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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-23
SOME ORCHARD EVILS.

dow tc Protect Young Fruit Trees from
Mice and Rabbits.
The following directions are issued
by the Pardue university agricultural
experiment station:
Young fruit trees are very apt to be
injured during the winter by mice and
rabbits gnawing the bark. This is es-
pecially true if the orchard has been
neglected during .he summer season.
A heavy growth of grass or weeds about
the trees makes excellent nests for mice
during the winter, and where rubbish
helps AzTe been allowed to accumulate
in the orchard, especially if it is near
C. forest, rabbits will almost invariably
congregate. Under these conditions
the young trees will almost certainly
suffer from the ravages of one or both
OF these pests. It IS important there
fore that this matter be attended to at
once.
There are various remedies recon-
mended for these evils. the first and
most successful of which is clean Gull
1ivation. Ii this has been followed,
then remove all loose mulch, dead grass
and rubbish of various kinds from the
AAiiiiCOiate NlCiu1ly oI IHe DdSe OIL the
trees. This will destroy the nesting
places of the mice and will go far to-
ward protecting the trees from injury.
Then, in addition to the above, make
a smooth. compact mound of earth,
foot high, about the base of the trees,
Just before the ground freezes. These
two precautions will be all that is neces-
sary to insure protection against mice.
Rabbits are not so likely to injure
trees where there are other small plants,
such as young grapevines CIR nursery
stock, in the immediate vicinity of the
orchard, as they seem to delight in
cutting off the Young and tender
branches in preference to gnawing the
bark of older trees. It is always safe,
however, to protect the trees, and
favorite method is to wrap the trunks
with closely-woven wire screen, such
as is used for screen doors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-23
WARNING TO FAT WOMEN.
Their Great Danger When the Flat
Takes Fire..

Their Great Danger When the Flat
Takes Fire.
Large, l1lmpy ladies who dwell next
to the roof in five-story buildings are
beset with dangers of which the nar-
row-guage female knows nothing. One
of these perils is fire and the other is
policemen. On recent stormy mid
night an officer patro1ling his beat saw
smoke curling over the shingles of a
tall house. knowing that large lady
lived on the fifth floor he hastene:l to
notify her without stopping to turn in
an alarm. At the fourth landing the
brave man discovered that further
progress was barred by q burning stair
way, but he managed to reach the bou-
doir of the large lady by means of the
fire escape.
She weighed 24O pounds dressed, but
they did not wait for that ceremony.
Time was too precious. Selling the
lady, who was rendered helpless from
fear, the gallant officer showed her
through the window and out upon the
little front platform. Then occurred
thrilling aerial act without the aid
of d net or calcium light effects.
1t was the fault of no one that the
lady happened to be larger than lhe
openings in the fire escape platforms.
To pass her dead weight over the edge
and lower it to the next landing was 4
feat beyond the power of one man.
Even n policeman, clothed in full au-
thority, baked in the face of this prop
osition.
There was only one thing to be lone,
and the officer did it. First he pushed
what he could of the lady through the
hole, like a man stuffing a bed quilt
into hand valise, after which he
swung himself below and pulled the
rest of her through. 1t was hercu-
lean job, but the red flames roaring
above gave the rescuer renewed
strength.
Down the perpendicular ladder he
backed, with the limp form resting
on his head and shoulders. The thin
iron rungs cut into his hands and the
smoke almost stiffied him, but the
noble man struggled on. At the neXt
landing the large lady was again
squeezed through the hole by the he
role policeman, and SO on until the
ground was reached.
Meanwhile an alarm had been
sounded and the usual helping throng
was Oh hand. Some Good Samaritan
gave the exhausted large lady drink
of brandy to brace her up,while the no
BILE policeman went on about his bust
ness. There are others, however, who
bear the shield and helmet. One of them
happened along and heard about the
drink of brandy and saw the efforts of
the unfortunate woman to save some
of her property. Not to be outdore in
gallantry by any policeman living, the
second officer dragged the hap:ess
creature off to Jail and charged her
with being drunk.
This pathetic incident should warn
large ladies to either live on the ground
floor or stick to the policeman who
saves them from the lurid fiames.--N.
Y Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-23
TRANSMITTING Large Trees.

