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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08
TO COOK APPLES.

FRIED APPLEs.-The old-fashioned
way was to fry the peeled and sliced
apples in the fat of salt pork, and to
serve without sweetening as a sauce
for the meat.
BAKED APPLE SAUCE.-Pare and core
some fine tart apples, and bake slowly
in a pudding dish in the oven. The
sauce will be of a rich red color, and
should be kept covered till it is to be
used.
STEwED APPLEs.-Use nice tart fruit,
which is to be washed, peeled and
cored. Stew in a little water till soft,
press through colander or coarse
sieve, sprinkle very slightly with salt,
sweeten to taste and serve.
BOILED CIDER APPLE SAUCE.-Into a
gallon of sweet new cider, which has
been reduced one-ha1f by boiling. drop
quartered apples with sufficient sugar
to sweeten them, Let them boil slow
1y till tender. taking care that the ap-
plies do not scorch or break in pieces.
Good Housekeeping.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

-Boiied Apple Dumping: One quart
nour, one measure each acid and soda,
one teaspoonful salt. Rub into flour a
piece OF butter or nice lard size of an
egg ana two quarts finely chopped ap-
pie. Make into dough with sweet milk
Boil IN bag one hour and ten min
utes. Slice and serve with cream sauce
The water must be boiling when the
dumping IS put in and not allowed to
stop boiling an instant.-Farm and
Home
Snow Custard: Dissolve half box
of gelatine in a cup of cold water: add
one pint of boiling water, two cups of
sugar and the juice of lemon. Stir
until the sugar is dissolved Beat the
whites OF three eggs; add to the mix
lure when cold, spoonful at a time.
Mix carefully until thick, and pour in
small cups to mold. When firm, turn
out on large dish, and pour custard
Favored with vanilla around it. Serve
with white cake.-Western Rural.
cranberry Sauce: Wash one quart of
cranberries in warm water and pick
them over carefully. Put them in a
porcelain-lined kettle, with one pint of
sugar, and cook without stirring for
half an hour, turning them into molds.
This is the simplest method. They can
be strained through sieve and put in
bowls, forming a marmalade, which
can be cut in slices when cold; or the
berries can be crushed with a spoon
while boiling, but left unstrained.-
Farmers Voice.
Compete ct Oranges: Boil a pound
OF sugar in one and one-half pints of
water with the peel of eight oranges
cut very thin for nearly twenty min
utes, removing scum as it rises. After
the oranges are peeled, remove all the
white pith without breaking the inner
skin, divide them into quarters, and
put them into the sirup and let them
simmer for five or six minutes. Then
take them out carefully with skim
mer or spoon and arrange them in the
center of glass dish, piled one on the
other with the skin side downward.
Boil the sirup until thick, and when
cool pour carefully over the orange
quarters, and set them in cold place
until ready to serve--Boston Budget.
Mustard Pickle: One quart each
of small, whole cucumbers, large Gu
cumbers sliced, green tomatoes sliced
and small button onions, one large
caulifiOwer divided into fiowerets and
four green peppers cut fine. Make a
brine of four quarts of water and one
pint of salt, pour it over the mixture
of vegetables and let it soak twenty
four hours. Heat just enough to scald
1t and turn into a colander to drain.
Mix one cup of flour, six ia blespoon-
fuls of ground mustard and one table
spoonful of turmeric with enough cold
vinegar to make smooth passe, then
add one cup of sugar and sufficient
vinegar to make two quarts in all.
Boil this mixture until it thickens and
is smooth, stirring all the time, then
add the vegetables and cook until
well heated through. Orange Judd
Farmer.
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ABOUT eEEKEEPING.
In Experienced Apiarist Advises Begi
ners to Go Slowly.

