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Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
A COONSKlN FARE.
Il W~uId Have Paid the Traveller to
Let the Change Go.


Many years ago. as the story runs,
when coOnSllins were worth six bits
apiece in Arkansas and Il regular fee
of two bits was assessed for ferrying
horseman across the st. Francis river,
there came along Il traveller whose en-
tire capital consisted of but a single
pelt. and the ferryman hadn't cent of
change in his pocket.
The traveller was bound to cross, but
refused to pay three times as much as
the man who passed before him or the
one who was to come next. The ferry
man would not wet an oar unless pay
ment for his services was assured.
Here was ample foundation for an ar
gument. and presumably the Opportu-
nity was not neglected. But a SatiSfac-
tory arrangement was finally reached,
the traveller getting value received for
his coOnskin by being waited thrice
across the stream. This of course
would leave him on the right side, and
neither party to the trade would have
cause for complaint. Such was the gen
erous spirit of accommodation which
obtained in these earlier days. such
but hold on bit
On the second trip the ferryman
chanced to inspect the coOnskin close
ly and found that it was by no means
up to the recognized standard. Maybe
it had been killed too early in the sea-
son or was not properly stretched.
ANYWAY. he decided that four bits was
all it was worth, and the traveller
frankly admitted the soundness of his
Judgment. acknowledged that he had
received its value in the double fer
riage and forthwith started on his fifty
mile ride up the river to the nearest
point where it was fOrdable-Field
and Stream.
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
QUALITY IN CROPS.
Studies of the Eject of Irrigation on
Standard Grains and Roots.

Studies of the Eject of Irrigation on
Standard Grains and Roots.
In crop production as a rule more at
tention is given to increasing the yield
than to improving the quality of the
product. In the majority of cases it is
the maximum crop rather than the
optimum quality which is sought in
practice With the adoption of more
intensive systems of farming, more ex-
acting demands of the markets and the
growth of competition in agricultural
production it is becoming more evident
that both of these factors must be tax
en- into account and that the most sue
tessful farmer will be the one prOduc-
ing the largest crops of the best quail
ty. Recently the Utah experiment sta
ton has reported some interesting stud
les of the effect of irrigation on the
composition and quality of crops. The
experiments were made on shallow,
gravelly bench land with wheat, oats,
corn, potatoes and sugar beets.
The results with wheat show that
the yield of grain and straw per acre
increases as the amount of water in
creases, up to a certain limit. If more
than thirty inches is applied, the yield
both of grain and straw diminishes
The wheat grown with the least water
contained the most gluten. Therefore
the most desirable wheat for human
use is that grown with little water
In the case of oats there was a steady
increase of grain and straw up to thir-
ty inches. More than that caused de-
crease. Increase in grain was obtain
ed at the expense of the straw, which
decreased cOrrespOndingly In order to
obtain the largest yields of grain, oats
and all other grain crops should re-
ceive heavy irrigations at the time of
heading out.
The yield of ear corn, and, with one
exception, of stover increased with
the increase of water. In this respect
corn appears to be different from the
other grain crops, wheat and oats.
However, the increase per inch of wa
ter after twenty inches had been ap-
piled was very small indeed.
The yields of potatoes increased uni
formly, with one exception, as the
quantity of water was increased With
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
No More Stomach Troubles.

All stomach trouble is removed by
the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1t
gives the stomach perfect rest by di-
gesting what you eat without the
stomach's aid The food builds up the
body, the rest restores the stomach to
health. You don't have to diet your
self when taking Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. }. d. Erskine, of Allenville,
Mich, says, Il suffered with Heart
burn and Stomach trouble for some
time My sister-in-law/ has had the
same trouble and was not able to eat
for six weeks. She lived entirely on
warm water. After taking Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure she was entirely cured.
She now eats heartily and is in good
health. l am glad to say Kodol gave
me instant relief" Sold by VIM. F.
Dunn, druggist.
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
News and Notes.

