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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-21
THE KINDS OF OIL.
More Sources OF Ofl-supply than Most
Persons Dream of.

Wore Sources OF Ou-Supply than Most
| Persons Dream of.
For moment let us glance at the
principal sources of animal and vegeta-
BILE oil-supply, ere the fountains of min
eral oil were revealed for the use and
comfort of the human family.
First and foremost, of course, ranked
The fish-oils-the well-known train Cor
drain) oil which drained from the blub-
Der of the great Greenland whale Ga
large whale sometimes yielding fully
thirty tons of blubber-each ton repre-
senting nearly two hundred gallons of
oil. Though the cachalot, or sperm
whale, could never rival the Greenland
whale in the quantity of its contribu-
ton. it had at least the advantage of
quality and variety. since, besides or
binary blubber, it yields a large amount
of sperm-oil, and also of spermaceti.
OF the latter valuable product, the head
alone often yields ten barrels.
Next among oil-yielding fish come the
grampus, or dolphin, the porpoise, the
shark, the seal, the cod, the herring,
and others.
Of animal fats are butter. tallow, lard.
goose-grease, neat's-foot oil prepared
from the feet of oxen, and used by cur
riers in dressing leather), and mares
grease Imported from Buenos Ayres
and Montevideo, where a multitude of
horses are annually slaughtered for the
sake of their hides, tallow and bOnesr
In Russia, especially at Moscow, yolk-
of-egg oil is in great repute for making
soap and pomatum.
Vegetable oils form a very important
item in our supplies. inasmuch as oil
seeds to the value of 100000 are an
nually imported into Britain for crush
ing purposes, and our exports of oil are
roughly valued at FL, 100000. The ex-
port of seed-oil from London,' Hull and
Liverpool, in 1880, was 14,5OS, coo
gallons.
Under the head of seed-oils rank lin
seed, cOttOn-seed, and castor-oil. Cola
oil, also. is made from mustard, hemp,
radish, rape, turnip and other seeds.
Then we have olive-oil and almond-Oil.
From India comes poppy-seed oil; from
the Black Sea, oil of sunfiower-seeds.
From Ceylon and the Pacific isles comes
cocoanut-oil. From Western Africa the
palm-nut oil of the oil-palm, and oil OF
ground-nuts, for use in fine machinery.
From Singapore and China we receive
kokum-oil and vegetable tallow. About
fourteen thousand tons of crotOn-oil are
annually imported for the use of the
wOol-dresserS of Britain.
Besides these, 50 familiar to ourselves,
almost every country has some specially
in oils. Thus, in Southern Russia, to-
bacco-oil is largely used; in Italy, oil OF
grape-stones in China, oil of tea-seed !;
in India, oil of nutmegs, of seeds of the
gamboge-tree, Of eustard-apple-seed, of
cashew-nut, of cardamom, of neam, of
margoza, and many others. Brazil. too.
has large number of oils, both animal
and vegetable, peculiar to itself.-Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-21
THE SERVANTS WOULD DO IT.
How an Enthusiastic Young Woman An
swered Her Foolish Father.

How an Enthusiastic Young Woman An
swered Her Foolish Father.
"My DEAR" said rich father to his
only daughter, a very fashionable girl,
.you are about to be married and
want to talk to you seriously"
"Yes. papa" she said, settling her.
self on his knee.
George is very worthy young man
and abundantly able to take care of you.
But this is a very uncertain world. Mis-
torture may come when we least ex-
pect them. and it behooves us to be
ready Mt all times to meet them with a
brave and cheerful heart If, through
some chance, your husband should lose
his fortune and be reduced to- very hum
bic circumstances, do you think that
you could accept the new order of
things and help him as true wife
shOuld?"
''How can you ask such question,
You foolish pa, when you know how /
adore George?"
THAT is all very well," The old man
continued. ''but could you, educated
to life OF luxury. as you have been.
resolutely put aside the past and devote
yourself to household duties, such as
cooking and mending and marketing
and-and sweeping and all that sort q
thing?"
What foolish. silly papa you ara,
to be sure" replied the girl. playfully
tapping the bald spot on his head, ..and
how ridiculously you talk. Why, the
servants-w would tend to all these mat
;"rs :" y s.l,,., itsf.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-21
An Intelligent Macaw.

