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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Egg Omelet: Six eggs beaten sep
arately. half-pint sweet milk, six tea
spoonfuls of cornstarch made smooth
in little of the milk. one teaspoonful
baking powder. little salt; add the
whites last, cook in hot pan with a
little butter: when nicely Drowned.
roll over on hot dish and serve at
once.-Prairie Farmer
Peach Ice Cream: One quart of
rich cream, one pint of milk, two and
half cups of sugar, one quart Ct
peeled and chopped peaches. Sweeten
the cream with one cup of sugar, mix
with the milk and freeze When half
frozen stir in the peaches, over which
you have strewed the remaining cup
and-a-half of sugar. Grind until hard
frozen; pack in pounded ice until you
are ready for it-Home Queen.
Potato curry is very good with
cold meat, or as breakfast dish with
hard-boiled eggs. Fry some onions in
thin slices in dripping. Cut up some
cold boiled potatoes, and fry them with
the onions. Dredge all with curry
powder. add little gravy. salt and a
squeeze of lemon juice if you have it.
Allow all to stew for a quarter of an
hour, and serve very hot. This is a
very dainty and most inexpensive dish.
Leeds Mercury.
Apple Compete La France: Cut
up half dozen sour apples, put in a
preserve kettle with the juice and rind
of lemon and three cups of water: set
over the fire to boil until tender: take
up and strain. return the juice to the
kettle with half pound of sugar, and
let cook for two minutes Peel eight
large cooking apples. remove the core
carefully and drop the apples into the
sirup. Let simmer gently until tender
and clear: take from the kettle. fill
the centers with orange marmalade,
lay carefully in compete dish. Boil
the strip slowly until thick When
the apples are very cold and the sirup
cool. pour it over. Set on ice until
chilled before serving. Free
Press.
Tomato Soy: Take bushel of ripe
tomatoes. cut them in slices and skin;
sprinkle the bottom of a tub with salt;
put in layer of tomatoes: cover with
salt; add more tomatoes and salt until
all are in the tub. Cover the top with
a thick layer of sliced onions: let stand
three days; turn into a large kettle;
set over the fire and let boil very slow
~ for eight hours: stir occasionally to
prevent sticking. Take from the fire
and stand aside over night In the
morning strain and press through a
wire sieve; ada four pods of red pepper,
chopped fine. an ounce of ground cloves,
two ounces each of allspice and black
pepper. Return to the kettle: set over
a slow fire and let boil until very thick
and smooth. When cool put in small
jars and seal. Soy is an almost un-
known sauce to modern housekeepers,
but was found in the pantry of all
southern housekeepers sixty years ago.
Ladies Home Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25
WATERING VEGETABLES.
Be Sure to Apply the Water to the Roots
and Not the Leaves.

BE Sure to Apply the Water to the Roots
and Not the Leaves.
1t may be necessary to water the
vegetable plants before the end of the
season. but avoid it as long as possible.
One watering makes a second one
necessary. and it must be continued
until the necessity ceases If the
plants are we'll advanced or full grown
a generous supply of water twice a
week is better than sprinkling every
day. Do not use cold water ON the
plants. Fill barrel full of water and
let it stand in the sun a day or two,
and it will then be about the right
temperature. Apply the water to the
roots and not on the leaves.
A good plan is to follow the water
ing pot with the hoe, throwing little
dry soil around the plants. This will
prevent the surface from crusting over
and the soil will keep moist much
longer.
Young vegetable plants should be
watered every evening, if the weather
is dry. until the roots get a strong hold
of the soil. The watering should be
carefully done. Aim to keep a moist
condition of the soil but avoid satura-
ton while the roots are tender. After
the plants have good start the water
ing may be less frequent and greater
supply given at a time.
If your young plants are not doing
we'll revive them and hasten gro with
by using liquid manure prepared as
follows: Fill tub or barrel half full of
raw stable manure and fill the recep-
tacle full of water. The manure will
absorb the water and more must be
added when necessary. Let stand in
the sun twenty-four hours, then dip off
the liquid and apply to the plants.
This IS an excellent preparation for
flowers, roses, etc. Quickness of growth
is essential to the quality and tender
ness of any getable.-Dola Fay, in
Farm, Stock and Home
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25
FOREIGN MILITARY NOTES.

