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Iron County register., 1900-03-15
CHINESE FARMS IN NEW YORK.
All the Vegetables for Chinatown
Are Raised Within the City
Lfmifa.

lt is possible, without going beyond
thu; corporate limits of TIE city of New
York, to sec Chinese farmers, dressed
in the costume worn by the agrrcul-
tural class in the FlowerJ kingdom,
engaged in cultivating Chinese oelica-
cies with Chinese farm implements.
There are sevsn Chinese farms in that
city which supply all the vegetables
used by the 10000 Chinese in the city
and its neighborhood. -Four of these
farms are at Astoria, and form what
is undoubtedly the most picturesque
oriental spot in the cosmopolitan CITY
1t is more strikingly Chinese than
anything in Mott street. From his
surroundings the beholder might
imagine himself in one of the sub
urbs of Peking.
The Chinese farmers wear exactly
the same style of dress as their
brethren at home. The hat is made of
bamboo split and braided like straw.
1t is shaped like bell, and is fiattened
out with a broad brim, so that it al
swers for a hat and umbrella at the
same time. The rest of the costume
consists of a blouse made of coarse
cotton, and trousers of the same. The
feet are bare.
These farmers disdain American i'm
plements, such as the plow, harrow
and spade. They use those to which
their ancestors have been accustomed
for centuries, the most important be-
ing long. bamboo-handled hoe. With
this they dig up the ground, pulverize
Oh = ir@o lo Iol
for planting, plant the seeds, and cul-
tivate the plants. The only other i'm
plement in use is long, three-pronged
fork shaped like hoe.
1t is 20 years since the first Chinese
farmer started little truck-farm near
Astoria.
The Chinese farmer is unlike his
American brother in that he produces
four times as much from d plot of
ground. Crop after crop is raised in
single season, the limits of the sea-
son being extended far beyond those
recognized by the American gardener.
The soil of Chinese farms is allowed
no rest. 1t is hoed and watered and
weeded from morning till night, and
the vegetables produced are conse-
quently of superior quality.
The Chinese gardener believes in
plenty of water, and after leading it
through pipes under his beds to
water barrel, he laboriously lifts it
out, bucketful by 6ucketful, and
throws it over the growing plants 1t
would be useless for an agent to at
tempt to sell him garden hose. No
self-respecting Chinese vegetable
would grow if sprinkled with such a
western contrivance.-N. Y. Post.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
Type as Ammunition.

At the time of the Maori war in New
Zealand a newspaper correspondent
had strange experience. The publish
ing office of newspaper was close to
the scene of some of the hottest fight
ing During the struggle the Maoris
ran short of ammunition for their
guns. and, raiding the newspaper of
ces. charged their guns with type and
stereo blocks. This novel ammunition
proved very effective. One of the white
invaders was severely wounded with a
patent medicine advertisement, and an
other was crippled for life by church
bazar announcement, and the editor.
who had taken refuge with the British
troops. had a narrow escape from being
hit with one of his own poems.-Cin-
cinnati ENQUIRER.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
pTTH AND POINT.

= man can accomplish things at m
snat he would be ashamed tn atte,nnt
at 4o.-Chicago Daily News.
My Iacndcess must ride a wheel" :"
What do you mean?" "She's such a
scorcher.-Harvard Lampoon.
1t really doesn't matter whether a
woman thinks we are handsome if she
can only feel assured we think her So
-Elliott's Magazine.
oh, George, elephants have dropped
in price from $4,000 each to s1.5CO."
NOW, Clara, L warn you, if you buy one
You needn't expect me to board it,
Indianapolis Journal.
Servant-"A gentleman at the door
wants TO know If Mr.. Brown lives here"
Mr. Brown-"Tell him no; that Mr..
Brown boards here. Mrs Brown is
probably the person he wishes to see.'
Boston Transcript.
Snobson Ito inhabitant of out-of-way
seaside resort)-'What sort of people
do you get down here in the summer ?'
1nhabitanf-''Oh, all sorts, zur. There
De fine people an common people, an
some just half and half like yourself.
Zur."-Punch.
Mrs. 4oungpop-''Dear, we must get
one of those burglar alarms" Mr..
1oungpop-"What for?" Mrs. Young
Pop-"What do you suppose? You
know if anyone tries to break into the
house, 1T will go off" Mr.. Youngpop
Yes, and wake the baby. Not muchi'
Philadelphia Press.
An Atchison woman whose ambition
in life is to hold her tongue, locks her
self up alone in her room whenever she
is troubled about anything. In this
way she cheats the sympathetic friend
who coaxes her to tell all your
troubles to me, dear child" and saves
herself the humiliation of telling too
much.-Atchison Globe.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
Mixing Kerosene Emulsion.

