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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
how CHEAP BAKING POWDER
Is MADE,

The Health Department of New
York has seized a quantity of so-called
cheap baking powder, which it found
in that city. Attention was attracted
to it by the low price at which it was
being sold in the department stores.
Samples were taken and the chemist
of the Health Department reported
the stuff to be IAN alum POWDER"
which analysis showed to be composed
chiefly of alum and pulverized rock.
The powder was declared to be dan.
gerous to health, and several thou.
sand pounds were carted to the offal
dock and destroyed.
1t is unsafe to experiment with these
so-called Cheap" articles of food.
They are sure to be made from alum.
rock, or other injurious matter. In
baking powders, the high class, cream
OF tartar brands are the most Geo.
nomical, because they 60 farther in
use and are healthful beyond question.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
Endurance No Longer a ,yirtue.

A janitor in a neighboring school
threw up his job the other day. When
asked what was the trouble he an
swered:
I'm honest and l won't stand being
slurred. If 1 find a pencil or handker-
chief about the school when I'm sweep
ing hang it up. Every little while the
teachers or some one that is too cow.
ardly to face M gives me a slur."
"In what way?" asked an officer.
"Why. a little while ago l saw written
on the board: Find the common null
tiple.' Well, Hooked from cellar to gar
ret and l wouldn't know the thing if |
met 1t on the street. What made me quit
my job? Last night in big writin' on
the blackboard, it said: Find the great
est common divisor.' Well, l says to N.Y.
self, both them darned things are lost
now, and I'll get blamed for swipine
'em, so I'll quit."-Steuben Republican.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01

arms. The rope is fastened in tho
scantling back from the pulley wheel,
then passes through the movable
pulley over the pulley wheel and
drops to the ground, where it is
ready to lift with. The back end of
the scantling is fastened to the arm
below by means of a rope tied just
the right length, which can be shift
ed from one arm to another as need
ed. The hook on the movable pulley
is hooked on the gambrel when the
hog is raised to the arm, and the
pulley is then turned to the next
arm, and so on as needed. A hog
weighing $50 pounds can easily be
raised by this method.-Meritte S.
Atkins, in Agricultural Epitomist.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
Distemper Among Horses

Distemper is a disease common to
horses that, as a rule, requires no
treatment, as it runs out and the ami
NAL gets well in about ten days. 1t is
recognized by swellings under the Jaw
and sometimes below the ear, that
form assesses containing pus, and if
not lanced will in time burst of them.
selves. The animals should not be
worked, but fed on good food, with
plenty of fresh water, and if bowels
are constipated a quart Of raw linseed
oil should be given carefully as q
drench by the mouth, never by the
nose, and If the kidneys are sluggish
give a teaspoonful Of powdered salt
peter once a day for several days.
Midland Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
A $4,000 HIT.

A woman In Brunswick, Germany,
wears a hat that cost her $4,000. She
was anxious to buy a hat, but had moth
ing with her except a lottery ticket.
The merchant accepted it in place of
money, and a few weeks later it drew
the great prize. The woman's husband
tried to induce the merchant to share
the spoils, but he consented to share
only to the extent of $125.-Boston
Traveller.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
"What Would HnnnenY o

Aclergyman had the misfortune some
little time ago to travel in a Swiss noun
tain railway car in the company of a
very nervous maiden lady, who con
tinually piled him with questions.
And if these chains broke now what
would happen?" she asked, a~nxiously.
"They would use the special brake at
tached to the car, SO as to keep us from
going back down the hill again." he re-
piled.
But, supposing the brake wouldn't
work, where should l goY
That would depend entirely upon
the sort of life you are leading, mad
ami he answered quietly. And she
left him alone.--Golden Penny.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
The Dual Purpose Cow.

