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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28
VITALITY OF WHEAT.
Tho Intense Cold to Which It Can Do Ex-
posed with Perfect Safety.

Tho Intense Cold to Which It Can DO Ex-
posed with Perfect Safety.
A very curious fact is recorded BY Sir
George Mares in his account of the Polar
expedition, which he conducted on behalf of
the British government in the Il. NJ. s.
Alert and Discoveryin the years 1S15-1S76.
1t appears that he found at Polaris bay
bag of wheat which had been sent thither
about 1871 by the Smithsonian Institute, of
Washington, through the American sPo-
laris'' expedition, for the purpose of testing
the cold-resisting capacity of this cereal,
but we are informed that the wheat had
been exposed to the rigors Of at least four
Arctic winters, and had also lain through
three summers. What the climate of
Polaris bay is like will be gathered from Sir
Georges narrative, when he records, at
'.Alert's" winter quarters, on March 4, 1876,
that "the mean temperature for the last
two days has been minus 69.6 degrees; yes
terday two reliable thermometers regis
tered minus % degrees, tie mean being
minus IS. 30 degrees, or more than los de-
grees below the freezing point of fresh
water. The mean temperature of the pre-
ceding month was recorded as minus 80 de-
grees, and during the month Of January
the mercury in the thermometer was frozen
for several days" Nor is this excessive
cold surprising when it is remembered that
Polaris bay is situated between the ATTITUDES
of 81 degrees and So degrees north. But in
spite of the intense cold to which it had
been exposed, the wheat was far from hav-
ing been, as a whole, deprived Of its ger
minative properties. A sample Of the wheat
was taken to Kew, where it was tested by
Sir Joseph Hooker, VINO found that &c per
cent of the berries still retained sufficient
vitality to generate. We are not informed
of the kind of wheat chosen of experiment
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

For weak back pour beefs gall
quently.
Fins white sugar sprinkled over
proud flesh will remove it with very lit
tie trouble. ar
For Group use kerosene oil. Wet .
piece of flannel and apply. 1t gives al
most instant relief. Remove when the
skin becomes very red, or it will blister.
-Dust-bags are made Of every con-
ceivable material-satine, pongee, CASH
mere, silk. satin, velvet and plush-and
are as plain and elaborate as one fancies.
On some is seen the word, Cluster"
Spider-webs, horse-shoes, flowers and all
sorts of designs, are embroidered on
them. Hir
Lemonade Powders.-One pound
finely sifted sugar, one ounce tartaric or
citric acid, twenty drops essence OF lem
on. Mix and keep very dry. Two or
three teaspoonsful stirred briskly into
a glass of cold water makes good lemon
ade. One ounce of soda added to the
above will make it efferyescent.-The
Housekeeper.
-Sulphurous gas, thrown of in the
combustion of coal, is ruinous to the
prettiest house plants. Lime has strong
chemical affinity for sulphurous acid,
and the acid is absorbed by it. A dish
or trough containing lime and water
set near the plants will be useful. A
cloth kept moistened with lime-water.
placed in front of register in sick
room would be useful.-Herald of
Health.
Veal, like mutton, is one Of the re-
sources of the farmers household, and
can be served in such variety of ways
as to make it always appetizing. Veal is
best from calf from four to eight
weeks old. The meat should be clear
and firm, and the fat white. The hind
quarter is always the choice part. 1t is
usually divided into the loin and the
leg. The breast of veal is very nice for
roasting. Veal, when properly cooked,
is very delicate.
"A few words about nuts. They are
indigestible things at best; but if we
must eat them, little salt taken after,
either in water or dry on the tongue,
will prevent any ill effects. Nothing
we eat needs more thorough mastication
than nuts before being fit for the human
stomach. If swallowed in too coarse a
condition they are apt to make a short
stop in some of the narrower passages Of
the digestive organs with fatal result
Western Rural.
Nasal catarrh is by far the most
common, for the very good reason that
the mucous lining of the nose is subject
to far greater sudden variations of tenn
perature than any other part of the
body. Nature has provided that the
cold atmosphere entering the lungs,
must first pass through the long small
passages of the nasal organs and get the
chill taken of. Persons inhaling full
volumes of very cold air directly
through the open mouth, are more like
ly to have the lungs affected than those
who only take cold air inwards through
tho nose
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28
How England Honors Her Heroes.

