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The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

the coming infant
have a hard struggle
before them for a
month or two until
the mother is again
able to work. They
were about to be
turned into the street
on account of failure
to pay the $6 for their
miserable rooms, and
the little one whose
eyes are to open on q
world of sadness and
struggle would have
been still more desti-
tute but for the mis-
sion.
The girls brought a
complete wardro be,
and promised a nice
heavy basket every
Thursday for several
weeks.
One of the little
girls talked to the
young maid about
her father and how
lonely it was at din
ner time because he
did n t com e. 81
know he won't ever
come" F" the little voice
went on. He's gone
to where baby broth
er is, but I'm lone
some.".
Take these three
cases as a sample OF
the work of the Fruit
and Flower Mission
and think whether
the charity is a small
or narrow one. The
girls who take the
baskets are not poor.
Is it not true charity
that takes them in
person, rain or shine,
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

among the sick every Thursday
1t is easier to throw dollar at the poor
than to take one day out of every week to
minister to them. Does 1t seem small
thing to go once week? Try it yourself,
you who are above want. Give one day
out of seven to serving your brothers
whose need is great; give it year after
year, admitting no excuse, and then an
swer whether it is little thing TO do.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

"TlI hunt some for you, and some more
flannel, too, SO you will not catch cold. ,"
The next place was near. We went
through one house into another in the
rear. A young girl gasps with asthma and
the air is enough to make well person
gasp. Here, too. the mission girls were
welcomed as friends and told all the af-
fairs of the family.
Port wine and beef extract were part OF
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

rest the Flower Mis-
sion basket comes
every week.
l thought the very
poor would be very
dirty. They often aIe
and I have thought
that in their place l
might be just so. But
this little den was the
essence of neatness.
The stove, tiny and
old, shone and twin
kled, and the floor
was fit to use for a
table. The first thing
the invalid noticed
after answering the
inquiries of the girls
was the flowers. They
were old : fashioned
flowers unknown to
me except by the
C b il Dire ms name,
Z" pincushions." In
broken, to b | e $ s
En- glish she told US
how they grew in her
garden long ago when
she was young and
not poor.
Out of the basket
came a package of
coffee and one of su-
gar, a little bag of
-four, a layer of pota-
toes and a glass of
jelly.
Not one mite of awe
on the face of the old
woman-only a SIM
pie friendliness on
both sides. Did she
want anything in par
ticular for next week ?
Yes, she would need
more rags for BAN
dages. "All right, +"
the Young maid said.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

without ceremony and then went up and
up to room in the rear.
The door opened and broad German
Zach, ia, the dear girls" welcomed u.s.
In this small room lives, cooks, eats and
sleeps an old woman who will die one day
from the cancer eating her breast. Some
German society pays her rent and for the
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

A few months ago this was a happy
family, with strong hand to labor. First
baby boy died and the father grieved
deeply-so deeply it seemed to tell on his
health. Then he took severe cold, which
turned into quick consumption, and in six
weeks he had found his little son.
Now the two girls and the mother and
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16
NELL GWYNNE, BY SIR PETER LELY.

Austen, and Miss Agnes Strickland look
ing like one of the noble and virtuous
royal danes she loved to chronicle.
On the topmost floor we have con-
fusion of royal portraits and authors and
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

UP the street little farther and another
dive into the rear. In the other places
there were no small children, but in this
two tiny girls with big blue eyes, too old
ior child eyes, looked gravely at us and
frightened only little at sight of the
candy the young maid had in ber pocket.
May the maid from the mission never lack
the sweets OF life to share with the little
sisters who have nonel
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

and Hannah More trying to frown down
the gay and smiling Lady Hamilton,
George Eliot and Elizabeth Fry, and Mary
Somerville and Christina Rossetti and
Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Sarah
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
A Lesson from New Jersey

A lesson in good roads comes from Il
little town in New Jersey, 12 miles
from Philadelphia. In consequence of
the bad roads the wagonmakers there
about constructed four-horse vehicles
to carry 55 bushei baskets as a max
imum load which was regarded as heavy
hauling. Real estate had gone a-beg-
ging for years; there was no possible
market for it. 1t had been impossible
to settle up estates because no pur-
chaser could be found for the land
But few years ago the people of the
community woke up. The town issued
$4,000 worth of bonds and applied the
proceeds to better roadways. AS a re.
suit New Jersey wagonmakers in the
vicinity of Philadelphia are making
two-horse vehicles to carry. NOT SIS
bushel baskets. but loads made up of
from 90 to 125 bushel baskeSs, and
still the loads are not regarded as
heavy. Two horses are able to do more
work than four horses, and with much
moro
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
BOY CRAB FISHERS.
They Capture the Shellfish in the Slim
Mud Above Low Water.

