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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14

lower right-hand corner is a represen-
tatiou of the beetle and at the upper
left-hand corner is the larvae.
The beetles that appear in early
spring are those that have hibernated
in the rubbish and decayed leaves at
the base of the grape vines, or in their
immediate neighborhood. After they
have fed awhile on the expanding
buds, and as soon as the leaves of the
grapes begin to form, they deposit
their eggs on the leaves, and in time
these hatch into small black Larvae
with six feet, which begin TO feed on
the foliage, Kidding and devouring it
very much in the early period of its
growth. The larvae are usually quite
numerous, and continue feeding on the
vine for some weeks. When they at
tain their full growth, they descend to
the ground and enter the chrysalis
state, where they remain till the aut-
umn, when the beetles escape from
the chrysalis and hibernate in rubbish
and among the dead leaves.
Keep the neighborhood of the vines
as free as possible from rubbish, and
we have found nothing better Tor ap-
plication than white hellebore. 1t
will need to be applied several times.
Holding cotton sheeting, that has been
saturated with kerosene oil, under
meath, and Earring the vine, has been
recommended. The kerosene kills the
worms Voice.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
The Value OF Clover Hay.

Clover hay, when it is well made, is
the best hay known for general feed
ing purposes, and some clover hay en-
thusiasts claim that a ton of it mixed
with ton of straw is equal to two
tons of timothy, which is pretty near
correct 1t is especially good for young
and growing animals on account of the
nitrogen which it contains, as it re-
quires large amount of nitrogen for
the making of muscle and flesh. The
manure obtained from animals by feed
ing ton OF clover hay is worth about
SO, whereas that from ton of straw is
only worth above So, according to the
valuation OF the different fertilizers
present in it-Western Rural.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
FREE IMPORTS.
Benefits of the Mckinley Law Which Are
Overlooked.

overlooked.
The official figures of our foreign
trade for the past twelve months show
that of the S911, ZOO, 900 worth of mer-
chandise imported into the United
States, S5O7, 900, 900 worth came in free
and S4O4, 900, 900 worth paid tariff du-
ties.
In other words, under the Mckinley
law, over So per cent. of our imports
came in free. and less than As per cent
paid duties.
Under the tariff of 1888. for which the
Mckinley law was substituted, only So
per cent. of our imports came in free
and 65 per cent. paid duties
Thus, while under the old tariff law
little more than one-third of our i'm
ports came in free and little less
than two-thirds paid duties, under the
new law a little more than one-half
comes in free and little less than one
half pays duties.
The Mckinley law has neither
''strangled" our foreign trade nor
''prohibited' imports On the con-
trary, our foreign trade is of unprece-
denred volume, and our imports are
fuller and freer than before.
We repeat and will continue to re-
peat until the opponents of the McKin-
ley tariff shall cease from their blind
and unreasoning hostility and shall
take the trouble to compare the tariff
of 1888 with the Mckinley act, that
the republicans of the Fifty-hrst cou-
gress, when they revised and re-
formed the old tariff, made two re-
peals or reductions of tariff duties for
every increase.-Albany Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
WEIGHING MILK.
4 Practice Equal In Value to a Whole
Library of Dairy Books.

Practice Equal in Value to Whole
Library of Dairy Books.
For years / have weighed the milk
of every cow at every milking, says
dairyman. A spring balance hangs on
the platform behind the cows. and as
a cow is MIXED the pail is hung on the
scale aud the weight noted; the pals
weigh two and half pounds each, and
this is deducted and the weight of the
milk is marked on a paper block which
hangs on the wall with a pencil hang
ing by a string near it. Each COW has
a mum Der and under this is marked the
column of weights of milk. Each week,
on Saturday evening, the sheet is
taken to the dairy room and filed
away, after having been copied in the
milk book in which every cow has a
page. Thus at glance may be seen
precisely what each COW is doing and
if any unusual change occurs ia the
yield the cause for it is sought for.
This is equal in value to a whole IL
brary of dairy books 1t tells exactly
the value of different feeds; the in
jury from a storm; the effect of a cold,
the result of any distur bance of a cow,
or a change of mixer; and one cannot
fail to make inquiry or take notice in
regard TO any falling off or increase in
milk, because it is brought SO close to
his attention
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
TKE ROAD MOVEMENT.
Views of the Kansas Consul of the League
of American TheeImsn.

