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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-02-03
The Girl Suicides.

The number of suicides in Paris has
been appalling since a few weeks. Sell
destruction seems to have become almost
an epidemic. Not a day passes but the
papers report one or several cases OF vol
untary death by drowning, suffocating
or poisoning. The statistics of suicide in
France are, indeed, of an alarming ma
turc. Hundreds of unfortunate wretches
are hurrying out of the world every year
in this country, so prosperous, so highly
civilized, at present SO tranquil, but whose
evil is a general lowering of the moral
standard. 1t is particularly among that
most unfortunate class-among those
poor producers of luxury-the work
u;ris. overworked, underfed, miserably
paid, with brains impaired by the spec
tacle of frivolity and fashion, that the
victims of suicide are recruited. Char
coal is the classic means of self-destruc-
ton with the sewing girls, but OCCASION
ally some distracted plyer OF the needle
will resort to a less ordinary end. as IN
the case of that unfortunate creature,
who some wears ago. threw herself down
from the summit of the Vendome col
umn. Amore shocking death than hers
could hardly be imagined, and the ming,
ling of the trivial and commonplace cir
cumstances which preceded her death
has always impressed us deeply. She
left her place Of employment suddenly
in the afternoon, alleging that she need
ed to buy thread; and hurried at once te
the column on the place Vendome: Hel
companions, on hearing OF her fearful
death-her cry, when once she had
leaped, will never be forgotten by those
who heard Remembered to have no
ticed her sewing her skirts together al
the bottom, and to have wondered wha
could be the purpose of this. Life wa
not extinct in the battered broken bod.
when it was taken to the nearest drug
gist's, and meanwhile eager group
were gathered around the pavement
where a horrid bloody stain marked tn
exact spot of the fall. And what OF tn
suicide of two childish creatures, two
GIRLS of eleven and twelve, worked ant
driven beyond endurance, who crep
away together one gloomy night, and
clasping each others hands. walked ste
, by step until the water closed over thel
heads. into the Seine, where their singh
, and miserably dressed bodies were foun
, floating together the next day. The SUI
eide of a child! Can human misery reac
!, a greater horror than this?-Paris Reg
lister.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-02-03
Successful Bean Culturists' Methods.

A New York State farmer, who grows
beans largely, thus describes his meth
ODDS in the Rural Home. In the hrst
Mace select sod, and if l have manure
cover it, say fifteen or twenty loads 70
the acre. Piow it six inches, turning 1t
over as nicely as possible, and cutting a
f,rrow as wide as l can turn. Then roll
# down and cultivate it the same way as
II ia plowed, so as not to turn up the
sod. l always manage to have my bean
field 80 that can pillow around the en-
fire lot. so as to avoid back burrows and
dead burrows. After I get over the
field one way, turn and cultivate Cd
liquely, and if 1 don't get it to suit
turn and cross it; then start the roller
ahead of the planter, with coverers
working independent of the rest OF the
machine. The planter throws up ridge
over the beans, so that when the beans
come up they are up out of the way, and
are not likely to be covered up in cult
waiting. always start the cultivator as
soon as possible after the beans are all
mn nicely. Hollow the cultivator with
men enough to hoe and keep up, taking
pains to stir this ridge on dirt aronnd the
beans, thereby killing all the weeds that
have started. After the hoeing Is
through with, say in about two weeks.
7 cultivate them again, and then again
inst before they blossom. When they
are fit to pull, / use two-horse ma
chine, which pulls two rows at time' put
ting the two rows together; then FOL
low with the wheel rake, going the same
way. taking two of the double rows
making four rows of beans. l hold the
lever in my hand, keeping the teeth ou
of the ground so that they will gathel
the beans as free from dust us possible
7 rake them into small winrows, theI
keep men enough to keep them wei
shaken up; they are then left to dry. A
soon as the stalk becomes ar.
and the bean hard, draw them in, put
ting two men with team driving be
tween the rows, pitching on both side
loading, principally from the ground, a
/, T do not like to tread them much, as
scatters or shells them and wastes them
In moving, tread them as little as possl
!, bile. I take two barrels, putting ther
. equal distances apart, and NOW aroun
: them, then keep drawing them up as W
fill up, which leaves place for the a
, to circulate.
+ Now, in regard to threshing. SOM
a times I thresh with machine and SOM
times tread them out with horses. II
v want to sell early I thresh with a mi
= chine; if not, can tread them out in tt
= winter for less money. My beans gel
q erally Weld from twenty to twenty-h'
a bushels to the acre. You want to kno
# about the profits. Now, that depen!.
= altogether on the price; my opinion !
Il 1t costs about dollar, all told, to raj
and get bushel of beans to market.
if you get twelve shillings you have III
cents for your labor. :,
I consider the bean crop the harde
crop on the soil. 1t takes the crea
from the land to produce crop OF bea
= and never allow beans to follow bea
n on nv farm. have heard the rema
% many times that such a piece of land W
10 so Door that it wouldn't raise VIII
9; beans. Now find that it takes the b
a land to raise good white beans.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-02-03
A Natural Ant-Trap.

