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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
a SOLDIERS SPECULATION.
doW Six Months Working of an Alas
ka Gold Mine Resulted.

Everyone who had ever been in
Alaska, of course, began, at the opening
OF the klon6ike craze, to relate personal
experiences which in some way or other
had connection with the subject of gold
mining. Many of them had chance to
make fortune if they had only known,
and others saw millions, more or less.
taken out of the ground with 4 broken
shovel, and the man whose only capital
it was came back to the states and lived
happily ever afterward.
But, in spite of the ingenuity which
has been put into the manufacture of
these stories, there is an original flavor
to one told by a soldier at present To-
Gated in the United States armory in
This city. 1t was in 1880, when he was
in the navy. that he was stationed on a
vessel near Sitka. There was consider
able gold being taken out near there.
and an enterprising speculator got hold
of party of marines on the ship and
induced them to buy his mine. There
were 100 of them who finally went into
the scheme, and they paid so each for
their new source of wealth. There was
always a good deal of spare time on
their hands, and they easily secured per-
mission to use this in working their
claim. For six months the soldiers dug
quartz by day and dreamed of sudden
wealth by night. All were confident of
being able to retire from the service
with comforta BILE riches, and looked
sadly upon the poor officers, who would
have to keep on soldering all their
lives, not being in the scheme
At the end of six months they had
large pile of quartz, and, loading it into
all the old barrels, bags and provision
cans they could find, they sent it by
ship to the nearest crushing mill. Then
followed weeks of waiting until the re-
turns should come, and an air of i'm
portance grew in each man, who expect
ed at any time to be informed that he
was worth thousands of dollars. At
last the ship came which brought the
returns from the consignment. and the
gallant 100 gathered around the treas
urer of the company to hear how much
each was now worth. That individual
opened the message, and a grim smile
froze on his face as he went through a
short calculation on the back of an en-
velope. Gentlemen he said, "you
each owe the sum of ten cents to the
steamship company that carried the
quartz. The gold in it was just SIC
short Of the freight charge" And then
he passed the hat, while one of their
number sought out the ships chaplain
to lead them in 4 short service.-Spring.
field (Mass.) Republican.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
Utilizing Incubator Eggs.

Eggs are expensive for chickens, but
when an incubator is used the clear
ones are sometimes given as food, but
usually cooked hard. This is mistake.
The best mode of feeding eggs to
chickens is 10 pour boiling water on the
eggs, beat them, and thicken the mess
to stiff dough with corn meal. Fed
in this manner constipation will be
avoided, but they should not be used
oftener than every other day, giving
them at night. Hard-boiled eggs are
excellent, but they are usually fed too
literally and cause bowel disease
Farm and Fireside.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

been said and written of Western Canada,
and the new provinces forming it, he has
been led to give the subject some inquiry,
and he has been shown letters written to
the Canadian government from delegates
sent out by friends to inspect the country.
One of the delegates who was sent to
Western Canada says: In undertaking to
give a description fear l shall not be able
to give it justice, for I hardly know where
to begin or when to end. For plea for my
Judgment, will assume, for an illustration,
the experience of man who went from place
to place in search of a wife, and finding so
many of good qualities and attractions, was
unable to determine which to choose, so IN
looking for home in Western Canada like
the country well, and two of my boys are
going this fall (they have since gone, and
each has a homestead), where | am salts,
fed they will do well. The lands which |
have seen are far superior in every respect
and beyond my expectations. Lakes and
streams to be found in all districts abound
with innumerable kinds of water fowl, while
fish are very abundant. On all sides we see
innumerable stacks of grain, proving be-
yond doubt the fertility of the soil. On
either side of the track can be seen in adj
dition to the grain herds of cattle, horses
and focks of sheep. | have travelled over
great portion of the Western states and l.
have seen nothing to compare with this coun-
try. One hundred and sixty acres of land are
given free to actual settlers, and saw cases
where as high as 500 per acre had been
cleared in one year | do not wish to adj
wise anyone, but as for myself | shall leave
as soon as / can arrange my affairs. The
agents of the Canadian government are now
at work organizing excursion parties, ana
the Department of the Interior at Ottawa,
Canada, will be pleased to supply the in
formation to those who are not within reach
of an agent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
SPORTING CHAT.

