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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
NO USELESS SOIL.
All Land Will Pay Retaining It Is
Thought.

Gullies on billy, rolling land can be
stopped and the land reclaimed by
putting a light coat of timothy hay in
the bottom of the ditch after the
rainy reason is passed. In the win.
ter, feed cattle on the land by put.
ting the hay in the bitches. l have
had bitches on my farm that were
once usless but have been reclaimed
and now produce one and one-half
tons of hay to the acre. Never plow
in the gullies, but pillow up and down
the hill beside them. Never pillow
closer than two feet to the edge Of the
bitches. Each year let the grass strip
get a little wider. Thus your high
land will gradually level up. I have
some land that had been quilted but
has now been producing grass for the
past 20 years. Once a set of grass has
been obtained in the gullies, never
pillow it up. The hay will always be
getting better in the main leads, and
the smaller me will be improving
through the process Of feeding hay to
the cattle. All land will pay reclaim.
ing, declares the Farmers Review.
Very poor land gullies worst. Manure
from stables where the mich cows are
fed hay is the very best for
retaining such land.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
FARM NOTES.

Remember that the slightest touch
of frost on the top Of a squash will
spoil its keeping qualities. If there
is danger of a frosty night, and you
do not wish to gather them, throw a
bran sack over each one.
Don't fool any time away with the
glib-tongued stranger who wants to
sell you a mining stock that is going
to double itself next week, or any in
vestment that promises a big per cent,
for the chances are that he cannot de-
liver the goods.
Be careful about fixing traps for
yourself when you are carrying bags
Of grain into the granary. Make a
good, solid set Of steps. Many have
fallen and broken their limbs or hurt
themselves for life by trusting to ram
shackle ladders. Don't you be one of
them.
Draining makes heavy soil better.
How? Makes 1t dry in wet times; it
can be worked earlier in the spring;
the land will not bake; it is warmer;
1t is more productive. Any land on
your farm that needs draining? Now
Is the time to do it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
DEER FEED ON PEACHES.
Connecticut Farmers FESTIVE Under
Depredations.

While the Connecticut farmer 10
cleeping snugly curled up in his best
mortgage, along comes a mild-eyed
and wild-toothed deer and drags from
the sagging limbs bushel after bushel
of peaches. Statistics as to the ca
pacity of a deer's stomach not being
at hand, 1t is impossible to estimate
the exact amount Of damage per deer
per peach per farmer, but the total
is so much that the attorney general
of the state was appealed to to decide
whether or not peaches are crops,
says the Boston Advertiser. He says
they are, and the farmers are begin
ming to try to collect damages from
the state, which protects the deer I'M
til 1911. As a matter of fact, and
aside from considerations of peach ad-
vertising, the animus of the agitation
undoubtedly is the restiveness OF the
Connecticut smooth bore, which rusts
on the wall, waiting for a snack Of
venison. Undoubtedly there will be
introduced into the legislature of Con-
necticut this fall bills looking toward
the opening Of the deer season before
1911. The Connecticut farmer (back-
ed by those city folks who are making
use of him to further their own ends)
would rather get a shot at the deer
than to continue to get from the state
in damages a better price than he
could ever get for his peaches in the
market.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
HAD CONSIDERED THE POINT.
Juryman's Explanation Somewhat Of a
Joke on Judge.

A lawyer in the western part Of
Massachusetts having a rather des-
perate Ease to defend, called the
courts attention to the wording OF
the statute, empowering the jury to
Judge Of the law as well as OF the
facts" and requested him to instruct
accordingly. The Judge somewhat re-
luctantly did so, adding, however, that
the jurymen should accept his inter-
probation OF the principles involved
unless they were fully satisfied that
they knew more law than he did.
In spite Of this, an outrageous YER
dict was brought in, utterly contrary
to the instructions Of the Judge, who
severely rebuked the jurors.
The foreman, a horny-handed farm.
or, rose to reply. ledge" said he,
weren't we to jedge the law as well
as the facts?"
Certainly" vas the response, but
I told you not to Judge the law unless
you were satisfied that you knew the
law better than / did"
well, jedge,' answered the farmer,
as he shifted his quid, I'VE considered
that pint"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25

