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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04

average yield. 1t may be due to a weakness of
inbreeding.
Some of the ears weighed over a pound each,
making over two pounds to the stalk. If this could
be averaged for an entire corn field it would yield
over ten tons to the acre.
Such may seem an exaggeration or an impos-
sibility, but it is so only in comparison with what
we have been accustomed to. Even ii by judi
cious selection of two-eared seed each year still
the type could not be fixed so as to produce even
yields of the maximum amount, yet if it gave an
increase of 20 per cent, as it did in my expert
ment, the return would be a big one for what is
involved. 1t does not imply added cost in the
production, but only a greater care and interest
in ones work.
Another thing to be kept in mind in breeding
up a type of corn for higher productiveness is that
the number of kernels to the ear and their size
has an important bearing on the yield of grain.
A corn expert once figured out that if the pro.
ductiveness of corn could be increased by only
one kernel to each ear, on the entire crop it
would mean a gain of so tons of grain! Even
though the figures be not absolute, there is nc
gainsaying that the increase of yield would be a
very big amount in the aggregate. The point is
made very clear in the accompanying photo
graphs, which show eight, ten and twelve-rowed
ears of corn. Each ear was exactly the same in
weight, being IL ounces each. The eight.rowed
ear gave seven ounces of grain, and had a cob
weighing four ounces; the ten-roWed ear weighed
up eight ounces of grain and had a three-ounce
cob; the twelve-rowed ear gave eight and one.
half ounces of grain. A difference of an ounce
and a half to the ear of actual grain is an appreci
able gain worth striving for. But that does not
mean that such is the limit of the gain to be OBJ.
tanned. 1t would be quite within reason to oh.
tain tenfold that increase.
The chief requisites to substantial progress in
the growing of a more productive corn must be
the skill and judgment of the worker. The first
essential is no doubt seed selection, but this does
not merely mean the picking out of the best look
ing ears at harvest time or in the husking. 1t is
necessary that the grower shall watch the corn
from the first start of the seed and through the
growing.
Vigor, productiveness and early ripening should
be noted, not merely in the mind, but in a book
and the stalks should be marked SO that they car
be identified at any time. My method is to sniI
out little bits of tin; punch a hole through them
at one side and put a bit of thin wire through
and twist this loosely about the stalk when mark
ing 1t. On the tin l scratch q number with &
sharp awl. There is not likely to occur any acct
dent that can destroy this tag or erase the fig
ures.
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MADE A LIGHTNING CHANGE
Occasion When Lord Salisbury Vast
ed Little Time in Getting into
Dinner Costume.

The late Lord Salisbury, says Count
Paul Vassill in his book, Behind the
Veil at the Russian Court" shared
with the rest of his family the defect
of being rather careless in his dress
and general appearance. Lord Odo
Russell, who long represented Eng
land at Berlin, told Count Vassili this
amusing little anecdote in illustration
of that characteristic:
Zone evening" says the count,
Lord Odo and | were chatting about
Lord Salisbury's attitude toward his
personal appearance-not ill-natured-
ly. for it is doubtful which of US had
the greater admiration for the remark
able statesman in question-and Lord
Odo laughingly mentioned to me his
surprise when n day, after the din
ner bell of the embassy had been rung
he found Lord Salisbury, who was liv-
ing there, still busy at work in his
study.
"'He rushed OUT said the ambassa-
dor, and before l had time to put
aside the papers on the table, literally
in three minutes, was back again
ready for dinner. Now in that time
he could not even have washed his
hands, yet there he was in evening
clothes! I could not help asking him,
how he managed to dress so quickly.
ooh, my dear Russell" he said, ANY
one can change his coat at once, and |
had black trousers on already,"'H-
Youths Companion.
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MAY BE COFFEE
That Causes all the Trouble

When the house is afire, it's about
the same as when disease begins to
show, it's no time to talk but time to
act-delay is dangerous-remove the
cause of the trouble at once.
For a number of years." wrote a
Kansas lady, Il felt sure that COFFEE
was hurting me, and yet | was SO
fond of it, | could not give it up. At
last | got so bad that | made up my
mind l must either quit the use OF
coffee or die.
Everything 1 ate distressed me, and
| suffered severely most of the time
with palpitation of the heart ! fire.
quently woke up in the night with the
feeling that / was almost gone-my
heart seemed so smothered and weak
in its action. My breath grew short
and the least exertion set me painting.
slept but little and suffered from
rheumatism.
Two years ago / stopped using the
coffee and began to use Postum and
from the very first began to improve.
1t worked a miracle! Now J can eat
anything and digest it without trouble.
| sleep like a baby, and my heart beats
strong and regularly. My breathing
has become steady and normal, and
my rheumatism has left me.
81 feel like another person, and It
is all due to quitting coffee and using
Postum, for l haven't used any medi-
cine and none would nave done any
good as long as / kept drugging with
coffee" Name given by Postum Co..
Battle Creek, Mich Read Tho Road
to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
boiled 15c and % packages.
instant Postunf-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolyes quickly
in a cup Of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes q delicious beverage
instantly. y0c and SOC tins
Both ldnds are equally delicious.
and cost per cup about the same
There's a Reason" fer Postum.
-sold BY Grocers-
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IF BACK HURTS CLEAN
KIDNEYS WITH SALTS
Drink Lots Of Water and Stop Eating
Meat for q While II the Bladder
Bothers You.

