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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-04
How Oat- Meal 70 Made.

The manufacture Of oatmeal from
oats is very different from the making
of flour from wheat The cleaning pro-
cesses in the first place involve much
more labor and require more time and
machinery. the oat kernel being in
numbered with its hull and more bulky
and difficult to separate from foreign
substances After cleaning and before
hulling. the oats are dried by heat, an
operation demanding still more special
machinery, and requiring time and
careful attention. After drying they
are cooled and sent to the hullersL
These are stones with a sharp grit. and
the hulling process must be carefully
managed. as it is important to avoid
breaking the kernel Good machinery
is required for all these operations. In
preparing the meal from the kernels
the rolling process has almost entirely
superseded the former method of steel
cutting. as the rolled meal may be-
cooked much quicker, requiring less
than one-quarter OF the time needed for
the cut meal Good Housekeeping.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-04
THE LINEN CLOSET.

A Short Talk About Bsd-Covering, Table
Linen and Kindred Things.
Pillow-shams. according to the opin-
ion of most men. are q nuisance and q
humbug, yet unquestionably. If one
wishes a regularly used bed to look al
ways smooth. they must be used. True,
a very pretty effect is produced by
using q colored spread and n round
bolster during the day, the bolster be-
ing covered with the same material as
the bed-spread. gathered into frill at
either end. and there tied with bows of
ribbon. The handsomest Of these COW
ers are made Of figured draping silk
or embroidered satin sheeting, but they
are very pretty in figured art muslins,
such as are sold for curtains Accord
ing to the English mode. the bed-spread
is bordered with q frill nine inches
deep. Again; the bolster may be COW
cred with colored silesia or sateen-
pink. orange and pale green are the
prettiest colors-and then the outer
covering may be made Of fine dotted
swiss, frilled at the ends, and tied with
ribbon Of the same color as the lining.
The bed-spread should be Of swiss.
bordered by nine-inch frill. and lined
with the colored silesia
Still. to many people nothing is 50
desirable as pure white for bed-cover-
ing; in such a case fine muslin shams
and heavy Marseilles spread are pref
test. We care little for lace bed sets;
unless Of exceedingly good and conse-
quently expensive lace they are very
vulgar; often they are much out Of
place. Similarly, bureau covers and
mats of lace and ribbon are pretty
enough. yet out Of place for moderate
purses. 1t is not only their original
cost that is Objectionable, but their
perishable quality. for once soiled, there
is no possibility of renewing them with
out ripping them apart. at least Fine
linen. open-hemmed and embroidered
in washing silk, makes the prettiest and
most durable covers for wesh-stand
and bureau. The fringed linen covers
are very pretty, but the fringe never
looks so well.after washing as before. no
matter how carefully it is laundried. The
same may be said Of carver's napkins
or tray cloths. The articles last named
are very pretty and artistic when the
white cloth is embroidered in some
bold designs with white rope linen, or
a mingling Of white and gold. The
same style may be used for table rum
ners or over-cloths, to be laid on the
white damask Of the dining-table An
over-cloth Of fine white butchers linen,
embroidered in gold or pale green. with
a fancy pot containing low-growing
fern in the center, will make very
plain dining-table thing Of beauty
Rural New Yorker.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-04
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE

