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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
THE E
Shreyvd Yankee Farmers Have
Turned 1t Into an Ev~er-Increas-
ing Source of Income.

The modern farmer is learning to
take advantage of the weaknesses of
nature, says the New York Mail and
Express. One of these weaknesses is
found in the lordly pumpkin. Bruise
a growing pumpkin and the scar will
never be cleared away. but will show
in the ripe pumpkin in the shape of
delicate little yellow warts. Starting
with this principle, some shrewd Yam
KEGS have made their pumpkin farms
valuable.
After the melons get good-sized and
prove hat they will be fine ones the
farmers go into the patch and with a
sharp stick scar them so that when
they are ready for market their happy
faces bear, in words of warts, legends
like these: "Eat me at Smith's;" Smith
will make pies of me soon;" Browns
pies are the BEST" Jones pies are de-
~licious," You can eat me inside"
The willy farmer hauls these warty
fellows to market, and, calling Smith,
Jones and Brown from their respective
restaurants, shows the strange freak of
nature. Of course a sale is made on
sight, and the pumpkin lies at the front
of the restaurant for a few days to as
tonish ~passers-by until it must be made
into pies to save it. Then the farmer
discovers another freak pumpkin, suit
ably marked, to replace it. Fancy
prices are to be paid for these pump
kins. and stony patches that would
never pay taxes in any other crop pro-
duce wealth in pumpkins.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
A Trial Bottle Free,

Rheumatism, Sciatica and Neuralgia with.
stand every other medicine, but yield Oh
the instant to IS Drops" To enable all suf.
i sepeFi Tree 70 'a e tr saS b %Gheee on r fs,lgty 81 I've tw WV >
cent stamps to pay for mailing. Large bottles
of 800 doses $1.O0, sent prepaid by mail or ex'
press. IS Drops is a preventive as well as
a curative for Rheumatism, S~ciatica, Neu
ralgia. Gout, Dyspepsia, Backache, Asthma,
Hay Fever, Catarrh, Liver and Kidney
Troubles, Sleeplessness, Nervousness, Nerv
Gus and Neuralgia Headache, Earache
T~oothache, Heart Weakness, La Grippe
Malaria, Paralysis, Creeping Numbness, and
a long list of other ills. Write US in haste
and stop your suffering. Agents wanted
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., l60 Lake
Street, Chicago, III.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
wellington Settled Him.

When the queen came 20 the thron-
her first public act was to so in state
to St. James palace to be proclaimed.
She naturally wished to be accompanied
in her state coach only by the duchess
of Kent and n of the ladies of the
households; but Lord Albemarle, who
was a master Of the house, insisted tina:
he had a right to travel with her
majesty in the coach. as he had done
with William ". The point was sub
mitted to the duke of Wellington as ]
kind of universal referee in matters OF
precedent and usage. His judgment
was decidedly unfiattering to the out.
ragged magnate. 'The queen can make
you go inside the coach or outside the
coach, or run behind like a tinker's
dog."-Albany Argus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08

There is in Manila a savings institu-
ton and public pawnsbop. which is
practically under the control of the
church. 1t is called the Monte de
Piedad." 1t was established to make
to the poor people and has done
a good work during the few years it has
been in existence. 1t has been fairly
successful and has proved to be a
source of profit to those who IT in
terested in it.-Chicago Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
The Spiders Aanetfte.

The spider has a tremendous appe,
tite and his commanding defies all
human competition. A scientist who
carefully noted a spiders consumption
of food in "a hours concluded thaf.if the
spider were built proportionately to the
human scale he would eat at daybreak
approximately a small alligator; by
eve a. M, a lamb; by nine a. m, =
young camelopard; by n o'clock, 4
sheep, and would finish up with a lark
pie in which there were 100 birds. Yet
in spite of his enormous appetite, d
spider has wonderful power of refrain.
ing from food. and me has been known
to live for ten months when absolutely
deprived of food. A beetle lived in q
similar state Of unrefreshment for three
years!-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
TAIL BOARD SEAT.

shown in the cut. y small hole and
wire nail will keep the board from
Shipping at the other end. Five chair
OF sofa springs nailed to the middle,
with a short board nailed above them,
will make a very comfortable seat,
and one that will not be in the way
when it is desired to use the board az
''tailboard.'-N. Y. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
Value of Good Pastures,

The editor of the Journal of Agricul-
ture. Montreal, makes an estimate of
the value of good pastures. He claims
to be well acquainted with some of the
finest pastures in England. from which
the well-known "Gloster" cheese is
made. They have been in grass from
time immemorial, and the tenants pay
at least ten dollars an acre as annual
rent for them. 1t takes three acres to
pasture a cow a year, and the COWS av-
erage 44s pounds of cheese, worth S42,
a calf worth SIS, and the whey is worth
about SIS to feed the pigs. This, then,
gives as the income from three acres,
and the labor and use of the cow, about
s67. or S23.33 per acre.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
True to His Promise.

