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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
IMPROVED FRUIT CELLAR.
1t Provides Cole Storage Quarters for
All Kinds of Stun at a Nominal
Expense.

Convenience, large storage capacity
and long keeping are all secured to a
high degree by this up-to-date fruit
cellar now in use by an extensive
grower. 1t is part of a barn cellar, but
has been separated by a stone and
cement wall from the part used for
manure storage, and neither air nor
temperature seem to be affected in
the least. The cellar is banked on
three sides, but has an entrance at
ground level on the remaining side.
The walls are too well protected to
make needful any extra precautions
against freezing, even in a climate
where the mercury occasionally goes
Is below. To secure GOODNESS, besides
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10

bronZed and weatherbeaten. He Il
about so years of age. For q years
he has studied the conditions govern
ing the precipitation of rain. Two
years ago he published a book attack
ing the established and popularity ac-
cepted theories governing the forma-
ton of clouds and the conditions nee
essary to produce rain. This volume
he published at his own expense and
distributed it free of charge. The
profits of his farm for the last ten
years have been saved for the pur-
pose of making one grand experiment
to demonstrate his theory, and ills he
believes he has done.
1T is foolishness to connect such q
process as evaporation with rainfall"
he declares. 1T has nothing whatever
to do with the precipitation of mois-
ture. Oxygen and hydrogen % back
into the atmosphere in the shape of
gases. Hydrogen, being lighter than
oxygen, gradually ascends to the up
per strata of the atmosphere. Oxygen
remains below. To produce rain you
must the two gases to mix and
fuse. My apparatus creates ascending
air currents. These spiral motions in
the air mix the hydrogen and oxygen.
Conclusion and friction create cleo
trieity and this causes the gases to
fuse. AS a result rain is produced.
with 25 guns 1 can cause rain in a
circle 25 miles in diameter. What
is more, 1 can take five guns and break
up a hailstorm or stop a cyclone. My
experiments on clouds of the magnetic
type conclusively prove this. Tor
nadoes and cyclones are only clouds
with highly magnetic centers. BY my
theory you a create electricity
enough to dispense these clouds.
I'm serving in the artillery during
the civil war L one day noticed the dis
persion of a small tornado which
swooped down IN a regiment of ar
tillery in action. / have studied on the
question ever since. Ten years ago I
formulated my theory about the value
of conclusion in dispensing such
storms and have only waited for means
to put it to the test. l have expert
.mented on clouds of the magnetic
type and now have a group of guns
ready for the genuine cyclone when
ever one takes a notion to come this
way and give me a fair chance"
In Lincoln Mr.. Wright has aroused
fully as much comment as William J.
Bryan. Bitter attacks have been made
upon him in the local press, which Mr..
Wright occasionally undertakes to an
swer. At times his sanity is doubted,
but on this subject he never makes re-
ply. For a score of years he has been
advocating his theories and from the
first has been locally known as the
"Rainmaker."
During his experiments Mr.. Wright
has faithfully kept a record of his ex-
periments. He has announced his in
tention of going before the next ses-
sion of the legislature and asking that
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
TRIBUTE TO THE COW.
Her Gods Greatest Animal Gift
to Humanity.

Col. Woods, the Ohio live stock uc-
~tioneer, grew eloquent in his introduce
tory speech at a recent ShortE@cn
sale. He paid a glowing tribute to the
cow as follows:
Grand and noble brute! OF all
Gods animal gifts to man, she is the
greatest. To her we owe b most.
Examine into al the different rami-
fcations and channels of commerce
into which she enters, and note the re-
suit should she be blotted out. Sum
day stiffness would then peryade the
great stock yard industries of our
large cities and grass would grow in
the streets. Seventy-ive per cent. of
the great freight trains that pillow the
continent from ocean to ocean would
sidetrack, for there would be nothing
for them to do. Fully so per cent. of
the laborers of America would draw no
pay on Saturday night, and our tables
would be bare of the greatest luxu-
ries with which they are loaded. The
great western plains that she has
made to blossom, financially, like the
rose, would revert to the Indian, from
whence they came, and millions of
PIO SPCIOu AOhlCS "OdAA NC oOoNhOy u
"None other like the COW. There is
not a thing from nose to tail but what
is utilized for man. We use her horns
to comb our hair; her hair keeps the
plaster on our walls; her skin is on all
our feet and our horses backs; her
hoofs are made into glue; her tail
makes soup; she gives our milk, our
cream, DIR cheese, u butter, and her
flesh is the great meat of all nations.
Her blood is used to make u sugar
white; her bones when ground make
the greatest fertilizer; her paunch she
herself has put through the first chem
ical process for the manufacture of
the best white board paper, and it has
been discovered that that paper is the
most lasting material for the manufac-
lure of false teeth. No other animal
works for man both day and night. BY
day she gathers the food and when
we are asleep at night she brings it
back to rechew and manufacture into
all the things of which 1 speak. She
has gone with the man from Plym-
outh Rock to the settingesun; it was
her sons that broke the first sod in
the settlers clearing; it was her sons
that drew the prairie schooner for the
sturdy pioneers, as inch by inch they
fought to prove that Westward the
star of empire takes its way and the
old cow grazed along behind; and when
the days march was lone she came and
gave the milk to fill the mothers
breast to feed the sucking babe hat
was, perchance. to become the future
ruler of his country"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
ROADSIDE MAIL BOX.

