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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
THE STABLE AND DAIRY.

It is harder to sell poor stock to
advantage than something for which
buyers are glad to compete.
The currycomb should never be
harshly applied to the skin, better
be used more to clean the brush.
Only rich men car afford to keep
poo cows, and they must do it as a
luxury, not as a money-making prop
osition.
Many breeders made the mistake
of limiting broodmares to hay and
grass alone; a liberal allowance of
oats can be fed with profit.
A recent experiment by the Utah
station in feeding alfalfa and tim
othy hay to horses showed that the
latter gave decidedly better results.
The number of entries (921) of but
ter at the National Creamery Butter
| Makers association exhibit in Mil
waukee was the largest on record.
A consignment of h~igh-acting car,
rage horses and colts were recently
sold in Chicago, for shipment to Cal
ro, Egypt. This is the first regular
shipment to that country.
When it is impracticable to have
separate building for a milk house
the milk room should be separated
from the stable and used for moth
ing else. If milk is the product sold
the building will not need to be NOR
than half as large as where butter !
made.-Farmers' Voice.
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SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The ants Of South America have
been known to construct a tunnel
three miles in length.
Darwin asserted that there is in
sanity among animals, just as there
is among human beings.
The rarest shell in existence is one
called the "Cone of the Holy Mary
There is a specimen in the British
museum which a few years ago was
valued at $1,000.
Prof. Edmund S. Meany, OF the
Smithsonian Institution, is the first
scientist to visit the mummy caves OF
| the Aleuts of Alaska. Many num-
mics, to be sure, have been sent from
| Alaska from time to time, but no
man of learning has ever examined
the caves themselves. The report
which the professor will doubtless
prepare will be looked for with some
interest.
A French scientist has discovered
still another gas in the atmosphere
1t is present as an impurity, like car
bonic acid, and is what is called a
"formic acid"-that is a compound
of oxygen, hydrogen and carbon witt
nitrogen. In the last few years hall
a dozen gases have been identified II
the air which were earlier unsuspect
ed and even unknown-such as ar
gon, neon, krypton, xenon, etc.
! 1t is true that people often sa.
that the turning up of leaves is
sign of rain, but the sign does no
seem to be a very sure one, declare
the Monthly Weather Review. Ther
l. are many kinds of trees, like the 81
ver-leaf poplar, in fact all the poi
lars, the maple and some of the oak
n which turn their leaves up wheneve
e there is a fairly strong steady win'
& but they do it as much in clea
weather as in rainy. Possibly the b.
8 lief may have arisen from the fa'
e that winds capable of turning leave
9 wei very often precede or folio
IL transforms.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

The principal thing about dairying
ia the cow. If more attention were
paid by the dairymen and farmers to
this factor we would have more profit
able herds. It hardly pays to keep
cows that produce less than 5000
pounds per year, but the average is less
than 5000 pounds. If a mai does not
want to test his milk for a year, he
a at least weigh it for that period.
The cost of feeding and caring for a
small mixer is just as great as the cost
of feeding and caring for a heavy milk
err. The profits are found only with
the good mixer. The sooner the farm
ers weed out their Improbable cows
the sooner will the bank balances of
farmers show a healthy increase in
size. Cows that are profitable are the
only ones to keep. A sleek COW is sell
dom a profitable dairy animal.-Mid-
land Farm.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
E AIR FOR cows.
Dairy Animals should Not he heP'
C~ontinuously Even in n Weii-
Ventilated Barn.

