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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21

Farmers Should Raise More OF 1t - Its
Value In Keeping Up the Fertility Of
the Farm.
The growing and selling of grain from
the farm is gradually selling the fertil-
ity, and in majority of cases it is only
a question of time when the amount OF
available plant food demanded by these
crops will have become so nearly ex-
hausted as to render it difficult to secure
profitable yields. If, says the Farm.
Field and Stockman. the grain, instead
of being sold, is fed out to stock on the
farm. making, saving and applying all
thesmanure possible, considerable help
can be secured in keeping up the fer
tility.
Following rotation of crops lessons
the wearing out of the soil, because diff
ferent crops require different elements
of plant food, and some crops not only
take elements not used by other plants,
but aid to make available other elements
that are in the soil but are not in an
available condition. But grass for all
kinds of stock is one of the best and
cheapest foods that can be secured.
whether used as pasture, as soiling
crop, or as hay after cutting and curing.
1t proves good crop in making up ro-
tation. 1t is good with grain in making
complete and economical rations; hence
more or less of the farm should be in
grass. Taking the average farm where
a system of rotation is carried on and
where the products raised are fed out to
good, thrifty stock, one-half the acreage
of the farm should be into grass. OF
course care should be taken to secure a
good, even stand so that the best profits
may be realized.
In many cases it would Be a positive
benefit to the farm to seed from one
third to one-half the acreage to pasture
grasses and manure as much of the
balance as possible, put in the best
possible filth, use good seed, and give
thorough cultivation so as to increase
yield. Grow larger crops on less acre
age and lessen the cost.
Seeding to grass will give the land
some rest; it will be change even if
kept pasture down. To considerable
extent. at least, the growing of more
grass on the farm implies the keeping
of more stock, and with good manage
ment the making of more manure.
While it is not always possible to keep
a sufficient number of stock to keep up
the fertility of the soil, it can be made
to do considerable part. Rotation,
the use of green crops for manuring
and keeping stock can, all three COM
bined, be made to keep up the fertility.
Grass or clover can be used in all these
to good advantage.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21

wood of fine grain ana highly polished.
IF you want to make a present of this
Kind, supposing it to be an umbrella, a
$50 note will about accomplish your de-
sign.
Every lady who from time to time re-
news the bloom of youth will admire
the umbrella handle here presented.
The handle is of tortoise shell, beauti-
fully notified. 1t is inlaid with silver,
and is useful as well as ornamental, for
in the handle are concealed a dainty
little powder-box and fragrant puff.
The box is of solid silver and the lid is
daintily carved. The regularity of the
silver inlaid work gives to the tortoise
shell a most unique and attractive ap-
pearance. A present of this kind might
be considered doubtful compliment,
owing to the insinuation conveyed by
the box on the top of the handle, but if
the giver should carelessly say that it
was a receptacle for car fares no offense
would be taken and the receiver could
: use her own discretion as to its use. A
glance at one form of head might lead
one to think that it is q jockeys cap.
On the contrary, it is a bug made to
represent as closely as possible the gold
bug made famous by Poe. The handle
Is made of ebony or some very costly
wood, terminating at the top in an ex-
x1ujsitely-carved ferrule of solid gold.
This in turn has a broad, smooth cap,
on which is the gold bug. The latter as
q piece of art will instantly attract at
fention, for it makes a decided contrast
to the rest of the handle. There is
enough of plain surface on the cap of
the ferrule to permit of the engraving of
the owners name. A gift of this kind,
whether it is an umbrella, parasol or
cane, is sure to win immediate apprecia-
ton
Ladies who are subject to fainting
spells or who are of a highly nervous
and excitable temperament will fully
appreciate an effort in their behalf. 1t
Is one of the latest novelties, and abroad
III met with immediate favor. The
handle is of Dresden china, mounted in
silver, so as to form scent-bottle. The
stopper is the model of rams head in
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21

