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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Gypsum Is the best land plaster;
mortgage is the worst-Caiccyo Cur
Ss1f.
The most desirable horses are not
always the haudsOmest While beauty
is . desirable quality of horse it is not
always essentially Y. Independent.
-Covet not your neighbours property
nor envy his success. This would be
wicked. But it is perfectly legitimate
to emulate his good example. or try to
beat him out Of sight in raising good
crops.-Toietio Nade.
Butter needs to be kept cool as well
as fresh. To put in salt and water
hardens it better than anything except
ice. To put it in . basin that stands in
salt and water is not quite 50 effectual.
but avoids the difficulty of putting it
actually under water Boston Budgef.
"A heap of stones after lying two or
three years will leave the soil beneath
much richer than before. This is prob
ably in some cases due to distintegra-
ton OF the stone, which il the mode in
which all soils are formed But the
greater part of the effect is due to the
action of the stones as mulch. allow
ing the soil beneath to disintegrate.-
CHICAGO Tins.
The growth of the cattle industry Is
wonderful. Twenty wears ago million
Of dollars would cover the amount in.
vested in cattle ranches in the United
States, while now the investment is es-
timated at o hundred millions. Not
only in this county, but abroad, agricul-
ture has been superseded in many places
by cattle raising. which is lowering and
will continue to lower the price of beef.
~ Y. Tribune.
Fried meat cakes. Chop lean raw
meat rs you would for sausage; any
meat may be used. bat beef is best.
Season with salt, pepper and onions;
shape into flat cakes, dip the cakes in egg
and bread crumbs. and fry in dripping.
Drain on a strainer; have ready a dish
OF nicely mashed potatoes, on which put
your meat cakes and serve. The
household.
--Brahma Ice: Take the whites of ten
eggs, one quart of cream and one and
One-half pounds of the best powdered
sugar (cOnfectiOrers' sugar is best); mix
well together in tin or granite sauce
pan; place it on the fire and stir con-
stantly till it bOils once. Then add two
wine glasses Of Curacao and half y
tumbler of orange-flOwer water. Put it
in the freezer and freeze.-N y. COM
n'erciai -AGrertiser.
-hyou want Your stock to be gentle
aud kind be gentle and kind yourself.
and begin early. 1t is not incompatible
with that firmness always indispensable
with the young. 1t will apply to the
children of the family especially. Chill
dren cruelty raised will be cruel them
selves. Animals cruelty treated will be
vicious. The exceptional cases are
about equally divided between men and
animals. Chicago Tribune.
There are many kinds of farmers
besides merely good farmers and poor
farmers. There are farmers who farm
solely for profit, for just all the hard
cash they can possibly get out of their
business; then there are farmers who
play at farming, or farm for the fun of
the thing. and farmers who are farmers
because they happened to be, farmers by
force of circumstances over which they
have seemed to have but little control.
IN. E. Former.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

"A three-year-old boy ut Louisville
promises to be gray headed before he
reaches his teens. The child has at
tracted much attention from the
neighbors, who say they never saw any
thing of the kind before. Physicians
say that, even in families where turning
gray during youth is hereditary, they
have not known Of case where the
peculiarly was exhibited in one 50
young. The boy is healthy and lively
little fellow. and his patsiarchal appear.
ance does not seem to annoy him in the
least. Louisville Cbvi journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18
SHORTENING.

