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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
GERMANS CHALLENGE
They Are Invading South American
Countries in Large Numbers.
Emperor william Approves of Their
Going. and May in Time Dispute
the Monroe Doctrine with
Us-~Interesting Figures.

The tie Oh herman emigration to
South America flows steadily, increas-
ingly, and the kaiser warmly encour-
ages his people in this movement. Apro-
pos of which, a careful student of inter-
national politics declares that the Ger
man emperor is building up his navy
for the very purpose of some day trying
issue with the United States as to that
well-known Monroe doctrine of ours.
The same writer says it is common
talk in official circles that the emperor
fully realizes the richest and most easily
accessible field for German energy and
emigration lies in this vast and little
exploited region. Germany needs mar
kets and she proceeds to make them
where she can; and South America is
one of the richest countries in the world;
a country not already preempted by
some e%nterprising n of the great ma
lions, and its wonderful waterways make
the interior accessible. The Amazon for
5000 miles is traversible, the La Platte
for 1000 miles, the Orinoco for 1000
LuilCoJ anu leoScl otlCdHo dAO hu'l6ooiC
for considerable distances. That this
great, marvellously rich land has lain
so long undeveloped Is attributable to
two causes; the unstable nature of South
American governments; and that
shadowy but persistent Monroe doctrine
which warns hands Off" But the bold
kaiser says: f'Who's afraid?" and en-
tiers in.
1t would look as thouen the United
States were thoroughly {. We to the fact
that the Germans are invading this long
jealously-guarded tropical America, for
some time ago all the American consuls
were requested to furnish fullest in
formation in regard to German colonial
ton n South America. And when one
g~lances at a map of the different dis
tricts where the German has obtained a
strong foothold, one does not wonder our
government9is somewhat concerned with
this feature of German expansion.
In Brazil alone there are said to be
more than 400, 900 German residents.
In the province of Rio Grande there are
over a quarter of a million Germans
almost 80 per cent. of the population; in
Santa Catherine over &C, 0OO-practically
81 per cent; in two towns Germans form
80 per cent. of the population; then there
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
COREA PROGRESSING
Foreign Traders Seeking Acquaint-
ance with the Hermit Nation.
Americas Part i'm RevoIutfonixinE
h Quaint, Antique Methods of
the Empire - Pressed on All
Sides by Conflicting Interests.

Corea, once happily a hermit nation,
practically out of the world, eve since
attaining to the dignity of an %independ-
ent state and the publicity attendant
upon the change, has had her hands
full of responsibility. And being new
to the business, the responsibility has
proved irksome, %perplexing, and is
proving so now. Would-be acquaint-
ances from far-off lands continually
knocking at her doors asking that her
ports be opened to grant King Com
merce, whilst equally troublesome
neighbors forbid her acceding to the
request. The problem of the present
moment is this-the United States re-
specially request that the city of WIFI
On the Yalu river be opened for free
trade. The Russians oppose the OPEN
ing.
From a political point of view Co.
rea's position is most unfortunate;
there is Russia, colossal, energetic or
one side; China. with her ancient
claims, pressir md nearby ia
pan whose l.. ~ traditions are
20 closely linked with her own. Then
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
Swindles in Binder Irvine,

The Dominion government maintains
an inspector of binder Irvine, whose
business it is to detect frauds in the
length and grade of the balls of binder
Irvine sold in that country. Frauds of
this kind are punishable by fines of from
81 to $25 per ball. 1t is quite a common
thing for makers of cheap Irvine to re-
duce the length of the ball in order to
make up for the lower prices they
charge. During a recent visit to Winni-
peg, Manitoba, the inspector con-
demned IL lots Of Irvine, the fines on
which aggregated $500. The Irvine was
Of different Canadian and American
makes and of several grades. Some
balls of Irvine supposed to measure 600
feet were found to contain only 428 feet
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
THE FARM
1t Is n Potent Factor in Making Rural
Life Attractive to Old as
Well as Young.

Have you ever thought how many
for yourself, your family and your
teams by the assistance of the tele-
phone? Have you eve calculated the
minutes that can be gained in case OF
sickness or business emergencies?
Have you thought of the dollars you
might gain were you only in close touch
with the markets? Can you conceive
the pleasures to be derived from having
in your homes means of immediate COM
m%unication with relations, n%eighbors, or
friends, though situated miles away?
The telephone will pay for itself by
getting better market prices. 1t will
save several dollars every month by
avoiding needless trips to town. 1t will
deliver and receive kilograms and impor-
tant messages Immediately and without
extra expense. 1t will inform you on
weather predictions. 1t will order re-
pairs instantly when a machine breaks
down. 1t will do visiting and make So
cial calls without the work of dressing
up" and making a dusty, sultry or freez-
ingsride. 1t will get a doctor on a mo-
ment's notice and maybe save a loved
ones life. 1t will get election returns
as soon as they are in. 1t will keep away
insolent tramps and proving burglars.
1t will keep the boys on the farm and
also the girls. 1t will make home hap
pier, brighter and better, and more de-
lightful in a thousand different ways.
Progressive farmers throughout the
country are installing telephones In
their homes, and in the near future
every agriculturist will have a direct
means of communication with the out
side world. Speed the day!-Midland
Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

