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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
HOME DECORATIONS.

Notable Absence OF Draperies in the New
est and Best-Appointed Houses.
There is "a nota BILE bsence of drapery
in some of the newest and best-ap-
pointed houses. True, some of them
have walls covered with fabric "a
fashion, by the way, that while it may
have its points of grace, SO far as ele-
gance and expense are concerned, is
open to the most serious objections on
account of health. But these houses
are the exception. The majority of
dwellings have plaster-tinished walls,
or are papered. The former are dome
up regardless in stucco and stencil,
the latter sometimes have flock paper
--as funsanitary as any decoration can
possibly be.
The healthful and sanitary wall is
plain and hard finished. 1t can be
brushed, cleaned and, in emergencies,
wiped off with cloth wet in disin-
fectants. None of the finishes are
capable of the same amount of cleanli-
ness, but must have their surfaces re-
newed if unwholesome atmospheres
prevail, are fumigated, n process
that really amounts to very little, ex-
cept in the upper portion of the depart
ment. Wall covering is a choice of
evils at the best. and one can scarcely
be blamed for objecting to the fashion
able way of arranging them. Curtains
and draperies are the dread of the
hygienist. They harbor disease germs
unlimited, and are stuffy and smothery
if they are heavy. Curtains that can
not be cleaned should be positively for
hidden in sleeping-rooms. For these
apartments muslin curtains or silk
ones. for which soap and water have
no terror, are the only ones to be toll
Grated. Sash curtains and shades are
every way more desirable than the pro-
fusion of draperies with which most
windows are covered, and as for bed
hangings, they are simply nothing
more nor less than denominations.
Every fabric used in a sleeping-room
should be proof against injury in the
laundry. With the present fashion for
linen covers of all sorts this is entirely
possible. Embroidered covers for
dressing and other tables. bureau
scarfs and lounge covers can just as
we'll be of washable goods. and the
health of the occupants of the apart
ment will be greatly improved there
by.-N. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
SMILES.

THE man who blows his own horn
sometimes pays well for WHISTLE
Galveston News.
II SEE she has broken off her en-
gagement with him" What was the
trouble?" He tried to make the en-
gagement ring do for Christmas pres
ent."-N. Y. Herald.
''How DID Scrawlins get his reputa-
ton for originality?" Very simply.
He makes it a rule to know nothing
whatever about the topic on which he
writes. Star.
TEACHER--One of the inalienab BILE
rights of Americans is free speech. Do
you know what that means?" Boy
''Yesm; freedom to say what yeh like
to anyone you can lick."-Good News.
Mrs. D'AyNoe--'I advertised for a
French nurse" Applicant-''Oi how
been in France, mum" Not very
long, 1 guess" mo, mum: Oh only
shtaid long enough to get the accint."
N Y. Weekly.
''THEY say Tawker's word is as good
as bond. What an excellent thing it
would be for him if Mrs. Tawker's
were also" ''Hnnph! Why?" HE
wouldn't have anything to do then but
clip coupons. buffalo Courier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
NOTES ABOUT SHEEP.

STICK to the business of sheep breed
ing, if you are in it.
SHEEP should never be permitted ia
run on frozen grass.
LET the sheepeat all they will. They
are mill to turn food into more value,
as much as the COW is.
If we will once give the sheep a
chance at bright straw they will show
US how much they enjoy it.
How MUCH ensilage shall I feed
Sheep" asks a subscriber. About
three pounds daily to every fifty
sheep.
SOMETIMES some of the lambs do not
do we'll. and in such cases it is well,
when part of the lambs &c TO market.
to let the poor lambs suck two ewes
Farmers Voice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
MISSING LINKS.