After reading a large amount of
sense and nonsense as to what a
dual purpose cow is, and what she is
not, we have concluded that she is a
beef COW not quite so perfect as the
single-purpose beef cow; and that
she is a dairy COW not quite SO per-
feet as the single-purpose dairy COW.
She would not win first prize at a
dairy cow show, nor at a beef cow
show. But if a farmer want a fair
show for his money the dual-pur-
pose COW is as likely to win as anv
other on the farm.-Farm and Ranch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
POfsOns Used as AntidOtes.

Pure venom of the rattlesnake Is be.
Ing used by eminent practitioners in
severe cases of scarlet fever. Dried bull
locks blood mixed with glycerin and
brandy or simply powdered is one of
the latest additions to the physicians
armament. One of the most effective
of tonics and vastly used is strychnia.
Strophanthus, introduced from central
Africa some few years ago and now
recognized as a potent heart sedative.
is the deadly arrow poison of the Afri-
can cannibals.-Chicago Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
When the sheep Have Worms

Pour turpentine upon salti in the pro.
portion of n pint to a gallon. Keep
this before the sheep for a week, says
DR.. H. P. Miller, in Ohio Farmer. The
next week substitute gentian for the
tu%rpentine, and the following week a
pound of dried sulphate of iron mixed
with a gallon of bran, and a quart of
this mixture given daily to a hundred
head for a week. The t%urpentine
should then be repeated. Tartar emet-
ic and s%antonine are each effective
vermifuges, sand should be given in
daily doses of Is grains for a week
when n of them is employed. Re-
member that one treatment is not
proof against an after invasion. But
if the flock is once entirely freed from
them and placed upon a fresh pasture
where no sheep have been the present
season there will be no further
trouble.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
FEEDING SCRUB CATTLE.
1t Is Largely a Speculation, and One
Thai Rarely Pays a Satisfac-
tory Profit,

In an able article written by MI. T.
:. B. Sotham, and published in the an
hual report of the Kansas state board
of agriculture, he says: 'Highly salts
factory results have been recorded
from feeding the grades of all the beef
breeds. What a significant lesson is
taught by the prominent fact that not
one single instance of a profit with
scrubs is recorded. Men who feed
scrubs do not care to advertise their
methods; a profit from them savors
too much of sharp practices. Men who
claim to have made money feeding
scrubs are few, and they are sly in
their operation. They buy anything
cheap; bulls. which they castrate and
dehorn; c~ock-horned, stunted three
year-olds are dehorned, in the expec-
tation of palming them off as year.
l1ngs-anything to improve appear
ances. Yet the operations of these
feeders, if carefully investigated, will
show that they never get above mar
ket price for their corn, and men who
have borrowed money to buy this sort
Of cattle and fed purchased corn in
variably lost money, while for every
dollar profit made on scrub feeding
the same would have yielded far great
Err results if fed to good stock. If in
Isolated cases any real profit has been
made from feeding scrub cattle, it has
been Invariably by owners of large
tracts of rich corn .ands feeding their
portion of corn, which is mainly raised
by renters. In a majority of years it
is safe to say they do not receive
through their cattle the market price
for this corn. and in proft-yielding
years they have such large numbers
that a small average profit realizes a
large sum. In this these big feeders
of cheap cattle are like the packers.
who, killing thousands of cattle per
day, are satisfied with so small a profit
that a small slaughterer cannot live in
competition. Feeding scrub cattle is
largely a speculation. Where feeder
does not own the corn, debt free, he
runs a dangerous financial risk. Scrub
cattle should be allowed to fill the
tins, off of grass, and that grass must
be cheap grass, in a country where it
is so plentiful and valueless that cattle
can be kept the year round for a pit
lance. In such a section they may be
kept with only the loss of the profits
of what might have BEEN had better
stock been kent in their nIaoa
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
English as She Is Spoke,

Not long ago a lover of cricket ar.
rived at the oval after the commence
ment of a match in which Hall was play
ing. Being anxious to see that cricket
er's batting performances, he inquired
of a o of toll who was looking on:
"Is Hall out?"
mo, sir" was the answer, "there be
six more to go i~n."-Stray Stories.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
PROVERBS.
Never indorse.

