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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

might blooming cereuses are no joke
remarked Smith to his partner as he ar
rived at the office about L O'Clock in tbs
"Serious things, 1 sutpOse,'' remarked
smith groaned. Serious? Well, should
say so. They are a tragedy. We have one
in our family, and just as soon as l can per
shade my wife to go down to her mothers
for a fe% days that hoodoo OF botanical
specimen goes in the ash barrel. For some
reason or other my wife decided that the
cereus was going to bloom last night 1t has
threatened TO bloom so many times and then
backed out at the last minute that nobody
but a woman would have any more faith in
it. But it was a sure thing this time and
summon our friends in to see that dastardly
thing burst into flower; certain billed to
blossom out at midnight. When / came
home Mrs. Smith said:
Now, Henry, night-blooming cereus is
something you don't see in flowers more
years. Anyway it's an awful long time.
And I've invited the Jones and the Collinses
and the greens and
We'll, about 20 people, half of 'em living
seven miles out on the North side. lad ar
ranged to meet man at the club, but tele-
phoned him / wouldn't be there. Then the
caterers came and they turned the house into
an ice-cream parlor. All my papers and
books and fishing rods and guns were car
ried out of the study to clear a suitable
place for that COMPOUNDED cereus. 1t took
the center of the stage and kept il, and as far
as / am concerned wish botany was at the
bottom of the sea. The layout cost me $50
besides losing in the melee deed to ten
lots in Englewood."
well, but the eereus?" queried Brown.
Flunked for the twenty-ffth time!"-Chi-
ago Inter Ocean
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
POWERFUL VESSELS.
Plans of Admiral O'Neil for Three
New Warships Being Built.
u Adopted the Georgia, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania VIII Carry the
Heaviest Batteries Ever Car
ried by Naval Vessel.

The heaviest batteries yet placed on
any naval vessel in the world will be
carried by the Georgia, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania, the new battleships au-
thorized by the last congress, if the
suggestions of Rear Admiral O'Neil,
chief of the bureau of ordnance, are
adopted.
These ships are to have an approx
innate displacement of 1880 tons each
and speed and coal capacity emitting
them to be classed almost as armored
cruisers. By the tightening of the ar
NOR belt, made possible by the greatly
increased resisting power of the latest
armor, Rear Admiral O'Neil is enabled
to plan much heavier batteries. He has
prepared five separate plans for the
new ships. Each provides for the same
number of guns of each caliber in the
secondary batteries and the same gen.
eral arrangement, but modified by diff
ferences in the main batteries. In the
secondary battery each vessel is to
carry 16 3-inch guns, 80 caiber in
length; IS 3-pounders, four automatic
1-pounders, six single shot 1-pounders,
ten machine guns and two field guns.
In the main batteries one plan con-
templates four 12-inch guns of 40 cal
iber; four s-inch guns of As caliber and
IL 6-inch guns of so caliber. The 12-
inch guns are to be mounted in bar
bette turrets and aft of the superstruc-
ture, two S-inch guns in barbette tur-
ret on each beam, and the 6-inch guns
in broadside, so as to give the largest
possible arc of fire.
The second plan differs from the first
in that it provides for eight s-inch guns,
arranged in four barbette turrets, two
on each side. There are two other plans
identical with this, except that one
proposes to substitute four 1O-inch guns
for the 12-inch, and the other proposes
to substitute two 10-inch and two 12-
inch for the four 12-inch guns. In these
plans the fore and aft fire is the same
as in the first plan, but the broadside
fire is increased by two s-inch guns.
The fifth plan differs from the first in
having no S-inch guns, and increasing
the number of 6-inch to 16, eight firing
on each broadside and four directly for
ward and two directly aft.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
DISEASES OF CORN.
They Are Not Only More Numerous
But Also More Destructive Than
Is Generally Supposed.