The possibility of keeping injurious
insects in check by the introduction of
their natural insect enemies is a popu-
lar subject with fruit growers and
farmers.
During the past year the bureau of
animal industry distributed 100000
doses of black leg vaccine, and over
10000 persons reported highly satisfac-
tory results. The number of animals
that died after vaccination was re-
duced to "A per cent of the number
treated.
The lack of potash in a soil is often
manifested by yellowish brown dis
coloration of the leaves of the potato
plant.
Corn stover can be used to excellent
advantage as rOughage for beef ami
mails, and, with a moderate amount of
grain, it compares very well with hay,
says Virginia feeder.
Red Fife wheat, Banner oats and
Mensury barley were grown after spelt
or emmer, summer fallow, and wheat
in some Canadian tests, and in each
case the highest yields were obtained
where the crops followed spelt or en-
mer and the lowest where they follow
ed wheat.
Recently we have been grinding the
alfalfa, mixing it with ground corn and
feeding it as slop. Not only the small
pigs and shotes, but the old brood sows,
have done much better than ever be.
fore on alfalfa meal and ground corn
says a swine grower.
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
A Curious Legend.

Easily abbey, the ruins of which lie
close to the river Swale, a short dis
tance from Richmond. in Yorkshire,
England, is the home of a curious
legend, says Photography. One Of the
main walls of the building is cracked
and tOppling. but has not yet fallen to
the ground. Nor do the natives expect
it to do so, at least not until it receives
the impulse which it is said to await.
For a tradition relates that the wall.
when it does fall. will bury in its ruins
a newly married couple, and as the tale
is well known the chance of a honey
incoming pair resting beneath it's shade
is remote.
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
THE EARTH'S MOTION.
why We Do Not Feel the Worlds
Rapid Flight Through Space.

Rapid Flight Through space.
We have no direct sensation of the
earth's motion because of its absolute
smOOthness and freedom from all jar
or vibration, and, as everything land.
sea and airs carried along at the
same rate as ourselves, there is nothing
to afford us any evidence that we are
moving at all until we make reference
to something altogether detached from
the earth-aS sun. moon or StarS-and
even then, until reasoning and mathe-
matical calculation are brought to bear,
it is these bodies and not ourselves
which seem to move.
Gliding in boat down a smooth riv-
er it is often impossible to perceive
that we are moving except by refer
ence to objects on the banks, and even
then it is difficult to resist the impress
sion that they are in motion while we
are at rest.
The mere detail of speed does not
affect the question, and, although the
earth is rushing trough space at the
rate of eighteen miles n second, the
motion, infinitely smoother than that
of a boat on placid water, is absolutely
imperceptible.
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
UNTHlNKABLE AGRICULTURE
Secretary wilson's Annual Report
Tells of Startling Values.

Secretary Wilson's Annual Report
Tells of Startling Values.
The corn crop of 1904 yields a farm
Ia lUe- greater than ever before. The
tarmers could from the proceeds of
his single crop pay the national debt,
the interest thereon for year and still
have enough left to pay considerable
portion of the governments yearly ex-
penses. The cotton crop, valued for
lint and seed at $6OO,OOO,OOO, comes
second, while hay and wheat contend
for the third place. Combined, these
two crops will about equal in value the
corn crop. Notwithstanding the wheat
crop shows a lower production than
any year since 1900, the farm value is
the highest since 1881. Potatoes and
barley reached their highest production
in 1904. Save in 1902, the oat crop was
never so large by 60,OOO,OOO bushels.
The present crop of rice promises a
yield Of 900.0O0,O00 pounds, 3OO,OOOOOO
more than ever before.
Horses and mules reach the highest
point this year, with an aggregate val
ue exceeding $1,354.OOOOOO. On the
other hand. cattle, sheep and hogs all
show a slight decline.
The steady advance in poultry leads
to some astonishing figures. The farm
ers' hens now produce 1,6G6,OOO.OOO
dozens of eggs, and at the high average
price of the year the hens during their
busy season lay enough eggs in a sin
month Tn hn - int
the national debt
After careful estimate of the value
of the products of the farm during
1904, made within the census scope, it
is safe to place the amount at $4,000
100000 after excluding the value of
farm crops fed to live stock in order
TO avoid duplication of values. This is
9.65 per cent above the product of 1903
and 31.2S per cent above that of the
census year 1S99
Some comparisons are necessary to
the realization of such an unthinkabIe
value, aggregating nearly S5,0OOOOO,-
900. The farmers of this country have
in two years produced wealth exceed
ing the output of all the gold mines of
NhC Chlile WOIlu Slice columbus 0lS-
covered America. This years product
is over six times the amount of the
capital stock of all national banks; it
lacks but three-fourths of a billion dol
lars of the value of the manufactures
OF 1900, less the cost of materials used:
1t is three times the gross earnings
from the operations of the railways
and four times the value of all miner
ais produced in this country.-Annual
Report of Secretary of Agriculture.
Cross Eyed Corn.
The stalk bears two handsome ears
OF corn. as perfect as one often sees
The eight rowed ear measures eight
and three-quarter inches from tip tc
butt, the twelve rOwed ear clever
inches. We have never known a case
before where a stalk bore two ears
one eight rowed, the other twelve
rowed. 1t is barely possible that 8
cross pollination back two or thre,
generations may have made this par
tieular stalk so cross eyed as to pro
duce an eight rowed ear on one sid,
and twelve rowed ear on the other
Country Gentleman.
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
INTERESTING FARM NEWS
BY COMPETENT WRITERS
VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FARM
WORKER ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.
The Cultivation of Crops, the Care of Live
Stock, aud the Most Improved Methods
In the Raising and Care of Poultry.

