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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

One item in renovating an old orchard
is to provide good drainage.
Generally grapes give a good return
for the land and labor required to grow
them.
Wood ashes make a good fertilizer for
strawberries, raspberries, currants and
grapes.
The currant and gooseberry are
grown, probably, with less trouble than
any other small fruit.
A bent and crooked tree is always an
cyesore. The time to train them is
when they are young.
Clean up the orchard, saw and cut out
the dead branches and burn or move all
rubbish so that it will not harbor insect
pests.
Many injurious insects winter among
the dead leaves and branches. The
safest plan is to gather up and burn
hem.
On warm soils the buds of fruit trees
often start early and are liable to be
pipped by frost. Mulching heavily in
the fall or early winter will largely pre-
vent this.
1t is not best to dig the hole for the
tree any deeper than the tree is to be
PLANTED. otherwise it will stand in o
puddle of water.-St. Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
VOLUME AND VALUE

Of Minerals and Metals Produced During
the Past Year Compared With That Pro-
ceding IT, as Computed by the Engineer
ing and Mining JOurnal-A Slight De-
crease in Value Does Not Indicate Amy
Falling on la Quantity.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2-The Engineer.
Ing and Mining Journal to-day says:
The production of minerals and
metals in the United States for the
year 1896 is given at a total value of
e653. SII, 465, showing a decrease as
compared with 1898 of 81, $50. 266, or
about 81 per cent. This decrease was
largely in values rather than in guam
titles; in none of the chief articles was
there any marked decrease, while in
several there were considerable in
creases.
The total production of metals in
the year 1896 was valued at S242, 3I1,-
4sI, an increase of 81, 694, III over the
previous year, while the value of nom
metallic substances was S4I0, 999, 9S7, a
decrease of $50, 3s3, 377 from 1895. A
large part of this was due to the
lower values of coal, stone, and few
other important substances, very little
resulting from the smaller quantities.
The increase in copper has been ex-
traordinary, the total gain amounting
to 81, $40, $50 pounds.
The production of gold reached the
great total of ST., 1000, 900, a gain of
$40, 169, 800. This extraordinary adj
vance, which far surpasses the gain
reported from any other country in
the world, puts the United States far
in the lead of the producing countries.
Our output of gold was no less than
&c per cent. of the total reported Tor
the entire world.
The production of pig iron has been
s, 76s, s69 long tons. The decrease FROM
1895 being only 677, 439 tons, or about
seven per cent.
The production of lead from domes-
tic ores amounted to rs, 777 short
tons, showing an increase of 20, 500
tons over the preceding year. In addi-
tion to this there were $4,000 tons
produced from imported ores or refined
from imported bullion.
The output of quicksilver was 33,O12
TASKS of 761z pounds each, showing a
decrease of 900 TASKS from the pre-
vious yeBr. The production continues
to come wholly from the California
mines.
The product of silver from domes-
tic ores reached total OF As, 465, 173
fine ounces, showing a deere ase of
sos, O62 ounces. There were produced
or refined from foreign ores and bull
lion by our smelters and other works
no less than 40, 100000 fine ounces of
silver, making the total quantity re-
fined or put into final marketa BILE
form in this country IS, 4b5,173 fine
ounces.
The total production of spelter or
commercial zinc for 1896 amounted to
1904 short tons, showing a decrease
of 4, TIA tons from that of 1895.
The output of bituminous coal was
141, 40, O99 tons, showing a gain of
4,371, 752 tons. On the other hand
there was decrease of 6,752, O57 short
tons in the anthracite production.
The total coal production was there
fore 1913, 351 ,O27 short tons, and the to-
tai decrease, as compared with 1895,
was 2.41O, 3O5 tons.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
Realty GOOD MIXERS.
They Are BY No Means as Numerous n
They should BE.