Ivory black stirred in ordinary
shellac varnish makes brilliant black
for iron stoves and fireplaces-
1t is said that the towering Of
plants has much to do with health.
The keeping of house-plants Of a free
blooming sort il clean and healthy. il
desirable.
An uncomfortable tight shoe may
be made easy by laying cloth wet In
hot water across where It pinches,
changing several times. The leather
will shape itself to the foot
The ordinary counterpane or quilt
ought never to be left upon the bed at
night. because it is utterly impervious.
and admits of no ventilation whatever
passing between the outer air and the
bed-clothea
Flannels containing much perspirs-
ton should be soaked for half an hour
before washing in hot water in which
soda has been dissolved. Then wash
the m in the ordinary manner Of hot
soapy water, ammonia, etc.
Before putting newly made clothes
into the wash look ut the hens and
tucks for oil stains Rub all spots. or
dark stitching. with soap and cold
water. 1t will come out very easily,
but if put into hot suds before this is
done, it may not come out
Many iron towels. fold and put
them away before they are dry. This
Is an error, and sometimes leads to re-
suits not expected. In this damp con-
dition there is mold which forms on
them called oidium, one variety OF
which causes numerous skin diseases
With glass jars having perfectly
fitting tops, there is no excuse for any
failure in canning fruit The only way
to be sure OF the cans Is to test each
one just before using. Occasionally q
top fails to screw tightly, even though
the rubbers fit perfectly. This is espe-
cially true Of pint jars. and all rubbers
are liable to stretch or warp, so that
care should be taken each time they
are used. The Home.
To Clean the Pots The natural
color of iron is gray. and little care
will keep iron vessels this color II
they are black it is because they are
dirty. 1t is good plan. occasionally.
If you must use ironware instead Of
lighter vessels, to plunge such articles
as baking pans spiders. griddles. etc.
in water with one tablespoonful Of soda
to each gallon OF water. cover close
and cook them for two hours Then
remove one at time and wash each
piece before it dries You will be
amazed at the changed condition Of
your wares the first time you do it, I'M
less you are one among 10000 of our
housekeepers.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-04
A BACKWARD GLANCE.

The Advance OF Civilization and the Reign
Of Christianity Bringing Woman For.
ward to Her Place Beside Man.
Never since civilization took its first
feeble steps, hayward yet ever onward,
have women occupied the favorable
position which they do at present-fa-
vorable for their own special develop
ment, and favorable for the race.
In the earlier, the purely savage.
state they we're perhaps as much the
equal of their mates as the lioness and
tigress are now; indeed, science init
mates that they were something more
Be all that as it may, civilization had
to take an apparent step backward and
downward in order to bring them any.
where near another and better sort of
equality. As the more beautiful among
them were sought pampering and in
diligence made them tenderer and
weaker doubtless, till they lost equality
and became dependents With that
they were easily made the spoil of war,
the capture from the hostile tents,
slaves, whether kindly or tyrannically
entreated, and with hardly more
chance of deepening their natures or
charging their souls than they might
have had were the Mohammedan faith
the true. one-the faith which teaches
that they have no souls There was
but one way then to any happiness or
comfort for them, but one way to win
any hearts desire for themselves
or their children. and that
was through the good : will Of
the chief, the master. the lord, or
that Of his favorite, and that good will
had to be obtained at any cost Help
less and weak, timid rs helpless weak
ness makes one, their only arts were
love and cunning. and where one of
these would not answer. it had to be
supplemented by the other. II the
masters nature had in it elements of
justice, the cunning was not needed;
but that was probably not too fire.
quently the case. Through all the
subsequent regimes ever enlarging
and ennobling. women have not en-
tirely succeeded in Kidding themselves
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-04
ITEMS FOR SUFFRAGISTS.

The city OF Baltimore is agitating the
subject of appointing women on their
school board.
In the town Of Morrill,, Me-. with
only 12O voters, there are thirty-two
widows. owning more or less property.
Miss EVA MCDONALD. we'll known to
organized workingwomen as a labor
leader, is interchangeable in her efforts to
secure the rights of the oppressed fac
tory girls.
Mrs. j. KELLOGG has not only been
admitted to practice before the courts
OF Kansas, but has outgeneraled some
OF the best lawyers in the State and has
secured an income of 5000 per year.
IHAvE failed yet to find. in a pretty
large experience of life, q single case
in which a woman who has exercised
public spirit, even to the extent OF SELF
devotion, was not also an admirable
and conscientious daughter, wife.
mother or mistress of q household. -
Frances Cobbe Power.
We are told that women would be in
suited al the polls; but why any more
there than at the post-office or at the
depot? There are few Americans thin
enough to do it; and il any one did, he
would soon be made thinner. He would
feel as if two millstones had caught
him.-Rev. C. B. Pitblado.
Miss ALICE STONE BLACKWELL mem
tions curious fact in q competition Of
sculptors in Boston. The matter on
foot was the erection of a statue to a
distinguished citizen who had recently
died. All sculptors were invited to
send models of the deceased citizen, and
with their name in sealed envelope
Miss Anne Whitney's model was de-
cided to be the best, but when her en-
velope was opened the judges reversed
their decision, as twas too much honor
to bestow upon woman.
SINCE the death of Miss Mary L
Booth the statement has been widely
published that she opposed the move
ment in favor of woman suffrage. In q
letter written a few months before her
death she said: a am in favor Of
woman suffrage and would vote if the
rights were extended to me, for many
reasons. based on the advantages to DO
derived therefrom by both sexes One
of my weightiest reasons for it is I
think it would be the surest means of
securing for women the simple justice
of equal pay for equal work. Facts
show that voters alone have their inter-
ests properly guarded. Moreover,
believe that the exercise of suffrage
would train women to higher thoughts
and aims, and INTRODUCED refining in
fiuence into politics, SO that women
would be made stronger and men finer
thereby"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-04

