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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30
Plan OF a Sanitary Cellar.

full passing from the cellar to the roof
of the house. The inlet for the air
may be through the drainage pipe, if
there is one, the air, in passing
through it, becoming cooled so that
it does not warm the cellar.
Some cellars cannot be drained, and
some do not need any artificial drain,
age. Where it is at all possible, how.
ever, saws the Rural New Yorker, 1t
is best to run an outlet pipe of round
tile to take off any water which may
collect from any cause. AS mentioned
above, such a drain is also useful as
a ventilator. Where ground is springy
and there is trouble from wet cellar
a thorough remedy may be had by
proceeding as follows: Have The out.
let one foot below the level Of cellar
floor, and extend it a foot inside of
cellar wall all around the cellar and
up through the middle tho whole
length, giving all a slight I'D grade
from the outlet. Fill above these tiles
to the surface with coarse gravel or
crushed stone. Then cement two
inches deep right on the clay bottom
of the cellar, and above each drain
make a semi-cylindrical groove about
two inches deep with holes through
to the gravel at intervals in case wa.
ter oozes through the cellar wall.
When the location is wet and fall
cannot be obtained for a drainage
pipe, there are two ways to overcome
the difficulty. An outlet pipe may be
run in a cistern or well, the water In
which is kept down by pumping. Or
the cellar may be made a water-tight
box to keep the water out. The floor
will have to be made of heavy con.
crete at least one foot thick to resist
the upward pressure Of the water in
wet times when the ground is full.
OF course the side walls have to be
made perfectly water-tight, cemented
inside and out in much the same way
hat a cistern Is to keep the water in.
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BABY COVERED WITH SORES.
Would Scratch and Tear the Flesh Un-
less Hands Were Tied-"WouId
Have Died But for C%uticura."

my little son, when about a year
and a half old, began to have ore
come out on his face. l had a physi-
clan treat him, but the sores grew
worse. Then they began to come on
his arms, then on other parts of his
body, and then n came IN his chest,
worse than the others. Then l called
another physician. Still he grew
worse. At the end of about a year
and a half of suffering he grew so bad
l had to tie his hands in cloths at
night to keep him from scratching the
sores and tearing the flesh. He got to
be a mere skeleton, and was hardly
able to walk. My aunt advised me to
try Cuticura Soap and Ointment. l
sent to the drug store and got a cake
Of the Soap and a box of the Oint-
ment, and at the end of about two
months the sores were all we'll. He
has never had any sores of any kind
since. He is now strong and healthy,
and I can sincerely say that only for
your most wonderful remedies my
precious child would have died from
those terrible sores. Mrs. Egbert
Sheldon, r. T. D. No. /, Woodville,
Conn, April %, 1905"
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s,rance story-But Tru..


F. L. vandegrift has a new story.
It is illustrative Of the marvellous fe'
cundity Of the English sparrow.
a" was pending Sunday with the
Dumont Smiths, at Kinsley," said
Van, in recounting his experience.
1--WE had been up late the night be
fore and 1 was a trifle drowsy. ] sat
out on the front porch listening to the
church bells and gazing off into the
illimitable space that lies between
a shortgrass town and the horizon
beyond.
Presently I dropped my hat into
a bed of virginia creeper and dozed
off to sleep. l could not have slept
more than an hour, for the children
were passing the house on the way
from Sunday school when l awoke,
l rubbed my eyes and glanced over
at my hat. In it sat an English spar
row brooding a setting of eggs. While
l slept the sparows had built a nest
in my hat, the mother bird had laid
a full complement of eggs and had be-
gun the work of Matching them
Kansas City Journal.
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A GOOD CELLAR.
Conditions Which Must Be seeui ed ii
Have II Frost and Heat Proof.


