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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07
TO MAKE A HOTBED.
A Subject In Which Every Farmer Should
Re, Inferesfed.

a Subject In Which Every Farmer Should
Be Interested.
A hotbed of convenient size for the
farmer may be made as follows: The
frame may be 16 inches high at the
rear and IA inches in front from the
level of the ground, and covered with
sash of any desired size. The boards
are nailed together at the corners,
fastened to 2x3 inch scantling, but
gardeners first make a pit, foot deep.
and use frame "a inches at the rear
and 90 inches at the front, according
to the kinds of plants to be grown. The
height at the front, however, depends
on the width of the bed.
Fresh horse manure, free from lit
ter, is generally used. 1t is the fer
mentation of the manure that creates
the heat. If the manure is too loose
it may create heat more rapidly than
desired. It is better to mix the ma
nure in a pile, allow is to heat some,
and then turn it over and we'll mix it
again before using it in the hotbed.
Having trampled the manure firmly
cover with rich dirt to which has been
added onefourth it's bulk of fine, we'll
rotted manure. There should be no
If necessary, sift the dirt. The thick
ness of the dirt should be about 6
inches. AS there will then be about
a foot of space between the dirt and
the sash (the hotbed being "a inches at
the rear) ample air space will thus be
provided. If the manure does not heat
up quickly and is slow sprinkle the bed
we'll with hot water, first adding a
small quantity of air-slacked lime to
the water. If too much heat is gen
| Grated use cold water alone. When the
heat reaches about 60 degrees plant the
seeds in rows, but more warmth will
| be required for the young plants
later on.
The frame should be well banked up
with dirt to prevent the effects of the
frost. The object should be to main
tain as even temperature as possible.
On clear. warm days the sash may be
| raised slightly in order to admit air
during the middle of the day, but this
| will depend on many circumstances.
The better plan is to hang a thermom-
| eter in the hotbed, and to visit it fre-
| quently. As the heat from the manure
| decreases the weather will become
warmer. Gradually accustom the
| plants to the atmosphere as much as
| possible, and transplant to the cold
| frame such as may be suitable for that
| purpose. Some sort of covering should
| be used over the sash at night, such as
| an old carpet, with 4 few loose boards
| over the carpet. The temperature of
| the atmosphere must be the guide in
| management, as the plants must not
be kept too warm or become liable to
| being chilled.-Farm and Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Fried Cakes, with Sour Milk: Two
cupfuls of sour milk, one teaspoonful
of soda dissolved in one-quarter cupful
of hot water, one cupful of sugar, one
beaten egg. three tablespoonful of
butter or good meat drippings. Flour
to roll.-Good Housekeeping.
To Dress Cold Fowl: Take the re-
mains of a cold fowl, remove the skin,
then the bones, leaving the flesh in as
large pieces as possible; dredge with
flour and fry light brown in butter;
toss it up in good gravy well seasoned
and thickened in butter rolled in flour;
serve hot with bits of toasted bread
Farmers Voice.
Beef Collops: ANY tender cold beef
will serve for this. Cut the beef into
pieces about three inches long, beat
them fiat, dredge them with -four, fry
them in butter; lay them in stewpan
and cover them with brown gravy; put
in half an opion finely minced, lump
of butter rolled in -four to thicben, and
little salt and pepper. Let it stew
| very gently until done. Serve with
| pickles or squeeze in the juice of half a
lemon to suit taste. Must be served
very hot.-Housekeeper.
banana Fritters: Mash three or
| four bananas to a cream. Add one
egg, one cup of flour in which one tea
| spoonful of baking powder has been
| sifted, pinch of salt and one gill OF
| sweet milk. One teaspoonful of lemon
| juice may be added. Beat until thor
| oughly mixed. Have the fat heated,
| as for doughnuts. so that the batter
| will rise to the top Immediately. Do
not make fritters too large. Fry UNI
| til we'll Drowned, drain on soft paper,
! sprinkle with powdered sugar and
serve with lemon juice.-Leed's Mer-
| curry.
Fruit Candy: Take one coconut
and one and one-half pounds of granu-
lated sugar. Wet the sugar with the
milk of the cocoanut, put it in sauce
| pan, let it heat slowly. then boil rap
idly for five minutes; add the cocoanut
grated very fine, boil for ten minutes,
stirring constantly. Try it on cold
| plate: if it forms firm paste when
cold take it from the fire. Pour part
of it out on a large tin lined with but
| tered paper To the remaining cream
add one-fourth of a pound of raisins.
stoned and chopped, one-half pound of
| DidllCileu oIit piHb VI pctd u.s.
one-half cupful of chopped walnuts.
Beat all well together, then pour it
| over the other in the tin. and when
cold cut it in bars Or squares.-Boston
| Budget.
| -Fisherman's Soup: Any sort of
| fish may be used, the smallest fresh
fish resulting from the days angling of
the small boy, or one or more kinds of
| salt water fish. Cover three pounds of
fish with a quart of water, adding a
tomato, leelS, small carrot and one
onion, with parsley and the usual soup
herbs; cook to pulp and press through
sieve, rejecting skin and bones to
facilitate the process. Return to the
| soup-kettle, and add quart of hot wa
ter and pint of hot milk; season to
taste; add tablespoonful of butter
rolled in flour, and when it comes to a
boil, pour into the soup tureen over
| dice of fried or toasted bread. For a
change you may put in the tureen "a
! half-cupful each of dice, of boiled
turnip and celery. - Orange Judd
| Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07
How to Keep Flowers Fresh.

