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Iron County register., 1900-02-08
REGULARITY PAYS.
Feeding the Hens Between Meals In
Practice That Is Not to
Be Commended.

Have regular hour for feeding the
hens, and promptly appear on the scene
with the feed at that time. Give moth.
ing in the intervals between these hours
We have seen it advised to keep pail
of grain in the poultry house from
which a handful may be taken and
scattered on the floor every time the
place is entered. The theory is that it
has a tanning effect upon the hens, and
inspires confidence in and affection for
the owner.
When this is done. however, the hens
will always be petitioning for food when
the owner is in sight. They will tumble
off the nesting boxes at the first sound
of his footsteps, and will crowd up
against the wire in a state of excited
expectancy whenever he nears the
house or yard. The hens will be more
quiet and contented if they are given to
understand that there are regular feed
ing times and they can expect nothing
between the hours appointed for that
purpose. They will devote themselves
more industriously to scratching out
the grain which has been buried in the
litter and will not discontinue this work
to claim a ''bonus" at the hands of the
owner every time he appears in the vi
cinity of the quarters.-Farmers
Voice,
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
Balanced Rations for Hens.

The balanced ration is as necessary
in the poultry yard as in the COW yard,
and man that feeds an unbalanced
ration is wasting large part of his
food in either case. If food contains
40 per cent. more fat-forming parts
than nitrogenous parts then there is
bound to be large waste. If the fat
is laid on, it is wasted and worse than
wasted, for egg production; and if it
is not laid on it is as certainly wasted.
Most of our people feed an excess of
fat formers rather than an excess of
protein, the latter being the more cost
ly food. The man that got eggs all
through the fall was the man that fed
a balanced ration, and he will be the
man that viii get good yield of eggs
through the coming months.-Farmers'
Review.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Nearly so per cent. of the people os
France and Germany are engaged in
farming pursuits
Natural gas, conveyed through bam-
boo tubes, has been used for years in
CHINA for illuminating purposes.
Inc population of London is equal to
the combined population of Paris, Ber-
I'm, st. Petersburg and Rome.
The depopulation of Peru is iIlustrat-
ed by the fact that the valley of Santa,
which in the days of the Incas had a
population of 100000, now has only
5000.
The Muckross estate, which includes
the famous lakes of Killarney, is an
nually visited by so many visitors that
their fees amount to at least $4,000 a
year. which is two per cent. of the price
paid by Lord Ardilaun for the prop
erty.
The military budget of the French
republic foots up a total of 29, 900 Off
GERS, whose pay alone amounts to near
~ e4,OOO.OOO. Italy, under the same
head, has $4,000 officers, drawing e1.-
100000 annually. Spain paws. on ac-
count OF $4,000 officers, the sum of 6 g.
100000.
One OF the reasons why Paris is so
pleasant city to live in is that there
are many "mondes" there Whether Won
are literary, or musical, or artistic, or.
indeed anything whatsoever else, you
are sure to find little congenial world
and society devoted to your fayorite
form of art.
The greatest banquet in history took
place on August IS, 1889, when the 40,
OOO mayors of France sat at a table in
the Palais de l'Industrie, in Paris.
There were three relays of about IL, 1000
guests each. To prepare the feast re-
quired rs chief cooks and $4,000 walters
and scullions, etc.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
ROUP AND ITS CURE.
When the Disease Has Reached the
Advanced Stage the Hatchet
Is the Only Remedy.

Symptoms of roup may be described
thus: Fowls begin coughing, sneez-
ing and sometimes their breathing is
heavy, accompanied by a wheeling
sound; eyes become infamed, head
swells, have a watery discharge from
nostrils, which sometimes has an Of
fensive odor; they are drinking al
most continually if they have access
to water, which is indicative of their
being feverish.
AS the disease advances the head be-
comes infiamed, swelling on one or
both sides, frequently obstructing the
sight, the eye sometimes being entire
ly destroyed. 1t may be noticed that
when fowls are affected with this dis
ease they have splendid appetites and
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
Horse Racing on the STAGE

