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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
NOTES FOR BEEKEEPERS.

Granulated sugar viii crystalline il
lot thoroughly melted.
Hives should be painted as often at
least as every two years.
The best packing for chaff hives is q
good quality of wheat chaff.
Bees cannot be fed sirups of any kind
after cold weather sets in.
Roofs of hives of whatever kind
should be painted every fall.
In making comb honey the main de-
pendence is on the first swarms.
Generally a natural swarm is ready
for business as soon as it is hived.
Agood and convenient lighting place
should be provided for every swarm.
Thorough ripening is of more impor-
lance to honey than the color of it.
Some absorbing material should al
ways be used over the bees in winter.
Honey is not a perishable article.
Do not be in too great hurry 20 sell.
Every colony of bees which does not
contain a fertile queen is in danger of
being robbed.
Arrange the bees IN good season in
the fall so that during the winter there
will be no occasion for disturbing
them.
When once graduated it will remain
in this condition, so that to thoroughly
melt it it must be heated almost to
boiling.
1t is a mistake to close the entrance
end every crack and crevice through
the winter. With strong colony leave
the entrance open.--St. Louis Repub-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
FoREIGN IMPORTATION.

Spain's national debt row amounts to
5000, oOo, 900 francs.
Russia's last military budget amounts
TO s212. $780, 900.
The Japanese dentists perform all
their operations in tooth-drawing with
the thumb and forefinger of one hand.
Two Austrian tourists have made a
trip on foot from Vienna via Berlin to
st. Petersburg. 1t took just so days.
Some 7,OO0, 900 tons of coal are annual
ly used in the United Kingdom in the
manufacture of gas.
By taking the train at Krossen, in
Prussia, and changing cars at certain
places, il is possible to be in five Ger
man states in IS minutes.
Venetian coins of 1870 and 1877, bear
ing the name of Doge Alloys Mocenigo.
have been found in Mashonaland, in the
interior of South Africa.
Berlin courts have decided that
summer overcoat is luxury. and not a
necessity, and can therefore be seized
by the sheriff.
The Japanese government has con-
ciuded to establish ut Toxic a univer-
sity library after the model of the con-
~ressional library at Washington. 1t in
20 have room for 100000 volumes and
a00 places for readers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
PIG-PEN POINTERS.

Hogs will live long time and make
fair gain upon exclusive corn ration.
The carcass of the hog on corn ra-
ton may contain quarter less muscle
or lean meat than that fed on mixed
ration.
Hogs living on cornmeal, water and
salt did not seem to have their bones
strengthened by feeding well water
instead of rain water.
When kept upon corn hogs grow
quite fat, but when yet small have the
form and appearance of mature hogs,
but are dwarfed in size.
For the market price, or cost of pro-
duction in the great west, Indian corn
is beyond all comparison the cheapest
single food article for hogs.
Hogs fed on ground bone or hard
wood ashes had the ash material of
their bones about doubled in amount.
ground bone giving better results than
wood ashes.
If the new pigs seem to want to lie
in their nests and get very fat you
must always guard against thumps.
Get in aud drive them out OF the nest
about twice day and shct them out
and they will run around and take
plenty of exercise. The pigs will be-
gin to eat when about three wsehs
old.-Western Plowman.
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HOW TO DRESS FOWLS
CareIessness in This Respect Causes
Considerable Loss to Growers
and Shippers.

