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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Watermelon seed properly washed
and dried is worth five dollars per
bushel.
During the early growth of beets
the leaves are ten times the weight Of
the roots; when the beet is matured
the roots and leaves weigh about alike.
When about to button-hole the bot
tom of a flannel skirt, whether for y
child or woman, double the flannel as
if you we're to hem it. and haste it in
place. This will give firmness and
body to it, and it will last at least twice
as long.
The cheapest way to get supply
of pie-plant is to SOW the seed and
select the best specimens among the
seedlings for setting out in permanent
rows. 1t takes year longer to get the
plants, but they have more vitality
than old ones. and are better in other
respects.
The Examiner recommends potato
vines as covering for strawberry beds.
1t is advised to spread these thinly over
the beds as soon as the ground is
frozen. They will afford protection
during winter and by spring will have
decayed to such an extent as not to in
terfere with the growth of the plants.
When Mr.. Edmund Hersey hears q
man proclaim a new departure in agri-
culture or success, after only one or two
years trial, it is always evident to him
that the speaker has formed hasty
conclusion, which time may prove in
correct. Sohe expresses himself in the
Massachusetts Plouohnlan.
"A writer to the Christian Union
says, concerning rats and mice. the
farmers pest and enemy: Il cleared
up my cellar, and for the purpose OF
purifying it, sprinkled in it, and quite
plentifully, from coarse dredging box,
carbolate of lime; and with no plan of
driving out the rats, put it about their
holes. Whether this drove them out or
not cannot say, but it is certain have
never again been troubled with them,
though last winter my vegetables were
entirely unprotected.
The american Agriculturist says
concerning the wintercare of live stock:
"Give all animals free access to salt.
With plenty of feed horses and sheep
will stand any degree of cold incident
to the climate Of the United States and
Canada. Neat cattle need more protec-
ton, and it is really cruel to expose
them unprotected to winter weather.
Swine need thoroughly warm, dry quar-
tiers in winter, and will hardly survive
exposure such as other domestic animals
will bear perfectly well.
"A writer in the Rural Ne,0 Yorker
says-"I have tried this and my pigs
are thrifty: began to throw my young
ones handfuls OF green stuf, but they
took bite and trampled the rest under
foot, so l adopted pigs pot and
into this cast pig weed, lambs quar-
ter, refuse of lettuce, tops of parsnips.
carrots. thistles, etc. Iproduced good
cup of tea three times day, and as my
hens were shut up on account of my
crops gave them for dinner the tea
leaves, which formed welcome green
mess. l find my green tea, skim milk
and corn-meal porridge make a COM
Portable ration. and perhaps it would be
well in winter time to make green tea
out of cut hay for the same purpose"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The actual capital now invested IN
Southern cotton mills is placed at $50
600. 600. giving employment to 10000
hands. "a
ALtis estimated that the annual iron
production of the world is 19, 487, 61o
tons, and of this Great Britain, the
United States. Germany and France
contribute 80. 4 per cent-the first two
64.3 per cent.
The work of draining Russian
marshes. actively carried on fer several
years past, has resulted in retaining
more than 100. 600 acres, of which
$50, 900 are crown lands. The canals
which have been built to drain this great
domain are likewise adapted for float-
ing lumber from the forests which they
penetrate. to market.
1T is estimated that from $50. 600 to
500, 900 tons of charcoal are annually
made in the United States. No better
way to get through forests. 1t was this
which, more than anything else, de-
prived Ireland of hers. Few countries
are now more barren of timber, al
though tradition AYERS that squirrel
could once travel from tree to tree from
Antrim to Kerry.
The mines in the Wood River and
Saw Tooth districts of Idaho will, it is
estimated. yield S3,OO0.OOO in bullion
during the present year, which is double
the yield OF the Territory of Idaho three
years ago, when these districts were
unknown. New discoveries of value
are constantly being made in these dis
tricts. The amount of capital invested
in the Wood River district alone this
year will be over 100000.
The first snow storms for the past
fourteen years, sufficient to whiten the
ground. have been as follows: 1869, Oc-
tober %; 1870, October 81; 1871, No
vember IL; 1872. November 20; 1873,
November II: 1874, November 20; 1875,
November 20; 1873, December 9; 1879,
November 8: 1880, November Is; 1881,
November Is; 1882, November IN.
o. Rcayune.
What is known as the Royal Linn
tied Express train on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, as it is made up daily, repre-
| sents over 100000 in cost of rolling
stock. The engine is put down at $12,-
600; the baggage car at 81, 200; smoking
car, $1,000; dining room car, $4,000;
five Pullman cars. $4,000 each. Ordi-
nary express trains are rated at 1888, 500,
as, engine and tender. $40. 500; baggage
car, 5 900; postal car. $4,000; smoking
car, $1,000; two ordinary passenger
cars, $4,000 each, and three palace
cars, SIS, 200 each. s..
Some interesting statistics of the
public observatories of the world have
just been published. Their number is
11S: 81 being in Europe. 2 in Asia, 2 in
Africa. "a in America and 3 in Oceanic.
Of the European observatories Prussia
has %, Russia 10. England IL, Italy 9,
Austria 8, France 6. Switzerland 4, and
Sweden 3. Spain, Portugal, Holland
and Norway each possess 2. while there
is only one in Greece, Belgium and
Denmark. The most ancient observa-
tory in Europe and in the world is that
of Leyden, having been founded in
1852; then comes Copenhagen, founded
in 1857; Paris, in 1867, and Greenwich,
| in 1875. The Moscow observatory is
the oldest in Russia, dating from 1850.
Prussia. now the richest country in the
world in astronomical observatories,
had none before 1905.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
Live Stock in Winter.

