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Iron County register., 1894-01-11
A MUSICAL MELANGE.
GERMANY leads the musical world.

GERMANY leads the musical world.
EDWARD SOLOMON, formerly husband
of Lillian Russell, has a musical in
come Of $500 day.
MAsCAGNI has finished a new opera,
and, under the pledge of secrecy, he
has played it over to a musical critic
who pronounces it as good as ''Cava-
ueria Rusticana." The work is sup
posed to be Roma a commission by
Sir Augustus Harris for the London
season.
WHEN Joachim, the great violinist.
pays his annual visit to England in
February he will probably be accom-
panied by his daughter, Frauleir
Joachim, who will then make her first
appearance in England as a singer.
Frau Joachim, her mother, has long
enjoyed the reputation of being one OF
the best concert singers in Germany.
THE manager of the Paris opera who
produced Gounod's Faust" in 1859,
says that in the original score Mar
guerite first appeared in the fair and
sang duet with her brother, but as
that detracted fros1 her entrance to
the church it was cut out. In the gar
den scene q tenor solo, "Agitato," was
also eliminated, likewise a whole act
Iron County register., 1894-01-11
Experiment with Onions.

An interesting statement was made
in u public meeting by j. Il. Moore, of
Concord, Mass, of an experiment on
an onion crop with sulphate of potash.
BY mistake his drills sowed at the
rate of nine pounds of onion seed to
the acre. 1t was good seed and all came
up, and had of course very thick ap-
pearance. it was weeded only once,
and then suffered to grow. Sulphate
OF potash was applied to portion. and
when the crop was harvested, accord
ing to Mr. Moore's account, two, three
or four onions were piled on top of
each other, and instead of being small,
as expected, they were larger than one
would want for market. One of my
neighbors, on the same sort of land,
sowed his onions the same day, but did
not get a quarter as many as did, and
his were small. The difference was as
cribed to the fertilizer. He had 800
bushels to the acre. The sulphate of
potash was applied at the rate of 1000
pounds to the acre. One experiment,
however, is not enough, and it needs
rapatitiOn
Iron County register., 1894-01-11
LIKE A CHlMPANZEE.
Furious Insanity of Negro Prisoner
He Did the Simian Act In Great Shape
After Sleeping OF Jag.

Furious Insanity of Negro Prisoner
He Did the Simian Act In Great Shape
After Sleeping on n Jag.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 5.-John Smith, a
negro, % years old, who was arrested
while drunk Wednesday and locked up
at the fourth district station, gave the
officers quite a thrilling experience
about o'clock yesterday morning
After sleeping off his jag and awaken
ing from troubled dreams he proceeded
at first to tear from his body every ves-
tige of clothes there was on him.
Then, with a whoop and a yell, he be-
gan to play the grand chimpanzee act,
climbed up and down and around the
bars of his cage as though he were a
full-fedged monkey. His eyes glared
like balls of fire, and he gnashed his
huge white teeth and made hostile
demonstrations toward ybody who
approached near the bars of the cell.
The officers soon realized that ex-
treme measures had to be resorted to
to down and firmly secure the now
wild and thoroughly infuriated man.
The door of his cell was hastily un-
locked and before the negro was aware
Of il. three of the attendants had
rushed in upon him. A violent strug-
gle ensned, but the negro was finally
overpowered, handcuffed and securely
strapped.
He was then taken to the city dis
pensary, where DIR. Alex. Jordan ex-
amined him. The doctor was nable
to state whether his sudden mania was
due to drink or other causes, SO he was
sent to the city hospital for further
observation.
Iron County register., 1894-01-11
PEOPLE WHO WRITE.

Mr.. JOHN HABEERToN is no longer
with Godey's Magazine.
GEORGE EBERs has new story, "Cleo-
patra,'' ready for issue at once.
THE manuscript of Swim burne's
"Poems and Ballads" was sold in LoE.
don recently for e20o.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES spends a
few hours every day on his memoirs.
They will not be published until after
his death.
ALBERT HARDY, author of 1.-THE
Maid of Bethany" is one of the most
versatile men. Essays, poems, re-
views, stories and lecturing are alike
easy to him.
Miss ETHEL ARNOLD, sister of Mrs
Humphrey Ward, is an uncommonly
brilliant tallzer. and it has long beer
supposed that she could, if she would
write remarkable books. She is about
to prove what she can do in this line
in a volume to be called ''Platonics."
Iron County register., 1894-01-11
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

