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GOOD THINGS TO EAT.

PoPovERs.-One cupful of milk, one
hesping cupful of flour, one egg, lit
tie salt and sugar, butter size of hick-
DRY nut. Bake in gem pans in a quick
oven for twenty minutes. and serve i'm
Woman's Work.
WALNUT CARAMELs.-Two pounds OF
sugar, a pound of walnut meats pound
ed fine, and one teacupful of cream;
stew slowly until thick; add teaspoon
full of butter. Set off the fire; when
partly cool, form in little cakes and lay
on buttered plates until cold.-Ohio
Farmer.
QUICKLY MADE IMITATION CUsTARD
PIE.-Add to three well-beaten eggs two
even tablespoonfuls of flour, three large
spoonfuls of sugar, a half teaspoonful
of salt, a little nutmeg and enough
sweet milk TO fill we'll buttered, square
pie tin. Let it stand five minutes and
bake till light brown.-Good House
keeping.
Crows NEsr.-Fill a deep pudding
dish with apples cut in thin slices.
Sugar and cinnamon, or lemon, to
sweeten and flavor to taste, and lit
tie water, Cover with a thick crust.
Bake until the apples are tender. Serve
with hard sauce. Cut air holes in the
crust to allow the steam to escape.-De-
trOit Free Press.
ROLL PUDDINe.-One pint of sifted
flour, one and half teaspoonful of
baking powder, one pinch Of salt, chop
into this two tablespoonfuls of butter,
then add milk enough to make a soft
dough. Roll out, spread with preserves
or chopped apples and raisins, roll up,
put in well Toured pudding bag and
drop in kettle of boiling water. Boil
steadily for two hours and serve hot
with sauce.-Chicago Ledger.
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Succession Sale.

Succession of Spencer In District Court,
Parks, deceased. Bossier Parish, La.
Dy virtue of an order of sale to me directed
ID from the Honorable District Court in and
for the Parish of Bossier La, will, on April
d., 1893, at the Court Honse, in the town OF
Benton. La, within the legal hours for sale,
proceed TO sell, at public auction, to the last
and highest bidder, the following described
property, to-wit:
| The north half of southwest quarter of sec
ton twelve, township nineteen North, range
thirteen West, 80 acres, and situated in Bos-
sier parish, La.
Also, four mules. one pony, l6 head cattle,
so bushels corn, head hogs, one two horse
wagon, lot plOws and gear, and lot household
and kitchen furniture.
Terms of Sale-Cash, if the appraisement or
two-thirds thereof be bid, else on a credit OIL
II months, according to law.
A. r. THOMPSON, Sheriff
and ex-oficiO Auctioneer. Bossier Parish, La
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ATCHlSON IRREGULARITIES.

THERE are seven members of an
Atchison family and each one drinks
his coffee from cup with his name
printed on it.
THE old-fashioned woman who asks
If her bonnet is ION true" when
she wants to know if it is on straight,
lives in Atchison.
AN Atchison man is said to have lost
his job because the fellow members of
his church came around during business
hours to consult him.
THE Atchison girls are becoming
adopts at skating alone. They found
out it is the same on the ice as in ball
room-not enough men to go round
Atchison kan \ Globe
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Homestead Entry No. 3l3S.

Land Office at Natchitoches La, !
February 9th, 1893.
Notice is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice of his in
tention to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made before
the Clerk of the District Court at Benton, La,
on April 18th, 1893, viz: Homestead Entry No.
3138--Abraham Moore-for southeast quarter
of southwest quarter of section % and north
east quarter of northwest quarter of section
b, township % North, range IL West. He
names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of,
said laid, viz: j. VI. Coil, W. l.. Cole, Hamp
Bryant, Andrew Harrison, of Ansel P. O., La.
L. DUPLEX, Register.
March 2, 1898 apr6
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Homestead Entry No. 5000.

