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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-01

condition, do not overload its stomach
with hay. and see to it that he has plen-
~ Of grain.
Water regularly also, and provide
good, clean water. There Is no animal
90 particular about the quality Of the
water it drinks as the horse. and while
it may be forced to drink impure water,
it is an outrage upon the animals sensi-
tiveness. Nineteen times out of twenty
such compulsion is the result Of sheer
carelessness or downright Incidence OF
those whose business it is to furnish the
horse water, and so becomes about as
reprehensible as human act can be.
In addition to all this, have the haf-
ness well fitting and comfortable. Many
horse is driven to fretfulness through
an ill-fitting harness, which, perhaps, .
few minutes work would make all right.
Some harnesses would fret stone post.
If careful attention is given to such mat
ters as are here mentioned, the horse
will be comfortable, healthy, and will
ing.-Western Rural.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-01

by one-third. In other words, the an
gle formed by the front Of the hoof and
the ground becomes about thirty de-
grees, instead of forty-five degrees.
This increasing obliquity OF the foot
and pastern throws . greatly in
creased strain on the cords supporting
the fetlock and pastern joints. and gives
them an enormously increased predispo-
sition to sprain and injury. But this
evil of increased obliquity in the pastern
is seriously aggravated by the length OF
the toe. An increased length of two
inches, as suggested, together with the
greater obliquity, throws q line rising
vertically from the point Of the toe at
least three inches further forward from
the shank, and increases the leverage
exerted by the toe to an equivalent
amount. If we now consider that this
lever is acted on by the weight of the
BODY, and that the fulcrum is at the
fetlock and pastern joints, we can see
plainly enough how overgrown toes de-
termine ruinous ringbones in young an
imals. The extra strain consequent on
the increased length and obliquity must
be borne by the posterior and Lateral
ligaments of the fetlock and pasterns;
and as these latter come from the sides OF
the pastern bones, the consequent injury
determines inflammation and bony de-
posts on the sides of the pasterns. Sim
ilarly, the back sinews, which act as sup
ports to these joints behind, become
sprained, thickened, and shortened, in
ducing knuckling over at the knee, and
general unsteadiness of the limbs.
In pairing, remove the whole pro ecting
lower border of the hoof wall down to
the junction with the sole. The great
est danger is from the toes; but over
grown heels, curled in on the sole,
imprison masses of hard, faky horn,
bruise the sole, and determine cOrns and
a train of evil consequences. The proc
ess should be attended to in winter as
we'll; but it is especially in summer,
when the colt is running at liberty in the
fields, that the effects of undue length
are to be feared.-National Live Stock
Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-01
How to Keep Cool.

As warm weather approaches, we de.
wise all sorts of plans to keep cool, and
one must be tranquil-and avoid unnec-
essary exertion. The prudent house
keeper will make her morning fire suf-
fee to do the chief part of the cooking
for the day.. Cold boiled meats cold
vegetables, cold deserts for dinner, when
that meal comes in the middle of the
day, are in order. Potatoes made into
salad are not to be scorned by any lover
of that vegetable. If q cup of hot tea
or coffee Is desired, it can be made on
an oil stove, and such food as is pre-
pared warm can be warmed over. But
custom renders cold food as palatable
as, and during hot weather even more
palatable than, hot food is in cold
weather. A little persistence on the
part of the house mother will prove this
the case, and the experiment is GER
tainlv worth trying. Farmers wives
who stew over the stove in midsummer
Moons have, harder time of it than
farmers do in the fields, and there is no
necessity for this. Iced tea and coffee
and milk are as delicious as hot tea and
coffee when ones palate is accustomed
TO them. The hardest part of the work
should be done in the morning, if pos
sible, and if YOU can lie down for awhile
in the heated part of the day, SO much
the BETTER. Plenty of sleep, with fire.
quent baths, will enable almost any one
to bear the warm weather philosophi-
cally.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-01
Pare the Toes Of Colts.