nor plume-like than the spruces and
balsam frs. The leaves are fiat, blunt,
slightly above one-half an inch long,
dark green above and pale beneath,
being SO arranged, by the twisting OF
their short petioles, as to appear two
ranked, thus giving a fiat appearance
to the twig. The cones are as long or
slightly longer than the leaves, while
the scales are broad and obtuse. They
hang from the tips of the branches and
often persist for months after the
seeds have fallen. The wood is light
brown, brittle and coarse grained,
weighing rs pounds to the cubic foot.
It is employed in the building Of barns
and other rough buildings. The range
of the hemlock is from Nova Scotia to
Minnesota and south to Alabama.
The hemlock is not recognized by
the United States Pharmacopoeia as
having any medicinal properties, nor
does the oil Of hemlock appear on its
list of organic drugs. but the bark Of
the tree Is used for tanning on account
of the large per cent. of tannin con
tanned therein.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25

Vegetable Compound had saved other women
from serious operations / decided to try it,
and in less than four months / was entirely
cured; and words fail to express my thank
fulness.n
Miss Margret Merkley, Of 275 Sd
Street, Milwaukee, Wis, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"Loss of strength, extreme nervousness,
severe shooting pains through the pelvic
organs, cramps, be~aring-down pains, and an
irritable disposition compelled me to seek
medical advice. The doctor, after making
an examination, said that l had a serious
female troublean liberation, and advised an
operation as my only hope. To this I strongly
objected-and I decided as a last resort to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
ITO my surprise the liberation healed, all
the bad symptoms disappeared, and am once
more strong, vigorous and well; and l can
not express my thanks for what it has done
for me-"
Serious feminine troubles are steadi-
ly on the increase among wonderland
before submitting to an operation
every woman should try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
write Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass:
for advice.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been curing
the worst forms of female complaints,
all functional troubles, Inflammation,
liberation, falling and displacement,
weakness, Irregularities, indigestion
and nervous prostration. Any woman
who could read the many grateful
letters on file in Mrs. Pinkham's Office
would be convinced of the efficiency of
her advice and Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
Worry Postal Authorities.

Because the postal administration
has imposed a duty of five pfennigs
instead of two on postal cards intend
ed for urban delivery, the citizens of
Hanover have inaugurated a singular
strike against the postal authorities.
Instead Of writing postal cards, they
all write letters, and, not satisfied
with sending their illusions in an en-
velope, they fill 1t with newspaper so
as to bring the weight of the letter to
the maximum of $50 grams. AS the
envelopes they now use are OF the
maximum size tolerated it is easy to
obstruct a letter box with only a doz-
en- Of such missives. The postal au-
thorities are alarmed at this obstruc-
ton of the postal service, and 1t is
probable that the former tariff OF W
pfennigs on postal cards will have TO
be reestablished.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
Mr.. oarfieId's Speech.

Corporation Commissioner Garfield
made a speech the other day before a
class of New York university stu.
dents, in which he severely arraigned
the business methods now prevalent
In Wall street. He said:
There Is a commercial conscience
which throws aside ell ideals except
the acquisition Of wealth. 1t calls
trickery ability, SCOTS at common
honesty, and teaches that all things
and all men have their price and can
be bought"
These words are absolutely true,
and the commercial conscience thus
described has become the political
conscience of the Republican party. 1t
Is responsible for the protective tariff
the subsidies to railroads, the favorit
ism shown to trusts, the proposed
ship subsidy, and the entire economic
policy Of that party. 1t is also re.
sponsible for the corruption Of the
voters, as illustrated in the Blocks
of-fye'' scandal, and the $16,000,00O
corruption fund Of the Hanna machine
4. 1896.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
SUGAR TRUST SNAP
WOULD GAIN MILLIONS BY AN.
NExATIoN OF CUBA.
Economic Problem It Would Be Well
for People of the United States to
Consideration People Are
Plundered.