Lovers of flowers not rich enough to
buy often have various ways of pro-
longing the life and freshness of the
few they get. Violets may be kept
fresh if placed in fresh water and COW
cred over night with tumbler. Most
flowers will retain their freshness for
several days if kept over night in the
open air. Anyone possessed of one OF
those delicate French clocks that have
to be covered with a glass dome cannot
do better than sell or pawn the clock,
usually an object of neither use nor
ornament, buy flowers from time to
time with the proceeds, and use the
glass dome as protector for the flow
ers at night It will keep them fresh
for dayS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07
FADS FOR FEMININITY,
some of the Latest Novelties for Her Jew,


some OF the Latest Novelties for Her Jewel
Casket.
A safety pin with a bunch of daisies
is charming idea.
Collarettes of rows of pearls fasten-
ing with bars of diamonds.
A novelty in clasps is an immense
hook and eye formed of paste.
Combs set with diamonds and pearls
are the height of fashion.
A couple of diamond birds make pref
ty lace pins, and the old pearl buckle
shape has been resuscitated.
Swords with the hits set with small
diamonds are the favorite ornaments
for the hair for young ladies.
The last novelty in betrothed jewell
~ is the coupled brooch" Two
hearts set with diamonds or pearls are
joined with coupling link of gold.
A pair of salt cellars is new. the
shape being that of gond ola with 4
swans head at the helm and prov.
The violin and the mandolin having
the body of each closely studded with
diamonds make pretty brooches.
A couple of red enamel hearts are
surrounded by a diamond tie, and a
blue enamel heart is set with PEARLS
Jewellers Circular.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07
FROM A NEW POINT OF VIEW
A Small Boy Sheds Light on the Much.
Discussed Equality Question.

