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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
FAILURE TO FRUIT.
1t Is an Indication That Tree Il
Not In Good Health.

1t Is an Indication That n Tree Il
Not In Good Health.
The fruiting of an orchard is the end
of its culture, and everything should
tend to this end. A failure to fruit at
proper age and in the right season is a
sure indication that something Is
wrong and that something ought to be
done. There are number of causes for
a fu1-grown tree not fruiting, and 1t
will be a good plan to investigate, ascer-
tain the cause, if possible, and apply the
remedy.
In some cases trees may have too
much head and will exhaust them
selves, nourishing their foliage at the
expense of the first buds, but this is
the exception. Generally tree lacks
plant food rather than an over-supply,
and the application of wel1-rotted
manure will remedy this. Sometimes
there is lack of lime or potash in the
soil. Bone dust or wood ashes make a
good fertilizer when mineral elements
are lacking, as there may be an excess
of moisture in the soil and drainage
may be the necessary remedy. Prun-
ing and thinning out may be necessary
when there is an excessive growth OF
top. The soil may have become packed
and hard, SO that the tree cannot make
as thrifty a growth as it should, and
cultivating or digging about the roots
may be necessary. With proper care
the tree can be made to bear good fruit,
quality being of more Importance than
quantity, and if, after proper RENE
dies haya haou tried the &raeS fail IN
yield good fruit, the quicker it is cut
down and another one is planted in its
place the better. Allowing a tree to
overbear one year will be the cause of
its not bearing the next. The tree so
exhausts itself in maturing the ex-
cessive yield that a rest is required in
which to recuperate. Thinning in good
season is the remedy for this, while
better grade of fruit is secured.-N. J.
Shepherd, in Farmers Voice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
Profit in Hogs.

The extraordinarily high prices OBJ
tanned for brood sows and boars at a
number of the recent sales of Poland
China hogs in Illinois, Iowa and Mis-
souri,, show that the hog as source of
profit on the farm is duly appreciated
in some sections. At a late sale IN
Iowa, one boar was sold for $500
Many others have ranged in price from
81, 900 to S., 900. 1t seems like a very
difficult, if not impossible thing, ever
to get back such large sums out of a
single hog, but as the buyers at such
fancy prices were successful breeders,
who know their business. they were
no doubt worth the prices paid.
1t is not so much that prices of hogs
are very high either, when sold on the
market, that makes breeding stock
high, for as compared with prices in
1898 they are very low, but partly be-
cause they make better profit than
any other branch of farming in the
corn belt, and partly because there is
relatively a scarcity of hogs. In 1892,
according to the agricultural depart.
ment, there were in this country about
So, 500, 600 hogs, while at the present the
estimated number is only somethin g
over 100000. This is smaller num-
Der than at any time since 1881.
Of course it is easy to increase the
number of hogs in the country very
quickly. In two years time the loss of
so per cent. could be regained, but the
great losses by death from cholera
which are constantly suffered in the
corn belt, has tendency to prevent
efforts to greatly increase the size of
herds in the principal corn states. So
there is no probability that the price
of meat will be lower any time soon
than at present. At present prices OF
bacon, as sold in the south, it is GER
tainly the true policy for southern
farmers to grow their own meat, and
since it is just cheap as it will get to
be, ever cotton grower or other farmer
who does not raise his own meat sup.
ply ought to begin just as soon as pos
Sible,-Tri-State Farmer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

The following state flowers" have
been adopted by public school vote in
the respective states: Alabama, Ne
ls>aska and Oregon, golden rod; Colo
RADIO. the columbine; Delaware, the
peach blossom; Idaho, the syringa;
Iowa and New York, the rose; Maine
the pine cone and tassel; Minnesota,
the cypripodium or moccasin flower;
Montana, the bitter root; North Da-
kota, the wild rose; Utah, the cage
lily; Vermont, the red clover. In sd.
dition Rhode Island and Wisconsin have
adopted state tree, the maple being
selected by both.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