Almost anybody can milk after q
fashion, but really good mixers are not
as plenty as they might be. A good
mixer is patient and gentle of touch.
not only incapable OF lifting milking
stool at a cow, but wise enough and
thoughtful enough never to show an
irritability or harshness OF manner that
might excite or disturb a nervous ami
NAL. Milking should be done as rapidly
as possible without worry. 1t should
be done thoroughly to the last drop;
otherwise a little milk carelessly or
Internationally left in the udder will
begin the work OF drying off, the COW.
Milking should be done regularly, be-
ginning at the same hour, and the milk
er should go through his stint of cows
in the same order, thus making it cas-
Ter and less disturbing for the COW that
from habit knows when to expect her
turn. To the good mixer, cleanliness
is indeed next to goodness. The hands
should be clean, the clothing clean, and
the skin and udders of the cows should
be kept clean. Hard milking COWS are
much less valuable than their yield or
test would at first blush seem to indi-
cate. They require more time. Once
in awhile this might be endured, but
when the milking is test that reeurs
regularly twice a day for 300 days in the
year, it becomes an important item.
It is hard to milk with the rapidity
that good milking requires, and it is
difficult, too, to milk as clean as the
maintenance of the milk flow requires,
and hard mixers are much more liable,
other things being equal, to fall off in
milk flow and dry off early. They be-
come nervous, too, as a rule, and very
frequently develop into kickers. They
are not perhaps to blame for this. The
milking disturbs them and makes them
irritable, and they naturally come to re-
sent anything that irritates them. Their
irritation reacts, too, upon the person
who does the milking, and he in turn
is liable to be less valuable as mixer
because less patient and gentle. Good
milking bears so important a relation to
the best results which constitute profit,
as compared with results not quite SO
good, that it is faculty which everyone
who has to handle cows should cultivate.
There is more in the cheerful, good
humored, picturesque milkmaid idea
than mere poetry. The cheerful, whole
some, womanly miikmaid is, as rule,
much more likely to harmonic with the
disposition of good milk cow than is
the ruder and less patient farm hand
Western Farm Journal,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
A5nSH1UiDR
THE NEW AND THE OLD WAY.

Leave the sods at one side. They will
decay in year or two. \ large amount
of road work can be done in a short
time with comfort to man and beast,
by using one of the improved road
grades. Four men with their teams
make good force; one man and team
for the pillow, the others for the grader.
1t viii pay any town handsomely to
invest in the most improved machinery
for road work. When grading the road,
be careful not to get the grade too
wide. Make it just wide enough for
teams to pass. 1t will f1atten out with
use and wet weather.
a great aid in keeping the road dry
is a row of tiles laid on either side at
the outer edges of the grade. These
should not be laid too deep, for the
surface will become packed so that the
water will not readily soak through.
But if the grade is the proper form the
water will run off the surface so rapid
ly that comparatively little will soak
in; and as the tile and laying them add
largely to the cost of the road they
may usually be dispensed with. All
doubtless realize the truthfulness of the
lower illustration and the difficulty of
getting about over such highways, the
loss of time and money, the wear and
ter of horses, harnesses and wagons
resulting from attempts to move loads
at the very season when farmers have
the most time 70 do such work. In the
summer when the farmers are busy
with their crops, the roads are usually
dry and any kind is good enough. The
low price for which farm lands sell is
due in large measure to the poor high
ways. With better roads the value of
the lands rapidly increases. Examples
of this can be found in every county.
Farms located along good, hard roads
are in constant demand at prices far in
excess of those situated at distance
from such roads. Wherever other work
will permit, farmers can well afford to
give few days work on the roads in
stead of feeling it hardship to have to
work the time required by law. Work
them thoroughly, each neighborhood
for itself. The labor and time spent
will return 100 fold in the increased
value of property and in the ease and
comfort of travelling. - Farm and
Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
DAIRY ESSENTIALS.