All life upon the farm requires a,
greater degree of watchfulness in win
ter than it does at other seasons of the
year. In summer, for instance. there is
free range in the open air with plenty
of exercise, and all that the animal
needs in the way OF food or drink, or at
least that should be the case. The ami
NAL is comparatively free to make its
own selections, and usually does so,
with sufficient wisdom to insure its
health. But with the winter comes inn
prisonment and a greater degree Of de-
pendence for necessaries and comforts
In the summer it can sleep in the open
air. with the green grass for a bed. In
the winter it must, or should have, pro-
lection from the cold, stormy weather,
and bed furnished it. Its comforts
should be studied. for discomforts mean
either falling off in condition, or the
consumption of food without improve
ment. Having supplied it with adequate
shelter, its bedding should be comfort
able and especially should it be dry.
All stables should be so constructed that
the holdings of animals should not re-
main wet. and that can be prevented by
arranging to carry off all water. Some
recommend slat floors, through which,
the water can run and thus keep the lit
ter as dry as it practically can be kept.
1t need not be stated that saturated
bedding must have a tendency to chill
the animal, either when. it lies down up
or it, or rises from it, and the object to
be sought in the winter keep of stock is
warmth. We ought to avoid the ne
cessity of feeding to keep up an I'M
necessary waste of animal heat, and if
that were not consideration, the
preservation of health, which is always
endangered by permitting an animal to
lie or stand in that condition, should be.
sufficient to- prompt us to keep the ami
NAL well housed and otherwise COM
Portable
We must not forget, either, that SUM-
shine is grand promoter of health, and
that it is just as necessary to our ami
mails as it is to ourselves. Stables ought
to be arranged so that the sunshine can
get into them some portion of the day.
Fresh air and sunshine are the cheapest
things that we have, and we ought to
utilize them. We hardly need say,
therefore, that we are not partial to-
basement stables. But if such are used,
even though we may not be able to get
the sunshine into them, by all means
let us have the best possible ventilation.
When stables can be constructed so that
they can have the benefit of the morn
ing sun, and are well ventilated, they
constitute the most perfect stables
Western Rural.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22

Teller. has issued circular letter to Registers
and Receivers of the United States land Offices
with regard to declaratory statements Of
homestead applicants.
Through contracts will be made in January
for star mail service, $4,000 miles Of route,
principally West and South, for which not
more than one hundred bids have been re-
ceived. The Department thinks the cause OF
the few bids is owing to the fact there 10 not
so much money in the business as formerly.
The War Department is informed that two
Sergeants of the cavalry and two Indian scouts
struck camp Of halt breeds and Crees on
Milk River, Montana. The party fed with
their horses, leaving behind ffty-eight carts
and harness, twenty hides, 1900 pounds OF
meat and other property.
Many petitions from the West and South
are being presented to Congress, asking for
the immediate action of that body on the to-
bacco tax. 1t is claimed that the agitation
relative to modification is proving of serious
detriment to trade In general, and pending
consideration of the subject, business is be-
coming demoralized.
The National Board of Health has appealed
to the different Boards throughout the coun-
try for authority to sign a petition to Con-
gress asking the reinstatement Of the Board
in quarantine matters and for additional ap-
preparations.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
Science in the Workshop.