A great African macaw, Jack, was re-
garded as the most amusing bird in
Boston's recent bird show. He showed
his disapproval of being confined in a
cage by demolishing his seed-pan and
drinking-pot and winding up his fit of
fury by breaking open the door. He
now enjoys the freedom of the hall.
spending his time visiting his brother
parrots in confinements. The cages
containing the eagles and owls ne in
variably avoids. He seems quite par
tial to the company of the long beaked
pelicans, always winding up his round
of visits by perching directly over the
water tank. When hungry or thirsty he
descends from his favorite perch and
walks to the store-room, in the rear of
the hall, where the seed and provisions
are kept, and addresses the attendant in
charge with ''Heilo boy" upon which
Jack is Immediately provided with the
needed refreshments. = Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-21

"A remarkable revolt occurred re-
Gently in the prison for women at Alcala,
Spain. 1t contained at the time nine
hundred and twenty-three prisoners,
without single guard. warder, or Sister
of Mercy. The reason of this extraord-
mary state of things was that the pris-
cners objected to certain official, and
promptly turned every one but them
selves out of prison. The building was
provisioned for some months, and they
barricaded the entrances, taking all the
paving-stones of the courts and yards 10
the upper stories to use, like the heroic
women of old-world warfare, for often
sive missiles. For five days they vera
hotly besieged by the local authorities,
but with no success, and the military
had to be called in.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-21

1t is now suggested that tests be
made of work horses as well as trotters
and runners. 1t is an excellent idea.
Then we will have records for all classes
Of horses. The best trotting. running,
walking and drawing records will tell
on the scale of comparison better than
all the pedigrees that can be produced.
-Prairie Farmer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-21

Any person who takes the paper reeu
eariy from the post-ofice. whether directed te
dis name or whether he IL Q subscriber or not
. responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing u
take newspapers from the P0st-ofhcc, or 10
0oving and leaving them uncalled for, 10
Arima facie evidences Of INrkNTIoNAL FRAUD
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-21

Have you any good reason why
you won't believe the witness?'' asked
the justice. Eyes, SIR" ..Isn't he hon.
est in money matters?" "Yes, sir"
Doesn't he pay his bills and keep hin
promises?" "Yes, SIR" '.Then what
is it," "He's q fisherman. ~ +.
Graphic.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-21

The average wages paid to the
400. 600 railway men of the country, not
including the officers, clerks or book
keepers, Is SS7 80 month.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-11

National Stockman Opposition to
the use of barbed wire for fencing has
lately cropped out strongly in contribu-
tions made to these columns. The central
idea of the objections to this widely in
troduced substitute for lumber Is that il
initiates, to greater or less extent,
the live stock which it Is employed to en-
close. That many animals are badly in
jured by contact with the merciless Larbs
cannot be disputed, and the arguments
against using the wire are thus strength
ened every day by the results OF expert
ence and observation. 1t has been
shown, though, by the success of MANY
stockmen with this fencing, that it is
not an unmitigated evil. We know one
man, for instance, who uses barbed wire
to fence herd of fine cattle, and whose
stock has never suffered to any appreci-
able extent In consequence. His plan
is to feed each animal very close to the
fence the first time 1t is placed in field
thus enclosed, and I'm this act it Is certain
to come in contact with the unfriendly
mutilators. The result is that the fence
IL thereafter carefully avoided. The ex-
perience Of one man In this line should
hold good with others-at least the plan
Is worth trial.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-11

tective tariff, and will demand that the
state convention so declare for the Re
publican party of the state What do
we now havep Town Republicans kick
ing against an endorsement Of prohibi-
ton by the convention and favOring the
high tariff issues, and the country Re
publicans favoring protection and fight
ing against high tariff platform.
This is not building up man Of straw
TO knock IL over; but is a correct state
ment Of what is to be expected. The
Kansas Republican convention Of 1884
will be Observation-Disclosures,
six shows and as many menageries COM
bined in one and all to be seen for
one price of admission.
The election to occur up in the Sec
Ond district about the LIST of March will
be interesting; but it will be a side
show as compared with the regular ex.
hibition to occur about next July at To-
peka.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-11


Gov. Click has not been engaged in
the wholesale pardon Of persons con-
victed Of violating the prohibition law,
and from recent letter the governor
addressed to county official, it does
not appear that many pardons will be
issued. lie says: mo pardons will be
issued unless l am satisfied that the
parties were deprived of having an hon
est and fair trial, or were not guilty.
II juries and witnesses were bulldozed,
juries packed, and other proceedings
had by which the parties we're deprived
Of having fair trial in court, pardons
ought to issue. 1t is duty of the exec
utive to protect the people against lynch
law in court as well as to protect life
and property outside of courts"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-11


Peck's Sun: Kentucky is not salts
fed with giving one of the greatest ex-
positions this country ever had, and also
producing two-legged colt, but she
now comes to the front with a Jersey
calf ten inches high and fourteen inches
long. This last achievement was made
at BroOksvIlle. There is some sense in
this kind of cattle, providing they don t
grow over five inches higher. They
will be so handy to have on the table to
insure pure milk for the coffee and tea.
No more water in the milk will be the
rule. As like AS not we will hear at the
table, in few years, please drive the
COW down this way after you have help
cd yourself to milk" Then to see the
little cow trot along the table to the
other end of it to be MIXED. This is
indeed an age of progress and improve
mcnt.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-11