SENEGAL, French Soudan, French
Guinea and the Ivory Coast are to be
united for political and military pur-
poses under the governor general of
West Africa.
CALAIS has dedicated a monument,
by Rodin. to Eustache de St. Pierre and
the town against Edward III. of Eng
land. and gave themselves up to be
hanged to save their townsmen when it
surrendered.
TRIALS with an aluminium torpedo
tube on board the British torpedo boat
Scourge have proved very successful,
and the tubes are to be tried now on
one of the destroyers. They require
far less attention than the steel tubes,
and are, of course, much lighter.
FRANCE is going to build at once two
large cruisers of great power and speed.
capable of competing with the British
Terrible and our Columbia, and Of over
taking the fast Atlantic liners. They
will have minimum contract speed of
twenty-three knots, and must steam
without recoaling.
CHANGES in the system of supplying
ammunition to the French infantry
have been made. Each man may carry
100 rounds, instead of 102. on his per-
son, and just before action is supplied
with IS rounds from the company carts,
SO more rounds being kept in reserve.
The corps park wagons provide S03
rounds per man instead of PSI; these
are distributed to the company wagons
rs fast as they are emptied.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25
NEW JERSEYS ROADS.
Many Miles Were Macadamized Unde
the Township Bonding Act.

Many Miles Were Macadamized linden
the Township Bonding Act.
Before state or county aid was ex-
tended for the construction of stone
roads in New Jersey the farmers of
Chester, Burlington county, got the
notion they would bankrupt them
selves if they put down macadam roads.
Two citizens knew differently and Of
fered to build the roads for $3.4OO per
mile. Farmers believed stone roads
would cost So, 600 or 1000 per mile.
Finally the town was bonded for S4O,-
coo for 10 miles of roads. To carry
the election in favor of bonding. out
lying roads were included, making
III miles. The two citizens brought
the stone by rail many miles, carted it
overland in wagons, took as salary
$1,000 for the four months job, returned
S225 to the town treasury and built
the 1119 miles of road. The cost was
SO, AGO per mile, and all the stone hauled
long distances, the biggest item of
cost. These roads were built
years ago and have not been repaired
since except to be rolled each spring
by 3 ton horse roller. The bonds
are paid at the rate of 81, 600 per year
and the burden of taxation is insignifi-
cant. Nearly all the farmers use mar
row tire wagons. although engineers
say they should use wide tires A load
or tons, including weight of wagon,
is common. The builder recommended
an expenditure of $50 per year on each
mile, but to-day with narrow tires and
heavy loads there is no perceptible
evidence of wear.-Bulletin 9, Office of
Road Inquiry
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25

may be canned or dried. Or if kept in
a cool place in its husk the cherry will
keep plump and sound until December,
or later.
In growing ground cherries about
the same method is pursued as in grow
ing tomatoes. The seeds are sown in
hotbeds, and the young plants are not
taken TO the garden until danger of
frost is past. The plants are very
branching, most of the branches taking
a lateral direction. almost touching the
ground. For this reason they should
be set not less than four feet apart
each way. There is need of extra care
IN keeping down the weeds during the
first half of the season, for later on the
plants are in the way of such work.
The ground cherry is wonderfully pro-
life. THE first ripe ones are gathered
about the first of August. After this
the fruit may be picked every two or
three days until cut off by frost. The
fruit drops off as soon as it is ripe, SO
the most of the picking is done from
the ground. On good soil one may eX-
pect to get bushe1 from 1s or 20
plants, or from $50 to $50 bushels per
acre.--American Agriculturist.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25
GINSENG CULTURE.
According to u Well-Known Texan, -
Paws Exceedingly Wen.

