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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
Hunting Fish with Dogs.

Captain Mayne Reid in his last story,
"The Land of Fire." published in st.
Nicholas, gives the following interest
ing description of peculiar Fuegian
manner of fishing: "By this, the four
canoes have arrived at the entrance to
the inlet, and are forming line across
it at equal dis ances from one another.
as if to bar the way against anything
that may attempt to pass outward. just
such is their design; the fish being what
they purpose enfilading.
"Soon the fish-hunters, having COM
pleted their Gordon and dropped the
dogs overheard, come on up the cove,
the women plying the paddles, the men
with javelins appraised. ready for dart
ing. The little foxy dogs swim abreast
of and between the canoes, driving the
fish below them--as sheep-dogs drive
sheep-one or another diving under at
intervals, to intercept such as attempt
to escape outward. For in the translu-
cent water they can see the fish fal
ahead. and, trained to the work, they
keep guard against break from these
through the inclosing line. Soon the
ISL otc ioiSco up W eilc luuci Gnu VI
the cove, where it is shoalest; and then
the work of slaughter commences. The
dusky fishermen, standing ia the canoes
and bending over, now to this side, now
that, plunge down their spears and liz
gigs, rarely failing to bring up fish OF
one sort or another; the struggling VIC
tim shaken off into the bottom OF the
canoe, there petS its death-blOw from
the boys.
''For nearly an hour the curious
aquatic chase is carried on; not in ST.
lence, but amid a chorus of deafening
notes.-the shouts of the savages and
the barking and yelping of their dogs
mingling with the shrieking of the sea-
birds overhead. And thrice is the cove
drawn by the canoes, which are taken
back to its mouth, the line reformed,
and the process repeated till good sup
ply of the fish best worth catching has
been secured"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14

ished in May by autumn there win be
good velvety turf. The thorough
preparation of the soil recommended
will be found more economical, and the
grass will grow much more vigorously
than if frequently watered with a hose.
There is benefit in cutting the grass
as often as possible before anticipating
rain. The cutting should cease early in
September that the growth may form
a cover to protect the soil against the
vicissitudes of winter. Blue grass and
white clover both require calcareous
soils, and the only way to meet that re-
quirement in New England is to use
lime freely while making the lawn; two
hundred bushels per acre would not be
too much when it is trenched or SUBJ
soiled. At least two bushels of plaster
per acre should be mixed with the an
nual top-dressing. The lawn may be
top-dressed with well-rotted compost,
wood ashes. phosphate or ground plas-
ter, when the grass seems to require
plant-food.-N Y. World.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
He Would Be q Candidate.

Snow, George" said Lurline, "I've
promised to be your wife, and now you
must promise me one thing"
"My darling, what is it?''
THAT you will not be candidate"
she said.
sNot be a candidate!" he said,
"Great Scott! Anything but that-any-
thing but That's / can't promise you
that"
"Why can't you promise that,
George?"
.'Oh. because all the fellows are can
didates Jones is a candidate, Brown is
a candidate, Smith is a candidate,
Simpkins is a candidate; they are all
candidates No, my dear, I'll prom
Use you anything in reason; but l can't
give up my great North American right
to be a candidate"
'Then, SIR She replied sternly,
''our paths henceforth diverge. I'D
not have my married life married by po-
htical strife. Good night, sir"
And George passed out into the street,
. martyr to his principles.-OI City
Derrick.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
Boys and Trades.

believe in schools where boys can
learn trades. Peter the Great left his
throne and went to learn how to build a
ship, and he learned from stem to stern,
from hull to mast, and that was the be-
ginning of his greatness.
1 knew a young man who was poor
and smart, and friend sent him to one
of the schools up North, and he stayed
two years and came back as a mining
engineer and bridge-builder, and last
year he planned and built a cotton-fac.
tory. and is getting large salary.
How many college-boys are there in
the United States who can tell what
kind of native timber will bear the heav-
lest burdens, or why you take white oak
for one part OF wagon and ash for an
other, or what timber will last longer
under water or what out of water?
How many know sandstone from lime
stone, or iron from manganese?
How many know how to cut a rafter
or brace without pattern?
How many know which turns the fast
est, the top of wheel or the bottom. as
the wagon moves along the ground?
How many know how steel is made,
and how a snake can climb tree?
How many know chat horse gets up
before and COW behind, and the cow
eats grass from her, and the horse eats
to him?
How many know that surveyors
mark on a tree never gets any higher
from the ground. or what tree bears
without bloom?
There is apower of comfort in knowl.
edge, but boy is not going to get it
unless he wants it bad; and that is the
trouble with most college-boys-they
don't want it.
They are too busy and haven't got
time. There is more hope of dull boy
who wants knowledge than of a genius,
for genius generally knows it all with
out study. These close observers are
the worlds benefsctors. Blu Arp, in
Atl0ntG Constitution.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
How to Make q Lawn.