Summarized by r. A. PfersOn, q. s. De-
partment of Agriculture.
"A roomy, clean, dry, light and we'll
ventilated stable or COW house. To pro-
duce good milk, cows must be comfort
able, and these conditions not only add
TO their comfort, but are absolutely
necessary to keep them in the best of
health.
Healthy and clean cows, which APP
pear well-fed and contented.
An abundance of pure water to which
COWS are given access at least twice
day.
Feed of good quality; the grain and
coarse fodder should be free from dirt,
decay, or musty condition.
A spirit of kindness toward the stock,
exhibited by everyone employed about
them, and gentleness of the animals
themselves.
Provision for washing and steriliz-
ing or scalding all utensils which come
In contact with milk.
Provision for straining, aerating and
cooling the milk in clean atmosphere,
free from all stable and other doors.
This treatment should take place inn
mediately after the milk is drawn from
each COW.
Facilities for storing the milk and
keeping it cold.
Especially great cleanliness in re-
gard to everything connected with the
dairy. The atmosphere of the stable
should be pure and free from dust
when milking is being done. Employees
should carefully wipe the udders and
wash their hands before milking, and
should be in clean clothes. White
wash is a good disinfectant, and should
be seen in many more stables, and land
plaster should be sprinkled about to alb
sorb moisture and odors.-Farm News,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
shallow Pans Are the Best.

IN the diaries of two o. three cows,
where churning the whole milk is prac-
ticed, the adoption of the shallow pan
system of setting the milk and churning
the cream instead of the whole milk.
will result in more butter of better
quality being produced, while the labor
will be lessened. As soon as possible
after milking, the milk should be
strained into tin, or glazed eartben-
ware pans for the cream to rise. The
depth of milk in the pans should not ex-
coed two or two and half inches.
Spread out thin, the milk Is cooled
rapidly, and keeps sweet longer, and
the giobules OF fat, having but short
distance to travel TO reach the surface.
are less liable 70 remain in the skim
miIk.-Alabama Experiment Station.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
SWINGING CATTLE CRIB.

much to say that a very great proper
ton of these cribs are inconvenient
Many are dark and one must reach over
into them when feeding grain ration
at the risk of encountering the horn:
of the animal TO be fed.
a convenient swinging crib is shown
IN the accompanying illustration. 1t is
triangular in shape and is hinged at the
point at the bottom just on the edge OF
the feeding floor. When swung for
ward into the feeding floor, as shown.
it is in a most convenient position tc
fill with hay, or to place in it a grain "a.
ton. It is then tipped back into the
space before the animal and is entirely
out of the feeding floor. and in a most
convenient position for the animal IL
cat from. The bottom of this crib is e
three-cornere6 piece of timber. This
gives rigidity and prevents there being
a narrow space at the bottom. into
which an animal could not get his nose.
N Y. Tribune
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07

Millions OF men who are daily ssTuka1uH
Splitting and Smoking Their Lives Away
will be glad TO learn that the makers OF A0-
Io-Bacs the famous guaranteed tobacrD
habit cure, that has freed over 800 0ue toha8-
co users IN the last few years. have pHt eR
the market = fifty cent package or their greask
remedy. This viii give every tobacco mBra-
chance to test No-T1eBac's power 10 con-.
troll the desire for tobacco in every fern ana
at the same time be benefited BY No-TO-
oac's nerve streng thening qualities. Every
tobacco user should procure fifty cent hox
at once from his druggist or orderit by ma5l.
You viii be surprised to see how easily Nnn
quickly the desire for tobacco disappears
Any reader can obtain a sample aud booklets
Chicago or New York, and mentioningy thia
paper.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
TWO MORE BODIES

Recovered From the Debris of the ca
hAwbA River Bridge Wreck.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. s1.-Twc
more charred corpses have been found
deep under the debris of Sundays
wreck at .Cahawba river, where a Biz
mingham Mineral passenger train
plunged from the trestle ITO feet high,
killing or injuFing all on board They
were too badly burned for identifca-
tion, but il is regarded reasonably GER
tain that they are the bodies of 6. w.
Tibbs and his wife. of AdQer, who arr
missing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
KIN or the Poor Ca1res.

If the calf is not good one, 1t would
De better to knock it in the head and
feed it to the chickens rather than raise
it for the dairy. 1t does not cost five
cents more TO raise good calf than it
does a poor one, and the cow that win
make 300 pounds of butter a year has
eaten no more up to the time she drops
her calf than one that win make only
$50. There is not fortune in the
dairy business at any event, but If we
raise calves from poor cows from which
TO make up our sasure herd there 10 3
Io&a.-Sational Sseekman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
FIRE AT UPPER ALTON.

