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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02
Sorghum for the StIo-

While no kind of grain as feed can su.
Persede corn in cheapness and value,
sorghum is a formidable rival to it for
fodder, especially when put up in the
silo. 1t stands drought better, which is
likely TO make it popular in the arid
portions of the west, where corn often
fails. The sorghum has too tough a
stalk to feed green, but when cut and
put In the silo there is enough fermen-
tation to soften the stalks so that they
can be eaten. The sweetness of the
sorghum furnishes carbonaceous nutri-
mcnt just as does the starch of corn
grain, and in even more palatable form.
Wherever cane sugar is made in the
south the workmen who attend the
grinding always grow fat teom the
sugar they eat
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02

One day recently, as teamster was
slowly working his way through the
ouagmire commonly known as coun-
ty road between the Cummings hill and
Fossil, he espied hat in one of the ruts
in front of him.. As the headgear APP
peared to be in fairly good condition he
dismounted to pick it up. AS he raised
the hat he was astonishcd to hear a
voice from under it exclaim: Hold
on! That's my hail" As soon as he had
gathered his breath and wits the team
ster asked: 'what are you doing down
there?' which brought forth the re-
ply: I'm in big luck to be where am.
There's a horse underneath me. Eos
sill (Ore.l Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02
INTERESTING SCRAPS.

Women load and unload vessels in the
ports of Japan.
In Japan the locks are placed upob
the jamb instead of on the door.
Seven-eighths of the families of Phila.
delphia occupy entire houses as resi-.
dences.
Diamonds have been discovered, il
rare instances, in the meteoric stones
which have fallen to the earth.
A floral curiosity is on exhibition il
the Temple Gardens, London. It is
white flower which in shape resembles
a sea-gull with outspread wings.
To keep destructive insects from his
pear trees, Mr.. T. Fl. o. Stokes, OF
Charlestown, Md, sprayed the orchard
with Paris green. Turkeys to the mum.
Der of $50 were subsequently turned
into the field, they ate the poisoned
clover, and they will not figure al
Thanksgiving dinners.
a strange breach of promise suit has
been begun in Anderson, Ind. FRANK
Robinson, after having been divorced
from his first wife. married another
lady. The day after the ceremony, his
first wife brought suit for $4,000 for
breach of promise, claiming that Frank
had again wooed and wonher.
A comical duel was fought by two
New York bill posters, near Washing.
ton bridge. They had been covering
cath others bills, and they agreed t6
settle the matter with paste brushes,
eachstarting witha full bucket of paste.
In five minutes they were droll sight
each covered from head to heels with
the sticky stuff.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02
Waldorf Emit salad.

Take half a pound of cherries. the
sticks and stones having been removed,
some fresh strawberries and raspber-
ries, with few slices of pineapple, one
quarter pound of white and red cur
rants. Sprinkle over the fruit plenty OF
powdered white sugar, four tablespoon
fuls of brandy and two tablespoonfuls
of maraschino; shake and stir the fruit
about lightly until the sugar is dis
solved, then add the strained juice OF
two oranges. Take a thin china basin,
which has been placed in ice, pour in
your fruit, and allow it to become cool,
then serve. The fruits that compose
such a salad of course vary with the
season, but the method of treatment
fer any mixture of fruits is substan-
tiullv the same.-Boston Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02
Grain Cheaper Than Hay.

It is undoubtedly a serious loss ts
have SO much OF the hay crop injured by
excessive rains, as has been the case
the present year. Yet this may be in
part made an advantage to farmers il
it turns their attention to grain as
q cheaper source of nutrition than
even the best hay can be. More than
this, if given with enough hay or straw
or cOrnstalks to distend the stomach.
grain is better food because more easily
digested. In the coarser fodder so much
of the nutrition goes to sustain ami.
NAL heat or the processes of digestion,
that comparatively little is left to
make flesh or milk or fats. The knowl-
edge that some grain with hay makes
cheaper nutrition is not half so widely
extended as it ought to be- If it were
there would be a better demand for
grain and it would sell at better prices
American Cultivator.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02
ABOUT MILK EENER.
How to Prevent a Disease That Has
Killed Thousands of Cows.

