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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-30
THE SOTAL PLANT.
A New Stock Food Which Is Finding Favor
in the Southwest.


A new food for stock in considerable
favor in the Southwest is the sotal
plant. 1t is found to be especially
good for feeding sheep. The plant be-
longs to the aloe, and it is found grow
ing in very large quantities over the
plains of Western Texas. 1t also
grows very extensively in Northern
Mexico. In appearance this plant re-
sembles that known as bear grass, the
leaves being from eighteen inches to
two feet in length, and the edges
have a hooked thorn. These leaves
put out bulb, like pineapple or
kohl rabbi, which is on or above the
ground, and is from foot to two and
one half feet in diameter. This bulb
is the part that the stock eat, and is
very nutritious, containing large
percentage of saccharine matter. The
Mexicans make an alcoholic liquor
from it, known as mescal de sotal, and
which is one of the most fiery of the
many fiery beverages of that country.
To feed it to sheep, man starts out
aheau of the flock and with an ak
splits open these bulbs, and the sheep
follow and gnaw out the center. In
three or four months sheep will get
hog fat on sotal, which is as good in
winter, when there is no grass, as in
summer and possibly better. Cattle
are fed in the same manner. OF
course there is great waste, for when
once cut open the plant is killed, in
which respect it differs from the cac-
Gus plant, which propagates from Q
leaf dropped on the ground. But for
thousands Of square miles the sotal
literally covers the ground, and will
feed hundreds of thousands of sheep
and cattle, and will last into the meal
culable future. Sotal and cactus only
a few years ago were considered en-
cumberers of the land, and now they are
important factors in successful stock
raising and feeding in Southwest
Texas.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-30
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

i ty, State of Kansas, Seventh Judicial Dis
trict: Augusta Borckert, Plaintiff, VS.. Her.
man Borckert, Defendant.
To Herman BOrckert defendant above named /:
You are hereby notified that you have been
sued in the above entitled Court, and that the
plaintiff has filed petition In the clerks Office
of said court in said action as above entitled,
and you are hereby notified that unless you file
an answer to said petition in said court on or
before the 18th day of January, 1889, the said
petition will be taken as true, and judgment
will be rendered against you by default grant
ing the plaintiff divorce from you, and
allowing her alimony and costs of action as in
petition prayed for. AUGUSTA BoRCKERT,
By her attorneys Knight & Foust.
Attest: NJ. p. JacOby, Clerk of Dist. Court
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-30
1889.
Harper's weekly.
ILLUSTRATED.

Harper's Weekly has we'll .established place
as the leading illustrated newspaper in Amer
lea. The fairness Of Its editorial comments on
current politics has earned for 1t the respect
and confidence of all impartial readers, and
the variety and excellence of its literary con-
tents, which include serial and short stories
by the best and most popular writers, fit it for
the perusual of people of the widest range of
taste and pursuits, Supplements are frequent
ly provided, and no expense is spared to bring
the highest order of artistic ability to bear
upon the illustration of the changeful Eases
of home and foreign history. A new work of
fiction from the pen of William Dean Howells,
and one by Capt. Charles King, will be among
the leading features of the Weekly for 1889.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-30
KANSAS OFFICIAL RETURNS.

TOPEKA, Kan. Nov. M.-The ofh-
cial vote Of the State for President and
Governor has been compiled in the of.
fee Of the Secretary Of State. Harri'
sons total vote is 1894; Cleveland's
total vote, lO2, 73S; Harrison's plurali-
ty, S0,2oi. The vote on Governor is
as follows: Humphrey, 179,96S; Mar
tin, LOG. 1858; Elder. 1925; Botkin, g.
1852, total 1923, SIS; Humphreys plural
ity 1908; Humphreys majority over
all, 80, 32l.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-30
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN
County, Kansas.
Annie W Roberts, PIE

