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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
QUALITY COUNTS.
lively as the Proverbia1 Law
of supply and Demand.

We say hat prices r regulated
by supply and demand, but we are
apt to lose sight of the important
part which quality plays in stimulat-
ing consumption and thus maintain
ing prices. Breeders who have
placed themselves in the van of the
movement to improve the live stock
of this country nave not only raised
the standard of production, but have
stimulated the demand for the best.
In other words, their work has been
two-fold; it has educated the taste of
the consumer, while it has striven to
meet the demand thus created. Eng
lishmen who came to America ten OF
fifteen years ago and who interested
themselves in live stock statistics, ex-
pressed great surprise over the small
consumption of mutton by our Peo-
pie, but after they had sampled the
cooked article in the hotels of the
United States they ceased to wonder
that Americans had little appetite
for that kind of meat. Farmers
raised sheep for wool and the NUT
ton disposed of was a by-product.
The quality of the meat was on a par
with the beef retailed in certain out
of-the-way dairy districts who's mar,
kets are supplied from the local
stock of old cows fattened and sen
to the shambles.
With an increased supply butchers
and packers have learned hat the
best of mutton must be killed and
dressed so carefully that no faint
from the oil always present in the
wool reaches the meat to give it the
flavor so unpleasant to many fastidi-
Gus palates, and this careful dressing
has also helped the trade. The i'm
provement of export facilities has
likewise encouraged the raising OF
mutton sheep, but that, is kipling
says is another story. Though the
growth of this branch of live stock
industry has been rapid it has been
permanent. Mutton now holds high
rank with other meats in the estima-
ton of our people, and it's popularity
is observation-disclosures Review.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
Turkey i'm POPULAR Favor.

What / now plead for are large
boned, well marked turkeys of reason.
able weights for exhibition purposes,
but do not demand of us the over-fat
exhibition birds for breeders, for il
you do you will be disappointed in the
fertility of eggs and the vitality of the
stock Matched therefrom. If we were
all fanciers, we might contend for the
excessive weights, as it would not be
necessary to raise sc many turkeys
if only the fancier were interested.
but the turkey is the national bird for
the festive board, and the American
people call every year for a greater
and greater supply. Few demand a
40-pound turkey, while millions use
the lighter weights for table pur.
poses; hence L claim that even the
fancier should be practical in his ideas,
for the masses look to him as a teach.
er on these subjects.-Mrs. BETH,
Glover Maekey, in Reliable Poultr,
journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31

as the waves that surrounded them.
French and Spanish settlers super
seeded the Indians; these were fol-
lowed by English and more French,
then more English. After these came,
in 1900, Scotch ~Highlanders, driven
from their homes by unjust laws.
These latter settled in Nova Scotia
and Cape Breton.
On the island the influx came chief
ty from the inland districts of Inver-
ness and Argyleshire, Roman Catholic
and Presbyterian making common
cause md rendering the little island
the Scotchiest of all Scotch districts
outside the old country. Many anus
ing anecdotes are old OF their man
ner of standing by each other, cast
ing religious prejudice to the winds.
ANY kind of a Scotchman was bet
ter than the best representative OF
another nation. These different ma
tionalities have never become ANAL
gamated, and not the least of the
attractions of the island are the
speech and customs of its people.
After many years of neglect, pub
lie attention is now turning toward
Cape Breton on account of the de-
velopment of it's mines. 1t has been
called the 'long wharf of America"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
IEEcE In
why Some Well-Meaning Poultry
Raisers Fail i'm Their Efforts
to Produce Good stock.

