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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-27
CHEAP MOENY.

Bowlus has any amount of money
that he can loan or real estate security
at lower rate than can be had any
where else.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-27
GO TO
IHRIG & SWIGARTS

For the finest line of Grocer
les, Provisions, Fruits, Fresh
Meats, Flour, Meal. and Feed
to be found in lola.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-27

II. ". Johns liquid coach COL
ors in pints andquarts,a are ready
for use, prepared from the bestof
materials, dry quick with gloss
and need no UGrniSh. [ hare
UerDaillion, yeLlow, brewster
Green and black. IhoUe the sale
in lola of Il. " Johns asbestos
material; 1CiU get anything you
Want of their make; hare in
stock their liquid paints, rood
stains, cOIors in oil, Iron paint,
etc. etc.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-27
Notice to ltreeders

Ny Jerseys and Holsteins will
serve this season at 81 90, cash in I'd
rtpaee. WIN. Buchanan. E. :.
- E~ss.a@
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-27

Instead of 1Oaitins until fall
to make q clearance of remnants
and ugly patterns I will sell
them to you nO1O array do1cn lou.
Ih0Ue about q dozen patterns of
Gilt paper at I5c q double roU,.
and some splendid neW ones at
25 to 95cts.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-27

Special foorpairats are cheaper
and for inside 1COrB are so much
better and dry quicker than reg
Utdr house paints that no one
should use any other. I hare
slate, yelIo1C and dust colors, in
gallons and half gallons.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-27

IhaUe added seUeralne1 colors
of the Mer10in- W1lliams paint
that everybody admits is one of
the best, T'notthe very best, paint
in the market, and conSide7inS
the great surface 1T covers and
time it will last, is more econon-
1cat than other mixed paint or
lead and oil. Ialso hare uhite
and s cOLors IN the Farm and
Home paint at 1.2Oper Gallon;
this is the equal of that sold by
any other dealer In Allen Co.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-27
Wall Paper
and Paint:

Il a
Eli The best papers hare Dor
ri derS and ceilings to match, and
01 are better and cheaper than
I'll BEFORE The .Nerican Rose pat
Us FINE tern, DaRdelion and Butterflies,
'"'- Black eyed Susan, q Daisy
Is wall paper, several ne1U combinations
..... IN inSr0InS, UaTnished paper
PAPtR and borders, a. neuc line of GIin,-
81 nae1s that are very handsome aud
&M not expensive; these feU of
az this seasons styles will shouv
81 you Come in and see them!
Ell Instead of 1Oaiting until fall
~ nuChD ton0ke q clearance OF remnants
~ uilLhl and ugly patterns will sell
~ +, WkII them to you array douvn Jo,U
~ UnII IhGCe about q dozen patterns of
phpER Gilt paper at I5c o. double roll,
' -''' and some splendid ones at
III 20 to 35cts.
Isl Ihaue added several ueU colors
<I of the MeT1Uin- Williams paint
~ that everybody admits is of
Ill the6eSt, TnOttEe very best, paint
in the market, and conSide1inS
~ MIVE1 the great surface 1t covers and
'"'N-o time 1T will last is more econona-
pAlNIN lcaL than other mixed paint or
lead and OIL I also hare uhite
~ and cOOTS IN the Farm and
Home paint at 81. 80 per gallon:
this IS the equal of that sold by
any other dealer In .4LLep Co.
zf Special floor paints are cheaper
and for inside 1COrb 81 much |
HI ri INK better and dry quicker than req |
,,,,- utdr house paints that one /
PAINT should any other. I hare |
slate, yelIoC and dust coIors, in |
gallons and half gallons
EE II. W. Johns liquid coach COL |
1A Orsin pints and quarts are ready |
u for use, prepared from the bestof /
U materials, dry quick Nth gloss |
N H.W. JOHNS and reed no Oa,"isA I have
z ASBESTOS green and 5Zask. i1ags the sale !
MATERIALS. Waterfall vii set @~ythi"e {S YOU /
s. Dcant of their naake hare in h
III stock their liquid paints, rood .
stains, cOIoTS in oil, Iron paint,
etc. etc. b
hare good assortment of
y nov mi npe no usehold paints in pints and 7
"a wv oolo"o quarts dry colors: putty, glass,
"A i BRlJSHtS brushes, pLasticO aabastine; Ii
OILS ETC. So pn s~t and decorate co" e g" s
come and see me. r
w. j. EVANS.
DRUGGIST and Bookseller,
lola RAMS.
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-27

