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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12

In packing butter for market the
farmer should use as much care as
the creameryman. This is especially
the case when he makes sufficient but
ter to be packed in tubs or pals made
of wood. Putting butter direct into
wooden packages without any soaking
of the packages results often in the
deterioration of the butter before it
gets to market. The best creamery
men soak the tubs in brine and then
expose them to live steam. After that
even the parchment paper that is put
around the butter in the tubs is soaked
in brine. These precautions have much
to do in bringing the butter onto the
market in a form and condition that
makes it bring as high a price as its
quality will permit.-Farmers Review.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
A. Fate wouYd nave rt.

Many years ago an Arkansas youth, on
leaving the home of his sweetheart late at
night, received severe kick as he stepped
out of the door. His beloved had not re-
sponded definitely to his proposal of mar
rage, but had assured him that she would
soon let him know what she could do for
him. He, unfortunately for two tender
hearts. took the kick for an answer and de-
parted for far and wild country. Here he
brooded over his wound and his broken
heart until his beard grew down to his
knees and his nose became Roman. As fate
would have it, as fate always has it, he
turned up late one sad. sad evening when
the straw-neck hens were quarreling on the
roost and the hrindle COW was lowing
mournfully for her hungry offspring. A
young man some six feet tall met the lone
" visitor. 1t was one of seven sons, born,
from time to time. unto his old love. Elk
plantations followed. 1t was not the girl
who kicked him 80 wears before Oh no, 1t
was her angry father. He went out to the
horse lot, cut off his beard with the sheep
shears and kicked himself down the hill
Galveston News
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
PITH AND POINT.

a usual thing people who attain
"i-rounded lives are those who livs
On the square,-Elliott's Maoazina
Next to knowing when to crasp an
opportunity the most important tbino
- TO know when to let 90 of it
Chicago Daily News.
ane-Then it's all over between
us He-"Yes. All that remains now
Is 60 go back to the ones we were en-.
gagged to before'-Life.
Patience-"Did Won notice bou
Piouo rattle acted with her new en-.
gagement ring?" Patrice-"Yes; she
Always does act that way when she
nrst gets them.'-Yonkers Statesmen
surely Crazy.-The Jew-.sIsaacs
vas all burned ovid, undt no inzur.
ance: The Gentle = seDrive him
crazy. won't it," The Jew-.sHe
must hat been crazy alretty. pefore,r
Puck.
Mrs Observation-Disclosures. George,
how you do snore at night" Mr.. New.
hwed-"How do you know" Mrs.
Newliwed-''Why. heard YOU" Mr..
Newliwed-''My dear, you mustn't be-
lieEe everything you hear."-Philadel-
phia Press.
He-"Clara, dear. 1 have long want
eo TO ask you a question: but I have
not the courage. Can you-will you
She-"I can and 1 will. Why. George.
l ordered my trousseau long ago. /
knew that the thing was settled"-
Boston Transcript.
Miss Punter-"And you accepted
him? Why, you told me only the
other day that if he proposed you
would refuse him absolutely Miss
Fadington-''Yes. but he proposed in
the most beautiful Scotch dialect YOU
ever heard, and 1 couldn't refuse
him. Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
ror the SNORT. Stout woman.

1t goes without saying that the stout
woman always admires the styles ere
ated for her taller and more slender
sisters. That's all right, but worship
at distance. Don't pass the suitable
long coat and purchase the short jack
ct, which is bound by the laws of dress
to make you look infinitely shorter.
Trim your gowns, both waists and
skirts. in perpendicular effects. Avoid
anything in the way of frilly or
pouched effects that add breadth. You
may affect all pointed and V-shaped ar
rangements with good results. In
biouses, bodices or coats the more OBJ
scure the waist line the more height
is given. Yokes are not intended for
the bodice of the short, stout woman,
but rather an unbroken line from waist
to shoulders, which gives length.-Mary
Katharine Howard, in Woman's Home
Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
GOATS FOR DAIRYMEN.
Thes Can Live where = Cow Would
Starve and Yield Fair Guam
tIty of Rich MILK.