In a paper read before the Massachu-
sets Horticultural Society by Henry w.
Wilson the sub, ect of lawns was consid-
cred. Many of the suggestions made
were opportune and are presented in
brief. Most lawns are surfaced to a
true plane and have the appearance of
sagging at the center. This arises from
an optical illusion, to correct which q
gentle swell should be given to it. The
surface, of course, must be smooth as
possible.
An important point is drainage. If
the land be dry and gravelly it will not
require artificial drainage. but it is moro
difficult to make good lawn on such
soils. II. the subsoil is gravelly clay
or hard pan it must be drained with
pipes laid feet deep and 80 to 40 feet
apart If the soil is too light it will be
greatly improved by spreading from 200
to 800 loads to the acre of clayey ma
terial This should be suvh that the
action of the frost will pulverize it. In
the spring ii ought to be plowed in as
deeply as can be done. A good dress
ing of peatJ muck will do much to i'm
prove such soil. To this muck may
be added bushel of salt and a bushel
of lime to the cord, the salt being dis
solved and the lime Stacked with it.
The muck will be improved by expo
sure to the frost.
If the subsoil is clay or hard pan the
best method of loosening it up is by
deep blowing, running the pillow three
times in the same furrow. By this
means depth of two feet or more can
be reached, and the grass will be ems
bled TO stand the drought, more espe-
cially if the land be underdrained as
recommended.
After the surface Is well pulverized
seed down with not less than three
bushels of mixed blue grass and white
clover to the acre, say two and one
half bushels of blue grass and the rest
clover, and some fragrant vernal grass.
If the soil is good average land, treated
as described no manure or fertilizer will
be needed, but wood ashes, leached or
unleached, and old lime rubbish may
be freely spread on the surface and
carefully mixed with the soil. Sow the
seed just before change of weather
which indicates rain. After sowing,
harrow in well and roll with garden
roller. As soon as the grass is we'll
started roll it one day and cut it with a
.awn-mower the next. and follow this
ap every ten days. If the lawn is fin
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14

get married. for NJ 6nsband would
domineer over ne d less than six
months, and MAXI ~ d. all the chores.
got mad at her. and rid I knew my
Johnny never woaA d any such thing;
but now you have, you have, and I'm
going right seraight' h-home to my
m-mar
John Mobility eat up in bed, and stared
at his weeping wife.
s.Why--whatAwher am /. anyhow?
Where's Jonathan, and Jeremiah, and
the rest Of the babies? Isn't it 1892"
1888, yous crazy man! OF course
not. And what do you mean by talk
ing about the babies? We haven't any
babies, Johnny"
Maria blushed rosy red, and gazed in
wids-eyed establishment at her bewil-
dered husband.
and you're not President of the
Groad Union Female Association of
Libsrty and Equality2 Let me see
yoor nose"
Maria by this time had serious doubts
as to the mans sanity. She was begin
ming to feel afraid of him. Her nose,
| indeed.
sCunning as ever" he said, investi-
eating the member: by George.
Maria, l believe l must have been
dreaming. l say, ducky, what were
you crying about? Was Icross to your
Never mind, pet, you know didn't
mean it. was asleep. Kiss and make
up"
80, Johnny, how you did brighten
me! Tn ever so glad it was only a
dream. But you'll have to get up,
quick, for you've overslept-we're half
an hour late. It's those oysters, |
know. told you last night not to eat
so many"
John dressed himself hastily. an alb
stracted look still upon his face.
What were you dreaming about,
Johnny?'
MIR. Mollify was intently hunting for
his other boot.
Il say, Johnny, what were you
dreaming about?"
.'Oh, nothing" pulling the missing
article out from under the bed; that
is, don't remember. l never can re-
member my dreams, can you?"
''Oh, yes, sometimes" asserted the
curious wife. 81 wish you would try
and remember this one. You acted so
strangely"
Don't You want to go down to Nor
wells to-day, and buy that crushed
strawberry hat you admired so much
yesterday"
An abrupt change of subject, but an
agreeable one.
30 you darling, of course do! Can
1 really have it?''
Yes" said John, 81 feel as if I'd
like to make you present. That's be-
cause you are such good little wife.
You'd better go the first thing, before
any one gets it,
"You dear boy"' cried Maria, delight
edly. because don't really need it,
you know. But it's such a beauty"
John said nothing, but wrestled with
the kitchen stove, cOngratulating him.
self that he was only six months mar
ried, and that his wife didn't know the
difference between the nomination and
election, OF any other political terms
Clara Spaiding BroUn, in BALLOTS Mag.
n,i,ae
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
Saddest Of Sad Sights.

