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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05
DURABILITY OF THE CYPRESS.
Instances Known in Which, 1t Has Lasted
for More Than One Thousand Years.

Instances Known in Which 1t Has Lasted
for More Than One Thousand Years.
The cypress is a VIGOROUSLY slow
growing tree, and it's wood is just as
VIGOROUSLY durable. 1t is capable of
not only resisting the action of the
weather in manner totally different
to all other woods, but is wholly unin-
fuenced by immersion in water over
a long period of years. It has many
curious chemical properties, which
hold its fibers and other constituents
together SO indissolubIy that the crdi.
nary changes which break down the
tissues of ordinary woods are in cypress
wholly resisted.
Instances are known where the wood
CT the cypress has endured for more
than 1000 years, leaving it still in
solid condition, subject only to the at
triton of the elements, such as the
gradual wearing away one sees in ex
posed rocks. In the lower valley Of
the Mississippi species Of cypress is
extremely abundant. And in New Or
leans lately, while some men were cX
cavating a trench, a cypress stockade
was found which was erected in 1855
by the French as protection against
the Indians. Some of the pieces meas
ured 81 inches in width, with thick
ness of about IL inches, and, though
it had been buried for SO many years,
it was in perfect condition when ex-
humed, even the tool marks being still
clearly visible.
By series of experiments extending
over many years, it has been found that
the cypress wood endures the varying
conditions of greenhouses better than
nny other wood. Greenhouses exposed to
ali the vicissitudes of heat, molsturs,
and changes of temperature, show the
cypress timber used in their construc-
ton to be practically unchanged after
more than so years of use; and, being
sufficiently tough for the purpose, it is
probable it will come more generally
into use for building where a wood of
great resisting power is required.
Many old doors made by the early
Spaniards in America are still as serv-
iceable as ever, although exposed to a
most trying climate.-Pittsburgh Dis.
patch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05
HOUSEHOLD BREvIrIEs..

French Fry.-Pare small potatoe.
rizd cut into strips as thick as the fore
finger. Drop INTO boiling lard (using
u basket) and fry until brown ant. ter
der. Sprinkle with salt and serve i'm.
mediateIy.-Good Housekeeping.
IL Delicate Pudding. - Cream =
pound OF butter and sugar, add eight
wel-beaten eggs, flavor the mixture
with nutmeg. Line :, pudding dish
with thin puff paste, pour in the pub
Ting, and set in very hot oven for ter.
minutes. Serve without sauce. -Bos-
ton Budget.
DO not allow dust and other i'm
purities to remain upon the foliage of
house plants, 10 choke them. Amos.
all plants require to be washed at least
cnce III two weeks. Clean foliage looks
brighter, as well as being healthier.
Never use water colder than the tenn
perature OF the room
DR.. NJ Hammond gives it as his
experience that, in commissions of
children, to turn them upon the lef-
side will cut short like magic the con-
vulsion. One case was remarka bic:
the child had been in commissions con-
tlnuously, more or less severe, for 81
hours. / made this change, and tn,
relief was immediate. Epileptics treat
ed in the same way are always as
promptly relieved.
-Escalloped Potatoes.-Butter ar
earthen baking dish. Line with layer
OF sliced raw potatoes. Dredge slight
~ with flour. and sprinkle salt and
pepper, bits of butter and few slices
of onion over it. Continue the layers
until the dish is nearly full. Pour
sweet milk over this, covering IT. one
inch. Bake one and one-quarter hours.
Good Housekeeping.
Cold Slaw.-Chop half a head of u
small cabbage fine. Beat two eggs.
mix with a tablespoonful Of melted
putter, teaspooLful of sugar, half Il
teaspoonful of mustard, salt-spoon-
full of salt, four tablespoonfuls OF
vinegar, two OF hot water and the juice
of half lemon. Mix over the fire unit!
thick, pour over the cabbage, mix well.
and set on ice until ready to serve
ladies Companion.
To clean white wells, make a solr
ton of white CASTLE soap and let the
veil soak in it Is minutes. Then press
il between the hand in warm water
end soap until clean. Rinse in clear
water, then pour boiling water on i.
teaspoonful OF starch, soak the veil III
i. for few minutes, and then clap it
between the hands until nearly dry.
Spread towel over a pillow ard piI.
the lace in each point smoothly over it
and let it remain until perfectly dry.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05
To Destroy Lice on Horses.