Do NOT keep the bull fat. Keep him
strong in bone and muscle. Feed him
little corn.
KEEP the heifer calf growing right
along, and that cannot be done if she
is not made comforta bic in winter.
ANYTHING like roots, cabbage, peas,
sweet corn and bran is suitable for
feeding the cows when the pasture is
short.
TAKE the very best care of the COM
mon COW, and if she has anything in
her she will surprise you at what even
a common COW can do when she is en-
couraged.
IF COW gets rheumatism or cold
at the beginning of winter, it may
stick to her all through the cold wealth
er. Keep her warm and we'll bedded,
therefore.
WHEN a creamery is to be started do
not be in too much of a hurry to make
the contract with the builder. Make
inquiry as to where you can get an out
fit the cheapest.
ONE of our editorial prophets declares
that the time will come when butter
will not be washed at all He claims
that by this means the aromatic odors
are washed away. We do not believe
that water helps butter.-Farmers'
Voice
Iron County register., 1894-01-11
SUNDAY BREAKFASTS.
Observations Concerning a Much Nei


Observations Concerning Much Neg
lectcd Meal.
The Sunday breakfast is n meal that
is quite likely to be too lightly con-
sidered. The hour of rising is usually
put forward on Sunday, and mere is
less time to prepare the breakfast. In
the morning, Catholic servants usually
attend early mass, and this is also
likely to leave less time for the prep
aration of the morning meal.
1t is therefore especially necessary
that the Sunday breakfast be one that
can be largely prepared the night be-
fore and quickly made ready in the
morning. This undoubtedly gave rise
to the traditional Sunday breakfast in
Boston of baked beans and brown
bread. This is a good substantial
meal, but is apt to become tiresone
when served Sunday after Sunday.
Croquettes of meat, which are pre-
pared ready for frying the night be-
fore, simple boiled meats, omelets,
rechauffes of potatoes, fruit salads and
muShes of oatmeal and various other
grains If you are addicted to farina-
ceous food may all form a part of the
Sunday breakfast.
hlS SIlOultl Dc Il Su USldu-
tial one. The family are in more in
tellectual frame of mind and in bet
ter condition for approaching the
morning sermon if they have break
tasted comfortably. A famous minister
once asserted that he had lost an ap-
pointment in the younger davs of his
ministry through an insufficient break
fast He was so weakened from lack
of the substantial morning breakfast
to which he was accustomed that he
felt that he failed in his discourse.
a light breakfast of eggs and coffee
may be sufficient in some foreign coun-
tries, where there Is less wear of intel.
lectual and nervous force than in our
country, but most Americans demand a
meal of meat at breakfast. There is
considera BILE discussion nowadays as to
the food value of cereals, once SO high
ly esteemed as part of the breakfast,
and a great many people prefer fruit
as first course in place of the cereal"
A Perfect Little Gentleman.
Mamma Has Willy said "Thanl<
you" to the kind lady for the cookie?
Willy-Madam, thank you for the
cookie 1 just ate, and 1 would thanh
you for another.-Puck.
Iron County register., 1894-01-11
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Splendid Cookies: Two cups of
sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of
sweet milk, spoon of Vanilla flavor
ing and one spoon of soda. Flour to
roll out thin. No baking powder is re-
qulred, and the cookies never fail.
Pickle for Beef: Rub The beef well
with salt and saltpetre. Let it stand
over night Make brine of salt and
water strong enough to float an egg;
add cloves, whole pepper, mace, and 4
pound of brown sugar; boil, skim, and
Pour hot over the meat in winter, but
cold in summer. er.-Housekeeper.
Vegetable Soup: Chop finely a
small quantity of all the vegetables
you have except beets. Boil them
half an hour in two quarts of water,
then add a pint of canned tomatoes
and boil fifteen minutes Strain and
rub lightly through a sieve, add half a
teacupful of sweet cream, teaspoon
full of sugar, pepper and salt to taste.
Serve with dice of bread cut in small
squares, triangles, etc, and even
Drowned in the oven.-Ohio Farmer.
Roast Goose: Get young goose,
stuff it with forcemeat, lay a few strips
~ "ASoAh esShoSS ~ Pue a AieeiS Dc4AAAiEo
water in the pan and bake in a mod
crate oven, basting frequently. Care
must be taken to have it thoroughly
cooked. A goose is usually stuffed
with sage and onions, the onions being
boiled, chopped fine and seasoned with
sage, salt and pepper. The giblets of
the goose are to be simmered for an
hour or two and the liquor added to
the gravy.-Good Housekeeping.
Baked Indian Pudding: Two quarts
of milk, heaping teacup of Indian
meal, half a cup of white flour, two
eggs, a cup OF molasses, a heaping tea
spoonful of salt, half a teaSpoonful of
ginger and the same OF cinnamon, and
a large ia ablespoonful of butter to mix
1t; boil three pints of the milk. Have
ready beaten together all the other in
gradients Except the eggs) in the re-
manning pint of milk. Pour the hot
milk over them: add the butter, and.
when cool, the eggs well beaten.-Bos-
ton Budget.
Brown Bread: Three teacupfuls of
sour milk, one of molasSeS, one of corn
meal, three of graham flour, one tea
spoonful soda, a scant tablespoonful
salt. Mix and pour into three we'll
buttered molds. Set in steamer over
boiling water, cover closely and steam
four hours. Remove to n moderate
oven for fifteen or twenty minutes to
dry the top. Tin cans which have con-
tanned tomatoes, peaches, etc, with the
top melted off, make nice molds for
steaming the bread in, and are other
wise useful.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Fish Rechauffe: After pike, cod,
skate, turbot, sole or any other white
fish has been dressed, pick it from the
bones into small bits; add to pound
of fish, or in proportion, hs If a pint of
cream, one tablespoonful each of mus
tard, anchovy essence, ketchup and
Harvey sauce. n little flour. salt, pep
per and butter. Make it hot in a sauce
pan, then put it into the dish in
which it is to be served, strew crumbs
of bread over it, and baste it with but
ter till moist and brown with a sala-
mander, or in n Dutch oven. A wall
of mashed potatoes round the dish is
an improvement.-Hou
Iron County register., 1894-01-11
THE REPORTED FALL OF BAeE