We prefer doing this in the spring,
and would prepare for it now. If you
want to move a moderately large tree,
say, four, five, or even six inches in
diameter of trunk, next spring, head
in its top now all you think ought to be
done at planting time, then mark ring
on the ground around and four, five,
six or more feet away from the stem,
the distance away depending on the
size of the tree. Now, along, but out
side of this ring mark, dig narrow
trench, say, three feet deep, the object
being to cut away all roots projecting
beyond it, and fill up the trench at once
with the same soil that came out of it.
by spring the tree will have fairly re-
covered from the shock caused by cut
ting in root and top, and may be dug up
and transplanted with fair chances Of
success.--Gardening
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-23
MACADAMIZED ROAD BUILT BY CON-
VICTS

corn bread and molasses, salt pork and
fruit, the convicts crawled into the
tent where they were chained together
for the night. After an hour of sing
ing and talking, they fell asleep and
they were crowded out for breakfast
and another day on the road.
1t was said that all the roads in Hous-
ton county were made by convicts.
There were no jails for petty offenders;
but as fast as convicted, they were sent
out to the chain gang and put to work
At first thought, the sight of that armed
guard and the stories of whippings
that were told, made the whole thing
seem like relic Of barharous age.
Yet, l saw enough to convice me that
those convicts We're better off working
on that road than they would have
been cooped up in 4 hot Jail, and sub
ject to all the evils of idleness. would
be glad to see the fat and lazy inmates
of our northern jails out on the roads
at work. If a drunkard, a thief or
wife-oeater were made TO understand
that falling meant hard and constant
labor on the road, such people would
think a good many times before they
duplicated the crime that forced them
into such service.
AS to the character of the work done
by these Georgia convicts, there can be
no doubt of it's value. 1 have never
seen neater work done on q country
road. They went straight through a
rough country, cutting through hills.
and filling low places in a thoroughly
workmanlike manner. The cost to the
county was ridiculously small as COM
pared with the usual system of con-
tracing. In the cut is shown a picture
Of a road in North Carolina made chiefly
by convict labor. The load of cotton
shown weighs 5000 pounds. Many
farmer has had Il hard struggle to haul
two bales into southern town. This
road is macadamized with three layers
of broken stones OF different sizes well
spread and packed. The picture is
taken from the Year Book of the depart
ment of agriculture-an excellent vol
cme that all farmers should obtain
from Neutrality-suspicious. New Yorker
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-23

Muriate of potash may be applied on
apple orchards at the rate of 200 to 800
pounds per acre. preferably in the
spring of the year after the orchards
are plowed and before they are cult
waited. If it is not proposed to plow
them this spring, then SOW broadcast as
soon as the ground is in condition to
work and cultivate most thoroughly,
even though there may be some grass,
with cutaway harrow off in any way
which will incorporate the potash with
the surface soil. In order to get the
best results the orchard should be kept
cultivated up to about the middle Of
July, when crimson .aover at the rate
of ten pounds per acre might be sown
and cultivated in and the ground
rolled.-Countr- Gentleman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-23
A POOR SUBSTITUTE.
Results of an Innovation L.
Loda Ceremony.

