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Iron County register., 1900-05-03
THREE PLOW ATTACHMENTs

HLON
ground Some prefer to fasten the
chain farther back On the pillow BEAM
or at the standard. In turning un-
der very heavy corn stubbie, the chain
is sometimes found too light to do its
work well, and an extra device CEN
ter of cut, is added. This is a round
stick of wood, one foot long and two
inches in diameter, one end pointed and
the other fiattened, and wired to chain
at point chain leaves furrow to fasten
to plow beam. The earth as it leaves
the mOldboard falls on the stick. and
causes it to hold the chain always in
the right position, drawing to the
bottom of the furrow the heaviest
cornstalks or weeds. \ device used in
place of a chain is shown below this.
1t is round stick of heavy wood, about
four inches in diameter, and one and
one-half to two feet long, which is at
tached with a rope swivel to plow beam,
about two feet in front of the standard.
where it rolls along on edge of fur
row. and acts like the chain.-Rural
New Yorker
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
CUBAN HOSPITALITY.
Conclusion of Hot Mid>yinter Trip
Through Cuba From SAM
tiaEO tn Havana.

We quote the closing paragraphs of
an account by FL. Phelps Whitmarsh,
author Of The Worlds Rough Hand"
OF hot midwinter tramp from San
tiago to Havana:
Although the entering of city at
night and on foot was no new thing
for either of US, yet at that time, after
forty-siX days on the road, and after
having walked seven hundred and fifty
miles with that particular city as our
goal, we looked at the mysterious arc
of light in the heavens before us with
strange pleasure not unmixed with
eAultation; for not only had we ac-
comphShed what we had set out TO
do with safety and in perfect health,
but we also had that peculiar mascu-
line satisfaction of knowing that we
were the first white men to travel
through Cuba on foot.
Guanabacoa we saw the electric lights
As soon as we crossed the bridge at
of Havana in circles, squares, and
seemingly endless rows. The whole
city was ablaze. The placid waters of
the harbor over which we looked were
shot with silvery streamers. For the
remaining four miles we forgot our
sore feet, our weariness, even our hun
ger, and stepped along at Il gait in
keeping with our lively spirits. At
every turn we found evidence that we
were again entering civilization; first
a great. white-walled fort guarding
the road; then brightly lighted car
riages; later a paved street, and at
last a horce-car. Then from the
suburban gloom we suddenly emerged
into a busy thoroughfare. We had
made forty miles that day, and were
in Havana.
But alas! our rejoicings were quick
ly nipped in the bud. Before we had
gone a block a small man with a large
whistle appeared at Balaam's head
He looked at US suspiciously for a
moment, then whistled twice. AS if
by magic four policemen appeared. In
vain we protested, threatened, and
fourished handfuls of papers under
the little mans nose. Our looks Were
against US. With a jubilant negro
crowd surrounding us, we were
marched off ignominiously to the po-
lice-station for the seventh time, and
run in" mule, dog, and all, for the
night. Thus even to the last we were
the recipients of the one thing above
all others that a stranger notices in
Cuba-its boundless ospitality.-Cen'
tury
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
RUSSIA'S GREAT NAVAL DEPOT
VIadivostok. on the Siberian Coast
Is Being Fitted for the
Purpose.

Russia has expended. and is still
expending, vast amount of money
in making Vladivostock a suitable ter
minus for the trans-S Siberian railway.
and the development of that port as
a naval station is very remarkable.
The wharves, railway station and
landing facilities have been made su-
perior to those of any other port in
that part of the world. Stone and
brick have replaced everywhere the
old wooden buildings of the city. The
view of the place from the sea is very
striking. The massive Russo-Chinese
bank is built of white stone and light
ed by electricity. The solid brick bar.
racks, the Greek cathedral and the
office building of the Russo-Chinese
Eastern railway attract attention
from a distance.
The flag that floats over the last
mentioned buildings is combination
of the Russian and Chinese standards
the upper diagonal showing half the
Russian flag, the lower half the Chi
nese national emblem, the dragon.
Other fine buildings are the shore
house of the admiral, the headquar-
ters Office, the new and handsome post
office and some imposing mercantile
structures Such is Vladivostock in
its civil aspect. 'Of it's military as
pect." says correspondent of the Lon
don Times. ''it may truly be said that
nothing which modern fortifcation
can suggest seems to have been left
undone to supplement nature. and she
in her turn must surely have created
Vladivostock to be what it is-one OF
the strongest of naval fortresses.''
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
Fattenfng Geese in France.

