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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29

used to transport the logs, electricity
operates street cars, and bicycles take
the place of livery. Now the gold bugs
tell us this is all due TO progress and
genius, but we say that the water has
gone down in the barrel, but the buckets
are still empty, too. If horses have
been retired, hogs and sheep should
have taken their place, and oats and
coin ought to have been profitabl but
there was no profit in hogs or sheep,
corn nor oats, and the bicycle and cleo.
tricity did not affect them. They ought
to have been in the buckets when the
horses went down in the barrel, but
they were not, and when we silverites
want to examine that barrel then we are
crazy anarchists" We must not even
examine the wet spot on the outside.
All we need to have is confidence in the
bottom of that barrel But the bottom
OF that barrel is what is leaking the
prices of our products and toll And
we have those with US yet, who are
standing around that same barrel like
flock of ducks around a spout in dry
weather, still looking up the spout for
water. But it will never come until the
barrel is mended. And so with the law
of supply and demand; it operates free
ly when the water goes down in the
barrel and rises in the buckets. When
one crop ceases to pay another one
rises to take its place, we may be as
sured that some one is tampering with
the law of supply and demand.
r-rrT%A TrCvLr LInT NFLC
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
WATERING HORSES.
An Important Duty which Is Neglect


ed Far Too often.
No detail for caring for horses during
the summer is of more Importance than
supplying them with water. 1t is mat
ter for regret that it is necessary to call
attention to the neglect of working
horses in this respect, but it seems
necessary to do SO. Many men who
feed their stock literally, furnish warm
places for them in winter and keep the
stables as cool as possible during the
summer, seem to forget that the team
that is working under the burning sun
in the field from morning until noon
must suffer from thirst in a way that
is intensely agonizing.
Amy man who tries to work half a
day in the harvest field without drink
ing will soon begin to feel some of the
effects of going without water when
making severe exertion on a hot day,
and will appreciate the condition of a
Woodworking horse under the same
conditions.
Sometimes it seems like a waste of
time to stop team and take it to get a
drink, but time spent in this way Is
never wasted, for the team will do
enough more to make up for the stop.
There are places where it seems impos-
sible to give the team drink between
breakfast and noon and between noon
and supper, but there is no shadow OF
excuse for leaving a team hitched to
the fence without water while the driver
goes to his supper and then comes back
to work the team until dark without
water from noon until that time. Such
a proceeding is not so common as 1t
once was, but it is still practiced to
some extent, and is the worst sort of
cruelty to animals.
Horses perspire freely and are the
only domestic animals that do, and
their need for water is increased as the
amount of perspiration increases, and
during the hot weather every effort
should be made to prevent them from
suffering from thirst, which is the worst
sort of torture.-Farmers' Voice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
FALLING PRICES.
Are the Most Prolific Source of Our
Labor Troubles.


Labor Troubles.
The effect of decline in prices is to
increase the creditors portion of the
products of industry, thereby leaving
less portion to be divided among the
other producers of wealth.
In whatever manner the remainder is
divided between the employer and
wage-earner, the fact still remains that
falling prices leave them less as re-
suit of the joint labors.
If the loss be saddled on the employer
it decreases by just so much the profits
of his business, and so tends to check
enterprise, and often causes the closing
of factories. If this loss be saddled on
the wage-earner he is made to suffer
that the creditor may enjoy unearned
wealth.
As a general thing falling prices not
only diminish the profits of employers,
but at the same time decrease the wage
earners' share in the product of his la
Dor, and inevitably lead to strife be-
tween the employer and wage-earner
by reason of each attempting to saddle
the loss on the other.
History shows that since 1873 strikes
and locleouts have increased beyond all
precedent. and there is a general agree
ment among the political economists
that falling prices are the most pro-
life source of labor troubles.-Chicago
DISPATCH.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
WANTED Her MONEYS WORTH.
Something Lacking from Her Re-
mir Kit,

