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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-15
Getting Potatoes Early.

To get potatoes early a dry, we'll
drained piece of ground should be Sc
lected, rich sandy loan seeming the
most suitable at all times. If an early
crop is desired sprout the tubers, or cut
the potatoes in a light, warm room,
from four to six weeks before planting,
or in hot-bed two weeks before they
are wanted, then lift carefully and plant
6dt-during this time you will procure
strong. vigorous shoots which as SOON as
planted out in the open ground will send
out roots and grow more rapidly than
those treated in the ordinary way. All
planters have doubtless observed in
planting that where a set with a long
shoot has seen planted it has been up
above ground week earlier than the
rest, and this shows the benefit of first
sprouting the sets. There is no use in
planting while the ground is wet, as
lumpy bit of ground will not do for po-
tatoes. Plant as early in the spring a,
the ground can be thoroughly worked.
Tor healthy, vigorous growth, and a
crop free from ro', in hills or rows three
feet apart, and in the rows one foot
apart covering in light, warm soil about
four inches, ana in cold, wet yrmnd
three inches deep. Cdliivate t. keep
down the weeds, and draw the eA,:h to
the plants. The practice Of hitting Or
earthing up potatoes has been long con
tinued, and we must allow with sa,i>fac-
tory results, or it would not stiL be
almost universal. 1t is claimed that it
entices root growth, besides all wing of
more guilty alton than otherwise, the
earth holding up the tops. There are
many persons however who have tried
level culture, and who claim the Weld
rs just as good as under, the earthing-
~ system Cor. PHILADELPHIA. 1r:yum
3s.1 Farmer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-15

Surah, which merely appears on tho
edges as facings and Is hood Innings.
Such jackets, however, are meant for
service and for general wear, 60 there y
still preference for finishing them with
tailor-ike rows of stitching. A favorite
ornament for the back of jackets Is three
festooned cords of passementerie hang
ing in a deep curve below the waist
line from plaques or frogs of cord placed
on the back seams of the side forms.
The Byron collar, or else notched
turned-Over collar, trims the neck, and
sometimes there is plated ruche OF
the cloth inside this collar at the neck.
The coat sleeves are simply finished with
two or, three buttons and button-holes
at each wrist, and slight glimpse is
given of a facing of striped satin at the
edge. The belts added to such. jackets
are only an inch and half wide, of the
cloth, stitched by machine, and the bag
is fat and square. Bone buttons with
eyes in the center are chosen the color
of the cloth. These jackets are meant
for plain useful garments, and cost from
sc up to $40 or $12. The shooting
jackets with box plaits, double-breasted
fronts, wide belt and bag, also hood,
are shown in cheviots for outside wraps,
but these will be confined to very slight
figures, as they would look clumsy on
those who are stout. Perhaps the most
poplar of these jackets is that made with
but two wide plaits in the back, a middle
seam behind, a short side form each side,
and one dart in each front. The box
plaits are sewed underneath from the
neck down to three or four inches from
the end, where they are merely pressed
in shape SO that they can be neatly faced
and stitched. Jersey cloth jackets are
also shown in Jersey shapes made
with sailor collars. They are black or
navy blue. and are trimmed with gilt
braid Hdrper's Bazaar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-15
Facts About Rheumatis.n.

policeman with . club sometimes be.
lieVes in q pound of cure.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-15
Spring and the Animals.

