two cans made of tin 14x20, two
sheets for sides, one sheet cut in two for
ends, glass six or eight inches long by
one inch wide set in one end, with a
hole as near the bottom as possible to
draw the milk. He strains the can
half full of milk then fills up with cool
water, say Sc degrees Fahrenheit or
less, set in cool shady place. out of
doors, if you please, but cover so no
dust or flies can get in. In four hours
draw off milk; you have all the cream
you can get anyway; churn cream as
near sweet as you can, wash in gran
ular state, salt to your customers
taste: you have all the butter your COW
can make. Save your hard work getting
ice, he says, as You do not require ice
by the ton for the season, as water o
So degrees or less is all you need.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet.
tef than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feveys
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it il perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs ID for sale BY all drug.
gists in Soc and 81 bottles, but Il ID man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name il printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Fig,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute If offered.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19
MARRIAGE RULES.

LET her meet him with kiss-not q
frown.
LET each realize the fact that they
are one.
LET the husband frequent his home,
not the club.
LET him assist her in identifying the
home.
LET her not narrate Mrs. Next Doors
gossip.
LET her not worry hin with petty
troubles.
LET him speak to his wife-not yell
''say" at her.
LET her make home more pleasant
than the club.
LET her sympathizc with him in bust
ness cares.
LET him be as courteous after mar
riage as before.
LET his latchkey gather unto itself
rust from disuse.
LET her dress as tastefully for him
IS for strangers
LET him confide in his wife-their
interests arc equal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19
Vast Power Of the Atmosphere.

Vast Power Of the Atmosphere.
Somebody has made the calculation
that, taking the quantities roughly and
in round numbers, the atmosphere
weighs about ton to every square
foot of the earth's surface, Is, 000, 900
tons per square mile, or 5000, 0O0, 00o.-
600, 600 tons on the total of 200, O00, 600
square miles; and its energy is that due
to the motion Of this uncomfortable
mass, at velocities varying all the way
from the slightest zephyr to the hurri-
cane and the cyclone, rushing over the
prairie or along the surface of the sea
at more than one hundred miles an
hour. Again, according to this authori-
ty. cubic mile of air, weighing about
ten billion pounds. develops, at the
rate OF motion of the cyclone, some
4, Zoo, 0O0, 600, 600 ''foot-tons'' of energy,
and If all were employed at such rate
for the performance of work, useful or
destructive, this number of 'sfoot-
pounds" would be equivalent to more
than 1900, o00, 0O0. 600, 900 horse power.
IN. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19
AGRICULTURAL
ABOUT FARM WALKS.

How to Build the Four Kinds Most Gen
orally in Use.
Properly constructed sidewalks along
the streets, and walks about the prem
ises. if not an indispensable necessity,
are certainly great convenience, and
add to the value of any property. The
simplest and cheapest form of walk is
a pathway of earth Gig. u. Earth
walks answer we'll when made of sandy
or semi-gravelly soil and rounded up to
absorb and shed rain quickly. A clay
soil walk four feet wide should be made
two inches higher in the center, to ad-
NIT of prompt surface drainage.
A single plank walk is made as shown
in Fig. 2. Where the planks meet, end
to emo, piece of plank or piece OF
wood, eight or ten inches longer than
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19
In the Poultry House.

In arranging a poultry house the
foosts may be omitted altogether or
should be very low. High roosts COM
pei the fowl to jump of at the risk Of
injury. and at night, when getting on
the roosts, the heavy fowls are some
times crowded off. High roosts are un-
necessary, and as roosts provide har-
boring places for lice they may be dis
pensed with and the fowls provided
with straw, which should be cleaned
away every day or two.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19

AT reception given by the Ger
man Agricultural society at Munich,
Prince Louis, son of the prince regent,
presided. He declared that the condi-
ton of agriculture demonstrated the
absolute necessity for the cooperation
of all callings and industries. though
he admitted it would be difficult to dis
cover fair adjustment of the many
antaponistic interests
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19

The Party Abashed- - Tanning
$50 you went out to congratulate your
old chum on being a father, did you?"
Channing-"Yes-" Fanning-'I sup
pose Thompson looked like fool when
you did it." Channing-"No. He was
very dignifed-er-but the baby looked
awfully sheepish. Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19
W1ZI|gzlI1)|||||(|||||2IZ3zzyzm
FIG. Hearth WALK.

