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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-12-14

( Ing back IN dismay. do YOU mean
IF your highuess VIII glance through
theae papers" Sir John broke i'm, placing a
SinaH bundle OF documents on the table be-
side the prince, cit viii save much useless
explanation aad loss of valuable time. They
are copies ot the telesrauhic cipher dis
patches that have been exchanged between
the russian government end the Ealkanian
prime minister since I had the honor OF an
interview with your hiehress two days
aSo. Their contents, i take il. lncriminate
count SaSiroWitch sufficiently 20 Justify"
Great powers tho prince cried. turning
pale as death as he alishtcd upon the mes
sage referring 20 his intended arrest. How
Rave you obtained these copies
"i'y q very simple device Sir" Sir John
replied. (which SIS no doubt frequently en-
Iioyed by Count Sastrow.tch himself ana
IS known 20 electricians as tapping The tell
egr2ph wires. Jill short. these last two
days I have received all messages that have
passed between Russia ana Ealkauia DR.
means of q re-ord. 4 iLt-rgoiateI lit Il COM
Nenient SPOT for that purpose. These dis
patches. ass your highucss wiz observe.
prove eouclusirey that Sastrovitch IS in
completely with Russia and thal he pos
sesses guarantees of liberal payment for
the services he has treaclerously agreed to
render The Russian government What
ore, then. can ae needed 10 open the king
eyes and arouse lim to actIan2''
The prince paced the room iu great agi-
tauon.
''Hut whom be said otlast. ''can I trust
to place these documents IN his majestys
hands?"
"Whom?" sir John said I'm surprise. 'As-
surediy no owe h1t yourself SIR Your
hiehuess must present yourself at the PAL
ace this evening ana demand 1dmittouca TO
tho king. when rc culfcrs with his minis
ter and tho Russian Ii-uipoteni1ry-"
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-12-14
A Mystery of %
n The Balkans.

majesty" replied Sir John. 'I there saw
and heard enough to convince me that tho
life of his majesty, the king, is in imminent
danger, and that nothing bat the prompteSt
action can avert the catastrophe that
threatens him"
''T'he kings life threatened2'' the prince
murmurcd. But by whom? by Sastro-
witch? Nay, my friend" he went on with
smile, for once your wisdom has de-
serted you. My brothers death. which
hcdven avert, would place me on the throne
of Baikania. Ask yourself if the exchange
would answer his villainous purpose"
Not withstarding" Sir John said. "my
Judgment IS indeed much at fault IL the life
OF tho king of bahama IS not in danger.
and from this very Sastrowitch, who APP
pears to govern his Will"
but the RESULT" the prince asked. still
incredulous. What course do you propose
to adopt?"
with your hiGhness's permission we Will
discuss that question later For the pres
ent [ gather that your highncss has, at
least, no Doubt whatever of the dishonest
designs Of the prime minister And it has.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-12-14

2 subject VIII NHN|# NlA tHt+.tfs VIC IVY
away down on "A iittlo bay called Perdido.
and have bat one little rlaymafe-a little
sl.i-ana IN the summer we so ia bathing
ana have "a nice time. None OF my sisters
I've al home. ard "a the summer Aey Visit
us 4 cousin asked who had ever seen q
1p7Eer. I have ana we often zee them In
ne vocls VIII close with best wishes
for Aunt Susie.
Belle King. Preston. Ga. webster conn
ty-pear Junior: Sometimes ago We we're
an sitting around the fres.de ana The Con-
etItutian was brought ia. and mailnlt. turn
"a 90 rne cllir.u's department ana read
about tEe Grady hospital l think all or
us chll3r who have parents ousht 70 10
ESQ vo can - help tae poor. DC We would
save eiI She money that we spend for some
.hi-- We do not need rud send i 90 the
errtan children 90 would Zee q great bcne-
~ to them. paua's father and mother died
when DE- was very small, he often tells as
~ hls trials through life aud We have
much sympathy Tor the children. Grandpa
gave me O. dime - send. Each of my
brothers a~d sisters, John, PIN. Mary anu
IiIian. send cents.
Preston y. IaUcf0rd, WaXlhachie, Tex
Dear Junior I'm just ire n from the farml
our farm IS one mile south OF Waxahach'e;
and g. doses seem as 81 / had just woke up
frum "A long summers sleep. Dreams OF
Auutiu- AND fishing together come and
march away ~ the cotton fields aral Ia.
A. saw most Of the other boys had
w-ar- 81. AMID written, ] Thought ! would
write ton. Well. Rot summer days are
over and FAN wind are blowing.
T4e trees are shedding their leaves and
thn fish cease 90 hitc. oh. what O. good
time we farmer boys have had fishing dur
-nc fhe summer W .uths. j lelcTe IL is
ss1aG thinr anyhow @ he q farmers boy
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-12-14

Corezroudenoe that VIII Interest and
Educate Our Boys and Girls.

