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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
First Exneriment station.

The first agricultural experiment sta
tion established under Government aus
pices was organized at the little Ger
man village of Moeckern, near Leipsic,
in 1851, under the influence Of the Leip-
sic University. Liebig In Germany,
Boussingault In France, and Lawes
and Gilbert In England had all been
experimenting along the lines of agri-
culture and horticulture for years, but
the action of the Saxon agriculturists
IN 1851 marks the beginning of the ex-
pertinent sta ation proper.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
Ashes for Sandy Soil.

Almost all sandy soils lack potash.
Even when it is present, unless there
Is also some vegetable matter in the
soil to furnish carbonic acid gas, the
potash forms union with the sand,
and thenceforward can only be releas-
ed as 1t Is some way made soluble. The
benefit from applications of potash TO
sandy soil Is direct. They supply the
kind of plant food in which 1t Is def.
cient. But the use of potash in the
form Of ashes Is not restricted to sandy
coils. Most heavy soils have more or
less potash in insoluble form. AS the
caustic potash In the ash changes 1t
makes the potash and phosphate in the
soil near 1t soluble also, and thus pot
ash will sometimes oblige the soil to
supply to the plants the phosphates
they require to make grain crop. But
In such cases the potash does not take
the place of the mineral. 1t simply
enables the plant to get phosphate that
was in the soil but not in soluble form.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
Salt Boxe. for Cattle.


with large herd of cattle 1t is neces-
sary to have salt continually before
them for use at their leisure. Many
farmers use rock salt, scattering it
about over the pasture, but even with
this there Is waste in wet weather, and
some danger that cattle will lick out
large Jumps in such a way as to make
a cavity, which sometimes will fill with
water and become brine, and too much
of this will produce more or less disor-
der. Where barrel salt is used there is
much waste in wet times from melting.
The Denver Field and Farm" sug-
gests a salt box for cattle where barrel
salt Is used that seems to meet the case,
as follows:
I'm salt boxes for cattle in pasture
the writer likes the kind resembling
in appearance an ordinary school desk.
1t Is entirely homemade, and the stock
will soon learn to lift the lid and help
themselves. In order to teach them
how 1t Is done cut semi-circular open
ing in the top part of the front side,
Just below the lid, and fill with salt
SO as 1t can be licked without raising
sthe lid They will come and taste the
salt and keep helping themselves. right
along. lifting the lid to get to it. The
lid protects the salt from rains and
saves from waste and from getting
packed in hard lump Fasten the box
at the height that will be convenient
for the stock, making fast to a post
or tree"
A box Of this kind is easily made and
is worth trying.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
Mexican sheep.


The old Mexican sheep are the direct
descendants of the original Spanish
Merino brought over two hundred years
ago by Spaniards to Old Mexico. They
have been bred with scarcely any ou!-
cross, and are very distinctly marked
breed. They have long legs, a long,
thin body, not very deep; small. rather
long neck, and a long, thin head, carried
high. The wool Is fine and thin. To
the eye they appear almost worthless
as mutton, and of still less value for
wool. Their good points are that they
are hardy, excellent travellers, will keep
in good condition on the poorest and
driest of ranges, are fairly prolific, and
can be herded in punches of almost any
size. They fatten easily, though never
getting plump and fat like the Northern
sheep. When they reach the Chicago
market, if In good condition, they out
sell all other sheep, for they shrink
!ery little in dressing, the meat has an
excellent flavor, and the hide is so thin,
firm and soft as to command the high
est price.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
Ki1linx rhi.t1es with Hoed cron.

One years thorough cultivation will
entirely eradicate not merely Canada
thistle, but all kinds of perennial
weeds. But the cultivation must not let
up even for single week. If any
sprout reaches the surface and gets to
the daylight, 1t reinvigorates the root.
and such half cultivation may be kept
up for years without greatly lessening
the pest. Wherever attempts are made
to kill thistles by growing a crop Of
corn or potatoes on the land, the month
Of August will be found a very critical
time. 1t will be necessary to examine
the hills closely so that no shoot creeps
in with the corn or potato crop in the
hills. The cultiyator alone cannot be
depended upon to do this work. Hand
labor, either literally with the thumb
and finger or with the hoe, will be nee
essary several times in August and, Sep
tember, If the work of destroying the
thistles is to be completed. A little
salt applied to the latest appearing
shoots will set them to rotting, and that
Is better than cutting them off at the
surface Of the ground.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
Suggestions for Frightening Farm
Life-How to Secure Regular Salting
of fCattle-Thorough Cultivation Will
XIII Canada ThistIes.
To Make Life BRIGHTER.


