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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

standing it on one of the bundles of the
last or outside course of shock or stack
bottom. | continue in this way, walk
ing around the stack and placing bum
dies side by side," until L come around
to the starting place. This completes
the first elevated course. The butts Of
this course being about three feet from
the ground, brings them TO point
about where the bundles underneath
are tied. See cut.
The bundles for the next or second
elevated course are placed in order by
means of two-tined pitchfOrk. The
butts of this course are about six feet
from the ground, and like the butts Of
the first elevated course, come to about
the middle of the bundles underneath.
The butts of the third or last course,
consisting of say eight or ten bundles,
are placed about nine feet from the
ground. This makes a stack about Ii
feet in height.
When the last course is placed in or
der the top of the stack is securely tied
in two places-one within foot or two
OF the extreme top, and the other
around the butts of the top course.
"O ILcH StlC pun up
this kind of stack. I built ten such
stacks this year myself without any as
sistance. One man says he puts about
GEO bundles in a stack. Iput only about
LEO.
In stacking in this way there are no
bundles lying down with butts stick
ing outward, as in stacks as usually
built. They all stand up in an almost
perpendicular form-butts down, tops
up. The bundles having SO much
"pitch" they shed the water perfectly.
In feeding from such stack L begin
with the ground course, as the bundles
may be easily pulled out. The top
bundles remain untouched till the last,
thus leaving no part of the stack ex-
posed to the weather.
] adopted this plan three or four
years ago and like it quite well. Its
advantages are: O The bundles hav-
ing SO much pitch they shed the water
completely. (2) In feeding therefrom
the bottom bundles are fed first and the
tor left to protect the stack till the
last. 81 One man can take the bun
dies from the wagon and construct such
a stack without assistance.-FrankL Les
lie, in Ohio Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
TOLD OF FAMOUS MEN.

Richard Wagner, as a student, was
extremely egotistic. He usually said
ut isl or ut is not" instead of 81
think" or Il believe" One of his
phrases was: Richard Wagner says
so; that is sufficient" Another conclu-
sive phrase was: You think; / know"
Voltaire and Piron were enemies. To
their embarrassment they met one day
at the country house of friend. Piron
got up early, went to Voltaire's door
and wrote upon it the word Rogue"
At breakfast Voltaire smilingly said to
him: 81 thank you for showing your in
terest in my welfare by leaving your
card at my door this morning"
Coleridge, the poet, was an awkward
horseman. Once riding along the turn
pike road in the county of Durham he
was accoSted by man who had been
watching the rider: Il say, young man,
did you meet a tailor on the road ?"
"Yes," replied the poet. whose middle
name was Taylor, 81 did; and he told
me if I went a little farther / should
meet goose"
The late Henry o. Houghton, the pub
Usher, said that when in England he
was asked where he lived. Near Bos-
tor," he replied. "Ah! you probably
know some friends of mine who live
near Boston" Where do they liye?"
"At Atlanta" was the reply. This is of
a piefIe with the Frenchman, who wrote
that company had been formed for
laying Transatlantic cable, and that it
WAS thoupht Atlantic would he made
the American terminus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

If you have gravel near you, improve
your highways.
Don't feed rats unless you mix poi
son with the food.
Exterminate the rat. Both poison
and cats are cheap.
Paint your machinery if needed. 1t
Is money well expended.
Wide tires on hard roads act as
rollers and improve the road.
Chopping firewood in midwinter is
a mighty unpleasant business.
Save the hay. Substitute corn fod-
der and good straw to some extent.
Do as well as your neighbor does on
all lines. What he can do you likely
can.
Be an idealist. Set your mark even
higher than you can reach, but reach as
high as you can.
Lawyers will be necessary as long as
there are misunderstanding among
men. They are an expensive neces-
sity.
One man thinks that the opening %
new farms in the west is evidence that
farming is profitable. That sort of
logic would indicate that all kinds Of
business is proftable.-Western Plow-
man,
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Europe,s Egg Consumption.

A Partisan scientist asserts that he
has computed trustworthy statistics con-
corning the number of eggs annually
consumed by the nations of Europe.
According to his tables the greatest
egg-eating countries are England and
Germany. In 1895 England imported
1,250, OO0,0 900 eggs, for which was paid
about $50, 0oO, 0oO. The eggs came princi-
pally from France. During the same
year Germany imported 100000
pounds of eggs, also representing about
$40, O0O, 900. Most of these eggs came
from Russia and Austria-Hungary. OF
all European countries Russia has made
the greatest advance in expectation.
II 1890 she exported only II .000,0 900, but
in 1895 the number rose to 1880, 00O, 900,
representing value of 100000 A
significant fact in connection with
these statistics is that in those coun-
tries which are the greatest exporters
of eggs the omelet is the favorite dish
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
POSTAGE STAMP GOSSIP.