In racing scenes the horses DO run
at full speed; they run, however, not
On the fixed stage, but on what may
be called treadmills, which keep the
horses in front of the house for longer
or shorter periods according as they
are moved quickly or slowly. A picket
fence, placed between the audience and
the course, not only makes the scene
more realistic; it also hides the mech
anism of the treadmills. This fence
has contributed in another way to add
to the effect by being moved in oppo-
sition to the direction of the horses,
and so lending to their apparent speed.
As to the sounds made by the foot
falls of horses to be heard as though
passing outside an interior scene, they
are reproduced by the dried hoofs of
dead horses, or wooden limitations
mounted on handles and hammering
against surfaces of stone, gravel, sod,
or whatever the occasion may demand.
They are also more elaborately manu-
factured by revolving a cylinder with
pins protruding from the surface.
These pins are arranged, like the spurs
on a hand organ roller, to initiate trot-
ting, galloping or walking when struck
against other substances. IL the sound
of carriage is to be added to the
trampling of horses, wheels are rum
on sand.-Casse11's Magazine.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
The Right Kind of sheen.

The sort of sheep required a few
years ago is not wanted at all at the
present time. Feeders are having the
same experience with mutton that has
been experienced with pork. The fat
is no longer wanted. We are to-day
catering to finer taste in both
classes of meat, and this finer taste
calls for something which is not over
fat. You can find some first-class NUT
ton in all sheep of all breeds, but if
the carcass is made overfat we have
got to trim off a lot before cutting
chops for our customers. Even in the
cheaper cuts of meat, fats are no long
er wanted. What is required is a good
leg and plenty of lean side cuts.-Mr.
Fculds to Dominion Sheep Breeders
Association
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
M Brock Buncombe North Carolina March 1888
tributemy oda to the Of
He Was Satisfied.

A married couple who are in the habit oc-
casionally of going out at night to entertain
ments and social affairs, at such times
make themselves solid with their little
see a sick man. One week these social af-
fairs came pretty frequently. On Monday
night they went to the theater, and told
the lad that they had to sit up with the sick
man. Tuesday night they went out to visit
a neighbor, and explained that they were
going to give some medicine to the man
who was sick. On Wednesday night they
proposed to attend an entertainment, and
apologized to the young chap by saying they
had to put plaster on the sick mans back
to draw out the pain. Papa asked the
ery much Us lha my Sso man And maeh is he pretty
near dead?" "Yes, he's in bad shape" The
lad thought deeply for awhile, and then re-
marked: ''Well, papa, he can't, die any
too soon to suit me- e''-Memphis Scimitar.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
WHEN HERRING SWARM.
low Thousands of Barrels Are Cap
tured with Torch and Net i'm
Massachusetts Bay.

Never in the history of Massachu-
setts bay fisheries has there been re-
corded more successful herring sea-
son than the present one. Thousands
of barrels have been trapped, many
have been taken in the gill nets, but
the torch and dip net have played
great havoc with the shining-backed
fishes. The taking of fresh herring
in the harbor and near the shore this
season in such large numbers brought
thousands of dollars to the trapmen,
ard because of their cheapness and
quick delivery hundreds of vessels
have been baited up, sent to the fish
ing grounds and brought in on quick
trips.
The use of the torch for enticing
fish to the surface of the water dates
away back; the Boston, Swampscott
and South Shore fishermen have
dipped sperfng near Plymouth by the
aid of the torch for so years, as well
as the Eastport sardine fishers. The
novelty about this seasons business is
the dipping of full-grown herring at
night by the use of the torch. There
have been few spawn herring taken in
the waters of Boston bay appear like
a sea of milk by their deposits of
spawn and melt have not shown on
this coast for years. The herring
which struck this coast in such count
less numbers this season is an entire
1y new species.
Among the novel boats engaged in
fishing is the petroleum boat Quar-
tette, and when Capt. William Dexter
extended an invitation to a reporter
to make trip 1t was accepted, and
the craft was churEed toward Cohasset
at the rate of seven knots an hour.
Outside Boston light a heavy swell
was met, but the boat kept on until
1he shore of Cohasset was reached,
then the anchor was dropped and the
mainsail set to keep her from rolling.
The preparation for torching was
simple, as when the dory was hauled
up alongside a pole with a CRATE at
tached was lashe1 across the bow and
the crate filled with cotton, over
which was poured petroleum. There
were four men IN the dory-two on
the oars, one to dip and boat steer
er. As soon as they got into shoa1 wa
ter the torch was lighted, and while
the men on the oars made the dory
spin through the water the man in the
bow stood ready 70 dip when the fish
came to the surface in response to the
light.
Soon there rose to the surface her
ring in countless numbers, and every
time the dip net went down a busheI
of the shiny backs was brought into
the boat. Thirty dips were made. re-
sulting in take of ten barrels Then
the dory went alongside the launch
and shoveled them on deck. Ten trips
were made, and Capt. Dexter said he
had 100 barrels, which was all he could
comfortably carry.
The anchor was hauled up and the
boat headed for Boston. 1t was as
novel and pleasing a way of taking
fish as the writer ever saw. and when |
nnGer way the crew sat down to a |
meal after two hours hard |
work. The boat arrived at T wharf at |
$3.50 a. m, and when the market |
opened at seven o'clock part of the |
catcli was sold for bait and the bal
ance to the dealers.-Boston Globe.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
Weexil In Wheat Hin.

