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The Iola register., 1889-11-22
FAMILY SCRAP BASKET.

Valuable Compilation of Household
Fact and Fancy.
Whiting, wet or dry, will give glass
q fine polish.
To arrest hiccough close both ears
with the fingers with pressure while
few swallows of liquid are taken.
Coughs may be much alleviated and
dry throats cured by glycerine and lemon
i-ice takeE at night. The glycerine
should be diluted.
A little borax put in the water in
which scarlet napkins and red-bordered
towels are to be washed will prevent
them from fading.
Paint on windows can, it is said, be
removed by melting some soda in very
hot water and washing them with it,
using a soft flannel.
A small box filled with lime and
placed on a shelf in the pantry will abb
sorb dampness and keep the air in the
closet dry and sweet.
Peaches to be kept any time should be
spread out on shelves in cool, dry cell
lar, looked over carefully every day,
and all the speckled ones used first.
The skin may be removed from
peaches quickly and without any waste
by putting few at time in wire
basket and dipping them in boiling wa
ter for couple of minutes.
Never put away food on tin plates.
Fully one-half the cases of poison from
the use of canned goods is because the
article was left or put back into the can
after using. China, earthenware or glass
are the only safs receptacles for cleft
overs"
If you have teouble to get your last
years ketchup bottles perfectly clean,
after washing them thoroughly in suds
and rinsing in clean water, chop po-
tato quite fine, mix it with little warm
water; put this in the bottle and shake
it well. 1t will surely remove any for
eign substance.
Tough meat can be made wonderfully
tender when put to boil by adding
tablespoonful of good vinegar. This is
also good for tough fowl Of any kind,
and tough steak can be very much i'm
proved, after pounding, by sailing and
rolling in flour and frying in very hot
butter or lard.-Chicago News.
The Iola register., 1889-11-22

getting a wipe from the sharp claws which
laid open his side for six inches. Before
the bear could again get to his feet he re-
ceived two more fearful blows-one be-
tween the eyes and the other on the shoul-
der, knocking him flatter than ever, and
making him howl with pain.
1t began to look as il the goats were to
have a walkover, almost when bruin
changed his tactics. He backed away the
length of his chain, which brought him
close to the fence and prevented the goats
from taking him in the rear. When he had
got to the end of his chain the bear laid
down on his back and brought his four feet
close together, making huge black bunch
which the goats all charged at once. The
three goats arrived at their destination
about the same time, but they were met in
a different manner this time. The claws Of
the bear few outward, striking two of his
enemies, ripping one OF them wide open,
while the other received fearful clawing
along the neck. The disemboweled goat
struggled to his feet and made one last
effort for revenge. He jumped squarely
upon the bear, and struck him in the
face, but it was his last. Another rir
from the bears claws and he was dead
billy goat. By this time the bear had been
so thoroughly drubbed and jammed that he
was in sorry condition, but his enemies
were no better off. The living goats were
both badly cut up, but their tempers were
still eppery, and they determined to fight
it out if it took all summer. They now
changed tactics. one taking one side of the
bear and the other the opposite, and for
few minutes it was hard to tell which was
the bear and which the goats, as the kalei
doscopic twirl of horns, hair and wool was
intermingled in one miscellaneous bunch.
When business adjourned for a recess
only one goat toed the scratch-the othel
one was lying across the body of the bear
dead as the reputation of a politician
while the bear himself seemed to have lost
all interest in the affair, and only wanted
to be left alone to commune with nature
Both animals were nearly gone, but few
minutes estbrought them around ,sufficlen'
to finish the game, and as both were deter
mined, it was soon brought to a conclusion
With last effort the bear struggled to hi,
feet and rose half upon his launches after
throwing aside the body of his second en-
emy, and waited. He didn't have to wal;
long, the remaining billy having deter
mined to do or die. The goat paved the
ground, gave faint whistle and sprang al
his antagonist, striking him in the stomach
and knocking him over on his back, where
he lay. 1t was apparent that the bear was
done for. and the partisans Of the goat side
gave cheer, and two of them climbed the
fence to sponge down their remaining
champion, but when they pulled them apar,
they found that both We're dead, the beaI
having had the life knocked out of him In
the last charge, while the goat had his neck
broken by the bears paw just as they
came together. The result of the fight wa.
three defunct goats and one bear. All bets
We're declared off, but as every body had
hugely enjoyed the novel affair no dissatis.
faction was xpressed.-Cinclnnatl En-.
Quirer.
The Iola register., 1889-11-22
PANTRY AND PARLOR.