Belgium has issued a ten-centime
stamp, heralding the exhibition which
is to be held this year in Brussels. A
five-centime will follow shortly, and
the colors are brown and violet respect
lively.
The arabesque surcharges on the
Cuban stamps of 1883 were made neces-
sary by the theft of great quantity of
unused stamps the value of which the
government destroyed in this way.
The designs used were held by the gov
eminent for use on lottery tickets.
The latest state league of stamp col
lectors Is the Texas Philatelic associa-
ton, and it already issues bulletin.
This is four-page sheet containing
matters of interest to the members of
the association, together with personal
and philatelic notes.
Sierra Leone comes forward with an
entire new set of the current Leeward
Islands type and printed in two colors
The denominations and colors are as
follows: One penny, lilac and carmine;
two pence, lilac and orange; 21a pence.
lilac and blue; three pence, lilac and
gray; one shilling, green and black.
It was reported few weeks ago that
the supply of the shilling ochre Tobago
was exhausted, and it is now impossible
to get a copy at anything like reason
able figure. This is not a high-priced
stamp, listing only at so cents; butithas
lately appeared in red-orange, the ex-
act color of the six pence, and the new
shade also is being held with some de-
gree of interest, awaiting further adj
vices from the island.
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CHURCH AND CLERGY.

Rev. Caroline J. Bartlett, pastor OF
the Peoples church of Kalamazoo,
Mich, was married recently to a
physician.
Cardinal Gibbons is a believer in the
''Kneipp cure" and frequently proved
his faith last summer by taking early
morning walks barefooted.
The Washington Star says that Rev.
DR.. j. n. King, of that city, may be APP
pointed pastor of the Foundry Method
isl church, in Washington, at the con-
ference, which will meet on March 5.
1t is thought that Maj. Mckinley may
attend the Foundry church during his
term of office. He has sent cordial but
non-committa1 replies to each of the
Washington churches that have invited
him to accept pew.
Rev. Richard n. Nelson, who has been
called to the rectorship of ST. Peters
Episcopal church, Philadelphia, has
been rector OF Christ church, Norwich,
Conn, since 1887. He was graduated
from Trinity college, Hartford, Conn,
in 1880, when 81 years old, and three
years later from the Berkeley Divinity
school, at AIiddletown, Conn., As a
clergyman he has been both successful
and popular.
Bishop Walker, of western New York,
formerly of North Dakota, tells some
good stories about his cathedral car IN
the latter state. One Sunday man
who attended service in it, noticing the
eagle lectern, says: Isn't the Episcopal
church patriotic?" An Engiishman,
however, was differently impressed, for
he wrote the bishop letter saying that
he was Disguised with the spread
eagleis1n" of religious services in the
United States. One day a negro, who
looked into the car, said to the bishop:
well, you've got dandy layout here"
He supposed that the chancel decora-
tions were new kind of gambling out
fit
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

the country than all other diseases put %.
gether, and until the last few years wassup'
posed to be incurable For great many
years doctors pronounced it a local disease,
and prescribed local remedies. and bv con
stantly failing 70 cure with local treatment
pronounced it incurable. Science has proves
catarrh to be q constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls CatarTh Cure, manufactured By n. u
constitutional cure on the market it Is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops 10 q
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the svsteIn. They
fails to cure Send for circulars and testx-
mHanials. Address F. J. CHENEY g. Co., To.
ledo. O. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the hest
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
PROTECTING QUEENS.
How to Rescue Them In Case They shouls
Ne aRaIled.,'

he @BaIle0-P
Waen a queen is balIed you'll find q
bunch of bees as large as a hickory nut
or larger that seem to cling together
in very solid manner. You can't pull
the bees apart, and you may roll the
ball over and over.
If strange queen is thrown into
hive she is usually ba1led, and. as
nearly as We can make out, the process
is something like this: The bees seize
the queen at various points till she Is
entirely surrounded, then other bees
seize the ones that have hold of the
queen, and in this position they remain
fixed for hours, until the queen is dead.
If a strange worker IS thrown into the
hive she isn't treated the same as Il
queen. and nothing but queen is ever
balled. The worker may be bitten or
stung, but never balled.
The balling bees generally make a
kissing sound, unlike the noise they
make at any other time. Whether that
proceeds from anger or what, we do not
know.
Sometimes bees will ball their own
queen, usually for the sake of protect
own bees, it certainly seems she ought
to be safe from foes. You cannot pull
the bees apart so as to free the queen,
and if you should succeed in getting
some of the bees away, or should man.
age to get the queen loose, the bees
will Immediately seize her again. Per
haPs the quickest way to get the queen
free is to throw the ball into cold
water. The little miscreants will
scramble to get out of the water as
lively as they can, and at once seem to
forget all about the queen, leaving her
to her own fate.
Water is not always at hand, and yosl
can blow smoke upon the ball. If you
blow hot smoke upon them, as usually
you will if you hold the nozzle close
enough, you will a once seal the queens
doom, for the bees will promptly sting
her; but if you hold the smoke at dis
lance and keep up strong stream OF
cool smoke the bees will soon conclude
they want to find some place with a
purer atmosphere. - Southern Guilt
VatOr.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
INExCUSABLE WASTE,
Why Some Poultry Men Do Not Max
Their Business Pay.

