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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
Management Of Rank Grass.

A vast amount of time and useless
labor are spent on most farms every
season in cutting lodged grass and
clover. 1t is very difficult to cut them
with a machine, and the machine is
likely to be broken in the operation.
The hay made from lodged grass and
clover is hard to cure, and of very poor
quality when it is made. Most kinds
of stock will reject much of it if they
are not driven to eat it by hunger. The
sod on which lodged grass and clover
rest is always injured by being covered
by substance that acts like q mulch.
Grass and clover are sometimes blown
down by violent wind or beaten down
by storms. When such is the case it is
necessary to cut and cure them as best
one can. In many cases, however, the
farmer can see by the condition of the
plants that they viii lodge unless they
are cut very early. The stalks are so
tall and the foliage is so heavy that it is
difficult for the plants to sustain them
selves. When this is the case no time
should be lost in putting in the mower
or scythe. By cutting early. lodging
will be prevented and the hay will be
OF good quality. This practice in
wolves the necessity of cutting the grass
or clover second time, but it is muck
easier to harvest two crops that stand
upright than one that is stretched out
on the surface of ground. With the
present means for harvesting the hay
crop, the labor of cutting and curing is
slight, when there is no delay in con-
sequence of Instructions. Heavy grass
and clover should be cut early in order
10 prevent the stalks from becoming
large and coarse. By cutting twice. a
large amount of hay can be obtained.
and it will be of the best quality. That
obtained by the last cutting will be OF
special value for young stoek.-CAicagd
Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
Terrible Predicament.

Messrs. E. S. Early and S. E. Hines,
who have just completed a saw-mill in
the mountains above Wolf Creek, East
Tennessee, furnished the following par
ticulars of a recent grounding hunt:
A few mornings ago man living
near Wolf Creek was attracted by the
barking of his dogs, and going to where
they had freed on the side of the noun
tain he found his game in hollow log
lying upon the ground with the entrance
uphill. He procured long pole to
reach the game, but this being too short,
he crawled in to lengtben the pole and
hung his toes over the end of the log.
In this position he lost his hold, and
down he went into the log on top of the
grounding, and lively fight began.
The mans superior strength prevailed,
but not till he had been bitten in eleven
places and badly scratched and scared.
But the trouble had not ended, but the
man had, and wrong end down at that,
but he could not crawl backward uphill,
so he was prisoner, and in a critical,
not to say ridiculous position, with no
means of escape. Fortunately, at this
frightful juncture, the family became
uneasy and went out to see what had
happened, and were Mortified at the
discovery. Finally, after a round of
cursing. praying and crying, the victim
was cut out of the log and ''set right
side up" clothed and in his right mind,
but the grounding was dead. Chat
tanoogG Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
A steam.Plow at Work.

A Fargo, Dakota, letter to the Boston
Journal says: "After all that has been
done with reference to bringing out .
steam-plow in this country, It remains
for an ingenious Englishman to invent
and place in successful working steam
pillow. Mr.. j. G. Allen, of Leeds, En-
gland. agent for John Fowler & Co.,
the manufacturers of steam-plows at
Leeds, is accomplishing some excellent
work on the Aurora farm, belonging to
Captain Thomas w. Hunt, at Blanchard.
Dakota. 1t is attracting great deal of
attention, and farmers are coming long
distances to see the pillow at work. Two
enormous traction engines are placed
about 800 to 500 yards apart. Beneath
each engine and belted to the boiler is
a steel drum about five feet in diameter.
To this drum is attached q steel cable
about three-quarters of an inch in
diameter, 500 yards long, and capable
OF sustaining a weight of thirty tons,
which dragS the pillow to and fro across
the field. The pillow is framework of
iron resting upon two large wheels; on
each side of this frame are firmly fixed
six plows with Golfers that cut six fur
rows sixteen inches wide each time the
machine crosses the field. On the ar
rival of the pillow at the end of the fur
row the gauge changes position, and the
plows that have been in the air are low
cred and ready to start back. One man
is sufficient to guide the pillow, and,
seated over the body of the machine,
directs one of the two large wheels in
the furrow last turned by means of
hand-wheel. Each engine is of about
forty-horse power, and weighs about
sixteen tons. When the pillow reaches
one side of the field the engine on that
sides moves ahead eight feet the opera
ton taking three and one-half minutes
only, and the pillow is started back to
the other side of the field. The pillow
will break from twenty-five to thirty-five
acres per day, according to the soil,
location, and lay of the land, etc. 1t
also does narrowing"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
How to Raise Strawberries.