81 will Now show you one of the Sad
dest Sights ever Witnessed by Mortal
Eye" said q City Man to his friend
from the Country. "and as / Have
Lived here all my Life, it is safe to Bet
that 1 am Pretty Fly. You will OBJ
serve that Little Shop across the way,
where Great Crowd of People are
standing, and you will See that they are
Wringing their Hands or Crying. Looki
One of them has Opened the Door. and
is on his Knees in the Attitude of Sup
plication. The others have Pushed In.
and are Anxiously Awaiting q word
from the Man in Blue Overalls, who is
Sitting in Front of the Stove. Do you
think the Little Shop is Soup House,
or that the People are trying to Get on
the Police Force? If that is your Idea.
I can Say that you are Slightly OFF your
Base. All of them are richly Clad.
Many of them Sport the Dizzy New
Market. He of the Fat Face and Com
Portable Stomach is an Editor. In his
Pocket he carries a Big Doodle. He is
Feared and Respected by everybody
Because he Throws Nasty Pen. Next
to Him is an Honest Detective who
Owns a Block of Houses. Does the
Man in the Blue Overalls care Conti-
Mental? Does he Do Anything to Re
lieve the Misery o. those Sad People?
He Does Not, and it will be a much
Colder Day than this when you See him
Move an Inch, because he has the Whole
Gang where the Hair is short. The
Man IN the Blue Overalls Is Plumber,
and that is Why he tells those People to
Pull down their Vests. But when the
;pring Time comes he will Send In
Bill for Work by the Hour. and Then
there will be General Howl. and tn
Editor will call him Fiend in tbs
Newspaper. This is Ono Of. the City,
Sod Sights. "-PhiGdelphia Rxs'
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
THE coAsEGUARD.