Mrs. Synnex-When Tom asked me to
have him he promised me that my lightest
wish would always be law with him.
Mrs. Sauer-And, of course, that was all
the promise amounted to-mere empty
words.
No, I won't say that. Tom always re-
spects my lightest wishes. It is in matters
of Importance where he is bound to have
his own way.-Boston Transcript.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
Old Salt Mines.

The salt mines of Wieliezka, near
Cracow, Poland, were mentioned in
1914 and have been worked since 1910,
The first map of the mines was made in
1898 by Martin German, a Swedish
mine surveyor. The eight shafts now
in existence are from 2O7 to 9S5 feet
deep, and the length of the levels now
open is $4,000 feet, with 115, 500 feet
of underground tramlines.-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
IT wouId BE Dinerent Then.

"She was talking about me-" she
said to the young man who had been
chatting with her hated rival.
He admitted it,
urged.
"If you knew" he replied, with mas.
culine bluntness, you would wish tina,
you didn't."-Chicago Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
Does Coffee Agree with Yous

If not, drink Grain-O-made from pure
grains. A lady writes: "The first time 1
made Grain-O 1 did not like it, but after rs
ing it one week nothing would induce me to
go back to coffee" Itnourishes and feeds the
system. Children can drink it freely with
great benefit. 1t is the strengthening SUBJ
stance of pure grains. Get a package to-day
from your grocer, follow directions in max
ing, and you will have a delicious and ealthful
table beveragefor oldandyoung. l5c and Csc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
carmnnr Protecting birds.

The feeling in Germany against the
wholesale slaughter of Birds in ItaiJ
is getting very bitter. This year very
few swallows have come from tne
south. and it is feared that in a rev
years they will be practically exter~
minated.-N. 7. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
Homeseekers. Excursion Tickets.

To nearly all points in the United States
on sale at all ticket offices of the Chicago
Great Western Railway on the first and
third Tuesdays of October, November and
December, at the very low homeseekers'
rate of one fare plus $500 for the round
days from date Of sale. Persons eontem.
plating a trip will save money by calling on
any Great Western Agent and obtaining
detail information regarding the home
seekers rates, or addressing F. II. Lord,
G. P. & L. A, l13 Adams ST., Chicago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
A SEAT.
1t Can Be Made and Adjusted in a Few
Moments and Costs But n
Few Cents.

Take one of the rear e~ndboards, or
~"tailboards." as they are often called,
and fit a cleat to one end of it, as
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08

It is said that an ordinary brick weighs
about four pounds. Nevertheless, the man
who gets hit with one imagines it to weigh
about four tons.-Norristown Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08

Tramp Caught stealing a ride)-"Mr.
Brakeman, if you force me to leave THIS
train I'll boycott this road and never ride
over it again."-Indianapolis News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08

Teacher-"Willie, where is the capital of
the United States?" WILHELM the trusts"
Buffalo News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08

The Best Prescription for ChiIls
and Fever is a bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simplyirona and quininein
atasteless form. No ure-no pay. Price, SOC.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
What Shall we Have for Dessert

What ShaII we HaVe lot DesseFts
This question arises every day. Let US an
heaithful. Prepared in two minutes. No
boiling! no baking! add boiling water and
set to cool. Flavors:-Lemon, Orange, Rasp-
berry, Strawberry. At your grocers. l0c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08

Stoughton-"Did you have a good time
at the banquet last night?" Manhattan-,
Splendid. | drank myself into Insens1bll-
Transcript.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08

An Atchison young man is called Lilly"
by his acquaintance, because he tolls not.
-Atchison Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
Evidence of Progress.
answered the Young man.

care you still r~esolute in your idea of be-
ing a singer"
Il am" answered the young man.
care you attracting any attention."
Some. While l was practicing yester-
door 10 ask me What was the eO matter with
me, and to inquire if they could be of any
assistance STRAY Stories.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08

pleases all the family. Four havors:-Lem-
on, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. At
your grocers. 10 cts. Try it to-day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
Careful Picking of Apples.

The fruit should be loosened by
raising upward and not pulled off, as
is usually done, and with varieties
that cling tenaciously, raise the apple
and give it a half turn at the same
time. Lay carefully in the basket OF
receptacle used. and when placing in
& barrel or box handle with care, in
fact just as tenderly as you would
eggs. thereby preventing bruising OF
puneturing of the skin by the stems.
Apples for home use should not be
placed in the cellar. but in a dark
wei;-ventilated building. until freezing
weather approaches. and those intend
ed for market should be put upon the
ground under the trees. TO remain a
week or more, and hen barreled. All
bruised mes are then readily discern
ible anc may be thrown out for evap-
Grating or other use.-Farmers' Voice
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
Penny wisdom Is Expensive.