Disastrous Results of an Innovation In =
Loda Ceremony.
The little black mule which is seen
IN the streets very frequently with
children on his back has attained quite
reputation among the various East
Side lodges during the past few weeks.
1t is generally supposed that all candi-
dates ride the goat" when initiated in
secret organizations, but it has been a.
bad year for goats, and some of the
lodges have been in the habit of Dor
rowing this mule instead and giving
the candidate ride around the hall
on it's back On one occasion, a few
evenings ago, it is reported, the in
itiatory ceremony came to grief. The
candidate had been blindfolded, SO it
is related, in the anteroom, and then
brought into the lodge room, where
he was mounted on the mule. The
guide was Immediately in the rear.
while the mule was being led by one of
the brothers Several others were also
near at hand on either side. The pro-
cession approached the chair of the
presiding officer. Suddenly the mule
stopped and refused to go forward.
No amount of pulling and urging could
get him to bulge. Finally one of the
brothers told the guide to twist the
mules tail. The guide never had any
experience with twisting mules tails,
or he would have declined to do so, but,
being ignorant of the mule nature to
resent such indignity, he promptly
seized the rather short caudal append
age and gave twist. The mule was
a little surprised, but, quickly recover
ing. let fly both feet, lifting the Of
fender nearly to the ceiling.
The mule plunged forward toward
the chair of the presiding officer, with
the candidate still clinging to the
saddle for dear life. The presiding Of
ficer managed to jump out of the way.
From here the animal made for the
secretary, who lodged under the table.
His head was now turned down the
hall, and away he went, over chairs
and members, whom he knocked about
in every direction. The candidate by
this time had fallen from the mules
back. Around and around the mule
flew until the hall was in the widest
state of confusion, everybody trying
to get out of the way, and at the same
tiuic tINlDR W Tic WHICH,
made several almost successful efforts
to plunge out of window into the
street below.
Finally, in making a turn in one cor
ner of the hall, the mule fell, and a
dozen men piled on top of him and held
him firm He was taken downstairs
by one of the brothers and led home.
After order was restored, the candidate
was permitted to sign the constitution
and become a member without fur
Their ceremonies. y motion was passed
to the effect that any member divulgiEg
the unhappy event of the evening
should be expelled from the lodge with
out recourse. But most of the MEM
bers are married and told their wives.
Then the secret leaked out. All other
lodges having occasion to use the mule
will be careful not to twist his tail at
any time during the ceremonies
Portland Oregonian.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-23
rARrIEsr RAD1sHEs AND pEAs

The editor urges all readers to grow
the earliest vegetables. They pay.
Well, Salzer's Seeds are bred to earli-
ness.t they grow and produce every time.
None SO early, SO fine US Salzer's. Try
his radishes. cabbages, peas, beets, GU
cumbers, lettuce, corn, ETC.! Money in
it for you. Salzer is the largest grower
of vegetables, farm seeds, grasses, Glow
ers, potatoes, etc.
IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, with 1oc postage, you will
get sample package of Early Bird Rad
ish (ready in 16 days. and their great
catalog. Catalog alone sc postage. lK)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-23
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

"A little butter rubbed on fingers
and knife when stoning raisins will do
away with the sickness which so tries
the patience of the cook.
Potato Balls.-Mash boiled pota-
toes, add little butter and milk, salt
and pepper, form into balls, dip into
beaten egg, then into cracker crumbs.
Bake delicate brown. - Farmers
Voice.
Chocolate Caramels.-Three cup
fuls of brown sugar, one cupful of
cream or milk, butter the size of an
egg, Il pinch of soda and half cake of
chocolate. Boil till thick, pour into
buttered pan and when nearly cold
cut into squares.-Housekee
-Tripe, with Mustard Sauce.-Fry
some cooked tripe, cut into squares in
lard, and at the same time dozen
small onions. Season well with salt
and pepper, add enough water Or broth
to form sauce, and when ready to
serve stir in teaspoonful of mustard.
Chicago Chronicle.
Egg Puffs.-IEhiteo of an egg beaten
to a perfectly stiff froth; add an ounce
and n half of powdered sugar and beat
again until perfectly stiff. Take a very
coarse rag, say, cheesecloth, and strain
this preparation through. Use your in
genuity and vary the design occasion
ally. Set the pan in cold oven. Let
these puffs naturally dry out. Try
these delicious pastries.-Farm and
F'ireside.
Amber Pudding.-Line a pie dish
with good puff paste and pour in
mixture made in the following man.
ner: Peel and core eight apples and
stew them with quarter of a pound of
moist sugar and three ounces of but
ter. Squeeze the juice of q lemon and
CRATE the rind, and add, rubbing all
through sieve, and adding the yollls
Of four eggs. Bake for 25 minutes.
Just before it is done beat the whites
of the eggs to a frcth and spread On
the top of the pudding; sift with sugar
and brown in the oven. - Prairie
Farmer.
delicious Apple Dumplings. Make
sauce of one teacupful of boiling
water, one of sugar, one tablespoonful
butter and two of corn starch. Stir
until it boils smooth. Sea-
son with nutmeg or lemon peel. Pare,
quarter and core tart apples. Make
dough rs for baking powder biscuit and
fashion the dumplings as if they were
to be steamed. Butter pudding mold.
arrange the Gumplings over the bottom,
leaving room for them to rise, pour
the sauce over, cover closely and bake
;Intil the apples are tender. Serve hot
in the sauce-Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-23
vENEZuELA,s MINERAL WEALTH
An Abundance of Gold Exists in the
Territory Nor I'm nisun4a

