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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10
A FORMIDABLE RIFLE.
with a Charge OF COrdite This Wes
pom Will Send n Bullet
Ten Miles.

A great advance has been made Ii
small arms by George E. Rounds, Of
Plymouth, Mass, which may have a
wonderful important bearing Oh the
ornaments of the world and tho battles
of the future, for through his sugges-
ton the range of the modern rifle has
been greatly increased and its penetra-
ton more than doubled.
The result is a finished rifle of the
Winchester model of 1895, short, like
the old civil war carbine, but unlike
them it has a tapering barrel which ap-
proaches one-half inch in thickness at
the ear end and is formed of a fine
piece of nickel steel which gives a
maximum Of strength. The gun is OF
.405 bore, and the cartridge looks like
any other except perhaps the shell is
not choked on the end where the bull
let fits in. Inside the bright brass shell
is a charge of So grains of cordite, a
smokeless powder which has long been
in favor by the users of the big British
naval guns, and as used in them re-
sembling the long black flexible strings
of licorice found in the confectionery
stores, the strips being bundled into
fagots for the big cannon, which, OF
course, is not done in Mr.. Rounds gun.
Fifty-two grains of cordite, it is as
serted, has the explosive power Of near
ly a pound of common black rifle pow
der, and it will drive the 300-grain soft
nose, tin-coated, bullet out with a muz-
zle velocity of 2,204 feet per second,
while at 100 yards range the striking
energy is represented by 1926 foot
pounds.
From tests made by the Winchester
company, it is calculated the gun fired
at an elevation of As degrees will throw
it's proiectile a distance of ten miles,
while at shorter ranges its enormous
muzzle velocity gives it a very fiat
trajectory, amounting at ordinary
ranges to almost point blank shooting,
In the matter of pentration the cordite
leaves the others completely out OF
sight. A high power 1890 sporting
cartridge at 100 yards will penetrate
80 inches Of pine, and a United States
government high velocity ten inches
deeper, but this new one at the same
range will bore through 100 inches OF
pine wood.-St. Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10
JOHN MITCHELL AT DENVER.
The Head Of the United Mine Work.
ers Lunched By the Chamber
of Commerce.

Denver, Col, Dec. 6.-President
John Mitchell received a number of
callers from the northern Colorado coal
fields, where he himself worked when
a boy, at his hotel during Saturday
forenoon. At noon he was entertained
at luncheon by the chamber Of COM
MERGE. Mr.. Mitchell admitted that he
had advised the miners in southern
Colorado to remain on strike until their
demands are granted. 81 shall not or
der out the miners of northern Colc-
RADIO who followed my advice when
they returned to work." said M.
Mitchell, nor shall | create any So
called sympathetic strike"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10
THE CRAWFORDS SOLD OUT.
All the Property of the Well-knOwn
st. Louis Firm Passes Out
OF Their Hands.

st. Louis, Dec. 6.-Acting under an
Older of Judge Elmer B. Adams, Of the
United States district court, Hugh Nc
Kittrick, receiver for D. Crawford &
Co., against whom bankruptcy pro-
ceedings r pending, sold the entire
stock, fixtures and leasehold rights of
that concern, Saturday morning, to D.
May & Co., whose home offices are in
New York, for $3.50, 900.
Beside the stock, fixtures, leaseholds.
wagons, horses and the good will of
the firm, the assets include the homes
and personal property of Dugald and
John f. Crawford, the partners.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10
Hotest PInce ON Earth.

The hottest place on earth is appar-
emily to be found on the southwestern
coast of Persia, on the gulf of Persia.
There during forty consecutive days in
July and August the mercury has been
known to stand above 100 degrees in
the shade day and night, and to u to
1870 in the afternoon. In Bahrein is
land, which is situated in the center
of this most torrid part of the torrid
zone, water is unknown. Shafts have
been sunk to the depth Of 500 feet in
search Of it, but in vain.--St. Louis
POST Dispatch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10
PLAN OF A HOGhOUSE.
Answer to Inquiry Made by n Farmer
for Pen for Six Hogs and
Fourteen Pigs.