"A paste suitable to preserve the gloss
Of patent leather and prevent cracking,
Is made of wax with little olive-oil,
lard and oil of turpentine, mixed when
warm, to be of the consistency of thick
paste when cooled.
Apple Sweet Cake: Two large tart
apples; peel and CRATE; then CRATE ono
lemon peel; squeeze juice and CRATE the
pulp; to this add one cup of sugar and
one white of egg; put all into tin cup
and cook thoroughly; then spread be-
tween cakes as jelly cake. 90. -
Milk can be kept fresh for a consid-
erable time if put into bottles as soon as
it is taken from the cow. The bottle
should be corked and fastened with wire,
put into cold water, and as soon as the
water begins to boil allow the water
gradually to cool by withdrawing the
fire.
When decanters and carafes become
30 discolored inside that shot or fine
Goals will not cleanse them, FIJI the
bottle with finely-chopped potato skins,
cork tightly and let the bottle stand for
three days, when the skins will ferment.
Turn out and rinse. The bottle will be
as bright and clean as when new.
"A good way to mend glass is to
pound flint glass as fine as it can be
made, mix with unbeaten white of egg.
Rub the mixture on clean edges Of
broken glass, place carefully together,
and when it can be done bind with
stout string. Set aside some days or
weeks, and one can scarcely discover a
crack in the dish or bowl. Personally
i have never tried this, but the recipe
is given on good authority.
Batter Bread: Put one cupful of
Indian meal to soak over night in boil
ing water enough to cover it. In the
morning add two thoroughly-beaten
eggs, one pint of milk, a half teaspoon
of salt, one tablespoon of lard or butter.
Thin with water il too thick, beat hard,
and bake nice brown in hot oven.
Preserved Apples: Pare, core and
quarter twelve large apples, not tart
apples, nor very sweet, make sirup of
one pound of sugar and one pint of wa
ter and boil, put in as much apple as
will cook without breaking, cook until
tender, after all are done, add to the
liquid two cups of sugar and stew ten
minutes slowly. Pour over the apples
and cover clesely.-GoOd Housekeeping.
Many pretty articles may be made
from straw cuffs, such as butchers use.
For whisk-broom holder line one OF
these cuffs with silk of any bright shade,
leaving little frill around the top.
Gather the bottom of the lining and tie
the same as hat lining. Get an easel
about twelve inches high and tie the
cuff on a ribbon to match the lining,
putting bow of the same near the bot
tom of the cuff.-The Home.
The Iola register., 1889-11-22
In WOMAN'S BEHALF.
EVEN DEFEAT DEFEATED.

"Oh, will the right not triumph at the lastT'
We cry, as sick at heart we view esrth's plain,
Where love and hate have grappled once again,
Renewed the ceaseless warfare Of the past,
The unendng struggle, still so fierce, SO vast.
And still for answer comes the impassioned
strain:
"When nrst the Universe sprang from God s
brain,
And forth into the formless void was cast,
He said that it was good: and so to day,
In firmest faith we answer give once more:
The right must triumph, death and hell must
die,
Though proud they stretch to clutch the sky
away
Wherein the bow Of promise, as Of yore.
Proclaim5 the surety given by God Most High. ="
Hattie Tying Grswold. in Woman's Journal.
The Iola register., 1889-11-22
UPHOLSTERY AT HOME.
Useful Suggestions In Regard to Dilapi-
dated Rocking Chairs.

Useful Suggestions In Regard to Dilapi-
dated Rocking Chairs.
The Shaker rockers as they are most
improperly called, which we buy for
ninety cents apiece and use for one
summer upon the piazza and throw
away because of broken splints and de-
crepit rockers, can be successfully
treated by the home worker and made
to fill an important part in house fur
nishing.
One of the old chairs thus transformed
and promoted to an honored place in the
sitting-room was deprived Of its BROKEN
down rockers and the badly-damcsed
splints which had made the seat. A
new seat was made by sewing strong
duck across the bars which had held
the splints. A loose cushion stuffed
with hair was made Of ticking and
tackled down upon the duck.
The back, which was ingeniously made
uncomfortable by wooden Stats, was also
supplied with hair cushion, tackled
down in many places, and we'll secure
to the stats. Across the top of this
csshion was sewed one of the broad
steels used for dress extenders; without
this support, the cushion would sag In
the middle after the fashion ct most
homemade upholstering. The outer
cover, which made the chair beautiful,
was made of pale blue sateen, orna-
mented with Edelweiss flowers scattered
on full face without either stems or foli-
age.
There are many materials which can
be used for covering, that, although they
are not so pretty as the blue sateen are
much more servicea6le. Turkish towi-
ing in the deep ecru shades make good
cover. Conventional designs cut out OF
bright colors in flannel or felting can be
put on at regular intervals, the edges
neatly covered and secured with en-
broidery silk in button-hole stitch. The
covering should be cut to fit, then made
and slipped on to the back and cushion.
-Home-Maker.
The Iola register., 1889-11-22
NATIONAL SUPERVISION.
Something Must BE Done to Insure Free
Elections In the South.