Meat forms uric acid which excites
and overworks the kidneys in their
efforts TO filter it from the system.
Regular eaters Of meat must f1ush the
kidneys occasionally. You must re-
lieve them like you relieve your bow
els; removing all the acids, waste and
poison, else you feel a dull misery in
the kidney region, sharp pains IN the
back or sick headache, dizziness, your
stomach sours, tongue is coated and
when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine Is
cloudy, full of sediment; the channels
often get irritated, obliging you to get
up two or three times during the
night.
To neutralize these irritating acids
and flush of the body's urinous waste
get about four ounces of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy; take a table
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your kid
neys will then act fine and bladder
disorders disappear, This famous salts
is made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia, and
has been used for generations to clean
and stimulate sluggish kidneys and
stop bladder irritation. Jad Salts is
inexpensive; harmless and makes a
delightful effervescent Whitewater
drink which millions of men and
women take now and then, thus avoid
ing serious kidney and bladder dis
eases.-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04

One Of the badges was received in
this city by Harry Jacques, 2SO6 North
Sixth street, a brother-in.law Of a for
mer Philadelphia, who fell in the
fighting in France, says the Philadel-
phia North American.
The badge Is seven inches long and
two inches wide, fringed at both ends
and made in varicolored silks.
James Doherty, the dead man, was
O resident OF this city until last July,
when he left for England with his wife
and six children. When the war be
gan he enlisted In the Irish Guards
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04

camera a evidence that he and his relatives appreciate the fact that he is
a real White House baby and that all the people of the United States are
interested in him.
These pictures were intended only for distribution among members Of
the presidential family. When the photographers got their opportunity they
took many snaps at the defenseless infant.
That's a pretty good record for one week for any baby that hasn't yet
learned to make a speech, that isn't yet Injured to the customary White
House habit of being interviewed regularly, but he's growing. That much
may be admitted o n no less authority than that of the president himself
Ofcourset the youngster started with a handicap. Everyone thought natur-
ally that he would be named after his distinguished grandfather, but
grandfather had something to say about that He wanted to give the little
fellow a square deal" and start even with the world, % he was finally
named Francis Sayre. ## &sp~
Though there have been eleven White House babies, all of whom have
prospered, there was but one child of a president born within the executive
mansion. That was Miss Esther Cleveland.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04

the guidance of his famous GRANDPA
Their. Then he was furnished with a
neat little pair Of boxing gloves, that,
as his granddad the president said,
he might learn to "strike out for him
SELF in due season. Next came to
the White House a s~erviceable pair
of blue Jean overalls that he might
ever be reminded that he is to be
one Of the great mass of working
people on whom the welfare of the
rnnnhlic dannnds He nnsed for the
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titled to a school of his own. If anyone

titled to a school of his own. If anyone
is.
The Lone Tree school, one Of the
old log school houses of the wheat
days. has been closed for some years
for lack Of pupils. Bambach moved
into that particular district and
brought along his wife and II chill
dren. Eight Of them are Of school
age, and the directors Immediately be-
gan to get busy in their search for a
teacher. They found one and opened
the school for the benefit OF the Bam-
hech family.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04

ranks of the navy under the newly enacted law Of 1914, which permits is
enlisted men to enter the academy from the service every year.
The enlisted men who may be admitted to the academy under this law
must be citizens of the United States, not over twenty years of age,
they must have served at least one year in the navy, and they are
subject to the same physical and mental examinations al ire required for
all other nominees, presidential and congressional They are obliged to
conform to the standards in every respect, and are subject after their ad-
mission to the same rules and regulations as apply to all other midshipmen.
The naval appropriation bill was not passed by the senate until June 2,
1914. The examinations for enlisted men were held o n August g., 1914, Just
two months later. In view Of the limited time that candidates had to pre-.
pare for the examinations, it is regarded as gratifying that as many as five
candidates succeeded in meeting all the requirements. BY the time the
next examination is held, April 5, 1915, candidates will have had additional
time in which to prepare. and 1t is expected that the number of candidates
will be greatly increased.
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sented a quintette Of middies at the
academy. The secretary admitted
that they were middies, f~ull-iedged,
and possessed of all the other quail
fcations and p%rerogatives of any
other midshipmen, and yet they we're
different, in the sense that these five
middies had Won their way into the
academy by competitive examination
from the ranks of the enlisted per-
sonnet of the naval service. They
were the first five enlisted men to
enter the naval academy from the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04
What Interested Her.


