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The Washburn leader., 1903-02-14

. 4 II. . . :.
a Burleigh county nl;nnS has
sold his farm and gone to Bent
willie, Ark. with three COWS, 10
start milk route. His NJ oge
shows that he doesn't t know what
he is doing if he wants. to make q
living with selling milk. or making
butter. He leaves. the finest grass
in9the world and a good chance to
make money in the creamery bl1si-
ness, to go to a country where
Ithere is no grass for stock, where
cows are fed on cotton seed meal,
and alfalfa hay grow ! ! j S. g another
state, or Craze on the roadsides
along the red clay banks and leap
leaves. off the trees to appease
their hunge he cows and pigs
OF kansas would make q North
/ aketa farmer laugh al the idea
Eof getting good milk 81 butter \ q
good pork or lard from such .ap-
paritl oins. Like man u other men
the isguide q. . Burleig county
farmer passes over the very finest
Eopp portunit lies 4 ! 4 righ ats home B; e e
The Washburn leader., 1903-02-14

Hello there Say, we'll yourself and see how 1t
SDundS
~ that sounds like John Oligney the bowlegged man
rs tat you John, "Yes sir. this is What do yoY
want to call your attention to the faCt
that sell Harness and Saddles anything in line at she 50
price OF any mail order house cash Please
Remember that. will give you better grade OF goods
and better work and you the freight, What more
90 want:
The Washburn leader., 1903-02-14
ROFESsIONAb CARDS.

JAMES i. .tccULi.oa1I,
Mrr.,KNEf An LAW "a
Offices witn.E. 4 Lamb
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
CUTTING AND FEEDING CORN.
How a Farmer Can obtain Full Hence
fit of His Crop Explained by
an AgricuIturist,

No farmer receives the full benefit
from his crop unless he feeds both the
fodder and grain, writes Fred H. Suhre,
in Orange Judd Farmer. The best plan
is to purchase a corn binder and cut
the crop with it. My experience proves
hat it is cheaper than to have it cut
by hand. One man with a machine can
cut six to eight acres a day, and two
men can shock it. Corn cut this way
and bound in bundles is easier handled,
whether hauled to a shredder or husked
by hand. I have a feed cutter and a
four-horse sweep power, with which I
used to cut my fodder, but I found that
I can have this work done cheaper and
better with a combined husker and
shredder.
My cattle waste less shredded fodder
than they do good clover hay. never
plan to fatten my cattle on grain, but
intend to feed enough to keep them in
good growing condition, so they will
fatten readily when turned on grass. l
live three miles from a mill where |
can have my corn ground on a corr and
cob grinder for seven cents per 100
pounds. This mill will grind about 80
bushels an hour, therefore I never have
to wait very long when getting a load Of
corn ground. This is much cheaper for
me than to have a mill of my own, for
I think that to do a good job of grind
ing power should be had from al steam
or gasoline engine, the cost of which
is too much for me, as I seldom have
over IS cattle, old and young.
Every intelligent farmer knows II
pays to feed some grain to cattle in
winter. but about the first of January,
when the corn gets hard and dry, some
of my cows will not eat 1t on cob, there
fore I must have it ground. I believe
II 1t is ground with the cob It is more
easily digested than corn meal. Cattle
not being fed heavily, eat their grain
rapidly. If corn is fed on the cob, I
think enough is wasted to more than
nav for grinding
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