The sugar trust already has a soft
snap and II we annex Cuba it will
plumber the people of o millions,
unless the sacred tariff is revised.
The trust sells its refined sugar on
the basis of the cost of the raw sugar
and the tariff duty and profit added.
1t buys most of the raw sugar from
Cuba and on that pays the tariff duty,
less a discount of 20 per cent. of
which discount the trust gets at least
one-half. The sugar from the Philip.
pines imported into the United States
is allowed a discount on the tariff
duty of rs per cent. and of this the
trust gets nearly all. The sugar i'm.
ported from Hawaii comes in free OF
duty, so that any Hawaiian sugar the
trust buys it pays no duty upon. OF
course, the price of sugar In Cuba and
the Philippines is somewhat increased
by the discount on the tariff duty, or,
as in the cas- of Hawaii and Porto
Rico, by being admitted free of duty
there is a subsidy, amounting to what
the duty would be, to be divided be-
tween the sugar grower and the sugar
trust.
The price of sugar in the United
States Is fixed by the trust at just a
little less than refined sugar can be
imported for, after paying one and
95-100 cents per pound, which is the
tariff duty On refined sugar. The
tariff on raw sugar ranges from 95-100
Of a cent a pound, up to n and $500
cents a pound according to quality,
though when it is pure enough to be
assessed at the higher duty it is
ranked as refined sugar and the duty
is N and 95-100 cents a pound. This
difference in the tariff duty between
refined and enough raw sugar to pro-
duce the same amount of refined
sugar, is the '~'differentiaP' in the tariff
duty in favor of the trust. But the
important matter to remember is that
as long as any sugar is taxed by the
tariff, all the sugar that Is imported
free of duty and the sugar that Is i'm
ported at a discount on the tariff duty
is paid for by the people at the same
price al If 1t was refined sugar, upon
which the full duty had been paid.
The domestic cane sugar grown in
Louisiana and the beet sugar pro-
duced in several states is all sold al
the highest price, so that virtually the
tariff duty is a subsidy to the pro.
ducers.
If all the sugar that can be grown
in Cuba should be admitted free OF
duty and yet the tariff was main
tanned, the price of sugar would still
be as high to the American consumer
as if the government received the
tariff tax on the same, which in round
numbers amounts to $50 900 a
year. So there Is an economic prob
lem for the people of the United
States to settle in considering the
question of the annexation of Cuba
entirely apart from the question o.
whether Cuba shall be free. If the
event nov produced by the tariff
tax on sugar is reduced, or abolished
there will have to be something else
taxed to make up for the loss of rev
enue from sugar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
Sample Republican Politician.

Jim Sherman, the chairman of the
Republican congressional committee,
should exclaim Save me from my
friends" The Utica IN. " Press
eulogizes him as the most competent
office broker and spokesman in con-
gress when it says:
He could not give all who wanted
one a post Office, but he has passed
out as many appointments as he could
get. In the way Of patronage he has
secured more Of it for his constitu-
ents than any other man could have
done. This from his long ex-
perience at Washington, and his
prominence and personal popularity
with the appointing powers. Though
he has not been able to supply the
local demand for appointments, he
has a good many"
The Republican voters in the
Utica district must be safely satisfied,
If such triies of patronage satisfy
them when great issues are at stake.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
THEY CURE ANEMIA
Or. williams Pink Pills the Most
Successful Kennedy for All
Forms OF Debility.


