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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-05

The bundle OF sticks, each in itself weak and to
be snapped at blow, but firmly bound together
rivaling the oak in strength. is fitting SYNONYM
Of the Life Insurance principle.
The theory can be put in nutshell, Shall one
man bear the burden or make ten thousand share
1t with him?
INSURE IN THE UNION MUTUAL.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-05

"By-and-by, many man answers when solicit.
ed by the Lie Insurance Agent. To such the old
Spanish proverb applies, "By the:street OF By-and.
by, one arrives at the house o Never"
INSURE IN THE UNION MUTUAL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-05

Oliver DitsOn Company, Boston.
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-19
.DH0ULD BE a SUCCESS.

The young men, and many o.
the older ones, too, of Carson, are
tlking measures to organize y gym
nasiun and athletic club. This is a
sep IN the right direction. Very
few cities OF the size Carson are
without an organization OF some
kind that brings its young and Wig
orous residents together in organ
izations or clubs for the develop
ment and culture of Drawn and
muscle. II those having the pres
ent movement in hand will use en-
ergy and pluck in effecting the
primary organization, there will be
no trouble in sustaining it after il is
once fairly under way. And, in
order that no failure can possibly
be made in the primary organISs
ton, it is the duty of business men
and citizens who have the welfare
of the city at heart, to join in the
efforts of the young men, now NOV
ing in the matter, and render them
such aid and encouragement as will
make the organization a success
from its first inception. Reno has
. very fair athletic club, and the
organization is productive of much
good, for aside from its health-giv.
ing qualities it furnishes a place
where 4 yousg man, whose even
ings are not occupied, can spend
pleasant and profitable hour.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-19

More than % per cent. of the
girls OF l5 years of age and over +,
of both Wisconsin, and Minnesota,
cannot write their own names. The
Chicago Journal excuses this on the
ground that no girl expects 10 write
her own MANS long, and that after
while she will practice on her bus
bands name.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-19

1t Is said that the latest fad
among Nebraska's four hundred !,
is the onion party. At the onion
party the ladies stand up in squads
of six, and one of the squad private
-ly takes a large bite of onion.
Then young man is led in and
hidden to guess which lady ate the
onion. Ii he guesses right he can
kiss the other FIVE, if he guesses
wrong he pays the forfeit by kissing
the onionsi girl.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-19

To CUR CUsToMERs.-We have
just received new supply Of the
latest styles OF Sateens, Seersuckers,
Lawns and Challies; all pretty and
seasonable goods. Come and get
your first pick as these goods will
not last long. Our shoe depart
ment is receiving special attention !;
it will pay You to call when need
ing shoes. Quick sales and small
profits at
OLCoyIcH Bros.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-19

All the ties used on the Carson &
Colorado Railroad are shipped from
Carson to Owens Lake where they
are put in the Lake to be picked
before they are used. After going
through this process they are nearly
as hard as rock, and are proof
against dry rot and insects, and
will last for years.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-19
Nearly a hundred years ago a

Nearly a hundred years ago a
Capt. INLAY, of Virginia, prcphe-
sled that the population of the
United States in 1890 would be
about 1000, 900. At the time
this apparently reckless forecast
was made, the population was only
1000 900 and the Captain was gen
orally ridiculed. But time has justi-
fed his prophesy in 4 remarkable
manger.-Ex.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-19

In 1916 it took Just one bushel
OF corn to buy one pound of nails,
now one bushel of corn will buy
ten pounds of nails. Then 1t requir-
ed sixty-four bushels of barley to
buy one yard OF broadcloth, now
the same quantity of barley will
buy twenty yards of broadcloih.
1t then required the price of one
busii of wheat to pay for one
yard ,xcalico, now one bushel of
wheat will bny twenty yards of
calico.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-19

Louis III ,ub, uni ner at Monitor ,
committed suicide last week with
giant powder. The supposition is
that he wound a stick of giant pow
der around his body, laid down I'M
der a boulder, lit the fuse and
calmly awaited the shock that SCI t
his soul to eternity.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-19

From the nunDer OF Italians
s-en on the streets of Carson
lately, one would think The Italian
government had q V hnne from
Iiaiy hers, and was dumping POI e
material INTO town like cord wood
d pwn the Car son and Tahoe hume.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-19

A sens ,tional report was circu-
lated in New York last Saturday
that a scheme is on foot to poison
J,nn l.. Sullivan, so that he would
no be able to meet kIlrsin in
Jelly.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-19
JEwRLRY MADE TO ORDEB

Opposite Bullion & Exchange Bang. Carson
City, New. nchStfs
The Iola register., 1889-11-29
Cutting OFF the Combs.