To run a creamery successfully he'll
must be sufficient to prevent any mi0E
having to do double duty. When a
creamery is run short-handed some Of
the vital things + neglected The man
at the weigh can may be conscientious
but if he has to leave his position to
look after the boilers he will have to
take some things for granted in the
quality of milk he is receiving. 1t is
a short-sighted policy to attempt to
save a few dollars per month ON
wages and lose it at the selling price
of the butter.-Farmers' Review.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
d.. Greene,.
N@E~WHHR>a

Thousands of other children can thank Dr. Greene and his wonderful
remedy Tor the strength n health they enjoy. Children to whom it is given
have less sickness, better health, better growth, n longer n more vigorous
lives. Parents should realize that It's their duty to give it to every child who
is not il perfect health. There are no diseases more dreaded by parents than
fits, epilepsy, and st. Vtus dance Yet no child would be troubled by them
if Dr.. Greenes Nervura were given when the first symptoms appear.
Charles L. McE2ay, a nightly esteemed police
officer, who resides at ~ Myrtle ST., New Bedford
Mass, says
Abo wv yeMsa go M little daughter became run down in health nd suffered
from It. Vnus dance. Soon after she was prosuatedt b. rheumatism which severely
affected her low limbs
AFTER irving various remedies without obtaining relief, she began taking Dr
Greenes .Ngvura blood and. nerve remedy, and experhnced immediate benefit he
appetizer returned, Ter pains disappeared. she vas gain able to. walk without hmenes, her
general health vas restored IN she was abe to attend school and to play Like other
children"
DR.. .Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, Is the prescription and
discovery of the wen-known Dr. Greene, of IS West 18th Street New York
CITY, who is h most successful specialist lin curing a III forms OF nervous
and chronic complaints, and he al be consulted in any case, Tee or cnarses
personally or by letter.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-05

IOOpyriSnt, I9UU, Oy Z. q. LeWiS.I
We learn that the local vigilance
committee at Lone Jack has been dis
banded. This is as 1t should be, or,
rather, the members should have hung
each other first and thus cleared the
town Of rascals.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-05
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Some Episodes In the Daily Life Of
Exhilarating Town.
copyright. 1900. by c. B. Lewis.I

copyright. 1900 by c. B. Lewis.I
The runor that we had received a
public clock by freight and were pre-
pairing to hoist it to the roof of The
Kicker office was set afloat by some
idiot on Tuesday, and within an hour
there was a crowd of 200 men in front
Of the place. Each one had a gun in
his hand, and each one expected to
shoot ut least one face off that clock.
but disappointment awaited the crowd.
We know this town and it's little
fdiomS. and we are not investing in
PUBLIC timepieces. population who
will drill bullet holes through n plaster.
of paris bust of Shakespeare to hold
civilization in check wouldn't let a
town clock tick five times before the
fuSillade began.
In our last issue we stated that Jim
Watkins of the White Eagle saloon
had been warned out of New Mexico
by vigilance committee and was said
to have five dead men to his credit as
bad man. 1t appears that we were
mistaken, and we hasten to set Mr.,
Watkins right in the public eye He
came from Indiana instead Of New
Mexico, and he broke Jail instead of
being warned to move on AS to his
record. he stole five cows instead Of
shooting five men. All editors get
things mixed now and then. and for
one we are always willing to make fun
apology See Jim's big adj. in this
issue and give him Il call
Colonel Childers is back on our sub
scription list again after three
months absence. He stopped his pa
per because we wouldn't pitch into
Persia and bring on bloody war. and
Wednesday afternoon was our first
chance for riding out to his ranch. He
was prepared for us. We got behind
4 rock and fired pa SHOTS into his house
while he bazcd away at us with about
as many. but things finally got so hot
for him that he surrendered and came
to time. When a name drops off our
subscription books, VIZ want to know
the why of il. and ii the man iIve~
within 30 miles Of ~ generally
manage To shoot lin back on again.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-05
Eip,so Cats the sR.turns.

