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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
PITT AND POINT.

There is only one part of a man that
feels better on Monday than it felt on
Saturday, and that is his corns.-Atchi-
son Globe.
-Teacher-"Give an example of the
use of the word contagious? p" Pupil
-"Street cars are not contagious. They
are hard to catch."-Boston Transcript.
-''De trouble bout er mans maxim
a regular practice o. findin' fault" said
Uncle Eben, lis dat ne gifts mo- an mo-
expert in is business, de demand fob
is goods gifts less an less -Washing-
ton Star.
-Gadsby-'1 suspect they've got a
baby up at Norris house." Watkins
What makes you think tnat?" Gads-
by-"Oh, nothing in particular; only 1
haven't heard him brag about his dog
for a day or two."-Boston Transcript.
Over Styx.-''Socrates," said Solo
mon, you are known as wise man.
What really did you know?" Moth
ing said Socrates. And that, my
dear Solomon, is my only reason for
saying that l knew as much as you did"
-Harper's Bazaar.
:
lights her parIor fire stated evenings,
and curls her hair, that she is going on
wolf hunt" They claim that she
is likely not to get anything in the
roundup, and that if she does get any
thing, it will be as useless as WOLF
Atchison Globe.
The Doctor-''Mrs. Brown has sent
for me to go and see her boy, and l
must go at once" His Wife-"What is
the matter with the Ooy?" 81 don't
know; but Mrs. Brown has a book on
What to Do Before the Doctor Comes
and l must hurry up before she does
t.''-Household Words.
-Flannigan-'I met a man last week,
and, bedad, I'd have sworn il was your
self" O'Toole-"And wasn't it ," Elan
nigan-"Never a bit. But he was your
very image, barrin' he was a trifle gray.
l suppose, now, We haven't such thing
as twin brother a few years Older
than yourself" -Tit-Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
THE FARMING WORLD.
FORCING THE COWS.
A Practice which Has Many Argu
menfs in Its Favor.

A Practice Which Has Many Argu~
menfs in Its Favor.
It is an interesting question, and one
worthy of some thought, how far we
NAV force the cow when seeking for
big Weld of milk or butter, and
whether such forcing is ultimately de-
sirable. There exists a prejudice against
forcing at all, and this prejudice is not
without foundation, as the premature
death of some cows that have been
forced up TO the limit testifies. 1t is
argued that this high feeding weakens
the constitution of the COW, and soon
er or later must tell on her general
health. This may all be true, but there
is another side to the question that IS
sometimes overlooked. No one denies
that the daughter Of COW giving Is
pounds of milk viii in her turn give
more butter than the daughter of COW
that gives only three. And as the COW
that makes Is pounds of butter and the
cow that makes three pounds were
originally descended from the same
cow the question arises: What makes
the difference? Breed, is answered.
But breed is after all only ger erations
of feed and care, so we find that it is
by this same forcing in feeding that the
cow has been brought up from yield
of three pounds of butter to yield of
IS. In other words the 15-pound cow
has had her organs developed so that
she will turn a larger quantity of feed
into butter than will the cow whose an
cestors have not received this extra
care. This forcing not only makes the
cow receiving this treatment give more
milk, but by reason of her development
her calves are able to give more milk.
Now the question arises: How far
may we go with the forcing process?
We force one cow, and by reason of the
forcing her calf can stand more fore
ing than she could, or the calf has great
er capacity for turning feed into but
ter than had her mother, and if she is
forced her calf in turn has a still great
er capacity.
1t is not hard to remember when a
horse was fast that could go at a
2:40 gait. but now we are getting
mighty close to a 200 gait, and
we cannot say that the limit has been
yet reached. So it seems reasonable to
suppose that the limit of milk produc-
ton in a COW has not yet been reached,
and if occasionally a COW that has not
a good constitution is somewhat hurt
by overfee ding. yet it is only by forcing
that we can hope to increase the milk
producing capacity of the COW to its
fullest eNtent.-National StOckman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