Many speak of the emulsion as
troublesome to make. l find it very
easy by the following method: A bar
of common washing soap is dissolved in
a quart of water and allowed to boil,
then two quarts of kerosene are added
to the boiling soap. This is churned,
while hot, with revolving egg beater;
a force pump would be better, but do
not own one, and beater answers very
well. When the emulsion is properly
made it will come like butter, so thick
that the beater viii not work. A pint
of the thick emulsion is diluted with
eight quarts of water, making liquid
resembling skim milk in color but
closely related to kerosene In odor-
vick's Magazine.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
ARE GOOD MEDICINES.
Many Vegetables and Fruits Are
More EficaciOus Remedies Than
Drugstore Compounds.

We take the following from an ad-
dress delivered by L. H. Galloway be-
fore the Illinois Horticultural society,
as published in the National Rural.
We can vouch for many of these vege-
table remedies as being quite as eff
cacious and much more pleasant to
take than the prescription often given
by physicians. and some day we may
add others to the list here given:
Honey is wholesome, strengthening,
purifying, healing and nourishing. L
have reference to the kind made by
bees-Eot the glucose kind. Persons
suffering from rheumatism. nervous
diseases and nervous dyspepsia should
eat celery and turnips. Onions are al
most the best nervine known, and will
quickly relieve and tone up worn-out
system and are beneficial in cases OF
coughs, colds, influenza, scurvy and
liver complaints. Lettuce eaten by
those who suffer from insomnia is
beneficial. Let those who need iron
for tonic eat spinach, and let the
drug Gron) alone. Persons suffering
from gravel should eat onions and
spinach. Carrots should be eaten by
those who have asthma. Let those
who need increased perspiration to
relieve overworked kidneys and lungs
eat asparagus. Cranberries are proper
diet for those suffering from erysip-
elias. They should also be applied ex-
ternally. Lemons satisfy and cool the
thirst in fever. Blackberries are
tonic. Blackberry cordial is the prop
er remedy for diarrhea. Persons who
are bilious, who have Indigestion and
dyspepsia, conditions for which cal
omel is usually prescribed, should let
the calomel alone and eat freely OF
ripe tomatoes. Let those who have
rheumatism and need an aperient eat
pie-plant. The apple, excelling other
fruits in phosphoric acid, is an excel
lent brain food. 1t is aperient and
diuretic, and hence obviates indiges-
tion and dyspepsia and assists kidney
secretion and prevents gravel. 1t
cleans the mouth. Let persons who use
drugs classed as aperients and laxa-
'tives and cathartics stop their use and
eat freely of apples, figs, bananas, pie
plant, tomatoes, onions, Strawberries,
raspberries and blackberries.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
CROP THAT PAYS WELL.
When Properly Cultivated q Few
Acres of Onions VIII Give Excel
lent Money Returns.

