davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09

places them in the other species. 1t is
very likely, as DR.. Serene Watson sug-
gests to me. that the two species run
together. and that the California trees
represent a variation towards J. Mand-
chOurica.
The species might be called with
better prOpriety the japanese butter
nut. The nuts are borne in long clus-
tiers which often hold from fifteen to
twenty specimens. Nuts are shown,
with the husks on and removed. in the
illustration. The shell is thinner than
that of our butternut. and the kernel is
sweet and rich, much as in our species.
The tree itself is attractive. 1t appears
to be one of the most promising of re-
cent acquisitions.
According to Luther Burbank. 1.-THE
species is of easy culture. 1t accommo-
dates itself to the same soils as its con-
geners, and grows with great vigor. 1t
is easily grated by approach upon our
common walnut English walnut? and
its trunk retains the same dimensions as
the stock: but it is by seed that it should
be multiplied. 1t reprOduces itself per
fectly true, and if the young plants re-
main bushy during the first years, the
tree shoots afterwards. and. thanks to
its rapid growth, promptly assumes
large dimensions" Prof. WicllsOn says
that the specie> first gained prominence
in 1881. when the California State HOr-
ticultural Society referred the question
of its botanical affinities TO q. i. RiX-
ford.-Amcrican Garden.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09
A Singular Exnerlm emit.

According to the English papers, a
singular experiment recently took place
in Palestine to test the accuracy Of DR..
Colenso's statement that the people Of
Israel assembled in the valley between
Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim could
not hear the curses and blessings deliv-
cred from the heights above them. A
party, it appears, was travelling in the
neighborhood of these mountains, and
two Scotchmen assembled Mount Ebal
and two Welshmen Mount Gerizim,
while the rest Of the party remained in
the valley. One Of the Scotchmen read
the curses, and from the opposite mount
ain a Welshman read the blessings.
Both were easily heard below, where
the party added the amens Both read
ers were perched upon natural platforms
near the SUBMITS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09
SHOEING a HORSE.
Directions Recently Issued by the Departs
ment of War.

Directions Recently Issued by the Departs
ment of War.
The following instructions to smiths
who shoe cavalry horses have been is
sued from the Department of War: I'm
preparing the horses foot for the shoe
do not touch with the knife the frog,
sole or bars. In removing surplus
growth of that part of the foot which is
the seat of the shoe use the cutting pin
GERS and rasp and not the knife. The
shoeing-knife may be used if necessary
in using the top clip. Opening the heels
or making a cut in the angle of the wall
at the heel must not be allowed. The
rasp may be used upon the part of the
foot when necessary and the same APP
plies to the pegs No cutting with the
knife is permitted. the rasp alone is
necessary. Flat-footed horses should be
treated as the necessity of each case may
require. In forging the shoe to fit the
foot be careful that the shoe is fitted to
and follows the circumference of the
foot clear round to the heels; the heels
of the shoe should not be extended back
straight and outside of the walls at the
heels of the horses foot, as is frequent
" done. Care must be used that the
shoe is not fitted too small. the outside
surface of the wall being then rasped
down to make the foot short to suit the
shoe. as often happens. The hot shoe
must not be applied to the horses foot
under any circumstances. Make the
upper of foot surface of the shoe per-
fectly fiat so as to give level bearing.
A shoe with cOncave ground surface
ShOuId he uSpd"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09
MANS HEAD-GEAR.
Its Early History and Its Career in Differ
ent Countries.