The general weakening of the human
system which comes with the advent of
spring, and which is already beginning
to be apparent, reminds us of a subject
to which we feel the ACCESSIBILITY of re-
ferring at the return of every spring, and
that is the inability of working animals
to bear the fatigue at the beginning of
the season that they can bear after
awhile. Horses are often injured by
neglect of owners to observe this we'll
known fact. An animals placed before
the pillow, and expected and compelled
to do as much the very first day as on
any day during the blowing season, not
withstanding that the system is weak,
and, perhaps, temporarily diseased from
the effete matter which has been gather
ing during the long winter months, and
imperfectly expelled. Time must be
given to get all this effete matter out of
the system; to get the system toned up,
and to accustom the animal to the differ
emit state of things than those to which
it has been accustomed during its term
of idleress.
We know of no better rule in such
cases than that which guides a judicious
man, with reference to himself. We say
judiciOus because some men abuse them
selves as greatly as they do their horses.
Happening to be blessed with good
health and robust physical constitution,
they utterly ignore the demands of
nature, and rush into work in spring.
time with all the energy that they dis
play at later season; and at the end
of the season they may point to their ex-
cellent condition as refutation of the
argument that they are injuring
themselves. 1t is true that such
treatment of oneself may not show adj
versely the first year or the second year,
and perhaps not for many years. But
the i'll results are as sure to come as the
sun is sure to rise in the morning. We
can not with impunity set ourselves
against the laws of nature; we can not
force nature to do more than she has
strength to do, without robbing our
selves of the strength which we shall
need in future years; and, when we
should still be strong men, we shall find
ourselves prematurely old, compara-
tiyely useless and burden to ourselves
if not to others.
The working animal upon our farms
will 90 the same way under similar cir
cumstances. We can take off a few
years of its life and several years of its
value just as easily as we can off our
own. Its system may not be quite as
delicate as ours, and yet it is delicate.
The system of every living creature is a
complicated machinery, much of which
is more delicate than the springs and
wheels of the watch which we carry in
our pocket, which we know we can not
strain, and are careful not to do so.
Begin work easily; get at full and
hard days work gradually; favor your
self and animals. Nothing will be lost
in the end. Just as much work will be
accomplished, and more than if you
rushed into the field and wore both
yourself and horses out the first day
Western Rural
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-15


Mrs. General Sherman saws: II have ire
quently purchased Durang's Rheumatic Rem
edy for friends suffering with rheuma tism,
and in every instance it worked like magic. +"
General Logan, United States Senator,
writes: "Some years ago was troubled
more or less with rheumatism, and have been
. great sufferer in the last year with same
disease. began to take Durang's Rheu-
matte Remedy, and am satisfied that have
been cured by its use. recommend it to all
sufferers"
gress from Pennsylvania, writes: "In the
space Of twelve hours my rheumatism was
gone, having taken three doses Durang's
Rheumatic Remedy. My brother, Of Bed
ford, Pennsylvania, was cured by similar
amount"
1t absolutely cures when everything else
fails Sold BY every Druggist Send for
free PAMPHLET to r K. Helphenstine, Wash-
inGton, D. c.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-15
"A dreadful calamity has befalle1

"A dreadful calamity has befallen
the little village of Pierrefitte, in the de-
partment of the Correze, France. An
inhabitant was carrying pan of burn
ing coal to his cottage, when the wind,
which was blowing very hard, drove some
of the embers to the thatch and quickly
set fire to the building. Favored by the
wind, the flames spread rapidly, and in
less than an hour the whole village, with
the exception of the school-house and
the church, was destroyed. No human
lives were lost, but a number of cattle
persisted in the flames.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-15

i
Capt. Utter informs as that ON Friday
Of last week in the Yosemite Valley a
detached rock Of huge dimensions. some
eight feet thick, sixteen wide, and about
twenty feet long, which has stood ever
since the days of Noah's remarkable
flood Is q guard upon the outside of
Sentinel Rock, which overhangs the val
ley opposite Leidig's Hotel, by come un-
known cause deserted its lofty position
and came laundering and crashing down
the precipice, carrying everything be-
fore it. In its descent it crossed Nc
Cauley's trail three or four times, cut
ting q perfect swath through the trees,
until it struck giant pine. which, al
though it yielded, was sufficient to stor
its great force, and the huge bowlde.
rested within two or three hundred yards
of McCauley's house and residence.
Had it not been for the large pine, which
the rock spent its force against. it is
quite probable that McCauley, with his
family, would have been crushed to death
without the least warning. The falling
of the rock and the terrible crash, smoke
and dust which lined its pathway at
tracted the attention of quite number
of inhabitants of the valley, many of
whom Immediately visited the locality,
where it is said they found McC auley APP
parently unconscious of the great dan
ger he had so miraculously escaped. He
said he heard the noise. but supposed it
was caused by large bodies of ice which
form on the waterfalls above and have
an occasional tumbling off into the val
ley below. McCauley is said to have
stated that at the moment the rock made
its rapid descent he was fondling those
twin brother babies of his, with one upon
each knee, and his attention was so alb
sorbed that he failed to notice the noise
and disturbance above more than usual.
Mariposa (Cal.) Gazette.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-15

