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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
PRESERVE YOUR R
Careless I~nattentiOn Kills Many VAL
liable Animals Years and Years
Before Their Time.

Many farm horses are killed each
year by thoughtless owners. They
would not take their lives as butch
ers would, nor would they purposely
take their lives by intentional cruel
ty. By careless inattention the work
is done, and many men are guilty of
the charge of killing off good horses
if the matter could be definitely
raced Poor treatment when dis
ease attacks the vital parts of a
horse is a source of much fatality
among horses. Lack of judgment I'M
der circumstances relating to the
are of horses when they r out of
condition is another. The lack of
proper knowledge of the effect of
different foods for horses under pc
culiar conditions may be added to
the list. A great many cause might
be given, but it is unnecessary to re-
peat them here. The horse owner
who will give the subject any thought
can figure out more ways than one
in which the lives of those faithful
animals may be shortened or length
ened. Their are very few horses
worn out. The most of them die
from some cause or other, and these
causes are what horsemen wan to
look after if they want their horse to
live to a green old age. 1t is easier
to preserve horses than to procure
them. Barring accidents. a sound
horse should be as good at 20 as at
any other age, yet we and but few
that are old that are able TO do 81
full davis work without great ia.
tigue. You must study the care of
your horses if you would preserve
them.-Drovers' Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

Only three weeks are required to
develop a perfect mosquito from the
egg.
In the pupa state the Hessian fly
can scarcely be distinguished from
a iaxseed.
According to the Mosaic law the
locust was "clean," and might be
eaten by the Jews.
England's record trout weighed 25
pounds. It was caught in the Avon
at Salisbury. Scotland "a show n
of 20 pounds, caught in Loeb Stem
ness. in Orkney.
Among the insects, while the per-
feet state is generally limited to a
few months certain of the bees live
for a few years, and the same is prob
ably true of the ants. !
The distinction among animals of
requiring least sleep belongs to the
elephant. In spite of its capacity for
hard work, the elephant seldom it
ever sleeps more than four or occa-
sionally five hours.
The mosquitoes buzzing has been
q source of much contention among
mosquito scientists. It is, undoubt-
eddy. due to the vibration of the
wings and their friction against some
portion of the mosquitoes body.
The Minnesota game warden is
Matching 100, coo, 900 wall-eyed pike.
A large portion will be placed in
Cass lake, where they have never
been before. That will be upon the
request of the citizens in that part
of the state.
The spider shields itself in win
ter by a weather-proof covering of
silk, but some kinds come out for an
airing occasionally and even take a
scamper across the snow. The trap
door spider passes the entire season
deep in the ground in his winter
house of spun silk.
"a snakes tail never dies till after
SHUTDOWN" That is an article of rural
faith. BY way of reinforcing it it
may be said that with some species
of snake a severed head bites an hour
or even two after cutting off, and
further that the headless body will
often leap its own length if irritated
upon the raw. That is not. however,
quite so strange as that the leap is
made toward the irritator, as though
the body could still distance
and direction without eye, ears or
brain.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
THE COLLEGE-TRAINED MEN.

Statistics show that the college
man leads in practically all the pro-
LESSONS and in the majority of bust
ness activities.
Ninety per cent of ministers, IS
per cent. of teachers and 6S per cent.
of lawyers are college graduates.
Forty per cent. of all bankers, 30
per cent. of editors and 26 per cent.
of merchants and manufacturers have
college educations. In some callings
it will be seen a college education has
increased a mans chance of success
fully fifty times.
Two-thirds of the presidents, SEN
ators and representatives of the
United States have been college-bred
men. This proportion is amazingly
large when it is considered that only
about one man in every 200 of the
adult male population is a college
product. If college men had no adj
vantage only about one per cent.
would be found holding conspicuous
positions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
FROM DEATHS DOOR.

