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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-30

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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
MAKING TOOTHPlCKS
How These Small Articles of After-Dlnr
Service are Manufactured.

How These Small Articles of After-DlnneR
Service are Manufactured.
There are but three toothpick facto-
ries in the United States. One of them
is located at Belmont, Allegheny Coun-
ty, N. Y, just on the edge of the town
and near the banks of the Gencsee river.
To commence at first principles. We
started in the basement, and after ex.
ploring the engine room betook our.
selves to where the woodwork was in
its first stages. We found i'll this sec
ond room piles of circular blocks OF
wood about sixteen inches in diameter
by perhaps five in thickness. This wood
was s.hard'' and '.soft'' maple and pine.
These are put into revolving machine
which strips them of sheir bark; they
are then sent to the Arst floor. Here
they are again put into another revOlv-
ing machine which cats them into fine
strips, which are thsn cut into the re-
quired shape for toothpicks. The
''picks' are dropped out at one side
while the refuse falls from the Other
into a shaft and is carried down to the
basement and subsequently, used for
firing. Some are round, some square.
This little machine which makes them
appears simple enough to the uniri.
tiated, but in reality is quite coEpli-
Gated, containing. we are informed,
several hundred knives. These small
articles of after-dinncr service are then
taken up to the second story where they
are kept in heated room until suifi.
GENTLY dry for packing -Roc6sste'
Un,0R
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
A Turpentine Farm.

A turpentine farm must be seen to
be appreciated. When a farm is first
pitched the boxes are cut one to three
in a pine, according to size. The trees
are counted into crops of SO many thou
sand, and this is called a virgin crop.
The queer little gauge called a buck is
then brought to bear and streak is
cut above the box, which is simply a
deep oval notch, pointing downward so
as to lead the gum which exudes into
the box below. These boxes are made
to hold about quart. This first run is
as clear as oil, and is the finest of all.
After being dipped out with paddle,
it is distilled, and the hard resin left is
sometimes as white and clear as glass.
1t is very beautiful, and brings a good
price in the great naval-stores markets.
Second years gum is not as good in
quality, but fully so in quantity. Third
year boxes, when the monthly hackings
have made the scar high up, are still
poorer, and from then on the cror,s
hardly pay for workng.-Atlanta Con-
stituti0n.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
Misstatements About Books.

Not long ago manuscript brought a
high price in consequence of a note in
the catalogue which stated that it had
been the property of St. Louis in A. d.
1913. As a fac: there was no indication
of any early ownership, the first leaf of
the book was a modern fabrication, and
the original scribe's work could be re-
ferred to period later than the Kings
death. Another was sold as a Livrc
d'Houre which had belonged to Mary
Queen of Scots, and had been used by
her on the scaffold. 1t was a Flemish
book OF Little value, written in the if
teenth century, which the unfortunate
Queen had never set eyes on; but it
fetched an extremely high sum of
money-about ten times its real worth.
Another was sold at still more extrav-
agant rate, because it was declared to
be the prayer book of Margaret of An
jou, gratuitous misstatement, based
upon the circumstance that some person
had fancied a resemblance between one
of the miniatures representing the Vir-
gin and an old picture of that Queen.
QuGrtrich's Catalogue.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
TOO LITERARY.


