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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

THE prospect for a good price for
dairy products this winter seems good.
LOOSE methods or no method at all
and scrub cows make big leak on the
farm.
THE COW that has nothing but a
burnt up pasture to feed on ought not
to be expected to yield profit.
MAKE good butter and send it to a
city market. There is no money in
selling butter at the country store
DOES grain raising pay you? Well,
no. Then why not try dairying? That
has been found to pay when the price
of grain was much better than now.
MILK is now in disfavor with some
of the doctors for feeding infants. They
say that disease so often comes from
sickly cows that it is dangerous Any
body who tries can get healthy milk.
THE best COW bred is none too good
for the farmer who will take good care
of her. 1t is the farm dairy that pro-
duces most of the butter and the farm
dairy should be fully equipped with all
modern improvements, including the
best COW. But the COW . is only a
machine She must have good care like
any other machine, or she will wear
out before she should. and not be able
to do the work that she does do as eff
GENTLY as she mig ht-Farmers' Voice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet-l
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by moro 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 tho
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence 10 due to it, presenting,
IN the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; efectually cleansing the systemr
dispelling colds, headaches and ifevcrD
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 is for sale by all Drug
gists in Soc and 81 bottles, but il 10 man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Ngs.
and being well informed, you will mot
accept any substitute If offered.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

"A little kerosene oil in the water
with which You clean your windows
makes them take a much higher polish
and makes much easier work of that
bane of a housekeepe-'s life, window
cleaning.
-Leaky Wash Boilers "A leaky
wash boiler may be used for months.
Before putting water into it, dry wheat
flour should be carefully smoothed
down inside over the leak and some
water dashed on this. Not a drop of
water will penetrate the -four.
Pork Pie: Make raised crust of one
pound of -four, one-fourth pound Of
butter, one-half cupful of hot milk,
scattering one-fourth pound of bits Of
butter or lard over paste in rolling out.
Line small dish-or small dishes
pinching a fold around the bottom.
Fill with little pieces of seasoned
pork and cover with gashed paste,
rubbing crust with egg, and bake
Good Housekeeping.
Apple Ginger: Two pounds of hard
apples. two pounds of loaf sugar and
one and one-half pints of water, one
half ounce of tincture of ginger.
Boil sugar and water till it forms
rich sirup, adding ginger when it boils
up. Pare, core and cut apples into
pieces, dip them in cold water to pre-
serve color, and boil In the strip till
transparent. Be careful not to let
break. Put the pieces of apples into
jars. pouring the sirup over them, and
carefully exclude the air by covering
WELL If kept in dry place it will re-
main good some time.-Detroit Free
Press.
Fried Liver and Bacon: Calves liver
is much more tender and delicate than
beefs liver. and hence is higher priced.
but will be found enough better to pay
for difference N price. Fry first few
slices of bacon and take them up to
prevent their crisping while the liver
is being cooked. Prepare the liver by
rolling it in -four after seasoning with
salt and pepper; then, while the fat is
very hot, lay it in the pan and cook
quickly but onot SO as to scorch or
harden it. When crisp and nicely
Drowned on both side take up, arrange
the slices of bacon around it, thicken
the gravy and pour it over the liver
and bacon.-Orange Judd Farmer.
-Blanc-Mange: Make cake with
one cupful of sugar. one of milk, one
we'll beaten egg, a pinch of salt, two
teaspoonfuis baking powder and two
cupfuls of flour. Beat this cake we'll
and pour it in square low tin to bake.
To make the custard, heat four cupfuls
of milk in a rice boiler or a pail set in
a kettle of water; before it boils pour
one cupful of it on three eggs beaten
with one cupful of sugar and three
teaspoonfuls of corn starch; then pour
all together and cook until it thickens.
Flavor with vanilla. When this is to
be served the cake is cut into small
squares, one of which is put on a saucer
or individual pudding dish. A spoon
full of nice jelly is put on each square
of cake, then the custard is poured
around it.-Prair;a GARNER
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
FILTERS FOB clsTERNs.
Those Made OF Charcoal or Soft Brick
Are the Cheapest.