Last winter it was noted that num-
Der of horses were troubled with YER
min - in plain English, lice. They
might be fed twice as much as ordinary
horses, and yet they remained poor and
wretched looking. Mr.. d. w. Hayes,
q well-known trainer of western New
York, gives tine following recipe for
getting rid of the pests: Half pint
OF kerosene to two gallons of water.
Wash the horses with this twice, with
an interval of two or three days be-
tween applications, 'and any lice you
find after that will give you premi-
UNI for" says Mr.. Hayes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05
THE FARMING WORLD.
RELIABLE ROOT CUTTER.
How One Can Be Made at Homo at yer3
Small Expense.

How One Can Be Made at Home at very
Small Expense.
have noticed several inquiries about
feeding potatoes to stock and the best
way to prepare them. AS money is as
scarce IS potatoes are plenty,I presume
a good many farmers will be glad to
know how they may have a first-class
root cutter at a small cost.
Fig. I shows the complete machine.
The frame may be made of any rough
naase-3ai at hlad. I made the legs of
2x4 stuff; and the hopper from a shoe
box, by cutting out inches OF the bot
tom at the front end, and putting a
board, n, Fig. 1, in the other end of the
box.
The knife can be made of an old hand
saw, or something similar. 1t should
be about 10 inches long and from to z
inches wide. If less than seven inches,
the back part of slide may be made level
with the upper surface of the knife, by
a board. The knife, a, is fastened to k.
This is board Is inches long and same
width as knife. A hole, h, Fig. 2,
inches wide is cut in the slide under the
knife, the edge being even with the
edge of knife, Fig. 2.
The knife is raised from the slide
about one-quarter inch by pieces of lath
and fastened with screws. The slide
is worked by the lever, b, fastened to
slide, as shown in Figs. and 2, by two
stout pieces of Xxi stuff about 6 inches
long, bolted loosely TO the lever and
slide. The tongue on the slide, through
which the bolt passes, should be or 4
inches long, to give sufficient strength
to the joint. The lever is 4 feet long
and made from the handle of broken
stable fork. The lower end is inserted
into roller, d, Fig. 1.
A board, the size of the front end Of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05
TWO CURIOUS CONDOLENCES.


They Are vouched for as Truthful by .
veracious Gentleman.
speaking of curious condolences of
our everyday life, two little things hap
pened short time ago that are, per-
iiaps, worthy of repeating" said an in
surance man to another. 'My wife has
long wished for an olive fork. We had
used a table fork and had then sub
stituted q pair of candy tongs, but
neither proved to be the right thing
A few evenings before Christmas my
wife asked me to buy an olive fork,
hut wasn't overburdened with money
Mt the time, and SO, much against my
will, was obliged to ask her to wait
a little. AS 1 was about to step into
the Office building the next morning
l saw directly in front of me a small
jewelers. box, and inside of it there
lev the identical fork my wife wanted!
I sent a note to the ieweler, telling him
the owner could have it by calling at
,ny house. No one ever came, and at
present it is in active service on my
cining-room table.
..Some time before this a young girl.
who had become engaged to a young
chum of mine, wanted a small chased
gold ring in lieu of a solitaire diamond.
In our quest, we entered a shop and
Il one of the cases we saw pretty
mig. When we looked at it we noticed
In the inside some engraved initials
which proved to be those of my chum
and his affianced. The salesman said
that the ring had been ordered several
months previous, but had never been
called for Ny friend never told the in
r;dent to his betrothed until after their
marriage. Curious instances OF coinci'
siences, were they not?"-N. Y. Trib-
une.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

