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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11
A HORSES JOURNEY.
Why Horses Should Not He Driven Owe
Thirteen Miles . Day.

Why Horses Should Not he Driven Over
Thirteen Miles . Day.
According to the Hon. John E. Rus
sell, secretary of the Massachusetts
Board of Agriculture, the regular jour-
ney of horse should not exceed twelve
or thirteen miles. This is as great a
distance, he thinks, as can be economic
cally allotted a horse as days journey
for every day in the week. If he has q
longer daily journey he must have a
day or two off each week. This DAVIS
work of the travelling horse is based on
the experience of stage and car COM
panies. For the stage, where more
speed is required. ten miles have been
found the limit of an economical days
journey. But a great deal depends on
the speed. Give horse plenty of time
and he can do longer daily journey
than he can if urged beyond an easy
gait. In emergencies good horse can
do fifty or sixty miles in a day. Sew
enty-five and eighty miles have been
driven. But such long, fast journeys
are very trying to the horse, and he
needs to be managed with great care
and judgment to prevent harm from
such violent, continued exertiOn. Such
driving can not DC repeated often with
safety. The regular days journey
should be heightened or shortened ac-
cording to the condition and character
of the road and the weight of the load.
Then there is difference in individu-
ais, and what one horse does with ease.
may be very hard for another. Feed
and care are also factors in the problem
not to be overlooked Chicago Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11
The Latest Mesmeric Craze.

The craze Of table-turning has abso.
lutely gone out of fashion. and it is
quite long time since we heard of our
old friend Planchette. A new thing
much more wonderful than Planchette
is now coming into vogue. It consists
of q rectangular board, two feet long by
eighteen inches wide, on which are
placed all the letters of the alphabet. A
miniature three-legged table on small
rollers is placed on the top of the board.
Two persons sit down with their finger
tips on the table in the old fashion suit
able for table-turning. A question is
asked, and the table forthwith moves
about, and with its legs pointing to sue
cessive letters of the alphabet, spells
out the answer. There is something
novel about this. though it is not likely
to succeed in reviving the excitement
which once gathered about moving ia
bles and revolving hats.-M Y. Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11
WIT AND WISDOM.

christianity without charity is like
an autograph from type writer.-New
Haren Meas.
MY usual luck!' exclaimed Biggs.
II bought an accident policy. and here
it is almost run out, and l haven't SO
much as studded my toe. ~. y. Mail.
-Bum-Plcase help poor man what
has lost his hand. Charitable Lady
How did you lose your hand. my good
man? Bum-Why-why-playi polk
er, marm.-Judgc.
DIR. Lyman Beecher once replied to
an inquiry of DIR. Halves: ..How are
you getting on?' First rate! first rate!
first rate! ever since stopped trying to
run this world"
There are two things which I
positively will not eat for supper" said
Gubbins. ..And what are they?" asked
his friend. Breakfast and dinner"
was the reply.-Danri!ie Breeze.
Somebody makes the remark that
the most disagrceable month to be q
soldier is long March. 1t may be, but
when soldier has been October by q
bullet once or twice he changes his
mind.-Eransrilc Argrs.
Young Genius (who has had all
the talk to himself, and, as usual. all
about himselD good-by. dear
Mrs. Meltham. 1t always does me good
to come and see you. had such .
headache when l came, and now I've
quite lost it. Mrs. Meltham-Oh. it's
not lost I've got it!-London Punch.
Mr.. Coldcash-Well, little Essie.
aren't you going to kiss your uncle:
Essie Jagged seven)-No, indeed, I'm
not. Mr.. Coldcash-And why not, lit
tie darling. Essie-Because there's your
wife looking on, and l don't want to
make any trouble in the family.-M r.
Telegram.
"A small boy of the Indianapolis
Journals acquaintance, reading adver-
tisements, comes to the following: For
Ssle--Barber shop; dirt cheap" Small
boy, with look of disgust on his face:
"Say, paw, don't you think it's cheeky
in the owner to want to charge any
thing for The dirt?"
They were strolling down the gar
den path, these two, where the fra
GRANGE of the cherry blossoms filed tho
air. The moon. or the stars. no matter
which, were shining brightly, lifting
their young hearts to an ecstatic state.
''Oh, Angeline"' said he, 'shall We
always thus walk in the empowered
shade, always feel just so happy"
"Now, Albert, don't be foolish. The
shades of life are not always pleasant,
you know. "-Hdrtford Post.
-'Let me tell you good little story
about young man down our way"
said Brownville gentleman the other
day. 1.-The hero of the story, is a we'll
known citizen of Tecumseh. He was
married not long ago. and started on .
Southern wedding trip. When the train
stopped at Topeka for dinner a waiter
rushed out and began poundinga gong.
The young man from Tecumseh, think
ing it was intended for a charivari.
rushed up to him and exclaimed: Hold
on. there! How did you fellows down
here get on to this racket! Stop her!
I'll set 'em up for the boys. Omaho
Rec
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