COTTON has not been SO cheap in Liv-
erpool as it is now for forty-six years.
THE native home of wheat is sup
posed to be the mountain regions of
Armenia.
CHINA raises and consumes more
ducks than any other country in the
world.
A FAIR article of molasses can be
made from the stalks of the common
maize.
WET-GRoUND snuffs are always al
lowed to ferment after grinding, and
various perfumes and essences are then
added to give the desired flavor.
TIE English railroads have cost their
owners about 1927, 900 mile; ouss have
cost about 500. 700. or a little more than
one-foIrth as much.
THE compagna general, of Manila,
employees 10000 hands and turns out
every year 100000 cigars, 10000, OOG
cigarettes and $500 tons of cut to-
baccO.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
ONION CULTIVATION.
A Crop That Requires Rich and Carefully
Prepared Soil.

4 Crop That Requires Rich and Carefully
Prepared Soil.
Itrequires rich land to grow good
onions, and it must be fertility that
has been gradually impaired to the
soil You cannot take ordinary farm
land and in single season fit it for
growing onions. If stable manure is
used, it makes the soil too light while
it is decomposing. The best onions
are grown on mucky soil that has
several seasons been cultivated to
shallow depth, and that is then kept
in fertility with some kind of con-
centrated manure. There needs to be
a hard stratum of soil three or four
inches below the surface. This makes
the onion roots spread out near the
surface, producing onions of fat
shape. When the soil is mellowed too
deeply "a large proportion of the
crop will grow to scullions.
The seed from solutions will pro-
duce solutions in return. AS there is
constant tendency to deterioration it
is highly important that only the best
seed be used. The skillful seed
grower understands this difference,
and his seed from onions that have for
many crops been selected from those
having the best form is we'll worth the
extra price that is asked for it. The
best profits in growing onions are now
made by starting the growth the pre-
vious season, planting very thickly
and saving the sets while they are
small. These are transplanted in
spring, and produce an earlier crop
than can be had from seed. They also
are much less trouble to keep free from
weeds. as the rows of young onions
can be seen within a few days after
planting. and they grow very rapidly.
Colin ans Rural World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
A PODular Color.

One of the favorite colors this sea-
son is warm purple shade with an
;admixture of faint pink. exactly the
tint which a few years since was
called puce, and proved such a becom-
ing background to those who rejoiced
in golden locks and a clear complex
ion. Of course petunia. as it is now
called, shows to greatest advantage in
miroir velvet. corded silk. or other
rich fabrics which permit of light and
shadows, failing upon the folds so that
they blend in an exquisite harmony.
This color is much in request for thea
ter gowns which partalSe of the char
acteristics of the princess dress,
though it differs in being almost in
xaria bly, cut square in the neck and
outlined with jeweled passementerie
or folds of chiffon and rosettes and
velvet. Across the front and back the
material is deity shirred. falling
loosely to the hem of the skirt and
train. but is nodded to the figure I'M
der the araas. The hinge puff sleeves
reach to the elbow and are finished
with Z tau of ria2, Lace Y. Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
Result of Extensive Improvements.

The Louisville, Evansville & st. Louis
Consolidated Railroad, familiarly known
as the "Air Line" has shortened the run
ming time of it's passenger trains between
St. Louis and Louisville one hour and twenty
minutes; but the many improvements re-
Gently made in the roadbed, bridges, tun-
nels, equipment ETC., will admit of still
faster schedule, which will be made effect
i've as soon as necessities may require. The
facilities this line now gives the travelling
public make it the favorite line between st.
Louis and Louisville. All trains depart
from terminals later and arrive earlier
than competitors. The patrons of the Air
Line can not fail to appreciate the efforts
of the management to furnish accommoda-
tions superior 30 any other line.
Between Evansville and Louisville, where
no competition exists, this being the only
through train service route, the time has
been shortened one-half hour.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
EVERYDAY PHILOSOPHY.

AN enemy is a person who applauds
you when yon fail.
Too MANY of us expect others to be
better than we are willing to be our
selves.
Two PERSONS will not be friends long
if they cannot forgive each others lit
tie failings-
LET him who neglects to raise the
fallen fear lest, when he fall, no one
will stretch out his hands to lift him
up.
SMALL kindnesses, courtesies and
consideration for others give far
greater charm to n wolnans character
than display of arts, talents and accom-
plishments.-Nevy Haven Union
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
t;,,od Work for Winter.

