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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

mass of stones and dirt and almost
impossible for man or BEAST" also,
that outside of Wilmington there is
scarcely a stretch of one mile of road
that is as it should be. Gulhes and ruts
and holes and stones are the features
of our roads, and riding is burden
instead of a pleasure. Even the turn
pixies are only in fair condition"
Appeals to the Legislature to provide
for a system of road-making have been
in vain. The state division, however.
is now about to take up the matter and
renew the agitation, and will present
a bill to the Legislature this winter.
The hearty cooperation of every MEM
Der of the division is important In
emergencies of this kind large member
ship is a great assistance. The division
has grown considerably during the year
and ought to continue to increase.
Numbers, which mean votes, are very
effective arguments with our legisla-
tors.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
HINTS FOR oAIRYMEN.

Milk when first drawn contains ami
NAL odors, and these should be per
mitted to escape before the milk is shut
up in close cans
Dirt in the milk means bacteria in
the milk. and that means injury to but
ter and to health. Keep the udder and
4hc hands of the mixer clean.
Henry Stewart says that at first milk
IL pure. Not by a jug full. Some milk
iu consequence of the bad management
M the COW. is diseased when it comes
from the udder.
A correspondent writes us that the
COW that gives the largest quantity of
milk does not always make the most
hutter. OF course not. Test your cows
as to butter production, we again adj
wise.
There is a story going through the
Dapers that the cow got sick because
she drank had-smelling water from the
hem cistern. The cow will become
~icl II compelled to drink bad water.
WHY should she Northwestern Plow-
man.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
HANDY FARM CRATE.

wire nails secure the corners. Let
these be 21a inches long. The bottom
may be of board or of Stats, as pre-
ferred. 4 board cover can also be fitted
to the top, if needed. Such contrlV-
ance makes an exceedingly strong and
convenient crate, well adapted for gath
ering the potato and apple crops. 1t is
much better to pick the potatoes or ap-
pies into such a receptacle and load
a wagon with some dozens of them
than to gather the crop and turn it
loose into the wagon box, from which
the fruit or tubers must be picked out
or shoveled out, again. Crates thus
save much handling and consequent
bruising.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
HIDhIH Probable.

Two Irishmen who had been hearing
a talk on Abaham Lincoln at club to
which they had been invited by pros
porous friend, discussed the subject on
their homewari way. lit was pretty
hard for that woman-that Mrs. Sur
ratio have such a sintince passed
and executed on hersilf." said one OF
them. ut was that" assented the
other But We see, there was another
president in the char at the tonne. Ii
Lincoln himsilt had been living, ye
may take my word for it, not one o
Thin four would have suffered; but it's
seldom you'll foind man wild heart
loike ovid Abraham Lincoln's, Pat,
and that's the honest truthr'-YouthI
Communion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
Den. sherman.s Little Joke.

The great Marcher through Georgia,
like all people who get the right kind
of physician, had a great deal of faith
in his medical advises; but he would
crack the usual joke with them, espe-
ciallv when he was sick; and he told
DR.. Bliss once that he didn't seem to
be getting better, for all the medicine.
well, general" replied the doctor,
jokingly, perhaps you had better
thrown physic to the dogs"
Il would, doctor" replied Sherman,
.'but there are a number of valuable
ones in the neighborhood. Every
Where.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

Select the potato seed when the crop
is dug.
Wait until the weather gets cool be-
fore storing apples in the cellar.
Of the different varieties of fruit, the
grape is the most difficult to graft.
Apples should be evenly sorted, uni
form in size and quality throughout.
In fall planting it is best to make
a little mound around the stem of
tree.
Pack apples tightly, so as to prevent
damage from moving about in the
barrel.
BY planting in long rows straw.
berries can be grown as cheaply as po-
tatoes.
Give trees plenty of room if you
would have them thrifty, vigorous and
good bearers.
Seeds of nut or forest trees should
always be planted before they have
had time to dry.
In setting out trees dig holes broad
enough to stretch the roots out full
length. and but little deeper than the
tree is set in the hole.-St- Louis Re
public.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
ODDS AND ENDS.