Elections In the South.
The unsatisfactory results Of elections
for Congressman and Presidential elect
ors in the Southern States are so notori-
Gus as to have led to general demand
for National supervision. 1t is a de-
mand the propriety of which has been
acknowledged by at least two of the
great Democratic newspapers of the
South. Accordingly, two measures have
been framed, one or both of which will
be submitted to Congress at an early
date. .--. ..s -..--
Senator Sherman's bill, as indicated
by himself, will ordain that all elections
wherein the choice of Congressman or of
Presidential electors is concerned shall
be under National control, and this alb
solutely and without any degree of local
option. Representative Houk's bill will
provide that whenever not less than one
hundred citizens resident in any Con-
gressional district and entitled to vote
shall make application, under oath,
to the clerk Of a United States
court or to United States Com
missioner that they do not be-
lieve that fair registration or cleo
ton, or either of them, can be had in
said district without Federal interven-
ton, and if the clerk or commissioner
shall verify such application, then such
election or registration, or both, shall be
conducted under supervision Of officers
appointed in the manner prescribed by
Mr.. Houk's bill.
Each measure has it's advantages and
its disadvantages. For Senator Sher-
mans bill it may be said that it operates
at all National elections and in every
place; that it is not open to the charge of
local prejudice. Against it may be said
that it entails the operation of costly
and cumbersome electoral machinery in
districts where fraud or violence are I'M
heard of, as we'll as in districts where
both notoriously are rife. For Mr..
Houk's bill it may be said that it ap-
plies the remedy only where the disease
exists; that where elections are free and
fair the Federal supervision will not be
obtruded; that where there is danger of
fraud or force it will be interposed on
behalf of fairness and freedom. Against
1t may be said that it leaves ''the mice
to bell the eat;" that the work of pro-
curing one hundred names, each signed
by oath and verified by the
clerk of a court or by a commits
sioner, either of whom may live
q hundred miles from some of the
would-be applicants in the thinly-popu-
lated and extensive Congressional dis
tricts Of Texas, Louisiana or Missis-
sippi, may be work of great difficulty;
that in counties in which the Republic
an vote, once numerous, has fallen to
two, as in Sunhower County, Miss, or in
whole districts where, as the Fourth and
Fifth Mississippi, not solitary vote
was cast for Republican candidate for
The Iola register., 1889-11-22
AN EMPHATIC PROTEST.
Northern Citizens Ask Mr.. Harrison t
Prevent Southern Outrages.

Northern Citizens Ask Mr. Harrison to
Prevent Southern Outrages.
The Newport (R. IL Observer prints
the following letter, which has been
sent to President Harrison:
NEWPORT, Oct. 25, 1870 the Ronorabl"
BS,jdmin Harrison, Irsidsnt Of tie United
Stnes-Honored Sir: We approach you with a
full consciousness upon US OF the respect that Is
due you as our Chief Magistrate, and with a
complete desire to manifest the same.
public meeting of citizens Of the city OF
Newport, State Of Rhode Island, was held in
our State House the 18th inst. The chief
magistrate Of the city presided. Many Of our
distinguished citizens were present. 1t was an
overfowing meeting. 1t was unanimous and
enthusiastic. All party predictions, all sec
tartan differences, all lines referring to nation
ality, color or race were for the occasion laid
aside; its members only saw humanity brutally
outraged, the Government being undermined,
and law being trampled upon. 1t was called to
protest against the wholesale and unrestraiasd
numbering Of innocent American citizens by
thousands now going on in some Of the States
of the South; it was convened to protest against
the deprival in these States Of life, liberty and
property without due process Of law.
The undersigned were appointed by the meet
ing to correspond with you to the end Of having
q stop put to this dangerous violation Of law,
this demoralizing example, this deep iniQ-
uity. .
We would ask you most earnestly, but most
respectfully, to use the utmost Of the moral in
fuence OF your exalted position to have stop
put to the violation of the law referred to; we
beseech you to use all the force that belongs to
your high Office to put a stop TO the same; we
entreat you to make the violation OF the law a
subject of remarks and Of condemnation in your
coming message to Congress.
With an expression Of the wish fory your health
and happiness and that your Administration
may be illustrious through its defense of the
weak and the outraged We remain, most respect
fully, your obedient servants.
GEORGE DOWNING,
NJ. VAN HORNE
HENRY n. JETER,
HENRY Y. WARD.
HENRY WRIGHT CLARKE
The Iola register., 1889-11-22