Never indorse.
There is always q boom in brains.
No young man ever lived who has
not a chance.
Boss your boss just as soon as you
can; try it on early.
Let no man know more Of your spe.
cialty than you do yourself.
A basketful Of bonds is the heaviest
basket a young man ever had to carry.
1t is a great mistake to think that
the man who works all the time wins
in the race,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
AN EXCELLENT DEVICE.
For Hanging Up Hogs the Contriv.
ance Here Described Has But
Few Superiors.

Erect a strong post about eight or
nine feet high and attached to it
four stationary arms, as shown in
the cut. The post should extend
about two feet above the arm and at
its top an iron pin 1H inches in di-
ameter should be driven in the post.
The top piece that the pin goes
through is a piece of scantling three
by four with a pulley wheel at one
end. This end should extend out
four or five inches farther than the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
A Utopia.

In Nelson, New Zealand, if you use
the telephone you must not give the
number; you must name the party you
want, and the exchange girl will cheer
fully tell you whether he is in or out;
if the latter, where he is and when he
will be back.-Auckland Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
Nkl1at~tA>rs BlEssu&S

Health will leone wha n fsb blessings to those who know the "a ind it mainly a aues-
ton rghtlfvng, with all the term implies but the efforts which strengthen the ystem
the lime which refresh and the foods which Oursh are important each ina way while tits
also advantageous toh knowledge of the etm methods of promoting freedom from unsan-
tTyc conditions. ~ aMt nature, when nature leeds assistance it is all important that the
medicinal agents used should be fteb best quality and of knOwn value and the one remedy
whHh acts most beneheaLy and pleasantly, asa laxative is-Syrup of Figs manufactured by
the California; Fig Syrup Co.
WTha proper understanding of ths fact that many physical ills areo Of transentc char
adera and yield promptly to the gentle action of Syrup of Figs. gladness and eomfOrtc Oe to
ue near and me would remove the torpor and strain and congestion attendant upon a con-
supaMo" ndMon OF the system, take Syrup of Figs and enjoy freedom from the aches IND
pains ee omsm a headaches and the deprssndu due to inactivity of the bowels. mcase of
ay oEgahGc uouoen Is we'll to consuta competntp physician, but when hxatyes required
re- rsmemoe a rthat me most permanently gratifying results will follow personal cooperation with
Ie oenI H ieneas Oh oVup OF Figs 1t is Dr saeG all reiabIed druggists Price fifty
cents per BOTTLE
lhee excellence OF Syrup of Figs comes from the beneficial effects of the plants used in the
connnaton ant aIo from 1.-THE method of manufacture which ensures that perfmt purity ind
uniformity OF proaucte essential in perfect family laxative. All 1.-THE members OF the family
from ue Youngest othem most advanced years may use it whenever a laxative needed Ind
snare alike In Hs beneficial effects. We do not hm that Syrup of Figs isthe eny1 remedy of
known value, butt possesses this great advantage over Ill other laxahyes tatit adsg gently
amp pleasantly WnhOutd disturbing natural functions in any way as it is free from every OBJ
Jecuonaoe quality or substance. To geths beneficial effects It's always necssaryt to my the
gnohea na the mh nae oftheC o-CaItorm Fig Syrup Co.'s printed on the front ofevery
package
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
In Training.

