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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18
THE BUFFALO GNAT,
Terrible Insect Whose Poisonous Sting
Kills Horses In Three Hours.

| n Terrible Insect Whose Poisonous sting
Kills Horses In Three Hours.
Mr.. Otto Lugger, the naturalist,
formerly of John Hopkins University,
and now connected with the Agricultur.
al Bureau in Washington. has lately re-
turned from scientific investigation OF
the ''buffalo gnat," in Tennessee and
Mississippi. whittier he was sent by the
Government. The "buffalo gnat" is
during the months of March and April,
a most dreadful pest in the Southwest.
The insect is about One-third the size OF
the common house-fly, and gets its name
from the resemblance gifts profile to the
buffalo. They came, no one knew
whence, in myriads, appearing. sudden
ly, attacking horses and cattle, and kill
ing them by blood poisoning in three
hours. The comman idea of the people
was that they were bred in the swamps.
They had no chronological history, and
for some weeks Mr.. Lugger was nearly
in despair to get well on the track for
his study, but he succeeded finally. and
to his own satisfaction. The local pre-.
ventives are grease and smoke. When
the swarms of the insects appear-as
they often do-suddenly, it is necessary
to kindle fires in the fields. or, if on the
road. to have grease athand with which
to rub all over the beasts. Mr.. Lugger
says the buffalo gnat is the most un.
ceasingly active insect in all creation.
There are some others very active in.
sects-like the flea, for which
are sometimes in repose, but the buffalo
gnats are never at rest. Only
heat quiets them, and when the weather
gets very warm they disappear. Prof.
Lugger traced their origin to . small
worm, which is deposited on the leaves
in the swamps and along the running
brooks among the debris. He has OBJ
tanned complete chronological his
tory of the insect, which he has embod-
led in a report to be published by the
Interior Department. Clearing out the
streams and permitting the running
water to carry off the worms will de-
stroy the embryos and greatly lessen
production. MIR. Lugger says the gnats
attack horses and cattle always on sOmo
tender and unprotected spot, where
they cluster in a great swarm, and put
in their work till The victim dies. The
work is done by biting. the apparatus
being described as the most cruel and
effective on record. The gnats some
times attack human beings, but never
when there are horses and cattle to be
found. Mr.. Logger spent several weeks
in Tennessee and Mississippi, and de-
scribes his experience as one of excep-
Gonal personal interest. the country, its
people and its surroundings being all
new to him. He is a very patient and
indomitable worker, and an enthusiastic
naturalist. He says he found nearly
every thing in the Southwest in q state
OF nature, especially the buffalo gnat
Baltimore Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18
NATURAL CATS.
Why Horses Should BE Trained Directly
for the Work They Are to do.

Why Horses Should BE Trained Directly
for the Work They Are to do.
The real. natural gaits' of the horse
have been stated to be the walking and
the running gait. Why this should
have been SO stated is difficult to say,
except that it seems to have been APP
piled to English thoroughbred horses of
fifty years ago. Even the thorough
bred horse really has another natural
gait-the trot-and fully as much so as
the walk or gallop, and the trot is as
constantly used as either of the others.
All other horses have the trOtting gait
as the most used except the walk. In
trotting-bred animals it might with
the same propriety be said that they
have but two gaits-the walk and the
trot-trotting being their best gait as
running is with the thoroughbred.
To apply common sense to all this.
the animal must be trained directly for
the work he is to do. In all horses of
labor the walk is the most valuable gait.
In training, the young animal should
never be allowed to use any other gait
except the walk until he has become
thoroughly used thereto, and he should
be trained to exert every impulse to
walk at the fastest possible speed. The
time spent in acquiring all this may
seem tedious, but it must be remem-
bered that q horse will get over as much
ground day by day at a walking gait,
drawing load half the time, as by any
other, and when trained to walk fast
will perform a days journey as quickly
as when trotting half the time. The
average gait of an unframed horse with
q moderate load is two and half miles
an hour. Few get up actually to three
miles. The average horse may be
trained to walk off four miles an hour
with any load he can fairly handle.
horses may be trained to
walk five miles an hour. Any we'll
bred horse. of Percheron, good trotting
blood or Clydesdale, can be made to
walk four miles an hour on good road
with . full load. Exceptionally good
horses may be made to walk up TO five
miles an hour.-Chicago Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18
puAcTIcAL PHILOSOPHY.