NJ. L. Snyder, Nettie j,
Snyder, his wife, and
Ezra I. Sturtevant, and
Franklin L. Bixler.
The defendants herein, and each and every
one Of them, are hereby notified that they have
been sued by the plaintiff in the action above
named, and that they must answer the petition
herein filed, on or before December IS, lsss, or
the same will be taken as true and judgment
rendered against the defendant, N. L. Snyder,
for the sum of twenty -four hundred and sixty
nine dollars and twenty-two.cents, (S2 1859 ~ I,
with interest thereon at the rate OF per cent
per annum from November 10, 1857, until paid
and for the further sum Of sixty-twO dollars
and six cents, (S62 O6), with interest thereon
from August i 1855, at the rate of IL per cent
per annum until paid and that the mortgage
given to plaintiff by defendant, NJ. L. Snyder,
on May 10, 1884, to secure said first .mentiOned
sum, on the north fractional quarter Of section
nineteen Q9), township twenty-five (25l, south
of range twenty-One t2i), east OF the 9th prin-
cipal meridian, in Allen county, Kansas. con-
tanning 3l2 IS acres, will be fOreclosed and de-
creed to be appraised and sold according to law
to satisfy said judgments, and PLAINTIFFS mort
gage decreed to be the first and prior lien upon
said property, and the defendants forever bar
red and foreelosed of and from all right, title,
dover, estate, interest, property and equity OF
redemption in or to said premises.
ANNIE W. ROBERTS,
Benton & Scott, her Attorneys.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-30
OFFICIAL VOTE OF PENNSYLVANIA.

HARRISBURG, Pa, November 20.
Official returns for President show
that almost million of votes were
cast as follows: Harrison 527, O9l;
Cleveland. 1850; Fisk. 2O,74s,
streeterf 1896. Total 997, 225. Harri.
sons plurality, 1851; Harrison's
majority over all, 54,95S. The vote
for President in 1884 was: Blaine, 472..
SO4; Cleveland, 2,7s5; st. John, 15,.
7s7; Butler, 1902. Blaine's majority
over all, 1920.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-30
1889.
Harper's Bazaar.
ILLUSTRATED.

Harper's Bs=ar will continue to maintain its
reputation as an unequaled family journal.
Its art illustrations are Of the highest order,
its literature is of the choicest kind, and its
Fashion and Household departments are Of the
most practical and economical character. Its
Its pattern-sheet supplements and fashion
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cost OF the subscription, and its articles on
decorative art, social etiquette, housekeeping,
cookery, ETC., make 1t indispensable to every
household. Its bright short stories. and
timely essays. are among the best published;
and not a line is submitted to its columns that
could offend the most fastidious taste. Among
the attractions Of the new volume will be new
serial stories by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Bennett
Mrs. Alexander, William Black, and Thomas
Hardy. and series of papers on nursery man.
agement, by Mrs Christian Terhnne Herrick.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-30

FAIRLAWN.
For the month ending Nov. %, 1883.
Enrollment-Males, Is; females, IL;
total, 26.
Those neither absent nor tardy.
Ewell and Clay Weast. Honor roll:
Edith Coffman, Laura Epling, Nellie
Whitney, Dora Epling, Olive Love,
Jennie Saulsberry, Warren Weast,
Melvin Love, Clay Weast, Chester
Snyder, Lewis Roughton.
Parents are cordially invited to Wis.
it US. ANNA BOOTH,
Teacher
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-30

Are constantly issuing and have
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School Reports.
MAPLE GROVE.

For the month ending Nov. %, 1883.
Number of pnpils enrolled 80; males,
IA; females, %.
Average daily attendance, %.
Those present every day during the
month: Mary Beeman, Oral Finley.
Nellie Drollinger, Elanor johnson,
Maude Palmer, John Beeman, Martie
Beeman, Walter Moore, Bonnie Bee
man, Charlie johnson.
OLIVE NJ. GERALL, Teacher.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-30
sHERlFF's SALE.

