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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-22
TREASURES in THE EAST.

Sir Jung Bahadur, the primo minister
to the king of Nepal, has hat made OF
diamonds, worth over 100000, and
perched on top is a single ruby of in
calculable value.
Orientals prize pearls very highly,
and one Indian rajah has an embroid-
cred turban of pearls worth $4,000.
The largest pearl known is owned by
the shah of Persia and is unappraisable.
When Queen Victoria was proclaimed
empress of India some of the nativs
kings at the celebrations wore costumes
that beggar description. A small item
in the attire of one ia iah was pair OF
gloves made of flexible golden scales
incrusted with diamonds, having in the
center of each back an emerald as big
rs a hazel nut, and ending in bangles
studded with rubies. the gloves being
worth not less than 100000.
India is the treasure home of the
world. For ages Ceylon and Durmah
supplied the world with the rarest
gems, and the eastern potentates kept
the finest for their own use. Of ali the
Jewels, the most noted belong to the
guicowar of Baroda. They are valued
at SIS, 900. His chief diamond neck
lace contains a stone called the star OF
the south, a Brazilian stone of 254
carats, for which 100000 was paid, the
whole necklace being valued at ST.
OGOOOO
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-22
INDIANS SELECT A CHIEF.
POttawatomies Pick an Honorary
Successor to the Dead POkagOn-
Tradition of Tribe Observed.

About 100 of the Pottawatomie-Pok-
agon band of Michigan and northern
Indiana held a council two miles north
of Hartford, Mich, under the old
council tree, nearby the residence
of Indian MeXiS. The tree is a large
maple, the branches of which spread
over a circle of 200 feet. 1t was the first
grand council held by the tribe since
the death of their chief, Simon Polka
gon.
1t was proposed that one of the oldest
Indians of the band should be chosen
honorary chief, and inasmuch as differ
ent candidates would be presented that
they should be voted for by ballot. Then
a middle-aged Indian arose and said:
although we are civilized, we are,
so far as the object of the meeting is
concerned, Indians still, and | propose
we vote according to our ancient GUS
TOM
This was finally agreed to. Two vet
Grams were selected to run for honorary
chiefs. The chairman instructed one
of them to take his position on the east
side of the old council tree and the other
on the west side. Then request was
made that the members of the council
should form in line around the man
they desired to elect. John Mix, Po-
kagon. was declared the choice of the
council, and was hailed by some of the
young men as 'our old war chief
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-22
TO STUDY HYBRID WHEAT.
Prof. Webber VIII Pay Visit to Eu-
rope for This Pur-
pose.

Prof. II. J. Weber, of the division of
vegetable physiology. department of
agriculture, has sailed for Europe to
attend a meeting of hybridists in Lon
don, held under the auspices of the
Royal Horticultural society While
abroad Prof. Weber will visit the most
learned and successful hybridists of
France and England. In the latter
country there has been produced va
riety of hybrid wheat which is said to
be of immense value.
Carton Bros. have for ten or fifteen
years been experimenting in wheat,
with the intent of producing a harder
and more fruitful variety than any yet
known. They contend that they have
produced variety which will yield
twice as much as any variety known,
and which will be much more successful
in resisting the rust. They have I'M
dertaken to sell it to the English, Aus
trian, and American governments, but
all thought that the price was too high.
An agent was sent from the United
States to examine this wheat. and re-
ported the results to be even more won
derful than he had been led to expect.
If the government purchases the origi-
nal seed, it will do so simply to dis
tribute it among the farmers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-22
THE HUCKLEBERRY.
Fame md Fortune Await the Man
Who VIII Succeed in ImprOV-
ing and EnInrginE 1t.

Sometimes somebody will make
money growing the delicious buckle
berry. 1t is product of considera BILE
commercial Importance. In the height
of the season New York takes 2.OOG
bushels day and the receipts at Chi
cago and other large cities are large.
Wisconsin markets from $780, 900 to $780,
O0C worth year. But the wild berry is
becoming scarcer and in time will cease
10 exist. The huckleberry and blue
berry are exceedingly shy in habit.
and there is some difficulty in domesti-
eating them, but enough has been done
i'll that direction to show that it is
possible. If small bushes are removed
from high ground, with ball of earth
attached to each, in the early spring.
and planted closely together in soil in
which there is plenty of sand and loan.
the chances are that they will grow
and produce for many years. Cultiva-
ton will probably greatly enlarge the
fruit, and whoever can establish a
huckleberry patch will find more profit
in it than was ever made from the
blackberry or is now being made from
the strawberry. On some farms there
are unused swamps that might be
profitably utilized in growing certain
varieties of the huckleberry such as the
Canadian.-AgricuItu Epitomist.
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WOULD TAKE HIS PLACE.
Young Woman Who Wanted Secre-
tary AISer to Let Her Relieve
Her Sick Soldier Lover.

