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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
Statesmen and Large Families.

The revival of discussion on the
failing birth-rate recalls some of the
schemes of statesmen and others to
encourage the rearing Of large fami-
lies. Pitt, for example, said that they
should make relief in cases where
there was a large number Of children
a matter Of right and honor, instead
Of a ground Of opprobrium and con-
tempt, and he added that that would
make a large family a blessing, and
not a curse. Napoleon offered to take
under his own charge one member Of
any family which contained seven
male children. And Louis XIV, for
whom no extravaganza was too great,
had exempted from public taxes all
those who married before the age Of
twenty, or had more than ten legiti-
mate children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19

was clear gain. Similar results have
rich lands and in seasons of normal
rainfall, it is customary to S a nurse
crop. On rich lands and in seasons
of normal rainfall, it is customary to
use a Nurse crop such as wheat, rye
or oats, but on thin lands and in dry
seasons under favorable conditions
clover is best sown alone. The nurse
crop does not really aid the clover ex-
cept on foul lands by keeping Down
the growth of grass and weeds which
otherwise would come in and smother
out the young clover plants. 1t is GUS
tomary to use a nurse crop, however,
in order that some returns may be
had from the land while the clover is
getting started, and where clover
grows well the nurse crop is advis-
able. Under less favorable conditions,
it is better to seed the clover alone. 8
Where sown alone, a fair crop OF
hay or at least some returns from pas
turing may be had the first year. The
main crop is produced the following
season.
Where clover is sown on wheat, rye,
or some other fall-sown crop, three
general methods are employed. The
most common is to SOY the seed
broadcast some morning in late win
ter or early spring when the ground
is honeycombed with frost. The seed
will lodge in the cracks and crevices
and be covered by the alternate freez-
ing and thawing. In other words, es-
pecially in the western part OF the
clover belt, it is customary to wait
until the ground is dry enough to COW
er the seed by a light narrowing. Still
another practice which has come into
favor, especially in recent years, is to
drill the clover in with a disk drill,
crossing the field in an opposite way
to that in which the nurse crop was
drilled.
Where oats are used Is a nurse
crop and n is especially DESTROYS Of
securing a stand of clover, the oats
should be seeded at a light rate of
about a bushel an acre and then cut
for hay. Oats require a large amount
of water for their full development,
shade the ground badly when seeded
heavily and come off so late that the
clover plants are very apt to be in
jured by the hot sun. Therefore, a
lighter seeding and early removal is
to be preferred.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
ONES DUTY TO BE HAPPY
Other People Inspired by Spirit of
CheerfuIness Which Can Almost
Be Commended.

The better we understand life, the
more we Gene to the realization of
the fact that happiness is a duty. 1t
signifies that we are working in har-
mony with the laws of our being. 1t
is one of the concomitants of right
eousness. Righteousness in its last
analysis will be found to be living in
right relations with the laws of IL
being and with the laws of the uni
verse about us.
This attitude, this habit of happi-
ness, is also a benefit to others. AS
cheerfulness induces cheerfulness in
others, so happiness inspires and in
duces happiness. We communicate this
condition to those about us. Its eff
fects come back in turn from them to
US again. AS anger inspires anger, as
love and sympathy inspire love and
sympathy in others, each of its kind,
SO cheerfulness and Happiness inspire
the same in others.-Ralph Waldo
Urine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
Maqnesite.

Magnesite, a mineral which is over
So per cent. carbon dioxide, the gas
which is used for charging soda wa
ter, ginger ale and similar beverages,
is found in greater quantities in Cali
fornia than in any section of the coun-
try. California magnesite is probably
excelled by few, if any, of the for
eign deposits, and is superior to much
that is mined abroad. Considerable
interest in the domestic production
of m~agnesite has been aroused of
late in anticipation of the possible
advantage that may accru with the
opening of the Panama canal, in the
hope that this new route may enable
California producers to reach the east
ern ports at sufficiently low freight
rates to allow them to place their
product on the eastern market.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
WoRKMEN OBSERVE THE RULE
Regulations Of Foremen, However, Do
Not Prevent Them Getting Their
Accustomed Beverage.