It is not generally recognized how
much harm comes to horses from the
simple overgrowth of the toes; and yet,
in the case of young and unshod horses
especially, hardly anything is more de-
structive to their soundness and perma-
nent utility. Judging from the number
of colts turned out everywhere with the
whole winter growth on their toes, there
seems to be q surprising amount of igno-
rance on this matter; and it bee mes
the more necessary to draw special at
tention to the need of pairing.
A good average slope for the front of
q healthy hoof is one forming an angle
of forty-five degrees with the ground ON
which it rests. In other words, if a per-
pendicular line were drawn upward
from the toe, the line of the front of the
hoof would be midway between such
vertical line and the fiat surface of the
sole or ground. But the average foot
grows more rapidly at the toe than the
heel, and wears off much more slowly.
The heel, too, as it grows, turns inward,
SO that even with an equal growth it
never projects as does the overgrown
toe. As the foot increases in length.
therefore, the effect is shown and felt,
especially at the toe, and with every adj
dition to the length of the toe, the front
of the foot and of the pastern recedes
further from the vertical position, and
approaches nearer to the horizontal. Sc
much is this the case, that an increase Of
one and halt 20 two inches at the toe
will often diminish the angle formed
by the front of the hoof and the ground
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-01
Self.EducatiOn.

The farmer who is well educated as
farmer, must be master of all the usual
operations of the farm. He must know
how to buy advantageously, and to use
economically, as well as to how to raise
crops profitably and to sell them well in
the market. He should also have some
knowledge of the constituents of soils,
the composition and character of plants;
should understand something of life, and
vital force, and enough of town, State
and National affairs to be able to per-
form such services as may fall to him.
How shall such an education be &C
quired? Not in the common school, that
can only lay the foundation; not in the
college, for the college leads rather from
than toward the farm; but the farmer
who would acquire that knowledge
which he most needs must gain his edu.
cation while engaged in his work, as
Elihu Burritt did his. He should read
the literature of his profession as found
in papers and books, and he should
learn to read by the page or column,
and skip whatever he does not need. He
must also learn by observation, first
learning how to observe. Then he will
investigate, and study nature, ask her
how such and such things are done, ap-
plying the answers to practical use in
the management of his own soil. He
should learn to think clearly, and to
discern the adaptation of things and
then to use them. In following course
of investigation and reasoning, his
rule should be, hew to the line
wherever the chips may fly. And
when he has thought out subject he
should try to express his thong hts either
in speech, writing or by action. In
speaking, learn to speak carefully and
with exactness. With many writing is
more difficult than talking, but remem-
bering that things that are easy to &C
quire are not always the most useful
things to have, the thinking farmer
should learn to write out his thoughts,
that they may reach out through the
press into a larger field of thought.
Writing and publishing is profession
of faith, but to confirm ones faith he
must put his thoughts into action. This
will require constant experimentation
and investigation. Do not lay away too
many jobs to be done on rainy days.
The farmer should not need to work 313
days in the year, but should take time
for reading, writing and study. He
should have recreation, too, though
much recreation can be taken while the
hands are not absolutely idle. Much
work may be done automatically, while
the mind is busy in other fields. In
short, the farmer should be student
through his whole life.-J. NJ. Hubbard,
of the Connecticut State Board Of Agri-
culture.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-01
Our Young Folks.
ANOTHER RIP HAN w1NKLS.

!. Mazchr' said Spring. Quickly melting. he
ice ran away,
And the leaves. brown and dr., dropped With
Autumn's "&ood-by.
With the wind went a-skurry1ng round.
And from the deep mud In low, swampy
A turtle his long neck thrust out.
And. winkins and blinking his funny round
He lasIi s peered sa about. !.
Then he dragged from the miro like snail
Oh his back
He bore this box-like abode.
Aud patiently climbed for an hour or more
Up the bank, till he came to the road.
There an old man he met. who was crooked
And who walked with stout oaken cane.
Cried the turtle: Hello! please tell Ned that
And am waiting to see him again."
I" Who's Ned?' asked the man. "Just ex-
Il suppose you have learned how to spelp,
And name and some figures he carved with
When we parted, you'll find on my shell"
The old man he stopped with grunt, for he
Decidedly lame in each knee,
And he read. August |, ls0-Ned Mott"
Andthen chuckled, "Good gracious! that's
me-"
"Youv' the turtle exclaimed. "Why, Ned
Mott is q boy
Whose laugh can be heard for a mile;
With hair brown as earth, and with eyes
bright rs mine
You! Excuse me, really must smile"
NJ an be-" 1T can't be-" "YeS, 1t can.
Don't you see,
Many years since you saw him haves ed?"
What years? know nothing bout years,
but / know
That you are not rOsy-cheeked Ned.
He's bon. and he wears q small cap with q
peaI,
And in summer picks berries called whor-
tie.
Oh! the stupidest thing is q stupid old mar" "
"YOu mistake, tits stupid old turtle.
I'm Ned Mott" So You are not" IF I'm
not. Ill be shot"
"Then be shot," and he dropped with q
thud,
That sleepy, that ancient, that obstinate tur-
tile,
Head-fOremOst back into the mud.
-Mdrgdret Eytin0c. in Harper's Young People.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-01
Our Faithful Servant.