Secretary Alger recently received a
novel letter from a Pennsylvania girl
which rather startled him and stamped
the young woman as a heroine of the
highest type. She has a sweetheart
who is member of the Tenth Pennsyl-
vania infantry, now on duty in the Phil
ippines. He was desperately i'll and
homesick and had written his family
asking them to secure his discharge
The young woman assumed the task
and wrote Secretary Alger letter in
which she made three propositions.
The first was commonplace one, which
simply asked that the sick soldier be dis
charged and sent home.
The second was one which made the
secretary's heart swell in admiration of
the girls courage. This was proposal
that if the soldier could not be spared
she should be permitted to take his
place in the regiment. She told Gen.
Alger she was strong, healthy and ro-
bust girl, fully competent to perform
all the duties of soldier, and would
be of infinitely more service to the gov
eminent than the man confined in a
hospital. She then begged the secre-
tary to let her go to the Philippine is
lands to nurse her lover if neither of
the propositions were acceptable to
him.
Secretary Alger did not lose any time
in acting in the matter, and Immediate
~ photographed Gen. Otis to discharge
the soldier and send him home on the
first transport leaving for this country.
He then wrote the young woman let
ter telling her what had been done, and
complimented her for the nobility of the
sacrifice she was willing to make to re-
lieve the sufferings of one of Uncle
Sans soldier BOYS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-22
THE CELERY CROP.
u the Plants Are Thrifty and VisOr-
ous They May BE Set Out
Late as August.

In growing a good crop of celery a
supply of thrifty, vigorous plants is es-
sential. These may be grown in seed
bed In order to have thrifty, vigor-
Gus plants, the soil should be rich and
thoroughly prepared in good hills.
The plants must have plenty of room
to grow, and if they come up too quick
ly it will pay to thin out.
In many cases a good top dressing
of wood ashes after the seed is sown
will be beneficial. Make the rows in the
seed bed about a foot apart. The seed
need very little covering, and it will pay
to firm the soil we'll after sowing the
seed: but if there is sufficient moist
ure in the soil TO induce n good ger
mination this is not necessary.
1t is quite an item to have short,
stocky plants, and if this is done the
plants must have plenty of room TO
grow. Give cultivation to keep down
the weeds and the soil in good filth.
Some celery growers prefer to trans
plant twice, cutting back the tops
slightly at the first transplanting. 1t
is claimed that by this plan more and
better roots may be secured.
After the plants have made sufficient
growth they may be transplanted where
they are to grow and mature.
In many eases celery may be grown
where an early crop has been grown.
The middle or latter part of July is a
good time to set out the plants, though
it may be done as late as August. AS
the transplanting is usually done at a
dry time, it will nearly always be good
plan to water the plants we'll an hour
before taking them up. Use water
enough to soften the ground. so that
the plants will come up readily, and
without injury to the roots.
Work the soil deep and thoroughly,
and then mark out the rows four feet
apart, with the plants ten to twelve
inches apart in the rows. Water two or
three times until the plants start to
grow. Clean, thorough cultivation is
necessary in order to secure thrifty,
vigorous growth.-St. Louis Republic.
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pITE AND POINT.

sometimes baby is most peaceful
when it's up in arms.-Golden DAYS.
III at first you don't succeed, o base
Puck.
ne more mean men you find, the
more firmly you should determine TO
nave one good man in the world.-L. A.
W. Bulletin.
There are men of good parts" OBJ
served the professor. who never sue
eeed In the drama of life because they
oon know how to act Chicago
Tribune.
Penelope-'"He raised NV hopes. only
10 crush them to the ground" Pa
Why, what did he do?'' PEN
elope-"He kissed me once and then
stopped "-Yonkers Statesman.
Charley Ito papa, who likes to spend
the evening at the tavern)-"Papa. help
me with my example, and I'll tell you
something" Papa-'What will YOU
tell me?' Charley-'I'll tell you where
mamma hid your boots" -Fliegende
Blaetter.
n bridgeport Conn., man fired point
blank at the heart of his wife, but the
bullet, CHANGING off corset steel, did no
HARM The moral of this tale is that a
woman should always wear a corset
when she is to be shot at.-Rochester
Herald
The clergyman's little son was tell
ing the small son of a parishioner of the
dreadful fights which he and his sister
lndulged IN. You don't mean to say
that ministers children fight? ?" replied
the Mortified little layman. "Oh, ves."
WHO whips?" Mamma Pitts
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Yankee in Paris.-'sYes, mon
sleur, these are the shoes worn by Louis
ANl. when led TO execution" He must
have limped painfully ION the con-
frary, monsieur, he walked boldly up
right and with great dignity He
must have been marvel of stoicism
Both these shoes are rights "-CIeve-
land Leader.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-22
The Life of Peach Trees.

