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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-06


A correspondent of the NelU England
Farmer says:
Zone man in Franklin County has a
flock of 100 sheep which sheared last
spring, on an average, nearly eleven
pounds each. Some of the bucks
sheared from twenty-five totwenty-four
pounds each. Thelambs and buck from
such flocks readily sell at high prices,
which, together with the receipts from
wool, render sheep-raising very protita-
bic. Some of the owners of such fiocks
keep quite a number of bucks, which
they let out for use in the fiOcks of their
-neiShbors. Some ofthere bucks earn i'll
this way from so to $50 each yearly.
The heavy fieeces which the MerinoS,
afford are winning much favor for the
breed. A farmer who has 100 of the
Merinos, and has !, 100 pounds ofwool
TO sell yearly, has considerable reason to
feel well satisfied with his flock.
The course-wool mutton-sheep are
still in favor with some of the farmers
of Maine, and they prove to be quite
profitable. The high price OF lambs
early i'm the summer has caused consider
able attention to be given to raising
I early lambs for the market. Lambs
which are ready for the market on or
before the 4th of July have usually COM
manded about 20 cents per pound by the
carcass, AT such a price as that, the
| return to the farmer is very profitable
one, and renders the keeping of coarse
wool sheep nearly or quite as profitable
as the fine-wool sheep with their heavy
| fieeees. The eoarse-wool sheep are
usually more prolific than the fine-wOOl
sheep. The coarse-wool sheep usually
begin to breed when year old, and
many of them have twins; while fine
wool sheep sometimes do not begin 10
breed till two years old, and seldom pro-
4 duce two lambs at q birthn -.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25
What is Good rape.Culturei

AFRIEND joyfully told us a few days
ago of his anticipations in the grape
way. He had bought little place in
the vicinity, and had made up his mind
to have things right. His maxim was
that what was WORTH doing at all was
worth doing we'll, and he meant to do
it. He had done it. He had dug out
the dirt three feet into the clay, and had
filed it in with light, rich compost,
through which the roots might push
their way in ease and comfort and live
on the fat of the land He had spent
considerable money in. doing the job
well. He intended to get only the best
vines, and felt sure such an expendi-
ture would result in magnificent grapes,
and plenty of them. BE had done his
work we'll,
1t is strange that such q course as this
should ever have been recommended by
horticultural writer's, but it is fact that
they have. Grapes are now so easily
and cheaply grown-fruit often four and
five cents pound-that we had we'll
nigh forgotten that this was the standard
advice Of the books years ago.. But our
friend produced it in black and white
from the pages which he had chosen as
an authority, and then we knew how it
was in the Olden time. i
Now our readers at least would know
that instead of such proceeding as this
being an evidence of doing it well for
the grape, it is simply an act of folly.
The grape root needs to be warm and
dry, but this deep well in the clay, en-
co1raging the collection of water from
all around il, has just the contrary effect
The roots are damp and cool, and not
warm and dry. ~
Indeed, it is only of late years, when
people have given up all this expensive
foolery, that grape-cuiture has become .
tolerable success. Under the old plan
we had failure after failure, until we
came Ito believe only those varieties
which were little removed from the wild
fox OF the fost grapes oOuld.be grown.
But now we have the finer kinds getting
quite common. As soon as we gave up
this deep-trenching nonsense, grape
culture grape-culture-toOk a
fresh starr, and this real culture consists in
little more than planting Q vine in good
earth. of less depth than We. would any
ordinary tree, and see that L does not
suffer for want of food. This is good
grape.culture in . nutshell. -Gevnan-
toscn Telegraph. .
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

An extensive orchardist speaks Of the
necessity of watching apple trees, and
whenever the heads become dense thin
them out. Dwarf pears need moro prun-
ing than any other tree; indeed the tops
must be constantly cut back to keep the
branches near the ground. Very little
pruning is necessary for the standard
pears, merely sufficient to preserve a
regular outline and proper, even dis
tribution of the branches. In regard to
the peach, after having borne two or
three crops the branches require to Do
cut severely back, so as to form q fresh
supply of young wood; some think that
as a rule one-third of the previous years
growth should be removed, while others
prefer q still closer pruning. /, -,n',,.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25
ne National Clta.en-0olAies.