Congress in 1886, or where, as In Coving-
ton County, Miss. not solitary RepUb-
lican dared to vote for the Republican
candidate, it will require great courage.
leaving inconvenience out of the ques-
tion, for Republican to sign his name
to an application for Federal protection.
Yet it is likely that in no district has a
long era of intimidation and fraud so
crushed out the spirit Of freedom as to
leave it without one hundred men who
dare to say that aid is needed.
The question is both complex and i'm
perative. Something should be done to
insure the free action of natural ma
jority in National politics; the thing
done should be the least costly, the
easiest put in motion, and the least pro-
ductive of friction when at work.-Chi-
cagO Inter Ocean.
The Iola register., 1889-11-22

the sake of any thing which partakes
of sport, especially if it be OF an
exciting nature. But it must not be
of mild or placid character. This,
briefly, is the character of the people
who inhabit the valleys, giens and sides OF
Old North Mountain. Within few miles
of this little post-office there are probably
one hundred or more residents who are as
fond of sport which partakes of physical
nature as can be found anywhere in the
large cities. Fights between dogs and
wildcats are common, and the whole neigh
borhood is always on hand to back their
Judgment with money or stock; but it fell
to the lot of Bill Withers, an old hunter,
and Sam Smiley, a near neighbor, to vary
the monotony with something entirely new.
Withers last winter captured fullgrown
black bear in trap.
He penned the animal in strong log
structure and kept it in good condition, but
it was so fierce that he never could do any
thing with it, and he was about to kill it,
when one day, a short time since, Smiley
came along. Smiley was the proud owner
of a trio of the worst, crossest and meanest
billy goats that ever chewed tomato can
The Iola register., 1889-11-22

-.
an old man back thirty years with one
dose"
"Yes, they tell wonderful stores"
81 amt much given to sich yarns" he
continued, as his bowback bumped over a
little more, and his chin took on a Quiver,
"but I'm goin' to see what there is in it."
"Are you going to try Itl"
"Sartin. / hitched up sorter quietly this
morning and told the old woman 1 was goin'
to town after an apple parer. l shall drive
right to the doctors and git dose Of tho
elixir
swell, it may rejuvenate you"
"rm kinder expectin' it will. Got to
thinkin' of it last night, and couldn't go to
sleep. rm seventy-two years old, and il
this thing should put me back to forty it
would take yoke of oxen to hold me. I've
got it all planned out"
"Whatl"
"What I'd do when 1 got home. My son
Bill has sorter bin runnin' things to suit
hisself fur the last three or four years.
Thinks I've got too cid even to know how TO
sell a sheepskin 10 a tin peddler. If that
elixir works on me I'll astonish Bill Joslyn
afore the sun goes down. I'll tumble him
into the burdocks in way to open his eyes
L
"That's good" was all could think of to
say in reply.
"And say ~ he continued, as he astonished
the old mare with a sharp cut, ''fur the last
ten years the old woman has bin callin' me
grandpa, and tryin' 10 make out that orter
sot in the corner and let her handle the
reins. She's my second, you know, and
only fifty, and she feels mighty pert
Lands, but you orter be there when walk
in on her this evenin' and step down off the
platform! Woof! but feel like a steer in
rn-field"
"We!l, hope you won't be disappointed"
"Thank ye. don't believe l shall be.
feel it in my bones that I'm goin' to be took
right back to 1855. Say! There's another
thing I'm goin' to do if that elixir elixes on
me-"
"Yesa"
"rve got son-in-law named Pete Shoe
craft Pete beat me out of four hogs last
year. Along about sundowu tonight I'll
walk in on Pete as he is mllkin' the cows
and If I don't belt the stufin' out of hlm
then my name amt Absalom Joslyn!
Whoopi Durn my hickory SHIRT if I'm n
day over sixty years old this very mint,
and I'll bet kin lift half TOM. Y.
Sun.
The Iola register., 1889-11-22