IN THE 10Th DAY OF NOVEMBER, lsss,
U at O'Clock ID. m. at the residence Of Phil
in Witch in Elsmore township in Allen coun-
". state of Kansas, will sell at public sale,
the following property. to-wit: cows, | bull,
3steer calves, 2 heifer calves, 2 WORK horses
bushels OF corn in the crib, and about 10 acres
of corn in the field. Levied on IS the property
of Philip Witch, taken on execution In favor
of r A. Barber. Dated Nov. 8, 1883. d. D.
Britton, sheriff. By
w. j. c. WOODEN, Under Sheriff.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-30

-Visitor-"Is your mother in to-
day, my boy?" Candid child-"No,
sir, she's doing up preserves. "-Neso
Hdve7s NesOS.
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AUCTI0NEER.

d. Ewart, lola, Kansas, cries sales
in Allen and adjoining counties. Sat
isfaction guaranteed. Terms reason
able.
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NJ. L. Snyder, Nettie j,
Snyder, his wife. and
Ezra I. Sturtevant, and
Franklin l.. Bixler,
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Benton & Scott, her Attorneys
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29
A Few Hints.

Now is the time for the most effective
Prohibition work. Catch people before
the old party politicians yoke them up to
their old chariots.
Every w. c. T. U. supporter should
know that the Republican candidate for
president, Gen. Harrison, when asked by
a member of the union in his own state to
sign the petition asking the legislature to
give them scientific temperance law for
public schools, refused to do SO.
Democrats will have to decide this year
which they love best, Grover Cleveland or
their boys. Those who love Cleveland
best will remain in the Democratic party
and vote that ticket Those who love
their boys best will join the Prohibition
party and vote that ticket.-New Era.
The real issue of the campaign now
opening is not protective tariff, nor is it
tariff reform. 1t is struggle whichmust
decide for or against the continued exist
ence of the gigantic brewing and distill-
ing interests, with all the multiform in
dustries depending upon them.-South
West (saloon organ)
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29
FOR AND AGAINST.


The Minneapolis Journal (Rep.) says:
The senate committee on education has
reported favorably the proposition to sub
nit to the people of the various states a
constitutional amendment to prohibit the
liquor traffic in the United States. Ger
tainly. Why not? There is no doubt a
strong feeling in favor of submission out
side of the number who would vote for
the amendment. What is to be said
against submission? Why should the
people not be allowed to vote on the ques-
ton? The amendment would not be
adopted, but to deny the opportunity to
decide that question is not to dispose Of
it, but only to intensity the clamor for
submission. Let the report of the com
mittee be adopted and the amendment
submitted
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29

To the Honorable Court: We your petit
TONERS humbly pray that you grant tc
Tom Jones. a man of good moral charac
ter in the town of Queerpiety, county OF
Rumicky, license for
Dramselling; drunkenness; debauchery; devil.
~ ishnesS; desperation; demonism; despair
death and damnation.
Dumselling; ribaldry; riot; rags; rage; rebel
III lions; remorse and ruin.
A lcohol; animosties; anger; abuse; abomina-
n ton; aSsaSsinations; arson and anarchy.
Madness; malice; malevolence; meanness mis-
NJ chief; mendacity; mockery; mourning
mortgages; misery; murder.
Gin; sel6shness; suffering; signs; sorrows; sad
~ ness; Sabbath breaking; sacrilege; seduc,
ton; shame: SATAN.
TT ard habits; hunger; humiliation; harm hor
Ill ror; hardships; Nervousness; helpless
homeless, hopeless humanity; HE'LL.
0bscenity; outrage; oppression; outlawry; or
" gies; offenses; odium; obtrusion; obdur
acy; Consciousness.
Doverty; pain; perjury; peridy; passion; pecu
1 lations; prejudces; public peril; pillage
prostitution; POISON
st. Louis Times
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29

I had no doubt, said j. S. Clarkson,
t he chairman n of the bribery committee Of
/ o republican party in 1884, Il had no
Fo 1t would be right to defeat the
D n5 party by the use of this false
u !. Creacherous means (bribing st. john
II could be done" Such principle
rom such q source was too valuable to
to lost and 50 Gen. Alger, of Michigan,
e. resurrected it. according to Senator
me chilly senator from Ohio held q
noViel mortgage on the votes of one or
f % hundred colored delegates to the Re
puolican convention from the south, and
FIJunted on not less than 800 votes upon
tne first ballot. He was much disap-
PIiilVed when his vote refused to rise
whence the dificulty2 Senator Sher-
fr"1 followers say that number of col
'sa sherman delegates were purchased
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29
People Pay tho Bills.