An interesting record was published
the other day Of the present wherea-
bouts of the survivors of Balaclava.
The list, says the London Truth, is too
long for reproduction here, but the fol-
lowing samples will convey a very good
idea of ir:
Private Brennan, Seventeenth Lancers In o
London work house.
Private Marshall, Seventeenth Lancers, disa-
bled and in extreme want.
Private Smith, Seventeenth Lancers, cripple,
In the Strand Union Work-house. rst.s.
Private Cooper, Thirteenth Hussars, sweep
Ing roads for Kensington Vestry.
Trumpeter Donoghue, Eighth Light Dragons,
living on charity.
Private Rogers. Eighth Light Dragons. in
Wilmington Work-house.
There are soma two-and-twenty names
altogether. all with very similar state
ment attached to them. Two only are
in Chelsa Hospital. We seem to to have
adopted singular mode of oteying the
Laureate's injunction to
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble Six Hundred!
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28
DAKoTA'S ARTESIAN BASIN.
Experiments In Well-Eoring to BE Made
Under Government Supervision.

Experiments In Well-Eoring to BE Made
Under Government Supervision.
Typographical surveys intended to
show how far it is possible to reclaim
the arid belt of the West by irrigation
have been going on under Major Pow
ellis able direction for some time. The
work, however, is still far from COM
pleted. 1t is now proposed to discontinue
it temporarily and to divert the appro-
priation with which it has been carried
on to experiments in well-boring in
the famous artesian basin in Dakota.
1t is certainly of great Importance to
ascertain what this supposed subterra-
mean current amounts to, and to what
extent its resources may be drawn upon
for the improvement of agricultural
lands in the two Dakotas. These States
are not in the arid belt, strictly speak
ing, but they border on it and are af-
fected by its conditions. They are our
largest wheat-producing States-our
main dependence, indeed, for an abund-
ance of the best crop. The chief agri-
cultural difficulty in Dakota lies not so
much in want of participation as in
it's uncertainties. 1t can not be depend
ed on to come at the right moment and
in the right measure. Last summers
drouth is the cause of the suffering that
now obtains there. Until almost the
first of June there was every reason to
anticipate a crop as good as that of
1887.
Farming by irrigation is certainly the
scientific way of farming, and it would
be by no means surprising were history
to repeat itself by once combining the
worlds largest agricultural operations
to arid soil. In depth and fertility the
soil of our desert country is unequaled.
Its gently rolling stoneless expanse pos
sesses capacity for production almost
incredible. When it is said, for instance,
that less than one-thirteenth of the land
of the Dakotas has known the harrow's
touch, and that upon seven out OF ninety
six million acres crop Of thirty-five
million bushels of corn, seventy million
of wheat, fifty million of oats, ten of
barley, five of fax and five of potatoes
has been raised, some faint idea may be
CLEANED of the possibilities.
If by using the waters of the Red
river on the east, the Missouri on the
west. and those of an artesian canal
along the valley of the James, such a
command of the soil could be acquired
as would give it all the moisture it needs
wherever and whenever moisture is
needed, almost another worlds supply
of wheat could be grown right there in
North and South Dakota. We shall
hope that it will not be found necessary
to stop the surveys in Montana, Colo
RADIO and New Mexico for the sake of
Dakota, and yet the immense import
ance of testing that artesian basin is i'm
pressive. 1t certainly should be done,
and with the utmost care and thorough
ness, as soon as posssible.-N. Y. Tri-
bune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28