Toledo is making a strong bid for the
annual regatta of the National Associa-
ton of Amateur Oarsmen.
A little EickereI ten inches long cost
two Minnesota sportsmen $50. A game
warden caught the men fishing with
spears, and the sportsmen were fined
the above amount.
Two Presque Isle CMe.) checker play
ers recently had game to decide
whether the world is getting better or
worse. They tried it twice, and each
game was draw.
The Amateur Athletic union will ask
congress to appropriate $4,000 for ath-
letics in connection with the appropria-
ton for an American exhibit at the
Paris exposition in 1900.
A movement is on foot in Maine to
have law passed to prevent the shoot
ing of moose and caribou for the next
two years. There were only about 200
moose and 100 caribou killed during the
past season, small number compared
with recent years.
The National Skating association does
not propose to allow the Amateur Ath-
letic union to interfere with its cham
pionship meeting, and amateur skaters
all over the world, whether registered
or not, will be eligible to compete at
the meeting on January 27, % and 90.
Fox hunting parties are very fash
ionable with young people in the south.
Southern women love to follow the
hounds, and it is no uncommon sight
in the country districts where fences
are made of rails and the woods are
open, to see dozens of young women
galloping on horseback, trying to get as
near as possible to the dogs.
Hugh Leonard, of the New York Ath-
Ietic club, in his historical review Of
wrestling, shows that the sport as an
art dates back to hoary antiquity.
Throughout literature from its begin
ming records of contests in wrestling
are found, and the first among these
may be mentioned that celebrated en-,
counter between Ajax and Ulysses, i'm.
mortalized by Homer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
COUNTRY POLICE FORCE.
New Agricultural Want Discovered
by ST. Louis Paper.

by ST. Louis Paper.
All over the country we have no coun-
try police. 1t is only in the cities that
anybody stands ready to arrest a male
factor. Out in the rural districts every
man has really to be his own policeman,
There is, to be sure, a sheriff, but the
sheriff is an officer elected without the
slightest reference to his fitness for po-
lice duty, and he, if he can be reached in
time, pursues criminals, if at all, with as
much or as little zeal as his convenience
or temperamentwill permit. The result
is crimes committed in the country, I'M
less they are murderous, are rarely pun
ished. What we need in all country dis
tricts is what is called a country po-
lice" in England and ''gendarmerie" in
France; that is, uniformed and salaried
police, whose business it is to patrol
country roads AMI pursue criminals. In
England every village has at least one
uniformed constable, and the whole are
under the orders of single county SUI
perintendent. These police are to be
met everywhere, and no burglar or
highway robber can make more than
one stroke without finding them on his
track. We are persevering in MAIN
tanning in this country the same
belief in the continuance of our
early rural simplicity which in the
cities has ended in making municipal
government such farce. In the mean
time people are learning more and more
to take the law into their own hands
in sheer lf-defense.-Colman's Rural
World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

One has no idea until he experiments
how much depends upon the regularity
with which stock is watered and fed.
Once a day in winter is not enough to
water stock, and ice-coId water should
never be given. Water with the chill
off, but not sickly warm, should be
in reach of all stock at least three times
a day. Feed at a given hour each
day. Make your duties allow you
this. Find how much is needed by each
animal. and give this quantity each time.
Everything will thrive better fed thus,
than to have n feed and a nalf to-day,
and half a feed tomorrow. Weigh and
measure all things. Have some rule.
Don't guess. This is business.-M. \.
Cavendar, in Agricultural Epitomist.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
Compressed Flour.

The British admiralty and the war
department are testing, under various
climatic conditions, the new method
for preserving flour. One objection to
the establishment of national granaries
has been the difficulty of storing grain
for any length of time. The grain
terminates and is ruined, and to keep
large quantities in sound condition has
been pronounced impracticable. En-
periments are being made with n sys-
tenn of compression into bricks by ny
G-aulic pressure. The trials show that
the flour so treated is not affected by
damp, even under unfavorable coudi-
tions, and is free from mold. The COM
preston destroys all forms of larval
life and the flour is thus rendered safe
from the attacks of the insects. The
saving in storage is enormous, as the
cubic space occupied by 100 pounds of
loose -four will hold more than SOC
pounds of the compressed article.-Sci'
critic American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
HINTS FOR STOCKMEN.

To make the largest and best horses
out of your colts keep them growing
from first to last.
Horses are naturally active. and
they like freedom as much or more
than any other domestic animal.
Whether you breed full bloods,
grades or native stock, never use an
inferior animal for breeding purposes.
The actual cost of keeping added to
the service fee of the sire should give
the actual cost of the horse at maturity.
1t takes good feeding to make an ami
nal hold its own in cold weather, and
when exposed to cold it is often fed at
a loss.
Sheep need plenty of time to drink.
If they do not so to the tank as soon
as turned out, let them stay out
awhile-Farmers' Review.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
A SHOOTING DUCHESS.
She Handles n Gun in the Most APP
proved Manner.