In Experienced Apiarist Advises Begin
ners to Go Slowly.
/ am asked whether it pays to make
business of keeping bees, and find
it difficult to answer such a question
in as short a way as it is stated, for a
great many circumstances can have an
influence on the results Among these
influences, l may mention the ability
of the beekeeper to understand his
business. and to give to his bees the
necessary attention at the right time;
the location in which the hives will be
placed; the kind of hives to be used :,
etc. A great many persons imagine
that to keep bees successfully it is but
Necessary to locate them on quiet
spot, to watch them during the swarm
ing season, and to take the surplus of
their harvest. Such were, indeed, the
only conditions required before the in.
vention of the movable frame hives
an invention which afforded to the bee
keepers the means of studying more
carefully the habits of bees. to obtain
larger crops with less risks of losing
them in winter.
From the above, it follows that a
man who does not know the business
of keeping bees ought to begin eau
tiously with but few colonies, say,
two or three, and study the habits Of
bees in books at first; then, in verify
ing the teachings of the books, by
opening the hives and examining the
combs. and by watching outside the
going in and out of bees Such a
study will take at least one year. Then
if the apprentice beekeeper finds some
pleasure in the work he can buy a few
more colonies and increase their num-
Der either by natural or artificial
swarming, or by buying bees But l
advise him to go slowly.
The locality in which the bees are
kept has also large influence on the
honey crop, yet it is but question of
larger or smaller profits; for an apiary
surrounded with lindens. white clover,
or alfalfa. and bordered with cotton
lands covered with marshy flowers, has
better chance to succeed than any
other; but a skilled beekeeper can
have some success, even in a poor To-
cation.
Another stumbling block in bee
keeping is the kind of hive to use;
patented hives, for most of these ven
ders of patent hives do not know the
habits of bees, and sell inventions
more injurious than useful
AS beginners are inclined to risk as
little as possible, L think that have
to warn them against the use of small
hives, which require more work, more
feeding of bees for winter and spring
and do not give as good results as
larger ones. Although white clover is
our only resource, our crop can COM
pete for quantity with those of bee
keepers using small hives located in
more prosperous districts.
The conditions of success in bee
keeping. after the selection of the
hive. can be summed up in a few
words: To know what to do and to do
it in time.-Charles Dadant, in Prairie
Farmer.
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AMONG THE POULTRY.

BREED the kind of fowls you like:
best.
WHEAT. cracked corn, peas, rice and
oatmeal make good feed for pigeons.
A GOOSE cannot be at it's best unless
in clean quarters. What fowl or
animal can?
BETTER late than never. Get up
some earth for dust-bath purposes be-
fore it freezes up.
IF beginning in the poultry business
be sure you get healthy stock or eggs
from healthy stock.
GIVE the ducks an airy coop even if
it is low, and give them an occasional
fresh bed of clean straw.
TEMPT the appetite of the fowls you
have shut up for fattening. Give them
a variety; vegetables. grease, corn.
PLASTER or slaked lime sprinkled on
the poulty-house floor when cleaned
will help in cleanliness and healthful-
ness.
A LITTLE chopped fresh meat or q
little oil meal mixed in the morning
feed will help through the moulting
season.
If you are crowding poultry at fat
tening time clean out the troughs
each time after they have eaten. Feed
three times day if you wish but do
no keep food before them all the
while.
IF you have an idea that the poultry
business will run itself you are mis-
taken, and if you go into it with that
mistaken idea you will find to your
sorrow that you should have paid at
tention to it.
If your hen house has a stone or
plank floor keep it covered with earth.
sifted coal ashes or sand. If you use
the same room for a feeding place and
roosting also. sprinkle straw over the
earth so that fowls will have to scratch
for what grain they get.-Farm, Field
and Fireside.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08
ARTiChOKES FOR HOGS.

Two Dry Summers Have Established Their
Value As q Food.
The past two summers of extremely
dry weather have proved in our com
munity the great value of artichokes
as a crop for hogs They grow and
Weld we'll when other crops do not.
Neither rain nor drought Injuries their
growth and what is not used in fall or
winter is ready for spring use. as
freezing in the ground does not in
lure them. 1 have had them on my
farm four years, and would just as soon
do without my corn crop as my arti-
chokes The yield in good soil is from
eight hundred to a thousand bushels
per acre. They may be planted either
in spring or fall. The way feed them
is-when the frost has killed the stalk,
turn my hogs in and let them root
the tubers from the ground, and with
a little corn they fatten very fast. In
winter the brood sows and pigs do
well on them, when the ground is not
hard frozen. fence off a part OF the
crop for spring use. Here 1 turn in and
feed for spring market In the fall
nit \ large quantity for my cows,
calves and colts to feed during the
winter. Icultivate the White Jerusa'
lem variety. They are very large
tubers. and resemble in color and taste
the heart Of cabbage. After the first
planting there are always enough
tubers left in the ground to produce
the next crop.-EH Heston, In County,
Gentlemau-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08
ABOUT COLD STORAGE.
Great Value of the System and Its Present
Limitation

