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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27
STIRRING THE CREAM.

An Important Item in the Making of
Good Quality of Butter.
One of the most important items in
the making of good quality of but
ter is the proper and uniform ripening
of the cream. On the average farm
the cream for several milkings must be
put together in order to make a suffi-
cient quantity to churn together. It is
important that all of the cream be
ripened uniformly if all of the butter
is taken off the cream, hence no fresh
cream should be added to what is
already ripening for twelve hours be-
fore churning. Every time fresh cream
is added the whole should be stirred
thoroughly together. A long wooden
paddle that will reach to the bottom of
the vessel should be used, and the STIR
ring should be given with a rather up
ward. lifting motion that will bring
the bottom cream to the top, rather
than a stirring motion that will start
the cream in a circular motion around
the vessel. The idea is to mix the old
and new thoroughly together. This
must be done every time fresh cream is
added. A thorough mixing of the
cream secures a uniform ripening, and
in churning all of the butter comes
at once, so that none is lost in the but
termilk, as is often the case when no
particular care is taken on this point.
Cream should be thoroughly ripened,
but should not be allowed to become
sour. Slightly acid is the right condi-
ton, and the more fully this condition
is secured the easier will be the churn-
ing, the more thoroughly the butter
will all be taken out of the cream, and
the better the quality of the butter.
The management of the cream is the
essential item in the making of good
butter and it should be skinned off
while the milk is sweet. kept at an
even temperature while ripening, and
ripened as uniformly as possible, and
then churned as soon as slightly acid.
Prairie Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27

ont behind the barn to light a bunch
in. Ny, didn't they pop! Then we
forgot it teetotal, and come wash-day
nobody knowed where the b'iler was !"
..And when they found it?"
''Suthin' had stepped on itr' muttered
Thrastus. ''But I don't think folks
ought to hold things hull year"
Harvey threw his head back and
laughed so heartily that 'Phrastus
stopped frowning and giggled-
Now look here" said Harvey, when he
had had his laugh out, II haven't for
gotten how you found Frowsy for me
last summer, and if you'll promise not
TO use them round the house or the
barn, or anywhere where they'll dis
Iarb Aunt 'Scilla, I'll put half q dozen
packs under the big stone behind the
barn for you Fourth of July morning."
"It's awful good of your 'Phrastus'
cheeks grew shining red. There
sha'n't nobody hear 'em 'cept me; I'll
take 'em down to the woods And say.
Hi hunt your dog every time he gets
iost-don't yon give any other Teller the
job. What they got in that wagon?-
1T must be the English ram Mr..
Turner'S been buying" said Harvey.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27
LIME AND ALCOHOL.

The Two Latest Methods OF Preserving
Fruits and Vegetables
Fruits and vegetables are preserved
in France by simply bedding them IN
lime The process has been tried sue
cessfully on oranges, cherries, grapes,
pears, apples, prunes, gooseoerries,
onions, potatoes. tomatoes, sugar beets
and shelled chestnuts- The following
claims are made for this method: 1.
The lime does not in the least attack
the skin of the fruit even after pro-
longed contact 2. The fruit does not
dry any more in the lime than in the
air. 3. No change takes place in the
fruit other than such as is the natural
consequence of its evolution.
A still later method is that of pre-
serving fruits by means of the vapor Of
alcohol. This process, which has hith-
erto only been tried with grapes, is
extremely simple. According to the
inventor. another Frenchman, it can
be practiced anywhere. and needs no
special apparatus In every place
where uniform low temperature can
be assured, grapes can be stored in
closed compartments. adding alcohol
either in jar, or even saturating with
it the wooden framework which sup
ports the grapes. The cost of the alco-
hol. it appears, is very smalL-N. Y.
World
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27
STYLISH BLACK GOWNS.

