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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-25
THE DAIRY.

Wash tho bag and teats clean and
wipe dry after the calf sucks, to pre-
vent cracking of the skin. This is very
important with heifers.-Boston Post.
Cows should be MIXED with regu-
lafity. II this work is postponed be-
yond the regular time the cows win NOT
yield the usual quantity and will b.
come dry very rapidly.-Farna Field
and Stockman.
The prolonged preservation Of min
BY any other method than cooling 10
open to suspicion of being doctOred
with some powerful antiseptic in lib
eral doses. No harmless agent will
suffice for such q purpose. Cooling in
q refrigerator too near the freezing
point when first drawn will preserve
1t sweet almost indefinitely if it be kept
cold and will greatly retard souring
under ordinary conditions. IN y
Tribune.
The question of cooperation Of
manufacturers to cheaper cost of pro-
duction needs careful study. In the
butter trade suspicion has classed q
large per cent. of dairy butter with
the bogus; and for time, Ut least, it
would seem that those who can not
send their butter to customers direct,
or deal with the best commission men
and se.. their butter on its merits, had
best 60 into cooperative manufacture
and Sales.--future Farmer.
Twenty mich cows that two men
can milk in one hour and half in the
morning, and the same at the evening.
will pay the wages of the two hired
hands and furnish groceries for . good
sized family. by selling cream at ten
cents q gauge. The skim milk will
raise twenty hogs that will be worth
S6 each. 1920, and to this may be added
$500 worth of calves, as q clear profit
over and above the crop raised by the
two hired men.-FOrest, Forge end
Farm.
1t may at first thought seem to be
an exaggeration to say that a large
majority of the people who manufacture
butter IN their own farm homes, and
have done so for scores of years
each week in the year, have never as
yet seen pound Of first-class butter.
When l say ''first-class butter, / mean
what is acknowledged in our Eastern
cities as strictly gilt-edged. and yet to
even mildly intimate that their butter,
that they make with their ''own hands,
and under their own supervision. and
Tor their own use," is not good butter.
would be to offend beyond repair
Breeders Gazette.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-25
CAREFUL MILKING.
Practice and Skill Which Every Person on
the Dairy Farm Should Possess.

Practice and Skill Which Every Person on
the Dairy Farm Should Possess.
Milking may not be science. but it
requires some practice and skill to do
it well. When well done, it is usually
an agreeable operation to the cow,
which she courts instead of Directing
to. Many cows have had their DISPOSE
tons spoiled by bad mixers, who, in
9ne way and another, give them pain
while in the act of milking. In all
cases where cows show uneasiness, if
they do not raise foot or kick, care
IhOuld be taken to ascertain the cause,
for it may be depended ON that there
is cause. If this is not removed, the
chances are that the cow will sooner
or later become vicious and object al.
together to being MIXED. The teats
may be cracked or sore. If so, oil
them or soften them with warm water,
and gently timber them up. 1t is not
a good practice to wet them with warm
milk, although this may be softening;
especially should this be avoided if the
surplus is allowed to drip into the pail,
rs we have seen it do. If the teats
are swollen, gently rub them and be-
gin the operation of expelling tho milk
very tenderly. In such cases it is bet
ter to take little time and as much as
possible avoid hurting the cow. Make
her feel that you are her friend and
gain her confidence, and when gained
do not betray it in any way. by word
or deed. 1t is just as easy to have the
good will of animals as the i'll, while it
is great deal pleasanter for both man
and beast.-NatiOnaI LiUe Stock Jour-
nal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-25
A Mystery Explained.

Profs. Ayrton and Perry. the English
electricians, have accidentally observed
that on amalgamation, or coating with
quicksilver. brass expands. so that if
one side only is amalgamated q plate of
brass becomes curved. They imagine
that this may be the primary cause of
the phenomena of the Japanese magic
Mirror" which has cast on the back
pattern that is quite invisible ON the
polished face, yet is mysteriously dis
tinct in the patch of light reflected by
the mirror upon screen. Amalgama-
ton would effect the thinner parts made
by the pattern more than the rest of the
plate. giving the mirror the iDapercepti-
bic unevenness that becomes plainly
apparent in the reflected imsge.-Ar-
E0nsaU Traveller.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-25
DELIGHTFUL FABRICS.