The usefulness of the goat in clear
ing foul lands and the protitaOieness
of the animal for its hair, skin and
even carcass, is becoming pretty well
undersJ God. But the goat is valuable
Is dairy animal. If the COWS, for
instance. are being used for supplying
a city milk trade, the keeping OF goats
for the home milk supply would be
an excellent policy. The goat viii lave
where a cow would starye; and while
it, like every other domestic animal
viii do best on good pasture, it will
live and yield milk on astonishirgly
little food. The animal and its milk
are almost entirely exempt from dis
ease; the milk is more nutritious than
that of the COW and agrees with stom-
achs that cows milk frequently of
tends. The animal requires only the
cheapest kind of shelter; but it needs
shelter from the storms and in winter.
If by reason of drought, soiling is nee
essary, leaves, vegetable refuse, peel
ings of the apple or potato. sweet and
clean, will be all the feed that is need
ed. All goats, however, will not eat
the same food, and the feeder will have
to study the appetites of the individ-
ual animal. Frequent feeding and a va
riety of food in winter will be found
beneficial. Roots, oil meal, oats, corn
(of the latter, in the whole state, the
goat is very fond) are proper feed, es
pecially for the milking goat. Rock
salt is greatly relished. The flavor
of goats milk cannot be distinguished
from that of cows milk, if it is prop
erly cared for. From three to four
pints day is the average yield of
good mixer. The milk is so rich and
of such character that in making
pastry it will take the place of eggs
Agricultural Epitomist
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
Butter-Makinx ON Farms.

The creameries have driven the farm
ers out in making butter in some Sec
tons. but it is not because farmers can
not compete with creameries. for there
are many farmers who do so. 1t is the
farmer who does not know how to make
good butter who has surrendered. The
best and highest priced butter comes
from the farmers, but it is produced
with care in every detail, and it does
not even have creamery butter as its
competitor. Farmers and dairymen
should not yield the production of but
ter to creameries. but endeavor to make
a better article
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
The Carnation Industry.

Probably in America So, 900, 600 is in
vested in carnation growing, and 5000
people are employed in the business.
About 100000 plants are produced an
nually, and similar number are
grown by florists for their own use,'
and about 60,OOO,0O0 blossoms are mar
keted each year. The carnations
wide range of pleasing colors. its last
ing qualities and fresh. rich, clove-like
fragrance combine to make it one of
the most popular, rs well as one of the
most sought for and popular, of the
florists flowers.-C. W. Ward. of
Queens, Y, before the Massachusetts
horticultural Society.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
And Don't You Forget 1t.

Scolding about the creamery don't
feed the cows or make them thrive on
straw, poor hay or moldy cornstalks.
or sheltr them from the elements.
Warm stables. regular attendance, wa
ter of regular temperature and good
feed enable them to give good flow
of milk The man who leaves his COW
in a bleak barnyard all day and a part of
the night, with nothing but straw and
a frozen water tank, ought not to lay
all his troubles to the creamery.-Na-
tional Rural.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an intlamed condition of the mu
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inf1amed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
EIack Rain.

The first case of black rain which
comes under review occurred at
Grahamstown and the surrounding
district in August, 1888, and it eN-
tended over an area of no less than
SEQ square miles. Since then there
have happened several showers of a
similar character, but less pronounced
in their sable character. Other show
ers of black rain have been recorded
in Ireland. one of which was felt
over an area of 400 square miles. No
one seems to have microscopically ex-
amined the water which fell at
Grahamstown; but it was noted that
the liquid gradually cleared when
nlaced in a suitable vessel, and a
black precipitate fell from it. In the
latter cases referred to the deposit
has been carefully examined. and was
fouud to consist of microscopic Or
nanisms which averaged about the
Observation-Disclosures part
of an inch in length, and which were
identified with the same fungoid or
oanisms that are responsible for
blight in the plants which they in
fest. and subsequently for smut, mil
dow and rust in wheat and barley.
The writer sums up his remarks thus:
..Humidity is known to contribute
largely to the copious production OF
fungi. and during protracted drought
the regions affected thereby viii re-
main comparatively bare of fungi;
hut during the seasons of frequent
rainfalls the production of fungoid
vegetation is largely increased
Chambers Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
Lack of Good PIown,ep