Print and paper are wasted in send
ing good roads literature to cyclists,
who are already converted; the farmer
should receive itinstead Ours is pure
ly an agricultural state The farming
class is the chief repository of power,
and Is quite aware of the fact. For
years almost without humble its MEM
bers nave been accustomed to witness
the formal ceremony of working" the
roads: most Of the. have never seen an
improved highway: they are quite rec
onciIed to the present crude and waste
1ul system. And juss now fit of econ
omy is on. Hatred of railroads, of
money loaners, IS voiced by thousands;
the words bonds" and taxes are in i'll
repEte There is only one way to OBJ
tain the money necessary to improve
the highways, and that is by pledging
the public credit, which involves the
use of both bonds and taxes 1t may
be guessed that any plan calling for
these would hardly receive the support
OF the farmer element, a majority of
which is at present violently discussing
political questionable iniquity of
capitalists, the danger of monopoly,
their own oppressed condition-with-
out perceivinG the immense importance
of the practical question that is at
their gates.
So, for the present, the movement is
blocked. Tho agitation will be kept
up, converts will be made, and l trust
that two years hence some good bill
will pass. The farmer means well and
wants to do right; he can be persuaded,
but not driven; it must be our task to
show him that our prosperity is large
ly dependent on good roads To this
end we are not only willing, but eager
to combine with all classes of citizens.
We want county and state organiza-
ton, the most earnest agitation. the
most thorough discussion of the sub
ject. If our present plans do not mis-
carry we can promise this.-Henry E
Harris, in Referee.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

sB Apparently the Mckinley act is
not as vicious as the democrats have
represented. At least some of the big
democratic papers are saying now that
an extra session for the revision of
that law was never a part of that
party's programme.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
t. IL is hardly worth while for a
good western democrat to go to Wash
ington now for what he is likely to
get, that is to say, have his toes stepped
on at a reception, lose his hat in the
white house and obtain a cold snub at
a private audience with the great joss.
st. Paul Pioneer-Press.
- The democratic office-seekers
complain that when they go to the
white house to ask for republican heads
they come away minus their own head
gear. Our Adlai is missed from the
position of chief headsman since he
has been carefully put away on the
vice presidential shelf Inter
Ocean.
eB-''I always thought" said an an
cient democrat who had been to Wash
ington in the interests of the country,
and incidentally of himself, II have
always thought that a good frost was
jist the thing for the persimmOns, but
it didn't seem to work in my case at
all / struck the frostiest kind of frost,
but nary persimmon. indianapolis
Journal.
s3-The tariff bill prepared by the
New York tariff reform club, COM
posed largely of importers, who, of
course, know all about the wants of
the west, has been publicly sneered at
by many of the democratic congress
men. 1t will be in order for the presi-
dent to say that Ss the party cannot
agree on any bill, the Mckinley law
will be allowed to stand-Iowa State
Register.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
NEITHER ARE SUPERIOR.
Both Men and Women Have Some Faults
and EaiIinrs.

ana altlngs.
Men and women are too closely allied
in their interests to make any dis
cussion of their relative claims to
superiority or inferiority, useful or
profitable. If a man believes he is
superior to women let him make him
self happy in the belief, but let the
only outward sign be a striving for
superiority of love for the woman
closest to him. Men are superior to
women in some things, just as women
are far the superior to men in other
things. The capabilities wisest for
each have been evenly divided, each
given those most essential for what it
is necessary for them to accomplish.
We may sometimes think we could inn
prove the creation, but we are wisest,
think, when we accept what has been
created for us The happiest people in
the world are those who accept things
as they find them; the unhappiest, those
who always have an itching desire to
change things. Make yourself happy
by seeing the best in the people with
whom you are thrown, and let others
pick the flaws If a wife finds certain
little qualities in husband which she
might wish he did not possess, let her
remember that he may, from his side,
see certain qualities in her just as dis
tasteful to him. None of us are per-
feet Women may be more gentle than
men, but masculine force is sometimes
needed where women's softer words
have failed. Men may not be as thought
full of little things as women would
like them to be, but men, on the other
hand, think women quite as unap-
preciative of the Importance and sig
nificance of the big things. And thus
it is easy, all too easy, to find faults if
we choose to look for them. and the
more we look the more we find.-Bd-
ward w. Box. in Ladies' Home Jour
nal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
First Things.

The first thing is to make the little
sufferer comfortable. See that his pill
low is not too high and is often shaken
smooth; that the sheets are not
crumpled, and are well tucked in at
the foot of the bed Even in health no
one can be comfortable with the bed
clothes untucked and working up about
the ankles How much greater is the
discomfort when one is i'll and the
grasshopper is burden and the roseleaf
a weight. The same thing applies to
the nightgown; see that it is pulled
down under the child-it will not stay
down. but the operation can be re-
peated often without injury to mother
or patient.-Good Housekeeping.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
AMERICAN WAYS THE BEST.

