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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17
The Value of the siIo.

The Farmers Review has for many
years been urging it's readers to pay
more attention to the silo. The
men that have made money this year
in feeding stock have been those that
have had an abundance of cheap nu-
tritious feed brought over from last
summer. The men with silos have
been particularly happy. We have
personally talked with stockmen and
urged them to build silos, but they do
not seem to take kindly to the idea.
After 20 years of agitation, there are
yet comparatively few stockmen that
have taken advantage of this process
of saving food. Yet the siio has long
since demonstrated its value to ths
farmer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17
HARNESS The l
How the Farm House Can BE Easil,
Supplied with an Abundance
of Good Water.

For many years we have suffered
serious inconvenience in obtaining a
sufficient supply of water for house
use, especially for the last IS or 20
months. For more than IL months of
this time we have carried water for
house use a distance of 476 feet and
had to tramp up hill AZ feet. We have
a spring of water discharging about
one barrel of water every hour winter
and summer, wet or dry. This spring
is AZ feet lower than the kitchen door
and 476 feet distant. Last summer we
built a reservoir or tank of stone laid
up in Portland cement, over and around
the spring, holding about IA barrels of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

Jones-Dear me! You say you often
lay down the law to your wife. How do
you go about it?
Bones-Why, all you need is firm
ness! usually go into my study, lock
the door, and do it over the transom;-
all you need is frmness-in the door!
Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

A newly discovered mineral, which is
of a lustrous black color and which as a
fuel surpasses coal and all other sub
stances heretofore known, is found On
the island of Barbados, in the Lesser
Antilles, where the natives call it
''manjak." 1t is thought that manjak
is petritied petroleum, great quantities
of petroleum being found on the same
island.-N, Y, journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

DR.. LLEWELLYN JORDAN Medi-
- cal Examiner of the U. S. Treas
ury department, graduate of Column
bia College, and who served three years
at West Point, has the following to
say of Peruna:
"ALow ne to express nygratifude to
you for the benefit derived from your
wonderful remedy. One short month
has brought forth a vast change and I
now consider myself a well ma after
months of suffering. Fellow suf-
ferers, Peruna will cure you"
Peruna Immediately invigorates the
nerve-centers which give vitality to the
mucous membranes. Then catarrh
disappears. Then catarrh is perma-
nently cured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

The Easterner-You may drive a
horse to water, but you can'tmake him
drink.
The Southerner-That, sub, is what
call almost human intelligence.-N. Y.
Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17
Miscegenation in New York.

During the past five years there has
been a decided increase in the number
Of marriages in New York between
white and colored people. In 1895 there
were 729 such marriages, 800 negroes
having married white women and 800
colored women having been married
to white men. Last year there were
1886, in which 900 negro women were
married to white men and 926 negroes
married white women.-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

Archie-What has happened to Allie
Wilmington? He actually puts IN as
many aihs as if he had inhewited a faw-
chune.
Willie-Oh, don't you know? Why,
Allie woah the fusht wed vest that eveh
came to this town.-Chicago Evening
News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17
A CURE THAT CURES.
Yoke with Bnrbs Designed to Break
Dairy Cows from Drawing
Their Own MILK.

A bad vice sometimes crops out in the
herd when a COW oil two begins to
draw its own milk by sucking. To pre-
vent this vice, fasten a frame as por-
trayed. Four sticks of hard wood, 10
or IL inches long and ~ inches square,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

One of the ladies at a social function
made a smart remark about the bud
ding mustache of a young gentleman
who vas present. All but he laughed
hard and long. Finally the fair joker
turned to her victim and asked:
well, can't you even smile?"
Il am glad to be able to afford enter
tainment for you" he replied, "but l
must respectfully decline to furnish
the appreciation."-Chicago Evening
News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17
Pat Definition.

In a Liverpool school lately a mum
Der of scholars were asked to explain
the meaning of the term righteous
indignation"
One little chap replied:
Being angry without cussing."-
Boston Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

She-Iti is useless to urge me to marry
you. When l say no, l mean no.
He-Always?
Invariably"
"And can nothing ever change your
determination when you onc make up
our mind?"
absolutely nothing"
"Well, | wouldn't care to marry q
woman like that anyhow."-N. Y.
Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

Don't Get FOOtsore! Get FOot-Ense.
A wonderful powder that cures tired, hot,
aching feet and makes new or tight shoes
easy. Ask to-day for Aliens Foot-Ease.
Accept no substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

