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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-14
Food and Nutrition.

All know that the body consists Of
the food eaten, digested and assimilat.
ed; that a growing body needs proper.
tionately more food than one which has
reached its growth; and that body
habitually active needs much more
than one habitually at rest. 1t is not
so generally known that every particle
of the body is in a constant state of
waste-lives but for a moment and is
succeeded by new living particle, and
so from birth to death; that every
movement of limb, each action of an
organ, every contraction of muscle,
every thought, vOlition, desire passion,
every emotion of Joy, grief, fear, or
anxiety, uses up nervous force-itself
the product of the food-formed flesh.
The failure of the food-supply to equal
the body's demand is starvation.
But many seem to be ignorant of the
fact that one may starve more or less
compl ely on an abundance of food.
provided the body does not contain all
the elements of the body. Some forms
of dyspepsia are of this kind.
1t is as when land is I'M
fruitful from lack of a single element
say phosphate of lime-thOugh the
soil is otherwise rich. Some persons,
women especially, keep habitually
feeble - partially starved - by living
mainly on white bread and tea. Nat
ural milk contains, in divinely de-
termined proportion, all the elements
that make up an infant body; but thou
sands of infants yearly starve to
death, many of them in homes of afflu-
ence, because fed on artificial foods,
the best of which fall far short of ma
lures marvellous supply.
Scurvy results simply from lack of
vegetable food, and light cases of it are
more common than is thought. The
patient is pale and sallow; is disin-
clined to exertion; has aches and pains
in his back; his gums are spOngy,
swollen, and bleed almost at the touch.
Multitudes of such cases are relieved
at once on taking proper quantity of
vegetables with their food.
In ricketts, there is not lime enough
for the bones-not one-half as much as
there should be. Hence the bones are
soft and bend; the ankles and wrists
are spongy and large; the head is big;
the teeth are black and loose; the
breast-bone protrudes; the ribs fall in.
and the abdomen is enlarged by the
crowding of the liver, etc.
1t is mainly disease of the poor,
and begins within the first two years
of life. 1t is due in part to the poor
quality of the mothers milk, she be-
ing imperfectly fed, and in part to the
child's being fed with food it can not
digest. Youths Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-14
HOUSE PLANTS.
How 70 Attain Success In the Cultivation Of
Indoor Plants.


Indoor Plants.
Success is not always attained in the
cultivation of indoor plants, not alone
in producing bloom but in even retain
ing life, and the reason may be charged
to the neglect of some minor details. 1t
is not necessary to have large pot and
large bodies of soil, as too often that
viii induce the growth of roots at the
expense of bloom and beauty. Then,
too, little attention is given to tempera-
ture during the colder months, as a
room containing plants will frequently
show temperature of eighty degrees,
and as the fire dies out fall to sixty de-
grees, or even less. This is most disas-
trous to plant life. Again, plants are
liable to collect dust on their leaves.
which excludes the necessary effects of
moisture. Many people think that an
excess of water used in moistening
plants will not occasion harm. This is
a grave error. As good a plan as any
is to cover the surface of the pots with
tea leaves or some substance that will
retain the moisture and also assist in
equalizing the temperature. A dish of
water set in the plant-room will con-
tribute, by its evaporation. degree of
moisture to the plants. Water in moist
ening plants should be about the same
temperature rs the room, and the pots
turned every day or two so as to pre-
sent different side to the sun. A tea
spoonful of ammonia to a gallon of
water is an invigorator to plant life, and
will frequently induce profusion of
bloom. Try to keep the temperature of
the room in which your plants are stu
ated at as even and steady a height as
possible, and do not give too much
water, but enough to keep them moist.
San francisco Chronicle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-14
THE SUMS HEAT.
VIM the Time Ever Come When Old Sol
Will Have Burned Himself Up:


Will Have Burned Himself Up:
One acre of the suns heat supplies
energy sufficient to run all of the steam
engines on the earth. Is the radiation
of the sun constant quantity? This is
most difficult question. The vine and
the olive flourish, as they did two thou
sand years ago. From geology we can
gather no certain evidence. But we
must apply to the sun these principles
we have enunciated. Some have said
that the constant rushing of meteoric
its heat. We can calculate this matter,
and let us see how much would be re-
CURED. If you should take the moon,
and crumble it up, and pour it into the
sun. it would not keep up its heat for a
twelve-month. No, this can not be.
Then, is the sun a red-hot body
gradually cooling? No. Then is it
burning out, consuming itself? In such
case it would have been all burned
out by this time. Humboldt discovered
the clew to this problem. The sun is
gradually growing smaller, four miles
in a century. AS the particles grow
smaller, they crowd closer together.
And here in this delicate relation we
find solution OF this question. ma,
Seem to state paradox when 1 say
that while the sun is losing heat it is
growing hotter. As the sun shrinks it
parts with heat, but, if the sun is CASE
Gus, the quantity left grows hotter.
This can not 60 on forever. 1t is doubt
less true that the sun is more brilliant
now than it was ages ago. but when the
sun shrinks SO as to become mostly
solid, this brilliancy will cease to in
crease, and the heat viii eventually
cease. As the sun is decreasing in size,
SO once it must in ages agone have
been hundred times larger than at
present, and far back enough have been
diffused object, a mass of nebulous
matter.-From q Lecture By Prot. r.
& Ball.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-14
PAPER AND INK.
How They Are Responsible for Defects in
the Eyesight.