TIE subjoined opinion, we perceive, IL BY
]. A. Daniels, Esq, Of Messrs. stogdill q
Daniels, attorneys, La Crosse, Wis, and ap-
pears in the La Crosse Chronicle: Some time
since, was attacked with pain in and below
one Of my knee joints. A few applications
Of st. Jacobs Oil Quoted the pain and relieved
the Inflammation. regard it - . valuable
medicine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-15
INev Albany d edeer-standard.1

SPEAKING of Governors suggests the men
ton Of an item We received from Mr.. Henry
A. Knight, Foreman at Chas. Waters & Co.'S
Governor and Valve Works, Boston, Mass. /:
have used St. Jacobs Oil among our en-
ployees and find that it never fails to cure.
The men are delighted with the wonderful
effects of the Oil, as it has cured them Of
bruises, burns, etc.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-15

From an oak tree felled in Living.
ston County, ILL.,, there fell out bunch
OF snakes, in comatose condition, and
a whitehead can with S415 in coin.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-15

The present fireman If the White
House entered upon his public csTeer
under President Fillmore's Admini.tra-
ton.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-15
(ElRin dll.) Daily Leader.1

You've men may be too fresh, but eggs
never.-Detroit Fire Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-15
Ne Hospltal Needed.

tiers patients. nor large-salaried, talented
buffers to tell what Hop Bitters will do or
cure, as they tell their own story by their
certain and absolute cures at home.-Ness
York Independenk
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-01
PUTNAM AND LoNGFELLOW.
The Two Gentlemen Discussed by BOR
Burdette's Fellow Passengers.


Rardette's Fellow PassenEers.
"Whenwe were at Putnam" the man on the wood
| box said, 4" do You know we forgot 10 go and see
| the den where Putnam killed the wolff"
We'll" the fat passenger said, II have been
| there and l don't take much stock in the wolf
business. 1 tried to crawl into the den. could
/ lie down on my face and put my head in but, as
| for going clear inside, why Putnam couldn't have
squeezed in 1t IS
| But" said the tall, thin passenger. 'you must
remember that Putnam was only man; " he
| paused and repeated timidly, she was only a
| mani
Eyes snarled the fatpasseuger," he was man,
| but he wasn't snake
! The tall, thin passenger replied that he only
meant to suggest that man could go where COW
| couldn't.
| The fat passenger said yes, he knew that, but
any man who would crawl through Il crack iii the
sidewalk after lost nckelwas exactly the kind Of
man to tackle a wolf in the dark"
| The tall, thin passenger began to say something
about the wolf being perfectly safe in the Nam
moth cave if some men were trying to get in after
it, but the train reached Boston just then and that
dangerous discussion was abruptly closed.
! Next day, when we were running out of Boston
we passed through AIlston, and 10! the biggest
sign in all the town looked upon us from above
the windows of grocery store: Henry W. Long
fellow, fine groceries"
| az always did wonder remarked the sad pasSen
ger, 80 if Longfellow made all his money out Of
| poetry?
| Il wonder" said the cross passenger, " if he
stanzas high as he docs poet?'
| "fyou could have crowded few more asses III
there" said the passenger with the goatee, you
might have started Government corral"
"Fouraces is mighty good hand" said the man
ON the wood-box, but nobody understood what he
| meant
THAT isn't really the poet LongfcllOw's grocery
| is it," asked the tall, thin passenger.
| Its his name" said the fat passenger. "Let Us
soap it doesn't teas him"
THAT accounts for some of his versiicatiOns,'
said the fat passenger.
| "How's that"
"Ex ham meter" was the chilling reply.
"Arma, virumque can fruit" mugmured the tall
| thin passenger.
This thing would have gone on perhaps to
the end of the run if the conductor hadn't come
| along We soon heard the man ON the wOod-bol
explaining him that at the last general distribu
ton of tickets he had been left out, but-lSc, &c
And as the conductor only shook his head over tht
&c, &c. and glanced thOughtfully toward the bell
cord, we fastened to chip i'll and help the man OIL
the wOOd-box out. He said he was glad we did
| because the conductor was just going to-Hd,rkeye
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-01
Notice to Contractors.l