up a mail box at the roadside, as
shown in the Illustration. One end
of the box is left open to receive
the mail. The round disc is a signal
to denote there is mail in the box;
it is held in its upright position by
the weight attached to the lower end
of the handle. Whoever brings the
mail, puts it in the box and drops
the weight which raises the signal,
which can be seen from the house.
When we get the mail out the
weight is hung up on a nail driven
in the side of the box near the bot.
tom edge. This allows the signal to
drop down by the side of the box as
shown by dotted lines. Our box is
made of roofing tin. except the bot
tom and end, which are wood. The
signal should be painted a different
color from hat of the box to render
it more easily SEEM. E. Higgins
in Ohio Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10

which he had been years in accumu-
lating.
For Mr.. Wright belives in the soon
cussion theory" of rain production.
Several attempts have been made to
produce a downfall of moisture in this
manner, but Wright used a unique and
novel method. He declares that there
IS no such a thing as evaporation.
Hydrogen and oxygen are present in
the atmosphere all the time. The
former gas is the lighter and keeps
ascending, leaving the heavier below.
To produce rain it is only necessary
to mix the two gases by means of air
currents, create enough electricity in
the atmosphere to unite them and
await results.
With this end in view he has con-
structed 25 mortars and in his test
kept them in action for IA hours. The
gums" as he calls them, were ar
ranged in groups of five forming an
immense circle. Each gun was fired
on an average of once a minute. In
the construction of the apparatus Mr..
Wright spent over a thousand dollars.
In addition he paid for the half ton of
RONdOI uHCA was COHSuuICu III III
experiment. Neighbors in the vicinity
volunteered their services in discharg-
ing the guns"
At six o'clock in the eveping the
bombardment was commenced. All
through the night the gums" flashed
and reared. There was a slight inter
mission at midnight and a lunch was
served. The party ceased their eff
forts from pure exhaustion in the mid
die of the forenoon of the following
day.
On the day following the cessation
of the ~cannonading there was a smart
shower in Lincoln, and local rains were
reported from various sections of the
state. Whether "Rainmaker' Wright
caused it or whether the downfall of
moisture resulted from purely natural
causes has been holly debated from
that day to this. The "rainmaker'
promptly claimed tin fact predict
ed that it would come. The local
weather bureau failed to forecast the
showers, but the men in charge ridi-
culed the claims of Mr.. Wright.
The apparatus devised by Mr.. Wright
consists of three parasitic base, the
mortar and the funnel. The base is a
hollow, oone-shaped piece of iron rest
ing on a wooden platform. In one side
there is a hole which allows the gun
to be fired by the application of a
stick of burning punk. In the base the
powder is poured, about two ounces
being used for each charge. A lever at
one side of the platform lowers the
plank on which the base rests and thus
allows the powder to be poured in.
The charge is tamped with paper and
Immediately fired.
The mortar is simply a hollow con-
tinuation of the base grooved at the
bottom to rest securely on the base
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
Look After the Hogs swirl.