Barron 1Ea.er. T,ll--i1
is Aunt Susie requested - lo
..ra certain s-tte.t. q ts.ze ''iirii- -.ii#
V at- tEar- n0s eo mauy - or
t a rr-erzs uue ar. perfect sf
ta .e Young r-.r. fe. vl~ aa y"n
about sae Mer Hi..t-
r.- .r- 1aa-l sE t.e eK r..i-.Ii'- .t..--
Er. gu.r,.ta Enu- 80 .-.In thr ..--" 7'
raro.a- 1sle. cess Sl.l elll conn ilis' 10
fr srr f..- ee....-. or aat at all- D.u.t .s-
uieu boys Ne curse Ii-iN ...l
fe cords. etc ErHk. Cl- think ol i'tt
L.- mother 80 homes how sl- Wf..A
-.5ee at tEe tleg-Ht ~ bog pre- i"is sea
ka eeHary with such young m.i..
E. = for one. aElce w-l Eua- j
thlE cllla-s.e s-.rl=-s-..ll1 make d rtile
rat o. sa.. Company sst-a yeui.r ii'a ".'
-rlHa. rlee al4 Smoke. rN rll-t-
-... tl- tevs- 1.u-. llast i.m atf'i4
tr.r are some Who would ucE rt.oi--i @tl-
ser ..arsllriau. There have htff some
splendid letters ln Tire Junior $50 tae Inst
rir4e. also some very Interesting ones from
te boys. C1rr-sp o4lcuis solicited. eitAer
sex
C. r.. clark. sheuman. Ca--Delr Jun or;
7 have been wanting to- write 90 1ae con-
stituiil1 3 Irrg tirre. Lat basaf1lnrss pre-
vented mv writing I 20 70 r hooi every
day and am il the nth grade. Av l1Fo'.te
study ia history B- the request ~ aunt
Susie I w-I take for my subject "ki1d-
ness" You eholld D. kind 10 your pat-
maecs. Kindness is better ti..u -oIf-'
Be Kind also TO tho old ami you-g- Dumb
brCtes Should hc kindly treated sH0.id
be sad % correspond with some ~ tnt
cousins from California. Missouri. Tc1as
snd Colorado. / send 3 cents to the Grady
hospital
Narz'e Arnold. Soldier Creek. A'a--Dcar
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-12-14

3Iae-'e Arnold. Soldier Creek. A'a--Dcar
Junior. As we an have 10 w-ito On some
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-09
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Scientific lectures are delivered TO
prisoners in some English jails.
Exposure to sunlight is one of the
best disiHfectants for clothing known.
The light passing through glass will
not do it.
1t is recommended that every lifcboat
carried by ships should be provided
with bottle of citric acid. which pre-
cipitates chloride of sodium, and, it is
now claimed. converts sea water into a
palatabIe drink.
The mountains of the moon are i'm
mensely larger in proportion than
those of the earth. The moon is but
one-forty-ninth the size of the earth.
but it's mountain peaks are nearly as
high; % are higher than Mount Blanc,
which is within a few feet of three
miles high. The highest is little
more than four miles and half.
DIR. Flick has shown that rinking Is
more frequent as the retina becomes
more fatigued. and It has been found
that in reading at distance of 30 cent?
meters the number of winks per minute
In is with electrical illumination, re
with gaslight, while with weak illunl-
ina4ion which only permits reading at
IS ceDtimeters the number is 6.s pei
minute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-09
FEEDING THE LONDON zoo.
Variety and Quantity of the Provisions