Discredited by the Brazilian Governments
-Reinforcements Going to the BeIea-
Guered Town.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 5.-There is no
special change in the situation here.
Rumors have reached this city that the
town of Bage, in the state of Rio
GrGnde do Sui. which has been be-
sieged by the insurgents for about 4
month, had finally capitulated; but
these rumors are not confirmed by Off
cial dispatches received here. The
loyal garrison at Bage consists of 1900
troops while the force besieging the
town numbers z, O0O-
The government places no confidence
whatever in the reports of the surren-
der of Bage, though they admit that
the garrison there has probably been
weakened by the long siege to which
it has been subjected, and that it's
numbers have been lessened by the
several engagements that have taken
place. Orders have been received by
the minister of war for force to pro-
ceed at once to the relief of the belea-
guered town.
Acting under these orders, Gen.
Hypolite, commanding a column of p
600 men yesterday left Livramento for
Bage. At about the same time Gen.
Sampavo, with 5000 men left Cerro
Chato, his destination also being Bage.
This force, it is thought, will be more
than enough to raise the siege and put
the Insurgents to flight.
Liveramento is seventy-eight miles
from Bage, while Cerro Chato is only
fifty-four miles from the besieged
town. Bage is an important place.
and the government dispatches a strong
force there in order to guard against
any possibility of it's falling into the
hands of the insurgents.
Iron County register., 1894-01-11
The Best Cows for Butter.

None of the thoroughbred breeds of
cows have the exclusive production of
fine butter. What are known as COM
mon cows, if well selected and fed as
they should be, will make butter in no
way inferior to the best. The first pre-
MUM has gone far more times to the
skill OF the man CT woman who made
it than the breed of cows. Seventy-fve
per cent butter is more nearly fad
affected by the rich than reward for
any noticeable superiority of the but
ter. The skill in making, the dainty
manner of putting it up, and the exact
regularity of supplying the fastidious
customer, are about the only differ
ence. Some recent tests seem to show
that the milk of a herd of mixed bloods.
we'll fed and cared for, is the source Of
the finest favored butter. Where the
high bloods excel is in persistent milk
ing and high grade of milk.
Egriculturist
Iron County register., 1894-01-11

