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The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-16
CHAPTER III.'

CdAPIER
The war came on. How natural it
is, in writing story, to say The war
came on" but this is not story, and
nothing can be more natural than
truth-although it IS said to be strang-
er than fiction. Therefore, when say
that the war came on, l intend
that the declaration should have it's
full meaning. I left home full of pride.
I was captain. My mother prayed;
but Munette did not seem to be yerv
much affected. "Good bye," she said.
"War is one of the incidents of civili-
zation, as we'll as feature of bar
barity. know that you will do your
duty, and that you will not forget the
little girl whom you once saw sobbing
under the hand of dying man. When
you return, shall be old enough to
kiss yOu.'
I looked at her in astonishment.
Merriment spakled in her eyes.
"You. don't like to kiss children, it
seems.''
"Munette, you are strange. I once
said that I did not kiss you because you
looked like woman"
''Oh, yes, that is true. though that
you did not want to kiss me because I
was so small. There now, captain,
don't swell up like toad.''
I turned away. She called me, when
l was about hundred yards away
and said: when you pass the big
gate, look on the right hand post.''
I did so and found the words, II
love you" Under this wrote, "And
love YOU"
did not receive but one letter from
Munette, and that might just as we'll
have been written by professor of
geology. for its four pages were de-
voted to a description of lot of peb-
bles she had found in cave.
returned home ragged and ill. Mu-
nette was delighted to see me. She
was SO peculiar, though that I could
not tell whether or not she still loyed
me-. it seemed that she did not, for
whichever l attempted to remind her
of it, she changed the subject. Like
all true lovers, felt that without her
my life would be blank. I spoke to
my mother concerning my trouble.
''She is very strange girl, but I
always found her frank, except when
I asked her if she loved you, and she
replied that the hawks had carried off
three of the dominicker hens chick
ens.'
One day, in passing the big gate,
wrote on the post the following:
''Will youimarry me?'
Two days afterwards I visited tho
place and found the word ''yes."
Without further communication, ex-
cept to appoint the time by "post," we
were married. I did not find hor dis
position to be peculiar, only in the in
tensity of her love for me. "Why did
you treat me SOP" one day asked her.
"The dominicker has great deal of
trouble with her Chickens" she re-
piled. Shortly afterwards, when she
thought that I was not looking, she
threw back her head and laughed
ODie p. Read. IN Ark11asnW Trn7eler.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-16

Cnoy are dependent on cnarlCy IOr sup
port. They are members of the great,
unthrifty multitude that is to be found
in every large city. The farmers pay
day comes at long and sometimes at
uncertain intervals. When it does
come, it should result in the reception
of money that can be used for present
and future wants and pleasures. If
all the money received for crops and
animals is required to pay debts con-
tracted during the year, the coming
season will be devoid of pleasure, and
quite likely of prosperity. The farm
ers who succeed best in business and
who have the most enjoyment are
those who have ready money. A farm
er to be happily situated should be
year ahead of demands for money,
and not year behind.
Before the war, farmers in the south
ern states were generally in debt for
their current expenses. They ordinar-
lily depended on single crop of tobac-
co, cotton, or sugar for money. This
crop was all sold at one time. The
money received for it, in the great ma
jority of cases, went to pay debts. The
farmer lived year IN advance of his
income. As he was obliged to purchase
on credit, he paid from rs to 30 per
cent. more for his supplies than farm
ers in some of the northern states did
where business was conducted on the
cash principle. Since the war, the
farmers in many parts of the south
have given up buying goods on credit.
The change has been productive of a
state of prosperity. never known be-
'ore. The report now comes from Can
ada that the farmers have generally
resolved to buy and sell only for cash.
BY agreeing to pay cash for all the ar
ticles they purchase, dealers in almost
Ill kinds of goods have made large re-
ductions in prices. This change from
L credit to a cash system has been
brought about largely by the exertions
Of the members Of the order Of the
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-16
DR9. WHITTIER.