A Practice Which h Universally PreJu-
dieiAl to Health.
The custom Of many families of add
ing various kinds Of shortening. as but
ter, suet, lard. ETC.. IS uniformly unfav-
Orable to the health. particularly when
lard. the most Objectionable of all. is
used. 1t never adds 10 the true nOur-
ishment, but always ipterferes with di-
gestion. Practically, the idea is to d.
minish the amount Of chewing. and to
swallow with the greatest despatch. By
this means. the bread is not properly
mixed with the gastric juice, OF course
impairing the digestion. This is more
harmful in eating bread than it would
be in the use Of fish, meats. eggs. etc,
since an important Office of the saliva
is to chemically change the starch intO
grape sugar, an important step in itj
digestion, which, if omitted, must re-
duce the supply Of the saliva and prnb-
ably Of the gastric juice. certainly rem
dering the digestion imp .rfect. We, as
a nation, do not more than half chew
our food, as compared with Europeans,
and by them are called '.natiOn Of
dyspeptics." and with some prOpriety.
Wholesome bread cannot be made BY
shOrseningi il with lard.
DIR. excellent authority
says THE action of heat on butter or
lard renders the compound highly in
juriDus to the dyspeptic. who should.
therefore, most carefully avoid It's use.'
He quotes Dr.. Paris as saying: "An
paStry-from this cause-is an sbOmina-
tioA verify believe that one bali, at
least. OF the cases of digest0a which
accur. after dinner parties, may be
traced to this cause"
DIR. beaumont, whose opportunities
for observing the digestive p<ucess have
nevsr been equaled. states that ..oil Is
slowly and with great dif6cnltv acted
On by the gastric juice" This oil floats
on the surface of the mass of the
stOmoch in the form of an oily pellicle.
bec0ning highly rancid. n some cases.
producing many of the 6Orms of stOm-
aeh PAINS. such as hearthoFB-so called
-n2Asea, ''wind" anal vomiting, the
worst effects being connected with the
fOraAatiOn Of Oil-acids-
Another author saHss FIXED oil or
fat Is more difficult Of digestion, and
more obnoxious to S1e stomach than
any other alimentsrx principle. Indeed.
IN some more or les, obvious and con-
esalesi form. bel;sss IL will be found
the offending ingzsdisus in nine-tenths
Of the dishes whisil disturb weak stOm-
scha"
1t follows that il these oils UNIFORMLY
disturb weak ssoENachs of every kind.
their use by the strong cannot but re-
duce that pOwe7, 1t some future tiIne.-
Colder Ruie.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18
LAKE OF SALT.
An Interesting Description Of tho N.ur
Ehab Valiey-The Salt Lakes OF
Yar-Oilan.

An Interesting Description Of tho Muir
ghab valiey-The Salt Lakes OF
Yar-Oilan.
At the ting Of the Royal Geo
graphical Society recently Sir Peter
Lumsden read a paper OH the countrie:
and tribes he has recently visited west oil
Afghanistan. He gave an interestin:
description of the geography of the
MurChab Valley and the customs of its
people. and quoted Il singular account
of the Namaksar. or salt lakes of Var.
oilan. visited and described as follows.
by Captain Yate:
Yar-oilan means the sunken ground. ="
and no word can better describe the gen.
eral appearance of the valley of these
lakes. The total length of the valley
from the kangrnaii road on the west tc
the Band-i-DOzan, which bounds it OIL
the east, is about thirty miles. and it,:
greatest breadth about eleven miles.
divided into two parts by u connecting
ridge which runs across from north &C
south, with an average hight of about
1,S0O feet, but has narrow. which rises
some 400 feet above the general average
To the west of this ridge lies the lake
from which the Tckke Turcomans from
Nerve get their salt. The valley of thi:
lake is some six miles square. and il:
surrounded on all sides by II steep
almost precipitous descent, inn
passable for baggage animals
so TAR as am aware, except by The
Nerve road in the northeast corner. The
level of the lake l made to be abou
143O feet above the sea level, which
gives it descent of some 400 feet from
the level of the connecting ridge and o:
some $50 feet below the general plateau
above. The lake itself lies in the centre
of the basin above described, and the
supply of salt in it is apparently unlim
tied. The bed of the lake is one solid
mass of hard salt. perfectly level, anG
covered BY only an inch or two of water
To ride over it was like riding over ict
or cement. The bottom was covered
with slight sediment, but when thai
was scraped away the pure white salt
shone out below. How deep this deposit
may be it Is impossible To say, for nc
one has yet got to the bottom Of it. IL
the east of the dividing ridg. is the sec
Ond lake. from which the Saryks ~
Penjdeh take their salt. The Valley il
which this lake is situated is much the
larger of the two. The valley properi is
itself some fifteen miles in length b,
about ten miles in breadth The de-
scent to Il is precipitous Oh the nortf
and west sides only. the eastern anG
southeastern end slOping gradually aE
in a succession of undulations- Tht
level ef this lake is apparently lowe,
than that of the other: Made il ont a
be some 500 feet above sea level. The
salt in this lake is not SO. smooth rs il
the other, and did not look 80 pure.
1t is dug ont in flakes or strata. gener.
ally of some four inches in thickness, is
loaded into bags. and carried of On
camels for sale without further prepare
GOn.-L0Aion NeUs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