According to ~Well-Known Texan, n
Pays Exceedingly Wen.
Low prices of farm products and kim
dred ills are having depressing effect
upon the minds of cultivators of the
soil, and thoughtful men are now more
than ever before considering how and
what crops to grow for profit
In such trying periods. believing
that much good is sometimes accom-
plished by direct ing attention to new
channels of industry, / herewith pre-
sent some sugge tions for the benefit
of any who may feel disposed to test
them. In 1870. while living at Little
Rock, Ark. wrote a few articles for
the local press calling attention to the
adaptation of her soil and climate to
fruit culture. I also engaged in it my
self and was the first man who ever
shipped a grape from that state to
northern market. 1t is now a great
satisfaction to me to say / have lived
to see her fruit interest developed un-
til it is probably worth millions of dol
lars annually. Again, since I have
been a citizen of this state, / called at
tention to the pecan nut in connection
with nut culture, and, aided by some
e
to nut culture that will ultimately
prove of value to some people in nearly
every state in the union and to quite
a number in foreign lands
But the object of this letter is to call
attention to ginseng culture. This lit
tie plant is adapted to a wider range of
soil and climate than any other one
thing 1 know of. 1t is beautiful
-.
in flower pot. Its golden leaves in
autumn: its creamy white blossoms.
followed by spikes of fiery red seed
pods, renders it very striking thing.
Florists should all grow it a pot
plant; it would add much beauty to
garden border and would flourish on
the shady side of a spreading rose or
shrub, and as field crop its capabili-
ties are simply immense. / plant one
foot apart each way, say forty-four
thousand plants per acre. then mulch
the entire surface to a depth of four or
five inches and the field work is done.
l never cultivate or stir the soil in any
way. At three years the plants COM
mence to bear seed. and the older they
get the more seed they bear; it would
pay we'll at present as seed crop
alone. The seed would fetch almost
any price one would ask; they are
worth their weight in gold. AT four
years the roots are considered suf-
ficiently matured to dig. About TWEEN
ty-five well grown roots will make
pound when dry, and the price is from
two dollars to three dollars and a half
per pound. In view of the fact that
the plant is yearly getting scarcer and
the price advancing and likely to do SO
for many years, it occurs to me that
any careful cultivator of average in
telligence could add greatly to his in
come by 1udicious planting and man.
agement of this crop--L. ID. Shrews-
bury, Sherman, Tex, in Western
Rural.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25
NIGHT.
u tie SIN ana swee. OF the night,
Q the Weakening out Of dreams.

IN tie sim ana sWee. OF the night.
Q the Weakening out Of dreams,
Ere ever line OF light
through the gate of the morning streama!-
with never roof above
Inat the sweep Of our 1oyance mars,
Only the sky, and the love
OF the brotaerly infinite starsl
In the still and sweet OF the night,
o tie voicing OF wondrous things
From the druid frs on the height
AND the lips of the lowland springs!-
From sibylline tongues that tell
The truths that the ages teach,
1oosed from the days deep spell
Into soft articulate speech,
In the still and sweet of the night,
o the sense OF soul release
From the passions and pains that blight
In the dewy balms of peace.
The breeding rapture OF rest,
Free from the fret and feud.
Close to the earths warm breast
In her loving motherhood,
Clinton Scotland, in Youths Companion
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25
A DENIM HAMMOCK.
Directions for Making Swing Hammock
for the Baby's Use.


for the Baby's Use.
Denim is constantly invading new
fields and taking fresh uses. Its last
is as the constructing ia brio of a child's
hammock. Two yards of denim of a
brownish tone were purchased and a
pattern one and one-quarter yards long
by twenty-seven inches wide was cut
out of a newspaper as a preliminary
step toward making the hammock.
Then the denim was folded length
wise and crosswise. SO as to quarter it
and find its center, and this was mark
ed with a pin thrust through it, after
which the paper pattern was
folded in the same way, the
center found, and laid over the spread
out denim SO that the two materials
would be exactly centered together
Iengthwise with each other. This left
| a strip of denim uncovered on each
side of the paper pattern four and one
half inches wide, while the ends were
completely uncovered. A pencil line
was then drawn SO as to continue the
sides of the denim in two long strips
from end to end, making the strips two
yards long by four and one-half inches
wide. Inside of these strips was lief.
denim a little more than thirteen
inches long by twenty-seven inches
wide as the cloth runs. These long
side strips must not be cut. as they
make the swing pieces for the ham,
mock, but the end blocks are cut out
along the pencil line as far as the pa
per and across the end of the paper, so
as to make a huge capital FL of the
slit an inch deep into the extreme
corners of the bar of the II along
the pencil line, SO as to enable
you to run up a hem on the top
and bottom of the bar. After finishing
this, fold the long side strips length
wise and run them up smooth, SO as
to make of them two long straps at
tached to the crossbar of the II. Now
you must take a pillow. lay it down
on the denim, as you would if the
hammock were in use as a bed, and
lay q plat in each side of the cross
bar to bunch it into a poke. or vessel
shape. Plat until you get the ar
rangement you wish; stick in few
pins and double stitch through the v
plat along it's edges. You will now
have the hammock shaped. and the
next step is to run a piece of the waste
denim across each end all of the width
as a stay to prevent the side strips
from pulling off.
After placing the stays on the ends,
the side straps may be firmly sewed
together to make hanging loops. to
which light line may be added at
pleasure when needed. If the pillow |
and bedding will not keep apart, light |
round sticks may be inserted any |
where across the loops by working a |
large eyelet in the strips to hold the |
stick ends.-Domestic Monthly |
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25