Sun-baked swil in filthy barrels;
swill that is fermented into the
sharpest acid and putrefied into a
disgusting mass; swill that attracts
myriads of carrion-loving flies. is not
fit for the hogs. 1t is full of MAS
ma and disease germs of various
kinds and hence it is dangerous to
feed it. Pleasantly soured swill,
swill that is mildly acid is all right,
but it should not be allowed 10 pass
that stage before it is fed; and in
hot weather it gets past that stage
very quickly. 1t is not easy to look
after such things carefully in the
rush of all kinds of work, and some
cannot receive such suggestions with
patience, which is not surprising, but
for all that it win pay to give some
thoughts to the pigs. 1t viii not be
regretted at their harvest time
Thee. Louis, in Farm. Stock and Home
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
STILL TALKING ABOUT IT.

Bryant, No., Oct. 7th.-The Ease of
Mrs. M. A. Goss, continues to be the
chief topic of conversation in this
neighborhood. Mrs. Goss was q cripple
for a long time with Sciatica, she was
so bad she couldn't turn over in bed,
and for four months she lay on one
side.
She had tried every thing without
getting any relief, till at last she
heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills. She is
strong and well to-day, and has not a
single ache or pain.
Mrs. Goss says: 81 don't know if
Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure anything
else or not, but I do know they will
cure Sciatica for they cured me, and
there couldn't be a worse case than
-nA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
LEGAL FEES IN SLUMPSHIRE
New England Town Where the Law
yers Are Not Likely to Get
Very Rich.

"This must be a good cas- you're on
o to bring you way to New York.
said the Broad street man, encourag-
ingly.
The lawyer from Slumpshire bright
ened, says the New York Sun
There's $50 in ton shares" said
he. "A nan down here owes my eli
emit that, and if he pays l get half. And
1 guess he's good for IT."
what? You come all this way on a
$50 case.
"You see, my client got kind of sick
of sending bills, so he said he'd just as
lief I'd come down and get it,"
"Oh! A matter of principle with
him. He pays your expenses, of
course"
"Well, no. He said he guessed it
wouldn't hardly pay him to do that.
He said 1 could take it if 1 liked, and
he'd be satisfied with one-half if I
got it. Well, v see, the railroad runs
right cross the county seat-straight
across the main street-and hasn't
got any gates there to shut down when
the train goes by. And the law is,
they've got to have gates. Well. i went
in and saw one of the big railroad
men, and kind of called his attention
to that, and suggested that 1 didn't
much care whether the road went to
the expense of putting in gates or
not, but that I did care about getting
to New York for nothing. So he was
polite enough to fix it for me. Iguess,
if the man pays I'll make enough for
expenses while I'm here. and if I don't
why, I sold three fat hogs last week
and, by gum, WORKS worth it,"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
A BOX.
Signal Disc Attached to 1t Indicates
when Mail Is Deposited OF
Delivered.

We who live in a hill country and
are compelled to travel on very poor
roads with but little prospect for
Improvement must probably be con
tent to GO to the crossroads post
office and get our own mail for sew.
eral years to come. Neighbors can
be of great benefit to one another
in this respect if the proper ar
engagements are made. Some of my
neighbors and myself carry one an
others mail, and for their conven-
fence as well as my own, l have put
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
THINK TT OVER

If you've taken our adj
vice, your house is painted
with Devoe ready paint. IF
not, we'll have a few words
with youabouti it next spring.
The advice may seem better
then; the paint will be just as
good; couldn't be better; no.
body can make better.
Advice: When you paint,
use Devoe for results.
Get it of your dealer. Book on painting freq
If you mention this paper
GOoD-PAINT DEvoE, CHICAGO
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
EUROPEAN ECHOES.

Italy exports los, 900 tons of marble
. year, valued at e420, 600.
In Russia only II in 10000 people are
mad; in England the rate is 80.
In 1900 Germany had nearly four
times as many dentists as in 1885.
Italy has 392 people ove 100 years
old, of whom 16 are monks and nuns.
Denmark's great family of brewers,
the Jacobsons, have given their coun-
trymen nearly SIS, 900 600 for scientific
and philanthropic purposes.
The seagoing vessels of the North
German Lloyd covered last year an ag-
gregate of 1907, 900 nautical miles,
which is equal to a1s circuits of the
globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
AN IDEAL
IL There Were More of His Kind Life
Would Indeed BE a Pleasure
and Joy.