'One very important principle is often
overlooked by the cultivator. 1t is that
the production of the seed or fruit is
very exhausting process. When a man
buys tree from the nursery and it
bears a half dozen samples of fruit
the first year, it stops its growth just
about one year. Hence, until tree
gets a good growth it should not be al
lowed to bear. Trees that are growing
rapidly do not bear, and if tree is
bearing at all, it is to the detriment of
the growth.
A strawberry plant usually bears a
crop or fruit and also produces new
vines. Now, if the blossoms of those
plants from which we want to raise new
plants are cut off in season, the whole
strength goes into the new plants, and
one thousand runners grown from plants
that are not allowed to fruit are worth
more than five thousand grown from
plants that bore fruit at the same time.
Old plants are worth nothing-new
plants from an old bed are worth moth
ing. The only plants worth using are
young plants grown from such as are
mot allowed to fruit. The true way to
raise strawberries is to get young plants
of this description and not allow them
to fruit the first year. They will throw
out plenty of strong, vigorous runners,
and the next season before bearing take
a part of these to make new bed. A
new bed should be made every year.
When we plant in the spring we should
get no fruit the same year. The next
year we get the largest crop we ever get.
The vines can stand and bear partial
crop the next season, or be plowed I'M
der as soon as the crop is gathered.
like best to raise one full crop and
only one. 1t is less labor to make new
bed than to clean up an old one. 1t is
very little labor to plant an acre of
strawberries if properly done, and no
other crop pays SO well. The only diff
Guilty is to get the right kind of plants,
but every man can raise the plants him.
self in this way. Strawberries viii do
well on any land that will raise good
corn.-COr. Prairie Farmer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
Choice Selections.

The great man is he who does moi
lose his child heart. Chinese (Men.
cius.)
He is rare man who has none bu
real sorrows. The imaginary cnes are
often the most troublesome.
If minister can convince the peo-
pie in the first five minutes that he only
aims to save their souls, he will kill the
critics in the household.
For still in mutual sufferance lies
The secret of true living;
Love scarce is love that never knows
The sweetness Of fOrgiving.
II G.. Whittier.
1t is necessary for US to be and live
q certain thing before we can properly
represent it. Expressions that are
ahead of the life cannot be the best ones
United Presbyterian.
There is poetry and there is beauty
in real sympathy: but there is more
there is action. The noblest and most
powerful form of sympathy is not mere
ly the responsive tear, the echoed sigh,
the answering look; it is the embOdi-
ment of the sentiment in actual help
Octarius Winsloao.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
HeaveS i'm Horses.

The ailment is almost exclusively con-
fined to mature animals. 1t is due
mainly to the use of feed of bulky
character. but dusty hay and grain, as
wei as clover hay, are also prolific
causes Of it. One form of it is general
ly produced by hard gallop or other
severe exertiOn after full meal. In
the South the disease is generally known
as ''bellows;' and in the prairie States
it is comparatively rare. There is no
certain cure for it, but broken-winded
horses will, if properly fed, do great
deal of service, though the work as
signed them should be slow. The feed
should be in small compass, and given
regularly four times day. 1t should
consist of oats, beans, wheat straw,
chaff, turnips or carrots, with at night
little bright, hard-stalked hay, free
from dust. Clean, cured corn stalks. in
small quantity, have also proved benef-
cial. Grain and grass should be the
oh eff feed in summer, and grain with
roots in winter. Water should be al
lowed sparingly at a time, and the horse
should never be used for an hour or so
after being fed or watered. Arsenic in
small doses is favorite remedy with
dealers, as in nearly all cases it effects a
temporary cure more or less complete.
They usually begin with three grains
day, increasing to five a day in a week,
and continue for three or four weeks,
giving from ten to twelve grains daily
towards the end. This, however, is not
a remedy we would recommend to horse
owners who wish to use their horses.
Dealers employ it because it removes
the disease at least temporarily. AS the
appetite is morbidly ravenous, leading
the affected animal to eat the litter, etc.,
the bedding should be removed by day
and the horse be muzzled by night. A
lump of rock salt at one end of the man.
ger and chunk of chalk at the other
have been found beneficial. Rural NeU
Yorker.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
cOnscience.Stricken.