Great Value of the System and Its Present
Limitations.
The value of cold storage to both
producers and consumers can. hardly
overestimated. By its means thou
sands of cases of eggs and carloads Of
beef, fruit and butter are held and dis
tributed to he.trade as wanted instead
Of at times perishing for want of a
market.
Cold storage equalizes prices by pre-
venting either glut with its ruinous-
ly low prices or a dearth with its ruin
ously high prices-for one is about as
bad as the other. Cold storage has
stepped in like benefcent fairy and
balanced supplies.
But there is one thing which even
her fairy wand has failed to accom-
plish. Cold storage can be at the least
only temporary resort It is not de-
sirable for any length of time. Eggs
SO preserved become shrunken and
evaporated, butter will not keep I'M
less quite dry, and even then loses it's
delicate aroma, and meat, which has,
of all, so far most successfully with
stood the process, does not retain it's
finest flavor.
But fruits ire the hardest of all to
preserve. Some kinds of apples and
pears will keep quite well in cold stor-
age. Others deteriorate rapidly, while
peaches lose their flavor at once and
become worthless. ALI of which goes
to prove that the cold storage business
has its limits and cannot quite accom-
plish all that is often ignorantly
claimed for tn. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08
BRAID FOR TRIMMING.
Stylish Women Will Make Use of 1t to q
Large Extent.

Stylish Women Will Make Use of 1t to a
Large Extent.
There is every prospect that braid
will be very largely used during this
season, both on dresses and on coats.
The plain skirts will be trimmed with
either one very wide braid or three, or,
perhaps, five narrower, and for this
purpose military braid will be very
much in request. There are several
new makes of this, and one which is
made in imitation of lattice work is
rather a favorite. Sometimes the braid
will be carried up to the waist on either
side of the front, and the intervening
space filled in with double row of
enormous buttons, a trimming which
generally comes in with braid. 1t is
senseless kind of ornamentation,
and one which occasionally is ex-
tremely noisy, as. for instance, in
church, when the buttons are apt to
rattle against the front of the pew. A
new bodice lately turned out by a
French originator of modes has dou-
bic row of tiny buttons laid as trim
ming on the edges of the revers, on the
borders of the long, dropping epaulets.
and all round the basque; in fact, used
In eXactiy the same way thdt SequinS
have been utilized of late. The dress
itself was in a sort of yellowish gray,
and the buttons were in tone of terra
Gotta. All tastes have to be entered
for, an axiop to which we find our
selves reverting in endeavor to account
for some of the eccentric forms and pc
culiar trimming devised for the wear
of those to whom nature has withheld
a sense of the artistic.-N- Y Adver-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08
NOTES FOR THE WOVEN.

Miss HELEN PEEL, granddaughter Of
the famous English statesman, has
emulated Mrs Peary by taking an
Arctic voyage from England to the
Kara sea.
Miss ToMpKINs, of Kentucky, a very
clever young woman who has been act
ing as purchasing clerk fer the United
States supreme court, has been APP
pointed assistant marshal of the court.
Miss PAULINE WHITNEY, daughter of
ex-Secretary Whitney, is as much at
home in In belle langue of France as in
her mother tongue. She writes French
poetry, and contributes to the leading
French periodicals..
Mrs. WILLIAM HARVARD HART is pro-
viding magnificent new home for the
old library of Troy, N. Y. The plans
include, besides the reading-room,
magazine and newspaper rooms, and
three large art-galleries, stock-room
that will accommodate one hundred
thousand volumes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08
An Agricultural Pest.