sequence of the progress in this indus
try, foods Of far countries are to us all
as everyday matters, and one of sur
prising cheapness.
Now, the United States leads all other
countries in the canning industry. More
than 1900, 900 in this country arc di-
rectly interested in the canning indus
try, and the cans of fruits and vegetables
sold every year are valued at close to
$50, 1000, 900. Figures that bespeak the
vastness of the industry.
The state that furnishes the output
o fcanned goods of greatest value Canned
goods not including meats, is C%alifor-
mia. Maryland leads in the canning Of
vegetables, but California is ahead in
fruit canning. The value of the canned
product of California for 1902 was over
$751; 900 900; 1,750,O00 cases of fruit were
canned, and it was not considered a good
year, either. Pears, apricots, peaches
and, cherries were the principal fruits
of the California canneries; berries,
grapes, plums, ounces, currants and
other fruits, constituted the smaller
quantities put up. Not more than -
per cent. of the fruit grown in California
Is canned, so much fresh fruit being sent
out, and a great deal preserved by bury
ing. The tomato crop is becoming very
important in California, and California
canned tomatoes are fast growing in
fame. Great Britain has long been a
large buyer Of the California canned
goods, but now demands are pouring
into the Pacific state from nearer home;
in China, Siberia, the Philippines, and
all through the Pacific islands are scat
tered tins bearing pictures of the gigan-
tic fruit and vegetables grown and
canned in California.
Yet the center of the canning industry
Is Baltimore, where more vegetables and
fruits are canned than in any other city
in the world. The season for both vege-
tables and fruit is longer in Maryland
than in any of our states; and the can-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
THE WOMEN LEADERS
Sons Who Have Been the Heads of
Great Movements.
Mrs. Stowe. Susan I'd. Anthony, Flor
ence Nightingale and Clara Bar
ton Are Typical of
a Class.

Mother" Jones, with her little army of
textile workers marching on to appeal
TO the president in behalf of her par
iicular cause, brings UP before us forms
of other women leaders; leaders, how
ever, whose efforts are regarded in quite
a different light from those of Quixotic
Mother" Jones. From time to time,
women of strong personality, or of
strong emotional tendencies, have come
forth to support great movements. Mrs.
Stoves name comes to mind first of all
when considering the anti-slavery move
ment. Susan B. Anthony's name will
long be associated with "Woman's
Rights" The temperance agitation has
brought into prominence many women
on both sides of the water, England
having as a world-famed worker in this
field Lady Henry Somerset, and America,
Miss Frances Willard. Florence Night
ingale and Clara Barton stand for works
of mercy on the battlefield, as pioneers
in this at present so important and
widelytappreciated branch of human
%endeavor: Various names and move
ments deserve mention, but space allows
a hurried glance at only a few.
AS a child, Mrs. Stowe showed remark
able ability as a scholar, but the most
widely-known work from her hand,
Uncle Toms Cabin" speaks rather of
deep feeling than of giant intellect. The
strong anti-slavery feeling with which
the book is permeated had its growth
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

ming products rotate the year round, the
climate being so favorable for both rails
ing products and packing the imported
crops. The canneries put up oranges
and pineapples in the spring, fruits and
vegetables in the summer, peaches in au-
tumn, clans, oysters and crabs in the
winter. In Maryland as well as in Cali
fornia the canned tomato is an impor-
tant output from the factories. In addi-
ton to the usual canned goods, factories
in this state put UP beets, greens in gen.
eral, sweet potatoes, sauerkraut, and
pretty nearly everything edible. The
value of the canned product of Mary
land is over 81, 900, 900 yearly
Different localities specialize in the
products. California, Maryland, Della
ware, New Jersey, Ohio and Indiana
produce large quantities of tomatoes;
corn belongs tolNew York, Illinois, Iowa,
Maryland and Maine; peas to New York,
Maryland, Wisconsin, Indiana and Della
ware; beans to Maryland, New York,
Ohio, Illinois and Indiana; pumpkins
to New York, Indiana and Illinois. or
the fruits California, New York and
Delaware are noted for their pears; CAL
~ifornia, Maryland, Michigan and Della
ware for their peaches; New York,
Maryland, Michigan, California, Maine
and Ohio for their apples; California,
Maryland and New York for berries.
The canning Of vegetables is a COM
paratively recent industry. 1t began to
come into prominence in 1856, in con-
nection with DR.. Kane's Arctic expe-
dition, when the experiment was made
ofpreservingfo the voyagers fish, meats
and vegetables, as well as fruits. Those
early methods seem very crude to-day.
Over 500, 900 900 cans Of vegetables and
fruits are handled by the packers oyery
year. The states having the largest
number Of establishments and furnish
ing the greater part of the output are
California, Maryland, Illinois, Indiana.
New Jersey, Ohio, Delaware, Iowa and
Maine; the value Of the yearly product
ranging from something over STA, 000.-
900 In California to something over ST.
0O0,0 In Maine.
KATHERINE POPE.
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begun in early girlhood, when the little
Harriet Beecher sat listening to the fiery
d~enunciations uttered in the pulpit by
her father. The Beechers all along were
very o%utspoken on this question, even
after removing from their New England
home to Cincinnati, dangerously close to
southern territory and southern preju-
dices. Whilst residing in Cincinnati,
Mrs. Stowe frequently visited the south
and thus became familiar with the sur
roundings which later were to be so
wildly pictured in her book. Her home
sheltered many a fugitive slave. and she
and her husband aided not a few una
ways on their escape into Canada. After
the return of the Stoves to New Eng
land, Mrs. Stowe, fearing the fugitive
slave act might lead to the spreading
of slavery even to the northern states,
and feeling that people did not at all
realizethe horrors of slavery, set to work
to attempt a book that would have some
small influence. Neither she nor her
family dreamed what that influence was
to become, and when the story was pub
lished in serial form it did not attract
much attention. But presently it grew
into fame; within five years from pub
I LEGATION, 500, 900 copies were sold in the
United Staets alone. To-day, critics
pronounce Uncle Toms Cabin" by no
means the best of Mrs. Stoves produc-
tons, but it certainly is the book by
which she is known to the world at
large.
Susan B. Anthony, Jeader of a
cause is a leader whose name is a
household word at least in the United
States. Miss Anthony has been interest
ed in many reforms-temperance, edu-
cational and the great movement for the
abolition of slavery - but she is best
known as the champion of "Woman's
Rights" Though born a Quaker, Miss
Anthony has been known for aggres-
siveness rather than meekness of spirit.
She has acclaimed on public platforms,
petitioned legislatures, edited a paper,
and written a book, all for the furthering
of equal civil rights for women. This
indefatigable leader in 'the emancipa-
ton of women is still living, having
attained the ripe age of "a years. That
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