How to Prevent a Disease That Has
Killed Thousands of Cows.
Milk fever is a disease to be dreaded
by the man who has first-clSss dairy
cows, and who feeds and cares for them
in such a manner as to make them large
producers. The man with scrub cows.
that have to rustic for themselves dur
ing the winter round the straw stack,
never suffers from loss by milk fever
when his cows come in in the spring.
1t is true he gets no profit out of his
cows, and he rarely gets product enough
from them to pay for the little feed and
care they do have. But he can and does
console himself by saying he never has
milk fever with his cows like those
men do who ''stuff and pamper and
baby their cows"
We have lost, within the past IS years,
several valuable cows with this disease.
We think we now know how to prevent.
4 heifer with her first calf never has it
and very rarely with the second half.
a cow that is MIXED continuously,
right up to calving, is not liable to have
milk fever, at least, we have never
known one to. We hesitated to write
that last sentence for fear some one
would accuse US of advocating continu-
Gus milking. That we do not, but still
feel bound to state that fact. A COW that
is starved, or fed just enough to live on,
will never have milk fever.
Our way is to dry the cow up six or
eight weeks before she is due to calve
(unless she is such a persistent mixer
as to make that impracticable) at the
same time reduce her feed, by taking
nearly if not quite all the grain from
her. Her bowels should be kept loose
If the cow is in flush pasture, and she is
one you have reason to believe likely
to have milk fever, the only safe way to
do would be to keep her upon dry feed.
De know it is hard for the man who has
been in the habit of "babying' and pet
ting his cows and feeding them to their
full capacity to refuse them all they
want to eat, but it is the only safe way
to do with some of them. After COW
has had milk fever once she is more
liable than other cows to have it again,
and if she does have it second time
she will be always most sure to die
Hoard's Dairyman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02
Nervousness and Insomnia.
A Prominent Farmer OF Kansas
Finds q Cure.
From the Capital. St John. Kansas.

From the Capital, st. John, Kansas.
Hearing that ]. H Detwiler, prosperous
farmer who resides about three miles east of
St. John, Kansas, had been using DR.. VIII
hams' Pink Pills with marvellous beneficial
results, reporter OF the Kansas City Star
called upon him for an interview regarding
the matter. We found Mr.. Detwiler a tall,
and apparently well preserved man of
seventy years. Upon our interrogating him
concerning his use of Pink Pills he gave US
the following, and with his entire consent to
''f had been troubled for several years
with extreme nervousness. AT first 1t did
not prevent me from attending to my farm
duties. About three years ago, however, /
began to grow rapidly worse, then my
nights became sleepless, and I could not
sleep two hours In an entire night. be-
came terribly affected too with indigestion.
I became alarmed at my condition, and con-
suited physician. One doctor told me the
cine for that, but without relief. Another
told me it was nervous Prostitution, but his
medicine had no more effect than the same
amount of water. Finally, seeing DR.. VIII
liams' Pink Pills advertised, and noticing
particularly the testimony of a person who
had been cured by them of a very similar
disease to mine, determined to try them.
/ called upon our local druggist, Mr.. j.
Stivers and procured a supply. began
taking them, and in very short time my
nervousness was less severe. After / had
given them thorough trial, found myself
entirely cured. I can now lie down at night
and go to sleep without the slightest trouble.
Furthermore the cure has been permanent,
and can recommend Pink Pills to all who
are afflicted as was, for their equal cannot
be found.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are now given to the public as an unfailing
blood builder and nerve restorer, curing all
forms of weakness arising from watery
condition of the blood or shattered nerves.
The pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt of price, so cents
box, or six boxes for $50 (they are meyer
Williams Medicine CO., Schenectady, N Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02