One method of fattening geese in
France is to put the birds in barrel,
in which a number of holes are bored,
each large enough to permit the birds
to put their heads through. The bar
rel keeps them confined and thus pre-
vents exercise. which is the object of
the confinement. Outside of the bar
rel food is placed in abundance. and
the geese spend most of their time eat
ing. This food is mostly paste made
of barley. buckwheat and sometimes
Indian cornmeal. Milk and potatoes
are also fed, where they are easily OBJ
tainable.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
TRUST OF FARMERS.
Unique Project to BE Proposed at the
Coming Agricultural Congress
In Paris.

The uniting of all the farmers of the
world in a sort of international trust
or agreement to restrict the produc-
tion of wheat and to raise prices is the
project which it is hoped to carry out
at the International Agricultural con,
ference to be held in Paris July to 10.
1t is proposed TO ask the farmers OF the
world to reduce their wheat output by
20 per cent, and not to sell Dushel
for less than one dollar.
j. c. Hanley. of St. Paul, eNecu-
tive agent of the Farmers alliance and
Industrial union. the National Cotton
Growers association. the Farmers
Federation of the Mississippi Valley,
and the National Grain Growers asso-
citation. is the chief promoter of the
international Agricultural trust in
America. Prof. G. Rutland. of the
University of Fribourg. Switzerland, is
the chief promoter of the plan in Eu-
rope. The idea was conceived by these
two men independently.
Mr. Hanley has been a worker in the
interests of the farmers for years. He
has been interested in many hold-your-
wheat schemes and is prominently as
SOclateO with the FARMERS eteNdIOT
and various cooperative undertakings.
He has for years studied the problem
of wheat prices and is at present very
active in promoting legislation by coh-
gress in the interest of the farmers.
He has long been of the opinion that
if the farmers would only get together
and come to an understanding as to
limiting production and would agree to
sell only when their price could be OBJ
tanned they could easily master the
situation. As professor of economies
Prof. Rutland had come TO the same
conclusion. His study of the agrarian
problems of different civilized coun-
tries led him to believe that the only
cure for the widespread troubles of
farmers, which are much more severe in
the old than in the new world. is to re-
strict production. Both Mr.. Hanley
and the professor were hard at work
getting the idea into practice when
they encountered each other through
correspondence. Since then they have
been working in harmony with COM
mon idea. namely TO persuade the In
ternational Agricultural congress to
indorse the idea and recommend it to
the various associations present at
the conference for application next
year-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe hirs.
perfectly honorable In all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Te-
iedo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and Mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
Prosperity Among Farmers.

1 am aware that the idea prevails
that the chances are much better for
the accumulation of wealth in cities
than on the farm. This is very great
mistake. In the city small class has
n great deal of wealth and large class
is in very moderate circumstances or
in the depths of poverty. The great
mass in the city are not as well off
as those on the farm. The average
wealth of 90 per cent. of the inhabit-
ants of nearly every city in Illinois is
less than that of the surrounding coun-
try.-John T. Campbell, in Farmers
Review
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

The cost of cooking the food OF
stock is the great drawback 20 the use
of cooked food, yet where there are
as many as 25 cows or more the method
might be adopted with advantage. 1t
would induce farmers to grow more
root crops. and it has been found that
when we'll cured corn fodder has been
cut fine and steamed there was gain
by the experiment. Glover hay can be
cut and steamed with advantage dur
ing cold weather, as it is relished by
both cattle and swine.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
cock,e ir wheat Screenings

1t will perhaps not be out of place
to warn poultry raisers against feed
ing wheat screenings that contain too
much cookie seed. The fowls viii eat
the cookie seed if it is fed them. and
if they eat considerable quantity they
will die from the effects of il. Cookie
is a poisonous plant and its seeds con-
tain poison. A little of this poison in
mot fatal in its effects, but a COM
paratively large amount is.-Farmers'
Review.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
USEFUL BARN BENCH.

shoe boxes. by cutting down empty
grocery boxes, as suggested. Screw a
knob to the front of each. and you have
n most convenient bench and drawers
for the barn or shop, where few tools,
nails. screws. rope and other ''fixings'
can be kept handy. Half an hours
work will make the affair. and it's con-
venience will be appreciated for years.
N Y Tribune
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
BITS BY THE BARDs.


