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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
Consumption Of Watch Glasses.

According to the Revue Chrononss-
trique, there are annually manufactured
$500. 900 watches, and during the last
fifty years more than 100000 have
been put on the Market. there remains
yet for us to add a stock OF not less than
so, 900. 600 of old watches, which makes
a total of 86,00O.OO0 to $1,000, 600
watches requiring glasses. The new
watches consume nearly 1000, 600,
which makes an annual consumption of
not less than 1900, 600 of glasses. But
we must add that every Matchmaker
away from a town sees the necessity of
always having on hand an assortment
corresponding to thewants of his custom
ers. Then if we take into account chill
dren's watches, lockets, compasses.
ETC., one finds ones self with astonish-
ment in the face OF an annual consump-
ton which cannot be less than 100,-
600. 600 OF glasses.-Scientifc Ameri-
can. H
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Warm soap-suds will keep bugs of
of house-plants and make them grow
very fast. * FYE -
Ink can be entirely taken out OF
white goods with milk, il the milk be
applied the moment after the splitting Of
the ink. -
Feed all the sweet apples that are
not marketable to the pigs and horses.
They are healthful and especially rel
ished by those animals.-M9E Herald.
Cream bake: Three and a hall cups
of flour, three cups Of sugar, zone cup Of
butter, one cup OF milk. live eggs, one
teaspoonful of soda and one of cream
tarter. This will make large three
layer cake.-GSncsssat Tunes, 80 ;
Bureau covers are now made in
crash, a design of leaves and flowers
being generally worked in linen floss.
They can be washed, and on this &C.
count have much to recommend them.
The work is usually solid. and they are
finished off by an insertion of drawn
work and fringe. IN II Times. cl,
&C. H. johnson tells the Fruit Growe,
that by going carefully over his grounds
several times each season and removing
and burning all plants showing raspberry
rust he has succeeded to such an extent
that no more than half a dozen cases Of
the disease appeared last year in the
whole of his three acres devoted to this
fruit. while another grower at some dis.
tance ''lost almost his entire stock with
out knowing the cause 4...r -.s..
Calves may generally be gradually
stopped off their milk after four months
of age, then fed on grass or hay. If to
this was added pint of provender
night and morning, made up of nine.
tenths oats and one tenth flaxseed ground
together, it would accelerate their
growth and keep them in fine condition.
If this cannot be had some advise scald-
ing the grain and seed; let the two soak
awhile together and then feed.--Rural
AS a general thing. saws a sensible
writer, all Of our farm tools are too
heavy. Generally speaking. the farm
wagon that will bear up under ton
weight with ease is plenty heavy enough
for all practical purposes to which
farm wagon should be put. If you want
to haul two tons it is far better and
cheaper in the end to make two loads of
it. The saving in horse flesh and feed
will, in few years, amount to enough
to buy new one and have something
left for profit. Ifyou are about ordering
a new wagon have it made light and of
the best material and you will never
regret tn. Y. Herald.
"A new bug has turned up in Maine.
The farmers already dread it worse than
the potato-bug. 1t has SO far been found
only in the town of Cherryfield and
vicinity. in Washington County. 1t
crawls at a snairs pace. but is diffusing
itself too rapidly. A local paper says it
resembles large snail. has the power
of elongation. and when extended to full
length is three or four inches long. 1t
is supposed to have been brought from
Europe in a bundle of shrubbery. The
Irish say it is very common in the ''old
country" 1t is a filthy-looking creature
and very destructive to almost every kind
of vegetable. &c..
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
The law in Massachusetts, m

The law in Massachusetts, makes
professional gambling. hazardous bus
mess. and its provisions are such that
police officials cannot protect the gam
blers. If a loser oil money does not
sue for its recovery within three months
any other person may do so. bringing
the suit against the gambler or the
owner of the premises. either Of whom
is liable in an amount three times the
money lost In the case of Henry G.
Cole, who lost Sis, 900 in gaming. his
brother has begun litigation, and the
only verdict thus far reached is for
$1,000 on account of $1,000 lost in .
faro bank.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22