Land Office at NatchitOches, Louisiana,
February 18th, 1893
Notice is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proofin support OF his
claim, and that said proof will be made before
the Honorable Clerk of the District Court at
Benton, Louisiana, on 3rd of April, 1898, viz:
Homestead Entry No. 3669-David Hampton
COurtney-fOr the west half of west half of
section and northwest quarter of northwest
quarter of section Il, township % North,
range II West Louisiana Meridian. He names
the following witnesses to prove his cOntinu-
GUS residence upon and cultivation, OF said
land, viz James Mcdonald, John Daily, Alex
Covington, D. w. Adams, of Carterville, La.
L. DUPLEIX, Register.
February % 1898 march 30
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Homestead Entry No. 1862.
Land Office at Natthitoches, La, !
February II. 1898. {

Land Office at Natehitoches, La,
February II, 1898. s
Notice is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has fled notice of his in
tention to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made before
the honorable the Clerk of the District Court,
at Benton, La, on 9th March, 1898, viz:
Homestead Entry No 4962-Isaac Stephens
for the south half of northeast quarter, north
east quarter of northeast quarter of section A,
and northwest quarter of northwest quarter
of section 3, township 20 North, range II
West. He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and cul
tivation of, said land, viz: Frank jennings
John jefferson, Lloyd Payne, Robert Payne, of
Benton, La.
L. DUPLEX, Register
February &c. 1898. mar23
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COssSEfgble'S Safe.

Gilmer & Boggs) No. 315. In Justice A. X.
VS.. EuenS Court, w ara NO. 4,
Dy virtue of a writ of tieri facids to me d.
D rected from the Hon. A. X. Edens' JUS
tice Court, Ward 4, Bossier Parish, La j have
seized and will proceed to sell to the last and
highest bidder, for cash, subject to appraise-
ment at H. H. Williams residence, in Bossier
parish La, on Saturday, March Is, 1893, the
following described property to-wit:
One Bald Faced SOrrel Horse, one wagon,
one yoke oxen, 81 bushels OF corn, more or less
Said property seized IN the above entitled
suit, and will be sold to pay and satisfy said
writ and all cost.
C. NJ MATLOCK, Constable.
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Notice.

I will be at the following named places OF
Il the dates given for the purpose OF assess
ing all the taxable property i'll Bossier parisl
for the year 1893:
Midway, March.23
Ivan, March q.
Rocky Mount, March 25th and 9th.
Ansel, March %.
Carterville, March %.
Red Land, March 80.
Arkana, March 81.
Plain Dealing, Saturday April !.
Collinsburg, April 3.
Hughes Spur, April 4.
Alden, April 5.
Benton, April 9th to 18th.
w. H. BLEDSOE, Assessor.
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Succession Sale.

Succession of John Gay, In District Court,
deceased. : Bossier Parish, La.
DIV virtue of an order of sale to me directed
% from the Honorable District Court i'll and
for Bossier Parish, La, will, on April 4. 1898,
at the Court house, in the town of Benton,
La, within the legal hours of sale, proceed to
sell. at.publie auction, to the last and biggest
bidder, the following property, to-wit
Lots 10, -, ID and IA, of section three (3l,
township twenty (20) North, range eleven az
West, containing 100 acres.
AL o, one COW and small lot of household
and kitchen furniture.
Terms of Sale-Cash, if the appraised value
or two-thrds thereof be bid, else on a credit OF
twelve months, according to law.
A. K. THOMPSON, Sheriff
and eficio Auctioneer, Bossier Parish, La.
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The New Improved
HIGH-ARM SINGER.

Arm Il Inches High
As modernized by adopting the Self-Setting
Needle and lf-Threading Shuttle.
Price with Weekly Enquirer one year SIG 90
Machine without Enquirer 10 90
A complete set Of attachments accompany
each machine.
NOTICE.
A low arm measure from Bed Plate 3! inches.
This High arm Singer Al
Premium Machine :" 8 --54 /"
FENhis Machine is an entirely new one Just
4 introduced; modernized and improved
by adopting the Self Setting Needle and Self
threading Shuttle and making the arm one
inch higher than the old style of the lowarn
Singer the latest bobbin winder, etc. We are
compelled to admit that it is now good
and serviceabe family machine and well worth
the price asked for it,
The manufacturers say the object they had
in view in constructing the new Improved
High Arm Singer Sewing Mach ne was to com
bine the timetried mechanical principles OF
the original Singer with all the modern inn
lrovements known or found i'll first-class
family Sewing Machine.
Each Machine is furnished with the follow
ing accessories and attachments:
Oil can filled with oil, II Needles, 6 BObbins
Wrench, Guide and Guide Screw, Large and
Small Screw Driver, Instruction Book, Foot
Hemmer, Teller Rutfier Tucker, Binder and
Set of 4 Uemmers of assorted widths. We
also furnish written guarantee warraDting
the machine for five years, breakage of needles
ana shuttles excepted. This shows the great
confidence we have in our machine, which We
justly claim to be the best value for the money
ever offered. Order from
Enquirer Company.
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For Safe.