1t has long been practice among
game breeders to cut off the combs and
wattles of themales. 1t is not believed
to be cruel process, but of that we are
not so sure, as the removal of any por-
tion of the body is attended with pain to
a certain extent. Leghorn breeders are
considering the advisability Of cutting
off the combs in order to avoid the effects
of the frost in winter, which cuts off the
combs slowly and painfully. The one is
done quickly and the other is slow tort
ure. 1t is not safe to cut off the combs
and wattles Of old birds, as they bleed
very profusely. Young birds (males and
females) may be dubbed" when four
months old, or as soon as the comb is
well developed. Use sharp shears or
razor. A very sharp knife will an
swer. Cut off the wattles first and then
the comb, and bathe the parts with cold
alum water. The solution of alum
should be as strong as possible, and the
parts we'll saturated with it. Our advice
is not to cut at all if it can be avoided,
and subject the large comb breeds only
to the process.-Farm and Fireside.
The Iola register., 1889-11-29
An Ill Wind.

While bee-keepers at the North are
agitating for legislation against the
spraying of fruit trees with arsenites
during the blossoming season as pro-
lection against fruit-injuring insects,
sportsmen at the South appear to have
an equally valid cause for legislation
against the use of paris green by cotton
planters for the destruction of the cotton
worm. Complaints come from many
quarters that the liberal use of this
arsenite has been playing havoc with
the game birds, which fed upon the
poisoned worms, Of which they are very
fond. Partridges and prairie chickens,
which were very numerous in many
regions, have, it is said, been nearly all
destroyed. Whole flocks having been
found dead in many places. There is
danger that unless the worms are saved
from the poison the sportsman's occu-
patton will soon be gone in wide areas.
Just as it's an i'll wind that blows no.
body good, it's q good wind that blows
usb'dy VI
The Iola register., 1889-11-29
DRIFT OF OPINION,

BThe Democrats undertook to steal
Montana and were caught at it. That is
the entire fact.-Chicago Journal.
sBrIf the Southerners are in earnest
in their efforts to educate the negro they
should establish schools instead OF rifle
clubs.-Cleveland Leader.
Montana has gone Republican,
sure enough. 1t is not so rough State
as typographical experts would have Us
believe.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
cY-The great beauty Of the Republic
an party is that it is the same party in
every State. Its principles do for the
entire Nation.-N. Y. Tribune.
Where, when the sheep are sorted
from the wicked, wicked goats, will
those Republicans be found who fail te
cast their votes.-Chicago Tribune.
SIT is reported that in the distribu-
ton of post-offices since March 4, 1889,
out of $4,000 appointments nearly 9,0oc
have been given to old soldiers.
Paul Pioneer-PresS.
g-In the name of the Republicans
who voted and those who did not vote,
the Journal still maintains that the Re-
publican party is composed OF I'VE, the
people. e."-Chicago Journal.
B-The questions which have carried
Iowa to the Democratic side in an OIL
year are purely local. On any National
Republican issue and with full vote
there can be no doubt that Iowa is still
Republican State by large majority.
Chicago Tribune.
B- As National party the Republic
ans are stronger to-day than they have
been since 1872. The Ohio and Iowa ep-
isodes will furnish material for great
deal of Democratic wind which will blow
considerable chaf over the country. Tha
wheat, though, is safely garnered 10
the National Republican bins.-SoaAA
Bend Qnd.) Tribune.
The Iola register., 1889-11-29

hogs are to be scraped. The bottom of
feet from the ground. In this must lie
long, heavy pole, notched to keep it
from slipping where it lies on the post,
four feet from its largest end. At the
butt cut deep chip to catch and hold
the gambrel. All this is quickly done,
and often answers as web as windlass,
for the heaviest hog can be hung up with
case by raising the long end and slip
ping the short, notched end under the
gambrel stick. Where more than one
hog is to be raised more levers will have
to be provided, unless the pork can be
owered on to stationary pole, as the
pork must remain suspended awhile to
cool
The Iola register., 1889-11-29
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
MANURE.
The Best Methods OF Making, Saving and
Applying 1t.