Trip 20 the Garden spots Of che South.
On February IL and March 10. tickets
viii be sold from principal cities. towns
AND villages Of the north, TO oil points on
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad In
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida
and portion OF Kentucky, at one single
fare for the round trip. Tickets will b
good to return within thirty days, on pay
ment Of % to agent at destination, and
viii allow stop-over at any points on the
south bound trip. Ask your ticket agent
about it, and If he can not sell you excur.
sion tickets write to C. p. Atmore, General
Passenger Agent, Louisville, KY. or
Geo B. Horner D. r A. St Louis, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05
OATS AND ANTHRAX,
Interesting Decision Recently Rende
by an English Court

Interesting Decision Recently Rendered
by an English Court.
A case of much interest to farmers
has been decided in one of the Eng
lish courts. The plaintiffs sued to re-
cover the price of certain oats. The
defendant denied liability ON the
ground that the oats had contained the
germs of anthrax, which had caused
the disease to break out in his stables
and led to the loss of so horses. Some
OF these were covered by insurance,
but he counter-claimed in respect to
the others. Several corn dealers who
had bought some of the oars in ques-
ton from the plaintiffs, mixed and I'M
mixed, and sold them again said they
had received no complaints concerning
them. An expert veterinary surgeon
said the oats had considerable guam
tity of dirt in them, and should not
have been fed to horses without being
screened. He thought it possible that
winnowing the oats would have got
rid of the bacllli, as it was possible, if
there were any spores, they were all
on the surface. He thought there was
room to doubt that the oats in question
caused the horses to die. The jury
found that the goods were unmer-
charitable by reason of latent germs of
anthrax in them when they were first
delivered to the defendant; that the
defendant had not been guilty of neg
ligence in not having cleaned them.
but that he had been SO guilty by rea-
son of not taking the order of a second
supply of the oats off the file. Judg
ment was given for the plaintiff for
S11O, the value of the second lot of oats
supplied, and for the defendant for
81 400, the value of II horses which
died in consequence of the first de
livery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05
AMONG THE POULTRY.

The nonsetters are the best egg pro-
ducers.
Geese are chiefly valuable for their
feathers.
Do not discard q variety as useless
after one trial.
It is poor economy to stint the feed
Of growing chickens.
Fresh earth in the poultry quarters
for scratching and busting is indis-
pensable.
The food must always be varied
good appetite.
Eleven eggs are enough to put under
a hen, at least until warm, settled
weather sets in.
Feather-eating is largely caused by
idIeness. A scratching hen has no time
for mischief.
Tobacco sprinkled in the bottom or
tobacco stems spread in the nests will
drive away ver1nin.
Overlooking is expensive. 1t not only
cost more for the feed. out tie hens get
too fat and lay no eggs.
Too much soft or cooked Feed is rot
good for fowls. They need some en-
ploymcnt for the gizzard.
Fresh air, clean water, varied food,
with plenty of range, are essential to
the health and thrift of fowls
Let the breeding fowls be as large,
active una stylish as possible, and Sc
iect hens that lay the largest eggs.
A well-fed and welI-cared-for fowl IS
always in prime condition, and little
extra feed will soon fit it for the
noarket.
When the young chickens seem
droopy examine them closely for lice,
especially around the throat and under
the wings.
AS a general rule fowls of two years
old make the best breeders. They
should not be sold until others can
take their piaces.-St Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05
STATE OF ONO, C1rr OF TOLEDO, :.

LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of -. j. CHENEY
& Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm viii pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use Of Halls
CATARRH CURE FRANK j. CnENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9Th day of December, A. D. 1856.
A. w. GLEASON,
HAAJ NotdrH P.tblic.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05
THE BLACK TURKEY.
a Long-Established Variety, and Very
Popular In Europe.

Popular In Europe.
All OF our turkeys are descendants o.:
she wild bird. The wild turkey in pluIa-
age is almost identical with our bronze
variety. 1t is, therefore, quite prob
able that the black turkey was pro-
luced from the domesticated wild.
eithsr by continuously selecting the
blacklist specimens, those showing tie
least tendency toward bands, or that
through mechanism black specimen Or
specimens spFouted from the common
kind. and became the foundation OF this
variety. The black is a long estab-
iished variety. In certain parts of Eng
land it was, until quite recently. the ia
vorite variety. The introduction of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05
CharcoaI Is GOOD Tor Poultry.