Pretty Cotton Goods and Handsome Chine
and Glace silks.
In new cotton toilets, combinations Of
two fabrics are very prettily arranged.
and the fashion affords many ways for
remodeling last summers dress, or d
making use of new materials whose
patterns separately are ''short length"
For instance. the plated skirt Of pink
satteen or chambray may be finished "a
the foot with a broad facing of pink and
white Bingham, with waist and sleeve
trimmings to match ;or pale blue organ
die may have an underskirt of blue and
pink or blue and cream striped French
lawn. Dainty imported dresses for
summer wear at the seaside show pretty
tinted chambrays, organizes and other
fancy goods, with skirts of striped ma
terials, which are laid in broad plaits,
the stripes formed of the two fabrics,
torn in strips and run together. The
Jacket and full skirt in the back are
made of the plain goods, with Figaro
vest collar and sash drapery of the
stripe. Stripes for more expensive
evening toilets are made Of wide lace
insertion and bands of grenadine, silk
canvas or etamine sewed together.
The prettiest fabrics displayed pres
ent are the chine and glace silks. They
are both picturesque and artistic, many
of them in the style Of the gay Pompa-
dour satteens, only softer and moro
dainty in coloring. Large flowers Of
delicate tints are strewed rather far
apart on silk of exquisite texture, tho
edges of the flowers shading of into
the silk. The silks themselves are made
in all tints imaginable, faint, delicate
colors being in the majority, such as
dove, pale water green, tea rose. sal
mon beige, creamy pinks with a dash
of yellow in them, blue in various
shades, ecru in tones and semi-tones;
in fact, the silks are dyed to suit all
tastes and compilations, as there ara
also chine silks with wallfower back
grounds, deep gsrnets, marine blues,
brOcaded with dark red figures, etc.
What delightful fabrics for teas, garden
parties and the like! In q dovc-grsy
chine silk brocaded with pink flowers. .
tapping Leghorn hat trimmed with
black velvet ribbon and blush roses,
and q pair of long buttonless pearl-gr.y
undressed kid gloves, a pretty girl may
look as charming and picturesque as .
Vatican shepherdess. or as Dolly Var.
den herself, at an incredibly small cost
~ Y. Erening Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-25
INADEQUATE FEEDING.
A Matter Which Should He Studied b
Every Dairyman.

A Matter Which Should He Studied b
Every Dairyman.
1t is not fair test of q COW TO decide
upon her goodness or badness withou,
giving her an opportunity ~ show
what she can do. just as large waite,
wheel can not be run to advantage with
a small stream of water, SO product
i've cow can not do her best Oh made,
quate feeding. There are a goo6 many
men who are afraid to feed lot they
might waste the food. This Is pool
economy. The art and science 81
feeding consist in learning and know,
ing how to use the largest quantity o.
food profitably, and this study is of the
greatest importance to the owner Of
live stock. A cow can live upon grass
but she can not do her best in the dairy
upon this food alone. Grass containl
SO per cent of water and 8 per cent.
of fat; thus . COW which eats 100
pounds Of grass in day takes in 10
gallons of water, 1877 pounds of dry
matter, of which half is not digestible.
and only / pound of fat. 1t is easily
seen that after the COW has maintained
herself and supported the force and
waste of the vital functions there IL M!
enough matter left to make one pound
of butter per day. Other food is there.
fore indispensable to . profitable prod
uct.-N. Y. Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-25
WIT AND WISDOM.