COMBINED sMOKE-HOUSE AND KITCHEN.
for the morning work. The double win
dow above the door is fitted with tight
shutter on the inside. swung on hinges;
this may be'closed and meat hung in the
upper story, the meat-room, all summer.
The hooks for the meat are driven into
the rafters.
The stairs from the lower to the up
per story are in the northwest corner.
The chimney is in the south end, with
fireplace in the lower room. In the up
per room is an opening with a damper
swung above it. When the meat is to
be smoked the damper is raised, closing
the chimney above and opening the
aperture into the upper room. At
other times the damper is kept down,
closing the aperture. A door opens
upon the porch, and there is also a win
dow on the west side. A covered walk
may lead to this house from the dwell
ing.-American Agriculturist.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21
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against the bottom of the strips n n,
they are pushed down stream and all
food wood or even stumps when the cur
rent carries them against the strips are
not retarded in their progress, as the
bottom of the gate swings down stream
and of its own gravity comes in position
again as soon as the freshet subsidies.
This is certainly cheap, serviceable
affair and the most rapid current will
not destroy it-Rural New Yorker.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21

devoted to umbrella, parasol and cane
handles ranked among the first. The
tendency is alarming toward expensive
ness, and the demand for this line of art
work is so great that the most skilled
operatives in gold and silver are work
ing overtime so as to fill the orders from
all sections of the country.
by far one of the most original and at
the same time attractive designs, says
She New York Herald, Is the ''Golden
Calf" handle. The calf is about an inch
An height, of pure gold, standing on q
solid foundation of the same metal.
The relief of the pedestal, as it might
be called, is beautifully carved, mostly
in scroll figures, which stand out boldly
from the base. That portion of the
handle which runs from the base of tho
PEDESTAL to the spring is of MalacCa
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21
The Tough End Of His Job.

''Your work must be very arduous at
this season, Mr.. Scorecard," remarked
the fair young maiden to the able base
ball reporter.
"Well, yes, marin, it is" replied the
journalist; keeping the run of a base
ball game is easy enough, and 1 amt
kicking at pudding; but when get to
the Office and have to put the derned
thing into English grammar the way
the old man wants it-oh, that's what
takes the edge off life!'-Puck.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21
The Sire.

An Iowa correspondent writes that he
has herd of excellent cows and thinks
that it is advisable to change his bull.
He has an opportunity to purchase a
good bull, but it is really no better than
the one he has, in individual merit, and
no better than his cows. His idea
simply is that he wants a change. He
asks our advice in regard to the matter.
Our correspondent does nots wheth-
er his cows are thoroughbred or not, and
he does not state how long he has used
the bull he now owns. Another bull,
though no better than the one he now has,
might be benefit if the system of in
and-in breeding has been practiced. But
on general principles we say that there
is no object in buying bull that is no
better than the herd. The purpose of
introducing a new bull is to get some
thing better than you have. 1t is
through the sire that you raise the
standard of your herd.-Western Rural.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21
Thought He Was the Hog.

During trial before Texas justice
for the possession of hog one of the
counsel, fat, bristling fellow, kept in
tsrrupting the judge until his patience
uas exhausted, and he exclaimed:
What part do you take in this case,
anyway"
al am counsel for the defense in this
Ease"
.+Oh, excuse me; thought you were
the hog in questionr-Texas Siftings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21
THE following is given as an excellent

THE following is given as an excellent
mixture of seed per acre for meadow:
Twelve pounds of timothy, five pounds
of Italian rye grass, five pounds Of
meadow fescue or tall fescue, four
pounds Of red-top, three pounds of
rough-stalked meadow grass, six pounds
of medium clover. II the meadow is
moist, bromus or alsike may be intro
duced, the red-top increased and the
fescue and the clover lessened.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21

HE Paris EXPOSE
ton was largely re-
sponsible for the
fl cd of artistic
trifes which are
beginning to find
their way to Amer
lean shores. OF the
many departments
at the exposition
t h a t showed the
most marked i'm
provement in the
productions of the
last few years that
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21
A Natural Reason.