A Garrulous Woman's Opinion Of Her
Really Good Husband.
1t is amusing and sometimes disgust
ing to hear some women talk of rela-
tives or friends as not being 'congenial. "
A wife who makes such declaration
about her husband shows not only poor
taste, but lack of discretion and good
sense, that is ominous for the future.
The degree of congeniality is never in
creased by such unwifely indiscretions.
my husbands n real good man, a
provider. stiddy as clock. and all that,
but in some things we amt bit con-
genial" said q garrulous woman to q
friend.
Upon what do you disagreed" wss
asked.
''Well. mostly about our reading"
"Why, how SOP"
'.Well, the fact is, I'm too literary for
john"
'.lndeedr'
Eyes, John amt bit literary. Now
l always did run to literaryness. lust
believe l could write.''
Ibid you ever try?"
Eyes. I've wrote two or three poems.
They rhyme right straight through.
But John he just laughs at me. He
says a woman with four children, and
only poor carpenter for a husband.
amt got time to write poetry or be lit
erary. There isn't the first literary
streak in that man. Now I'm the
greatest reader"
'.Does your husband dislike books?'
''Oh! he likes to read the papers, and
says he thinks it's his duty as voter to
keep informed in politics; and he reads
about the labor question, and he's got
some old histories and book called
.Macaulay's Essays that he's forever
reading. But when it comes to being
literary, John amt there"
''What do you read?"
''Oh! l read every scrap of poetry in
the newspapers can pick up. and l
often have four novels on hand at a
time. I'm reading one now called
.Millicent the Mad, Mad Maid of the
Mist" and ! take four splendid story
papers and borrow two more. / s'pose
mebbe I'd be happier if wasn't SO lit
erary, but I can't help it.
''And of course John can't appreciate
my tastes and my kind of reading. He
amt literary enough for it. And so We
amt a bit congenial. And sometimes
think it would of been better for John
if he'd married woman less literary
than me. It's dreadful to be so literary
when your husband amt a bit that way"
Yes. Dreadful for the husband
Youths Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
POINTS FOR WOMEN.

Feminine Fancies Which Have Become
Popular Wherever Introduced
Scented wood will be largely used for
winter fans.
Buckles On shoes are in cut steel and
bronze.
Solid eolers and plain weavings are
the rule in hosiery.
The favorite way Of arranging cut
flowers on the table is in low bowls.
In buying table linen, the finer and
smaller the pattern the longer it will
last.
A featu5e in good iewelrv is the
chased finished which. is largely en-
ployed in every variety of ornament
Moonstone jewelry remains fashion,
able and is likely to have an extended
run, owing to the admirable manner in
which manufacturers have introduced it
in silver: The newest moonstone jew
elry is uncarved and unlimited, much Of
it being set in spherical shapes in nat
ural color. and depending on the stones
chatoyant reflection for its beauty.
Pretty bedroom slippers are in quilted
satin with two small flaps turned over
the edge like turncd-dOwn collar:
Queen chains for ladies as. well as
vest chains for gentlemen exhibit alter
nate links or strands of platinum and
gold
Broad white ties Of null or French
lawn daintily embroidered on the ends
are again fashionable for neck wear.
Fine enamel work, especially on sill
ver, continues in favor and will be pop
ular so long as fly and lower patterns
prone acceptable.
If the hands are stained there is MOTH
ing that will remove the stains as we'll
as lemon. Cut a lemon in halves and
apply the cut surface as if it were soap.
PUrtieres made of leather braided in,
long strands, which fall from the top OF
the door to the sSll, are quite the rage
among the des0ted followers of the
Japanesque.
A feature in, Sewelry IS the association
Of platinum and gold. Thisis all the time
increasing. being no longer confined to
jewelry for gentiemen's wear but
largely used in ornaments designed Tor
ladies rs weG- Many beautiful effects
are produced BY this combination, which
occurs now in all articles of jewelry-
A hat rack can be made by covering
a large shield-shape form ia wood with
crimson plush or waatevercolor may be
more desirable. Easten this securely
on the reverse side and fasten with
brass-headed nails on tho sides. Screw
on six or eight large hooks for hats and
coats and hang On the wall 1t is de-
sirabss article in a small hsH.-N.H.
| JFOSM.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
WINDOW PLANTS.