cover the lattice work around the base
OF the piazza with heavy, resin-sized, or
tarred building paper, lacking It tight
ly and bank with evergreen brush.
Now, as TO the outer walls. The greater
part must, of course, be of glass, but it
is not advisable to have the sash eX-
tend to the floor. From the piazza rail
down let the wall be of matched board
ing. Along the front this should be
screwed 20 the inside of the rail. Sash
to fit any opening can now be bought
very cheap. 1t is desirable that COM
munication with this plant room be
from living room rather than by
hall door, so it may be found desirable
to cut down a window and make door
of it. This will obviate the necessity
of having a door in the outside, tempo
rary petitions.
The heating of such plant room can
he done in a number of ways, but the
simplest and most satisfactory for the
average farmhouse will probably be by
the use of an oil stove. These little sit
ting-room oil heaters have been so
greatly improved and made so reason
able in price that they will be found
wonderfully convenient for just such
use as this. Care should be taken.
however, to get make in which the
flame will not "crawl up" and smoke,
if left by itself. The accompanying il
lustration gives a suggestion as to the
making of a plant room upon a piazza.
OF course, piazzas differ in shape, but
the same principle of treatment will
apply to nearly all cases. Make all as
tight as possible, then an oil stove will
give sufficient heat to keep the plants If
health-Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
SMALL FRUIT CULTURE.
How to Secure an Ample Supply of
Nice Berries for Home Use.

How to Secure an Ample Supply of
Nice Berries for Home Use.
NJ. A. Thayer, of Sparta, Wis.,
writes the Western Plowman as fol-
lows: Mature plans for the season; Sc
Iect your plants; order them early; and
let this be your first work in the spring
One-quarter acre of good land set with
proper varieties and well cultivated.
should produce from 20 to 40 bushels of
nice berries every season. This would
give an ordinary family fresh berries
every day in the season and liberal
supply of canned, preserved or dried
during the entire year. Plants for such
a garden may be purchased direct from
Il reliable grower for $40 or SIS, and
should include the following varieties:
300 strawberry plants, early, medium
and late; 100 blackberry plants, early
and late; so black raspberry plants,
early and late; so red raspberry plants
early and late; rs currants, red and
white, early and late; 25 gooseberryr
early and late; IS grapes, three
varieties, early. Multiply this list by
four for one acre, or by 20 for five acres,
and you have the right proportion for
continuous supply of different vari'
cites for market purposes. Good berries
may be grown on any soil, sandy,
clay, muck, loan, gravel, or a com.
bination of each, provided the
same be highly fortified, well
drained and thoroughly cultivated.
Early fruits are usually most desirable.
and light soils with southern exposure
are best adapted for that purpose,
Light soils, however, require heavy fer.
tilizing, more mulch in summer, are
more liable to injury by drought and
produce lighter crops. Clay soil must
be we'll drained, is more difficult to pre-
pare, mature later crops and not Sc
favorable for winter protection. The
ideal berry ground should be "a rich
sandy loan with clay subsoil; (2) q
dark loan or gravelly loan mixed with
clay, and a clay subsoil, all having q
southerly or eastern slope. Any of these
mixed soils will make good berry gar.
dens by applying good barnyard ma
nure, which contains all the essential
clements required. When such manure
cannot be obtained then commercial
fertilizers rich in nitrogen and potash
should be applied. Avoid low, fat land
unless under drained, it is usually cold,
late and more subject to frosts. Avoid
steep hillsides as being more subject to
drought and wash of soil by severe
rains
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
Slaughter of Animals.

Two Maine game wardens, who have
neen wandering through the woods on
snowshoes, bring back to Augusta
great stories about the slaughter of
moose. caribou and deer. They saw that
in many places they found deer caught
in rope nooses suspended along paths
frequented by the animals. and at sew
eral lodging camps evidences of ruth
less slaughter were discovered. They
report that moose are scarce. and will
soon be exterminated, if stringent laws
for their preservation are not passed
and enforced at once. The carbon are
holding their own fairly well. while the
other deer are increasing, despite the re-
lendess war waged upon them. A
beaver dam was discovered and this is
Eow a rare thing.-Albany Argus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
Presidential PecuIiaritie..