Charcoal Is one of the most essential
articles of food to successful poultry
farming. The best way to secure this
is to place an ear of corn in the fire
until It is entirely charred and then
she'll of to your fowls. You see an
eagerness developed and healthy con-
dition brought about All pale combs
viii become bright red, and the busy
song which precedes laying viii be
heard. and the average yield q egg
greatly increased
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

hopper, is placed inside the front, and
extends down to the slide. This board
should be fixed SO that it can be re-
moved when it is necessary to sharpen
the knife. The knife comes against this
at every stroke, and is cleaned off SO it
will not freeze if used in a cold place.
The slide is put in place from the front,
before the stumbling board is placed
in POSITIONS. d. Peck, in Ohio
Farmer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05
Best of All

To cleanse the system in gentle and truly
beneficial manner, when the Spring time
comes, use the true and perfect remedy,
Syrup of Figs. One bottle will answer for
all the family and costs only SO cents; the
large size 81. Buy the genuine. Manufac-
tured by the California Fig Syrup Company
only, and for sale by all druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

Perhaps, but rheumatism need not add to
the calamities to which we are more or less
subject, when there is such an efficient
means Of counteracting the dire complaint
as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. When the
liver, bowels or stomach are out of order,
or the kidneys or nerves troublesome, the
Bitters is also an efficient remedy. It pre-
vents and remedies all malarial disorders.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

SIZE SAID THE WRoNa woRE.-ssDearest
girl. wilt thou be mine2'
He asked her, and she wilted.
They're married now, but some opine
He wishes he'd been Tilted.
Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

'MA1D of Athens, ere we part,
Give me back my silver heart"
81 can't,' the clever damsel cried,
"My new beau's picture is inside"
Chicago Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

A NORTHERN exchange asks: "Why d.
most authors wear their hair long2' 'tBe
cause BARRIERS cut for cash.'-Atlanta Con
stitution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

last year when I was at Long Brancha''
Observation-Disclosures no idea. Was it a
pocketbook?" -Snobberly-"No, I found
that everything was very dear.h-Texas
Siftings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

LET dogs delight to bark and bite;
TO do so is their fate,
They can't be turned; they never learned,
You see, to arbitrate.
Washington Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

TIE child taught to believe any occur
renee good or evil omen, or any day OF
the week lucky, hath wide inroad made
upon the soundness of his understanding
Watts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

'TN Paris, I understand, the latest fad Is
FOR impreSsionist' MENUS 81 presume
accustomed to nightmares before leaving
the table. Chicago Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

EXPLOSIONS of Coughing are stopped by
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

BEEcHAM's PILLS for constipation 1oc and
25c. Get the book (free) at your druggists
and go by it. Annual sales 5000, 600 boxes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

CAN recommend Piso's Cure FOR Con-
sumption to sufferers from Asthma.-E. D.
TOWNSEND, Fl. Howard, Wis, May 4, '94.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

ANY feeling that takes a man awaT from
his home is traitor to the househoid--A.
W. Beecher.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

FoR CoUaHs, ASTHMA AND THROAT DIS
ORDERS ssBro,cn's Bronchial Trochess are an
effectual remedy. Sold only in boxes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

BIZ natures laws, immutable and just,
enjoyment stops when incidence begins
Pollok.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

Or all vain things excuses are the vainest
Buxton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05

Providence, r. l., has ISIS. 900 pop.
nlation and 1914 square miles. The
city is worth $1s7, 264, 200 and owes $12.'
Zoo 40.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-05
The Nashville, Chattanooga 4 St. Louis
Railway

HALLWAY
VIII on March Bird sell one way homeseek-
ers' tickets to all points in the Southeast,
including Florida, at the lowest rate ever
known. On March 10th round trip tickets
to many points in the South, including
Georgia, can be purchased at one fare plus
$500; good for 80 days. For maps, folders
and all information write to or see Briard
F. Hill, N. p A, 1928 Marquette Bldg, Chi
cago; r. g. Cowardin, W. P. A, 4O5 Ry
Exc. Bldg, ST. Louis, or w. L.. Danley, G..
P. & L. A. Nashville, Tenn.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-22
WILD HORSE JERRY.
An Interesting Western Character who
Defed n Storm ON tho PIains.