~ East tn Street g. Pau1 Hno Aesala,y aTadossfd snd
Blood Diseases than any physicians in America Medicines
GENT BY mat Diseases from or
renderng marriage improper cured Safely speedily
No change Pamphlet and symptom list free friend
Elegant cloth and git binding sealsa fer 80 cents in
postage. Over fifty wonderful en- pictures on neaith
marrage disease t.eame rs cts
oy sealed case get time and cost OF cure
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-01


! what Damc Fashion says the kadies Aro
to Wear This Winter.
The newest wrap is the short mantle
rssching just below the waist line at
the back, while it is daintily shaped to
outline the figure as much as possible
snd yet preserve the effect Of drapery,
and having long, square, tabEcr fronts
THESE are adapted to winter wear fully
as much as for autumn, and are made
of broeade, ottoman silk, Sicellienne 81
fur. Some rich ones ara made of black
velvet figures On a silk or satin ground,
the figures outlined with jet gilt or sir
yer beads A mantle OF rich goods Is
usually stabbed with passementerie
matching the beads and edged with
fringe OF chenille and beads. Ladies'
who purchase q wrap for general use
usually prefer rich black broca1es with
sable or chenille trimmings or else o
sealskin mande:. Undoubtedls the
mantle is the most recherche and is
accepted by Americans as well as by
the English and fair Rarisians. ard for
ladies who have but a few hundred dol
lars to expe1d it Isl wise to invest it in .
short sealskin, and thereby obtain .
finer skin, than to- purchase "a ssal
sacque or dolman of q, more questions
bic quality. But where the purchaser
is not limited to means; the long seal
skin dolmans which reach to the hem
of the dress are by all means the 6rss
choice.
A marked improvements on thesc(
cloaks is noticeable this season and an,
Improvement very greatly needed
Heretofore any lady who wsS otherwise.
than slender was almost debarred from
wearing r sealskin, as the square, TN
calmly shape detracted alarmsngly from
whatever comeliness of form she POS
sessed. But this year total change
has been effected, and sea!skin. BIZ it
sacaue, dolman, cloak or mantle, Is
now fitted as closely and perfestly AZ 3
ball dress. How beneficial the chaLg e
isis, amply proved by the number OF
ladies' who have returned their sacqoes
of last years purchasing to be refitted.
The Innings il these garments are matte
less heavy this season, and in mary
cases the satin is not quilted at All, az 1t
is much more pliable and the cloak
more graceful without the stitching.
Fer carriage wear, or to match visit
ing costumes It IS the custom to'wear
brocade or Ottoman silk mantle either
the color of the dress or of black.
brown. old gold or any of the poPular
grays or olives These are trimmed
with chenille, fsr; or passementerie. and
whiIsthey are both rich and effective
are comparatively inexpensive. Bhe
variety, of. these, usantles is absolutely
endless. Thereare so many brocades,
plush, figures on: plush grounds, and
plush or velvet figures on satin, Otto
man or gros-grnin,. or upon velvet
ground, and hestigures are SO innumers
able thatito,duplloate any wrap is well
nigh impossible while the trimming is
sometimes .chosento' match the ground
in color and sometimes the figure, or it,
may be in direct but harmonious con-
trast.-M u. Korld-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-01
Editorial Suffering.

"Pve got two little gems I'd IKE 10
read TO You. and l want your candid
opinion about Them" said the in
iruder.
The editor sighed heavily and
dropped his over~orked scissors on
The floor.
The visitor read the first poem with
deep feeling aud in different voices
The editor stoned with closed eyes.
occasionally he groaaed in his spirit
"Well. now whas do you think OF
shat?" asked the visitor with soma
animation, looking at the editor with
an air of eager expectancy.
II like the other one best"
But I've not read the other one to
you yet"
That's why ! prefer it. It's In
fI'ely superior to the one you have
Just read. '-Ieras Sittia9s
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-01
NOT WHAT SHE SEEMED.

The Other Side of the Young Lady the
Men Stared at Through the Window.
She sat at window on a public
street. and day after day the crowd
who passed saw her at the sewing-ma-
chine. The old men mentally re-
marked that she. was a perfect lady,
and the young men voted her the rival
of a June rose. If she had raised her
ewes to the window she might have met
the plying gaze of various bald-heads,
and the admiring glances of legions Of
Washers, but she never did so. Noses
were wiped and handkerchiefs waved
within 5 foot of the glass, but she
hemmed and tucked and gathered end
plated as if utterly unconscious Of the
existence of the outside world.
1t is probable that five hundred men
glanced into that window in the course
Of the day. but the sewing-machine
never stopped humming Oh Their as
count.
Things had been going On this way
for months when, only the other day.
q widower with heart full of pity for
the unfortunate got himself up regard
less of expense and boldly entered the
place. The charmer was there alone.
With a melting soul he approached the
sewing-machine and laid his heart up
| on it. That is, he coughed, gurgled,
siammered and inquired if she
wouldn't prefer to boss a tiftecn-thou-
| sand-dOllar brick house rather than
make shirts for seventy-iive cents per
| day.
The charmer rose up. She had a
short leg. That side of her face which
the public had never seen displayed
| three moles and bad scar. That eye
which the public had never gazed into
contained squint, and she had bad
front teeth. She made a grab at a
yard-stick and said something abort
settling an old duller hasa pretty
Internally quick" and the widower
broke for out doors. His sympathizing
and palptating heart was let behind
him as he went, but the charmer picked
it up and followed after him and
heaved it into the gutter with the I'd
| mark:
1--we just been waiting for ehannt
to break some of your neeks, and
don't you put your hoofs in here agar
if you want to see next sprisg dande
lions. "-Detroi Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-01
Served Her Right.