To pass the very important matter OF
value entirely, the faithfulness and no.
bility of the horse claim our respect and
kind, considerate treatment at our hands.
But it is not improbable that with most
of us the consideration of value out
weighs every other. Let US treat the
subject, therefore, in that light, hoping,
however, that the matter of kindness is
not foreign to any of us who own horses.
At the beginning of the work-ife OF the
horse, most of us commit serious er-
ror. We begin to work our colts too
young, or rather begin to work them
hard when they are too young. 1t can.
not be expected that very young ami
NAL can as easily perform labor as one
that is fully developed. It is very true
that the expense of keeping q young
horse in idleness, or comparative idle
ness, is considerable, but the question is,
Is it as great as the damage done by
working it too earlyp At four years old
the colt is not fully developed; it is still
in the process of growth, and to exact OF
it as much as we would of an older horse
would necessarily be detrimental. The
animal should be worked lightly, but not
to extremes, and if the farmer will adopt
the plan of favoring the young horse
until it is five or six years old, he will
find that he has made money by the op-
Grafton.
The matter of proper feeding is one
of great importance in the treatment of
our farm horses, and yet one that some
men appear to regard as exceedingly
slight. With the vast majority of farm
ers there is excellent system in feeding,
because there are regular hours for
going to work and regular hours for
quitting work. But this is not univer-
sally true, and if there is one thing more
reprehensible than another in the man.
agement of farm horses, it is the irregu-
larity of feeding. Irregularity of feed
ing ourselves or our animals will soon
show its results. Whether in man or
beast, imperfect digestion will soon be
the consequence, and an imperfect di-
gestion is q good foundation for all kinds
of diseases and a forerunner of perma-
nent disability. No excuse is sufficient
to relieve the irregular feeder of the re-
sponsibility which rests upon him. The
horse should be fed at certain times,
and nothing should prevent it. If so fed
he will do his work easily, will be gen.
orally free from ailments, and will re-
main a good horse, if he was one at the
beginning.
Next to regularity is the Importance
of proper food. Generally the horse is
given too much bulky food. He literal
" stuffs himself with hay, and in such
condition the most inexperienced can
not help seeing that the animal is very
uncomfortable, and that it is an effort
for it to move or breathe. The lungs
have not room to expand, the digestive
apparatus is overloaded and clogged,
and the nervous system is naturally af-
fected. Under such circumstances it is
positively dangerous to require Of the
animal any heavy work or . fast pace.
One authority states that at least one
half of the diseases to which the horse
is liable are caused "by bad food OF
good food badly administered" In or.
der to have farm horse in workable
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-01
Queer Proceedings of q Nevada Tree.