an Abundance of Gold Exists In the
Territory Now in Dispute.
Inc region which is attracting the
1.'ention In Venezuela, owing to the
disputed boundary question between
that country and England, involving
me principle of the Monroe doctrine,
Is, with the exception OF the Yuruan
river country, almost unknown, owing
10 the difficulty of communication.
Inc districts of the Yuroan. Supamo.
Akreka, Cuyuni and Mazaruni are in
haolte6s by Indian tribes, in their prim-
tive and savage condition.
Count di Mombeho, who knows the
country we'll. says great natural riches
abound. Gold is found in quartz veins
end mixed with the sand IN the beds of
the Streams; also On their banks. a
lew feet below the soil. The famous
FL Callao mine, in tEis district. was
discovered by washerwoman. On
the Iuruan she found limp of quartz
containing gold. The mine gave to its
stockholders an annual dividend of
S20O,000 per share. There were &c
shares of stock, two of which were
bought by the Rothschi1ds at 100000 n
share. There are many other mines
near these, but on recount Of the eX..
pense and the difficulty of communica-
ton they have not been developed
What is required is railroad, which,
as there are no engineering difficult
ties, could be constructed for SIS, OOO,-
OOO. twenty mining companies would
at once go to work, which would insure
an annual profit of not less than So
100000. The Venezuelan government
has given concession for railroads to
several European bankers, but the Eng
hsh government has always inter-
posed in some way. The railroad ought
to be constructed by American capital
lists. 1T would be $50 miles in length
and should run from the Orinoco to
the Cuyuni river.
Certainly this region is Ell Dorado
Gold is found in every part of it. One
rich r,ine was discovered through n
COW digging Up piece of ore. Another
was found by man who noticed that
the walls of his hut span killed. in many
places. The brilliancy was owing to
the presence Of gold in the clay. Not
withstanding the difficulty of commu-
nication there are at least a dozen viii
lagos in the district, with about $4,000
inhabitants, who obtain a livelihood
by washing the gold from the sand.
The valleys of the Yuruan and Cuyuni
rivers are covered with virgin forests,
which abound with rubber trees. Ii
this product were gathered here the
profit would be large, especially with.
the great demand for the article in the
United States for the tires of bicycles
alone This fact should certainly at
tract the attention Of American capt.
talists. Gum arabic. cinnamon, quiz
nine and other valuable drugs and
spices grow here, which only require
the iron horse to bring them to market
from these uneNplored wilds.-N. Y.
Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-23
Death Of a Famous Railway Dog.

Probably one Of the most intelligent
of railway dogs has just been poisoned
at Luton. Jack" as he was called,
was OF the fox-terrier breed, and bad
for three years made his home at the
railway station. Almost daily he Wis
tied the various departments, occasion
ally calling at the signal-boxes. Some
times he would accompany one of the
engine-drivers for an outing, while with
the passenger guards he made jour
neys to Hatfield, alighted Mt the inter-
mediate stations, and each time the
train resumed its journey he would i'm
mediately jump into the brake.-West.
minister Budget.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-23
Right Way to Plant Trees.

Gardening produces good epigraE.
for planters in this first sentence:
Fifty cents for the tree and dollar
for the hole to plant it in is good, sounl
sense. Be very particular to prepare
big, wide holes well filled with good,
ioamy soil to plant your trees in. Give
them a good start in life, and a few
years hence when you look upon the
vigorous, healthy, happy trees SO
treated, and then at some that may
have been set out in the little basins
scooped out of the hard soil and only
big enough to barely hold the roots at
the time, you will quickly see the wis
dora OF properly preparing the holes at
planting time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-23
SUBSOIL FLOWING,
Its Value in Conservation of Moist
Impartiaily Considered.

