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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
ships and Dynamite.

The powerlessness of an ordinary
navy is apparent from recent expert
ments in explosives. It is stated that
dynamite cartridges can be thrown in
such a way that no warship could hold
out against them. While this is un-
doubtedly true. the question arises:
How can we get along without navy
of some sort? 1t is not to be supposed
that having guns of such tremendous
power will tend to demoralize naval
armament It will, however, make
this portion of our defenses less useful
and effective than heretofore. It will
probably do away with the enormous
ly heavy and unwieldiy ironclad and
favor the introduction of faster and
lighter craft. Ships of war will carry
smaller guns and lighter equipment
generally, and depend more on quick
ness of movement and strategy than
on the great bulk and resistive power
of the ordinary monitor. 1t is great
pity that Intelligent Christian lands
can not find some other way to settle
their differences than by such terrific
slaughter.-N. Y. Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
Tho Rieht KIND of Steer.

A writer in Farmers Advocate (Man.)
has this to say as to the best quality for
feeding steers: "It appears to us it
would be profitable to farmers having
damaged wheat to put up as many
steers as could be properly handled and
feed them for next springs market.
And we might just add word here:
Great care should be taken in selecting
steers to feed; don't select old oxen
or big, raw-boned, slab-sided three-year-
olds, with the hope of having something
big. Of course such stock would be
a big granary for damaged wheat, but
it is not the animal that can put most
wheat out of sight that will return
most profit. Select nice, smooth, uni
form two-year-olds, with good backs
and quarters, whose appearance shows
they have some breeding in them. Such
steers will make far better use of the
food given them and will return more
profit, even If they cost more money at
first"
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SELLING SURPLUS STOCK.
1t Should BE Done Before the Very Cold
Weather Sets In.

1t Should BE Done Before the Very Cold
Weather Sets In.
Unless the poultry-keeper has pure
bred stock and desires to save his sur
plus to sell for breeding purposes, it Is
just as well to get all that he intends to
dispose of in good condition as soon
on, and sell it at the market price.
When severe cold weather comes it is
pretty hard to make young chicks add
in weight very rapidly, unless they are
kept in an exceptionally warm place,
and it is not good economy to try to feed
them and keep them for a later market,
for it usually shows no profit.
If young chickens are shut up in a
light and airy place, and given all the
plenty of pure water or milk to
drink, they will take ON flesh very
rapidly for few days, and this
added weight is very profitably made.
1t will not take more than two weeks
to make them fat and plump by this
method, and they will be in the very
best condition for market and COM
mand the very highest prices. Old
fowls fed in this way will become load
ed with fat, and present such a pleasing
appearance that they will be in demand
as soon as offered.
It is not good policy to sell thin,
scraggy fowls at any time, and poul
try should be fitted for market as care
fully as any other product of the farm.
Farm and Fireside.
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FACTS FOR FARMERS.

The wise man is always learning
something. The fool knows it all.
The farm that is without a wind
mill lacks one of the greatest conven-
fences that a farm can have.
The only way to get out of debt is
to keep expenses below the income
whatever sacrifice that may cost.
AS long as we breed from vicious
animals we shall have kicking cows,
runaway horses, ferocious bulls and
savage hogs.
When sowing millet for hay, we
would say to subscriber, use five pecks
if sowed broadcast, and one bushel if
drilled by a wheat drill. If for seed,
sow thinner.
Bi-sulphide Of carbon is an excellent
remedy for all kinds of insects. 1t
should be used with care in the house,
for it is infiammable if it comes in con-
tact with flame.
Somebody has advanced the theory
that dogs are injurious to some crops,
because where there are dogs cats will
not rove over the premises and catch
mice. 1t is a pretty far-fetched theory.
Farmers Voice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
Dirty Eggs win Not Keep.