the frippery came here. Perchance some
Of the women who keep the chamber may
have let it fall.'
"Ahl so-sor' she said. dryly, and still
laughing like ripping brook. Eyes,
surely, the slave womel who keep cham
bers own such toys as this, Of the very
finest silk, worth twice its weight in gold,
and broidered, too. in many colors. Why,
myself should not shame to wear It'll OF
a truth it seems familiar to my sight"
And she threw 1t around her neck and
smoothed the ends with her white hand.
"But there, tits thing unholy in thine
eyes that the scarf of thy beloved should
rest upon my poor breast. Take it, Har-
machis; take it and hide it in thy bosom,
nigh thy heart, indeedw
took the accursed thing, and muttering
what may not write, stepped on to the
giddy platform whence watched the stars.
Then crushing it into a ball, threw it to
the winds of heaven.
Thereat the lovely Queen laughed once
more.
sNay, think now" she cried. "What
would the lady say could she see her love-
gage thus cast to all the world! Mayhap,
Harmachis, thou wouldst deal thus with my
wreath alsol See, the roses fade; cast it
off," and, STOPPING, she took up the wreath
and gave it to me.
For a moment, 80 vexed was I, had
mind to take her at her word and send the
wreath to Join the kerchief. But thought
better Of it.
NAY" said more softly, sit is Queens
gift, and l will keep it." and as l spoke,
methought saw the curtain shake. Often
since have I sorrowed over those simple
words.
"Gracious thanks be to the King Of Love
for this small mercy" she answered, look
ing at me strangely. SNOW, enough Of wit;
come forth upon this balcony-tell me of
the mystery of those stars Of thine. For
ever did 1 love the stars, that are so pure
and bright aId cold, and SO far away from
all our fevered troubling. There would l
wish to dwell, rocked on the dark bosom of
the night, and losing the little sense of self
as gazed forever on the countenance of
yon sweeteyed space. Nay-who can tell,
Harmachisl perhaps those very stars par
take even of our substance, and, linked to
us by Natures invisible chain, do, indeed,
draw our destiny with them as they roll
What says the Greek fable Of him who be-
came star? Perchance it hath truth, for
yonder tiny sparks may be the souls of men,
but grown more purely bright and placed in
happy rest to illume the turmoil of their
mother earth. Or are they lamps hung high
in the heavenly vault that night by night
some Godhead, whose wings are darkness,
touches with his immortal fire, so that they
leap out in answering flannel Give me
somewhat Of thy wisdom and open these
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28

tongue, 'Harmachis, King of Love"
Thereon Cleopatra laughed and pledged me
as liking of loves and so did all the COM
pany, finding the jest a merry one. For in
Alexandria they love not those who live
straightiy and turn aside from women.
But sat there, a smile upon my lips and
black anger in my heart. For, knowing
who and what was, it irked me to think
myself jest to the frivolous mobiles and
light beauties Of Cleopatra's Court. But
chiefly was / angered against Charmion,
because she laughed the ioudest, and then 1
did not know that laughter and bitterness
are often the walls of a sore heart where
with it wraps its weakness from the world.
San omen,' she said it was-that crown of
fiowers-and so it proved indeed. For
was fated to barter the double diadem of
the Upper and the Lower Land for a wreath
of passions roses that fade even ere they
fully bloom, and Pharaoh's ivory bed of
state for the pillow of faithless woman's
breast.
king Of Loue'" they crowned me in their
mockery; aye, and King of Shame! And I,
with the perfumed roses on my brow-I, by
descent and ordination the Pharaoh of
Egyp;-bethought me of the imperishable
halls of Abouthis and of that other crown
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28
HUNTING TARANTULAS.
How tho Ugly Spiders Arc Caught In
Arizona and New Mexico.

How tho Ugly Spiders Arc Caught In
Arizona and New Mexico.
1t used to be q standing joke on the West
ern frontier, when asked if you were going
to hunt Indians, to reply: "Why, mol /
haven't lost any Indians"
For the same reason, the wisest plan
would be not to hunt tarantulas; but it will
do no harm to tell how they are hunted and
caught in Arizona, New Mexico and other
Southwestern localities, where they abound.
The tarantula inhabits an exquisitely con-
structed apartment, closed outwardly by u
circular, many webbed mesh, varying in di-
ameter from two to four inches.
To the accustomed eye, this web betrays
the SPIDERS den Enthusiastically. Directly
underneath it one comes upon a tiny circu-
lar door, generally q little larger than q sill
yer dollar.
This door is wonderfully made of silken
weavings, finished on the outer side with
bits of bark and leaves, and turning on a
hinge whose perfect workings an accom-
plished mechanic might envy, opening into
silken-lined passage about foot in
length, the home of the spider.
Tarantula hunting is the sport of the WIS.,
itors at a health resort near Templeton,
whence gaily-attired parties sally forth,
armed with long sticks, sometimes trimmed
with knots of ribbon.
They carry large bottles Of water. A
tarartula hole reached, or a tarantula town
for the creatures are generous-the web
and door are torn away and water is poured
down the hole.
If the spider is at home he will rush out
as fast as his clumsy legs can carry him.
With dexterity and nerve he may be
scooped into a can and quickly covered, or
may be allowed 10 fasten on the end of the
walking-stick, whence he must be tumbled
into the trap before he tumbles for the
captor.
A California physician states that mus
cular tarantula can clear fourteen feet at
jump-that he has seen it done. Fortu-
nately, such agility is altogether exception
al. Well cared for, the bite is not neces-
sarily fatal.-Golden Days.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28
,g which on the morrow should be consum-