The English pulpit is laundering
against the Sunday diversions of the
rich One clergyman said recently:
"Why endeavor to close public houses
and keep open clubs. and why have
amusements. even If right, for the rich.
and deny them to the poor? Is the
Sabbath day to be spent in little sem
timental church-going, then in the
parks, on the river, at garden parties,
or in trains? The English, as Chris
tian people, should remember that ex-
ample, like scarlet fever, is catching.
consequently there is a greater reason
that the rich in this respect should show
a good example to their less fortunate
brethren"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-04
COOKING A STEAK.
An Old Butcher Explains How It Should
he Done.


An Old Butcher Explains How It Should
he Done.
Now II you only knew how to cook a
steak to make it good that would do.
but it always makes me sick to see a
woman cook a steak. She invariably
puts her frying-pan on the stove, and
puts in a chunk of grease about as big
as my fist; and when it is hot enough
to begin to crackle, she puts in her beef,
and never thinks of covering it The
smoke and steam from it goes to the
very ceiling. After she cooks it this
way until it begins to look like an old
rubber shoe sole, she calls it done.
When you 60 to eat it there Is no more
taste in it than a chip. Now, II you
want good bit Of steak. have a clear,
hot fire. set your clean. empty pan on
q spot, cover 1t up. then pound your
steak, and when your pan IL very hot
lay in your steak, and cover quickly.
As soon as it has crisped enough to let
60 its hold on the pan. turn over and
cover quickly; turn again as at first and
continue to do so about every two min
utes until you have turned it about six
or eight times Have hot buttered
dish ready for it and lay it in; add a
sprinkling Of pepper. salt and sugar.
and cover tightly. Now, if you wish a
gravy. put bit Of butter in your pan.
When hot, rub in pinch of flour. add
a small teacupful of boiling water, let
it boil few minutes, then put in a
gravy boat instead of putting it over
your beef to draw out the juice. Now
try this plan just once, and you will
see you women know nothing about
cooking a good steak.-An Old Butcher.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-04

If quilts are folded or rolled tightly
after washing. then beaten with roll
ing-pin or potato-masher, it lightens up
the cotton and makes them soft and
new.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-04

About eight hundred million of people
of the earth to-day are kept alive on food
raised on irrigated land. And here we have
allowed TO lie waste. given ups the rat
t]esnake and bat Gnd prairie dog. lands
enough to support whole nations of indus.
trious population. The work begun will
be contaminated Here and there excep-
tional lands may be stubborn and refuse
to yield any wheaton corn from their hard
fists, but if the hos fails to make an i'm.
preston, the miners pickaxe win discover
the reason for it and bring up from be-
meath those unproductsve surfaces coal
and iron and lead and copper and silver
ayd gold. God speed the biologists and
the survey rs, the engineers and the Sena-
torial commissions and the capitalists and
the new settlers and the husbandmen
who put their brain and hand and heart
to this TRANSPORTATION of the American
continent!
But while i speak of the immensely Of
the continent, ! must remark it is not an
immensely of monotone or tamenesa The
larger some countries are, the worse for
the world. This continent is not more re.
markable for its magnitude than for its
wonders of construction. What a pity
the United States did not take possession
of Yosemite, Cal, as it has of Yellow
stone, Wyo, and Of Niagara Falls, n Y!
Yosemite and the adjoining California
regionsi Who that has seen them can
think of them without having his blood
tingle! Trees now standing there that
were old when Christ lived These mon.
archs Of foliage reigDsd before Cesar q
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-04