"The overture is about to begin. We
might as well go in"
did you get your wife a book Of
the opera?"
mo, she doesn't care for the opera
l would pay well, however, for a cata-
logue or price list of the jewels being
worn in the boxes.'-Kansas City
Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04

Have Healthy, Strong, Bea .tifui Eyes
Oculists and Physicians used Murine Eye
Remedy many years before it was offered as q
Domestic Eye Medicine. Murine is Still Com
pounded by Dur Physicians and guaranteed
by them as a Reliable Relief for Eyes that Need
Care. Try it In your Eyes and In Baby's Eyes
No Smarting-Just Eye Comfort Buy Murine
of you Druggist accept no Substitute, and if
interested write for Book of the Eye Free.
MURINE EYE REMEDY CO., CHICAGO
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04

Another interesting point, showing
clearly the tendency to %reversion to
remote ancestors, is found in the fact
that while the two-ear seed were OF
IL rows about rs per cent of the yield
was of one e%ight-rowed cobs. Although
this variety of flint corn will show
frequent ears of II and "A rows, 1t
may be considered properly an eight
rowed type of corn. Thus we see that
after throwing the sport OF a two
cared stalk. there is not sufficient
stamina in all the seeds to reproduce
like the parent. The corn reverted not
only to the one-eared but to the eight
rowed type.
This is one of the mysteries thai
will have to be solved, no doubt, be
fore a highly productive two-eared
type of corr can be raised with the
qualities of the parent SO fixed that il
can be relied upon to maintain a big
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04

The badge was the first notice that
his relatives in this city had received
of his death on the battlefield of Mons.
Doherty. according to his b%rother-in'
law, fought all through the Boer war,
serving there for three years and four
months and never getting so much as
a scratch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04

The rules of the house prohibit smoking inside this hall Complaint has
been made more than once about the violation of this rule. Now there is
plenty of space outside for gentlemen to smoke.
And while the chair is about it, he will suggest It is a good thing for
members to keep their feet down from the tops of seats"
Thus he rbs members of one of the pleasures of legislative life. The
seats are comfortable and the back of the chair in front is just the place to
rest a pair of No. lis. @&&
Members from the West seen to have taken to the practice of placing
feet on the backs Of chairs just as readily a they would hang them o the
railing OF the country hotel back home
People from all over the world have seen congressional feet o n the tops
of chair seats and have gone away, noting in their travelogue diaries that it
is n of the sights of the American legislature.
Hereafter it will be a bold congressman Tor a new on) who will dare
to rest his brogans on the chair of the fellow in front of him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04

treasury. to ride in his car. The eIe-
vator runs in a shaft on the outside
Of which. on every floor, is a sign
reading: Exclusively for members
of congress and the press"
Mrs. McAdoo, accompanied by
several friends, approached the ele-
vator on the gallery floor and rang
the bell. Kenner, the elevator man,
pulled the car up from the main floor,
but he saw in the group Of waiting
visitors neither a member Of con
gress nor a newspaper man, you
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04
BADGES TELL OF WAR DEATHS
One Has Been Received in This coun-
try From France-They Are on
Varicolored silk.

Families Of soldiers killed on Euro
pean b~attIeields have adopted a novel
device to notify relatives and friends
Of their death. 1t is in the form Of a
silken badge, which is at nee a
death announcement and a plea for
prayers for the repose Of the souls Of
soldier dead.
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numorous.

she-I was so glad to meet Mrs.
Blank at the bargain sale this morn
ing,
He-But I thought you detested her.
she--f do; that's why | was glad.
During the crush | found a chance to
give her a few real good pokes'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04

cannot ride in this car" he said. refusing to open the gate
why notgp asked one Of the men in the party.
Kenner pointed to the sBn.
But you don't understand said the spokesman. This is the party Of
Mrs McAdoo, daughter OF the president and wife of the secretary of the
treasury"
yes, ! do understand; / know Mrs. McAdoo every time | see her; but
my orders from the speaker of this house are to obey that sign"
With that he jerked the controller back and the car sank to its resting
place on the main fool, Mrs. McAdoos party then descended in a neghbor-
ing public elevator
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04
That's So.

Golf is a good game, but it has it's
limitations"
How so?"
"You never see a goling story
where the hero saves the game in the
last three minutes Of play."-Kansas
City Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04
Family Currency.