Bisulphide of carbon is used for de.
stroying the weevil in wheat bins.
Force a tube to the bottom of the bin,
pour in about pint of the liquid and
cover the bin. Thegas is heavy and finds
its way to every portion of the bin. 1t is
a dangerous substance to use unless
care is exercised, as a lighted pipe or ci-
gar will cause it to explode. even when
there is no flame. 1t is destructive Of all
insect life, but does not injure the
grain.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
Making Good Use of Straw.

Straw can be made to serve as a
food saver and also as food during
very cold weather. As long as cold
drafts enter the stables the animal will
demand sufficient food to create ami
NAL heat as protection. If the live
stock can be kept warm less food will
be necessary. When straw is used
through the fodder cutter and used in
the stalls it shuts off the drafts along
the floor and prevents loss of warmth,
as well as serving as an excellent alb
Sorhent
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
MOVABLE HOGPEN.

board, using four crosspieces of sam,
size seven feet long. Lay the floor
lengthwise. Side one side with inch
boards six feet high; opposite side for
four feet. For plate to nail boards use
two-ty-four-inch scantling. Use a
two-by-four at each end for rafters. to
which end boards are nailed. Roof
with matched flooring. The runners
are sloped at each end, and there is a
door in each end of the pen. This
portable shelter will be found of use
to every farmer and will cost little to
make.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
A MOVABLE HOGPEN.
Quite Strong, Yet Light Enough to
Be Drawn from Place to Place
by Two Horses.

A movable shelter for shoats or
brood sows which can be drawn from
one part of the farm to another by two
horses is shown in the illustration. It
is very easily made. Construct shed
12 feet long of two-by-eight-inch
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
Bridal Custom I'm brittany

Conspicuous among the adornments
Of the bridal feast in Brittany is an
artistic and elaborate butter structure
as fanciful and elegant as the most
beautiful bridal cake and into this
structure the guests stick split sticks
bearing coins Of gold or silver.-N. z.
Times
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
HOw's ThiSe

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly hsnorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and macous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
The Great Incentive.

Jinks-Do you believe the north pole
will ever be reached?
Filkins-That's hard to tell If it
could only be quietly given out, how
ever, that the Klondike mother-lode ran
directly in that direction, thered be no
further trouble-Puck
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
From Baby I'm the High Chair

to grandma in the rocker Grain o is good for
the whole family. 1t is the long-desired sub
stitute for coffee. Never upsets the nerves
or Injuries the digestion. Made from pure
grains it is food in itself Has the taste
and appearance of the best coffee at 1 the
price. 1t is genuine and scientific article
and is come to stay. 1t makes for health
and strength. Ask your grocer for Grain-O
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
An Au-Year Resort.

The Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Ark,
opens March l, 1900. A most desirable, at
tractive and convenient resort for health
and pleasure seekers. Ideal climate, pure
sparkling water, best accommodations.
Through Sleepers via Frisco Line. Write
for particulars to Manager Hotel or to any
representative of Frisco Line.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08

Willia-Say, pa; didn't you tell me
the other day that it was wrong to
strike anyone smaller than yourself?
Pa-Yes, Willie; that's what said.
swell, wish you'd write my teacher
a note to that effect. don't think she
knows about it.-Chicago Evening
Naxua
Iron County register., 1900-02-08

Mrs. Day-The doctor ordered your
husband whisky for rheumatism. Does
it do him any good?
Mrs. Maybe says it does him
world of good, but notice the twinges
come upon him more frequently than
eYer.=Boston Traveller
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
Not So Bad.

"How did the family come out in the mat.
ter of settling the estate?" was asked of one
of the brothers.
Might have been worse, but we finally
succeeded in efecting a compromise with
our lawyer by which he agreed to let us
have halt. f."-Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
WHAT A FORMER AMERICAN
SAYS.
Doubled Their Cultivated Lands and
More Than Doubled Their
Stock.

| The following letter written by Mr..
John Cummings of Wetaskiwin, AL
berta, Canada, formerly of Washing
| ton, to a friend in the United States is
| only one of a hundred similar cases,
and what was done by Mr.. Cummings
can more easily be done to-day by any
| good, sober and industrious farmer who
chooses to make his home in the Do
| minion.
Dear Sir:
You want to know how I got along
since / came into Northern Alberta. I
am happy to inform you that l am not
ashamed to tell.
We located five miles northeast of
Wetaskiwin; left Pennington, Wash
ington, on the Goth of May, driving all
the way.
We had time to build our log house
the first fall and to make us comfort
able for the family and stock. We then
built four stables 1Sx2O inside, so that
we could put everything inside them
when the cold got down to the fifties,
and worked hard getting up the stable
and got through clubbing on the 1st
December, but to our surprise we had
no use for the stables only for the milk
cow and two span of horses. The bal
ance of the horses lived on the prai-
rie all winter and took care of them
selves. The doors of two stables were
left open for them to go into in a cold
time, but they would not do it, but
stayed out on the prairie the coldest
night we had, and looked as spry as
crickets.
1 can go ten rods back of my house
and count ten residents. know all of
their circumstances. Every enc of
them have doubled their cultivated land
and doubled their animals, and a great
deal more. All of us are comparative.
ly out of debt and an unusually big
crop to thresh and prospects of fair
price, and 1 expect we are as well con-
tented lot of people as there are from
Florida to the Klondike.
My son bought two pounds of twine
to the acre, and when we started to bind
some barley, we found that instead Of
taking two pounds to the acre, it was
taking nearly five pounds. Then you
ought to have seen him hitch up team
and make for town for 100 lbs more.
I cannot say how it will thresh. All
can say is that it is well headed, and
takes an enormous amount of twine.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
Florida. West Indies and Central America

EIoflua. West Ihuies and CehtfaI AmeftcAs
The facilities of the Louisville & Nash.
vile Railroad for handling tourists and
travellers destined for all points in Florida,
Cuba, Porto Rico, Central America, or for
Nassau, are unsurpassed. Double daily
lines of sleeping cars are run from Cincin-
natl, Louisville, Chicago and st. Louis
through Jacksonville to interior Florida
points, and to Miami, Tampa and New
Orleans, the ports of embarkation for the
countries mentioned. For folders, etc, write
Iron County register., 1900-02-08

I'D give five years of my life to get
out of this scrape," said the prisoner
at the bar.
"I'll let you out with three" said the
Judge as he pronounced sentence.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
A Side Show

knowledge of the Pan-American exposition
in Buffalo in the year 1901 have certainly
sufficient idea of its Importance They speak
of the cataract of Niagara falls as an "acces-
sorry attraction. Western Electrician.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08

Hicks-'1 wonder how the Tollers manage
to get along. Why, | believe they owe every
body in town" Wicks-"That's why they
get along so well. Toller has a big mail
every morning. They are all duns, to be
sure; but the impression upon the neigh
bors is just the same as if they were invita-
tions to frst-class society functions. It is
the quantity, not the quality, that does the
Iron County register., 1900-02-08

The Grip of Pneumonia may be warded of
With Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08

How did Jack come to make up with
J1m!" Heard some one say they were at
SKIES and sevens, and was afraid of the
unlucky 13."-Town Topics.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08