.TNhe east half of southeast quarter and soutn
l. half of southwest quarter of section IA
township Is, range IL; l60 acres. Price, $cA
cash. THOMPSON s. SCANLAND. 4
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Religious Selections.


cause of the poor and needy.-Prov.
81, g.:
- To fear God is at the root of
all true nobility of mind or practice.
DR.. Cunningham Gekie.
EVERY kindness done to
others is a step nearer TO the life of
Ohrist.-Dean Stanley.
Some men, as Napoleon said
of Duroc, will believe anything, pro-
vided it benoti in the Bible.-Geikie.
Every man who lives in the
habitual practice of any voluntary
sin cuts himself off from Christiani-
ty.-Joseph Addison.
Well might Queen Mary say
she was more afraid of John Knox
on his knees than she was of any
army in Scotland.-Pearson.
- Have nothing to do with one
who Fsts at what you and others
think sacred. To have 10 reverence
is to want the higher manhood
Geikie.
Seneca hit it for all ages
when he says, "They lie who say
they can see no proofOf the exis
tence of God; for though they may
deny Him By day, they dread Him
by night"
Lonfellow says, "Sunday is
the golden clasp that binds together
the volume of the week" 1t is,
truly-let the binding power of the
clasp be undiminished.-C
Standard.
The reason you are like Bun
vans cid man with, the muck rake,
raking around in the trask of this
world, is because you have never
looked up and seen the glory and
the beauty of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Rev. II. G. Pearson.
While I live in this world,
asfd'when I 60 hence, / want to en-
joy the society of the pure and the
holy, the regenerated and the sane
titled. What the world calls its
s'society" has, little good and much
evil in it.-Rev. r. G. Pearson.
- Never did any soul do good,
but it became reader to do the same
with mere enjoyment. Never was
love, or gratitude, or bounty prac-
ticed, but with increasing joy, which
made the practicer still more in love
with the fair act.-Shaftesbury.
- Christianity is nothing but
the doctriue, that to love is to be
blest,= that loving is the only true
living. To give rather than receive
is its central law-to give to God,
roIRan, to. the creatures; to think
less each day, of self, and find more
delights in generous goodness
DIR. Geikie.
- 70 have lived we'll is better
than to have made money. Face to
face with eternity, the great thing is
to walk grandly towards it, by faith
FIJI work and Christian humility. II
you gain wealth, gain it worthily
and nse it becomingly; if only a liv:
ipg, sit in the sun aud thank Goo
for His bounty DIR. Geikie.
AS the sheep, was brough,
back by following the little lamb
so,many a, straying Christian has
been, turned, heavenward again be
cause of the little child that Chris
took to heaven. Does it not make
your heart feel greater longing fo
heaven to know that those little fee
are now walking the streets of colo
with tho multitude of other littl,
ones that Christ has taken to BIZ
arms.-Rev. Il. G. Pearson.
Dean Swift once preached :
charity sermon in st. Patrick's ca
thedral, Dublin, the length of which
bored some of his hearers so great,
that their commantS roaohod n;
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s. Levy, Jr., No. 1929. In Second Dis
VS. trict Court, Bossier Parish,
S. w. Vance. La.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-15
JUDGES FOR OKLAHOMA.
Bill Providing for appointment of Two
Additional Justices

Bill PROVIDING Tor appointment of Two
Additional Justices.
WASHINGTON, Dec THE bill pro
viding for the appointment of two ad.
ditional associate justices of the SUI
preme court of Oklahoma pissed the
house yesterday afternoon. BY this
bill the Oklahoma supreme court will
be increased to five judges. any four of
whom will constitute a quorum. The
territory will be divided into five iu-
dicial districts and district court will
be held in each. The supreme court
will define these districts and fix the
times and places at each county seat
where the court will be held and desig-
nate the judge who is to preside. After
the assignments have been made the
Judges will reside in the district to
which they have been assigned.
Mr.. Frederick. of the judiciary COM
mittee, who submitted the report. gave
as the reason for requesting this in
crease that there were at present 25O,-
900 people in the territory, and the
three Judges already provided for were
already far behind in their work.
There are twenty-three counties in the
territory, and the law requires that
court be held in each county.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-15
TAKE FIRST PLACE.