Lincoln was the first president of the
United States to wear full beard. Lin
coin vetoed three bills. Cleveland in his
first administration vetoed 27s. Lin
coin, jefferson, Van Buren, and Polk
were not church members jefferson
was an atheist almost up to the time of
his death. Lincoln was deeply reli-
gious. OF all the presidents signatures
Lincoln's is the smallest. In his in
augural address first term) Lincoln
used the letter 81 43 times. Arthur
used it only once. No other president
used it so frequently as Lincoln. Lin
coins birthday is a legal holiday in
only five states-New York. Minnesota,
Illinois, New Jersey and Washington
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
A woMAN's LAUGHTER.
1t Is More Like "A ChiId's Than a
Mans.

Mans.
Women do not, as a rule, laugh at
jokes. They generally laugh to reward
the teller of a good thing. an1 not for
mirth at the thing told. In this way a
woman fulfills u most definite duty, for
she laughs even when the story does not
come off well. Her laugh would not be
so temperate or so punctual if it de-
pended upon n sense of humor. 1t IS
somewhat between a child's laughter
and a mans, but most like a child's.
At almost every stage of his early years
d child laughs for mere movement, and
not for comedy or elerision at all. A
little humor there may be in the earlier
sense of the word. He laughs at the
humors and antics of rather elder or
rather more enterprising child; but al
ways from gayety and for interior rea-
sons of Astounding breath and blood.
Granted that a woman has a small
sense of humor, she still owes her laugh
to the humorists-even to the unsuc-
cessful. 1t is a positive debt. If she
were held to the duty of criticism it
would be otherwise; but, as it is. she is
committed to nothing. Her laugh is
and wit, and it is but just that in this,
too, public opinion should relieve her of
responsibility. For nothing but an ex-
pccted silence or half-hearted smile
should be held really answerable. If
she were to enter upon the way of criti-
cism she would be more or less unready,
it might be necessary to explain things
10 her, which confessedly would be very
dull.
Besides, the laugh of judgment and
criticism is apt to be, on fit occasion,
also a laugh too much from the heart;
it takes deeper tones. and is no longer
the treble note, undrowned. No; men
who invent the jokes may laugh at them
the open laugh of appreciation; women,
ii they would be kind, must be more i'm
partial.
A feminine laugh, too, has to be dec
orative, and so should be the laugh of
Gayety rather than of humor. There
can hardly be a question as to the
sweetest laugh to be heard among ma
tons of women-it is surely the French
woman's. She has the softest MARBLE
of all. If doves were not so serious,
they might remind US of Partisan wom-
en- laughing together. The italian
laugh is happy enough, but it is not
quite so independent of the subject of
laughter: it has jollity ali its own. 1t
is somewhat uncivilized, but needs no
civilizing. But its principal character
istic is the contralto tone proper to the
woman who is to the last somewhat of
peasant. The laughter of English
women is too various for anV brief de-
scription. For English women laugh,
not according to their race, but accord
ing to their caste, as caste has lately
been revised and redistributed. 1t may
be said that in caste also the treble
note, the ready, the immediate, fits up
to its own place-the top-and is audi
BILE there, for all its splendid quality
N " Advertiser
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
HANDY BUTTER CARRIER.

box opens at the side and has shelves
to slide in and out. Each shelf has n
rectangular opening in the center. so
that when the row of bricks is laid
about the opening, the edge of each
brick will project little over the open
ing. One can thus lift out pound of
butter easily because he can get his
fingers beneath it. \ shelf can thus be
removed from the box and carried to
the customers door and the customer
allowed to pick up the number of
pounds desired. 1t is best for the
seller not to handle the butter at all in
the presence of the customer, even
though it be paper-covered.-O
Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
A couNTERFEITER CAUGHT.
The Police OF Syracuse Make an Inn
portant Capture.