In reading poultry journals q read
only about half a dozen) I often
come across articles advocating a
cross between pure bred fowls and
questions about which breeds to
that cross breeds are healthier and
are better layers than pure breeds.
Why don't they cross mongrels on
m~ongrels? There are many focks of
mongrels not related to each other,
and they ought to get what they
want that way, but they know OF
seem to think that pure breeds are
doing better work for most of their
owners than any mongrels. Why
don't they get pure bred fowls then?
They may know of certain breeders
who have inbred their fowls and lost
many of their fine fowls by disease,
and that sets them against pure
breeds. So they get pure bred light
Brahams from Mr.. A, who has
large, healthy Brahmas, and pure
bred brown Leghorns of Mr.. B,
and mate a light Brahma cockerel
with brown Leghorn pullets. Such an
experimenter may get lots of eggs
that hatch well, the chicks may grow
fast and the breeder may feel con-
tented, but there is not much even
ness in size or color of young stock.
This he does not like the best, but it
makes no difference as long as they
do we'll other ways. If he keeps on
breeding from these same fowls he
will soon have inbred fowls and the
.---.& Lid of ~DDrro1C Pint m0Sf
of them go no further than the first
cross, which is all right for crossing.
But why cross breed when you can
get pure breeds from two different
strains and have an even lot of
chicks just as healthy as you ask for
if they have been cared for rightly?
BY introducing new blood from a
third, fourth, ETC., strain (as you
need it) you will still have pure
breeds. We all agree, of course. that
by this method we can establish no
special type of fowl nor expect any
show birds worth speaking of.
But here is the breeder who must
cross breed two pure-bred breeds. If
you must do this, for the looks sake
cross two pure white breeds, two
black breeds or two buff breeds.
This will give you chicks of uniform
color. Or get nearer to it by cross
ing two white, black or buff breeds
with the same style of comb, same
color of shanks or that lay the same
color of eggs. This will give you
more uniformity in their production.
, One who cross breeds is not a fam
cier by any We all like to see
in the looks of a flock of
chickens, and we like it better still
when we can say hat the birds r
pure breeds. 1 believe that, with eN-
ira vigor, fowls can be inbred several
generations with no noticeable bad
results. You can inbreed without
line breeding, but you cannot line
breed without inbreeding. Line
breeders must get new blood, but
they get it from birds bred in line
for the same object for which they
are breeding. writes Arthur c. Grose,
in Poultry Keeper.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31

a dollhouse sash. If the soil is dry
and gravelly, no floor will be needed.
The window should lace the south,
and a small window may be placed in
the eastern end. Where there is a
lot of waste land On the farm a half
dozen such houses can be placed upon
it, ten or twelve rods apart, and 25
hens placed in each colony house.
The fowl will get much of their own
living, and will not need any yard
fencing about them-a great saving
of time and money. The houses
should be placed in a circle, hat each
one may be visited conveniently in
a single round of feeding or egg
gathering. If a spring or a brook
can be had in the center of such a
group of houses the matter of water
for the hens will take care of itself.
N. Y. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31

the entrance to about one-third of q
mile. On this island the French
mounted a battery.
In the calmeSt weather the breakers
thunder along this line and indicate
his dangers to the mariner who hap
pens to be in this vicinity. Within. the
anchorage is good in 25 to 60 feet of
water. Fogs are very heavy. This dam
ger Is now to a great extent overcome
by the use of powerful range lights.
Duchambon. the governor in 1745,
was obstinate and incompetent. In de-
fance of repeated warnings he neg
lected taking proper precautions
against attack. trusting in the strength
of his Notifications. This fact rem
dered an expedition under Col. Sir Will
liam Pepperi.l, of Massachusetts,. a
brilliant success. A lot of unframed
New Englanders. without siege arti!-
fery, captured the best equipped
fortress in the country, upon which
and its outworks were mounted no
guns, and which contained a garrison
of 1900 trained militia and $50 recu-
lars. Pepperill, while knowing moth
- U.s. "a Sooo 4uIo VI
Yankee common sense which stood
him in good stead at this time. Louis
bourg surrendered June Is. Bv keep
ing the French flag flying the victors
were enabled to capture the ship Notre
Dame de Deliverance. containing a car
go of cocoa, s., 900, 900 in Peruvian gold
and a large sum in gold and silver in
COTS. a garrison was left which occu-
pied the town unit. 174s. when Great
Britain turned it over To France. Dur
ing the next ten years %convicts were
employed in Strengthening the de-
lenses. In 175S an attack was made bv
the British under more imposing. if
.ess romantic circumstances than the
former one Frigates. % ships of the
line with $4,000 troops. came against
4,200 French and II ships. a landing
was forced. and although the place was
ably defended, the women. even.
headed by Commandant Drucour's
wife, assisting the soldiers, Louis
bOurg surrendered on July %, but not
until after a determined resistance
had compelled Wolfe to defer his al
tack on Quebec until the following
year. the town was dismantled two
years later; eve the cut stone of the
houses, brought from France. was car
ried to Halifax. Grass grows on the
site of the Old Notifications. and but
little is left to indicate former impor-
lance. But modern progress has
touched Louisbourg with its magic fin
ger and strangers are treading the
ground once familiar to the feet Of a
vanished civilization.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
Teaching Lambs to Feed.