Beauty of the soul never dies. 1t.
Immortality is nourished in Heaven.
"A proverb for these times, or any
other timcs-Speak but little, and lei
that little be the truth; spend but little,
and let that little be cash DOWN. Y
Ledger.
Kansas School Teacher: "Where
does all our grain go to-" ''Into the
hopper" ''What hopper?' ''Grass-
hopper!' triumphantly shouted q
scholar. Chicago Journal.
tWhat is remote and difficult of sue
cess we are apt to overrate; what is
really best for us lies always within
our reach, though often overlooked.
0ccidcnt.
Country editor Ito spring poet)-
As you say. the poem is full of fire and
genius, no doubt, but l would be afraid
to publish it. Spring poet-Why?
Country Editor-Because don't own
controlling interest in the paper, and
l might lose my situation. Chicago
Tribune.
Clara (sorrowfully)- I am
does not love me. Mother-Why,
dear? Clara - Last evening he re-
ferred to new pair of shoes that he had
just bought. He got them a size too
large. No young man in love eve,
buys shoes too large for Hmm T..
Sun.
Clerk (taking account of stock)-
Dose bantaloons on dat top shelluf, Mr..
Isaacstein, have been folded so long dat
de crease vos almost worn through. Vat
sail ! do-mark dose goots down?
Mr.. Isaacstein-No; mark 'em oop
twenty per cend. Dot crease vas dat
latest Fifth avenue agony shtyle.-ME
Mail
Mrs. Mimosa-Now, Johnnie, 90
kiss your little sweetheart and make up.
Johnnie-No'm, won't Mrs. Mimosa
Go and tell her how much you love
her and how sorry you are. Johnnie
Guess not. Pa says he got into q
breach-of-promise case by telling g1rl
that, and had to marry the old thing. 1
amt runnin' NO risks, ain t.-Chicdgo
Rambler.
-"John," said Mrs. Smith, ''this il
your birthday, isn't it," ''Yes. my
dear" "Well. have birthday pres
ent for you. See here" "A pair of
opera glasses! How thoughtful Of you.
my dear" Eyes; you see, John, they
will save you from becoming bald
headed" '.How, my dear?' You
can see the performance without sitting
in the front row. PUCK
Strive everywhere and in all things
to be at peace. If trouble comes from
within or without, treat it peacefully. II
joy comes, receive it peacefully, without
excitement II we must needs dee
from evil, let Us do it calmly, without
agitation, or we may stumble aud fall
in our haste. Let rs do good peace
fully, or our hurry will lead us into end
less faults. Even repentance is work
which should be carried ON peacefully.
st. Frapeis de Sales.
Mrs. Hobson-Now, you and Bobby
must stay to luncheon, Mrs. Hendricks
It will be announced in . very short
time. Mrs. Enthusiastically, Mrs.
you are very kind. bat ]
couldn't think of it. We shall be OF.
pected home, and-er-I ought TO have
gone long before this; but l had no idea
It was 50 late, and Bobby has cold.
Bobby (anxious to stay)-My cold is Z
good deal better, ma. and besides you
told the cook not to get any lunch for US
because we wouldn't be home TO eat it
m Y. Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-25
THE LAMP CRAZE,

| Beautiful Mediums of illumination Now
at the Height of Popularity.
One must be a woman to appreciate
the loneliness of light that bctrays nc
secrets, uncovers no blemishes and
kindly shadows the defects of toilet,
complexion and time. Indeed it is a
proverb with the hypercritical of the
female gender that she is indeed hag-
gish who does not look well in q lamp
lit room.
These beautiful mediums of illumina-
ton may be bronze, repousse-metal,
lesmOges, Dresden, cut-crystal, china or
simple pottery, glazed or painted. The
lamp body may be almost any shape.
size or material that will hold oil, but
the trimmings must be and are always
novel, artistic and serviceable. Shades
come in all tints and metallic compost
tons of plain, corrugated and decorated
surface. About the edge is gathered
a rufflc of lace which may cost nine
cents, and not infrequently does cost
five dollars. The frill varies from
two to five inches in width and has
the effect of softening the light.
Another craze consists in shade
dressing = that is. in arranging
Transparency for the shade
proper. Lace-paper, gauze and bob
inette have been succeeded by CO, err
ings composed of linen roses. ostrich
plumes, pon-pons and milk-weed balls.
A drapery of scarlet tips drawn over
bell-shaped dome never fails to call
forth comment and it is not easy to de-
wise any thing prettier than a shade of
pink linen or tissue on a parlor lamp.
For real use, that is, reading or work,
a green globe is best, and the color
may be used as an effective back ground
for lace edging and q yellow or pink
bow. Pink shades are pretty for color
effect. but should not be placed on
center table unless draped, as the color
is too hard for the ordinary eye. Ma
room lights well and looks better, and
there are yellows, blues, saffrons, pur-
Piles and mixtures, which, when pOrce-
lain lined, are pleasing to the eye and
have wonderful Frightening effect on
a dark or subdued corner. In the
homes along the fashionable avenues of
our own city these beautiful lamps are
placed in the windows, to which they
impart an Undesirable fascination,
especially when some delicate lace dra-
perry falls about or near the table on
which it is placed.-Chicago Inter
Ocean,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-25
useful AND SUGGESTIVE.