What has become of the old-time
plowman? asks a correspondent Of
the Country Gentleman. Are they all
dead, or have their hands forgotten
their cunning, and their eyesight
grown dim? With the improved plows
of to-day it would seem that anyone
of moderate strength and average in
telligence could do a good job of
blowing. but not one out of ten who
profess to hold the pillow do good
work, and among those hired on the
farm not one in so knows how to do
this work well.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12

Moths will fret a garment, and a
mouse win nibble the wainscot, but it
is rather a novel notion that crabs
should be partial to oakum, and yet it
apparently is so, for when the last P.
&, o. steamship China went ashore last
year in the Perrin straits it is a curious
fact that as fast as the divers filled up
the rents in her sides with tarred oak
UNI, so fast did the crabs in their le-
gions eat it away. Indeed, the disabled
vessel appeared to have attracted all
the crabs of the sea, who dined sulnp-
sly.-Gentlewoman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12

Line a basket mold with puff past,
and bake this. When cooked sufficient.
" turn the paste out and fill it with
tiny mince-meat buildings, which cover
with a meringue mixture and decorate
with crystallized fruits placed at the
edge so that they may not sink through,
and a sprinkling of the tiny comfits
known as hundreds and thousands.
Wreath the handle with strips of an
gelica, and at the top tie a bright sprig
of holly with a couple or so of glittering
leaves.-Cincinnati Commercial Trib
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12

Miss Blicllens-I saw you get up and
give your seat in the ear to tired CID
lady yesterday.
Mr.. Blimbus-Yes, l an IN the habit
OF doing that.
THAT is very good of you, I'm sure;
but do you always compel them to
wait until the conductor calls your sta
ton ?'-Chicago Evening News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
A KENNEBEC HORSE TRADE
They Both Got Badly Sold But There
Was No Grudge on Either
Side.

Il met Al Stephens out on the rod
here ways" said the Kennebec David
Rarum. ''Al is all the time trying to
stick me on boss trade. We pulled up
tc one side of the rod and got to UalLin'
boss.
What We got there between the
fills . says Al.
Oh. nothin' much-jest a hunk of
crow bait 1 picked up day before yes
rday-noth;n' ye'd want TO look ~,
guess.
wal. by gracious, from what I can
see from here I like the locks Of him
pretty we'll says Al.
Dent b'lieve he's anything ye
want, says /. But that jest fused Al
.:p. he thought l really had hold Of Il
good one. So he got out OF the sleigh
and felt and felt of the critters legs.
While he was dom that I looked his
boss over. Wal, it amt necessary to
give the conversation that followed,
but the upshot of the thing was we
shifted.
The boss 1 turned over to Al was
the wust blamed baker there was in
the whole county of Kennebec. The
only way you could drive him was by
usin' special harness-and we didn't
let the harness go in that change Of
boss flesh.
after we had shifted the harness
and had got hitched up once more we
both got into our sleighs and, wal, we
set there lookin' at each other. Neither
seemed to be willin' to start. l sus-
pected that l had a bomb in between
my shafts, as well as Al.
Honest. now, AL says l, what is
the matter with this hoss?'
Wal. you might say he was leetlc
high PRESSURE says he with grin. Go
ahead and start him up and hear the
way he blows off steam
But l haven't been in the boss bust
ness 80 years without KNOWN what to
do for breather. L just Tipped out o.
the sleigh, took out piece of wire l
happened to have in my pocket. and
bent it over the critters nose and
drove up the rod a piece, and then
turned round and come back. l won't
say that the boss was breathing easy.
but ne wasn't maxim noise enough SO
that Al felt like laughin' very hearty.
''Says L: al, want to see We start.
I've showed We what I can DO with
mine, now let's see what We can show
with that high-priced boss l let you
have
.AI hated to cluck up wust kind, but
he lifted the reins and touched old
ArIander with the whip. No start!
'Giddap-along!' says AL But Arlander
looked around at him kinder of sur
prised and planted his feet firmer in
the snow.
Then Al got interested. He used up
his whip and I let him have mine.
Told him 1 didn't mean to drive very
fast and shouldn't need it. When [
went over the hill Al had got discour-
aged He'd embarrassed. left the
sleigh by the side of the rod and had
started for home leadin' the boss.
''Oh. no! No grudge on either side.
Hoss dick'rin' is boss dick'rin' up in
Kennebec county, - Lewiston (Me.)
Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
REFRIGERATING PLANT.
Ohio Dairyman Gives Plan for On
Small Ice House and Cooling
Chamber Combined.