| lNOtlCc W COulIdCIOTS.l
| CHIEF ENGINEEE's OFFICE OF THE
| WASHINGTON CITY DOUBLE BACK-ACTIoN
| WATER-WAsTE PREVENTIVE SCHEME,
| US. CAPITOL BUILDING, January l, 1881
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
Office until Friday March 4, 1884, at twelve O'Clock
m for the following described articles and nipple.
ments, viz:
400 more or less Witch Hazel Divining Rods.
400 (more or less Long Range Telescopes.
400 more or less Dark Lanterns.
| 400 tmore or less) Saunders.
400 more or Less Skeleton Keys.
400 more or less) Suits of Armor.
Samples may be seen at this Office or upon ap
pication to the Hon. Job Meter president of the
company.
| MEMORANDUM.
| l. The Witch Hazel Divining Rods must be
identical in all respects with those employed by
| professional mOutebanks who pretend to discover
| underground water courses. They must be cut
green in the full of the moon, and must be packed
| in job lots open to inspection and measurement
| by the Metre system.
- The Telescopes must be adjustable to key
holes of any size or pattern and capable of mag
nifying at least one hundred Q0o diameters by
| day or night
8. The Dark Lanterns must be of the latest and
most approved pattern, of sufficient Illuminating
capacity to enlighten the most Opaque member of
the National Water Thinkers Association.
4. The Skeleton Keys must be thoroughly
adapted not only to the of street doors alleys
gates &C., &C. bit also to the fastenings of bath
rooms, water-closets, and other places of resort
where Potomac water may be used.
s. The Saunders must be adapted for use sin a
horn, Tor with Z" horn" in the user, as circum-
stances may justify. They must be so sensitive
and so nicely adjusted that in the hands of an
ignorant individual the difference between Poto-
mac and rain water can be distinguished by the
sound, also the difference between hot and GOLD
water.
g. The Armor must be of triple plate, manufae-
tured out of the Third sd Commandment and Of
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-01
1 never thought to raise a gale
Or kick up such a row.
The old sea-dog in Washington

never thought to raise gale
Or kick up such row.
The old sea-dog in Washington
Is surely on his ear
And what I've done can't be undone;
This ship must leave, that's clear"
Then turning to Mckay, who stood 40.
Not far removed, he said:
Come. move this shattered tub of wood
Get out, or by my head
I'll sink it in the briny deep
Where crawling things abound,
Der which our ships may vigils keep
When any are around"
The Briton trembled, and made haste
To do as he was bid;
And soon the vessel, quick displaced,
From out the dock had slid.
Our flag avenged, that o'eahim waved,
Bold Hughes to quarters went
To think DER dangers he had braved,
His valiant heart content
Give praises, then, We Yankee race,
Nor let your ardor lag,
And beard each Briton to his face
Who would insult our flag.
Give praise to Hughes, who kept it safe;
And honor him, with me,
Who made the British Lion chafe-
Bold Thompson with p.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-01

The early cold weather has put Niagara into
full winter costume. The sleighing is splendid
the river is full of great cakes of ice, which coma
crashing through the gorge threatening each day
to build an ice bridge clear across. The Ice cones
already reach nearly to the top Of the falls. The
ice trees on Goat Island and Prospect Park are
beautiful beyond compare.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-01

queen Victoria is very fond of English wal
nuts, and every day in the season, when they are
fresh and crisp, dish of the kernels is placed
upon her table. To prepare the royal dish is a
work fskill for the kernel is expected to appear
unhroken and piled up in white, irregular, but
perfect mass. Several girls with agile fingers are
employed in the still room at Balmoral to prepare
this adjunct to the royal dessert
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-01

sufficient strength to ward off the heaviest oaths
capable .of being launched by the most enraged
and determined householder.
The right to reject any and all bids having in
view sensible settlement of the water question is
reserved, and viii be duly exercised.
(Signed) THE BIGGEST HUMBCG,
Chief Engineer.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-01
Circulation OF the Bank of France.

