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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20
THE IMPERIAL CLEVELAND.

DIctatOriai Tactics Adopted by the Dem
ocrstic President-EIect-
President-elect Clevslznd's opposition
20 the election of Murphy as senator
from New York is the current topic OF
discussion in political circles in the
east. Congressman DolliVer, of Iowa,
expresses the republican view BY say
ing that Cleveland will be absolute die
tator of his party. apd that he will in
terfere in senatorial contests in other
states than New York and elect sena
tors who are responsive to his wishes
1t is the nearest thing to Imperialism
this country has ever seen
When Mr. Cleveland was nominated
at Chicago the democratic party knew
what it might expect If he were elect
ed man who was strong enough to
force his nomination upon the cOnven-
ton against the solid vote of the dele
cation Of his own state would natural
" come to believe that he imperson-
ated the wisdom and policy Of the
party and that his will should be law.
II Mr. Cleveland is swollen up with bis
own importance it is the democratic
party which has blown the bellows
that has puffed him out to such exag-
ge-atcd d mansions
Il is very amusing, though, to see the
party OF states rights and snti-central-
izztion kotoving to q president-elect
and permitting him TO name the sena-
tors from democratic states The
time was when q democratic senator.
representing sovereign state, asked
no odds of anybody, whether the pres
ident of the United States or anyone
else. and when the imputation that he
owed MS election to the influence of
the white house would have been
fercelv resented. Now, however, not
alone in New York, but elsewhere, it
seems to be 4 special Recommended
ton for senatorial candidate that Mr..
Cleveland wants him to be elected
There NAV be times aud occasions
when a senator finds his state arrayed
against the president, and then what
is he 70 do? Is he to abandon his al
Ieziance to his state and become the
bondsman OF the president? II so we
must amend our constitution and
change our form Of government. for
with a servile senate the preside Mt
might as well be called emperor and
be done with it as 10 bear the title Of
president and at the same time exer-
else imperial powers-San Francisco
Chronicle
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20
FENCES AND INSECTS.
Interesting Notes Furnished by the OhiS
Experiment station.

Interesting Notes Furnished by the Ohio
Experiment station.
The Ohio agricultural experiment
station. 1T Wooster. furnishes some in
teresting notes about fences and in
sects The old rm-rail fence, the
stone wall, and the hedge are harbor-
ers of a vast number of pests of agri-
culture. Even the board fence offers
them ample protection, as may be as
certained by anyone who will take the
trouble to examine them in the late
autumn or winter. The chinch-bug
passes the cold season safely under the
leaves and matted grass. and the army
worm often originates there in album
dance. The larvp Of the stalk borer
pass their early stage in the stems of
grass, and grassnoppers breed there.
The fall web-worm delights to pass its
adolescent stage in the crevices about
rail and board fences and stone walls.
Many other pests are named as per-
petuated from one warm season to an
other by the protection thus afforded
TIE barbed wire fence offers the min
imum of such protection. Soon after
its introduction IL was discovered that
donesticated animals were more or less
liable TO injury from the bar5s. This
led To modification to the extent of
placing a board horizontally above the
wires, and these boards have been
adopted as highways by caterpillsrs,
which travel over them in vast Dum-
bers. The common yellow bear thus
nigra.es in the fall in search OF suit
able place for cocOoning. 1t is especial
IL Liable to attack from fungous dis
ease. the empusa. When first attacked
it becomes paralyzed and limp, but
later it is rigid and attached to the
board SO tenaciously that it only dIsap-
pears when diSintegrated and washed
of by the rain. When caterpillar is
thus fixed on the narrow way il is
brushed against by Others, which
catch some Of the spores of the en-
pusa, die in consequence and cCmmu-
uicate tie disease to other travellers In
short time the upper edge of the
board may become literally strewn
with corpses, and the empusa IS thus 4
powerful agent in checking the abuu-
dance of these caterpillars. As they
cannot crawl along the barbed wire it
Is left open to inference that the board
should not be used--Chicago Tribune
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20
TO PREVENT OUTLYING.
Winter Il One of the Best Seasons 50
Filling I'D Holes.