ing which on the morrow should be consum-
mated.
But still smiling, I pledged them back,
and answered with jest. For rising,
bowed before Cleopatra and craved leave
to go. "Venus,"I said, speaking Of the
planet that we know as Donaou in the
morning and Bonou in the evening, twas
in the ascendant. Therefore as new
crowned King Of Love, must now pass to
do my homage to Its Queen" For these bar
barians name Venus Queen of Love.
And so amid their laughter I withdrew
me to my watch tower. and, dashing that
shameful chaplet down amid the instru-
ments Of my craft, made pretense to note
the rolling Of the stars. There ! waited,
thinking on many things that were to be
until such time as Charmion should come
with the list of the doomed and the messages
of my uncle Sepa, whom she had that even
ing seen.
At length the door opened softly. and she
came jeweled and clad in her white robes,
even as she had left the feast
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28
READY TO BE MARRIED.

lam ready to be married;
lean make loaf of bread;
I lean cook as nice dinner
AS my mother, so she said;
lean keep room in order,
Sweep the house and make q bed;
Mother says G ri may marry
Who can make loaf of bread.
lam ready to be married.;
lean cut and make a dress:
Mark the linen with the cross stitch;
Mend the lace, that's hardly less
Fine and dainty than cobweb;
So dare to tell him "Yes;"
Mother says girl may marry
Who can cut and make a dress.
I am ready to be married;
lean knit stocking well,
I can make and can darn IL,
And "bargain can tell;
I can shop and go to MARKET
And I'm not a ballroom belle;
Mother says girl may marry
Who can knit stocking well
am ready 70 be married;
And lhave lover true,
Just the sandsomest and dearest
Lad that ever come TO WOO;
Never maiden loved her lover
Half so dearly as do;
Mother says a girl may marry
When she has lover true.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28
Wanted to See Bella Jump.

Bobby (who has been sitting patiently
half an hour)-Mr. boomer, 1 wish YOU
would pop the question 10 Bella.
Bella-Robert. you naughty boy, what
possessed you to make such a areposterous
remark.
Bobby (sulkily)-WeIl, anyway, ma said
if he did you'd jump at the chance, and
want to see you jump Texas Siftings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28
CLEOPATRA.
Being an Account of the Fall and
Vengeance of Harmachis, the
Royal Egyptian,
as SET FORTH BY HIS OWN HAND.
BY H. RIDER HAcGARD,

"She,""Alian ouaternaain,"
Etc, Etc. Etc.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figsis taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gentlyyetpromptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures nabituL
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG syrup co.
SkS FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW york. M.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28
CHAPTER XII

BEs OF HARMACHIs; OF THE THROWING
FORTH OF THE KERCHIEF OF CHARMIoN; OF
THE STARS, AND OF THE GIFT BY CLEO
PATRA OF HER FRIENDSHIP TO HER sERv.
ANT HARMACHIS
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28

| LENGTH thou crt
| come, Charmion," I
said. SIT is over
late"
"Yes, my lord; but
by no means could !
escape Cleopatra. Her
mood is strangely
'ssed tonight. I know
L.x = -1.s@-l
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28

| w THE following day /
! received the writing
.E of my appointment
VI as Astrologer and
A " Magician-in. Chief to
the Queen, with the pay
], and perquisites of that
Office, which were not
J small. Also rooms Were
given me in the palace,
through which l passed
atnight to the high watch
tower, whence Hooked on
the stars and drew their
Eoy- at fbia fin,e Claona
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28

OF THE WAYS OF cHARMIoN; AND OF THE
GROWING OF HARhACHIs AS THE KING OF
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28
CHAPTER XI.