We have trotting horses to perfeO.
ton. Why should We not pay moro
attention to walking horses3oM 4.
Farmer.
Seed corn should be changed every
four or five years, or at least new kinds
mixed with the local sorts.-TfVg
Times.
Too long pulls on . muddy road
often hurt the wind of q horse. When
they begin to breath heavily it is time
to give them . elbow. CleUel0nd
Leader.
"A Texas farmer says that three
good bull dogs roaming the yards e
night win do more to keep . man
honest than al the talking in the world
Cattle plaques. like hog cholers,
always follow after and never 90 be-
fore loose methods. There is always .
demand for the best-hairie Farmer.
Remember, it is the appearance q
goods that sells them. Nice, large, fat,
plump. white turkeys, ducks. chicks o.
geese always bring outside priees.-
Albany Journal.
AT the Canadian Experimental star
ton it has been determined that feeding
timothy without much clover had ten
dency to dry the flow Of milk in winter.
-Canaries in wild state even sur
pass in loudness and clearness the song
Of domesticated birds, but lack the
numerous acquired strains Of the latter
|-Oncinnati Times.
-Stinginess in farming generally de-
feats the object for which it is practiced;
yet there are many farms fairly well
managed except for the stinginess that
marks every practice.-Westeyrs Rural.
The free use of clover seed and keep
ing of farm stock enables farmers To
maintain land in good condition for or
binary cropping without purchasing
commercial manures.-Fjelddn and Farm.
No one has such an excellent
chance to have beautiful lawn about
the house as the farmer. He can sur.
round his house with much prettie1
green carpet than the average suburbaa
resident can.-Erchange.
Fish Croquettes: Remove all tho
skins and bones from q pound of any
cold fish, chop fine, mix with equal parts
of mashed potatoes, season highly with
salt and pepper. and one new egg, and
then form in little balls, roll in flour and
fry very brown in boiling lard. Serve
hot with walnut pickle.-Pailadelphia
Call.
Beef Collops: Any cold meats will
answer for collops. Cut in pieces and
pound flat. Sift flour over and fry
brown in butter. Then lay in stew
pan. cover with brown gravy, minca
half an onion fine, add a lump of butter
the size of an egg, a little pepper and
salt. Stew slowly. Serve hot with
pickles or sliced lemOn.-B0ston Budget.
More failures in transplanting coma
from having soil loosely packed in and
among the roots than from any other
cause. No root can take hold of an air
space. Merely tramping the soil on the
surface after the tree is set is not enough.
If fine soil is worked among the roots,
and these first wet to make it adhere,
the tree will almost certainly live.-M
y Herald
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-25
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

"A bill providing for State normal
school for the colored race has passed
the Kentucky Legislature.
in the Prussian universities 1858
students are Studying theology. and the
evangelical professors are the most pop
ular.
When q mans piety can never bs
seen except by pOst-mortem examine
| ton, we have no confidence in it,
Cnristidn Inder.
The Methodist Episcopals have
fifty-two churches and nine missions ip
this city, with 1858 communicates, Q
gain of twenty churches, five missions
and 1886 members during the past
twenty years.--M r Times.
I'm eleven years the Congregations;
churches of Missouri have increased il
number from two to eighty-seven. Ths
total membership at present is 5,968, .
gain since last year of 966.-Christiah
at Work.
Not less than seventy one pastors Of
Cleveland churches signed the address
to the churches, urging the citizens te
unite in measures to prevent the desc
Grafton of the Lords day, and calling
special attention to the violation, not
only of the law of God, but of the law Of
the Cleveland Leader.
AT . Cincinnati inter-denomina-
tional meeting of colored ministers re-
Gently, resolutions were passed depre-
eating the general Sabbath dissertation
in visiting places of public amusement,
and resolving to preach from time to
time special sermons against the prac-
tice.
in the Presbytery of Austin, Texas.
during the past year two churches have
been organized, three pastorates estab-
lished, four ministers received and one
dismissed; three churches report reviv-
ais, and about two hundred and sixty
five have been received into the
churches-one hundred and fifty of them
on examination.
The recitation of the prayers of our
childhood, through the medium of q
fine voice and an intelligent sympathy,
will melt the hardened heart. Once, at
Norfolk, Va, the elder Vandenhoff,
tired of the sneers and SCOTS of an in
fidel friend, brought him down on his
knees by simply reciting the Lords
Prayer.-Aibany Express.
AS an illustration of the trivial
causes which sometimes bring about q
severance of the pastoral relation the
Presbyterian Banner tells of a pastor
who had to resign his charge because
the Sunday-schoOl superintendent OBJ
jected to his using plum colored silk
handkerchief in the pulpit, and the
Herald and Presbyter mentions another
good man to whom objection was made
because of his wearing of an unbecom-
ing mustache and the practices of roll
ing up his trousers in wet weather.
Hartford Religious Herald.
In the good old Puritan times in
New England the following was the
rule and practice in some of the
churches: That such brethren or
sisters as shall any way hereafter intend
to change their calling or condition of
life by marriage or otherwise do propose
their cases to the elders or ablest breth-
rem of the church to have council from
before they make any engagements,
and in all difficult cases, and before all
marriages, the churches council be taken
therein" How would the young peO-
pie of the present day relish having
1.-THE ablest brethren" advise or control
them in their matrimonial matters?-
N. !. Ledger.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-25
SOD MAKING.
How the Soil Should BE Prepared for Sow
ing and Cultivation.