Samuel Hall, aged fifty, for forcibly
kissing a woman at whose house he bad
called for match, was fined twenty
five dollars and costs at Brockton, Mass,
and in default of payment sent to Jail
for four months. 1t is understood that
the unfortunate man also failed to get
the match.-Csieago Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22

The Chief Of the Fire Department of
Columbus, o., attributes the origin of a
fire which destroyed a stable in that city,
to telegraph wire that was fastened to
a corner of the building.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22

"A shrewd lady who had recovered
from decline was asked what cured
her. 81 stopped worrying and began
to laugh; that is all,'' was the reply.
The best possible kind of medicine.-N
o. Picauune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
They've found out a new way

They've found out a new way to
make humorists out west. When an ed
itor wants funny article he calls in a
college student, and asks him to write a
serious article, and it's sure to be too
funny for anything. -,Son'erritle Jour-
sal. -
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22

The Wayland Liquor law, passed by
the last Connecticut Legislature, pro-
vides for the sealing of all saloon doors
on Sunday by an official,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
Mennonite Village in Manitoba Sold.

There is trouble among the Manitoba
Mennonites. These people own sepa-
rate lands, but, instead of building on
their respective homesteads, combine to
form village, which they build on the
farm of some one of their number
There are over forty villages on their
reserve west of Emerson. Recently a
Mennonite living near the western end
of the reserve, not many miles from
Jacksonville, saws the International,
made application to the Dominion
government for q patent for his land,
he having performed the necessary settle
ment duties, and pending the receipt of
the patent he sold his homestead to a
Canadian farmer living near. On his
farm is situated the village for that Sec
ton, and, of course. in selling his farm
the entire village was included in the
sale, as whatever buildings are on the
land belong to it. The head kaisers of
the reserve have been endeayoring to
have the government refuse the patent
for the place; but, of course, if the
Mennonite demands it, the government
viii be obliged to give it to him. Mr..
George Newcome, formerly Dominion
land agent at Emerson, has been sent
from Ottawa to endeavor to have the
Mennonites settle the matter amicably
among Toronto Globe.
Samuel Kennedy was sent to the
Massachusetts State Prison for life on a
conviction of incendiarism. He served
fifteen years with such good behavior
that the Governor released him, but
made full pardon conditional upon his
leading a law-abiding life. But be did
not keep his pledge, and, on being
caught in burglary. has been returned
to prison, with no prospect of ever again
being released. ~ Y. Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22

course-sheep points and bullock on
the rubber"
Even the sharpest of sharpers may
meet more than his match. Robert
Houdin happening to saunter into Con-
ing rare harvest at ecarte, looked on
quietly until a seat became vacant, and
then dropped into it. The Greek, deal
ing dexterously, turned king from the
bottom of the pack. When the deal came
to Houdin he observed: .'When l turn
kings from the bottom of the pack al
WAYS do it with one hand instead of two;
it is quite as easy and much more ele-
CANT, See! here comes his majesty of
diamonds" and up came the card. The
cheat stared at the conjurer for mo-
ment, and then rushed from the place
without waiting to possess himself of his
hat, coat or stakeS .r sr
Another of the fraternity, after win
ming ten games at ecarte in succession,
tried his fortune against new OPP
ponent; and still his luck held. He had
made four points, and, dealing, turned
up king and won. My luck is Won
derful," he said. "Yes," said his adj
versary; sand all the more wonderful
since l have the four kings of the pack
in my pocketr" and the professor of leg
erdemain laid them on the table.
II remember said the gentleman who
had travelled in Russia, ''being at ball
given by the Empress to the late EN-
peror on his birthday. Twas playing at
ecarte. when the Emperor. who was
wandering about, came behind me to
watch the game. My adversary and /
were both at four, and it was my deal.
Now said the Emperor, 'let us see
whether you can turn up the king /
iealt, and then held up the turn-up card,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-29
~
Flowing.