Bacon-A man can't take any money with
him when he dies.
Egbert-Oh, / don't know. had a friend
who owed me $40 die last week. Iguess he's
taken that with him all right.-Yonkers
Statesman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever
used for all affections of the throat and
!ungs.-Wm. O. Endsley, Vanburen. Ind,
Feb. 10. 1900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

1t is not mere endurance, but right en-
durance of affection that brings blessing
j. II. Evans.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

are held together by eight round point
ed sticks Of tough, hard wood, two
feet long and one inch in diameter,
passing through the hard wood sticks.
These dimensions may be too large for
a small neck. Fasten the round sticks
in the desired place with screws three.
quarters of an inch long. The yoke may
then be removed Or adjusted to fit
a large or small neck.--G. NJ. Powder
ly, in Farm and Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

You have a good deal of sense if you
have enough not to drink whisky or gam
ble.-Atchison Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches.
One to fear and sorrow, real poverty
Hume.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17
The Graduates Road to Success
By PRESIDENT ARTHUR 7. HADLEY,
OfYae University.

In reading the account of the temptation in the
wilderness we can hardly help being impressed and
overawed by the way in which it anticipates the ex-
perience of our college men when they first go out
into active life. We might almost say that the
higher each mans powers and possibilities are, the
more completely is he likely to repeat the whole
series of temptations which fell to the lot Of the
Master 10 centuries earlier. The first of the three
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

You shall be none the worse tomorrow
for having been happy to-day.-Thackeray.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

Give the animals plenty of room In
the stable in which to lie down, II
YOU would make them comfortable.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

temptations comes to lis all alike. The second will sooner or
come to the majority of those who are here to-day. The third &C
TO relatively few; but those few are the men of rare endowment.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-06
Benting nm EIOpcmcnt.

"Yes, | have had my little romance,
sighed the drummer as the talk
turned on love. "If things had gone
right with me | should have married
the incest girl in the world years
ago"
"But they went wrong?" was que
ried.
"lcs. they did. loved an Ohio
farmers daughter. The father was
opposed to the match and forbade me
the house"
But why didn't you plan an clopc-
mcut?"
I'VE did. Yes, sir, the girl loved
me. nd we agreed to elopc. was to
br "a hand at certain night with :;
horan and buggy and bear her off.
"D.d the scheme work out al
right?"
NO, it didn't. ! arrived on time
to the minute, but couldn't find the
house. The old man had got on t.
us, and what do you think he'd done
True as / live, sir, he'd gone and
moved his house three miles down
the road, and l couldn't find it, and
the elopement couldn't come OFF, and
that's why I'm lonely old bachelor
to-day."-Boston Globe.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-06

Whsne'er the sun u smiling bright
And makss the air delicious:
AnA tnhals Il with delight.
vate plays triek capricious.
AnA an cast into despair.
SORROW. willy-nilly,
And catch my breath. because thS al1
II tseming with bacilli.
And when I see q pretty lass.
hie me thither straightway.
And close my heart. lest Cupid pass
Unbidden through the gateway.
For poets make the matter plain
shall be gruff and mulish-
Love softens but to cause W pain,
And makes . man look foolish.
And quail on toast-ah, gentle bird.
Though silent In your glory,
What songs inspired by you we've heard
What charming bits OF story!
I see you garnish-ed Alright,
l turn away and shiver.
Because I've heard that you invite
Cirrhosis Of the liver.
30 I shall seek a cloistered nook
And scan the harmless pages
OF some good antiseptic book
And boil my beverages.
For everything I like seems bad
or danger most prolific.
And so I'll lead a life that's sad,
But very scientific.
Washington Star.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-06

tll Jurors drawn Tor the Court Ot
pa, court Il Quarter Sessions OF the
o. over ana rermiuer and Genera,
oi Shller County, Pa. ueld as
commencing Feb. 81, 1902.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-06
Divorce Notice.
lank, late Of Shamok,, u.

ahK' late OF shamokin. Pa:
stella V. stank, your wife has
ia .he Court Of Common Pleas of
n OF December Term 1901, alias
aivorce No. 9, paying a divorce
now you are hereby notified and
appear in said court on or beiors
.n day Of February, 1902 NEXT. To
complaint Of the said Steilr v
deiault of such appearance YOU
q. w. ROW.
sheriff ofSnyder County
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-06
The Red Blossom.