In making out this plan the fact must
be considered that the pigs will not long
remain pigs. but will soon become hogs,
that will require hogs feeding room.
Every hoghouse properly constructed
should have a sleeping and a feeding
apartment. If fed in the same room in
which they sleep, it is a difficult matter
to keep the bed dry and clean. Six grown
hogs will find comfortable lying space on
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10
A House Twelve Centuries Old.

To the American mind there is some
thing fairly awe-inspiring in the
thought of a house which has been ten
anted, without a break, for 1900 years,
Yet there is such a house near st. AL.
bans, England, and it was built in 795
by King Offa of Mercia. Originally
erected as a fishing pavilion for the
monks of the adjoining monastery OF
St. Adams, it is now an inn; and if one
may judge from the immensely thick
foundations of flint and Roman brick
and the perfect preservation of the up
per part of the little house, it may last
several centuries longer. 1t is in a
church of St. Adams that the great
Francis Bacon, baron Of Verulam. lies
buried.-Banner of Gold.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10
Three Women.

81 will grant each of you one WISH"
assented fate to three women.
II choose beauty" exclaimed the
youngest.
"Give me power" said another.
"And to me a low, persuasive voice."
the last murmured.
Each had her will. The beauty Of
the first was ruined by an accident.
The power of the second lasted but
one season. But the third woman kept
her talisman through a long life, and
from it came many things, among
them power.-Minna Thomas Antrim,
in Lippincott's.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10
MRS. M'CANN THREATENED.
Widow of James p. McCahn, Alleged
to Have Been Killed by "LOrd'
harrington, Threatened.

st. Louis, Dec. 6.-Mrs. James P. Nc
Cam has been threatened with death if
she does not abandon her prosecution
of Frederick Seymour Darlington,
the bogus lord, who is charged with
the murder of her husband.
Numerous letters have been sent her
intimating that she will 'be put out
of the way if she does not destroy
her evidence against Darlington.
Mrs. Mccain says she cor the
threats of the letter writer's, and will
follow Darlington to the bitter end.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10
do Not DELAY. Bur write TODAY.

In this issue of the paper the Worlds
Greatest Jewelry Establishment, Mermod
& Jaccard's (St. Louis. announce they will
send Free to our readers their magnificent
Catalogue containing thousands of illus
~trations with prices of the most beautiful
things in the world in Watches, Diamonds,
Jewelry, Silverware, &C., etc. Their prices
are the lowest in America for fine goods.
If you are going to make any Xmas gifts
you would do well t send for it at once.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10
TrE clSs on the Lawn.

lie was making a hollow pretense of
being hungry at breakfast.
Had to stay at the office to balance
the books last night, my DEAR" he re-
marked.
She was gazing gloomily out of the
window, and upon the lawn there were
divers tracks.
81 hope the books were better bal
anced than yourself when you got
through" she answered, not without
bitterness,-Denyer Post,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10
PANAMA'S REPRESENTATIVE.
Consul General Ramon AriRs Feraud,
Jr., of Panama, Opens for Bush
neess in San Francisco.

San Francisco, Dec. 6.-Consul-Gen-
eral Ramon Arias Feraud, Jr,, repre-
senting the new republic Of Panama,
opened the consulate of his country in
this city Saturday.
The first vessel to clear through the
consulate was the City Of Sydney, of
the Pacific Mail Co., bound for Pana-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10
The Front for Safety.
citizen said to an Old negro:

CIIIZeH sdIu 10 an OH HeBTO:
well, Ben, it looks like war, and l
understand they're going to put the ne
groes right in 'front.'"
"Dat'll be all right, suh," he replied.
"Ef dey pat 'em in de rear de white
folks I'D run over 'em en- kill em, SO l
dunno but what dey'd be safer right in
front!"-Atlanta Constitution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10

Mother of an Amatcur-What do you
think Of my daughters execution, Herr
Wildbar?
Musician-Ach! Madame, de egsecu-
ton off your daughter should Gift me
vary moche bleaSure!-Moonshine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10