They Capture the Shellfish in the Shiny
Mud Above Low Water.
The crab fishermen who catch the
delicate shellfish with net or line have
now got competitors in the business
who have it in their power to sell very
cheap because there is little work for
them to do, and they nearly always
make good hauls. The new rivals are
the boys who loaf around the water
front below Channel street.
Some time ago several thousand piles
were anchored in the bay, and as they
foated about a colony of crabs found
them so pleasant they forgot to get off
when the tide went down. All that was
then necessary for the boys to do was
to go out and pick them up.
AS soon as the crabs heard the sound
of footsteps they would drop off the
piles, but instead of striking the cool
waters of the bay would drop into a
sticky pool of Shiny black mud. In this
position they could do nothing to help
themselves, and it was not long before
they were served cracked" on free
lunch counters.
The boys do very well at the work,
often catching several dozen in a day.
But it is impossible to conceive of a
more dirty job. They become covered
with the ill-scented black slime. How.
ever, they don't object to that, but
rather think it adds to the hilarity Of
the pastime.-San Francisco Call.
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Magnificent promises are always to
be uspected.-Theodore Parker.
Rashness is the faithful but unhappy
parent of misfortune.-Fuller.
Life cannot subsist in society but by
reciprocal concessions.-Johns
Political men, like goats, usually
thrive best among inequalities
Landor.
Pleasure soon exhausts us and itself
also, but endeavor never rdoes.-Richter.
Distinction is the consequence, never
the object, of a great tmind.-W. .Allston.
We use up in the passions the stuff
that was given us for happiness
Joubert.
He who knows right principles is not
equal to him who loves them.-Con-
fucius.
Every one of his opinions appears to
himself to be written W ith sun beams
Watts.
The instructive feeling of great
people is often wiser than the wisest
man. ..-Kossuth.
Philosophy, when superfcially stud
led, excites doubt; when thoroughly ex-
plored it dispels it--Bacon.
There is nothing SO likely to produce
peace as to be well prepared to meet
the enemy.-Washingto
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
FIG. 1.-GRAFTING KNIFE.

me that the best time to cut gratis, il
one does not need any great quantity,
is at the time they are to be inserted,
always provided that the buds are not
too far advanced, in which case they
should be cut in April and preserved in
damp sand or sawdust. For cions, cut
only the last years growth from the
end of bearing branch.
Sawing.-In saving off branch, the
CRATER should bear in mind the future
shape of the tree, and not saw too close
to the trunk, not saw off branches more
than three inches in diameter, and not
saw one limb above another, SO that the
growth will interfere. In case of
heavy branch, which is liable to split
down, saw under a few inches above
where you wish to leave your stub, until
the saw begins to pinch, then saw from
the top at the place selected, and there
will be no splitting. Make smooth,
clean cut.
Whittling.-Cions should not exceed
lead pencil in size. Take the twig in
your left hand, and placing the knife at
the side of the bud. draw it toward the
end, the cut terminating at the pith, the
bevel being perfect. Serve the opposite
side in exactly the same way. taking
care that the wedge is little the thick
est in front. There should be about an
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
ABOUT THE EAR.

In many deaf and dumb asylums the
inmates are called to dinner by the use
of drum. All know when it is being
beaten.
Among many tribes of Africans, the
bored holes in the ears are so large that
stick an inch in diameter can be thrust
through.
Many deaf persons can hear music dis
tincuy by placing one end of a cane
upon the piano and holding the other
to the teeth.
The ear of the American Indian is
generally large and not well-shaped, in
this respect closely resembling that of
the Mongolian.
The tympanum of whales ear lies
at the end of a long, narrow, bony tube.
The hearing of this animal is almost pre-
ternaturally acute.
In the United States, Great Britain
and France. there are 179 institutions
for the benefit of the deaf, having 1900
teachers and 12,5oO pupils.
The number of public day schools in
the United States for the benefit of the
deaf and dumb is 12. with 46 instructors
and 4iS pupils
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
AGRICULTURALHINTS
sTEEL-TRAckED ROADS.

