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The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
Foundation of the New Poultry House.

Foundation of the New Poultry House.
Alter building number of poultry
houses one has certain important facts
.'piessed upon him. One OF these
snat comes home with a good deal of
.oice 10 the writer Is the matter OF
.oundation. If he builds another poul-
Iy mouse he will see that the founda-
tioh Is perfect and that It will be more
than strong enough. A poultry house
"t is not properly built in this re-
ways
1t Is customary to build poultry
nouses on slopes where 1t can be done,
anu that Is proper. as 1t gives good
drainage. But in case the foundation
pio'es 10 be poor and needs to be
supported 1t will generally be found
very dlfiicult to do anything without
raising the house by means of lack
screws. The writer has had very
vexatious task of this kind. The trou.
Die Is that one end of the house is
set SO close to the ground that one
cannot get under 1t or even get at
the parts that need to be supported.
"hen poultry house has to be
erected that is twelve feet or more
VIDE there should be a row of sup
ports running the length of the house
under the very middle. Almost all
amateurs make the mistake of sup.
porting the house only on the sides
and ends. The twelve.foot joists, even
though they be six inches deep and
two thick. have very great amount
OF vibration and 1t is unpleasant to
walk over floor laid on such joists.
But II the time ever comes that the
house has to be used for another pur.
pose than poultry keeping, this kind
OF a floor will be found to be unendur-
able. This possibility should be borne
in mind. for numerous poultry houses
become transformed in time into
houses for other purposes, especially
II they are of good size.
fault that is very noticeable in
the building of most of the houses
used by our poultry is that they are
merely set on posts stuck in the
ground for perhaps two feet. In few
years some of these posts rot and
others get a lean on them out of
plump due to the ground on one side
of the poultry house being softe, than
va ''N o'hSi oiuc. me ram gets lutO
the holes and the soil there becomes
softer than at any other point, and
this does not improve as the years
go by. Settling goes on year after
year. have in mind a poultry hosise
that cost nearly hundred dollars. 1t
was set on cedar posts and the posts
are badly rotted now In spite of the
fact that cedar is supposed to be re-
sistent to rot. Some of the cedar
posts have also got out of plumb, and
the house has moved over several
inches to accommodate the posts.
What the end will be nobody knows.
Build the foundations strong In the
first place. If the building is to rest
on supports of any kind dig deep holes
in the ground and put In brick or
stone duly cemented. Have big
timber running the length OF the
building and also resting on the same
kind of piers. This will cost a little
more than the posts. but it will be
more satisfactory, and years afterward
the owner will be glad that he SO
invested the money that the good foun.
dations cost.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
A Poser.

1t was at an English election meet
ing, and an excited man shouted to the
candidate:
Don't beat about the bush; answer
my question Yes or No"
The candidate replied But. my dear
sir, there are some questions which
cannot be answered Yes or NO"
The interrupter replied rudely with
the single exclamation "Bosh,"
Very we'll" replied the speaker. 81
will prove what l say. Now, sir, the
question | will put to you is this:
Have you left off beating your wife,"
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
Grades Women of III. wor,d

In somewhat sensational book on
woman DIR. Emil Reich, the famous
Hungarian professor, acknowledges
that English women have beauty and
dignity, but deplores the fact that
they are becoming Americanized. He
gives the palm to the brilliant Paris
ienne because of her grace, charm
and tact, awarding second place to
the Irish girl, the Lorelei of the
British isles. possessing the grace of
a demimondaine and the virtue of a
num- DR.. Reich has small praise
for the American woman, and the
German hausfrau has lowest place
in his estimation.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28

Then good-by to palpitation.
To germs and amputation.
The surgeons and the specialists are In
dreadful plight;
Throw away your pills galore.
You won't need them any more:
Just cat a big round apple and y1c'l be
all right.
II you're feeling pessimistic
In a way that's realistic
If everything is going wrong and thir SIS
looks black night:
II you're i'll in mind or body.
Do not take a drink of toddy-
Just ear big round apple and you'll be
all right.
Then goodbye to all narcotics.
To tonics and hypnotics.
The medical profession will soon be lost
to sight;
Throw away your pills galore.
You won't need them any more:
Just eat a big round apple and you'll be
all right.
New York Sun,
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
Devotion to Mrs. jefferson Davis.

