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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24
INTENSIVE FARMING.
II ls Neither an lmpossIbIlIty or an
Absurdity.

Intensive farming is a ~much-neg.
lected art says Farm and Freside.
Some men think 1t an im%possibility!
others, an absurdity. But in fact both
are wrong, for it is a reality. The
day of limitless acres and endless for
ests has gone. 1t is unfortunate that
the earth doesn't grow with its popu-
lation; but 1t doesn't, and this fact
puts us face to face with the problem
Of how to get the most out of our
land. AS population increases farms
must necessarily grow smaller. Some
farmers are making more from ten
acres than others make from a humid
red acres What a man can get from
his farm depends a good deal on the
farm, but a good deal more upon the
farmer.
Many market gardeners and fruit
growers utilize every square foot of
available space. and get large crops
and big prices. The close, personal
attention they give their land and
crops shows in the results. This is
in direct contrast to the belief which
SO many farmers have that the less
men they have working for them, the
they save. Land needs to be
carefully cultivated and looked after
to give best results. Not enough labor
Is more of waste than too much labor.
for besides the loss on the crops there
is the loss caused by n~eglecting the
land.
Intensive farming never injuries the
land, but On the contrary improves 1t
through close cultivation. II the men
of this country would run their farms
on the intensive plan, they would not
only largely increase their incomes,
but vastly improve their farms.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24
PLANNING A FARMsTEAD.
Some Suggestions for the Locating Of
the Farm Buildings.

Tho accompanying plan may prove
suggestive and helpful to one who de-
sires to locate the farm buildings most
advantageously. In 1t the buildings are
placed In a row 300 feet back of the
front line Of the house. This will take
them far enough back to prevent
smells or unpleasant sounds reaching
the home and yet make them rear
enough for convenient reach. Placing
them in line 60 feet distant from each
other nearest the grove we would put
the main cattle barn, with a small
concerted feedlot back of it, and a
grass paddock that will never be trod-
den into mud at the rear Of that. Then
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24
DID NOT WANT TO BUY.
The Great Musician Had No Use for
His Production.

A great tenor had been singing for
some hours into a monograph.
1.-THE monograph" he said, "is a
wonderful thing. 1t almost realizes
the wish of the Scottish poet, the wish
that we might see ourselves as others
see us. We can now, at least, hear
ourselves, a thing impossible before.
The photograph teaches us many val
liable lessons. When I was in the
army, before I realized the capabilities
of my voice, l played the flute. A
monograph salesman brought a
monograph to my quarters and tried
to sell it to me on the instalment plan.
| was undecided. Finally the man
took out a blank cylinder.
"'See,' he said, rather reluctantly,
here is a blank cylinder. You may
make a record on it, then we will run
it off and you shall hear yourself. It's
a costly favor I am doing you, but it
will show you what a fine instrument
this is
II was delighted.
"Tll get my flute I said. I'll play
a flute solo,
"Well, l played my best into the ma
chine. It seemed to me that / had
never combined before such feeling
with such accuracy. l was more than
pleased with myself. Then the man
put in the cylinder, and the music be-
gan to issue forth. / frowned.
"Is that me?' + said.
"'Yes, SIR said the man.
REALLY me, just as I played?'
Precisely, sir, precisely. And
now said he, do you want to buy the
monograph
"'No,' said I; I want to sell the
flute"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24
Jottlnss.


When a person can raise three to
four crops OF bran--alfalfa--to the
acre, getting better than a ton to
each crop, what pays better for a
dairy farmer to raise?
The first frost Of the season al.
ways puts q keener edge on a cows
appetite, causing her to eat in the
stall or yard more freely than she did
even with good grass still in her pas
ture. Almost before we have time to
realize 1t we will be dry feeding en-
tirely.
Milking fifteen cows may mean a
whole lot, Or It may mean only as
much as some get from ten cows.
Quality instead Of quantity should be
looked after more than 1t Is. The
good mixer eats no more than the
ordinary poor mixer, which Ii anoth.
er point to consider.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24
Not 10 BE Wasted.

Ben Cary had near his house a
swamp, which was a breeding place
for herds of man-eating mosquitoes.
Some e%nterprising neighbors, who
learned of the crude oil treatment,
went to Ben and tried to persuade
him to exterminate the pests.
"Exterminate 'em?" said Ben. mot
much. Not much. Why, Mis- Cary
an ! just paid $32 for screening the
side PLAYER that she's been Fostering
me about for years. How we goin'
to get any good of it, If we kill off
the skeeters ?"-Youth's Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory If the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to s SO much starch that the
beauty and ~f1neness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste Of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great,
er strength than other makes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24
Stretching Rinus.