When a lamb is two weeks old it
is ready for feeding something in adj
dition to the ewes milk. 1t is true
that by feeding the w her milk will
be increased, but the first thing to
do is to feed the ewes for the sake
of the lambs, which may be fed indi-
rectly in this way from the first day
of their lives. The lambs are easily
taught to feed by themselves if they
are provided with suitable feeding
pens into which they may go through
narrow openings too small for the
ewes. This is the simplest matter
possible To catch a lamb and take
it INTO the pen and put a little Of the
feed provided into its mouth is all
thEt is needed; the lambs will do the
rest; for where one goes all will
want to go Observation-Disclosures
Xo,2A
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
THE WIFE.

Clarissa, Mimi, Oct. 2Sth.-Mrs. Clara
Keys, wife of Chas. Keys, school teach
err of this pace, tells a wonderful story.
For years her life was one of misery.
Her back ached all the time, her head
aehed all the time; neuralgia pains
drove her to desperation She used
much medicine, but failed to get any
relief till she tried Dodd's Kidney Pills.
She says:
"very soon after 1 began using
Dodd's Kidney Pills all my aches and
pains vanished like the morning dew.
I consider this remedy a God-send to
suffering womanhood."
Encouraged by their success in her
own case, Mrs. Keys induced her
mother, an old lady of a years, to
use Dodd's Kidney Pills for her many
aches and pains. Now both mother
and daughter Observation-Disclosures
from illness or suffering which is some
thing neither had enjoyed for years
before.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
Americans Arc High Liver..

Europeans regard the average
American and his family as living on
an extravagant scale, says Every
body's Magazine. In Europe such
viands can be afforded by only the rich.
His table is spread with abundance,
not only with articles of domestic pro-
duction, but of imported foodstuffs.
For example, his family consumes an
nuaily 1850 pounds of wheat flour. and
GOO pounds of a and cornmeal, 80
pounds of meat, OF about two pounds
per day; $50 pounds of potatoes. 100
pounds of butter and 500 pounds of
sugar. He is the greatest coffee drink
er on earth, one pound per week being
required for his family's consumption.
Of tea, however, he uses little, five
pounds per year suficing for his
needs. His table costs him sic per
month. He ats three meals per day.
taking his dinner at moor. He ~retires
between nine and ten at night. and
rises at six in the morning.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
ANcHoRING END POSTS.
One Method Which Has Stood the
Test of Time and Fills All Need
ed Requirements.