In the lower section OF Manhattan a
new office building is in the course Of
erection. Hundreds of men, ironwork-
ers, carpenters, ~plasterers, etc. are
employed. The majority of these
workmen drink beer. Recently the
foremen of the different gangs COM
bined and agreed to issue the follow
ing order;
Beer will be allowed only once a
day, and that is at 100 time, and n
man is to go for it."
Now, persons who happen to be in
the vicinity of the building around
11:45 o'clock see a very curious sight.
1t is this: A man energies from the
nearly finished building with about
four beer cans on one arm and a large
butter tub embraced on the other. He
starts in the direction of Church
street. In about fifteen minutes he
can be seen on his return trip with
the four cans overlooking on one arm
and the butter tub still firmly EN-
braced and filled to the top.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
BEST WAY TO MARKETECGs
COOPERATION AMONG MISSOURI
FARMERS WILL SAVE
100000.
BY w. e. Foard, Assistant in Farm
Management, University Of
Missouri.

A conservative estimate places the
loss of eggs during their journey from
producer to consumer at II per cent.
This means a loss to Missouri Of 81
1926.
Missouri has been proclaimed, and
rightly SO, the greatest poultry state
in the Union. Her poultry and egg
products equal in value one-fifth of
the value of all animals and their
products and onessixth of the value of
all field crops produced, exceeding all
individual fields crops except corn.
Eggs are a perishable product.
Nothing else so p%erishable is handled
in such a careless mi as eggs.
With proper handling and improved
methods of marketing, the farmers in
Missouri will receive annually be-
tween $2,000,000 and $3,000,000 more
than they do now.
Rapid advancement has been made
along many lines, but there has been
little progress in the system of mar
keting eggs for a great many years.
The farmer sells his eggs to the coun-
try merchant or local dealer, the mer-
chant sells to the dealer or direct to
a commission firm in the city. From
the commission firm, they go through
"a jobber and retailer before reaching
the onsumer This makes at least
four and often FIVE hands through
which the eggs must pass after leav-
ing the producer and before reaching
the consumer. Therefore, after each
man has taken his share of the profits
it is no wonder that eggs r retail
ing in the city at about twice the price
received by the producer.
Going, as they do, through so many
hands, is cause enough to greatly de-
crease the prices Of eggs, but the
thing that is most responsible for the
great loss and big increase in value
is the carelessness with which eggs
are handled on the farm and in the
country store. The country stores
make very little profit. as they usual
ly sell at the same price they buy,
making profit only on the goods sold.
They pay a low enough price to make
up for the loss on bad eggs. This sys'
tenn Of buying encourages careless
ness on the part Of the farmer. Only
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19

feet and what / did do was by a great
effort. 1 could not sleep at night and
of course felt very bad in the morning,
and had a steady headache.
'tAfter taking the second bottle l no
ticed that the headache was not so bad,
/ rested better, and my nerves were
stronger. I continued its use until it
made a new woman of me, and now /
a hardly realize that I am able to do
so much as | do. Whenever 1 know any
woman in need of a good medicine l
highly praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound."- Mrs. FRANK
CLARK, 3146 N. Tulip St., Richmond, Pa.
Women Have Been Telling Women
for forty years how Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has restored their
health when suffering with female ills.
This accounts for the enormous demand
for it from coast to coast. If you are
troubled with any ailment peculiar to
women why don't you try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound? 1t
will pay you to do so. Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19

Eagerness to Revise Peace OF
Bucharest Has Subsided.
Vienna Paper Publishes Some Inter
.estins Facts on What Monarchy
Has Accomplished in Course
of War on the Balkan.