How People Csn Mako Themselves 1Eutu-
ally Agreeable.
Do not ask too many personal qucs-
lions.
DO not stare at persons clothes; il
makes the wearer feel uncomfortable.
When invited anywhere for six o'clock
do not be tardy.
Do not imagine that because people
are quiet they are not quite rs well in
formed - yourself.
When relating an interesting incident
avoid behaving as if you were the only
person capable Of it.
DO not make . practice of relating
anecdotes; it grows upon one and ID
oftentimes tiresome to others.
Do not insist upon discussing the last
new book, the last new play or the last
new fad with those who neither know
nor care about them.
DO not salute an acquaintance coldly
on one occasion and with smiles upon
another; the happy medium in greeting
is password of social standing.
II people are wretched, no not make
them more so by dilating upon their
great suffering.
Do not insist on calling q spade a
spade when by some other name it
would be more agreeable to your
friends.
DO not doubt the sincerity of the
world-it is bad form. On the other
hand. one should be careful not to be-
tray too great eagerness to take advan-
tage of it.
Do not doubt for an instant that the
greatest power is that which makes the
least noise about its influence.
Do not believe half the gossip you
hear, yet keep secret your lack of be-
lief.
DO not give credence to scandal; if
you are not concerned in it, absolute in
difference is not only the most Chris
tian-like. but the mos. well-bred man
ner of treating it.
Do not choose your friends in hurry
indeed, wisdom dictates that friend
ship be the result of growth in knowl-
edge of and liking for persons and not
the result of mere choice.
Do not believe that you are necessary
anywhere; hence you will be kept upon
your mettle that you may, at least, be
thought desirable.
Do not flatter yourself that you will
please-nO matter how many axioms
you may follow-unless the desire to be
pleasant for your own sake is the COM
pelling motive, unless, indeed, You are
agreeable because you like to find tho
reflection in others; then for the pleas
ant greeting given, because 1t is good
and gracious act, there will come one
equally pleasant. And if by some con-
trary circumstance this should not be-
why. then you can be Independent and
pity the being who goes through the
world finding all bitterness and gall"
-Butterick'S Dclineator.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

For driving away flies keep gerani-
ums and calceolarias plants in the
house. Exchange.
For cleaning windows and looking
glasses nothing is equal to ammonia
water. An ounce of rock-ammonia
should be dissolved in q pint of cold
/, water, then bottled for use. Christian
at Work.
Dig garden soil only when the
ground is warm and dry. Do not be
n hurry or You may get behind
When . cl0t Of earth will crush to pow
der when you tread on it, it is time to
dig-not before. Chicago Journal.
"A "Dry Devil" Cut missions in
thick pieces Of cooked meat, putting in
them large pieces Of butter. Spread .
little mixed mustard over them, adding
salt and pepper. Broil over bright fro
and serve - hot - possible. -Bostos
Globe.
Those who do their own work will
find that in addition to long apron.
. pair of calico sleeves, with . rubber
cord in the top, is convenience. One
can slip them on over cuffs and nice
the tea dishes. without injuring the
dress.
Blankets. If only occasionally used
during the summer, may be kept either
in large trunk with bits of camph0r
in it, or laid between two mattresses,
the latter method being preferred by
many hoasekeepers who have no largo
closet for slowing such articles
Cleveland Leader.
To get rid of moths benzine is IL.
ways effectual, and can be poured
about buttons in furniture. ETC.. with
out staining or leaving any odor. as it
quickly evapOrates. If moths are
found thickly in any article, put it in .
warm oven over night, and the next
morning beat it Observation-Disclosures
natl Times.
The variety which garden may
give to bill Of fare is calculated to
suit all tastes, and variety in food 10
not only pleasant but healthy. Farm
ers, above all men. have the privilege
of enjoying the luxuEiss Of the table;
but they ignore them more than any
other class 81 people, and their food is
which it is no wonder that the palate
grows weary. A well.planted and
well-tilled garden should be considered
As indispensable on every farm
Montreal Witness
Warmed Over Potatoes: In .
small skillet heat half q pint of rich
milk, slicing into it six or eight me-
diu:n-sized potatoes previously boiled
and sliced across. Stir together four
tablespoonfuls of cream and half the
raw yelk Of an egg; pour over the
contents of the skillet, shaking TO and
fro, but not using spoon to stir them,
until they give one good bubble. Take
from the fire, and salt, pepper, and add
generous amount of butter. II de-
sired, a very little finely-chopped
parsley may be added.-BostOn Budget.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18
Care Of Umbrellas.