The new EASIER bonnet.
Amt no Easter bonnetS now like what
they use ter be-
The ones they looked so sweet in ter the
oltime boys anne;
They fix 'em up in finer style-with mil
Enery strung;
Amt nothin' like our sweethearts wore
when you an me wuz young!
Amt nothin' like the bonnets of the oil
days in the dells,
When we heard the hallelujahs of the well
come Easter bells;
Thar wuZn't so much color then, invitin'
of the view.
But yer sweetheart wore the lilies an the
violets fer you'll
An jest a plain bright bonnet. that wuz
stylisher ter me
Than all the millinery shall ever live ter
Seei
Yer sweetheart smiled beneath it-a pictur'
framed in white,
II fields "arrayed in Hvfn' green"-by
rivers of delight"
It's right enough ter wear 'en. fixed up
with this an that
With poor, stuffed bird a-starin' from the
middle of the hat;
But fer me they're no attraction, in the
famin winders hung
I sigh fer them our sweethearts wore when
you an me wuZ young.
F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
When Ephrum Hez the Blues.
When Ephrum hez the blues he's awful
blue.
If twan't fur me l do know what he'd do.
He's blue all over like cloudless sky,
An he's blue clear through like a blueb'r'g
pie.
An' sech idees as he gifts in lis head!
He fairly worries himself sick-a-bed.
"Nothin's right, an it amt again ter be,
What's the use O. tryin' ter live?" sez he.
But, land. speak up to i'm kind o. brisk.
An hustle round givin' things a whisk-
Not doin' much, but maxim lots o stir,
An tellin' i'm things amt SO bads they
were,
Not by long sight; an through thick an
thin
/ keep it up, an never once give in
An by an by he comes out good as new,
An nobedy'd mistrust thet he'd been blue.
What? Am ever blue myself, you say?
Oh, yes, sometimes hev real blue Gay.
But you don't think, ] hope, I'm sech
Ounce
AS ter hev me an him both blue ter once?
Mary NJ. Currier, in Springfield (Mass)
Republican.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
DEVICES FOR FLOWING.
fhey Have Been Found Servfceable,
durable and Effective by Those
Who Have Tried Them.

When plowing down corn stubble,
green crops, tall weeds. manure or
straw. number of devices are used
TO draw the stalks and litter into the
Iurrow and distribute along so as to
De covered by the plow, the most COM
mon of which is the chain arrange
ment shown in the cut. The chain
usually is about five feet in length.
one end fastened to evener and the
other to plow beam at the place where
the coulter is attached. allowing the
chain to drag along in bottom of fur,
row and over portion of the unplowec
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
NOT DUKES ENOUGH FOR ALL.
Husbnndless American Women are
Barred from Queen MarEheri-
ta's Court I'm Rome.

The king of Saxony, lately, when
the American minister to Italy was
presented to him, broke forth vehem-
eEtly: ''Ach, Himmel! Mein Herr!
Hal American wifes no husbands II
all? They come in dotzens to mein
court. Fiery one must be presented;
efery one must be asked to a state
djnned. Efery one must go in to din
ner nit a duke! l haf not dukes
enough to go round! What kind of
wifes are they? l would like to know"
So fragrant is the scandal of orr
svvarming mateless women in Europe
that even Queen Margherita, most
gcod-humored of sovereigns, has been
forced to draw in the lax lines of her
court. No married American woman
can be presented now at the quirinal
unless accompanied by her husband
Ladies Home Journal.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
FIusforeu.