MICHIGAN is first in copper. salt and
lumber, second in iron. third in sheep,
fifth in hops, sixth in wheat.
ILLINOIS is first in corn, oats. pork,
distilled liquors and railways; second
in coal, wheat and hogs; third in cat
tie.
CALIFORNIA stands first in gold and
grapes; second in sheep and wool; in
hops. third; in wheat, fifth; in silver,
eighth.
Iowa is first in hogs, second in corn.
hay and oats, third in horses and
mules, fifth in railways, seventh in
wheat and coal.
ONO is first in sheep and wool. sec
ond in petroleum and steel, fourth in
wheat. sheep, coal and liquors, fifth in
cows, hay and tobacco.
PENNSYLVANIA is first in rye, iron,
steel, petroleum and coal, second in
buckwheat and potatoes, fourth in
oats, fifth in silk and wool, sixth in
salt and copper.
New YORK is first in manufactures,
printing, hops, hay, potatoes, buck
wheat and cows, second in salt, liq-
uors and railways, third in iron and
steel, fourth in sheep.
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Dragged by q Passenger Train.

CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-John II. Morris
was dragged for two miles under an
illinois Central passenger train, yet
escaped death Morris attempted to
boardoa moving train at Kensington.
He stepped on the footboard of the en-
CINE, but slipped and saved himself by
clutching the chain attached to the en-
CINE tank. In this position he was
dragged two miles, and was not seen
until the train came to stop His
hand was frozen to the chain, and the
swaying of his body and legs against
the engine caused terrible cuts and
bruises
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-15
The MAT I'm Nlnrocrn

MADRID. Dec. photographic COM
munication with Melilla is interrupted
and all news from the scene of the
Moorish troubles comes by steamer
from Malaga. Gen. Martinez Campos,
who is in command of the Spanish
forces at Melilla, has issued an or
DER prohibiting, under penalty of
death, the divulging of any news re-
garding the military operations Gen.
Martinez Campos has also announced
that any soldiers found ill-treating
kabyles will be shot The Spanish
generals are in favor of establishing a
neutral zone between Spanish and
Moorish territory
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-15
PIRACY AT SEA.
Murderous Work of Two Brothers-Their
Trial at Brest.

"uruerous Nork or Two BrOfher5-Their
Trial at Brest.
LONDON, Dec. GA dispatch to the
Standard. from Paris, referring to the
trial of the South Pacific piracy case
at Brest, gives the following details of
the mutiny on the Nineroahiti:
On the night the Roriques seized the
schooner Joseph Rorique took the
watch from o'clock in the evening
till midnight He was Joined by his
brother and their murderous work was
at once begun
The native captain, Tara, was
stretched upon the deck. asleep. and he
was shot and thrown overheard. The
report of the pistol and the splash of
the body as it was thrown into the sea
aroused the supercargo, Gibson, and the
cook. Mirrick. The Roriques called to
Gibson to come on deck and he was also
shot and thrown overheard A little
later Mirrick was summoned to come
up and he obeyed, trembling with fear
and begging for his life, promising the
brothers that he would keep their Sc
cret if his life was spared.
The second day after the murders.
Alexander Rorique ordered Mirriclx to
give to each of the five Kanakas FORM
ing the crew a glass of rum Only two
Of them would touch the LIQUOR.
and they died on the same day.
The remaining three, fearing an at
tempt to poison them, refused to par
take of food for several days, until at
asst they became so terrified bv the
threats of the Roriques that they
jumped overheard and were lost.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-15
NORTH AND SOUTH ROAD.
The Convention at Topeka In the Interest
of q Mammoth RaIlrnad scheme.