A letter from London speahsfn harsh
terms OF tho Prince of Wales treat
ment of wopnp, and asserts that he is,
in this regard, "simply q brute. -"
Among the pr.ofs Of this is mentioned
the fact thaa. the celebrated American
beauty, Miss Chamberiaine, who had
become notV,ious for moving about at
ter the PIiUc ;, was seated next to him
az supper at bali and said, in the
merest frI: Jumbo, you eat too
much.' That was enough. Only the
mome9e Afore. or terms OF that familiar
intimacy which any man might be glsd
to be vita 4 young and pretty girl, be
turned Ais shoulder to her without re-
ply. anil from that on, as far as he YVES
corscI ned, the famous Miss Chamber
laine was incontinently dropped After
that there wasn't ANYTHING left but for
her father and mother to take her
home" We should think so! and she
had better be kept there til she learns
how to behave.-Ecery Other Satar-
I dan,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-01
The "HooDooED" CLAIM.
A Piece Of Mining Property that Brings
Bad Luck for-Those Who Work 1t.


Bad Luck for-Those Who Work 1t.
There is. superstition prevailing
among ammbsr,of tEe miners in that
locality that 3: oertaih claim in Iowa
..ul.h is an Unlucky one. 1t got
started in some way that man
who worked in thsr claim was
sure to, meet With bad fuck of some
Kind. He would eithor get blown up
by giant powder, or fab down ladder.
or the mine would cave. n on him, or
some other equally undesirable occur
renee would take plass. By degrees
the belief became so. prevalent that
property was considereA .'hoodooed,
to usea slang expression. The results
that nobody will work ID a. all, and the
owners are at a loss tcosn.sw what to do
for men.
Il. Herald reporter hawing heard of
the superstit on, for. OF course, it Is
nothing moue~ or less 5han a supersti-
sion, accosted' an old miner last night
and asked him whether he was one of
those who believed the stories that were
being circulated.
s.Well, to tell the tcnth. must con-
TESS do believe somecof them. strange
as it may seem to yosG'
"What foundation have you for your
belief ?" asked the reporter.
The old In ner toossa fresh chew OF
tobacco and said: '-Ihe fact that so
many who have worked it have had bad
luck of sorae kind or other makes me
think there Is something in it. i know
one man Tho had ,n1t been at work in
! that Internal hole more than two days
before he was taken Gown with pneu-
nonia, and he can,a. very near dying.
Another went to Y3rk there and his
cabin WIS robbed Before week. A.
third on stried it, sud he fell from lad
der and came near being killed; that
satisfied: him and hs,qssit. Besides these
there h 6e been ssNaral other mishaps.
to men working tie; claim. and they fol-
lowed! each other- in such close suc--
cessiorpa and With, such unvarying cer-
tainty that the nam at last came to the
conclusion that tiiepe was bad luck in,
some xay connected with the property
lis the cia;ns.worsh anything?" asked.
the reporter.
IVES, if it was, developed I think is
would turn ont 30. be good property;.
but /. foron would not work initd it
was given tome"
Might it not be a job put up by some
ora who wants. to buy it?' asked tho
nqws hunters
II don't know about that" replied
the miner. ''but l don't see how so
many of the men could get to. believe it
t there wasn't something in it. No.
sir. it's no Job, that claim has, bad luck
for any man that works it: You may
call it superstition or anything you Like
/ but dent go to work in il"
/ Seeing there was no chance to shake
the old miners belief that there was
come Supernatural agencythat had cast
q spell of bad luck over the Inflated
property, the reporter lest him firm in
his faith.-LeadriHe Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-01
FAREWELL TO THE OLD YEAR.