A jeweler in Third avenue, New
York city, advertises wedding rings
purchased here will be stretched to
any size without extra cost" His en-
terprise is based on a knowledge of
human frailty. "The girl often hap.
pens to balk," he says, "and the fell
low gets it in the neck. The ring for
that intended may not fit the finger of
the next intended; SO l stretch it for
nothing. / have stretched rings as
many az five times for one man."
Why not uea rubber rings?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24

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 n which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as a stiffener
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, 1907-10-24
The Sinful Human Heart.

A clergyman was addressing a
youthful class in Sunday school. To
illustrate the idea of regulating the
sinful human heart he took out his
watch and held it up that all might
see it.
See this watch" he said. "Just
imagine that it does not keep good
time-that it goes all ways but the
right way. What ought / to do with
it?"
Instantly a little boy held up his
hand.
Il know" he shouted Sell it to
a friend"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24
Saw It Come Out Of a Cow.

A little city boy and his sister
Dorothy were taken to the country
for the first time.
The two children were happy as the
day was long. In the late, afternoon
they watched the cows come home,
heard with delight the tinkling COW.
belle, and the little boy aver went to
the barns to see the milking done.
At supper, just as Dorothy was lift.
ing her glass to her rosy lips, the boy
cried out:
"Oh, Dotty, don't! You mustn't drink
that milk. It's not fit to drink. II
came out of a COW; / saw It,"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24
Hospital Storytelling.

1t is curious that philanthropists
in search of a novel means of doing
good do not engage reciters and story
tellers to visit hospitals and amuse
the patients. A rich man in New
York engaged Marshall P. Wilder, the
diminutive entertainer, who has given
pleasure in nearly every city, to visit
regularly certain hospitals in New
York. Mr.. Wilder was welcomed en-
Enthusiastically by the convalescent pa
tients, and his merry stories did them
good.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24

comes a large double corncrib with
buggy shed between the cribs, this
nearest the house, and next 1t the
horse stable.
A distance of 60 feet should prevent
fire spreading from one building to an
other II the roofs are of slate or gal
vanized iron and If there is any water
at all available for drenching the
sides Of the buildings. Back Of the
horse stable is a large grass paddock,
carefully kept in thrifty condition, and.
not turned on when too soft to hold a
horse up. Then after another interval
the pigs and sheep or either as the
use of the farm demands, and again a
very small c%oncreted yard with a
grass paddock at the rear of this.
Now all is provided for save the
tools. l suggest, continues the writer
in Breeders Gazette, that between the
horse stable and the pig and sheep
barn a roof all of galvanized iron on
iron supports be put over the so feet
space, and tools stored under this.
Fire would not travel through such
a structure, or at least it might east
ly be prevented. Such an iron frame
work is not now very costly. There
should also be a wagon shed on the
side of the horse stable, unobstructed
by posts, SO that farm wagons may
be driven under and horses unhitched
in the dry.
To the south of the house why not
have a sweep Of meadow? 1t would be
beautiful and give one a sense of
space and freedom. Some clumps of
trees near the house, but not too near,
would add to the beauty of the
scheme. Not all the buildings need be
erected at one time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24
Delicate Shade of Meaning.

A keen retort is credited to the late
DR.. Haig-Brown, master of Charter
house.
His brother-in-law, DIR. Porter, the
master of P~eterhouse, another famous
English school, wrote him, inQuiring
his precise meaning in a certificate
that a boys character was general
ly" good.
when I say generally" he replied,
Il NEAR not particularly"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24

was impaired and the kidney secre-
lions were badly d~isordered. 1 was
completely worn out and discouraged
when / began using Doan's Kidney
Pills, but they went right to the u
OF the trouble and did their work well.
l have been feeling well ever SINCE"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24

five months in a hos.
pital l was dis
charged as incurable,
and given only six
months to live. My
heart was affected, l
had s m t h rims
SPELLS INT some
times fell uncon-
scious. l got 80 /
couldn't s my
arms, my eyesight
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24
A Vast Sum.

The amount of money which the
government is called upon to redeem
in the course Of the year reaches an
almost fabulous amount. In 1904, for
instance, it totaled 1912, 0 10000. This
redemption is either for the purpose
of securing clean, fresh notes or to
get change Of some other denomina-
tion
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24
CromWeil's Boots.

In London the other day a pair of
riding boots worn by Oliver Cromwell
were sold for $43. They were discov-
cred 30 years ago during some exca-
vations at Canonbury Tower, Isling-
ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, a.

FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath that he 10 senior
partner OF the firm Of F. j. CHENEY q Co., doing
business In the City Of Toledo. County aud State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum Of
ONE for each and every
case Of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use Of
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence.
this 9Th day Of December, A. D., 1885,.
I A. W. GLEASON,
N NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by NIL Druggists, T5c.
Take Halrs Family Pills for constipation. Z
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24

astSuT11HFB WFTK ~"
Several hundred creameries in the
United States make q practice Of pas.
tcurizins all the milk they receive;
but all should do so. The farmers
should ag!sate for this, al It prevents
tho spread Of disease.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24

With a smooth Iron a-d Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less year and tear of the goods,
and 1t will be a positive pleasure to
use a Starch that does not stick to the
iron
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24

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, 1907-10-24

Bishop Potter was staying with a
friend in a country house. On Sunday
morning as he passed through the II.
brary he found a small boy curled up
in a big chair deeply interested In a
book. Are you going to church,
Tom?" he asked. NO." he replied.
why, I am" the bishop said. "Huh!"
the boy returned. That's your job"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24
John Brown Juror.

Williams Abrams Martin, the soil
tary survivor of the IL men who con-
victed John Brown, is still living in
Virginia. He has celebrated his
sev~enty-ffth anniversary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24
SAILING DAYS Not Over.

Just at a time when every one who
Is at all interested in the sea and
ships is talking over the Lnsitania,
her size and her record, it seems a
curious reminder of old times to catch
sight OF a new gold sign In the win
dows of a skyscraper down at Bowling
Green which announces a Sailing
service to Australia and New Zea,
land"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24
Fl
Gave
Up
Classifying Her.

Ascum-I understood you to. call
Mrs. Rownder a widow, but her hus-
band is living.
Wise-Oh, yes: she's what you
might call a club widow'-she's a
woman who has a late husband
Houston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24

Many never write the check of sue
cess because they wait for the worlds
Endorsement before they begin to
draw 1t.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24

Lewis Single Binder the famous
straight Be cigar, always best quality.
Your dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24

Smokers appreciate the quality value of
Lewis Single Binder cigar. Your dealer
or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24

If there are no distant relations at
q mans funeral it's a safe bet that
he died poor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24

What a very thin voice that girl
has" Thin? Why, it's SO thin she
ought to sing all her music in a skele-
ton key."--Baltimore American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24
FIVE MONTHS IN HOSPITAL.
Discharged Reeaues Doctors Gould Not
Cure.

Levi P. Brockway, s. Second Ave,
Anoka.. Mimi, SAYS: after living for
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24

Lots of people r poor subjects for
q mind reader.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24

A woman would rather have big
feet than not have a high instep.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-09-19
The Army Mule.

Crhe Quartermaster's department at
Washington has recommended the substi-
tuition of transportation automobiles for
army mulesD
We performed our deeds heroic for the
blue and for the gray;
We've saved the boys in Cuba. and were
saving 'em to-day
Where they're learnin' of their lessons in
= the IgorrOte's school
But at Washington they've figured that
it's best to shelve the mule
We have plugged along the desert with
our tongues and ears adroop,
But we never let a redskin catch us lag
gin from our troop;
We have frozen in Montana, where we
chased the bands of Sioux,
But We took our doses proper, for US
army folks can't choose.
So let 'em do their bluffin' with their
autos on parade;
Real fghtins 8 never pulled of on
smooth roads and level grade;
II wheels can ever make 1t they can pack
me till / grunt-
Can my gasoline successor ever do that
little stunt
Just wait until the hills are spittin lead
upon you folks;
And wait until the wagons only show up
half their spokes;
It's then you'll hear the whiplash a-crack-
in something crool,
And, strainin' in the traces, that same
old army mule
The Freeman
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-09-19
IN THE SOLDIERS HOME.
One Old Veteran Who Had Discovered
What True Religion Was.

The electric cars bearing the legend
IS. 6 S. Home" run along streets lib
orally supplied with bill-boards which
proclaim that young men between the
ages of II and IS are wanted for the
United States navy and army. Those
seeking recruits for the navy pre-
dominate, because a large portion of
the recruits for the navy comes from
inland. They are inviting four-sheet
posters, with a spruce-looking young
sailor in the foreground and a battle
ship lying in the ofing, overarched
with the legend, AN opportunity to
see the world"
To hook on this picture, then on the
picture OF the wreckage made by
war, at the end OF the car-llne. seems
hardly TO constitute an attractive in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-09-19