The best papers nov hare Dor
ders and ceilings to match, and
are better and cheaper than eUer
before. The .Nerican Rose pat
tern, DaRdeliOn and Butterflies,
Black eyed Susan, q nelO Daisy
paper, several ne1O combinations
in i1egroins, Uarnished paper
and borders, a neu line of CHM
naeTs that are very handsome aud
not expensive; these are q feW of
this seasons styles I will shoU
you. Come in and see Them!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07
RELATIONS OF NUMBERS.
A Curious Law which Has Never Been
Accounted For.

A Curious Law which Has Never Been.
Accounted For.
There are many illustrations of the
odd properties and relation of num-
bers; but one of the most interesting
and remarkable is that known as
BODIES Law.
As most girls and boys doubtless
know, the earth on which we live is
one of the eight planets which are
continually revolving around the sun,
at different distances from it. These
eight planets and their satellites, and
the minor planets known as asteroids.
form, together with the sun, what is
known as the solar system.
Astronomers have calculated with
remarkable accuracy the distances OF
these planets from each other and
from the sun.
Now, at one time, Mercury, Venus,
Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were
the only planets known to astrono-
mers, neither the asteroids nor
Uranus, nor Neptune yet having been
discovered.
According to Prof. Lockyer Titus
discovered that if we write down row
of fours and place under them the fig
ures 0, 8, 6, IL, "a, 48, 96, thus:
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
o 3 8 10 q 4S 96
4 10 16 % SO 100

BY adding, we get an odd series OF
numbers. They represent very nearly
the relative distances from the sun Of
the planets above mentioned, as fol-
lows: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
-. Jupiter. Saturn.
AS ffty-two in the above series
represents the relative distance OF
Jupiter, there was among the planets
apparently no representative for the
fifth term of the series.
The surprising accuracy, however,
with which the series represented the
distances of the other planets caused
many astronomers to firmly believe
that the number twenty-eight stood
for an undiscovered planet
When, some years later, upon the
discovery of the planet Uranus, it was
found that the position of this planet
was very well represented by the pf&t
term of BODIES series, 1876, an organ
lied search for the suspected planet
was determined upon.
A society of astronomers was formed
for this purpose, and a certain section
of the heavens assigned to each mem
Der of the society.
The results of these efforts was the
discovery of the asteroids the first
and largest of which, Ceres, was dis
covered on the first day of the present
century.
Since that time about 800 of these
small planets have been discovered.
No satisfactory physical reason has
yet been given to account for the
workings Of this law, which remains
classed among the oddities of numbers.
Santa Claus.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07
She Knew the Difference.

A witty Detroit girl had two suitors,
both named Charles. One had scanty
hair, was timid and did not dare to
speak the word he wanted to. The
other was quite the reverse and at
the first opportunity made his wishes
known. One day one of her acquaint-
ances asked her What is the differ
ence between Charles the Bald and
Charles the Bold" by which she used
to speak of them to her girl friends.
''Only avowal," she answered quick
as a flash.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07
Gold Basis Advised.

We have just read an article under
the above caption, advising the farm
ers of Alabama that the tariff is the
great cause of their oppression. This
article is very sympathetic in it's pre-
tentions, and admits the existence of
many burdensome ills, but closes by
pleading the sanctity of Shylock's gold
the very thing above all others that
Expresses the people; the constructing
serpent whose coils now encircle in
it's deadly might the industries Of the
nation, paralyzing manufacturers,
bankrupting commercial and financial
enterprise and pauperizing the farmer
and artisan.
Taxation without representation is
one of the many ways of obtaining
from the people; but bear in mind that
Shylock and his toadies never fail to
impress upon you the great Importance
of gold. Why? Because through it
he obtains his power to Cypress and
rob the people. The greater the de-
mand for any article, the greater price
the purchaser has to give. What the
people want is circulating medium
that cannot be flooded at one season,
and then called in and held at a time
when the farmers need it most.
Give the people a sufficient circula-
ting medium to transact their business,
and they will be a free and happy
people, but so long as -you support by
your vote man who will legislate in
to law certain exceptional clauses on
legal tenders, so that Shylock can
corner on the gold, and withhold it
from the people until he can demand
and force the people to pay him an
extortiorate interest for the use of the
gold, SO long will you be aiding your
self into short transit to serfdom.
Newspapers, like friends should be
few and we'll chosen.-Geneva GA
Record.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07
Does Wood Absorb Disease Germs?