Hillsdale, ILL.,, April 29tn.-Much in
terest has been aroused here over the
case of William Marks, who has been
in a dying condition for several
months with an apparently incurable
Kidney Disease.
The leading physicians of this place
had pronounced his case a hopeless
one, and others from Port Byron,
Geneseo, and Davenport, Ia, had at
tended him, and in a consultation de-
cided that he could not live.
In desperation, his nephew inquired
of Mr.. l.. f. Giles, a local druggist, as
to a last resort. Mr.. Giles suggested
Dodd's Kidney Pills, a remedy which
had just been introduced here.
The results were marvellous. Mr..
Marks Immediately began to improve,
and within a few weeks was able to
be up and about, completely cured.
His cure is the talk of the neigh
hood, and is considered nothing short
of a miracle.
There appears to be no doubt that
this new remedy, Dodd's Kidney Pills,
will cure any case of Kidney Disease.
for the more malignant forms, such
as Bright's Disease, Diabetes, and
Dropsy, yield readily to its remark
able influence. These forms OF
Chronic Kidney Disease have hitherto
been considered incurable, and have
bafied all medical skill, and yet, this
new remedy has cured every single
ease in which it has been used, in
this neighborhood. The doctors
themselves are amazed at the won
derful work Dodd's Kidney Pills are
accomplishing in Rock Island County.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
VALUE OF FARM NAMES.
Establish On sort of Trade-Mark
for All and Increase
Its Market Value.

at is a wonder to me-" remarked
the dairyman as he sold a lot of eggs
that came from a farm whose name is
known all about this section for the
excellence of it's products, that farm
ers do not name their farms more fire.
quently and so establish a sort of
trademark for their produce. They
would do it, 1 am sure, if they only
knew how much it adds to the value of
the stuff they send to the markets. l
have scores of customers who will buy
only milk, eggs, chickens or other
produce they want that comes from a
certain farm and is so stamped.
There are a score or more of gen.
tlemen farmers who appreciate this
aud who have given fanciful names t.
their places and so at once added to
the value of their produce. It also
adds at once to the value of their
property, for the name very quickly
becomes known and people h are
looking to buy country places r will
ing to pay more for one that has an
established name and reputation.
Now, Jones' farm or Smiths farm does
not mean anything to the average
buyer, but call it 'Edgewood.' Ivan
hoe Lookout or any other fanciful
name and it at once obtains a market
value it never had before, and without
the expenditure of a penny. 1t is a
queer shortsightedness that has led
farmers t. overlook this, for they are
usually shrewd enough in other re-
spects. If they would name their
farms and furnish good stuff from it
for a couple of years they would find
that the value of their property had
doubled in that period."-N. Y. Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
FOREIGN

Irish horses are worth to-day 2A
times as much as in 1855.
The consumption of beer in Ger
many has doubled in the last 20
years.
The darabouka, or Turkish drum,
resembles a long vase, the bottom
covered with parchment.
Norway Is the only country in the
world whose banks hold specie
in their safes than they issue.
Germany's ~reichstag has been in
existence just 80 years. Only four
members of the first reichstag have
seats in the present one-Graf HON.
pesch, Eugen Richter, DR.. Lieber and
Bebel.
Capt. Auguste Vautier, of the Swiss
army, has invented a remarkable
camera by means of which views at
a distance of 60 to 81 miles can be
taken. 1t is with this machine that
the Alps en- masse will be photo
g%raphed, and it is confidently ex-
pected that views hitherto unobtain-
able will now be brought within the
photographers reach.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
SOD HOUSE.
For Cheapness, Comfort and Com
venience, Says Its Designer, 1T
as without an Equal.

Every western farmer may have one
of these comfortable houses with little
cost anda comparatively small amount
of labor. The sod may be turned at
any time in the year when the ground
is not frozen. A firm, well-grassed sod
is best, but other will do, the only diff
ference being in the length of time
the building will last. The walls are
laid up with bricks of sod about 12x12
inches and laid like bricks with the
exception of the cement, nothing of
that kind being used. The soc is
turned down and the walls are made
"a inches thick, two layers of sod be-
ing used.
Timbers are used above openings
for doors and windows; and castings
are used as in a frame. The roof
should slope about two feet, and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
Are You Going Abroad,

