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Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21
A Lucky Number Makes u Hioated
nondholdrr Of a halAmakoo Wan.

Lucky NUMBER Makes - Htoatru
Bondholdrr Of "A Kalamazoo Nan.
EalsnlAsoa thith Telegraph, March -
The streak 81 good luck ihai placed e.. 200
in cold cash ln the hands Of Cody Phillips Of
this C.tr from the treasury q The Louisiana
State Lottery, has created considerable stir,
MF Phillips held 0nc-tHcniieth OF ticket
No. 1924 that drew the second prize Of
si0o, 900 iu the drawing a. March II. Mr..
Pnilllps g. % years ut age and a member Of
the arm o! Rlohmond 4 Phillips, saloonists,
Of this city When questioned as 10 whether
be hal tired hls tuck before. replied that he
had regularly iavcs,cd dollar each moath
Tor The pas, three yeArH aud had drawn three
Ell ailer prizes during this time.
shall you retire from business, Mr. Phil.
lllt'"
'"uh, no; ] shall watch for a good oppor
innlty 20 invest this money, and keep trying
my luck until ! str Ike another bundle.
IL 81 ~ a
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

The campaign this year will be one Of I'M
usual interest 70 every PERSON in Nebraska,
and the questions that will come up are Of
the u,mos; Importance To every citizen Of the
state. The Omaha Bee proposes todlseuss
these leading issues yery thoroughly and in
or e. 70 give every person an opportunity TO
inform himself fully on both sides Of these
questions, the publishers of that paper have
decided % mail The Weekly Bee from nov
until December lti for Fifty Cents 20 any
party ia Nebraska This eIirao, diasrily
low price will enable every reader in the
state 10 read The Bee during the campaign.
Address orders 10 The Bee Publishing Co.,
Omaha.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

All are entitled 10 the best that their
money will buy, so every family should
have, at once, bottle OF the best family
remedy, Syrup Of Figs to cleanse the
system when costive or bilious For sale
in soc and Si.oo bottles by all leading
druggists.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21
A Pontoon bridge

At Pierre, the Capital Of South Dakota, is
the only wagon aud footbridge on the Mis-
souri, River between Sioux City and Bis
marck, 500 miles. Homesteaders going 10
the Sioux lands recently ceded to the gov
eminent should GO by way OF Pierre. These
lands are very fertile, the stock growers
paradise. Horses, cattle and sheep grow to
perfection. The farmer may do as well
growing corn, wheat and fax. Now Is the
time 20 get free hnme. Address The Home
Eieaders' Union, Pierre, South Dakota, for
full information free.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

Chicago Tribune Newspaper Mani have
called, Mr. whyup, 20 ask
Railway Official tstinly)--we have had no
news OF any accident on our line, sir.
Newspaper Manic ask for "a pass 10 san
Francisco and return.
Railway Official cordially with pleasure
Mr.. Loneqnil. Self and wife, presumed
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

TrsrEn Hr TINE. Por bronchial Atfec
tons. Coughs, etc, BEoNS's BRONCHIAL
Iisot HIS have proved their efficacy by tehi
q! many wears Price g cengs
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

Six Novels Free, VIII be sent by Cragin a
Co., Philada., Pa, 10 any one in the U. &. or
Canada, postage PAID, upon receipt Of %
Dobbins' Electric Soap wrappers. See list OF
novels on circulars around each bar. Soap
for sale by all groeers.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ron 81.

Everybody else gets tired IA this world DO.
f0ge the niAn nho makes you tired.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

D.. Pierces Pellets, one q dose. Cure
headache, constipation and indigestion
The Maine lime industry Is slack, so they
want a tariff duty
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

Troubles, like the mountains we have TO
climb, are never as s'eep as we think they
will be
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

Tailors say that the fast man is generally
pretty slow about paying up.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

Puck; "Brevity IN the soul Of w.t."
"Pcrhaps. hut assure You therc Is very he
Tie finn IN beng short"
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

Worthless men are eommunity's sign
post.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

The trouble Is that the busy men are 20
cross, and the loafers are so geo netured.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