A man seldom tells the truth about his
business; he exaggerates it one way or the
other.-Atchison Globe.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08

Ihave found Piso's Cure for Consumption
an unfailing medicine:-F. r. Lotz, 1905
Scott St., Covington, KY, Oct. /, 1894.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08

To Cure q Cold I'm One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Iron County register., 1900-02-08

The promises of lover are as unreliable
"a those of politician.-Atchison Globe.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
he Best Prescription for Chills

and Fever is bottle of GROVES TAsTELRss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quininein
atasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price, SOC.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08

The baker gets crusty himself when his
bread doesn't pan out well.-GoldeD Days.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08
Professional Curiosity.

eyer honor" said the prisoner to the
Judge, 81 should like to have my case post
poned. My lawyer is sick and can't come to
court"
TIE judge took two or three minutes to
consider. tThe case may be postponed" he
said, st last, eff you desire it. But I see here
that you were taken in the act. What can
your counsel have to say on your behalf?"
That's Just what 1 want to know, yer
honor, said the prisoner.-Collier's Weekly.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08

Nobody is expected to see through a joke
until after it is eracked.-Golden Days.
Iron County register., 1900-02-08

Tells How He Escaped the Terrors OF Many
Winters by Using Peruna.

Isaac Brock, a citizen Of McLennan
County, Texas, has lived III years.
He now Hves with hiS son-in-Iaw af
Valley Mills, Texas.
In speaking of his good health and
extreme old age. Mr. Brock says:
s.Affer a man has lived In the
world as long as I have, he ought
TO have found out a great many
things by experience.
"One of the things I have found
out to my entire satisfaction is the
proper remedy for ailments thar
are due directly to the effects Of
the climate.
s.During my long life have
known a great many remedies for
coughs, colds, catarrh and diar-
rhea. I had always supposed
these affections TO be different
diseases, but In reading DR.. fart.
man s books Ihave found out thar
these affections are the same and
that they are properly called ca-
farrh.
"I had several long Sieges with
the grip. At first I did NOT know
that Peruna was q remedy for this
disease. When I heard that Ia
grippe was epidemic catarrh, I
tried Peruna for Ia grippe and
found 1t to be Just the thing.
"As for DR.. Harfman'S remedy,
Peruna, I have found 1t to be the
best, If NOT the only, reliable REM
edy for these affections. Ii has
been my standby for many years,
and attribute my good health and
extreme old age to this remedy.
"NeEy truly yours,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-16
JUDGE TAFT.
ENCOURAGING LETTER FROM
PRESIDENT OF PHILIPPINE
CIVIL COMMISSION, ,

Cincinnati, o., Nov. ia manufacture
er OF this city who has been in corre-
~spondence on the subject of tariffs in the
Philippines with the Hon. w. H. Taft, OF
the Philippine commission, has received
a letter from Taft, dated Manila, Sep-
TENDER z, saying:
II was very interested to read your LETT
ter, and I am glad you took the troubles
paper ca ca ca ca 20 on the tariff wa
are about to make up. We have just
passed the civil service law, which is on
the whole, l think. the strictest law that
has been passed under our auspices.
81 have no doubt we shall be able tn
work out successfully the problems be-
fore us if Mckinley is elected. I do not
mean to say there are not a great many
difficulties with the policy of the gov
ernment towards these islands to be sets
tied, but l do mean to say there ara
none Of them nsurmountable We cer~
tainly need new banking facilities here's
and we need better harbor facilities. We
shall appropriate $1,000 900 (MexicanG
this week for the completion of the har-
Dor, a work much Of which was lone by
the S~paniards. but which remains uses
less without it's completion. When the
harbor facilities are better, doubtless dis
rect American lines will be established td
Manila. I feel confident that Manila
will become one of the great ports Of
the Orient. Only the surface of the pos-
sjble prospective and business of these
islands has been scratched.
when you speak of letting Chinamen
into these islands you touch a question:
tina has a great many dangers connected
with it, and l could not now express an
oninion on the subject.
II hope there is no dou about Me-
Kinley's election.
with warm regards, believe me sin%
cerely yours. WIN. H. TAFT"