Flowing improves the soil. II deep
ems it, opens it up, melIows it, gets the
different parts mixed, dlsintegratcs the
sod and hard crust, and adds something
to the manurlal clements every time the
process is repeated. This would be
true even were there no vegetable mat
ter incorporated with it. but when there
is heavy coat of vegetation, and the
blowing is done at this season the bene-
fits are great--&lmost Incompatible
The benefits, Of course, vary with the
kind of soil. Clayey land derives the
greatest help from frequent blowing.
Ii it could be, clay land should be
plowed in late spring or early summer
and again in autumn, in order to get all
the vegetable matter possible added It
it. A poor field may be enriched in 4
short time by rothing else than repeated
plowings say, as often as the yegeta
tion becomes large enough to pillow I'M
der. II is cheap, too. Much Of the
land that has been in cultivation thi,
year, ought to be broken up this fall
As soon as the corn stops drawing the
land the grass begins to grow, and by
this time there is pretty good coat Of
it, no doubt, on most farms. Turn il
in with pillow, and plow and plant the
same ground next spring, and you viii
be astonished at the improvement it will
show. Don't withhold the plow at this
season. YOU can afford to pay hand
good wages to pillow for you now.
Speed the pillow, whose touch like the
waters of the Nile, leaves fertility be
hind.-Rural Messenger.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-29
THE SUN.
NEW YORK, 1888.

More people have read THE sun during the
| year Just now passing than ever before since
! ii was first printed. No other newspaper pub
| lished ON this side Of the earth has been
| bought and read in any year by so many men
| and women.
We are eredibIy informed that people buy,
read, and like THE sun for the following
reasons, among others:
! Because its news columns present in attrac-
| tive form and with the greatest possible ac-
curacy whatever has interest for humankind !;
| the events the deeds and misdeeds, the wis
dom, the philoso phy, the notable folly, the SOL
id sense, the improving nonsense-AQ the
news. of The busiest world al present revolving
in space.
Because people have learned that in its re-
marks concerning persons and afoirs THE
SUN makes practice OF telling them the ex-
act truth to the best of ITS ability three hun
dred and sixty five days in the year before cleo
ton as well as after, about the whales as well
as about the small fish, in the face of dissent
as plainly and fearlesslv as when supported
by general approval. TIE sun has abso-
lutely no purposes to serve, save the informa-
ton of its readers and the furtherance of the
common good.
Because it is every body's newspaper. No
man is so humble that THE SUN is indifFer-
ent to his welfare and his rights. No man is
so rich that il can allow injustice to be done
him. No man, no association Of men, is pow
erul enough 10 be exempt from the strict an
plication of its principles of right aud wrong.
Because in politics u has fought for dozen
years, without intermissjon and sometimes
almost alone among newspapers, the ight that
has resulted in the recent overwhelming pop
ular verdict against Robesousm and for hon
est government. No matter what party is in
power, THE SUN stands aud will continue to
stand like a rock for the interest OF the people
against the ambition Of bosses, the encroach-
ments of monopolists. aud the dishonest
schemes OF public robbers.
All this is what we arr told almost daily by
our friends. One man holds that The SUN is
the best religious newspaper published because
its Christianity is undiluted NTH cant An.
other holds that il is the best Republican
newspaper printed, because it has already
whipped half Of the rascals out Of that pant
and is proceeding agaiusr the other half with
undimihisbed vigor. third believes il to be
the best magazine Of general literature in ex-
is5ence, because its readers miss nothing wor-
thy Of notice that is current in the world of
thought. So every friend Of THE SUN discov-
ers one of its many sides that appeals with
particular force to his individual liking
If you already know The SUs, you will OBJ
serve thatiu 1853 it is a little better than ever
before. If you donot already know The SUN,
you will find IL to be mirror Of all human
activity, storehouse of the choicest products
Of common sense and imagination, a mainstay
for the cause Of honest government a sentinel
for genuine Jeffersonian Democracy, a scourge
for wickedness Of every species, and an un-
commonly good investment for the coming
year.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-29
Corn Fodder as Cattle Food.