There Is usually something on foot when
q man takes his way q the eniTOpolisl.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

smiles do no, make as deep wrinkles as
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

Burglars msy not go much on music, but
they all love the loot.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

matchmaker ought rot 10 feel run down
when h affairs are wound up.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

rerts, sa.,rA-.Afs tses % smokers Of ''Tsnsiis
FahgA7 sel CaEsI,
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

Isn't departed elsn dead open and
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

When a man IS compelled to be honest
how he boasts of his honesty.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

Mr. ouay's reputation seems TO be on a
Lea shore
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

when man Is full 1t is good time 70
AAa him bMas measure.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21

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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
MAKING STONE DRAINS.
Stone. Being Inperishable. Is the Best
All Maferlals for Drains.

Stone. Being IMperishable. Is the Best Of
All Materials for Drains.
There are several ways of making
permanent drains of stone; each of these
depends upon the kind of stone to be
used. Stones differ very much in their
form: the best kind is the hard states
and gneissoid rock, which consist of fat
pieces which can easily be split or
broken, and of such a texture that they
will not soften or break down under the
action of water. The worst are the
round waterworn nodules of the hardest
kind of granite or quartz, which defy
the sledge and are almost impossible to
be broken in the ordinary way. But
these may be reduced to a more man
ageable shape by burning them in
heap with coarse wood mixed With
them. When the heap has barned down
and the stones are still red hot few
pals of water thrown upon them will
cause them to split and bring them into
o more manageable and useful shape.
The drains of stone should not be
less than ten or twelve inches in width
and made round in the bottom so that
the water channel may be kept in the
middle, and the cutting out of the
sides of the ditch will be avoided. Then
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17

with the fiat stones the manner OF build
ing the dam will be as follows: A stone
breaking hammer of six or eight pounds
weight will be required. and with this
the stones are broken into long narrow
strips as nearly equal in width and
thickness as possible. These pieces are
placed lengthwise along the sides of the
ditch and firmly bedded so that the
tops are even with each other. and they
will not fall inward. Flat pieces are
then trimmed SO az to fit across the
ditch and lie firmly upon the side pieces
as shown in Fig.1.
This leaves a free channel for the
water, with plenty of room at the sides
for it to percolate into the drain. TIC
cover the top joints SO that earth will
not drop through, all the fragments are
thrown into the ditch upon the cross
pieces, and if there is plenty of stone to
spare the ditch may be partly filled up
to within foot of the surface, so as not
to interfere with the flowing. 1t is then
filled with the earth taken out in the
digging. A drain made in this way at
the foot of high slope to cut off the
water from piece of creek bottom
which was useless marsh nearly thirty
years ago is still discharging large
and continuous stream of pure clear
water; it is an underground brook, in
fact, and works hydraulic ram, which
has delivered water at the house and
barn to supply all needs since it was
made.
The round stones need different
method. These should be laid in such
a manner as to wedge them in the bot
tom of the ditch in the manner shown
in Fig. 2, and throwing other stones
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
LETTERS OF CREDIT.
How One Carries the Money Necessary 4
n Trip Around the World.