It's Early History and Its Career in Differ
ent Countries.
In the time of Chaucer, more than
four hundred years ago, women wore
hats which he says were ''as broad as
buclxler or n large" and from then I'M
til now every few days the style has
changed, sometimes narrow, sometimes
broad, high crowns, low crowns and no
crowns at all.
Hat fashions have a record as far
back as Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-
nego, and these notables of long ago
were cast into the fiery furnace, bound
in their coats, their hosen and their hats
and their other garments" This is sup
posed to be the most ancient example of
modern society reporting known.
The returning crusaders are supposed
to have brought the hat idea to Europe,
and they have been growing in favor
ever since their introduction into En-
gland early in the 10th century. The
English makers learned to manufacture
them so well, that HARDWOOD, the poet,
was moved to say:
The Spaniard's constant to his block,
The French Inconstant ever;
But Of all felts that may be feit,
Give me your English beaver.
A writer of that time describes the
fashionable beaver as sharp in the
crown, like the shaft of steeple and
standing quarter of a yard, more or
less, above the crown of the head.
Other hats were fat and broad in the
crown, like the battlements of a house,
some black, some brown, some russell,
some red, some green, some yellow and
often changing in shade from one month
TO another.
The Puritan preachers hurled savage
imprecations at I'VE villainous inven-
ton and ye gross impiety Of ye steeple
CROWN" but q few years later the steeple
crown became a badge of honor among
the Puritans themselves, and in the
pictures of the witches of those somber
times it is as prominent feature as the
broomstick or black cat.
The cooked hat had long reign and
was a favorite with Voltaire, Frederick
the Great, Napoleon and other noted
men. 1t was out of style, except in the
army, where the latter was its cham
pion, and was crowded out of popular
favor by the much-written about Chin
ney-pot hat, which is said to have taken
an unusual course for a fashion and
gone from America to France, being
introduced into that country by French
men returning home after the revolu-
ton
1t is said that one of the fierce Cars
of Russia once held reception, which
was attended by the Ambassador OF
Venice, then rich and powerful, who
kept his hat on his head The Russian
ruler was so enraged at the arrogance
that he ordered the hat to be nailed to
the head of the impolite man.-Roston
Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09

again and colored deeply, while a very
young Lieutenant murm ured:
! "Um!''
81 See" drawled the Major, very
slowly. Attention! First company,
deploy as sl1irmishers. Forward
The girl turned her horses head
| quickly, looked backward, set her lips
! firmly, and exclaimed:
! You're not going to court-martial
/ and shoot him?''
Suppose l were?" said the Major, as
the men began to file from behind the
curtain" that commanded the road.
Then" said the girl, iii gallop
ahead at the risk of my life, and let him
escape on my pony"
! Madam" said the Major, lifting his
hat. Il give you the word of a soldier
and gentleman that you shall be his
sole Judge"
The skirmish line advanced. and the
officers of the other companies followed
the girl and the Major. The latter
should have ordered us to remain with
our men. but he didn't. We reached
the house-more than mile outside the
d
the girl had lighted candle we fol-
lowed her and the Major to the cellar.
The Majors suggestion that the girl
should first whisper at the bunghole
and see if the captive was still alive,
was not acted upon. Instead. she said,
cheerily, as she turned the key and
raised the cover:
sYou'ye nothing to fear Will"
"Will.' murmured the very young
Lieutenant.
Just then Glennie's face appeared
! above the edge of the slaves, and
seemed somewhat Disconnected at the
grinning faces before him. Several
pairs of hands helped him out. and as
he stood before us. with crystals of
light brown sugar glistening all over
his uniform coat. the Major remarked:
You're a sweet-looking object
Miss Grayson smiled as if she thought
so, too.
You see. Major" began Glennie.
Yes" said the Major. Il certainly
do. see. also, that one of two things
must be done for the good of the scrv-
ice. Either our lines must be extended
a mile or two further into the country,
or you must persuade this lady's family
to move to town"
The family moved: Miss Grayson fin
| ally moving all the way to New York.
The wedding present from the bride
groom's brother officers was minia-
| ture sugar hOgshead. in gold. with a
rosebud for padlock.-John Habber-
ton. in Once Week.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09

courtesy and self-posSession as if the
native coffee had not been burned rye
or some other substitute, and the table
cloths had not long before been turned
into lint or bandages for Southern hos
pitfalls.
The women never let us forget that
they were Southerners to the hearts
core, and that we were merely Lin
coins hirelings; still, they were women;
they did not like to see any one appear
careless of dress, and soon there was
not a uniform coat with a hang
ing button. To have Southern woman,
whether maid, wife or widow, or gray
haired grandmother, bring needle and
thread and tighten a button, while the
vearer stood awkwardly in front of
her, was to realize that Louisiana was
not the only party to the war who was
being ''conciliated."
Every regiment had some officer, gen.
orally a young Lieutenant, whose abil-
ity, appearance and spirits compelled
his comrades to pronounce him the
flower of the flock. Ours was Will
Glennie. He was officer of the first
picket line we threw out. and so i'm
pressed was he with the defensive posi-
bilities of the place that we were glad
to have him relieve US of some response
bility by taking charge of the slight
earthworks 1t seemed advisable to erect.
He spent full half of every day outside
the lines, looking for additional points
of vantage, and as no enemy had been
in the vicinity for weeks, he never cared
for guard.
Time passed on so delightfully."- for a
fortnight that there was little but roll.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09