Mr. Harris Stone describes in Nature
how he found in Norway one of the
catchflies busily trapping ants. Last
June he was staying at Husum, in the
Lardal Valley, Norway, where he OBJ
served on the almost precipitous sides
of the valley a number of the red Ger
man catchdy Oychnis viscaria). The
plants were growing luxurlantly some
i, 900 feet above the bed of the river. and
were showing gorgeous array OF BIOS
SONS. On plucking some of the flowers
he became aware of most unpleasant
sickness around the stems; in some In
stances the glutinous secretion being
powerful enough to support the whole
weight of the stem when he inverted
and opened his hand. On examining the
plants he was surprised at finding on
quite ninety-fve per cent. either the
dead bodies of large species OF ant, OF
individuals in all stages of dying. Some
Towering stems had only one dead OF
diving ant upon each; others had two;
others three; while others again had as
many as seven or eight. Some ants
had, as it were, simply lain down In the
glutinous matter and succumbed with.
out further struggling. The heads of
others, firmly imbedded in the treacher-
ous gum, with the rest of the body stiff
fened and suspended in mid-air, testified
to violent and prolonged resistance:
Some ants again had the body arched
ND, as if to avoid contact with the stem,
and the legs only were fatally caught:
The glutinous or sticky tracts lay around
the stem, directly beneath the nodes,
and were about half an inch or more in
depth. Two to four sticky nodes were
found near the top of each Towering
stem.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-02-03
Two Rows Encounter Two Bears.

Last Monday two young men named |
Clarence and William Eastman, OF kear-
sarge village, North Conway, started out
into the woods on bear hunt. About
noon they come across the track OF two
bears near logging road. The boys
followed the trail eagerly until they
found that the bears had gone into a
cave some distance from the road. They
cautiously peered in, and in the uncer-
tain light saw both animals engaged IN
gnawing what appeared to be the car
cass of some wild beast. The young
hunters were greatly excited, of course,
but they did not loose their GOODNESS.
After a whispered consultation, which
was carried on without disturbing the
bears, SO intense were they upon their
meal, the boys selected their marks and
fired. Both bullets took effect, as was
evident from the furious uproar inside
the cave. When the smoke lifted the
wounded bears rushed out of their re-
treat, bringing the young hunters to
close quarters. The age OF the animals
was probably about q year, and they
weighed upwards of $50 pounds each.
| Noting the size of the game, and reallz-
| ing that they must defend themseiVes
from the coming attack, the boys threw
away their guns and prepared to fight.
s.Mount him, Willv' shouted Clarence,
and at the next moment each sprang d.
rectly on the backs of the growing
brutes. Then began q lively struggle
for the mastery. The boys weighed
shout as much as the bears, and the con-
test was not so unequal as might appear.
Each hunter grasped the long hair near
the ears and dug his heels into the TANKS
of his antagonist. Clarence was on q
steep pitch when the struggle com:
menced, and after few minutes of hard
work, was thrown from his seat; but in
falling he upset the bear and both rolled
to the foot of the incline, where the boy
came out on top. The bear, caught in
hollow place in the ground, was consid
! erably cramped, and Clarence was abb,
to get his knife out of his pocket ant
omen it. With that he dealt heav!
, blow in the neck, which let out his lif'
, blood in torrents. Then the victoriou
I Clarence turned his attention to his com
. rade. William had not succeeded s.
wen, and was by this time in An embar
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-02-03
Corn Fodder Studies.