proved Manner.
The prince of Wales, Lord Walsing-
ham and Lord de Gray are often de-
scribed as our best small game shots.
1t is questionable whether they will not
before long have n formidable rival, sc
far as rabbits, hares and rocketing
pheasants are concerned, in the person
of one of the most graceful ladies in the
land, the duchess of Bedford.
At Charlewood, in Bedfordshire, the
other day little group of people
watched her grace bring down several
high-fying pheasants in fine style, de-
spite the fading and uncertain light of a
November afternoon. There are sports
men as well as sportswomen whom you
heartily desire to be separated from by
n good hundred yards when warm cor
ner is being shot in bad light, but the
duchess of Bedford is not among these.
She shoots not only with nerve and pre-
cision, but also with great care, and
does not follow" running or low-fying
game, as some inexperienced and am
ateurish gunners are in the habit of do
ing, thereby covering half a dozen or
more alarmed fellow sportsmen and
bCdlCIS With lliSlI tlII DdII i I4C
duchess is eminently indeed safe shot.
She has been shooting lately with a
light double-barreled 12-bore, which diff
fers little save in weight from the or
binary sportsman's gun.
The duchess of Bedford is by no
means a believer in the battue as the
only form of sport with the gun worth
following. On the contrary, she often
finds nothing more agreeable than an
hour or two among the splendid Wo-
burn preserves with a couple of good
spaniels or retriever as her sole COM
panion, and she does not hesitate to
carry her own game bag. When the bag
is full it is practicable to hide the game
in certain spots where the keepers will
be able a few hours later to find it with
out difficulty. Her grace has at Wo-
burn matter of thousands of acres of
excellent shooting, so that she need
never want for sport. It is scarcely
necessary, indeed, for n few brace of
birds, to go beyond the strawberries and
plantations round the house, for they
all abound in pheasants, as does the
dead bracken among the noble oaks of
the park. The duchess can use rifle
almost as well, it is said, as a sporting
gun, and she is n follower of old Izaak
in the summer months-Pall Mall Ga
zette,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
TRAINING THE HORSE.
GentIeness Mixed with Firmness Is
Proper in All Cases.

GentIeness Mixed with Firmness Is
Proper in All Cases.
The work of training young horses
should be made systematic and prac-
teal to be made effective. This is
seldom the case, in the methods prac-
ticed by farmers. 1t is necessary, too,
to study the disposition of the colt
and treat it accordingly. Because a
horse is vicious and stubborn, it is no
reason that he should be treated in
brutal manner. Gentleness with firm
ness is proper in all cases. A trainer
says: If a horse go too fast the untu
tOred driver yells whoa! simply mean
ing that the animal should lessen his
speed. If he paw the earth, toss his
head, stamp with Impotence, or dc
is Numbered into his ears. Any word
used for so many purposes is not good
for much in case of emergency.
The convenient whoa should have
but one meaning, not to lessen the
speed of the horse, but to bring him to
full stop. When it is given it should
never be allowed to pass UNDECIDED,
be disobeyed or haif-obeyed. Does
your horse always stop at this word, or
do you have to stop him with a pull at
the lines? A horse is not safe if he
can be stopped in no way except by
pulling at the lines, for rein may
break or snap may unlock. Many
runaway might be prevented were all
horses trained to know and obey this
one little word.-Farmers' Union.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

A western man is said to have in
vented a machine for gathering, head
ing and delivering sugar beets into con-
veyances. 1t was devised at the sug-
gestion of the secretary of agriculture.
1t gathers the beets from four rows at
once. The machine will cost to manu-
facture about $50, and will sell at SEQ
or S7O delivered at distance. This item
of current agricultural news suggests
the question as to whether the relative
cost and profit on other agricultural
implements is in this proportion, that
is, selling at double or more the cost
of production.-Troy( On. W Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
FARM AND GARDEN.
THE CATTLE INDUSTRY.
1t Is in Prosperous Condition
Throughout the Vest.

1t Is in Prosperous Condition
Throughout the Vest.
a careful review of the cattle situa
ton in the western states reveals the
fact that the cattle industry is in the
most prosperous condition, by far, it
has been in for many years. Upon near
ly every farm throughout the great corn
growing states there is an inclination
to raise from five beef calves upward,
depending upon the number of cows
that 4he farmer or breeder can purchase.
The facts Of the matter are, the western
states are very short on breeding cows,
and for this reason the demand for this
class of stock during the next few years
is likely to be strong and urgent. There
is d vigorous, forward movement among
farmers and stockraisers all along the
line, for extending breeding operations
of live stock, both pure bred and stock
that is well graded. If this course is
followed for the next two or three years
we may look for a much better class Of
cattle for market than we find at tie
present time. In view of these changed
conditions and liberal demand for this
class of stock, we are safe in saying
that the rearing of live stock and the
feeding of same is bound to become
more surely the best investment that
farmer and feeder can make. Grain
raising in all of the central and west
ern states has largely exhausted the
farmers, and now farmers are realizing
the fact that they must turn back to'the
live stock industries in order TO preserve
their lands This course will he helDfr1
the line of farming operations. and we
think, where cattle are raised in smaller
punches. the breeding and care is bet
ter; and of course this will bring a bet
ter class of cattle to market and better
prices will result.-Prairie Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