In laying down eggs for winter use
care should be taken to see that they
are perfectly clean. The shell is porous
and the doors of filth attached to it
quickly penetrates to the interior and
begins the process OF decomposition. 1t
is impossible to keep eggs many months
and have them exactly like fresh eggs.
The evaporation from the egg robs it
of moisture. though this is largely pre-
vented by immersing the egg in lime
water. But all water, except that
which has been just boiled. contains
some air. Packing eggs in salt will
keep them for short time. and is the
easiest and cheapest way for keeping
for home use.-Farmers' Review.
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vi l~ I ! l."

Fig. 5Ground Plan. Second Design. w.
windows: o, openings for fowls: r HI.
roosting houses: 8, sheds.
ing boxes to show against the partition.
the eggs can be gathered without en-
tering the pens.
The alley may be separated from
the pens by light board partition.
making the house warmer. or by slat
or wire partition. The pens should be
separated by broad partition for at
least three feet in height; the remain
ing distance can be of wire netting or
Stats.
Any carpenter can build this house,
or indeed anyone handy with tools.
The frame should be of spruce, the sid
ing of pine or hemlock. If the house
is not double boarded or papered,
matched boards should be used for COW
ering. The better way is to board up
with hemIock, cover this with tarred
paper of Neponset red roofing paper,
and then clapboard. But the clap
boards can be omitted if one doesn't
care for appearances.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Potato Balls: Take the mashed
posatoes left from dinner the day be-
sore. moisten with little sweet cream.
adding salt and pepper to taste. Work
into balls and fry = nice brown in but-
ssr o. drippinaA -Housekeerer.
Apple Tapioca Pudding: To one.
asu teacup of tapioca add one and one
nah ptnts of cold water, cook until
saear, stirring frequently, sweeten and
.or with nutmeg, pour into deep
Jake dish in which have been placed
ax or eight pared and cored apples,
Jake until apples are done. Serve cold
Win cream and sugar.-Farm. Field
and Preside.
Hailed Rice: Over pint of boiled
nee pour an equal quantity Of very hot
mix, and allow the mixture to cool.
Anen stir in half q tablespoonful Of
melted butter. three eggs well beaten
separately, and a scant teaspoonful of
salt Beat intimately together, and
snen add gradually -four enough to
slRhtiy thicken-a gill will be about
Toe proper amount Bake in hot oven
tor thirty minutes and serve while
warm.-Good Housekeeping.
Silks, when faded. may be improved
IN appearance by gently sponging them
with warm soap and water. Then
stretch them on fat surface "a wooden
table is as good as anythinR) and rub
them with cloth until dry. Iron on
the wrong side with q moderately hot
IRON In the case of black silk, spirits
may be used instead of the water and
soap, and it may be ironed on the right
sade, provided that a thin piece Of pa
per be put between the iron and the
silk.
-Tipsy Pudding: One pint milk,
yolks OF three eggs, three tablespoon
Iuls sugar, one tablespoonful corn
starch; put the milk into the double
boiler. when boiling stir in the yolks,
well beaten with the sugar and corn
starch; cook until creamy; take any
slices of cake and steam, lay them into
your dish you wish to serve it in, and
slice bananas over them; now pour
custard over all, beat the whites with
little sugar for frosting and brown
iightly.-Boston Globe.
Graham Rolls: Put one quart of
sifted graham flour into a bowl with
one heaping teaspoonful salt, one-half
cup of butter and lard mixed, one-half
cup sugar and one-half pint of milk
with one-haf pint of hot water Stir
thoroughly, after adding one-half of a
compressed yeast cake dissolved in
one-half cup of warm water; cover
and stand in a warm place over night.
10 the morning add sifted graham
Hour enough to make them roll easily;
cover and stand in a warm place until
light. Roll them into oblong shapes
and place them on shallow tins; cover
lightly with cloth and put in a warm
place until light Bake in a qnick
oven. When done turn out on a board
and brush the tops over with milk
Ladies' Home journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
AGRICULTURAL
POULTRY HOUSE PLAN.