We want to see more beauty and
greater abundance in fruits about the
farm house. We want to see more con-
tentment and pleasure there. We urge
the cultivation of flowers for the pleas
ure 1t affords, and the raising Of more
fruits and better gardens for the in
creased vigor and health such things
impart.
We have a vineyard that begins to
ripen its fruit about the first of August,
when there is certain amount of Ian
guor and listlessness in the atmosphere.
time when fevers are apt to take root
IL the system, and when every one feels
more or less run down. But since our
vineyard has been bearing, and we can
go to it of an early morn, before break
fast, and eat the fresh, sweet, ripe
grapes, there comes revived feeling,
breakfast tastes better, and the system
is toned up for the day. 1t is one Of the
wise provisions Of nature to ripen
grapes just at the time of the year when
they are best suited to the health and
appetite.
We urge the planting of vineyards
and other small fruits. A fruit garden
Is of greater necessity, in SO far as the
health and happiness Of the family are
concerned, than the corn field. The
peasants Of Spain, it is said, eat fruit
more than anything else, yet they are
noted for their strength and vigor.
Fresh fruit is filed with the very es-
sence of the life-giving principle. 1t is
natures storehouse of the most beauti-
full and pleasant elements Of the soil
and the air, such as are bound to I'M
part renewed strength to the consumer.
1t Is beauty and vitality combined and
condensed.
How much more Of happiness and
pleasure there Is sure to be In the home
that Is surrounded by beautiful flowers,
and fresh, sweet fruits! How superior
in every respect is such home In
which to raise our children, compared
to the barren home of the thoughtiess
and shiftless, that give no heed to the
better and more elevated system of liv-
ing that comes of cultivating nature in
her higher branches. Think this mat
ter oyer.-Colman's Rural World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15
Docket,

Iron County, Missouri, November Term
a. ID. 1896. Commencing Monday
November 9th, 1896:
Bassett. Catherine, deceased, Bur-
well Fox, Executor.
Childress, Jane G, minor, w T Gay,
guardian and curator.
Clarkson, Mary E, insane, w Gov
ington, guardian.
Harviel1, Martha j, deceased. A
Prince and A NJ Harviell. Executors.
Harviell. Chas P. minor, A Prince,
guardian and curator.
Hughes, Nancy, insane, e w Hughes,
guardian.
HUFF. John 2, deceased, Steven ID
Sutton, Administrators.
Lohrey, Gertrude. deceased, Chas
ELMER, Administrator.
Meyer. John, insane, VIM Trauer-
NIGHT, guardian.
Russell. Anna Ruth, minor, e Sam
ford Russell. guardian and curator.
Strickland. Joseph H, deceased,
Giles Mcmahon, Executor.
Timlin, John, insane, Isaac G Whit
worth. Sr. guardian.
THEY, Geo w, minor, John Schwab.
guardian.
Tiley, John Z, minor, John schwab,
guardian.
Tiley. Martha E, minor,Jno Schwab.
guardian.
Tiley. Mary E, minor. John schwab,
guardian. JOS. A. ZWART,
oct15n16 Judge OF Probate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15
We copy the following from the JEFF