A gentleman of this place has q tree
which is a species of acacia. 1t was
grown from seed brought from Aus
tralia. The tree is now q sapling eight
feet in height, and it is in full foliage
and growing rapidly. 1t is leguminous,
and very clearly shows the characters
tics of the mimosa, or sensitive plant.
Regularly every evening, about the time
the "chickens 90 to roost, :" the tree goes
to roost. The leaves fold together, and
the ends of the tender twigs coil them
selves up like the tail of well-condi-
toned pig. After one of the twigs has
been stroked or handled, the leaves
move uneasily and are in a sort of mild
commotion for q minute or more. All
this was known about the tree, but it
was only Yesterday that it was discov-
cred that the tree had in it much more
of life and feeling than it had ever be-
fore been credited with. The tree be-
ing in quite small pot, one which it
was fast outgrowing, it was thought best
to give it one of much larger size. Yes
terday afternoon the tree was transfer
red to its new quarters. It resented the
operation of its removal to the best of
its ability.
Arriving at his residence about the
time the tree had been transplanted, the
gentleman found the house in grand
commotion. On asking what was up, he
was told that they had transplanted the
tree according to orders and the opera
ton had " made it very mad" Hardly
had it been placed in its new quarters
before the leaves began to stand up in
all directions like the hair on the tail of
an angry cat, and soon the whole plant
was in culver. This could have been
endured, but at the same time it gave
out an odor most pungent and sickening
Just such q smell as is given off by
rattlesnakes and many other kinds of
snakes in summer when leased. This
odor so filled the house and was SO
sickening that it was found necessary to
open the doors and windows. 1t was
fully an hour before the plant Gained
down and folded its leaves in peace. It
would probably not have given up the
fight even then had it not been that its
time for going to roost had arrived. 1t
is probably needless to add that the
whole household now stand in not lit
tie awe of the plant as being thing more
animal Tor reptile) than vegetable
Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-01

As two or three rich New Workers
have recently built fine villas in Switzer.
land, it is not unlikely that others will
follow their lead. In all the wide world
there is not, probably, any region so de-
ightful on the whole for summer res
idence as the little republic nesting
among the Alps.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-01
A Wife's Devotion to q Worthless Illus.
band.

Inc 00aCn IN Jersey ClCy VI MIS. Oo-
rah M. Hamilton recalls touching sto-
nv of wifely devotion. Mrs. Hamilton
was connected with highly respectable
family. She was married to Alexander
d. Hamilton, whose family connections
were equal to her own. Hamilton asso-
ciated with politicians, and eight or nine
years ago was made Treasurer of Jersey
CITY. He had been in Office trife less
than three years when he fled, and it
was discovered that he had stolen $780,
600 worth of city bonds. He was track
ed through the country until ne was
finally ascertained to be in Mexico. 70
lice Sergeant, now Chief Benjamin Muir
phy, was sent to that country to capture
him. Murphy found that Hamilton had
placed himself under the protection OF
Cortina, who was the leader of pow
erful band of outlaws. He declared that
his protection would last only so long as
Hamilton's money, and he patiently
waited in Mexico till the outlaws should
turn the fugitive out from among them
penniless. He did not have to wait
MANY weeks. Cortina robbed his ward
of all he had and then abandoned him.
Murphy brought him back to Jersey
City. The first person to meet him was
his faithful wife. She forgave him the
disgrace he had brought upon her and
their children.
When he was arraigned he pleaded
guilty. More in response to her entreat-
les than to any circumstances mltigat-
ing his offense, the court leniently i'm
posed sentence of but three years inn
prisonment. Mrs. Hamilton went at
once to the Governor to seek her hus-
bands pardon. When she found that
he could do nothing without the aid OF q
Court of Pardons, she importuned every
body in her large circle of friends to in.
tercede with the members of the court
in her husbands behalf. She sacrificed
health and fortune in her efforts to get
him out. A year before his term would
have expired he was released from con-
finement.
Mrs. Hamilton then placed the rem
nant of her little fortune in his hands,
and babe him make q new man of him.
self. His friends believed that he was
on the fair road to redemption, and gave
him lifting hand. He established a
milk route that gave employment to
three men, and yielded a handsome in
come; but he soon fell back into evil
company. Selling out his milk route,
he purchased saloon on Grove street.
There he started a variety show of the
very lowest character. He practically
deserted his wife for the lewd women
that performed on his stage or gathered
to witness the plays. The police raided
the place and arrested him. Mrs. Ham
ilton sat in court during his trial. acting
the part of faithful wife, notwithstand-
ing his treacherY to her. During this
time Mrs. Hamilton's family and friends
saw with anxiety that her health was
failing. They begged her to discard the
man and leave him to his fate. She
turned q deaf ear to them. Several
wears ago Hamilton disappeared from
his home. The faithful woman heard
nothing from him, and her death from a
broken heart is the reward of her fidel-
ity.-N. Y. Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-01