Anyone who had not seen the woman
with an angry eye wobble just before she
dismounted from her wheel would have
taken her for an experienced rider; hero
inc of century runs. She strobe with ma
jestic confidence through the store, and so
impressed another woman that she forgot
herself and let the newcomer be waited on
frst. a.
/ looked rather new at bicycling, and you
thought that there wasn't very much use
of bothering about me, because | wouldn't
know the difference, anyhow"
The clerk assured her to the contrary,
and said he was sure there was some misull-
Outstanding.
There was a misunderstanding" she an
swered. 81 understand that when l bought
this repair kit l was getting all that re
pair kit ought to contain.
Certainly" he answered. isn't it all
right?"
Didn't you expressly state that it con
tanned everything that would be required
for repairs in an ordinary accident!"
Eyes"
"And bought it with that implied guar
antee, didn't II"
'Undeniably, you did"
"And if things didn't turn out just as you
represented them it's your business to make
good the defcieney?"
81 suppose So"
call right. There's your repair kit You
can either put in paper of pins and some
sticking plaster, or else give me back my
money."-Washingto Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
Something Chean.

As she stood upon the top stoop and
kissed him good-by before he went out to
battle. with the cold, cold world he Thought
that she had never looked so winsome, even
in their old counting days.
And now my bad boy must have as many
slaps as years he has lived, for to-day is his
birthday" she went on, beginning the
Christening salutations.
mentary sensation of years passing helpless.
ly away which middle-aged men experience
upon these occasions.
"And what lovely thing shall his darling
wife get him for a birthday present this
year" she went on. "You already have a
smoking cabinet and card table, and my
dining-room lamp, you know, was one OF
my birthday presents to you. And then
I'D go kind of light, my dear" he an
swered, somewhat modify. Get me some
little cheap thing. l haven't been able to
pay for my last years birthday present
yet"1N Y Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29

There are two ways in which stable
manure is most likely to be wasted.
One, the most obvious, is the wasting
by rains, which will wash away all that
is soluble In 1t. But the other, less
thought of, is even more dangerous
though unseen. That is the wasting by
the passing away as ammonia of all
the heterogeneous, parts of manure. The
ammonia is very volatile. Pour some
into a saucer and leave it exposed to
the air, and most of its strength will
disappear after a few hours. If some
potash is put with it that will absorb
a part of it, turning it, if the potash be
caustic, into saltpetre. But the far
greater part of the ammonia is given
off by decomposing manure heaps and
escapes into the air, where it becomes
useless as fertilizer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
Ration for Growing Pigs.

Pigs, during growth, should be fed
on muscle-making foods. A mixture Of
ground corn, oats and shorts. with q
small proportion of old process oil meal.
makes a good combination, mixed in
such proportions as suits the feeders
fancy. The mixture should be soaked
from one feed to the next, or wet up
when fed. If soaked from one feed to
another, care must be taken not to let
it ferment or sour. This kind of feed
may be fed until the new crop of corn
is ready. Care must be taken to make
a gradual change. Hogs at no time
should be permitted to depend upon a
ration of corn alone.-American Swine
hord
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
Close Quilting Is Pront.b1c

We would advise swine breeders to
Gull more closely than has been the
practice. We think that at least one
third should be culled, and if half could
be culled out it would be better. We
have known breeders who have sold
avery male in the herd for breeding
purposes, even where they got as low
as four or five dollars head for them.
This is mistake. 1t Is not only detri-
ment to the business, but necessarily
lowers the standard. The quality of
pigs sold for breeding purposes should
be up to good standard and thew
should be sold at a profit above what the
pig would be worth for the pork barrel
All pigs sold for breeding purposes
should have excellent bone, reasonably
well marked, free from swirls, and have
good. breezy appearance. They
should not only possess good action, but
should be gentle, and of kind DISPOSE
tion.-A. L. Mason. in Priarie Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
BEES ON THE FARM
TheV Are Experts I'm some Lines q
Agricultural work