the virgin prairie is %harnessed to its
work of feeding the world, we think OF
lonely women, like the one who stands
in front of that pitiful little sod house
in Nebraska, shown in the cut. Our
friends tell us that a sod house or a dug
out is often very comfortable, but the
housekeeper has to nounc many
things that she thought necessities in
the tree-embowered home back east"
We should like to visit awhile with that
Nebraska housewife, who stands up
so courageously by her front door; we
have no doubt she has met many house
keeping problems, and bravely sur
mounted them, and we hope the rich sod
beneath her feet will produce among its
other crops a modern farmhouse that
will make up for all the privations she
may first pass through.-Rural New
Yorker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
MAKE FIGURES LOOK SMALL.
Mental Mathematician Get to work
and Simmer Them Down to
Nearly Nothing.

Whitelaw Reid, of New York, in the
annual address before Phi Beta Kappa
society, OF Vassar college. discussed d.
vorce and its attendant evils. He said:
six hundred and fifty-four thousand per-
sons divorced in this country during the
last 20 years"
This statement, says the narrator of the
story, caused wrinkles and burrows to form
on the forehead of one prim maiden. A
fash of the eye, and then a whisper to
an attentive classmate: That's equal to
g. 200 persons a year"
The classmates llow now began to
denote activity: "hr 2,725 persons q
month"
"Or 68l persons a week." said the
first mental arithmetician.
"N~inety.seven persons each day sever
marital relations" was the next computa-
ton.
"Why, that's only four persons an hour
came as a cheerful rejoinder.
Pooh, only n couple every hall
hour"
"And they say there are 10000, 900 PEG.
pie in this country"
What a narrow view some men take
of life" And the other nodded an agree
ment,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

Rich Fountain, Mo-, Aug l7th.-Rev.
Jos. Pope, of this place, is widely and
favorably known as a clergyman who has
done and is doing much for his people.
He is very much beloved by everyone fol
the faithfulness of his pastoral work.
Rev. Mr.. Pope has given for publication
a statement made to him by a German
farmer, who is a member of his congrega'
ton. The mans name is George Hoel
lerer, and he has given Rev. Mr.. Pope this
letter:
Last winter | suffered very much with
Rheumatism. l could neither walk nor
ride on horse back nor do any farm work,
81 took medicine from different doctors,
but they did not do me any good. Then
l tried Dodd's Kidney Pills procured for
me by a good friend. After | had taken
the first box | felt already a heap better;
l was relieved of the pain and could walk
and chop wood; and the contraction OF
my fingers began to resolve.
"Now since | have taken six more boxes
of Dodd's Kidney. Pills l feel we'll again
and am able to do all the work on the
farm"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