The use of the X rays has had a.
curious result in Paris. A painting, as
to the authorship of which there was
some doubt, was photographed" where
upon the artists name-Albert Durer-
was discovered beneath the accunulat-
ed dirt OF many years, thus establish
ing the authenticity of the picture
In Konigsberg, in Prussia, an alarm
ing epidemic has broken out among the
school children, in the form of an in
fictitious Inflammation of the eyes,
known in the fatherland as granulose
Of the $4,000 children who attend school
in the town itself no fewer than one
third are suffering from this painful
disease, while in the country round
Konigsberg 25 per cent. of the younger
generation have been struck by the
contagion.
Very irritating to some card players
are soiled or sticky cards, but new
pack is not the only way out of the
difficulty. A dirty pack may be rubbed
over with a small piece of butter used
for each card and applied by means of
a new piece of flannel. Continue rub
bling till the butter has absorbed the
dirt and been itself absorbed by the
flannel. Then gloss the cards again by
rubbing them with a foury flannel.
That metals will throw off vapors is
evident even to the housewife, who can
smell the raging fire in her kitchen
range, even though she may be up two
flights of stairs. It is said that zinc
will give off sufficient vapor even at a
low temperature to produce chemical
changes in Photographic plates. and
| that this occurs in vacuum as we'll as
in the open air. Experimenters say
| that the lowest known temperature at
which metal vaporizes is 1874 degrees
| Fahrenheit
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
ROADS IN DELAWARE.

Some Would BE Disgrace Even To-
the klOndIke Country.
The accompanying view has been
sent us as "a fair sample of our roads
go near Claymont, if we go OF the
turnpike" and other correspondents
from that vicinity have called our at
tention to the same matter. Chief
Consul Steward, in his annual report,
goes into it in detail, and the Whining
ton News and Every Evening have both
taken up the subject. The News says
that in Wilmington there is a ''cross
street or road that would be disgrace
even TO the Klondike regions. 1t is q
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
CANADIAN CUSTtH OFFICERS COLLECTING DUTY At LAKE TAGSH


anywhere in the United States must be
Canadian
of Lake Tagh at the junction OF
force of twenty-five
Seattle and other the
when they arrived at the a lake
Quilts those had either
detained Lake Iaglh
duties to dggings
Victoria Seattle supplies
almost daily will onequarter
tna the
lcenter o British Columbia
mation aske
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
A Lighthouse-Kesper's Complaint.

Lighthouse-keepers do not seem to
feel their lonely life. l once spent
week on Scotland lightship, near the
entrance to New York harbor. The
assistant keeper was in charge, and he
was nearly stone deaf. He had not
been ashore for three months, and
even a newspaper came to him only by
chance from time to time, when pilot
boat stopped by on her way out of the
harbor. From sunrise until nine o'clock
at night he did little else but sit on
hatchway. smoking an old pipe and
gazing refectively at the great harbor
receiving and dismissing its thousands
of vessels. One day he asked me to use
nv influence to get him transferred to
Cape Cod, asked him why he wished to
change. "Well, said he, very seriously,
"Iwant a quieter station; its too lively
here; 1 want to be where there is less
going on p'-Lieut- John NJ. Ellicott
in ST. Nicholas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
A GREAT REMEDY.
Greatly Tested.
Greatly Recommended.