be only right to come and tell You it
wasn't his fault"
1.-The enemy has been gone several
hours" said the Major, turning with a
suspicious look to us. I'm afraid there
is some ruse about this" Then he
turned to the girl, and sternly said:
Young woman, if your story is true,
he should have returned by this time.
He knows there is nothing to fear, and
there Is nothing to prevent his coming
back, if he knows the enemy have dis
appeared"
sob, yes, there is, sir; there's cover
to the hogshead, and paddock beside"
'Oh-h-,' said the major, with many
infections, 'he's your prisoner, is he?
But, heavens, madam, if he has been
locked in hogshead all this time he's
probably suffocated. Confound-"
''Oh, no." said the girl, with an as
surfing smile. There's big bunghole
to the hogshead, and / know he has
sense enough to breathe through it, be-
cause when vent down and whispered
through it that the Rangers had gone
home again. he"
What did he say?"
'Nothing-he-but I know he was
alive and just like his old self" Then
| the girl suddenly dropped her eyes
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09
AN INDIANA GIANT.
He Tips the Scale at Nine Hun.
bred and Seven Pounds.
John Hanson Craig. Said to Be the Lars.
est Man I'm the world-His Phenom-
email Gain in Flesh-His AM
eestry and Childhood.

Indiana boasts of having within its
borders the largest man in the world.
This person is John Hanson Craig,
now a resident of Danville, town OF
1000 inhabitants, nineteen miles west
of indianapolis on the Big -Four rail-
road, and the county seat of Hendricks
County.
John, who was born in Iowa City, Ia,
in 1855, soon moved to the blue grass re-
gion of Kentucky.
At birth he weighed eleven pounds.
He grew so rapidly that at the age Of
eleven months he had seven pounds of
flesh to show for each month of his eH-
istence, weighing seventy-seven pounds
From this time on his gainin flesh was
phenomenal, and he was the talk of the
community.
When he reached the age of two years
his weight was 206 pounds. When he
was three years old, in 1858, P. T. Bar
mum inaugurated baby show in New
York, and his parents, hearing Of this,
resolved to enter him in competition
with the other contestants. He was
awarded the prize offered for the largest
baby present, $1,000.
At the age of five years his weight
had increased until he weighed 500
pounds. His weight the next six years
kept on increasing until he registered
405 pounds.
The next eight years his weight in
creased 1876 pounds, making his total
weight COL pounds. He made it T25
pounds when he was twenty-five years
old.
During the next two years he only in
creased his weight to 75S pounds, but
the next year he gained thirty-four
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09
BRAN FOR FEEDING.
Concentrated Food Possessing Consid-
erable Nutritiye Value.