Miss Decollete-Do you 60 to the opera
often, Miss Ann GUAR?
Miss Ann Gular-No; can not bare
to go to the opera.-Puck. -.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21

silver. There are plain surfaces enough
tn permit of the engraving of the owners
name and address. With mountings of
gold the effect is not as strong or as
pronounced as it is with silver. An
umbrella handle that will instantly win
tire approval of the esthetically in
Glued is of solid ebony, eighteen inches
In length by one in thickness, and one
and half broad at the top. On one side
Is an exquisitely carved silver sheath,
into which fits gold or silver dagger,
the handle of which is of curiously
wrought silver, mounted by solemn
faced owl of the same metal. The
dagger in the hands of determined
woman would prove most dangerous
and effective weapon, but the better use
to which it will undoubtedly be applied
Is to have close at hand to cut the leaves
1 maGazineS or books
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21

The commanders of the garrisons at
Sofia, Widdin, Slivno, Schumla and
Rustchuk, Bulgaria, have been dismissed
in consequence of the Panitza plot.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
FLOOD GATES.

How to Construct Them So As to Make
Them Useful and Lasting.
Flood gates are constructed by only a
few farmers in proper manner and
many are compelled after every freshet
to rebuild the fence crossing the stream.
This should not be so and need not be if
the plan shown in Fig. be followed
Forked posts are firmly set or driven
near the edge of the stream; in the
prongs at the top is laid long pole
., in which have been previously bored
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21

THE man who buys good animals and
gives them scrub food ought, to be con-
sistent, not to hoist his umbrella in q
rain-stoYm.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21

GENERALLY, he who sells hay from his
farm pays high rate Of interest for the
money he gets
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21

A GOOD many people with Lock on the
Understanding seem to have Lost the
lar. f@ Else -
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21
IDEAS FROM FRANCE
Elaborated Into Handles for UNI
breIlas and WaIHng-Sticks.

AWerica Flooded with Artistic Trifes
Brought Out by the Recent Expedition
-Contrivance to Conceal the
Ladies' Useful Powder.Box
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21

two-inch holes, and split strips mn n
long enough to reach the surface of the
water in dry time are inserted in these
holes.
To these strips are firmly nailed other
strips, 9 O, making the whole gate firm
and very substantial. Immediately
above the supporting pole at each end
wire is attached to the forked parts, as
shown at IA. This keeps the whole ap-
paratus firmly in position. 1t is plain
that as the water rises and presses
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21

airy charge and let spirits of darkness
come on, an internal storming party,
attempting to take your soul, this rope
twisted from these words, The blood of
Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin, will
hurl them back defeated forever.
Still further, we must take this red
cord of the text and stretch it across the
window of our households. When the
Israelitish army came up against Jeri-
cho, they said: What is that in the
Window" Some one said: THAT is a
scarlet line" 60" said some one else,
''that must be the house that was to be
spared. Don't touch it." That line was
thick enough to save Rahab, her father,
her mother, her brothers and her sisters
the entire family. Have our house
holds as good protection? You have
bolts on the front door, and on the back,
and fastenings on the window, and per-
haps burglar alarms, and perhaps an
especial Waterman blowing his whistle
at midnight before your dwelling; but
all that can not protect your household.
Is there on our house the sign of a
Saviour's sacrifice and mercy? Is
there a scarlet line in the window?
Have your children been consecrated to
Christ? Have you been washed in the
blood of the atonement? In what room
do you have family prayers? Show me
where you have been accustomed to
kneel. The sky is black with the COM
ing deluge. Is your family inside or
outside of the ark? 1t is sad thing for
a man to reject Christ, but to lie down in
the night Of sin, across the path to
Heaven, so that his family come up and
trip over him-that is terrific.
1t is sad thing for a mother to reject
Christ, but to gather her family around
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21