Those who contemplate building, OF
those who have poor cellars, will dc
well to consider carefully the essen
tials OF a good cellar. A good cellar
must be cool in summer, and proof
against freezing in winter. Therefore
depth is an important point-a deep
cellar meeting both these require
ments. AS we go deeper beneath the
surface there is a tendency towards
equalization Of temperature. In the
northern portions of the United States
frost seldom penetrates more than
four or five feet; while in summe the
subsoil at three feet deep remains at
about 60 degrees temperature during
midsummer heat.
A cellar under a house is not only
a necessity in most cases, but is, IN
the colder portions of the country, q
great help in keeping the house warm
in cold weather. A house with a eel.
lar beneath will require less coal for
maintaining living temperature than a
mouse without one. Is a cellar with a
cement floor warmer in summer than
n with the natural earth? Some
say so. AS far as cleanliness and rat
proof conditions are concerned, ce-
ment makes the ideal floor for a eel.
lar. Since the warmth of a cellar in
winter and its GOODNESS in summer
are largely dependent upon the tenn
perature of the soil beneath the cellar,
1t follows that the floor should consist
OF a material that is a good conductor,
Rock, and with this we may class
cement, Is a better conductor than
sand or clay, and hence makes a bet
ter floor. The bottom of a cellar
should be dry, and dry sand or clay
Is a poor conductor, and should be
covered with cement; thus the soil
beneath will remain moist, while the
cement surface will be dry, thus full
filling both temperature and sanitary
requirements. Owing to unevenness
OF the ground surface, 1t sometimes
happens that a considerable portion
of the cellar wall must be exposed on
the outside. Here the wall should
be built double, or be protected by an
earth ~embankment. / knew of a eel
lar of this kind which would freeze
every winter. A retaining wall OF
rough stone wa laid up four or five
feet from the cellar wall and the in.
t%ervening space filled with earth. Sc
much of a help did this prove to be
that the same cellar did not freeze in
the coolest winter known for years
The house stills should be laid in NOR
tar to make the cellar as tight as pos
sible.
Small windows answer for ventilat
ing purpose for the greater portion Of
the year. In the coolest weather very
little II any ventilation is needed, the
temperature being so low that no fer
mentation is taking place to any ex
tent. In the heat of summer windows
should be opened only at night. Al
that season a ventilating fue is use
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30
Charity by Machinery.

Poor Man-W'u'd we be so kind,
sir, as to stop a moment! 1t was you,
sir, that saved my wife's life last
year by givin' me a dollar fer some
medicine. Please, sir, she's sick
ag'in, an the same way.
Mr.. Highmind-I have recently
been convinced Of the folly of indis-
criminate giving, and l now distrib-
ute by donations through the Bust
ness Mems Charity trust, organized
for the purpose Of investigating each
case. I left a dollar with the secre-
tary not five minutes ago. Go and
tell him your story.
Mr.. Highmind Gan hour later)-Ah!
Did you go to the secretary, as / di-
rected?
81 did, sir, an he gave me a five
cent piece wild a hole in it."
"Eh Is that all?"
Eyes, sir. l told him about your
dollar, but he said the other 95 cents
was kept for salaries an expenses
N. Y. Weekly.
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ERRORS ABOUT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
/ noticed somewhere recently-I
would not say positively that it was in
your columns-an article on the White
House which contained several mis-
statements.
In the first place it was stated the
White House was first occupied in
1909 and that its first occupant was
President Madison. The fact is, its
first occupant was President Adams,
who took up his residence there in
1900.
The original mansion was begun in
1892. In 1914 it was burned by the
British and rebuilt in 1918.
Another of the errors in the article
referred to was the statement that
ready-prepared paint is used on the
White House to make it beautifully
white.
I noticed this especially because I
have used considerable paint myself
and wondered that canned paint
should be used on such an important
building when all painters know that
pure white lead and linseed oil make
the best paint.
1t so happened also that I knew
white lead and linseed oil-not ready.
mixed paint-were used on the White
House, because l had just read a book.
let published by a firm of ready-mixed
paint manufacturers who also manu-
facture pure white lead. In that book
the manufacturers admitted that for
the White House nothing but "the
best and purest of paint could be
used" and said that their pure white
lead had been selected.
Above all people, those who attempt
to write on historical subjects should
give us facts, even If it is only a date
or a statement about wood, or brick,
or paint, or other building material.
Yours for truth,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30
GIANT RADlsHEs OF THE EAST
There the Vegetable Grows to an
Enormous Size.