Pure Air and Cleanliness Necessary to
Keep Them In Good Condition.
Fortunate is the housekeeper that has
a sunny bay window for her plants. She
can have her geraniums and even roses
bloom all through the long cherries
winter, but don't give up in despair if
you have little or no sun. Flowers are
such necessity, both for health and
culture, that nature to suit all cases has
quite variety that will grow and four
ish in shaded windows. If you can af-
ford a glass case for ferns and other
darlings of the woods you need sigh for
nothing more satisfactory. But these
are expensive, unless you have some
one handy with tools in the house. But
for north windows nothing gives more
pleasure than the Chinese primrose.
They keep up a constant supply OF
flowers from November until MAY and
are easy of cultivation. Seed may be
SOWING for <plants to be grown in the
house any time during March and
April. Take fine mellow earth. sow
the seed, lightly cover them with soil
and place over the box a pane Of
glass. When the plants are about an
inch high place separately in small
pots, changing to larger as they need
it. Put the pots in the flower beds and
bring into the house in September.
Gesman ivy grows nicely in north win
dows, and q basket with the graceful
Kenilworth ivy grows luxuriously.
Tradescantia, too, need, little sun. and
a pot or basket with maiden hair fern
will be the delight of all beholders. Peo-
pie are more and more convinced that
plants in the house are healthy. Great
attention must be paid to have pure air
and cleanliness to keep them in a flour
lshing condition, and this air is very
nice for the lungs. One man was so
enthusiastic over this idea he had pipes
laid leading from his conservatory to
his sleeping room, so that he could be
constantly supplied with this moist air
that is so good for plants. You may BIO
assured the flower lover is charitable
and sympathetic. If was collecting
for the home OF the friendless, or
asylum for decayed gentlewOmen. and
canvassing a street, would apply at
houses with plants in the windows in
preference to those that had none. even
if the latter had plate-glass windows and
elegant lace curtains.-Detr0it Free
Press
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
ARTICHOKES FOR HOGS.
A Cheap and Valuable Food For All Kinds
of Live Stock.

A Cheap and Valuable Food For All Kinds
of Live Stock.
Artichokes are similar, but slightly
inferior to potatoes in nutritige value,
but owing to their immense yield and
cheapness of raising, are mach more
valuable as stock, particularly hog.
food. Yields of one and two. thousand
bushels per acre are obtained. while the
culture is not as costly as that of pota-
toes. The planting is done in about the
same way, but the growth CT stalks is SO
strong that the ground is soon covered,
and all weeds etfectually chOked out.
Although the leaves and stalks are
rough and coarse, stock aye very foad
of them, and will grcedily eat the tops
to the ground if allowed ID get to them.
Usually the hogs are txsrned into the
patch after the tubers have matrred.
which will not be until quite late in the
season. and allowed to. do their eYn
digging Fed in this way with tbs. tops
left on the ground and the droppsHgs o!
the hogs also, the crcp can not fail to
impy0xs the land.
As freezing does not injure tia. tubers
in she least, either ser food or seed, they
can be left in the ground until spring,
and then fed to tbs hogs. Usually the
hog will leave enough of the tubers in
the ground to reseed it. if not kept there
too long. Some prefer, however, to lei
the hogs clean ont the patch thoroughly
and replant in hills or drills, rather thar
let volunteer crop come up. Many an
afraid to plant them for fear that one'
get them into the land they can not b.
eradicatesl. The fear is unfounded. ant
it is strange they are not more widely
grown, The Red Brazilian is consider
| ed the bes,.-COlnsan's Rural World.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
A FAMOUS NlHlLlsT.
Gruesome Tales Told BY Stepn1ak, tho
Leader OF Russian Conspirators.