Fattening cattle out of doors in yards
with sheds attached for shelter during
severe weather is a practice growing in
favor among cattle feeders. This win
Ser for the first time in my experience
I am giving the method a trial and so
far am we'll pleased with results. The
method is certainly one that sooner or
later every farmer or cattle feeder
must adopt on account of economy of
both labor and money. In order to
make outdoor feeding satisfactory
racks and feed trough properly con-
structed are absolutely necessary.
While there are a few combinations of
both racks and troughs, l do not think
from what / have seen of them in
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
She GInnfeh.

A Fort Fairfield (Me) woman was
awakened at 3 one morning by a furi-
GUS ring of the telephone in her house
Feeling from the wildness of the ring
that somebody's house must be on fire
or that somebody was bleeding to
death, she scampered downstairs and
nervously seized the receiver, only to
hear a shrill soprano voice shrek: Got
your washin' done yet? Had mine out
half an hour ago"
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04

Madame WaddingtOn, wife of the
distinguished French diplomat having
"dined with dukes" every day that
she was not dining with royalty is
appalled, by the number of kings
she has met in America, She says,
''cottOn kings, oil kings, steel kings,
coal kings" pass in an imposing
procession before her in every city she
visits.
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
COATS AND FURS

1t is very gratifying to know that every garment
i'll this department is a one all made to spe-
Cia order since October Ist 1904. Not single gar
ment carried from last season What a satisfaction
to purchaser to feel certain that every garment from
which your selection is being made is a
They made from the most popular and desirable
cloths, i'll black, grey and the popular checks and
stripes.
Our separate walking skirts from So so to 5000
are very popular They in stylish, effective cloths
and are handsomely tailored.
The crisp, cool mornings and evenings suggest a
stylish piece of Fur for the neck Our furrers have
never done themselves greater credit Each piece has
been carefully selected and fashioned just to your
liking. Every piece one.
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
ouite the Cnntrnrx.

Woman Of the House-You're not one
of these labor agitators. are you?
Goodman Gonrong with his mouth full
Of ple)-NO, ma'am. I'm a rest agita-
tor.-Exchange.
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
HALL q MEGEAR
DRESS GOODS

There are certain weaves of Dress Goods, Mo
hairs, COverts, Checks and mixed Sutings, that
very popular and with some dealers very scarce. We
have them in all the correct colorngs 25c, SOC, 75c
and 81 90 per yard,
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
While There Is Life There Is Hope.