you are going abroad be sure to select
Eas Railroad as your route
last; The terminus of that line Is within
omo DOCKS OF the docks of the ocean liners
eperated by the Cunard, H-amburg-Ameri-
SSS n, Mnlte Star, North German Lloyd,
M &c American, American, Red Star
and French Lines. To the traveller often
sncnmpered with luggage and accompanied
Dy ms family, the advantage of Iandinr 90
near ms point of embarkation is at once an
parent Not only is the Lackawanna Rail
OF the great Transatlantic STEAMERS hut
the comfort OF its patrons is the special
care OF a Steamship Agent who viii be
found on the docks of all the principal
anes. from Chicago three through trains
Plate Offering a service u-nsurpassed in Inv.
ury and convenience. From ST. Louis there
Is also a through daily service in Connection
with the Wabash Railroad.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02

| runa will make
you feel like another person inside OF
a week. 1 have now used it for three
seasons and find it very reliable and
eficacious."-Marie Coats.
Mrs. Al. Wetzel, 81 South nth street,
Terre Haute, Ind, writes:
"Peruna is the greatest medicine on
earth. I feel well and that tired feel
ing is all gone. When 1 began to take
your medicine I could not smell nor
hear a church bell ring. Now I can
smell and hear. When 1 began your
treatment my head was terrible, all
sorts of buzzing, chirping and loud
noises. Three months ago i dragged
around like a snail; now / can walk
as briskly as ever. / am going to go
and see the doctor hat said I was not
long for this world, and tell him that
Peruna cured me."-Mrs. Al. Wetzel.
If all the tired women and all the
nervous women, and all the women
that needles a tonic would read and
heed the words of these three fair La
dies who have spoken right to the
point, how many invalids would be
prevented and how many wretched
lives be made happy.
Peruna restores health in a normal
way.
Peruna puts right all the mucous
membranes of the body, and in this
way restores the functions Of every
organ.
If it is the stomach hat is out of or
der, and the digestion impaired, Pc
runa quickly makes things right by re-
storing the mucous membrane of the
stomach.
If the nerves tingle, if the brain is
tired, if the strength is tagging and
the circulation of blood weakened by
habby mucous membranes of the di-
gestive organs, Peruna reaches the
spot at once by giving to these mem
branes the vitality and activity which
belongs to them.
The pelvic organs are also lined with
mucous membrane which in the female
sex is especially liable to derange-
ments. Peruna is an absolute specific
in these cases. The women everywhere
are praising it. No other remedy has
ever received such unqualified praise
from such a multitude of women.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at once to DIR. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus @.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
GATE FOR FEEDING PEN.

a gate, made as portrayed, in the
feeding pen, the large, strong pigs
will be hindered in no way from get
ting their share, and the smaller ones
will be given an equal chance, or bet
ter. The gate (c) is fastened to the
lifting lever (b), which is held at
the desired height, admitting the de-
sired sized pig by a pin (a), through
the posts and through the lever. The
lower hole admits the smaller pigs,
but the larger sized cannot squeeze
under. When the little pigs have salts
fed themselves, lift the gate another
hole and admit the next grade, and SO
on. In this way the smaller pigs will
not become stunted by being crowded
away from the feeding trough or floor.
j. l.. Irwin, in Farm and Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02

Lettuce is the best green food we
have ever tried for chickens in confine-
ment. They will turn from clover in
any form and greedily devour lettuce
in any stage of its growth if it is given
to them fresh, or any time before it
willis. An ordinary sized breeding pen,
saw, from five to ten, will eat about
eight good-sized punches or stalks
three or four times a week, and eat it
clean, too. BY drilling it quite thick
in the rows and cutting (not pulling)
it close to the ground when gathering
it for fowls a little patch" of ground
NAV be made to yield a sufficient
for quite a flock during an en-
tire season. Try a patch next spring.
Interstate Poultryman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
Insect. In stored Grain.