A well-dressed fowl will of course
command a higher price than a poor
addressed one, and it is evident there
must be quite loss to the growers and
shippers of poultry on this account;
and it might not come amiss to give a
few hints on dressing fowls properly.
as there does not seem to be any need
of dressing them poorly. First of all,
crops of all fowls to be killed for mar
ket should be entirely empty A mis-
take is generally made by not hang
ing the fowl up while stripping off
the feathers, but holding it with one
hand and picking it with the other.
One can work rapidly when the bird
is hanging, as both hands are then at
liberty; the cuticle, a transparent out
side covering of the fowl, is very easily
injured, particularly of scalded bird,
and when the bird is held while pick
ing it this membrane is often rubbed
off in spots; and although this injury
does not seem to show much at first
afterwards these spots turn dark, Civ
ing the bird an unsightly appearance.
Overscalding also loosens the cuticle:
therefore we should exercise great
care not to keep the birds in hot water
for too long time when scalding
them. Have the water at the boiling
point, yet not actually boiling. Take
the bird by the head and feet and i'm
merse it, lifting up and down in the
water three or four times, then hang
up by the feet. The head should never
be immersed, as it turns the comb pale
and gives the eyes shrunken appear
ance. Now remove all the feathers,
letting the small ones drop into the
barrel beneath and keeping wing and
tail feathers by themselves. The small
feathers may afterward be spread out
and dried if deemed of value The feet
of all fowls should be scrupulously
clean; wash, or, still better, brush
them.-Western Plowman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
CURIOUS RAILWAY COACHES

A novelty in railway carriages was
recently designed for work on Belgian
and French lines, and more particular
ly for the journey to the town OF
Lourdes. This carriage contains 81
beds upon wire springs and full COM
plement of medical and surgical ap-
pliances, and is, indeed, a travelling
hospital.
The Western Railway of France has
recently started a travelling cafe on
their suburban lines in which the
weary traveller can purchase and enjoy
light refreshments whilst going to and
returning from his office. The cafe is
divided into first and second-class COM
partments, and although writing ma
terials are provided free of charge, no
fee in addition to his ordinary fare is
demanded from the passenger.
On the Lake Erie g. Pittsburgh rail-
road a number of armored cars were
started by the express company
operating thereon some months ago.
A bullet-proof room in the center of
the car is protected with 1K,inch steel
plate, and is supposed to be burglar
proof. The steel doors are perforated
with hole sufficiently large to allow
the guard inside to defend his charge
with gun or revolver, and there are
divers other arrangements tending to
defeat the aims of the burgiarious fra
ternity.
The long-distance American trains
provide nursery car. When this car
was designed it was intended to run
L Il -
and was to have padded walls and
thickly carpeted floors to prevent
bruises The usual infantile food and
drink were to be carried, together with
a nurse. a medicine chest, toy shop,
and a children's library. The German
emperor's imperial train, built at a
cost of e1s6.O 900, includes, it may be
mentioned, two nursery cars
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
RECENT INVENTIONS.

A new pad for surgical purposes is
formed of the pith of cornstalks. with
the fibers removed. covered with loosely
woven absorbent fabric. the pith being
made fine and acting as a cushion and
absorbent.
Snow drifts can be removed from
railroad tracks by a new apparatus
which has n metal wedge mounted on
a carriage in front of the engine, to be
heated by oil burners and melt its way
il it becomes stalled.
To secure corks in bottles without
the use of wire bales short nail is in
serted in hole formed in the neck of
the bottle at the time it is cast, enter
ing the side of the cork and holding it
fast until withdrawn by hook.
A Californian has patented an attach
ment for shears used in cutting flowers,
consisting of a pair of metal plates to be
clamped on the blades to shut and grip
the stem as it is cut off. holding it until
released by opening the blades.
Medicine can be measured very hand
lily by a new spoon which has no handle
and is attached to the bottle by wire
bracket clamping the neck and provid-
ed with two rings in which the spoon
is piyoted to retain its position when
the bottle is tilted.
In order to prevent the photograph
ing of the written matter contained in
a closed envelope by means of X-rays
the inside of the envelope is covered
with a coating af metallic pigment or
other suitable substance. which is
o-on.o IN he
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
BACKED BY CAPITALISTS.
Efforts of Craein and Washburn to Secure
an Option on Nicaragua Canal
Construction.