Designed to House Two Hundred Birds
the Year Around.
Can you give me plan for a poultry
house for a single breed. to house in both
winter and summer about 200 fowl-some-
thing that Is easily kept clean. with as lit
tie space as possible for vermin to collect.
and for practical use only. not for orna-
naent?
Two plans are suggested by the Coun-
try Gentleman In response to the above
inquiry. In design one we have a
house 100 feet in length. divided into
ten pens, each ten by ten feet, and in
tended to accommodate 20 fowls. At
the rear of the pens is an alley extend
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
ExcelIent Tonic for Swine.

All swine kept in confinement seem
to require certain mineral elements to
counteract acidity of the stomach, and
unless supplied with something of the
kind lose appetite and cease to feed as
they should. While running on pasture
and having free ,.ccess to the fresh soil
they do not need it to the same extent,
but still should have it within reach.
The veteran breeder, A. C. Moore, of
Canton, ILL.,, makes it as follows: Three
bushels of wood ashes, one bushel of
charcoal pounded into small pieces. one
bushel of Stacked lime, one bushel of
salt, two pounds of Spanish brown, five
pounds of sulphur, half-pound of cop
peras and quarter-pound Of saltpeter.
Pulverize the last two thoroughly. mix
in a bin or box and keep in an open
trough. where the hogs can have Tree
access to 1t.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
SCIENCE IN FEEDING.
The Hen Deserves ~ Much Thought
Other Farm Animals.

The Hen Deserves ~ Much Thought -
Other Farm Animals.
The science of feeding, says the New
York Times, is supposed to be based
on two elements, one the special neces-
sites of the animal, the other the
special elements in the food that may
be digested by the animal. In regard
to the feeding of cows, considerable
study has been given to this subject,
but not SO with regard to the feeding
of other farm animals. The hen, for
instance, is never thought of in this
light, but as far as her proportionate
value as productive animal goes, she
well deserves study of this kind. So it
is with the pig, for in it's value and
usefulness proportionately, it comes
next to the hen and before the COW
that is, there is the most money made
for the amount invested in a hen than
from any other farm animal, and the
pig will easily stand next. Surely
there is reason, then, for studying the
manner of feeding these animals for
the preservation of health and for prod
uct as much as we study the feeding
of cows for the same purpose.
ne ucu Is IuS mOSt pIOuuCIIsc dUI-
NAL in existence. When well fed she
will reproduce herself in embryo, at
least, more than 100 times, and in pro-
portion to the size of the animals, the
live produce of a hen is much greater.
for counting the weight of her eggs
laid in a year, it will be found that the
product is equivalent to four or five
times her own weight. This is as #
the sow. in her two possible litters in
a year, gave birth to 400 pounds of
little pigs, while but a very small pro-
portion of sows have two litters. Thus
the feeding of hen is to be studied,
and noted as profitable expenditure
of time and energy.
It will be a timely thought just now
is not the common undue feeding of
the poultry the cause of those preva-
lent diseases which they share with
the equally ill-fed swine, that are year
ly decimated by that disease known as
cholera-and which is directly attrib-
utable to excess of carbonaceous or
heat producing elements in the food.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

The Sainte union of 1876, or Holy
league, was projected by the leaders
of the Roman church to counteract
the encroachments of the reformers.
Although les objects. as set down in
the articles of agreement and bond of
union, were numerous. the principal
purposes proposed were three: First,
to exterminate root and branch the
Calvinists of Germany and Switzer-
land; second, to shut up Henri Ill in
a monastery, he being judged inimica-
BILE, or at best Indifferent to the cause;
third, to place the duke of Guise upon
the French throne and thus beyond all
doubt to establish the power of the
Catholic party in the heart of Europe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
T i 4 T.: ! T.
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Fig. aY, yard; w. window; o, opening for
exit and entrance OF fowls; A. alley
three feet wide extending whole length
of building with door at each end: x.
partition of Stats or wire having doors
at D; r, roosts; N. nests.
base, a feet rafters, at the right door
six feet six inches high and two feet
six inches wide; figure three the
ground plan.
In the second design we have modi-
fication of the first (shown in Figs.
4 and 81, an open scratching shed be-
ing provided for the fowls. In all
other respects the two houses are alike.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
Farina Cups.