Manure making in winter is one OF
the best operations on the farm at that
season. because labor cannot be be-
slowed in other directions as we'll as
on the manure heap. It is not diff
cult to have all of the manure well
rotted by spring, and there is less loss
when it is in heaps thsn If allowed to
remain spread out over the barnyard.
Manure heaps should be handled sew
eral times. throwing the coarse ma
terial in the center. where they will
be heated and decomposed
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
MARKET GARDENERS GROW RICH.

There is lots of money made in early
vegetables. Everybody admits that the
very earliest vegetables are produced
from Salzer's Northern Grown seeds.
Think of having radishes in fourteen
days; lettuce in twenty days; potatoes
in forty days; peas in forty-six days,
and splendid cabbage in ffty-fve days
from day of sowing seed!
with 81 money order to the John A.
Salzer Seed company, Lacrosse, Wis,
you will get free thirty-ive packages
earliest vegetable seeds and their great
seed catalogue. or for six cents postage
a package of FOURTEEN DAY PARIS RAD
ISL seed and their seed catalogue. Kl
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
RECENT INVENTIONS,

YELLOW rubbers are now on sale, for
use over yellow shoes.
some of the dentists in Vienna fill
teeth with annealed glass.
NEW street sweeper. which is a
diminutive copy of the big house
sweeper. and which is worked like a
push cart is being experimental with
in New York city.
A PATENT EGG" compound is being
used largely in hotels and bakeries 1t
is obtained from the eggs of fish
eating sea birds, which can be
found by the million on the low unin
habited islands of the Atlantic coast.
A pound costs forty-five cents, and is
equal to seventy-two hen eggs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
Inf1deIity and Skepticism of This Age.

The following colloquy took place
at the school board when the duke of
Newcastle was nominated to succeed
Sir Richard Temple:
Mr.. Key knew that members We're
sorry he had gone: but now he brought
ito their notice the duke of Newcastle -
Mr.. Horohin-Who is he? What is
hep"
A Voice-"A duke"
And that of course ought to have
settle the matter. But it didn't; for
some wretched man still wanted to
know ''what has he done? how is he
an educational authority?" Really.
the in1idelity and skepticism of the
present age are too shocking! Is there
nothing which is to be taken on trust
~-WestRinsterG Gazette.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

According to these figures. corn and
cob meal is the cheapest of the five
feeds. and ground wheat is but little
more expensive A combination of
these two with cut corn fodder would
probably give satisfactory results, al
though it is possible that small ad-
dition of cottonseed meal would be an
improvement The quantity fed
should be as great as the animals will
properly digest Profit in fattening
usually comes from liberal feeding
Country Gentleman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
THE CHEAPEST FEED.
Corn and Cob Meal Best for Mature Fa,
feniup Steers.

For mature fattening steers the pro-
portion of nutrients in the ration ap-
pears to be of less Importance than for
almost any other class of live stock
Within pretty wide limits, it is ques-
ton chiefly of quantity of food. rather
than of quality. in the chemical sense,
and there fore that food is to be pre-
ferred which furnishes digestible mat
ter at the lowest cost per pound.
Feeds compare in this respect as fol-
lows:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
GENERAL PURPOSE BARN.

A Convenient Shelter for All Kinds Oh
Live Stock.
Some farmers would be glad to build
contemplated barns SO that all kinds
of stock kept on place devoted to
general farming may be gathered un-
der one roof. This plan has its advan-
tages and disadvantages-mo of the
former than of the latter, perhaps,
II one places its proper value upon
ease in doing ones work. The illus
trations given herewith may afford
suggestions for those desiring to build
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