An@mia, whether 1t results from ac-
tual loss of blood, from lack of nutrition
due to stomach trouble, or whatever it's
cause, is simply a deficiency of the vital
fluid. DR.. Williams Pink Pills actually
make new blood. They do that one
thing and they do it well.
"As a girl, " says Mrs. Jessie Fink, of
100 East Mill street, Akron, Ohio, al
suffered from nervous indigestion and
when | was eighteen years old I was
reduced i'll weight to SO pounds. / was
an8mic, nervous, couldn't eat or sleep,
was short of breath after the least exer.
ton and had headaches almost con.
stantly. I had a doctor, of course, but /
might as well have taken somuch water
for all the good his medicine did me.
Finally my vitality and strength were
so reduced that ! had to take to my
bed for several weeks at a time. l
gould not digest any solid food and for
~ sks | did not take any other nourish.
ment than a cup of tea or beef broth.
"While / was sick in bed I read Of
DR.. Williams Pink Pills and I stopped
all other medicine and began to take the
pills. Soon my improvement was very
noticeable. My strength began to re-
turn, my stomach gave me no pain and
just as soon as l began to take solid food
/ gained in weight. DR.. Williams Pink
Pills certainly saved my life. I am now
perfectly well, have regained my normal
weight Of 100 pounds and I think DR..
Williams Pink Pills are a wonderful
medicine"
These celebrated pills are recon.
mended for stubborn stomach trouble,
for all cases Of weakness and debility,
such as result from fevers and other
acute diseases. All druggists sell DR..
Williams Pink Pills, or they will be sent
by mail postpaid, on receipt of price, 50
cents per box, six boxes for $3.50, by
the DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
SCHENECTADY. N. Y,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
Indicates Democratic Success.

The Democrats Of the First Ohio
congressional district, now represent
ed by Nicholas Longworth, have dis
played excellent judgment by nomi.
mating for congress Thomas Bent
ham, A years Of age, and a good law
yer, who worked for 20 years of his
life in a coal mine, and sympathizes
with the laboring classes. Mr.. Bent
ham was the choice of organized la
Dor, and will receive the labor vote in
addition to the regular Democratic
vote of the district, a fact which indi.
Gates the defeat Of the presidents
sonin-law. His nomination empha.
sizes the cordial relations between
organized labor and the Democratic
party.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25

neys were weak from childhood, and
for eight or ten years past my back
was very painful and l had many an
noying symptoms besides. When I
began taking Doan's Kidney Pills I
weighed only 100. To-day I weigh 1865,
and am in better health than for
years. Doan's Kidney Pills have been
my only kidney medicine during four
years past. They bring me out Of
every attack"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
Don't Be In a Hurry.

I would advise producers not to de.
moralize the market by rushing in
their honey too early; and also ship
ping to unknown parties, writes a
beekeeper in Farm Journal. have
always found sale for my crop near
home. 1 should rather give my neigh
bors the benefit of low prices, than
to ship and be compelled to make q
low price.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25

The extraordinary popularity Of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch a matter of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. It's great strength as a stiff
mel makes half the usual quantity of
Starch necessary, with the result of
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods were new.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
A FOOD CONVERT.
Good Food the True Road to Health.

The pernicious habit some persons
still have of relying on nauseous drugs
to relieve dyspepsia, keeps up the
patent medicine business and helps
keep up the army Of d%yspeptics.
Indigestion - dyspepsia lis caused
by what is put into the stomach in
the way Of improper food, the kind
that SO taxes the strength of the d.
gestive organs they r actually Grip
pied.
When this state is reached, to resort
to stimulants is like whipping a tired
horse with a big load. Every addi-
tional effort he makes under the lash
increases his loss Of power to move
the load.
Try helping the stomach by leaving
of heavy, greasy, indigestible food and
take on Grape-Nuts-light, easily d.
gested, full of strength for nerves and
brain, in every grain of it. There's no
waste Of time nor energy when Grape
Nuts is the food.
II am an enthusiastic user of Grape
Nuts and consider 1t an ideal food"
writes a Maine man:
IT had nervous dyspepsia and was
all run down and my food seemed to
do me but little good. From reading
an adv. I tried Grape-Nuts food, and
after a few weeks steady use Of 1t,
felt greatly improved.
"Am much stronger, not nervous
now, and can do more work without
feeling SO tired, and am better every
\ way.
II relish Grape-Nuts best with cream
and use four heaping teaspoonfuls at
a meal. + am sure there are thou
sands Of persons with stomach trou-
BILE who would be benefited by using
Grape-Nuts.n Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the lit
tie book, "The Road to Wellville," IN
pkgs. There's a reason"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
LONGEST and Oldest Tunnel.