FIG. l. IMPROVED WELLS. FIG. 2.
floor of the well, resting on a fat stone
in the center of the well. For a dis
tance considerably higher than the
usual water leve! in the we'll, the space
around the terra Gotta pipe is carefully
packed with stones gathered from the
fields. or other convenient place. When
a sufficient reservoir has been formed of
loose stones. the top is leveled Off, some
clean straw, q, laid over all, and the
earth taken from the well is replaced.
As the earth is thrown in, the terra
Gotta pipe is added joint by joint until
the surface of the ground is reached.
The pump, ., is inserted inside the terra
Gotta pipe. The gentleman stated that
he found this reservoir large enough
for all purposes, bat that he had tried
another plan, making a larger space
for water. The first ten feet of the
bottom of the well Zig y was walled
up in the usual way, c. Or. top of the
wall, large, fiat stones, d, were laid,
forming floor on which the earth was
filed in. The terra Gotta pipe extended
from the bottom of the well to the sur
face, as in the first case. The advan-
tages of this we'll are: 1. Little danger
from surface contamination as COM
pared with the ordinary dry and walled
we'll. 2. A considerable reservoir for
the water, SO that the we'll will serve
all farm purposes, being in this respect
better than drilled we'll 3. No ex-
pense for stone or brick to wall the
well, this often being an item of con-
siderable amount. 4. A place in which
to deposit the refuse earth, this often
being great convenience. 1t was
stated that no trouble was had in re-
moving the pump stock from its terra
Gotta casing and that the wells were a
complete success. American AgricuI
f,1riSt
Iron County register., 1894-01-11
THE COST OF WAR.

THE reports after the battle of Water
loo showed that the British artillery
fired 9.467 rounds; about one for every
French soldier killed on the field.
RUSSIA spends 2a5, 100000 rubles q
year on the army and 10000, 900 on tho
navy. A silver ruble is worth nearly {;
cent, a paper ruble about SO cents.
GREAT BRITAIN has 5,799 cannon
France, 1904; Germany, $3.50; Russia,
4,424; Austria. ITO; Turkey, s,762; the
United States, 4,155; the world has A.
O73.
WITH the exception of Belgium,
whose debt has been incurred from in
ternal improvements, every European
national debt is II great part wal
debt.
Iron County register., 1894-01-11
GOLD, BITTER COLDi

Inc Ice King Waves His Scepter Over
continental Europe, Spreading Death
ana Suffering Broadcast Over Land
and Water-A Violent Blizzard Adds to
the misery and Danger of the Situation.
VIENNA, Jan. 5.-The weather in
Austria and Hungary is bitterly cold.
In this city last night the mercury
registered 10 degrees below freezing
point The suffering among the poor
Is terrible. The Danube is frozen over
from Vienna to Belgrade, Servia. At
Trieste the cold is intensified by
hurricane that is blowing from the
north. So fierce is the wind that
vessels are unable to leave or
enter the port. Traffic of all
Kinds is stopped and the streets
are deserted except for an occasional
passer-by, who is hurrying to a place
OF shelter. The tradesmen. seeing no
prospect of doing business in such
weather as is now prevailing, have
put up the shutters on their store win
dows and given the clerks a holiday
The theaters were closed last night
owing to the Gold. and it is proba BILE
that they viii not open until the
weather moderates. The police returns
show that fifteen persons have been in
1ured.
MADRID, JAM 5.-The thermometer
registers degrees below zero (cen-
tlgrade.) Elsewhere it is IL degrees be-
low zero.
Many persons have been frozen to
death in the province of Asturias and
Burgos- Heavy snow storms are re-
ported throughout the north of Spain.
LONDON, Jan. 5.-Dispatchesr received
from North sea and Baltic ports state
That a furious storm is raging. The
indications are that the whole Of
northern Europe is affected.
A large fleet of vessels is lying
weather-bound at the mouth of the
Thames.
PARIS, Jan. 5.-The River Seine is
covered with thick ice. The railway
trains arriving in the city are hours
behind time, the delay being caused
by the water freezing in the feed-pipes
OF the engines.
LONDON, Jan. "A blizzard prevails
almost everywhere in England. In
London this evening the mercury
stands at "a degrees, and shows no sign
of dropping.
Iron County register., 1894-01-11
A GROWING PASSION.
The Almost Universal Love for Flora
Beauties.