How the Soil should BE Prepared for Sow
ing and Cultivation.
The three essentials for securing ,
fine, close sod, by seeding. are: Ricl
ground of suitable character, seed O
good quality thickly sown, and frequen
moving.
In preparing the soil for the sowing
it pays to be at good deal of pains a
the start. Results extending through
years of time will depend chiefly on thi.
part. With pillow or spade the surface
should be worked over to the depth Of
one foot at least. If it could be three
or six inches deeper yet, all the better.
Along with this process some finely
divided manure, say at the rate of 8
good two-horse load to each four square
rods of land, should be worked into the
soil.
As the bed is finished it must be seen
that at least six inches of good soil (that
is, not sterile soiD, is present in all such
lawns as are not to be kept watered in
dry weather; but this is quite as essen.
sential to those made by turing as any
others. Wherever the surface is broken
by walks, drives, flower-beds and the
like the edges next to these should be
made of sod to width of six or more
inches. This will keep the sowed parts
from breaking away, as it would do il
not thus protected. All stones lying at
or near the general surface must be
cleared away, the area be made even
and firm with the proper implements
and the surface be worked up fine by
the use of rake or light harrow-tho
finer the better.
Use good seed and plenty of it, ap-
plying at the rate of one quart and one
fourth per square rod. As for seed, the
following is a superior and inoffensive
mixture: Two parts June or blue
grass (Poa pratensis) to one part red
top or bent grass (Agrostisj. Sow
evenly; this may be done by double
sowing. By this we mean to divide the
seed needed for a given area into two
equal lots, sowing one-half of it over
the plot, walking back and forth across
it one way, and then the remainder BY
walking crosswise of the first sowing.
After this rake the entire surface lightly,
then ron.-N. 7. Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-25

The wearing of colored eyeglasses
has become fashionable in New York.
They are known as dudes glasses. "
Their popularity is SAID to have origi-
mated from the appearance in Gotham
Of IN English society man with colored
glasses on his nose. But for wear in
bright summer weather glasses of the
proper tint are q great protection to
eyes that are weak. and are cool and
oomfortabla.-N. T. SwR
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-25
A NAPOLEONiC CONSPIRACY.
Discovery of Treaty Between Napoleon
and the Duke Of Brunswick.

Discovery of . Treaty Between Napoleon
and the Duke Of Brunswick.
A Swiss correspondent, in looking
over the papers of the eccentric Duke of
Brunswick, deposited at the library of
Geneva, has found the draft of a secret
mutual assistance treaty between him
and the late Emperor Napoleon. 1t is
dated Ham, June 25, 1874, and is not
only signed Louis Napoleon Bonaparte,
but written by him on a white silk pocket
handkerchief in marking ink. The
French is full of Germanisms. The
treaty is in five articles, and the con-
tracing parties are bound by an oath
and their honor to observe it. In return
for the money which the German Prince
was to furnish the French one with to
escape from Ham and restore the em-
pire. the latter was to aid the other to
enter again into the possession of his
duchy and all his iefs, and, if possible.
to make all Germany one nation, giving
it constitution suited to its traditions,
manners and the needs of q progressive
age. ANapoleonic conspiracy was car
ried on BY the assistance of the Duke of
Brunswick's purse. On the 22d of July,
1870. Napoleon LII. was for the last
time reminded of the promises sworn to
and written on the silk pocket handker.
chief. He answered this reminder in q
short note thus worded: Il have re-
ceived your letter and find it impossible
to comply with your demands. I beg
of you to believe in my sincere amity.-
NAPOLEON" Six weeks later the En-
peror was prisoner of the Germans.
and the Duke of Brunswick on his way
to Geneva, to which he determined to
leave his personal estate, all he had
after the Brunswick revolution of 1880.
Republiquc Frdncaisc.