The resident in Chicago cannot have
failed to notice that grocery, meat, mar
ket, cigar store, news stand, hardware
store, all pass away at some street num-
Der, and finally the saloon comes to stay.
To judge by appearances, no business is
so permanent or safe in a commercial way
rs dram shop. This dram shop usually
employs three people. 1t is a loafing
place for at least three other non workers.
If that saloon were blotted out, six men
would be driven from parasitical life,
and the tenement would be devoted to the
public use rather than to the destruction
of pubic peace, capital and comfort.
Whenever legitimate business gives way
to saloon, the householder who works
every day, making something of absolute
use, may conclude that fresh demand is
to be assessed on His income, both i'll pub
lie taxes and in private foray. And the
saloon will stand as an additional tempta-
ton to that same householder, allurlng
him to the betrayal of family and per-
sonal character. The industrial situation
and the open doors OF immigration arc to
blame for an increase Of involuntary
oilers. 1t may be thG5 the saloon Offers
haven to these unfortunates. 1t may be
that the saloon is less to blame than the
are which so cordially indorses end sup
ports the dram shop. But the house
holder who works every day should note
the fact that the public pays ell the bills.
The saloon building and the time OF all
it's inmates are wastes. The public fund
feeds all hands.-Chicago Herald Qnd)
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29
with the ducats of the six ply millionaire

with the ducats of the six ply millionaire
from Michigan. Some of them came to
Chicago with empty pockets, and yet a
few days after their arrival they were
paying for their drinks with 500 bills.
Says Senator Sherman; 81 think the
manner in which those southern votes
were obtained for Alger was patent to all
who attended the convention" Then he
cruelty adds: II have no doubt that Alger
got some votes in the south that were not
bought.
What of it if Gen Alger did bride Sen.
ator Sherman's delegates away from him?
Did not Gen. Alger believe Michigan to be
doubtful state, and did he not believe
that the success of the Republican party
depended upon his nomination! Why,
then, should he not silence the charges of
Senator Sherman with tho immortal
words of Garrison: Il had no doubt it
would be, right to defeat the Democratic
party by the use of this false and treach-
erous means if it could be donef"-Lin-
coin Beacon.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29
WATTERSON RAVES.


Especially If Democrat.
Henry Watterson, editor of The Louis
pile Courier-Journal, during his speech
b the Democratic state convention last
lear, used the following strong language
b convince those in attendance that he
Ind the party of which he is q boss are
Pc open allies of the saloon, and temper
Ince Democrats should govern themselves
lccordingly. Here is his exact language:
There is FoX's universal renovator and
Ipcial moral and political cure all, the
fetotal Prohibition porous plaster, which
Eill stick to you like brother, and which
+ expected to convert every drinking sa-
pom into a temple of worship and people
PIE world with Il new race of red nosed
|ngels. am against each and all such
luack remedies and against the man who
+ in favor of any one of them, and more
PARTICULARLY against him if he claims to
Pe a Democrat. They are the vaporings
p mock sentiment and the bastards of
Paternal Righteousness.
Speaker John g. Carlisle emphasized
Ehat Or. Watterson said on the subject.
And yet we are told there is hope for
|elet from drunkenness from these old
parties that are the willing tools of the
pquor dealers.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29
AN INCENTIVE TO WORK.
'emofest Promises Banner for an In
creased Prohibition Vote.