Wheat bran is a concentrated food
and possesses considerable nutritive
value. 1t contains rather an excess of
ash, and for this reason it is good to
feed to young or growing stock, as it
| develops bone and muscle. 1t Is a
splendid feed to use in connection with
poor bulky feeds, like straw, fodder
and roots: fed with them it will aid
materially to make up complete
ration. BY using it, the objection to
selling grain, rather than to feed out to
stock. is largely overcome. Wheat and
potatoes can be grown and sold off the
farm if bran is purchased and used in
connection with other materials, as
bran retains large proportion of the
mineral elements.
In feeding, the animals take out GER
tain parts that contain animal nutrition
and leave considerable plant food that
| is saved in the manure. and can be
added to the soil to retain its fertility.
During the winter it can be mixed
with corn meal, weight for weight, to
good advantage, lessening the cost OF
feeding and at the same time adding to
| the fertility of the farm. 1t is de-
sirable, to large extent at least, if the
fertility of the soil is to be kept up, tC
| plan and carry out a good system of ro-
tatiOn, and in doing this there will be
more or less products that ought to be
marketed to good advantage. But in
doing this something else should be
used to take the place of what is mar
keted. If this is not done, nearly OF
quite every thing that is grown should
be fed out to vigorous, thrifty stock
and the manure be saved. If any is
sold a sufficient quantity of other ma
terials should be purchased to take its
place: bran and oil meal are the two
principal materials that can be used in
this way. and where this is done good
supply of coarse rough feed can be pur'
chased and used. even if it is necessary
to sell portion of the grain.
This is especially the case in feeding
growing stock, and with milk cows, il
fed in connection with corn meal and
oil meal. it will aid to increase both the
quality and quantity of the milk.
One of the best rations that can be
made up for the milk cows during the
winter is clover or millet hay with corn
and oil meal and wheat bran. Roots
can be added when they can be had con-
veniently, and in doing this have the
value of the manure increased.
AT the price bran can usually be Sc
cured at, it can be used at least through
the winter to a good advantage and
more stock be kept in proportion to the
grain than would otherwise be possible.
N. J. Shepherd, in Farm, Field and
| StOckman.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09
TRAMPING IN WINTER.
Don't Allow Stock to Roam Through the
Meadows and Pastures.

Meadows and Pastures.
Meadows and pastures are often in
jured considerably by allowing the
stock to tramp over them during the
winter and early spring when the
ground is soft. Their feet press the
grass plants SO deep into the soil that
they are killed out: besides, the soil is
made rough and uneven.
The small quantity of feed that can
be obtained at this season in the
meadows is more than ONerbalanced by
the damage to the grass plants and
the land. 1t is not altogether the dam
age to the grass, but the land is packed
and tramped down so that it will re-
quire considerable work to get it back
into proper condition. If the land
is to be plowed in the spring and the
stock are allowed to tramp over it the
effect will be plainly evident when it is
being plowed and prepared for a grow
ing crop. A soil that has been tramped
over when it is thawed out during the
winter will turn up hard and lumpy in
the spring and will require more work
in narrowing and dragging to get into u
suitable filth for planting. In some
cases in the pastures, meadows and in
wheat fields it may be profitable when
there has been a good growth in the
fall to pasture to some extent during
the winter, but it should be done only
when the ground is frozen hard enough
to bear up the stock or is thawed out and
settled SO that the tramping will not be
injurious. But under average conditions
the better plan is to feed and keep the
stock in the stable and feed lots during
the winter rather than allow them to
tramp over the fields, whether pastures,
meadows or plowed land. A little care
in this respect will often not only save
considerable damage to the land. but
will also lessen the work necessary for
the spring crops.-St. Louis Republic.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09

from the enemy's lines to the Missis-
sippi river. it was important as an out
post. The war was almost over, and
the enemy knew it. and we knew they
knew it. so We were not as vigilant as
we might have been had we been sta
toned in front of Lees army. The ma
tives were Loyalty Southern. every man
of them-pcrhaps / should say every
woman, for the only men left in town
were the few who had passed three
score years and ten, one physician and
one preacher. But the natives did not
allow us to be uncomfortable. The
doctor disagreed radically with us on
principle. and cursed Grant fiuently,
but he took professional and even
friendly interest in such of us as had
more malaria than our regimental sur
geon could manage: the preacher gave
us a sermon, and the old men would
smoke and chat with us all day, so long
as we did not say what we believed
about the future of military events.
AS for the women. they were very
tenacious of their opinions, so far as the
war was concerned. but otherwise hos
pitable and charming. They didn't
mean to give Us the entree of local so
ciety, but somehow we got there all the
same. We did it so quietly that none of
them knew how it began or who began
it. We purchased enough supplies to
set business booming. allowed no
marauding. wore clean clothing, and
We're on our good behavior in every
way. President Lincoln having specially
ordered, through General Banks that
Louisiana must be ''conciliatcd.
The consequence was that we officers
soon knew everybody worth knowing,
and were entertained with as much
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09

acquaintance in a Straightforward and
business-like manner. When the couple
married the bride was cordially received
by her husbands parents, and she was
affectionately regarded by the elder Mrs.
Gould up to the day of the latter's death.
George Gould is quiet. unpretentious
business man, who divides his time be-
tween his office and his home, eschew-
ing clubs and gay companions BY many
he is regarded as his fathers superior in
BUSINESS matters, and for several years
he has been 1.-The wizards" confidential
adviser. The home of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Gould is close by that of Jay
Gould, which is at the corner Of Forty
seventh street and Fifth avenue, in
New York. Part of each summer is
spent in log cabin in the Adirondack
mountains.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
THE JAPANESE WALNUT.
A Tree That Is Now Attracting Some At
tention In This Country.