Our forefathers used to believe IN
and practice the 'toughening proc
ess" in connection with the manage
ment of their milch cows-that is.
they kept cows in loosely boarded
stables, where cracks and seams
yawned and knotholes opened, admit.
ting cold, wintry winds, rains n
SHOWS. Then they turned out tne
cows a large part of the day IN
chilly fall winter weather. Exposure
was the order of the day. Happily,
now we realize the mistakes OF such
| methods; we know that cows require
reasonable warmth and comfort III
order to do their best at milk pro-
| d~uction. Warm, tight cow barns ars
now the order of the day, but the
trouble is some of us have inclined
too far in the opposite direction
Some of our intelligent dairymen al.
yocate and practice close stabling oil
COWS all winter, going to such ex-
tremes as never turning their cows
out of the barn once from fall &c
summer.
l cannot refrain from condemnlng
such an unwarranted procedure a.
radically and dianetrically opposed
to eyery dictate of reason and com
mon sense, as we'll as hostile to al
physiological law. The COW, In CON
mon with all domestic animals, is de
pendent upon sun and air for i''
and health. Vigor and constitution II
dairy herds cannot be maintained
save by an abundance OF pure oxy
gen laden air being always main
tanned for breathing. Inside air, eve
under the most perfect ventilatln
systems yet attained, is never hk
outside air. 1t lacks the tonic, brat
r ing, invigorating qualities OF heaven
pure ozone. There is nothing ns
the great outdoors. I want to IN
press upon COW owners the vital IN
t portance of the open barnyard or tt
n field, where for an hour or NOR
e according to the weather, even i II
r. dead of winter, the cows may obta
IS their daily constitutional.
This barnyard should be built in
r. protected, sheltered place, where co
D. north winds can be excluded, eth
ID by buildings, hedges or high tlg
te board fences. The exposure of Il
ne barnyard should be such as to adm
ly a maximum of the rays of the s
tn from the south and a minimum
III cold and wind. Few days there a
when the cows cannot take at lea
err a short stroll in such a yard,
vn pecially if it be provided with a re
a over it. A little outdoor exerc
lie, will always result in a quicken
he blood circulation, great activity
he the digestive and milk secretory
he gans and increased nervous eneri
hn so essential to a prime dairy COW
he N. Y. Tribune-Farmer.
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pearance-and, as DIR. andrew Wii"oh
mas lately pointed out, a thinning OF
the hair. As to the latter. il 10 com
mon knowledge that in the fifteenth
century curly hair was the rule in
England, but whether the change To
lankness is to be ascribed to the wigs
of the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries, or whether the wigs them
selves were resorted to as a means OF
Disgusting the less hirsute luxuriance'
it would be difficult to determine sat
i~sfactorily.
Looking abroad, we are shown the
Frenchman gradually growing light
er of hair and complexion, owing TO
the greater fecundity of the Norman
and the constant infusion of Swiss
and Alsatian blood. The habit OF
drinking beer in preference to wine is
also said to be influencing the physique
and facial tint of the Gallo race
There can be no question OF a slight
increase of stature and a more erect
carriage among the males, this result
ing from the same aus which has
; transformed the whole race OF Ter
I mans from round-shouldered, sham
bling men, with a %profusion OF adipose
: tissue, into grim, sinewy automatons
namely, the severity OF UNIVERSAL
0 military discipline. But with the Ger
+ mans thew have to thank the army
d for a decrease instead OF an increase
) of stature, the height of the men, as
d shown by official reports, having grad
y ually diminished since 1851. Whether
the kaiser's subjects will regard this
loss as sufficiently atoned for by the
greater size of the German chin, whlcf
n is becoming a prominent character
unknown to the Pr%ussians undel
h Frederick the Great, is a matter whlci
ts we must leave to the subjects OF Wi
liam II. to determine.
h. The Russian face is undergoing
i'd pronounced change, owing to new
blood and different food, habits an
conditions of life. But perhaps til
most extraordinary metamorphosl
of all is taking place under our eye
among two nations as widely separa'
~ ed in origin and history as it is POI
sible for any civilized countries to 3
America and Japan. The America
he physiognomy is as completely marke
-. as that of any race under the sun ths
~ has, as Anthony Trollope remarke
"bred in and in for centuries" 1e
as the same traveller pointed out, tt
- American owns more mixed blot
than any other race known. His chi
stock is English, and with this a
mingled the bloods of Ireland, ID
land. France, Germany, Scandinavl
Italy and Slavonic Austria.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
Do Not Buy Cheap Plants.