Vienna.-The eagerness to have the
peace of Bucharest revised has now
subsidized. In fact. it may be stated
with some degree of assurance that
Austria Hungary has abandoned all
idea of altering that instrument. II
Bulgaria herself, the party chiefly in
jured, is accepting her fate with
equanimity, why should we at more or
less risk and cost attempt to inter
fere? Thus runs nov the argument OF
Austria Hungary. And this argument
was clinched. so to speak, when Bull
garia began direct negotiations with
Turkey.
This line of action, however. does
not mean that the recently-concluded
treaty at the Roumanian capital is
here looked upon as likely to last. 1t
is rather regarded as an armistice
which may possibly endure a twelve
month or more, but whose inherent
weakness, together with the dissonant
elements making a part of it, fore
shadow beyond doubt another bloody
and venomous al Yet even this
gertrude for the future is here held
as better than the immediate break
ing out of another continued chapter
of hostilities.
In q political review of the present
situation on the Balkan, inspired by
the foreign office in Vienna, the Tag
blatt of this city publishes some in
teresting facts; mainly as to what this
monarchy has accomplished, and
what it has failed to accomplish In
the course of the late unpleasantness
on the Balkan. The article points
out that the creation of Albania has
been the work of Austria-H Hungary;
that the withdrawal of Montenegro
from Scutari was due to her likewise;
that Servia was kept from the Adria-
tic! but that, more important, the
Dreibund has been knit more closely
together, and that the relations with
Italy particularly were never such in
innate and friendly once before--all
due to common interests in the I'M
raveling of the Balkan problem; last
ly, it is mentioned that the relations
between England and Austria-Hun
gary have vastly improved, being new
err so good as now since England join
ed France and Russia as a political
partner, and that England has all
along appreciated the peculiar inter-
ests Of Austria Hungary in the Balkan
settlement, owing to her geographical
position.
But with SO much to the right side
of the ledger, the article goes on to
state that the final outcome Of the Bal
kan war has been entirely against
the interests of the dual monarchy.
In spite Of all that Austria-Hungary
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
TO 81 Thankful For.

Harry Lauder told Of an old Scotch
women who had. reached the age Of
eighty-six without having had a seri-
GUS illness. One day she caught cold
and developed an annoying cough.
She decided at length to visit a physi-
clan.
Well, my good woman" she was
asked, what is your ailment?"
"Oh, I have a terrible cough" she
replied, suiting the action to the
word.
Let me see How old are your"
asked the physician.
"Im eighty-six."
Madam" replied the doctor, you
ought to thank the good Lord that you
are able to cough at that age"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
What She Wanted.

81 suppose said the new saleswom-
an, that you want a suit that will
make you look attractive to your hus-
band?" Attractive to my husband"
echoed the shopper. Il should say
not. He wouldn't know if l wore a
suit ten years old. What want is
something that will make my next
door neighbor turn a pale pink green
with envy"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
important TO n
Good EXCUSE.

Henry" said the young wife to her
bucolic husband after his first Christ
mas dinner with her relatives, 81 must
ask you to look a little nor carefully
after your manners at table when we
are out for dinner. Last evening you
ate with your knife. Why don't you
use your fork?" Il did, DEAR" he re-
piled sadly, "but they gave me an old
fork. 1t had Sits in it and it leaked"
California Fruit Grower.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19