The Best Methods OF Making, Saving and
Applying 1t.
1t is An all-important point in the
saving OF manure, says the Ohio Farmer,
u use enough bedding to absorb all OF
the liquid manure, for there is where
the greatest waste of manure occurs.
The solid manure is nearly always saved,
but large part of the liquid manure is
allowed to go to waste, and often be-
cause the value of it is not properly
understood. OF late there has been so
much written and said on the subject
that almost every intelligent farmer
understands its value. Twas more fully
impressed with its value when took
up an old stable floor few years ago.
There were two or three loads of worn
out straw, chaff and dried manure, all of
it so dry and light it was difficult to
load on account of the wind blowing it
away; to oil appearance it was not
worth much more than so much chaff.
We were top-dressing wheat with stable
manure at the time. We spread this
manure on the same field, but not near
as thick, and the wheat thus manured
was almost twice as heavy, and the
grass where it was applied always lodged
as long as it was in meadow. Since
then have doubled my efforts in trying
to save all the liquid manure.
think straw and chaff little the
incest for bedding, when it can be had,
as they are drier and generally more
convenient; but leaves, muck, sawdust
and shavings will answer the same pur-
pose. Yards where stock is allowed to
run should be as small as possible, not to
crowd the stock too much, and then the
manure will not be washed SO much by
the rain and will be easier to gather.
Where stock is allowed to run to stack
in the yard, the litter around the stack
should be kept spread over the yard and
kept as near level as possible, and if
any thing, have the lowest spot in the
center. think it good plan to allow
hogs to run in the yard, as they will
keep it from getting tramped so hard,
and the straw will rot faster.
1t will surprise those who have never
tried this plan to see the amount of
straw that can be work ed into manure.
In this connection l should like to call
the attention of farmers who keep sheep
to the Importance of keeping them well
bedded with clean straw. i am quite
sure that the benefit from the manure
can be nearly doubled and the only
trouble will be to keep the stables
cleaned often, so as not to let the ma
nure ferment, as it would be unhealthy
for the sheep. The common practice is
to let sheep run without any bedding at
all and never clean the stables until
they want to use the manure; then they
have to use a pickaXe or spade to dig
the manure up, and it comes out in great
chunks, difficult to spread evenly. If
they were kept bedded and the stables
cleaned, the manure would be as easy to
spread as other manure, and there would
be double the amount of it.
1t is a good plan to have the stable
floors as nearly water-tight as possible,
in order to keep the liquid part of the
manure where it can be absorbed by the
bedding or dipped up and turned over
the pile.
The Iola register., 1889-11-29

The stay-at-home Republican is little
better than the doubtful voter, because
the same effort must be made to bring
him out that is made to win over the
doubtful voter. This ought not to be
the case, and hereafter must not be the
case if Iowa is to remain Republican.
Our present embarrassment may be our
future good. The present may serve to
spur US up to renewed zeal in future
contests. Kansas went Democratic and
rallied to be stronger Republican
State than before its defeat. So of Ohio.
Iowa is Republican. The people are too
intelligent to be any thing else, but
with all their intelligence they are con-
servative, and of late years have grown
in Indifference much as their brethren
in the older States of the Union. Our
hope is that the emergency Of the pres
ent may prove our salvation in the
future, and that out of our embarrass-
ment we may rise more visilant and
progressive party.-Council Bluffs Nom
psreu
The Iola register., 1889-11-29
NOT VERY DISCOURAGING.
A Common Sense View of the Recent
Democratic "Victories."