miles in length, have 40 stations and
20,500 feet Of bridges. AS Corea is
mountainous the road will have to fol-
low river valleys and mountain gaps
where possible and provision has been
made for 81 tunnels, one of them a
mile long. The first section is already
open to travel. The Seoul Will rail-
way (under the auspices of the Corean
government, with French engineers
and French materially was designed to
tap the coal and gold mining regions,
but though there has already occurred
the official opening of the section from
Seoul to Sangdo, owing to a lack of Co.
rean funds the road has been tempor-
arily abandoned.
A system OF w~aterworks in Seoul
has been begun by the American COM
pany that furnishes light for the city.
The telephone is in use in Seoul, and
lines are being extended to Chemulpo.
kilograms may be sent in Corea in
certain specified foreign languages, in
the Corean, Chinese and Japanese
tongues. The postal system, a highly
satisfactory one, is under French direc-
ton.
Foreigners r becoming especially
interested in the development Of Co.
rea's mineral wealth; Americans, Eng
lish, Germans, French and Japanese
have secured concessions to work her
coal, copper and gold MINES.
CHRISTOPHER
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
Cows that make 800 lbs. of butter or less.

Prof. Wheaton sets a fairly high
standard for the COW that possesses no
value aside from her beef qualifica-
lions. A few years ago some of our
foremost Jersey breeders thought they
were setting themselves a very high
mark when they aspired to bring the
average of their herds up to that point.
We fear a very large percentage of
the Jerseys of the country would fail
to come up to that standard, and their
beef value would be small recompense
FOR milking them two or three years at
a loss while determining what they
were going to do. We are afraid Prof.
Wheaton has overlooked n very i'm
portant point in determining the value
of a COW for strictly dairy purposes.
Gross returns are one thing, but net
return is sometimes quite a different
proposition, and the latter is what de-
termines finally the value Of the ami
NAL. For example, in the recent report
of the production and cost of feed for
the Wisconsin dairy herd we find one
COW standing fourteenth as regards
value of total products, but thirtieth as
regards net returns or returns above
cost of feed consumed. Another COW
of the same breed with SSH less total
product to her credit returned a larger
net profit by $3.50. The first mentioned
COW stood second in cost of food on
sumed, the feed bill being $9.S7 more
than for the largest butter producer
in the herd, and six dollars more than
for the COW yielding the greatest value
of total products. In figuring above
total products the calf is not consid-
ered.-Prairie Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
mAJNl(SUD ~
Wy +55llE]J&
WELLS IN QUICKSAND.
Will Last for Years and Are Easily
Kept Clean, II Built According
to These Instructions.

Have ready a supply of four-by-four
scantling, one-inch foot-wide boards
four fest long, and plenty of stout four
inch wire nail spikes. The scantling and
boards will cut to best advantage if 20
feet long. At the start, saw two of the
scantlings so as to make lengths of
4, s, II and 16 feet. Upon two of these
nail a board, making it flush with the
edge of one, but overlapping the other
by n inch, as shown. Place the end
of the next board against the projection,
nail AID let its other end overlap the
third scantling, and sc on with the
fourth. Now nail on a second tier,
making the boards break Joints with the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
An English Earl's Opinion.

The English, next to the Americans, are
the greatest travellers in the world, and
While they as a rule insist upon having the
best there is to be obtained, they appreciate
good service and beautiful scenery. The
Earl of Shattesbury, having, with his wife,
spent some little time in the United States
during. the summer, speaks most enthus.
iastlcally in regard to what they have seen.
4 few days ago he said to a gentleman in
Buffalo:
"Our stay in New York was a delightful
one, and the picturesque grandeur along the
Hudson and its surroundings was a source
of much joy to us all.
ut has seldom been my good fortune to
pass the time in such excellent sport as that
furnished in your enchanting Adirondack
Mountai Albany Times Union.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

have noticed that usually a calf is fed
whole milk only till the milk becomes fiji
for use. This l consider a great mis-
take. l allow my calves to run with the
COW a few days; the longer they run the
easier they are to teach to drink. If a
calf is old enough to have developed a
good appetite it will Don learn to drink
If it knows anything; IL it does not the
sooner the hide is sold the better. My
calves this winter had eight quarts whole
milk a day in two or three feeds for two
weeks, then we changed very gradually
onto skimmilk when they are a month
or so old. They have had no scours--.
NJ s. Parker, In Farm and HomA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
Necessary There.