The best way to kill these insects is
to use b%isulphide of carbon. This
liquid quickly exhales as deadly gas,
which is heavier than air and sinks
down through the grain. Put the
b~isulphide in a deep dish at the top of
the grain. Close the bin and make it
as nearly alright as possible by
throwing blankets or bags orer the
top. The liquid will evaporate and the
gas will work down through the grain.
The gas is deadly and very quick to
take fire. Do not breathe close to the
dish. or bring any light near IT.
Rural New Yorker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
PEN A T.
Where Any Great umb of Pigs Are
Kept a Device Like This One Is
Almost Indispensable.

When there are any great number
of pigs fed in the same pen it is in
variably the rule that the larger pigs
get the greater share of the feed, and
in consequence they grow better and
the smaller, less active pigs get less
feed and are jostled about and fall
farther and farther behind. By using
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
CHIT-CHAT IN THE LIBRARY.

There are 1865 booksellers in 1.4O3
cities of Germany.
Steps are to be taken to form a
commercial museum in Madrid.
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts
shows a deficiency of $3s,696 for the
Iear 1000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02

gained in weight. I recommended Pc
runa to an acquaintance of ours and he
is making remarkable progress. I
looked SO badly for a time before I be-
gan your medicine, that now when I
meet some of my friends they say: Il
was very much worried about you, but
now you are looking so WE'LL Ishall
always keep Peruna and Manalin in
the house as family medicines Mrs.
Bertha Kockler.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
Jonb,u ConFe,&rra

Aunt Betsy7Josh, how is it the weather
man here can only tell what it's going to
do Tor "a hours, while the weather man
In Washington can tell for 4S hours, or even
"a week?
Uncle JOSH guess the Washington chap
mas more sensitive corns.-Phaladelphia
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02

Always remember, the ran simply
gives the eve the power OF improving
the progeny, but unless the eve is
enabled to do this, the usefulness OF
the ram is thrown away.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
A Slim MEM.

RI presume You are always filled with the
The dreamy poet.
Yes answered the dreamy poet; Eyes,
md that's about all, as a general thing
Baltimore American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
SPRING CATARRH MAKES
PEOPLE WEAK AND NERVOUS.
Thousands of Fair Women Are
Never Without Pe-ru-na The
National Catarrh Remedy.

Miss Marie Coats, President of the
Appleton Young Ladies' Club, writes
the following concerning Peruna:
Appleton, Wis.
The PerunaM Medicine Co., Columbus, o.:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02

Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted. LEROY.
y Y, Tor a FREE sample OF Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to shake into your shoes. It
cures cnllDlalns, sweating, damp, swollen,
easy A certain cure for Corns and Ban
IONS All druggists and shoe stores sell it. 25c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02

Miss Anna Bryan, a favorte cousin of William Jennings Bryan, is well
known socially in Washington, D. c., where she las a host of friends. Miss
Bryan recently studied music al Paramount Seminary, of Washington, d. c.
In a recent letter o The Peruna Medicine Co, of Columbus, Ohio, she says:
+ 1859 Florida Avenue, NJ W., Washington, d. c.
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o.:
GenfIemen---"At the solicitation of a friend / began some weeks
ago to take your Peruna and I now feel like a new person. 4 take
pleasure in recommending it to all who want good tonic and a per-
manenf cure for cafarrh "--Anna Bryan.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
GentIeme


81 find Peruna
an excellen
S prin g and
summer medi-
C i e and am
glad to call the
attention of
my friends to
it. When that
languid, tired
feeling comes
over you, and
your food no
longer tastes
and small
annoyances ir-
you, Pc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
KTRS. BERTHA KOCKLER, III

MFRS. BERTHA KOCKLER, TT
lV1 Guinett street, Brooklyn, N. Y,
writes:
"Peruna and Manalin have done me
very great service, and / recommend
them with pleasure to all who suffer
with catarrh of the stomach
as l did. Should such a disease ever at
tack me again [ shall Immediately take
Peruna. now feel very well and have
a good appetite all the time. I have
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
In or Years an independence Is Assured
OLD SORES CURED

Aliens U1cerine Saive cures Ghreaie Cleer.. Bone Ulcers,
serofaieus Ulcers. varieese Ulcers. Indeiezt Ulcers, nercsrizi
Ulcers, White Swelling. HiFk leg, Eezems. Salt kheum- Fever
seres. all old ssres. Positively no fsilare, no matter he. lens
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
optlca, wonder In mirrors.