The Almost Universal Love for Floral
Beauties.
Time was when an admiration for
''posies" and a desire to wear or cult
vate them We're looked upon by a GER
tain class of men as an evidence of
weakness or effeminacy.
There are. no doubt, even now rare
cases in which all of these garden beau
ties are called weeds, and the front
dooryard is thought to be much better
occupied when adorned with the wood
pile, divers and sundry farm imple-
ments, roots crops for stock or the vari-
Gus vegetables usually found in the
kitchen-garden. One practical farmer
sowed oats up to his very doorsteps;
another thought that white beans were
much more sensible than them weeds''
as he called flowers of all sorts.
These garden beauties, the few that
his wife and daughters managed to get
from the neighbors and interested
friends, were made short work of by
this short-sighted farmer, who shipped
off their heads with scythe or amused
himself by cracking his whip at them
and whipping off the blossoms as fast
as they appeared. But with our higher
education we have rooted out the most
of this unworthy estimate, and almost
all farmers. even the most obtuse. are
beginning to recognize the commercial
value of members of the floral king.
dom. Possibly the pin-money that the
wives and children collect during the
summer and which ekes out many a
small income has had something to dc
with this change in sentiment.
The love of flowers is becoming al
most n universal passion, and it is with
the keenest pleasure that the student
of human nature observes pots of
plants in all location where even bit
of sunshine can be found for them.
large buildings there are plants that
their owners seem determined to coax
into luxuriance. They are carefully
trained and looked after and bear the
marks of intelligent and interested at
tention. One may go through certain
quarters of our large cities and see
more than half of the windows filled
with blooming plants of various sorts
or with those that furnish an endless
greenery that is as refreshing to the
eye as it is suggestive to the mind Of
the observer and refining to the taste
of the inmates of the dwelling.
The extravagantly high prices at
which flowers are held during the win
ter practically shuts out from the pos
session of them many persons who love
them best and who are most benefited
by them.-N. Y. Ledger.
Iron County register., 1894-01-11

Ultra-fashionable women are wear
ing pure white. 1t isn't sensible
fancy-but is eff ective. House gowns
are white. wrappers are white, and the
opera cape of the hour is made of
white broadcloth- 1t is a three-quar-
ter length garment. and falls in three
graduated capes. Each cape is lined
with white moire silk and edged with
a narrow band OF ermine. y Medici
collar>of the fur completes the wrap.
Another evidence that white is much
in favor is shown in the way it appears
on the winter hats. Felt brims are
finished with row of white lace.
White lace rosettes are perched in the
most unexpected places, and on steady
going hats Of somber coloring, too.
White pearl beads are also twisted
round crowns of dress hats. White
kid slippers. with the toes embroidered
in pink. pale blue green, or jet, are
also seen.-Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register., 1894-01-11
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting tho worlds best products 10
the needs of physical being, will attest.
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
its 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 LAKE
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
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 is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
pists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
1factured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Iron County register., 1894-01-11
The bridge Disaster Inquest.

LoU1svmLE, KY, Jan. 5.-The in.
ouest over the victims of the bridge
disaster ON December Is is in prog
ress. The coroner delivered instruc-
tions to the jury, charging them to
fully investigate, and, if any blame at
tached to anyone, to fix it where it be-
Ionped. The case is being carefully
watched by attorneys for the Phenix
Bridge Co. and the relatives OF the
dead men who are suing for damages.
The most sensational testimony was
given by William Stark, sooi Doy'
who said that great deal OF the false
work was rotten.
Iron County register., 1894-01-11
AGRICULTURALHINTS.
AN IMPROVED WELL.
Combining the Advantages OF Dug and
Bored Wells.

Combining the Advantages OF Dug and
Bored Wells.
A novel idea in well-digging was
brought out recently in the discussions
at a Pennsylvania farmers institute.
1t was admitted by all that a bored
well was easier to keep clean from sur
face filth than q dug one, but the un-
answerable objection to the bored we'll
was that it often would EoJ .urnish a
sufficient supply of water, especially in
a dry season. 4 gentleman present
then gave his plan to combine the ad-
vantages of the dug and the bored well
in one The plan is as follows: A well
of large diameter IS dug. Terra Gotta
pipe of six or eight inches diameter is
secured of a length to reach from bot
tom to top of well Gig. ~. Ten or
fifteen feet of this pipe is set up on the
Iron County register., 1894-01-11
A Powerful Argument.

The youth hadn't a great deal of
brains and he looked it, but at times
he gave off faint scintillations of intel
Ggence. He wanted to marry a frivo-
lous, silly girl he had been devoted to,
and in due course of time went to her
father.
Eyes, yes, I understand said the
father. as the applicant was trying to
convince him, but / don't want a fool
to marry my daughter"
Probably not, SIR" he responded.
''but l don't believe you'll find any
other kind of man that will have her."
and the father was won by this in
genuous plea--Detroit Free Press