Good stands of clover are difficult
to obtain. Why? Precautions are
necessary. They are worth taking;
clover is q valuable crop.
One of the most important causes
Of failure is found in the soil. On
worn lands. it lacks available plant
food. The first thing to wear out in
soils is the organic matter which has
much to do with the amount of avail
able plant food present in the soil. In
crease the amount Of organic matter
by the use of manure and green ma
nuring crops. Install a systematic 70
tation Of crops in which legumes are
grown both as regular crops and as
catch crops. This will keep the soil
in a favorable condition for
clover.
On medium to thin lands, the use of
ar available phosphate fertilizer such
as steamed bone meal or acid phos-
phate and on the thinnest lands a com
plete fertilizer containing some 2 or
3 per cent nitrogen, 8 or 10 per cent
available phosphoric acid and 2 or 8
per cent potash will aid materially in
securing a stand and in increasing the
yield of the clover crop. &
A few years ago on the University
of Missouri soil experiment field in
Christian county, the yield of clover
was increased from 2,225 pounds an
acre to $3.50 pounds with $50 pounds
of steamed bone meal applied with
the wheat before the clover. The in
rease or the wheat crop al more
than enough to pay for the fertilizer,
been obtained on other fields through
out the state.
On certain soils in Missouri, espe-
cially on the level prairies of the
northeast and southwest sections, it is
difficult to get a stand of clover on
account of poor drainage and the
acidity of the soil. The drainage of
such lands and the use of 1000 to
5000 pounds of ground limestone an
acre, which will correct the acidity
and put the soil in a more sanitary
condition for the growth of plants,
will increase the chances of obtaining
a stand. The use of alsike clover,
which is able to grow on sour and
wet lands, is to be preferred to red
clover in these sections.
Glover is usually sown in the spring
either alone or with a nurse crop. On
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
HIS BEARD is SET ATTIRE
Flame From Candle Causes Half.
Blind Shipwright's Death
In London.

London,-Richard Allison, an aged
Hartlepool shipwright, who was nearly
blind, was going upstairs with a a n
die when he accidentally set his beard
alight.
All his hair was burned off, and he
died In the hospital. At the inquest
a verdict of accidental death was re-
turned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
Effect of Manure.

Barnyard null is the first essen
tial in the successful growing Of al
falfa on most Missouri soils. While
it will not make every soil grow al
falfa and will not Offset the unfavor-
able conditions of a heavy clay sub
soil, it will aid very materially, and
in many cases is necessary, in getting
a profitable stand. Alfalfa thrives
best in a rich soil; and II the land is
thin, 1t is practically always necessary
to use manure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19

For rs years Wright's Indian Vege-
table Pills have been their own recon-
mendation in conditions of upset stom-
ach, liver and bowels. If you have not
tried them, a test now will prove their
benefit to you. Send for free sample
to 372 Pearl st., New York. ADV.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
Watch for the unprohtabIe Cow.

No COW should be retained in the
nerd unless her milk and butter fat
record shows she is profitable. At
the Missouri experiment station one
Jersey COW produced three times as
much milk and butter a year for three
years as another COW that was her
slalf sister. The difference in the
cost OF feed eaten by the two COWS
vas not great and both received the
same good care.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
Practical Girl.

The Baltimore girl who recovered
her health and used as a wedding
gown she had made when told she
could not get well, is a practical per-
son who will be able to make the
skeleton Of yesterdays roast chicken
into tomorrow's hash.-Louisville Cou-
fler-Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19

Manager of Shoe Store-I've tried
my best to attract the women to this
place and they simply won't come.
Salesman-No wonder! Your sign
4ueers the trade.
Manager (heatedly)-What's wrong
with the sign?
Salesman-It reads: "The Big Shoe
Store ."-Lipplncott's.
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49, %T \ #yN y y
In order to increase the quality
, of eggs. the following simple rules
. may be helpful: y
First. see that the hens have ,
+ clean, dry nests to lay in.
; Second, gather eggs daily, or bet
|. ter, twice daily; and keep them in
: a cool place, not in a warm kitchen I
: or a damp cellar. ?
Z Third, market at least once a
! week, more often if possible.
+ Fourth, do not wash the eggs. as
+ this makes them spoil much more
quickly. :,
: Fifth. do not market eggs that
+ have proven unfertile in incubation
1 or have been thrown out of nests.
: Sixth, use small, soiled eggs 1T
+ home. They are good, If fresh, (
Il but lessen the value of other eggs
. if put on the market. \ \,
= Seventh, make war on the roos-
+ ter, except during Matching season,
as fertile eggs spoil more quickly
: than u~nfertile.
+ These rules are worthless, how
ever, for home trade unless eggs
are sold on the quality basis.
4. & 4. 4. 4. 4. & 4. & e u O.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19

The little phrase, laugh and grow
fat is an allusion to Democritus, The
Laughing Philosopher, who waxad
fat on good humor and lived to be 100
years old
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
LeoisIatures Unknown to Him.