A few years ago a friend of mine told
me a story hat is worth repeating to
the largest possible audiences:
Not long ago." said he, Il was in
need of a small amount of money. The
simplest way to get it was to sell a
cow. and sell her cheap. Meeting a
neighbour, / asked him if he wanted to
buy a good cow. 1t happened hat he
needed one, and went at once to see
'Bossy.' Satisfied with her and the
price | named. he Immediately paid for
the GOV and led her home. Afew weeks
later l met him on the street and he
handed me a fve-dollar bill. remark
ing that he owed that amount because
| had soId the cow too cheap. He did
not care to profit by my necessity.
He was right. l had offered the an
imal for less than her real worth in
order to make a quick SALE"
"How would you ike to have such
a neighbour" he asked.
81 could not hope for a better" was
my answer.
THAT is the man." said he, inclining
his head in the direction of one of
the most admirable men I aver met.
The story IVES absolutely true. yet
was perfectly characteristic.-D. W.
Working, in Farm and Fireside.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
Not at Al Common.

Il should think the Sphinx girls
would feel their disgrace, Their
thief"
Nothing of the sort. Why, he ap-
propriated nearly a quarter of a mil
lion.--Philadelphia Relletin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
Loves Flame Turned to Ashes.

The woman wept bitterly.
"Once," she protested, "you talked
of burning with love!"
"And now" sneered the man, 81 nm
not permitted to smoke, ever in the
house."-Stray Stories
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10

Yeast-A man can't always tell
what's in your mind by the way You
shake his hand.
Crimsonbeak-No; but he gener-
ally can size up the situation by the
way you shake your fist.-Yonkers
Statesman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
You Can Get Alien. Foot-Ea.e FREE.

Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, LIE
Roy, n. Y, for a FREE sample of Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder. 1t cures sweating,
damp, swollen, aching feet. Makes new or
tight shoes easy. Always use it to Break in
New Shoes. At all druggists and shoe
stores; 25c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
OF Two Evils.

"All those stories the papers are printing
about you are les" said the politicians
friend. "Why don't you make them stop
it?"
81 would" replied the politician, "but I'm
afraid they'd begin printing the truth then"
Philadelphia Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
refined.

money could do to make our new country
viller look scrumptious. It's awfully re-
fined. Why, even tn buttercups on the
lawn are creamery butter ps."@Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
Could Not Escape.

Isaacs-Myers says dot bankruptcy gon-
fronts him vunce more.
Cohen-It gonfronts him? Wy, it could
not keep oud of his vay!-Brooklyn Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
a Beautiful Steel Engraving for
Cents.

Upon application at any post office in the
United States, a beautiful steel engraving,
in miniature, of the New York Centrals
Empire State Express" the most famous
train in the world, will be furnished for two
cents.
This engraving affixed to a letter will in
sure it's transportation to any point in the
United States, Canada, Porto Rico, Alaska,
the Hawaiian Islands, Guam or the Philip
pine Archipelago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10

but Have y yo ast aay t forf b os maenl IN the % sew TWEEN On
tieth century department store. You will
ind the matrimonial agency the third aisle
to the right" replied the ho~orwalker.-
PHILADELPHIA Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10

Piso's Cure us the best medicine we ever
used for all affections of the throat ana
hlngs.-Wm. o. Endsley, Vanburen. Ind.
Feb. 10, 1900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10
A NEBRASKA GENUS.
Claims That He Can Cause Rain
fall Whenever Needed.
Uses Guns of Peculiar Construction
10 Make the Shed Tears
Short Account of His
Experiments.
Especial Lincoln Neb1 letter.

IL of the bombardment kept up
by "Rainmaker' W. F. Wright
of Lincoln, Neb.. in order to break the
bllghting drought which was fast
destroying the corn crop of the state.
For 20 years Mr.. Wright has lived
in Nebraska, studied the rain problem,
evolved a theory and, at the critical
moment. put it to the test. using to
defray the expenses of the trial money
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10

"Now, this is what l call good sin-tax,n
said the CRATER grammarian as he took the
$40 bill proffered by the dive-keeper--In-
dianapolis News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund moneyifitfails to cure. CSC.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10

Some men have reasons for doing things
and some have excuses.-Chicago Daily
News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10

Rubbish is wealth in the wrong way
Elijah P. Brown.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10