here stay and hat aches and pains
for IA years.
1t is too long, | did not t'ink it
will be so long! But l try to make de
pest of it, and do vat little goot can
Religion? Yes, / t'ink so. But
sometimes not. In de olt country We
vas all raised Lutheran. And ven /
come to dis country, my religion vas
first l was getting into my work, and
den it vas var. And var is hart on
religion And den l read, and i find
how many religions are in dis coun-
try, and more in de world, and l say,
hat not capital to invest in all, and
| do not like to risk vat little ! hat
in any Won! So l say, My religion is
moral principle-dat is my religion
And it sound veil And l hear
many men say it! And / notice de sa-
looms outside de gate thrive de more
as men say dat is all de religion dey
hat. And l t'ink de religion which
hat only moral principle some way
does not make men so moral as de
religions dat hat more. And l
Wonder vat is de religion dat begins
somevere else, but makes moral prin-
ciple.
Veil, l stop reading ven spring
comes, and l come out and entertain
de birds. Oh, yes, it is so! You hear
ME whistle? Dat is de robin Now
hear de lark! l interest de birds;
dey t'ink l am Won of dem, and dey
Wonder Wy l do not fly! And de more
| lif among de birds, and de more l
look up at de trees and de sky, l say
All, God is goot! And it does me
goot dat l do not get ven l say, My
religion is moral principle And l
find de moral principle comes easier.
Den ! remember de olt church in
de olt country, and vat my modder
taught me, and l say, Yes, moral prin-
ciple is goot, but dis is better And
ven l suffer l find strength, and l say,
Fourteen years is long, too long; 1
wonder Wy ! am blessed nit so much
suffering? But God is goot; and if it
is best, l viii stay IA years more.'"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-09-19
Subscribe for THE REBUBRICAN.
Land for Sale.

We have for sale the following valua-
BILE tracts of land
One Military Lot of 80 acres, small
portion of which is under cultivation.
All good land, and every acre tillable.
Watered by several good springs and
a never failing small run. Contains
some good timber. One-half mile
from R K. siding, and one and one
half miles from Oakland.
Also part of two Military Lots contain
ing about so acres. This property is
directly East of Oakland, on the South
side Of the B. 4 o. r. X. siding on the
North side of tracks. Contains valu-
able grazing land, portion of which
is in cultivation. Valuable r. X. front
age.
a lso 10 acres suitable for building sites,
Just East of Oakland on the North side OF the
Oakland and Mt, Lake Park road.
For further information, address
THE H. WEBER & SONS CO.,
eff Oakland. Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-09-19

vitation; yet perhaps the comfort of
the home provided by the government
Tor its disabled veterans adds its own
suggestion of attractiveness to a mill
tary life
Within the gates are ample grounds
and commodious buildings Old SOL
diers hask on benches in the sunshine,
or fish in little lake with an appar-
ent satisfaction which seems TO be no
whit lessened by the lack of fish; or
they limp or shuttle along the walks
or do light work about the grounds.
Each man has his own story. Here
are 1900 separate tragedies of the
long aftermath of war.
One old soldier, who saluted with
military grace, the visitor stopped;
and his cheerful story, with its human
interest, stands out from among the
dozen or 20 others of the days casual
acquaintanceships says the Youths
Companion
How long have you been here?"
seemed the natural question for the
opening Of conversation; and as the
questioner had thought might be the
case, it afforded a point of departure
for narrative.
81 am ashamed to tell you" an-
swered the veteran, selecting his
words with precision, but speaking
with strong German accent. Il hat
been here IA years.
II did not t'ink ven first | came
dat | should be blessed nit so much
sorrow as to lif so long. And maybe
if nature hat not joint de great push
ness interests opposed to mine, coult
hat been out part of de time.
1T is hard for one man in small
business and not strong to compete
nit great fortunes and nature, too.
Il made candles; and de oil and de
var and my diseases and all put me
out OF business. And hat much pam,
and il is hard for me to Walk about,
and dere is no business for me. For
who shall buy candles any more from
me? And how shall l go into de oil
business? So | get little more poor.
and little more weak, and a little
more ache and pain, and gif it up,
and t'ink, IT is not for long: and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-09-19

To check a cold quickly, get from
your druggist some little Candy Cold
Tablets called Preventics. Druggists
everywhere are now dispensing Pre-
ventics, for they are not only safe, but
decidedly certain and prompt. Pre-
ventics contain no Quinine, no laxative,
nothing harsh nor sickening. Taken at
the 'sneeze stage" Preventics will pre-
vent Pneumonia, Bronchitis, La Grippe,
etc, hence the name, Preventics, Good
for feverish children. 48 Preventics 25
cents. Trial Boxes 5 cts. Sold by all
dealers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-09-19
Farm for Sale.

Will offer for sale my farm, contain
ing about 1864 Acres Of land, about
one-half Of which is in grass; all under
fence; seven fine Springs of Water:
Good house and Outbuildings; Situated
one-half mile from Shaw, w. Va, on
Maryland side. Sale takes place at
Simon P. Copeland's at IL O'Clock,
March 18th, 1907.
EPHRAHAM HARVEY,
Elk Garden, w. Va.