The near completion of the Penn
sylvania tunnel reminds the American
Israelite of the Oldest known tunnel
in the world, that Of Shiloah, near Je-
rusalem. 1t was used as an acque-
duct. The famous inscription, dis
covered a few years ago, celebrates
the first meeting of the diggers from
both sides. Newspapers did not ap-
pear in those days, and so the event
cannot be exactly dated, but 1t most
probably took place under King Heze-
kiah, about 700 B. C., and is an in
teresting testimony to the high state
Of civilization among the Jews at a
time when Europe was inhabited by
savages.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering 1t through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip.
will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly de.
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. j. Cheney q Co., Toledo, o., contains no mer.
curry, and is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the SYSTEM: In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally and made In Toledo,
ohio, by F. ]. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
MdrgrHe Ryan

When a physician tells woman, SUI
fering from female trouble, that an
operation is necessary it, OF course,
frightens her.
The very thought of the operating
table and the knife strikes terror to
her heart. AS one woman expressed
it, when told by her physician that she
must undergo an operation, she felt
that her death knell had sounded.
Our hospitals are full of women
who are there for just such operations!
1t is quite true that these troubles
may reach a stage where an operation
is the only resource, but such cases are
much rarer than is generally supposed,
because a great many women have
been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound after the doctors
had said an operation must be per-
formed. In fact, up to the point where
the knife must be used to secure instant
relief, this medicine is certain to help.
The strongest and most grateful
statements possible to make come from
women who, by taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, have
escaped serious operations.
Margrite Ryan, Treasurer Of st.
Andrews Society, Indianapolis, Ind,
writes of her cure as follows:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
~ cannot find words to expres' hanks
for the good Lydia e. Pinkham. bile
Compound did me. The doctor sal" l could
not get well unless I had an operation for
the trouble from which I suffered. I knew ]
could not stand the strain of an operation and
made up my mind I would be an invalid for
life. Hearing how Lydia E. Pinkham's
Ask Mrs. PInkham'S AdyiCe-A Wcl
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
H HEMLocK FIR.
Some Facts Regarding This Valuable
and Graceful Tree.

The hemlock fir, Tsuga Canadensis.
Is a tall evergreen tree reaching a
height of so to 100 feet, with a trunk
diameter of four feet. The young
branches are slender and dropping at
the tips. making it the most graceful
of our native evergreens. The general
appearance of the foliage is softer and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
Did Your

Did you ever notice how hens will
work in a heap Of old plaster taken
from the walls Of a house? What are
they after? It Is lime. II shows,
remarks Farm Journal, that we ought
to keep q good supply always before
the chicks. They have to have q lot
of 1t to make egg-shells Of.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
Makes celluloid Fireproof.

M. Gavain, a French chemist, has
patented a process for rendering Gel
luloid proof against fire., This result
is obtained by adding to a celluloid
mass in course Of preparation, when
at the highest point of liquidity, a GER
tain quantity of salts-phosphates, bi-
carbonate of ammonia, or magnesia.
Celluloid thus prepared, when touched
by fire or fame, gives forth a gas that
checks combustion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25
FEEDING the Piu.

It does not follow because a hungry
pig will gulp down almost any kind
Of slop, that any kind is good enough
for him. Make the slop strong enough
to give the pig a well rounded form
that will stay with him all OF the
time, not the form that is seen just
after leaving the trough.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25

That an article may be good as well
as cheap, and give entire satisfaction,
is proven by the extraordinary sale Of
Defiance Starch, each package con-
tanning one-third more Starch than
can be had Of any other brand for the
same money,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25


that it is important
to keep the kidneys
well, and avoid the
b~ackache, b 9 a ri n g.
down pain, headache,
dizziness, languor and
other common signs
of W e a k kidneys.
Mrs. Charles e
Smith, of % Boyder
St., Woonsocket, R
T cavc. HMv kid,