Take one pint of orange juice. make
a strip of two cups of sugar and one of
water, add the orange juice. the juice
of one lemon and sufficient water to
make one quart of liquid Bring to a
boil, add gradually one cup of farina,
stir and cook for ten minutes Fill
cups or punch glasses previously wet
with cold water, and put away to
harden. When ready to serve turn out
and garnish with whipped cream and
candied cherries. Any Bavarian cream
or corn starch may be nodded in cups
and used as company" dessert. be-
ing more attractive and easily served
In this manner than when formed in
but one large mold. Charlotte russo il
in reality the simple form of the vari-
GUS Bavarian creama-Cincinnati En-
auirer.
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3 = 3 - 3
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Fig. +Front Of House, Second Design
The dark divisions are open scratching
pens, the yard fence extending through
them as far back as the alley.
The second is much more expensive
than the first, but better results can
be obtained from the fowls. The house
for the accommodation of 200 fowls in
this second design will be about twice
the length of the house in the other
plan, and will cost fully twice as much.
In either plan, by emitting the bot.
tom board between the alley and the
pens for part of the distance and leav.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
LATEST IN LAMP SHADES.
Everything Il Empire Style, With Napo
leon MedaliOna,

Everything Il Empire Style, With Napo-
leon Medalions.
The fashions in lamp shades are
quite different this autumn from those
which have been SO much the vogue for
two or three years past, and as the
lamp-shade is considered almost as
necessary in a drawing-room as the
lamp itself every woman is now at
work remodeling and refurnishing
them.
OF course everything in the empire
style is correct, and the favorite lamp
shades are those modelled on the shade
fashionable at that time. Medallions
representing Napoleon are let in at the
side of the new shades even with the
somewhat startling incongruity of
chintz and Powered silks as the princi-
pal material. The full petticoat effect
that has made the drawing-rooms look
SO dressy will be sadly missed, and the
ruffies of tulle and lace over silk are in
sharp contrast to these severely simple
ones. There are one or two of the
elaborate ones allowed in the drawing
rooms, but these newest ones are the
favorites
They are nearly straight around. ale
most as wide at the top as at the bot
tom, and the wire frame which holds
them in place has one decided advan-
tage over the former fashions, for it
can be folded up and packed away.
Silk shades made to look like flowers
are still fashionable for the fall piano
lamps, and they are wonderfully beau
tiful. Orchids and roses are the favor
fte flowers to represent, and the petals
are of the finest silks, put on one over
the other in bewildering number.
Under all is a deep frill of white lace,
which softens any hard outlines.
Shades seem az necessary to lamps
as clothes to persons, and every tiny
lamp and even candle must have its
appropriate covering. The collection
thus gotten together in an ordinary
drawing-room is apt to be kaleido-
scopic in effect, and persons Of severe
ly simple and expensive tastes are now
using the openwork metal, silver,
brass or iron. lined with some bright
color. Certainly these have a more
solid and durable look. but the others
give q very smart" look and seem to
proclaim that the chatelaine has taken
a personal interest in the furnishing
of her rooms, instead of RELOCATING
that Office to some upholsterer or dec
orator.-N. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

Its getting quite dark now," re-
marked Cholly, as they sat on the front
piazza.
"Yes," she answered, with a touch
of scorn as she surveyed the small dis
lance between them. Zone might i'm
agine that you were afraid of the
(lark"-TeXas Siftings
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
A GOOD GRAIN SIEVE.

toms may be used and thus choice
made in the size of the mesh to use with
any particular grain or beans, peas,
etc. 1t will pay to use a mesh coarse
enough to permit all small and inferior
kernels of grain to fall through with
the weed seed. Then only the best and
most vigorous kernels will be sowed.
Such selection of the best seed year
after year will bring up the quality of
the grain wonderfully. - American
ApriculturiSt
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
SORTING SEED GRAIN.