have no silO, but planted consldera-
BILE corn for fodder, a. portion OF which
was used to make beef. 1t was taken to
the barn directly from the field, and
giyen to the cattle without cutting:
Nearly three months the oxen were 1ed
with this corn, and with but little else:
except their grain, which consisted OF
corn meal, shorts and inseed meal:
During this time they preferred the corn
to the best hay could give them. The
time thew were eating this green corn
was when the weather was mild; no ex-
ira food being required to keep out the
cold, no expense for curing, no cost
of cutting and packing. as is done in
fillinp a silo; no labor in removing
from the silo to the barn. Was the corn
fodder az valuable as it would have been
in the form of ensilage? Was the ma
nure of az much value as it would have
heen if the corn had been taken from
the silo in winter?
It. is much easier procuring absoroents
in warm weather; easier keeping the
cattle clean and comfortable in the stable
IN the warm season. What advantage
is to be gained in packing corn in the sllo
To be fed in the cold season, especially
snch fodder as is assigned for meat alone:
Corn fodder comes at the season OF shor'
nasturage. Steers may have made 8
good start towards beef while the pasture
was good. If the pasture was closely
fed, while the grass was growing IN tns
early season, when the dry weatner o
July and August comes the cattle woule
make but little gain. if left in the past
ure. If they were removed at that tlm'
and fed in the stable with green corr
and grain. and no. more stock put upol
the pasture during the season, the feet
would be the better for it the next spring
The steers taken to the stable and fed
would lose no time, and make q superb
quality of beef. The owner of the steer
can as little afford to have them lose tim
in growth and laying up fat, IS manu-
facturer could to run his machinery b
steam or other power, and produce n
goods. There are many acres in NeN
ENGLAND that would produce superio
quality of fodder corn, but would pre
.duce but little hay. have for sewers
wears used our common flint corn fo
seed for fodder corn. 1t will matur
quicker than Southern or Western corl
consequently there is less risk from unf'
vorable seasons. The stalks are fine
and much better than the coarser vari
ties If it is to be fed without cutting. III
cattle like it better than fodder grow
from the larger varieties. OF course lie
hulk of fodder is produced per acre.
Ike fodder corn as winter feed, cure
as it may be in the shock: 1t is avaiu
HE food for any stock fed with hay; b
think that which is fed while the weat
.er is warm, and from the field. wlthc
curing, gives me a greater profit. l II,
planting it SO far apart that ears Wou
form; while the corn was In the mllk'
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-02-03
London letter: Mrs. Langtry IL q

London letter: Mrs. Langtry u not
in herself witty, neither is she
sparkling conversationalist. She is what
YOU would call a quiet persona pretty
woman who is content to be eloquent
with her eyes. These characteristics
are often coupled with keen observation
and an mate talent, which develops with
necessity or is discovered by occasion.
Mrs. Langtry seems to be q cleverer
woman than was suspected. She is
moor: of that there can be no doubt, and
T have previously mentioned the fact as
eminently creditable to her. 1t is moi
disguised by her friends that she enters
theatrical life to increase her income.
and it must be reported that she has
started successfully.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-02-03

1t is q fact that little, just perceptl-
BILE cracks in earthenware will disappear,
and the dish look as coed as new, II 1t IS
boiled in milk. This has been tried on
a small majolica pitcher with success.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-02-03

Stock that will not pay to keep IN
good condition at all seasons is not worth
keeping at all. No excuse is sufficient
for keeping stock in haf-starved con-
ditiOn.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-02-03

Chickens are an exception to the
rule that nothing is made in vain. Chick
en- croquettes are now made without the
concurrence of chicken or any other va
riety of meat.-Bost0s Transcript
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-02-03

When a nation gives birth to man
who is able to produce a great thought:
another is born who is able to understand
and admire it.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-02-03
COchineal.