New Designs for Seasonable Dress Cos
tunes.
When a fashionable dressmaker is
asked for stylish black gown suitable
for morning wear, both in town and
country, during the summer, she sug-
gests one that is not only extremely
chic, but is serviceable and practical
as well-a gown of black mohair with
a large collar of grass-linen and belt
of cream-white kid with gold buckle.
1t is also further impressed upon the
purchaser that the mohair must be
very lustrous, and of the heavy yet
smooth weave, the thick threads al
most forming basket squares, instead
of the fine, closely-woven surface IA
miliar in alpaca. The collar of grass
linen may be embroidered all over, or
it may be made of many fine tucks with
yellow lace insertions, but it must be
very large, and of the natural ecru or
unbleached dark-linen color.
Among new designs for these gowns
women who are supplied with still
shorter jacket suits choose Paquin's
late model, a round waist with hol-
low box-plaits on an open blouse
front, and a seamless back with a
slightly-lapped fold extending from
each shoulder to the belt. The plaits
on the front are merely reversed box
plaits, the box part turned in next
the lining, leaving the two edges
meeting outside. One such plat ex-
tends from each shoulder, to droop on
the belt directly in the middle, and is
prettily decorated on the bust with
twelve small, smooth, dull gilt but
tons, six in row down each edge,
quite near together. The open v space
from throat to belt is filled in with q
plastron or chemisette of grass-linen
in fnely-tucked bands alternating
with half-inch insertions of yellow
Valenciennes, and finished around the
neck with collar-band made of siml-
lar tucks and insertion edged top and
bottom with narrow scalloped lace to
match. This collar is gathered in two
little frills in the back. and is hooked
there. A very large col1arette flaring
out on the sleeves and square across
the back. also of grass-linen, inser-
ton. and edging, continues as revers
down the open mohair front, show
ing the plastron between. and COM
ing to point near the belt. To dec
crate the front further Hat bow OF
open loops in Louis Quinze fashion is
made of the yellow insertion neatly
applied on the mohair at the end of the
revers, two loops and an end being on
one side. with the same on the other.
making complete tied bow when the
front is hooked. With this goes
white kid belt. unless the wearer pre-
fers black satin ribbon folded on the
edge of the waist to make belt an
inch wide hooked in the back under
very small simply.tied bow of two
ends. The large-topped sleeves have
six gilt buttons at the wrist on the
seam disclosed by tucked batiste cnffs
basted inside and turned back. The
rored skirt Eve and a half yards wide
is lined and interlined, the side
breadths folding forward in q narrow
lap on the front, and held ut the top
By rows Of buttons.-Harper's Bazaar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
NEW ROAD MACHINE.
Three Scrapers Operated Separately by
One Man aud Two Horses.

Three Scrapers Operated Separately by
One Man aud Two Horses.
Without doubt the best country roads
are made by the MacAdam process.
But the practice of scraping and haul
ing dirt on the highway is still SO COM
mon that there continues to be de-
mand for machines that will perform
that work easily. One of the latest in
ventions of this class consists of three
ordinary road scrapers, hung one ahead
of another in a frame. which is support
ed on four wheels, and which is arched
near the front end to let the
front wheels pass under in turning.
On both sides, near the front of each
scraper. there are Jugs, to which are
attached chains that run up to hori-
zontal shaft. BY rotating this shaft
with winch one can raise or lower
the front edge of the scraper. There
is another chain from the rear edge,
leading up to loose collar on the
same shaft. When this collar clutches
a fixed one adjacent thereto, the rear
chain may also be wound or unwound
with the winch. Further support to
the rear end Of the scraper is af-
forded by a cross-bar, riveted there
to. which rests on the side-pieces
of the main frame In order to keep
the scraper from sliding backward
when its edge is depressed, SO as to
scoop up earth, there are adjustab BILE
horizontal braces on each side of every
scraper that are pivoted to the frame.
The depth of cut is regulated by the
forward chains. When a scraper is
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27