GAINESVILLE, o., Dec. GA GAINESVILLE
& Western engine, Friday night, ran
into the rear coach of a Cincinnati &
Muskingum Valley passenger train at
Crooksville, o., and one man was
killed, four seriously hurt and 20 slight
ily injured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10

Ethel-It's too bad it's cold. /
prayed for a warm day. Does God al
ways answer prayer?
Mamma-Yes, if you ask for a thing
in the right way, and if you don't He
reproves you by not giving it.
ooh, l see now. The governess told
to try to say my prayers in French
this month, and I guess l made mis-
takes."-Harlem Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10
Thought He Had to Marry.

Judge-Now, old man, you are
brought before me for misdemeanor.
What have you to say?
Uncle Eph-Judge, for Miss De-
meanor? Use mighty sorry fur de gal,
but I can't marry her, Gaze Use already
married.-Up-to-Date.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10

Tuskegee, Ala, Dec. 6.-Ralph Arm
strong was, Friday, convicted OF the
murder of his cousin, Miss Allie Arm
strong, and was sentenced to be hanged
January 8. The case will be appealed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10
EVERY WALK IN LIFE.
A. A. Boyce, a farmer, living three

miles from
TIRE n N,
NO., says:
"a Sc re
cold settled
in my kid
neys and de-
veloped so
quickly Indb
Twas obiged
to lay off
work on ac-
count of the
achingin my
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10

You can do your dyeing in half an hour
with Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10

Some chronic ~grumblers find fault with
a monograph on the ground that it lacks
Criginality.-Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10

A friend is a man with whom you can
go camping twice.-Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10

Editor-"There isn't an idea in this story
of yours" Great Author-'l couldn't afford
to sell it to you if there was."-Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10

In Dragging of the seed don't forget the
soi.-Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10

The man who refuses to believe the
truth is often credulous when a lie is told
to him.-rown Topics.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10

1t is the aim of the theatrical manager
to hitch his wagon to the proper star
Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-10
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund moneyif it fails to cure. 25c.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12

nuisance instead of one of natures most
interesting products, and, if selected with
care, a most savory table delicacy. In re-
spect of different varieties the mushroom
field is so large that only a very small por-
ton of IL can be covered by a newspaper
article. Nature is so prolific in this regard
that no person can quite measure her gen.
erosity, and columns would not contain a
mere enumeration of all the varieties of
mushrooms. This article will name only a
few of the edible varieties found hereabout.
The common opinion that there are nearly
as many poisonous mushrooms as edible
ones is very erroneous. The edible varie-
ties greatly outnumber the poisonous ones,
and the chances are many that any mush-
room one may find is edible; yet caution
must be exercised. and one should be care
full about experimenting with a new variety.
While the chances are ten to one that 1t
would be edible, it might not be, and there
are few more deadly poisons than a poison
Gus mushroom.
A novice who proposes to gather mush-
rooms for himself should never use a spe-
cies for food until he has found out posi-
lively it's name, or at least its nonpoisonous
character. He should then familiarize him.
self with this species until he knows it
from all others and can identify ii at sight.
The safest rule for a mushroom fancier is
to make the acquaintance of a few va
r%ieties, know them perfectly and not ven-
ture beyond his knowledge. The few best
varieties are easily learned and as easily
distinguished as different vegetables or
fruits.
In the first place the common but erron-
eous distinction between mushrooms and
toadstools should be discarded. All mush-
rooms are toadstools if one chooses to use a
popular and unscientific designation. The
true distinction is not between mushrooms
and toadstools, but between edible mush-
rooms and those which are not edible, be-
tween mushrooms which may be eaten and
those which are poisonous. The most COM
mon of the edible varieties found through
out Indiana, named in the order of merit,
are the Morel (Morchella esculenta), the
Meadow mushroom (Agaricus campestris),
the Shaggy mushroom (Coprinus comatus),
the Inky mushroom (Coprinus atramentari-
as), the Fairy Ring mushroom (Marasmius
| oreades), the Oyster mushroom (Agaricus
ostreatus.) These do not include nearly al
of the edible varieties found hereabout
DuI luey Will SuIlCe LOT an INTRODUCTION
One who knows these varieties thoroughly
will have quite a sufficient stock of knowl
edge on the subject to afford him much
pleasure in hunting and eating them.
The Morel might be called the aristocrar
of mushrooms. 1t has the shortest season
is the most exclusive, the most difficult Il
find and is the most delicately favored o.
all. 1T is also distinguished looking. Or
account of its formation and appearance i
is sometimes called the sponge mushroom
1t is cone-shaped, pale yellow or brown il
color, from two to three inches high, will
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12