q
Agricultural Work
When one thinks of the important
part played by bees in agriculture one
cannot help wondering why the expert
ment stations of the United States pay
so little attention to beekeeping. We
do not recall single station where bee
keeping is carried on at all. The Rhode
Island station has department deyot-
ed to poultry and bees, but if memory
serves, that has been abandoned.
Honey bees and the humble bees are
expert in some lines of agricultural
work that men do not very well under
stand, and could not succeed in if they
tried ever SO hard. They do very inn
portant work, and do it for nothing.
boarding themselves in the meantime.
If it were not for bees we would not
have large fruit crops, if we did not exc
perience entire failures. At the time
when fruit trees are in bloom there are
but few insects abroad, and if the bees
do not visit the blossoms in search of
honey, the fruit would never mature, as
it would not be pollenized.
If it were not for the work of bees we
could not grow clover, and this impor-
tant crop would be unknown. So impor-
tant is this that large sums of money
have been spent to import bees into
Australia in order that clover might be
grown there.
Honey bees follow civilization and are
unknown where civilized man has not
taken up his residence. They are CO.
laborers with the pioneer, and help him
to conquer the wilderness and in the
introduction of improved fruits and
crops.
Every home owner, from the villager
to the bonanza farmer, should keep
bees, for the help they are to agricul-
ture alone. The business of bee-keep-
ing is not well understood even by exc
perts, and there is great opportunity
for good work from the experiment sta
tons in promoting a wider knowledge
and a greater interest in Bookkeeping,
an industry that might be indefinitely
extended with profit to those who keep
them, and to those whose field they roam
over in search of honey.-Farmers'
Voice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
BLIND FOR HOGS.

was then caught, and, pulling the ears
forward, the top corners of the blind
were fastened to them by means OF
pinchers and rings, such as are put
in the shouts of pigs to prevent root
ing. This blind will not prevent the
hog from seeing his legitimate food,
but it does prevent him seeing chickens
unless they are under his very nose,
and then if he attempts pursuit the
chances are thath he will bring his nose in
violent contact with the fence or some
other obstruction. A few such lessons
and he concludes that he is no longer
partial to chicken. A month of leather
specs" cured our most ravenous thief,
and by binding only the ringleaders
the whole herd was soon as docile as
well-behaved porkers should be-
Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
As Applied to the Money Question
Ten PrODOsitiOnR,


Ten Propositions.
There is a science of learning as well
as a science OF teaching; both are in
their infancy. If one knows how to
study question, he can learn more in
weeks than is usually learned in months
and even years. If one knows how to
teach a question, the result is the same.
The monetary question is not under
stood by many people, because they
have never been taught how to study
the question. The matter is very sim
pie. There are certain facts that I'm
derlie every question; there are GER
tain elements upon which that question
depends. If these facts are known, and
if these elements are learned, the sub
ject is Invested of all difficulties. a
knowledge of the monetary question
that is now so interesting to the peo-
pie of this country. depends upon the
correct answer to the following:
1. Why have we now, and why will
we have for the present, and some time
to come, a metal basis for our currency?
2. What is credit money? Token
money? Credit or representative
money? Credits?
8. What is the automatic system of
primary money? Or what is automatic
primary money? In connection with
this point state the automatic law that
governs the increase and decrease of
metal primary money.
4. How much gold have we in the
world? How much silver?
5. What is bimetallism?
L r - q,
Is bimetallism a true theory judged by
its honestly Is it a true theory from
induction? Is it true in practice? In
connection with this point, state the
law of supply and demand, and its au-
tomato action, by which two metals
as primary money will always be kept
at the parity determined on by the law
which creates them primary money?
z. What is the gold standard?
8. Who is in favor of the gold stand
ard?
9. What is the effect of the gold stand
ard?
10. Why should the United States re-
ject the gold standard?
Now, if one, wishing to understand
this subject, carefully answers all of
these questions, he will understand it.
1t is not necessary for him to come to
the conclusion reached by himself. 1t
is not necessary for any two people to
view the same subject alike, but if any
two people wish to understand a sub
ject, they must do about the same
things in order to understand it. Now,
1 beg to say, that if these questions are
in my judgment, there can
be only one conclusion; but to say the
least of it, the person answering them,
will never have any doubt in his own
mind as to what he believes and the
reason for that belief.-P. Fl. Harris, il
Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29