FIG. 1-PERsPECTTvE VIEW OF BARN.
general purpose barns. The barn is
of the ordinary shape, with wing on
either end, as seen in Fig. 1, the main
or feeding floor being across the mid
die of the barn proper. The floor plan
Gig. q leaves little to add by way of
explanation, except that provision
may be made for feeding the young
stock from the second floor through
chutes at the end Of the barn proper.
1t is intended for the young stock to
run loose in the pen provided-which
should have a cement f1oor-and that
the manure from the cattle and horse
stalls should be wheeled daily into this
pen, spread and covered with litter.
1t will thus be firmly packed and kept
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

That simple pressure, when it is
very great and long continued, is capa-
BILE of producing effects ordinarily OBJ
tainable only by heat has been shown
in many ways, notably by the expert
ments of Spring, the Belgian chemist,
who demonstrated several years ago
that two or more metals could be
forced thus to form an alloy at a tenn
perature below their fusing points,
and that chemical combination could
be induced by similar methods.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
SPORTING NOTES.

A GOOD bicycle can be bought in
Paris for SIS
LIE SrADK FRANcAIs, = Paris football
club. recently defeateGtae London Civil
Service club.
TUE trotting record has been lowered
at the average rate of five seconds q
decade since 1915, when Lady Suffolk
held it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
slipper ChAirs.

Little slipper chairs are fascinating
seats designed especially for the owner
to sit in while dressing the feet They
come in variety of quaint shapes,
with hardwood seats called .'cobbler
SEATS and backs curved TO the lines
Of comfort. They are specially pretty
in white maple and birch "a wood just
now fashionable for bedroons): they
are also found in white and gold. ma
:.oa ny and other woods in which bed
room suits are made.-N. Y. World
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
FIG. 2-GROUND PLAN.

in the best of condition. If such a
barn could be built where it could
have dry cellar, the manure could be
dropped into the cellar, where also
could be stored roots, while the silo
could extend down through the cellar,
the root room being, of course, parti-
toned off from the space devoted to
the manure Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

Birch waited long for a full recog-
milton as a cabinet wood. Within the
past year it has made great strides in
the favor of manufacturers of furni-
ture and finish. 1t looks now as if it
were to take the place of cherry in a
large way. No northern and compar-
atively-cheap wood can be utilized for
light-colored finish SO we'll as birch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

No ENJOYMENT. however inconsiderable,
is confined to the present moment. A man
is the happier for life from having made
once an agreeable tour, or lived for any
length of time with pleasant people, or en-.
joyed any considerable interval Of innocent
MISUNDERSTANDING Smith.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

THE FAITHFUL SISTERS. She - 81 Il
think like you, Mr.. Trotter. But cannot
marry and leave my twin sister alone
Wait until she is engaged" Hey es-
but-er-that's just what she said when
proposed to her."-Harlem Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

The adulteratfon of tobacco by the
use of other leaves can always be de-
tected bv the microscope, as, in struc-
ture, the tobacco Leaf varies materially
EtoW all others
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
Thought He "a. sxIndled.

Inkleigk-I published my book
anonymously.
Slydig-I know it. 1 wish you hadn't.
bought copy myself. not knowing
il was yours.-Truth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

PEaGY-"Was We hearin' that jeanne An
derson's gettin' mairreta" Kirsty-'Stupit
creatur! Hoo is she able tae keep manH
Punch
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

A PARvENu was giving large dinner
party to show off his new dining-room. The
paper had cost a small fortune, but the din
ner was execrable. "What do you think OF
it ALI he asked the wit beside him. L
prefer less gliding and more carving"
Tit-Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

INKS oLRicH. and been verv strong
ever since-that was two years and half ago."
A book of 1853 pages on Woman and Her
Diseases mailed sealed, on receipt of 10
cents in stamps for postage. Address.
WORLDS D1sPENsARY MEDICAL. Assoc1A-
TON, o63 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

He Cat II p. m.)--"I must be going"
She lin pain)-"Would it were over" He
me goa" she-"oh, no. Would that You
were gone n-Exchange.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
~, lll,
LEAVES IT'S MARK

"a hSfDs NSeCN, DNUOfg o.,
Neb., writes: II enjoy
good health thanks to
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription and Golden
Medical Discovery I
was under doctors care
for two years with womb
disease, and gradually
wasting in strength ali
atlie time. / was so weak
THAT I could sit up in bed
only a few moments, for
two years. I commenced
taking DIR. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription and
his Golden Medical Dis
covery,' and by the time
I had taken one-half doz-
en- bottles I was up and
going wherever I pleased,
and have had good health
and been verv strong
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK, Jan. ID, 1895.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

SEsSGSsSs@s:sSs@tS ssSlE ssks
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-12-12
NEW YORK BANKS.