the window, 1T shall be So. That Is
the second scene in this Bible drama.
There is knock at the door of the old
man. He looks up, and says: ''Come
in," and 10! there is Rahab, the lost
child; but she has no time to talk. They
gather in excitement around her, and
she says to them: ''Get ready quickly,
and go with me to my house. The army
is coming! The trumpet! Make haste!
Fly! The enemyw That is the third
scene in the Bible drama. The hosts
of Israel are all around about the
doomed city of Jericho. Crash! goes
the great metropolis, heaps on heaps.
The air suffocating with the dust, and
horrible with the screams of dying
city. All the houses fat down. All the
people dead. All, no, no! On crag of
the wall-the only piece of the wall left
standing-there is q house which we
must enter. There is a family there
that have been spared. Who are they?
Let US go and see. Rahab, her father,
her mother, her brothers, her sisters,
all safe, and the only house left stand
ing in all the city. What saved them?
Was the house more firmly built? o.
no; it was built in the most perilous
place--on the wall; and the wall was
the first thing that fell. Was
it because her character was any better
than any Of the other population of the
city? o, no. Why, then, was she
spared and all her household? Can you
tell me why? o, it was the scarlet line
in the window. That is the fourth scene
in this Bible drama. When the destroy
ing angel went through Egypt it was
the blood of the lamb on the door posts
that saved the Israelites; and now that
vengeance has come upon Jericho it is
the same color that assures the safety
Of Rahab and all her household.
My friends, there are foes coming up
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21
MORE GRASS.

Farmers Should Raise More of 1t - Its
Value In Keeping Up the Fertility of
the Farm.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-24

To have cabbage early, tehder
and delicious. and to have it pro
dnctive. it must be well fed. The
secret of success that attends It's
cultivation by the market gardeners
is the vast quantity of manure used'
Where manure cannot be cheaply
obtained cabbage should be grown
on sod ground. which, for early
market purposes, should be plo"ed
not later than the 1st OF OCTOBER
There is no fertilizer cheaper OF
more effective for cabbage OF other
cr0D than a decaying sod For
late cabbage pillow about the middle
Of Nav. or when grass is III the
most active state Of growth; It Is
then as etfectuallv killed as thong
pI0wed in autumn. Manure should
be put on and ploWed in about the
middle of July, or Just before the
setting of the plants. AS soon as
the plants are established set the
cultivator at work in the field, the
hoe in the garden: not only shonld
they be set at work. bat they must
be kept at work persistent work
/ in cultivation is the price of cab
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-24
4 WORD OF WARNING.

"Oh, lie will take to dong better
after he marries," We sometimes hear
og 9 young man who is rather more
diiigent ia the work Of sowing wild
oats than in any other task. This pre-
dtction does not always prove false.
We have known some boys who
were VIGOROUSLY hard but after mar
riaoe settled down into sober quiet
and useful lives. But such cases
are not frequent enough to warrant
the expectation. The rule is rather
the other way. When young men
become so addicted to habits of dis
sipation IS to persist in them despite
the remonstrance of friends and the
dictates Of their own common senee,
the chances Of being reformed by
marriage are decidedly small. The
woman who stakes her hopes of hap
pines5 upon such q change, runs a
fearful risk.
There is however just uncertainty
enough about the Issue to make the
venture fascinating. Know as much
Of q young raaa as we may we are
still but guessing when We come TO
prognosticate his failure career. We
arc almost wholly in the dark as to
what influence is likely to control
him when he reaches one of those
turning points where a bend to the
right or left may determine his des
tlny.
There are indeed young men OF
whom we can predict good with as
surance. There are others so utter
~ bad that even the most sanguine
never think Of prophesying anything
but the very worst Of them. Bat
there are q considerable number in
whom the good and bad elements
are so evenly balanced that 1t is 3
question Of the utmost uncertainty
whether they will become good mec
or 80 10 the bad. The influence Of :
woman good and strong IN her good
ness might turn the scale in favor o.
virtue, aud marriage with such one
may prove means of Salvation.
But all women are not OF this
class. Many who are viytuous ant
pa-e arc not strong-naT, utterly
weak when brought in conflict with ;
man Of whom they have allowed
themselves to become very fond
These we'd themselves to young mel
of evil propansitie8 at their extremt
peril Instead of coyeyting the,
may be converted. Not few OF til,
girls Tho go to the altar proudly
thinking how they will in few YEAR
exhibit as white those who have beer
regarded IS black sheep becom
themselves Of & grizzly grey. No, i
Z young lady knows Young man t.
re ot bad habits, she had better lie
him pass, however fascinating ma
be his manners. But there Is the rui
tine fascinating manners, Thous
anda ana tens Of thousands of NC
men slaco Helcn's day have forgottel
truth, common sense and even virtu
amI3 The tiattery of artful profligates
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-24
Merits Wins.