In orde to become thoroughly hard
ened in sin, it is first necessary to for
get, and what usually quickens scared
conscience is a flash of memory. An
English ship was attacked by pirates in
the Indian Ocean. The vessel was o
merchant-man and was poorly armed
for an encounter with professional des-
peradoes, but the crew made gallant
resistance. At length the pirates sue
ceeded in boarding her, and after short
but severe conflict the Captain was
killed and several of his men, and the
ship became the prey of the plunderers.
Binding the survivors of the crew
securely, the pirate Captain and his fol
lowers at once sought the cabin and
hold for treasures. Going down the
companion-way, they heard low, soft
voice. 1t sounded like voice of some
one praying. The pirate ordered his
men to stop, and he went noiselessly to
the cabin-door, which stood ajar. and
looked in. There knelt the murdered
Captains wife, young and beautiful
woman, with one arm folded round a
bright-haired little boy, and the other
raised to Heaven in supplication.
"God of all mercyr' he heard her
pray, 'save the life of my child! But
oh, if it be Thy holy will, rather let him
perish now than live in the hands of
these wicked men. who will train him
to dishonor Thee and ruin his own souln'
The pirate chief stood motionless. gaz-
ing on the tear-stained face, and listen
ing to the mothers prayer of agony.
Years ago his own mother, now dead,
had prayed for him as earnestly. Drunk
en- with iniquity and stepped in crime,
he had long forgotten her. But he re-
membered her now. The scene before
him called back all her love, and her
lost fidelity to him. The thought OF
what he was now came like shock OF
punishment, and with great cry he
staggered into the cabin.
''Lord God, have mercy on me!' he
said. "Woman, you have nothing to
fear-I can't hurt you or your child
nOw.''
With pale face and set lips, the man
unbound the captive sailors, and calling
his men, returned to his own ship and
sailed away like one pursued by an
avenger.
Not long afterwards he surrendered
himself to the British East India Gov
eminent. But remorse for his crimes
so preyed upon his spirit and strength
that he fell into fatal fever and died in
prison before his trial came. He died
a penitent, casting himself on the mercy
of Him whose laws he had so daringly
broken. We may hope that his moth
er's prayers for him were answered nj
last. -IOutHs Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
Religious Department.
"COME UNTO METZ

A eweeter song than e'er was sung
b. poet, priest or sages,
A ,Ong which thrO' all Heaven has rung,
And down thro all the ages;
A precious strain Of sweet accord,
A note Of cheer from Christ, our Lord;
List az it yibrates full and free,
Oh. RrieyinR heart: "Come unto Me-.
Oh, wise provision, sweet command,
VOuchsafed the weak and weary;
A Friend to find on either hand,
A sight for prospects dreary.
A Friend who knows our bitter need,
OF each endeavOr taking heed;
Who calls to every soul oppressed
"COme unto Me, Ill give you rest?
I" Come unto Me-" The ways not long,
His hands are stretched to meet thee;
Now still thy sObbing, list the song
Which everywhere shall greet thee.
Here at His feet your burden lay;
Why meath it bend another day,
Since One so loving calls to thee:
oh, heavy laden, come to MeT
A sweeter songthan e'er was sung
By poet, priest or sages-
A song which thrO all Heaven has rJlng,
And down thro' all the ayes.
How can we turn from such a strain,
Or longer wait to ease our pain?
Oh, draw us closer, Lord, that we
May ind our sweetest rest in Thee.
-Mdude Spurgeor,.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
Christian Workers.