Method of Sitting Which Is Sure to
Give Good Results.
AS long as it remains true that as a
man sows SO shall he reap, it behooves
him to get all foul weed seed out of
his seed grain. Some practice ''swim-
ming" it out, but the heaviest seeds
will not foat-only the seed pods of
weeds and the lighter stuff. Better
sift the wild seed out, and the illustra-
ton shows how to do it easily and
quickly. Removable wire mesh bot
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
breaking a Record.

Tommy" whispered his mother, as
they sat down to dinner, you mustn't
say anything about that large mole on
DR.. Fourthly's chin"
And Tommy didn't. He is probably
the first boy of the kind of whom his
tory makes any mention.-Chicago
Tribune
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

-Goblets with stem and stand, like
those we use to-day, were employed in
Troy nine hundred B. c. Among the
valuable objects found by DIR. Schlie-
mann was q golden goblet. Vessels of
this metal were commonly employed
in the service Of the temples. A Curl
GUS goblet with three stems has been
found at Pompeii It's use is con-
jectural, but the supposition is that it
was used to pour libations to the gods.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

There goes fellow who has great
pull" said the drumer.
''Ah!" answered the visitor to town,
with heightened interest; zone of your
local politicians, probably?"
No." the drumer replied, with a
drummer's rigid adherence to truth;
"he's a barber."-N. Y. Recorder.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

On the day before the execution the
keeper informs doomed man that .
visitor wishes to see him.
"Do you know who he is?" asks tho
doomed man.
"No."
"Well, just ask him If he wants to
COLLECTS bill, and if he does tell him to
call day after to-morrow."-Texas Sift-
inOS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

to be boarded and the roof covered with
shingles. If the roof is to be covered
with paper, the front need not be SO
high. The width of the house is ID feet,
divided between the pens and the alley.
Figure one shows the front elevation;
figure two the end, IL feet front, Is feet
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
what Other Rind7

What nasty smell burnt powder
has!" said Johnny.
"Powder?" exclaimed his elder sister,
Miss Maud, looking up. "Why it hasn't
amy sm-O, you mean gunpowder!"
And she turned a lovely creamy shade
of vermillion and became absorbed in
her fashion magazine again.-Chicago
Tribune,
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ing the whole length of the building.
three feet in width, and having door
at each end. Such an alley is a very
great convenience in cleaning and feed
ing. The house is IL feet high in front,
seven feet in the rear, and is designed
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
A INSTRUMENTATION,

Lets See" said Dawkins, "what
would better eat to-day?''
Our filet bearnaise is very nice"
said the waiter.
"Have you tasted it yourself?" asked
Dawkins.
mo, sir" replied the waiter, "but it
costs you $1.25. and at that price it
should be excellent. Bazaar.
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UnanSwerablo.

A rolling stone gathers no moss, 1t is said,
But the sayings repeated in vain
To the youth who remarks, with shake Of
his head,
''What of that? The stone doesn't COM
plain"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

"WHAr can do to prove the sincerity OF
Boston sweetheart. tiPromise me that yor
will learn to like Browning" replied the
intellectual creature. Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

tsToM has proposed, and asks me to give
| him his answer in a letter." 'tShall you do
ita'' mo; / will be more liberal and give
Bazaar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

JUsT laws are no restraint upon the free.
dom Of the good, for good man desires
nothing which just law will interiors
with.-Froude.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

TEE opinions Of the misanthropical rest
upon this very positive basis, that they
adopt the bad faith Of q few q evidence c1
the worthlessnees Of all-Bovee
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

BELIEVE Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my boys life last summer.-MRs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

BoBBY-.Papa, Jack Mason said his fa.her
gave him 30 cents, and Papa-AsWellrS
Boe0y-.pd Ike to say the same Of you.N
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

IA PRUDENT man." says witty French
man, tbs like pin. His head prevents him
from going too far. -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

BEEcHAM's PILLS for constipation Zoe and
and go BY it Annual sales 100000 boses.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

ssIr il an old saying that . secret can b
kept by three men II two of them arc dead.
but woman c0nceals- what she does nod
know"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21

THERE are such things as adorable faults
and insupportable virtues. Blat-
ter