While There Is Life There Is Hope.
Twas afflicted with catarrb; could
neither taste nor smell and could hear
but little. Ely's Cream Balm cured
it.-Marcns g. Shautz, Railway, N. j.
Cream Balm reached me safely aud
the effect is surprising. Ny son says
the first application gave decided
relief. Respectfully, Mrs. Franklin
Freeman. Dover, n. H. The Balm
does not irritate or cause sneezing.
Sold 10y druggists at 80 cts. or mailed
by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St., New
York.
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
TAILOR MADE SUITS

Our Suits selected with great care and are
tailored in the best fashion that high art and skill
give garment the workmanship being hrstclass in
all respects, with the very natural result of perfect
fitting garments at popular prices.
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04

Some one asks whether success is
mast due to luck. pluck or brains. The
alurels Is. elsy-all three.
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04

''The United States" says the
Chicago Tribune, twill soon be the
centre of commerce. Every
provincial American believes it is al
ready the centre of the universe.
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
SHOE DEPARTMENT

Every purchaser of our Shoes is prize winner
We buy in large quantities, direct from the manufac
turer and give honest values in every pair we sell
Our Fall Stock has been selected with great and
the styles are perfection. We carry all the different
widths from to +, thereby fitting your feet with the
ease and comfort only to be found in custom made
shoe, Our speciaties are for men-Douglass and
Walkover at $3.50 to $500. and at S. have the
celebrated Hall custom made Shoe. For Women
Autohav, Regina and Queen Quality Rnbber Goods
the celebrated Lambertvie, the only genuine snag
proof.
Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
GROCERY DEPARTMENT

We make speciality of fine groceries, handling
them in large quantities enabling to give you any
thing in groceries provisions, at right prices
Highest prices paid for all kinds of trade, ex-
Changeable in merchandise at either of our stores
Goods delivered free of charge to all parts of
Smyrna, Clayton and Smyrna Landing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-01-26
THOSE of our readers who in adj

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dition to their home paper want a
national news and family journal,
are advised to subscribe for the
st. Louis Globe Democrat, which is
published in the solid central city
of the Union and stands at the very
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daily Globe Democrat has no equal
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Of any daily paper. The weekly
Globe Democrat, issued in semi
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at mi dollar per year, is indis-
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but who has not the time to read a
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variety Of well selected reading
matter makes it invaluable to
every member Of the family.
See advertisement elsewhere in
this issue and write to the Globe
Printing Compay, st. Louis, Mo-,
for free sample copy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-01-26
Obituary.

Henry Mckenzie, aged SO years,
8 months and 10 days, died at his
home near Sabula, December 25,
1904.
He was born in North Carolina,
April 10, 1885. While yet a boy
his family moved to Tennessee,
where he grew to manhood, mar
ried a wife and began to try to get
a start in the world. AT the close
of the Civil War he loaded his
wife and four children into a wag-
gon and moved to Missouri. He
first stopped in st. Francois coun-
ty, where he remained four years,
coming to Iron county in 1870.
There he remained for thirty-four
years, when he moved to heaven.
Death had no sting for him and
the grave claimed no victory when
his body was consigned to the
tomb. He had lived a consistent
Christian life about fifty years,
ever true to home, church and
community. His greatest delight
was in holding communion with
God in song and prayer. During
the last few years of his life he
longed for his heavenly home.
On the morning of his death, while
we were around his bed, he re-
quested us to sing 'Jesus, Lover
Of My Soul" and Crock of Ages"
At the close of the singing he
raised his aged, beautiful hands
and blessed us all. He then sang
or rather repeated my latest sun
is sinking fast, my race is nearly
run; my strongest trials now are
past, my triumph has just begun"
How grand and glorious thus to
die. 1t would require a volume to
do justice to his holy and noble
life.
Gone, but not forgotten, is the
thought that passes through our
minds. When we look back we
are more thar proud of his pure
life and the clean record he left
us, and will try hard to emulate
the good example he set us. In
the sweet bye-and-bye in Gods
own good way, the end will come
to us all, and Heavenly Father
grant that it may be as peaceful
as his is the prayer of
HIS FAMILY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-01-26
Belleview, January 10, 1905.