An eight-page forty-column, weekly journal,
published at Washington, D. c., 10 brimful Of
soldier. It opposes monopoly, favors equal
and exact justice to all classes, and is the
special champion and defender Of the rights
Of the soldier, his widow and orphana Ithas
. thrilling story Of the war every week. Ev-
cry soldier should have this paper to keep
him posted. Terms, $1.00 per year; sample
copy free ADDRESS, C1TIzEN-soLD1ER Pub
fishing Co., Box $50, Washington, D. C. .13'
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

The following is,anJ extract from the
Lecture of. Prof. N. C. Rocker upon
stealth and Disease as Affected by
Builaiig, pdeliVered at the recent meet
ing of the Illinois Farmers Institute:
The essential qualities for residence
are pure air and water, good drainage,
and healthy surroundings. Dampness,
which results from imperfect drainage,
Is more general in dwellings than is
supposed. Tile-drain should be laid
around house below the level of the
cellar, and two or three times across the
cellar connecting with the same; then,
by filling in few inches of gravel and
laying floor of cement on the top, the
house would be efectually secured from
dampness.
Pure water is more difficult to obtain
than pure air, and its impurities more
difficult to detect. Our sources of sup
ply in the country and smaller towns
are, first, rain-water standing in els
terms; and second, wells. Cistern
water, as q rule, was not wholesome,
because cisterns were imperfectly con-
structed-not thoroughly cemented so
as to exclude surface-Water, and not
closely covered to keep out insects, fall
ing leaves, and occasionally stray cats,
all of which cause decomposition and
unfit it for drinking purposes. If fill
tered, the filters are not cleaned often
enough. Second, water from wells. The
water through the West as rule is hard;
but this is not an objection for drinking
purposes. No we'll should be located
any nearer any source of possible pollu-
ton, like privy vaults, house drains, or
stables, than twice its depth, since it
furnishes drainage for the ground sur
rounding. The wall should be laid in
cement from the surface to the water
level to exclude surface water. The
more water is used, so that . new supply
is constantly coming in, the better.
The house-drainage or sewerage Is .
very important matter. The slops from
the house should never be thrown out
or allowed to run direct into cesspool
cleaned only enthusiastically. The
best system known for ordinary house.
drainage is through glazed pipe to .
tank, which, when full, empties itself
automatically into common drain-tile,
through which it peroolates into the soil
and Is taken up, rs 5plant-food. All
house-drains should be through single
pipe, which should be trapped and have
. ventilating pipe between the trap and
the house, extending as high Is the roof
of the house. A house should never be
built near permanent pools Of stagnant
water, nor near streams which receive
the sewage. of towns or cattle or hog
yards. There should not be too much
shade, especially on the south side, to
exclude the direct sunlight. a
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

THE widow of the late General JEFF
ferson c. Davis is the owner OF, , beau
tiful diamond scarf-pin which was given
to Macmillan by officers Of the Austrian
Government while Macmillan was in
Mexico. General Davis bought it in
Mexico for four hundred and fifty dol.
lars, and it is said to be worth two thou.
sand five hundred dollars. fer
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

The consumption of malt liquor in
this country has increased over 100 per
cent. in ten years. "During 1885,"
says the Retailer, the organ of the brew
ers, stakes were paid on 1854, 900
barrels, or Ala, O00, 900 gallons. This is
equivalent to about $50 mugs for every
man, woman and child in the country.
Leaving out the females and children,
this vast quantity represents 600 glasses
a year for. each male over 81 years old
in the United States. When we consid-
er the very large number of adult males
who drink no beer at all, and the other
host who partake of it only in the most
moderate manner and at more or less
protracted intervals, it is evident that
some other Americans must drink q
good deal. At five cents a glass this
beer manufacture of 1880 brought $685..
O,OOO, or about $3.50 per capita for
every man, woman and child. This is q
quarter more than the total expense of
running the United States Government. -
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25
Uuscatine Journal.1