A celebrated physician has remarked
that every house ought to be pulled
down at the end of the sixtieth year,
as it has by that time absorbed all Of
the diseases of those that have lived id
it. This idea is based on the theory
that wood and plaster absorb gases,
foul air and feverish exhalation as
readily as milk or water does. But
as it is not practicable to tear down
houses every half-century or so, some
eminent authorities claim that all
wood used in the interior construction
of houses and all of the surface of
plaster, should be thoroughly oiled or
vanished so that the power of alb
sorption would be almost entirely de-
stroyed. In the latter event the de-
struction of houses on sanitary grounds
would no longer be desirable. st.
Louis Republic.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07

You can't legislate dollar into any
mans pocket, may be true; but you can
legislate SO as to afford opportunities
and facilities by awaiting ones self of
which money is made by individuals
and by classes. 1t is the unequal OPP
portunities and unfair facilities which
one class has had over another that
has caused the difference in the pros
perity and wealth of the different ele-
ments of the community. Remove the
barriers, put all on an equality and
give every one the same chance. with
equal rights to all and special favors
to none, and the status will change.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07
A Pair of Shoes.

A curious shoe has been found in an
old house at Newburyport Mass, re-
Gently demolished, which was built in
100. The upper is of calf-skin and
closed with wax thread. The sole
and heel are of one piece and made
of wood. The upper is fastened to
the sole with common tacks the edge
of the sole being mortised the thick
ness of the upper leather to receive it.
Across the toe the tacks are brass.
On the under edge of the sole from
the shank is a band of iron like a
horseshoe channeled to receive the
nails. The shoe is fastened by an
iron clasp, which in its day was some
what ornamental.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07
A WOman,s Heart.

Myers-''Do you think Angie loves
me?"
Tomson-''Well, I'll tell you how
you can find out. You go across the
room and begin to firt with Miss Pur-
plebloom. If Angie gets mad and
looks daggers at you, you might as
well hang up your fiddle-it's all on
the surface; but if she appears as calm
as June morning and smiles like an
angel her heart is yours. Try it and
I'll watch. Life.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07
Can Government Protect,

Government was organized to pro-
tect the citizen in his right OF life. lib
erty and property. Trusts, combines
and syndicates have been fourishing.in
this country for the past ten years
with fearful results upon the property
of the people. Can government pro-
tect its citizens against these robbers?
Why does it not attempt to do it? 1t
has the power and the ability to do it.
Alliance Herald.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07
History of Tar

Inc romance of science probably
embraces no more striking story than
the oft-cited history of coal tar. From
this troublesome waste of few wears
ago about 800 coloring matters are
now made, 80 of them being fast dves
OF general utility, and 80 more fast
enough for all practical Requirements
The value of the coal tar colors an.
nually produced in Great Britain and
on the continent has reached some
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07
Growing Fodder Corn.