Farmers are perpetually grumbling
at the annoyance of sorrel, and have,
after many experiments, found lime
and potash their best assistants in ex-
terminating this weed. In some way
the idea has become prevalent that the
alkaline properties of these two sub
stances have something to do with de-
stroying the sorrel. This is true only
because they stimulate other and
stronger plants. Clover sown over a
sorrel field and literally fed with lime
and potash will soon make such Wig
orous growth that the sorrel will stand
no chance of life, being actually crowd
ed out of existence.-N. Y. Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08
Observation-Disclosures.
THE FARM MORTGAGE.

Did you ever see a mortgage bigi
mortgage big:
1t eats the farm. the COW and pig,
The COW and pig.
1t eats the butter and the cheese,
1t eats the hives of honey bees.
1t eats the peach and apple trees,
The apple trees.
It eats the handsome two-year-old.
The two-year-old:
The pretty gelding must be sold,
He must be sold
1t eats the wheat, the oats and corn.
The farmers heart with grief is worn,
His overalls are tattered and torn,
Are tattered and torn
1t eats the duck and It eats the hen,
1t eats the hen;
It comes in the dark. you know not when,
You know not when.
The farmers wife IS filled with signs,
1t puts the teardrops in her eyes,
1t steals her plums and apple pies,
Ter apple pies
1t makes her wear an old print dress,
An old print dress;
1t fills her soul with great distress,
With great distress.
1t hurts and Injuries every arm.
She knows down in her bosom warm
Inat why the boys all leave the farm,
They leave the farm!
Did you ever see a mortgage big?
mortgage big:
It eats the goose. the colt, the pig,
The colt and pig.
1t eats the haystack and the hen,
1t makes a wreck Of perch and pen,
And oh. it makes a wreck OF men,
A wreck of men.
Toronto Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08
Raw Oysters.

Raw oysters are the most refreshing
and quickly digested of foods, but they
must be served in such a manner as to
tempt the patients feeble desire for
nourishment. A lot of big, limp BIZ
valves floating helplessly about in a
warm plate is about as repulsive to a
dainty taste as anything that can well
be imagined, The oysters must be
small and as fresh as can be procured.
Fill soup plate full of fine cracked
ice; lay over this small fringed dolly.
Clean the shells of the oysters, open
them carefully, taking pains not to lose
their juice. set the half shell firmly
irto the doily-covered ice, cut lemon
in four, lay one-quarter in the middle
of the circle of oysters, set the salt eel
lar on the tray beside the soup plate,
add a Bent's biscuit which has been
split and slightly toasted, and the
whole will make a much relished little
xneal.-St. Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08
FIGS AND THISTLES.

IT is better to fail in trying to do
good than it is not to try.
THE footprints of godliness always
point toward unselfshness.
FIND a man whom men love, and you
will find one who has first loved men.
WRITE the sin of the heart on the
forehead and who will love the light?
NOTHING is to be gained by talking Of
heaven to q man who worships money.
IT is doubtful If the devil has ever
been driven back an inch by star preach
ing.
WHILE he was thinking Of how the
rabbit should be cooked, another man
shot it.-Ram's Horn.
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A New Material.

Wood-stone. or xylolith, is manufac-
tured material that is believed to have
very many uses. 1t is made of calcined
magnesite and fine sawdust and treat
ed with chemicals. When first mixed,
and before the paste has had time to
set, il is made into sheets and put un-
der a pressure of one thousand pounds
to the square inch. 1t is saturated
with linseed oil and dried, thus making
it more impervious to moisture. 1t is
used as a building material and bears
q pressure of about three hundred
pounds to the square inch. 1t is made
in sheets from one-quarter OF an inch
to an inch and a half in thickness. AZ
O flooring material it is very highly
spoken of.-N Y. Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08
Don't You Sec z

That vapor creeping up from the marshy
lowlands. 1t is ladened with the seeds OF
chilIs and fever. Do you think you can
breathe these without danger2 Not much.
Protect yourself with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters and you viii be SAFE Or if you find
dyspepsia, rheumatism, inactivity OF the kid
neys or liver, or constipation coming on
apace, use this thorough and benefcentsafe-
guard.
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How tn Carry . Grain Sack.

have always dreaded being under
the necessity of carrying the bottom
end of a grain sack. Broken finger
nails. sore fingers. and frequent drop
pings of the sack have always at
tended me in such position. Recent
ly l learned way of holding the
corners Of the bag which relieves that
position of all its unpleasantness- In
picking mp the lower end of any heavy
sack. with the middle fingers press the
corners back In. This will give .
handhold easier and more comfortable
than any other way. and since learn
ing how I find Il easier to carry BY
the corners than to grasp the up2ee
ond.-Rural New YogAoA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08
Chocolate Macaroons.

