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The Iola register., 1889-05-17
WORDS FOR WOMEN.

HENRY GEORGE, in a letter written
from England to the Standard. speaks
strong words for woman suffrage.
The world is growing wiser and pre-
sumably better. but it is not either wise
enough or good enough to pay wo-
man mans wages for doing a man 5
work. Rochester Democrat
Mrs. JUDGE HUMPHREr. of Kansas,
says: Every pure woman's ballot may
be an effective protest against wrong,
and if she fails to cast it. by so much
is she responsible if wrong rules in
stead of right"
The Ludington Record says: Thou
sands of ladies in Detroit voted for
school inspector, and exerted bone
fetal effect on the bystanders at the
polls None of the baleful things hap
pened that croakers have predicted.
II has now been many years since the
village schools of Maine passed almost
wholly into the management Of lady
teachers Now the superintendency of
the schools is passing by degrees into
the same skilful hands. the Lewiston
journal says. An unusually large
number of towns have elected women
to this position this year, many of them
for the first time. 1t seems to be case
of the survival of the fittest-
IDO not believe there is such de-.
gree of ignorance among American wo.
men that the ballot should be denied
them True, they are deficient in brute
force, but that is not always the most
potent thing. Mrs. Stowe is slender
woman but when the shackels Of T.
600, 900 people were to be broken. there
was more power in her nimble fingers
and active brain than in thousand
Simpsons, to redress the great injus-
tice of our nation. know Of no class
better equipped to manage the ballot
than American women-Frederick
Douglass
The Iola register., 1889-05-17
CONCERNING MANURES.
The Importance OF . Correct Knowledge
OF Their Properties

The Importance Of . Correct Knovledss
OF Their Properties
Agriculturists acknowledge the i'm
portance of a correct knowledge of the
nature and properties Of manures. and
that the art of preparing them in the
cheapest and best manner. in adequate
! quantities. is still unknown.
Chemical science and art are enabled
to point out some of the best methods
that are within our reach. by ascer-
tanning the composition Of the sub
stances and by showing how they may
be converted into the most efficacious
manures; while. at the same time, q
knowledge Of the soil will demonstrate
the nature and amount Of matters that
are required for rendering it fertile.
Sometimes correctives and amend
ments are required for the removal of
deleterious properties, or for the i'm
provement of the texture of the soil.
Generally. it is easy to effect both
purposes by means Of a properly pre-
pared compost
By a knowledge Of agricultural chem
istry. the farmer may take advantage
of the natural resources of his farm. so
as to enrich the soil at comparatively
trifiing expense. and while he draws
from it his valuable crops, if he is skill
full. he may still render the soil every
year more fertile.
A liberal supply OF manures. with at
tention to a proper rotation of crops,
will supersede the necessity Of leaving
the land fallow for years, as was for
merly practiced
Although organic matters in q de-
composed state form the basis of all
enriching manures. they are often mis-
applied and extravagantly wasted.
owing to a want Of chemical knowl-
edge.
A scientific agriculturist should al
ways be careful. and not lose the
valuable substances that may separate
from manures in a gaseous or liquid
form.
During fermentation various gaseous
matters escape that ought to be absorb
ed by covering Of peat, swamp muck,
sods or loan.
Liquid manures are too generally al
lowed to run to waste. when they could
be easily retained and rendered valua-
bic by absorbing them with dry peat,
or any other absorbent vegetable mat
ters.
Manures are too generally exposed
to the action Of rain. which dissolves
their most valuable soluble salts. wash
ing them away into the earth.
By due attention to those things the
farmer may make vast saving of VAL
liable materials that will serve to en-
rich his land.-Andrew H. Ward, in
Boston Globe.
The Iola register., 1889-05-17
THE COMMON LAW.