Counsel had been cross-examining
the witness somewhat sharply, and the
latter was becoming a trife fiustered
for he was evidently not used to the
embarrassing position Of one in the
witness box.
DO you remember of telling me
that you didn't hear any conversation
between the prisoner and his brother?"
asked the attorney.
Il was" answered the witness, quick
iy, and he wondered what the jurors
were laughed at.-Detroit Free Press.
OIfactory Evidence.
Mrs. Jones-Oliver Cromwell Jones,
you have
Mr.. Jones-My (hic) dear-I-
Don't you dare deny it! You've
been telling people what baby said
again. l can smell it on your breath
way here. re."-Judge.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
Her Coming Out,

In her dainty hat and feather,
In her pretty modish gown,
All to match the blithe spring weather,
Comes our bonny maid to town;
And the SWANS who follow after,
AS the fair one walks before,
Listen for her sweet low laughter.
Leave their greetings at her door.
'Tis the same old simple story
Told in every century'S ear;
Stronger far than fame or glory
Is the spell she weaveth here.
Just by looking dear and pretty,
In her dainty Easter gown,
She can win the whole wide city
When our maiden comes to town.
Coming out when pussy-willows
Nod beside the dancing rill,
When the yiolets star the pillows
OF the green moss on the hill;
Coming when the winds together
Sing for mirth and tell of spring,
Welcome, maid and birds and weather.
Flower and dimple, glance and wing.
-Harper'S Bazaar.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
From baby I'm the High Chair

to grandma in the rocker Grain-O is good for
the whole family. It is the long-desired sub
stitute for coffee. Never upsets the nerves
or Injuries the digestion. Made from pure
grains 1T is food IN n itself. Has the taste
price. 1t is genuine and scientific article
and is come to stay. It makes for health
and strength. Ask your grocer for Grain-O.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
A Clear Case.

whats the charger" asked the court.
The prisoner, your honor" replied the
officer, asked this man here what his father
was doing, and when told that the latter
was spy in the mint, without provocation
called the father mince pie
Poor fellow!" said the court "An ex-
animation into his sanity seems almost un-
necessary. hiladelphia North American.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

He-"If I were poor would you still love
me?" She-"Why ask? Do not love you
now?" He-"Yes, but riches have wings.
pooq aSaay W1 am be may be
with love, dear. To-day l love, tomorrow
who can tell?"-Pick-Me-Up
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

Man wants but little here below, and that's
just what he gets,
And he collars mighty little of that, unless
he watches his nets;
SO I'm going to ask the president that will
be by and by,
For little civil service sit that I've GIN
leted with my eye.
I'd like to serve my country. in lands be-
yond the sea,
For place in the diplomatic corps will just
about fit me;
I know I'm the mani admit it-1 do not
hesitate
Just calculated to adorn a first-class con-
sulate.
I don't care where they send ne-Italy,
France or Spain,
To Germany's icy mountains Egypt's
golden plain.
I make only one condition-one's as good
as a few
I want a place with plenty of space and
nothing at all to do.
r.. ]. Burdette, in Los Angeles Times.
Easter Promises.
There is no DEATH" the flowers say,
"In faith We hide souls away,
While tempests desolate the earth,
And patient wait the promised BIRTH"
The south wind chants: There il no
death;
I come and winter IS a breath;
Against his falling walls set
The snowdrop and the violet"
Glad prophets of the life to be,
A kindred spark abides in me,
That, like the wind, no tether knows,
And yet is comrade to the rose.
Dear mother earth, thy gracious breast
Gives all thy tired children rest,
Where, sheltered from the storms, they
bide
The coming of the Easter tide.
Charles Eugene Banks, in Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
BENCH FOR THE BARN.
Can Be Made. in Half an Hour, But It's
Convenience VIII BE Appreci-
ated for Years.

Get two empty shoe boxes and Sc,
them on end a little way apart. Nail Il
wide board from top to top, as shown
in the cut, and fit drawers inside the
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

I suppose she is happy" mo, she isn't.
She is married again. 'EPhiladelphia North
American
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

The Best Prescription for ChiIls
and Fever is bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quinine in
atasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price, SOC.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

used for all affections of the throat and
lungs.-Wm. o. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind,
Feb. 10, 1900.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

Don't hang on to the men who are above
you, then you won't get dropped.-Chicago
Democrat.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
BARRIERS Are Reguiated.

The province of Quebec requires the
barber, first of all, to be himself a
healthy subject, free from transmits
sible affections. Then he must pass
an examination in disinfectfon.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

music for me at the piano" "Ah, see; you
played right into his hands. s."-Philadelph
Bulletin
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

Each package of PUTNAM's FADELEss
DYES colors more goods than any other dye
and colors them bitter too. Sold by all
druggists.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03
Caution to Broom Corn Raisers.