Variety and Quantity of the Provisions
Required by ITS Denizens Annually.
The London Zoo is. perhaps, the most
popular scientific institdtion in Eu-
rope, and its expenses are heavy. \
recent report says that the death rate
Of it's denizens is high. about 379 per
1000. and about !. 200 animals are added
very year. of which one-siXth are pur.
chased. The provision bill comes to
over { 1000 a year. which means that
II costs only little more than a penny
/ day per capita to feed $500 animals.
The fesh-eating animals are not sup
piled with prime joints of beef at this
rate. Their fare is horsefesh and goat
flesh. Hay. clover. bran. oats. maize.
wheat and barley for grass and grain
Eaters form large item. and PA bush
els Of canary. hemp and millet seed
are demanded by the birds. The fish
eaters consume Il tons of fish annually.
There are some odd items in the com
missariat. One can understand the IS
tons of biscuits. the four tons of rice.
and the three tons of potatoes. but the
3,4O0 lunches of watercress. the .2GO
quarts of shrimp. the 1900 fowls heads
are among the unexpected. Carrots and
greens are popular. The latter include
500 dozen of cabbages. And there are
epicures who demand $4,000 eggs. The
nuts dispensed by visitors are far from
supplying the needs of the animals.
429 cwt. of monkey nuts figur- in the
annual consumption. Dates. grapes
and raisins have a place in the menu.
Oranges are eaten to the tune of IT,
600, TO say nothing of 1900 bananas.
The children's buns are cloying. but
they are supplemented officially by 5. 500
quartern loaves and 800 quarts of
milk. There is also the hideous item
Of the living food of the snakes, who
are not held by ancient wisdom 70 be
symbols of evil for nothing.-N. Y.
SIM
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-09
Water Reneath Coral Rock.

There are no streams in YucataL
which flow above the ground, but the
whole peninsula is one vast table of
coral rock, and beneath il are immense
sheets of fresh water. with regular.
though ill-defned, tides and currents.
Along the coasts these subterranean
v aters are quite near The surface, but
In the interior. where the carcareous
layer is of great thickness, the waters
are low down. At intervals they break
into caverns formed by earthquakes by
pressure of their own force or by the
fnfiItration of surface water into the
natural grottoes of the coral rock, and
wherever the water can be reached,
whether through artificial pits or by
the operations of nature, the place il
called a cenote. There are a great
many of them scattered all over Yucca
tan. and those near Merida are utilized
as public lighthouses. affording most
refreshing resorts. Centuries ago the
Indians marked the courses of the sub
serranean rivers by heaps of stones. and
always built their cities close by the
water caves, as their ruins show; and
81 Is interesting to note TO this day ali
the civilized centers of Yucatan have
arisen around these natural reservoirs
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-09
PROFITS OF DAIRYINo.
why Butter Makers should Study the
Tastes of Their Customers.

why Butter Makers Should Study the
Tastes of Their Customers.
The pleasant feature about dairying
Is the profit. If the profit is not found,
there is no pleasure in the work. This
is d general law, but it applies with
special force TO dairying, because profit
able dairying is a fine art, and success
is won by strict attention to business.
Tie man who looks upon a cow as
necessary evil, can never be decided
success as a dairyman, any more than
sloyenly farmer can make a success at
farming. The price received for butter
depe nds chiefly upon the taste of the
consumer. The intelligent butter maker
studies the tastes Of these people who
are willing 20 pay well for what suits
them, and then he learns how to make
that kind of butter. II is the only way
he can get their money. 1t is not the
expense of manufacture that fixes the
price, says a writer. The consumer
cares not that the butter perhaps cost
untold labor on the part of some one
who churned and prepared il for mar
Eet. II inferior, IL sells for an inferior
price, regardless of the cost of produc-
ton, and if il is superior, il sells at top
prices. though made with ease and little
expense. And the beauty remains that
the cost of producing the best butter
need not be greater than that of pro-
ducinR goods of poorer quality: in
foct the bad article is generally made az
the greatest cost. Ignorance is expen-
siye. / think IL will make every one
who owns cows better dairyman TO sit
down and compare the prices of dairy
goods with other farm products. Hycur
cheap grains can be converted into 20
and 2j-cent butter and IO-cent cheese or
81 20 s1.15 per 100 for milk. il will pay
better than selling the raw material
ard robbing the farm OF all the fer
tiiIzinR material that much of the lard
is already in need of.-Farmers' Voice
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-09
MAKE II An ISSUE.
The Bad Roads Question I'm Township an
County Politics.

The Bad Roads Question I'm Township and
County Politics.
Discussing the bad roads question in
the light of local campaign issue, the
Los Angeles (Cal.) Times makes the
pertinent question:
"By way of a starter in this matter,
how would it do this fall to make can.
didates for supervisors take a cast-iron
pledge to favor comprehensive system
of road improvement that will put an
end to the present extravagant method
of tinkering roads, and give US the be-
ginning OF frsr-class system of pub
lie highways? Our present method, or
rather lack of method, of constructing
roads is extravagant and ridiculous, and
would have excited the derision of those
early road builders 1000 years or more
ago, whose work still remains in good
preservation on the continent of Eu-
roDe. The American idea of n country
road appears to be to level off the soil,
and wherever there is a hole filling it
with loose dirt-and then fillahg il
again. 1t needs as much science to con-
struct frst-cIass road that will last az
it does to put UP building, yet it il
tsfen for granted that the first man you
meet on the street can build a road.
Consequently it is no wonder that the
roads of this country cost every five
years almost as much as the courthouse,
and then we have nothing to show for
it,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-09

so4ns OF Them Are sfE1 in Use ana Can
for No Repairs.