The Texas Live Stock Journal, in its
San Antonio department, under the
heading Of "How Cattle Stand" says ::
"The demand for cattle has greatly
improved, but with this demand we OBJ
serve the usual Stiffness that character
izes sellers when buyers begin to get
thick. Yearlings are held at from $500
G9l3.OO, twos at Sl6.OO(d17.5O,and so on.
Cows and calves are held at from $500
(G35.O0. Stock is in good shape and
continues to fatten. But few contracts
have been made, and they are small.
Several who would buy largely are held
ing back to sec what the Legislature will
doom the herd law question. Weexpect
an active business after the first of the
year"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-11
FENCING QUESTION.

Some feeling of uneasiness has been
caused by the report that a bill has been
introduced into the u. s. senate by
Senator ingalls,, providing for heavy
penalty for fencing the government
lands by individuals. We have not seen
any account OF the introduction of such
measure, but have understood that
the senator intends to introduce such a
bill during the session.
1t has been our belief all along that
persons fencing government lands did
not commit an offence against the laws
or liberties of any citizen where free &C
cess was granted to all who wished to
enter upon the lands for the purpose of
presumption, permanent residence or
free passage from one section to anoth-
er 1t has been the custom for many
years for ranchmen to have an under
standing as to the particular country
they may occupy for grazing their cattle
and this territory is as zealously guard
ed and as closely watched as IL the oc-
cupant had patent TO the land. Ran
ges held in this manner by line of ri
ders, winter and summer, have been
sold by the occupant for good prices.
So sacred were the customs and habits
lived up to that the purchaser felt as Sc
cure as If he were getting deed to the
range. While this custom has existed
since the mind Of man runneth not to
the contrary. any person who wished to
settle upon and acquire a title TO l6O
acres Of land were not violating any of
the settled customs il he located in the
centre Of the country occupied by ranch
men and proceeded to cultivate his Sc
lection.
In the handling Of cattle, as in every
other business, time has wrought chan
ges, and while one ranchman would
contend that ten acres of buffalo grass
were enough TO feed q cow, winter and
summer, and proceed to stock his ranch
70 that extent, persons older in the bust
ness knew well that the allowance was
not sufficient and that il their ncighbor
persisted in stocking his ranch to that
extent that his cattle would have to feed
on some some other range before spring
and thereby cause loss to two herds.
Consequently, without trespassing upon
the rights Of any one or assuming any
rights not guaranteed to him by long
established customs in this particular
business, the experienced ranchman
fenced the range that had been previ-
ously held by continuous line of horse
men, and was enabled to control his
herd and hold them on ground recog-
nized as his for grazing purposes by the
neishbOring ranchmen.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-11


Lem. Hunter, one Of the first drovers
from Texas TO Kansas, and for the past
ten years the heaviest shipper to and
from Kansas City TO the east, has been
retained by A. J. Snider & Co. as sales
man for the year 1884. Lem. is well
known to all ranchmen as the most in
dustrious buyer, payingas near the mar
ket value as is consistent for shippers
to do He is an acknowledged good
judge Of shipping cattle, their weights,
prices they will bring, etc.,-as good as
any man who ever bought and shipped
western beef. No man has a more gen.
eral acquaintance with both buyers and
shippers than Lem. Hunter, and the
general wish Of his friends here Is that
he may meet the expectations of his
employers, and none question his abili-
ty to do It.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-11