How They Are Responsible for Defects In
the Eyesisht.
The colors of paper and ink are far
more responsible for defective eyesight
than cross-lights from opposite WIN
dows, light shining directly in the face,
insufficient light, or small type. If
these were remedied the principal cause
of the mischief would still remain, the
real root of the evil being the univer-
sally used black ink and white paper.
These, says the writer in question, are
running the eyesight of all the reading
Nations. He argues that the rays of
the sun are reflected by a white body
and absorbed by black one, and that
we print our newspapers and books in
direct opposition to the plainest correct
principles of optical science. A book
or newspaper as now printed being read
by us, the eyes do not see the letters,
which, being black, are non-refective;
the outlines of the impressions Of the
type reach the retina, but they are not
received by the spontaneous, direct &C.
ton of that organ. The white surface
of the paper is reflected, but the letters
are detected only by discriminative
effort of the optic nerves. This constant
labor irritates the nerves, and, when
long continued, exhausts their suscepti-
bility. As proofs, the writer cites the
well-known fact that the human eye
can not long sustain the glare of a
white surface without injury. The sum
light reflected from fields of snow, I'M
relieved by the colors of other objects,
or from the white sands of the desert,
is, the world over, productive of oph-
thalmia.
In accordance with this argument, if
colored paper were substituted for white
the eyes of all reading people would at
once be relieved of binding strain-a
continuous, effort bound to result in per-
manent weakening of the eyes. Ma
ture and science. says the writer above
quoted, tell us that the color of all
printing paper should be green. Green
grass covers the ground, green leaves
are on the trees and green is the color
most grateful to the eye.
Green newspapers would be novel
ty, but in time we would grow accus-
toned to the tint; green school books
would please the children; but green
grounds would sadly mar the high art
engravings for which number of
American magazines have become
noted. And, if our scientific friend is
correct in his conclusions, green paper
would sadly cripple the trade in eye
glasses and spectacles. - Scientific
Monthtu. ...
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-14
A SENATE PAGE.
A Young Mans First Days Experience In
the Senatorial Chamber.

the Senatorial Chamber.
At few minutes before twelve
o'clock, the venerable gentleman Cap
tain Bassett told me to 60 to the Vico-
Presidents desk and put the gavel upon
a certain spot on the table. Hardly had
done so, when, exactly at twelve
o'clock, in walked two men through the
door near me. They were Schuyler
Colfsx, the Vice-President of the
United States, and DR.. Newman, the
Chaplain of the Senate. The Vice.
President advanced to the side of his
desk, took up the gavel, and gave one
loud rap. At once the buzzing in the
galleries and on the floor ceased; and.
il perfect silence, DR.. Newman ascend
ed the steps to the Vice-President's
chair, and standing up, delivered a
short prayer. .r
The prayer was hardly finished when
nearly all the Senators began to clap
their hands in every part of the cham
Der, making quite racket. They had
a habit of doing that Immediately after
the opening exercises, and, on one Oc-
casion caused an old man in the gallery
to cxclaim: "Wall, I'll be hanged eff l
saw anything particularly fine about
that prsyer!' But they were not ap.
plauding the prayer-they were merely
calling for pages!
When the clapping commenced the
pages started to run in every direction
to see who should be the first to get the
messages of the favorite Senators, and
a certain Senator, who sat far over on
the Democratic side, even amused HIM
self by writing letters and soaring them
away up into the air, and watching the
pages attempt to catch them as they
sailed down toward the floor. | think
he could sail letter better than any
other Senator. OF course, this was ne
great achievement to boast about. but
some of the Senators sat through a
whole session so quietly that they
seemed never to do anything except to
90 to the Senate every day and sit still
and vote. And remember once Sem
ator came into the chamber just as his
name was reached by the clerk who was
calling the roll on a vote. He looked
around, and did not know what was
going on or what he should do,
and 1 pitied him and called out
from behind him: "Vote MOI" And
he did! Of course he thought it was
some responsible Senator speaking to
him. But had been in the Senate sew
eral days before had enough courage
to pretend to advise Senator. Some
times the Senators could not think of
anything to send the pages for, and we
would have an easy time; and, instead
of sitting up in an erect and dignifed
position, as we ought, we would kneel
down upon the soft carpet and play
marbles. l have often gone up on the
Republican side to where the Vice
President sat, as on throne, and play
ed marbles with page on the Demo-
cratic side, almost under the Vice-Presi-
dents chair. 1t would make some of
the Senators angry to see us do to this.
but most of the Senators believed in
letting us do whatever we pleased, so
long as we kept still, while the young
ladies in the gallery usually paid more
attention to what We did than to what
the lawmakers were doing.-Edmund
dtIon, in So. Nicholas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-14