AS a rule buy cheap and you get
cheap. This same principle, | think,
holds true in the nursery business.
we often see strawberry plants
quoted at a very low figure, and it
purchased from these parties are GER
orally of a low grade. I prefer send
ing direct to a specialist in the grow.
ing of strawberry plants and pay
ing a good price than to the N
whose quotations are way below the
average. Plants that are true 70
name. strong, healthy, well-rooted,
carefully dug, trimmed and well
hacked cannot be sent out at a low
figure and be profitable to the grow
er.-J. L. Herbst, in Farmers Re.
..-~v H. "H |"g ..NWE gH# HH#tI MN.H
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

The peache. placed on the table at
a London dinner party recently bore
the monogram Of their owner traced
distinctly in the velvety bloom. Let.
tiers had been cut from paper and
pasted on the growing peaches. WheE
the fruit was ripe on removing the
paper letters the monographs were
found picked out in most delicate
green, the rest Of the fruit being rosy
and deep hueds-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
MEN CHANGE IN CONTOUR.
Environment Is Causing n RevOlu-
tiOn in the Appearance of
NatiOnalities.

Partly owing to environment, part
iy because of the food and drink they
consume, a great change has been 60
ing on of late in the physical appear
ance of the men of the several nations
of the world. Max Nordau has dis
cussed the question as regards the
French and Germans, Prof. Mantle
gazza as regards the Italians and DIR.
Hamilton and others concerning the
actual blending of the multiform
-acial features of the American popu-
lation in a single type, reports the
Chicago Chronicle.
The subject has perhaps in England
as yet hardly received the attention its
extreme interest and Importance de-
serves. Yet every Enghshman who is
at all familiar with the ancient
physiognomy and the physical aspect
and proportions of his race must be
aware that the new Englishman OF the
twentieth century is not quite the
same animal as was the Englishman
of the Tudor period.
Lie lOydl ouoJcSo ~ ~
faxen haired if he were a yeoman,
and black haired in towns, would
= hardly recognize as his posterity and
compatriots the equally loyal sub
iects of Edward VII. Indeed, it is not
certain that there has been a special
and distinctive type for each century,
and this, if it is really the case, would
OF course, not preclude the recurrence
o a former type at intervals. Among
the factors which have undoubtedly
affected the physique, hair n com
plexion of the nineteenth century
Englishman has been the matutina
tub-the widespread prevalence O.
the bathing habit. It seems strang.
when we reflect that in the eighteenth
century the morning bath, now re
garded as so essential to Englishmel
of all classes, was hardly ever indulge'
in, and the cold plunge within doors
thing practically unknown.
The physiological effects OF ire
quent bathing are well known, anon
them being a heightened color, SHARP
err features-that is, a rawboned al
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
WHITE LUPINH.

plants and for enriching the land.
We illustrate white lupine. 1t is a
good plant with which to experiment,
but should not be grown extensive
Nv till it's value is fully understood.
Doubtless there are lands on which
IL will do better than other plants,
but the exact location of these lands
is vet to be Observation-Disclosures
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
FOREIGN GOSSIP