A Small Boy Sheds Light on the Much.
Discussed Equality Question.
''Does a man always buy everything
for lady and lady never buy any
thing for man?" A youngster of ten
wears, with whom have for one decade
been on terms of intimate relationship,
put this question to me the other day.
eyes, that's about the situation"
''Humph!" said he.
''Humph!' said 1.
The first exclamation was intended
to convey, and succeeded in conveying,
the fact that a new light had been let
in a dark place, wherein dwell the
stern realisms of life. The second ex-
clamation was meant to express con-
viction about the responsibilities of
life and the relation of things and the
Responsibilities of some humans, re-
Elections far above juvenile comprehen-
sion.
The young explorer in the field of
knowledge regarded the problem with
silent gravity for a few min utes, and
then unburdened his mind in this wise:
That's just the way it is with the
girls in this block. 1 buy cand y-and
buy candy-and buy candy (this with
en- added emphasis on the buy" on
each repetition-an emphasis that sug-
gested exhausted toleration) and-'do
they have an appetizer should say
they have. I've never yet succeeded in
filling them up. And when they get a
little candy, they put it down deep in
their pockets and hold their hands over
it. and when they think I'm not look
ing they sneak piece into their
&c ha made
petticoat of his ulster and showed how
it was done).
"Now, I'm sick and tired of such,
aud so told them this morning that
if they couldn't give me some candy
when they have it, should give them
none of mine. Then, out of spite,
they said they didn't want any of my
candy. All right" said 1, you can
sign a contract to that effect and they
did,
Here he produced the contract writ
ten on a small piece of paper. 1t was
brief and to the point, and as follows:
1--WE do not want any OF your candy.
MAUD DOROTHY MARGARET"
"Now." proceeded this embryotic in
terpreter of equal rights. Il shall
stuff INV pockets out with paper, and
then shall place a little candy on the
top. and as eat it. shall wave the
contract where they can see their
names signed to it, and guess they'll
be sorrv.
Oh, wise and superior and diplomatic
man!
And so gained another point on the
subject of equal rights-a point backed
up by an object lesson-a point that
turned the mans way-and more in
geniously turned than many a worldly
wise grown up would have been capa-
BILE of putting it.-Haryot Holt Cahom.
in y. V Advertiser.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07
pump PROTECTOR.

spout should be stopped up with cloth,
leaving enough projecting to readily
remove it by. Anyone who has had
to water cattle in the morning and has
found the pump from which he pro-
posed to get water frozen solidly, will
appreciate this simple arrangement for
preventing such a state of affairs.
Careless employees may leave the pump
unprotected on cold nights, and find it
frozen in the morning. To fix in their
minds the duty of looking out for it,
let them carry Is or 20 pals of water
from a more distant we'll for the morn
ing watering, and they will not agar
forget it.-American Agriculturist.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07
COVER FOR PUMPS.

A Method Of Protection Which Is Effect
i've and Yet Simple.
At the north, pumps in cold, bleak
situations are liable to freeze up, caus-
ing a vast amount of trouble. In the
accompanying sketch is shown a
simple method of protecting one of the
common piston pumps An outer
jacket of wood envelopes the pump. 1t
should be large enough to allow a
three-inch space all around the sides.
This space should be filed with chaff,
finely-cut hay or straw, pressed firmly
in position. Additional protection is
given by the piece of board, a, which
has hole in it that fits closely over
the pump handle, and during the cold
est weather, when the pump is not in
use, this board is placed as shown in
the illustration, pressed against the
side of the pump. and hung upon a
nail at b. If in a windy location, the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07
Road Foundations of Cloth.

The Massachusetts, highway commits
sioners' board has found in building
macadamized roads that upon loose,
sandy soil much stone is wasted by
being driven into the sand. In such
cases gravel, when accessible, has been
placed upon the sand to a depth of
8 or inches, and the stone laid on
this By SO doing the cost is greatly
reduced. There being no gravel at
Martha's Vineyard, cheap cotton cloth
has been spread upon the sand, and
over that the stone. The sand does not
work up through the stone. and much
less stone is required. Layers of tarred
paper were tried, but without success,
as the stone pressed through them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07
About Early Seed Sowing.