The corn plant is subject to rust that
is similar to the red rust that affects
wheat and oats. Usually its presence
may be noted about the middle of sum-
rner, by the appearance of blotches on
the leaf of the plant. These blotches
are dust-like, and contain the spores of
the disease. Near the end of the sum-
mer the blotches become blackish For
tunately the disease does not attack
corn until the plant has arrived at a
stage OF growth when it will not suffer
as much jury as il would if it were at
tackled in the earlier stages. 1t has
never been regarded as economically i'm
portant. Yet healthy plant is always
better than diseased one.
Prof. Burrell's bacterial disease of
corn is Il more serious matter. 1t causes
q dwarfed condition of young plants on
areas of few yards to an acre or more,
and more usually than otherwise upon
the richest soil of the field. The plants
that are attacked are sickly in appear
ance. being more yellow than healthy
plant. Especially is this the appearance
CT the lower leaves. The lower and old
er roots are badly affected as is also the
lowest portion of the stalk which often
dies. On the surface of these diseased
stalks may be found spots that are of
brownish color and are corroded. After
the middle of the summer the sheath
leaves Of the stalk viii be found to be
spotted on the outside. But on the in
side they are much more affected.
Sometimes the ears become diseased
In bad cases everything connected with
the ear. husks, cob, kernel and silk are
reduced 10 a condition that may he
called nothingness. and such ears often
become moldy through and through,
the fungus being very white. The juices
the ear, husks, cob, kernel and silk. are
shown by the microscope to be alive
with bacteria. 1t was at one time
thought that cattle feeding upon such
diseased corn would be poisoned, but,
like smut, ii has more recently been
shown TO be harmless.
Like smut in wheat the remedy for
the disease is probably rotation, though
we are not prepared to say just what
the rotation should be. However. if the
disease is bad on any part of the farm.
il would prove profitable to experiment
as TO the proper rotation Ii is not often
that diseases of this character will at
tack crops that are dissimilar in charac-
Epitomist.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

discovery, which he considers the
browning event of his wonderful
career, and which is embodied in a
new article of commerce, known as
Red Cross Starch (Red Cross trade
mark.) He is planning to distribute
millions of packages of this starch to
the housewives of America, at a merely
nominal price to the consumer, in order
to make its merits known without de-
lay. Thus, for but cents two large
1Oc packages of Red Cross Starch may
be had, together with two magnificent
ShakesPearean views printed in IL
beautiful colors, or a Twentieth Cen
fury Girl Calendar; or for only 20
cents 10 packages of the starch and
the entire series of eight Shakespearean
views and one Twentieth Century Girl
Calendar-views alone easily worth
s1.OO. Watch this paper for future
premium announcements, of which
every lady will certainly want to take
advantage.
While Mr.. Hubinger will devote his
best energies to the manufacture OF
this new and wonderful starch, he will
not retire from the various financial
enterprises in which he is interested
street railways, electric lighting plants
and the Mississippi Valley Telephone
Co., with 10000 telephone subscribers
in Minneapolis and ST. Paul-nor will
his augmented activity interfere with
his social obligations and exercise of
the splendid hospitality which he dis
peases at his palatial Keokuk home.
sJr Hubinger's family, consisting of
him self, wife and four children. is the
pivot around which his activity re-
wolves, and while fond of promoting
great enterprises, he is still fonder OF
his home circle, where he spends every
mo nent of time not taken up by bust
ness or Dublic cares
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
JOHN C. HUBINGER.
Western Capitalist, Manufact-
urer and PhiIanthropfat.

