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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

-Hoarhound Candy: Boil a handful
OF hoarhourd in pint of water Put
two pounds of sugar in kettle, pour
the water over and boil until brittle.
Pour in buttered dishes; when partly
cool mark off in squares-Ohio Farmer.
Chocolate Filling: Boil together
two cupfuls of white sugar and two
thirds of a cupful of sweet milk or
water until it is s.ropy' Then re-
move from the fire and stir constantly
until cool The grated square of choc.
olate may be stirred through the FROST
ing or sprinkled over each LAYER of the
cake--Housekeeper
-Deviled Shrimps: Drain a pint of
shrimps and chop exceedingly fine; add
the crumbs of three thin slices of fresh
bread, a heaping tablespoonful of but
Ter, two beaten eggs, one quarter tea
spoonful OF black pepper; mash all to-
gether and press into pattypans. Strew
with bread crumbs and bake until light
brown.-dood Housekeeping.
-Savory Hash: Take equal quanti-
ties of brown lentils which have been
cooked and rubbed through colander
(they should be quite dry and chopped
cold potato. Season with salt and a
very little powdered sage. Pour lit
tie boiling water in a stew-pan, add
the potato and lentil, and reheat, STIR
ring SO as thoroughly to mix the whole.
Good Health.
Potato Soup: Pare and boil eight
large. mealy potatoes. When thorough
ly done, remove from the pot, mash
nh nd 70 1,n
pot Chop fine one small onion, add it;
ten minutes later add half a pint of
sweet milk. Rub one teaspoonfu1 of
flour in two of butter and stir into the
soup; add also little chopped parsley.
season to taste.-Chicago Ledger.
Fig Pudding: Beat two eggs very
light; add gradually one cup of sugar
and beat again, then add very slowly
one and half cups of milk. Chop
fine a half a pound of figs and half a
pound of beef suet, add two heaping
cups of soft bread crumbs 1.-THE inside
of bakers stale loaf is preferably,
mix these ingredients together with
one teaspoonful of salt. and add the
first mixture. Pour into buttered
mold, steam for three hours and serve
with creamy sauce. - Farm and Fire
side.
Banana Pudding: Beat two eggs
until light, add half pint of sweet
milk, then slowly stir in two cups of
-four, beat rapidly two minutes, add
two tablespoonfuls of melted butter.
half a teaspoonful of salt and a heap
ing teaspoonful of baking powder.
Have ready prepared four bananas,
peeled, sliced and sprinkle flour over
them, stir into the batter carefully, so
as not to break the slices, turn into a
buttered pudding-dish, set it in a
steamer over kettle of boiling water,
steam one and one-half hours; serve
with sauce.-Boston Budget.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23
A Neglected Fodder Crop.

Peas are an excellent food for miieh
cows, or for hogs Take . piece of fall
plowlng and harrow it we'll to make a
good seed bed. Sow broadcast two and
dGe-half bushels of the small Canada
peas, or three bushels of marrowfats.
and plow under four or five inches
The pea is a deep-rooted plant and
should be put well down. Sow ON top
of the ground one bushel of oats to
hold the peas up. For hogs they come
in as a green forage after clover, and
may be cut with scythe, and thrown
in to them, or a movable fence may be
put around a small portion of the field
Good success has been obtained by put
ting the peas and oats in the silo. Or
they may be cut and cured, threshed
and ground into meal. Try two or
three acres as an experimen. the conn
ing spring. America Agricuiturist
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AN EXCELLENT SCHEME.