Chicago.-Abraham Lincoln was
emancipated from the burden Of be-
coming an American citizen because
he didn't know what a state legisla-
ture is. Lincoln is a Russian who
changed his original name because
he couldn't spell it in English.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
WOMAN WOULD
J NOT GIVE UP
Though Sickand Suffering; Al
Last Found Help in Lydia
E Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
Richmond, Pa When l started
taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable

Compound was IN a
d~readfully rundown
state of health,
had internal trou-
bles, and was so *
tremely nervous and
Frustrated that if /
had given in to my
feelings / would
have been in bed.
As it was l had
hardly strength at
times to be on nv
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
nanoe Laada 10 rrouhle.

New York.-Dancing on a corner to
keep warm caused a revolver to drop
from John Punti's pocket. He was
shot in the leg, removed to a hospital,
and now a prisoner for carrying con.
cealed eapon
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
This VIII interest Mothers.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Teething Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and destroy worms. They break up
Colds in "a hours. They are so pleasant to take
children like them. Used by mothers for "a
years. All Druggists. Csc. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress, A.. s.. olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y. Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
Curiosity Aroused.

"The hero of this book is dyspep-
tic"
How can you read it,"
I'm anxious to see if a book of this
sort can end happily"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
Good samaritan Robbed.

Chicago.-Two men whom he had
taken into his home and fed because
they were penniless. lured Frank Da-
Wis from the house, beat him and
robbed him of $26.76.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
Sras.sStulSaNla 8s kSzEAsaz
WESTERN CANADA NOW

The opportunity of securing free e.
homesteads of 100 acres each, and
the low priced lands Of Manitoba, g
Saskatchewan and Alberta, will
soon have passed. z
Canada offers a hearty welcome q
to the Settler, to the man with a q
family looking for a home; to the 9
farmers son, to the renter, to all who 8
wish to live under better conditions.
Canada's grain yield in 1913 is q
the talk of the world. Luxuriant b
Grasses give cheap fodder for large 4
herds; cost of raising and fattaning q
for market is a trifle. q
The sum realized for Beef, Butter, h
Milk and Cheese will pay fifty per q
cent on the investment. "
Write for literature and partic-. ~
ulars as to reduced railway 80
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rates to Superintendent -Hs.NS3
of immigration, Ottawa, F,E&HN
Canada. o. to N$<kEA
GA. COOK NSvk~
1876 ". 9th st., Kansas City, MHMK~A
Hs., and C. j. Breughton, 41a VvANN1
al. 3 4. Bldg, Chicago, H. lTENU
Canadian Government Agt. AAkAASm
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19

Does your son intend to take a
full curse in college?" 1T looks that
way. His liquor bill for the first
month was over thirty dollars
Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
RuatIe creatss sensatIon.

Pittsburgh. Pa.-Miss Lettie Barker
Collingwood created a sensation on
Fifth avenue by wearing a hustle.
Jeering crowds followed her for sew
5ral blocks.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19

Among the most blessed Of all the
contrivances OF nature IL that which
prevents a mar from being disturbed
by his own snoring.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19

Bill-He's a good loser, they say.
Jill-Good nothing! Hear the fuss
he's making? He just lost his UNI
brella!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19

Sometimes an affinity works hard
to get some other woman's husband
only to discover when she has him
that it was work thrown away.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19

Some peoples only aim in life seems
to be to throw mud.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19

Patience 10 a virtue, but don't lose
sight of the fact that there r 9th
ers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
ONLY One ssBPOMO OIJININE"
The Prevailing Idea.

TIC get the genuine, call for full name. LAXA-
TIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for signature OF
Z. w. GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. ESQ.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19

The best Of plans fall out, and the
best Of friends get married.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19
Apropos.

II want to wash my head. What
would you suggest"
why not try a vacuum cleaner?"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-19

Anybody can be connected with a
lot Of prominent families-by tele-
phone. 49,