Filling Up Holes.
Where the land is some what broken,
especially if the soil is a sandy loan. it
is quite an item to manage the land in
such way as to prevent Outlying.
Where it is seeded to grass. either as
pasture or for meadow. this is. of
course, greatly lessened. as the roots of
the grass plants aid in holding the soil
together.
When it can be done. undertaking.
is another good means of holding the
soil together, as it affords an outlet Cor
the surplus water below the surface.
But it is not always possible to under
drain. nor can ali of .he broken land
be kept seeded to grass, and some other
means must be resorted to.
One good means of preventing injury
is by proper blowing. While this may
not altogether prevent Outlying it will
lessen it materially, while the soil
taken in one place may be saved in an
other. In nearly all cases it is the
most valuable or richest part of the
soil that is taken away. and this makes
it the more necessary 10 save it One
help in doing this is to keep strip of
grass or meadow along the lower side
of the hill This will catch good part
of what is washed down from the hills,
and as an aid it will often be a good
plan to pillow good sized land at the
edge of this strip, throwing the soil
towards the strip of grass and every
year making it two or three burrows
wider up the hill. This will tend to
make the strip at the bottom of tho
hill wider and more level each year,
and while it will contain the richest
part of the hill above. it will also at
least save it, and this is much better
certainly than to allow it to be carried
entirely away.
IL there is gully already made that
il is desired to fill. begin at the bottom
and fill up at intervals, using brush,
old straw, cOrustalixs or other litter.
During the winter is one of the best
seasons for doing work of this kind, as
the thswing and freezing will aid in
fastening it and prevent it from being
washed out by spring rains. Get a
strip along each side of il seeded to
grass. This will not only prevent fur
Their washing, but also help in holding
the material put in to help fill up.
Blue grass is the best to use TO prevent
washing. 1t Is rather slow to start, but,
once established. it fills the soil so thor
oughly with its roots that it very large
~ prevents washing.
For blowing, no set rules can be
given. as the character and lay of the
land must always be considered and
will make the management necessarily
vary in order To secure the best results
But the first rule should be to avoid
washing as much as possible first, and
then to plan to avoid losing entirely
the soil that is washed. 1t is always
best to commence in time, as in all
cases, if proper management be given
at the start, it will be easier, as we'll
as more economical, to avoid washing
or Outlying than to remedy after it il
done. st. Louis Repu bile.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20
COMMENT OF THE PRESS.

t. Bigger presidents than Cleveland
ever will be were defeated in attempt
ing to dictate the choice Of officers in
states This is sort of interference
in local concerns which the people of
no community would tolerate from any
presideut-St- Louis Globe-Democrat-
Doubtless Mr.. Cleveland would
appreciate the honor OF nomination
for third term. bat his record shows
that he IS too smart a politician to
think Of trying for il Mr. CIeveland will
that IS in store for the democratic nom
inee for the presidency in 1896. Min
peapOlis Tribune
The republicans have again come
into complete and absolute control in
Minnesota, leaving the pOpulist and
democratic combine far in the rear.
This is one OF the states in which the
opposition worked hardest, but it still
remains as one of the bright stars in
the republican GALAXY Y. Mail
and Express
Netherlands hatred Of Hill must
be very intense Not even Whitney,
his chief lieutenant, could prevent
Growers coming out against Hills pet,
Murphy. in the senatorial fight. Many
democrats are beginning 10 doubt the
sincerity of Mr.. Cleveland's aHti-elee-
ton declaration 20 the effect that II
an = democrat for time democrat
swallows everything democratic with
out a seowi or shudder.-Cleveland
Leader.
- During the eleven months ending
with NOveu Der last the total value of
imported articles was sos. 80, OS1, OF
which those subjected 10 duty
amounted to $3.50. OSI. So, and those
entered free OF duty 20 $50, CO.. 226-
That IS. very much more than half OF
all our imports came IN duty free
This viii be 4 revelation 70 very many.
who. drawing their information from
free trade circles. have inbibed the
ilea tina. nearly. if not quite every
thing imported pays what Cleveland
calls tax 70 Uncle Sam--Chieago
Journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20
ANCIENT HISTORY.
Decadence of the Old Jacksonian DemOc


