The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19

Mitchell, ID. T., with . population
of three thousand. has twenty-three
lawyers
The property valuation in Texas
has increased one hundred and sixty
per cent since 1880.
The total area of the new Philadel-
phia POst-office floor space is eight and
half acres.
"A Philadelphian who has figured
up the disasters of the year says Mon
day is much more unlucky day than
Friday.
In Siam the cats have their tails
banged and are dyed bright yellow; the
forests abound with pink and white
albino monkeys; the python and boa
attain to gigantic proportions. and the
people are singularly temperate.
M. Jamin attributes the cold nights
usual in April and May to the fact,
which he deduces from the experiments
of Mr.. Glaisher and others, that the
minimum of vapor in the atmosphere
prevails then, the maximum being in
August.
Few people have had an ancestor
with so odd name as Ono Tichener.
"Ono" is said to have been the in
spiration of clergyman puzzled at the
child's christening by quarrelsome rel
atives, who each criel .'Oh, nor to
any name proposed by another for the
child. Chicago Times.
The causes of a separation between
q Georgia husband and wife were that
she had, until after her marriage, con-
cealed from him the fact that her hand
some teeth were false, and that he
neglected to tell her that he snored in
his sleep. They could not agree to set
one fault against the other.-M Y. Her.
aid.
"A bright youth, with much pride,
showed friend his neat autograph
book, containing the signatures. he
said, of many noted men. His friend
inquired why they looked so much
alike. Oh. he replied, many of them
wrote such crooked and miserable
hand, that copied them all of in neat
order, aud gave away the old book
NJ y Independent.
The sailors of the sixteenth cent
ury saw evil brooding when they saw
the dim outline of q full moon accom-.
panying the new neon quarter. A
yOem on the subject ran thus:
I saw the new moon late yest'recn,
| With the old moon in her arm;
| And If we go to sea, master,
| fear we'll come to harm
"A correspondent OF the I7o7it1ty
Magazine of Pharmacy says: "a bot
tie of bromine left in o closed room all
night with the stopper out destroys all
infection and insect life. have cleared
places which were infested with vermin
many times. 1t is far more efiectual
than the vapor of burning sulphur"
Fowls are more of help on the
farm than many farmers realize. They
destroy numberless insects that are in
furious to the orchard trees, and the
poultry manure, if thoroughly COM
posted. is valuable fertilizer for corn,
grass or grain. and is especially adapt
ed to promote vigorous and healthy
growth of fruit trees.-Prairie Farmer.
Oatmeal is deservedly growing in
popularity as human food. The crop
in this country is unusually large, and
in most places the grain is very plump.
It is rot necessary to hull the oats be-
fore grinding, as is usually done, which
makes oatmeal cost more than the best
wheat flour. Grind first and sift the
meal through fine sieve, and the oar-
meal will be just as good and cost con-
siderable less. Y. Tribune.
Farmers VINO use pork as food In
their families should produce it as
healthy as the nature of the beast will
admit Of Hogs should have range in
spacious lot, and have the free use of
their nose and all the pure water they
want to drink, and if it is convenient
let them have plenty of water to wal
low in. 1t is claimed by SOM that
when fattened under the most fav orab!c
circumstances there is not more than
one out Of ten not diseased, if they have
atairc eighteen months.--N L.
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