The insect which Yields the color called
cochineal seems to thrive IN Mexico Detr
ter than in the countries OF the South
American continent, for the cochlneal
exported to the States and to Europe
Yields generally higher prices than that
produced in South America. The breed
inc of the cochineal insect In Mexico
seems to be very ancient-more ancl ent:
indeed. than the Toltec emigration. and
the industry was in far more flourish
ing state in ancient times than to-day.
Yncatan, Puebla and Michoacan were
famous for the cochineal produce, and
TO-DAY that industry is not even known
in the aforementioned States. Its due
to the endeavors of the Catholic clergy,
who we're constantly encouraging this
industry, that the same is yet flourishing
in the State of Oajaca. The heavy du-
ties that other States were compelled 70
paw to the Spanish Crown and the heroes
of pronunciamentOs have never been IN
troduced in Oajaca, and even the revo-
lutions have not devastated this State in
the same degree as other States suffered.
The breeding of the insect is exclusively
in the hands of the small Indian farmer,
who is sure to make q comfortable hv-
ing out of his one or two thousand nopal
plants. In April and May little baskets
are fastened to the nopal plants. and In
to these baskets the female animal lays
her eggs and then dies. The dead
mothers yield the first harvest, and two
or three weeks later myriads OF insects
leave the basket and begin to feed on thu
Juice of the plant. In January and Feb
ruary the breeder gathers the principa
harvest, killing all the animals but thos'
that are wanted for the production o
the new harvest. Formerly the animal
were killed in hot water; to-day tn
commonly-adopted way is to kill then
in hot stoves, by which performance tn
} insect loses two-thirds of its weight. A
) the rays of the burning sun are danger
GUS to the. young animals, the india1
generally plants one or two sunflower
near nopal plant. A nopal field Gov
, cred with millions of snow-white animal
: protected by the natural roof ct tn
heliotrope is a curious sight.-City
Merico Cor. ~ =. Evening Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-02-03

Dropping eyelashes are furnished to
women who wish to wear an Oriental
look by hairdresser in New York
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-02-03
flor 4on,,g 8<adtls.
A TRIP TO THE LAND OF NOD.

Did Won ever hear how Bulge and Tod
Took fiying trip to the Land of Nod?
They put on their night-gowns- climbed the
Mumbied their innocent, drowsy prayers,
Curled up in bed in dimpled heap,
And in forty winks they were fast asleep!
Then the Dream-Man came, on q uain OF
With moonbeam windows, and wheels Of stars;
The fires were Lit by acOmet, queer,
And the man in the moon was engineer!
A sea-weed cord held the engine-bell,
Made from n ringing Ocean-Sneu;
The railroad truck was q rainbow band,
Reaching far over the sea and iano.
Ard the ends of the road. am graveiy TOLD,
Were built upon pots of shining goid!
" All abOardv-and away went buo9e anu
Nieht-sowns and all, to the Land Of Nodi
The cars were filled with curious crew;
Sweet baby Trix, and the Wandering Jew:
lack with his bean stalk-the Giant Grim,
Little Miss Mincer and Uncle Tim,
Fairies and Sprites, and Brownies rare,
And mermaids, wrapped in their yellow hair,
Sat, side by side, in the phantom cars
With mOonbeam windows, ana "neeS VI
On. on they sped through the silver sand
ar the beautiful streets of the Wonderland
They stopped in cloud for drink OF dew,
while the sea-shell rnng and the whistle blew
They gathered blossoms that never die,
That grew i'm the land of the "By-and-by;',
And there, Mt the end of the route; I'm toid'
Our travellers found the Pot OF Goid!
Then the Dream-Man brought little Bulge AM
Night-eowns and all, from the Land Of Nod!
st. Nicholas.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-04-12
TO the k'Nbstg.