In spite of hard times and low prices
of butter, there is nothing that is keep
ing so near good-time prices as good
cows.
Men do not enter the race with
Clydesdales. Why should they expect
great results in milk or butter from
beefy cows?
1t does not pay for a scrub man to in
vest in high-priced thoroughbred ami
NAL and continue to give his usual slip
shod care. He viii soon bring it down
to his own level.
Common grade cows can by proper
care and feeding be made to exceed in
profitable results many thoroughbreds,
and it is easy to so treat an extra herd
of thoroughbreds as. to bring their
product below the average grade
Farm Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

the wind and sun have a chance to
evaporate the surplus moisture. A
great deal of inconvenience and loss
to the farmers have already occurred
as result of the long wet period, and
much more of sacrifice must be made
in the expenditure of capital and
labor to restore the damage done to
the highways, by the hard usage they
received during the open winter Just
past. Prairie roads are very satisfac-
tory during dry years, but when the
wet ones come they become impassa-
bic in proportion to the length of
time and season of the year in which
the rains appear, and to the use made
of such highways during such periods.
Permanent roads may seem expen-
sive, under the most favorable cir
cumstances, but when the cost of
carriage and the expense of keeping in
repair are taken into account, the
permanent roads would probably be
the less expensive, if economically
made. This, of course, depends large
ly upon the accessibility of the ma
terial necessary to the construction Of
such highways. Stone, gravel or sand
form the foundation for them. Sand
and certain kind of clay, in proper
proportions form a road suited to all
kinds of weather. The sand packs I'M
der moisture and the clay under
drought. Each supports the weakness
of the other, when combined. The
present condition of the roads will,
doubtless, revive the question which
had begun to react from the impetus
which the wheelmen had given it,
three or four years ago, owing to the
favorable weather which had kept the
highways in repair for so 1ong.-Farm
ers' Union.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

saTake the above schedule, for example Tna
IS per cent. ad valorem on asi5-cent carpet or
mating is SIS cents. which, added to the
cents specific tax, makes 1025 cents tax a yard
to be paid for 15-cent carpet or MATING
making its cost 2525 cents. In other words, the
whole tax is 6s1 per cent
If the carpet or mating is worth only III
cents a yard the tax is 50 CENTS speclnc ana
316 ad vaIorem-or s. per cent, and costs the
consumer 1s1s cents yard.
''Sush rates will prevent millions OF people
from having any carpet at all; and yet the au-
thors of this bill expect those millions TO kneeI
on cold bare floors and pray for the success OF
Mark Hanna and his gang OF buccaneers
They have placed tariff on hides. ostensl-
bly, to protect the farmer Since the day that
bill passed the senate the beef packers put up
the price on hides 20 per cent and put down the
price of cattle ten per cent That's beautiful
way Of helping the farmers.
Blaine once prevented tariff on hides by
writing Mai Mckinley and telling him that all
the effect tariff on hides would have on the
farmer was that he would have to pay few
cents more per pair for his childrens shoes,
and then he added the prophecy that SUCH pro-
lection would protect the republican patty out
of existence. God grant that his lettes Of pre-"
diction will be fulfilled
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
His Record Kept Clean.

A few days ago a tramp called at a
well-known home in the city at about
breakfast time and asked for some
thing to eat. The gentleman of the
house informed the tramp that there
was pile of wood in his back ward,
and that if he would saw up a guam
tity of it he would give him a break
fast. The tramp agreed, and the gem
tleman of the house forthwith con-
Quoted him to the pile of wood and,
after pointing out to him the saw. re-
tired into the house. 4 short time there
after, wishing to see how the tramp
was progressing, he went out into the
yard. The tramp had disappeared and
not a log of wood had been sawed. As
he approached the pile of wood he no.
tIced piece of paper fastened to the
saw, and on it were were written these
words:
just tell them that you saw me-
But you never saw me saw.
Lynch burg Wa News
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