Farewell Old Year. farewell to yorf;
You've been for many a day
4 friend most tried, friend most true
And as we bid you our adieu,
We give our heartfelt thanks to you,
Ami speed you on your way.
We've had full many merry time
Since first we met, Old Year
You've sung for us the Christmas rhyme,
Aud rung for us the Christmas chime,
And many joy at Christmas time
You brought with hearty cheer.
You crowned the woodland banks with bloom
OF roses led and sweet
You gave the violets their perfume,
Ripened tn cornfield's tasseled plume,
And filed the mill-wheers running hume,
|. To grind he golden wheat
You brought the yellow daffodii
To blossom in the spring
Strewed cuckoofiowers on every hill,
And cat-ta.ls by the ripping rill-
And taughs the lonely whip-poor-wiu
His vesptr song to sing.
You turned the ivys green to red, !.
The maple leaves to gold
Purpled the clusters overhead,
And showers of ripened nuts you shed,
When fallen leaves lay thickly spread
Above the forest mold.
And If you gathered some fair flowers
That blossomed on your way,
You bore them to q farer cline,
W mere neltner cOlu, uOr care, tlOT IlInc
Gould blight them in their golden prime,
Or touch them with decay.
And ahi you brought, Old Year, Old Yearl
One tiny baby flower
To nestle on its mothers breast,
And close its blue eyes into rest,
When song-bris seek their cradle-nest
At twilight's shadowy hour.
And now. Old Year. farewell to you'll
We grieve to lose you'so-
You've been friend both tried and true,
Aud as we bid you our adieu,
We give our heartfelt thanks to you,
And sigh that you must go.
Helen Whitney Clark. IN DemOTeSt's Monthly
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-01
CLIPPING HORSES.
The Idea flat clipped Horses Suffer frois
the ColtS Is Wholly Wrong.

The idea flat clipped Horses. Suffer from
the Coies Is Wholly Wrong.
The subjec9d clipping eaorses IS one
upon which asach has been said, pr,h-
cipally by persons who's do not use
horses anal know nothing practically
of what hay talk. A ih1se's coat in
the wint9.- becomes ver5 thick witfa 3
short underground of fuH which retains
the warI.nh This is provision OF
nature made for all wila animals. which
are necessarily cxpoSedi to the rlgofs OF
a cold winter in nor hern climates In
southern localities this.shIckening Of the
fur DIES. not take place, as Is well
known By trappers and dealers IA furs,
who. paw very muchs less for southern
skins. This thick hort coat hecomes
wea through with Yerspirat;on. when a
horse. is driven oTworked on milder
dsvs than usual, saad the hair retains
tae moisture for n long time. & change
of temperature or The evaporation OF the
moisture cools th-skin rapidly and pro-
duces such cheek 10 the circulation as
VIII seriously erasngcr the health II
the horse and psoduce fatal diseases at
times. and indeed quite frequently. II
is known vers well that c4arrh, intsu-
enza, spinal meningitis. pneumonia.
bronchitis ana her diseases which
&c, troy many horses evesy winter are
caused by his condition Of the skin,
and that horses which are MOI clipped.
but which retain this warm undercoat
are the only sufferers in this way, and
that horses which have been clipped are
exempt from these Diseases. This is
common knowledge. The idea that
clipped horses suffer from the cold is
wholly wrong; just as much so as that
man who does NOT wear an OvercOat
continually would necessarily suffer.
Clipped horses are always, or should
ALWAYS, be blanketed when not at work,
Just as man would put ON an-oyercosi
when he is exposed to cold. and put il
off when he goes to work. An I'm
clipped horse. when it is warm, is not
dried or warmed by blanket; it simply
steams and shivers with cold until the
hair dries. during which time it suffers
and may be so chilled as to become
seriously diseased.-M y Tinsea
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-01

ing together peak-snaped, are gradu-
ally projected out by ths washing away
of the earth. Water gets in the crew
ices, and, after awhile, the peak breaks
into pieces, which are scattered over
the surface. If that chap had had sur
face ore he might have been believed,
except that part about the land, which
was way DIN Y. Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-01

-Elmlra, n. Y, has fined milk
man S25 for putting one quart OF water
and three of milk together and shaking
them up as gallon of the creamy
quill. A milkman can 60 too far
Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-01