A certain nouveau richie woman, o.
Philadelphia, who bears the reputation Of
a Mrs. Aeiaprop and misuses her English
with a fine disregard of the proprieties,
was staying with her daughter at an At
lantlc, City hotel. One evening, while
seated on the hotel porch, she overheard
two young men, who were ava Of
her presence, discussing her daughter.
That Miss Blank is a very charming
girl said n e. Don't you think so!"
Yes" was the reply; ''but what a pity
she's so delicate"
This was too much for the mother
who prided herself on her daughters good
health.
Delicate" she broke in; my daugh
ter delicate! Why, she's one of the most
indicate girls | ever saw in my life!"-
Philadelphia Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
WESTERN A LIFE.
Wives of Pioneers Are the
Chief Sufferers.

Many farmers wives in the east hard.
ly realize the comfort that surrounds
them, even in an old-fashioned house
with few modern conveniences, as COM
pared with the privations encountered
on some of the virgin prairies. 1t is
true that communities build up rapidly
in the great west, and the sod house OF
one generation o 10 gives way to the
convenient modern dwelling of the next,
but life is hard for every pioneer, and
some of its greatest trials fall to the
women. A witty woman once observed
that her sympathies were not so much
with the Pilgrim Fathers as with their
wives; they endured all the h~ardships
that the Pilgrim Fathers did, and the
Pilgrim Fathers, too! In like manner,
when we read of the courageous home
steaders who fight drought and cloud
bursts, grasshoppers and billiards, until
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
NOTES ON THE MULE.
A mule will pine away and die when

A mule will pine away and die when
rheumatism attacks his hind feet.
Disease is friendly to the drinking
fountain lined with green slime.
In kodaking a mule don't focus its
rear, unless you have a wheelbarrow
escapement handy.
A mule is a vegetarian by nature and
training, and although he will kill he
will not eat his prey.
A mule never discriminates between a
tramp and a preacher. He Is like the
rain-gets the drop on bad and good
alike.
A mule has m great advantage over
less favored creatures; he has no de.
scendants to leave a good name and
fame-so leaves neither.
A mule standing motionless with both
eyes half closed is not dreaming sweet
dreams. Scientists say he Is either
thinking of the man he kicked last or
the one he will kick first.-Rural World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
CHEAP LANDS.
For Homeseekers' and Colonies.

The country along the Cotton Belt Route,
in Southeast Missouri, Arkansas, North
west Louisiana and Texas offers the great
est opportunities for Homeseekers. Mild
climate, good water, cheap building ma
terial, abundance of fuel, and soil that will
often in a single season yield enough to pay
for the ground. Land can be bought as
cheap as 49, so an acre, prairie land at 81
and IS per acre up, bottom land at IS and
SO per acre up, improved or partly cleared
land at $40 and SIS per acre up. Some fine
propositions for colonies-tract of 1900 to
5000 acres at 81 to $40 per acre-big money
in this for a good organizer. Fruit and
truck lands in the famous peach and toma-
to belt of East Texas at $10to $50 per acre
up. Write us for information about cheap
rates, excursion dates, also literature de-
scriptive of this great country and let us
help you find a home that will cost you NJ
more than the rent you pay every year.
E. W. LABEAUME, G. P. & 7. A,
Cotton Belt Route,
st. Louis. Mo
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

pelvic organs, the discharge of mucus
is sure to occur.
This discharge of mucus constitutes
a weakening drain; the system cannot
long withstand the loss of mucous,
hence it is that women afflicted with
catarrhal affections of the pelvic or
CANS feel tired and languid, with weak
back and throbbing brain. Acourse of
Peruna is sure to restore health by
cutting off the weakening drain of the
daily loss of mucus.
An Admirable Tonic.
Congressman Mark FL. Dunnell, Ma
tional Hotel, Washington, d. c., writes:
"Your Peruna being used by myself
and many of my friends and acquaint-
ances not only as a cure for catarrh
but also as an admirable tonicfor phys
ical rec~uperation, L gladly recommend
it to all persons requiring such reme-
dies."-Mark IL. Dunnell.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
Merit Makes 1t the Worlds Leader