Does Polly want a cracker?
Mrs. John Turner and family, of
De Soto, r visiting relatives and
friends here this week.
Mr.. cambridge, of Brule, was in
town Saturday.
Elrey Burr is spending a few
days with his parents.
Mrs. VIM. Bell has been suffer-
ing from an attack of grip, but is
now slowly convalescing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Phillips at
tended the supper given by the
M. w. A. at Caledonia Saturday
night.
Mrs. P. G. Carly is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Geo. Van Mort, in
St. Louis.
Zeno Horn has been quite ill fol
several days.
Miss Linda Mari is home after
an absence of several months a
New Madrid, Mo.
Chas. Carter left last week TO.
Centreville to attend school.
Archie Campbell, a pupil o.
Marvin College, Fredericktown, is
home for a vacation.
We notice the Baptist Young
Peoples Union is rapidly increas'
ing in numbers, and we are al
glad to e so many of our young
people interested in the splendid
service which this organization
presents.
Competition only inspires us tt
greater offort-so come on, "Pol'
ly-wog." LITTLE EVA.
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See the 16x20 carbons at Per-
kins' for St.00. They are not cray
Administrators Sale.

will, as Administrator, with will an
nexed, of Sarah M. Emerson, deceased, on
Tuesday, the 3Ist day Of January, 1905,
next, at the residence Of the deceased, at
l%ronton, Iron county, Mo-, sell to the high
est bidder, at auction, the following prop
erty Of the deceased, to-wit:
Household and kitchen furniture, useful
and ornamental, consisting Of bedsteads,
linen, carpets, satchels, books, music, piano,
organ, sewing machine, mirrors, pictures,
paintings and frames, engravings and frames,
writing desks, center tables, clocks, bric- a.
brac, statutes, busts, extension table, chairs,
rockers, vases, stoves and pipes, plate and
plated ware, china, glass and crockery ware,
law books, wood, potatoes, and sundry
other articles.
TERMS: All sums under twenty FIVE
dollars, cash; on all sums over twenty FIVE
dollars, q credit Of six months, upon notes
and security being given.
VIM. R. EDGAR, Administrator.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-01-26

JACKSON Cash Book: "The st.
Louis papers say that our old
friend, Ben Deering, was the prin-
cipal wire-puller and manager OF
the Niedringhaus senatorial cam
paign. 1t would have been a
strange sight to witness the Cape
county politicians who used to re-
gard Ben as a sort Of devil stirring
up a little hell in this county sit
ting at his feet in Jefferson City
last week getting pointers from
him and learning how really tc
play the game of politics. When
Ben used to come down here and
fight the saloons he was cussed
and damned by the push in this
county to which the politicians be-
long who drank inspiration from
the Deering fountain of knowl-
edge while working as Niedring-
haus camp-followers in Jefferson
City last week. Truly does time
bring about many wonderful
changes and politics make strangt
bedfellows.'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-01-26

now feeding over a hundred head
of cattle, besides several head of
good horses and hogs.
MI. Hale has his new barn COM
pleted.-
j. w. Harrall's new barn looms
up nicely, too.
Now that the Missouri General
Assembly has convened, it is to
be hoped hat when that august
body shall have completed its
assault on clipping" ''alum" and
"nepotism," it may get right down
to work and give us something
real, tangible, along the line of
''good roads, and a great improve
ment in the way of text books.
Some one has already suggested a
compulsory school law, and that
the so-called Normals shall be put
ON a basis of permanent income
in order that they may not find it
necessary to beg for maintenance
from each session of the Legis-
~lature. VIII the Normal Schools
never be able to stand alone? The
taxpayers have been bled long
enough, it does sc appear to me.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-01-26
Sabula Items.

Jobs are getting cheap around
here; n man bought a job in the
lumber factory for three apples.
Miss Lula and Euseba Polk, of
Marble Creek, are visiting rela-
tives and many friends at this
writing.
E. D. Shattuck was a visitor at
Miss Mabel Rood's last week.
Mrs. G. l.. Collins is improving
slowly.
The young folks had a jolly time
skating Sunday.
James Shy, of De Soto, is spend
ing a few days with home folk.
Mrs. Stella Dunn, of Collinsville,
was in town Sunday.
Daniel Lewis was in town with a
fine saddle horse for sale, but no
one bought it.
There has been quite a number
of deer killed in this section of the
country during the snow.
Miss Efie Collins gave a party
Saturday evening. All those pres
ent report a good time.
The roads are bad and news
scarce, SO will ring off for this
time. SNOWFLAKE.