When a good yield and quantity can
be secured, there are few crops that
give a better return than onions. One
advantage with them is that they can
be marketed as soon as matured, or
they can be stored and kept to be
marketed whenever desired.
In growing onions successfully, it is
essential to have good seed, to sow
early, to have rich soil, prepared in
fine tilth and to give thorough cultiva-
tion in good season. A failure in any
one of these will often so affect the
yield or quality of the crop as to deter
mine the question of profit or loss.
1t is an exceptional case to find
soil that is naturally rich enough to
make good crop of onions without
the addition of some manure or fer
tilizer; on the other hand. it is an eX-
ception to find a soil too rich. The
onion is gross feeder. 4 very heavy
dressing of coarse, fresh manure could
be given and Incorporated with the
soil with profit, were it not that in
most cases this kind of fertilizer con-
tains so many weed seeds as greatly to
increase the labor of clean cultivation.
On this account, so far as is possible.
well-rotted manure should be used,
taking care to thoroughly incorporate
it with the soil on the surface. Wood
ashes are one of the best fertilizers for
this crop, and if there is not enough of
well-rotted stable manure available,
commercial fertilizers can often be
used to a good advantage.
Onions grow so near the surface that
the manure should be applied anu
worked in the surface, and for that rea-
son top dressing after blowing will
generally be the best plan.
One advantage with onions is that
they may be grown on the same land
for several years Without change if
liberal manuring is done, and if clean
cultivation is given the first year this
will be found quite an item.
The very first favorable opportunity
in the spring should be taken adyan-
tage of to prepare the ground and sow
the seed as earliness is an important
item. The soil should be prepared in a
fine tilth.
a better termination of the seed and
a more vigorous start to grow will be
secured while the cultivation can be
commenced earlier and clean cultiva-
tion be given with less labor if care is
taken to have the soil thoroughly pre-
pared in good tilth before the seed is
sown. Mark out the rows ten or twelve
inches apart. If the drill is used it will
mark them out. SOW the seed and cover
all at once. One advantage in using
the drill is that the seed will be dis
tributed in the drill rows more evenly
and be covered at a more uniform
depth. 1t is best to use plenty of seed
so as to secure a good stand of plants.
1t is better to thin out than to replant.
Give clean cultivation from the start,
keeping the soil in good tilth until the
crop is matured.-St. Louis Republic.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

She is a charming widow, pretty,
bright and light hearted. She was a
charming young woman before she
married Mr.. Blank and moved away
to live in Georgia. Her married life
was most happy, and the death of her
husband was a great loss to her, but
she bore up under it. After the funeral
and a general packing up of things
she returned to her old home. The
day after she arrived there she was
met on the street by one of her very
solemn faced friends, who intended to
give her q cluster of that sympathy
that makes one feel as if the SYM
pathizer had thrown something at and
on the "sympat hizee.'
"Oh, Mrs. Blank!" said the solemn
one, II am so glad you are so well.'
''Yes," answered the widow, II am
as well as can be. l was never il in
my life, you know"
"And. Mrs. Blank" continued the
solemn one in more solemn tones, "T'm
glad to see you so happy"
why, yes. Yes, I'm very happy.
You know it was not. that died. 1t
was Mr.. Blank. Scimitar.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

This past season has shown to many
farmers who scarcely need to have
waited until now to learn the lesson.
the Importance of making preparation
each year for a season when the grass
in the pasture will be short, cows
shrink in their milk, calves and young
stock grow smaller, and in both ways
q loss will be occasioned that cannot
be made up by good feeding afterward.
When the price of milk and butter was
the highest they had the least to SELL
Those who had ensilage in the silo or
green fodder to cut and feed out were
fattening their pocketbooks, while the
man whose forethought did not come
until afterward was growing poorer.
1t is as necessary for the farmer to
prepare for a dry, hot summer as for
a cold winter. for both are sure to come
every year, even though they some
times are little delayed beyond the
scheduled time.-American Cultivator.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
A TOMATO TRELLIS.

of doors. For general crop prefer to
burn brush heap where my plant bed
is to be, then dig up with a mattock,
working in all the ashes while warm,
and sowing the seed in early spring.
The bed is we'll raked, thoroughly
firmed and covered with brush. This
makes an ideal bed where the plants
grow stocky and form good roots.
Transplanting is best done with a dib-
BILE, putting the plants on the west
side of the burrows running north and
south. If young plants are watered too
much they will not grow thrifty and
are more liable to blight. When the
plants get about one foot high they
should be trellised by driving stakes
near each hill or putting them eight to
IL feet apart and tying with binding
twine.-American Agriculturist.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
SAVAGE INSTINCTS.
South African Natives Grow Excited
Over Shedding of Blood in
the War.