a white stem and a honey-combed or pock-
part of April to about the LIST of June and
scarcely ever later. 1t grows in wood pas
lures among dry leaves or in old orchards,
never in low or damp grounds. No poison
Gus mushroom at all resembles it, and no
person who has once seen a Morel can ever
be mistaken in its identity. 1t is an odd
thing to look at. but delicious to eat.
The meadow mushroom (agaricus cam
pestris) is the NOSE widely distributed va
riety of all. known by the most persons
and is one Of the best table varieties. Ii is
sometimes called the pink mushroom. be-
cause its gills on the under side are at first
of a light pink color, turning later 10 dark
brown. 1t is umbrella shaped. white or
whitish gray on top and foliated on the
under side. When they first come TO the
surface of the ground they are round.
solid and button-like. but a little later they
unfold and become pink underneath. They
should be eaten before they turn black on
the under side-say when about half
grown. They are found in lawns, meadows
and bluegrass pastures. They love sun
shine and are seldom found in thick woods.
After a summer rain they are apt TO spring
up In lawns or pastures in great numbers.
They grow from early summer until fall.
but are most prolific from July till October.
OF all varieties of edible mushrooms this
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NJ s. NJ s
Edible and OtherwiSe-How to Tell the
Difference.
BY c.. M. WALKER