Plant seeds of nearly all varieties to
be started indoors as follows: Fill shah
low boxes nearly full of good garden
soil, sprinkle the seed over, then sift
on enough fine soil to cover the seeds
well from sight, press down firmly
with bit of board. sprinkle or set the
box into a pan containing an inch
or two of water until the moisture
begins to show at the top of the soil.
then cover loosely and set in warm
place near the stovepipe. Watch the
box that the soil does not become dry
and as soon as the first plant appears
move to sunny window.-W. f. Heath,
in Farm and Home
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
a GREAT CIvILlZER.

That Is What Ex-Speaker Reed Calls a
Good Country Road.
Hon. Thomas B. Reed, ex-speaker of
the house of representatives, in an ad-
dress to the graduating class of the
Peirce College of Business. in the
Academy of Music, Philadelphia. speak
ing of the various forms of wealth and
the comforts and benefits arising from
and made possible thereby. made the
following significant allusion to the
country road as an asset of the nations,
and as factor in contributing TO the
wants and necessities of the human
race:
s>One of the greatest civilizers of the
world is something we hardly think of,
either as civilizer or as wealth-the
common country road. Few people
ever think how much roads cost US.
They represent the surplus labor of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is O
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur.
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not Quacl
medicine. It was prescribed by one Of the
best physicians in this country for years. and
is regular prescription. It is composed OF
the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination
of the two ingredients is what produces such
wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills, Is cents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

"Mr. Smarte," said the head of the
firm, 81 happened to overhear your
criticisms this morning of the manner
in which business is carried on here.
You appear to be laboring under mis-
taken idea. AS a matter of fact, we
are not running this house to make
money. Not at all. We carry on this
business simply as school for the in
struction of young men. But as you
seem to know SO much more about bust
ness than we do, it would be only vast
ing your time to keep you here. The
cashier will settle with you. What is
our loss is your gain. Boston Tran
script
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07
FREE
70 Christian Endeavorers-fockot Gull
nP h0 Enrv~nf1I

70 Christian Endeavorers-fockot Guido
and Map of Boston. the Convention
City.
The Passenger Department of the Big
Four Route have issued a very convenient
and attractive Pocket Guide to the City of
all mem bers of the Young Peoples Society
of Christian Endeavor who will send three
two-cent stamps to cover mailing charges
to the undersigned. This Pocket Guide
should be in the hands Of every member of
the Society who contemplates attending the
18th Annual Convent on, as it shows the 10
cation of all Depots, Hotels, Churches, In
stitutions, Places of Amusement, Promi-
Write soon as the edition is limited.
E. o. Mccormick,
Passenger Traffic Manager, Big Four Route,
Cincinnati, o.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07
Best Manure for Garden Peas.

The thoroughly decomposed manure
taken out of last seasons hotbeds is
the best manure for garden seeds,
especially if a little superphosphate is
used. After the soil is put over the
stable manure when making hotbeds,
apply ten or twelve pounds of super
phosphate to each bed 6x3O feet and
rake it into the surface soil. For early
plants, select for the hotbed a south
eastern exposure backed by a high
plank fence or belt of evergreens- A
screen made of small pine trees viii
answer the purpose.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07
Profanity and Pain

Too often go together. Refrain from
swearing if you are suffering the fortunes
Of rheumatism, and seek the aid of Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, which will expel the
rheumatic virus from your blood. Kidney
and malarial complaints, dyspepsia, consti.
patton, neuralgia and biliousness are all
relieved by this sterling and comprehensive
family medicine, which should be kept al.
ways on hand for emergencies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07
What Feed win Do.

It is pretty well established that no
amount of feeding will increase the
proportion of butter fat in the milk,
but it is just as fully proven that the
amount of milk may be increased and
the proportion Of fat kept up. Feed
does it,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07
Partly True.