| How One Carries the Money Necessary for
Trip Around the World.
Speaking of banks, it may be interest
| ing to tell how one carries money for a
trip around the world. took mine in
| the shape of letter of credit, by which
| one of the leading banks of the United
States authorized me to call upon its
agents throughout the world to the
amount of $4,000. All of our large
banks have connections in London, and
also in nearly every one of the great
| cities of the world, and such an author
ization practically gives you deposit to
the amount authorized in any one or all
of these banks. You put your signature
on your letter of credit at the time you
get it, and in order to get it you usually
deposit with your American banker the
amount of money called for by it. When
you make draft upon it, the banker of
whom you get the money sees that your
signature corresponds with that on your
letter of credit. and it is this which
forms your Identification. When you
get the letter you hand the banker
half dozen copies of your signature, and
his correspondents at the great money
centers. i was able to get money in
nearly every country and district
through which / travelled, and when
there were no banks, the leading foreign
merchants were willing to cash my
drafts. The only place where l had any
trouble at all was in Cairo, where the
cashier said my signature did not CORE
spond with that of the letter of credit.
l informed him that the points Of dis
similarity were an evidence that it was
genuine; that no man ever writes his
name twice alike. and told him if he
would place my letter of credit on the
counter beside me that would copy the
signature so that he would see that it
was one and the same. He denurred to
this, but finally gave me the money. /
think it was $500, and he took my draft
for it.
The bank at which had this trouble
was the Cairo branch of the Imperial
Ottoman Bank of Turkey. This bank
is the greatest Turkish bank of the
Orient. 1t does business for the Sultan,
and it has the management, to certain
extent, of his Majesty's debts. The
Sultan has an income from his private
estates of millions Of dollars a year,
and notwithstanding his country is
bankrupt, his palaces never lack sher-
bet, pilaf or other fancy Turkish dishes
His money is deposited largely in this
bank, and its silver-cellar has bags of
silver piled up in the same way as our
Treasury vaults at Washington. The
ladies of the harem of Turkey have, in
many cases, their private bank account,
and one day. while 1 was cashing
draft, / saw two very pretty Turkish
ladies at the counter throwing anguish
ing looks at the handsome cashier
through the slit in their walls which al
most covered their faces. 1t is here
that the annuities are paid to many of
the ladies dependent on the Turkish
Government, and it is a curious sight to
see these ex-beauties coming for their
money.-Frank q. Carpenter, in Nation.
al Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
RumoRED OF ROYALTY.

THE Sultan Of Morocco reads tho
newspapers and subscribes to several
published in Turkey, Egypt and Tunis.
PRINCE GEORGE, of Wales, is the only
member Of the English royal family
who speaks the language Of his country
without foreign accent.
EXTERIOR WILLIAM, Of Germany, who
is fond Of hunting, is obliged to use o
short gun made especially for him, a.
he has the use of only one hand. He
uses his rifle as he would pistol.
THE King Of Italy has given up smoh-
ing. He used to smoke all day long
and got q disorder of the bronchial
tubes in consequence. He now sucks
toothpicks filed with camphor and il
said to enjoy them. .
THE Queen Regent of Spain has
caused advertisements to be published
in all the leading newspapers of her
dominions, Offering two prizes, $500
and S2,s95, for tho two best essays on
the life of Christopher Columbus.
KING Orro, of Bavaria, receives 4, $751;.
O4i marks, or little over a million dol.
lars, a year, from which $3.50, 900 is de.
Quoted to pay of the debts of his pred
ecessor, King Ludwig. How large those
debts are may be inferred from the fact
that it will take fifteen years to wipe
them out entirely.
IT is made known that the Queen Of
England wears ~ gloves; always black;
with only four buttons. She uses
about two dozen pairs year, and they
cost eight shillings and sixpence per
pair. All of which 10 respectfully sub
mitted to the consideration of an inter
ested world.
THE Prince Of Wales, who used to bes
constant shopper, has had to give 1t
up. All his purchases now are sent to
Marlborough House or to Sandring-
ham. He is very popular with the shop
keepers, never leaving shop without
raising his hat and thanking them very
Much"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
IKE! You can get ready to sweat for

take! You can get ready to sweat for
this.
But it turned out that the livery man
had given my description in place of the
other mans, having mixed the two of as
up. The sheriff offered me $500 at the
very first pop to give him receipt for
damages, and l guess he would have
come up to $1,000 if l had held out. 1
think the wine and cigars cost him about
SIS, and don't believe his hair has got
back to it's old position yet.
And it also happened that I once went
into jewelers. in Nashville, to get q
kernel of corn, peanut shuck. or some
other tritie, picked out of the works of
my watch. As went out another man
came in, and it seemed that this chap
grabbed five rings from tray and broke
for the woods. The jeweler had me
fresh in his mind. and when he de-
scribed the thief he even told of an
abrasion on my face. This was two
o'clock p. m. As came out of the sup
per room at the Maxwell House that
evening, a policeman took my arm from
either side, and one of them kindly
whispered:
Now, then, come quietly, or 1t will
be the worse for you"
went over to headquarters, and sew.
eral officers there declared / was the
man wanted. l was ''sent down" and
the jeweler notified. He came in at
about ten o'clock, just as l was falling
off to sleep, and l heard the sergeant
telling him that there was no doubt of
my being an old-time crook and a good
one. / was routed out that the victim
might look at me, but at the first glance
he cried out:
''Great Heavens. but you've got the
wrong man! Oh! Lord.-oh! Lord! but
we will all be sued for damages
The sergeant hated to give up, but he
finally had to, and l was turned loose.
The jeweler acknowledged his mistake
and wanted to settle, and knowing of a
poor boy who was hungering for Wa
terbury watch l took one and agreed to
call it square. They didn't find the
right man. but l recognized him on the
streets of Cincinnati a week later from
the description given, and as he was
hanging about the general delivery win
dow OF the post-office l slid up to him
and said:
'There's detective from Nashville
waiting for you at the right hand door.
He wants to inquire about"
But he went out at the left hand door
before / could finish.-M. Quad, in De-
troit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17