A wide-tire law goes into effect in
California on January /, 1000. Any
person who sells. purchases, or brings
into the state after that date vehicles
with tires of less width than specified
in the law shall be fined S25 to $500,
or imprisoned Is days to six months.
Tires are to be from three inches to
six inches wide, according to size of
axle. New Jersey rebates one dollar
of taxes for each wide-tired wheel. or
something like that. Tests Just con-
Guided at the Missouri station confirm
in practice about all that has been
claimed in theory for wide tires as
savers of both roadway and brute
strength. Wide tires must come, says
The Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
HOW HE ESCAPED.
The MournfuI Tale of a Bachelors Woo
ing.

The Mournful Tale of a Bachelors Woo
ing.
At an experience meeting of bache-
lors, one of the most popular of the for
lorn lot confessed that years before he
had labored under the delusion that he
was in love, and that he had escaped
matrimcny through the success of
rival.
sit was at college" he sighed. ''Al
boys fall in love at college. l will say
that she was the prettiest and loveliest
girl l ever met" and the hardened
bachelor wiped his eyeglasses before
resuming. Il had the inside track, too.
In fact, | believe we were engaged,
but fate put up a JOB on me. l didn't
know any more about driving a horse
than did about making watch. A
party was made up to go to the nearest
city to attend grand opera, and we were
to go in buggies. / ordered horse that
was insured to be morally upright,
while he was physically hummer.
guess the beast would have been all
right if he'd had half a chance, but
when we started my rival, with a girl
of his second choice, was right ahead
of US.
''Of course l must run around them.
His dust, of all others, my adored and
myself would not take. But he was
superb horseman and drove a spank
ing team. 1t was beautiful
race till we reached a point where
the road narrowed. / had no idea of
what to do, SO dashed ahead just as l
would have done had there been a
1,0OO-foot precipice there. We took a
header into brush heap while the
horse flew on TO knock the life out of
$500 as quickly as it could be done.
MY girl wore a beautiful hat. When
dug her out of the brush heap that
hat looked as though it had been run
through a clothes wringer. She seemed
sorry that she escaped alive. We
walked back. She is the wife of my
rival" and the bachelor complained of
the grip as he fused with his nose and
and his eyes.-Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
PIGS ON the Dairy Farm.

Dairymen who keep swine, and they
always should, unless all the milk is
sold, should mix grain OF some kind
with the skim milk or whey that goes
to the pigs. Corn meal and skim milk
in proper proportions cannot be ex.
celled as pig feed. 1t is improvident
for a dairyman to grow hogs on the
waste from the dairy without any
grain; yet the only way 10 prove this
10 some men would be by the use OF
the scales, in tests with mixed rations-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
PERMANENT ROADS


They Are Needed Badly in Ever1
State of the Union.
Not for many years has the need of
better country roads been felt so much
as has been the case during the past
winter, except in the more northern
regions, where the temperature re-
manned low enough to prevent the
melting of the SHOWS. South of ~ de-
grees latitude the rains have been SO
frequent that the soil is full of water,
and the freezing and thawing of the
ground so constantly alternating that
a thorough breaking up of the soil has
been the result. Consequently the
public roads could not be much worse
than at present. Owing to modern
methods of drainage by the use of
open bitches and tile, the roads viii
soon settle when the rains cease and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
No Place Like Home.

A little girl in the primary depart
ment of one of the public schools took
great interest in what her teacher said
in relation to the animalculae in water
one day. When she reached home in
the afternoon she was very thirsty and
her mother asked her the cause. ''Our
teacher" said the child, says the wa
ter at the school is full of worms and
bugs, so waited to drink until / got
home. n-Leisure Hours.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
A Hard Choice.