the plank is wide, should be imbeddeG
in the ground and the plank firmly
nailed thereto, and for a plank fourteen
or more feet in length, two cross
pieces should be used between the ends.
To allow two to walk abreast. where
there is considerable travel, two planks
may be used, placing them parallel and
about one foot apart Gig. 81. This.
with one foot plank, makes a walk
three feet in width, and will be found
cheap. convenient, and if made from
white pine. or other wood not liable to
warp, the surface will remain level for
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19

"A parliamentary blue book relating
to the last census for England and
Wales shows that there were taken
r.6Ie. 1858 unmarried males and 8, 90s, 665
unmarried females, 4,S51.54 married
males and 4,916, e49 married females,
ASA, $50 widowers and LIZA. $40 wldowS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19

Miss Antique talking seat politely
proffered )-'.Thank you. my little man.
You have been taught to be polite, l
am glad to see. Did your mother tell
YOU to always give up your seat to Ia
dies?- Polite Boy-"No'm. not to all
ladies; only to old ladies'
Form.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19
Now through sleeping Car Line

From Chicago to Seattle via the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul and Great Northern
Railways, has been established and frat
class sleeping cars will hereafter run daily
from Chicago at $50 p. NJ, arriving 1t
Seattle 10 80 P. NJ, fourth day. This il un-
doubtedly the best route to reach the North
Pacific Coast
For time tables, maps and other infor-
nation apply to the nearest ticket egsnt,
or address GEO. 81. HRAFFoRD, General
Pass. Agent, c., n. b st. p. R'y, Chicago,
Ill
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19

Someone seems to have told the
sultan that chlorate of potash is dam
gerous explosive. Consequently no
druggist or pharmacist in CONSTANT
nople is allowed to possess or sell it.
The grand master of artillery aloKD is
allowed to have il in keeping.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19

INSTRUMENT FOR BELIEVING CHOKN,
CATTIE

INSTRUMENT FOR BELIEVING CHOKING
CATTLE.
struction may be crushed by heavy out
ward pressure on the windpipe, or by
giving a dose of melted lard, or cotton
seed OIL Should the obstruction be
far down toward the stomach. it is best
to break it up or make hole through
it before trying to force it into the
stomach, as the latter often takes a
heavy pressure to do this, and pressing
SO hard may cause internal injury. 1t
will be observed that the form of the
end of the stick prevents any injury to
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Agriculturist.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19
Fortify Weak Nerves.

This can easily be done. First, use the
finest nervne and tonic in existence, Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. Next, give up opiates
and mineral sedatives, which ruin the stom-
ach, and soon cease to have an effect, except
in dangerously large doses. Dyspepsia is the
parent to insomnia and nerve weakness.
The Bitters remedies indigestion and the
two symptoms named. It also cures ma
larlal, liver and kidney complaints.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19

Halls CATARRH CCRE is liquid and n
taken internally, and acts directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials, free. Sold by Drug
gists, 75c
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Proprs., Toledo, o.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19

"WHAr makes Mr.. Snapper 80 fond OF
| because they cry most Of the time"
| s.That's a strange reason" ''Oh, no, It
| isn't; it browns the voice of the young Lady
who sings in the fat above"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19

"You don't dot your rs or cross your
ts. !" said Mr.. Dimity to his new bookkeeper.
'sNo, sir, :" was the reply. SIN these hard
times-er-I thought it advisable not TO use
any more ink than / could help, sir. "-HaE>
per's Bazaar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19

BEECHAM's PILLS are q certain cure for
weak stomach and disordered liver, and ara
famous the world over. Is cents box.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19

CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19

81 wish I could send my boy to the old
school, said Hawkins. s'These gentlemen
Of the old school seem to know everything"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19

TIE real reason why negroes live to such
an extreme old age is that they don't know
exactly when they were born.-Texas Sift-
inRs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19

81 NEVER give money 70 be9gars OF
street" said the pedestrian. "But myt
sill" returned the beggar, II can't "A
an Office these hard times. You expect
much ~ arper's Young People.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-19

0Rxkr men are the real Inen-the mel
whom nature has expressed itself.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-06-30
S sGreatDanger
An ENGLISH COMMENTARY.