The Monitor, newspaper published at
Meaford, Ont, Canada, first discovered this
case two years ago, and published it at length,
which now seems, owing to the cure of it, to
be miracle. The facts were so remarkable
that many .'eople doubted the truth of them.
They said: 1T is too remarkable; it cannot
possibly be true; the paper is mistaken, and
the man, although he may think himself
cured, will soon relapse into his former con-
dition," etc, etc. The accuracy of its report
called in question the Monitor deter
mined to find out definitely whether the
facts were as stated and whether the man
would really stay cured. They accordingly
kept close watch on the case for two years
after the first article appeared, and have Just
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

one say, in the face of such testimony, that
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are not entitled to
the careful consideration of any suffering
man, woman or child? Is not the case in
truth miracle of modern medicine?
To make the evidence complete we pub
fish above fac simile cut of the check re-
ceived by Mr.. Petch from the Canadian Mu-
tual Life Association, being the amount due
him for total disability. 1t is unnecessary
to add that this life insurance association did
not pay this large amount of money to Mr..
Petch, except after the most careful exam
nation of his condition by their medical ex-
perts They must have regarded him as for
ever incurable.
Mr.. Petch's address is as follows: Reuben
Petch, Griersville, Ont, Canada.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
There is more Catarrh in ais section of

There is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable.. For great many
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market 1t is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., To.
ledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
AN EFFECTIVE TRAP.
Just the Thing for Catching Rabbits
and Other Farm Enemies.

Tne body of the trap illustrated be-
law is made of four pieces of six inch
fencing boards 20 to 81 inches long,
nailed together to make narrow box
open at one end. The top piece should
be an inch shorter than the others.
Nail the bottom and top boards to the
side boards, thus making the perpen-
dicular length of the opening greater
than the horizontal. If the opening is
square the drop door does not work
properly. \ sliding door is then made
to fit loosely in the open end and two
pieces of Iath are nailed against the
ends of the perpendicular boards pro-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

4 writer for the American Cultivator
speaks well of the Jersey Red or Duroc
as a bacon hog, but thinks that on ac-
count of the ability to stand exposure
and habits it is better suited to the
western farmer who permits his hogs
to run wild over an extensive range than
20 the farmers who have limited ranges
and shelter their stocks in bad weather
These hogs are coarser built, thicker
bristIed and harder than most of ths
other improved breeds.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

now published another article about it in
which the original reports are completely
verified, the cure, is permanent, and they
publish fac smile of the check given by
the Canadian Mutual Life Association for
$l,650.00 amount of total disability claim
paid by them to Mr.. Petch.
The first account stated that the patient
(see address below had been paralytic for
five years, and there was such total lack of
feeling in his limbs and body that pin run
full length could not be felt; that he could
years he was not dressed; furthermore, that
he was bloated, was for that reason almost
unrecognizable and could not get his clothes
on. The paralysis was SO complete as to affect
the face and prevent him from opening his
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
A Total Disability Claim Of S1,65O Paid to
a Man who was AfterWard Cured.

deed, am in even better health than when
gave you the first interview"
do you still attribute your cure to the
use of DR.. Williams Pink Pills" asked the
Monitor.
.Unquestionably I do" was the reply.
doctors had failed, as had also the numer-
GUS remedies recommended by my friends.
Nothing took had the slightest effect upon
me until began the use of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. To this wonderful medicine /
owe my release from the living death. ]
of my friends, and the verdict is always in
their favor. | shall always bless the day I
was induced to take them
Such is the history of one of the most re.
nlarkable cases of modern times. Can any
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

The doctors called the disease spinal sclero-
sis and all said he could not live.
For three years he fingered in this condi.
ton. Then by some friend he was advised
to take DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
a slight change. The first thing noted
was tendency 20 sweat freely. This showed
there was some life left in his helpless body.
Next came little feeling in his limbs.
This extended, followed by prickling sensa-
freely, naturally and vigorously through his
body, and the helplessness gave way to re-
turning strength, the ability to walk re-
turned, and he was restored to his old time
health.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
oxerfeedinE is Dangerous.

A hog fattens more quickly by being
fed no more at any time than it viii eat.
1t should always clean up all in the
trough. When it has fed, clean cut the
trough and do not feed again until the
animal shows plainly that it is hungry.
If overfed so that it feeds indifferently
it will lose less weight to permit it to
go without food day than it would by
continuing to feed beyond its appetite.
Probably no other animal is SO sensitive
to injury from overlooking as the hog.