Since December l the circulation of notes OF
the Bank of France has increased about forty nil
lions of francs and the bank has now in its vaults
900 In gold and S244 100000 in silver, after
losing S45 10000 gold in the last twelve months.
In reply to question in the Chamber of Deputies
the Finance Minister said that there must be in
the hands of the people at least of gold,
and that the drain to America did not occasion dis
ouietuds The silver legal, he said, could no; be
increased until 1885, under the provisions Of the
agreement Of the Latin Union
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-01

After several nights of trial it is generally con-
ceded in New York that lighting Broadway with
electric lamps was not success. Although the
power of each lamp was estimated to be that of
fifty gas lamps, the rays did not seem to make the
impression expected. Near the lamp the light Is
as brilliant as day. but outside circle Of fifty feet
the illumination was much less than was prem
ised The light Is not evenly diffused, and did
not reach from lamp to lamp, the space in the
middle being quite dark. The cost is estimated at
about the same for each lamp as for twenty-five
gas lamps, and all who witnessed the illumination
are satisfied that the twenty-five gas lamps would
be generally more satisfactory.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-01

not wealthy, and, according to the old maxim
have many children. Representative Cox has in
troduced bill in the House having in view the
pensioning of the widows of these brave men.
Senator Baldwin after the holidays will introduce
the same proposition In the Senate. Economy and
reform should no longer delay so humane an act.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-01

The China Merchants Company of Annoy have
contracted for the immediate construction on the
Clyde of four frstclass ocean steamships Of fifteen
hundred tons each for service on q regular line
between China and San Francisco These steam
ers will at once enter into an active competition
with the Pacific Mail and White Star Lines now
making weekly trips on that route. The steamers
are to be ready July l next. They are to be
manned by Chinese crews, and commanded by
English or American officers.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-01
GENERAL NOTES,

There is an unprecedented emigration now in
progress from Italy, principally of agricultural
laborers to the South American States.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-01

The salmi Morse Passion Play" is to be pro
duced in the spring in the new Taber opera house
now building in Denver, Co.. under the direction
of Howard, who first produced it in San Francisco
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-01

1t may be well to say that 1873 of the personal
losses above mentiond occurred on the Huron and
the Metropolis, and were not under the immediate
control of the service.
NATIONAL DUTY.
The Government pays pension to the widow OF
the soldier who helps save the life of his country
Here is a proposition wherein men frequently lose
their lives in gallant strife to save the life OF cis
zenof the world. A large majority of the men Who
possess the skill and experience necessary to hs
them for their places in the Lifeavng Service are
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-01
OBITUARY RECORD.

Deaths DOInEs in q Year Among Disfin-
guisIled People.
In the various departments of human activity
and thought death has been singularly busy dur
ing the year now closing. The world is the poorer
by many an honored name. Poet, priest and
painter, soldier, scientist, and statesmen have
left US
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-01

In 1871 the service was inaugurated by Mr.. Sum
uer 1. Kimball, the present general superintend-
emit In his last report, now being printed, it
shows the entire workings since that period as fol
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-27

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1t cures ulcers in the mouth, nose, throat
head, arms, and legs also, hard pains in the
bones ana joints, syphilitio rheumatism, etc.
in short time. Price, $500 per package
sent everywhere by express. A treatise on
sexual diseases free. Sent sealed for two
stamps, DIR, j. Dinsbeer, 4l5 North 7th street.
ST. Louis, Mo. Cures guaranteed or money
refunded. DR.. Dinsbeer makes chronic dis
eases specially. Ifyou are afflicted with
no no matter what, call or what.