Umbrellas win last longer Il when
vet they are placed handle downward
to dry. The moisture falls from tia
edges Of the frame and the fabric dries
uniformly. II stood handle upward.
the top Of the umbrella holds tho
moisture and takes q long time to
dry, thus injuring the silk or other fab
TIC with which it is covered. Umbrel-
Il cases, too. are responsible for tho
rapid wear of the silk. The constant
friction causes the tiny holes that aP-
pear so early. When not in use leave
the umbrella loose; when wet never
leave it open to dry. Is the tense cor
dition thus produced makes the SIX
stiff and then it will soon crack.-A
Y. Commercial ADVERTISER.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18
WEALTHY CHEYENNE.
A City of Five Thousand People Wortl
Sixty-Five Millions Of Dollars.

City OF Five ThOusAnd People worth
Sixty-Five Millions Of Dollars.
Probably the richest city for its size
in the world is Cheyenne City, Wyo.,
the home of the cattle kings" said
Charles Jennings, huge-sized Wes-
tern man from that territory, at the
Union depot. 1.-The population of the
city is only about 5000, and it has about
$50 business houses, counting the cattle
companies offices, which number sixty
SIX
"How much money is there invested
in cattle in Cheyenne City?" asked the
reporter.
ITO my knowledge there is $50, $780,.
600 in that branch of business alone. !"
IAN American, suppose?''
mo, a great deal of that amount is
English Investments. knowof at least
1000, 600. and there may be a great
deal more l know nothing of. The
Swan Land and Cattle Company's paid
in capital is ESQ, 600: and then there is
the Powder River Cattle Company, with
q capital stock of 81, 500, 900. the Duke
of Manchester being the chairman of the
company-thus showing the large
amount of stock held and controlled BY
English capitalists.
'.How about other kinds of business?"
do you know it seems to me that
there is not poor person in the whole
town. If there is, there are very few.
There is about as much invested in other
kinds of business as there is in cattle
raising, thus making town of 5000
inhabitants worth S65, 100000, and
where can you find another city of that
size in the world SO wealthy? The town
has all the modern improvements, such
as electric light. theaters, the same as
large cities. Goodbye, stranger. If
you want to become rich 20 there"
were his parting words as he left to get
aboard an Eastern train.-PiHsburgh
Commercial.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18
Transportation Of Teeth.

Experiments have recently been made
by DIR. Younger, of San Francisco, on
the subject of the transportation Of
teeth, with q view to their growth in
the new position. 1t would appear that,
if proper precautions be taken to secure
perfect opposition and cleanliness, tho
operation is often attended with success,
and possesses many advantages over the
use of false teeth. The inflammation of
the gums, however, is somewhat persist
ent, and constitutes q drawback, from
the inconvenience which results there
from. Recourse to this method is more
particularly indicated when the teeth to
be replaced are front teeth, and essential
both for appearance sake, and for per-
feet articulation.-Journa1 Of Dentistry.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18

Henry Farnham, who was for years
city marshal of Bangor, kept store in
Winthrop long time ago One day .
disreputable fellow came into Farm
hams store and said: '.Mr. Farnham, q
man just told me that you told him you
would not trust me Is far as you could
sling bull by the tail" Il didn't say
that" said Fernham gravely. II
thought you didn't" continued the fel
low, land told the man So" mo"
added Farnham, ''that is not what
said. told him l would not trust YOU
as far as 1 could sling bull up hill by
by the tail!'-Lesoiston (Me. J6arnat
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18
LADIES' DRESS.