1absley-The mount of time you
have putt in lodging that fellow you w
the five is worth more than the money.
Mudge-I know it is, but l have q
hope that some day l will owe an
amount worth lodging for.-Indianap-
oils Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01

Breeders of Morgan horses all re-
port that there is a large and unsat-
isfed demand for stations, mares
and gelding showing the real char
acteristics OF this breed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01

Il know the colonel was very anxious
to sit in congress. What did he do
thereY"
HE just sat."-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01

why, Johnny, you are not afraid of
the dark, are you?"
mo, / amt afraid" said johnny.
"but I amt very fond of it."-Cincin.
natl Enquirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01

A eynic Is a man without ambition. since
ne sneers at things as they are, without
Smart Set.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
The C0rnfed PhiIosophe,

Some men," said the Cornfed Philos,
opher, "can't stand prosperit~, and
other men can't get the chance to stand
it."-Indianapolis Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01

Cattle should be provided with
plenty OF good, clear, fresh water for
the winter. 1t is a great mistake to
think that cattle do not require wa
ter in cold weather.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01

,Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli.
BILE MEDICINE for coughs and colds.-N. W.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. IL, 1900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01

Actors, Vocalists, Public Speakers, praise
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
P1kes Toothache Drops Cure in n minute
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01

Quad-Poets are born, not made, you
know.
Space-Yes, of course. No person
would think of disputing the assertion.
"Why not?"
ut would be folly to manufacture
an article when the supply was already
greater than the demand."-Chicago
Evening News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
SURGICAL OPERATIONS
How Mrs. Bruce, a Noted Opera
Singer, Escaped an Operation.
Proof That Many Operations
for Ovarian Troubles are I'm.
necessary.

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM :-Travelline
for years on the road, with irregular
meals and sleep and damp beds, broke
down my health so completely two
years ago that the physician advised a
complete rest, and when 1 had gained
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01

Fear nothing SO much as sin, and your
moral heroism is complete.-C. Simmons.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01

A good many men get their opinions as
well as their clothes ready made.-Chicago
Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01

A Woodworking man always seems to b
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color silk,
wool or cotton perfectly at one boiling
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01

ASK To-day for Aliens Foot-Ease,
IL cures swollen, aching, tired feet At all
druggists and Shoe stores. PC. Samp,e sent
FREE Address A. s. Olmsted. LIE Row N "
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01

THE MARKETS.

The furniture var is always on the
move.-Chicago Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01

Stops the Cough and Works on
the Cold.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price2bc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-01
PROVISIONS.

Orders executed on 1000 Bushels Grain, so BarreI.
Pork, ~ shares Stock. % Bales Cotton. Write for ouT
CoMNGTGaTCON &C..
49, A.Ane Street, II. Louis, NO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-20
Hester's Statement.

New Orleans. September 19.-Secretary Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton ex- change statement, issued before the close of business today. slows an increase in round figures in the movement of cotton into sight for the past seven days of 1l4.- 900 over the seven days ending Septem- Der 19 last year. an increase over the same time year before last of 10000. and an increase over the same time in lSy9 of 9O00
 The amount brought Into sight for the week ending this afternoon is stated at 2SS,Sa against 17O9Sl for the seven days ending this date last year, 213647 year before last, and 274,457 same time in 1899. This brings the total of the crop moved into sis~s Sor the 19 days of the new sea- son to 645, 633 against 341 ,391 last year, l2SO5 year before last and 59S,O6 same time in 1899.
 The statement shows receipts at all United States ports since September l of 452, 7O9 against 19S,5S9 last year, 240,622 year before last and 394, 625 same time in 1889; overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac river to northern mills and Canada, S1A1, against 6452 last year, 964l year before last and 27SS6 same time in 1899; interior stocks in excess of Sep tember 74.S10 against 3S 450 last year, SS.-
 
 in 1899; southern mill talsings 10000 against 97,so0 last year, 73.755 year before last and S2,090 same time in 1899
 Foreign exports since September 1 have been 267,4S9 against 147. .4Ss Iast year. The total takings of American mills, north and south and Canada. thus far for the season have been l59.176 against 1S2, ,geS last year. These include 49176 by northern spinners against S5,o2S. Since the close of the commercial year stocks at American ports and the 29 leading southern interior centers have increased 21S96S bales against an increase for the same period last season of 56.565 and are now r, 79O more than at this date last year.
 Including amounts left over in stocks at ports and interior towns from the last crop, and the number of bales brought into sight thus far for the newer crop, the supply to date is S6O. 707 against 7O1, ,O7S for the same period last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-20
The Farmers Success Depends UponFreedom from Disease
 and Suffering.
PAINE'S CELERY
 COMPOUND
IS THE MEDICINE THAT HAS MADE THOUSANDS OF COUNTRY TolLERs WELL AND
 STRONG.