GARDEN wHEELBARRow.

many cases we have much soil on the
roots of plants. On an ordinary wheel
barrow the plants are subjected to
many jars and often hard knocks,
which are liable to loosen the soil and
perhaps shake it all off. A correspond
ent suggests the device here illus
trated as meeting the objection. The
two pieces on which the box rests
should be of white ash or hickory.
giving the box when loaded an easy
spring. The advantages of this con-
trivance are easily understood, and the
whole construction is too plain to need
lengthy description: Flats containing
tomato, pepper, and egg plants. etc,
may be loaded right into the box and
carted to the field without much shak-
ing.-American Gardening.
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Bedroom In a Summer House.

One of our millionaires has had his
little daughters bedroom in their sum.
mer house decorated after a peculiarly
simple style. 1t would look austerely
plain for cold weather use. but for the
hot months it has eharmingly fresh,
sweet lcok- The floor is of Georgia
pine. with white goatslir rugs laid
about. rne furniture is brass bed
stead. white-hung dressing table and
washstand. with chairs that arc all CT
wiclerwork- The Inantel. drapea with
tine same dotted swiss. has a marble
statuette. some glass vases and a white
picture frame or two. The toilet set
is of unadorned delicate white china,
and the dresser bottles, cushions and
the rest are unrel;eved by color. The
combs and bushes are all of ivory. As
will be seen there is nothing expensive
in this furnishing, although i. was
done for girl who will inherit an i'm
mense fortune some day. The sene
scheme may be carried out By very
meager purse. -Philadelpaia Fress.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

STRAWBERRY plants that grow best
this season bear best next year.
Coop crops of fruit cannot be grown
on starved soil
THE quickest and most satisfactory
results from ashes are usually obtained
on sandy soil
ONE of the best varieties, if not the
best. of fruit trees for roadside plant
ing is the cherry.
PROPER balance of root and top
growth is essential in the selection of
trees for planting.
THE presence of ants on or about
trees may be taken as a good indica-
ton that the tree is affected by disease
or insects
THE best currants are grown on
wood of the previous seasons growth.
Do not allow too many canes TO grow.
Thin out the most unpromising ones.
NEVER prune the short spurs from
pear trees, as all fruit is borne upon
them, but remove all suckers from the
body of the tree, as also all superfiuous
branches
GOOD grating wax is made by tax
ing four parts of resin. two parts of
OeeSwaX ana one part taIlOw. by
weight, melting all slowly together
and mixing thoroughly.
IN many situations where growing of
any kind of cultivated crops would be
impossible the growing of tree fruits
could readily be made profita ble-nore
SO than almost anything else
THE summer pruning of raspbe1ries
should consist mainly of pinching out
the growing point of each cane when it
reaches the height of about three feet.
This causes branches to start out be-
low.
You've grated trees should be looked
after now. Sprouts will often start up
from the stock and if allowed to grow
viii rob the gratis Go over them
carefully and rub them oH.-St. Lonis
Republic
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25
ALL SORTS OF ODDITIES.