One of the assured effects of war
is the rapid spread of contagion for
bloodshed. Savage tribes and civilized
nations are alike affected by it.
AS soon as the two white races in
South Africa attacked each other and
blood was shed, the native tribes
which had been conquered by them
began to show signs of excitement
and restlessness. Basutos, Kaffirs,
Zulus and other tribes, which nad
been living in peace, were info cted
with a frenzy for revolt and warfare.
The bad example of their white su-
periors lighted up the evil instincts
and passions of these savage races
that before had been held in abey-
ance.
The effect of the war in s. nth Af-
rica was similar in promotiI Euro
pean intrigue and jealousy. During
the summer a peace congress had
been held at The Hague, and strong
appeal had been made to the moral
forces of Christendom. With the out
break of war there was sn imme-
diate reversion to old-time habits Of
suspicion and underplot. The humane
policies of "the Parliament of Man.
were forgotten. Russia and France
found themselves cheek by jowl in
intrigues for harassing England and
carrying out secret projects of their
own.
If Germany remained in the back
ground. it was because a secret un-
derstanding existed with England by
which she was left free to pursue ag-
gressive policies of her own in return
for her apparent lack of interest in
what was going on in the Transvaal.
The contrast between the Europe
of the peace congress and the Europe
of the Transvaal war is a striking
one. BY single flash of militarism,
the peace-seeking Europe of The
Hague congress has been converted,
in Carlyle's phrase, into a Europe
electric with suspicion the Off
spring of the same brutal instincts
that are stirred to frenzy in the saw
age tribes of Africa.-Youth's Com
panion.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
800 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper win 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. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
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
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., 1900-03-15
Changing Breed. and Crops.

The farmer who is continually
changing his breeds of stock or his IA
Sorite crops is very seldom a money
maker. He is apt to find out that he
made the change just a little too late.
He sees some one making money on
beef cattle, and he abandons dairy
farming to breed fat cattle, only to
learn that he ought to have bred hogs.
He tries hogs, and becomes convinced
that sheep are more profitable. He
gives up a crop he knows how to grow
to take up some speciality that his
neighbor has found a profitable one,
and few years experience teaches him
how to grow it, but it also teaches him
that he could have bought his expert
ence much cheaper. We do not mean
that a man should not change his
breeds of stock, his crops or his meth
ods of farming, but he will do well to
make his changes gradually, and not
part with good thing every time he
thinks anyone else has better thing.
American Cultivator.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
ROMANS AND THEIR FISH.
AristOcratic Ponds That Cost For
tunes to Build and Keep in
Good Order.

Fish was in great demand at Re me,
and incredible sums might be made
by fish ponds or wasted on them. The
humble fish pond of the people, sup
piled with rain water and replenished
by fish taken out of rivers or lakes,
brought in large returns. The aristo-
cratic fish pond, furnished by Neptune
and constructed with elaborate art,
was more apt to empty pockets than
to fill them. 1t cost fortune to build
it, to stock it and to feed the fish. One
possessor of such a fish nursery made
nearly 200 a year by it, but it cost
the whole profit to keep it up. They
were expensive toys rather than Sc
rious investments. Varro once saw
a sacred tank in Lydia containing fish
which came to the edge at the sound
of flute, and which no one was al
lowed to touch; the fish of the. Roman
noble are, he says, nearly as sacred.
Hortensius, who had spent a mint of
money on his salt water fish tanks at
Baulos, was found out in buying all the
fish for his table at Pozzuoli. He fed
his fishes himself and was much more
anxious lest they should be hungry
'than / am about my asses, which
bring me in good profit" Varro scorn-
fully remarks. Half the fishermen of
the place were employed in catching
small fish to give to the big ones, and
salted fish was provided when the sea
was too rough for the boats to go out.
Hortensius would make you present
of team of mules sooner than of a
single one of his mullets. Lucullus
gave carte blanch to his architect to
ruin him if he could manage, by means
of subterranean passages, to contrive
a sort of tide in his tanks at Baiae, so
as to keep the water cool in summer,
when fishes in confinement suffer much
from the heat at the Naples aquarium,
a beautiful and wonderful place, sur
passing the dreams even of Roman
fish maniac.
Varro speaks of some one who was
more anxious about his sick fishes
than about his sick slaves, but the
story of the Roman 'who fattened his
lampreys on his slaves" belongs to
after times. Like other stories which
are told for the benefit of youth, it
lacks eXactitude. This seems to have
been the truth: millionaire freed
man of the name of Polio Vedius was
entertaining Augustus at supper when
a slave broke a crystal goblet; Polio
enraged. ordered him to be thrown to
the fishes; the slave appealed to the
emperor. who asked his host to pardon
him. but Polio refused. Augustus
then pardoned the man himself, and
had all Pollio's crystal goblts broken
and the fish pond filled up.-Contem'
porary
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
R,.sia,, ImperiaI Library.