Mrs. Spangles breathlessly said:
''Dear, will tell you an awful, awful
thing. Do you know that Mr.. Slowbox
cannot take his breakfast in the morn
ING without cocktail? Now, my Mr..
Spangles never does such thing as
that. He would not think of cock
tail. He simply rolls in his bed, looks
around the room for his clothes, and
says: Mary, for the love Of tie great
stars above us, I feel as If ThAd q Gin
der in my mouth! Give me pitcher OF
water-none of your COMPOUNDED little
goblets, but bucketful. Hurry But
you never hear him ask for cocktail
He hastens down to the store without
his breakfast"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-01

The Norristown Herald hopes thu
time is near at hand when patenl
corn-sheller, two threshing machines.
bed-quiit, foot-race. soap-peddlei
and q horse-trOt will not make Onj
county agricultural exhibition.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-07-21
THE CARLETON TRIAL.

SAN JOSE. JaIy 1.-The Carleton
case today presented an exceedingly
curious phase When the Court met
this morning the courtro IN was dense
ly thronged with croxt curious "a
hear the ruling of the Court on the
objection 10 the States evidence in re
buttal Tee Judges sat in bank.
judge B-lden reviewed the matter at
length, and concluded that only the ties
timony introduced by the defense. viz,
B.umDett's Newspaper articles defsms-
tory o! snd threatening to Carleton. is
new matter, as showing certain facts
which could only be rebutted by con-
Trajectory testimony. The decision
was a complete surprise to D-lmas and
almost everybody else. Drlmas then
renewed the motion to strike out this
testimony of the defense. He pro-
ceeded with a long argument, rene wing
the argument on the question If the
admission OF the States evidence in
rebuttal. In conclusion, he asked the
Court 10 admit the testimony as a mats
ter Of right The Court refused to re-
verse it, ruling In either case; but as q
matter Of discretion. rsopened the case.
which will nov take its usual long and
tircsoIae course
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-07-21

REAL ESTATE The following are
the transactions In real estate, rs re-
corded in the Auditors Office. since our
last report:
Ed ID Phelps TO w s Ladd, lots
and 4. and 6 acres in sc 4 ofsw / of
sec II. tp "a n. 4 Q; also % acres
in said tp; also lot | and . part of lot
2 of sec 10, in said tp; also los 6. 3 and
0. and the n e ofsw of SEQ 90 tp
"a; also IL 1 acres in SEQ 20. tip "a; also
lots 7. 8. Q. 10. ii and IL in sec II. tp
"a; also large tracts Of land in Snoho-
mish al d Yakima counties, for $34 l.
3i2 63.
Alice ] RAs to Thos Rae. lots Q and
2. Of blosk 90. A A Delny's addition,
for $lt0J.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-07-21

In THE HuB.-A resident of tn 8
city wrote from Boston. on the i4th
ult., to o friend here .. follows: Il
have be today through Concord aud
Lexington. over the old battle grounds
where the first American blood was lost
in the struggle for American iGdrpen-
deoce. stood where the first brave
farmers fell, and saw the holes IN the
houses through which the British bul-
lets went Some of these old houses
are kept In the best state CT rreserva
ton 10 memory Of tie great struggle.
I saw where the first shot was fred on
the British aud here their Il st sol
diers were killed. | have also spent
half hour very pleasantly with that
great and eminent writer. Ralph Waldo
Emerson. lie told me that / W the
first person be had seen from Puget
Sound. He showed me through the
house and took me to his library, where
he said he had spent much of his life
time. He showed me the pictures If
his old friends. and pointed out Car
lyle's picture on the wall. and srked
that Carlyle was one of his best friends.
When was leaving he told me il ever
during his lifetime again visited this
part of the country to remember TO call
and see him. have also had the
pleasure Of an introduction to the ia
nous lecturer and author. Wendell
Phillips. Mr. Phillips in cunversation
Is one OF the most pleasant aud instrnc-
tive men it has been my good frtuue
to meet"