1t is the fashion sometimes to ques-
ton woman's loyalty to those of her
own sex, but Southern women in New
widow of Jefferson Davis.
Mrs. Davis for the past two years
has lived in this city. Not a day
passes but some of the Southern wom-
en- in the city call to see her and pay
their respects to her. Mrs Davis lives
most quietly, driving every pleasant
day. but otherwise keeping out of the
public eye.-New York Sun.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
Poor Bird!

Archibald said the young wife at
breakfast, there is superstition that
cuckoo clocks are unlucky. Do you
think the one | hung up in your office
unlucky?"
Very unlucky. indeed" answered
her husband with a far-away smile.
But you haven't had any bad luck
in the last few days, have you?"
No. but the cuckoo has When he
started cuckooing while 1 was talking
through the phone just pulled out my
revolver and blew his head on"
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
His Conclusion,

You women folks must be wearin'
sight of birds on your hats this sea
son. ventured Uncle Abrer. as he
carefully removed his coat.
Why, Abner?' asked Aunt So
phronia.
Wal, they WIS feller sot in front
of me on the train that was dressed
like dandy-fur-lined coat, a dia-
mond big as a shellbark hickory nut.
and plug hat; and heard him tell
the feller settin' with him thet he'd
made over $4,000 this year skinnin'
jays"
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
Incubator in Cold Weather

Below l give my methods of incuba.
ton. | mate my birds in January and
begin to set the eggs some time in Feb
ruary. Frequently | begin about the
18th. | find the fowls hatched in March
and April are the best winter layers
and also make the best show birds the
coming winter. They do not need to
be pushed forward by high feeding
as do those that are hatched later
in the spring. place Is eggs under
each hen. But we use only a few
hens. so have two incubators. Each
CT these holds $50 eggs. l only start
one at a time and then ten days after.
wards start the other and / keep them
going. That gives me a hatch every
ten days. II have a hen that wants
to set. set her in the basement IL the
weather is cold-C. W. Brehn, Clay
Co., Eeb.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28

Do not permit the birds to get ui,< 7
Give them clean ground to exerayS.
over.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28

The farmers COW should be the best
COW in the country.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09

Mademoiselle, how I could take a blow
and let the striker go. l have n
swered. 1t is the one privilege NJ. de
Berault possesses"
"Then," she replied quickly, but al
most in a whisper, IF | were M. de
Berault, I would use it, and never fight
again."
in that event, Nademoiselle," l an
swered cynically. 81 should lose my
men friends rs well as my women
friends. Like mo~nseigneur, the cardi-
nal, I rule by fear"
She shuddered, either at the nam or
at the idea my words called up and for
a moment. we stood awkwardly silent.
The shadow of the sundial fell between
us; the. garden was still; here and
there a leaf f1uttered slowly down, or
a seed fell. With each instant of ST.
lence felt the gulf between us growing
wider. I felt myself growing harder:
| Knocked at her past, which was so
unlike mine; 1 Knocked at mine and
called it fate. I was on the point of
turning from her with a bow-and a
furnace in my breast-when she spoke.
"Tbere is a late rose lingering there"
she said, a slight tremor in her voice.
Il cannot reach it. Will you pluck it
for me, M. de Berault."
obeyed her, my hand trembling. my
face on fire. She took the rose from
me and placed it in the bosom of her
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09
WEIGHS ONLY FOUR GRAINS
Smallest Engine in the World Truly q
Marvel of Mechanical Ingenu-
ity-Its Dimensions.

"'Tiny Tim,' as l have named this
smallest of all engines" writes T. H.
Robinson in the Technical World
Magazine, lis made of gold and steel,
and is so small that a common house
fly seems large in comparison. 1t fits
easily into the smallest % short cart;
ridge, balance wheel and all. 1t
weighs just four grains complete.
That is about the weight of a CON-
mon match. 1t takes 120 such en-
gines to weigh one and 1920 to
weigh a pound. Three million eight
hundred and forty thousand engines
equal one ton.
"The engine bed and stand are Of
and ground steel bearings inserted in
the gold bed. These bearings are
counter-bored from the inside to form
a ~self-oiling bearing. The fywheel
has a steel center and arms, with a
gold rim, and this part-the complete
wheel-weighs one grain.
"The cylinder is of steel with oc-
tagonal base highly polished. The
stroke is one-thirty-second Of an inch,
bore hree-hundredths Of an inch.
Seventeen pieces are used in the con-
struction of this engine.
1.-THE feed is through the gold base,
which is hollow. The speed Of this
engine is 5000 revolutions per min
ute. When running 100 per second no
motion is visible to the eye, but it
makes a note like the noise of a mos
quito, caused by the vibrating piston
rod.
The horse power is 1-49S000 OF one
horse power. Compressed air is used
to run these engines and it may be OF
interest to note that the amount re-
quired to make the large engine hum
can easily be borne on the eyeball
without winking."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09
POSING FOR WAX FIGURES
New Styles in Hair Dressing Give
Model Chance to Earn
Money.