PHRASIIS SHoI oOl
however, as his feet touched tbs
water.
At the toward movement 'Phrastus
turned and ran. He reached the shore
as King George came galloping around
the curve.
Up the nearest tree scrambled the
small American. 1t was not a very
large one and received a blow from
King Georges head that almost shook
the climber loose before he reached a
place of safety in the crotch.
For some time-'Phrastus said ''the
hull mornin', but he was in no condi-
ton to judge-King George butted the
tree, bringing down upon himself
fresh explosions of fearful wrath, and
all the breakable branches 'Phrastus
could reach. Afterward he nibbled
about the vicinity. returning at inter
walls to renew the assault, and never
going far enough away to permit the
escape of his prisoner.
Aunt 'Scilla's dinner was late, for
Uncle Ben went to the parade; but it
was an exceptionally good one, and
there was a puffy little turnover at
'Phrastus' place. Aunt 'Scilla rang the
little bell. and Uncle Ben rang the big
bell. without bringing any small
nephew forward to eat it. AFTER all
I've said," declared Aunt Priscilla, her
lips growing ominously thin and tight,
''that boys been and gone to the
p'rade!"
'Tain't agin nature if he has," said
Uncle Ben. when you stretch a
string too tight, it'll snap"
''Something'n snap" said Aunt
'Scilla. Her eyes did. i've got to
train up that boy in the way he should
go, and l mean to do it. Don't you
dast say word. Benjamin Arbuckle!
If he don't learn to go straight now
he'll go crooked all his life
After dinner she cut two long lilac
sprouts and trimmed them with osten-
dishes in the kitchen Uncle Ben slyly
cut tiny slashes along the whole length
of each switch.
1t was the middle of the afternoon
when a boy, with dirty, tear-marked
face and mud-stained clothes, shuff1ed
into the house. Under his arm he
carried a dismasted toy schooner and
a dilapidated, five-cent American flag.
$50, TheOphrastus Wilson, greeted
Aunt 'Scilla, you've been to the
p'rade, after all. Very well, sir, you're
going to remember this Fourth of July
as long as you live. Come straight
here"
She fiourished one of the switches,
and it fell to pieces in her astonished
hands.
Guess shell member it," whined
'Phrastus. II hain't been t. the p'rade
Il hain't! stuck up in tree this
hull everlastin' Fourth, with Turner's
old ram a-buntin' at it, tryin' to shake
me down. I'd had to stayed there all
night, too, likely, if Mr.. Turner's Pete
hadn't come along. You jest asst him"
When Harvey Harris heard of it he
could not resist saying: $50 the
British beat, eh, 'Phrastus?'
''Just that once.' said 'Phrastus--
Mrs. Frank Lee, in Youths Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27
EUROPEAN ROYALTY.

A CORRESPONDENT writes that every
one who sees the princess of Wales is
astonished at her youthful appearance.
It is no hyperbole to say that she looks
younger than ever-far younger than
her own daughters.
PRINCE NAsRULLA, the second son of
the ameer of Afghanistan, now In
London, is described as a morose young
man, with a "pair of eyes suggestive of
a frightened, nl-tempered horse about
to kick and bolt"
THE duke of AnhaIt, Germany, cele-
bratcd his birthday recently by estab-
fishing decoration for workingmen.
Every laborer in his dominions who
has been twenty-five years in the en-
ploy of the same person or firm win re-
ceive silver medal.
Ex-EMPEEss EUGENE was in Paris not
long since ON her return to Farnbor-
ough. She drove through the Tuileries
gardens, but no one recognized the
pale-faced lady dressed in mourning as
she drove by the site of what was once
the royal abode where she entertained
nearly every sovereign in Europe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27

dire to Theophrastus Wilson, but the
person to whom he poured out his
woes only twinkled a pair OF merry
eyes. Harvey Harris was several years
older than 'Phratus, but he listened
with an interest very comforting to the
smaller boy.
''She says kin take the old boss
pistle n fire it off once down behind
the barn. M kin tie dads old flag to a
broomstick and wave it about all l
wanter. Who wants an old broomstick
round, anyway? That amt no Fourth
of july"
'Phrastus sniffed-he almost sniveled.
His hearer laughed outright
''Say, 'Phrastus, what under the can
opy did you do last Fourth that makes
Aunt 'Scilla settle down on you like
this?'
"Nothin'," said 'Phrastus, sullenly.
'Oh, pshaw. ] know yOu and I
know Aunt Priscilla. Shed never cor
ner you up so close without some
reason. Honest, now, out with it, and
I'll see what 1 can do for you"
There was the cat" said 'Phrastus,
digging his toes INTO the ground.
What about the cat?'
''She told me to give him his dinner,
nd put firecracker under the pan.
1t didn't hurt him none, but he never
come fer week; md he won't tech cod
fish sence."
''Oh, no! What else?"
''The settin' hen," said 'Prastus,
scratching his right ear. II knowed she
wanted her broke up, n bet couple
o crackersid do it
well, did they?"
Guess you'd "a thought so! They
set the nest afire, and most burnt up
the chicken house." 'Phrastus actually
grinned
..Ah. ha. Go ahead; that wasn't all.
What put on the finishing touch?"
~ s'pose twas the new wash biler,"
said 'Phrastus, frowning. 1--WE TUX it
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27