My remarkable father grew restless and
impatient, and his condition panied me.
At last Nose groaned a little and said:
~ had a story 1 was going to tell you,
Reuben, but 1 can't do it
"'Not the one about the hears?' ex-
claimed Reuben Pettibone, and his dis
may was pitifuI.
Yes said Nose, the one about the
bears
why can't you tell it, Mose?' said
my father, with plaintive appeal.
d" Why can't L tell it?' exclaimed
Nose. Why, great Hickory Jackson.
Can show you how clutched the life
out o that one bear with my right hand
when amt got any right hand to show
you how l done it, and my left arm Is
unjointed? Can 1 show YOU how
kicked thunder out o. them two bears
with my left leg when my left leg is
three foot under ground, and my right
one is broke in two and strapped up
suffer than a fence rail? No, l can't.
Great Hickory jackson, Reuben, never
knew before what it was to be a Grip
ple!'
1T was deep disappointment to nv
remarkable father that could not hear
Noses story and judge of it. but he
went home in hope thatwhen Nose got
better 1 would go over and hear it vet.
But Nose never got any better. He died
that week, and my poor father had to
pass away with that load on his mind
to my everything regret. What do you
think, Mackinaw? Do you think man
with only one leg and one arm, and IS
years old. would lie?"
"Sinnemahoning man." said the man
in the red, blue, pink, green, purple and
yellow Mackinaw jacket.
''wen. yes" replied the man from
Sinnemahoningway, ''Sinnemahoning
man. Do you think he would lie if he
haa only one arm and one leg, and was
IS years old?''
He would" said the man in the many
hued jacket. Unless he was deaf an
dumb, an hadn't learned to talk yit
with what fingers he had left!"-N. Y.
Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02
CURING t4IccouGHs.
More Remedies Than one suggestea
in the story.

in the story.
ssWhy don't You stop that hiccoughing?''
said one business man to another as they
met at the corner of Fourth and Vine
streets at the noon hour. The man adj
dressed was all but in coavulsions-
stop nothingi" said he. I've been try
ing every old remedy / ever heard OF and
every new one that every fool friend was
kind enough TO suggest. I've held my arms
over my head for Is minutes and extended
them ike a sign board until they ached. 1
held nv breath until ] was all but ready to
drop from apopIexy. I've drunk nine swaJ.
lows of water nine times over, guess and
two or three ehumps have tried to scare me,
and did it, too, but to no good. Then an
other enthusiasts amateur physician hit me
in the middle of the back when WASH {
looking and escaped before could land on
him. I would not have done a thing TO
him if / had caught him. But the hiccoughs
are here, and to stay, fear.
Set 'em up If | cure you.
Twill |? I'll set 'em up for month and
throw in big cold bot besides if you cure
'em."
Then they adjourned to a moistening es.
Enlistment, and the good Samaritan said
to Dan: Dam give this gentleman lump
of white sugar"
He took it and dissolved it in his mouth,
and the hiccougns went as If by magic,
probably because their stay was over any
how, and not on account of the remedy, but
it cost the cold bottle just the same and
some drinks besides. Still, he thinks he got
out of it cheap enough.-Cincinnat Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02

The Baltimore and Ohio officials are veEyp-
much pleased with certain statistics THAI
have recently been prepared Of TING per
Torrance of freight trains ON the Second
division. which handles an the east and
west bound tratfe between Baltimore and
Cumberland. Before the new freight en-
gInes were purchased, and the improvements
made in the track in the way of straighten-
ing curves and reducing grades the average
number of ears to the train was . ~. Nov.
with more powerful and modern motive
power and better track, the average Is 40
cars per train, an increase OF Al per cent
The average east bound movement per day
for the first ten DAYS of August was ], III
loaded cars. On the Third division, Cuul-
berland to Grafton, where there are grades
of Us feet to the mile, the engines used to
haul IS ID loads 10 the train. Now the
average is . % loads per train, an increase
of 81 per cent. 1t would certainly appear
that the money spent in improvements On
that the cost Of oDeyaton 4 being very ma.
terially reduced.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02
HANDY CooLER ZOE DAIRYMEN.