Radishes in North China and in
Japan are as important and ubiqui-
tous a part of every meal as is bread
in America. In both countries many
millions of bushels of this vegetable
are grown every year, and they are
to be had at all seasons. It Is thus
easy to understand why these parts
of the world grow the strangest and
biggest radishes known.
The giants beside the little French
Breakfast, our favorite American va
riety, are but babies beside the mon
sters they grow under the warm,
moist influences Of the oriental eli
mate.
These radishes are grown on Amer
lean soil from seeds imported by the
United States department of agricul.
ture from China. They take well to
the American climate, and probably
would have weighed five pounds when
full grown.
When these fellows are grown in
China they rapidly form a great bril-
liant red globe eight to ten inches in
diameter and Weighing sometimes 20
pounds. Another kind is now white
and grows a foot long, and still an
other is a brilliant green on the out
side and a beautiful wine red when
the skin is cut. Some Of these
strange vegetables are exceedingly
delicate in flavor and texture when
grown under favorable conditions.
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THE HORSE BEAN.
Favorite Enelish Rotation Crop Tina,
Is Worth Trying Here.

The horse bean is not a market
.lop; 1t is therefore not a money, nor
even a direct paying crop, at present
in Scotland, England (Kent), Holland
or Germany, simply because there is
no demand for it.
However, as a grand rotation crop,
its value is not enough appreciated,
because it stands a very heavy appli-
cation of fresh dung without laying
down. 1t is a first-class crop to pre-
cede a summer or winter grain (wheat
or barley, and is especially valuable
in making new pastures or hay lands.
Further, it leaves the soil in an almost
ideal physical condition-moist, free Of
weeds, mellow, loose-ald its prod
ucts are valuable as a feed.
The horse bean is a slow grower,
and needs 81 to % weeks Generally
rs weeks) to mature; it has a stout
root system. 1t therefore requires a
long season and deep soil. 1t must
clear the field before September 7
October 1 at the ~latest), and taking
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this into account it is doubtful il 1t
can be grown in any of the New Eng
land states to maturity. In England it
is sown as early as January, but in
Germany and Holland not before
March. 1t needs a moist, warm eli.
mate, and deep, cool, moist soil; there.
fore clay and loan and the land along
a river are fine, but dry, sandy and
shallow soils are absolutely not good.
1t needs the same cultivation as
corn, but all work in it has to stop
after the blossoming, for then the
growth of the leaves is so enormous
that they allow no passage. After the
grain harvest this bean will ripen, but
it is, however, often not cut before Oc.
tober. The time for cutting is there
as soo as the top leaves and the bot.
tom pods are black.
The crop of beans varies enormous.
ly, ranging from % to 60 bushels per
acre-that is, on poor soil, with poor
cultivation, 20 to % bushels; but I
know that in Kent, England, the crops
average 40 to SO bushels an acre, as
well as in the North German and Hol.
land clay lands, where I often grew SIS
bushels an acre at Ga pounds to the
bushel in the Beemster, a pumped-out
lake.
The quantity of seed needed to drill
Is n and one-quarter bushels per
acre. The crop leaves the field in
time to prepare it for winter grain, and
gives the latter an almost ideal seed
bed-clean, mellow, well MANFRED,
moist and loose. All you need is a
disk harrow or an Acme. Altogether,
the horse bean is an easier and surer
crop than the pea to grow.
And now about it's value as a feed
for horses, cattle and sheep. In speak
ing on this point a writer in the Coun-
try Gentleman says: In the first
place, it should be remembered that
peas and beans are very rich in al
bumen (protein); the legumes-that
is, peas, beans, etc., are slowly digest
ed and therefore last long; they make
thick blood, and are constipating.
Furthermore, | have always found
them to lessen the milk flow and
stimulate the sexual desire. On the
other hand, beans give a fast, hard,
very desirable meat and fat, and give
animal strength. 1t follows therefore
that beans should not be fed,to mich
cows Though to balance a ration, two
pounds, ground, can be given, but for
Woodworking farm horses it is excel
lent. The latter can have beans for
one-third of the grain ration; thus
four pounds Of beans (cracked) mixed
with IL pounds of oats. But do not
feed them to carriage horses, neither
to bearing mares nor to young ami
mails. 1t is an excellent idea always
to feed wheat bran at the same time.
AS a fattening feed for oxen and
pigs, beans are especially to be recon
mended; they should be ground, and
to oxen six to eight pounds can be
given, mixed with other feed; to
sheep, only one-third to one-half pound
apiece. Toward the end of the fat.
tening period, l have found 1t neces.
sary to leave the beans out and sub.
stitute another feed, in order to i'm,
prove the flavor of the meat and fat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30
FARM NOTES.