Merit, greatest medicine ever put into
convenient form for quick, easy, pleasant
use-backed by the right kind of adver-
Using, has given Cascarets the great
est sale in the world among laxative med
icines. Over ten million boxes a year are
now being bought by the American people.
Great success always brings out imitators,
and readers are warned that when it
too good, and whenever a dealer offers to
sell you something Just as good, put it
down as a worthless fake, put your money
in your pocket, and go to a store where
you will be treated fairly. and where,
when you ask for Cascarets, you will
get what YOU ask for.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
Feed for HOE. ON pn,tur..

The best swine raisers insist that II
pays to feed hogs a little grain while on
pasture, even though the pasture be
clover. A hogs stomach is small and
Is not capable of digesting as much
coarse material as a horse or an OK; con-
sequently 1t is always advisable to give
a little grain. The animal remains more
thrifty, seems to assimilate and digest
its coarse feed better, and when the time
comes to put on heavy feed. starts of
more rapidly and does better.-Orangs
Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
Modern Conveniences,

The Abilene Democrat tells of a man who
stopped over night in a small town near
there and. registered at the hotel pointed out
to him by the conductor as the best in town.
In the morning he wanted to take a bath and
consulted the proprietor about it. The pro.
prietor shouted back to the rear: Here,
Tom, this here gent wants to take a bath.
Bring the fixin's," Tom soon appeared, car
rving a cake OF yellow soap, a towel and a
pick. What's the pick for?" asked the
guest. "Why," said the proprietor; you'll
have to dam up the creek kansas City
Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
CANNING INDUSTRY
The United States Leads All Other
Countries in 1t.
More Than Two Million of Our Peo-
pie Interested in the Trade
California Furnishes the
Greatest Output.

Back in 1895, the French government
offered a prize for the best method Of
preserving foods, and this prize was
won by one Appert, who used glass YES
sells in his process. Then an English
man taught the world to use tin cans
in place of the jars, and finally the
Yankee put his wits. at work and pro-
PEELED the canning industry to its pres
ent improved form. To-day, as a CON
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
COMPELLED TO USE A CRUTCH FOR EIGHT MONTHS. DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS
CURED MRS. p. CONLIN, CARBONDALE, PA.

Mrs. P. Conlin, 81 Green
field Avenue, Carbondale,
Pa, says: II suffered with
backache, and, despite the
use of medicines, / could not
get rid of it. ItodS compelled
to use q crutch for eight
months, and a part Of the
time was unable to walk at
all. l fairly screamed if 1
attempted to lift my feet
from the floor, and, finally,
I lost control of my limbs
through weakness, as l could
neither bend nor straighten
up to my full height, and if
ever a woman was in a serious
condition, l was. My hus-
band went to Kelly's drug
store and brought home a
box Of Doan's Pills. l felt
easier in O few days, and,
continuing the treatment, |
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
Our Strenaoun Life.

Foreigners seek in various ways to ex.
press their sense of the strenuousness Of
American life. An educated young Ital.
ian, who is a purist in his own language,
tried to express the idea with precision
the other day. He said slowly and with
much care:
Americans - do-everything-rushly."-
N, Y, Times,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
MRS. CARRIE CHAPMAN GAIT,
Present Head Of the Woman S~uffragists

she has seen her cause considerably adj
vanced one will deny.
During the Crimean war, Miss Flor
ence Nightingale exerted her womanly
energies to lessen the sufferings entailed
by that war, and owing to her zeal and
fearlessness great reforms were effected
In the care of wounded soldiers. When
q grateful host desired to present her
. testimonial Of $3.50, 900, she refused
to accept it, but suggested the fund be
subscribed to an institution for the train
ing Of nurses. In u own country, re-
forms in the care Of soldiers were es-
tablished by Miss Clara Barton, whose
talents came into active play during the
civil a Then when the Franco-Ger-
man war called for nurses, she aided the
Red Cross in its work abroad. For her
services she was decorated with the
golden cross Of Baden and the iron cross
Of Germany. In 1881, she became presi-
dent Of the American Red Cross society.