Illustrated by NIcHoLI.. after CATION WOOD
VILE and oREHFENHAeEN.
The advocate., 1890-11-05
TO OUR C0RRFSpOyDEyTs.

Owing to the issues chat required
TO be met during the campaign just
closed, our columns have been 80
crowded that we have been compelled
to lay aside many really good COM
munications. They related mostly to
campaign matters, and hence are not
appropriate at this time, We have re-
gretted that our space would not per-
NIT US TO use these communications,
and we trust our correspondents will
pardon us for not publishing all that
has been sent u.s. Now that the cam
paign is ended we shall be able to ex-
tend greater courtesy to those who
favor us with we'll written articles
upon questions Of general interest.
We hope now to be able to more sys-
tematically discuss the economic ques-
tions upon which the interest of the
people will center for some time to
come. The great struggle for liberty
has but just begun We must mar
shal our forces for the coming strife,
and carry forward such an educa-
tional system as will render the peQ-
pie invincible before the hosts Of plu-
tocracy. We invite a discussion Of
living issues by the people. Our
movement must not be permitted to
languish. Let us take up the educa-
tional work where it was laid down on
the eve of the election and press for
ward until final victory is achieved.
The advocate., 1890-11-05

After this date The ADVOCATE will
be sent TO all subscribers to January
/, 1892 for 81. This offer applies to
renewals as well as to new subscribers
either singly or in clubs No sub
scription under this proposition will
be received for less than one dollar
for the full time specified, and sub
scriptions Of less than one dollar will
be entered only for the fractional
part Of the year, and not a fractional
part of the time up to January l,
1892. To get the benefit of this offer
a full round dollar must accompany
each name.
The advocate., 1890-11-05

sumo to consider this question fairly
established, Mr.. Jones and his tele-
grams TO the contrary notwithstand-
ing. With whom now is truth
clearly an irridescent dreamW
The advocate., 1890-11-05

READ the letter of the assistant sec
retsry of the treasury in another col
umn, and see how much reliance there
is in the claim Of Kansas politicians
that the Kansas City post Office is not
used for the storage Of whisky.
The advocate., 1890-11-05
each name.

The issue Of The ADVOCATE is de-
lsyed this week in order to enable us
TO announce the result of the election.
OF course we cannot give the figures
this week, but our readers, knowing
the general result, will be satisfied to
wait for more accurate details.
The advocate., 1890-11-05

REPUBLICAN ETHICS AS EXPOUNDED BIZ
THE IDOL OF THE PARTY, JOHN
JAMES INGALLS,
The publication Of politics is an irridsS-
cent dream. Government ia force. Poll
tios ia battle for supremacy. Parties are
the armies. THE DECALOGUE AND THE
GOLDEN RULE HAVE NO PLACE IN
A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. The object
is success. To defeat the antagonist and
eXpel the party in power is the purpose.
The republicans and democrats are as ire
oonCilably opposed TO each other as werS
Grant and Lee in the Wilderness TheyusO
ballots instead Of guns, but the struggle 10 aS
unrelenting and desperate, and the result
sought for the same. IN WAR 1T IS LAW
FUL TO DECEIVE THE ADVERSARY,
TO HIRE HESSTANS, TO PURCHASE
MERCENARIES, TO MUTILATE, TO
TO KILL, TO DESTROY. THE COM
MANDER WHO LOST A BATTLE
THROUGH THE ACTIVITY OF HIS
MORAL NATURE WOULD BE THE
DERISI0N AND JEST OF HISTORY
Interview published in the New York World,
April lS, 1880.
The old Romans had a saying; money
docs not stink, no matter how acquired"
So tho politician considers that votes do
not smell badly after they are cast and
counted, no matter what may have bean tha
method by which they we're procured.
NUMBERS, not QUALITY, obtain the oer-
ti6catS Of election. THE AMBITIOUS
POLITICIAN THEREFORE, ENDEAV-
oRs TO ASCERTAIN WHAT IS POPU-
LAR RATHER THAN WHAT IS RIGHT,
AND THE POSSESSION on AN ACTIVE
CONSCIENCE OR OF A SENSITIVE
MORAL NATURE IS A FORMIDABLE,
~ NOT AN lJSUPERABLE OBSTACLE
TO UCCESS.-EEtraCt from an article
published in the Topeka Capital, February
20, 1883