The Residence of George DObson. q St.
Louis Cotton Factor, Burned.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 31.-The residence of
George Dobson, st. Louis cotton fac
tor, in Upper Alton, H., was totally
destroyed by fire Tuesday evening.
No one had been at home during the
afternoon, and when Mrs. Do0son re.
turned at six o'clock and opened the
front door she was almost stifled by
smoke. In a few minutes the entire
house was mass Of flames. The
loss is in the neighborhood of $40, ooo;
partially insured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
WoRKINe TIE RoAns
Farmers Can Wen Afford Go Devote Their
Time to This Task.

Farmers Can Wen Afford Co Devote Their
Time to This Task.
Much has been said and written about
country roads and the proper way to
construct them to insure good ones the
year round. But much of it applies only
where gravel or crushed stone can be
obtained with which to make road
bed unaffected by rains and standing
water. In many sections of the coun-
try gravel can be had by hauling it
from creek and river beds, and where it
can be so obtained or purchased at
low figure the best possible use of time
and money is in securing and spread
ing this upon read bed previously
graded into the proper form. If the
gravel Is dumped upon a perfectly fat
surface it becomes mixed with the soil
during wet weather and soon is lost.
The first thing to be done is to grade
the road. The crawling or macadamiZ-
ing can then be done at leisure The
upper illustration shows the best form
Of the road. The dirt from the bitches
at the sides is carried to the middle
and left in rounded form, highest in
the center. Care must be taken to make
U-O 0AoNS SAoPC dill CAo way 1AOm 1hT
center to the bottom of the bitches,
or the water will stand in the Says and
percolate into the roadway, making it
soft and muddy. Make good outlets for
these bitches to carry the water off and
keep the road dry, and also that they
may serve for outlets for tile and for all
other farm drains.
Keep the surface of the road smooth
and free from sods, for those travelling
will not make martyrs of themselves
and bump over the rough places to
wear them down if the sides are smooth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
MORE TRAIN WReCKING.
This Time on the SeabOard Air Line In.
North Carolina

RALEIGH, n. c., Dec. 3l.-An incom.
ing freight train on the Seaboard Air
Line was wrecked two miles west of
here at 1:3O a. N. Four tramps had
been put off there Tuesday, and it is
believed they removed rail. The en-
CINE and ten cars went over aO-foot
embankment. The engine was over
colored, was caught beneath it and
scalded and burned to death. Engi-
neer John Robinson escaped with a
fracture of the ribs. A tramp is re-
ported to have said that the matter
was not ended yet. The wrecked
train was running on the schedule of
a north-bound vestibuled train, and it
is the belief that it was the purpose of
the tramps to wreck the latter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
BoouIs,4 work Of safe-BIowers.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-Some time during
last night safe-blowers forced open
rear door of the Scudder Sirup Co.'S
establishment at 81 and SO Illinois
street, shattered the safe with dyna-
mite and escaped after securing SIS, 200
worth of stock certificates of the con-
Germ. The documents, however, cam
not be used by the thieves, as they are
not made transferable. There had
been no money left in the safe Thurs.
day night when the place was closed.
Ordinarily the robbers might have se-
cured q large sum-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
Danrer EnYirons Ua

Twelve in aregion where malaria is preva-
lent. 1t is useless to hope to escape it fun
ever the endemic is most prevalent and
malignant-in South and Central America,
the West Indies and certain portions of
Mexico and the Isthmus of Panama, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters have proved a rem
edy for and preventive of the disease in
every form. Not less effective is it in curing
rheumatism, liver and kidney complaints,
dyspepsia, biliousness and nervousness.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
TWO HIGHWAYMEN
Frightened on by PIucky Motorman at
Fort Scott, Kas.