Keep the wagon we'll creased.
Too much water is as bad as not
enough.
This ought to be a good season for
the orchard mulchers.
Let the farmers who are being
washed away realize that somewhere
in this broad land people are praying
for rain.
He who leaves the leaves of alfalfa
or COW peas on the ground has left
the best part of the forage. Better
turn over a new leaf.
Nine hours in the field Is enough
for team and nan II they keep work
ing. Seven to 1870 and 1880 to 6
will accomplish enough to satisfy any
reasonable man, and the teams will
keep in better flesh than II worked
u hours.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30
Schools Spreading In China.

A few years ago the foreign mis-
sionary schools were practically the
only institutions in Foochow offering
facilities for the acquisition of west
ern learning. There are now at least
80 native schools fashioned after the
foreign model. Foochow Is a city of
600,0 900 inhabitants, and these schools
embrace about 1000 students. Post
ers plaearded all over the city adver-
tise the opening of various modern
schools, which are s%pringing up In
every nook and corner of the place.
Scarcely a week passes without the
announcement Of the opening of a
new school.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30
How TO Eut On Gloves.

Open and turn back the gloves to
the thumb and powder lightly. Put
the fingers in their places, not the
thumb, and carefully work them on
with the first finger and thumb of
the other hand until they are quite
down; never press between the fin
gers. Pass the thumb into its place
with care and work on as the fingers.
Turn back the glove and slide it over
the hand and wrist, never pinching
the kid, and work the glove into
proper place by means of the light
est pressure, always allowing the kid
to slide between the fingers. In fin
ishing car should be taken in fas.
tening the first button.
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Alum Baking Powder 10 Wholesome.


DR.. Herman Reinbold, the expert
German chemist, in a recent oficial
report concerning Baking Powders,
declares that a pure alum baking pow
der is better and less injurious than
the ~so-called cream of tartar powders.
He says that If the quantity Of alum
contained in a sufficient quantity Of
baking powder for a batch of bread or
cakes for an ordinary family, be con-
centrated to one mouthful of food,
and taken into the stomach Of any
one person, no matter how delicate,
1t could do no harm. On the contrary,
alum is wholesome in proper quanti-
ties. This is undoubtedly the reason
the State of Missouri quickly repealed
a law that prohibited the manufacture
of the most wholesome of all baking
powders. So much for Alum Baking
Powders.
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DUBIOUS
About What Her Husband Would Say.

: A Mich, woman tried Postum Food
Coffee because ordinary coffee dis
agreed with her and her husband. She
writes:
ely husband was sick for three
years with catarrh of the bladder, and
palpitation Of the heart, caused by
coffee. Was unable to work at all
and in bed part Of the time.
II had stomach trouble, was weak
and fretful so / could not attend to
my housework-both of us using cot.
fee all the time, and realizing 1t was
harmful.
zone morning the grocer's wife
said she believed coffee was the AUS
of our trouble and advised Postum
! took it home rather dubious about
what my husband would say-he was
fond Of coffee.
But I took coffee right off the
table. and we haven't used d cup Of
1t since. You should. have seen the
change in us, and now my husband
never complains Of heart palpitation
any more. My stomach trouble went
away in two weeks after I began Pos
tum. My children love it and 1t does
them good, which can't be said Of
coffee.
"A lady visited us who was always
half sick. I told her I'd make her a
cup of Postum. She said It was taste.
less stun, but she watched me make
It, boiling 1t thoroughly for Is min
utes, and when done she said 1t was
splendid. Long boiling brings out the
flavor and food quality" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich,
Read the little book 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's o reason"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30
Immense Steel Plates.