Honey and Labor-Saving Device of Well
Known New Yorker.
Ex-senator John O'Donneil, formerly
q railroad commissioner of New York.
has devised a system of steel-track high
ways which he hopes to see adopted
by the rural communities of the country
as set-off to high freight rates by rail.
ways.
On an ordinary macadamized high
way, two steel cutters, each five inches
wide and half an inch deep, are laid or
longitudinal stringpieces and cross
wooden ties at a width of feet s1a inches
from center to center. To insure per-
feet drainage. side channels are con-
Quoted at frequent intervals from these
cutters to the outside of the road.
Mr.. O'Donnell quotes from the De-
cember bulletin of the road department
at Washington to show that 3,349 ,227
tons of farm products were hauled over
country roads in one year at cost OF
5000, 500, 900, or about "a per cent. of the
two-thirds of this amount could be
saved by good roads.
The following example is quoted by
ME-. ODOnnell TO snow the prospective
advantage to be gained from the use OF
steel-track cutters:
''At point on connecting lateral
road with the New York Central, &C
teams in the fall of the year delivered
90 loads of cheese from the factory Il
miles from the railroad. The average
load was 1000 pounds. 1t took all day
to deliver the $4,000 pounds of cheese
and return. On steel-track road that
cheese could have been delivered by one
team in less time and in better condi-
ton, thereby saving 10 teams and 19
men. fairly worth S57. But this is not
all. This cheese was shipped to the con-
Meeting point on the Central, so miles.
at 20 cents per 100-$64. On steel.
track road three teams would have de-
livered it and returned il thee days at
$3.50 per day, or $3.50, saving $3.50
and. if loaded back at the same rate.
the total saving would be Sos. The mar.
ket price of tic cheese at cents per
pound was 1856, and the loss by reason
of roads and rail charges was over one
third the price obtained"
Mr.. O'Donnell calculates the cost of
making a single steel-gutter track road
at from $4,000 to $1,000 a mile.
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
Some Promising New Fruits.

Russian cherries and plums are among
the most promising new fruits. Those
four years set are fruiting freely and
the quality has been far better thar
was expected. Russian cherries have
sold fast at 20 cents per quart basket
1t is one of the best peculiarities of ths
Russian tree fruits that one does moi
have to wait long for the trees to bear.
The excellence of these fruits for the
cold north especially will soon lead te
their general and wide planting. The
same reports are made by the dominion
experiment farm at Ottawa, Ont, AMI
there seems to be no question about
the merits of any of these new iron.
clad fruit trees.-Dr. T. H. Hoskins, ir
Darm and Home.
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

Fornal Call for the Assembling Of Dele.
xa.es as Jefferson City, August 5-Candi-
dates Tor State Onices and Presidential
Electors Are to BE Nominated-Sew
Committee to BE Named.
The following is copy of the official
call issued by the Democratic state
central committee for the state nom-
mating convention, to be held in JEFF
ferson City, Wednesday, August 5 next:
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
ST. Louis. Mo. J
Pursuant to call of the Democratic
state central committee, at meeting
held on April IA, 1896, at Sedalia, Mo-,
there will be held Democratic state
convention at Jefferson City, Mo-, at
IL o'clock noon, on Wednesday, August
5, 1896, for the following-named pur-
poses:
For the nomination of a democrats
candidate for governor, lieutenant
governor, secretary of state, state au-
ditor, attorney-general, state treasur-
er, railroad and warehouse commits
sioner and judges of the supreme court;
for the nomination of candidates for
presidential electors and for the selec-
tlon of Democratic state central COM
mittee.
The basis of representation upon
which delegates are TO be elected to
the Jefferson City convention is one
delegate for every 500 or fraction of
$50 or more votes cast in each repre-
sentative district of the state outside
OF the city of st. Louis and in each
ward in st. Louis for the democratic
electors in 1892. The manner and
method of selecting delegates are to
be determined by the county commit
tees in the several counties of the
state.
Under the basis of representation;
given above the counties of the state
and the city of st. Louis will be en-
titled to delegates as follows:
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
GRATING MADE EASY.
How Wild Trees Arc Changed Into Pro
ducers of Fine Fruit.