Red! You never saw red unless you saw
it there. Violet! You never saw violet
unless you saw it there. Triumphant ban.
ners of color. In q cathedral Of basalt
sunrise and sunset, married by the setting
of rainbow ring.
Gothic arches, Corintbian capitals and
Egyptian basilicas built before human
architecture was born. Huge fortified.
tons of granite constructed before war
forged its first cannon. Gibraltars and
Sebastopols that never can be taken. AL
hambras, where kings Of strength and
quee ms of beauty reigned long before the
first earthly crown was empearled.
Thrones on which no one but the King Of
Heaven and earth ever sat Fount of
waters of which the lesser hills are hap.
tized while the giant cliffs stand round as
sponsors. For thousands of years before
that scene was unvailed to human sight
the elements were busy, and the geysers
were hewing away with their hot ch;seL
and glaciers were pounding with their
cold ham mers, and hurricanes were clear
ing with their lightning strokes, and
hailstones giving the finishing touches,
and after all these forces Of nature had
done their best, in our century the cur.
tain dropped and the world had q new
and divinely inspired revelation, the Old
Testament written on papyrus, the New
Testament written in parchment, and now
this last Testament written on the rocks
Yonder is an eagles nest on q shaft of
basalt Through an eyeglass We see
among it the young eagles, but the stoutest
arm OF our group can not hurl q stone
near enough to disturb the feathered do.
mesticity. Yonder are heights that would
be chilled with horror but for the warm
robe of forest foliage with which they are
enwrapped. Affairs of worship at which
nations might kneeL Domes Of chalcedony
on temples of porphyry. See all this
carnage of color up and down the cliffs;
it must have been the battle field of the
war OF the elements. Here are all the
colors of the wall of Heaven, neither the
sapphire nor the chrysolite nor the topaz
nor the jacinth no< - 49, shrptpW the
jasper nor the - Hef Ak e,ve
pearls, wanting. II spirits bound from
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-04

work All over the continent l saw this
summer their new buildings rising. In
Vancouver asked: "what are you go
ing to put on that slightly placer" The
answer was: "a Young Mems Christian
Association building" At Lincoln, Neh,
I said: "What are they making those ex-
cavations for:" Answer: "For our
Young Mems Christian Association build
ing" At Des Moines. Iowa, 1 saw noble
structure rising and asked for what pur-
pose it was being built and they told me
for the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. fHIE CTR
These institutions are going to take the
young men OF this Nation for God. These
institutions seem in better favor with Col
and man than ever before. Business men
and capitalists are awake to the fact that
they can do nothing better in the way of
living benefcence or in last will and testa-
ment than to do what Mr.. Marqusnd did
for Brooklyn when he made our Young
Mems Christian Palace possible These
institutions will get our young men all
over the land into a stampede for
Heaven. Thus We will all in some
way help on the work, you with your ten
talents, I with five. somebody else with
three. It is estim ated that to irrigate the
arid and desert lands Of America as they
ought to be irrigated it will cost about one
hundred million dollars to ga;hsr the
waters into reservoirs As much contri.
button and effort as that would irrigate
with Gospel influences all the waste places
Of this continent Let us by prayer and
contribut ion and right living all help I'd
fill the reservoirs You will carry bucks
ct, and you a cup, and even q tn imblefut
would help. And after awhile God will send
the floods Of mercy so gathered, pouring
down and over the land. and some of Us
ia Heaven will sing with Isaiah: I'm the
wildefness waters have broken out and
streams in the desert" and with David:
There 10 D river the streams whereof
shall mako glad the sight Of God" Oh
Oil up the reservoirsi America for 0odi
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04
GREENVILLE STREETs
The Sixth District Association Meets
Consider Them.