81 am only budding now,' said the
struggling literary chap. "but the
time will come when shall blossom
out"
YES" spoke up the observing child,
"maw says your nose is blossoming
out now."-Chicago Daily News.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-06
Dodged the Oues tion.

what is your name, you lazy vag-
abond?" exclaimed the new woman
whom Dusty Dan asked for lunch.
"P-pardon me, madame" he stam-
mered, edging away, "but I am trav-
cling incog."-Ohio State Journal
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-06

been caught alone with the herd, and,
being powcrless to check their flight
had refused, with high, dumb hero
ism, to desert his charges.
Some of the younger and weaker of
the sheep were already tagging in the
rear, despite the dogs efforts to keep
them together / tried for time to
assist his noble endeavors. but the
stragglers were too many and feeble.
1t was infinitely pathetic to see how
his deep, troubled eyes appealed to
me, and the gallant struggles he made
to save all of the wearied flock. He
would charge swiftly back in the cruel
storm to seek out some weakling, and
then, after a little time, would come
sorrowfully on, dumbly feeling that
he had done his best, although vain
ly, and that his duty was with the
main body.
Still the sheep hurried on in the
deepening snow, and their path made
it easier for me. We crossed several
g"l]ies, and then the course led direct
ly down one until j found myself
stumbling over the hummocks Of
sand of the Platte river bottoms,
among the scraggy willows that
marked the scanty watercourses in
H.. ID.
" my faith in animal intelli-
cyan to waver, and bitterly
conclujed that neither the sheep nor
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-06
Isn't il Worth 25c.
To Be Cured Of
Constipation :

People who suffer from habtua constipation with all attendant ills,
ogged stomach and bowels sluggish liver heartburn indigestion, and thin
blood believe the only violent
the bowels irritating and leave the stomach name and enebed
and the conpaed condition with greater difficulty
sufferer constantly growing There laxative that the
bowels without ceanses the stomach sapns the appetite
stimulates the liver, strengthens the and pufes the blood while
marvellous properties the system keep healthy
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-06
IEL NUT SET FREE

his your name On 70 postal card Y
Rnd we viii sehd you postpaid, n
Eelry (six pieces to sell ut t5 cents
IN sold. send us the sl.5', AMI we will
a BEAUTIFUL NUT SET of six
one cracx FREE. Zig list OF other
! sent with tile box.
sWsSTERN SUPPLY CO..
OebrgU e. tl - {
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-06
Jury List.

lrtrr! Jurors drawn for S'i" ,ourt Oi
rermimrr and General Jail delive' !
bf Quarter sessions OF the Peace -
nty held at Dec. Term. CONN. .nct,.g
fb - IMP
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-06

bubble.
trouble causes quick or unsteady
lis, and makes one feel as though
heart trouble. because the heart Is
king in pumping thick. kidney
blood through veins and arteries.
10 be considered that only urinary
we're to be traced to the kidneys.
modern science proves that nearly
kutional diseases have their begin
6dney trouble.
hre sick you can make no mistake
bctoring your kidneys. The mild
Extraordinary effect Of Dr.. Kilmer's
Root, the great kidney remedy is
led. II stands the highest for its
cures OF the most distressing cases
ss';,. ss y N 1ss:;: iii,s: Co. {;
bne-dollar siz- I'll HI T. 4 T; !;iiEi -
may have a s3&
ottle BY mail Homo Of Swamp Root.
pamphlet telling you how TO find
have kidney or bladder trouble.
his paper when writing DR.. Kilmes
nghamtOn. N. Y.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-06
Laxako|a Does Il

Its remarkable tonic reach ogahc liver, kidneys
and stomach nerve heart and lanand the dcb
taed condition This the only absolute
Laxakoa is the only medicine for babies purely vegetable and its
gentle speedy and effective For coated
colds, chils and hngud feeling it is the ideal medicine.
1t good. ~ Children Ike and ask
a tonic n O The f family yremeie emot
it
Y Dearborn Chicago
FOR SALE BY The MDDLEBURC DRUG 60.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-06
fork WeaItens
Your Kidneys.


blood In your body passes through
nsys once every three minutes.
Smyrna times., 1902-08-13
Chinese Can sIeeD.

Generally speaking, the Chinaman is
able to sleep anywhere. None of the
trifling disturbances which drive US to
despair annoys him. With brick for
a pillow he can lie down on his bed
of stalks or mud bricks or rattan and
sleep the sleep of the just, with no
reference to the rest of creation. He
does not want his room darkened, nor
does he require others to be still. The
''infant crying in the night may con-
tinue to cry for all he cares, for it does
not disturb him.
In some regions the entire population
seem to fall asleep as by a common in
stinct, like that of the alternating
bear, during the first two hours of
summer afternoons, and they do this
with regularity, no matter where they
may be. At two hours after noon the
universe at such seasons is as still
as at two hours after midnight. In
the case of most working people at
least and also in that of many others
position in sleep is of no sort of conse
quence.
In would be easy to raise in China an
army of a million men-nay, of 10000
000-tested by competitive examina
ton as to their capacity to go to sleeI
across three wheelbarrows, with heaC
downward, like a spider, their mouths
wide open and a fly Chimes
characteristics"
Smyrna times., 1902-08-13
The Grace of Abhorrence.