on the top to wedge the upper stone
firmly in its place, and then filling in
with small stone. This upper filling is
important, for otherwise the capstone
may be moved sidewise and one of the
bottom ones fall out of place. In taking
up q stone drain which had become
choked 1t was found that by neglect of
this, or by the wrong doing of it, the
drain had collapsed in many places, and
the carelessness Of q workman with the
neglect Of the employer to oversee and
direct the work properly caused an ex-
pense for repair which was more than
twice the necessary original cost of the
work.
When only coarse gravel is to be pro.
cured very good drains may be made in
this way. The ditch is dug narrow, not
more than six inches wide, or even less,
at the bottom; the largest stone is
thrown in first, and is covered with the
smaller stone, which is trampled firmly
with the feet The more firml; the top
gravel is laid the safer will be the drain.
A drain Of this kind will carry large
quantity of water, and will last indefi.
nitely, but the precaution to make the
bottom of the drain hollow in the mid
die to keep the water from cutting the
sides must not be neglected.
With all these drains, as the earth
covering is not more than foot thick,
the surface water should be kept from
sinking directly into them, by which
the soil would be washed down into the
drain. To prevent this the soil should
be well rounded on the surface and kept
SO. if it is possible, by blowing the land
suitably; at least this should be done for
q few years, until the earth becomes
consolidated and firm. 1t is good plan
when a field has been drained to seed it
with grass for a few years. The grass
does we'll on newly-drained land, and if
1t has been very wet it will require this
time for the water to find its way to the
drains from the intermediate ground;
after which the land will be full of
small waterways and quite spongy, SO
that the heaviest rain will sink at once
into the soil and find its way into the
drains in a very short time, often not
longer than three or four hours.-N. Y.
Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
The Panama Canal Failure.

Mr.. John Popham, jr., special United
States collector of customs at Panama,
has been spending some few weeks at
his home in Virginia. He says the Pan
anna Canal is a great fraud. The dis
lance from Aspinwall to Panama is for
ty-seven miles by rail, which is on the
line of the canal, and is principally
owned by the canal company. Only
seven miles of the canal. from Aspinwall
to Gatun, has been built, and it cost
$3.50. 100000 The money was distribut-
ed around among the friends of De Les
seps, and they have INDUCED in one
grand debauch. The only work of any
real value has been done by the Ameri-
can Dredging Company on the seven
miles spoken of; the balance of the ca
nal has been simply broken. Business
is entirely suspended on the isthmus,
and $40, OO0, 900 worth of machinery is
lying out along the line of the canal and
rusting in the sun and rain. 1t is total
loss.-AlexandriS (Va.) Gazette.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
GALS.