Why Some Poultry Men Do Not Make
Their Business Pay.
One cannot fully realize the extent
Of loss entailed upon those making any
sort of pretense to poultry raising, until
the various grades of it are examined
in the great markets and a selection is
made of that which is desirable to suit
reasonably well cultivated taste. Here
is where the critical test is made OF
the sort of care the poultry has re-
ceived from time of incubation until
properly dressed and packed ready for
shipment to the central market, as well
as the profit which is to be realized or
the loss sustained by the systematic or
careless producers. Packages stand
side by side in every commission house
in Chicago, amounting to thousands of
tons per annum, of poultry of all grades
of quality, invoking the discriminating
prices which rendered unto the indif-
ferent poultry raiser that which be-
long to the slothful, and unto the sys.
tematic the profits which belong to the
Industrious; some shippers obtaining
four or five cents per pound while others
obtain ten to Is cents, and actually the
hShCA PllCOd PAOuuSI Is LOIe sdIlS-
factory to the consumer than the cheap
er stuff. Some of the poultry is plump,
white and nicely dressed, while much
of it is thin, dark colored and repulsive
to look upon. The surprising thing is
that the shippers of this poor stuff are
offended because they fail to receive
the highest quotations in return for
their shipments. There is room for Il
tremendous amount of improvement in
the raising and handling of poultry.
The farmers need good deal of educa-
ton upon this subject to enable them
to do their best.-Farmers Union.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
no Nrake PIg Ralsing Par.

Have the main crop of pigs come in
March and April, September and Oc-
tober. but have a few coming in near
w every month, III order to keep a con-
slant supply of young pigs. Then COM
nlence to ship them out at two to four
months old and continue all the year.
II is much better for the breeder to
sell pigs young, from two to fonr
months old, and it is much better for
the buyer. as the express charges are
much less. says an experienced breeder.
Rural World
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
POULTRY HOUSE RAKE.

and masses of droppings. A fine
toothed rake is serviceable in raking
over the pens, thus collecting all feath-
ers, ETC., when they can be put into
barrels with the dressing. An ordinary
rake, and even a garden rake are too
coarse for this purpose. The sketch
shows a good homemade rake that an
swers well for this work. Wire nails,
driven very close together, form the
teeth. A strip of hard wood should be
used for the head, while an old hay
rake handle can be pressed into service
for the handle.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
Reminding Farm srortrnrss.

Refunding of mortgages at lower
rate of interest wherever the loans are
well secured on improved farms is a
crying need of the times. Most of the
great railroads have thus refunded
their mortgage indebtedness, if indeed
they haven't wiped it out in whole or
in part by reorganization proceedings.
Many cities are refunding their loans
at lower rates Now give the farmer a
chance to do likewise. He has better
reasons and as good or better security.
Farm and Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

Warmers Safe Cure Co, of Rochester, N,
Y, are sending out limited number OF 40
curate spirit thermom eters graduated FROM
20 degrees below zero to 100 degrees above
and mounted on heavy 4x6 inch card board
in red and green, by mail, free to any al
dress on recent of two cents in stamps d
pay postage. To be sure the free distribq
ton of the Thermometers is intended TO I'D
vertise the celebrated Warmers Safe Kif
ney and Liver Cure (see advertising col
umnsl but nevertheless they will be found
to be useful as well as ornamental it'll,
articles for the home or office and wei
worth the little trouble and expense o.
sending for them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
STACKING FODDER.
An Ohio Farmer Describes an apparent

An Ohio Farmer Describes an Apparently
Excellent Method.
My way of stacking fodder is as fol-
lows: l begin the stack the same as a
shock, that is, by standing bundles al
most perpendicularly on the ground.
butts down and tops pressed together.
1 continue in this way, placing the bum
dies close together, until the shock, or
prospective stack, is about II feet iii
diameter at the base (ground). This
usually requires so or 60 bundles.
Next, instead of getting up on this
shock, or stack bottom, and having
some one pitch the bundles to me, while
l Law them down horizontally, as is
usually done, remain OH the ground,
and continue there till the last bum
die IS placed, when ladder is leaned
against the stack and the top tied
] begin the tOpping-out process by
prasping a bundle with both hands and
lifting it say three feet from the ground.
laying, or more properly speaking,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
A Dakota Farmers Remedy.