Gilman Cooking up from his paper)-
Montreal, p. c." What does that "P.
O." mean. do you know?
Backlotz (of Swamphurst)-Well, l
know what it means out our way. It's
0 byword with us, nearly every day.
Citiman-What Is it?
Backlotz - Purchase quinine."-
Philadelphia Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
Like an Alarm Clock.

why do you insist on sitting near
the bass drum and cymbals at a grand
opera performance"
II don't mind telling you as an old
friend" answered Mr.. Cumrox. Its
the only way | can make sur OF not dis
gracing mother and the girls by stay
Ing asleep through the entire perform
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

The discussion on apples making a
COW drunk seems to have brought out
different views. have seen cows down
that have eaten too many apples and
also corn, both green and dry. The
symptoms are sc similar in %overfeed-
ing that | cannot distinguish between
green corn and apples. think the
gases formed by these %fermenting SUBJ
stances cause these symptoms. l do
know that giving the animal alcohol,
camphor Or ether, especially alcohol,
helps to bring about an abatement of
those drunken symptoms.-W. II. Ridge.
v. M. d., in Rural New Yorker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
For 3Oc and This Notice

the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse.
Wis, will send free
l pkg. May LIST Carrot. .10c.
l pkg. Earliest Green Eating Onion. loo.
l pkg. Peep Of Day Tomato. ......... Zoe.
l pkg. Salzer's Flash Light Radish. loo.
/ pkg. Salzer's Long Quick, Quick Rad
l pkg. Salzer's Queen of All Radish.. .lOc.
Above six rare novelties, the choicest
and finest of their kind, have a retail
value of Zoe, but they are mailed to you
free, together with Salzer's big ~catalog,
well worth $4,000 to every wide-awake
gardener, all upon receipt of but SOC in
postage and this notice. TX. IL
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
A SWING %STANCHION.
Many StOckmen Like This Contriv.
ance, Although 1t Seems Clumsy
and Complicated.

A stanchion which will swing side
ways and not forward and back has been
asked for by a subscriber. The accom-
panying illustration shows how it can
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

be made. This is an ordinary chain
hanging swing stanchion, with blocks
on the floor and from the crosspiece
above on each side, to prevent the for
ward and back swing. This will allow
it to move sideways. Rather than go
to this trouble, why not tie the cattle
by the neck?-Farm and Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

Cholly Nimrod-Aw-and when is the sea.
son / can't shoot?
Guide-Three hundred and s~ixty-tve days
in the year.-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

Gilbert-Pray, how do you know Miss
Merlin has remained single from
choice?
Horace-Because I never heard her
sav she had.-Boston Transcript
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

Mrs. Newlywed-"Let me see, what else
do | want to order? Oh, yes, you might
send me a peck OF those nice big cranber-
ries." Grocer's Clerk (gently)-"Those are
not cranberries, madam; they are apples"
Cincinnati Tmes-Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

Mrs. Newrich had been describing her
visit to Turkey.
Friend-Then, of course, you saw the
Dardanelles?
Mrs. Newrich-Why, no, we didn't. They
Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
VALUE OF DAIRY cows.
Not the Gross Income Is to BE
Considered.

In a recent exchange Prof. A. H.
Wheaton furnishes the following table
for determining the value of a dairy
COW:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS weak?
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and
Never Suspect 1t.
To Prove What the Great Kidney Remedy, Swamp-ROOt,W Will
Do for YOU, Every Reader of Our Paper May Have
aSample Bottle Sent Absolutely Free by Mail.

1t used to be considered that only urinary and
bladder troubles were to be traced to the kid
neys, but now modern science proves that near
ly all diseases have their beginning in the dis
order OF these most important organs.
Therefore, when your kidneys are weak or out
OF order, you can understand how quickly your
entire body is affected, and how, every organ
seems to fail to do its duty.
If you are sick or feel badly" begin taking
the great kidney remedy, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, because as soon as your kidneys are well
they will help all the other organs to health. A
trial will convince anyone.
I was a constant sufferer for a number of years with
weakness Of the kidneys and back and FREQUENT desire to
entirely cured and cheerfully commend this wonderful
ssIsdy to any who may M suitet t, from 1d these common COM
''''n'' E. H cH HALF sRl' c ASsf' Of Police,
Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible
for many kinds of diseases, and if permitted to
continue much suffering with fatal results are
sure to fotolo. Kidney trouble ~irritates the nerves,
makes you dizzy, restless, sleepless and irritable.
Makes you pass water often during the day and
obliges you to get up many times during the
night. Unhealthy kidneys cause rheumatism,
gravel, catarrh of the bladder, pain or dull ache
in the back, joints and muscles; makes your head
ache and back ache, causes Indigestion, stomach
and liver trouble, you get a sallow, yellow COM
plexion, makes you feel as though you had heart
trouble; you may have plenty of ambition, but
no strength; get weak and waste away.
The cure for these troubles is DR.. kilmers
Swamp-Root, the world-famous kidney remedy.
In taking Swamp-Root you afford natural help
to Nature, for Swamp-Root is the most perfect
healer and gentle aid to the kidneys that has
ever been discovered.
]. there is any doubt in your mind as to your
condition, take from your urine on rising about
four ounces, place it in a glass or bottle and let
it stand twenty-four hours. If on examination
it is milky or cloudy, if there is a brick-dust set
ting, or if small particles float about in it, your
kidneys are in need Of immediate attention.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is used
in the leading hospitals, recommended by physi-
clans in their private practice, and is taken by
doctors themselves who have kidney ailments,
because they recognize in it the greatest and
most successful remedy for kidney, liver and
bladder troubles.
EDITORIAL NOTE-You may have a S
remedy. SMamn=Rnnt sent ahsnll1telu free hu n,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