/
For the first time within the memory
of the living the sth day of January
was allowed to pass unObserved by the
| democracy of Chicago. Ii was on that
| day in the year 1915 that the battle OF
New Orleans was fought and the one
brilliant land victory of the second war
with England achieved. 1t was not
much of battle but it was a great
victory. and proved to be of very great
importance politically. But for that
martial episode Andrew Jackson might
have lived and died unknown 20 fame.
II is Idle to speculate upon the course
of political history with Gen. Jackson
left out We only know that he was
the organizer of the democratic party,
its father al no one man was ever the
father OF any great party IN the eOun-
try. The custom of celebrating the
day of his glory which became SO gen
eral in the party was according to the
fitness of things
The omission of this year NAV have
been somewhat due to the fact that the
day fell on the Sabbath. but more
likely to the larger fact that the demo-
cratic mind is occupied just now with
the present and the future. to the ex-
clusion of the Reminiscent Why burn
incense at the shrine Of what is in
American annals ancient history when
busy getting ready to inaugurate gov
errors here and there IN states hither-
to imprcgnsbie fortresses of republic
anism. and to take comp lete control
once more of the government at Wash
ingtOn? January, 1916, grows dim as
well as distant in the effulgence OF
November. 1892.
IL is matter of public congratula-
ton that the democratic party has at
last stopped looking backward. and
is, as old Jeremy Taylor would ez-
press it. curious to see what prepare
ton the sun dothInake for rising" II
it will only keep that up it may get
over some OF its pernicious and psralyz-
ing bourbOnism. The eye which is
rivcted on the past can see nothing
new. Since the American people have
made up their minds that Il is better
on the whole to transfer the reins of
power from one party to another. and
Hpt SiAOH any party - AccI shdl II Has
sure thing. both should be progress
i've.
IL is a remarkable fact that the dem
ocratic party has never in all its long
history produced a single statesman
whose name is An inspiration. There
have been great statesmen and genuine
patriots IN the party-men whose
names are held in high esteem, but
none who rise to the height of in
spration. No great reform. nor. for
that matter, any minor one either, was
democratic in origin and accomplish
ment Its record is barren Of all such
fruitage. II has stood in the way OF
progress. Should it change its policy
and become the torch-bearer of some
new and great idea 1t would show that
IL the leopard cannot change his spots
the tiger can it's stripes II will take
something more, however. than forget
fulness of Jackson day and the cod
ding of Henry Georgeism before cleo
ton to convince the country that the
democracy is not still the party of
mOssback bourbonism.-Chica Inter
Oceau
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20
SHOP AND TooI-HoUsE.

one Cd S feet wide to let in the binder
A, plows; b, corn-planter; c. mower;
d and Z. miscellaneous. Upstairs, over
the 1O-foot door, there is a small door
4x5, and this part tG) is for small
plows and other tools. This shed can
be built, in size, 10 suit anyone. For
convenience, there should be a door
for each wagon, and for this purpose
it should be built longer. TO admit the
tongues. The implement department
is just right-14 feet deep. A shop can
be located at one end. and the shed
can be made a. long a. desired / have
4 shop 6x14 feet, with bench. wise,
tools, etc. There IS q stone pillar I'M
der each post. No sills- Cost of my
shed. s25, for shingles westher-bOard-
ing. nails, etc.-F. A Bradley, in Ohio
Farmer
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20
SHEEP SHEARINGS.

UPoS the condition of the flock now
largely depends its profitableness; have
in a good condition.
BY having the ewes in good condi-
ton when bred they are more certain
10 breed and do we'll
TIE sheep will not thrive when ex-
posed to wet weather when the water
will freeze in their wool.
WHEN early lambs are expected it is
best to early separate the breeding
ewes from the rest OF the flock.
4 SUaBEE of old or unthriftv ewes
viii often make material difference
in the possible p-ohts--Live Stock In
dicaror.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20
AuTocRATIc Mr.. CLEVELAND.
The Democratic Moses Treading on Dan
gerous Ground.