The Practical Dairyman tells us that
Tor lice on cattle nothing is mcs,e eff
tective than kerosene emulsion and of
the strength usually employed in
spraying fruit trees and vines. 1t is by
dissolving one-half pound of hard soap
in a gallon of boiling water and adding
two gallons Of kerosene oil. Stir vio-
lently until perfect emulsion Is
formed. Dilute with nine to fifteen
parts Of warm water and apply with
q spray pump. It will knock ont all
lice on the first application but viii
not kill the eggs. A second spraying
should be given in two or three weeks
to kill any more which may have
hatched out
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27
-TEghman's island, . part Of Tai.

-TEghman's island, . part of Tall
bot county, Maryland, and connected
with the mainland by a bridge. is IA
nous in the Chesapeake region for its
canoes. The island is about three
square miles in area. and is dcnsely
populated by a hardy race of eastern
shoremen, who gain their living in the
waters of the bay. When ice or the
laws of Maryland interfere with their
ordinary pursuits, the Tilghman's is
Ianders build canoes, and do it admira-
bly, well. The true Chesapeake canoe
is still dugout Sometimes two or
three logs are followed for the pur-
pose and joined together. The result
. remarkably stanch boat, good in
all waters and almost indestructible.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

TIE edible dogs in China have blue
tongues.
ABOUT ten persons commit suicide
every day in Paris.
PINEApPLEs are sold in Madagascar
at the rate Of four for a cent.
PLUM pudding was almost unknown
in England before the middle OF the
last century.
PETROLEUM has been used for some
time in Germany as means of pre-
venting the formation of scale in
boilers.
SIBERIAN peasants clean, stretch and
dry the skin of the turbot for leather
bags and as a substitute for glass win
dow DaueS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27
TRIPLE ROAD sCRAPER.

loaded it's front edge is raised to &
proper height by the same means. To
dump the scraper the collars are
clutched. and the winch turned in the
opposite direction from that required
to lift the front.
The object of dividing the load into
three parts is that by operating each
scraper separately the machine can
easily be managed with two horses.
When the three parts are loaded the
machine will hold as much as can or
dinarily be drawn on a wagon with
two horses. Thus one man and one
team can operate the machine. The
inventor declares that it requires less
than one minute to either load or I'M
load. The machine has been thorough
ly tested, and has proved itself entire
ly SATISFACTORILY. Y. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27
LITTLE SAYINGS.

CAST no dirt into the well that gives
you water.
Few take wives for Gods sake or for
fair looks.
GET name to rise early and You may
lie all day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27

means lost manhood, weak eyes, and gen.
eral all gone look and feeling that robs life
Of its pleasure. Tobaccois the rootof many
an impotent symptom, and No-To-Bac q
vigorous and happy in more ways than one.
No-To-B BAG guaranteed and sold by Druggists
everywhere. Book, titled "Don't Tobacco
Spit or Smoke Your Life Away" Ad. Ster-
ling Remedy Co., New York or Chicago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27

Outside of the Indian territory.
New Mexico has the largest Indian
population, 20.5e1; then comes South
Dakota, with 10, S45; Arizona. with 49,.
740: California, with 1925, the other
states having smaller numbers
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27
Us~0s SHE savs

S Fl E says I
shan't S p e N d
one cent for
crackers ner
torpydoes, ner
go down to see
the p'rade ner
any of the boys.
She says I've
got to stay hum
and keep still
this Fourth. "
The prospect
o-slaDfr
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27

Mrs. MusHLEY-tJohn has got the hypno-
tism." Mrs. Gushley-"What kind of o dis
ease is thatl' Mrs. Mushley-ssWhy, you
know rheumatism in the ip."-BOston
Courier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27

NOTHING so completely robs confinement
of the pain and suffering attending it as tho
use of Mothers Friend.n Sold by druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27

Not Selfsh.-'Why do you and
Bobby quarrel SO much? / hope my
Willie is not selfish little boy" mo.
mamma, I'm not selfish. but Bobby IL.
He always wants to play the games /
don't want to. '-Harper's Bear.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27

Prso.s Cure for Consumption is an A No.
Asthma medicine.-W. R. WILLIAMS, An
doch, Ills, April IL, 1894.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27

Chonnie-"I'm sick. De doctor says I've
got an ulster in me t'roat. n-Philadelph
Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27

HorEIkEErERs are people we have to puA
up with.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27

The Neversink was not named be-
cause its waters do not get low, but
from the Indian Narwa-sink, "mad
river"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.