Il Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton has an equal for coughs and colds.-J.
f. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
lis how me- i
will
1Ornan. She
is
S Vegetable

NJ -Ignorance
cause of untold
only with the
the chance of a
he warnings of
MS, and general
well nigh pros
o do something
+ thing. I took
rs Vegetable
i, according to
karded in a few
aches and pains
n felt the glow
body. Since I
|een 0 care
d a number Of
bike Lydia e.
able Com
hve never had
ours very truly,
216 South 7th
a." (Mrs. Fair
+ successful ana
Ing saleswomen
orfeit If original Of
s cannot be produced.
vites all sick
r for advice.
thousands to
ynn, Mass.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

outlived three
low finds it diff
!, take her case.
ocrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

In the Air.-"What makes her SO airy"
".She is an heiress. Philadelphia Bull.
letin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
Stops the Cough

and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price rs cents
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

Men often make up in wrath what they
want in reason.-Alger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
+ints.

work of a
a few grains
fee before add
1t and improve
pies r not so
to core
is Hone before
1t Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

l-r-u-n-E<.
for a little
ars."
/, in conversing,
! certain words.
a neighbor on
"Mr. Smith,
night?"
Ethel's mamma
rms.-Truth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

Fruit acids will not stain goods dyed
Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
|hI.

my descent
long time you
ward path!--Up
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

The doing Of a duty sows the seed Of .
delight.-Ram's Horn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

IstOm.
+ Others, delight
pm does not per-
|pt during Lent,
! of this custom
Prn up by the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

That young man." said the visitor, be
HAYES as if he knew more than you do"
Naturally, replied the merchant. why
naturally" asked the visitor. 81 am
merely his father. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

from our we'd
d a cake for me
. Y. Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

u have such an
at stuffed and
'n)-That dog
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

m what I hear,
e. -Up-to-Date
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

The right way to gather good is TO acsa.
ter it.-Richter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

.ct.
lid the man who
CUP" asked the
lied my leg so
my head."-In.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

To keep butter from sticking to the
ehurN scald the churn thoroughly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

with Him.
has left the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

taken my
S sure to be q
a, too"
De a very hard
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
(Swamp-Root is pleasant to take.)

You can purchase the reg
ular t~ifty-cent and one dollar
size bottles at the drug stores
everywhere. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the
name, Swamp-Root, DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root, and the
address, B~inghamton, N. Y,
on every bottle.
ample bottle of this wonderful
Ill, also a book telling all about
sands upon thousands of testi-
who owe their good health, in
properties. In writing to DR..
you read this generous offer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
Rheumatism's killing Pain

left in quick order after taking 10 doses
of DR.. Skirvin's Rheumatic Cure, in tab
let form. 25 doses for Csc, postpaid.
DIR. SKIRVIN CO., La Crosse, Wis. TX. IL
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

-r-u-n-x.
for a little
ars."
in conversing.
certain words.
a neighbor on
"Mr. Smith,
asst night?"
sthel's mamma
rms.-Truth.
;rystnl.
u have such an
at stuffed and
|e?
n)-That dog
from u we'd
i a cake for me
Y. Weekly.
ints.
the work of a
at a few grains
ee before add
it and improve
piles are not so
attempt to core
is Hone before
t Free Press.
las taken my
S sure to be q
b, too"
be a very hard
bet.
i'd the man who
ou?" asked the
lied my leg so
my head."-In.
IstOm.
others, delight
pm does not per-
pit during Lent
of this custom
prn up by the
IN.
ce my descent
long time you
ward path!-Up
ueen.
outlived three
how finds it diff
take her case.
bcrat.
with Him.
has left the
m what l hear,
e.-Up-to-Date.