The course OF Cleveland in the mat
ter Of the New York sensto-shiP shows
very clearly that he proposes TO play
the part of IN autocrar He interprets
his election as an entirely personal vic
tory, that Is to say. and he expects the
democratic party to subordinate itself
20 him in every respect According to
all rules of political civility and pro-
priety. he should refrain from interior
ing where Z given work IS to be per
formed by state legislature, Or where
the right OF the people 20 manage their
local affairs is involved II he may
dictate in New York. then he may do
likewise in every other state. There IS
no limit 70 his prerogstive of arbitrary
action in that relation II such q privi-
lege be conceded in . single instance.
The m2nifestly Gignined, consistent
and appropriate attitude for him TO
occupy with regard to affairs lying
outside OF the wel.-defned duties of the
great Office 70 which he has been
chosen IS that Of absolute nOn-con NIT
talism he may have his individual
preference. but it does not become him
TO express IL, OF seem IN any way Ia be
favoring or opposing particular can
didate. That much IS due TO the eoun-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20
A CONVENIENT SHED.

rIans for a Combination Tool and Ina
Plemeat she'd.
have one that gives perfect salts
faction. 1t is AXIS feet On the ground
floor | have the binder, moving ma
chine. corn-planter, three stubble plows
and two square harrows- The space
for the binder is ska, without a floor
overhead. The rest of the shed has a
floor above, feet from the ground
floor, for small implements. such as
one or two persons can lift handily.
This she'd is Il feet high in front and 8
feet at the rear. II has double doors,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20
CLEANING THE STAeLE.
A Method which Is Easy. Convenient and
Practicable.


There is no doubt that in a great
many localities where the methods
which experience has shown to be
economical in the older dairy regions
are unknown. How to dispose of the
droppings is a very important matter.
We give the method which best suits
the majority of cases Make a long,
stone boat and place upon it a box re-
sem bling a wagon box, though not so
long. Have the boat with its box large
enough to hold one days droppings.
Clean out every NOR ming. throwing the
droppings into the stone boat and haul
directly TO the field. This saves loss
through teaching in the barn yard
Scatter as you unload. The person IN
loading can stand on the ground. so
need not get soiled-
The stone boat will run winter, sum-
mer. spring or fall. It will go over
snow, bare ground or mud Any time
the team can keep on top of the ground
the stone boat can be used. For great
est convenience arrange the stable door
so one horse or two can haul it inside
and move It along behind the cows as
fast as the droppings are scoOped in.
II there is not room to turn it around
inside, it can be pulled in backwards
with , single horse, then hitch him to
the front end and let him haul it along
as far as the door, when his mate can
be hitched on. If the door is too mar
row TO let double team through OF
course the groupings are n gutter so
they are easily seooped into the boat,
or the cows stand on a platform and
the droppiugs lie in q line on the floor
behind. This saves work and manure.
Orange Jucd Farmer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20

A meadow treated in this way will
grow better for years. This is the
way to stop one " :he leaks Of the
farm. Fig. 1 shows the ground plan OF
4 house with four pens. Each pen is
Sx9 feet divided by a low partition
represented by the dotted line. The
entry is four feet wide. V is a venti-
lator running up through the roof.
d d d are doors leading out into the
yards which can be made any desired
size. Fig. = represents a single pen.
Z is the bedroom and f Il the feed
ing room. T is the trough and D d
doors. one leading into the entry and
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20

the other out into the yard. z is the
low partition dividing the pen. Fig. ,
gives a sectional view of One-half the
house. 1t Is ~ feet high in front and
5 feet high in the rear. The caves
should project foot or more. The
partition Is feet high at the highest
part, sloPiny down TO s inches. w is
the window 1]4x2 feet. ID the door
leading to The yard should be 20 feet
high and 2 feet wide.-F arm journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20

of cement is much better in our estima-
ton. Fill in with stone, coal ashes or
sand about six inches. Then mix
cement and sand. two parts sand to
one part cement, and fill in. The floor
should be made sloping enough to
carry of water. About ~ feet from
the sill lay a half 6-inch drain pipe
which will carry all the liquid manure
into a cistern at one end Of the build
ing. This can be pumped out occa-
sionally and applied to the meadows.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20

i suppose" said the fellow who had
been studying up physiology, Il sup
pose this is called q clearinghouse be-
cause it helps the lumbar region"
No. said tie facetious boarder, tits
because one pines for more"
And l tell you, said the landlady,
grimly, its because you've got to
plank down or you'll be fired. Primes,
ton Tiger.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20