Because an animal will eat of stalks
or straw until it appears to be full, be-
cause no better food is given it, is no
evidence that this fuilness will protect
it from the cold and put flesh upon the
ribs. Nutriment, when it finally enters
the blood, is in a very concentrated form,
and within reasonable limits, the nearer
we can give the food to the beast in the
form that will be most easily and
promptly transformed to living tissues,
taxing the digestive powers moderately.
the more efficient and satisfying the feed
ing becomes. Still, corn fodder as an
adjunct to concentrated food can be
made of value 1t is the go-easy habit
which too many fall into of making
themselves believe that the straw stack
is a pretty good place for cattle to winter
beside, and that the stalk field give;
sufficient sustenance, even after the
nubbins and the grass in the fence cor
ners are consumed, that should be op
posed. ionaI LiYe-Stock-Journal
Chicago.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-29

]. WxL1n o1InLT1z, II D. Easleys, S. C.
says: After using sfhaee bottles S. s. s. on
case Blood Disease given up 10 die, an satis-
fed Il viii recover
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-29
SELECTED MISCELLANY.

Pride hath two seasons-a forward
Spring and an early Fall
i Good, the more communicated, more
abundant grows. -MiltOn.
! Woman is the nervous part of human
ity; man the muscular. -Halle.
| A noble part of every true life il
to learn to undo what has been wrongly
done.
Christianity is not so much the ad
vent of better doctrine as of a perfect
character.-Bushnel.
He who is not in any particular office
has nothing to do with plans for the ad-
ministration of its duties.
The more an idea is developed, the
more concise becomes its expression ;
the more tree is pruned, the better is
the fruit.-Alfred Bougeart.
Here is a good man. people say
thoughtlessly. They would be more
eharS of such praise if they reflected
they could bestow none higher.-Marie
Eschenbach.
The Pythagoreans make good to be
certain and finite, and evil infinite
and uncertain. There are . thousand
ways to miss the white there is only
one way to hit it. Montaigne.
The operation of the Divine Proyi-
denee continues to eternity every angel
being perfected in wisdom to eternity,
but every one according to the degree
of affection for goodness and truth be
was in when he departed out of the
world. -Swedenborg.
He is good that does good to others.
IF he suffers for the good he does, he is
better still and if he suffers for them to
whom he did good, he has arrived to
that height of goodness that nothing but
an increase of his suffering can add to
it; if it proves his death, his vistue is
at its summit-it is heroism complete.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-29
ALL OVER THE SOUTH.

The Alabama insane asylum has Al
inmates.
Florida viii soon be a perfect net
work of railroads.
Arkansas has two years supply o
corn, oats and wheat.
The Louisiana Press Association viii
meet at New Orleans next Monday.
]. W. Wallack, editor of the Knox
yilles Tribune, is q candidate for thf
Clerkship of the Tennessee Senate.
Between fifty and sixty thousand dol
lars in Confederate bonds held BY the
city of Lynchburg, Va, have been or
dered to be sold.
A reception will be rendered the Con
gressional Committee on Mississipp
River Improvement upon their arrival
at New Orleans.
At Nashville burglars entered the
residence Of w. G. Nelson, chloroformed
the family, and stole $3.50 in money and
jewelry and escaped.
Two hundred dollars in gold we're re
Gently found in an old rusty iron box
beneath the roots of tree in Gwinnet
county, Georgia.
The only Greenbacker elected "a
Office in South Carolina &c the recent
election was i German named Foultz,
who was elected Coroner of Berkely
county
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-29
Medicinal Value of Vegetables.