There are 4S9 places Of worship In
this city, of which 1896 are Protestant
IN. Y. Witness.
"A Christian's school has no vaca-
ton; his campaign has no truces; his
service no furloughs. He must battle
his way up to the cOnqueror crown.
"A Colorado pastor offended his
congregation by some remarks about
the Chinese, whereupOn boycott was
declared and the officers resigned, thus
leaving no one to collect money.-CAt
cogo Herald.
The continued depression in Eng
land seriously affects the religious de-
nominations. In Kent the Methodists
have decided to rearrange some of the
circuits, 20 that in certain districts ono
minister insteadof two. as at present,
may be sufficient.
The whole congregation of free
church in Scotland. who were thinking
of calling q certain minister to their
pulpit. hired q special train and went
down en- masse to Dundee to hear him
preach. Such an incident could hardly
occur out of Scotland.
The growth of religious interest in
Germany may be seen in the fact that
in Prussia alone 1858 men are studying
theology in the universities. For some
time it has been noticed that the more
Evangelical professors were the more
popular.
There is q movement in Philadel-
phia to secure church for deaf mutes,
similar to those in England. Scotland
and Ireland, and St. AIMS Church for
Deaf Mutes in New York City. 1t il
said there are more than 1000 of these
unfOrtunates who might be aided by this
church. The sum Of $4,000 is needed
for the object.-Philadeiphia Press.
missions are failure-they cost
two much" So some people say. The
statement is not true. The Governor OF
Natal, in brief address. said: ''One
missionary is worth more than bat
TALON of soldiers" The late Earl Of
Shaftesbury said, If London did not
have its four hundred missionaries il
would require 10000 more police"
Civilized nations can not afford to cease
to carry on missions. Christian at
Work.
DIR. Theodore L. Cuyler gives the
following valuable recipe for securing
sunshine in the soul: 1. Look at your
mercies with both eyes; at your trials
and troubles with only one. 2. Study
contentment. In these DAYS of inordi-
nate greed and self-indulgence keep
down the accursed spirit of grasping.
What they do not have. makes thou
sands wretched. 8. Keep at some work
of usefulness. 4. Keep your hearts
window always open toward heaven.
Let the blessed light of Jesus counte-
nance shine in. 1t will turn tears into
sunshine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11
A Drop Of Ink.

How apparently insignificant is drop
of ink-so small that it lies trembling
on the point of a pen, yet it is a micro
cosm in which are centered the mighty
forces of a macrocosm. Minute as it
is, it has swayed nations and shaped
empires with more than the imperial
power of an Alexander. Caesar or q
Napoleon. 1t has caused prosecutions,
wars and disorganization of society.
The world never shook beneath the
tread of such gigantic armies as daily
contend on the battle-fields of thought,
and drops of ink are the intellectual
life-blood that is spilled. Under the
flags of truth and error, these hosts,
armed only with the pen, achieve more
brilliant victories than any which his
tory records.-Aliee N. Krimbiu, in
Current.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11
A Stranger in California.