A Relic of Barbarism-WhAt AOur Grand.
mothers'' Thought Of womaa's Rights .
Century Ago.
Mr. Hovey. of Pittsfield, in his speech
in the House on the woman suffrage
question. expressed the opinion that
the status of woman was better and
more dignified when she was subject TO
her husband under the common law
than it is now under the statute laws of
Maine. The common law regarding
women is a relic of barbarism; while
the laws as they now stand. which give
to woman some of the rights Of q
human being. have generally been re-
garded as the outgrowth Of higher
and better civilization. That woman
has been degraded by them is a dis
covery quite original with Mr.. Hovey.
They recognize the principle of the
right OF women to the recognition Of
her faculties regardless Of her sex.
while the view taken by Mr.. Hovey
recognizes no rights of women which
her husband does not SEQ fit to accord
to her. The experience Of the world in
all ages has shown that supreme power
when placed in the hands of man is
sure to be abused. nr Hovey ex.
pressed great admiration for our grand
mothers, and wondered what they
would think of the demands of the
women of to-day. We can tell him
what one of them thought-one who
was among the noblest Of the women OF
the Revolution. Abigail Adams, wife
of John Adams. was born in the good
old times when women were subject to
their husbands, who did not deem them
worthy of an education. She was
never sent to any school. and she says
in one of her letters. 1T was fashion
able to ridicule female learning" Yet
such was the force of her native fac.
ulties that her letters show her to have
taken quite as able and intelligent an
interest in the public affairs OF the time
as did her distinguished husband.
Writing to him under date of March 81.
1776, when he was attending Congress
.1I,na - ha.. ,,s, r,u ~, 5,,,,
dependency. And. BY the way. in the new code
of laws which 1 suppose. it will be necessary
.or you 10 niahs, ueslre you Noulu Iememosi
to them than your ancestors. Do not put such
unlimited power in the hands of the husbands.
n' ,,Is E, .i, an men "oula oe .s.an., n., Il .ney
paid to the ladies we are determined to foment
rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound
The Iola register., 1889-05-17
GOWNS FOR SUMMER.
Draped and Bordered Dresses Not rs OBJ
solete as Some May Suppose.

Draped and Bordered Dresses Not as OBJ
solete as Some May suppose.
1t is a mistake to believe that all
drapery has been dispensed with.
Gowns of India silk of heavy net or Of
any soft materials are draped in a
clinging fashion over scant skirts, Civ
ing graceful. but in no case a bouffant
effect A cluster of three or four large
fiat side pleats are often placed at the
left side and extend from the belt to
where they are held closely together
to the foot OF the dress skirt in a mar.
row fan. In dresses black net trimmed
with ribbons, this fan is often striped
with a row Of ribbon on the top of each
pleat. Again the same effect is used
at the front breadth which is striped
in rows with embroidery or made fab
ric striped with an ornamental stripe.
A number of extremely large plaids
crossed with fine lines of silk in gold.
white or crimson on very dark shades
of color are sent over among French
dresses for travelling and serviceable
wear. These gowns are made up with
plain silk foundation skirts faced up
about eighteen inches on the outside
with the plaid and simply bound with
braid on the edge and covered with
drapery arranged to give as many
straight lines as possible and add moth
ing to the size of the hips. unless the
figure is so slight that some addition is
necessary for graceful proportions.
The bustle is not dispensed with. it is
simply fiattened so that the slope at the
tournure is gradual.
Bordered dresses are made up in va
rious styles. In some cases a bordered
goods forms the entire under skirt,
which is laid in accordion plaits, the
border falling on the bottom OF the
dress. Drapery of plain goods. then
finishes the skirt and the border appears
again in the bodice as a vest or as TRIM
ming or revers beside the vest In all
cases where bordered goods is used
as drapery, the selvedge is hemmed up
neatly on the wrong side in blind
hem or row Of cat-stitches and in no
case left to show, as it was last season.
Vests continue to be very important
adjunct OF the bodice. In gowns Of
plain cashmere combined with armure
silk they may be made Of a stripe Of
colored metal embroidery on white, or
Of silk in full shirred Empire vest
The sleeves Of all dresses OF clinging
materials are large. but the coat-sleeve.
in easy fit, finishes most of the gowns Of
cloth cashmere and mohair intended for
serviceable wear.-Good Housekeep-
irO
The Iola register., 1889-05-17
HOME MANAGEMENT.
Refinement Can Not Go with sordldnes
and Usliness