How Wild Trees Arc Changed Into Pro-
ducers of Fine Fruit.
Scattered over rocky, sidehill pas
lures, along fences, fields and frequent
ly in orchard rows, are to be found on
almost every farm thrifty wild apple
trees, whose fruit is seldom fit for any
thing but the cider press. Yet these
very trees, with but very little outlay of
time and money. can be changed into
producers of fruit of the best varieties
by cleft grating. AS soon as spring
has really set in is the proper season to
do this work, and almost anyone, by the
exercise of intelligence, care and perse-
verence, can do his own grating very
successfully.
The heTools.-A full kit of grafter's tools
consists of keen, fne-toothed, stiff.
backed saw, thin, sharp knife for whit
tling, light wooden mallet, a wax ket-
tie and grating knife like the one
shown in Fig. 1. The entire length of
it is 1919 inches. Any blacksmith can
make this knife from an old file. Have
him taper the handle end down to a
sharp point.
Cutting the Cions.-Many farmers
have the notion that cions must be cut
in February, but experience has taught
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
GOOD ROAD HINTS.
Some Things That Are Essential to Per
manent Improvement.

Some Things That Are Essential to Per
manent improvements.
Until we have a radical change in the
system of highway laws and highway
management much improvement would
result in the condition of roads if the
commissioners and overseers would see
to it that the side ditch on the upper
side of the road is opened to a proper
depth to carry all the water in the
spring and sluices put across at proper
intervals to let the water away from
the road, and especially that the road.
bed be made higher than the ditch
and not so wide and fat as in many
cases they are. Many and many a rod
of road is nothing but mudhole. and ali
because of carelessness in not lowering
the side ditch and raising the roadbed
Again, many rods of road are some
times made muddy by not making
water bars across the road to turn the
water off, and so it is allowed to follow
down the entire slope for a long dis
tance. when a bar of suitable height
would prevent all and the public would
be better accommodated by few min
utes' work of the overseer. But we
shall never have good roads, in the
strict sense of the term, until the rocks
and stones which now lie dormant
waiting the action of some master mind
are broken into small fragments, and
each year the time now devoted to
working" is utilized in drawing
plentiful covering of crushed stone
In other words, when our roads are
macadamized and the water turned Off
and kept off, then, and not until then.
will our roads be permanently inn
proved. &C. w. Guernsey, in Orange
Judd Farmer
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
Peacefulness and Vegetables.

An objection urged against vege-
tarianism is that it would make US too
peaceable. A mixed diet is supposed to
give restlessness and love of domination,
and, therefore, to give to races which
adopt it some advantage over others
which do not. The connection of food
with racial character-if there be such
a connection-is matter which cannot
now be discussed. The savage eats his
enemy's heart because he thinks he
thereby acquires his enemy's mental
qualities. We know That the analogy
is false one; but we sometimes reason
in the same strain. The Angio-SaXon
race is supposed to acquire its energy
from the quantity of meat which it
consumes. We might with an equal
show of logic contend that our energy
is due to our drunkenness or our love for
gambling. If national predominance
be desirable thing. that race will be
the fittest to survive which has the
greatest intelligence and the highest
physical efficiency, and which practices
the greatest economy in the use Of its
resources es.-Westminster Review.
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
M,ssourrs Queer Pos, omces

Somebody has delved into the recesses
q the Post Office Guide" sufficiently
te discover that Missouri has her share
of odd specimens of nomenclature.
Among them he finds that Bachelor is
in Galloway county, but Mary's home is
not far away in Miller. Higgins
saueezes out an existence in Texas
county, and Kisser's Mills is in Taney.
not far distant. Hurricane is at home
in Bollinger, and Cyclone retains its old
situation in Mcdonald. Braggadocio
has preempted Pemiscot county soil,
and Lingo is somewhere else. Shores
Switch is so far from Licking that there
NAV never be conjunction. Besides,
there are Odd. Not, Do" etc.-kansas
City Journal
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
To secure Variety in Plants.

There should be individual effort to
secure more variety il ornamental
plants. Because our neighbor possesses
some very fine ornamental shrubs is no
good reason why we should duplicate
them. It would be more to our credit
and individual taste, says writer in
the New York Post, if we tried to sur
pass them in beauty by selecting other
subjects that had not yet been gen.
orally used. There is no excuse for
copying another persons lawn because
it appeals TO our taste. It may serve as
an example and guide, but it should moi
be initiated too closely.
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
Cause of Garret in Cows.