The loss of the hair is one of the most
serious losses a woman can undergo.
Beautiful hair gives many woman a
claim to beauty which would be utterly
wanting if the locks were short and
scanty. 1t is almost as serious loss when
the natural hue of the hair begins to fade,
and the shining tresses of chestnut and
auburn are changed to gray or to faded
shadow of their former brightness. Such
a loss is no longer necessity. There IS
one remedy which may well be called a
great remedy by reason of its great sue
cess in stopping the falling of the hair,
cleansing the scalp of dandruf, and re.
storing the lost color, to gray. or faded
tresses. DIR. Ayers Hair Vigor is stand
ard and reliable preparation, in use IN
thousands of homes. and recommended by
everyone who has tested it and expert
enced the remarkable results that follow
its use. It makes hair grow. 1t restores
the original color to hair that has turned
gray or faded out. 1t stops hair from fail,
ing, cieanses the scalp of dandruh, ana
gives the hair a thickness and gloss that
no other preparation can produce.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

Mrs. Hermann. of $50 East 6sth ST., New
York City, writes:
"a little more than a year ago. my haiG
began turning gray and falling out, anst
although I tried ever so many things to
prevent continuance of these conditions
/ obtained no satisfaction until tried Dr.
Ayers Hair vigor. After using one bottle
my hair was restored to its natural COLOR
and ceased falling out."-Mrs. HERMANN.
$50 East 6Sth ST., New York City.
II have sold DR.. Ayers Hair Vigor for
fifteen wears, and do not know of q case
where It did not give entire satisfaction 4
have been, and am now using it myself for
dandruf and gray hair, and am thoroughly
convinced that 1t is the best on the market
Nothing that ever tried can touch IL. II
affords me great pleasure to recommend n
to the public."-FRANK NJ. GROVE, Fauus-
dale, Ala.
There's more on this subject In Dr.
Ayers Curebook. A story of cures told by
the cured. This book of 100 pages Is scnS
free, on request, by the ]. c. Aver Ca
Lowell, Mass.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
Two sides of Ii.

1 got two little sidelights on human
nature from Ascot, which seems to me
worth recording. Two sons of toll,
standing in front of the long lines of
coaches. were looking across the course
to the lawn opposite, where the wom-
ems dresses ran the whole gamut OF
color and material. "Lor', Bill, said
one. "these swell torfs do get old OF
some fine girls, don't theyP" You're
right, said the other, "but"-refective-
ly-"there's one thing; they ave to
keep 'em."-London Figaro
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
Theory and Fact,

Teacher-Johnny Jones is ten years
old, aud his sister is IS years older
than Johnny. Now, how old is John
ny's sister?
Pupil-Nineteen.
"How can you be so stupid?"
"Guess know what my sister says,
and she's Is years older than me-
Boston Transcript"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
SELF-IMPOSEO TAXES.
A Good Roads Tax, Once Paid, Would
Remove Them All.


The Hill tax is produced by running
roads in straight lines over hills and
mountains with grades of 10 to IS feet
.n 100, instead of following valleys,
skirting hills and making gradual wind
ing ascents, keeping as close as possible
to a four per cent. grade.
The Square Corner tax is common on
the prairies and in level districts. 1t
consists in travelling, for instance, seven
miles north, and then seven miles east
TO reach a point that is but ten miles
northeast in a straight line. In such
a case 40 per cent. of the actual dis
lance is added. The average distance
added in this way between any two
points throughout the country is 20
per cent.
The Mud tax is due to having soft
roads insuficiently drained, and gem
orally repaired" by having the sod,
stones and earth from the cutters
thrown on them once year when road
taxes are being worked out.
The Fence tax arises from the time,
material and expense of erecting and
maintaining unnecessary fences.
The Snowdrift tax follows on the
heels of the fence tax, fences serving as
Instructions to cause the formation OF
drifts.
The Waste Land tax comes from the
less of good, unused land left on the
roadside outside the fences.
The Wagon Wheel tax is caused by
the use of vehicles having narrow tires
with rear wheels following in the track
of the front pair, and thereby always
tending to cut up the road surface.
The Good Roads tax is the proht
accruing to the farmers and all other
persons using the roads from the re-
movaI of the above self-imposed taxes
L. A. W. Bulletin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
To Keep Onions from SprOutInE.

