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Iron County register., 1898-11-24
MULES FOR THE ARMY.
The Beast with the Tough Hide
Particularly in Demand
just Now.

"Mules are way up in money value
now," observed horse trader, land are
likely to increase steadily in case war
continues. In anticipation of war the
traders had secured options on every
mule they could, in the hope of selling
them to the government. AS a great
deal of fighting is likely to be done on
the gulf and South Atlantic coast, all
the hauling, light artillery work and
things of that sort will be done there.
Horses cannot do one-half as much
work in that climate as mules, and
one mule will outlast three horses. AL
ready the artillery companies sent to
the forts and stations along the Georgia,
South Carolina and Florida coasts are
complaining of the sand flies, which are
not only annoying and painful to the
men, but are dreadful to horses, for
they are the most persistent of insects,
and, unlike some other insects of the
ny kind, worry horses throughout the
night as well as the day. They give
horses no rest whatever, and the an
imals actually stamp themselves into
uselessness. The sand flies worry
horses, it matters not how carefully
they are covered; with the mule it is
entirely different. His skin is thick
and resists the annoyance of the sand
fly. The mule never gives any sign
that the flies worry him, and it is not
supposed that they do. Besides that.
unless acclimated, horse cannot live
long along the coast. There is no pas
ture for him, and while horses get along
for awhile on stable feed, they in
yariably run down unless they can oc-
rasionally get grass. The mule can
live on what horse will waste. and one
thing seems to please him as well as
another. About month ago a con-
tractor picked up 1000 mules in South
Carolina and Georgia, which he sold to
the Spanish government for $s5,oo0.
They were shipped to Cuba. There, as
well as here, the mule outworks a
horse. An average young mule in the
section named is quoted to-day at about
s10o. Two months ago they would not
bring $50. 60."-Washington Star.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

Cows giving milk may or may not
need grain feed when they are at pas
ture. 1t depends very much on how nu-
tritious the pasture is. But We think
they will always be glad TO eat bran
mash, made by putting the bran in
nearly boiling hot water, and letting
it cool down to the animal tempera-
ture. No matter how good her feed
may have been through the day. the
COW will always eat such a bran mash
as this. We have no doubt that she
needs it, and that thereby the amount
and value of the milk will be largely
increased II this bran feed makes the
cow grow thin, then will be time
enough to add some grain meal with
il, taking care not to give enough to
get the COW off her feed. which always
results in lessened milk yields, besides
being every way injurious.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
HINTS ABOUT MULcHING.
Work should ne Done when the
Ground FreeEes Hare enough
to Bear UP a. Wagon.

While it is best to mulch small fruits
and all young or newly set fruit trees,
the time when the mulch can best be
applied can but be determined by the
season. But in order that the work may
be done at the right time it will be best
20 have the material at hand, ready
when the conditions are suitable.
When the ground freezes hard enough
to bear up wagon is the time when
mulch should be applied. The object
is to maintain as even a temperature as
possible around the roots and in this
way as fully as possible avoid the in
furious effects of thawing and freezing.
With strawberries care must be taken
not to cover too deeply, especially over
the crown of the plant, or there is risk
of smothering the plant.
With raspberries, blackberries, cur
rants and gooseberries all the space be-
tween the rows as we'll as between the
plants in the row can be covered with
some good mulching material.
With young trees space four feet in
diameter around the stem of the tree
should be covered.
Straw, swale, hay, bagasse, cut corn
fodder, or any kind OF coarse litter may
be used. Coarse manure can in many
cases be used to good advantage, es-
pecially when, in addition to a mulch,
a fertilizer is needed, as the rain, melt
ing snow, thawing and freezing, will
carry the soluble portions into the soil.
The objection to using it on small
fruits is that usually fresh manure con-
tains too many weed seeds.
In addition to preventing injury by
thawing and freezing. a good mulch
often prevents injury to it's fruit buds
from late frosts, the mulch keeping the
soil cooler and in this way retarding
budding and blossoming.
To certain extent mulching keeps
down weeds and with small fruits this
is an item.-St. Louis Republic.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
Germany.s secret Treaty.