portant Capture.
On Monday the 18th Harold Marquisee, of
Utica, n. Y, was arrested IN Syracuse, n.
Y, on warrant sworn out by the DR.. VIII
iams' Medicine Co., charging him with forg-
cry. On the 18th of December Marquisee
visited a photo-engraver In Syracuse, say
ing he was the representative OF the DIR.
Williams Medicine Co, and arranged for the
making of full set of plates for the direc-
ton sheets, labels, etc, of the famous DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. News
of this reached the home Office, and no time
was lost in arranging for his arrest when he
should return for the plates He returned
en- the 18th, and was accordingly arrested
and is now In Jail IN Syracuse awaiting ex-
animation, which occurs on March I'd.
This arrest proves to be an important
one. In addition to various plumber, such
as medical books, typewriters, rugs, ETC.,
found in Marquisee's trunk when arrested,
the police also found counterfeit coin both
in the trunk and on his person; and in
search of his apartments in Utica found
complete outfit for counterfeiting consist
ing of crucibles, bellows, nickel, lead,
bismuth, anthony, a small blacksmith
forge a charcoal furnace and several plas-
ter-of-paris molds. The United States mar
shals want him just as soon as DR.. Williams
Medicine Co. are through with him, and, no
doubt, he will be sentenced for long pc
Rod.
In selecting Dr- Williams RINK rus !or
his counterfeiting operations, he showed his
knowledge of the proprietary medicine bust
ness; for these pills are In such great demand
that they are easily sold at any drug store in
the United States. His scheme was to work
the country druggists and sell his imita-
lions at discount of from 2per cent. to per
cent, explaining the reduced price by the
fact that he had picked them up in small
lots and at discount from dealers who were
overstocked. By working fast and making
long jumps, he would have secured many
hundreds of dollars in short time. The
proprietors of DR. Williams Pink Pills are
most fortunate to have caught the rogue, be-
fore he had fairly started, and to have thus
kept these spurious goods out of the market.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
CARE OF DAIRY HERD.
PaIatabfIity of Feed Has Much to Do
with the Milk Flow.

PalaTabfIity of Feed Has Much to Do
with the Milk Flow.
The feed must be sound. We cam
not feed musty, moldy hay or decayed
feed and keep the cows system in order
and produce perfect milk. l have had
trouble from feeding moldy hay from
top of stack and bottom of mows,
from feeding mOIdy ground feed and
also from feeding decayed silage, says
MIR. Gurier. Many dairymen expose
too much surface AT one time IN their
silos; so much that they cannot keep
ahead of decay. In constructing a silo,
plan to have no more than eight sur
face feet per cow to be fed exposed at
once. Make the compartments of such
size that this object will be secured.
One point we must be always looking
after is palatability. We cannot expect
cow to do profitable work with food
that she does not like or relish. We
can by neglecting this matter secure
no profit from cows that would with
proper treatment produce 300 pounds
of butter per annum. There does not
4 year pass that | do not have this
point impressed upon my mind by my
own experience and also by the ex-
perience of many of my patrons. The
average dairymaE does not commence
cutting his hay as early as ne ought;
neither does he cut his corn as early
as ne should to secure the best results.
We should hot blame the cow for our
mistakes, neither for our ignorance.
If we do not know how to feed and
care for her intelligently, let US learn.
If we know how and do not do it, we
deserve to be kicked by the COW until
we promise to do as well as we know
Western Plowman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
STATE OF ONO, Crrr OF TOLEDO, :.

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. j. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the city of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will 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. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. d.
1855 A ". GLEASON,
GSeal1 Notary Public.
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, 1897-03-18
Popular Peach Variety.

The alberta peach is now one of the
favorites with fruit growers, and in
some markets is taking the place so
long occupied by the Crawford as the
standard of excellence. The fruit is
large and snowy, and the tree, although
of southern origin. has proved hardy.
Il has been extensively set of late and
promises to continue in favor for some
time. Unfortunately, it is easily af-
fected by leaf blight. We're it not for
this the variety would be hard to beat
Farm and Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
skim MIX In Valuable.

The value of skim milk on the farm is
nearly as great as when it is sold before
the cream is removed, considering the
low prices received by farmers. If the
cream or butter is sent to market the
farm loses nothing, and as every 100
pounds of skim milk contain about ten
pounds of solid matter, it is not only ex-
ceIIent food for pigs, but also for pouI-
try. The addition of only two pounds
of linseed meal will nearly bring the
skim milk back to its original value as
1rboIa milk
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
HoNoRED IN THE eREAcHh
Gratifying Failing on In the Number of
immigrants from Europe.