The Sixth District Association Meets to
Consider Them.
The citizens of Greenville discussed
needed improvements in that district last
evening, to the number of about mi
hundred, they assembled at Schreiners
Hall on Rose avenue.
The condition of the sections streets
was the chief topic. What they want is
the Street and Water Board to know that
they exist for a purpose, and that they
will not be satisfied until they are recog-
nized as an organization of no small pota-
toes, to use the expression of one of their
members.
The work on Ocean avenue was dis
cussed, and reported as progressing
favorably.
''The present cold snap will interfere
greatly with the work of street improve
ments and much work that was contem-
one of the speakers, 'Work that was in
progress will have to be suspended and
our improvements postponed.
The Greenviue sewer was discussed,
and there was talk of another petition
therefor. Mr.. Wegeman is an earnest adj
vocate of this proposed improvement, and
is determined to do or die. so to speak.
The condition of the streets in Green
Vile was another topic. Every street, ex-
cepting Danforth and Pearsall avenues,
is in a ~disgraceful condition, and these,
too, in certain parts, are no better.
1t was decided to take steps to put the
Street and Water Board under pressure
for better work.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04
BANGED BOWLING BALLS.
THREE Lively MATCH GAMES
ROLLED LAST NIGHT.

The Independents Win I'm the League
the Jersey City A. G. Team Defeats
Staten Island, and Their Juniors Win
from the Palmas.
The Centrals, of the Jersey City Anna
teur Bowling League, had q long and
happy ride last night. They travelled in
a stage from their headquarters in old
Hudson City to Greenville to meet the
Independent Clubs team.
The Centrals sang and made merry on
the journey and burned colored fire and
exploded Roman candles to inform the
people that IL jolly band was abroad.
The night was cold, and in the long
journey the muscles of the Hudson City
boys were stiffened.
They did not thaw out until the close
of the game.
One noticeable feature was the ina-
provement III the style OF delivery OF
some of the Central team and the care in
avoiding the toul line. The bowlers who
stood close to the line and just swung
the ball down the alley, are now taxing a
short run. With training the team VIII,
before the season terminates, put up q
good game.
The bowling was accurate enough as
far as hitting the head pin, but the Dalls
went too straight and the end pins were
lGlb Stiuu1uG. Liz improvement AA0t
Gates that the Centrals are studying their
defects. and will in a short time reap the
benefits and make them a team to be
feared.
they are not discouraged by their de-
feats. They united with the League as d
good school for instruction, as the Cen
trails are composed of new hands on the
alleys with one or two exceptions. They
have found it a pleasant way of taking
lessons and are having just as much fun
as their rivals, in fact more, for q victory
under the present condition would be an
agreeable surprise, while their opponents
are likely to feel a little disappointment
over defeat.
The Independents, who have been roll
ing q steady game, were in fine shape last
night. They made a rafting start, and
put = 100 in the first frame. They
dropped to an average of $50 in the three
succeeding frames. then spurted with 167
in the fifth. They dropped to an average
of 1870 in the four succeeding frames, and
closed with a grand rally and put 175 in
the tenth frame.
The Centrals reached only los in the
first flame and were So in the real at the
very start. In the fourth frame they made
a squirt and put in Isl. They moved along
evenly until the last frame, when they
Liadc a fine effort and lacked on l54 pins.
The score foliows:--
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04
JUBILANT JUNIORS.
The Boys of the j. G. A. G. and Palma
Clubs Meet.

The Boys of the j. G.. A. G. and Palma
Clubs Meet.
The interest in bowling is manifest
when the junior rollers OF the Palma and
Jersey City Athletic clubs have arranged
a series of matches. They had their first
meeting last night on the Palma alleys.
1t was understood that the teams would
be composed exclusively OF n~oyices, pros
pectiye League bowlers, but some OF the
Juniors who participated AVE been seen
before on the alleys, and have taken part
in important contests.
For Juniors the teams did remarkably
we'll. The victors had an average OF al
most 1872, M the v~anquished were only
three pins short of IA.
The league team of the Jersey City A
&C. had @ smaller average in the associ-
alton game last night than the Juniors of
the same club and won their game. The
juniors Of that club were also successful.
they walloped the Palna's youths by 81
pins.
The lads of the j. c. A. C.,secured the
lead in the first frame, when they stepped
to the front with an advantage Of "a pins.
They kept their lead until the end. The
Palma boys made a rush in the last frame
and Kept the lead of j. G. A. G. beginners
below the century mark, The score fol
lowe FM HNr