Fathom-WelI, doctor, how do you
find my neighbor, Skeamer, this morn
ing?
Doctor am sorry to say. sir, that
he is falling
Fathom-Why sorry, doctor? That
sounds TO me ike good news
DOctor-(Iood news
Fathom-CertGinly. He's beea in
several failures before. AMI he's always
come out better of. Boston Courier
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20

Uncle Rastus-Want % know how to
cure that wart, sonny? Tsile 4 dime
an throw il over your shoulder an walk
away You mustn't look after it, an
you mustn't know where IL went
Charlie-Well, guess I'll try it some
other time, uncle. II I threw il over
my shoulder while you were around I'm
afraid would know where it had gone.
Il .ifa
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20

a sYsTEM of cropping on shares is net
usually good one fer the land The
tenants only interest is to get as much
from tbs. soil rs he can.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20

WoRKIyG out road taxes is the worst
method that could be devised for
permanently improving cur highways
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20
THE FARMING WORLD.
PLAN OF HOG HOUSE.
It Is Very Convenient and Can BE PJ
Iu At small Cost.

II Is Nery CONVENIENT hnu Nan DE 4 Ut
Up at small Cost.
The inclosed plan of hog pen is very
convenient end can be built very cheap
". The estimated cost of this plan ex-
tended to ten pens instead of four. is
about $3.50. The floor can be made of
plank if desired. but a plank floor will
rot in very short time and this will
mean a constant outlay. A floor made
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20

Christ and they will call you fanatic
Let there be contention among Chris
tians and they will say. ''Hurrah. the
church IS in decadelce- Christ in
tended that his church should always
remain a specified bird Let birds OF
another feather pick at her. but they
cannot rob her of a single plume Let
all earth and all hell try TO hunt down
this speckled bird, but ta- above human
scorn and Internal assault It shall ring
over every mountain top and fly over
every nation, and her triumphant song
shall be, The Church of God, The pill
lar and ground of the truth The
gates of hell shall not prevail against
her"
But we cannot stop here. From a
tall cliff hanging over the sea hear
tue eagle calling unto the tempest and
lifting its wing TO snite the whirlwind.
Moses, jeremiah. Hosea and Eabal1luk
at times, in their writings, take their
pen from the eagles wing. Il Is a bird
with fierceness in its eye. its feet armed
with claws Of iron, and its head with
dreadful beak Two or three of them
can fill the heavens with clangor. But
generally this monster of the air is
alone and Unaccompanied, for the rea-
son that its habits are so predaceOus
IL requires five or ten miles Of
aerial or earthly dominion all for
itself The black-brown Of its back,
and the white of its lower feathers,
and the fire OF its eye, and the long flap
OF its wing make one glimpse of it as 1t
swings down into the valley TO pick up
a rabbit or lamb or a child and then
swings back to its throne on the rock,
something never to be forgotten Seat
tered about its eyrie of altItuiinous soh-
tude are the bones of its coRquests. Bat
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-16
81. Plunkard.

A Yankee comedy or the above title
will be seen at the Grand next Tues
day, the 21st. The comedy is in four
acts, the scenes of which is laid in and
around the New England country and
New York city. The central figure. of
course, is Isl Plunkard," young
Yankee notion ped.i.er, which part is
looked after by MIR. j. & Lewis. Some
of the leading characters seen may be
mentioned. Dora Page. a young coun-
try lass, in love with Sir Felix Sch
mardt, an inventive Dutchman; Robert
Denney, bogus stock speculato1; Ezra
Page, an honest old farmer who does
not understand speculation; Noses
Wilton, Hebrew money lender, and
numerous country friends of the Page
family. The performance includes
many specialties.