Gratifying Failing on In the Number of
immigrants from Europe.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-There has
been a decrease in immigration during
the past seven months compared with
the same period last year of As, 525.
Commissioner Stump explains the de-
crease as follows: The many depor-
tations and strict examinations of the
immigrant to the United States, has
caused large increase of immigration
from Europe to Brazil, Argentine Re-
public and other South American coun-
tries. where inducements are held out
for their migration. Italian immigre
ton will be seriously checked by the
proclamation of the marquis di Rudini,
minister of the interior for the king
dom, warning undesirable classes from
embarkation and refusing passports.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
PIAZZA GREENHOUSE.
How to Utilize Porches for Both
Pleasure and Profit.

How 10 JtfIKEe POrches for Both
Pleasure and Profit.
Thousands of farm houses have piaz-
Zas upon the sunny side that might be
utilized for both pleasure and profit in
the winter Such utilization, moreover,
would entail no great expense outside
of the small amount of home carpenter
ing that would be required. There are
two or three points to be considered
when making plant room of piazza.
First, as to floors. The ordinary pi-
azza has no tight underpinning to keep
out the cold. Usually it has only lat
tice work, while the floor, also, is usu-
ally more or less open. It would be no
great trouble to lay a new matched
floor over the few feet of space to be
occupied by the plant room. Then
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
MARCH AND APRIL
Are the Most Disagreeable Months a
the Year in the North.

In the South, they are the pleasantest and
most agreeable. The trees and shrubs put
forth their buds and flowers; early veg
etables and fruits are ready for eating, and
in fact all nature seems to have awakened
from its winter sleep. The Louisville &
Nashville Railroad Company reaches the
Garden Spots of the South, and will on the
first and third Tuesdays of March and April
sell roundtrip tickets to all principal points
in Tennessee, Alabama, and West Florida,
at about half rates. Write for advertising
matter and particulars of excursions to G.
P. Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louis
vile, KY, or Geo. b. Horner, d. p. A, st.
Louis, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

Blinks-I thought Buffer challenged
you to e duel. You didn't weaken, did
you?
Jinks-Not much! 1 accepted.
What weapons?"
Gums"
"Eh? He's dead shot! Wouldn't he
fght?"
NO. chose old-fashioned muskets
Of the kicking variety, and he backed
out--N Y. Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
On Time.

And very early too. That's what any one
should be in treating ones self for inaction
of the kidneys and bladder. The diuretic
which experience indicates as supplying the
requisite stimulation to the organs witho2:
exciting them, is Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. Don't delay; kidney inaction and dis
eases are not far apart. For fever and ague,
nerve debility, also, use the Bitters.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
l.. A. W. RACING BOARD.
MIR. Albert Mott, of Baltimore. Appointed
Chairman.

BALTIMORE, Md, March Is. - Mr..
Albert Mott, of Baltimore, has been ap
pointed chairman of the national rae
ing board of the l.. A. W. to succeed
George ID. Gideon, of Philadelphia, who
declined reappointment
Albert Mott is one of the most wide
Unknown cyclers and L. A. w. men in
the whole country. For many years
he had been active and useful in league
affairs, and he is one of its most aStute
noliticianS.
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The Curse of Wealth.

tween the world and Jesus Christ and
must be removed. in a spiritual sense.
before person enjoying its rights and
privilege can experience the indwel-
ling of Christ.-Rev. Edmund Hewitt,
Methodist, Camden, n. J.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

In feeding and caring for the stock
during the winter the work should be
systemetized so as to save time ard Ia
bor and secure regularity in feeding.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

If you need anything in the line of Hay,
Coal, Stock, Grain or Cotton Scales, you
should write to the Weeks Scale Works,
Buffalo, n. Y, for catalogue and informa-
ton. This is an old reliable firm, and you
can rely upon right prices and right treat
ment.