Many devices have been put in use
BY actors and lecturers to keep from
smiling. but the simplest and most ef.
fective is to put q small wooden button
in the mouth, and bite down on il every
time the impulse to laugh makes itself
manifest. Some grit their teeth OF
cringe their toes, and q famous minstrel
for long tine resOrted 10 the scheme
of sticking ayin in his thish.-Batti,noss
Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

"A curious duel with pist.s took
place at MOntretont. France. recently.
At the word of command both the adj
versaries raised their weapons and one
of them fred. but without RESULT. Il
was noticed that the pistol Of the othes
did not 60 of, and on his handing it BE-
his opponents seconds they found th:a
he hxa deliberately unloadeA it.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18
A rood wi~ Of white hair

A good wig Of white hair. says an
American tOnsOrial artist. costs about
$40. bat (and this is a secret of the trade
and can only BE- told in whispers) she
material Of which these wigs are madf
is clipped from the festive goat, and
never from the human head. A psc,l.
liar soft. silky kind Of snowy-white hair
originates on the ADgora rabbit. A per.
fecsly white and abundant wig of white
human hair would cost 81, COO al least.
Chicago Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

The Bulletin. Of Pittsburgh, note.
that. since natural gas has come to b.
largely used rs fuel in that CITY, the at.
mosphere has become clearer than it ha.
,een at any time for threc-quartcrs Of q
century, 1.-THE sharp outline of the river
hills showing themselves in new and al.
tractire clearshesS.''
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

food cheer is contagious. and the
man who makes it . rule 10 b always
sunny and beaming with gladness in
his own home win find that heaven is
much nearer to earth than is generally
cOniectured.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

Women never appeared on the stage
among the ancients. Their parts were
represented by men until as late Us
1862, when Charles II. first encouraged
their public apprenticeship. T. Herald
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

" Any person Who takes the paper regu-
,larly from the postofsce whether directed to
his name or whether he IL q subscriber or not
Il responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing to
take newspapers from the post -officc, or re-
moving and leaving them uncalled for. fe
pr;,.- ----o~sv w VT
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

IL declare. Mr.. Bland. said . guest
to the landlord of Bar Harbor hotel.
your table is even worse than Il was
last year." And the indignant Bopiface
answered without reflection: That Il
impossible, sir. "-BostoR Ceasn0eiak
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

-fhs whale which Seently vent
ashore 1t Ochre Point, Newport. vas
cns into seven pieces ana taken out To
sea and buried by the aid Of the steamer
Fairy. The pieces had large stones Al
taehed to make them sink.-Nl. Post
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

The General Assembly of the United
Church has outlined it,
benevolent work for the ensuing year on
the basis Of an average contribution
rom each member of $2.81.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

More than 5000. 900 Germans have
immigrated to this country during the
last sixty J ears. OF this number 1,0OO.-
600 have immigrated during the last
decade.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

The number Of passengers carried
by all the railroads in all parts of the
world in 1884 is estimated at 2. 400. 0OO,.
600. or an average Of 6.500. 600 . day.
Chicago Htr0id.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

Two hundred and fifty million per-
sons quench their thirst every year at
the London public drinking fountain.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

Innc'ts Dwelling Along the scacOast From
Labrador to tho Pacific Ocean Tho
Dialect Of the Various Tribe An
Kospi:able and Honest Face.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18


