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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
PROTEST FROM MAINE.

Mr. Donnel1 Ridicules the Way They
"Break Roads" In Yankeeland.
Some winter morning the highway
surveyor of district No. wakes up to
find all familiar landmarks out of sight
beneath thick covering of snow which,
it is more than likely, has drifted in
huge heaps across the highway wher-
ever a fence, stone wall or clump of
peded march. The highway surveyor,
mindful of the important part he plays
in maintaining the social fabric, wades
out to the barn to feed his cattle
cattle being New-E 1glandism for
pair of oxen-which he yoles up
after getting his own breakfast.
His method of breaking a road is
very simple. Under the front of an
old-fashioned wood sled, with long
runners, he chains a stick of wood six
or eight inches in diameter, slips into
the sockets a sled stake or two, to
hold on by, mounts the sled and in
vites Buck and Bright to get up steam.
Now Buck and Bright deserve no small
credit in this matter, for beside gener-
ating the motive power for the sled
they serve also as snow plows. plung-
ing into drifts and breaking down the
snow to an extent that makes it com.
paratively easy for the sled to main
tain an even keel, so to speak, even
when the drifts are very irregular in
construction.
A little way down the road the high.
way surveyor will perhaps add a neigh
Dor to his outfit, providing that the
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THE POOR, ABUSED MEN.
Dne Complains That the World II woman's
Kingdom.

Dne Complains That the World In woman.s
Kingdom.
The women are all right, in spite of
the newspapers, and if the men of this
country were half as sober, half as
well bred, half as saving, half as
straig as their mothers.
wives, daughters, sisters or sweet
hearts, this would be pretty comfort
able old world to be born into and to
die out of, says a much-abused lord of
creation
Let US turn over a new leaf and see
II we can't eat our soup with less noise,
to begin with. A woman doesn't sound
like plunger in a saw-mill when she
is eating soup. Neither does she sound
like the air pump on a locomotive when
she is drinking tea. Let US put in the
peg right here and give the men a
chance to catch up. The bows in the
country haven't got fair play during
the past few years.
Ii this woman's kingdom keeps up
much longer person will be in hard
luck II he Is born boy. 1 think it was
the lsraelites who used to raise an
anthem when man child was born in
to the world, but it's the other way in
this girl-ruled country. Let us use
the girls to educate the men up in
good manners I tried it once 1 was
running paper away out west in an
awful bad town. As luck would have
1t, the tough element took the paper
and they liked me very much
My sanctum was a sort of commit
tee-room. They would come in there
and smoke and spit and swear and
brag and fire off their revolvers be-
tween the legs of the Office devil, and
1t one of them got shot through the
lung in a neighboring saloon they
would bring him straight to my sane
tum. couldn't insult them had sense
enough for that. But cleaned them
out at last. 1 hired a tall, red-headed,
military-looking girl, with a basilisk
eye, as my private secretary. She wore a
black silk and a big watch chain and
She could freeze the very marrow in
your bones with one look The dav
after she arrived a young gentleman
known as Blizzard Eater" walked in
and sat down with his hat on. The
''Soldier''-the Office devil called her
the ''Soldier'-fxed her cold, gray eyes
on blizzard Eaters" hat. This made
him uncomfortable, and he took off
his hat and examined it to see if there
was anything wrong with it, and then
put it on again. Still that cold, gray
eye was fixed on the hat. blizzard
Eater" began to sweat-that's the
proper woodland then, when it
dawned upon him that his hat was out
of place, he collapsed and never came
back again. 1 have known men to
tiatten their noses against the front
window to see if she was there before
they ventured in, and if she was there
they would remove their guilds, dotf
their that's and come in as meek as
mice. She revolutionized the town,
she did, and that sanctum was a
province of woman's kingdom ever
after that.-Toronto Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

GREAT extremes of cold and heat are
injurious to apple trees.
THE northwest, a writer remarks,
must have apple trees of rugged ma
ture.
THE begonia likes the shade, hint
that those with shaded yards can profit
by.
IN the south they heroically prune
their peach trees in winter, leaving only
the strong, healthy branches.
IT is recommended. when cucumbers
are grown on small scale, to let the
vines run over small trees or bushes A
great increase of fruit results--Farm-
er's Voice.
An exchange thinks hedges should
be more common, as they are cheaper
than other kinds Of fence. The hedge
is not growing in popularity. The a7'
erage farmer votes them a nuisance.
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whv She Never Married.