Bobby Dumble-Hey! This is great
fun. isn't it?
Willie Wimple = Should say so.
'Tain't ten o'clock yet, and I've got
three burns
Bobby Dup,ble-Poon! that's nothin'.
The doctor says maybe I'll lose my
little tinger.-Golden Days
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-28

ness practice from the day of =
tfauee to completion Of course.
The proprietors of this SIN OF have
Glled a common quart bottle with
shot of various SIZES and propose to
give a Eve months scholarship, in
Guiding board, to the one guessing
nearest the number of shot il sail
bottle. Any one can gness and as
many times as they desire. a circu
lar Civ NJ full particulars vii! be tenl
for two cent stamp.
"rbe Southern Penman." ard al
elegant catalogue, with specimens o.
penmansbip, etc., will be mai.ei t.
any one who is interested in aiten
ing this popniar Institution.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-28
The cour.ship Of Miles standlsh.

Encouraged by the hearty welcome
given to these two American poems,
Longfellow, in 1858, published third,
1.-THE Courtship of Miles Standish. |"
In this he told no pathetic tale of part
ed lovers, nor did he draw Oh the quains
lore of the red men. He took his story
from the annals of his own ancestors,
the sturdy founders of New England.
AS it happened. he himself like his fell
low poet, Bryant) was direct descend
ant of John Alden and Priscilla, the
Puritan maiden, whose wooing be mar
rated. 1.-THE Courtship Of Miles Stan
dish" is ouly less popular than its pred
ecessors, "Evangeline" and 'Hiawa-
tina. " All three have been taken to
heart by the American people, all We're
composed during the brightest years Of
the poets life, when his family were
growing up about him, when he was in
the full possession Ct his powers and had
already achieved fame. - Professor
Brander Matthews in st. Nicholas.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-28
HIS SMILE WENT WITH THE POSE.
The Model In the Life Glass Smiled Sim
ply For the Sake of Art.

The Model In the Life Glass Smiled Sim
ply For the Sake of Art.
An amusing incident occurred not
long ago in a we'll known New York
art school. The girl students were draw
ing from life study of the Dancing
Faun." A good looking Italian boy
was the model, and as he assumed the
requisite pose his face became wreathed
in smiles. He was gazing directly at the
class, and each girl imagined the smile
was directed at her.
''How very embarrassing, said a
Long Island girl II wish to goodness
be wouldn't grin at me- "
In spite of the indignant glanoes cast
at him the son of Italy continued to
smile at the blushing girls.
Presently u stolid German girl looked
up and noticed the smile, which she
imagined was aimed directly at her.
You sohtop dot sohmiling We don't
want you to sohmile at u.s." The boy s
figure instantly Strengthened up, and
he stood before the class the very i'm
PRESERVATION of offended dignity as he
said:
Ladies', no smile of any one.
pose to you as re Dancing Faun.' ZG
smile goes wiz ze pose. New York
World.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-28
WANTED TO KILL GROVER

Ciype, n. z, Juue William
Campbell, an old soldier from Buf
falo. n Y, is il jail here. He told
Chief of Police Hamilton That he was
on his way to Washington to kill
Grover Clevelar d. i knew the
chup we'll" be sail. "anl l mean to
put him where he wo.', be able to d
The old soldiers any more harm.
Realizing that he had crazy mar,
TO deal with Hamilton replied hit he
too. logged to prrfor the same act
aud suggested that, they go together.
"Pre,ideni Cleveland could be more
Isl y sssassinated by two men than
uy ole. you know" he said to IL e
lnnatic
To this the man assenied aud on
tn, II way the two started. Coiei
H lmitou kept the msu taking OBJ u
himself and telling how be would
cove Pfesid ut until the village lock
up was reached. ct this point the
man grew suspicious and y nted to
know what they should do iu that
buildi g, Chief Hamilton replied
that they would step 10 AMI talk the
matter over for a minute or two
The next secoud the lrna'ic was
hustled into cell.