Those Made OF Charcoal or Soft Bricks
Are the Cheapest.
To make charcoal cistern filter,
build partition wall across the els
tern, dividing it into two compart-
ments. one occupying two-thirds of the
entire space and the other the remain
ing third, and leave number of holes
near the bottom of this wall about four
on both sides with not less than two
coats of cement mortar. Fill the
smallest side of the partition wall
with charcoal; then in the other side
place about two feet in depth of coarse
sand. Let the water run in on the
charcoal It will pass down through
this under the partition wall and up
through the sand. It will then be very
pure. For brick filter, build a wall
across the center of soft brick, cement
ed at the connections. Run the water
in on one side and pump out from the
other. Or build square chimney-like
fue for the pump to stand in. The
water percolates through the soft
bricks, which take out impurities.
Where the cross partition is used
make it little concave, say sixteen
inches in six feet. The convex side of
this wall must be toward the side
which receives the water and the con-
cave toward the pump side. This gives
it strength against sudden showers
The end of the partition wall must be
strongly worked into the side walls
and the whole carried up SO high that
the water will never overflow it.
1t is an excellent plan to have water
as it comes from the roof go through
screen before reaching the cistern.
Make a box and place at the mouth OF
the cistern, covering the bottom with
wire gauze. Have lid which will
easily permit cleaning the cistern.
Also arrange the conductor SO as to-
prevent the first water from the roof
going into the cistern. more especially
after a long dry spelL-Orange Judd
Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
AN IMPROVED ROAD.

Scene on new county road (Telford) between
Elizabeth and Plain6sld, N. J. An immense
wagon traffic is carried on over this road since
its completion two years ago, and one team can
easily haul a load of four tons over its surface
From photograph
such an extent as TO create fictitious
values.
Here are some of the instances in
proof:
In 1888 the property on the road from
Elizabeth to Plaintield, commonly
known as Westfield avenue, was Of
fered for sale at $40 per front foot,
some of it within the city limits, sew
cred. curbed and improved AS soon
as this county road was finished it
went up to $50, and is rapidly being
built up. wa '.'Es
Senator John r. Mcpherson pur-
chased about one hundred and twenty
five acres just outside the city line, and
contemplates opening new streets,
paving and improving them and build
ing on them large number of fine
houses at once. 80
Between the senator's property and
Lorraine are two farms. One was
bought for $4,000 just before the roads
We're built; no Improvements have been
since put upon it, and the owner de-
clines $50, 900 for it. It contains twenty
acres. The owner of the second farm
has been offered over 1000 an acre for
it but declines to sell at that price.
Next comes Lorraine, the first of the
new railroad stations. In August,
1891, tract of thirty-six acres was
bought by a syndicate for $4,000. 1t
has been divided up into building
lots and sold for about SO, 900, and
about twenty-five cottages, some of
them very pretty, now stand on these
lots. Three acres adjoining this tract
We're sold for $4,000 after property be-
gan to feel the effects of the roads. and
have since been sold again at an ad-
vance of 800 per cent.
On the south side of the railroad
track another tract of thirty-six acres
was opened up last year. It was bought
for sci, O0O 1t is divided into lots sell
ing at $3.50 to $500 each, and will proba-
bly, net the owners $50, 900.
The second station was built to &C.
commodate property owners of Aldene,
just west of Roselle. This tract was
farm of about sixty acres, and was
bought for $50 an acre after the roads
were built; and the price was then con-
sidered big. It has since been sold off
in building lots, realizing about 81, 500
per acre, and the capitalists have pur-
chased two hundred more acres in the
same locality, and are realizing on it
at about the same ratio. Houses are
being built on both tracts, and the pros
poets favor the rapid improvement Of
all the lots-Good Roads .ta
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
Small Fruits ON the Farm.