The Weekly Showing of Their Holdings
and Business.
New York, Dec. 1O.-The New York
Financier says:
"The statement of averages of the
banks of New York city for the week
ended December 2, shows a continua-
tion of the liquidation on loans, which
has been marked feature of this state
ment for twelve weeks past. The loss
in loans since September IA, has been
no less than $33,0O0,O0O. The loan
item for the week ended Decem ber is
only $4,000, 900 in excess of the lowest
point recorded during the present year,
or April 6, last. Deposits, however,
on that date were only $500, 900, 900,
against 1921 ZOO, 900 for the week just
ended. If the gold receipts of Satur-
day had been figured in the statement,
deposits would have shown decrease,
but the heavy movement from the in
terror is clearly shown in the gain of
81 ,095, 600 in cash by the banks. This
expansion promises to continue for
some time to come if the domestic ex-
change figures are criterion. OF the
cash balances it might be noted that
1920, 400 of the total amount was in
specie, the total now held by New
York banks aggregating $67, 900,
or gain of nearly $1,000, 900 since
October 10. The total gold holdings,
however, are $14, 900, 900 less than re-
ported last February"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-12-12

Insurgents Advancing on Santa Clara.
Havana, Dec. 10.-In spite of the
reported defeats of Maxine Gomez and
Antonio Maceo by General Suarez,
General Navarro and General Aldecoa,
the last-named being understood to be
in pursuit of the insurgents, who were
believed to be caught between the col
umns of troops commanded by these
generals and that of General Aldave,
it is now stated that Gomez and Maceo
have united their forces and, instead
of being in flight, in the province of
Puerto Principe, are advancing through
the province of Santa Clara. General
Aldave, as already cabled, was said to
be in pursuit Of the insurgents after
they had turned his flank and crossed
the line between Ciego de Avilla and
Morton, in the province of Puerto
Principe, ON their way to Santa Clara.
Maceo and Gomez, it is now stated,
have already passed the road from Ig-
ura, on the frontier, to Telusco, lit
tie north of Santa Espiritu.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-12-12
REPLY RECEIVED.
England Sends a Messenger to Secre-
tary Olney.

England Sends Messenger to Secre-
tary Olney.
Washington, Dec. 1O.-The reply of
Lord Salisbury to Secretary Olney's 8
note of instructions to Ambassador
Bayard relative to the Venezuelan
boundary dispute, was delivered to
Secretary Olney at noon today. Sir
Julian Pauncefote presented the note
in person, reading its contents to Mr..
Olney as is the custom when important
documents are presented. For some
reason the state department officials
took steps to prevent the fact that the
note had been delivered gaining pub
licity, but without avail. At the Brit
ish embassy there was the same indis-
position to give any publicity to the
proceedings.
All inquiry as the nature of the note
failed to secure response from any
official, and it probably will be pre-
served as an official secret, as far as
the Washington authorities are con-
cerned, until the president, upon his
return, has had an opportunity to con-
slider it and send it to congress. 1t is
known the note is on the general lines
indicated in the Associated Press dis
patches this week.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-12-12

San Francisco, Dec. 1O.-The horse
show ended tonight, after most pros
porous week. All day and night the
pavilion was crowded with we'll
men and women, who gazed at each
other, and incidentally at the horses.
The show has been big financial sue
cess, and will be yearly event in San
Francisco. Walter Hobart, the young
millionaire, was the chief attraction
of the show. He entered the largest
number of horses for competition, and
drove and rode them himself. He car.
ried off nine. tenths of the prizes.