Do you wonder what am seeing,
In the heart of the fire. aglow
Like cliffs in a golden sunset
With a summer sea belowi
i see, away to the eastward,
The line of a storm-beat coast.
AND hear the tread of the hurry1ng wavel
Like the tramp of mailed host.
And up and down in the darkness,
And over the frozen sand,
1 hear the men of the coast-guard
Pacing along the strand
Beaten by storm and tempest,
And drenched by the pelting rain,
From the shores of Carolina,
To the .wind-swept bays of Maine.
No matter what storms are raging,
No matter how wild the night,
The CLEAN of their swinging lanterns
Shines out with friendly light;
And many shipwrecked sailor
Thanks God, with his gasping breath,
For the sturdy arms of the surfmen
That drew him away from death.
And, so, whom the wind is wailing,
And the air grows dim with sleet,
j think of the fearless watchers
Pacing along their beat;
think of a wreck, fast breaking
In the surf of a rocky shore,
And the life-boat leaping onward
To the stroke of the bending oar.
I hear the shouts of the sailors,
he boom of the frozen sail,
An Fthe creak of the ICY halyards
Straining against the gale.
Cpurage? the Captain trumpets,
They are sending help from landH"
God bless themen of the coast-guard,
And hold their lives in His handi
Emily. huntington Muller, IN st. Nicholas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Harvard Annex has forty-eight girl
undergraduates, whose average scholar.
ship is higher than that of the young
men now struggling with the universal
curriculum.-M Y Tribune.
The Sunday-school children of the
United States have contributed $25. 600
toward the cost of a steam missionary
vessel of 425 tons. She will be built at
Bath, Me-, and is expected to sail for
Honolulu in MISUNDERSTANDING Tri5-
une.
I'm accordance with a resolu:...ru
passed at the General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church last spring,
all churches of that denomination in the
United States are trying to pay off their
debts before the centennial anniversary
next May.
The endowment fund of Washing
ton and Lee University: Virginia, is
now $400, 900, and at least one-haf Of
it has been given by Northern men A
persistent effort is being made to in
crease the endowment to 1000, 0OO.-
Chicago Herald.
Whenever man." saws the Cum
bcrland Presbyterian, '.finds himself in
place where he can not teach what he
believes to be important truth, let him
give up the place and hold on to the
truth. Let him lose his honors and
save bis manhood"
"A Chinese joss-house, or sacred
temple, is to be erected in Denver. Col.
There are two warning factions of Celes-
tials in that city. and it is believed that
the temple will have a peaceful influ-
ence over them. According to the
creed of the church all who attend must
be friends. Chicago Inter Ocean.
"A prize of seventy-five dollars Is
annually given to the best male scholar
in Greek in the high school st Newport,
X. L The daughter of George Rice,
the colored steward of the steamer Pill
grim, stood the best at the last exami-
nation. She was not eligible for the
prize, but gentleman in New York has
sent her seventy-five dollars in gold
N. Y. Herald.
The FOREIGN Missionary states that
in Syria fifteen thousand children are
in Evangelical mission schools, in which
the Bible is taught. Two hundred and
forty books have been published in the
Arabic language. Hundreds of young
men and women are being educated in
Christian schools Twelve churches
have been organized, with about eleven
hundred members.
"A new religious sect in Boston
holds that disease is caused by the alb
sence of God from the body. and that it
can be cured by the passage of the Di-
vine affluence from the well to the sick
as they sit with their spines in contact.
1t is said to number among its votaries
people of influence and prominence.
and some whose names are as familiar
as household words.-Boston Post.
An attempt was recently made bya
householder in an Iowa town to get an
injunction restraining the reading of
the Bible in the public schools of the
State. and also to prohibit the singing
Of hymns or repeating the Lords
Prayer. In decision rendered recent
ly, however, the Court held that such
selections were intended to inculcate
morality, purity and honesty, and were,
therefore, a part of the school system.
He refused to grant the desired order
Chicago Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
Regular Feeding.

Irregularities as the amount of rations
for morning, noon and night will often
serve to check all improvement, or even
to induce loss of condition. In working
horses this becomes especially manifest;
those that are fed unequally or at hap
hazard, consuming often an excessive
amount of fodder, yet failing in con-
dition. becoming languid. and easily
fatigued in harness, and the subject Of
frequent attacks of collie and indigo
ton. In many such instances the remedy
is to change the feeder, when upon a
smaller ration even; but in the hands Of
a careful, observant, and punctual man.
the same horses will speedily recuperate,
gain flesh, and perform their daily tasks
with increasing energy. In other stock
the effects may be less manifest, but
they are no less real; and all the diff
ference between the others may be
traced, in many cases. to this one subject
of more or less care in the feeding, so
% to adapt it to the wants OF the in
dividaal beast.-Notjona Lire-Stock
Etara0!.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
Uselessness Of Binders on Horses.