tention In This Country.
The Japanese walnut, which is now
attracting some attention, appears to
have Eeen introduced into the United
States about twenty-five years ago.
The oldest trees are at Tower House,
Shasta County, Cal, the property
of Charles Camden. There are two
trees. "They bore nuts at eight years
of age" Mr.. Camden writes. 1.-The
trees grow very thriftily and are hand
some in shape, and are very full and
regular bearers" The illustration is
made from specimens from these trees.
Some fifteen years ago Mr.. Camden
sent trees TO General Bidwell, at
Rancho Chico, and they are now bear
ing. These and the two original trees
are the only ones yet fruiting in this
country. The tree is now offered by
some Eastern nurserymen, and we
shall soon hope to know something
definite as to its hardness and capabil-
tiles. The species grows in Northern
Japan and is said to be as hardy as an
oak.
Juglans Sieboldiana is closely allied
TO ]. Handkerchief, another species of
Eastern Asia, though it is not recorded
as a cultivated plant in Japan. DIR.
Maximowicz, the author of both species,
says that he has often seen them grow
ing and knows of no good distinction
between them, except the characters OF
the nuts. J. Handkerchief has oblOng
and ridged nuts, while J. Sieboldiana
should have short and smooth nuts. In
shape, the nuts of the specimens figured
(see illustration) are very like those OF
j. Handkerchief, but their smocthness
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09
THE BIG WHISTLE.

] boarded the train at midnight
In the darkness and the rain,
And deeply beloved the engine,
And onward sped the train;
Athwart my window, in showers,
The sparks to rearward sped
The fiery breath of the monster
OF steam and steel ahead.
Anon we neared a highway,
And the hollow Of the night
Was stirred by the voice OF the demon,
And shuddered in alright;
And anon we neared village,
And the whistles terrible roar
Proclaimed the power Of the engine
And the speed at which we tore.
With a steed so strong and mighty
Conductor said "Old No. ~,
/ knew that we were flying
A hundred miles an hour!
And grasped the seat before me,
And braced my feet for crash,
With that whistle at crossroads bowling
In our mad, impetuous dash.
1 clinched my teeth at the danger,
And my heart like a plummet dropt;
When, after an hour Of terror,
The train at q station stopt;
Then found. 10 my CONSERVATION,
That only ten miles we had gene
The demon, pony" engine
With great big whistle on.
RESUME.
The steam ut that whistle wasted
Might have yielded far more speed;
A mans Imagination
Is an easy thing TO mislead;
And there are engines human
On very similar plan.
Who are blowing too much whistle,
And showing too little man.
"A. W. Beilaw, in Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09
Largest Orchard in the Union.

The largest bearing apple orchard in
the United States, says an exchange, is
in Leavenworth, Kan, and comprises
437 acres of bearing trees. This year
the yield was 1910 bushels, the gross
receipts being $4,000. Yet nearly 500
was cleared off each acre. The owner
considers the Missouri Pippin the best
paying apple in the orchard, the Ben
Davis next and the Jonathan third.
He has recently set an SOO-acre orchard
in Usage County.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09

sloped slightly to small trough in the
rear, also out of sight. All the urine
was thus drained away from the sur
face where the horse stood and slept
and his bedding was wasted but little.
A large iron hook was kept in the
stable, with which to clear the long
slots between the strips of plank. Over
the trough at the rear a strip was
hinged, so that any obstruction could be
removed. The forward half of the
stall floor may be boxed in and filed
with clay for the front feet to rest on.
Natural conditions and positions for
the feet prevent contraction and many
hoof diseases. The clay is easily
paved by the horse into comfortable
shape and keeps the feet cool and
moist.-Hollister Sage, in n. E. Home
stead