Didn't you know that wax figures
were modelled after real ~people?" spoke
up the senior member of a firm tina.
manufactures wax models for the
trade, in mild surprise. why, l
thought everyone knew that. Is it pos
sible that you have never recognized
any of the likenesses?
Most Of them are shop girls or Cloak
models, or possibly artists models
who are only too willing to pose for
the small sum they get for lending
their features to the firm. It's a rather
disagreeable task, for a death mask
must be mada first, and then the mod
81 made from that; but it's only a mat
ter of a half hour.
How much do the girls get? Oh,
about enc dollar an hour, the same as
most artists models receive. 1t re-
quires a girl with regular features Is
make the model a success. In fact, We
try to get as near to the Greek outlines
as possible.
Its getting to be quite a business,
the posing for wax models, though
there is only room for a comparatively
few, as when once the mask is take
1t is used for years. The change nee
essitated is in the Embarrassing onlv."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09
f'Then," Said the Man-''As a Matter
of Personal Accommodation to
You, I Will Leave You"

thrary?" pleaded Policeman Flynn.
Cant we do a good tur-run FIR a
ma-al?"
do you ask it as a favoT?"
Eft sure. | ask We to g'wan home
an Fave me alone
"Oh, well, as a favor to you," re-
turned the man, possibly | might con
sent not to be arrested on this occas-
ion"
"'T w'u'd be a gr-reat favor. I don't
wa-ant We. l ha-ave no use FIR We at
ALL"
Then" said thu man, las a matter
of personal accommodation to you |
will leave you"
"Whin l whit or tn foorce," NUT
tered Policeman Flynn, as he resumed
his beat, Il thought | might ha-ave
throuble keepin' u pris'ner, but | niver
knew t w'u'd be so har-rd FIR to lose
wan"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09
Railroads as Civ1lizers.

The railroads continue to get in
their work as civilizers. Those Of
South Africa, to build which cost
$125, OOO, 0OG, are reported as doing a
rushing and profitable business. The
wise policy of the English, now in
control there, is to open up the coun-
try to trade and agriculture, and the
results are increasingly satisfactory.
1t will be some time before the Cape
to Cairo" through line is completed,
but connecting links are multiplying,
and the dark continent" is coming
into closer commercial contact with
the outside world and thus getting en-
%lightenment and prosperity. And due
credit should be given to the railway
for what it is accomplishing in this
direction.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09
Thin / let We &C."
= q 100

Thin l let We &C."
But | refuse to be liberated. Come
on, can't your" And he almost
dragged the reluctant officer along the
street.
Lave go iv me ar-rm!" cried Po-
liceman Flynn. "lH not ha-ave amy
mar maxim me lock him up ag'in me
will. Lave go, | tell vel"
Then come along peaceably," said
the man. You've no right to let. me
go, and l won't go. A police magis-
trate is the only ear who can free me
after | have been arrested"
"Ill not take ye," insisted Policeman
Flynn.
IF you don't" asserted the man, I'LL
stick by you until you are relieved and
have to go in to report. | don't want
any imitation arrest; l want the real
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09
ERROR IN BILL OF LADlNC
Young Railroad Man Found Burro
Where He Naturally Looked
for q Bureau.