Fort SCOTT. Kas., Dec. Slate
Tuesday night two highwaymen
stopped and attempted to rob a car on
the Rapid Transit line, but were
frightened away by the motor
man. The car was loaded with
passengers, and when at the most
isolated place on the line ono
man pulled the trolley pole from the
wire and the other commanded 'hands
up" Motorman Harry Mitchell fred
two shots at the leader and, running
around the car, fred three shots at the
fellow who pulled the trolley pole off.
The robbers fed after firing several
shots, none of which took effect.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
sss~ars OF o,nsnens. for CAsarrh that

BeWAre o. Uintmenea Tor Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,
as mercury win surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, man.
ufactured by #. J. Cheney s. Co., Toledo,
o., contains no mercury, and is taken in
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. It is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by T. ]. Cheney & Co. Tes-
timonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
The BermudA Boarded by 9 Revenue Of
dc0r.

New YORK, Dec. 3O.-An officer from
the United States revenue cutter Man
haitian went on board the steamer
Bermuda, lying off Liberty island
this morning and made a thorough
search of the vessel The Bermuda
has been under the surveillance of the
Spanish spies who believe she is about
to carry another filibustering expedi-
ton to Cuba. She took on board her coal
and provisions last night and a crew
of 25 was taken on board this morn
ing. Sheis expected to sail at noon in
ballast The revenue cutter Manhat-
tan will accompany her until she
reaches the three-mile limit
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07

We have, 50 miles west of Houston. A
Chesterville, the best tract In Texas lard
high prairie, and well drained, abundant
rainfall, good soil, low prices and easy
terms. Don't fail to post yourself. Write
and receive our book Fertile Farm EIanGlsss
free and information as to cheap excursions
aud free fare. Address, Southern Texas
Colonization Co.. JoHN LINDRlsHoLM. Nor.
ITO Rialto Bldg. Chicago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07

Mss KEEDIcK-sWhat an awful taIker
Mr.. Gilley is, and how little he says when
he speaks! !" Miss Kittish-'sThe poor fell
low is troubled with an impeachment in his
thoughts. IN. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07

BERHAM-"It took three hours for our
parade to pass a given point.n Mrs. Der.
ham-"Was the given point saloona''-
Truth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
COULD NOT FACE 1T.

An Aged County Clerk Shielded Because
He was q Defaulter.
AMIGO, Wis, Dec. 31'-When called
upon to surrender the county books
and funds in his possession Tuesday
night Henry E. Strauss, county clerk
of Langdale county, committed suicide
by taking poison. He left letter adj
hitting that he was defaulter to the
Smount of So, zoo He was 20 years old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
SWINGING CATTLE CRIB.

Description of Convenient Continuance
of This Kind.
There are almost as many varieties
of cattle cribs as there are individual
barns in the. country, and it is not toe
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07

FRS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle d
treatise. DIR. KLINE, 933 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07

GUEsT-'sThis wine Is really excnlle,sss
Host ito himselfl -ssThis fellow is either an
lgnoramus or he is the rascal who sold ms,
that wine. Fliegende Blaetter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07

RALEIGH, n. c., Jan. APPOINTMENT
republican politicians from all over
the state are arriving here to particle
pate in the great senatorial contest
Interest is greater than ever before in
similar contest Republicans here
all declare for Pritchard. The secre-
tary of the repu blican state commit
tee arrived last evening to conduct
Pritchard's campaign He says theirs
are 70 republicans in the legislature.
and as So are majority, Pritchard
lacks IA votes. The populists claim GG
members out of 10 composing tbs
Legislature
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07

PEOPLE expect too much credit for be-
having themselves properly, when in fact
it is really debt they owe to society.-Mil-
waukee Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
AaphYxIatati.

NEW YORK, Dec. s1.-Wm. Lichen-
berg, % months old, and his ten
weeks-old brother, Jacob, were found
dead in bed early yesterday morning
mt their residence at One Hundred and
Fortieth street and Locust avenue.
Their mother, with whom they were
sleeping, and their father, who slept
in the next room, were found uncon-
scious- The cause is supposed to be
coal gas, which escaped from the stove
in the kitchen. Mrs. LicheRberg is
still unconscious, and her death is ex-
pected at any moment. 1t is thought
that the father will recover.