A young wife, being twopence short
in paying a bill, called downstairs to
the cook--"Maggie, have you got a
couple of coppers downstairs"
Yes, ma'am.' replied Maggie.
They r cousins OF mine. v-LondoD
Tit-Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04
SIGNIFICANT.

Don't say you don't believe in signs any more.
There's Marie gone to Europe, and now she cant
get back"
What have signs to do with that?"
We'll, she would insist on travelling there in
a maroon suit"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04
OUT AND OUT.

Bill-How long vas the jury out?
Jill-Just two hours.
"And how did you come out?"
Just forty dollars"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04
A LEARNER.

rs your new cook willing to learn ?" asked the
visitor.
Yes" replied the weary housewife. "She has
already learned to embroider, and I think if she
stays a few months longer she will know how to
play the piano"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04

Hold School for One Family,
It's not every family that can have
a school all of It's own, but the family
OF August Bambach Of Oakland. Cal,
is an exceptional one. and he Is en-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04
Would Not Break Rule for Presidents Daughter

T. VERY employee and a large number Of the members Of the house are
L talking today about the nerve displayed by a capitol elevator man named
Kenner in refusing to allow Mrs. McAdoo. wife Of the secretary Of the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04
Secretary Daniels Is Proud Of These Five Middies

G EcRETARY DANIELS has received from the naval academy at Annapolis
~ a photograph of which he is extremely proud. Those to whom he dis
played it at the navy department we're willing to bet that the picture repre-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04

MASTER chldes GRANT cnIIuTeH. oUIHe
of the house members we're violating
house rules by smoking in the cham
Der, despite the rigorous censorship
on smoking upheld by the doorkeeper
and his minions. Speaker Clark,
himself a strict observer of the house
rules in every sense of the word, rose
upon the rostrum, gavel in hand, at
the close of a vote on one Of the bills,
and said:
Before taking up the next bill
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04

T is surely an amazing fact that the
corn crop of the states should aver
age year after year only about 80
bushels to the acre. The acreage
planted Is increased by millions
from year to year; vast areas OF
virgin territory are constantly being
brought under cultivation; it is a
matter of record that many farmers
raise 100. 200, some as high as 600
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04
Little White House Baby Poses for His Picture

IN the day when Francis Saye. the eleventh baby born in the White
~ House, was a week old he was presented with an ehgy of a Princeton
tiger. that he might be influenced in his youth toward seeking an education
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-04
Speaker Clark Robs Congressman of Pleasures

WAsHNGToN-"And while the chair is about it. he will suggest that II
w is a good thing for members to keep their feet down from the tops OF
the seats" Thus spake Speaker Clark. scoding his colleagues IS a school
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-26

man advised me to try Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound and got bottle felt better the next month SC I took three more bottles of it and got. well so I could work all the time. hope every woman who suffers like did will try Lydia E. Pinkham's g Vegetable Compound. Mrs. P. W. VANISHING, Box 8, Allyn, Wash. 4
 Why will women continue to suffer day in and day out or drag out a sicklyS Shalf- hearted existence, missing three-f -fourth5 of the joy of living, when they can find health in Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound7
 For thirty years it has been the stand nrd remedy for. female ills, and has re- stored the health of thousands of women who have been troubled with such ail- ments as displacernents, inflammation, alteration, tlmors, irregularities. etc.
 If you want special advice write to Lydia B. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confl- dentiaI Lynn, Mass.< Your letter will De opened, read md answered by a woman and held frs strict confidence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-26
Now Age Wine Ferments
 By Electrical Means

Paris, Nov. 26-A method of aging raw wines and spirits by electricity has been perfected by professor Charles Henry of the University of Paris Qthe Sorbonne), and it is already being successfully used in some of the Burgundy districts
 The process is said to impart to 1i- quors the same properties which they acquire by being kept for number of years in cellar. The spirit of wine is placed in a, special receptacle fitted with two tubes called .'pungers," and the tubes are charged with high ten sion electricity at from 0.0O0 to 120, GOO volts. The result is that the bac- teria, ferments and impurities collect in the tubes and are. removed and fur ther fermentation is stopped. The pro- cess is very rapid, and the cost is less than two cents a. hundred gallons. Similar experiments are being made with beer and essential oils
 About $500 miners in South Wales quit their jobs. The men quit partly because of the employment of non union men in their callieries.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-26

destroyed by the recent fire was start ed up for the first time last Saturday evening. It's use had to be tempor- rariIy discontinued. however, owing to the settling of the engines founda- tion due to insufficient hardening of the concrete. The refrigerating sys- tenn has a daily ice capacity of 240 pounds.
 Lem Warner has invested in new auto
 MT. and Mrs. H. c. McCollam and MT. and Mrs. Daniel OKeefe attended the Casey kelly wedding in Bridge port last week. The bride is grand daughter of MT. and Mrs. John Carroll of this town.