Among the leaders of the progressive
element for which the midle west Is
famous, Mr.. John C. Hubinger, of Keo,
kuk, Ia, reigns without a peer. As
manufacturer, as an enterprising cap
italist and as philanthropist his fame
has spread over many states, and his
financial enterprises have developed
many obscure towns into progressive.
thrifty and wide-awake cities. Mr..
Hubinger, although but AZ years of
age, can look back upon scores of com.
mercial victories, each one of which haa
benefited mankind, for his liberality is
as bountiful as his business sagacity is
marvellous. He was born in New Or
leans, La, his parents being of French
and German origin. When he was four
years old. his family removed to Ken
lucky, in which state young Hubinger
received public school education. AL
most before reaching mans estate he
secured patents on a number of val.
liable mechanical inventions, thereby
laying the foundation of his present
fortune.
By inclination and force of circum-
stances his attention was early direct.
ed to the manufacture of starch by i'm.
proved processes, and in the course OF
time he became the head of a concern
having an annual business of millions
of dollars. But genuine ambition
never quite satisfied with existing con.
ditions, works ever toward perfection
and after years of painstaking study
and research Mr.. Hubinger has made
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
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QfS :}sSluHEl1S
BARN OF DRIFTWoOD.
8uiIt by n Long Island Farmer at d.
Total Cash Expense of Just
Twelve Dollars

Some OF our western friends, who To-
Gated on the treeless prairies and built
a house and barn of sods, are sometimes
fond of telling their descendants of the
low cost of their first dwelling. 1t is
true that sod makes a cheap building
material, and, in many cases, gives a
comfortable house. But at the other
end OF the country there are even
cheaper building materials than sods
The little barn shown in the cut is
found in Suffolk county, L. I. Mr.
Stephen Austin, the owner, lives on the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
Home Seekers Excursions via "Big
Four Route"

To the North, West, Northwest, South
west, South and Southeast. Selling dates:
August 18th, September 9Th and 18th; and
on October Sd and 18th, 1899, at one fare,
lowing states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkan-
sas, British Columbia, Colorado, Florida,
Georgia, Iowa, Indian Territory, Idaho,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Okla
homa, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas,
Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
Washington. For full information and par
ticulars as to rates, routes, tickets, limits,
big Four Route or address the under
signed. w. P. Deppe, A. G. P. & T. Agt.,
Warren j. Lynch, Gen. Pass. & Tiki. Agt.,
Cincinnati, o.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
Krupp wOuldnst Care.

Herr Krupp remains at the head Of
his great business simply because he
feels that he Is obliged to. One day
he received letter containing threat
to burn down his factories. He fancied
that it came from one of the men. So
he called them together, read the let
ter and said that he would not rebuild,
as he was rich enough to live without
work and would be glad of a rest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
Pavtnr Stones Of Gra.a

Paving blocks made OF meadow grass
are now manufactured Their inventor
was a clergyman, and the meadow
grass, impregnated with oil, tar and
resin, is pressed into blocks and finally
bound with iron straps. The advan-
tages claimed for these blocks are thai
they are noiseless and elastic, resist the
wear well and are impervious to heat
and cold.-Chicago Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

Mrs. Grady (who hates to say any
thing, but-)-Mrs. Kelly, the way your
daughters bang thot pianney av yours
frum morning till night is something
outrageous
Mrs. Kelly-Resht aisy, Mrs. Gradyi
-resht aisyi Ut's an old wan, and they
can't hur-r-rt it anny!-Puck
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
For His Family. sake.

Texas Bill-Quick, MandyI Help me
git inter them boots Nv minei
His Wife-But the doctor says you
must not get up-that you are liable &c
die at any time from heart failure.
That's jist hit! S'pose ] dies with
my boots of? Won't Their boys all say
I've lost my nerve er turned prohibi-
zionist? An amt ther man ter leave
that ter be throwed up ter my family"
IN. Y. Post
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
FiiIfnR the Gan.