There is no reason for peach trees
dying out in ten years, bearing them.
selves out" some farmers will say
What they mean is being starved out"
y peach tree, barring accidents. should
be good for 25 years. 1t should. how.
ever, have as good cultivation, liberal
feeding, and as much general atten-
ton as an annual crop. 1t should be
examined twice year for borers. and
when its limbs begin to die out and
look straggly-so that people ordinari-
~ will say it is played Quit should
be pruned back severely-cut way back
when new vigorous shoots with dark
green leaves will put forth, and the
second year after good crop may be
looked for. There are many 3O-year-old
peach trees in the country.-Journal of
Agriculture.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-22
AT THE RETAIL STORES.
Taken from the Dry Goods Economis'

| Taken from the Dry Goods Economist
New York;
Sashes of very broad Powered ribbon
| fringed on either side.
White serge jacket suits adorned
with gilt braiding and gilt buttons.
Detachable revers of white pique
| with broad vale to be worn with Elton
| jackets.
Displays of white summer millinery
accompanied by white ostrich feather
boas.
Wash suits. prettily trimmed. and
separate pique, duck and linen skirts for
girls.
i Two-toned trimmed sailors in combi-
nations of blue, brown, gray and black
! with white.
Feather boas in all the light shades
to accompany foulard and other sum-
mer costumes.
Stitched crash hats for golf or cycling
trimmed with crepe de chine, quilts and
plaid scarfs.
Manila hats for morning wear in
white and colors, decorated with dotted
malines, gauze and quilts.
Evening gowns of white silk APP
pliqued with sprays of flowers, and
their foliage made of colored chiffon
and outlined with silk or gold cord.
Broad collars with revers attached
made of tucked or hemstitched lawn or
nainsook deliberately trimmed with
valenciennes lace or batiste embroid-
cry.
Dressy costumes trimmed with broad
lace founcings, scantily applied, with
their lower scalloped edge outlined with
narrow chiffon ruching or a silk
fringe.
Organdie gowns in shades of hello
trope, blue and pink, with an album
dance of black or white lace trimmings
in the form of bands, deep tlouncings,
gimps and appliques.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-22
HAD REMOVED REMAINS.
Body of barefoot King OF HaVvaif'
Found to Have Been Taken
from Its Tomb.

The report comes from Honolulu that
when the tomb of LunaIilo, the bare
foot king of Hawaii" was recently
opened it was found that the remains
had been removed and that the metal
casket contained only portions of the
grave clothes. 1t is surmised that the
body may have been taken by natives
to a heather grave in the mountains,
as a thunderstorm on the day of the
burial had much affected his supersti-
tious subjects. Lunalilo was elected
king in 1878, but 10 months afterwards
died of consumption. Although he pos
sesset. - large fortune, he insisted on
going about the streets barefooted al all
times. BY his will, which was not
opened until 1881, he left his entire for
tune to found a home for aged Ha-
waiians.
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that are loaded on cars at the factory;
the raw material has first TO be hauled
to the factory. But the greatest haul
ing is done in the farming districts and
there it is that good highways are most
needed.
The subject has not been given the
attention and support it deserves, as
vet, for the simple reason that private
capital cannot become interested in the
building of common roads since there
would be no income from the invest
ment such as there is in railways.
Municipal. county, state and the ma
tional government have not had the is
sue brought directly before them in its
full significance because ii is necessary
to first educate the people to the neces-
sites of the movement. This is what is
being done by the wheelmen at the
present time, and it must be said to
their credit that they have enlisted the
sympathy and support of all the prom
inent farmers organizations in the
movement. With the two classes work
ing together it is only a question of
time until the movement will be made Il
political issue and then will come the
desired improvements.
The argument offered in favor of the
improved roads is, that they lessen the
cost of repairs, make it possible to haul
the largest amount of goods with the
smallest animal power, save time and
increase property valuations. No rall'
road company would expect to do bust
ness if its tracks and roadbeds were il
such condition as to make it either i'm
possible to use the tracks at long sea
sons of the year, or in using them have
to lose Il great deal of time and have i'm.
mense repairs to make; and yet that is
what the farmers and others using tbs
common roads are doing in compare
tive way every day in the year.
They make the most impracticablt
attempts at road building and repair.
ing, and then wonder why there is nc
profit in their products, which have
been hauled over bad roads al the great,
est expense. 1t has been estimated thai
in the states where the stone roads have
been built the cost of transporta.
ton has been decreased to 20 per cent
CT the former figures, and that the
roads pay for themselves within a few
years. 1t has been further shown that
the amount lost in the different ways
building and repairs of these roads on
the annual assessments made for them,
or that it costs no more each year &c
have good roads than it does to have
bad ones.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-22
THE ROAD MOVEMENT.
There Are Several Agencies at Work
Which May Make 1t n Great
Political Issue.