We copy the following from the JEFF
ferson Democrat:
MORSE MILL, Mo, Oct. 2, 1896
Editor Democrat: see by an editor
ial in the De Soto Facts that Mr..
George Steel denies the charge Mr..
James Martin made against him in his
De $50 speech of September %, 1896,
and says that is an unqualified false
hood. / also see in the Crystal Mirror
of this week an editorial about the
unsupported statements" of James
Martin in regard to Mr.. George Steel's
citizenship etc., and in another place
where he gives an account of the De
Soto meeting and says that .'the only
Jim Martin aired his knownOthingism
etc.
Now I want to say that Mr.. George
Steel lived a neighbor to me at one
time, near Bethlehem, in Big River
township. He came to my house one
day on a visit. and while there he
picked up book from table and was
looking over it, and my wife got the
Life of Washington" and handed it to
him, thinking perhaps he would like
to read it. After opening it, without
ever reading a sentence in it, he put it
back where my wife got it, remarking,
THAT is, suppose. good book for
those who would like to read" I
asked him which laws he would rather
live under, the laws here or those of
England, and he said he would prefer
to live under English laws, and went
on to give his reasons why be pre-
ferred to. and finally wound up by say
ing that he was Uery sorry indeed for
eUer taking the oath Of allegiance.
Now then / can prove just what say
and can make oath If necessary. I
told several of my neighbors at the
time of the remark he made. and they
remember il. and was long before any
one Ia this section thought OF him en-
tering politics. III proof is wanted let
them come ahead-we will furnish it,
supported by afidavits.
Very respectfully,
DAVID CHANCE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15
FAN Festivities at St. Louis.

The committee having in charge the
St. Louis Fall Festivities, which have
contributed so much to the pleasures
of the good people of the Mississippi
Valley, as we'll as those residing in ad-
jacent States, again announces its pro-
gramme covering the nineteenth an
nual season of mirth, melody and mys-
terry. After a voluminous correspond
ence, carried on with the aid OF Uncle
Sans postal service and mysterious
messengers from foreign lands, it was
decided that all the novelties of the
world, including the queens of song,
kings of humor, princes of melody and
wiseacres of mystery, could by land,
water and aerial fight, reach st. Louis
September 9th. 1896, and take their
PLACES on her carnival stage where no
curtain will drop between the twilights
of September 9th and October oath.
The first attraction announced on
the programme of gilt is the opening
OF the Thirteenth Annual St. Louis
Exposition, which throws its doors
open to the public September 9sh, and
for forty days and nights, until Octo-
Der gath, will be the home for all wish
ing to be delighted with its magnffi-
cent displays and enraptured by the
strains of Gilmore's and Innes' Peer
less Bands.
The master Of ceremonies next an
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15

A COUPLE OF weeks ago the REGISTER
copied an item from the Pennington
Times, wherein it was asserted that
the annual dividends of the st. Joe
Lead Co., upon capi tal stock of 81
100000, amounted to IA per cent.
The Times has since acknowledged its
error and now states that the capital
stock Is 81, 500. 900, and the dividends
consequently have been for the last
two years about eight per cent. The
Bonnie Terre Denaocrat-Register says
that ''result has only been accom-
plished by decrease in the wages of
the employees of over forty per cent,
as also cutting of expenses general
ly," and lays it of course to the Wilson
bill. which has had about as much to
do with it as the autumn winds have
with spring freshet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15

Ok May 7tb, 1s9O.-see page 1855,
Vol. q. Congressional Record, first
session 51st Congress Mckinley
said: when merchandise is the cheap
est men ara the poorest. and the most
distressing experiences in the history of
our couDtry-aye, in all human history
have been when everything was the
lowest and cheapest. measured by gold.
dearest measured by labor" He has
changed his mind since then, and now
considers the dearest and scarcest
dollar the best, because it requires
most of the products of labor, to sat
isfy its ever increasing demand.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15

IT takes not little ''gall'' in a Re-
publican to talk about bosses in the
Democratic party. The Republican
candidate for president is but a jump
ing-jack in the hands of Boss Hanna.
who owns him and has him mortgaged
body. soul and property. Boss Filley
holds the Republicans of this State in
the hollow of his hand. Boss Quay
rules Pennsylvania with rod of iron,
while no man in New York dares seek
political preferment at the hands OF
the g. o. p. without Boss Platt's en-
dorsement. The Democratic party
tolerates 20 bosses, while the Repub-
lican party would fall to pieces with
out them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15