In a recent issue or the Reoord there ap-
peared an article in regard to the finding of
a quarter of beef"near the ranch of Joe. Co.
bell" I wish to say here that that article
was reported in such a manner as to point
the finger of suspicion at me and | denounce
it as a malicious SANDER upon my reputation.
According to the report of several parties q
quarter Of beef was found cached in the
brush about a mile above my ranch and left
undisturbed by them allowing the thief to
take it way as he saw fit. Now, if j. M.
Boardman had set a watch over the meat in
stead of rushing off to TOW to report the &C.
curence and mention my name alone of al
the residents in this locality, might have
caught the thief and displayed a little of his
boasted smartness. | am one of a dozen
n%eighbors all living in the locality where the
meat was found and after being singled out
and held up before the public as . 'euspect"
hereby ask of the citizens in general and the
stock men in particular q full and thorough
investigation Of this affair.
JOSEPH CoBELL.
sHoNK1N, April 4th, 1882.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-04-12

A RuctiOn.

On Saturday night there was quite an ami
mated row on Main street, Fosters bartend-
er. Foust, and Daniel Kelly p~laying.the lead
ing parts. 1t seems that Foust imagined he
had a grievance against Kelly, and lay in
wait at the door of the %latter's saloon for his
man. Kelly stepped out of the saloon to talk
to Nick Welsh at a convenient time and pro-
ceedings commenced as soon as Mr.. Welsh
had stepped away. Kelly claims that Foust
struck him with q rock, but this averment
the man of color denies, maintaining that he
only used his fists. Welsh, vino was acting
as night Waterman in place Of George Scott,
was called back, and he soon succeeded in
parting the men and at once placed Foust
under arrest. On Monday Judge Tattan, con-
sidering the offence a grevious one, fined
Foust 500 with the alternative Of boarding
ninety days in Jail. He concluded to give up
the money. From what we can learn the at
tack was an unwarrantable one, deserving Of
the laws severe chastisement.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-04-12
PURELY PERSONAL.

Joe Cutting left for his home at Utica
Sunday.
George Rowe, of the Canadian Pacific
Survey party, is at the Overland.
Mr.. I. F. Churchill has returned from
the East and is expected in Benton to-day.
Mr.. ". G. Conrad is expected home to-
day or tomorrow from his extensive trip
through the States and Canada.
DIR. and Mrs. Parberry, of White Sulphur
Springs, are expected home from the States
in a few weeks. The DR.. when last heard
of was in Wisconsin purchasing some fine
sheep.
-Messrs. Belanger & B%oisseneault will
leave in a few days for Vaudeville where
they will open out n stock of general mer-
experience and will doubtless be successful.
Mr.. G. E. Conrad has purchased of
Herman Brinkman q residence lot between
the property of Mr.. J. w. Conrad and Mr..
JOS. A. Baker. Consideration, $4,000. He
will probably erect thereon a handsome resi-
dence this season.
We acknowledge the pleasure OF a call,
last week, from General ]. 3. Blaine, .. s.
Paymaster, and Harry Lambert, his efficient
clerk. The General, with escort, left Satur-
day for Fort Assinaboine to distribute sheck-
els among the boys in blue.
DIR. W. e. Turner returned last Thurs
day from a visit Of several week East. He
reports hat the excitement about the Magin-
mis- country is intense in many portions of
the States. Wherever he went the fame OF
the new mining region mad proceeded him.
Marx Shelly, of the Missouri valley, is
busily engaged in erecting his new Touring
mill. He has all the machinery on the
ground and proposes to have it completed by
harvest time. This mill is not more than q
miles from White Sulphur Springs.-Hus-
bandnan.
e. J. MORRISON, of Philbrook, has re-
turned from his visit east. He came via the
Northern Pacific. While en- route he met
with the chief engineer of the Northern Pa
cifc, who assured him of the c%ompany's in
tention to survey a branch line from the
Yellowstone to Benton forthwith Husband
man.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-04-12
Ought To Buy 1t.

sHoNK1N, April 4th, 1882.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-04-12

The bridge across Sun River on the Ben
ton and Helena road is a toll bridge and a
source of no small expense to frequent trav-
elers over the same. A gentleman from Sun
River Crossing, who was in Benton last
week, suggested that as matter of right and
justice it should be purchased by the two
counties, the river being the lire, and made
a free road. It seems to us that the
proposition is one that merits the considera-
ton of the commissioners of Choteau and
Lewis and Clarke counties. 1t is not exactly
the proper thing to allow the maintenance
of a toll bridge on a public highway OF such
importance as this one.