named Iwillik by an exploring expedi-
ton, many years ago, ON account of
their inability to Navigate its waters,
and as the whalers had not been able to
do anv better in later times. the Iwilliks
had to abandon their country, to be
near the white men. in order to trade
for such things as they wanted, includ-
ing arms and ammunition. boats, cut.
lery and miscellaneous articles.
They were profuse in extending to me
their hospitality, and performed many
little acts of kindness that rapidly re-
moved the repugnance of the first con-
tact and the prospect of having TO live
with such creatures. No compensation
was demanded in advance, nor was any
rate agreed upon before commencing
work, that being left entirely with the
person hiring them, according to their
usual custom. They were paid from
our stores of trading materials the
value Of money is absolutely unknown
by them. Although thought that no
extra indulgence or favors bad been
shown them in the compensation given,
they evidently thought SO. and after cir
cumstances showed plainly that they
had been paid many times the amount
they could have expected, judging from
the usual allowances paid them by 9th
ers. Abusiness man would have thought
it q waste of material after these facts
leaked out, but think it did much
to cement a warm friendship with the
tribe that did SO much for my expedi-
ton. and without whose assistance my
sledge journey would have simply been
out of the question. After all, the Es-
quimaux do not seem to have very
good idea OF comparative value in
their exchanges, the present necessity
for an article governing them far more
than any other consideration. II q
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-31

Per steamship Juniata. for Philadelphia
IS bales upland cotton, SS6 empties, IS bales
domestics and yarns, 10 bbis rice, 1852 bbls
rosin, Il bbs bbls spirits turpentine, 53Si6 feet
lumber, 80 bales sper stock, 203 bales rice
straw, so bbls cotton seed oil, $40 bbls and
o,lI9 crates vegetables, SO4 tons pig iron, l0l
pkgs mdse.
Per steamship VIM Crane. for Baltimore
Jos bales cotton, IL bales dOmesucs. l45 bales
hides 29l bbls rice, 3lS bbs rosin, 81 bbls spirits
turpentine, l40 tons pig iron, 900 empties, "a
turtle, 2,639 boxes vegetables, go pkgs mdse
Per bark Gustavo QtaD, for Antwerp-626
bbls rosin, weighing 272,175 pounds; 1900 bbls
spirits turpentlne, measuring S0,04l gallons
Alex Sprunt X Son.
Per bark Luciano Sierra QtaD, for Vigo-
2SfSO6 feet resawn lumber. 1888 feet dressed
boards, ,l0S feet sawn stowage-D e Bacon Il
Co.
Per bark Freir (Nor), for Queenstown or
Falmonth-3l2,69I feet p p plauks-J X Clarke
h Go.
Per bark Roma 1taD, for Harburg-S, 400
bbls rosin, weighing l,464,4S5 pounds Pater-
son. Downing Il Co.
Per schr Three sisters, for Philadelphia
246,9JO feet lumber Dale. Wells Il Co.
2,623 0bls and l0,907 crates vegetables addi-
tlonal by steamship Tallahassee to New
YORK Friday.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-31
SAILED YESTERDAY.
Steamship VIM Crane. Baltimore.
Steamship Juniata. Philadelphia.
Bark Freir (Nor), Queenstown or Falmol
MEMORANDA.