Gruesome Tales Told by Stcpnlak, tho
| Leader OF Russian Conspirstors.
The following account of an interview
with Stepniak appeared recently in the
columns of q French contemporary.
which introduces the famous Russian
Nihilist as man of about thirty years
of age. with the figure of an athlete
and an enormous head: "His rough
beard grows downward from his ears,
Overrunning his cheeks. without, how
ever, yelling the mouth-the terrible,
blOod-red mouth of . barbarian. But
notwithstanding these dreadful Details"
| says his interviewer, ''there is some
thing in the face of Stepniak which
of kindness, and which reminds one of
the gentleness of great powerful beasts.
Stcpniak's muscular powers. carefully
preserved by constant gymnastic exer-
cises, are indeed altogether extraOr-
binary. have seen him take up char
on which man of middle weight was
sitting, and lift it with one hand from
the ground and on q table. To this
enormous physical vigor cores
ponds the almost monstrOus
development of certain intel
lectual facilities, those, for instance, of
the memory and imagination. He
speaks every European language with
out difficulty, and his knowledge of his,
tory and political economy is consider
able. l have never, before / heard
Stepniak, felt the almost magnetic fas-
cination which this apostle exercises
on individuals and on multitudes." On
a visit to the country seat of NJ. A.
Daudet, where the French journalist
took his terrible comrade," the latter
old the following gruesOme anecdotes
apropos of two of the most ter
rible CRIMES committed by the Nihilists:
General Mezentzeff," said Stepniak.
''was assassinated by one of my friends
one morning when he was walking with
the functiOnary in the Nevski Prospect,
which was then rather deserted. My
friend rushed upon the General, stab
bed him with knife, and jumped into
a carriage which was waiting for him.
As you may imagine, the comrade who
drove dashed the horse furiOusly, for
rapid flight was the only alternative to
being hanged. Nevertheless, my friend,
the assassin. took the whip out of the
drivers hand, saying: don't lash him.
the animal is doing what he can.
And my friend was afterwards pleased
with himself for having felt this pity,
for he said to himself: AFTER all, am
not altogether a bad fellow" When
the execution" of the Emperor Alex
ander II. had been decided upon, two
men armed with explosive bombs were
placed near the bridge where the En-
peror must pass, with instructions to
throw them into the carriage as soon rs
the opportunity offered. The two as
sassins were placed at a distance of
about fifteen yards. The first bomb fell
down under the horses hoofs, and, up
setting the carriage, threw the Emperor
on his face into the snow. The second
assassin, forgetting the object he had in
view and seized by pity, rushed together
with the sold ers to the rescue of the
Car, and was arrested with his bomb
under his arm while helping to lift the
wounded man from the ground.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
COMPELLED TO LIE.
Why . Good Man Considered 1t His Duty
to Initiate Ananias.

Why q Good Man Considered 1t His Duty
to Initiate Ananias.
He climbed three pairs of stairs to
get to an insurance Office on Griswold
street, and as he came face to face with
the occupant, he said.
Il believe you are Mr.. Blank?"
Eyes, sir.''
''You came down on a Michigan av-
enue car about half-past eight o'clock
the other morning?'
Il did, sir.''
so did l. We were all talking about
the earthquake. / stated to the occu-
pants of the car, and you were one,
that the shock Jared all the glass chan
deliers in my residence, and threw down
o bust of Patrick Henry which stood on
q bracket"
Il remember your statement very
clearly"
..And 1 added that my ormolu clock
stopped dead still, and that one hun
dred dollar mirror in my parlor was
cracked across. -
"Yes. you did"
swell. sir, have come up to tell you
that 1 live in a rented house and have
none of the articles mentioned. I burn
kerosene in two old lamps in place of
glass chandeliers If Patrick Henry
Busts were selling for a dime apiece l
couldn't buy one, and the only Orm0lu
clock have came from the dollar store.
The one hundred dollar mirror was all
jim my eye"
What on earth possessed You to tell
such story?'
''Well, you were all Dragging about
the earthquake and how your pianos
danced around and your silverware rat
tied and your five hundred dollar vases
fell down, and l felt that I must lie or
be degraded in your estimation. I deep
ly regret my weakness, and have come
to beg your forgiveness"
I'm forgive YOU"
Thanks! After this, if acyclone &C.
ours, or if we have flood or earthquake,
be careful about the statement you
make in a crowd. You don't know to
what you may drive innocent men,"
He went with his hat in his hand, and
the other fell into deep reverie and
failed to hear the knock of the man
who wanted a quarter to help him
reach Sandusky and his dying WIFE
Detroit Free Press,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
HINTS TO INVENTORS.
What q Man of Experience Has to Say
About Inventions In General.