4 't CO.. EoiiIlScS u l5aDHeT LOT .ail III
creased Prohibition Vote.
Ever alert to give stimulus to party
Eorkers, W. Jennings Demorest, of New
orA city has offered to present a hand
Fome silk banner to every county in New
4 ork state that shall double its Prohibi-
pom vote of last fall. Given this incent-
re, many counties have thus early taken
rigorous measures to secure a prize, and
the reports of today indicate that this
generous friend of the cause will have
several outfits to provide.
IL Will be no little honor to county to
Pave secured such a reward for faithful
ina hard work well done in this great
year OF 1888. Remarkable for many
lungs III connection with this movement,
pIr' Demorest is most noted for the sue
ffGSSItu inauguration of unique methods
nat intensity and enhance the efforts of
urge bodies of workers. 1t is better for
fHy cause to set ten men to work than it
E Iof any one person to do ten mems
|, 0rk' and he is the most helpful leader
\ no can secure this end.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29
Good Advice.

Young men, don't pitch your tent in
the graveyard of dead issues.
JAMES A. GARFIELD.
"All other issues before the American
people dwindle into insignificance com.
pared to the issues involved in the great
temperance question"
HENRY WILSON.
A million votes for the Prohibition
ticket in 1888 means only two parties in
1892. divided on the issue: 1.-THE homo
VS.. the saloon"
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29

! founder of our
rty. To tn a t
lite also went
4 leaders + or
nnuel Dicki e
hen we sought a
In to fill the
ice made vacant
| the death of
[hn B. Finch. 1t
Is not q paucity
material which
used the Probi-
kionists to select
| B. Cheney, of
barta, as there
|ndidate for gov
nor. They chose
hn as one of the
ke+ among MANY.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29

Ia brainy man, a successful lawyer, a
he Christian and an experienced legis-
4. he is fully the equal of any man the
Is parties can name against him He
Is a member of the Michigan legislature
1S77-79, as Republican. Driven out of
kat party by it's treachery to the people,
now stands with the Prohibition party
I'd would ably serve the state, if elected
bvernor.
Tn Minnesota q favorite son has been
animated for governor in the person of
fugh Harrison, of Minneapolis. While
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29

! eded for the benefit of the people, and
|elieving SO, gives all his powers to the
hrty which promises it. His nomination
las hailed with delight not only by Pro-
Ebitionists, but by thousands of indie
endent citizens who desire clear, econ
] mic and popular administration, and his
lection is not without the bounds of pos
6blity
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29

he is the grand
son of a good
grandfather, he
does not rely upon
t h is distinction
for cleo ion.
Young in years,
he has had a long
business care er,
and the firm of
II arrison, Far
rington & Co. is
known, and favor
ably known, all
over the north
west. He is q man
of the people, one
who believes that
rohibition is
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29
GOOD MEN AND TRUE.

q Northwest Names Cheney and Husk
Harrison--Elect Them.
Michigan has many good men within her
.5ors There dweIls old Father Russell.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29

NET ii. IL. HOLSWADE, Furniture, Cal
w pets, Undertaking, Huntington, W,
Va.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29

DRANCH q TIMMS, 80 West Market ST
D General Fire and Life Insurance Agts.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29

WY j. DAVIS, Prop'r Davis Restaurant,
w opp. b. q o. Depot. Meals at ell hours.
Beds furnished those coming or departing on
light trains.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29

MOSS IL BENTLEY, Successors TO Addi-
WI son e. Co., Wholesale and Retail Book
sellers and Jobbers of Wall Paper. The
cheapest boo store IN West Virginia. See
adveitisem ent in another column.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29
PARA ERSBURG DIRECTORY
BUSINESS and Professional.

MCKINNEY 81 dis, 80 Mareet ST., Dry
IVA Goods, Notions, and Wall + pers.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29

TINNERS-G. w. JOHNSON'S
n SONS 1910 Main street, manufacturers
and wholesale dealers in Tin, Copper, Sheet
Iron, &C., and Timers stock.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29

WHY II. BROWN Books, Stationery and
Nv News Dealer, Juiiana Street. opp
w journal office.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-29

Z W. VANDERVORT, Att.-at-Law and
81 a.. Notary Public. Collections made
promptly. TraceweIl Building