E-If there is a cowardly deserter
from the Union army now drawing a
pension, and President Eliot knows the
fact, he should inform the authorities
and have the matter corrected. II he
has no real information on this subject,
and makes this broad and malicious
libel upon the pension list without posi-
tive knowledge, it would seem to be
both unpatriotic and unjust.-Boston
Traveller.
The Iola register., 1889-11-22

N The tariff-reform issue was in
jected into the canvass in the new
States by the Democrats and the real
tariff reformers won. That is to say,
the Republicans swept the Dakotas and
Washington, and carried the Congress
man and perhaps the Legislature in Mon
taua.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
The Iola register., 1889-11-22

E was driving an old
gray mare to a buck.
board, and in a voice
high-pitched an d
cracked he offered &c
give me a lift into
Rhinebeck. After
we had logged along
for a quarter of q
mile he suddenly in.
quired:
whats this 'ere
thing in the papers
about the elixir!n
81 know nothing q
except what l have
read"
GGU-l "a 49,
The Iola register., 1889-11-22
The ProdigaIs Return.

Old Mr.. Stetson-You sent your little
boy over to borrow my engraving Of "The
Prodigal Son?'
Old Mr.. Harcom-Yes, I'm going to have
little celebration at the house tonight.
"Would it be impertinent in me to inquire
what the little celebration is to be liker
"Not at all My son Jim is coming back
from Oklahoma.
The Iola register., 1889-11-22
Pats View oft.

''Pat, is this true that / hearp
'sAn' what's that, yer henor?''
''That you are going to marry again"
That's so, yer honor"
'.But your first wife has only been dead q
week"
"Sure she's as dead row as she liver will
be, yer rhonor."-London Pick-me-up.
The Iola register., 1889-11-22
Anew What He Was About.

Stranger-Have you boy who can take
q note up to Harlem right awayl
District Messenger Clerk-Why don't you
try the post-ofices You'll get better re-
suits.
Stranger-No, WON'T, either; don't
want it to get there before next Wednes-
day-Judge
The Iola register., 1889-11-22
Wanted to Get Out.

Waiter-What will you have, sir!
Countryman-Wal, lemme see. Gimme
some lamb an green peas.
(Bawling order)-"One lamb and emerald
pills"
"Hor on. Gosh'lmighty, whole lambl
Durn my socks, shd think I would want
cut tew ther doorl Scat r'-Time.
The Iola register., 1889-11-22
BILLY VERSUS BRUIN.
Unique Battle in the West Vir-
ginia Mountains.
A Terrific Contest Between Three Gal
liant Goats and q Bear Finally Re-
suits I'm the Death Of all
the Participants.

he mountaineers
Of West Virginia
are a generous,
hospitable people,
kind and accom-
modating, a trait
inherited, doubs-
less, from their
ancestry of the
m o t b er State.
I h e " are also
fond. as q rule, OF
their daily liba-
ton of straight
moonshine WINS
ky, or its equiva-
lent, but this lux
ury ey will
readily forego for
The Iola register., 1889-11-22
WILL TRY THE ELIXIR.

And Then Absalom Will Inaugurate
Few Domestic Reforms.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-05-07
onIrE AZ MEIl

4 series of .'railroad note-." stranger
aud trusr than fiction. and ranging from
grave a. gay. might easily h. made by
any obssryant traveller Who has occa-
siOn Ia D. much CA the Rad. "whers
h. YOU goin'. Mrs. Steeley' inquired 4
farmer ~ an old lady az De- took a seat
beside her Ia ear.
80 Ina going "a see Jo-lah'- folks, and
surprise 'em.' returned she. beaming up
al him. Il never let 'en know I'm comm
like o. drop Ia ou EN-"
"I.st VI -ee. Josiah lives In lowellf'
"No, In Great Fails. It, Maria that
lives In Lowell"
Then you are on the wrong train.
Ms steele. Whatever Was YOU thinking
Of o. ct aboari this, instid a. the y :2OY''
For an instant Mr.. Steele looked al
him wildly. a. II she might pull the bell
rope or even jump from the train. Then
q smlle broke over her features.
whats tO hinder my goin' ON Ca
Lowell "a see Mariay- said she. "Mighi
a. well surprise one a. tother. but.
Deacon Merrill. you lest shet your lips
tight together and don't tell q this"
Deacon Merrill Was but human, how
ever. aud somehow or other the story
got out.