New York, May 2S-Arrived, brig Robert
Dillon, Hawkins, Savannahi schrs Jennie
Rosaline, Sexton, Fernandina; Eleanor
Percy, brunswick; Cephas Starratt, Pearson,
Dob0v: Waccamaw, Squlres, Georgetown, 5 G..
Kings Lynn. May 26-Arrived, bark Capt
Peter Dahl (Nor), Snndersen' Darlen;
southampton. May 27-Arrlved, bark
Canada Ger. Lammert, Apalachcola.
Valencia, May CARVED, bark Erbrin
(Nor) Petersen, Brunswick.
Cienfuegos, May 20-Arrived, schr Nantas-
ket. Richardson, Pensacola.
North sydney. G b. May 2S-Arrived, steam
ship Castleton lBr), Henry, Coosaw, g, for
London.
Boston, May 2s--Arrived, schrs Eta A
stimson, Bunker, 81 Simon ), Ga; Sadie VIII
cltr. Jackson, Pensacola; Emma Hart,
Ksen. ~ slmOD's, Ga.
Bail River, 3 G, May 27-Sailed schr VIM e
Cloves. Penny, Orient. l. l.
Darien, May 2S-Arrived, schr Sarah u }
Rawson, French, savannah.
Cleared. schr Jas Young, Linekin, st John.
Fernandina. May 2S-Arrived, steamer earn
Marth (Brl, Hurrell, Cape Verde.
Cleared, steamer City of san Antonio,
Wilder, New \ ork.
Pensacola, May 2s-Cleared, banks Aarvak
Nor, Leegard, Port Glasgow; Wagoola (sw),
Wingrin, sutton Bridge.
Port Royal, : G, May 2l-Arrived, steamer
Jane Kelsall Brl, Gray, Phtladelpha.
Bath. Me, May 2I-Arrlyed, schrs b
Wheeler. Godfrey; II Eaton, Sinclair; l. Q
-
gins. bOst0n, 10 load for south; Nellie V
X 1kes. Thompson ThomastOn; Kate V Ait
kin, Brewer; GeheVoVe, Haley; Bowers,
Jameson; Francis 1arnall, scott. ana Chas
4 smith. kitchen. Boston. TO load for South.
sailed, schrs George Il Mcfarland, strong,
Mobile.
Belfast, Me. May 27-Saled. schr Annie l.
McKeen, Mahoney, Charleston.
Philadelphia May 2s-CleAred, sohrs A ID
Lamson. Smith, Savannah; Ida r. Latham,
Potter, do.
brunswick. May 27-Cleared, bark Thalassa
Nor. Jonssen. London, schrs A Denike. Be-
hammer. Baltimore; Anna A Bishop, Rulon,
New York.
GEORGETOWN. : c, May 2T-Arrived, schr Geo
Churchmau. Rlsley, Charleston.
Sailed, schr Geo Congdon, Wicks, New
York.
Norfolk, May 27-Arriyed. schr Mary y
Morris, New YORK, 10 load for savannah.
New York, May 50-ArriYed, strl hanawha,
Elbe.
Arrived out, str So German.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-31
CLARABELLE AND "A CORK LEG.
WeII-dressed WOman's Efforts at PO-
likeness Under Difficulties.
From, NE CincinnaN Enquirer.


From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
1 met with encouragement yesterday
in my career of politeness. Particularly
amable felt as sauntered out from my
ancestral halls, for this was the first wear
ing of a brand-new walking costume,
which fitted me so perfectly that the pres.
sure of no one square inch was percepti-
bly, harder than on any other square inch.
My bonnet, too, was ingeniously and sue
cessfully calculated to render my head a
harmonious thing of beauty. So, as l
ambled to an elevated railroad station,
and, as usual to the New York girl who
makes any pretense to stylish manners,
kept a line of masculine ticket-buyers i'm
patiently waiting while / slowly searched
for the pocket in the skirt Of my unaccus-
toned dress, extracted my wallet, looked
between memoranda slips and samples
until found particular dime, dropped
the coin on the floor, couldn't pick it up
with my glOved fingers, had it handed to
me by a dude, and finally passed through
to a train-during this process, l say, an
moving as II may have been to my fellow
passengers, felt quite blissful aud bllthe-
some.
That was my frame of mind when I en-
/ bCFeu lNe car. rue VEHICLE was CrOWdeU.
espied one empty seat next window,
the occupied halfholding q big, handsome,
sOldier-llke man. In squeezing past him
| stepped squarely, full weight and con-
siderable impetus added, right on 10 one
OF bis feet. There isn't anything else on
earth that makes me sympathiZe so truly
aud deeply with a human being as TO Jump
on his or her corns. This individual pedal
was extended in my way, 10 be sure, and
maybe / wasn't to blame for tramping on
Il; but nevertheless / felt profound re-
greet, and / gazed sOlicitously into his
face TO see AMI deplore the expression Of
agony that / expected would transform
his countenance from placidity into some
thing fendish.
Il beg your pardon,v l said, as / sank
into the seat by his side.
He manifested no attention whatever.
Was he going 10 treat my apology with
silent sc0rn? / wouldn't have IL so.
~ am sorry, sir, II hurt YOU" l re-
marked.
''Eh, miss?' he responded.
~ beg your pardon"
'FOr WhatY
~ stepped on your foot, you know"
"But ] didn't know, miss. have a
cork leg.v
he didn't dare 10 smile, for he could see
plainly enough that would have run his
leyity through and through with my par
asOl, but some OF the Witnesses were out
Of my reach, and they yentured TO smoker.