Beat the whites Of two eggs to stin
froth and stir gently into them the
following ingredients, which must be
previously well mixed by sitting them
together: Two ounces of grated choco-
late, four ounces powdered sugar and
one ounce of -four. Drop the mixture
by the teaspoonful on buttered pans o.
ON paper, and bake the macaroons
slowly for about twenty minutes in
rather cool oven; sift the mscaroons
with powdered sugar while warm and
eool them before using.-N 7. Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08
BRACING GATE POSTS.

A Method That La Simple and at the
Same Time Effective.
A very effective method of pre-
venting gate from sagging SO low
that it will hardly shut is shown in
the illustration. In selecting the ma
terial. the upright post, to which the
gate is swung. should be of large size.
strong and durable, at least foot in
diameter, and more, if possible. Set it
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08
In Olden Times

People overlooked the importance OF per
manently beneficial effects and were salts
fed with transient action, but now that it
is generally known that Syrup of Figs will
permanently cure habitual constipation,
well-informed people will not buy other lax
atives, which act for time, but finally in
lure the ystem.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08
a Burglary.

Tom-Pills, the druggist, tells me
that burglars entered his store the
other night and stole fifteen dollars
worth of perfume. Too bad. wasn't it?
jerry should say so. Have they
put the detectives on the scent?-N. Y.
World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08

LULU, aged two and one-half years, had
been out playing and came in with dirty
face. Her mamma said: sWhat q dirty
facet We will have to call Lulu mammals
little pig. Come, dear, and have your face
washed" But Lulu objected stoutly, say
ing: pigs don't have their faces washed"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08

MrsrREss-''I think you handle those fine
china dishes we're carelessly." Domestic
"Don't worry, mum. They are SO light that
they wouldn't hurt even if l dropped lem on
my toes, mum. IN. Y. Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08

A MAN who used to keep a cigar store re-
Gently went into the butter business. He
staggered his first customer by asking if he
would have it medium, mild or strong."-
Credit Lost.
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A PIG RESTRA.NER.

Device for Keeping the Hogs from Doing
Mischief Around the Farm.
In localities where pigs are permit
ted to go at large, a yoke of this kind
is used. 1t is made of piece of white
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar upon q cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure IN one minute.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

DR. CHARLES EASTMAN, the Indian
and his wife elaine Goodale) are liv-
ing In st. Paul, and arc well and pros
perouA
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JnLsoS says the girl whose adorer tells her
If she thinks he won't kick like q bay steer
II he should happen to find any of them in
the biscuit after they are married.-Bufalo
Courier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08

Gus DE SMITH-.tBy the way, Hostetter,
have you two fives for tena', Hostetter-
81 have" Gus De Smith-ssThen lend me
one Of 'em."-Texas Siftings.
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Equal Terms.

Miss Manyseason-Yes, have con
sented to marry Mr.. Goldbugg. ! do
not love him, but respect him.
Miss Budd-Oh, / wouldn't worry
about that. Most likely his feeling fos
you is chiefly veneration.-N. Y.
Weekly
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-08

DON'T talk about yourself when you want
to be interesting.-Ram'sH Horn.
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Halls Catarfh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price &c.

''THAT's good idea. Garry it out" said
the editor to the man who came in with q
better plan for running the paper-Phila-
delphia Record.
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GEE you wanter fattah er mans vanity
eood,n said Uncle Eben, ''tell i'm ne amt got
nome Nv ashington Star.
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A Truism.

Though mothers fume when young men call
And wonder If they'll ever
Get up and 60, their daughters know
It's better late than never
r.. f. Wilson, in Puck.