circular black spots on the platform
represent openings for vessels. The
piece that holds the wheel, over which
the rope passes to the windlass, is pro-
longed so that when the platform is
just even with the top of the curb, an
iron pin is inserted through it and the
top bar of the platform frame, and
holds it there. There is another rope
and two wheels. This rope has a
heavy weight attached, to assist in
raising the platform from the bottom
of the we'll with heavy loads. These
weights go down inside a box formed
of four wide planks which occupy the
gutter or groove. One lid opens up
against the weight box, and fastens
with a thumb bottom. The other is
hinged so as to hang down beside the
curb when open.-Farm and Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02

Mr.. w. W. Stevens, a most successful
farmer ard fruit grower of southeast
ern Indiana. says: II believe that not
one orchardist in hundred attends to
the thinning of fruit as it should be
done. The importance of this item in
the care of an orchard is not thought of
by the average fruit grower, but few
experiments or some observation In
this line viii convince anyone OF the
necessity of practicing it regularly
when the aim is TO produce the very
best. 1t is not only the best for the
crop we expect to harvest, but for the
orchard as well.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
HANDY DAIRY WELL
of an Excellent Cooler fOR
EmnM naHrrmen.

2lG&GERDEAOn
Small DaHrymen.
A well for keeping dairy products and,
also fresh meats is desideratum on
many farms. For ordinary use the well
should be dug by feet, with a gut
ter or groove, down one side, is inches
square. 1t should contain 2 or feet
of standing water. 1t should be IN
easy reach of the kitchen, and attached
to the house if possible. The curbing
should be no larger than the well. A
platform, which fits inside the well,
slides up and down between two tim
bers, which rest on the bottom of the
well and are long enough to reach up
three inches above the curb. These
two timbers should be planed. The
framework of the platform has
board nailed on each side of it, forming
a groove which fits on the upright tim
beers at each end of the wall This
makes it rigid and keeps it level. The
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02

Gridgin-"Did you notice how Brabrook
crabs all the good things there are going?"
Houston-''That's because he's an optimist.
He believes that everything is for the best,
and naturally he thinks he is the best .
Boston Transcript
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02

Aliens Foot-Ease, powder for the feet.
It cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery
of the age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight
or new shoes feel easy. It is certain cure
for sweating, callous, hot, tired, aching feet.
Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package, FREE. Write to
Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02

Clean pastures, with good. clean wa.
ter and proper care, is the surest pre-
ventive of bitter milk. Weeds, especial
1y raRweed, cause bitter milk.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02
Not worth n ID.

Chief Justice Peters, of Maine, has a rep
utation for telling witty stories. At the re-
cent commencement of the University of
Maine he told this one:
Il knew a young man who was seven years
getting through another college. Then he
went into the ministry, because he didn't
have sense enough to practice law. He
didn't have to make prayers and could steal
his sermons. Then he went out and got the
degree of d, d. from university. One would
have done just as well, and such degree
isn't worth much. IN Y Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02

The Country's Needs-''What this eoun-
try needs said the earnest citizen, sis more
warships." Yes replied Senator Sorg-
hum, reaectively, ''and more consulships. -
Washington Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02

"A woman seems to enjoy house
cleaning for the fun she gets out of
clearing out Observation-Disclosures Dem
ocrsH
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02

For Whooping Cough, Piso's Cure 10 q
Ave-, Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov. IA, "a.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02

If it were not for funerals a great many
men would never hear sermon.-Wa shinG-
ton Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02

The busy little bootblack never fails to inn
prove each little shining hour. Chicago Rec
ord.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02

Trees fer planting can never be
bought cheaper than they can this fan.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02

Some people are better when they are sick
than at any other time-Chicago Record.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-06
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-06
HARMONY IN CITY POLITICS.
The Fighting Factions Advised to
Get Together.