At the opening of the German reich
stag, the government was interpellated
regarding Germans secret treaty with
Russia The chancellor, Prince Hohen-
lohe, declined to give information on
the subject, but he declared that the
distrust occasioned at first in other
countries by the recent disclosures had
disappeared. The minister for foreign
affairs denied that Germany had ever
made any agreement inconsistent with
existing treaties, and declared that she
would faithfully adhere to the triple al
lance, and would also cultivate friendly
relations with Russia.-Youth's Com
naniOn.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
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BENCH FOR sUB-1RR1GAT1NG.

time plunge the pots into the bench
with their rims a half inch below the
surface soil. In this way the roots are
disturbed but once and ball of matted
roots and soil is retained when the let
tuce is sent to market, insuring its per-
feet condition for longer period. Two
crops were grown in this manner and
so far as any effect on the lettuce could
be traced, the results were in favor of
the ordinary method of shifting rather
than retaining the pots, which is also
in accord with what is known regard
ing the early handling of other crops.
To test the value of subwatering, n
bench was arranged four inches deeper
than would otherwise be necessary,
and over the bottom and three inches
up the side it was lined with zinc. The
zinc pan is closely filed with ordinary
soft brick (c) set on edge. These first
had the lower angles Clipped off, so
that there were small open spaces at
the bottom where the bricks came to-
gether. A tube was passed along the
side of the bench, curved around un-
derneath, and coming up through the
bottom was carefully soldered on.
The bench is then filled with soil over
the brick. The water is run in through
the tube and quickly distributes itself
over the bottom. 1t is gradually alb
sorbed by the brick and slowly passes
up to the soil above. The gauge (a)
shows the depth of water in the zinc
pans at all times. Water is introduced
through the tube (b).
The results from this method of sub
watering have been more satisfactory
than was hoped for. 1t has been used
for crops of lettuce and beans. The
theoretical advantages have been more
than fulfilled in practice. 1t is so serv-
iceable that the station has no hesita-
ton in saying that for some crops in
particular it will be found of the great
est advantage and profit. The extra
cost of preparing the benches, about
13 cents per square foot, is consider
able, but the increased yield and better
crops will speedily balance the account.
The arrangement is shown in the ac-
companying engraving. - American
Agriculturist.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
PITH AND POINT.

United shoes look untidy.-L. A. w.
Bulletin.
Among family ties we must count
mothers apron strings.-Golden Days.
In addition to being tickle, the aver
age man is liar, and denies it.-Atchi-
son Globe.
some men embrace an opportunity as
II they We're afraid of crushing its lace
collar or something-TownT Topics.
Smith-"It is the unexpected that al
ways happens" Horrigan-"Yis: un-
less ye are lookin' for t."-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Mrs. Snidlins says that her husband
LIS three-handed man-right-handed,
ieft-handed and little behind hand
N. 0. Times-Democrat.
First Politician-"After all, Shuttle
ton wasn't at the polls at ALL Second
Ditto-"He told me the other day that
ne always voted as he eprayed.'-Boston
Transcript.
m sure Penelope Higgins is over
46. What makes you think so?"
She told me that in cold weather she
says her prayers in bed."-Chicago
Daily Record.
Helen-'Why does Harry carry Hor-
lenses picture in his watch?" Harriet
why, she told him she thought she
might learn to love him in time."-Yon-
kers Statesman.
1 was reading somewhere the other
day about deaf and dumb golf player"
Pshaw! that must have been yellow
Journal dream. How could anyone talk
golf with his fngers?'' - Cleveland
Leader.
OF No Utility.-"Here," said Mrs.
snaggs, who was reading some health
hints in the newspaper, "here is an
article entitled Save Doctors Bills"
1T is OF no use to save them if they are
Eot receipted," added Mr.. Snaggs.
gioomily.-Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
Finding a Grave with am Egg.

The Miau-tsze, tribe in Asia, will
not bury a man until they have first
tested the ground with an egg. This
operation is curious. While the body
is being prepared for burial, number
of Miau-tsze. including the male rela-
tives of the deceased. go out to the
appointed spot, bearing a large basket
of eggs. STOPPING down, one of the ma
tives lets an egg drop softly ON the
ground. Its breaking is considered an
i'll omen, and another spot is selected.
In this way the party often wander
about for hours. dropping eggs until
one strikes place where the shell does
not crack.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
Cheese Sold Too Green,

A. +. McLaren, who has recently re-
turned from trip to Great Britain,
deprecates the practice of some of the
Canadian factories of allowing cheese
to be shipped out of the factories too
green. He came across several lots of
cheese, otherwise good, that had been
injured by being shipped too green;
some of it not more than two or three
days old. So strongly does Mr. Nc
Laren feel on this point that he would
favor law compelling factorymen,
after the cows are on the grass, to keep
their cheese at least two weeks before
It is shipped.-American Cheesemaker.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
MODEL TILED BENCH.
1t Possesses Truly Remarkable Ad-
vantagcs Over the Old-Style
Soil Benches.