In another part or this paper we have
mention of the severe cold weather of
last week; but find we did not tell half
From dispatches of the 5th, we con-
dense the following:
ToPEKA-The mercury is about % de-
grees below this morning at daylight.
There is considerable snow on ground.
SIOUX FALLS, d. T.-The tempera-
ture ranged from 40 below at 8 a. m. to
2 above at 6p.m.
ST. LoUIs-The mercury was @ de-
grees below zero this morning and has
climbedupto IL degrees below, the cold
est since January /, 1884.
PARSONS, Ks.-At 8 O'Clock this am.
the thermometer registered % degrees
below zero, the coolest ever known in
this section of the state.
LEAvENwoRTH.-Th Thermometer
this morning registered % to % degrees
below zero.
WlCuITA-To-day is the coolest of
the season. Mercury ranged Is degrees
below zero. Ice on Little Arkansas riv-
er inches thick.
JEFFERSON CITY.-The weather here
this morning and to-day was the cold
est known for 20 years, or since the cold
New Year of 1891. The thermometer
this morning indicated from - to 25 de-
grees below zero.
st. Joseph.-At 8 a. m. to-day the the
nometer down town indicated % degrees
below zero; at the state lunatic asylum
just east Of the city on the prairie, it
registered 80 degrees below.
LOUISVILLE, KY.-One Of the cold
est days ever known here. Ate o'clock
this morning the thermometer registered
Is degrees below. At night the mercu-
is % degrees below.
FORT SCOTT-The extreme cold wealth
or which has prevailed since New Year
reached its climax last night. At 10
O'Clock this morning the thermometer
registered 10 degrees below and contin-
ued to fall until it reached 26 degrees at
4 O'Clock a. m. A carload of Is mules
arrived here this morning from Lamar,
Mo-, frozen to death.
The Kansas City Times of Sunday
says:
About o o'clock yesterday morning,
when an extra freight train on the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway, consisting of IL
cars of mules, took the side track at In
dependence to let the east bound pass
enger train by, an examination was
made of the cars, and showed that be-
tween 80 and 100 head had persisted
from cold and starvation. The mules
ranged in age from six months to two
years. These that were yet alive were
gnawing the sides of the car, and in
some instances were eating the flesh of
their dead companions. The conductor
in charge of the train stated that the
stock had been loaded at San Antonio,
Texas. He said they had not been fed
or watered since they left San Antonio.
The citizens were naturally very indig-
nant that dumb brutes were allowed to
suffer III this manner, and strong talk
was INDUCED in. The mules were con-
signed to s. s. Grant, belonged to I'm
derwood, Clark & Co., and were valued
at about S65 each. They arrived here
about noon, and 81 were found so bad
ly frozen that they either died or had to
be killed. Mr.. Grant reports that out
of shipment of 800 head sent from
Texas to this market l18 were frozen to
death on the Missouri Pacific road Fri
day evening"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-11

There Is every indication now that the
Republican party of this state will he
In n sea Of trouble from now until the
election Of next November Is over: and
even then 1t Is not at all likely that
their trials and fluctuations will be end
ed. First and foremost that grand old
party that claims to have saved the
Union on several occasions has thar
troublesome question of prohibition IN
settle again. That was an affliction
that 1t WAS hoped would not arise a0ain
after 1882; but it did. II there was
loud wailing and crashing of teeth then
what must be expected in the state con-
ve1tion TO occur this year. But sun
pose the prohibitionists carry their
point and succeed in getting a platform
to suit them with candidates to match
and suppose all the isms of the last
platform are adopted, the fight has lust
commenced.
Prohibitionists claim that the rural
districts, the back townships" are
their strongholds, and that they have
only the cities TO fear. A prohibition
platform may please the country ele-
ment, but Il will not be endorsed or sup
ported in the towns. The same conven-
ton must speak out on the tariff ques-
ton. The country people the prOdu-
GERS, working people, agrieulturalists,
no matter by what name you cali them
are nearly all opposed to q protective
tariff, and in favor Of free trade OF a
tariff for revenue only. To most men
this issue is rs important as the ques-
ton of prohibition. Generally speak
ing the Republican politicians around
the cities and towns are for high pro-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-11
OUR PROSPECTUS

AS the year 1884 promises to be one
Of more general interest than any that
have preceded it, especially TO Barber
county citizens, we now call attention
to the merits Of the BARBER COUNTY
INDEX rs the best general newspaper to
be found.
AS during the past eighteen months,
under the present management, the IN
DEx will continue TO be the recognized
leading live stock paper the state. 1t
will contend for the rights of ranchmen
and will jealousy guard the interests Of
the great industry that has built up this
town and made for the county a world
wide reputation.
The INDEX will favor such local meas
ures as may seem best for the general
good OF the county and town. At the
proper times it will suggest plans for
making this city the metropolis Of the
SOuthwsst-larger than Wichita, Win
field or Wellington.
Politically, IL will firmly and consci-
entiOusly work for the success Of the
Democratic party. 1t will contend for
a resubmission Of the prohibition ques-
tlon and in the meantime will ask for
the enforcement Of all laws on the stat
ute books.
AS family newspaper the INDEX
will be FIRST class in every particular,
containing nothing but choice literature
not even the suggestion Of anything to
offend the most sensitive or fastidious.
Now is the time to subscribe.
Two dollars n year.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-11

The publication OF the little bill for
extras for senator's at the last session,
reveals some curiosities. For instance,
the Apolinaris water used TO quench the
thirst of the senators Gust $455. There
were purchased for the use Of the SEN
ate 2,lOO twO-grain quinine pills, cost
ing 81. And among other purchases
were two gallons of cologne, one jar of
Copenhagen snuff, four gallons Of bay
rum, one bottle of castor oil, two dozen
chamOis skins and one bellows for in
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