When a man tempts fate by remind
inR spinster of her condition, his
punishment is generally swift and
sure. In a county of Ireland where
the Ouakers are numerous the entire
BODY on one occasion gathered to-
pether for one of their quarterly meet
ings.
After the exercises of the morning a
public luncheon was held. at which all
the friends attended. The converse
ton turned to matrimony.
Bridget" said an unmannerly
youthful member of the society, speak
ing across the crowded table to prim.
elderly maiden lady, wilt thou tell
me why thou hast never married?
Certainly, friend William" re-
sponded the ready Bridget. in voice
audible over the room. 'Tis because
/ am not SO aisy pleased as thy wife
was. "-Tit-Bits.
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FEEDING MICH COWS.
How to Maintain Even Production
Throughout the Season.

How to Maintain Even Production
Throughout the Session.
One of the important items in secur-
ing the best profit from the cows is to
have an even flow of milk we'll main
tanned throughout the season. On many
farms there are cows that for short
season after they come in fresh yield
good flow of milk, but this soon be-
gins to fail. especially if care is not
taken in the feeding and management,
and at the end of seven or eight months
the quantity they give is SO small that
they are allowed to go dry. Many
cows are kept that If charged fair
price for the food they eat would not
pay for their keep.
The first important item is to have
good cows. Then they must be well
fed, even in summer. While during
growing season the pastures can be
also light feed of bran and corn meal,
or bran and middlings. Then in order
to make sure of good supply of
cheap food it will also be n good plan
to plant some crop like sweet corn,
fodder corn, millet, sorghum, or some
thing of this kind that can be used at
any time when needed. There should
be a change of feed occasionally, so
as to keep the COW with good
appetite, as the more good food
the good dairy COW consumes the
more good milk she will give. It will
also be good plan to divide the pas
lures so that she can be changed from
one to the other at least every ten days.
The cows will do much better than if
they are compelled to depend upon one
pasture. Besides, by changing, there
will be less waste of feed. With all
animals there is a natural inclination
to eat the tender. sweeter growth, and
in doing this, when kept in one pas
ture, there will be more or less that
will grow up and mature seed. By
dividing up the pastures and changing
from one to the other, grass will all be
eaten down more evenly. There should
always be sweet, nutritious grasses in
the pastures, SO that the cows can get
enough to satisfy their appetites with
out tranping too long or too far. The
quieter and more comfortable the cows
can be kept the better the results.
Feed to keep the COW in a good, thrifty
condition. 1t is not possible to make a
good dairy cow fat, but good treatment
will keep her in good condition. Her
food will be converted into milk rather
than flesh.-St. Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21
800 Reward. 800.

The reader of this paper will be pleased 70
learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires q
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving tt e patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting naturein doingits work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, O.
EESold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills, IS cents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21

Some Things That Should BE Watched by
All Housewives.

Some Things That Should BE Watched by
All Housewives.
In face of the frequent accounts of
accidental poisoning, the following
facts may prove both interesting and
useful. In the first place, all copper
vessels should be retinted directly the
surface shows signs of being worn.
Neither acid. salt nor fatty bodies will
attack well-cleaned copper vessels:
vinegar may even be boiled in them
with safety, but should it be allowed
to cool in the vessels, it will dissolve
enough copper to become dangerous.
The advantage in copper poisoning is
that one of the first symptoms is vomit-
ing, that is to say, the poison is elected
from the system.
Zinc, though it conceals itself so
often under the name of galvanized
iron,' is still more dangerous than cop
per. No acid foods or liquids should
ever be allowed to remain in galvan-
lied vessels. Lead, from a culinary
point of view, is the least to be recon-
mended of all the metals. as it poisons
slowly without producing vomiting,
while tin, iron, steel and nickel are
practically harmless.
But it is not only the vessels used in
preparing food which are dangerous;
many foods in themselves are legiti-
mate objects of suspicion. For in
| stance, the potato becomes unfit for
food when it has commenced to germ
mate, or when it is green from having
| having been partially exposed to the
| air while growing. The green parts
| and the eyes contain an undoubt-
ed poison, which has a sharp taste,
| and is capable of producing paral-
ysis or even death. at the end of the
winter many pigs are unhealthy
through having been fed on these
green potatoes, or potatoes from which
the eyes containing the germs have
not been carefully cut.
Mushrooms should always be care
| fully verified by person thoroughly
acquainted with their peculiarities.
Some cooks put a silver coin with them
| when cooking; if the coin turns black
| they reject the mushrooms This is
| really no test at all, as many of the
poisonous fungi will not blacl<en silver.
All animal food in an advanced state of
decomposition is more or less poison
| Gus; for this reason timed fish is never
| to be trusted, as the fish are often stale
| when timed. Smokers especially
should be careful, as their taste is often
not SO fine as that of a non-smol1er,
| and they are consequently less likely
| to detect a tin of dou btful fish. Mus
| sells, again, are always poisonous, al
| though the seat and nature of the poi
son have never been discovered
| Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21

The proper system of pruning flow
ering shrubs, according to the best OF
authority, is one that will induce an
abundance of young wood, and this can
only be accomplished by the trimming
out of all two-year-old growth-that
which has already flowered-cutting
out the old shoots close to the ground,
so that the new growth will push out
from the root of the plant It the
bush makes too strong and rank a
growth, moderate amount of pruning
in winter will not lessen the bloom to
any extent, especially as the extreme
ends of the young wood do not flower.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21
The Good Roads Movement.