Five hundred dollars for pair of
shoes seems high price. but it has
been paid by one of the society bellies of
New York. They were of white satin
and embroidered with pearls.-M Y
Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-01

The Philadelrhi Press has discov.
cred that you can tell an ex-schoolmas-
ter every time He always tries his
chair with his hard before sitting down
on i
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-01

~ ANY person who takes rne paper reg.
{nriy from the post-ofice. whether directed
his name or whether be Is Q subscriber or NO.
b responsible for the pay.
Tho courts have decided that refusing &
cake newspapers from the posf-ofice, or r.
5 noving and leaving them uncsiled for. |.
&riv,a fac's e~idsorc Of rsrs ~-rosst
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1885-03-11
swANeo SPRINGS.

The wonderful spring bearing the
above name is scarcely known beyond
the borders of Kentucky, and vet the
water of this spring has performed more
wonderful cures, accordingto the num-
Der who have visited it, than any spring
in the world, not excepting even the
famous Hot Springs of Arkansas. Like
the water of Hot Springs, it is as effeca-
cious in external as it is in internal use.
And unlike Hot Springs, it is sovereign
remedy in lung troubles. Several cases
of consumption, pronounced beyond the
skill of physicians, have succGmbed to q
free use of this water as tonic while
innumerable persons, afflicted with rheu-
matism, owe their existence TO the health.
giving qualities of il, used as a bath.
We might go on and cite kdndreds of
persons whose existence seemed burden
and life seemed ebbing away, until in.
dueed.. to try the virtues of Swango
Spring. When, behold, they announce
that ''iron is king" and take a new lease
on life. Herein lies the secret of It's
iife-giying properties-it contains more
iron than any other mineral water in the
world. Sick headache, torpid liver, con-
stipation, neuralgia, nervousness, sallow
complexion, restlessness, dyspepsia,-are
all cnfed by the free and frequent use of
This water. But space forbids a fuller
description of the spring and the virtues
of the water in the present issue. We
appeal to all suffering humanity who
may read this article, tc try this spring
as soon as convenient.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1885-03-11
ToeAcco or eRAPEs,


In view of the fact that we are almost
certain to have railroad transportation
10 the leading markets of the country al
no distant day, it seems that the wide
awake farmer should discontinue tobacco
raising and put his land in something
more productive Tobacco, to say the
least, is the most injurious to land of any
thing grown upon it. 1t takes up the
strength of the soil and soon readers il
unfit for the production of remunera
tive crop of any kind. Besides, the
prices which NOW obtain are fluctuating
so that when the farmer puts in a crou
he has but a vague idea of what ii viii
bring him after his time and toll of rails
ing and curing it; and, indeed, there is
no certainty of its being cured in way
70 produce the best results. Another
argument against it is the fact that there
IS scarcely any solid insurance company
in the land which viii have the temeritv
to insure a crop of tobacco in the COM
ing years, after their experience of the
past season.
We would not advise an absolute cut
ting of of the tobacco crop at once. A
fruit farm viii be more profitable by far
than tobacco. The soil here is admirably
adapted to fruits of all kinds, and espe.
cially grapes, and after grapes, wine
making native wine One acre of
grapes ON our land will produce more
money than any one acre in the State
viii pro1nse in tobacco.
The farmer who viii this wear plant a
vineyard can have the satisfaction, in
less than five years from to-day of know
ing that he has struck If rich" BY all
means plant 5 south hill sside,iH grapes
this year, and as the vines grow, save
slips; ard increase your acreage Doubt
the wisdom Of il if YOU will, but cut this
cut and glue it in some conspicuous
place to read later on in life: Every farm
err who plants vineyard in 1856 viii i'm
crease his worldly wealth tenfold before
another half decade shall have passed
away The demand for pure native
wine is increasing year by year. The
extent TO which grape growing and wine
making can be carried on in this country
is great beyond conception. France has
an area of 204.1 IA square miles Cess than
the area of the state of Tevas), vet on
Az per cent. of the area of France the
product of wine in 1870 was 1870, 81, :
230 gallons, worth, at the low price of %
cents gallon, $685., 500, S07, or more than
the value of the entire wheat crop from
the whole United States for that year
In other words, France, on an area a
lite more than one-fifth the size of Ken
lucky, produced wine valued at more
than the value of the wheat crop of the
United States, or of the cotton crop