Two days moderate application Of the
means in question, enabled Mr.. Otto Eich-
horn, 141S N. Ninth street, St. Louis, Mo-, to
thus write u: lhai been q sufferer for the
past six weeks with severe pains in the shoul.
der and spine 90 that was unable to do any
work. Advised BY friend used st. Jacobs
Oh With the second application relief was
had and cure effected In two days.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

New YORK girls are accused Of imi-
tating Barnhardt by going about with
their mouths half open. making them.
selves look as If they had just encoun.
tered ghost or gorilla.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

Leo and Sambo were two dogs
owned by DR.. Carter, Of Winthrop, Iowa.
They had separate quarters, but both
showed q preference for the house in the
rear Of the dwelling. They were good
friends, but Sambo, by trick, kept pos
session, when he desired, of the favorite
kennel. When Leo had taken the place
Sambo would run out in fury, barking
loudly, and, as Leo ran out to see VIVA;
was going on, Sambo would sneak in
and take possession. This device failed
and then Leo was enticed out by bone
brought by Sambo. The latter dog
never wearies of practicing upon Leo.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25
ssf n..,e vve.s ~ &C..

u what . LADY q Boston said to her hus.
band when he brought home some medicine
70 cure her Of sick headache and neuralgis
which had made hsr miserable for fourteen
that she continued it, use until cured, and
was 90 enthusiastic In IT. praise that shs
induced twenty-ywo Of the best families in
her circle to adopt Il - their regular family
medicine. That "stuff" = Hop Bittsra-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25
peoria Memorial Democrat

TI1 most eminent physicians Of tho day
highly recommend St. Jacobs OIL a. . cure for
rheumatism. It can be purchased at any
drug house, and the price 10 Insignificant when
yeu take into consideration the wonderful
cures It VIM produce.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

SCIENTISTS are no longerccntent with
the FIVE senses. sight, hearing. smell,
taste and touch. One proposes to add
the sense of weight whereby we can
tell that some things are heavier than
others, and another urges that there is
color sense distinct from the sense of
sight. If the sense of heat and cold can
also be separated from the true sense
of touch, then we have eight senses in
all. If to these be added common sense
and nonsense, which everybody has
more or less of, then We have ten senses.
DR.. Foote's Health Monthly for Feb
fxGry. 'tl
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

.--In . jewelers. IN Minneapolis, MIMI,
- beautiful ornament in the shape Of
. diamond lily. It is about four inches
long, and has an interesting history. Il
1t one time was one-eighth Of the crown
that Napoleon Bonaparte presented tc
bis sister Caroline at her marriage with
the famoas Joachim Murat s'Le Beas
Sabreux," afterward King of Naples,
and was made from spoils and contribu-
tons received after the battles of Elba
and Austerlitz. This royal gift became
the property of the ex-Queen of Spain,
and was sold, with her other Jewels in
Paris, at auction. for seventy thousand
francs, and bought by the Roumania
Princess, Cleopatra, who died recently.
At the sale of her effects the crown be-
came the property of New York dia-
mond' importing house, and was by
them divided into eight portions, and
has been sold with the exception of this
piece. There. are one hundred and
twenty-three diamonds of the first water
in the lily, the center stone being q re-
markable gem. 1t has been purchased
by a Minneapolis gentleman for three
thousand dollars. '
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

NAZARETH Is now the site of an or.
phanage under tho supervision -of the
English Education Society. fH
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

4 Heusehsld Need, Free.
Send on postal-card for so page book on ''The
Liver" its diseases and their treatment Ad-
dTess DR.. Sanford, ICE Broadway, New York.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25
William F. /

William F. Dalrymple, of the
famous grain farm in Dakota, says that
the clean profit for 1880 was over $780,
600. He raised more than half mill
ion bushels of wheat on $4,000 acres,
and disposed of it at . profit of fifty
cents a busheL lH..if.# - -aHi
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

TIE donkey keeps his tongue still and his
ears In motion. Consequently his ears are
never frozen. There 10 Q moral here, II you
viii search for tt-Boston Zfanscript
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

WHITE flowers are generally more
sgreeably fragrant than oolored' ones.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

A CHICAGO paper says the best scheme for
Improving the Mississippi River would be
something to prevent St. Louis people from
bathing In it. '- 49,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

ASK your druggist for Redding's Russia
ealve. Keep it in house in case of accidents.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

A BOZ who finds fault With pie and pudding
1t home will take pinch Of salt and two
potatoes and make . good dinner, out in the
woods on Q rabbit hunt-Detrot Fro PSssa
The Portland daily press., 1881-03-02
English Traits.