GRANVILLE HIGaAsoy. JR., of Green's
burg, KY, is twenty-one years old and
only thirty-eight inches high.
A CLUB of wheelmen had decided to
attend a Brooklyn church in body.
The clergyman was highly delighted,
and decorated his pulpit with two
BICYCLES, in honor of their visit.
A TRAMP was arrested at Sioux Falls,
S. D.. few days ago for breaking into
synagogue and stealing lot of prayer
books, which he subsequently tried to
peddle on the streets of the town.
A YOUNG man, twenty-eight years
old, weighing four hundred and ninety
six pounds. died at Fortune, Humboldt
county. Cal, recently. He was six feet
two inches high. and his immense bulk
was symmetrically distributed.
IT is said that the wild lettuce is
lone of two well-marked compass
plants" and that it has the property of
twisting it's leaves until they point
straight upward, with the edges direct
north and south.
IT is said that if two tuning forks of
the same pitch are placed facing each
other. the one sounding the other
silent, in few seconds the silent one
will be giving out distinctly audible
note.
FARMERS in Mexico use oxen Of one
color in the morning and of another
color in the afternoon. They have no
reason for doing SO beyond the fact that
their forefathers did it, and they con-
clude it must be the right thing to do.
PROF. C. V. RILEY, the eminent ento-
mologist, who studies the habits of
bugs for Uncle Sam, has advanced a
theory of telcpathy among insects-a
sixth sense, whereby they are enabled
great distances
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
THE GROUND CHERRY.

Its Value Fruit Is just Beginning to
Be Appreciated.
With many farmers the ground cher
~ is classed among the weeds. as it
grows wild in many parts of the central
and western states Its value as a
fruit has not been generally appre-
ciated and until the past few years it
was seldom seen in cultivation. An
improved variety is now finding its
way in our seedmen's catalogues, and
there is no doubt that it will grow rap
idly in favor. With me the improved
ground cherry has proven itself worthy
of place in the garden. The plant is
quite hardy, and will thrive on any
soil where potatoes will grow. The
fruit when the husk has been removed
is handsome yellow cherry of about
three-fourths of an inch in diameter.
It has something of a strawberry ia
vor, and is excellent for sauce, pies, or
preserves. For winter use the fruit
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25
Fine Words Butter No ParsnIps.

Roads are the connecting links that
bind communities together in unity of
spirit They are the ways by which
men have advanced and will ever ad-
vance who wish to leave some worthy
memorial to posterity.' = Fudge
Roads are roads, and the majority of
them mighty mean ones They may
be the connecting links, put if all the
links of life were of like character
the connection wouldn't amount to
much. and would be mud at that.
Roads are like communities, and are
what the people make them. True,
the world was not made in day. and
all things had beginning: but some
times one thinks. in travelling over our
country roads, this is q pretty old be-
ginning" and-..a tough one, too."-
Colman's Rural World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25

On side door Of q room in Dule.
vegas house at Plymouth. Mass. was
lock which had given considerable
trouble by not working properly. On
being taken off for repairs and after
being cleaned and scraped, the follow
ing inscription was discovered: This
lock was on the chamber door at ST.
Helena wherein he breathed his last
who made princes bow and kings
tremble on their thrones-Napoleon.~
The house is about sixty years old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25
Nicotinfzed Nerves.

Men old at thirty. Chew and smoke. eat
little, drink, or want to, all the time. Nerves
Jingle, never satisfied, nothing's beauti-
system tells the story There's an easy way
out. No-To-Bac will kill the nerve-cEaying
effects for tobacco and make you strong,
vigorous and manly. SOFA and guaranteed
to cure by Druggists e.. erywhere. Book,
''Don't Tobacco Spit or Smoke Your Life
Away" free. Ad. Sterling Remedy Co.,
New York City or Chicago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25

When there is too big head of steam on
or YOU will be in danger. Similarly, when
that important safety valve of the system,
the bowels, becomes obstructed, open ik
promptly with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
and guard against the consequences of its
closure Biliousness, dyspepsia, malarial,
rheumatic and kidney complaint, nervous
pleasant but potent conqueror OF disease.
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WINTER WHEAT. 50 BUSHELS PER
ACRE.

Did you ever hear of that? Wels
there are thousands of farmers who
think they will reach this yield with
Salzer's new hardy Red Cross Wheat;
and Rye so bushels per acre! Crimson
Clover at $500 per bushel. Lots and
lots of grass and clover for fall seeding.
Cut this out and send it to the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, for
fall catalogue and sample of above
wheat free. Xxi