WHEN we make little money in
the mining business we come in and in
vest II in Ell Paso reel estate" said .
mining man from the Organ district to
a HERALD man recently. This state
ment was exempllfied by Henry Foy
and son, who returned to their proper
ty In the Organs last night after being
In this city few days investing money
which they made In the Organs, in FL
Paso real estate Also Billy Hayden,
. heavy stock holder in the Torpedo
aud Modoc mines in the Organs. re-
turned to his work there last night
after coming In to buy the Ioternatio-
nal saloon. which he former.
ly owned but disposed of severa' weeks
ago. BE was accompanied by his uncle
DR.. J. V. Cowan, of Las Cruces.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-05
BUNCO STEERERS
Rounded Up And Ordered Out sOf
Town.

Town.
There has been all kinds of trouble
of late with gang of bunco men that
m sde their headquarters az the Bohe-
milan saloon. The police have been after
the fellows for some time, but while It
has been known that they have nesced
the unwary more than a few Shines IL
has been difficult to get them where
the offence could be fastened on them.
Today, however, Officers John Toy.
lor and Pat Dryer caught the gang In
the Act of fixing . stranger, q business
man who does not want bis name men
toned, and they rounded the crowd
up.
Two Of the men were put In jail
Three more we're ordered by the chief
to get out of town. This afternoon
another was arrested aud jailed. The
three 10 isil were all subsequently,
turned loose with the warning that II
they did not clear GU. of town by TO-
night they would be severely dealt
with.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-05
HEARDIN
HOTEL LOBBIES
CONTINUED from 4th page)

CONTINUED from 4th paRe)
numerous hard fought battles With the
rebel Tsgals OF our new Psciflc pos
sessions. They registered from Manila,
p. 1.
d. G. Nelson, q we'll known Citizen
Of Salem, Ohio. and q prominent poll
tician OF that state, was at the Pierson
last night from Mexico City where he
has been looking after business inter
ests. Mr.. Nelson believes that Mexico
has before IL . great future, and that
Its growth during the next decade will
be far more rapid than It's Advancement
up 70 the present time, though be
thinks that Mexico has forged to the
front wonderfully In the past.
Mr.. Nelson left the city this morn
ing for bis home in Ohio.
sit IL q mistaken impression that the
war In South Africa has caused the
great increase in the price OF diamonds,
remarked Michael MeyeroWitz, the
owner OF large jewelry house of New
York, who is registered at the Zsiger.
1T is true that diamonds have &C :
vAnced in prizes, but It is due to the fact
that this country has had good times
for the pact three or four years, and
that in consequence the demand for
precious stones hes increased. There
Is no better method of determining
whether or not this country is pros.
porous, than by the mum Der OF diamonds
being bought. With the exception o!
diamond engagement rings, the stones
are luxury which hard times make
impossible of indulgence.
II do not believe that the Beer war
has caused the increase 10 the price of
the diamonds. Eighteen months ago
cold eighty five hundred dollars worth
of diamonds. Today l would buy those
stones back from the purchasers as ten
percent more than was paid for them.
There is DO doubt but that the war be-
tween England aud the Beer republic
has been made an excuse in many ins-
tsDces for an advance in price,"
When asked il It were not true that
such conditions we're taken advantage
OF by importers,of diamonds and oshe
articles, Mr.. Meyerowitz admitted
that 1t was In many respects. The
dealers have taken the fact of Q state
OF war being In existence In South
Africa, rs an excuse to advance
prices on diamonds from fifteen to
twenty per cent.
There have been as many diamonds
Imported into this country during the
Boer war, as there were before" he
added. THE South African mines
have been worked right along, and
The war has not in at least interfered
wish the mining industry there. II
some small mines have closed down IL
has been as much on account of other
re asons as on account OF the war, and |
the trade has not noticed the effect In |
The least.
lizard times affect the diamond |
trade good DEAL" said he, "and we
Jan most certainly tell whether or not
We are having prosperous times. For
ne past three years things have been
more than pros perous.''
He thought Texas was q "brisk"
tate, and that Ell Paso was q chip OF
he old block.
lei Psso is hustlinR, thriving lit
lie place" he Continued, land there is
10 doubt but that 1t will De CREST
'ity some dsy.
II notice growth and q steady i'm
,rovenent In all directions, each time
hat | return"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-05
THE SONNET'S VOICE.
IA metrical lesson by the seashore. ,

IA metrical lesson by the seashore.l
Yon silvery pillows breaking on the beach
Fall back in foam beneath the star shine clear,
The while my rhymes murmuring in your
restless lore like that the pillows teach,
For on these sonnet waves my soul would reach
From its own depths and rest within you. dear,
As. through the billowy voices yearning here,
Great nature strives to find a human speech.
sonnet is wave OF melody;
From hcaving waters of the imprisoned soul
billOw of tidal music and whole
Flows in the ''octave:" then. returning free,
Its ebbing surges in the ''sestet" roll
Back to the deeps of life's tumultuous
Theodore Watts.