Its Value in Conservation of Moisture
Impartiaily Considered.
SubsCll plowing, that is the loosening
Of the subsoil without bringing it to
the surface, is very valuable practice
in those sections where a somewhat
limited rainfall makes it necessary to
carefully conserve moisture. It is, how
ever, necessary for the farmer to ascer-
tain the character and value of the
subsoil on his farm before attempt
ing to subsoil, as the practice is bene:
fetal only under certain conditions. A
recent bulletin of the Nebraska sta
ton gives the following suggestions for
the work:
Subsoll blowing, although means
of conserving moisture, does not pro-
duce it, and is, therefore, not a sub.
stitute for irrigation where the rain
fall is too small to produce crops
Where there is hard, dry subsoil, sub
soil blowing is to be recommended
Where the subsoil is loose, gravelly or
sandy, subsoiling is probably unneces-
sary, or may even be injurious. Do not
subsoil when the soil is very wet, either
above or beneath, as there is great
danger of pudding the soil, thus leav-
ing it in worse condition than before.
This is one of the reasons why it is
better to subsoil in the fall than in the
spring. If the ground be SUBSIDIZED in
the fall the winter and spring rains
have ample opportunity to soak il,
that being the season of greatest rain
fall and least evaporation. Subsoiling
in the spring may be positive detri-
ment if the subsoil be extremely dry,
as in that case the rainwater is par
TALLY removed from the young plant
by the absorption of the bottom soil.
If the spring rains were heavy this
would not be a disadvantage. Under
stand the nature and condition of the
subsoiI on your farm before subsoiling
N. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-23

"You should put your nickels ana
lines iii savings bank and let them
draw interest" said an indulgent IA
Their to his little boy out northeast,
who was continually calling for nick
els and pennies to buy soda water and
candy along in the early summer.
whats INTEREST,"" questioned the lit
tie fellow.
The subject was fully explained to
him by the father, and the boy was
made to understand that with the in
terest he could in time buy all the
sxeetmeats he wanted. His mother
bought him a toy savings bank and he
commenced business, demanding n
dime or a nickel from his father every
night on his return from the office. One
day. out of curiosity, the father eN-
nmined into the little ones financial
affairs and found just Is cents.
.Why,' George, where is all the
money 1 gave you?" he asked the
youngster-
"Peen drawin' interest" meekly re-
plied the young hopeful.-Washington
Star,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-23
a MISSIONARY ON a BICYCLE.
He IAstonished the Natives and Sometimes
Ran Great Risks.

He Astonisiied the Natives and Sometimes
Ran Great Risks.
The following extract is from Il letter
recently received by Rev. II. y. Schauf-
fer from his daughter, who is mis-
sionary in Persia:
MIR. Allen, the superintendent of
the industrial department, has gone to
America to learn something more of
the iron trade. as an iron department
is to be added to the shop. He started
off on his bicycle, and expected to ride
to Batoum, On the Black sea, stop at
SAMSON, and run up to Man sovan on
his wheel to see the training school
there and take the steamer to Mar
settles, and run across France, making
the journey as cheap as possible.
I'm August he took tour to tie
southern part of our field on his wheel.
He would leave the horsemen who ac-
companied hirI away behind, and rode
most of the way alone. Everywhere
ne was On object of the greatest WOLF
der and excitement. Some said that it
was the cholera come again.
He would get to village, and the
whole place would gather to see him.
He would have to give an exhibition,
and finally end up in some open place,
where the native helper who accom-
panied him would he ready to hold n
service. The congregation was there,
with no ringing of bells, except the
bicycle bell.
I MIR. Allen says that in this way vii
lagos were opened up where never BE-
fore had the Gospel message been al
lowed to enter. But sometimes he got
into trouble, and at one place such a
mob surroun led him that he had to
get out of that village at the very ear
Hest opportunity.
Zone day he was riding along alone
when he saw Il horsernan ahead of him,
who stopped and stared with all his
might ut this strange apparition. Then
the man drew out a cartridge and
slipped it into his gun, at which Mr..
Allen jumped off his wheel with the
greatest alacrity and called out: Don't
shoot-I'm a mani Chicago News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-23
An Occasion for Wonder.

Miss Doverspike-I was never SO sur
priEed in my life as when he proposed to
me on the very day after we had been
introduced.
Miss Timber%heel - The surprise
would have been much greater if he had
proposed after years acquaintance
Bay City Chat.