The Eastern tourist sought some new
experience in San Francisco restaur-
ant. He found it.
What will you take sixs'' asked thu
waiter.
Oysters" said the tourist.
eastern or Californian"
swell I've eaten lots of Eastern oys-
tiers. / guess I'll try some Cal .fornian.
I'd Just like to taste them and see how
they compare"
The waiter departed. and returning
placed before the tourist tie usual pre-
1iminary shrimp, and departed. Long
and earnestly the tourist studied the
shrimps. He took one up gingerly and
examined it. He cor1id not even make
the insect out TAen he called the
waiter.
..Here, take item away. guess IN
fall back ON E:Astern. Sass Francisco
ChT0nieL.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11
The Latest Advertising Dodge.

Another effective advertising scheme
has been invented in England. A lead
ing confectioner was ordered to put up
10000 tin boxes of candy, Theoretically
sealed with an advertisement of cheap
watch in each box, and in some of the
boxes, in addition thereto, a coupon en-
titling the holder to one of the watches.
On the occasion of the Oxford and Cam
bridge boat race, the 10000 water-tight
boxes were thrown into the river, to be
dived and grappled and raked for by
anybody who thought it worth while to
take so much trouble to get the sweets,
and possibly watch. No little excite
ment and talk was caused, and the OBJ
ject of the enterprising watch-vender-
the getting of much advertising-was
fully attained.-N. y. Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11
BEAUTIFUL HOMES.
Not Made by Costly Furniture. But by
the Hearts of the Inmates.

Not Made by Costly Furniture. But by
the Hearts of the Inmates.
A well kept house with beautiful
adornings. well prepared table, is
pleasing to the fancy, but these outward
adornings are of little worth unless
there is the warm, inward cheer dwell
ing in the hearts of the inmates. Vain
indeed will be our efforts to make home
beautiful and attractive if we neglect
this most important element of ALTO
beautify ourselves body and soul. A
sweet, loving word and q warm clasp
of the hand are far more to the guest
than the most deliberately embroidered
lambrequins at your windows or the
most exquisite damask on your table.
There are bare cabin homes that have
been remembered with pleasure because
of the beautiful, loving presence of the
inmates, while many stately palaces
have left but the impression of an
iceberg on the mind on account of
the cold, chilly atmosphere within.
1t is no use to plant beautiful flowers in
the yard or lawn, or to decorate the
walls of the home with rich and rare
specimens of fine art, while on our faces
turks the dark, selfish frown, and we
are coarse and unfeeling in our acts.
A truly beautiful behavior is a thou
sand times more artistic and refined and
pleasure-giving than outward adorn-
ings made by painter or artist. Many
of our homes, although not lacking in
outward adjoining, are dark and cheer
less, because there is no sunshine in the
hearts of the inmates. Let us then
strive to render our homes more attract
i've by bringing into our lives more
sunshine to warm and cheer the sur
FINDINGS. ever remembering that there
are many thirsty souls striving for kind
looks and gentle tones. Then it is a
duty We owe to ourselves and to all
around us, to wear a cheerful face, and
let the sunshine of love beam on our
countenance.-City and Country.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11
COST OF BUTTER.
4 Question Of Good Stock, Good Fee
Good Shelter and Good Care.