Recent reports to the agricultural
department at Washington report a
marked degree of interest in the good
roads movement among the state legis-
iatures. Gen. Roy Stone, in charge of
the bureau of road inquiry, has re-
turned from California apd Texas,
where large road conventions were
held, the former having concluded to
utilize convict labor in preparing road
materials. Several bulletins to stimu-
late the movement will soon be issued
by the department. They will treat of
wide tires as lettering the condition of
roads, convict labor in making roads
and preparing road materials, and of
the messages of various state govern.
orS ON road questions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21
A Handy Household Article.

Tall frames with wire screens are
coming more and more into use in
households where there are small chill
dren. Placed around the stove or in
front of fire, they furnish special i'm
munity against accidents, a frequent
occurrence where great care is not
taken. Around the baby's tub it pro-
tects him from draughts while getting
a bath, around his crib it has many
uses, a barrier against draughts, ex-
cessive sunlight and changing objects,
etc. 1t can be utilized to form an en-
closure making a small playhouse for
children from which they can not es-
cape nor be unreasonably disturbed.
1t can also be utilized for various other
purposes not, however. germane to the
uses for which it was originally intend
ed, and which it would not be practic-
able to enumerate here.-Hardware.
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Absorption of <>dors by Milk.

Parville relates some interesting
facts upon this subject. If a can OF
milk is placed near an open vessel con-
tanning turpentine. the smell OF the
turpentine is soon communicated to
the milk. The same result occurs as
regards tobacco, paraffine, asafoetida,
camphor and many other strong
smelling substances Milk should also
be kept distance from every volatile
substance, and milk which has stood
in a sick chamber should never be
drunk. The power of milk to disguise
the taste of drugs-as potassium
iodide, opium, salicy1ate, ete.-is well
known.-Londor Public Opinion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21
A Flock 70. the Family.

Leaving out the matter Of profit and
of selling eggs, there is much pleasure
IN keeping small flock of fowls for
family use. A few hens can be kept at
less cost, proportionately, than can a
large number, owing to the fact that
the scraps from the table are valuable.
No labor of consequence is necessary,
and when an account for the year is
kept the small focks will be found to
have given quite profit in the CONVEX
sion of the waste material into eggs.
There is no way to procure eggs as
fresh and nice as those produced by
your own hens. If they are of a choice
breed, the pleasure will be the greater,
as wei. from pride in endeavoring to
excel as from the management.-Farm
and FireSide
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21

You may and you will see on up
per Broadway, New York, Turkish
man and woman making cigarettes
There is usually little knot gathered
about the window to watch the in
dustry. The man makes the hollow
cylinders of rice paper and the woman
fills them with tobacco. The man
works very fast; the woman seems less
swift and deft than he, less SO than
one would expect an American girl to
be. Cigarette smokers note with vary
ing emotions that the man vets the
rice paper by gently running it along
his moistened lip.
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Reason Enough.

A German baron was SO deeply
prieved by the rejection of an offer OF
carriage that he was on the point of
suicide.
"As 1 opened my bedroom window
last night" he said to friend, Il was
barely restrained from throwing my
self out!'
..What restrained your
1.-THE height from the ground?' an
swered the baron.-Youth's Companion
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21

be traced by the lines in the woman's face.
Dull eyes, the sallow or wrinkled face and
those feelings of weakness have their
rise in the arrangements and irregularities
peculiar to women. The functional de-
rangements, painful disorders, and chronic
weaknesses of women, can be cured with
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. For the
young girl just entering womanhood, for
the mother and those about to become
mothers, and later in 'tthe change of life, !"
the Prescription +" is just what they need
it aids nature in preparing the system for
the change. It's medicine prescribed for
thirty years, in the diseases of women, by
DR.. r. " Pierce, chief consulting physician
to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tute, at Buffalo, N. Y. DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription will cure the chronic inflamma-
ton of the lining membranes which cause
such exhausting drains upon the system.
1t cures nervous prostration, sleeplessness,
faintness, nervous debility and all disorders
arising from arrangement of the female
organs and functions.
81 yun
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21
A ParIOr Easel.