Russia's imperial library dates back
to the wear 1900. and has to-day about
1.155. .GOO works in it. as well as over 90
900 manuscripts. This cannot be con-
sidered bad for 'benighted country.
And it is noteworthy that every facliI-
ty is given for the use of these by the
people of ST. Petersburg, who use the
library in no small measure. The ear
and czarina take much interest in its
increase and progress, and often give
their advice and help in connection
With it-AlhanN ArDuS.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
IuocuIattnE Soil with Germn.

DIR. Aikman describes some success
ful experiments made at the Alabama
experimental station on the inocula-
tion of the soil with nitragin, the new
germ preparation for supplying the
soil with nitrifying organisms for fix,
ing the free nitrogen of the atmos-
phere. Some earth was taken from a
lawn which for several years previous
" had grown luXuriant crops of COM
mon vetch, and which consequently was
rich in nitrogen-fxing bacteria, and of
this a solution was made in water. In
this solution the seeds of the hairy
vetch were dipped before sowing.
There were four experimental plats,
and all were cut on the same day and
the produce weighed. with the result
that there was a much greater increase
in the inoculated than in the uninocu-
lated plat.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
THERE'S MONEY IN 1T.
Tomato Growing Can Be Made the
Most Profitable Part of the Gar
dener's Occupation.

Tomato growing is one of the most
profitable lines for the gardner and
truck farmer. The yield under ordi-
nary circumstances ranges from $50
to 500 bushels per acre. The surplus
can be used for canning, making cat
sup and wine, and the refuse may be
profitably fed to poultry.
There are many varieties, but the
best 1 have ever planted are the Stone
and Canada Victor. The plants may
be grown in hotbeds- cold frames or out
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
From, Grateful

ago, stating my case to you.
ST had pains through my bowels,
headache, and backache, felt tired
and sleepy all the time, was troubled
with the whites. 1 followed your
advice, took your Vegetable COM
pound, and it did me lots of good. I
now have a baby girl. certainly be-
lieve would have miscarried had it
not been for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. had a very easy
time; was sick only a short time.
think your medicine is godsend to
women in the condition in which I
was. / recommend it to all as the best
medicine for women. MRS. MARY
LANE, Coytee, Tenn.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
HANDY CONTRIvANCE.
An Ohio Farmer Explains How He
Draws Water and Brings 1t
Into the House.

With view to having good water
and plenty of it, the past summer, 1
built two cisterns of about 12O barrels
capacity each-one for general house
use, the other for drinking alone. The
accompanying cut will explain itself.
We have used this plan for about
eight weeks and it has proved very
satisfactory. We use good suction
pump, so constructed that you can (by
using a set screw) turn the handle any
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
Not All TaRy,

sfCan you tell me who Ananias wasp
asked the old man of the proprietor of the
book store.
''Of course I can," was the reply. s.He
was champion liar Of the world at one time.
Did anyone call you Ananias?''
Yes, sir. Yes, called me Ananias, and,
durn my buttons, if I didn't think he was
givin' me a bushel of praisei Next man who
calls me Ananias won't never know what
house fell on him!'-Chicago Evening News
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
New Translation OF r. 8. w

A clergyman entering upon the charge of
new living not far from London resolved to
invite all his Pensioners to an ''at home in
order to make their acquaintance, and ac.
cordingly sent out cards to that effect. A
district visitor calling at one of the houses
was at once accosted in this way: "Oh, miss,
I'have been wanting so much to see you, for
my neighbor and | have got an invitation
card, but we are so puzzled about the four
big letters in the corner. She says they
mean: Reply soon, victuals provided but
now you will be able to tell us."-Chicaro
Chronicle
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
Dertroying Railroads.

A small contingent of Beers has real
lied the uselessness of merely tearing
up section of railway and throwing
the rails into a stream-the usual Boer
method of destroying a line. what
they now do is to heat the center OF
section to a white heat and carry the
rail by its two cool ends to the nearest
tree or telegraph pole, round which
they twist it in such way that 1T is D.
solutely impossible to use 1T again Tor
railway purposes.-N. Y. Sun.