In answer to many inquiries 1 win
give a plan for an icehouse and cool
ing chamber combined. Fig. 1 is floor
plan partitioned off in such a manner
that it has ice on top and three sides
of the cooling chamber. The dimen-
sions are: - feet wide. II feet long
and II feet high. with cooling cham
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12

Plunge hate borrowing money
from anyone. 1 always have the feel
ing that sooner or later I'll have to pay
it back.
Sponge-O, Pshaw, that's not what
troubles me. It's the thought of how
much more difficult it will be to bor-
row anything from him next time
Stray Stories.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
TANK AND DRYING TABLE.

to table. When not in use the two
legs are folded over on the table, and
the table folded over SO as to make
a lid for the tank, the legs folding in
side, out of the way. The tank can
be set anywhere for convenience. The
bottom of the tank should be lower
at one corner. with hole there to
let out the water, by withdrawing
plug. Potatoes and other vegetables
should be washed before taking to
market. They present nice, clean
appearance that makes them sell bet
ter.-Ohio Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
MARCH AND APRIL
Are the Most Disagreeable Months CT
the Year in the North.

In the South, they are the pleasantest and
most agreeable. The trees and shrubs put
forth their buds and flowers; early veg
etables and fruits are reaoy for eating, and
in fact all nature seems to have awakened
from its winter sleep. The Louisville s. Nash
vile Railroad Company reaches the Garden
Spots of the South, and will on the first and
third Tuesdays of March and April sell
round-trip tickets to all principal towns in
Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and West Flor
ida at almost half rates. Write for particu-
lars of excursions to P. Sid. Jones, d. p. A.,
in charge of Immigration, Birmingham, Ala.
or Geo. P. Horner, d. P. A., st, Louis, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
A Rehearsal.

A little boy was to be baptized at one
of the missions not long ago. Il bet
We he'll YELL" confded the boys elder
sister to the Sunday-school teacher just
before the ceremony. 81 tried it on
him at home the other day, just to see
how it would work, and he howled like
everything."-N.Y Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
USES OF SKIM MILK.
--latest By-Product Is Claimed to BE
= Good Substitute for Rubber
and CeIIuioid.

Henry Alvord, chief of the dairy di
vision of the agricultural department.
in making up the divisions exhibit at
the Paris exposition has come across
a new by-product of the dairy indus
try. 1t is we'll known, of course, that
in many lines of industry the by-prod-
ucts of an article form more extensive
industries than the original item fur
niShes.
Skim milk is the basis of this by
product, which is an addition to quite
a list of articles which skim milk al
ready fathers. For instance, they
make paint out of skim milk, fine
quality of paint at that, with a good
ulster and polish. Then, too, they
make glue out of skim milk. Tons OF
sizing for fine qualities of paper are
produced daily from skim milk.
Now comes an inventor with plan
to make a substitute for hard rubber
and celluloid out of skim milk. The
patents have been allowed and the or
ganization of the company is under
way. The inventor furnished Mr.. Al
word with sample. which resembles
wood in texture. The new material
will be used for brush backs, combs.
electric light insulators, and. in fact,
almost anything now constructed of
hard rubber or cellulOid. The eyolu-
ton OF pan of skim milk on the llitch-
en- shelf into golf ball is but a ques-
tion of time and d secret process. The
body Of the new materiGs is the caseine
of skim milk.
The agricultural department is in
terestcd because of the bearing of the
new business on the dairy industry.
Any plan for the disposition of the
surplus stock Of skim milk in the dali
ries and on the farms is Welcomed
Washington Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
ExpeIling Forefgners.