Mans two best friends are said to be q
gun and dog. 1t is easy to get good dog,
but hard to get good gun. The guns made
by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.,
New Haven, CT, are not only always good,
but they are acknowledged the best made in
the world. For years the Winchester has
been the standard of the world, and to any
one who has studied or examined its many
points of superiority its popularity is nos
hard to understand. The repeating rifles
and shot guns made by the Winchesters are
in demand all over the world. Although
they cost comparatively little, they are bet
ter than the highest priced hand made gums
in every way. Winchester ammunition ID
of the same high grade as Winchester guns
and can always be relied upon. Send for
large illustrated catalogue free.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
Il. 6 o. Fast Freight schedule.

The Baltimore & Ohio, in connection with
the Continental Line and Central States
Dispatch fast freight lines, has inaugurated
another fast freight schedule to the west,
to be known as Train 95. 1t viii be made
up at Baltimore, and is put on especially to
accommodate import business by way OF
Locust Point, and at the same time gives
to Eastern manufacturers and wholesale
dealers rapid service to the west. The
running time of the train is SO arranged that
it will make 80 hours to Chicago, 30 to Gin.
cinnati, 80 to Cleveland, "a to Columbus, lis
to Dallas, Tex, so to Detroit, 50 to Duluth,
Mimi, 81 to Indianapolis, Is to Kansas City,
Is to Memphis, 80 to Louisville, "a to Nil.
waukee, So to Minneapolis, 81 to Peoria,
III, 20 to Pittsburgh, so to st. Louis, 81 to
st. Paul, 80 to Sandusky, 23l to San Fran
cisco, a to Toledo, and correspondingly
quick time to other western and southern
points.
The Freight Department expects to make
95 as popular and reliable a train as 81, which
makes the run from New York to Chicago
and st. Louis in 60 hours.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
CHANGES wRoueAT BY TIME.
Not So Noticeable When Relatives
See Each Other Daily.


''There ought to be law that families
Cling apart to the ends of the earth, said
the woman who was reading letter IN the
car to her friend who accompanied her.
what led to that remarks" asked her
friend; anything in that letter.
YES. 1t is from my sister Amy, whom /
have not seen since she went west. That
was Is years ago. She writes me that her
hair is perfectly white and she weighs 50
pounds more than she did when / last saw
her. As she only weighed 100 then, she will
not be immense now, but l think of the
change. a slight, fragile young woman of
a faiFylike physique and the lovellest black
hair-why, she is simply another person.
But she would have changed as much il
she had stayed here, in all probability" said
her friend, trying to comfort her.
Eyes, but the change would have been so
gradual that I would not have noticed it.
Now / seem to have two sisters, one with
coal black hair and one with snow white.
One is a stout, healthy, middle-aged wom-
an, the other dreamy-eyed romantic girl
whose waist / could span with my two
hands. Probably her face is lined with
care and her character changed as much as
her features"
"What of YOURSELF" inquired the friend;
'has time stood still with you?"
81? Myself! / never thought of that.
Yes, have changed, too, and no doubt Amy
will be as much disappointed in me as will
be with her. But that gives another argu-
ment in favor of families keeping in touch.
Or if that is not possible then let them re-
main separate or as strangers. There is
enough of the pathetic in life without these
shocks of reunion"
And she thoughtfully folded her letter
while her friend looked out of the car win
dow and was silent.-Chicago Times-Herald
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
Good way to House Hogs.