There was a time when Senator
Elkins of West Virginia was a hustlins
young freight agent in New Mexico.
His office was a box car and his prin-
cipal troubles were in making his re-
ceipts of freight tally with his bills
of lading. One day he had a carload
of household furniture switched to his
siding. The seal of the car door was
quickly broken, as young Elkins then,
as now, always liked to keep up with
his work. He was greeted with the
bray OF an ass as the door slipped
back on it's rollers. The bill of lading
was at once scanned, but there was
nothing to show that the animal
should be a passenger on this partlc-
ular car. The goods were all checked
out and then Elkins wired the general
Office thus: I'm a bureau short and
a iackass long on this carload OF fur
niture." After a little delay the an
swer came: "All o. X. The bureau is
a burro."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09
BUILD STEEL CARS
IMPORTANT ADVANCE MADE BY
THE HARTMAN LINES.
All Passenger and Freight Equipment
in the Near Future, Will Be
of This Construction
Economy in Plans.

The management of the Hartman
lines, after experiments extending
through a long period, have adopted
steel for the construction of all pas
senger equipment, of all box cars and
of other cars which will permit of such
construction.
With a view to trying out the plans
which have been made for passenger
coaches, for mail cars and for freight
cars, the Hartman lines are having
constructed in the Sacramento shops
under the supervision of Julius
Kruttchnitt, director of operation and
maintenance, a model car of each kind,
with a view to ascertaining whether
the plans for the construction are the
best, and will work out as the manage
ment believes they will. When the
plans are proved by the construction
of the model cars, these plans will be
adopted as standard, and the Harri-
man lines will then build all their cars
with steel frames.
In the case of the freight cars, or
box cars, the company is constructing
them almost entirely of steel, the floors
being of this material.
The action of the Hartman lines
management in adopting steel so thor
oughly and completely for equipment
is of more Importance than appears at
first glance. Some years ago the COM
pany began building steel underframes
in freight equipment, which reduced
the weight of a box car from about
$4,000 pounds to Al 1000 pounds. SteeI
construction throughout will further
reduce the weight of the car between
5000 and 1000 pounds. In a train o.
so freight cars this would mean a saw
ing of between rs and 100 tons, or thai
amount added to the possible train
load. This increase in train-load pos
sibilities, together with the indestruc.
tibility of the cars, the cheapness Of
their repair and of the maintenance
which is fully so per cent. owe thu
wooden cars, means a tremendous to
tai saving to the Hartman lines.
Stlll another saving tnat Will De Ell
fected by the use of steel is in thu
way of lessened loss and damage from
wrecks. The loss of property is yer,
much less, as are the casualties, wher'
cars of entirely steel frames are used
In the latter cars the combustible ma
terial is reduced to q minimum, ant
fires would rarely follow wrecks. Witt
a view to showing the possibilities il
wrecks, the management had photo
graphs taken of steel cars which wer'
bent and twisted SO that they looke'
utterly worthless. Photographs Of tn
same cars were taken after an eXpen
diture Of 5000 upon them, showing
them practically as good as new
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09
Engines Without Drivers.

Germany possesses a miniature hut
most useful railway, of which the chief
popularity is that it's trains have no
drivers. 1t is used for carrying salt
from the salt mines at Saassfurt. The
trains consists of 80 trucks, each car
rying half a ton of salt. The engines
are electric, Of 24-horse power each.
AS the train approaches a station, of
which there are five along tina line, it
automatically rings a bell, and the
station attendant turns a switch to
receive it. He is able to stop it at
any moment. To start it again he
stands on the locomotive, switches
the current, and then descends before
the engine has gained speed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09
New Danger Signal.

Danger! An electrical system of sig
mailing has been perfected in Noting
ham, England, whereby a gong sounds
on the engine and an immense bulls
eye in the cab glares with gren or red
light in the drivers face. Beyond the
spot where at present the distant sig
nal is located on the railways, the in
vention proposes that a central rail 100
yards long should be laid with a sec
ond and much larger central rail near
the present house signal. Connected
with the signal box, the pressure of a
roller beneath the engine on these CEN
trail rails would not only ring a bell
and cause a lamp, corresponding with
the track upon which the train has
been running, to glow in the signal
box, but bells would ring or red or
green lamps glow on the engine itself,
the color of the lamp depending upon
which rail the signalman had connect
ed with a negative.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09
Remarkable Railway.