nounces our newly discovered but high
ly esteemed friend, King Hotu, SUI
preme high chief of the Funny Fellows.
The jolly king with his band of hui
morOus chaps will entertain the young
and old on Saturday afternoon, Octo-
Der Sd, by a mirth-provoking parade
through the decorated thoroughfares
of the city. Act No. 8 on the pro-
gramme of gold will be delineated by
the st. Louis Fair Association through
its Thirty-sixth Annual Exhibition.
The stage for this event will be set on
the morning of Monday, October 9Th,
and will not be disturbed until Satur-
day, October 10th, when the curtain
drops on pleasing feature of st. Louis
Carnival. A blaze of light athwart the
darkened Eastern skies, strange Great
ures of uncomfortable forms darling to
and fro in the heavens and weird
sounds on discordant tom-toms waited
on the breezes from the seas announce
on the evening of Tuesday. October
9th, the approach of a mysterious ca
valcade of beings from another
sphere. AS this mighty army settles
OL t1O SbA CCbS Vi Ob. 1OulS III q " AhIA
plant march through its avenues OF
wealth and beauty. his august high
ness, the Mightiest of the Mighty, the
astute Yelled Prophet, is seen in its
van, robed in purple and gold and car
rying wand charged with the powers
of magic. In order that the season OF
carnival be highly successful. his high
ness. the Yelled Prophet, King Hotu
and couriers from the Fair Association
and ST. Louis Exposition have issued
an edict ordering the MISSOURI PAcI-
FIG RAILWAY and IRON MOUNTAINS
ROUTE to sell tickets to st. Louis and
return at greatly reduced rates from
all points on their lines. Complying
in full with the edict of such notables,
the management of these lines will
place the above mentioned rates in eff
feet. For full particulars and copy OF
giving attractions in de-
tail. call Oh local agent. or address III.
c. Townsend, General Passenger and
Ticket Agent, st. Louis, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15

UNDER the gold standard times have
been continuously growing harder. and
the conditions under which the man
who lives by work more difficult to ov-
ercome. Supposing that. prior TO 1873.
the standard had been OF gold. aud
not of silver. and then the double
standard had been adopted. and the
miserable results had followed that
have obtained under the present fnan-
eial system9 Would our goldbug
friends be bimetslists, or would they
seek TO return to the system under
which the people had prospered? Ac-
cording 10 their present logic they
couldn't do that without becoming
Anarchists. RepudiationIsts. thieves
and scoundrels, and your business
men" and s.Hnanciers," are always
saints Of the fifth elevation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15

FOUR years ago we were nearly all
Democrats and Republicans-in favor
of Silver. Mckinley denounced Cleve-
land for being unfrien1ly to the white
metal. Jno. NJ. Palmer became United
States Senator only after pledging his
honor to vote for Free Coinage. The
Hon. Rob't Ingersoll, a few years ago,
paused long enough from his search
after the Mistakes of Moses" to de-
nounce the demonstration act and pa
triotically urge the re-establishment of
the old unit. Murat Halstead declared,
THAT which we should do is to annuI
the legislation of 1873 and 1874, by
which the money unit and standard
were changed. Restoration is the
word that covers the case. Re-estab-
lish the double standard. replace the
silver dollar in the coinage, and rein
state it as unlimited legal tender, uu-
changed in the smallest decimal frac-
ton in its relation to gold or in finan-
ces, or weight, by so much as thous-
and:h part of one grain; that is the
exact. the imperative thing" These
men-and a score of other would-be
leaders-have forsaken the cause of
the people, and joined themselves with
the golden anarchists who are destroy
ing the homes and liberties of Ameri-
ca, and long and loud are their curses
against all who will not fall down and
worship at the shrine of Mammon.
But the Silverite can turn against
these converts to the golden god no
more effective weapon than the lessons
they themselves did inculcate in the
days when America was considered
sufficient unto itself.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15

d. CRAwFoRD-the party who dis.
charged twelve old employees last Sat
urdsy because they said they were 60
ing TO vote for Bryan-is not even a
citizen OF the United States, but sub.
ject Of Queen Victoria. He ought &c
be escorted to the seabord, set aboard
an English ship, and made to sail &c
the land which owns his allegiance.
He can never be fit American citizen.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15
PUBLIC SPEAKING.