Cure and Prevent Pneumonia.
With Hoxsie's Group Cure, Infallible. so
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES colormore
goods, per package, than any other.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10

be established in all parts OF
the state for the purpose of bringing
rain by the conclusion method. He
has warn champions in all political
parties, and the chances IRE that Mr..
Wright and his scheme will become a
local issue of no small significance in
the coming political campaign.
GEORGE w. KLINE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10

Lots OF selfish people never have any
thing.-Atclison Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-10

Scrub stock would soon disappear
If there were. no scrub dairymen.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-10-11
Don Ulises Garcia

ce nos munican Ia triste nueya
- deecido alif nuestro buen amigo,
,Deaente federal don Ulfses Garcia
,cho sentimos Ia ausencia eterns del en-
ia patriots, que ahn en- las epoaas mas
etles, Sc mantuvo altivo digno conSriou-
ndo siempre con su activdad con su dine
%. al sostenimiento del rartido federal en-
Ponce.
Era un industrial 1aborioso, honrado In.
teligente, por cuyos meritos 81 partido federal
la liey6 ocupar On puesto en- e Consejo mu-
nicipal de Ia ciudad del Sur. Fue tam oien
miembro del Comite local.
Descanse en- paz ell buan amigo exceien-
te patriota, y reciba su desconsoada fam1l1a
Ia sentida expression de nuestra condotencia
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-10-11
A DIESTRO + SINlESTRO

Que Ia OCCASION ell sitio que escogiera ell
poeta para recitar dfchos sOnetOs no eran pro-
pfcios nj oportunos, queoa comprobado con
saber que no los destinaba para aquela oca-
sion nj para aquel sitio, sino que los guardaba
para la primera oportunidad que Sc lie presen-
tase fin de contrarrestar los va citados.
Antes de concluir, debemos recoger un
dicho malicioso vertdo en- las Columns de
Gel Pais.2
Sc ha fnsinuado que atacamos Gordfls
por envidia.
La especiOta es tan burda, que no necesi-
tamos refutarla.
Nj ESQ cabe nosotros nj ell mismo poeta
por grandes que sean sus 1nfulas, ha de
creerlo.
iOfciosidades de amigos completeness !!
x**
Escritas las anteriores llneas, llega
nuestro poder una carta en- que Sc nos inclu-
yen unos versos de Gordils a Leopodo Cano.
Comienzan asf:
<Conque has llegado al pefl6n,
& mi pef6n borincano,
Ell que te aluda, Cano,
con grttOs del cOraz0n.
Ell que con dulce cantar
te recibe regaZo
y te devuelve ell abrazo
del amor peninsular.,
No hay que comentar.
Un peh6n-la isla de Puerto Rico es
III pefi6n, asI 10 juren poetas descalzos cal
zados con ripios--un en6n que saluda Cano,
con gritos iayl del coraz0n y dulce.
caDtar le OoVu0lVe Ell laDraZO-ngura0O-Q0
Cano, ell autor de <Trata de blancos..
Bueno. Al pen6n Sc abraz6...
Y ell pen0n no le abras6.
Porque fue un NAL Secretario de Gobier-
no Y es tan poeta como GOrdils.
XIV
Gordils 10 es, cuando, como sem ejanza
de Alfredo de Musset, Sc limita beber su
vase.
Y prueba de clio son estos delicadfsimo os
yersos. que nos completeness en- reproducfr,
ESQ vale mas que <Por la Patria y por ell
muerto.7
Ell album, como obsequio de Mono, es
originalfsimo.
Al inverse de la portada, hay una venta-
nita como dice Gordfs: Sc tira de un azo
morado v aparece ell retrato de la obseq uiada.
con sste <motivo, dice ell poeta:
EZRA de noche. Resplandecia
la llama suave de mi bUjfa,
Abrf tn libro sobre la mesa
vi en- la tapa, con gran sorpresa,
Ia ventanita que esta en- ell centro;
lame diciendo: dquien esta dentro?
La ventanita sigui6 cerrada. -.
Tome la corta cinta mOrada.
Tire y entonces respandeciente
brot6 una aurora. .Sope impacente
Ia llama suave de mi uifa
iporque supuse que amaneclal
Ese es Ell camino.
Y despues de pensamento tan delicado
huelga nuestra prosa, que deseamos result
te mortincante para Gordis, pero al para sus
adLdte,es los jaleadores de tanda.
CORTADILLO.