The Commercial Bulletin truthfully
says that when mechanics as a general
body become more thoroughly impressed
with the conviction that the way to ad-
vancement both as to personal position
and monetary returns lies through the
mastery of science in the application of
principles to their daily work, we may
anticipate some joint movement on their
own part to establish means for acquir-
ing technical knowledge. For instance,
the laws of expansion and contraction, as
applied to many castings, and even to
the wrought iron and steel industries,
would prevent much waste in the foun-
dry and at the forge from the effect of
unequal expansion and contraction. and
also occasion fewer inequalities in the
quality of that supposed treacherous
material. steel. 1t would also prevent
many mishaps to boilers, engines and
their accessories in cold weather.
A knowledge among workmen Of the
principles of inertia, as affecting bodies
in motion, would frequently prevent a
breakdown in starting or stopping ma
chinery suddenly. For all connected with
blast furnaces, the value of chemical
knowledge is apparent, as enabling them
to trace the cause of faulty results. There
is scarcely workshop Of any import
ance in which an acquaintance with geo.
metry will not be of value. In short,
the value Of science asserts itself every
hour in the workshop. The scientific
mechanic never falls into ruts either of
thought or habit. Working more intelli-
gently than others. he finds more pleas
ure in his labor; his suggestive faculties
are ever at work and he IS ever alive to
the possibility Of mechanical improve
ments, from which he may reapa hand
some reward. The manufacturers who
have risen from the bench without ac-
quaintance with technical science con-
stantly feel themselves at a disadvantage.
As all branches of science hold some re-
lation to each other. the acquisition Of
any one portion Of these will prove Of
value to the workman whatever his vo.
eation.-Scientifc american.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
THE LATEST.

The Civil Service bill was further consid-
cred in the Senate on the 10Th, and Mr.. Ingalls,
spoke against its adoption. He characterized
the bill as an effort on the part of the Demo-
Gratis to thwart the Republicans, and the Re-
publicans to thwart the Democrats, in which
both parties would be victimized. Mr.. Hawley
characterized NJ. Ingalls, remark as 'spetu-
liant and offensive" Mr.. Dawes introduced a
bill approl rating $250,OOO to settle the in
debtedness of the Kansas Indians, as repre-
sented by Kaw scrip, with the proviso that
the United States shall be reimbursed from
the sale of Kansas Indian lands.
Congress has been asked to passa bill grant
ing the right-of-way through the Chickasaw
and Choctaw lands in the Indian Territory to
the Mississippi, Albuquerque and Inter- Ocean
Railway. E1-Lieut. Gov. Slower, Of Kansas,
who now resides at Albuquerque, is President
Of this railway organization.
The Postoffice Department has placed upon
its black list about $40 Southern matrimonial
and natal associations, and postmasters have
been instructed to return senders any money
orders addressed to the associations. The
Michigan Mutual Association is the only affair
not in the South mentioned in the list.
1t is generally understood at Washington,
that Gen. Sherman will give up the active
command of the army next fall After max
ing his annual report and closing up his af-
fairs he will retire, to leave things in good
shape for Gen. Sheridan.
The President has accepted 200 miles in
Arizona and fifty miles in the Indian Terri
tory OF the new road of the Atlantic and Pa
cific.
Hon. Godlove s. Orth, Of Indiana, died at
his home in Lafayette, on the 10Th, of blood
poisoning superinduced by cancer. He was
in his 66th year. a.
At San Francisco, Cal, Charles Pope shot
and killed his wife, and then committed sui
eide: The couple had separated after a quar-
rel.
A terrible boiler explosion occurred at the
agricultural implement works of Parlan &
Orendorf, at Canton, H., on the 10th, by
which the engine house was completely de-
molished and six men instantly killed, namely:
Tom Mccartney, engineer; Louis Hunnicott,
fireman; W. C. Henderson, Joshua Oldham,
A. Nickerson, Robert McGrath, VIM. Miller
and Hiram Palmer.
John Wright, who keeps grocery store on
the fernando road, five miles from Memphis,
Tenn, went to town on the 10th, leaving his
wife in charge Of the store. An unknown ne
gro man entered the store. and finding Wright
gone demanded the money that was in the
drawer. Mrs. Wright refused the demand,
whereupon the negro, who was armed with q
shotgun, fired at Mrs. Wright, killing her in
stantly. The murderer then robbed the store
OF 500 in cash and two pistols. Mrs Wright's
little girl, who witnessed her mothers MUIR
der, could give but vague description of the
assassin.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
WARRINGTON NOTES.