A CalIfornian's Plan Of Numbering Coun-
try Houses.
A practical method of numbering
country houses and making country
roads has been established in Contra
Costa county, Cal This method-known
as the Textbook system-has received
countrywide attention and sanction.
Besides the great convenience which
the system has given the residents OF
Contra Costa county, it bids fair to be
one of the greatest aids in the further
ance of free rural delivery that has yet
been suggested. The plan was devised
by A. L. Bancroft and was carried out
by private citizens, officials giving their
appreciation as soon as the new scheme
was seen to be successful.
In this Textbook system the roads
are first named, there being as little
change made as possible as they pass
through different towns. The numbers
begin at the county seat or on branch
roads at the end nearest to it The roads
are measured and blocked off, there be-
ing ten Imaginary blocks of 52s feet
each to the mile. These have only
frontage, not depth or thickness. The
numbering is in order from the court
house or county seat, the even numbers
on the right and the odd upon the left
side. The same mum bering is observed
whether the blocks are occupied or not.
thus providing for the building OF
houses on vacant lots. Where more
than one house occurs in block, the
alphabet is brought into use as 101 a,
1O1 b. etc. There are twenty road
mum bers to the mile. On the fence or
post marking division of blocks the
numbers are placed on either side of a
line showing the division. On the right
the post is marked 1021104: on the left
10111o3. At the end of each mile, or
ten blocks, an Y is printed inside a
circle The half-mile is indicated by a
V in semi-circle.
BY this exact division it is very SIM
pie matter to calculate the distance.
AS there are two numbers in each
block, divide the house numb ers by
two, which will give the number of
blocks from the starting point There
being 10 blocks to the mile, divide this
result by 10 or point off one decimal
and the distance in miles and tenths is
shown If house number is odd. add
one to complete the block before divid-
ing by two. The accompanying cut
shows section of Contra Costa road
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23
THE JONES FAMILY.
II. Jones Gives Ars. Jones = Lesson In
4ty1a

Lrs Jones Gives Hrs. Jones Lesaou In
styla
Marie. said Mr.. Jones, as his wife
came in with her street suit ON. .sI
woader 1t you wearing a train to YOUR
dress Seems to me you used. to have
more sense
1t isn't my fault, Jeptha." said Mrs.
zones IN q discouraged way, goodness
Knows don't want to go about drag
KING the hem of my best gown in the
nnd It's the dressmaker's fault She
would have it So"
"H'mi I'd like to see that Dress
maker. I'd give her a piece of INV
mind. What right has she to dictate
what you should or should not wear?n
Oh. she said it would ruin her bust
ness to make a short dress when trains
were worn. She wanted it ever so
much longer, but j, insisted ON a mod
crate length. You don't know any,
thing about the trial woman has to
get dress made in the way she wants
II done" said Mrs Jones, breathlessly.
That's where you're weak I'd smile
TO see a man giving mp that way to his
taller" said Mr.. Jones, ST just would.
I've ordered . coat made to suit me.
Keep your eyes peeled, Maria, and see
II my tailor puts in any frills or furbe-
lows didn't order. I think see him. {"
1t was Sunday morning when Mr.
Jones received his new coat, much to
his chagrin, as he had spent all Satur-
day evening lying in wait for it at the
front door. He got into it in hurry,
for he wanted to wear it to church.
"How does it ft?" he said anxiously,
as he struggled into it.
We'll. should say, through lost to
sight. to memory DEAR Why that coll
lar is above your ears, and the cuffs are
over your hands Jeptha, that coat was
never made for you"
Wasn't it?'' snarled Mr.. Jones; stper-
haps you'd like to wear it yourself,
Mrs Jones? What's the matter with
this coat?" asked Jones, defiantly, as
he seized his tall hat and placed it on
his head. But that coat collar rose up
and foored the hat, and Mr. Jones said
word that had several consonants in
it, and Mrs Jones laughed till she
cried. .
Mice conduct for Sunday morning"
sneered Jones, rolling his coat collar
down and his sleeves up in a pugilistic
way; IF you think this coat is a misfit,
you're mistaken, that's ALL
81 suppose It's the fashion to have
coat sleeves trail, remarked Mrs Jones,
as she stuffed her handkerchief into
her mouth to keep from laughing
"Oh, you think you're smart" said
Jones, in a rage. Then he took the
coat off and kicked it into the closet
The next morning heointerviewed his
tailor, and the costs in the assault and
battery case which followed would
have kept Maria in pin-money for a
year. But Mr.. Jones says no tailor can
monkey with his clothes and live to
brag of it-Detroit Free Press
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