4 Question Of Good Stock, Good Feed
Good Shelter and Good Care.
The cost depends, in the first place.
upon the COW. That is. upon the kind
of cow. A COW will produce butter,
but it will cost more when produced by
some cows than when produced by
others. 1t pays better to spend five
dollars for feed than to attempt to pro-
duce the butter from insufficient food
on the farm. A COW should be kept
for all that can be gotten from her, and
not simply because she is competent to
fill a vacant stall. Her mission is to
fulfill certain purpose. and the more
perfectly this is done the cheaper the
cost of the articles she produces.
Fortunately, we have the character
istics of the different breeds under con-
troll. Selection over a long period OF
time has euabled enterprising breeders
to allot to each breed its appropriate
place of work, and the farmer has only
to follow the plan laid down for him by
others to obtain the best results. He
need not keep a beef-producing COW in
order to derive butter, or he will in
crease its cost. Hence the cost will
depend upon the producer-the COW.
This teaches the value of improvement.
The farmer who gives no attention to
elevating the quality of his herd, and
depends upon buying fresh cows when
ever the others 60 dry, will always pay
a high price for his butter at the start.
And the same is true of milk. Its value
depends upon its cost, and though a
uniform price is usually paid for it, yet
it costs more with some farmers than
with others. When this fact is properly
comprehended by the large number OF
farmers and dairymen all over the
country, they will look more closely to
the quality of the stock from which
their milk and butter is derived.
There is something also in the treat
ment of the cows. 1t is not economic
nj to attempt to make up in the food
that which is lost by letting in the cold
through the cracks of the barn, nor
can COW yield to her fullest capacity
on inappropriate food. All the re-
quisites are consolidated, and failure
in a single direction means failure in
all. for in order to be of the greatest
service the conditions must be COM
plete. The stock should be of the best,
in order to secure the most, and having
provided suitable animals the food
must be equal to the demands of the
animals in order that they may be pro
ductive. while nothing should b.
wasted. Good stock, good feed, ant
good shelter and care are inseparabls
k-Fdrn,, Field. and Stockn,Ga.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11

The Montreal Witness relates a fact
that few days ago book agent while
soliciting a subscription from Montreal
gentleman for a work ON '.Arctic Dis
coveries," assured the latter that the
book would contain complete narratives
of the famous voyages of both Benjamin
Franklin and Horace Greeley. The
gentleman said he had been nearer the
north pole than either of these gentle
men, and declined to subscribe.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11

The swell young man of New York
is Just now possessed with the craze for
wearing colored eyeglasses. The
fashion. is, like all other idiosyncrasies
that effect the vanity of the Gotham
dude, English. The glasses are of vari-
oas colors, red, blue, yellow, and
pink, blue predominating. They are
pronounced injurious to the eye. often
producing inequality of vision, but so
long as they are the '.style" me optic
of the fashionable swell will probably
have to suGer.-M 7. Nail
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11
The following interesting card

The following interesting card re-
Gently appeared in the Douglasville
(Ga-) Star: Certain unscrupulous wo-
men who have no regard for truth,
have, with view of injuring my sis
ter's business, circulated a report that
she is '.stuck-up," and does not respect
country people. This is a false and
malicious representation, whose au-
thor is as deceitful as she is ugly. My
sister especially solicits the patronage
of the people who live in the country,
and l guarantee that she will give them
every attention and courtesy
JOHN X. BRANTLEY.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11

While railroad train was rafting
through Dakota an Icelander girl-an
emigrant-jumped from q car. ran three
hundred yards, gathered her apron full
of flowers, and returned smiling to the
train. which had been stopped where
her reckless jump was made.-Denves
Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11

Ten years ago the people of Nor
row County, Ore, found it very hard
matter to get water enough even for
cooking purposes. Now the water il
abundant. Canyons which were tn en-
dry now abound with little riyuleta Of
the EureSt water.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11
4 STUDY OF THE CYCLONE.

The cyclone IL beast Of prey,
1t roams the Western pla Ms,
II lives on people. grain and hay
And swallows railroad trims.
Upon the earth Il IL power,
And 1t never stops to rest;
Its gaits is ninety miles ar hour
Whene'er it docs it, best.
Its home IL in the Sunny South.
It's there its reared and fed;
IT scoops its victims in its mouth
And travels on its head.
The lightning flashes from its eyes,
While loud its voice doth roar;
= Its body reaches to the skies,
Its course IL marked with gore.
Now where those mighty things exist,
Which man can not control,
The fellow that would not be missed
Must crawl down in some hole.
&C. E. GOod,rtr, in Detroit Free tTess'
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11

The largest silver-producing mine
in the world last year was the Ontario
of Utah, which yielded S2,313. 1851.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11

The new Catholic: cathedral in San
francisco will cost to00,000.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11
THE FAMILISTERE.
a Wonderful Cooperative 1nstt-
tuition in France.