A Vienneee stamp collector recent
ay sold his stamps for nearly s4O,ooo
Switzerland has seven sanatoriums
for cons"mptives. France has rs, Ct
which only two are for paying pa
tents.
Malta is the most thickly populated
island in the world. 1t has 1850 peo-
pie to the square mile. Barbados
has 1854 people to the square mile.
A silver penny minted at Bristol in
the reign of Edward l., has just been
unearthed in that city during some
excavations for a new water main.
In many hotels in Europe the
guests are provided with slippers
The soles are of ~pasteboard, and the
rest of brown paper. New ones are
furnished to each guest.
Near Leeds, England, is a summer
house, made wholly of buttons OF
every imaginable kind, and in the
same county is a room the walls OF
which are adorned entirely by the
ribbons of cigars, nearly 10000 OF
these being represented.
A noisy family kept by an old won
m in Paris, aroused the indignation
of the neighbors. 1t consisted of q
hens, so roosters, 80 pigeons, eight
dogs, four cats, a parrot, a goat am
a dozen small birds. The neighbour
couldn't sleep, they complained, ant
the woman's family was scattered b.
the police.
Kissine pepper, a new species de
scribed as quite unlike any other
grows abundantly in a wild state il
Guinea. Rich in piperine and volatil
oil, it is claimed to be valuable, bot
as a spice and a condiment. 1t
small grains, characterized by a pee
icle at their base, give a reddish
brown powder, highly perfumed an
of a peculiar aromatic SAVIOR.
A plan has been laid before th
Berlin municipal council for an III
derground electric railroad from tt
extreme north of Berlin to tt
Hillisches gates ending at the su
urb of schoenberg, a distance
seven miles. Four years will be r
CURED for the construction of Il
road, and it's cost is estimated
$4,000, 900, to be covered by a loa
1t is reported that the undergroul
and other municipal undertaken
will render a $50,0oO,o 900 loan unnect
sary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
LABOR UNIONS AND THE
SCHOOL TEACHERS
BY DIR. A. a. BERIE,
Pastor Union Park Congregational Chulcu, Chicago.

mSS5azSa NIONIZED public instruction can mean only, thhlate
H@ GSSN Nv. hireEngs for teachers and the loss to this bfaacn d
Ed MSEEA the public service Of many Of the best minds $50 the
%gASEB@ noblest natures in the land. Z
Sfaa&Ssfn The public school in America is practically the one
;nsttrton concerning which there has never been any serious dvi-
81 among us. No attack upon it has ever received other tran the
sunnort Of those whose enmity was not vital to ITS welfare. we nave
made Il free and kept it free. incidentally, we have exalted inc teach-
\ ; Office and magnhed the responsibility Of those who sought tins
kind Of public service. =. !.
For these reasons it has been and is highly important that the
teacher shall not become identified any more than the munster OF
relio;on with a particular class in the social body. The schools con-
+.r children Of all classes in society. THE TEACHER SHOULD
pFpRFsFNT THE COMMUNITY, NOT A CLASS in The
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS even the laborng cass-which is not more hon
orabes nor any more praiseworthy than any other class. The assunp-
t;on that there is something particularly praiseworthy or Phianthropic
n auvinp with wage-earners because they are Wage-earners IS a $ raise
\. ;+ii ~ foolish. There is as much reason for the Chicago teachers
u III themselves with a turnverein or a bankers ASSOCIATION as with
a labor federation.
The greatest sufferers from such a catastrophe II 1t should come
a. that The Chicago teachers to any considerable degree shoule
ia " such 4 union would be the children OF the wage-earners
Thsse more than others have prohted by the public school system
.rbeee have thus been brought into contact with the cnidren ~ othe
c,.sses than their own, often with the happlest friendships ana hopes
an,,or;,rships. But all this will cease when the teacher represent
not a personality, free. strong, but q Ink n q cnan 2 Dnpsaons'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
CROWN & Fast.

An amateur photographer stopped
one morning at a Kansas farmhouse
and inquired for the farmer. Il want
to trespass on your premises" he
said, "long enough to take a picture
of that cornfeld. It's the most mag
niicent one 1 ever saw"
"That's all right" responded the
farmer. "But you'll have to take it
instantaneous-it's growing so fast"
-Youth's Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

Soil for strawberries should be pre-.
pared very thoroughly. much as for
corn. When the land is in irst-class
shape for corn it is all right for straw
berries. If the soil is not in first-class
condition some should be
applied. You cannot have the land too
rich for this fruit. 1t is generally best
NJ plant strawberries early in the
spring, but when the ground is moist
ii autumn, as it is in many sections this
year, plant at this season, SO as to help
along the spring work. When doing
this mulch heavily on the approach Of
winter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
in Il BRITISH ISLES.