Readers who see mentions of the
good roads movement" do not realize
that in this there may be one of the
great national issues of our politics at
some time in the future, possibly with
in a comparatively short time. This
movement was started by the wheel
men through their national organiza-
ton, the League of American Wheel
men, and hundreds of thousands of dol
lars have been spent by it in the agita-
ton.
The principle of the movement, as
advocated by the wkeelmen, is that the
common roads of the country are as i'm
portant as the railway systems, the
statement being made by them, and be-
ing easily understood, tfat there is not
an ounce of any commodity hauled over
the railroads that is not first transport
ed by wagons over country roads or
city streets. 1t does not matter if the
commodity is manufactured articles
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-22
HIGH LIGHTS.

Of two evils chose the one you have
worried through before.
Even people who can't hold their
tongues know when other people
ought to.
When the doctor tells a woman to diet
she eats less ut the table and more in
the pantry.
The woman who has her first spec
tacles always believes she wears them
just to rest her eyes.
A man never knows what he can dc
until he tries, and then he wishes he
had done something else.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-22
Machine Road Member.

In spite CT the constant advance il
mechanical contrivances there are GER
tain occupations which must still de-
pend upon handiwork. Such we as
sumo to be the business of picking up
with the pickaN the stones of mac
adamiZed road before fresh metal could
be laid and rolled upon it. But ma-
chine called Kutty's patent macadam
road scarifier may now be seen at work
in London, and possibly elsewhere,
tearing up the street roadway in the
most satisfactory manner. 1t is of the
nature of pillow, the plowshare being
represented by thick spikes OF chilled
iron, which, set at an angle, tear up
the roadway as the machine is dragged
behind a steam roller.-Chambers
journal.
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Thinning Fruit Orchards.

Whether or not it pays to thin the
fruit of an orchard, everyone agrees
that with few trees it is advantageous
to thin an overburdened crop down to
a reasonable number of choice fruits.
In an experiment reported by the de-
partment of agriculture, thinning was
found to increase the total yield and
to decrease rot. The thinning was
practiced with apples, peaches and
piums, early thinning giving the most
practical results. 1t was concluded
that it pays best to commence work of
this kind Immediately after the fruit
has set
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-22
Bones Have Numerous Uses.

There are farmers who attach little
or no importance to the bones that
are thrown away and made no use of.
This is a great mistake. They can be
utilized in many ways. They are an
excellent thing to make poultry lay, if
fresh and crushed fine with bone mill.
You can get mill for five dollars and
ifyou cannot conveniently purchase one
at present, just crush them with a
sledge or an AK. If you get mill you
can make bone meal. which is an excel
lent thing to feed to young chicks. They
can be placed around the roots of
grape vines and fruit trees. to make
them yield better fruit. They also
make an excellent fcrtilizer.-Prairie
Farmer
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Cousin of Lincoln and Davis.

John beverley, a commercial traveller
of Wichita, Kan, is distant cousin of
both Abraham Lincoln and jefferson
Davis. Mr.. Peverley's grandfather was
first cousin to Lincoln's father, and his
grandmother was first cousin to Davis
father.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-22
Give tine Cn,Idren a DRINK

called Grain-O. 1t is delicious, appetizing
nourishing food drink to take the place OF
coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all
who have used it, because when properly
prepared it tastes like the finest coffee but
is free from all its injurious properties.
Grain-O aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves. 1t is not a stimulant but health
builder, and children, as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit. Costs about as
much as coffee Is and 25c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-22
WIRE-FENCE CORNERS.
To Brace Them Effectively and Sc
curely Is Neither Very DifH-
cult Nor Expensive.

There are many ways of securing the
corners of wire fences. Weighing. an
choring, bracing, guying, etc. are used.
1t is neither difficult nor expensive to
put in corners for a wire fence (whether
barbed, woven CT plain) that will not
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-22
Origin of "Rubberneck.-

The slang expression "rubberneck'
was born in Vallejo, Cal, and it was
used all over the slope for number of
wears before it finally worked its way
east. The man from whom the express
sion was derived-or. rather, to whom
it was first applied-is constable in
Vallejo. In former years he travelled
with a one-night-stand circus as man
with a Rubber skin. His looseness of
pelt is still remarkable. When the show
with which he travelled smashed up in
Vallejo this man, after hanging around
for while, got a job as town constable.
He possessed a very inquisitive nature,
and, armed with his new authority. he
did lot of nosing around and prying.
A drunken marine from Mare Island.
who knew of the constable's man-with-
a-rubber-skin history, first applied the
title "rubberneck" to the constable,
and. although the marine got ''pinched"
for il, the constable's new title stuck.
and he has to stand for it down to the
present time. The word worked its
way down to San Francisco in time,
and thence all over the coast, and some
travelling men took it east two or three
wears ago.-San Francisco Bulletin.