1t is announced that pending consideration
of the Tariff bill by the Senate Committee,
the Finance Committee will receive in manu-
script or print, views of any persons who de-
sire to submit them, but under no circum-
stances will they give an oral hearing.
1t is understood that Postmaster General
Howe, in anticipation of the adoption of the
bill proposing reduction on letter postage
to two cents, has taken preliminary steps for
the manufacture of two-cent stamps.
Officials and other representative citizens Of
Dakota were before the House Committee on
Territories recently, and explained that at
the late election Yankton County had
purged itself of the attempted repudia-
ton Of its Indebtedness and that a
settlement satisfactory to all concerned will
be practically reached by the issuance Of new
bonds to holders Of old bonds desiring them
and the payment of cash to those who did not.
They claim that this will remove any objection
to the admission of the Territory on the &C
count Of debt reputation.
A jury has finally been obtained in the
Star Route cases and second trial COM
menced. ....r.rs
The Senate Judiciary Committee has in
structed its Chairman to call on the President
TO state his reasons for removing Marshal
Henry, and the appointment of McMichael as
Marshal of the District Of Columbia.
The Special Committee on the Improvement
Of the Mississippi had meeting in Washington
recently. General Wright, Chief Engineer,
was examined as to his observation of the
work in progress on the river. He believed
the works intended for the contraction of the
river were accomplishing their objects SO far
as progressed, as also the works for the protec-
ton of the banks OF the river. When asked as
to his opinion Of the efficiency and stability
of the works, he said he had the
fullest faith in them and had no
reason to doubt the correctness of the theory
upon which the work was begun.
The Citizens Committee of Washington
have received Information regarded corrobo-
ratire of the revelations of the monte men in
the jail, concerning the relations of profess
sional thieves and detectives The committee
have employed Gen. II. II. Wells as special
attorney.
With the view of guarding as far as posi-
bles against such land frauds as those recent
ly reported from Dakota and other parts of
the West, the Commissioner Of the General
Land Office, with the approval of Secretary
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22

supposed dying statement, said he believed
Noonan did the shooting, but would not swear
to it. ~
While a freight train Of twenty cars belong
ing to the Iron Mountain Railroad, hauled BY
two locomotives, was lately being taken up
the Poplar street grade in St. Louis, it broke
in two, and the rear part, consisting OF four
teen cars, dashed down the grade toward the
| river. On the way down it collided with
wagon of they Transfer Compan, killing the
team and smashing the wagon. This threw
several cars OF the track, which ran into and
demolished several buildings and contents.
Damage is $4,000.
The Senatorial fight in Michigan is becom-
ing very bitter. Senator Ferry and Congress
man Hubbell are the contestants.
NJ. A. Chapman, who swindled various par
ties at Rankin, Ill, in amounts aggregating
over SIG, 900, was lately captured at Hardy,
Neb., and will be taken to Illinois for trial.
One morning lately the eight-year old boy of
Mike Leonard, of Sedalia, Mo-, found a bottle
of whisky on the railroad switch near his
fathers house. He took it tohis father, who
took drink, and then gave portion to his
wife and three children, the youngest two and
half years old. The whole family soon be-
came deathly sick, and almost went into
spasms until they vomited freely. The youngest
child soon died in commissions. 1t is supposed
the liquor had been poisoned.
Cholera is reported to be raging with such
terrible fatality near Chapas, Mexico. that in
some places owners of and laborers on planta-
tons all died, and it was not possible to bury
them. The bodies had to be burned. Sixty
deaths occurred in Tonula. A terrible panic
ensued.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
GENERA Al.