Two thousand Irish donkeys have
been advertised for by a dealer in
Cork.
Unjust weights and measures to the
number of 63. $50 were seized in Lon
don during 1901.
Two monster vegetables-a turnip
weighing 90 pounds and a cabbage 10
pounds--have been grown at Foulmere,
Cambridgeshire, England.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
UNIQUE GARDEN TOOL.
Il Il a Combination OF Ordinary spau'
ing Fork and Irrigator for Cui-
tivating Plants.

There is probably no ether portion
of the labor of caring for plants which
has as much to do with improving their
condition as that of irrigation, the sup
ply of liquid which the plants receive
affecting their growth very materially.
If the surface of the earth surround
ing the shrub has been baked by the
heat of the sun it is necessary for the
water to soak the soil well before the
roots will derive much benefit from the
moisture, and it is especially in a case
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
sFri.eo System - New Observafion
Cafe Cars.

In addition to through chair car and
Pullman Sleeper service the Frisco Sys,
tenn operates on its trains out OF
Saint Louis and Kansas City very
handsome Observation Cafe Cars, un.
der management of Fred Harvey. These
ears are equipped with every convenience.
including large library observation room
and platform; the former supplied with
easy chairs, writing material, fastest news,
papers and periodicals. Electric lights and
electric fans add to the comfort OF the pas,
sengers. These trains leave Saint Louis and
Kansas City daily via the Frisco System
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
Lard on the Vegetables.

mo" said the housekeeper, an.
orily. 81 don't want any more of your
Vegetables. They're just about as
worthless as I've come to believe you
to be-"
ooh, don't say that about 'em,
ma'am," protested the huckster.
Don't say that about 'em."-Phila'
delphia Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
southwest CoIoni.t excursions.

Low one-way and round trip rates to Kan
sas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Texas,
on the LIST and Sd Tuesdays of each month.
Write for particulars and literature. James
Barker, Genl Pass. Agent, M. K. & 7. Ry-
SOL Wainwright Bldg, st. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

Many of us might be happy if we did not
suffer from disorders of the liver. Then we
ought to use DR.. August koenig's Hamburg
Drops, which cure the disorders and prlng
the whole system to a healthy condition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

An Even Set.
Tom-Mr. Johnson has six daugh-
ters; but he won't let any of them
get married.
Dick-Probably he doesn't want to
break the set.-Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
hi WHITE LUPINE.
Tn EuroDe This Plant Is Used Both
for Forage Purposes n for
Enriching the Soil.

The lupines are divided into three
genera classes, the white, blue and
yellow. They are all ANIMALS. In
Europe they are used both as forage
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

She-"Cholly is always running, after an
heiress. He has a passion for gold" He,
"He inherited it. His father died OF yell
low fever."-Indianapolis News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

Bsryl-So Ethel's parents have purchased
an ~automobile? I.
Sibyl-Yes; they think that she will be
able to run across" some eligible young
man that way.-Baltimore Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

We are none of us either as foolish or az
smart as some people think we are.-lndian-
apolis News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

II is easy to find fault, because there Is
10 much Of it.-Chicago Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalll,
BILE medicine for coughs and colds:-N: w.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, l9O0.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
4 . Brooklyn Boarding House.

Mrs. Oldbird (sweetly)-Mr. Choosey,
will you pass the butter!,,
Mr.. Choosey (emphatically-You bet your
iife-if it's no better than usua1.-Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

Carpets can be colored on the floor with
Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

We can't help but feel very often that the
advice we give is much better than the ad-
vice we take.-Indianapolis News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

Only 81 per cent. of the globes land sur
face is fit for cultivation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

stops the Cough
and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo
Ouinine Tablets. Price 25 cents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

Iowa Farms "a Per Acre Cash,
bal. kcrop till paid. Mulhall, Sioux City, Ia