The shell and boilers of the new
Cunarder being built at Wallsend,
England, are said by Consul Metcalf
to be constructed of the largest steel
plates in the world. They are silicon
steel, weighing ten tons each. The
boilers alone will weigh over 1000
tons. Massive ingots and slabs
weighing IL and IA tons, are continu-
ally passing through the rolling mills
there for this work.
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Truly a Modern Patriarch.

James Webb, of Peters, San Joa-
quin county, California, celebrated
July 81, his one hundredth birthday.
He was born in Kentucky. He had IL
children, seven Of whom survive, the
eldest being 80. He has 81 grand
children, about $50 great-grandchil-
dren and 20 Observation-Disclosures.
One hundred of his descendants at
tended the celebration.
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whenever I stopped or lifted. The
urine was badly disordered and for a
long time / had attacks of gravel.
After I began using Doan's Kidney
Pills the gravel passed out, and my
back got well. I haven't had back.
ache or bladder trouble since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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The Profitable Poultry.

Profitable market poultry originates
with the breeder Of pure-bred stock.
No one knows this better than the
market poultryman, hence the in.
creasing demand for pure-bred stock
by farmers. Such stock natures
sooner, lays earlier and more abuno
antly, fattens quicker, weighs more,
sells better and for more money than
scrub birds. No wonder the mongrcl
70 losing In popularity.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30
seamen Given Privileges.

A marriage bill introduced in the
British parliament allows the mar
riage of a seaman to take place by H.
cense in the diocese of the port where
his ship is lying, if he has been a res
ident for Is days on the ship or part
ly on the ship and partly on shore
within the diocese.
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Beware of servIan Bank Notes.

There is dismay in the Servian min.
istry of finance. In the strong room
in this department, in a specific safe,
we're stored the engraved plates from
which Servian bank notes were
struck. These plates were engraved
in Paris and cost a sum Of 91,60O.
All these plates have within the past
few days been found to be stolen
from the safe, without any visible
sign of the safe having been tempered
with.
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Another Triumph for x.Rays.

Another triumph TOR N-hays.
So successful has the application OF
the X-rays been in the tratment of
children suffring from ringworm, that
the Metropolitan Asylums Board, Lon
don, has been enabled to discontinue
the use of one of the two institutions
reserved for such cases.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30
When Pope PIu. Receives.

People who are received by the
pope must appear in full evening
dress. although the hour is usually at
IL O'Clock in the morning. The outer
office looks like that of a good New
York lawyer. A pleasant young Sec
rotary in secular garb meets the WIS.,
ttors. All is very simple, not in the
least awe-inspiring. Visitors must
kneel and kiss the pope's hand.
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the danger by cur
ing the kidneys with
Doan's Kidney Pills.
J. A. Haywood, a
vel known resident
of Lufkin, Tex,
y IT wrenched
my back working in
a sawmill, was laid
up six weeks, and
from that time had
~ns- - ,1,. ho o1r
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Canada Has Much Wheat.

It is estimated by the premier OF
Manitoba that 100, 100000 bushels of
wheat will be available for export
from the northwestern provinces of
Canada at the close Of the harvest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30
Don't Get |

Don't Get Footsore! Get Foot-Ease.
A wonderful powder that cures tired, hot,
aching feet and makes new or tight shoes
easy. Ask to-day for Aliens Foot Ease.
Accept no substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address A. s. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30
First Use of Modern Trousers.

Trousers, in their present shape,
we're introduced into the British army
In 1918, and tolerated Is a legitimate
portion of evening dress in 1916.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30

Defiance Starch is the latest inven-
ton in that line and an improvement
on all other makes; 1t is more eco
nomical, does better work, takes less
time. Get it from any grocer.
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To SURVEY Alaskan Boundary.

Fremont Morse and L. Netland, in
charge of the Alaskan boundary COM
mission, have left for Yakubat bay,
where each with a party of nine men
will survey a strip of the boundary.