Christ does not call His disciples to
idleness. No, they are to be workers.
$50 work in My vineyard" is the COM
mand to each of His followers. And
notice, He does not say next month OF
next year, but "to-day." the present
hour. The vineyard He calls us to work
in is very large, and there is so much to
be done none need be idle. However,
/ think that many times we are unwill-
ing to do the work that lies next to us.
We fancy if we could only do such
grand work as our neighbor is doing
the good results of which are plainly
seen-then we should feel that we are
really accomplishing something. But
the little that we can do, what does il
amount to? So we are apt to be dis
couraged. We need more faith and
trust in the Master. He knows better
than we, how and where we can best
serve Him. We must be willing to do
with loving heart whatever God gives
us to do, remembering that He loves a
cheerful worker as well as cheerful
giver. Whatever is done out of love to
Christ, if ever SO small, becomes fruit
1uu. uOu tdhCS uCSouio Va oiO
motive of the doer than the amount OF
work done. One writer says: He
does much who loves much" have
a friend whose life has been such that
she has never been able to do large work
for the Master. Feeling that Jesus had
done so much for her, she longed. to
serve Him, but the little she could do
seemed to her as nothing. But God
has shown her that her weak efforts to
serve Him have been blessed. An &C.
quaintance was in deep sorrow, and her
warm heart went out to the stricken
one in sympathy. Sitting down, she
wrote few lines assuring her of heI
Fathers care and tender love for His
suffering children. Meeting the lady
short time afterward she grasped my
friends hand. and, with eyes filled with
tears. and voice almost choked with
sobs, said: 81 cannot tell you how
much your words have helped me.
They have done me so much good, ]
read them over and over"
Truly this was only little work done
for the Master, but how large the wages
paid! A sorrowing heart comforted
and helped, and a loving heart filed
with deep thankfulness that she bad
been given the privilege of working for
Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

One cause for canned fruit spoilina
Is the poor quality of the rubber bands
used.
The number of insects destroyed by
birds more than balances the loss Of
cherries and other ripening fruits.
I'm a recent effort to smoke out a
woodchuck, a New England farmer
burned over an acre of land and de-
stroyed fifteen rods of fence. But he
got the game. and the ashes.-M Y.
Tribune.
Dry Sweet Corn: When the kernels
are plump and juicy, boil the ears long
enough to set the milk, then cut the
kernels from the cobs and dry in the
shade. Dried corn, if well cured, is q
wholesome, cheap and salable food
Prairie Farmer.
"A feverish thirst that cannot be
quenched by water may be thus allayed:
Throw a slice of bread upon burning
Goals. and when it is all aflame throw it
into a tumbler of water and drink of
the water. This remedy has been tested
and proven good.
"A very appetizing salad is made by
chopping coarsely some cold boiled po-
tatoes; then season well with salt. pep
per and mustard; line salad dish with
fresh lettuce, then PUT in layer of po-
tatoes; on the top put layer Of cold
boiled beets, also chopped and seasoned,
garnish the dish literally with lettuce,
and just before sending it to the table
add vinegar, plain, or with ordinary
salad dressing.-N. Y. Post.
London Purple: To use it for de-
stroying potato bugs, take quarter of
a pound of it, make thin paste with
water in small cup. and then stir this
into twenty gallons of water and sprinkle
the plants the same as if double the
quantity of Paris green were used.
Never use but half as much of the Lon
don purple to the same quantity of wa
ter. 1t is equally as efficacious and not
so dangerous as Paris green.-Gern,an-
torn Telegraph.
To make apple fritters peel three
large apples, core them with a column
cutter and cut them across in slices rath-
er less than half an inch thick; put them
in a fat dish with half tumbler of
brandy and strew plenty of powdered
loaf sugar over them; let them remain
covered for a couple of hours, then take
each piece separately, dip it in batter
so that it is well covered with it and fry
a golden color in plenty of hot lard.
Lay the fritters in front Of the fire, and
when all are done pile them up on a
napkin, shake plenty of powdered loaf
sugar over them and serve. ~ Y
Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14

Just now the miracle and the
Mecca of the oil regions is the mush-
room town of Garfield. A few days
ago it contained only three inhabited
houses; it now contains 100. A hotel
of nearly 100 rooms has risen like an
exhalation," and board at private
houses is two dollars day, with the
privilege of sleeping outdoors. For
the past fortnight operators who live
like princes at home have been glad to
repose their wearied virtues beneath the
precarious shelter of a boiler or pile
of boards. The telephone and the tele-
graph are already there, and the rail-
road is expected Chicago Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14