Said an eminent English scientist recently:
"The danger that confronts the great Ameri-
can people to-day is not the possible adop.
ton Of a wrong financial policy for the
nation, o. the spread of socialism, or the
increase of corruption among public men.
All these are bad enough, to be sure, but
they are as nothing compared to the terrible
national disease-I had almost said national
crime of overwork. The mad rush for
wealth is tat killing pace, and thousands
fall by the way every year.
You are likely 10 be one of the victims !
How 10 we know? Because it is the eXceD-
ticn 10 and IL man or woman of adult age in
perfect health. Nervous Disorders are
spreading with fearful rapidity. Among the
symptoms; are-Backache, Biliousness, Cold
Hands ard Feet, Dizziness, Hot Flashes,
Fluttering Sensation, Painting, Headache,
Hysteria, Irritabiity of the Heart, Mean-
choly, Failing Memory, PaIpitation, Rheu-
matism, Short Breath, Sleeplessness, Ner-
vons Dyspepsia, Sexual Debility, Fits, etc.
Rev. G. A. CARROLL, pastor First Baptist
Church, Yellow Springs, o., writes as follows:
al have used DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine
for the past six months. l find it acts like
a charm on the whole nervous system.
have not found its equal in giving immediate
relief. DR.. Miles little Nerve and Liver
Pills only need a trial and they will recon.
mend themselves to be the best pills in the
market"
"For five years have suffered from Ner-
vGus Prostration, | was unable to work or
sleep. The first dose of DR.. Miles, Restora-
tive NerVine gave me relief, and one thou.
sand dollars would not cover the good it has
done me."-JOHN MINCHER, Youngs.
Lown, Ohio.
Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine is un.
'quaIled in CURING Nervous Diseases. 1t
no opiates or dangerous drugs. Sold
IN a positive guarantee by all druggists, or
Dr.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-06-30

The heaviest income tax ever levied
by n civilized government was that i'm
posed upon the people of the United
States in 1864, when, perhaps for the
first time In human history, patriotism
was so strong passion that men re-
ally paid tax which they might have
evaded, A. r. Stewards income tax in
one year was $4,000. being 15 per cent
of his Income. one millionaire OF Chi
cago who, alarmed at the long contin-
uance Of the war, so disposed of his
wealth abroad that for one fiscal year
II yielded no income, gave true ac-
count of his affairs to the collector and,
In accordance with the latter's advice,
paid in full tax estimated on his in
come OF the year before.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-06-30

In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for the County of Clatsop.
r. N. Carnahan plaintiff VS.. f. j..
Goodenough defendant.
BY virtue of an execution and order
of sale issued out of and under the
seal of the above entitled court in the
above entitled cause on the 25th day
of May, 1898, upon a judgment duly
made and rendered therein on the 22d
day of May, 1893, which said execution
and order of sale was to me directed
and delivered, / did on the 9Th day of
claim and interest of the within named
cribed real estate, to-wit: Block for
ty-five (45, and the west one-half of
block forty-seven (4O, of the part of
Upper Astoria as laid out and recorded
by John Adair in Clatsop county, Or
egon, and shall on Monday, the 10th
day of July, A. D., 1898. at the hour of
10 o'clock a. m, of said day in front of
the county court house door, in the
city of Astoria, in said county and
state, proceed to sell the same or so
much thereof as shall be sufficient to
satisfy the sum of $151. 40 with interest
thereon at the rate of 10 per cent. per
annum from April q, 1898. and the
further sum of S2215 costs and dis
and the accruing costs on
this suit at public auction to the high
est bidder for cash in hand in United
States gold coin at time of sale.
II. A. SMITH.
Sheriff of Clatsop County. Or.
Dated Astoria, Or, June 6, 1898.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-06-30

1t Is remarked that the armed nations
with the great navies, were intensely
courteous toward the United States In
not sending to the Columbian re-
view any Of the enormous battle-ships
of which the finest examples are in
English, French, German and italian
fleets. other reasons than those Of
courtesy may have been controlling.
The twelve and fourteen thousand ton
ships are clumsy as was so terribly
evidenced by the recent sinking of the
Victoria off the coast Of Syria, and they
are not comfortable on the Atlantic.
They draw so much that their move
ments, even in New York waters,
would have been restricted. They are
ugly, uncouth-looldng monsters. They
nre so ponderous that they are maneu-
vered with difficulty. They are encum-
bered with guns of extravagant dimen-
sions, and It is not certain but they are
gigantic failures for war purposes.
And as for q show. none Of the great
British ironclads are handsome like the
Blake.