Refinement Can Not Go with sordldness
and Usliness.
Next to domestic cookery stands
household management 1t would be
hard to say which is entitled to the pre-
cedence There are houses kept to .
nicely. in which the cooking is execra-
BILE. There are others where good cook
ing is the one thing that makes them
endurable. But all good things should
be happily combined, If a really model
home is sought
Somebody manages the domestic az
fairs Of almost every house. Occasion
ally it is the man of the house; some
times it is his mother or his wife's
mother. Often it is the cook. There
are houses where the rightful heads are
not heads. but leave every thing to chill
dren. or, worse-to chance; affairs go
as log goes down stream. Alas for
those who dwell in such house and
call it home.
Executive ability is in great part q
natural endowment. Some are born to
rule-command is natural and easy for
them-they can organize and execute;
but the rarest genius in this art will be
better for practice-experience will
prove their natural aptitude, and they
will gather valuable lessons from tie
experience of others The old maxim.
prove all things. hold fast that which
iS ta da1 in, h1
ears of all housekeepers. The best
housekeepers have reached their proud
eminence by this wise course
As housewives press on to higher and
still higher attainments. let the words
of one of the noblest of their company
Mrs. Sigourney-inspire them. She
says: The strength of a nation. espec-
tally of a republican nation, is in the
intelligent and well-ordered homes OF
the people"
A home should be a cheerful. happy
habitation. to which the absent men,
bers of family may look with love.
and to which the wanderer will always
return with JOY.
1t must be not only clean and whole
some, but also beautiful Refinement
can not go with sordidness and ugli-
ness Every place of abode needs the
refining touch and elevating influences
of decorations; these may cost from a
few cents to many thousand dollars.
More depends on the taste and ingen-
uity displayed than the amount OF
money invested. The most barren sur
roundings may be converted into per-
feet Eden, with far less expense than is
generally supposed. Work.
The Iola register., 1889-05-17
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Washing faded carpets in a strong
solution Of salt water will restore their
color.
For a sore throat cut slices of bone
less bacon. pepper thickly. and tie it
around the throat with flannel cloth
-Bathe a sprain with arnica diluted
with water. and bandage with soft fam
mel moistened with the same. Asprain-
ed wrist thus treated will grow well
and strong in few days
Never join the ends of thread in
knitting by tying knot. Lap the ends
three inches or more together. and
knit the distance with double thread.
leaving both ends on the wrong side.
"A writer in home journal states
that after being troubled with heart
burn. wakefulness. indigestion. etc. he
adopted the practice of eating apples
with each meal. 1t cured him entire
ly, his weight increased in two months
from 13O to 16O pounds. and he felt
stronger in proportion.
Eggs and Apples.-Pare and silica
apples. fry them in little butter. take
them up and stir in beaten eggs in the
proportion Of three or four eggs to a
pint and half of the fried apples.
Melt little butter in the pan, put in
the eggs and apples. fry. turning over
once, and serve hot-Good Housekeep-
ing.
Broiled Salt Pork.-Cut the pork in
thin slices. lay them on hot gridiron.
and when they begin to cook dip the
slices into cold water, return them to
the gridiron. and so continue until
they are sufficiently freshened- When
nicely Drowned take them up on hot
platter, add little butter. and serve
very hot.
To bleach ivory handles of steel
knives protect the steel with a coat of
wax or paraffin and set the handles in
a solution Of chloride Of lime one part.
water four parts. for a day. more or
less; then wash the handles with clean
warm water, wipe and dry. II salts
factory, warm the metal part and wipe
of the wax or paraffin.
AN excellent way to make palat-
able dish of the remains of ham is as
follows: Take one and one-half pounds
OF ham, fat and lean together, and chop
very fine. Boil a large slice of bread
in one-half pint Of milk and beat it and
the ham well together. Add an egg
beaten, put in a mold and bake rich
brown. This Is also nice sliced cold
Household.
Milk is one of the best medicines
Beat tea rarely contains more than a
fourth Of the nutriment of milk. and
raw beef juice is only equal to it in the
nutritive scale In diseases of the
stomach milk is invaluable. and If the
patient finds it too heavy. lime soda
or potash water may be added. or he
may take skim milk. which is deprived
of the fat or whey. which has no curd
and is very easily absorbed. In con-
sumption milk is an essential article of
diet, and in Brights disease it forms an
important part Of the treatment In
fact We may almost say with the coun-
try minister. who took it as adjunct to
chicken grill. milk is good wi a
things" The Hospital. England.
The Iola register., 1889-05-17
GETTING OUT STUMPS.
A Simple Rig Which Does Its Work Wei
and at u Small Cost.