1t wasn't so very much of a shower,
after all. The Democrats may please
themselves by calling it deluge where
in all Republican hopes and aspirations
were drowned, but they will find the
aforesaid hopes and aspirations doing
business at the old stands and by the old
methods as soon as there is any business
to do. A very gallant man has gone down
in Ohio, tits true; but perhaps our Demo-
cratic contemporaries are wrong in fan
cying that his party has gone down to
stay down. There was man OF whom
it was said by patrons of ''the ring
that it was hard work to knock him
down, and twice as hard to keep him
from knocking the other fellow down in
every one of the next three rounds after
he had picked himself up. The Re-
publican party in Ohio is the first fel-
low, the Democratic party in Ohio is
the other fellow. Once in a great
while, and by very hard work, the DEM
ocratic party knocks the Republican
party down in Ohio; but, gracious sakes.
what licking it always gets il the next
three rounds! This is plain truth in
plain metaphor. What series Of drub-
bings the Democrats of Ohio received
after their temporary victory with Will
lam Allen, or with George Hoadly, or
with any other candidate who managed
to give an odd knock down to the Re-
publicans. The smart of this last blow
will infame the courage of the grand
old party. Wait till the next round, and
see in which corner the wounded gladi-
ator lies.
1t is about the first time that the
young giant of Republicanism in Iowa
ever has received a body blow; he has
fought carelessly hitherto, because he
has not been obliged to fight otherwise.
Look out for some heavy and rapid de-
liveries in the next few rounds.
Seriously, what have the Democrats
gained? In National affairs nothing al
all. The Senators from Ohio will be
one Democrat and one Republican, a;
heretofore. The Senators from Iowa
will be two Republicans, as heretofore
The Democratic Governor of Iowa will
be confronted by a Republican Legis
lature. The Democratic Governor o.
Ohio will find that most Of the other Off
GERS of State are Republicans, and &
very powerful minority in the Legis
lature will keep watch on his actions.
We repeat, it was not so very much o.
shower, after all. - Chicago Inter
The Iola register., 1889-11-29

post. BY tramping in the soil and frag-
ments of stone the post will retain its
position and soon become quite rigid.
Then on top nail another square board
very slightly slanted, so as to protect
the post from rain and sun. 1t is sup
posed that the hinges and posts have
been adapted to each other.
The gates should be light, perfectly
balanced and of durable wood. Its
structure is important, and herein is the
point of failure, if any.
One brace should extend diagonally
from the heel of the gate to the upper
free corner of the nose of the frame,
being bolted or nailed with wrought
nails and clinched to each cross-rail. Ii
so braced the sag or dragging of the
gate will be very slow to manifest it
crossing at right angles about the
middle of the gate, but they are quite
unnecessary and are harmful, as they
add weight with but little increase OF
strength. BY the tightness of the con-
struction some firmness is at first found,
but soon lost, and in few months the
gate says and the carpenter artist is
blamed. Every brace should rest in the
direction of its length. When a second
strip, diagonal from the middle of the
gate down to the lower free corner, is at
tached, it only resists in the direction of
it's width. The gate is A b c ID. A
brace &C. Az should be firmly attached
to the cross strips with double strip at
A d, in which one latch may hang.
may be placed with piece in the
ground for this wheel to travel upon.
With this there is no probability of the
gate sagging as long as the wood does
not give way from decay.
The Iola register., 1889-11-29
wintering Cabbage on Long Island.

The usual method practiced by mar
ket gardeners, and which is at the same
time the most satisfactory and simple,
is to plow out double furrow, going
forward and back in the same place.
This will make track sufficiently wide
for three rows, one on either side and
one in the center, the latter resting on
the other two, the heads sinking about
one-half their depth between the for.
mer. They should be placed roots down
and at the angle head would naturally
lie when pulled up and laid upon its
side. The heads should be taken ur
after frost, and before severe freezing
commences. After the heads are in
trenched, have them exposed as long as
they are safe from freezing, then cover
to about the depth Of three inches with
soil, without straw or any other protec-
ton. This is best done by running the
plow on either side of the row, and
throwing the furrow over them.
This will be sufficient until there is a
prospect that winter is to set in in ear.
nest, then cover at least a foot with earth
and leave them for the winter. 1t is
better to put in a wisp of straw in every
thirty feet of trench for ventilation, in
case of mild winter. After they are
well frozen in, say frost in the covering
to the depth of three or four inches, the
trench may be protected against further
freezing by covering of straw or
stalks, in order to permit of the heads
being taken out as wanted for use. For
seed purposes this precaution is unnec-
essary.
Cabbages to keep well through the
winter should be stored away before
they have fully completed their growth.
They then keep on growing during the
winter, and in the spring will be much
larger than when put away, and far
more healthy. Last spring we took
heads from the trenches more than three
times the size they were when put away,
perfectly sound and tender, while many
of the matured heads rotted.-American
Agriculturist.
The Iola register., 1889-11-29
HOODWINKED ALL AROUND.
The Inside History OF Republican Defeat
in Iowa.