Little Visitor-Why does your mother
put such little bit of a picture on that
big easel?
Little Hostess-1 don't know; but
that easel cost fifty dollars, an guess
mamma doesn't want to cover it up
Good News.
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The Broken Spell.

Thrown overt!
The rural lover gazed at the now
darkened windows of the old red
schoolhouse and wept aloud.
parted forever by one small word!
He remembered her beseeching
GLANCE but how was he to know where
the ssh" came in ''phthlsic?
ANYWAY, there'Il be no more spellin'
r,<,os this winter, an if she kin stand it
] kim"
Summoning his fortitude, he walked
away.-N. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21

Oregon. writes II
was sick for over three
years with blind dizzy
spells, palpitation of
the heart, pain in the
back aud head, and
at times would have
such a weak tired feel
ing when I first got
up in the morning,
and at times nervous
chills.
The physicians diff
fered as to what my
disease was. but none
of them did me any
good. AS soon as ]
commenced taking DR..
Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription, I began to
uet better ro,,ld S1eer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21

Into the cold and rain, had no Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters to counteract their effect.
But the modern traveller in inclement
weather can battle its hurtful influence with
this genial protector. Chills and fever,
rheum atism, neuralgia, colds are forestalled
by this warming medicinal stimulant and
safeguard. Take wineglassful immediate
" before and after exposure. Use it, too,
for dyspepsia, biliousness and constipation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21
LOG FEED RACK.

It Saves Lots of Hay and Can Be Put Up
In a Few Minutes.
This homemade feed-rack can be
constructed any desired length. The
lower portion is about seven feet wide.
The height depends on animals using
it. They must reach the bottom easily.
The upper part is of sufficient width
to allow ample room between the top
log of the first part and the lower log
of the second part for stock to reach
down and get the feed. This method
is much more desirable than throwing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21
On tho q. T.

Passenger-Is there any smoking al
lowed?
Car Driver with a wink)-No.
There's no smoking aloud. If you
smoke, it's got to be on the quiet.-N.
Y. World
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Mother-I gave you a penny to be
good yesterday, and to-day you are
just trying to show how bad you can be.
Willie-Yes, but am just trying to
show you to-day that you got the worth
of your money observation-disclosures
Weekly
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21

.sLEr me eee," said Bobbs to Dobbs, "isn'e
this Dobbs that we were Just talking about .
relative of yoursa" IA distant relative"
said Dobbs. Every distantl" 81 should
in our family, and I'm the youngest TIT
Bits
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sB1LI. DooLAN's band has been captured
in Oklahoma" remarked the newspaper
reader. "You don't say So" replied the
man who -pretends to keep posted, put
Playing Sweet Marie?'" - Washington
Star.
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Why Good Roads Are Needed.

The wheelmen have taken the lead
in demanding good country roads, and
the construction of proper roads will
remove one of the chief objections to
country residence. Well-graded. smooth
roads, properly drained and well cared
for, are public interest that demands
universal attention. They are prin-s
factor of civilzation.-Review of Re
views
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Thankful for That.

family as Hawkins has
Wallace-Why, he only has a wife!
Eyes, know; but she weighs two
hundred pounds!"-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21

A man will unblushingly comb his
hair over q bald spot on the top of his
head and yet expect q fraiter to put his
Smallest apples in the top layer of a
hoy -TId-Rits
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Warned In Time.

Junior-So you didn't propose to her.
after all?
Weed-No; and I'm not going to.
When / got to her house I found her
chasing a mouse with broom.-PucI<
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21

MAUD-'sThat Swattles girl is wildly in
fatuated with her new chum, that Molly
Jamesby. What does it mean, wonderah
Madge-'tIt means that Molly has broth.
er.''-Chicago Record
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21

"HIr am er good ting" said Uncle Eben,
s'foh folks ter try ter be satisfy wifi whut
dey kin un'stan'. II dab was less hypuotism
goin' on an mo- baptism, dab wouldn't be-
so much trouble at de presen' time. "-Wash-
ington Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21

In the large repertoire Of q lady very clev-
er in this way are the following "How was
Cesar 6lleds By too many Roman
punches" when did Caesar propose to an
Irish girla When he reached tho Tiber and
proposed to Bridget. "-Philadelphi Times
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LOG FEED RACK.

hay and other roughness upon the
ground. Nothing is wasted by being
pulled out and trampled under foot.
Put large load of hay into this rack.
The stock eat it from the bottom as
needed and the upper portion settles
down as the feed is taken from be.
neath.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21

CoLoNEL-'Arey you enc of the advanced
women, Miss Passe" Miss p. (haughtly)
Indeed, 1 am not I was only twenty
three last birthday. IN. Y. World.
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