An uphill railway, perhaps the most
remarkable in the world, is the Oroyo,
in Peru. 1t runs from Callao to the
gold fields of Cerro de Pasco. From
Callao it ascends the narrow valley of
the Rimac, rising nearly 5000 feet in
the first Sc miles. Thence 1t goes
through the intricate gorges of the
Sierras till it tunnels the Andes at an
altitude OF 1856 feet, the highest
point in the world where a piston road
is moved by steam. The wonder is
increased by remembering that this
elevation is reached in IS miles.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09
To Run by Electricity.

The management Of the Long Is.
land railway has decided to substi-
tute electric motors for locomotives
in the handling of all passenger
trains. An order has been placed
with a Pittsburg firm for motors
enough to supersede every locomotive
in active service in this department.
Power will be taken from a wire
overhead after the manner employed
in trolley a operation. By the be-
ginning of the summer traffic it Is ex-
pected that all trains on this line will
be run by motors, doing away with
the smoke, cinders and other discom-
forts of railroad travel in warm
weather.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09
EARNINGS Of English Railways.

While we are inclined to criticise
English railroads with much freedom,
they have a record in one respect
which our W railroad managers
must look upon with respect. The
gross earnings of the English roads
never showed an unfavorable fluctu-
alton, as compared with a previous
year, of over ~ per cent. With all
the talk Of poor railway management,
of decadent industries and of the
economic evils of war, it is confusing
to find that the commercial develop
ment of Great Britain, measured by
her gross railroad traffic, presents an
almost unbroken record of advance.
Net earnings, however, have been
badly cut into by the rise in wages and
by the higher cost of fuel.-Scribner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09

l did not look at him. | saw Captain
Larolle and the lieutenant, and a ring
of troopers, and one man, bare-armed.
teasing out with his fingers the thongs
of a whip. The thongs dripped blood,
and the sight fired the mine. The
rage l had suppressed when the lieu
tenant bearded me earlier in the after
noon, the passion with which madem-
oiselle's distress had filled my breast,
at last found vent. I sprang through
the line of soldiers and striking the
man with the whip n buffet blow be-
tween the shoulders, which hurled him
breathless to the ground, turned on
the leaders. "You devils!" cried.
Shame on you! The mar is dumb! !
tell you, If ] had ten men with me, l
would sweep you and your scum out
of the village with broomsticks. Lay
on another LASH" | continued reckless
ly, land I will see il you or the
cardinal be the stronger"
The lieutenant glared at me, his
gray moustache bristling, his eyes al
most starting from his head. Some
of the troopers laid their hand, IN
their swords, but no one moved. and
only the captain spoke. Mile
dlables!r he swore. what is all this
about? Are you mad, Sir"
Mad or sane!" | cried, still in a
fury. Lay on another lash. and you
shall repent It,"
"I?"
Eyes, your"
For an instant there was a pause of
establishment. Then to my surprise
the cantain laughed-larghed loudly
VERY heroic!" he said. quite magnif-
icent, M. 10 Chevalier-errant. But you
see, unfortunately. you come too late!"
TOO late!" / said in%creduously
"Yes. too late" he replied. with a
mocking smile. And the lieutenant
g~rinnen too. You see the man has
Just confessed. We have only been
giving him an extra touch or two, to
Impress his memory. and o V us the
trouble OF tying him up agair
ITO BE Continued
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09
he HAS TROUBLE IN LOSING A
PRISONER.
Copyright. by the Century Coz

Copyright, by the Century Col
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles)
1t was when Policeman Barney
Flynn was a new man on eth foorce"
that he lost a prisoner, and he frank
ly admitted afterwards that he "niver
sh'u'd ha-ave found him in tn first
place" In other words, experience
taught him that the arrest was not
justified, but the new policeman in
variably is jealous of his authority and
his dignity. So, when he had told the
man to move on and the man had re-
torted by making various sarcastic and
otherwise Objectionable remarks, Po-
liceman Flynn deemed it necessary for
the honor and dignity of his official
position to assert himself
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09
New Railroad for Mexico.

Mexico has granted a concession for
the construction Of a railroad from
San Geronimo, id M%ichoacan, to Acap-
ulco, state of Hidalgo, with the right
to extend the line to Tuxpam, Vera
Cruz, on the Atlantic. If the project
Is carried out the road should prove
an important factor in the develop
ment Of this section, as 1t crosses the
country from east to west, passing
through rich mining camps and fertile
agricultural lands, and tapping large
territory at present undeveloped.