Why do not farmers raise more small
fruits? No one who owns land can
offer a reasonable excuse why he
should not raise small fruit No one
family out of 20 on an average raises
enough small fruit to hardly have a
taste, while good many do not raise
any at all. A few rods of ground should
be set off for small fruit garden and
planted to strawberries, gooseberries,
blackcaps. blackberries, currants, etc.
These few rods of land, with few dol
lars expended in good, choice and we'll
selected varieties, would give the FAM
ily a selection of the most delicious
and heaithiest of all food.-Green's
Fruit Grower.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
Work In the Garden.

In a valuable article on selecting
and planting shrubs in Garden and
Forest. it is urged that preparation in
the planting should be commenced at
1once, although apparently early in the
season. The ground should be thorough
ly prepared this fall dug deep, trenched
if possible, filed in with good loan
ANA properly drained when needed.
Where this has been done, and the
ground has been all winter firmly set
Ting, it can be worked much earlier in
the spring and planting much better
done Results from this preparation
will be seen in more vigorous growth,
more luxuriant foliage and more abund-
ant flowers and fruit There is no
work in the garden which pays better
in the long run than thorough prepare
ton of the ground at this season for
the trees and shrubs which are to be
placed in it the following year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05

The common roads of country are
at once the means and measure of its
civilization. writes John Gilmer Speed
in an exchange. Without means of
communicating easily and quickly from
one part of a country to all other parts
there can be no very widespread civil
ization in that country. Neighbor-
hoods and states separated from each
other by natural barriers or bad roads
stagnate in loneliness and are seldom
awakened by common impulses Of SYM
pathy. 1T is doubtful indeed" says
Prof. Sha1er, of Harvard, whether
sound democracy, depending as it does
On close and constant interaction Of the
local life, can we'll be maintained in a
country where the roadways put
heavy tax on human intercourse"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
A Matter Of Health.

Housekeepers family realize tie
danger of an indiscriminate use of the
numerous baking powders nowadays
found upon every hand, and which are
urged upon consumers with such per
sistency by peddlers and many grocers
on account of the big profits made in
their sale. Most of these powders are
made from sharp and caustic acids and
alkalies which burn and inlame the
alimentary organs and cause indiges-
ton, heartburn, diarrheal diseases,
etc. Sulphuric acid, caustic potash,
burnt alum, all are used as gas-produc-
ing agents in such baking powders.
Most housekeepers are aware of the
painful effects produced when these
chemicals are applied to the external
flesh. How much more acute must be
their action upon the delicate internal
membranes! Yet INSCRIPTIONS manu-
facturers do not hesitate to use them,
because they make a very low-cost
powder, nor to urge the use of their
powders so made, by all kinds of allur-
ing advertisements and false repre-
sentations- ALI the 1ow-priced or So
called cheap baking powders, and all
powders sold with gift or prize, be-
long to this class.
Baking powders made from chemical
ly pure cream of tartar and bi-carbon-
ate of soda are among the most useful
of modern culinary devices. They not
only make the preparation of finer and
more delicious cookery possible, but
they have added to the digestibility
and wholesomeness of our food. But
baking powders must be composed of
such pure and wholesome ingredients
or they must be tabooed entirely.
DIR. Edison, Commissioner of Health
of New York, in an article in the DOC
tor of Hygiene" indicates that the ad-
vantages of good baking powder and
the exemption from the dangers of
tic chemicals are used, are to be Sc
Powder exclusively, and he recon-
mends this to all consumers. The
Royal" he says, contains nothing but
cream of tartar and soda refined to
chemical purity, which when combined
under the influence of heat and mois-
ture produce pure carbonic, or leaven-
ing, gas. The two materials used,
cream of tartar and soda, are perfectly
harmless even when eaten, but in this
preparation they are combined in ex-
act compensating weights, SO that
when chemical action begins between
them in the dough they practically dis
appear, the substance of both having
been taken to form carbonic acid gas"
Hence it is, he says, that the Royal
Baking Powder is the most perfect of
all conceivable agents for leavening
purposes.
1t seems almost incredible that any
manufacturer or dealer should urge
the sale of baking powders containing
injurious chemicals in place of those
of a well-known, pure, and wholesome
character simply for the sake OF few
cents pound greater profit; but since
they do, a few words of warning seem
to be necessary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
How a Boston Man Saw . su, Spot.