Sometimes / sorter think as how
The Eastern gals the best,
An then l SUBWAY cotton 10
The gal frum out the West.
The Eastern gal has got an eye
Like briers-sharp an keen.
But then that Western maiden's got
A form that like queen.
Sum folks perfer the one an sum
Perfer the other sort,
But when jeige has got to say
1t socks him TO report.
For 'pinyuns differ when it comes
To size 'em side by side,
Espashally when poor man
Iscountin' on bride.
Thar larnin' in the East. know,
An wealth out IN the West:
But when it comes to choose bctween-
By gum! that is the test
The Eastern maiden loves hur book,
The Western maid hur farm;
An so between 'em both, you see,
They have o takin' charm.
Tn deep in love with East an West
An don't know which to choose;
Perhaps I'd better stop to think
Both on 'em might refuse.
I'll try the East-the West mean
Eli. kissed plum on the mouth:
I'll changed my mind an now will take
This rosebud from the South.
H. S. Keller, in Judge.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
FIG. a.-IMPRoyED WHEEL SLED.

never used sled with them on has no
idea how much easier they make it run.
One like that shown in Fig. runs
even easier than the other. The wheels
are smaller, but in line with the run
ners, and travel in the same track, and
then there is no axle stretching across
between the runners. The wheels are
oak, two inches thick, same as the run.
ners, and they may be tired with heavy
scrap-iron if desired. The fore ends OF
the runners are shod with iron or hick-
DRY. Such a sled may be used for draw
ing in corn-fodder, hauling manure on
the garden, carrying harrows, plows,
etc., about, and other similar work
American Agriculturist.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
FIG. I.-MHEEL SLED.

that is, the plank of which the runners
is made is fourteen inches wide. 1t diff.
fers from ordinary sleds only in having
two wheels attached, as shown in the
engraving. These wheels are made OF
oak and turn upon an iron axle which
passes through both runners. An axle
made of hard, tough wood would do as
we'll The wheels drop" two inches be-
low the runners. and person who has
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17


ern coast line of Nicaragua. This was
done with the double purpose of ascer-
tanning the course of the river, as we'll
as to visit a neighboring tribe, who
were accredited with the possession of
a marvellous stone, termed by the
Sambos sflma scdlpa, or stone from the
stars. They had so long dilated upon
the virtues of this wonderful stone un-
til we were resolved to find out more
about It.
Two days journey brought us to q
beautiful series of cataracts, near which
was located the village of the chief, or
aeitd, in whose possession was the piedra
antigua, that had been the occasion of
SO many miraculous tales. We first
sent our interpreter, who was Sambo
himself, to ascertain if we would be
permitted to view the studiously-guard-
en- relic. He soon returned with the
consent of the alta, and directed us to
the matched roof palace of the chief
tain.
Before reaching it, however, two of
the wise men had been appraised of what
was going on and we found them in ami
mated conversation with the chief when
we reached his domicile. From the in
terprcter we learned that they were try
ing to dissuade the scitd from carrying
out his resolve to allow US to see the
stone, and were predicting that dire ca
lamities would follow such sacrilege.
Just why the stone possessed such Won
derful interest we subsequently ascer-
tanned, but the rita finally dismissed
his wise men, and with a very gruff de-
meanor entered his palace and babe us
follow. On one side of the room we OBJ
served large object, covered with a
grass-platted mat, and as there was no
other convenient place started to seat
myself upon it while awaiting the scita's
pleasure. But was instantly caught
by the chief, who, with numerous wild
gestures, tried to inform me that that
was the mysterious stone. He then pro-
ceeded to carefully uncover the same
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
A SLED WITH WHEELS.

A Useful Implement to Have About the
Place.
One of the most useful implements
that can be brought upon farm or mar
ket garden is q small sled. The one
shown in Fig. is six feet long, three
feet wide and fourteen inches deep
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17

OxB of the mistakes in setting hardy
shrubs and roses is that the plants are
often set too deep. As rule the best
plan is to set about as deep as they grow
in the nursery, taking care always to see
that the soil is we'll filled in around the
roots
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
Danger in Chatterinp,

Old Lady Ito her niece)-Gpod gra-
cious, Matilda, but it's cold! My teeth
are actually chattering.
Loving Niece-Well. don't let them
chatter too much, or they may tell
where you bought 'em.-Moonshine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17

1t is said that the check rein for
horses has been pronounced cruel by
more than five hundred veterinary sur
geons of Great Britain. The ordinary
rein is bad enough, but the overhead
check is absolute inhumanity.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17

A Meadville, Pa, young lady has a
peculiar craving for matches, which she
nibbles with as much gusto as some
girls display in masticating caramels.