The bright boy of fiction is playing with
his Noah's ark.
"What are these two chips of woody"
asks the bright boys father.
It is necessary for the bright boy of fic
ton 10 have a father, you know; there ha.
to be somebody to draw him out
''Them, replied the bright boy, witkou,
hesitation, Is the microbes,
OF course, if we think a minute, we per
ceive that there must have been pair os ~
erotss or the ark.-Detroit journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
Her Suggestion,

He was young, but ardent. 81 wish ]
were the glove that presses your lovely
hand" he said to the charming maid.
She glanced at him with a bewitchine
smile.
Aren't you enough of kid as it is ?''
she softly asked. - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
Accommodated,

At the end of his two weeks vacation,
employer: very sick Please hold my
job"
And back came this mystifying reply:
Take all time you want to get well. An
other man is holding your ob."-PhilaGel-
phia North American
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
Fertility from Roadsides.

On a very much travelled road there
Is a great deal of excrement dropped
from the horses used in drawing vehi-
cles aid from other animals driven
Thereon. ldost of the soluble parts of
sbis excrement are washed ihio the
bitches on either side of the roadway.
They accumulate in all the depressions
and make a strata of rich soil, which Is
veil worth the labor oi drawing into
adjoining fields as a fertilize-. 1t is
hest TO do this while the field is plowed.
and the roadside should also be plowea
and cultivated. so that the rich soil can
he evenly distributed over the surface.
Geufleness does more than violence;
N flo calf SIlclxs all the cows
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
ExaSperating.

Mrs. Higgsley-Clara, must insist tina.
you send young Mr.. Granley away earlier.
It was long after IL o'clock last night when
you closed the front door after him.
Clara-I know it, mamma, and l have
made up my mind dozen different times
to make him leave ea-ly, but ne has way,
somehow, of always giving the impression
along after the shank of the evening has
passed that he Is just about to saw some
thing one has been waiting for. It's aw-
fully xasperating-Chicago Evening News
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
No Hurry About 1t.

Judge-Fifty dollars and costs.
Prisoner-But it is impossible for me
to raise that amount at once, your
honor.
Then take your time-six months "
Chicago Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

Johnny-Pa, what does it mean by
unknown tongue?"
Pat is the tongue of silent wom-
an. my son. BY the way, you needn't
tell your mother told you that.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
Ancient system of Charity.

a regularly organized system of re-
lieving poverty has been in vogue in
China for more than 1000 years. It is
said that an organized system of chart
ty prevailed among the Egyptians 1850
years before Christ-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
A Sad Affair.

Nobody could ever tell the Hudson
twins from each other until they fell
in love with the same girl"
And then?"
"Oh, then there was a serious differ.
ence between them.''-Harlem Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

DO you know anything that will mafz
me stout, doctor?" why, certainly1 /
do" What is it!' "Flesh. "-Yonkers
Statesman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

Teacher-"What do you know about
Jonah?" Scholar-"He was the first man
to take a trip in the vicinity of the oil re-
gion. Statesman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

Some men work hardest trying to accom-
piish useless things.-Chicago Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
The Best Pr

The Best Prescription for Chills
and Fever is bottle of GRovE'S TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. Its simply iron and Quinine in
atasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price, SOC
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an a No
] Asthma medicine.-W. r. Williams, An.
tioch, H., April ii, 1894.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

Money talks-and poverty has way OF
telling.-Chicago Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

writing to Mrs. Plnkham at Lynn. Mass.
Mrs. CORA gibson. Yates. Manistee
Co.. Mich, writes:
dear Mrs. PMKHAM-Two years ago
I began having such dull. heavy. drag
ging pains in my back. menses were pro-
fuse and painful and was troubled with
leucorrhea. I took patent medicines
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund money fit fails to cure. 25c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