Mrs Grim-Ephriam. which do You
favor OF those two young man who
have been calling on Mary Ellen so
often of late?
Old Grimni-There don't seem to be
much choice between them. One of
them appears to be capable of nothing.
and the other looks capable of any
thing-N. Y. Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

Be gentle in stimulating the kidneys,
serwise you will excite and weaken them.
The happiest results follow the use of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters to overcome renal
inactivity. Avoid the unmedicated, fiery
stimulants of commerce. The kidneys have
Q delicate membrane easily irritated, and
upon this the action of such excitants 10,
pernicious. Maiarial complaints, indiges-
ton, rheumatism, neuralgia and bihousness,
succomb to the corrective influence of the
Bitters.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
Highly Illustrated Publlcationa.

Descriptive of Yellowstone National Park.
Black Hills, Summer Tours to the North and
Northwest, Tours to Colorado, Pacific Coast
and Puget Sound, Farm Lands in Northern
Missouri, Nebraska and Wyoming and
Homes in Washington and the Puget Sound
Region viii be mailed free by the under
signed. Send fifteen cents for large coll
ored wall map of the United States or a pack
of superior playing cards. L. w. Wakeley,
q. p. "A, Burlington Route, st. Louis, Mo-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
PREVENTS TIPPING OVER.

them and their pail is very likely to be
tipped over. Make d frame with spread
ing legs, like that shown in the cut
just large enough for the pail 10 set in
side-and no trouble will be expert
enced.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
WATER FOR CALVES.

Make q Frame with Spreading Legs
to Prevent Waste.
Calves during the first summer are
frequently pastured in an orchard or
tethered by rope near the barn. In
either case water must be carried tc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

The Mead Cycle Company, Chicago, ia,
the original house to sell reliable bicycles at
low prices direct to the rider. They ~ 10
built up large business by their hono-sble
dealings and have won the confidence OF
their customers. They ask the public to be-
heve that the house which leads and con-
trolls the best source of supply ia the best
house to do business with.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

srWel, Whirley, did you find the divine
creature returned your love!" eyes, Just
as soon az / offered it to her. Detroit Free
Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

have found Piso's Cure for Consumption
Scott Sta Covington. KY Oct \, 1894.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

Every man thinks ne is the hardest man
20 shave in town.-Washingto Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

It often happens when it is predicted
he comes to two or three.--Atchison Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

The more commendable your undertakinG,
the fercer the opposition win be.-Atchison
Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
CHAMP CLARK.
Champ Clark said:

when the McIlinly bill was passed it was
thought by many persons that surely that was
as far as even the greedy tariff pap-suclSers
would dare 70 go in plundering the people; but
Aldrich Dingley s Co. have raised the major
at his own game. The outrages it .perpetrateS
on the taxpayers are so numerous that il is diff
fcult to say which overtops the others in mid
uity.
Perhaps the most obnoxious feature is the
sugar schedule, which after providing for about
500 COO 600 of taxes annually 20 be paid into the
treasury. makes present of about $4,000 coo
every year 70 the Sugar trust. whose members
ex-senator Joan James Ingalls, pronoances to
be the most constituencies marauders that ever
went unhung.
The republican chIettains promised that
they would raise sufficient revenue by laying
high takes on the Injuries and low taxes or
none at all on the necessarieS- To show how
false this is take carpets and mating.
Only few very rich people can AFFORD to use
AubusSon Administers. MoQuetteS and Chenille
carpets on which the rates are comparatively
low: but on common carpets and mating, which
the mass Of people must use, or use none, all
the rates are prOhibitive-
The rates on these latter are as follows:
Not costing over Is cents per square yard, ,
cents per square yard Specific duty)' and % per
cent ad valoreE-
In this schedule rs in many others. the au-
thors OF the bill skillfulIy uingle specific and
nd valorem taxes for the purpose OF prevent
ing people from finding out how much they are
Souged.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

Dead beats all know just what property
is exempt from execution.-W Washington
Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
THE MARKETS.