HE called me q gibbering idiot, +"
shouted the violent man. 'Now, ask
YOU candidly, what do you think OF
that?'
81 should first wish to know just
what he meant by gibbering," rejoincd
the cautious party.-Detroit Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

Very few women know how to put
on their brooches and lacepins. Let
me see how you would do it, said a
jeweler. So Aminta to ok it up by the
setting to oblige him and proceeded to
work it into the biz of velvet at her
throat. Yes; 1 thought So" he con-
tinued. THAT'S just the reason it will
break soon again, and you will be
bringing it back for repairs. 1t may
be against my business, but I'll tell
you how it should be done. Take hold
of the brooch by the pin. Don't make
q leverage by using the jeweled part
rs q handle. Take it up by the pin,
handling the ornament only when you
clasp it, SO you will save your quar-
ters' for renewing the pin. "-Florida
Times-U nion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

WHAT great scheme it would be for thu
stage dancer Of the day if she could, like
Mercury, have wings on her heels to mahOu
'em fly higher.-N. Y. Recorder.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

THE JUDGE-"I will sentence you thirty
days in the workhouse and a bath" Woe
full Smithers-'Say, jedge, couldn't you
make it sixty widout de h!"-Indian-
apolis journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

An exchange claims that in deep
setting of milk, when the air is pure, it
is better to leave the tops off the can.
1t is claimed that the flavor will be
better.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

SORROW is kind of rust of soul which
every new idea contributes in its passage to
scour away.-Johnson.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

-Saxony was SO called because it was
inhabited by the Saxons, who took
their name from the Seax, small bat
tle-ax or knife which they bore in their
girdles.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

ssTHERE's bonnet" said the EDITORS wife.
s'that is perfect poem" eyes," he re-
piled, absentmindedly, "but we never pay
for poetry.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

some people never learn to keep out OF
debt until after they lose their credit.-Gal-
weston News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

ELLA-"You ought to have seen Jacl
when he proposed" Stella (meanly)-'Oh
pve seen him. Boston Courier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

IT is safe for tho devil to sleep when he
goes to church and sees that the preaching
is not keeping anybody awake.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

AFTER THE CoNCERT.-He-"I envy that
man who sang the tenor solo," She-"Why.
I thought he had very poor voice." He
$50 did l. But just think of his nerve. -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

CoURrENAY-s'Wheny you proposed to Miss
Dexter did you get down on your knees2'
Barclay-'No, couldn' It; she was sitting on
them. Truth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

A POODLE can do a great many thing:
that baby can't, but a baby is worth a reg
iment of poodles, just the same.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

HIS LITTLE JOKE. - First Cannibal -
"These missionaries give me pain" Sec
ond Cannibal-'I think you eat too fast. p
Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

Tom-"You look awful blue. suppose,
it is because of Miss Maybelle's having re-
jected YOU" Cholly-"Yes, can't helF
feeling sorry for the poor girl"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-07

H1GBEE-sThere goes a man who takes.
things as he finds them" Robbins-"A phil
osophera" Higbee-"No; rag picker-"-
Brooklyn Life.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-07-06

5. In the above sentence | use
the word "defrauding" deliber-
ately. In the matter of scholar
ships the government is in the
position of parent or guardian un-
dertaking to pay at q certain rate
for the children to whom these
scholarships are assigned at the
several schools. In the case of
Iolani College, the Legislature
he's for over 20 years voted a sum
which enables the Board to pay
for twelve boys at the rate Of $50
per annum. There has been no fail
ure on the part of the College to
fulfill its part of the contract.
Twelve boys have beer duly
lodged, fed and taught, but they
have only been paid for Is out of
the "a months of the last biennial
period. Mr.. McBryde and others
recommend that the other nine
months be not paid for. There
is a novelty about the recon-
mediation which will. L think
hardly commend it to the House.
For, though not personally ac-
quainted with all its members,
| believe that it comprises a
majority of men Of integrity and
honesty, who will hardly agree
together to repudiate a just claim
under the\ iimsy pretext put for
ward by TIE Finance Committee.
ALFRED WILLIS,
Principal Of lolani College
July 6, 1895.