The cause of garget in cows is
usually excessive flow and richness of
milk, which, if the bag is not relieved,
soon causes inflammation and conges-
ton or caking. 1t is always the best
cow that is troubled il this way. The
evil is made greater by feeding toe
highly of what will produce a large
flow of milk. The bag or udder of cows
should be examined frequently for sew
eral days before the COW calves. If it
seems distendcd it should be relirved by
milking out all that can be get from
the teats at least once, and better still
twice a day.-Farmers' Voice.
Iron County register., 1896-05-28

inch of shank below the lower bud
Count off three buds and detach, when
your cion will appear as shown on the
right of Fig. 2.
Setting the Cion.-P1ace the curved
edge of your knife over the end of the
stub, splitting at right angles to the
body of the tree. Split with one blow of
the mallet if possible, the curved edge
of the knife being calculated to make
a clean cut before the bark begins to
tear. Drive out the knife, and, revers-
ing, drive the wedge lightly into the
cleft. Now bear down on the handle
enough to hold the cleft open, insert
your cions so that their inner bark will
either match with or cross that of the
stub, leaving the lower bud little
above or on a level with the sawed sur
face, and drive-not pull-out your
knife. The cleft ready for insertion of
the cion is seen in Fig. 2.
WaXing.-Have your wax about the
consistency of soft putty and your
hands well oiled with fresh lard, go
that it will not stick. Roll up sufficient
wax to cover the stub, draw the wax
with one motion over the cleft, shutting
in the lower bud. Now cover the other
cleft, and if you have used wax enough
to exclude air and moisture success will
be sure.
Grating Wax--To make wax that
will not crack in winter nor melt in
summer, melt one part beeswax and
one part tallow together, and five parts
white resin separately; pour together
while hot, stir briskly and dump into
a tub of lukewarm water whose sides
and bottom have been previously well
creased with lard. Grease your hands
with the same material and work your
wax until it is golden yellow and will
float.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register., 1896-05-28

BY the Surrender Of Prisoners and the
Evacuation of Adigrat. Practically
Ended.
ROME, May 2O.-The government is
advised by Gen. Baldissera that the
Italians who were taken prisoners by
the Abyssinians in the province of
Tigre have been surrendered by their
captors and that Gen. Baldissera now
considers the campaign ended. Adj
graf has been disarmed and aban-
doned and the troops which occupied
that place will return at once to posi-
ton behind the frontier of Erythrea-
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
ARRIVED AT MOSCOW.

The Duke and Duchess Of Connaught and
Admiral Selfridge, U. S. N.
Moscow, May 2O>-The duke and
duchess of Connaught arrived here
from St. Petersburg. The duke will
represent his mother, Queen Victoria.
at the coronation ceremonies.
Admiral Eelfridge, United States
navy, whose flagship. the United
States cruiser Minneapolis. is lying in
She roads at Cronstaat, has also az
rived
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
EUROPEAN STATISTICS.

During the last two centuries the
wealth of Great Britain has increased
fortyfoid.
The amount of gold actually in cir
culation in England is estimated to be
110.00O.00O pounds sterling, or about
Sos tons.
The annual increase of the German
nation during tho last five years has
heen more than five times as much as
that of the French.
The feminine element is terribly IN
excess in Germany. the women exceed
mo the men by more than 100000.
according to the latest statistics.
A German statistician makes the
startling assertion that there are IN
Bulgaria 1883 centenarians. or one to
every 1,o00 inhabitants. If these tg-
ures are correct Bulgaria holds the rec
ord for long-lived citizens.
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
Nhen the summer Breere

Blows through the trees, most OF US who
can sets off for country jaunt. Fewer
cross the Atlantic. Whether 1t is business
or pleasure calls one from home, Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters is the best accom-
paniment Of voyage or an outing. Yachts
men, sea captains, commercial travellers
and emigrants concur in this opinion. The
Bitters is. unrivalled for bilious, malarisl,
dyspeptic or liver disorder
Iron County register., 1896-05-28
The secret of SUCCESS.

The magnificent roads o. Europ
which travelling Americans find so won
derfu1 are the result of scientific con-
struct.on and a thoroughly studied sys-
tenn of constant repairs.