A cold church can only be warmed by FIRE
that comes from Heaven.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
Real Warm weather Rest nnd Con-

There il . powder TO be shaken into the
shoes called Aliens Foot Ease, invented bv
Allen S. 0lmsted, LIE Roy, NJ. ", which
druggists and shoe dealers say il the best
thing they have ever sold to cure swollen.
burning, sore and tender or aching feet.
Some dealers claim that il makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. It certainly viii cure
eorns and bunions and relieve instantly
9. quarter. and the inventor win send a sam
pie free to any address.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

HalH's Catarrh Cure
l. taken internally. Price 75c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

20 Is; pocket cutlery from = and IS to 100 per
cent and so on down through q long list OF
ticles in daily use by people of moderate means.
Sewer pipe. shot and lead, soap, borax ,sponges,
wallpaper, window-glass, wire, white lead,
lumber, shingles, beef and the like are enor-
mously increased and viii at once become more
expensive to the consumer That the people
OF the country will repudiate this bill when
they have tested its burdens is beyond all
doubt
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-08

best people Of the country. ! am not
In favor Of allowing incompetent
persons to remain in Office under the
protection Of the civil service law.
This Is done entirely too much. !
have known cases where discharged
persons have had to be employed to
prepare their successors to fill their
places"
A Joint resolution has been offered
by Representative 'IfeatwoIe, OF
Mimi. providing for the creation Of
banking and currency commission
to Investigate and report to congress
at the regular session. President
Mckinley sometime ago expressed
himself as favorable to this idea.
Hon. II. Clay Evans. the new com
missioner Of pensions, is in Wash
ington. His appointment, like others
yet made by President Mckinley,
gives general satisfaction to repub-
licans, and especially to his old
army comrades.
The selection Of Mr.. Frank w.
Palmer, of Ill.,. to be public printer,
while apparently in conflict with the
presidents determination not to aD-
point to the prominent positions the
same men who held them under
Gen. Harrison, except under extra
ordinary circumstances, il not in re-
ality. The extraordinary circum-
stances in Mr.. Pamcrs case were
his excellentrecord a. public printer,
and the number Of prominent repub-
Leans, including Gen. Harrison, who
asked for bis reappOintm"nt.
\ caucus of republican senators
last week decided to attempt to fill
the committee vacancies, and the as
signmen,s viii be made by com
mittee appointed by Senator Allison,
Of the caucus.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-08
THE MAGIC RING.



OF Coraiie the Peerless.
A thud Of unseen hoofs first set us
a-quiver, then crash Of cymbaIs a
jangle Of bells, a hoarse, applauding
roar. and Coralie was in the midst Of US,
whirliug past 'twixt earth and sky,
now erect, flush, radiant, now crouched
to the flowing ugHe, swung and tossed
ana nodded by Tie maddening dance
music Of the band The mighty whip Of
the count In the lrOck coat marked time
with pistol shots his warcry, whoopiEg
clear above the music, fired the blood
with passion for splendid deeds, as
Coalie, laughing eXulrantiy, crashed
through the paper hoops. We gripped
the red cloth in front Of MS, and ctr
souls sped round and round with Co
ralIo, loaping with her, prone with her,
swung 10y name or tail with her. 1t was
not only the ravishmeut Of her delirious
fcats, nor her cream colorod horse Of
fairy breed, long tailed roe footcd-au
enchanted prince surely, if ever there
was onc---it was her more than mortal
brauty-'iisplgycd, too, undcr cCndi-
tions never youchsafed to us before
that hold us spellbound.
What princess had arms so dazzling
ly white, or went delicately clothed in
such pink and spangies? Hitherto We
had known the outward woman as hut
a drah thing, hourg!ass shaped, nearly
loglcss. punched here. CONSTRUCTED there,
slow OF movement and given to dCpro-
eating, lusty action Of limb, Here was
revelation From hcuceforth our i'm.
ugiuatiuus would have TO be revised and
corrected up to date. In one Of those
swift rushos the mind makes in high
strung moments / saw myself and Co
rallc, close entolded, pacing the world
together, DER hill and plain, through
st0riyd cities, past rows of applauding
relations, III my Sunday knickcrbock-
erS, she IN her pink and spangles -
Kenneth Gruhame in Scrlbner $.