There are thousands of farmers in our land who are rich in broad acres and gold, yet lack that true wealth known as good health.
 1t is a melancholy fact that men and women in the country districts. breath ing the purest air and drinking from Gods bubbling fountains and limpid springs. are liable to the same diseases and ailments that come thick and fast to city people. We find rheumatism, neu- ralgia. debility, dyspepsia, kidney and liver troubles, and blood diseases almos, as common in the farmers family as they are in city homes.
 Paine's Celery Compound, heavens best blessing to the farming community, has done more for the banishment ef dread disease and the building up of health than all other combined medicines. MT. John Zuspan. a prominent and well known farmer of Middleport Ohio, writes specially for the benefit of sufferers in the rural districts he says:
 Last November I was so badly crip- pied up with rheumatism, wnicn came on in June, that l could hardly walk with out the aid of crutches or a heavy stick About the tenth of November I com menced taking Paine's Celery Compound, and after using four bottles 1 was com pletely cured, and was able to attend to my usual work as well as when I was forty. l am now sixty-six, and can walk and run as well as man of thirty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-20
puN,s REVIEW.

New York, September 19.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of trade tomorrow will say:
 Domestic trade continues active. high rates for money having thus far failed to check industrial operations or unsettle confidence. Stringency Is considered only temporary and Is chiefly of importance to spectators. Large imports of gold promise relief. Crops are making en- couraglng progress. despite some injury from frost. Labor disputes are few, the anthracite coal strike being the only one that retards progress and each week shows some increase in output Fall dis tribution of merchandise has begun un- usually early. while the volume of orders already placed indicates much the heav- fest aggregate on record. At the south and west conditions are especially favor able. shipping departments working viz orously and payments are promptly made. Traffic congestion causes com plaint, yet railway earnings thus far available for September show a gain of 49 per cent over last year returns and 15.7 per cent over 1900.
 Official returns of foreign commence during August show improvement in ex- ports over the two preceding months that was 1nO1cdLeQ Dy the Wcckly movement of merchandise and staples and imports far surpassed the corresponding month in preceding years. This liberal huying in foreign markets testifles the well sustain ed domestic consumption, particularly as to iron and steel, but imports of coal are abnormal and will be still more of an element in subsequent statements. Relief comes slowly to consumers of coke from the car famine, although each week brings a new high record of output. The worst effect is the increasing importation of pig iron.
 Great Britain alone sent 10000 tons dur ing August, while arrangements are now being arranged for remote deliveries. Steel is also coming in freely, German producers accepting orders at gradually advancing quotations. Estimates Of the tonnage on the books of the leading do- nestle concerns fall little short of 50O0,O00 tons covering deliveries nine months ahead, while new contracts for railway and structural shapes are constantly of- fered. The abnormal condition of this in- dustry bears testimony to the unprece- dented expansion of business in the Unit ed States. and it is unfortunate that such heavy purchases abroad are made necessary by the inadequate supply of fuel. Recent advances in tin and copper were not maintained, supplies proving fully equal to demands.
 New England manufacturers of foot wear are well occupied, new business coming forward rapidly. Leather is quiet. Large receipts of cattle at western mar kets caused a slight reduction in prices of packer hides from the record breaking figures that have prevailed. Cotton goods are more firmly held as the raw material develops strength. and light stocks in first hands give the market additional sup port. Woolens and worsteds are notably