Great South bay, and his occupation
frequently takes him along the shores.
Last winter, while making these trips,
he began a collection of barrels and
other timber which had fioated to the
shore as driftwood. AS this timber
gathered, the idea of building barn
occurred to him, and the result is
shown in the picture. A barn of this
size, 20 by IL feet, would have cost, at
tie regular price for new material,
about S175; but Mr.. Austin gives the
actual cost in cash as follows:
sbinsie iaths. ...............'........ ia
AOOF anu uoOFS-- .--.--'.-.--------.-..-- W
Total cash t---....-.....--..-..-S12 90
The barn is built entirely of drift
wood. The barrel slaves were cut in
two and nailed on just as shingles are
used. In all, Mr.. Austin used 720 bar
rels in covering the barn. 1t serves his
purpose for stabling a horse and his
fodder, implements, ETC., as well as a
more expensive barn. Many of our
western readers, who never saw the
ocean or listened to the roar of its
breakers. will be interested to know
how this driftwood has been utilized
for building purposes The waves
throw ashore each year vast quantities
of wood, sometimes taken from the
wrecks of vessels. and sometimes
washed or thrown overheard from pass
ing ships. If anyone can tell of a cheap
er barn than this, with the timber or
other material thrown up into ones
dooryard. we shall be pleased to report
it.-Rural New Yorker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

q CAPABLE mother must be healthy mother.
The experienced maternity shoudnot be approached
without careful physical preparation
practical counses the expectant
she without by
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
GAPAB BE
MOTHER
HOOD

and consulted a physician. bu
not become pregnant.
Seeing one of your books,
my troubles and asking for az
swered my letter promptly
the directions faithfully. al
much benefit that I canno
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetat
pound enough. I now find
pregnant and have begun its
use again. I cannot praise it
enough"
MRS. PERLEY MoULToN,
Thetford, VT. writes:
dear Mrs. PINKHAM-
I think Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is an |
excellent medicine. / took |
several bottles of it before
the birth of my baby and
got along nicely. I had no
after-pains and am now
strong and enjoying good
health. Baby is also fat and
healthy"
Mrs. CHAs. GERBIc. 3o4
South Monroe ST., Balti-
more, Md. writes: DEAR l.
MRS. PINKHAM-Before tax l
ing Lydia E. Pinkharn's
Vegetable Compound / was
unable to become pregnant
health is much improved, an
and pride of our home"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

unable to become pregnant: used it nv
health is much improved and boy the iov
and pride of our home"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21

Gentlcness does more than yiolencei
che gentle calf sucks all the. COWS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-21
THE SERIOUS CEREUS
C-r. Smith Thinks There Are Times
When They Amount to
Tragedy.

might blooming cereuses are no Joke
remarked Smith to his partner as he ar
rived at the office about L O'Clock in tbs
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-28
REH ABILlTATlON OF MCCOY.
"Kid" Receivers His Reputation by Put
ting Out Mccormick.
(I.N e.legra MD


NEW YORK. Sept. 21.-lscfore 4 900
people at the LenoN Athletic Club to
night Md MCCOY clearly proved that
Jack Mccormick. Of Philadelphia. won
by "a flttke a few weeks ago in Chca &C,
when he knocked Mccoy out They
met at catch weights for a twenty
round so. and Mccoy reversed matters
in u Very thorough manner. He sin
ply smothered the big wrestler and
made him look like a novice. He sent
him down several times. but McCo:-
mick was not satisfied With these
breathing spells as he lay down savera!
times without receiving a punch.
MCCORMICK NO FIGHTER
He also transgressed the rules by
holding and wrestling and was fire.
quently cautioned He feigned being
groggy a. couple Of times, and tried 10
catch MCCOY off his guard so that he
could swing his right over. MCCOY
was not to be fooled by these wiles,
and kept on the alert ali the time He
would certainly have put Mccormick to
sleep had the big fellow stood up and
fought like a man. The spectators he
came Disguised With M'cCormicl's az
tions and so did referee Charley White,
who sent him to his corner in the
eighth round on account OF his drop
ping and declared Mccoy The winner
Before the fight Mccoy vas the IA
vorite at ten to three. Even money
was wagered that the fight would not
last six rounds.
After the men had entered the ring,
Peter Maher challenged the winnc..
Mccormick looked twice as big as
Mccoy.