so1ns of Them Are sfSa in Use ana Can
for No Repairs.
The Roman road was built for eter-
sity. When the roadbed had been pre-
pared by excavation it was carefully
refIled, regardless Of expense, with
layers of sand, stones and cement. The
surface was 50 soIidly dressed that the
wear and tear was reduced 70 a mini
mum. Investigations with regard to
the preparation of the roadbeds were
made years ago by Bergier ON Roman
roads that are still in use In France, and
with the following results. In one road
the excavation down to hardpan was
three feet deep. This trench was filed
up first with layer of sand and cement
an inch thick; then came a foot layer Of
hattish stones and cement; then foot
layer of small Travelled stones and
cement These last two layers were 50
hard and firmly knit together that tools
could break of fragments only with
great difficulty. The next layer con-
sisted OF a foot of cement and sand,
covered with a top-dressing of gravel.
In another road in France the foot layer
of cement and sand changed places
with the layer of cement and travelled
stones. A third road in France was ex-
amined at a point where it had been
raised 20 feet above the level of the sur
rounding country, and vertical sec
ton revealed a structure of five layers.
First came the great fill of 1914 feet;
on top of this fill they placed first q
foot layer Of hattish stones and cement,
then foot layer Of fattish stones with
out mortar Of any kind, then haIf-foot
layer of frm1y-packed dirt, then
half-foot layer of small gravel in hard
cement, and, lastly, half-foot layer
of cement and large gravel
Paved roads were exceptional. An
example of paved roads is the Via Ap-
pia, whose pavement consists Of hard
kind of stone, such as is used for mill.
stones. The stones of this pavement
are carefully hewn and fitted together
so precisely that the road often appears
TO be solid rock, and has proved to be
so indestructible that after 1000 years
Of continuous use il is still magnifi-
cent road. Ordinarily, however, the top
dressing of the road consisted of gravel
and hard cement, and when, in the
countless inscriptions sucn ana sucb
a governor is said to have restored
given road, reference is made to this top
dressing of gravel and cement. The
width of the military road was usually
60 feet; the raised center being 20 feet
wide, with side tracks each of the width
of 20 feet. In some roads the raised
center was paved, while the side tracks
were dressed with gravel and cement.
The viae privatae and the feeders Of
the military roads were usually dirt
roads. They were much narrower than
the military roads; sometimes they had
n width of only ten feet, and, indeed,
the feeders of the Via Appia were only
two feet wide, but paved. The width of
the Roman roads, all told, varied, there.
fore, from two to 12O feet.-N. Y. In
dependent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-09
CHEESE FoR CARTRIDGES.
Eow the Cuban Patriots Trade with,
Spanish Soldiers.

Eow the Cuban Patriots Trade with,
Spanish Soldiers.
Imagine a party of Spanish soldiers
on an expedition into the country. They
are grum bling abOupt the rations. zone
I5eal q day-a little bacon, a handful of
white beans. a scrap of bread. All from
Spain, all of inferior quality. The gov
eminent has paid enough for good food
and plenty of il, God knows, but the
contractors give us only this, and they
are growing rich out of the war" Their
they come upon a crioIlo Ii. e., intensely
C:IbanJ settlement, and the natives
fcigning distress. run out to meet them,
crying: "For the love of God, give us
something to eat. We are starving."
Nothing for you, dogs of Cubans," is
the response, and the disappointed
soldiers march away. But then the
Cuban bands lowering in the rear, wait
ing for an opportunity to strike, come
70 the same destitute peasants. "Do
they (being all patriots. though OF
many coIors) lack food? Will they
deign TO accept hospitaIity?'' They are
led into a peasants hut, the bed is
showed aside. and il is disclosed that the
bed had hidden, and in this pit is store
of sweet potatoes and of pork cured in
the smoke of guayabo leaves. That IS
good food for the insurgents. The
meat thus cured can scarcely be re-
garded as a dainty bit but il holds its
own; il does not deterioate for years.
And meantime the invading column
has pressed on to an encampment, where
PEASANTS come in. offering fruit and
new cheeses for sale.
How much for this little cheese?'
= hungry soldier asks.
Zone dollar"
That's too much. rascal"
well. nobody is looking. Suppose
say five cartridges?''
Another soldier to another country
man: How much for an oraDge?"
twenty-five cents"
"Extortioner!"
'-Well. when the officers aren't around,
two cartridges"
So. more or less on the sly. the ex
change is effected, and when the peas
ants withdraw they have capsules with
which to slay their enemies.
That is one way in which ammunition
has been secured by the insurgents. On
a larger scale and by force il has been
obtained from. time TO time.-Harper's
Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-09