CYLINDERS, says 3 writer in ON
Dumb Anin,als, originated in the pride
of persons who imagined their horses
presented finer appearance when pro-
vided with these senseless appendages.
Custom and ignorance combined in per-
petuating their use, so that to-day prob
ably nineteen-twentieths of our horses
are disfigured by these worse than use
less contrivances, including multitudes
of miserable, broken-down animals en-
ployed in the severer grades of labor,
and which could not, from sheer weari-
ness and ifelessness, be induced to shy,
or run away, by anything short of a
bomb bursting in their immediate vi
cinity.
1.-The unsoundness of that logic which
insists horses are less frightened by OBJ
jects which are screened from their
view by binders, but which they can
hear (such, for instance, as locomo-
tives), than when they can see just
what the object is, is proven wholly
false by the experience of all who have
dispensed with binders on their ami
mails. 1t is the unseen object which
most terrifies horse. The animal who
will become unmanageable when made
to face away from an approaching train,
will quietly stand its ground if allowed
to face the object. l know this from
personal experience with many restless
horses.
cylinders do not prevent horses from
observing each object Ill front, and
upon each side of them, as they ap-
approach it while travelling upon the
road, and hence binders can only
serve to prevent their seeing objects
overtaking them from behind. which is
an end never to be desired. have fire.
quently seen horses shy so violently as
to nearly overturn the vehicle on being
passed from the rear bya noiselessly-
gliding bicycle. which fright would
have been avoided had the animal been
unblindered, and thus aware of the APP
proach OF the machine.
'.Blinders also much diminish the
beauty of a horse, the eye being one of
its finest features. But the greatest OBJ
lection of all is the cruelty (and in
jury. as welD resulting from their use.
The vast majority of binders are made
nearly fiat, so that they commonly
press directly against the eye-lashes and
eyes of the horse, which causes pain to
the animal. besides frequently destroy
ing its sight
al strongly and earnestly wish there
could be legislation to compel all horse
owners who insist upon using binders,
to use only heavily-convexed ones,
which shall not press in the present
cruel manner against the eye-lashes and
eyes"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

"A little farm well titled and q little
wife well willed, is better than big
farm which is maltreated and q big
wife who will maultreat you.-C2ere-
land Leader.
Put few ears of corn in the oven
and let them remain until reduced to
charcoal. FeedThis to the fowls and
notice the increased egg production.
~ Y. Herald.
Less grain and more grazing tend
TO better development of frame and
muscle than when corn is fed to hogs
exclusively. Build the frame first, and
lay on the fat afterward.-N Y. Times.
MIR. c. M. Clay tells the National
Stockman that his moving machine has
been used fifteen years and is good for
as many more. 1T is put under shelter
every night, and so are all his farm
tools, small as well as large, no matter
how promising the weather.
"A correspondent a the New York
Tribune says that any one who allows
his fruit trees to slowly starve to death
and then adds insult to injury by
blaming them for not rewarding his in
dolence with bountiful crops. deserves
to be debarred from good fruit the re-
mainder of his life.
Prof. E. w. Stewart, il his recent
useful book. celebrates the cow as 'the
most remarkable producer among ami
mails" She gives, at her best, nearly
seven times her own weight per aunum
in milk, of food value twice as great as
the beef creature of equal size gains
during tho same time.-Utica IN. "
Herald.
To make an excellent apple pie
pare and slice thin six tart apples. Line
the pie plate with paste made of two
cups of sifted flour, one cupful of but
ter, yelks of two eggs, one-half cup Of
cold water; put in the apples and
sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon,
flour and pinch of salt; wet the edges,
cover with paste rolled out thin, and
bake in a moderate oven.
-Beets fried in batter: Cut q well
cooked beetroot in slices and then place
between each two slices a thin layer of
force-meat. composed of finely chopped
onion, parsley and any herbs that are
liked, with pepper, salt aud little mus
tard. Dip these double slices into a
good batter and then fry them in plenty
of dripping until they are good color.
Serve very hot, and with little salt
scattered over.
One of the best known remedies for
chilblains is Imminent made as follows:
Take an ounce of camphorated spirits
and one-haf ounce of the liquor of SUBJ
acetate of lead. Mix and apply three
or four times day. Another valuable
remedy is oil of turpentine, four parts;
sulphuric acid. one part; olive oil, ten
parts. Mix and apply night and morn
ing. In mild cases relief is to be had
by bathing the feet in one part of mu-
riatic acid in sixteen parts of water
Chicago Nesos.
Attention of drivers is invited BY
the National Stockmdn to horse fact
worth remembering, especially in
spring: Don't think your horse in
best condition to endure long trip or
a hard drive because he has stood in
stable for weeks and done nothing. II
there is ever time that he is soft it is
after long idle spell, but many I'M
thinking men do not realize this, and
horses Of standing and staying qualities
are often injured by being brought too
slddenly from iCileness tn hard labor -