Ceylon is the place Of exile selected for the
Egyptian rebel prisoners.
The German bark Argonaut, Captain Brew
ers, from Bremen for New York, was reported
ashore on the Island of Torschiling, and will
probably be total wreck. The captain and ten
of the crew were drowned. Four Of the crew
were saved.
The City of Kingston, the capital Of ia
maica, was recently the scene OF terrible
confagration. The loss is estimated at $50,
100000. Only once before has the town suf-
fered so severely from fire, and that was in
February, 17S2.
Gladstone has resigned the Chancellorship
of the Exchequer, and Right Hon. Hugh C.
Ch;lders, Secre tary of War, has been ap-
pointed to succeed him. A number of changes
in the English Ministry will become necessary
by this arrangement
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
Report Of the Commissioner Of Pensions.

WASHINGTON december III.
The report of the Commissioner of Pensions
for the fiscal year ended June 90 1852, is issued.
Commissioner Dudley says the Bounty-Land
laws should be generally remodeled and sim
plified. Congress should give thoughtful con-
sideration to the entire regarding of pensions,
making disability rather than rank the meas
ure of the pension. officers and men having
been drawn from and returned to the same
walks of civil life. There are now III different
grades of pensioners. 1t is proposed to give an
officer the benefit of his actual rank, as an act
of simple justice. 1t IS recommended also, in
order to place all war claims more nearly upon
the same footing, that the limitation I'm Sec.
4, lib be removed, so that cases barred by the
three-year limitation shall have their date on
the commencement at the time of fling the
application, rather than that of the filing of
the last piece of evidence. Widows and invalid
soldiers of the regular army and navy, whose
rights accrued since June 30, 1880, should be
ALLOW ed reasonable time to file Their applica-
tons. and pensions should date from the coni-
mencement of the accruing of the right, in
stead, as now, from the date Of Anng the applica-
ton. A yearly salary of 81. OOOi is recommended
for Pension Agents. Speaking of the pension
population the Commissioner expresses regret
that no provision was made in the tenth CEN
sus for its enumeration. The best approxima-
soldiers who enlisted during the war, pensions
have been applied for by, or on account of,
only twenty-six per cent. The report con
cludes with the statement. from the best avail
able information, that itappears there f5 sur
viyinR soldier population of little over 1.OO0,-
900. out of which ella ms for pensions in future
may be made by those who incurred pension
able disabilities. GtLl-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
THE SOUTH.

Eleven convicts at work on the penitentiarv
at Little Rock, Ark, recently attacked and
disarmed the guard and escaped. They were
pursued with bloodhounds, and three of them
were killed, but night coming on, the pursuit
the lot is Monroe, a safe blower, who was cap
tured in Memphis and convicted OF blowing
the safe of Henry Peil, of Little Rock.
Governor Stephens, of Georgia, has par
doned Capt. Edward Cox, sentenced to life
imprisonment for the murder of Col. Robert
A. Aston in 1879.
The Mayor of Decatur, Texas, was attacked
bya negro recently. The Mayor struck the
negro with an iron, breaking his neck.
Henry Shumate, negro, for outraging a
white girl, was sentenced at Springfield, Mo-,
to the penitentiary for thirty years.
The committee examining the books of the
City Tax Collector and Assessor of Louisville,
Ky, for 1878, report DO cases in which the
city has been defrauded of sums ranging from
50 to 1890. All the cases occur in the second
assessment district of the city, and false en-
tries made between July and December 81,
1879
The other night the house of Singleton
James, on plantation near Atlanta, Ga was
destroyed by fire. Thomas Knight and two
children were burned to death. Knight was
lying drunk in the house when the fire oc-
curre1.
A youth named Burke, aged eighteen, ia
tally shot his brother-inlaw, Gus McCurdy, at
Montgomery, Ala. The first shot was with a
pistol, the second shot gun.
A San Antonio special states that on the
10Th the false work of the bridge across the
Great Dry Canyon, four miles west of the
Pecos River, near the end of the Mexican Pa,
cific track, fell in solid mass, precipitating
nineteen hands a distance Of seventy-ive feet
on the rocks below. Eleven men were killed
and several seriously injured. The disaster
will delay the completion Of the bridge per
haps sixty DAYS.
The steamer Kate Kinney was destroyed by
fire at Shreveport, La, on the 18th. The boat
was valued at $4,000, and the cargo, prin-
cipally Of cotton, at 100000.
John c. Rudd, mail agent, was sentenced at
Little Rock, Ark, to three years. imprison-
ment for opening registered letters.