The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-08-11

STUDYING over the matter for a long
time and | believe have finally got
my enemies classified. believe they
could all, or nearly all. be ranked
under these two classes: The men
who have wronged me without cause.
and the men for whom ! have done
favors. I am naturally kind-heart-
ed man aud a man of peace. never
Intentionally injured a human being,
except maybe i'm self-defense / never
even deliberately hurt any mans
feelings. l do not gossip or SANDER.
So don't make enemies in the ordi-
nary way. / don't believe there is a
man on earth who has just cause to
fear or disrespect or hate me. And
vet | have, and have always had, a
lot of enemies who continually assail
my character, belittle my work and
try to injure my reputation and bust
ness. l used to wonder why | should
be attacked with such bitterness by
men whom l had never wronged. and
toward whom L had no feeling but
one of good will. But I found out
after awhile, as l said in the begin
ming, that part of these who thus at
tackled me-the greater part-had
wronged me, or thought they had.
while the remainder had received
some favor at my hands and resented
it. 1t is human nature.-a certain
kind Of human nature. There are a
great many men who do you wrong,
perhaps in a moment of haste or
thoughtlessness, and then never for
give YOU for it. And there are a
great many men who can forgive an
injury easier than a favor. Human
nature is great mystery.
We were talking with an old settler
the other day and he said something
like this: Zone of the biggest reasons
why our corn crop has been so light
here of late is that great many of
our farms are worn out. l know fields
in Allen county that have been in cul
| tivation thirty years and that have
had corn i'm them every year during
all that time. Is it any wonder that
such fields have light crop, when
they have never had rest nor
change nor hardly a wagon load of
any Kind of fertilizer? OF course if
there is plenty of rain all summer
even this worn out land will raise
pretty fair crop. But it won't stand
a drouth and we couldn't expect it to.
| We blame the drouth good many
| times when it is our own laZiness and
improvidence that is really RESPONSE
| BILE. l can take you to fields of corn
on new land that will have 40 bushels
| to the acre this year while fields on
old land. planted the same time, just
as we'll tended and Just as much rain
ed on will hardly have twenty. We
must remember that Allen county is
getting to be an old country, and if
we want good crops we must rest and
renew our soil.n
The startling rumor that President
Cleveland had been assassinated was
current in lola Tuesday morning and
there was a great deal of anxiety un'
til the morning papers came and it
was found that they contained no
news of that sort. OF course there
were all sorts of comments when the
rumor was first circulated, but we
only heard one man express anything
that approached satisfaction. He
was a free silver crank, and he
thought that the man who killed
Cleveland was "a public benefactor."
The remark was made in the presence
of two or three stalwart Republicans
but every one of them put in strong
dissent. We have never wasted
much sleep sitting up to love Mr..
Cleveland; but we declare unhesitat-
ingly that no greater calamity could
befall this country than his death at
the hands of an assassin. Not be-
cause he is Grover Cleveland, but be-
cause he is the President.
1t hurts like everything to admit it,
but the truth undou btedly is that our
would have been if we had had three
or two. or even one soaking rain any
time this past three weeks. Some
portions of the county have suffered
much less than others, but all have
suffered more or less sa that the crop
as whole will probably be not much
more than half what it promised a
month ago. 1t is too bad. But it is
only one mere lesson added to the
three that Immediately and success
sively preceded it. And the lesson is
| that we must find q variety of corn
that natures by the middle of July.
If we had that kind of corn there
would not be one year in ten when we
didn't raise crop. If we cannot get
that kind, we would better quit MAX
ing corn our mainstay. 1t isn't pleas
ant to lean upon prop that has con-
tracted a chronic habit of breaking
when it is most needed.
The success of Mrs. Annie NJ. Beam,
of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, in the
treatment of diarrhOea in her children
will undoubtedly be of interest to
many mothers. She says, Il spent
several weeks in Johnstown, Pa, af-
ter the great food, on account of my
husband being employed there. We
had several children with us, two of
whom took the diarrhpa very badly.
got some of Chamberlain's Collie,
| Cholera and Diarrhpa Remedy from
Rev. Mr.. Chapman. 1t cured both of
them. | knew of several other cases
where it was equally successful. /
think it caIInot be excelled and cheer
fully recommend it." p and 80 cent
bottles for sale by Evans Bros.
Nobody seems to want to borrow
any money these days. At least the
Building and Loan Association have
not been able to loan any to speak of
for two or three months. They now
have on hand about $1,000, and in Or
der that it may not be idle the Board
decided at its last meeting that what
ever surplus may remain on hand after
any monthly meeting may be applied
toward the purchase of stock, at the
discretion of the Board. The with
drawal value of the stock of the first
series is now S125, and its appraised
value about $50. The idea is that
the surplus shall be used hereafter to
purchase whatever stock may be offer
ed for sale at the lowest price. The
plan is good one.