simple Rig Which Does Its Work Well
and at Small Cost.
Many readers, no doubt. are working
around stumps that can be easily re-
moved. and others are working around
those that are difficult to remove. A
year ago the writer had an eight-acre
lot that contained 120 stumps of the
latter class. 10 of them being oak. and
most of them white oak, having large
center or tap root. These stumps
were twenty inches to four feet in di.
ameter. A year ago / let the job OF
taking out these stumps at 40 cents
apiece. The contractor came, put up a
shanty and commenced work, but before
he finished the first stump he threw up
the job. | did not blame him. When
/ moved around those stumps last sum-
mer decided that they would come out
before another harvest. when the field
would be in potatoes. No one seemed
anxious to do it l borrowed a rig
which my neighbor had used success
fully. With this rig and a team he ex-
tracted five stumps per day. We have
already taken out 105 stumps at a cost
of Is cents each. After digging around
them. the team would twist one out in
four minutes. on the average.
The rig consists of pole 80 feet long,
Is inches in diameter at the big end.
which is securely bound to guard
against splitting. There is a hole near
this end. through which a chain was
passed. fastening it securely by large
pin. This chain is feet long. and
made Of 7-S inch iron. At the other
end is grab-hook made of the best
1-2 inch square swede iron, but even
then we sometimes break it The end
of this chain is put around an outside
root and hooked. The pole is then
tightly drawn around the stump, by the
team. Three or four inches from the
small end of the pole groove is cut
for a smaller chain, which is arranged
so it will slip around. avoiding all
twisting. This is the whole rig. and it
costs only trifling sum. We started
in with three horses, but soon found
that we Eeeded but two. We have not
yet found a tap root that two horses
could not twist out. l have tried dig
ging and blowing out but find that
this rig will do the job at half the ex-
pense.-J. H Warn, in Ohio Farmer.
The Iola register., 1889-05-17
Greasing Fowls and Chicks

Grease is destructive OF lice. but it is
also substance for which fowls have a
strong aversion, so far as outward ap-
pliation to their bodies is concerned.
Grease is very injurious to chicks. and
should be used on them cautiously.
Kerosene should never be applied to the
SKIN of fowl unless diluted in some
manner. A few drops of any kind of
grease. applied on the heads. necks and
vents of chickens. will destroy the large
head lice, but not more than a drop
should be applied under the wings.
Pure lard oil is as effectual as the COM
pounds Of irritating substances often
used.-Farm and Fireside.
The Iola register., 1889-05-17
A GOOD IN SECTIClDE.
How Soft-Soap Can be Utilized to Advsn
tage on the Farm.

How Soft-Soap Can be Utilized to Advan-
tage on the Farm.
An abundance of what is called soft
soap" may be had at the store or from
the wagon of the venders. Real soft
soap is made. not bought 1t is made
from the refuse fat of the kitchen.
Every economical housekeeper has her
pot for "soap grease" which. instead
Of trading it of with the soap man for
soap. often OF a poor grade, she makes
into soft-soap. The other Ingredient
necessary is lye, made from the ashes
Of hard wood. A substitute for lye
may be made with the potash OF COM
merce dissolved in water. This solu-
ton Is used in the same manner as the
lye. being mixed with the fat, hot or
cold. according to the method adopted
in the family. Soap made in this man
ner is always soft, a brownish, thick.
viscid. somewhat jelly-like soft-solid.
which by no amount OF standing will
ever become hard. Potash and soda
both combine with fat to produce soap;
potash or lye, which Is the same, al
ways makes a soft-soap, while soda in
the form Of sal-soda, or soda ash. al
ways makes hard soap. but soft or pot
ash soap may be converted into hard
soap by adding to it common salt.
which supplies soda What is general
ly sold as soft SOAP is simply COM
mon white hard soap. to which so
much water has been added that it no
longer retains its form but becomes a
semi-solid mass II one purchases
quart of this stuff. he buys at least
three half-pints Of water; we are there
fore justified in calling this stuff a
fraud" Besides it is greatly inferior
in strength for all the purposes for
which it may be used, especially in
horticulture, to the homemade soft
soap We have described. II one has an
old orchard. the trunks and larger
branches covered with loose bark. on
which MOSES, lichens and still lower
forms of vegetation find foot-hold.
and which affords a resting and hiding
place for numerous and injurious in
sects in various states of development.
the first thing to be done is to scrape
of all the loose scales of bark. Use
a moderately dull hoe-a sharp one
might injure the bark; one with
short handle will allow the lower
branches to be reached. Use the home
made soft-soap. dilute it with hot wa
ter, stir it well until it is thin enough
to apply with a small white-wash brush
or large paint brush Put plenty of
it on the trunks and larger branches
One should endeavor to apply the soap
very early in the spring. so that it may
not dry up at once. but be gradually
washed of by the rains that usually oc-
cur at this season. When the trees
have had a thorough washing, the bark
will present beautifully smooth ap-
pearance that will amply repay one
for the trouble. For removing the
green growth on the outside OF flower
pots. this soap is excellent. it has also
been recommended as vehicle to ap-
ply kerosene for aphides or plant-lice
and other insects One pint of soft
soap is mixed with half pint of kero-
sene. Mix thoroughly. add to seven or
eight gallons of water, and apply with
q syringe. This has been found de-
struotive to the chinch bug. .-Agricui-
turist
The Iola register., 1889-05-17
A traveller who recently retu