MIR. Rice, at meeting of the West
ern New York Farmers Club, said farm
ers often do things without thinking or
considering what the results may be.
He knew a man once who had q steam
saw-mill, and large pile of ashes and
sawdust had accumulated. He hired a
farmer to draw them away in winter,
who drew them on an old orchard,
spreading them three or four inches
thick. The orchard became very pro-
ductive, and for seven years bore heavy
crops of very fair fruit.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
Two men fell from a broker sc.t

Two men fell from a broken scat.
fold in New York, recently, distance
of seventy feet. One struck head
downward on the flag stone, dashing
his brains out. The other went through
a wooden packing box. making a round
hole in it, and sustaining terrible in
juries from which he was expected to
die. A third man saved himself by
clinging to window-sill and Chamber.
ing in.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14

called faitE, But in the moments when
we are most worthy of ourselves, and
most useful to men. our faith will be
known to us only in the buoyancy of
our work, and known to others only by
the flush of our face or tremor in our
voice. or tn heroic and quiet endur-
ance Of our spirits. Chicago Interior.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.


IL - tIlc COuCuTrCuD
testimony ofthe pub
lie and the medical
profession. that Hos
letters Stomach Biz
tiers Is . medicine
which achieves re-
suits speedily felt,
thorough and he
align Beside recrffy-
ing liver disorder. is
invigorates the fee
HE, conquers kidney
and bladder COM
plants. and hastens
the convalescence OF
I h ose recovering
from enfceblIng dis
eases. Moreover IL 10
the grand specific for
fever and a2ue. For
sale by Druggists and
Dealers generally.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14

After coloring, currants will hang
on the bushes many days, and improve
all the time. For jelly pick early
Prairie Farmer.
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Sunday.SchOOl Lessons.

THIRD QUARTER.
July 8-The X On Dung Man. Mark 10:l7-31
July 16-Suffering and Service Mark 10 50 IS
July 23-Blind Bartimeus Mark 10 1859
July 30-The Triumphal Entry. Mark IL: Ill
Aug. 6-The Fruitless Tree. go. Mark II :12-23
Aug. 13-Prayer and Forgiveness. Mark IL IA %
Aug. a-The Wicked Husband
men. Mark IL: liz
Aug. 27-Pharisees and Sadducees
Silenced ............... Mark 12:13-27
Sept. Glove to God and Men. Mark 12:2SA
Sept 10-Calamities Foretold. :. Mark ID: 1-20
Sept 17-Watchfulness Enjoined. Mark 13:2l-S7
Sept. 2i-Review.
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Or. JOHN BULLS
Smiths Tonic Syrup
FOR the CURE OF
fever and ACUE
Or CHILLS and FEVER.

The proprietor Of this celebrated msdicine
Justly claims for II superiority over all rem
edies even offered to the public for the SAFE.
CERTAIN, SPEEDY and PERMANENT cure
efAxus and Fever, or Chills and Fever. whsth-
sf Of short o. long standing. He refers to the
sstirs Western and Southern country TO bear
him testimony to the truth Of the assertion
thstin no case vhstever will 1t fail to cure IL
the directions are strictly followed and carried
out. In great many cases singls dose has
hssn sufficient for cure, and Wheie families
fect rssteration Of the general health. It II,
however, prudent, and In every case more csr-
tain TO cure, II it, use 10 continued In smaller
doses for week or two aftsr the disease has
been checked, mere especially In dinicult and
long.standing cases. Usually this medicine
will not require any aid to keep the bowels in
good order. Should the patient, however, re-
quirs cathartic medicine after having taken
three or four doses Of the Tonic . single dose
Of BULLS VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS
will b sufficient.
The genuine SMITHS TONIC SYRUP must
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manufacture and sell the original JOHN J.
SMITHS TONIC SYRUP, Of Louisville, Ky.
Examine we'll the label on each bottle. II my
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DR.. JOHN BULL,
Manufacturer and Wonder OF
SMITHS TONIC SYRUP,
BULLS SARSAPARiLlA,
BULLS WORM DESTROYER
The Popular Remedies Of the Day.
Principal Office, s81 Main Ste. LOUISVILLE, KY.