Recently Introduced Materials which
Promise to Become Popular.
One of tho latest novelties in the way
of ornaments in Paris is the udscha,
o revival of . fashion in bracelets moro
than three hundred years old. The
udscha is an Egyptian magic talisman.
worn ON the arm ON . narrow metal
band.
The washing materials known by the
name 0of prints are unlikely to be a.
popular this season as they were last.
Their day of favoritism is at present
somewhat eclipsed by the zephyrs
which are being produced in infinite
variety. These latter, instead of hav-
ing their designs and colorings printed
upon their surface, have them woven
into their texture, the so-called plain
material used for bodice and foundation
being generally shot with white. The
trimmings and draperies in many in
stances show stripes, crossbars and
checks in frise, boucle and tufted
knots upon this shot foundation.
In some instances the material
used for draping has q crinkled
appearance, Stimulating Grape, and Of
fers the advantage of requiring no IRON
ing after its visit to the wash-tub. Its
beauty is better maintained by being
well shaken before it is allowed to dry.
. process which obviates all risk of fat
tening the tufts and boucle rings. and
allows scope for more complicated
draping than is usually considered de-
sirable for dresses which have to pass
through the hands of irOners.
Irish industries appear to be daily
increasing in popularity, and the Bel.
fast embroideries in white upon q col.
ored foundation form effective draper.
les upon many of the new costumes
prepared for warmer days. On others
Il shown what is called embroidered
lace" . novelty of this season, which
than the various kinds that have hith-
erto ornamented washing dresses. For
loose draperies and bloused fronts this
lace is chosen rather than the Irish
embroidery, the latter, however, being
more effective for fiouncing and panels.
Many of the skirts are draped in a way
suggestive of the utmost simplicity.
but those initiated in the mysteries OF
will readily perceive there
are complications it would be vain for
IN Impractical eye and hand to try and
initiate.
Some of the costumes are entirely
made of cambria in cross-bars, known
as the torchons mixtures, the relief
h~ De
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18
WAR PICTURES.
How the Material for Panorama Paintings
10 Collected.

How the Material for Panorams Painting
Is Collected.
I'm painting war picture the artist
must first select battle of national in.
terest and with a certain dramatic value
of its own. Now comes the almost end
less task of collecting the material.
1.-The soldiers who take part in great
engagement often represent almost
every locality in the country. All the
sources must be consulted. One can't
afford to be mistaken in a single instance.
1t would be detected the very first time
an old soldier who was in the fight visit
ed the picture. But to make you under
stand 1 will tell You how collected the
material for the Siege of Vicksburg.
First obtained access to the war de-
2artment at Washington, d, c., and
collected every photograph and sketch
pertaining to the fight. ! also obtained
copies of the roll call of all the Federals
engaged in the battle. To thirty-eight
thousand of these men sent circular
letters requesting them to send me their
full name, age, weight, height, and a
photograph. Thousands of the letters
have been answered. If they were all
collected and printed in book form ]
honestly believe it would be the most
interesting and most unique contribu-
ton to the history of the war extant
A few days ago wrote to Colonel Fred
Grant asking him to send me q photo.
graph of himself at the age when he was
at the battle of Vicksburg with hi.
father. Yesterday his wife answered
the letter, sending his picture, repre-
senting q lad of thirteen. She writes:
Dear General: Inclosed find . photo.
graph of Colonel Fred Grant at the age
when he was at the battle of Vicksbure
with his father, General Grant. 1t Is
the only one we have of him while al
that age, and, as his mother prizes il
very much, will you kindly return il
when your great picture is finished?
Here is the photograph Of four men
all standing in row on clutches. You
will notice that each man has lost his
left leg. They wrote me . letter stating
that they were all engaged in the battle
of Vicksburg, all were from the same
neighborhoOd. all knew each other, and
all lost their left leg. Now. isn't that
bit of remarkable war historyT'-Cis-
cinnati Enquirer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18
-This story is told of a BOSTON doc

This story is told of Boston doc
tor. In crowded church the deacon
with the contribution box made his
difficult way up the aisle and held that
receptacle for the cash of the charitable
suggestively before tho young man.
II am very sorry, SIR" the doctor said,
to the infinite scandal and establishment
allof about him, ''but the woman with q
pink feather in her bonnet has taken
my purse and 1 can't have her arrested
until after service, % you'll have to
wait"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18
CLEAN CULTIVATION.
Why the Ground Should Be Kept Fre
from Weeds from the Start.