Kaiser Wilhelm's tactics of eXpell-
ing foreigners from Germany are be-
ing applied to Germans by some of his
ncighbors. Prof. Leo Meyer, for 80
years professor of comparative phil
ology at the University Of Dorpat, in
Livonia, has been dismissed and Rus
sian appointed in his pIace.-Cincinnat
Enquirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12

Is twenty-eight hundred miles from Seattle,
via ocean. Is said to be the richest gold
field discovered up 10 this time. The first
steamer Will leave Seattle on or about May
TO- 1900: For full particulars address Geo.
Il. Heatford, General Passenger Agent, Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Pau. Railway, Chi
cago, Ii.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12

In the northwest provinces of India
goats frequently eat, without any i'll
effect, the leaves and green stems of the
''Akaua" or "Madar," the milky juice of
which is an acrid poison for human be-
ings, and is frequently used as such
in infanticide cases.-N. Y World
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
Cars WhiHl.

The czar has had his special den in the
ST. Petersburg palace papered with car
toons relating to himself, including a
great many caricatures of the most RI
diculous sort. 4 he were Tammany
politician he would have a real chance.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
WASHING VEGETABLES.
Not Hard Task Where One of These
Washing Tanks and Drying
Tables Is Used.

One of our readers sends sketch OF
a combined washing tank and drying
table for vegetables. \. in the illus
tration. is the tank. L. the table
hinged to tank, and the legs hinged
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12

Dasherly-They say he carried every
thing before him when he first went on
the stage.
Flasherly-Yes, he played the part
of waiter.-N. Y. Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
Ghost of the Glacier

And Other Tales, including Making Revo-
luton, Susquehanna Trail, Sculpture of the
Ellis, Once Pillar of the World, Feathers of
Fashion, and others. a delightful volume,
beautifully illustrated. Ready for distribu-
ton about May l. Send 10 cents to T. w.
Lee, General Passenger Agent Lackawanna
Railroad, 26 Exchange Place, New York
City Edition Limited.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
ASK YOUR Dca.er for Al,en,s Foot-Ease,

ASK Your De2Eer TOT AIIen's oOL-Eases
A powder to shake into your shoes 1t rests
the feet, CuresCetns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore,
Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating feet and In
growing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease makes
new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olnsted, LIE Roy, n. y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
Not Intimate Enough

Miss Maison-Excuse my ignorance, but
ought to call you Mr.. Bones or Dr. Bones?
The Doctor (iraseiblyl-Oh, call me any
an old idiot.
"Ah, but those are only people who know
you intimately. "-London Tit-Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12

Der. The dimensions are. II feet
wide, IA feet long and IL feet
high, with a cooling chamber par
titioned off feet long by 6
feet wide. The floor of a colling
chamber should be placed about three
feet below the surface of the ground.
so as to take advantage of the cool
ness of the earth.
Fig is a cross section of the build
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12

Where He Crggs-''What be-
came of that son-in-law of yours who failed
in business about a year ago. Has he got on
his feet again." Briggs-'No; he is still on
my hands Ohio State Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12

Brown-How do you feel about Sunday
golf?
Jones-Don't tell that l said so, but /
have heard sermons so long lately that they
made me want to go out and take a whack
at omething-Indianapo Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12
Couldn,t Think of Vampire.

Pearl-What do you call these bats that
hang by their heads, Ruby?
-Ruby-Acrobats, dear.-Chieago Evening
News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-12

I do not believe Pisos Cure for Consump-
ton has an equal for coughs and colds
John F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb.
Is, 1900.