The duty of abhorring evil is one that
is general in its nature. 1t admits of
no exception of favored vices We are
very liable to excuse the sins which we
"are inclined to" while roundly con-
demning those we "have no miad to-"
1t is one of the weaknesses of poor hui
man nature that if a sin is agreeable
to us we discover or invent excuses for
it. 1t is not so bad as some other sins;
indeed, in our case, it is not certain
that it is a sin at all. We have a GER
tain right to do what we would blame
others for doing or we even say to our
selves that it is merely conventional
wrong, but is in fact no real wrong.
Whatever is wrong without exception
In our own favor we ought to cultivate
The grace of abhorring 1t, for we may
be certain that if we allow ourselves
an easy sentiment of allowance for
any sin we have taken down the bars
to its commission and one sin being
made easy opens the way to another
and another until the conscience is
scared as with a hot iron.-Pittsburg
Press.
Smyrna times., 1902-08-13
Old John
The Carrier
By SCOTT CHALMERS
Copyright. 1901, by A. s. Richardson

Rugby stared out into the drizzling
twilight. The outlook was no less
gloomy than his feelings.
''If it had been any man on the force
but old John Compton, 1 wouldn't take
the thing to heart. But to think of old
John being arrested, prosecuted, i'm
prisoned! By heavens, 1 feel as if it
were one of my own flesh and blood"
The young inspector dug the toe of
his boot viciously into the thick rug.
His elder companion and fellow work
er tapped the table nervously.
''The evidence is overwhelming, and
yet-well, l suppose We'll have to call
him in"
Rugby silently picked up his hat and
left the room. The chief leaned back
in the great revolving chair and re-
viewed the case.
John Compton was a widower, resid
ing with his unmarried daughter, and
had been a mail carrier for over twen
Smyrna times., 1902-08-13

Il AM AS INNOCENT AS EITHER OF YOU"
ty years. The managers of the Nelson
department store, which lay on Johns
route, claimed that their mail had been
systematically robbed of money orders
and cash sent loose in letters. Before
lodging any complaint they had con-
Quoted a smaa detective campaign of
their own. Twenty letters containing
money had been sent to as many places
to be forwarded to the concern. Only
fifteen came to light. 1t could not be
argued that the missing five had been
lost in the mails. The Nelson people
pointed the finger of suspicion at old
John.
John had gained white hair and hon
or in the postal service. During the
first ten years of his work there was
not single mark against him. In the
second term there was just One-he
had been marked "late' because Of the
illness of his daughter.
Rugby was detailed on the case and
prepared ten decoy letters inclosing
marked money. He took them to va
rious points within a few miles of the
city and had them directed by strange
hands. He saw them arrive in the
postOffice, saw them placed in the old
mans pouch, saw him start out with
them. Then he followed the old car
rier with a feeling almost self con
demnatory.
After covering half of his route
Compton stopped for ten minutes at
his own home, which was in a fiat
house. He came out whistling and
went on his way. Rugby was seated
IN a dim nook of the Nelson Office
when Compton reached the little win
dow and handed over the mail. In
stantly he counted the decoy letters.
Only six of the ten had been delivered.
These were the facts that Inspector
Smith was reviewing as he sat in the
dull twilight. When Rugby and Comp
ton entered Smiths office there was a
look of wonder in the old mans eyes
but no trace of guilt or anxiety. When
told Of the charge, he smiled almost
childishly. When ordered to. empty
his pockets, he complied without the
least hesitation, yet of the $12 he laid
on the table no less than $40 was il
the marked money. When this was
pointed out to him, his confiding smile
vanished, and he turned pale as h'
said:
''Why, I got this money only TIVE
hours ago. 1 gave ten dollar bill il
exchange"
"Then Of course you can name tn
party and clear yourself?" aske'
Smith kindly.
"Of course can. It-was-was''-
There he stopped. A queer chang
zane over his face. His lips quivere
like those Of a trusting child who ha
unexpectedly received a blow from tn
hand 1t loved. Suddenly he drew hin
self up and looked from Smith to Rus
by.
"Do either Of you gentlemen believ
that 1 have turned thief in my ol
ageT'
1--WE don't want to believe It," wa
the reply, "but letters have been sto
en-, and you have the money that wa
inclosed in them"
"And yet am as innocent as eitn'
Of you"