A correspondent of the Progressive
Farmer gives the following as a sure
method of keeping onions from sprout-
ing: At any time after the onions have
been drawn take a sharp knife and re.
move the hard projection on the bot
tom that contains the roots. 1t may be
better to excavate this hard substance
slightly below a level, but care should
be taken not to injure the surrounding
parts. Onions thus treated viii not
sprout and will keep in good condition
long after onions not so treated have
.uin<d from sproutinE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
UnnropkflOuM.

First Summer Girl-Join me in the
breakers this morning?
Second Summer Girl-Decidedly not.
See how it's raining.-Detroit Free
Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

trouble with bicycling is that it does not
develop the arms in proportion to the legs.
Wheeler-'fYes, it does, if you viii only use
one of those little two-ounce hand-pumps to
initiate your tires. Indianapolis Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
Paternal WIsdom.

Daughter, what time did your COM
pany leave last night?"
'Why, papa, he started home at half
Never mind when he started; /
want to know when he left. Ohio
State Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

Auctioneer-A man who cries because he
has to make an honest living.-Chicago
News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
HANDY FARM CRATES.

Put In Your Winter Vacation Making
GOOdIy Supply.
Where one has access to mill, and
can procure an abundance of inch
square edgings, he can make dozen
or more crates very easily, after the
manner shown in the sketch. A few
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
Lnne,a Famflx NFedicine.

LAMG , y dAE4AAy 1AOUAVAuUs
Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this Is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache.
Price Is and SOC.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

star Plug Is strictly High Gr@4H-
No expense is saved-no false economy M
uracticed-in the manufacture of Star plug
tobacco. It is strictly high-grade i'm every
particular.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
afiserv bv he wholena1e,

L. what chronic inactivity of the liver gives
rise to. Bile gets into the blood and imparts
q yellow tint, the tongue fouls, and so does
the breath, sick headaches, pain beneath the
right ribs and shoulder blades are felt, the
bowels become constipated and the stom-
ach disordered The proven remedy for this
catalogue of evils is Hostetter's Stomach Bit.
tiers, medicine long and professionally rec.
commended, and sovereign also for chills and
fever, nervousness and rheumatism.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
just AIfke.

walker-Male cyclers are just hike EemaH.-
gossips.
TaIker-How so?
They're always running somebody
down. "-Up-to-Date-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

An Up-to-Date Twist.
She-What is loves
He-Two saddles with but single frannzs
two sprockets that turn as one.-JUdge-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
:. w.n.. r,ora re-s warm.

Shake into your under shoes Allen Foue-
Ease, powder for the feet. II gives rnzeS
and comfort prevents that snarting sem
sation and keeps your feet from peTSplring-
Aliens Foot-Ease makes cold feet warm
After your feet perspire they usually ie1A
cold at this season. Ask your orugEtsA or
shoe dealer to-day for &c box OF ARlEn1@
Foot Ease and use it at once. Sample sem&
Free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, M
The age-herald., 1897-12-16

an eastern, and therefore cannot under stand western ideas regarding these things But he does understand and perhaps delights in living up to an unreality. He is master of all the props and padding wherewith to hold up something which is not there. He is past master in the art of being friendly with his enemy. Witness Djevad Pashas brilliant dinners to the as sembed admirals at Crete. The host was affabiity itself, and everyone was delight ed. And Djevad was romantic, too. While his wine was descending international throats his emissaries were obtaining a young bride for him from the other end of the island, all in the best comic opera style. Perhaps one should say instead that the Turk is born diplomatist
 However much he enjoys the romance of a diplomatic career the Turk has a very natural and also international desire to be paid his salary. Every one desires what with the Turk is generally the unattainable. The sultan, it is commonly reported, has a nice little private sum of $50, ,000 900, but his treasury has not enough to go around among his ambassadors. However, this causes no Gneasiness at the porte. The sultan regards his representatives as a restaurant keeper does his visitors. They really ought to pay for the position and if they do not make living out of per quisites, 1t is their fault, not his. However, Ghalib Bey did not look at it in this light When year had passed and no pay was forthcoming the representative of the sul- tan left Berlin for Constantinople to lodge a perSonal complaint. It was, indeed, re- ported that the most necessary expenses of the embassy had to be met out of the pocket of the ambassador himself and that even the official telegraph bill was unpaid The sultan. however, had very short way with Ghalib Beys complaints On the ground that he had left his post without leave he was summarily dismissed from the diplomatic service, and his successor ar- rived by the 1923 from Vienna.
 But that is not all. The sorrows of Ghalib have found an echo in the heart of another unpaid envoy, who writes to the Turkish minister of foreign affairs that he has sold nearly everything and lives almost entirely upon dry bread and that he even fears he will not be long able to borrow that third ambassador writes: 'All my means are at an end. cannot even buy a pair of gloves when I am, obliged to appear any, where" What has become of him has not been said
The age-herald., 1897-12-16
BANKRUPTCY BILL
Agreed Upon By the House Judiciary Com
 mittee Yesterday.