What q Man Of Experience Has to Say
About Inventions In General.
This is the counsel that an old and
somewhat successful inventor gave me
to-day: my advice to everybody" he
said, sis to have nothing to do with in
venting. 1t is more absorbing, dissi-
pating and disappointing than gambling.
Not one in one thousand inventions are
new and useful, and not one in one
thousand that are new and useful are
ever introduced. The Patent Office
contains million splendid devices that
have never been put on the market. If,
however, you are bent on inventing
something, then have some additional
advice. Don't waste your time and
thoughts on devices that are merely
ornamental or luxurious. The only in
vention that is profitable is a money
saving device. and if you find that
your mind is running on any thing
else, drop it. Don't be afraid
too soon that somebody wiz steal your
invention, for as general thing your
invention is of no earthly account, and
people would no more steal it than they
would steal the smallpox. Don't work
too long on an idea until you have
learned the state of the art. The prob
ability is that ysur machine was patent
ed sixty years ago, and was found to be
worthless. If you really hit upon some
thing good do not file caveat. Wash
ingtOn is full of sharks who watch the
caveat record for good inventions, and
who, as soon as they find one. immedi-
ately set to work to prove a prior inven-
ton. Finally, never have partner in
your invention. A partner can make
ruinous contracts. or assign your patent
without your knowledge or consent. and
you can't help yourself except by end.
less and costly litigation. Goodbye"
Chicago Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
History Of a Letter.

A letter with history arrived at tho
Old Orchard (Me.) post-office last week.
When first received. fifteen years ago last
March. in the press Of care, it was
thrown unopened into bureau drawer
and given no further thought. After
some years, during some family
changes, the bureau, with other iurni-
ture. was sold. and the letter still lay
quietly in the drawer. 1t was overlook
ed until few days ago. when it was
opened and found to contain money,
and so was Immediately forwarded to
its rightful owner, at present staying
at Old Orchard. She at once proceeded
to the residence of the lady for whom
the money was intended, which,
strangely enough. is also at Old Or
chard.-M. !. Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
FALL FLOWING.
| Ono Way Of Securing . Deep, Rich and
Fruitful Soil.

One Way Of Securing . Deep, Rich and
Fruitful Soil.
As soon as the grain is harvested the
pillow should be set to work. 1t is i'm
portant that the blowing should be done
as early as possible in order that as
much time be given before winter for
the action of the elements on the soil as
possible. The blowing should be deep
and well done-that is, the burrows
should be narrow that the soil may be
broken up and the surface soil well
mixed with that portion that has been
turned up from q distance beneath the
surface. II the burrows are cut wide
the soil will merely be turned over and
will soon become as compact as before
plowed.
As soon as the ground is plowed oats
should be sown as thickly as is done in
the spring for q crop. If the blowing
and sowing are done early in the season
there will be sufficient time for the oats
to make heavy growth which will
supply very large amount of fertiiiz-
ing material to the soil. 1t is scarcely
possible to overestimate the amount Of
manure that may be produced in this
way. and that, too, of the very best
quality, being entirely free from the
objections to barnyard manure.
Another important advantage in
growing oats and fall blowing is that it
protects the soil from the severe winds
which carry away an amount of free
soil of the best quality from the surface.
that will in a few years tend to impov-
erish the soil to greal extent
The oats will partially decay through
the winter and will readily be turned
under in making the ground ready for
the crop, and will very soon be convert
ed into plant food after being turr ed
under in the spring. The spring plow-
ing need not be more than about six
inches keep. The fall blowing should
be about one foot deep, some soils a
little less, while other soils may be a lit
tie more, but generally one foot is about
the right depth. The action of the ele-
ments on the upturned soil, during the
fall and winter, will make it fruitful
and prepare it for yielding bountiful
harvest to the faithful and patient tiller
Of the soil.
A deep, rich soil is at all times and in
all places highly appreciated, and when
it can be had by deep blowing. as it
can be done, we should most certainly
avail ourselves of this ready means Of
securing it.-E. S. Tcagorden, in YES
tern POUD,un.