Chicago, Oct. 29.-Lyman +. Cooley
is authority for the statement that the
capitalists behind Edward +. Cragin
and Frank S. Washburn in their eff
fort to secure an option on a conces-
sion from the Nicaraguan government
to construct an interoceanic canal are
not from Chicago, but from New York.
According to the best information Mr.
Cooley has on the subject, VIM. Z,
Grace and son and Charles Z. Flint, OF
New York, are behind the scheme with
Mr.. Cragin. Mr.. Cooley says that if
the United State government takes ac-
ton this winter the option will have
no effect, but in case congress fails to
act, Grace and his associates will come
in as residuary legatees next October.
if satisfactory arrangements can be
made with the old company.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
PICKINGS FOR LAWYERS.
Endless Litigation In Prospect Over tn.
Failure of the First National Bank
of Lisbon, O.

Youngstown, o., Oct. ga special
to the Evening indicator from Lis
bon, o., says:
Litigation over the affairs of the
recently-failed First national bank of
this place has already begun. E. P.
Burnett, who holds a note against
Child, the missing cashier, has caused
executions to issue against all the lat
ter's property in this city. Further
investigation proves that it will be
weeks before anything definite will
be disclosed regarding the condition
of the bank. More business failures
are hourly expected, and litigation
growing out of the failure promises
to be endless.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
Wasted Corn I'm Harxext,np,

1t may seem one of the simplest of
all farm operations to cut and put
standing corn in stock. Yet in every
field where five or six men are work.
ing together in cutting, close observ-
er will note that some rows of stocks
show the corn cut low down, with very
little breaking off of eaEs. and even
the suckers well cleaned UP around the
hills, while other rows of stocks will
show the reverse of these conditions.
1t is, therefore, really skilled labor
that the expert in corn cutting shows,
and we believe that the expert in this
case, as in every Other. is entitled to
larger compensation for the skill with
which the work has been done.
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FIG. 2.

the structure nail some 1x3 strips or
any old boards that are handy. Over
this structure the straw stack is built,
and when finished has the appearance
as shown in Figure 2. In this way a
snug shelter of considerable size can
be made beneath the stack, under
which cattle, sheep or hogs can take
refuge in stormy weather. The poles
can remain, if necessary, from year to
year. If taken down, it can be rear
ranged in Il short time, just before
thrashing is done. Such an archway
shelter will not be out of place in many
well-kept barnyard.-Charles H.
Hickox, in Ohio Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
How TO Nlea.ure Catt,e.

rule of some value in determining the
weight when actual weighing is in
convenient, but in all the rules given
the weight will vary widely with ami
mails of the same girth: Cattle girth-
irg five feet ordinarily weigh from
$50 to $50 pounds, according to form
and fairness; for each additional inch
il girth add rs pounds up to six feet.
and for each inch after six feet add SO
pounds" says T. Y. Adams, in the Mar
ket Basket. This is probably the
simplest rule known, and is probably
as good as any. but the only test that
is at all reliable ie that OF the scales
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
THE HORSES HOOPS.
II You Want Healthy Animals Keep
Their Feet Rasped OF and
Level as Possible.

Have you good rasp for the feet Oh
the colts? The old saying mo foot,
no horse" is not only q true one, but
should teach the farmer to take the
best of care of the feet of all colts.
says q writer in Australasian. The
toe often gets too long, unbalances
the foot, and then come splints, spav-
ms and every other disease to which
the feet and legs are heir. See that
the foot is kept rasped off and Level.
Do not use a knife if it can be helped,
as the first blacksmith that shoes the
colt will cut away enough to last
lifetime. In no part of the horses
anatomy has he suffered so many
wrongs or endured so much unneces-
sary suffering as in his feet. If there
is the least excuse every blacksmith
will use knife. Try to let the colts
grow up with such good strong feet
that there will be no excuse for cut
ting them. Use the rasp on the under
side OF the toe, and under no circum-
stances put the rasp on the outside of
the foot. The entire hoof, from the
coronet to the sole, is covered by a
fine coating of natural yarnlsh be-
ginning at the upper margin or coro-
net and gradually becoming thinner
as it descends. Under cover of this
varnish the new horn is secreted and
protected until it attains its maturity.
The moisture necessary by the animal
economy to the perfection of the horn
is retained within it, and the infiu-
ences of wet and dry are set at def
ance. 1t is easy to see that this most
important covering should not be in
terfered with, and the foot should be
kept level and in good shape from the
underside.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
CHEAP STOCK SHELTER.
Archvay Under or Through a Straw
Stack Is an Inexpensive Device
for Protection.