In a back number a plan was given
for anchoring the end posts of a wire
fence, in which the line wires are
fastened to the bottom of the last
post. 1 do not think such an ar
rangement would stand a severe
strain. In the last few years / have
tried a number of different methods
of embracing, and there is only n
that has stood the test of time, and /
can recommend it as filing all re-
quirements, when properly put up.
1t is nothing new and may have been
published before. The cut will give
some idea of how it is put UP. A is
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
Has RICH RESOURCES
Why Capital Is Invading the Little
Isle OF Cape Breton.
One of h Rarest Spots on the At
iantic Coast-How a Brave YAM
kee General Captured Louis
burg Citadel
Especial Boston Letter,

1MERHAPS no piece of land en-
liz Dracing the same number OF
- acres presents more varied at
fractions to the sightseer than the
island OF Cape Breton. and few are
more neglected by tourists. Its coast
ine divides it from various bodies
d water and it is indented in every
direction by large bays and inlets.
Fogs from the Atlantic pecan, the
9utf of st. Lawrence, Gut of Canso,
cumberland strait, and, last but not
least. over the neck of the peninsula
Oh Nova Scotia from the Bay of
Fundy, drift over it, enriching and
deepening the color tones of its yege-
tation.
Certain portions of the coast stand
out In bold grandeur. Everywhere
tne scenery is fine. In winter, the
dark pines outlined against sea and
SKY and ~contrasted with the purity
OF the snow give an impression of
great soIemnity. This is heightened
oy the roar of the surf. In spring
n summer, when maple, birch and
OAK trees RMS variety to the for
est eoloring, the effect is less severe.
~ When the 1rOSI mas
touched the leaves with glorious eds
II puppies, the island is magnifi-
cent. The atmosphere softens and
blends everything. Grain grows in
abundance, although the inhabitants
draw more Or less on the United
States for food supplies. Fish, of
course, are used in large quantities,
Tor the surrounding waters contain
the finest fishing in the world, but
the great wealth of the island has
slways consisted of coal, which is
now being mined in great quantities.
Cape Breton lies between New
foundland and the mainland of Nova
Scotia, to which it was annexed in
$500, much to the disgust of its turbu-
lent inhabitants, who were as restless
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NGISCtGA
and for about eight years past it has
been regarded as a future great dis
tributing center. 1t is well situated
for the purpose and coal crops out
prominently in various localities, no
tably on the east coast cliffs from
Morien Bay to North Sidney. Dur
inc the reign of Queen Elizabeth the
coal trade of Cape Breton fourished;
and Champaign, in 1872, drew a map
of the island. But Nicholas Denys,
of Tours. was the first to make ref
erence to the coal. a grant of the
island was made to him in 1854, by
Louis XIV. Its possession was fu-
riously contested with him and he
finally returned to France in 1872, and
wrote a work concerning his trouble
some possessions, with a title as long
as his years of disappointment. The
mines since that time have been
worked in a desultory way. An Eng
Iish company, the General Mining as
~sociation, had a monopoly of the coal
trade from 1927 to 1855, when their
charter was amended, so that the
legislature resumed all portions but
the North Sidney part of the east
ern coal field. Leases were at once
made to different companies. The
Dominion Coal company has been
methodically handling b output for
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
Honey Is a Perfect Food.

Few people know that honey pos
sesses a great value as a food on &C
count of its ease of digestion and is
especially desirable for those with
weakened digestive powers. The nee
tar of flowers is almost entirely cane
ugar. The secretions added by the
bees change this to grape sugar, and
so prepare it that it is almost ready
for assimilation without any effort on
the part of the stomach. The unpleas-
ant symptoms from which some suf-
fer after eating honey may often be
removed by drinking a little milk
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
ABOUT CARROTS.
A strip is prepared from carrots.

A strip is prepared from carrots.
Carrot is easy of digestion, and
gently laxative.
Boiled carrot is used a S a poultice for
foul sores, and as a vermifuge.
In the reign of Charles /. ladies wore
carrot leaves as an ornament instead
of feathers; and the beauty of b
leaves is still acknowledged by placing
a root, or the upper portion of one, in
water, that it may throw out young
leaves to adorn apartments in winter.
As an article of food carrots con-
tain a large amount of what are called
heat-producing compounds, with q
small proportion of f~esh-forming mat
ter. 1t consists essentially of starch,
sugar and albumen, with a volatile oil
which communicates a flavor unpleas-
ant to many dyspeptics.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
CHEAP POULTRY HOUSE.
Extremely Simple in Com
~struction. This Style of Building
Has No Superior.