in Iowa.
The Iowa Democrats developed splen-
did generalship in their canvass this
year. First they nominated a railroad
attorney for Governor and secured the
powerful alliance of the great railway
corporations and their 10000 employees
in the State; then next they threw
dust in the eyes of the people and
made many farmers and business men be-
lieve that the Republican ticket was in
the railroad interest! The Republicans
were thus between two fires. The
Democrats made gains at both ends.
The railroads sat down on the ticket
because they held the Republican party
responsible for the hostile legislation
of Republican General Assembly, and
the bitter hostility of Republican
Governor. Some Republican farmers
and merchants, forgetting this aspect OF
the question, were induced to believe
that representative Republicans like
Senator Hutchison, Senator Woolson
and other leading candidates of the
so farmers and merchants unconsciously
joined hands with the railroads to de-
feat the Republican ticket. Now that
the contest is over it is amazing as
we'll as amusing to see how these people
have been duped by adroit political
workers. Interests widely diverse
and antagonistic have thus joined
hands to boost some railway attorneys
into political power in Iowa, and if sue
cessful it has all been accomplished un-
der the pretentious flag of ''anti-
monopoly" and opposition to railroads
How easily the American people can be
hoodwinked!-B Burlington Qa.) Hawk.
The Iola register., 1889-11-29
SWEET POTATOES.
The Best Methods of Growing, sproutins
ard Harvesting.

The Best Methods of Growing, SprOuting
and Harvesting.
1 have been growing and sprouting
sweet potatoes for eleven years, writes
correspondent of the American Agri-
culturist, and my method of harvesting,
storing and keeping them is as follows:
Boxes are made two feet long, one foot
wide and one foot deep. The bottom
and ends are of inch boards, the sides of
Stats, with spaces quarter of an inch
between for ventilation. Each box con-
tains one hushel, allowing for shrink
age. The dimensions of the boxes
should be very exact, so they may be set
one above another, without projecting
beyond the general pile.
The time to harvest the sweet pota-
toes is on dry, sunny days. Take the
boxes to the field and fill them nearly
to the top, taking care not to let any
project above, so as to become bruised
by superintendent box. They are
hauled in and stored at once. My sweet
potato house is sixteen feet square and
eight high in the clear, of hewn logs,
made perfectly tight by being pointed
inside and out with mortar. The CELL
ing is of dressed and matched pine lum-
Der, upon which is spread foot of saw
dust, to keep out frost. There is a
fireplace on the north side of the store
room. The potatoes, having been sorted
in the field, are brought in and the
boxes are stacked up, the lower one be.
ing foot from the earth floor. A small
fire is kept up in damp and rainy wealth
er to dry the potatoes thoroughly be.
fore winter sets in; and after the wealth.
er becomes frosty, sufficient fire is
maintained to preserve temperature OF
about sixty degrees, never allowing i,
to go lower than fifty. In this way
have kept three hundred bushels of
sweet potatoes, with loss of less than
one in twenty.
The Iola register., 1889-11-29
"VAIC ut lHSt.
Home at last!
The greatest wheel of its kind in the

De SrtdttSV WHttI OI lIS kINu III the
world, very wonder in mechanism,
stands in the main shop of the Dickson
Manufacturing Company, in Scranton.
1t was built for the Calumet and Hecla
Mining Company, of Lake Superior,
Mich. for the purpose of lifting and dis
charging the ''tailings," waste from
the copper mines, into the rake, and its
diameter is 81 feet, while its weight in
active operation will be 200 tons. 1t is
called 50-foot sand-wheel, but its ex-
treme dimensions are 81 feet in dame
ter. Some idea of its enormous capacity
can be formed from the fact that it will
receive and elevate sufficient sand every
twenty-four hours to cover an acre &
ground foot deep.