Florists and those who are interested
il growing flowers can easily make
tiled bench which possesses remarka bic
advantages over the old soil benches,
fer if the first cost of the tiled bench is
from 25 per cent. to 80 per cent. greater
than the wooden bench. it is a great
deal cheaper in the end, and the results
are more satisfactory. While the drain
age is perfect, still the soil will nos dry
so completely as with the bench with
wooden bottom. The benches rest on
POSTS placed four feet apart; the cross
pieces are two by four inches, and the
stringers upon which the tiles rest are
also two by four inches. The tiles used
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

The readers of this paper will be pleased
TO learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the, foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F, j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

may be two or three-inch, the two inch
being slightly preferable, but the three
inch covers SO much more space for the
same amount of cost that they are
much more economical. On these
benches five inches of soil is placed, as
the drainage is so rapid that this depth
can be safely used, and depth is con-
sidered desirable where the desire is
tc make a special fiat, hollow tile for
florists use. If made with plenty of
SAND in the clay 10 make it porous it
would make good bench for flowers
and would perhaps be more convenient
than drain tiles.-Scientific American.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

than better. In consulting Mrs. Pink
ham no hesitation need be felt, th0-
story is told to woman and is wholly
confidential. Mrs. PinlSham's address.
is Lynn, Mass, she offers sick women
her advice without charge.
Her intimate knowledge of women'@'
troubles makes her letter of advice o.
wellspring of hope, and her wide expert
ence and skill point the way to health
81 suffered with ovarian trouble for
seven years, and no doctor knew what
was the matter with me. / had SPELLS
which would last for two days or mora.
/ thought would try Lydia 4. PinlrD
hams Vegetable Compound. / hay@
taken seven bottles of it, and am en-
tirely cured. ."--MRs. JOHN FOREMAN, -
N. Woodberry Ave-, Baltimore, Nd
The above letter from Mrs. ForemM@
is only one of thousands.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
POLAR BEARS AS sLYAs FOXES
They Throw stones or Huge Lumpi
of Ice at WaIruses to Stun
and Capture Them.

In his native home the polar bear does
not often meet with small boys anxious
to treat him with buns and other dain-
ties. The consequence Is that Bruin
has to devise many curious ways of Sc
curing his food, and none is more
interesting than that related by two
trustworthy travellers in Greenland.
that country of strange sights.
They have known the polar bear tc
take a stone or a huge lump of ice in
his fore paws and from u favorable
height, as cliff or a precipitous ice
hill, to hurl the missile down upon the
head of walrus-an enormous brute
often twice the size of the the bear
and so stun him that Bruin could rush
in and complete the destruction at his
leisure, thus securing n months ra-
tions.
The most usual food of the ice bear.
as the Germans very appropriately call
this beast, is the common seal of the
arctic regions. The latter is the wari-
est animal of the north, and both Es-
kimo and polar bear need their best
strategy to catch it.
In the summer time, when the snow
islets, the seals can be plainly seen as
black dots on the ice, probably asleep,
but always near their holes, which lead
down through the thick ice to the water
below, and into which they can throw
themselves by the least movement.
Bruin. seeing one afar, walks up as near
ashe deems safe, and then begins crawl
ing on his wary prey.
The seal, if the weather be sunny and
pleasant, takes short maps, relieved by
shorter moments when it is scanning
the vicinity for sights of an enemy's
approach. During these times the bear
is very quiet and as still as death itself,
with eyes apparently closed, though
really a corner of each is kept open;
and in this way he hopes the seal will
take him for heap of snow, an appear
ance which his coat readily helps him
to assume.
During the maps he creeps forward
with greater or less rapidity, accord
ing 10 his nearness to the seal and con-
sequent fear of being heard or seen.
When but ten or twelve yards away,
and the seal is in the depths of good
nap, the bear rushes upon him and
With d DIoW Ol Ills pO"cT4ul paw
knocks the smaller brute senseless,
and so far away from the hole that he
cannot escape by that way. even if the
blow received is not Immediately fatal.
In winter time the ice is covered with
snow, and this is followed out by the
seal into a snow house, covering the
hole in the ice and connecting at the
top of the dome with an aperture about
the size of shilling, called the blow
hole. for it is through this that the seal
breathes when he is in want of fresh
air.
Here the bear watches for many a
long hour, if necessary, and when the
snorts of the seal are heard he crushes
in the fragile dome of the snow house
with his paw, impaling the seal on his
curved claws, and proceeds to prac-
ticaily demonstrate how polar bears
can subsist in an arctic winter.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
Australian Pastures.

In eastern Australia hundred mil
lion sheep and great herds of cattle and
horses now feed upon pastures covering
fiat ground which 80 years ago was a
desert of soft sand, SO rotten" that the
feet sank at every step. This once
worthless ground has been beaten into
compact soil by the feet of the sheep
and cattle, and it is believed that other
great desert expanses in Australia may
be turned into productive pasture and
in a similar manner.-Chicago Inter
0aaan
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

The rye crop of Russia has failed
this year and as rye is the staple food
in that co1ntry and throughout central
Europe there is likely to be great de-
mand for it the coming year and p-oba-
bly, longer. Rye can be sown SO late
that it barely germinates in the fall
and will produce good crop next year
if the land is rich enough. Besides,
the rye crop does not exhaust land as
wheat does, and it viii succeed over a
much larger area where wheat cannot
succeed at all. Tt is d crop that ought
to be more generally grown and used
for food than 1t I'm.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
shale for Road nuiIdinr.