Mirrors that one can see through are
new invention already coming into
use. They are of so-called "platinized
glass; being backed with compound
made of 95 per cent silver and per
cent platinum, and, OFFICIALLY speaking,
they are exceedingly curious and in
teresting. Looking into glass of this
kind one finds first rate reflection; it
is a mirror and nothing more. At the
same time, a person on the other side
can see directly through it. For ex-
ample, a glass of this sort placed in
front of the prescription desk in an
apothecary shop perfectly conceals the
prescription clerk and his apparatus.
Thus the privacy of that department is
secured, while on his part the clerk is
able to survey the shop and see
everybody who comes in just as If the
mirror were ordinary glass. 1t is trans
parent to him. but is like any common
mirror from the point of view of peo-
pie in front. 1t is easily seen that glass
of this kind is likely to be useful for
a good many purposes. 1t can be put
in the doors of dark bathrooms, or of
any other rooms where privacy is de-
sirable and light is wanted.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
CASE I. PATTEN.

curving the ball while yet youngster
around his home. His professional
career began with the Plattsburg IN.
W team in 1896. While with the st.
Adams (Vt.) team during the season
of 1897, he was recommended to
Wilkesbarre club, of the Eastern
League, and was engaged for the sea-
son Of 1898. That year he participat-
ed in forty championship contests. His
best pitching feat in any one game
was against Providence Aug. 16, at
Wilkesbarre, when he shut that team
out without run and allowed it only
one safe hit. He also shut out the
Springfields, and held them down to
four safe hits. Montreal once made
one run and four hits off him, and
Toronto one run and five hits. His
release was purchased by the Kansas
City club, of the Western League, at
the close of that season, but he was
given little opportunity to show his
pitching ability in 1899, taking part
In only eleven games that year, seven
of which he won, and that, too, with
team behind him that finished sew
enth in the Western League pennant
race. However, his work was suf-
ficiently satisfactory for Manager Man
ming to retain him for the season OF
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
Sinking Into a Salt Lake.

The Pennsylvania coal region is not
the only part of the world in which
towns are being undermined and
where houses topple from their founda-
lions and disappear from sight as if
swallowed up by an earthquake Eng
land has at least one parallel, for
Northwich, the center of the salt in
dustry of the country, is slowly, but
surely, sinking beneath the surface of
the earth. The product of the salt
mines of Northwich is obtained by two
Notwithstanding and brine-pump-
ing. In the former case which is the
method generally adopted, shaft is
sunk about 300 feet and the salt rock
blasted and excavated in the usual
manner. The brine-pumping, although
it is still continued upon large scale,
is gradually falling into disuse. When
the industry was started it was con-
sidered that only one stratum of salt
existed, and that was only few feet
below the surface Fresh water found
it's way to this extensive salt deposit,
with the result that the salt dissolved
like snow. A huge subterranean lake
of water, charged with rs per cent Of
salt, was thus formed Pumping en-
gines were then installed to convey
this brine to the surface to large evap-
Grating pans, in which a heavy deposit
of salt was left after the water had
evaporated. The result of this extern
sive pumping is that Northwich now
rests, as it were, upon shell Of earth,
which at times proves insufficient to
support the weight of the houses, with
the inevitable consequence that the
buildings are constantly sliding and
collapsing in every direction. AS the
result of subsistence one building fell
over upon its back in the course of a
single night, and it is noteworthy that
the house, owing to the care observed
in its construction, fell over intact. not
a crack being produced in the walls nor
even pane of glass being broken.
There is scarcely perpendicular wall
to be seen in the town; in numerous
cases the doors and window frames of
the houses are awry; the roads are ex-
tremely uneven, and are often closed.
owing to the falling in of portions.
Houses are being continually con-
demned as unsafe for human habita-