A great improvement in methods of
growing corn fodder has beed made
within the last thirty years, says the
sOhio Farmer. Once it was always
called 'sowed corn" and these words
implied the lack of cultivation which
all sowed crops get. Any farmer
knows that corn, more than any other
crop, requires cultivation and good
deal of it to get any grain. 1t equally
needs cultivation to produce fodder
worth anything. The thin white
stalks which thickly sowed corn pro-
duces are poor feed. and while cows
will eat them, yet if they give much
milk they must take fat from their
reserve stores to put into it. When
drills came into use it soon became
easier to distribute drilled corn in
straight rows, wide enough apart for
cultivation. This produces large,
juicy and sweet stalks and some nub-
bins of ears. If the fodder corn has
no nubbins on it something is wrong;
either the land is too poor or more
probably the seed has been drilled in
too thickly.
Rich, sweet stalks are of no less i'm
portanoe in making ensilage. The
richer the material put into the silo
the better will be the product. In
fact, by putting in only nearly mature
corn the fermentation can be kept down
SO as to produce a sweeter ensilage
and one that has lost smaller pro-
portion of its n1tritive value than the
sour, rotten stuff, originally poor, that
comes out almost worthless, and has
to be literally supplemented with grain
to make a living ration. 1t is possible
TO put so much richness into fodder
corn ensilage that NO grain, or only at
most little bran or wheat middlings,
will be needed to supplement it. In
giving corn room enough to spread
out and begin caring a greater weight
of stalks can be grown than by thick
sowing, especially when midsummer
droughts cut and scar the sown corn
so that it can barely get into tassel,
and is merely a mass of innutritious
leaves.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07
The Worlds Want is More Money

Mr.. Goschen. Chancellor of the
British Exchequer, advises the issue
by that government of one-pound notes.
and also of 20 shilling notes secured by
silver. No bank of England note has
yet been issued for less sum than five
pounds. Both these propositions are
new departure in British finance. It
shows Mr.. Goschen, at least, fully
realizes the fact that the increase of
money has by no means kept pace with
the worlds requirements, and that
something besides gold must be used
as money basis. 1t shows also that
silver will be used to supply this basis
for more money. Money lenders, and
all who trade in money and prosper
best when money is tight and ''times
are hard" have and will continue to
oppose an increase of circulating
money because it suits their present
selfish purposes. The farmer, the
miner, the manufacturer-thos who
need money to carry on the industries
and commerce Of the world, and to
develop new industries-need money
at reasonable rates of interest. They
do not so much exercise themselves
about the security back of this money,
if only it have the good faith of the
government issuing it, though all
agree that silver, which has served so
long and WELL properly supplies the
want. The gold advocates or rather
the opponents of more money in this
country, know that if any other basis
than gold is used to increase the cir
culatiAg medium it will be silver,
therefore their whole effort has been
directed against silver. Pacific Rural
ProcS
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07
A Farmers Holiday.

We do not mean a Sabbath school
picnic or fair when we speak of a
farmers holiday. These are good in
their places. but they are usually so
much like work that we cannot call it
play, as one must usually be bored by
either making formal speech or hear
ing one made, which is equally as big
a task, or else some of the home pro-
ducts must be taken to the fair to be
displayed and bothered with, which l
call work. What mean is a day of
absolute rest. We farmers work hard,
aud have too little social enjoyment;
we have almost forgotten how it would
seem to turn out in our own green
fields and woods without care on our
minds. Now to have a good time we
want some pleasant place not SO far
nor expensive to reach that any may
be kept at home. An excursion by
rail or steamer is very good thing,
as there will be no horses to be FED at
the place of gathering. And let there
be no care with picnic baskets. Go to
some public house and get a dinner
that you will have no hand in prepar-
ing, and just see how much it can be
enjoyed.
We fell upon party of this kind
not long ago encamped for the day in
a beautiful grove upon the shores Of
one of our beautiful lakes. They were
enjoying themselves hugely. The ride
and change of scene were very refresh
ing to the company and they decided
by vote to enjoy more of nature and
occasionally take day of rest.
Adopting an Orphan.
A writer in Breeder and Sportsman
says: 'While in the colonies last
summer I learned a groom's trick
about making mich mare adopt an
orphaned colt. A groom in the employ
of Mr.. Fisher, of Brandon, in New
South. Wales, came in one day and
told the master that one OF his favor
tie mares was dead. She had filly
foal just two weeks old. and 1 sug-
gested that he get a common mare and
knock her foal in the head, so that she
could act as wet nurse to the foal of
the dead daughter of Yattendon. 'Niver
moind. sor said the quick witted Irish
groom. i know thrick that bates
that intoirely.' And sure enough he
did. He asked Mr.. Fisher for glass
of brandy, and filling his mouth with
it, he sprayed it CATER the manner of
a Chinese laundry many over the
shoulders and withers of the little
orphan. He then told Mr.. Fisher to
take some more brandy and rub the
mares nose with it. This was done,
and in less than ten minutes the or
phan was taking his nourishment from
his step-mother. The trick was such
a clever one that on my return here
from Australia I told Colonel Thornton
about it; and on the death of Kate
Dudley he put it into practice at once.
The brandy was brought out, and now
the visitors to Resaca can see big
brown mare nursing two foals, one on
each side, and apparently unaware as
to which is her own legitimate Off
Snrinp',
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07