"A traveller who recently returned
from Pekin asserts that there is plenty
to smell in that city. but very little to
see. Most Of the show places. such as
the Temple OF Heaven and the Marble
Bridge have one by one been closed to
outside barbarians. who can not even
bribe their way. The houses are all
very low and mean. the streets wholly
unpaved and are always very muddy
and dusty. and as there are no sewers or
cesspools the filthiness of the town is
indescrable. He adds that the public
buildings are small, and in a decayed
and tumbled-down condition. and the
nearest one can get to the em.peror's
palace is to climb to the top of some
building outside the sacred inclosure
and surreptitiously peep over the wall
through an opera-glass. Even then be
does not see much.
The Iola register., 1889-05-17
CHAPTER XXI.
CAUGHT II The ACT.

Found at lastIn
Impenetrable gloom surrounded the per
son who uttered these words, save for the
small circle Of light made by strong
smelling tallow dip, taat sputtered and
threatened to go out at any moment
Weird shadows danced along the rafters
and played hide and seek among queer
little hooks. A young man knelt on the
rough boards of the garret At Lone Hollow,
with an cid, battered, hair-covered trunk
open before him That which brought from
his lips the words opening this chapter he
held up to the light in his hand-a folded
legal document, yellow with age, tied with
red tape
The young man who held up the folded
paper read on one side these words:
"Lass viii and testament of Morgan Van
dible"
Found at iastI" again calculated the
young man MY search has not been in
vain have looked everywhere, and was
on the point Of giving up, when, 10! it pops
up like thing of life from the bottom Of
this old chest. Your course is well nigh
run, Clinton Starbright- falsely dubbed
Captain, and"
A sound below cut short the young mans
speech. He concealed the precious paper,
extin guished the light, and hurriediy made
bis exit from the close air of the garret.
When he gained the hall below, which
vas dimly lighted by brack-t-lamps, the
mans face stood revealed, and We recos-
niZe him as the genial hunter, Louis Fin
gal He passed to the end of the hail, lifted
Q window and peered out into the night,
listening intently-
Il hear no sound Of Wheels he NUT
tered. Il hope DR.. Cotton and his patient
Will not disappoint me tonight. To watch
that villain, and guard a precious life,
without making q balk. Is tireSome and
dangerous II must be time, too, for that
infamous Captain 20 come nosing about I
heard him tell Lucy that she need not look
for him in several DAYS, but judge that to
be blind. Possibly, however, he may
have taken the alarm He was out until
late last night, and seemed pale and agi-
tated when he returned"
The reader can readily guess why the
Captain was ae7tated on the previous night
The apparition AZ the pool had completely
unuerved him for time. On the morning
following he had driven away toward
Etonefeld. assuring both Lura aid Lucy
shat he intended IA be absent several days
Fnga hsd been where he overheard this,
but he had Lot believed il
After listening a minute Fingal closed
the window and turned his steps toward
snd at once applied his hand 70 the knob II
refused to yield
Dropping 70 the floor Fingal attempted to
peer into the room through the keyhois. No
light giImmered there, and then the youag
The Iola register., 1889-05-17
LONE HOLLOW:
Or, The Peril Of the Penroys.
A Thrilling and Romantic Story
Of Love and Adventure.
BT JAMES NJ. MERRILL. AUTHOR OF BOGUS
BILL FISHER JOE" AND
OTHER SrORIES
CHAPTER XXX-CosrryrEp.

(co,yrsgt, 1859, By the 4 " Esilocg Ters
paper C0nspdag.l
The Iola register., 1889-05-17

Par says we never have moon IA dark
night when we need it most
The Iola register., 1889-05-17

Ito BE CONfINCED.l