To keep stock warm and dry in cold
weather is no less matter of economy
than to keep them we'll fed. When
properly sheltered they require less
food. Shelter is less expensive than
food. All farmers and stock raisers do
not have stables for their cattle or
snug sheds for their sheep. Sheds of
poles with roofs of straw are exclu-
sively used, and with profit. An arch
way shelter under or through straw
stack is an inexpensive and valuable de-
vice for protection. The skeleton
frame of such one is given in Figure
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03

ct became seriously i'll three years ago.
The doctor gave me medicine for Indigestion,
but l continued to become worse | had
several physicians at intervals who gave me
some relief, but nothing permanent
Il read in the newspapers articles regard
ing the wonderful curative powers OF DR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, and
finally concluded to try the pills. | pur-
chased six boxes. This was five months ago.
The first box gave me much relief COZ
tinued taking the pills, and after using four
boxes was cured
These pills are recognized everywhere as
a specific for diseases of the blood and nerves
For paralysis, locomotor ataxia, and ether
diseases long supposed incurable, they have
proved their efficacy in thousands of cases.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
HOw,R Thfaf

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
lions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
FIG. 1.

1. 1t consists of two pens of the or
binary sort, for the bottom of small
stacks. Place near enough together
so that an archway of poles can be
made between them. The lower ends
of the poles are set a short distance in
the ground, resting near the middle
pne, the top rail of the pen crossing its
neighbor pole from the other pen, and
fastened to it with a bolt at the top,
and also to the sides with wire. Over
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
LOSS OF THE ST. PETER.
FoVndering of the FOur-Masted Schooner
St. Peter I'm Lake Ontario-The
Captain Alone Saved.

Toledo, o., Oct. 29.-The three-mast-
ed schooner st. Peter, Toledo boat,
foundered Thursday seven miles north
west of Sodus, Lake Ontario, in 20
fa1homs of water. She had 700 tons of
hard coal for Toledo. Capt. John Grit
fin is her owner. His wife and crew of
seven were drowned, but Griffin him.
sell was saved. The schooner was built
in 1879 at Toledo
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
A NATION OF DYSPEPTIcS.
From the Mountaineer. walhalla. \. Dak.

From the Mountaineer. waIhaIla. N. Oak.
The remorse of guilty stomach is what
large majority of the people are suffering
with to-day. Dyspepsia Is a characteristic
American disease and it is frequently stated
that I'VE are a nation of dyspeptics.'
Improper food, hurried eating. mental
Eorry, exhaustion; any of these produce a
lack OF vitality in the system, by causing the
blood to lose its DEMONSTRATING elements.
The blood IS the vital element in our lives
and should be carefully nurtured. Restore
the blood to its proper condition, dyspepsia
will vanish and good health follow.
For example, in the county of Pembina,
North Dakota, few miles from Waihalla,
resides Mr.. Ernest Snider; man of sterling
integrity, whose veracity cannot be doubted
He saws:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
DEAD AND DOWN TIMBER.
Commissioner Hermann Throws Some
Light Upon an Imperfcctly I'M
derstood Matter.

Washington, Oct. 29.-Secretary
Bliss, Commissioner Jones, of the In
dian bureau and Commissioner Herr
mann, of the general land office had
another conference over Chippewa In
dian matters.
Regarding the much-discussed tim
Der operations, Commissioner Herr
mann said:
1.-Two Representatives of this Office
are now in that section with view to
ascertain the wishes of the majority
of the Indians as to the continuance OF
operations in cutting dead and down
timber for the ensuing year. If our
agents find that there is a sufficiently
large number of Indians favoring dis
continuation it is probable the discon-
tinuance of all such operations will be-
come permanent until further action
is taken by congress. Evidence before
this officer indicates the work of the
last year has been successful, there
having been received 1898, 900 for dead
and down timber, which in few years
would have gone to rot and waste. 1t
has just been discovered that the net
profit or stumpage covered into the
United States treasury for the benefit
of the Indian trust fund from the sale
of dead timber was last year $39,564
and not $4,000, as heretofore calcu-
lated. There is no evidence whatever
before the department as to the cut
ting of green timber during the dead
and down logging operations, though
it is asserted large quantities have
been unlawfully cut. There are nc
complaints on file here, either from
Indians or white men, specifying any
instances. Reports to the contrary
are in more general terms without
proof. The special agents now investi'
eating will look carefully into this
matter and examine Indians as well
as white men. The temporary order OF
suspension of logging operations also
carries with it the suspension of any
further contracts with the Indians
pending this investigation"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
The PilIager Indians Petition for the
Privilege of Continuing to Cut
Such Timber.