Instead of the simple A-shaped
house often house that gives
but little head room for the attend
ant-the cut shows a similar house
with a %hip-roof. But little framing is
needed, and shorter pieces of board
may be used. The window should be
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31

The disease, pronounced to be cere-
b~ro-spinal meningitis. continues to
play havoc with the horses in
Worcester county, Md, and nothing
yet has been found that will effect a
cure when a horse is once down.
DIR. Buckley, veterinarian of the
Maryland Agricultural college, and
DIR. w. G. McAllum, of the Johns
Hopkins university, have been inves-
tigating the disease and its causes.
They took away with them parts of
the brain and blood of horses just
dead and will make further tests
DR.. McAllum says the disease is un-
-doubtedly a brain trouble and is not
meningitis. but is encephalitis.
Hay generates vermin more readily
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
nest far the Boue...

No matter what ais you, headache TO O
cancer, you viii never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without a grippe or pain, produce
easy, natural movements, cost YOU just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has G. &C
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
Care OF the Complexion.

Many persons with delicate skin suffer
greatly IN winter from chapping. Ere
quently the trouble arises from the use of
impure soap and cheap salves. The face
and hands should be washed only in clear,
hot water with Ivory soap. A little mutton
tallow or almond oil may be used after the
bath to soften the skin. ELIZA R. PARKER.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31

I am sure Piso,s Cure Tor CONSUMPTION
saved my life three years agoi-.Mrs. Thos.
Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. K.
Feb. II. 1900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31

Mabel's Haste-"MabeI doesn't believe in
long ENGAGEMENTS" Yes; I understood
Mabei,s young man had q good deal OF
money."1leveland Plain Dealer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
Worat on.

What is worse than a giraffe with a sore
throat A eentipede with chilbla ins.-Bos-
ton Christian Register.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31

All the worlds a stage, and not . bit too
large q stage If all the historical novels are
20 be dramatized-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31

To Cure n Cold I'm One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
druggists refund If fails TO cure. sc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31

The shadow of trouble is nearly always
darker han its substance.-Ram's Horn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31

His First Hour In the Country.
Mother-Why, baby, what's the matter?
Baby (who has been stung by q humble
acknowledging bit me.JudQe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31

When a man gives his word he should try
to keep it.-Chicago Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
THE MARKETS.

New York, Oct. 20.
CATTI.E-Native Steers....s 4 Is as 5 Is
90 ngE: g SIS
WI L A T-Nn . pod IL GU
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FoR COLORADO TOURISTS.

The Chicago, Rock island and Paci.
fc Railroad company has asked It's
competitors In the Western ana South
western Passenger association to
agree 70 series Of cheap excursions
to and from Denver. Colorado Springs
and Pueblo for the approaching sea
son on the following basis
Tickets TO be solid from Chicago
and all territory up TO the Missouri
river on June IS and 25, July 16, %
and 80, August 8, 10 90 and "a, at a
rate OF Que fare plus So for the round
trip. On July and Q, September 3
and 10, rate of SO IS to be made
from Chicago and s15 from Missouri
r.v9' points for the round trip, inter.
mediate territory to carry proportion.
ate rates and tickets to be sold from
Missouri river points one day later
than the dates given above Proper.
tionate rates will be made to and from
Clenwood Springs, Salt Lake and Og.
A series Of eastbound excursions is
also proposed. tickets to be sold from
Colorado common points every Thur
day commencing with June 20, up to
and including September IL. at a rate
of one fare plus 50 for the round trip.
All tickets TO be limited for rc urn
pa age to October 81
These rates VIII be rendered con.
Meeting lines for basing purposes,
which viii probablp insure a very low
basis Of rates throughout the United
States for the excursions The Chi
cago, Rock island and Pacific win
make these rates and arrangements
effective, regardless Of the action Of
its competitors and will r.n special
trains on the dates named.
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sample copies os Bryan's Cammouer
can be secured at The Leader office
on application.