Jack on No. 5. and he Will let me on at
the big bridge"
"All right; we will meet you at the
bridge at noon. Good-bye!'
And the load drove of, the banner
waving proudly in the breeze.
No. 5, brave Jack Smiths engine.
came laundering into the depot a half
hour late. Phil jumped on the engine,
saying:
"Jack, want yoa to let me off at
the big bridge. near sse grove; I'm GO
ing to the picnic. Can l handle the old
pet that farP''
"All right, Phil. But we're late, and
we've got three extra coaches filed
with land explorers. So open 'er
QUIT"
And Phil "opened 'er out" Was it
love that was driving those ponderous
wheels? Did not the vision of blue
eyed, dark-hai,ed girl fit before Pills
vision. as he pulled open the throttle
valve? How the massive iron horse
painted and trembied. 1t was race
for Love! 1t would soon be fight with
Death!
They fly around curve, and sudden
" Jack cries out: my God, Phil! See
that signal! Let ms aave be-! Throw
her overr'
The signal! Way down the long line
of the glistening stee, rails, and right
upon them and the bridge. stands a
little group of children, clinging to one.
who with frantic haste Is waving to and
fro a signal--Phi's Banner! Did they
'throw her overp" Oh! how the hot
air screamed in agony through the
brake valves. How the Imprisoned
wheels ground and groaned aiong the
track. 1t was battle of Love with
Death. but Love came out victorious.
At the very edge of the bridge they
stopped the train. There was Carrie
and the little ones, crying and laughing
all in one voice. And there was she
death-trap. The rails on the briege
had been torn up. The work of vills'ns
an hour ago. Our little band had co,ae
down to the bridge to meet their friend.
They had found the death-trap. They
heard the train. Then, clinging to
their heroic teacher, she and they detied
the King of Terrors. and under their
banner : Pills Banner = they were
faithful"
Pills promotion came soon after tho
reward bestowed upon Carrie and her
class by the railroad company.
Soon afterward there was a marriage.
Phil and Carrie were there. The Infant
Class was there.
And so was s'Phil's Banner. Gay
DuridsOn,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-14
WIT AND WISDOM.

An ounce of keep-your-mOuth-sh
is better than pound of explanation
after you have said it.
"A French mother is credited with
saying: 81 could wish my daughters no
worse luck than.to wish for them tc
marry handsome men,"
-"Oh, for the wings of dove" she
sang as she was puzzling her brains as
to what new ornament she should put
upon her bonnet Yonkers Statesman.
"A more glorious victory can not be
gained over another man than this, that
when the injury began on his part, for
the kindness to begin on ours.-N T..
Ledger.
"A little boy whose sprained wrist
had been relieved by bathing in whis-
ky surprised his mother by asking:
IBID papa sprain his throat when he
was y?"-Troy Times.
Its proof of the singular operation
of the human mind" says a mental
philosopher, "that when two men ac-
cidentally exchange hats the one who
gets the worst tile is always the first to
discover the mistake"
They have a man named Pyle out
in st. Louis who drives a horse-car. A
horse-car under the guidance of pile
driver is certainly an innovation, and
there il probably plenty of punching
done on the Garland possibly some
log-rolling.-BOston Times.
A father-in-law at wedding at
tempted to chaff the groom Il hope
now, sir, that you will not get into any
more scrapes." "No," said the new
son-in-law, II shall not have chance ::
/ shall never get out of this one. p
Providence Ne1Cs.
The Crazy Quilt!
Oh. can you see 10y the dawn's carly light,
What you failed TO perceive at the twilights
last cleaning.
A cranky concern that through the long night
Ger the bed where you slept was so sauciay
streamingl
The silk patches so fair,
Round. three-cOrned and square,
Give proof that the lunatic bed-quilt is there,
Oh. the crazy-quilt mania tr:umphantly raves,
And maid, wife and widow are bound as its
slaves.
ID. T. Highmore.
i was told a good story the other
day about Griswold street lawyer. In
the dead of one dreadful hot August
night he was awakened by noise in his
bedroom. Hastily sitting up in bed TO
find out who the intruder could possibly
be, he was confronted with a revolver
in the hands of burly burglar. I'm
looking for money, 1 am" Kissed the
burglar, $50 you'd better keep still. :"
"Oh! say, hold on" said the lawyer,
"lemmo get nv pants on and I'll help
you hunt for it. "-Detroit Free Press.
Mrs. Jarply to husband: How
could you stay out at the club until after
one o'clock in the morning and leave
your wife all alone?-Mr. Jarply: You
must be mistaken, my dear; it was
only half-past eleven o'clock, or So
Mrs. Jarply: You can't deceive me; /
was awake, and looked at the clock
Mr.. Jarply, in deeply injured tone:
Well, Amsndy. I've nothing more to
say, if you will believe ninety-five
cent nickle-plated nutmeg clock, in
stead of your own married husband
n. Y. Independent.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-14