A Boston man living out in the
suburbs has discovered fact that
may interest a good many persons dur
ing the present sun spot period What
he found was that it is quite possible
to see the larger spots that appear or
the suns surface without glass or Lens
of any kind. The shutters of the OBJ
servers house happened to be closed
and through a tiny hole near the top
of them a beam of sunlight found its
way to the foor. There it left an
image clear and round, tinged at the
circumference with a fringe of blue nd
orange. The whole appearance OF the
beam as projected reminded the specta-
tor of the image of the sun taken on
paper through a telescope, and he got
: sheet of white note paper in order to
test his surmise. The result confirmed
f. A beautiful round image of the
sun fell on the paper. and near the
center thereof could be seen blush
scot. which moved about with the
image whenever the paper was shifted.
The bluish-colored object was verits-
he sun spot, and the observer watched
a by the simple means described for
several days until the revolution OF the
Sun had carried it ont Of sight--Bos'
ton Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
Ironing Day.

Iron the starched clothes first, then
the bulky articles. The hand will be-
come tired in time, and if the light
pieces were taken first, there would be
no strength or spirit left to attack the
rest. The secret of rapid and successful
ironing is to have the clothes thoroughly
dampened and the irons very hot The
dampness prevents scorching, and with
the hot iron one. can make every pass
tell and do away with that muscle
wearying and Notwithstanding rub,
rub. rub, which is necessary to pro-
duce even an unsatisfactory result with
dry clothes and chilled irons.-Good
Health
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05

Syrup

William McKeekan, Druggist &C
B1oomingdale, Mich. "Ihave had
the Asthma badly ever since ! came
out of the army and though / have
been in the drug business for fifteen
years, and have tried nearly every
thing on the market, nothing has
given me the slightest relief until q
few months ago, when / used Boz
schee's German Syrup. ! am now
glad to acknowledge the great good
it has done me. lam greatly reliev-
ed during the day and at nightgo to
sleep without the least trouble" q
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
Manurinx the Orchard.

Whether an orchard be bearing or
not a summer application of manure
rarely fails to make it more pro-
ductive. If used as a top dressing there
is little loss The shade of the tree
will keep the manure from excessive
drying, and increases its value as
mulch If manure be applied early in
the spring it may make too large wood
growth. Stable manure for pear trees
should be applied in July or August. 1t
will then have time to rot before
danger of blight to the tree the follow
ing season. If put on in winter or
spring then the manure will be in
active fermentation just when the
danger from blight is the greatest
While stable manure may be best ap-
piled now it is better to apply mineral
fertilizers late in the winter or early
in spring, so that they may be dis
solved by rains and made available
during the summer.-Colman's Rural
World
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
OR light wood just large enough to slip
into the box from the front.

or light wood just large enough to slip
into the box from the front
Fasten at each of the four corners
stout piece of iron to support the box
some Or 10 inches above the stove.
This should be left open Cor the air to
circulate through to prevent the fruit
burning. A square of mosquito netting
should be tackled over the top to keep
out the flies and other insects when not
over the stove. Hang the door with
light hinges and strap of leather to
fasten over a nail or tack to hold the
door shut, and one has dryer that can
easily dry bushel of apples day, or
more if one attends to nothing else,
and by this dryer one does not run the
risk of losing the fruit if there does
come a wet spell. For drying sweet
corn the shelves will need covering with
mosquito net. This dryer cost s2.75
and it might have been made cheaper
but for having to send distance for
wire cloth.-Azalia, in N. E. Home
stead.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
ROADS IN NEW JERSEY.