Washington, Dec. 15.-The house judicial committee agreed upon bankruptcy bill report today and it will be reported to the house as early possible this week.
 The committee authorized the report of the Nelson senate bill to the house with the enacting clause stricken out and the Henderson bill as agreed on inserted as an amendment or substitute. There were two important changes from the bill as report ed by the subcommittee. The bill as drawn provided in effect that all liens created by judgment or levy or by attach ment within four months of the adjudica- tions in bankruptcy should be void or if forced, go for the benefit of the creditors and also that all money collected by the enforcement of such a lien should be paid out to the trustee when appointed. This is modified so that liens shall not be effect ed with the object of fraud. The enact ments of the bill creating penalties were also modified by making such offences cause for refusing a discharge in bank ruptcy instead of punishable otherwise
The age-herald., 1897-12-16
ARIZONA MASONS
It's Mystic Rites and Ceremonies Unique For
 Lat rday Ce'ebrai,ns.

From the San Francisco Call
 The sixteenth session of rthle Masonic Grand Lodge of Arizona, which has just closed at Bisbee, was unique in the his tory of later-day Masonry. It's mystic rites and ceremonies were performed in a temple of surpassing beauty and mag nIificent dimensions, in the building of which the sound of hammer or trowel was never heard. Two hundred feet be- low daylight, at the end of half-mile of windows through narrow tunnels in the very heart of great limestone and porrihyry mountain, is the wonderful temple-a cavern of unknown propor- tions and of exquisite natural adornment far beyond the power of man to imi- tate.
 Two years ago some dust-begrimed dwellers in the upper levels of the now great Copper Queen m,ue, drifting their dark way into the depths of Mother Earth, came suddenly upon this cham- Der and were struck with astonishment by the partial vision of seeming open ing into earths inferno. The dickering
The age-herald., 1897-12-16
ID REPORT MONDAY NIGHT
Gas Investigating Committee of
 the City Council.
THE MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
Of Certain Corporations Is Being Discussed In Connection With the Gas Controversy
 Meeting Will B Held Saturday,

The gas Investigating committee asked for further time at the meeting of the board of aldermen last night.
 A short executive session was held just before the meeting of the board. City At torney Lowe submitted his opinion, and in view of the limited time at command the committee decided to ask for further time and wait until Monday night to submit its report.
 Chairman Moore said last night that without a doubt the committee would have it's report ready by Monday night. He said that report would be made all the points covered in the resolution ere ating the committee, and possibly the question of inferior gas would be consid- cred. He was emphatic in saying that the report would be made Monday night. The next meeting of the committee will be held Saturday.
 President Roden, of the gas company, was present last night to hear the report, but went home when he learned that it would not be made.
 In connection with the gas controversy a not inconsiderabe sentiment has been stirred up in favor of municipal owner ship of the corporations known as those which supply the public necessary con veniences.
 The resolution marking the inception of the municipal ownership movement was introduced last night by Col. J. J. Altman, of the gas committee.
 It is argued that by municipal ownership the citizens will be given lower rates and the city will not lose, but make profit.
 A prominent city official said in discuss