Caution to Broom Corn RafserS.
Farmers would do well this coming
season if they intend to plant broom
corn to contract with some respon-
sible broker or manufacturer before
planting if they do not wish to lose
their entire labor. as an immense crop
will be planted, causing the bulk of it
to be unstable for several years to
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

Some people have faith in odd numbers
and the favorite is number one.-Chicago
Daily News.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

Don't Neglect Cough. Take Some Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar instanter.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

The sea of matrimony swamps many q
courtship.-Chicago Daily News.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

Do not fail to read the advertisement Of
Teethina in this paper.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

American freedom of thought or ac-
ttion was neved intended 10 be con-
strued into license. Yer, so far as our
marriage laws are concerned, that is
precisely the direction IN which free
dom is tending. We are Mortified at
the thought of free love, we go into
spasms of virtuous indignation over
free divorce; we frow down nightly
upon MornIo5lism. And yet we sanction
free riage-absoluJeiy free with
everything eliminated; minister. mag
istrate and license. There's where our
sublime inconsistency comes in.--Ed-
ward Box, in Ihdies' Home Journal.
Iron County register., 1900-05-03

Do not permit the children TO form
the habit of disputing and puarreling
with each other. 1t may be prevented.
like other habits, by watchfulness.
particularly if the training is begun
when the children are very young.
Separation is the best punishment.
breaking up the play and taking away
the cause of the dispute. Children are
social beings, and do not like to play
alone. They dislike solitude, and if
they find it is invariably the result of
quarreling they win take pains to be
more amiabie so as net to be forced
into it.--Ladies' Home journal.
The Newtown bee., 1900-05-04
WEST CORNWALL.

ARGUMENTS THAT CANNOT BE REFUTED.
 The facts As to the consolidation of the school districts of our town seems to dis turb the mental equilibrium of num- Der of the Cornwall writers on the school question. The school districts of our town are legally consolidated. The mo- tice of consolidation was plainly and properly in the warning for the annual town meeting in 1896. The warning was posted as the law requires. If the voters of our town failed to know the object of the vote they must necessarily blame themselves and no one else. We feel sure that If some of the persons. who proved themselves so active in their forts to defeat the present school pro. lects, had only expended some of their energy at that time, they would have saved themselves their present anxiety over the bUrdensome taxation which they seem to think is to be fastened up- on them. The majority of votes said Generalization" and by so doing, the school districts which had existed prior to the vote became merged into unit of representation and the town become the sole owner and the governor of the school property and also the.managers of the schools. To-day there are no dis tricts and every dollars worth of proper ty owned by them as districts is abso- lutely vested in the town. Right upon this very question the Supreme Court of this State decided in January last that the vote of consolidation vested the pro- perty in the municipality without any further act. How then is it possible for the village of West Cornwall to build or repair the present school house when it does not own single cent of title in it. They have no right so to do, nor has any of the old districts the right to expend 8 single dollar of public m oney without & vote of the town.
 Progress" again reiterates every fact which he has made heretofore as regard
The Newtown bee., 1900-05-04
RESOLUTIONS OF ESTEEM.

At stated communication of Rising Sun lodge, No. P, F. 65 A. M, of Wash. ington Depot, held on Friday evening April ?, A. L. 590O, the following reso- lutiOns were adopted:
 Whereas, It has pleased the Grand Architect of the Universe to call our de. ceased brother, Alpheus G. Baker, from his labors on earth to the refresnment of Paradise, that Celestial Abode, where all good men and Masons hope, at last, to arrive by the aid of the ladder, that Js- cob in his vision saw;
 Resolved, That while we humblv bow to the edicts of our Great Grand Master Above, we still feel that we are permitted to sorrow (but not as men without hope, for those who sleep in Him) with the bereaVed widow and family; and that we do hereby tender our sincere sympathy to them in their and our irreparable loss.
 Resolved, also, That this Lodge be draped for the period of 30 days, and that copy of these resolutions be trans- mitted to the family of our lately depart. ed and much lamented Brother, and that memorial page be set apart on our records.-[ Percy G. H. Robinson, Edwin H. Beardsley, Frank J. Kilborn, commit. tee.
 Attested by Edward G. Clark, secre- tary.