Tests are being made of the value fo,.
road purposes of the calcareous shale
which abounds in the vicinity of Port
Jervis. N. Y. IL it will stand heavy traf-
fic, the material will become popular,
as, under certain conditions, it is now
known to make very fine roads. Tie
famous road from Port Jervis, dow u
the Delaware valley to the Water gap.
I'm made with it, and it is much used in
zarts of extreme northern New Jersey.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
women Under the Black Flag,

In the old days, when piracy flour
ished along the Spanish main and
when buccaneers had headquarters in
many islands of the West Indies. Mary
Read and Anne Bonny sailed under the
black flag. The first named was an
English girl who had worn boys cloth
ing from childhood to hide family
secret. For awhile she served on an
English warship and then sailed for Gu
ba on "a merchant vessel, which was
captured by pirates. She Joined the
gang and thus met Anne Bonny. The
latter was also disguised as a man, and.
not knowing Mary to be female, fell
I'm love with her, revealing her own sex.
Mary was then obliged to make SIM
liar revelation. The pair served at their
profession for many years. Finally
they were taken prisoners by a war ves-
sci. Mary Read was sent to a prison in
Jamaica, where she ended her days.
What became of Anne is not known
Chicago Chronicle.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
Mustn't BE Too Far Out of STYLE.

George-I suppose It won't matter to
you if I tell you our engagement is
likely to be long one; that shall not
he able to marry for quite awhile?
Lucy-Oh, no, dear; only styles
change in engagement rings, as in other
things, you know, and of course one
would not care to wear one that had
gone out of fashion a long, long time.
Boston TRANSCRIPT
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
Eis Snsnicinns

ST wonder what makes old Bellworth
get so mad when that young wife of his
kisses him on that bald spot on his
head?"
HE is of the firm opinion that she
just does it to call attention to the dif-
ference in their ages. es.a-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
Social Distinctions.

Young Doctor find it hard to draw ahx-
line between hay fever and influenza.
Old Doctor-It is hard, my boy, but social
distinctions have to be made; there's no helys-
for it.-Detroit journal
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
Lane,s Family Medicine.

The use of his tongue is not what makes
a canine lap dog.-Golden Days.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

sT didn't see the widow at the funeral -
mo; her gown fitted so badly that she
couldn't restrain her grief enough to be
present, Answers,
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

When a man has troubles he increase,
them by being cross.-Atchison Globe.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up
children's Coughs and Colds.-Mrs. M. G.
Blunt, Sprague, Wash, March s. '94.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

The hardest work is trying to keep out QF
work.--W Washington tIa.) Democrat.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

'Why is it the mind is brighter when a
man is past 40?" after that age the man
gets sense enough not to eat too much. -
Chicago Daily Record.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

When a man sings his own praise Re in.
variably gets the tune too high.-Chicago
Daily News.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

Some men snatch victory from defeat, but
more snatch defeat from victory.-Ch Chicago
Daily News.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

Moves the bowels each day. In order to be
healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache.
Price 25 and SOC.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

Billiards and frost-bites. st. Jacobs Oil
and a cure in night.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

Deep down to the pain spot. St. Jacobs
Oil roots out Sciatica
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
a1oo Reward a1OO.

Dear me-" thought the new fence. II
must get new gait on me. Golden Days.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

They meet.
The Kaiser-How do you fndt your
selluf, mein friend?
The Sultan-Good. And you?
aEggsellent. How vas your vife?"
Barring a few cases of malaria and
n lot of neuralgia and influenza, she is
very well. thank you. Cleveland Plain
DEALER
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

Forget It? Toothache won't let you.
Don't forget st. Jacobs Oil viii cure.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

Christmas coming Use st. Jacobs for
pain. Have happy one.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
CONSULTING A WOMAN.
Mrs. Pinkham's Advice Inspires
Confidence and Hope.

Examination by male physician ias
Q hard trial to delicatcly organized
woman.
She puts it of as long as she dare.
and is only driven to it by fear of cam
Ger, polypus, or some dreadful i'll.
Most freouently such n woman leavnmr
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

physicians Office
here she has UNI
irgone q critical
animation with
impression, more
less, of discour-.
agement.
l This condi-
N tion of thes
IL ninddcstroys
the effect or
advice; and
she grows
sA worse rnfheT