Frank Withee, a Yankton county Is.
d. farmer, after losing 16O out of 200
hogs, has succeeded in stopping the
ravages of the lung trouble in his flock
by a remedy of his own invention.
When his hogs began dying at the rate
of half dozen day he piled their car
casses in heaps and set fire to them.
When only blackened and charred re-
mains were left he fed the remnants to
his hogs, with the above result. The
disease is still raging in the neighbor-
hood, and in some instances Is hogs
have died in one day in one pen.-Farm-
er's Voice
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

Against disease, one which enable us to I'M
dergo unscathed risks from hurtful climatic
influences, exposure, overwork and fatigue,
is the vigor that is impaired to debilitated
physique by the peerless medicinal safe
guard, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. You
may possess this vigor in a higher degree
than the trained athlete, alth ough your mus
cular development may be far inferior to
his Vigor implies sound, good digestion
and sound repose, two blessings conferred
by the Bitters, which remedies malarlal,
rheumatic. nervous and kidney trouble.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
POULTRY HOUSE RAKE.

Homemade ContrlVance That Answers
Well for Its Purpose.
The winter poultry quarters should
have four or five inches of loan or road
dust on the floor for the fowls to scratch
in and dust themselves in, but this
soon becomes covered with feathers
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

Mr.. Goodman, Williams County, ILL.,,
writes us: From one package Salzer's
German Coffee Berry grew 300 pounds
of better coffee than can buy in stores
at 80 cents a pound"
A package of this and big seed cata-
logue is sent you by the John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, upon receipt
of Is cents stamps and this notice. Tx
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

PIso's Cure is the medicine to break up
children's Coughs and Colds.-MRs. Id. q.
BLUNT, Sprague, Wash, March 8, '94.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

THE John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, sent a special train load of seed pota-
toes, seed oats, grasses and clovers to Texas
customers, leaving La Crosse January 11th
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

II you are unjust to friend don't Inn
agine that because he SAYS nothing h@
didn't notice is.-AtcEison Globe
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

IT robs the world for a man of ability 70
live in idleness.-Ram's Horn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

Over 400 900 cured. Why not let No-TO-BaO
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco.
Saves money, makes health and manhood
Cure guaranteed, SOC and 81 90, all druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

ONE reason there is so much profit IN
chickens is that If properly managed tho
neighbors provide all the feed for them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

THE test of good mince pie Is that YOU
can't sleep the night after you eatit-Atch
ison Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
No-To-Rac for FIftv Cents.

"I KNOW now, " remarked the young man
who was sued for breach of promise, why
they call it tcourting.' ~ Credit Lost.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

s'WHY can't you get an accident Insurance.
Grumpyr' because they say Pm TOO setR
to dodge bicycles. detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

TURNING a mad dog loose is a trifling
thing compared to what the devil can do
with gossiping tongue.-Ram's Horn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

OUR idea OF good cook is one who friea
oysters in such way they don't shrink
more than half-Atchison Globe
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

PLEASANT, Wholesome, Speedy, for coughs
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

CHURCHES are beginning to understand
-Atchison Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

SOONER or later every great thought win
make it's way around the world.-Ram's
Horn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

TIE man who wears a hair shirt hates
those who dress comfortably.-Ra Horn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

WHEN the world comes to it's worst twill
soon be at it's best.-Ram's Horn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

EITHER people should be more natural out
in company or less natural when alone
with their families -Atchison Globe
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

Lone and short-years with rheumatism,
no time with st. Jacobs Oil-and cure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

KEEP the heart young and the body viii
be slow in growing oid.-Ram's Horn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

WHEN bilious or cosCive, eat a Cascaret,
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed, l0c, sc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

WRINKLES come with neuralgia. They 60
with st. Jacobs Oils cure of IL.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

THE inventor of pins did more for the
world than the builder of the pyramids
Ram Horn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

CAscARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe, 100.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

JUST try 10c. box Of Cascarets candy CO.
thartic, fnestliver and bowel regulator made
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
The STRONGEST Fertilization

LET your mind be full, and you will want
little or nothing to fulfill your happiness
Chicago Standard
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

A MAN humps himself with lumbago. He
hustles when cured by st. Jacobs Oil.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
THAT sPLENDID COFFEE.

DoN'r refuse or excuse-St Jacobs OILS
the cure for bruise.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

A sLP-a sprain-lame. st. Jacobs on /
cures il all the same.