A cheap and healthful way to house
gows and pigs is to make foorless
houses. six by six or six by eight, set
over a bottom composed of an inch or
two of coal cinders with five or six
inches of broken corn cobs on top. This
makes a good bed, and it is claimed that
hogs do not root into it. Each spring
and fall tip the house over and roll it
out of the way, saturate the cobs with
coal oil and burn them up. This makes
a clean, dry place for new bed, and
destroys all filth and disease germs.
The cobs can usually be obtained free
of charge wherever power shelter il
used.-Rurai World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
THE FARMING WORLD.
MopERN PouLTRY HOUSE.

Its ORIGINATOR Describes 1t &G the
Best Thing of Its Kind
I have noticed several sketches and
plans 9sr building chicken houses, but
/ think the one send is better than any
of them. 1t is a modern building. 1t
is Is feet long, IL feet wide, ten feet
high to plates and Is feet to the comb.
The hopper (B b is IL feet long, run
ming from within feet of the front end
to the back end of the house. The
sides Is s. are GA feet from the caves
inside to the manure trough IL L.,
which is 2x2 feet and running the en-
tire length of the hopper. The trough
is feet from the floor, supported on
six posts resting on the floor. A small
pen or shallow box may be made on
the floor at the left of the manure
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
MEXICAN DOLLARS.
And the Unprecedented Prosperity OF
Our NefGhbOrinE Republic.


Reports of good times in Mexico keep
on coming, regardless of the disdain
with which gold standard advocates
view such facts. Thus, the Textile Rec
ord. of Philadelphia, in its recent is
sue innocently reports in its news col
umns:
There are 119 cotton mills in Mexico
at the present time, and 1t is now pro-
posed to build five more.
"AIl kinds of industry I'm that re-
public are in N condition of high
prosperity"
We print this in bold, plain type,
hoping it may serve as an index point
ing the way of our sound" money
friends in the manufacturing world &c
better sense and better times.
"a condition of high prosperity"
Think of It'll Would not few OF those
despised Mexican dollars be better than
no dollars in this republic of oursF-
Buffalo Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29

Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet
instantly takes the sting out of eorns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery
of the age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. 1t is certain cure for
sweating, callous, hot, tired, aching feet.
Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and
Write to Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
Arouse to Action

A dormant liver, or you will suffer all the
tack. Constipation, headaches, dyspepsia,
furred tongue, sour breath, pain in the
right side, will admonish you of neglect. Die.
cipline the recalcitrant organ at once with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and expect
prompt relief. Malaria, rheumatism, kid.
ney complaint, nervousness and debility are
thoroughly removed by the Bitters.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
The Trials of Genius.

Friend-Why, what are you in such fuss
about? Anything h;ppened?
Artist-Oh, botheration, yes! Every.
thing! was just getting some of my latest
nded aep az NINE 1 has 40 ;xed
them up I'll never in the wide world be able
to tell the top from the bottom again.-N.
Y. Truth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
HighIy Illustrated Pnbllcntiona.

AAAWNNNNLNNW
Descriptive of Yellowstone National Parh,
Black Hills Summer Tours to the North and
Northwest, Tours to Colorado, Pacific CoaHA
snd Puget Sound, Farm Lands in Northerp
Missouri, Nebraska and Wyoming and
Homes in Washington and the Puget Sound
Region will be mailed free by the under.
signed. Send fifteen cents for large col.
ored wall map of the United States or 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, 1897-07-29
A sad Prospect.

Mr.. Rooney-So yer poor bye, Mike,
was STINT up fer life, Missis McCafferty.
Sure, that do be long sintince!
Missis McCafferty-Yis, Misther Rooney,
but he do be that delicate in hilth don't
think he'll live ter complate it.-Twinkles.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29

This, from the Cleveland Plain DealerI
shows how words are losing their old mean
ings: "And now, children, what is q cen
turion? Well, Wilhe?" please, ma am.
my brother is one" 'Your brother is onee"
day."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
strong Probability of 1t.

ats it fact that Miss Frost has a cool
million in her own name?"
wouldn't be surprised if she had. Her
father was in the ice business, you know
Cleveland Leader.