We desire to say to our citizens,
that for years we have been selling
Dr.. Kings New Discovery for Cons
SUMPTION, DR.. Kings New Life PILE,
Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Electric
Bittars, and have never handled rem
cdies that sell as well, or that have
given such universal satisfaction
We do not hesitate to guarantee
them every time and we stand ready
to refund the purchase price, if sat
isfactorv results do not follow their
use. These remedies have won theil
great popularity purely on their
merits L. T, Whitehead & Co., drug
gists.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-24

Is one hich is guaranteed to bring
you satisfs ctory results, or II case
Of failure s. return of purchase price.
On this safe plan you can buy from
our advertised Druggist a bottle OF
DE-. Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption. 1t is guaranteed to bring
relief in every case, when used for
any stfectiol of Throat, Lungs OF
Chest, such "a Consumption, InGam
nation Of Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma
"hooping Cough, Group, etc.. etc
1t is pleasant and agreeable TO taste
perfectly safe, and can always be de
pended upon. Trial bottles free al
L 7. Whitehead & Co.'S drugstore
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-24
MI us9ry.

Man must have occupation, or be
miserable. Toll is the price of sleep
and appetite, Of health and enjoy
ment. Toe very necessity which
0yerc0me5 our natural slOth is d
blessing, The whole world does not
contain 4 hriar or q thorn which
divine mercy could have spared. We
are happier with the sterility, which
we can overcome by industry, than
we could have been with sponta-
neous plenty and unbounded profu
sior. The body and the mind arf
Improved by the toll that fatigues
then. The toll is q thousand times
reward by the pleasure which i
bestowa. Its enj0yments are pecu
liar. No wealth can purchase them
no Incidence can taste them. They
flow O1iy from the exertions which
they rapay.-Selected.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-24

WHEN you are constipated have
headacne, Or less Of appetite, take
lr. :. II, McLean75 Liver aud Kid
ney Plllets; they are pleasant to
take and will cure you.
Fer sale by F. Z. Whitehead q Co.
You can be cheerful and happy
only when you are well. you feel
out OF sorts ," take DR.. J. II. Nc
Lean's Sa7saparilla.
For sale by f. I. Whitehead & Go,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-24

MORALS, MANNERS AND OTHER
Things WHICH OTHER
PEOPLE WRITE
ABOUT.
DEBT.

Our youth are brought up to value
freedom as their greatest blessing
They learn it from the lips Of their
tcacher3-they breathe it in the
atmosphere around them. Slavery
would be to them q degradation 70
which even death would be prefera-
bic. Let them also be taught to
dread and to shnn the slavery Of
dcbt-to prize above riches or honor
or luxury or pleasure that independ-
cnce which owes no men anything
but love and good will Such habit
Of thought and life would make the
crimes Of faithlcs8ness and fraud I'm
possible. Character thus purified
and made wholesome at It's source
would continue TO flow on Ia clear
and unsullied streams for the mora
health and vigor of society.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-12-05

We desire to state through the BULLE-
TIN that we have bought the livery stable,
formerly owned by Win Mcclure, and so
licit share of the public patronage. Ex-
perience of years enables US to guarantee
satisfaction. Charges reasonable. We
will carry commercial men and others who
desire to co. to Bolivar, Somerville, Cedar
Chapel, Fayette Corner, Stanton and all
other places adjacent to Whiteville.
Respectfully,
NOONER & PREWETT.