There is movement on foot to
raise among Americans enough money
20 erect q memorial to Keats in the par
isb church Of Hampstead. London, near
the place where the poet made his last
English home, where he met and loved
Fanny Browne. and wrote the lode to
= Nightingale The memorial will be
the portrait bust of Keats, by Miss
Anne Whitney, supported by a bracket
designed by win Il. Low. and the en-,
tire expense win probably not exceed
$500 Among others who are interes.ea
A the me morial are Prof. Charles Eliot
Morton, Mrs Alice Freeman Palmer,
Nrs. Annie Fields T. II Aldrich, x ".
Glider and r. w. Parsons.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23
A LITTLE TOO STEEP.

His Great Air was Larger than His
Pocketbook.
The know-all young man from "a
sprightly country town stepped up to
the register in q Detroit hotel, and put
down his name, about the same time
the porter put down his satchel
ST understand" he said with a great
air, ''that this is the SWEETEST hotel in
town."
That's its reputation" replied the
clerk with meeknesa -
Very good. That's what I'm look
ing for. Now. can get q room hereY'
Certainly. What kind of a room do
you wish?''
The guest looked hurt
y 1.-The best you have in the house, of
course"
The clerk bowed acquiescence.
John" he said to the porter, stake
the rgentleman's satchel to number
twelve"
by the way" inquired the gentle
man with an Indifferent air, show
much day will it beg"
Twenty-Five dollars" said the clerk
with little smile.
.sW-what?n gasped the guest losing
for the instant his balance.
twenty-five dollars" the clerk re-
peated slowly. =
The young man took a brace on him
self quick.
Can I have It as long as L please at
that price?" he inquired with ESQ much
GOODNESS that the clerk was staggered
and lost his smile
Certainly, SIR" he responded with
his former meekness.
..Well, I'll take it for just half SEC
ond; make ont my bill and give me a
room higher in the house and lower in
the price, aud the clerk was SO pleased
with the way he came down off his
perch that he let him have a two-dollar
room for half the money.-Detroit Free
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23
Postage stamps for Seals.

Americans who chance to receive let
tiers from Russia are usually surprised
to find the foreign postage stamp on
their envelope u sed as a seal-afhxed,
that is to say. to the center of the side
opposite to that ON which the address
is written. Sometimes Russians set
thing in the United States continue the
practice acquired mt home. much, of
course, to the annoyance of Uaited
States post office ofhc ials- A case of
this kind occurred recently in New
York state, but it was explained quite
inadequately by writer in The
World" who alleged that the colonists
sealed their letters with the postage
stamps because communications from
the United States were usually opened
in the Russian post Offices before being
delivered As q matter OF fast, the
habit is diffused all through Russia.
and simply means that distrust OF the
imperial post Office in thatocountry is
yidespread.-FreeR Russia
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23
wora out Every Day

application, exposure, close confinement at
the desk or the loom, thousands who fail to
recuperate their waning strength give inn
before their time. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is the finest, most thorough recup-
orator of failing vigor, the surest protector
against the host of ailments which travel in
the wake of declining strength. Indigestion.
malaria, rheumatic, nervous, liver and
bowel trouble give in to the Bitters.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

THERE are a large number of hygienic
physicians who claim that disease is always
the result of a transgression of Natures
laws. The proprietors of Garfield Tea are
both physicians, and have devoted years to
teaching the people how to avoid sickness
by following Natures laws. They give
away with every package of Garfield Tea a
little book which they claim will enable all
persons. if directions are followed, to avoid
sickness of all kinds, and to have 10 need
for Garfield Tea Or any other medicine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23
loved Rat.