In the "reminiscences of CARLYLE. pub
lished in another eolumn, frequent mention
is made of Emerson, and of the liking the
men had for each other. Their friendship
was founded on mutual esteem that grew
out OF personal acquaintance
Other Britons than Carlyle have reason to
regard Emerson most highly, and their re-
gard should be founded on something broad
er than personal liking. Millions of them
ought to be grateful to him for the keenest,
most kindly and catholic view ever taken of
England and Englishmen by foreigner.
Emerson's 'English Traits is the best
book ever written about our mother-coun-
try by any author in or out of England 1t
is the fashion nowadays to read and COM
mend Taine's ''Notes sur L'Angleterre'. L
But that work, brilliant throughout and
critical in parts, gives distorted view of
the subject of which it treats, and misses
the very points it assumes to cover. The
things that are not remarkable it remarks
upon; the things that are remarkable it fails
to note Mr. Emerson, on the other hand,
has made critical but sympathetic study
OF the English people, has got at the heart
Of them, and has given the world book
that will not die so long as men take inter-
est in England. The book ought to endear
him as much to Carlyle's countrymen, as
his acquaintance endeared him to Carlyle.
English Traits" was published nearly
thirty years ago. Whoever has it on his
book-shelves will do well to take it down
and read it if he cares to acquaint himself
with the finest analysis of English character
and achievement yet made
The Portland daily press., 1881-03-02
Carlyle.
"reminiscences Of the Chelsea Sage.
WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE.


A rather thickset figure. of medium height;
somewhat bent, with rounded shoulders; awk-
wardly and heavily built; ungainly and cum
brous in movement; attired in clothes which
only just escaped the imputation of shabbiness
and which confessed themselves open to the
charge of being an execrable fit; unusually
large and ugly feet incased in heavy shoes;
these were the first impressions of the man as
he slowly walked past, in a dreamy state,
which kept his eyes fixed ON vacancy. The
movement of the body was somewhat affected
by age; but the long stride indicated what
sturdy pedestrian he must have once been.
The face, overshadowed by big SLOUGH hat,
was certainly one never to be forgotten. You
thought you recognized sort of duplication of
the Scottish national traits; the grim adher-
encs to opinion. the Purtanic earnestness and
obstinacy; the strength and solidity and
searching force of the higher range of Scottish
intellect. The hair was thick, knotty, gray,
and grew far down ON the forehead in plente-
Gus tufts. The forehead was low. broad, and
projected over the eyes. The eyes were very
deep set in their large caverns, and were
shaded by heavy, bristling brows; they were
small, dull and of grayish blue color. The
nose was straight aud bold, but tine and sensi-
IIVe-the oniy deilcate feature OF the lace.
The almost shapeless mouth with scarcely
curve, the neither lip slightly protruding be.
yond the upper, was half hid beneath short,
bristling gray moustache, and a rather closely
cut gray beard, which seemed all tangled and
knotted, and covered each cheek as well as the
chin The expression of the furrowed fea-
lures with their strong deep lines crossing the
cheeks, was sOmhre, thoughtful and wrapt.
You could almost read the troublous history of
mind agitated through a long life, in the
stern and repelling force of this expression
George NJ ToWle
The Portland daily press., 1881-03-02
PRICE 3 CENTS.