Savannah, Ga, Jan. 5-Editor Morning
News: This letter is offered in a concT-
iatory spirit and with the hope of invok-
ing your aid, all-powerful as it is in ask
ing a spirit of brotherly concession be-
tween the present warning city political
factions and in advance of the actual be-
ginning of any hostilities prior and Incl
dental to the coming municipal election.
Let us all stop and think what the out
come will be if this spirit of aggressive
politics is kept up. Analyze the cause of
the recent shocking murders in this city,
blotting our fair name at home and
abroad. The writer refuses to believe that
such noble, high-minded, conscientious
and patriotic citizens as Messrs. Herman
Myers, William Garrard, NJ. A. O'Byrne,
T. G. duBignon, W. w. Osborne, w. w.
Fraser and others, would not consent to
a sacrifice of a little personal pride IN
order to fraternize these warning factions
and restore our good city to a higher
plane of activity and progress. The mat
ter is so easy of accomplishment that it
is almost heartrending to see that through
mere thoughtlessness our beloved city is
cultivating hatreds and antagonsms most
dire in their effect where all should be
brotherly consideration. Cannot the con-
scientious and high-minded leaders get to-
gether and in d spirit of concession and
fairness nominate a candidate for mayor
and twelve aldermen having due regard
for all the interests of the city and naming
men who are known to be fair and just
in their dealings with their fellow man?
Having done this, what is to hinder the
adoption of a platform calling for mu-
nicipal civil service, securing retention in
office of honest and competent public serv-
ants from the mayor down, exceptions
only being made in offices changes in
which illustrate the public wishes Hav-
ing carried this to a successful issue, let
the city government be conducted in a
humane and sensible manner, and this will
insure the cooperation actively, as well
as morally, of the better classes of our
citizens, and no man is wise enough to
estimate correctly the manifold benefits
that will accrue to our good city from
such a system. Outside capital and bust
ness will be attracted, and we shall find
that instead of Flooding along as we are
now, we shall, with all our natural adj
vantages; rapidly assume front rank in the
great cities of our great country. l, there
fore, invoke the aid of the great and hon
orable press, that greatest of all educat-
ors of the people, in cause so manifestiy
fair and just, and 1 believe, if you will
lend the prestige of your good name to
such a movement it's success will be be-
yond peradventure.
A Member of Germania Club.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-06
MORE LIGHT FOR TYBEE.
Big Electric Lighting Plant for
the Tybee Hotel

Extensive improvements are to be made
at the Tybee hotel, and by the opening
of the gay seaside season the hotel I'M
der the proprietorshlp of Mr.. Charles +.
Graham, will be one of the best equipped
IN the business. Among the additions that
VIII be made is the erection of a 1ew
pavilion to occupy the site of the old one,
Immediately in front of the hotel The
olu pavilion will be moved to the north
and vii! be used exclusively for basket
parties of ladies from the city. Occupy
ing its place in few weeks will be a
larger pavilion with the comfortable d.
mansions of 60 by 100 feet.
The barroom is to be removed from its
present location to a less ostentatious one.
Inc greatest Improvement that will be
made is that in the lighting of the hotel
Inc savannah Electric Light and Supply
Company was successful over seven com,
petlng firms in securing the contract, as
its bid proved the most satisfactory of
those submitted.
Mr. Joseph S. Walker, secretary and
manager of the company says it will put
in two dynamos that will constitute one
of the finest directly connected plants in
the south. Each dynamo will be of $50
light capacity, giving the whole plant a
800 light power. The machinery is of the
latest pattern for direct connections The
mountings of the plant will be particu-
larry handsome. The switchboard will be
of italian marble, and the animeters and
volunteers will add greatly to the decora-
lions.
The plant will be placed where the old
wind mill and reservoir stood before the
storm. The water supply will be pumped
over the hotel by means of the boiler used
for running the electric plant. Contracts
for all the work have been awarded, and
it is to be commenced Immediately.
Mr.. Graham is expecting a big run of
business. He believes the construction of
defenses on the island will be an attrac-
ton that will draw many visitors.