The people of New Orleans fear
that the Mississippi will one of these
days make an eccentric and headlong
rush to the gulf through the Atchafalaya
and leave the city stranded as an inland
own. TIE steady enlargement of the
Atchafalaya outlet excites the gravest
apprehension. Such DETECTION would
rreparably injure New Orleans and the
many towns and hundreds of planta-
ions between the Atchafalaya and the
present mouth of the Mississippi..-M
y. Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-14

@An. person who takes the psper regu.
Early from the post-ofiice. whether directed to
hfs name or whether he IL Q subscriber or not
e responsible for INC pay.
The courts have decided that refusing tC
take newspapers from the post-ofnce, or re
arsma facie evidence Of INrKNrIoN Al W Aue
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-14

For winter Towering, forget-me.
nots do best with ample root room;
hence give them large pots.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-14


Eyes, we called in DR.. B yester-
day, but he says he ought to have been
called two days sooner. We did not
think she was so bad
All! yes, it was too late. Poor little
Amy was even then. nearing ..the deep
and dark waters that roll round all the
world" and, that night, amidst an
gushing sobs of father. mother, class
mates and friends. her little soul was
waited out upon the bosom of those
waters, toward eternity.
All! that sad funeral will long be re-
membered. The little white coffin was
lowered into the tiny grave that had
been made bed of flowers, and then
..ashes to ashes.
How the little ones of the Infant Class
wept as they gathered round that new
made grave-and under their banner
draped as it was. ..Be We faithful unto
deathI'
Can you imagine how Pills fund
could now be drawn upon?
The weeks passed by, and one Sun
day morning it was announced tina. the
Sunday-school should have picnic the
next Saturday.
Saturday dawned bright and clear,
and hardly had the old sun gotten fair
ly out of bed when load after load of
happy children and their teachers were
hurrying to Smiths Grove, beautiful
resort some miles from town and near
the railroad
Phil was on hand early to see them
off. and was helping one little fodder
into the wagon when Carrie Lee accost-
ed him:
Il suppose you will be too busy to
come down this morning Phil; but can't
you come down at noon and take lunch
with us?'
''Yes. Carrie, I'll ride down with
New-York tribune., 1884-10-05

that endod The llfo OF GARFIELD Against II Tho eue.

that endad lie Ilfe ~ Garfield Against n tle euss
mics ~ If. Iilaiue tslaed the ofy ~ "JinGosin"
mud hong'it IN every why 10 tbwbft II. Whist ran bs
snid ~ Tho nsn who iar the snhn ~ political oDpi.
tel tried ~ prevent that Which. 10 II apparent 10
every Intelligent man. Was fof The host interests ~
The eobnifYf The testimony whiah has hren taken
by The commission oh iliH, 0minef inl oaions of iia
cothtty viih reii'fal mud sontb America brings out
evils which ST. iiiHine soH fil H. do away with. and
~ieh are ioh apparent 10 be- isnoifd. nni too sorls
ona - remain long nnfomedlnd The manner ~
which the United States has treated the south
American trode Is oKonplfei by the faoi that 20
Ear froI fostering ihe principal factor OF successful
trade with tllaz a line of American stoamers,
II has actually forced the United states and
Brazil Steamship Company to carr, tn mails for
less money fhnn was expended IN their delivery
A ritter ut Albany said to be "near the Exccu-
tive Mansion" now computes that Cleveland Is no
ing TO carry this State because the regular Republic
can vote will be diminished 37,5o0 by the lnde
pendent vote. This is disheartenmg Two months
ago we were tod that this bolt going to carry
with it the 100000 independents" VINO were
imagined to have voted for Cleveland for Governor.
Amonth ago or more The Erepjng Past solemnly as
sur'-l confding public that the Independent com
mttee had he names of 10000 boIters Not long
after some other authority, an officer of Governor
Clevelands staff. we believe. discovered that the
list of names embraced 5000. To-day il seems TO
have shrunk to 81 800. Now if all these figures
were divided by about ;, perhaps the statement
would be approximately correct for the different
periods mentioned. A skilled mathematician COM
putting the rate OF shrnkage might discover that
the story by November /, would get down to about
10 600. and the vote, being onc-fth of the story,
would get down to about 1000