Prison Missionary-Ah, yrp hess
pet, see-
Convict-Yes-this rat feeds him
every day. think more o. that ere
rat than any other livin' creature
Missionary-Ah. in every man there's
something of the angel left, ii one can
only find it How came you to take
such fancy to that rat?
Convict-He bit tn leeper.-N. Y
WeelxIx 80
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

A FAR-FETcHED SToRY.-Willie Wilt
ssWhat do you think of our friend Spynne's
writingsa Don't you think he carries re-
ahsm too far!', Maid Marian-s.Dec
He told me the other day that he had had to
walk thirty miles to lind publisher.
Truth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

STUDENTS, Teachers {maie or female),
employment, should not fail to write to B.
F. johnson & Co., Richmond, Va. Their
great success shows that they have got the
true ideas about making money. They can
show you how to employ odd hours profit
ably.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23
YOU

Can obtain large handsome Burlington
Route Map of the United States, mounted
and suitable for the home or the Office, by
sending 10 cents in postage to D. o. Ives,
Gent Pass. & TSt. Agt., st. Louis, No.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23
YOU

on Route Playing Cards by sending Is
cents in postage to d. o. Ives, sGer'1 Pass.
& Tiki, Agt, St Louis. Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

THAT will do for the present. as the
young man remarked when he paid for
box of cheap candy for his sweetheart's
birthday gift--Philadelph ia Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

UNREAsoNABLE.-Dime Museum Manager
WHATS that Internal racket upstairss'
India Rubber man fell
down and broke his leg, and he's kicking
because they're carrying him out on
stretcher.n-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

IT'S hard to say what the politics of the
man in the moon are. Sometimes the moon
is wet and sometimes it's dry. Then, again,
it is periodically full N. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

81 AM inclined to Think said the Mig
which had been taken in of the pasture
THAT the pen is far better than the sward. u
-Indiauapois journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

An upright judge needn't be ashamed of
his sentences even in the presence of the
strictest grammarians.-Troy Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

.'WEAr is pillage, papas" ''It is charging
son. It is very lucrative business"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

MRS MuscAvApo-'.Tne Newriches are
people who don't know whosthelr grandpar-
ents were.'' Mrs. Rockoil-.Oh yes, they
dc, but they hope that TO one else does"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

WIEN a man inherits portion of
goodly estate he has no trouble in finding
people ready to stake his part."-Youkers
Gazette.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

3 BEEcuAM's Pills cure sick headache, dis
ordered liver, and act like magic on the
vital organs. For sale by all druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

"A BRUSH with the enemy as the fox re-
marked when he left his tail in the trap
Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

MUDGE-ssThomrs son called me an i'll OF. y
Yah >iey-.tY on needn't mind that Thomp-
son always does exaggerate more or less" ~
Indianapolis Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

THROAT DISEASES commence with q Cough,
Cold. or Sore Throat. "Broic,'s Bronchial
Troches'' give immediate relief. Sold sniy t.s
boxes. Price Is cts. b
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

THE economical houseE1ald is an artist to
a certain extent. She draws the purse
strings '-Boston Courier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

THE ''hew and cry'' is generally raised by
the BOY who has to chop up the stove wood.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

"WHY do you call Jemson crcdulouss'
because he gets to believing his own
statements S
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23
A Certain Cure for Asthma

to afford instant relief and cures where
nothing else will. SamDlc free By mall Col
L1Ns Bios. MEDICINB Co., st. Louis, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23
John LEWIS chlLDS, Floral Park, Queens Co.. N. Y

; ~ ss 1922 s e;
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

You are the only person who can help
him with the one. Be BY his bedside
when he wakes; make him know that
you love him; make him feel, most of
all, strongest of all. thst you respect
him, honor him. and you mustn't lose
any time in doing that He hasn't
strength for doubt or delay After
that. tell him all, all. Now, Miss Van
Etten, don't misunderstood me: you
viii have nothing for which TO re-
preach yourself if he dies-indeed.
fully and confidently expect TO come
in the morning and End him dead:
but, if anyone can save him. you
can; if he is to be saved, you must do
it."
Call me Lucille" she repeated.
groaned "a weak, quavering,
whispering sort of groan.
Tiff you knew al. Lucille" /
whispered.
II know all. And everything is ali
right-just as it should be. There
was an error made. Of course, though
/ cannot bring myself TO quite decide
who should have the credit of it-Carl
Wyndham or George Ryder. But il Is
the most fortunate mistake / ever
heard of, for it has saved your fathers
name, and-and-brought us together
out of the horror OF separation. Mr..
Br:nkler had visited your land; he
knew the sort of investment it would
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