THE BENIFICENT RESULTS OF
UNDERTAKING.
II Was Demonstrated ON . Thirty-A Acre
Field-Cultivation for Fodder
Corn-Farm Notes and
Household Hints.
Understandings.

vi dill Olu uOucotcdO LII Ou0 VI tu0
northern New England states was a
field of about thirty acres. The sur
face of this plot inclined gently to the
south. Three ridges extended nearly
across the plot from north to south.
The ridges grew gradually less until
at the south side they nearly disap-
peared. The land between these as
well as the whole south part of the
field was wet and heavy. Some sea-
sons it could not be plowed at all,
other seasons not till late, and then
the soil was hard and lumpy. No
crops did well. Grass was frozen out
and thin. It would not average 1000
pounds of hay to the acre.
The larger stone had been used to
enclose the thirty-acre field with a
good substantial stone wall. The
smaller stOne-such as were unsuitable
for fences-had mostly been drawn
into piles. Other yet smaller ones
were scattered over the ground. The
large stone piles were unsightly and
those remaining on the ground were
continually in the way. The first
question was how to dispose of these
small stones. It was decided to bury
them in these low places, thinking
from there they would never work to
the surface. So trench or ditch was
commenced at the north end of one of
these low places or hollows. The
ditch was dug three feet deep and two
feet wide. Stones were hauled on a
dump-cart and tipped in promiscuous-
~ and covered with one and one-half
feet of earth. 1t was asked why not
leave an open space at the bottom and
extend this trench across the field; this
perhaps might make drain as we'll as
rid it of stones. Then a row of hard
heads was laid along each side and
covered with the best fat stones to be
had, leaving space of about six by
eight inches open at the bottom. On
these small stones were dumped and
all covered with from twelve to sixteen
inches of earth.
This experiment was closely
watched. 1t worked like a charm.
The next season two other main bitches
were extended across the field. Later
few laterals were placed wherever
needed. 1t finally resulted in a per-
fectly clean, we'll drained field. The
soil became mellow and dry, with the
application of manure all spring crops
did remarkably we'll. No extra labor
was employed in putting down these
bitches except about $40 paid for dig
ging. 1t was all done at odd spells.
This ditching was completed in 1856
or '56. have had no reports for sew
eral years, says a writer in the Ma
tional Stockman and Farmer, but in
1880 the bitches were working appar-
entity as we'll as when first laid and I
am quite sure that more than the cost
OF the whole job has been saved each
year by the increase of the crops and
the ease with which the land has been
worked.
/ am well aware that this kind of
ditching is not practicable on all farms,
but where it can be used and is needed
would recommend it as cheap, simple
and durable. And l know there are
many thousand acres of land all
through the New England and Middle
States that could be much benefited by
such an improvement as described
above
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07

the chaff from blowing out. The only
objection to using chat when taking
of surplus is in soiling the honey.
Possibly fine strainer would prevent
this. The coarser part of the chat is
best. It is surprising to see how well
chaf holds fire and the length of time
it will burn. left my smoker in the
apiary the other day partly filed.
When discovered it an hour and a
half later it was burning full blast
ready for business. Stock and Farmer.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07
Smoker Fuel.

After trying many different kinds
of fuel for bee smoker find cobs cut
fine the best to use when taking away
surplus. For all other purposes like
buckwheat chaff the best. If the bees
are inclined to be ugly mix in from
one-twentieth to one-tenth part of
cheap smoking tobacco. A tin strainer
is needed when cbaff is used to keep