Col. JNo. T. CRISP of Kan
sas City will address the peo-
pie of Iron county at the
courthouse, Ironton, on
Tuesday, October 20, 1896,
at 2 o'clock P. NJ. All are
cordially invited to come out
and hear him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15

THE Republican says, in its criticism
of Gov. Fishback's speech:
Il Ia a wretched policy and a deplor-
able weakness in a public speaker to
assail men of unquestioned honesty and
exalted dignity by calling them by
epitaphs worthy of the slums.
We most unequivocalIy assert that
a man who would call other men "epi-
taphs" Of any kind ought to be retired
to the political cemetery and his head
stone made to bear the legend-"He
epitaphed his fellow man."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15

II your children are subject to Group
watch for the first symptom of the dis
ease-hoarseness. If Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is given as soon as the
child becomes hoarse it will prevent
the attack. Even after the croupy
cough has appeared the attack can al
ways be prevented by giving the rem
edy. It is also invaluable for colds
and whooping cough. For sale by all
dealers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15

The Republican calls him ''Lonnie
Vermifuge Stephens" This is high
toned journalism. and fit emanation
from q paper which takes exception to
the REGISTERS ''a man named Ken
nish."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15
Iron County Ticket.

A8O1G OOWS@N3 &SN@~~~S
For Representative:
g. w. FARRAR, JR.
For Sheriff:
VIM. T. O'NEAL.
For Collector of the Revenue:
w. n. FISHER.
For Treasurer:
p. w. WHITWORTH.
For Prosecuting Attorney:
VIM. r. EDGAR.
For Assessor:
GILES G. HENDERSON.
For Presiding Judge of County Court
r. l.. Carly.
For County Judge-Southern Districts
J. w. ALCORN.
For County Western District;
A. G.. MOVER.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15

Number neither absent nor tardy
and maintaining 95 per cent. in de-
pertinent: Room l, Is; Room 2, -;
Room 8, g; total for White School, So;
Colored School, 8; total for district, SO.
+. NJ. VANCE, Principal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15
SELLING AT COST.

For Cash upon the delivery of goods.
My goods are New and First Glass and
will bear close inspection. Great Bar
gains are offered to Cash Buyers for a
few days. mean what say.
HENRY FARMHOUSE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15
Iron County Republican
Ticket.

Ticket.
For Representative:
W. III. WEBB.
For Presiding Judge:
w. II. GAY.
For Judge of Southern District:
Z. w. Graves.
For Judge of Western District:
E. W. H. EATON.
For Sheriff:
w. H. SWEENY.
For Collector:
1T. BALDWIN.
For Assessor:
w. b. NEWMAN.
For Treasurer:
6. d. MARKS.
For Prosecuting Attorney:
w. Z. ROOP.
For Public administrators:
P. n. JAQUITH.
For Coroner:
JOHN ALBERT.
For County Surveyor:
G. s. RUSSELL.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15
Sherifs Sale.

By virtue and authority of two general
executions. ISSUED from the Office Of the
clerk OF the circuit court Of Iron county,
Missouri. and to me, the undersigned
sheriff, directed. in favor of Y. v.
O'Bannon, plaintiff, and against
Thomas jackson, j. L.. jackson. T. H
Tucker and 5. NJ. Jackson.
defendants, bearing date October 2. 1896.
and returnable to tho October term. 1896.
thereof. have levied upon and seized the
following described real estate and rron-
erty, lying and being in Iron county,
Missouri. as the property of said defend
ant, 5. M. Jackson, described as follows,
to wit:
South half of the southwest quarter OF
section twenty -four, in township thirty
one. north, of range three east.
And will, on
Thursday, the 10th day0f October.
1896,
at the east front door OF the courthouse i'm
the City of Ironton. Iron county. Mis-
souri,, between the hours OF 0 O'Clock In
the forenoon and o'clock in the AFTER
noon of that day, and during the session
of the circuit court, sell, at public ventine,
all the right, title. claim, estate and prop
erty Of said defendant, s. M. johnson. OF
In and to tie above described real estate
and properly, for cash IN hand, TO the
highest bidder to satisfy said execution
and costs. WILLIAM r.. O'NEAL.
Sheriff Iron county, No.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15

To Mr.. Dugald Crawford: You are
not so pretty as you were. but you
know q blamed sight more.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15
Notice.

All trespassers that are caught or
seen on premises of M. Seftz. deceased,
will be prosecuted to the full extent OF
the law. A. D. Boss,
L. A. SETTZ,
Executors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15

The finest display of Hats ever shown
in the Valley at the Arcadia Millinery
Store. Call and see. Price to suit ALL
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15

Look out for the very latest styles
of Millinery at Van Wrinkle s. Powell's,
Arcadia, Mo.