A Home Where Adults Are ut Peace and
Children Are Cared For and Educated.
The Association Composed of Trust
ed Working-Men.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11


accordingly, with view of doing JUS
tice to these, has thus divided the par
Elephants in the profits: CD Partners, IS
persons; (2) societaires, 95 persons; (S)
participants, 57S persons; az auxilia-
ries. 25s persons; 90 interested, 2S6 per-
sons. The partners must be over twen-
ty-five years old, must have been en-
ployed five years at the familistere, and
must have at least 800 invested in the
enterprises; their share amounts to the
double of their salaries. The societaires
must be over twenty-One years old and
have worked at least three years at the
association; they receive half-share
interest in excess of the amount their
salaries represent. The participants
must also be twenty one years
old, and must have worked at
least one year under the asso-
citation. They share in the profits pro
rata of their salaries. The auxiliaries
comprise all workers not coming under
any of the above heads; they do not
have any direct share, but are entitled
to the benevolent fund. The ..inter-
eSted" are so in virtue of possessing
shares in the social fund through in
heritance, purchase, or other circum-
stances. Twenty-Five per cent. of the
profits GO to the director and to the ad-
ministration, of which the managing
director gets twelve per cent. A year
ago. the wage-worEers possessed al
ready through their participation in the
profits 1898, 800 of the social fund. In
a few years. it may safely be reckoned,
that the workers will possess the whole
of the social fund. In less than eight
wears Mr.. Godin's advance will have
been refunded to him, and the associa-
ton will be in possession of 1880, 900
realty. not taking into consideration the
value of the commercial fund.-Demor-
ests Magazine.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-11
HUMOROUS.

| MIR. IennysonS new poem says
that blackbirls have their wills. The
lawyers will now all go hunting fol
blackbirds. - louisville Courief-Jour-
nal.
-Beecher uttered a whole-souled
truth when he said there are times
when man must swear or burst. Such
a moment is that when man finds
that his new laundress has starched his
flannel shirt.-FdH Rirer AdUance.
"A woman has written an essay ON
''Silence as a Weapon" This must ac-
| count for the boldness of a mouse
when he hears the mellow shrieking of
female at his appearance. HeknOws
she has not her weapon with her
YOnkerS Statesman.
A Student of the Dime Novel
"Come, now, BERTHE, kiss your little
sister and make up with her." said
mamma to her ten-year-Old boy.
What! the Pawnee Chief bow low to
pale-face Cry Baby! Mother, you ask
too much. lid Bits.
Dairy Hint: A French agricult-
ural college experiment is claimed to
have demonstrated that giving cows
wafer at &c degrees increased the milk
yield one-third. How would it do to
make the water 1872 degrees, and so
make the yield two-thirds greater
L0WeH Courier
-''HOw old are you?" asked a Justice
of the Peace of "Jim" Webster, who
was under arrest for stealing chickens.
81 Dunno said the darby when
were you born?" what am de use
oh my tellin' you bout my buffday;
you amt gwine ter make me no buff,
day present. N Y Tribune.
Overheard Coming Out of Churca.
She: Next time you want to sleep
during the sermon, you u better 90 and
sit with Mr.. A., and lay your head on
him. You'd be really comfortable
then" He: "Why? is Mr.. A. nice
nd-ahem!-soft?" She: mo; but
he's one of the pillars of the church. y
N. Y. Ledger.
What is the difference between
this cOflee?' asked Fogg at the break
fast-table the other morning, '.and that
beautiful picture over the mantel?"
As nobody ventured solution, Fogg
"ihat picture is painted in
oil, and THIS coffee is water, colOred."
One of those silences which can be felt
followed neutrality-suspicious. Tran
script.
Little Katie came into the library
just as Uncle Arthur was finishing up
a story with which he was entertaining
the other children. ''Oh, tell it to
me-" begged Katie; "please tell it
over, Uncle Arthur" 90, no." said
Jack; ''uncle's tired. We're going to
put him to sleep now" Yes" an
nounced Harry. you've come too
late, Katie; the edition is exhausted
Harper's Ea.ar.