What Good Highways Have Dene fol-
"HDiOn County.
The fact of the matter is simply this:
The rural property in Union, county
was not prior to 1883 on the market at
all 1t was held, of course, at nominal
value, but there were no purchasers.
The roads before being improved were
SO bad at times that grand juries
brought presentments and found indict-
ments against the road authorities on
the very thoroughfares now SO famous,
and the property along them was SIM
ply inaccessible at certain seasons of
the year. The moment the roads were
completed every foot of this property
came into market and prices went up
with marvellous rapidity, but not to
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
Sweet Peas for the Winter.

To secure a supply of sweet peas
next winter. fill a window box nearly
full of light soil that is free from
worms, as these often destroy the
roots The last of August put in the
seed planting them four inches deep.
They will not come up as quickly as
those sown just below the surface, but
the plants will be more thrifty. When
they are three inches high provide
them with wire netting to run upon,
and your Ia bors will soon be rewarded
with the pink and white blossoms
Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
Principles of Road Ma king.

The true principles of economic road
making may be summed up in the fol.
lowing lines: A firm. dry foundation,
sound materials laid on scientific prin-
ciples, proper and ample drainage OF
both road bed and surface, easy gradi-
ents, easy and natural curves, hard
and compact surface, free from all ruts
and depressions, with surface neither
too fat to prevent the flow of surface
water, nor too convex to be inconven-
tent TO trafic-Seymour Qnd) Repub-
Gcan.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
Saving from Good Roads.

The saving from good roads in the
transportation of farm products alone
would soon pay off every existing farm
mortgage; in three years it would ex-
tingnish our national debt. / wonder
if farmers know that good, permanent
roads increase the selling price Of land
in the neigh borhood TO an amount
greater than the cost OF the roads
Niles iMich.) Sun
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
CHEAP FRUIT DRYER.

1t Can BE Built for Two Dollars ana Sew
enty-Five Cents.
Procure dry goods box OF a size to
fit the top of the cook stove and some
20 or so inches tall. The taller it is
the more room for shelves. Take out
the bottom and one side, which will
make door, and on each of the oppo-
site sides nail strips of lath at the dis
lance of or inches as a support for
drying shelves. These should be of
galvanized wire cloth with mesh from
Il to - inch tackled to a frame of lath
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
A Mean Man.

Watts-Of course women have the
.noet firmuess of character. 1t is very
tseldom that you see woman taking
LrscL To drown her sorrows. while
.--ith the man It is the commonest thing
An the world.
Potts-No; the woman Ii AFRAID nef
hat would get awry II she got 'nsoAa'
cated.-Iudianapolis journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05

I'm the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries there were four theories of
education: The pietistic, which made
religion and morality the chief end;
the humanistic, which emphasized the
Importance of the ancient languages
and literature; the philanthropic. which
made philanthropy the basis of all ed
ucation; and the eclectic, which sought
to take what was best from each sys-
tenn, and especially devoted itself to
the training of neglected and unfortu-
nate classes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05

An Ambiguous Answer.-Jones-
''Well, Smith, did you propose to Miss
Airess last night?" Smith-"Yes, and
her answer was very ambiguous and
contradictory" Jones-''Why, what
did she say?" Smith-"She gave me
positive negative. Blade.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05

81 SHOULD te pleased to meat you," said
the hungry hunter to the antelope, which
stood just out of reach. mo, thank you,"
said the antelope; "pve too much at
steak"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
Warden Chase of the KanAas De,

Warden Chase of the Kan&as peni.
Tertiary says that the nnmber OF pris-
oners is rapidly decreasing. He went
into office May /. and the number is
one hundred less than at that time. and
is now falling off at the rate of forty
month. This is lower than it has beer
for MANY years.