is the best one to know, because 1t is the
most widely distributed and the most fire.
quently seen of any.
The shaggy mushroom (coprinus COM
atus), is an excellent eating variety. 1t Is
gregarious and grows in patches or in
punches. sometimes a quart measure full
in a bunch. 1t is found in rich soil and open
places. often in lawns, beside fences or
stumps. After coming TO the surface OF
the ground 1t natures rapidly and should
be gathered before IL turns dark on the
under side. 1t grows from midsummer till
late in the fall. 1t is oblong or conical In
shape, considerably taller thar it is thick.
white or whitish brown on the outside and
with white gills underneath.
The inky mushroom (coprinus atra-
mentarius) Is an excellent edible variety,
though not as common as some others.
1t derives its name from the fact that Ii
natures quickly after appearing above the
surface of the ground and blackens the
fingers In handling. like ink. There are
other mushrooms, however, that do this.
The black stage simply means maturity
and that the mushroom is giving of its
spores to propagate itself. The inky mush-
IOOm 10 eSS-Sndptu, uesuyp VI d Qudhei
drab or dirty white color, smooth on top
and with white g,lls underneath, which
turn gray quickly and finally black. Next
to the meadow mushroom this is one of the
most meaty and solid of all and has an ex-
cellent flavor. 1t is found about old de-
caying stumps. in rich lawns and some
times in cultivated ground. Almost in
variably it grows in clusters. 1t grows
from late summer until we'll into the fall
and is often found after frost.
The oyster mushroom (agaricus ostreatus)
Is found only in the woods and growing on
the trunks Of trees or live stumps. 1t grows
in great clusters, packed almost as closely
as sardines in a box, and with it's stems
clinging closely TO the wood. The color OF
the upper surface is light brown or bun,
and the gills underneath are dirty white
of various lengths. 1t natures rapidly. and
from being at first very soft finally becomes
hard and woody. Most persons encounter
ing it in the woods regard IL simply as a
curiosity, enc of natures odd growths that
has no meaning or use, but in reality it is
a fine table delicacy.
The fairy-ring mushroom is often Seen in
lawns and pastures, but is so frail in struc-
ture and with so little body that 1t is
hardly worth gathering. 1t would take a
great many of them to make a small dishful,
and it would be slow work getting the requi-
site quantity. 1t derives its name from
the fact that it often grows in circular
patches. as if planted in that form by fai-
ries. 1t is shaped much like the meadow
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now exciting the righteous Indignation Of
the whole civilized world. is Pobiedonost-
zeff's work, which also includes the coer-
Give measures against the students, against
workers and peasants, and against the po-
litical pioneers of a more enlightened form
of government In Russia. But 1t is not
only against the heterodox in religion and
politics that Pobiedonostzer's severity has
been directed, for he has taken effective
steps to suppress all dissent from his own
supreme will within the orthodox church.
RELIGIOUS PRISONERS AT SOUSDAL.
Member of the Orthodox Church who in
cur Po~biedonostzeff's enmity are simply
sent TO Sousdal, an old monastery in the
province of Vladimir. which he has turned
into a prison for religious offenses. Pris-
oners there are subjected TO extreme forms
of solitary confinement, and many OF them
become raving maniacs. Many of them. too.
die there and are buried within the prison
walls. their graves being leveled so that all
traces OF them are lost. The inmates of
Sousdal now number about $50, and include
los priests. ifty-two officers. four bishops.
two princes, two barons, one count, one
general and a shoemaker, a list which
shows obiedonostzeff's catholicity of
hatred, for no one can be imprisoned at
Sousdal except by special order of the Car.
and this order is only given at Pobiedon-
ostzeff's request.
The most recent additions to the Sousdal
prisoners were Cvietkoff, Fiedosiejeff and
kovaleff. Cvietkoff was a priest who lived
as a hermit in a cave and impressed many
people by his ,ruly sanity life. This
brought down Pobiedonostzeff's wrath upon
his head, and he was transferred to Sous
DIAL. Ffedosiejeff was an Orthodox priest
who declared that it was bad for the church
to be ruled absolutely by the Holy Synod,
and demanded that a council consisting OF
the whole clergy should control the Synod.
This, of course, was rank treason, and he,
too, found his way to Sousdal. Kovaleff was
incarcerated there for some equally trivial
offense, and K~amiensky, the celebrated
Ruthenian historian, is pining away in soil
tary confinement because the procurator
disagreed with the trend of his historical
works.
Pobiedonostzeff's influence has by nc
means been confined TO Russian domestic
affairs; on the contrary. it has been exer.
cised in a marked degree over the foreign
| policy of the Cars government. In &C.
cordance with his whole scheme of politics
Pobiedonostzeff regards nations which have
thrown off the shackles of despotism with
suspicion and dislike. Pobiedonostzeff ii
was who persuaded Nicholas III TO give
| his assent to the accommodation of Tol'
stoi. an act which will ever be a disgrace
to his name and reign.
Pobiedonostzeff it is who has restrained
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ence has been thrown into the scale on the
side of violent anti-Semitism, hold him di-
rectly responsible for such savage out
bursts of anti-Jewish feeling as lave re-
Gently been witnessed at Kishineff and as
have previously occurred in many other
parts of Russia without getting the degree
of publicity obtained by the Kishineff mas
sacre.
In the Caucasian provinces of the Rus
sian Empire. where the Car has nearly a
established the notorious Prince Galitzin as
governor general. with specific Instructions
to Dragon the Armenians into becoming
Muscovite slaves. Five hundred Armenian
schools were forcibly closed and the large
sums invested in them confiscated. Prince
GalitZin's administration was so tyrannical
that the Armenians envied their brothers
who were under Abdul Hamid's yoke.
When the massacres of the Armenians oc-
Cured in Asia Minor and the Armenian
fugitives sought to escape from their Turk
ish assassins by fleeing across the Russian
frontier into the Caucasian provinces. it
was Pobiedonostzeff who had Cossacks dis
patched in force to drive them back into
the hands of the Bashi Bazouks, who were
thlrsting for an opportunity of torturing
and mutilating them before death came as
a welcome relief.
The persecution of the Firms. which is