AT the marehioness of Galisburvss
reception on the queens birthday all
the good-Iooking women were mothers
and some Of them grandmothers.
in 50 years the dukes OF Bedford
have spent 5000 600 in improving one
estate In Cambridgeshire from which
they draw six dollars an acre rent. The
land yields % bushels OF wheat TO the
acre.
Melbourne. Australia, has lost 49,
455 inhabitants in four years, the cen
sus OF 1895 giving a population of Az
4G1. The population of the seven Aus
tralian colonies at the end of 1895 waz
4-23S,0OO.
Cicero and Pompey visited LucuI-
ius' villa when the host was absent.
Acting under his instructions TO make
Themselves at home while they re-
NAMED, they gave several dinners,
which cost in the aggregate $4,000.
-Malaria and typhoid fever are be-
ing gradually extinguished in Rome,
thanks to the new waterworks. While
in 1851 there were $50 deaths from ma
lara, in 1895 there were only 125. The
population of Rome has increased in
that period from 3OO,OO 20 $4,000.
The popularity of fox terriers at
the present time in London is shown
by the fact that though between 1000
and 5000 have been impounded in
London recently, being two-thirds of
the stray unmuZzled dogs in the Brit.
ish metropolis, the Daily Telegraph
states that there has been no apprecia-
bic diminution Of their number.
The British crown plate includes a
peacock Of precious stones, valued at
$4,000, which came from India; a
tigers head, with a solid ingot of gold
for tongue, and crystal teeth; and
magnificent gold shield, valued at G 10.
600, which was made from snuff-boxce
by order of George ".
Low level bridgez have been found
desirable for Queensland rivers that
are subject to severe foods. The cost
of high level bridges is excessive. anc
thOse of moderate height are very liable
20 be carried away. while the low Ieye.
ones are submerged before logs and
driftwood are brought down in consid-.
cradle quantity. so that the dangerous
debris passes harmIessly over the
bridge
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-09

sisted somewhat to fill the deficiency
just after the fruit has been gathered is
the time to commence tipping" your
plants. Cultivate the soil very finely
and dig little holes two to three inches
deep, and bend the tip ends of the canes
into them perpendicularly, not slant
ingly, and cover with dirt to hold them
in place. (See Fig. 81 By following
this method attentively it is possible
TO make above hundred plants from a
vigorous plant in a season.
The red raspberry and blackberry
are propagated from the roots sprout-
ing up. 1t is quite an item to the farmer
ard fruit grower 10 understand propa-
cation; they may just have only one
plant of a rare variety and increase it
to many the same season, thus getting
start very cheaply, even if they dc
pay big price for the first ones. c.
Vaughn, in Farm and Preside.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-09
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

There is a great difference in dairy
salt; test samples before buying in
large quantities.
Hot weather is a trying time for but.
ter. Eternal vigilance is the price o.
q frst-class article.
1t is the attention paid to seemingly
insignificant things in dairying that
make OF mar the profits.
Churning at too high temperature.
or too long. viii produce greasy butter,
in which the grain is injured.
Large COWS need more feed thar
smaller ones. and a COW In the flush OF
milk needs more than when dry.
II you fear notifies in butter never
ship it until il has been tested. Work
out the streaEs il any are in IL.
1t is essential in dairying that the
food of the cows be uniform, and the
supply should be arranged to have IL
,so.-Rural World
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-09

Sharp Dame-I must frankly tell you,
Mr. Meek, that my consent to your
marrying with my daughter has been
wrung from me under protest.
AFR. Meek-Eh? Protest?
Sharp Dame-Yes. sir. / knew thai
II / did not consent she would diSgract
the family by an elOpement. When
she wants anything we all have to give
IL to her, or take the consequences;
and long experience has taught me that
] might as well try 10 fan OFT a cyclcne
as reason with her when she gets mad
especially If there is fiat-iron or roll
Sng-pfn handy. and 30 just gave right
No at once. Has the wedding day been
set yet. Mr.. Meek?
Mr. M@ek-Cr1-er. not yet; and. IL
fact. madam. Tm-Tm a little afraid
I can't afford 20 marry very soon. any
how. Goo good-day-N. l. Weekly.