| The Convention at Topeka In the Interest
of q Mammoth Railroad Scheme.
TOPEKA, Kan. Dec 6.-There was a
| very small attendance at the meeting
of the gulf and interstate railroad con-
gress, which convened here in pursu-
ance of the arrangement made at the
convention held in Lincoln, Neb., in
June of this year.
In calling the convention to order,
President +. J. Close, of Kansas. made
an address, in which he reviewed the
action heretofore taken, the benefits to
be derived from the proposed North
q South railroad and the plans sug-
! gested for its accomplishment He also
| incorporated in his address lengthy
| statement from P. b. Maxson, one of
the railroad commissioners of Kansas.
IN which statistics were given of the
products of the several states through
which the proposed road is to be con-
structed, the cost of transportation and
other details connected with the pro-
posed line from Dakota to the gulf.
At the conclusion of the presidents
address the delegates proceeded to dis
/ cuss the ways and means for building
the road
A letter was presented from J. T.
Bruce, an attorney, of Emporia, Kan,
expressing interest in the new road nd
stating that he had conversed with a
number of men in Lyon county who
would be willing to furnish sufficient
money to build at least so niles as a
starter and trust to the practiea bilitv
and feasibility of the scheme for their
assurance of profit
A committee ON resolutions was ap-
pointed, consisting of r. c.. Bradshaw
and j. II. MILESTONE, of Kansas: C. ].
Rundell and E. Stoddard, of Nebraska:
ID. A. Keefer and II. Nj. Dake, of Mis-
souri,; NJ. III. Kempton. of Texas, and
A. Wardell, of South Dakota. The
committee reported a series of resolu-
lions embracing plan for building a
single track railroad from Canada to
the Gulf of Mexico. The plan provides
for board of eleven provisional direct
ors, one from each state through which
the road is to pass, this board to
have full charge of the preliminary
work, Tor which they are to receive
legitimate expenses and SIS per day for
services 1t is made the duty of the
board to proceed at once to secure
necessary charters, procure riglit-of-
way and establish bureau of informa-
ton. The board is empowered to build
the road at the lowest possible cost, the
ownership to continue in the hands of
the directors as trustees and under no
to be transferred to a
or private individual; but
it is provided that the government NAV
at any time purchase the road at actual
cost.
Money is to be provided by popular
issue of construction bonds in amounts
Of So each and multiples thereof up to
FlOO the bonds to run forty years at
per cent. Interest. They are first to be
offered to the school funds of the sew
raj states interested, and if not dis
'osed OF that way they are to be sold
n open market to the best possible adj
'antage. The plan also provides that
Ipon the completion of the road ONLY
uch freight and passenger tariffs shall
e charged as will pay the actual ex-
enses of operation and interest.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-15
Kansas Farmers Alliance.

TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. THE Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union of Kan
sas. began its sixth annual convention
In this city this forenoon with about
forty delegates present AS the meet
ings are secret little of the proceedings
will he known until after adjournment
and the publication of the official re-
port w. 5 Hanna, of Ottawa, is pre-
sident, and j. 3. French, of Topeka,
Gov. dwellings, executive clerk, il
secretary. Ex-Congressman John G.
Otis delivered the address of welcome
TO which $. NJ. Scott, state lecturer of
th" organization, responded
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-15
A POLICE SHAKE-UP.
New York Astonished at the Breaking nj
Old Associations

Oid Associations
NEW YORK. Dec. 6.-The police COM
missioners shook the department from
the battery wall to the fields of the
Harlem goats, so to speak. at a meet
ing held at police headquarters.
Thirteen captains were transferred
from the precincts which they have
commanded to others.
No such commotion has occurred in
the police department since the memoir
able shake-up of April 10. 1892, which
moved about on the police checker
board nearly every captain in the ser
vice and large number of sergeants
and roundsmen. 1t is said this change
is due to the efforts of Dr. Parlhurst
and his Society for the Suppression of
Vice" Prominent officials of the DO.
lice department., however, deny this
report, but are non-committaI as to tia
real cause ( r the transfers
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-15
The Man with a Broken SecL

BROOKLYN, Dec 6.-Carpenter Ed
ward j. jerks was removed TO the St.
Mary's hospital on November 1 suffer-
ing from a broken neck, sustained by
falling from scaffold. 1t was thought
that he could not live, as only one man
in thousand survives such an accident.
jerks, however will soon be able to
walk about At present he lies on a
cot with his head bound by bandages
to the head board. He said to-day that
he felt very well. Mr. jerks will not
be able to leave his bed for two or three
weeks yet. He will then have to wear
brace running up his back and over
his head to hold it in position.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-15
NO LARD FOR FAT SALARIES.
Judge Dundy Refuses an Increase ofU.P
Receivers Salaries.

OMAHA, Neb., Dee. TN the United
States district court this morning
Judge Dundy denied the application of
the receivers of the Union Pacific for
an order fixing their salaries at SIS. 900
each per annum. The judge also made
an order requiring the receivers to de-
post funds only in United States de-
positories. They were instructed to
turn over to the treasurer or the road
sufficient funds to operate the corpo-
ration