Asparagus is a strong diuretic, anC
forms part Of the cure for rheumatic
patients ut such health resorts, as Aixles
b ms. Sorrel is cooling, and forms the
staple Of that soupe dur herbeS which q
French lady will order for herself after
a long and firing journey. Carrots, as
containg Il quantity of sugar, are avoided
by some people, while others complain
of them as indigestible With regard
to the latter accusation, it may be re,
marked, in passing, thai it is the yellow
core of the carrot that is difficult OF
digestion--the outer red layer, is ten
der enough. In Savoy the peasants
have recourse to an infusion of carrots
as specific for jaundice
The large, sweet onion is very rich in
those alkaline elements which counter
act the poison of rheumatic govt. Ii
slow Y stewcd in weak broth, and eaten
with a little Neplual uepper, will be
found to be an admirable article
of diet for patients of studious and
sedentary habits. The stalks of cauli-
flower have the same value, only
too often the stalk of a caulihower
is so i'll boiled and unpalaable that few
persons would thank you for proposing
to them to make part of their meal con-
sist of so uninviting an article. Turnips
in the same way, are often thought to be
indigestable, and better suited for cows
am sheep than for delicate people, bnt
here the fault lies with the cook quite
as much as with the root The cook
boils the turnip badly, and then pours
some butter over it, anG the eater of
such dish is sure to be the worst for it.
Try better way. What shall be sait.
of our lettuees The plant has slight
narcotic action, of which a French old
woman, like a French doctor, we'll
knows the value, and when properly
cooked it is really very easy of diges-
tion.--Medical Record.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-29
THE CLARION.
wednesday :. November 20. 1852
How to Make Hens Lar.

A correspondent informs US that while
on visit, in the fall, to friend, be was
surprised to see the number of eggs he
daily obtained. He had but sixteen
hens, and the product per diem averaged
thirteen eggs. He was in the habit Of
giving on every alternate day a tea
spoonful and a quarter Of Cayenne pep
per, mixed with soft food, and took care
tina each hen obtained her share The
experiment of emitting the pepper was
tried, when it was found that the num-
Der Of eggs was reduced each trial, from
FIVE 10 six, daily. Our correspondent
believes that the moderate use Of this
siimulant not only increases the number
of eggs, but efectually wards off disease
te which chickens are ubject.-Country
Visitor.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-29
Bob Ingersoll on Napoleon.

A little while ago I stood by the
grave of the old Napoleon-a magnif-
cent tomb of gilt and gold, fit almost
for dead deity, and gazed upon the
sarcophagus, of Egyptian marble, where
rest at last the ashes of the restless
man. | leaned over the balustrade
and thought about the career Of the
greatest soldier of the modern world.
| saw him walking upon the banks of
the Seine, contemplating suicide.
saw him at Toulon; | saw him putting
down the mob in the streets of Paris ;
| saw him at the head Of the army of
Italy; saw him crossing the bridge of
Lodi, with the tricoloI in his hand |
saw him in Egypt in the shadows of the
pyramids | saw him conquer the Alps
and mingle the eagles Of France with
the eagles of the cIags l saw him at
Marengo, at Ulm and Austerlitz | saw
him in Russia, where The infantry of the
snow and cavalry of the wild blasts
scattered his legions like winters
withered leaves; | saw him at Laipsic
in defeat and disaster by mil
lion bayonets back upon Paris, clutched
like wild beast, banished to Elba. /
saw him escape and retake an Empire
by force OF his genius. [ saw him upon
the frightful field Of Waterloo, where
chance and fate combined to wreck the
fortunes of their former king. And /
saw hm at St. Helena, with his hands
crossed behind him, gazing out upon
the sad and solemn sea. | thought of
the orphans and widows he had made,
of the tears that had been shed for his
glory, and Of the only woman who ever
loved him, pushed from his heart by
the cold hand ofambitior And | say
1 would rather have been a French
peasant, and worn wooden shoes |
would rather have lived in hut with a
vine growing over the door and the
grapes growing purple in the kisses of
the autumn sun. | would rather have
been that poor peasant with my low
ing wife by my side, knitting as the day
died out of the sky, with my children
upon my knees and their arms about
me; l would rather have been that man
and gone down to the tongueless silence
of the dreamless dust, than to have been
that imperial impersonation Of force and
murder, known as Napoleon the Great.
And so would, ten thousand times ten
thousand