sey"; and by the time he had laid aside his
wraps and reappeared in his ragged red dress
ing-gown, the stern, strong, sad face reflected
the pleasant light which shone ON it, and his
mood changed with the changing ctrcum-
tances. Without any question or hint of
mine, he began to talk of America. 'They
think, he cried sharply, y,-"some of you think
L am no friend to America. But love Amer
lea, not everybody's America, but the true
America; the country which has given birth
to Emerson and Emerson's friends the coun-
try Of honest toilers and brave thinkers. New
er shall forget" he went on, with kindline
eye and deeper tone, that the first money
that ever came to me for a printed book came
from America When your people reprinted
'Sartor Resartus' out of Fraser, they sent me a
good sum for 1t. They need not have sent it,
| had no claim on it or on them; but they sent
it, and did and do thank them for that BY
and by they republished my French Revolu-
ton. DO you know, had not had a penny
for that book from the English public till a
good while after American friends remitted TO
me pretty sum for 1t? Twice over, twice.
my first money came to me from your country.
And do you think forget it, and am not CRATE
ipl Tor It, and don't love the country which
showed its love for me?" Then, breaking off
suddenly, with one of his explosions OF wild
laughter, half pathetic, half sneering he ex-
claimed: Eyes, angered you all with my lii
as IN nuce, but who shall say L was not right
or right them But you were the stronger at
last: you conquered, and you know people will
have it | have said might is right. Suppose |
did say it? knew what L meant by it-uor
what you think meant-there is real true
meaning under it-a man is an atheist who be-
lieves that in the long run what God allows to
triumph is not the right" And again lrning
the talk not less suddenly, with quite inde-
scribable infection of voice. which masked an
odd mixture of good humor and contempt,
which the phrase also masked he asked :-'Y1u
went up and down the country. did you not,
with your fighting parties?' He had clearly
lmbibed from some of his German friends u
none too high idea of the military qualifiea-
tions OF our armies and commanders. There
was no detail of a life strange to him which
had not some interest for him. He put all
sorts of questions as he sat behind his teapot
and took huge sips from his cup, and munched
his bread and butter and plum cake. He asked
about the law in the United States, the schools
OF law, and the practice of it, and whether it
much differed from English law, and how;
and had got here soon enough to visit the
English courts and compare them with the
American courts, and in which did I think a
man had the better chance of getting Justice
done 'supposing 1t was justice he want
ed at which the loud, bitter laugh broke out
again. .. .-.-'.df s. f.... i.
The Portland daily press., 1881-03-02
Magazine Notices,

the first article in the Popular Science
Monthly for March is by DR.. Oswald, and is
continuation of his fresh and incisve treat
ment of the subject of Physical Education
What he says about the management of babies,
the fitting up of the nursery, and the proper
educational measures of the first eight or ten
years of child's life, should be read and pom
dered by every one interested in the care of
children. The Problem of Municipal Nui-
sances is discussed by DR.. r. s. Tracy, with
the purpose of showing that Paris and London
are troubled with dirty streets and bad odors as
well as New York, and that these evils are not
wholly due to the delinquency of city officials.
Cerebral Localization; or, The New Phren-
ology, by Henry de Varigny, is an account of
the course of discovery in regard to the func-
tions of the different parts of the brain, and is
chiefly devoted to the experiments and reason
ing of Ferrier, whose investigations, begun
some years ago, have opened up new depart
ment of nervous physiology. Mr.. r. S. Calvin
describes the natural history of A Piece Of Coal,
illustrating his story with pictures of the coal
plants as they have been revealed to us by mi
croscopical, botanical, and geological science
The fifth of Mr.. Spencer articles on The De-
velopment of Political Institutions follows
next, and treats Of Political Forms and Forces.
Under the title of Lingering Barbarism Carl
Vogt considers the present persecution of the
Jews in Germany, tracing it to the influence
of the classical or middle-age culture of the
universities, (which is bound up in the clos
est relations with barbarous and violent use of
power" The Legal Position of Married
Women, by Mrs. Anna Garlin Spencer, is an
instructive summary of the progressive i'm
provement of married women, closing with
statement of their present legal status in the
United States An article entitled Rock
Weathering, as illustrated in Churchyards, by
Professor Geikie, f. r. S., contains much use
full information on the relative durability of
the different stones employed for monuments
and for building purposes. The encroachment
of the State upon the domain of the individual
in matters of education is earnestly discussed
by Mr.. II. H. Wilson, under the title The
State as an Educator. The Morals ef Luxury,
from the French of Emile de Laveleye, as the
title denotes, is an ethical discussion of this
important subject that will be read with inter-
est Mind as Measure of Nature, by Charles
T, Haviland, is an attack on the priori inter-
probation of phenomena, showing the dearth