Washington, Oct. ga petition
signed by 127 of the Leech Lake Pill.
lager Indians in Minnesota asking fer
continuance of authority for cutting
dead and down timber was received by
Secretary Bliss yesterday. 1t is dated
at Leech Lake, October %, and is inter
teresting in view of the part timber
cutting methods had in the recent
Chippewa outbreak. 1t follows:
1--WE, the undersigned Pillager In
dams, of the Leech Lake reservation
do hereby petition the honorable secre-
tary of the interior and the honorable
commissioner of Indian affairs as fol
lows: That we be allowed to continue
the cutting of dead and down timber
as such cutting is our sole means OF
making livelihood, and if deprived OF
the labor incident to such cutting we
will be unable to provide for ouI
women and children the coming win.
ter and we will suffer greatly for the
necessaries of life. And, furthermore
we wish that the white men married
to Indian women should do the cut
ting, to the exclusion of the Indians
and we do not wish them to log in the
names of their wives and children"
The signatures, made by mark are
headed by fifteen of the chiefs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
Try Grained! Try Grain-O.

Ask your grocer to-day to show you a
that takes the place of coffee. The children
may drink it without injury as well as the
adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java,
but it is made from pure grains, and the
most delicate stomachs receive it without
distress. IA the price of coffee. Is cts. and
% cts. per package. Sold by all grocers.
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ct Feel like . New Person..
Mrs. GEO. LEACH,
1909 Belle ST.. Alton. III. writes.

MRS. GEO. LEACH,
1909 Belle St., Alton, H., writes:
Before began to take your Vege.
table Compound was great sufferer
from womb trouble. Menses would ap.
pear two and three times in month,
causing me to be so weak could not
stand. Icould neither sleep nor eat, and
looked so badly my 1rie7ds hardly
knew me.
took doctors medicine but did not
derive much benefit from it. MY drug
gist gave me one of your little books,
and after reading It decased to try
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable COM
pound. feel like q new person.
would not give your Compound for all
the doctors medicine In the world. 4
can not praise 10 enough"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
The Brooklyn doing to Manila.

New York, Oct. 2s.-It is stated a,
the navy yard that cruiser Brooklin
will sail for Manila by way of the Suez
canal on Monday OF Tuesday, with re-
cruits, ammunition and supplies for
Admiral Dewey's feet. On her way
che viii coal at Colombo, Ceylon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03

Public opinion is divided as to the wisdom
of keeping the Philippines. Wise statesmen
are found on both sides of the question.
Public opinion, however, is all one way in
regard to the wisdom of everybody keeping
their health. For this purpose Hostetters
Stomach Bitters is widely used. This medi-
cine is both preventive and cure for malarial
fevers, stomach disorders, torpid liver and
impure blood. 1t is agreeable TO weak stom-
achs and soothing to the nerves.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03
ARRIVAL on che Hospltal Ship BAY state-

Chatham, Mass, Oct. 29.-The hos
pital ship Bay State, bound from Porto
Rico for boston, with the sick Jnen OF
the Sixth Massachusetts ON board, was
sighted off here at $3.50 q. m, and
reached Boston late in the afternoon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-03

Hicks-"Just saw Hogley. Had been to
the Doctors Doctor tells him he is looking
himself again" Wicks-'Is he really as bad
as that? Poor REHABILITATION Transcript.