lIness and candor. down TO its difident
resting place upon her breast Not a
word had been said of love-not in
English-not pledge asked nor a
promise given; but in the older Ian
guage, the language in which soul
speaks to soul though lips be silent.
we had plighted our troth. She was
as much ,mine-I hers-as though our
promises of mutual faith had been
written on paper and sworn to, instead
of having gone ont in glances-with 4
quiclSened pulse and a deepened color
to attest them.
opened my lips at last 10 speak.
This is a modern age, and that the
modern way. And servant, hurry
ing down the path, had that in his ag-
Or;Ged face which crucifed the words
i would have spoken and sent the
frightened blood back To my laboring
heart in suffocating load
Hurry, CARL" he gasped; ''for Gods
sake-hurry, say-your-father
-is-dying,"
What a look Lucille gave me. The
memory of il alone would be worth be-
ing born into the world for-worth the
agony Of dying out of Il to win. There
was much in it-much TO think of and
sender over in the many slecpless
aights that were coming; much 10 re-
joice ct and To thank God FOR; much To
keep man from utter despair, and
his feet from the black road toward
which despair ever points. Bat the
end of the glance was mingled renunci-
alton and command-comman that L
Aurrr.- She gave her arm 10 the Sery-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

| Heath and the night of my unhappy IN
terview with Gen. Lawrence Van Et-
ten had reached the age of twenty
| one years. / was man. I was ready
to face life for myself. And, according
to the scheduled values of the several
items of my fathers estate, counted
against the definite claims fled against
it, could seek the hand of Lucille Van
Etten, with the approval Of her father.
when had earned S41s, 1866. SIS.
When had figured the matter up to
my satisfaction, If that is the possibly
correct word to use when man isn't
satisfied at all. I thought of several
things. There was the thought of
running away with Lucille and marry
ing her whether her father was will
ing or not; but knew she would never
aisobey him in the matter, and / felt
that it would have shaken my love for
her to have found that she would So
that solution of my life's problem was
out Of the question. There was the
thought of definitely and finally giving
Lucille up, coupled with the idea of
making the act irrevocable-if could
find any good woman who would marry
me under the circumstances. but had
rather die than do that. I thought of
going to work to pay off the debt,
hopeful and sturdy and patient under
all the disappointments that might
come, bet 1 called myself a fool for
thinking of such thing; with such a
load as the final settlement would
leave when the property would be
finally sold in December, a fellow with
his legal education not yet completed
would find the interest alone, year by
year, more than he could pay. l
thought of repudiating the whole
thing; legally the responsibility was
not mine. could wait until Lucille's
father should die-and then
Well, knew Lucille very well. knew
how she believed in every conclusion,
every thought, every idea possessed by
her father. I knew that his grave
would be wider barrier between us
than his living determination could be.
For the living voice might soften, the
living heart might relent. But death
would built wall that would be
eternally impossible. l thought of
suicide. No mere man, in my place,
could have avoided the thought. 1t
would have seemed natural to many,
easy to some, to have shut the open
door of manhood and to have dragged
open the CHASTITY gates of death. But
l put the thought away. l did not
even consider it ser. ously. EAnd l don't
know-I am not sure-just why / re-
jected the idea. l am uncertain
whether l shrank from it because it
would have been cowardlv-or because
l was too great q coward to go that
way!
threw myself into Woodwork. 1t
is the most blessed thing a kind God
has given to the men who must live in
a world in which sin and suffering eX-
list; the curse that followed sin-the
most fitting punishment Omnipotence
could devise-has proven a balm-a