Tho most interesting character I ever
knew I met in Greeley, Weld county,
Colo.," said W. G. Bocrmcr of Denver.
"Ho has caught moro wild horses in his
day than any other man living. His real
nnmo is jeremiah Smith, but everybody
around Greeley knows him as Wild Horse
Jerry. He has q littlo ranch down on the
banks of the Platte about ten miles east
of the town, and it was there That 1 met
him. l was riding from Lovcland to Stor-
ling. I stopped ut Jerry's house for tho
night, and that evening, before wo turned
into bed, ho told mo something about his
experiences. Ho is quito nh old man now,
but no is still very active and can rido
100 miles in e day easily enough.
1T was over so years ago that no STAR
cd out as n wild horse catcher. Since that
timo he has caught over 900 horses, and
no has broken every ono of them to the
saddle. He has ridden for three days md
nights steadily after somo particularly
wary band of horses, stopping only to
change horses. 1t takes q man with an
iron constitution TO do that, and he is ono
of tho most powerful men in the county.
He is under medium height, but the mus
clos stand out all over his body.
"Oncc, no told nc, he was far out on
tho plains in midwinter, with II young
German. They wero miles away from any
ranch, whom they wcro caught in a snow
storm. Tho only thing to do when n storm
like that strikes you way out on tho plains
and the Thermometer is way down below
zero is to roll yourself in your blankets,
and lie down and wait until tho storm Is
over and the weather gets warmer. That
is what they did. The snow piled up over
them and kept them warm, but they
knew it would bo as much as their lives
were worth to get up and try to continue
their journey. The snow camo down so
thick and fast hat they couldn't SEQ their
horses, they couldn't SEQ each other. Jerry
held his hand out before his face, but tho
snow hid it from his sight. Ho had to hold
it close to his eyes before no could see it.
Hour after hour pissed by, and tho storm
still kept on. Finally, after they had lain
there six hours, tho German said he was
going to run the risk of getting up and
looking about. Ho thought he might be
able to find u ranch house somewhere
near.
I'm spite of Jcrry's rcmonstranccs tho
man started off. Jerry lay there all
through tho day and night, and in tho
morning the storm passed away. But tho
German had not returned. Jorry started
out to look for him, and only n fow rods
from where no had been lying no found
his dead body. Tho wind had boon blow
ing such n gallo that even if no had called
for help Jerry would not have heard him"
Buffalo Express.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-22
stovenson,s Sustained Power.

Much %splcndor in treatment, much rich.
moss III tho clements employed, may be
perfectly managed in little pieces of work
or may mako n largo ono SO dazzlingly
gorgeous that only n trained eye will nor.
coivo discrepancy between it's parts. But
this discrepancy must exist. Tho limita-
tions of human power forbid that q cathe.
dral shall DO elaborated, chiselcd and jew-
eled all over like n small shrine for tho
bones of o saint, and If tho thing were
done tho laws of art would forbid It's look
ing well. No ono could write q book from
End to end rs Ruskin has written his most
sumptuous passages, and if he could 1t
would weary n distress the reader. But
Tho Pilgrims Progress is homogeneous
from end to end. Its beauty is complete
because the great artist who wrote 1t was
olnssically serene and simple in style. And
none of the emphatic and violent, the
sweetly sentimental, tho deliberately ''pre.
cious" or the perfervid, luscious and lux.
uriant writers of our day approaches Ste.
venson in his power to be always at his
best. Yet in saying that his work Is beau
tiful l have affirmed, Of course, that Its
simplicity Is never m%onotonous, bald or
hard. 1t is like the work of a Greek soulp.
Cor, which would DO %grievously deformed
were 1t besprinkied with East Indian
iewels.-"Robert Louis Stevenson and His
Writings" by @rEl n. g. Van Rensselaer,,
In Cent2ry. y.