Why tho Ground Should Be Kept Free
from Weeds from the Start.
Clean cultivation is essential to good
crops. This often takes work, pains
taking, tedious hoeing and weed-pull-
Ing. A considerable amount of labor
can be saved if pains are taken to keep
clean from the start. See that the
ground is thoroughly cleaned up before
planting, and work the soil as fine as
possible so that the cultivation can be
commenced as soon as time will admit
after the crops are planted. One mis-
take is too often made of delaying to
cultivate soon enough. The weeds are
allowed to make good start, while the
plants are making sufficient growth to
be readily distinguished.
l find each year that it pays better to
take pains to get the soil in the very
best condition before planting the seeds,
and then with q good rake kill out the
weeds as fast as they appear. If they
are destroyed as fast as they make their
appearance, they can be kept down very
readily and the surface kept fine and
mellow. This insures q good start for
the plants and this is considerable
gain. Often after the seed is planted
we have hard, beating rains followed by
hot sunshine. weather that causes .
crust to form on the surface through
which it is often very difficult for the
plants to make any thing like fair
growth.
1t pays to plant every thing in drills.
It is difficult to get weeds SO thoroughly
killed that no cultivation is needed. And
it is mucheasier 70 cultivate when the
plants aregrowing in straight rows than
when scattered broadcast over the bed.
I use . garden cultivator after the plants
have made a good start to grow, and by
running close to the plants and stirring
the soil, very little hand wedding or hoe
ing is necessary.
II you wait until the weeds get fairly
started to grow, many of them are not
destroyed BY cultivating, they are merely
set aside or stirred out of their places
and continue TO grow as well as ever;
this is not SO likely to be the case if they
are disturbed when young and tender,
Then q good, sharp steel rake thorough
" stirs the surface, and if proper care
is taken while the weeds are small.
they are very readily destroyed and q
large portion of them permanently
Cor. american Garden.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18

1t is reported from Italy that Ro-
sina Radovaue, remarkably handsome
woman belonging to one of the best
families in Pisa, has been sentenced to
fifteen years imprisonment for poison
ing her seventeen-year-old daughter.
The woman is thirty-eight years OF age.
Jealousy ofthe superior charms of her
daughter led her to commit the murder.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18

The politeness of New York wal
tiers is illustrated by the following in
cident: Customer in Park row Qate
Chatham street, coffee and cake saloon
-Aw, waitah, anapkin. please. Waiter
Yes. sab. Wild or widout fringe,
sah?-N. Y Mail
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18

The ravages of sea lions and por-
poises in the Western salmon streams
Is so great this year it is proposed to offer
: bounty for their scalps.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18

Miss Miller danced herself to death.
She lived at Genesee. NJ. T. She went
to a ball. danced all night. and went
home to bed, where, the following day.
she was found dead. Chicago Herald
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-06-02
The Elections.

Norfolk, Alexandria, Portsmouth, Lynch
burg, and Petersburg have been carried by
the Democrats, and we congratulate the
good people of the Cockade City on their
emancipation. Perhaps we err in saying
that the Democrats carried this place; but
as it was revolt against Malone and his
machine it comes to very nearly the same
thing. 1t Stanton it was rather drawn
battle, and in Richmond defeat for our
party. Several causes contributed to this;
but the labor element did it, and we trust
that the new Councils of the Capital will
show themselves good administrators of its
affairs. They have a fine opportunity, and
by moderation and economy may vindicate
their claims to be the special friends of the
people. 1t must be remembered that these
struggles were municipal, and there isno rea-
son why the Democracy of the State should
suffer because of the results in Richmond
and Staunton. Nor is there any reason
why the party, divided in these local con-
tests, should not stand together in national
affairs. Here in Norfolk the day passed
off with entire serenity, and the result was
what was anticipated. The newly elected
officers of our city will go in next July, and
it is confidently expected that they will
give us a good administration. -NorfoM
Landmark.