| And Foreign CumbrOus and Unintelligent
| Ideas Should BE Guarded Against
1t is natural enough, in thinking of
immigration, to dwell upon the influx
of poverty and vice. Even forty years
years ago the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
took the question, so to speak, by the
wrong end in wishing to refuse citizen
ship to all foreigners rather than to
keep out undesirable citizens-were
alarmed by the fact that foreign-born
paupers and foreign-born criminals out
numbered the native paupers and Grim
inals ten to one.
But there are other arguments of
weight Here is one: Foreign indus
trial methods are slow, heavy and me-
chanical; American methods are quick,
ingenious, labor-saving When we re-
member that already in our fifty larg-
est manufacturing cities over forty per
cent of the workers are of foreign
birth, may we not reasonably fear from
larger proportion of foreign labor the
infusion of old world routine, unintelli-
gent ways, and in the end lower pro-
ductiveness and lower wages?
An instance of just the reverse of this
may prove it by contrast A great Ber-
lin arms works was founded by Ger
man trained in America
He introduced the American system
of working. His thousand employees
are paid almost double the usual Ger
man wages American labor-saving
machines are used. As a result, the
superintendent says, 1T pays US well to
pay this high rate of wages 1t is
economically the cheapest way. Best
paid men produce the cheapest" Thus,
intelligent skill and carefulness are at
a premium
But another result has been to in
sure to this firm the bitter hostility
both of other employers who dare not
follow the example, and of some labor
unions which want good and bad work.
men to be paid alike.
While we give our best wishes to this
interesting trial of American methods
abroad, let us be careful on our side not
to adopt cumbrous and unintelligentin-
dustrial ideas from our rapidly increaS-
ing foreign labor population-Youth's
Companion
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

OF the 5000 pCstmistresses in the
United States Pennsylvania is blessed
with 1863
IT has hitherto been the law in Japan
that if a woman was not married by a
certain age the authorities picked out a
man and compelled him to marry her.
The mikado has just abolished this
usage. In future Japanese women will
be allowed to live and die maids as in
European countries.
Mrs. VICTORIA G. WHITNEY has the
honor of being the first lady ever ad-
mitted to practice in the St Louis court
of appeals Miss Phoebe Cousins was
the first of her sex to be admitted to
practice in the circuit court of that
city. This was number of years ago
Mrs. Whitney was admitted last week
after a thorough examination.
THE born hostess" writes a woman
on the subject, knows that the good
dinner woman is very rare bird. She
must not be too old, she must not be too
young, she must not be too unpleasant
to look upon, neither must she be a
beautiful automaton; she must be
quick, responsive, interesting and vi
vacious, but she must not monopoliZe
the conversation and cause others to
fight for their rights; she must have in
her the spirit of bohemienne, yet she
must be the epitome of good breeding
and refinement; in fact, she must be
the most fascinating flower of COM
pick civilization.
ONE of the most successful amateur
photographers in this country or Europe
is Miss Catherine Weed Barnes, of AL
bany, a granddaughter of Thurlow
Weed She first took up photography
as a distraction of mind from grief at
the death of her mother, but soon be-
came interested in it for its own sake.
No time or pains are too great for her
to bestow upon the perfecting of pic
ture, and fancy" photographs are her
speciality. She writes much and well
upon her work, and conducts an edi-
torial department in at least one maya
zine devoted to amateur photography.
Several photograph societies in Amer
lea and Great Britain claim her as
member, and she is to read a paper at
the Photographic congress to be held at
the Worlds fair. Added to this all.
Miss Barnes is an excellent practical
cook and housekeeper.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
Hard Roads in Illinois.

The Illinois house committee on
roads and bridges have reported that
in its opinion there are but two legal
and practicable plans for the construc-
ton of hard roads in Illinois, both
founded on the principle of local OPP
ton, to wit: First, roads to be built by
-ounties on a general tax on all prop
erty in the county. Second, roads to
be built by townships on general tax
on all the property in the township
All other schemes. looking to state con-
troll or a state commission, and the
establishment of uniform system of
hard roads, are considered either I'M
fair to large class of taxpayers, i'm
practicable by reason of the provisions
of the constitution, or in violation
thereof
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
Women Dentists.

There are now nearly 200 women prac-
ticing dentistry in the United States
Although it is about so years since the
first woman began practice IN this pro-
fession, it is only within the last 10
years that the number entering the
profession has become considerable.
With their increasing number they are
beginning to realize that in union there
is strength. They are to make some
demonstration of this growth at the
Worlds fair in the congresses through
the efforts of the woman's commit 'e of
the auxiliary on dental surgery. They
are TO read papers interesting to physi-
clans from dental standpoint Be-
sides, the meeting of the Worlds Column
bian Dental congress in August, the
womans first dental association of the
United States will hold meeting.
This association was organized March
70, 1899, by the women dentists OF Phil.
adelphia, but its membership is rapidly
extending in other cities.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
Fright Faces.

One of my friends who seems to have
gained the secret of perpetual youth
and good spirits said to me lately: do
you notice always put on my sweetest,
most unrufhed expression when Pm in
a great hurry or get caught in crowd,
a thing / detest, or whenever want
to look worried, because most other
women do look so like crazy rights in
the least crisis?' 1t is not the great
men or women who look the most
borne down by responsibility and anx-
iety. Gladstone shows less lines of care
than a woman out on a shopping ex-
cursion on ''hargain day. Kate San
born, in Chautauquan
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
PORTABLE PLANT SHELTER.
An Excellent Way of Forcing and Pro
tectinE Young Plants.

An Excellent Way of Forcing and Pro-
tectinG Young Plants.
A cheap and effective device for fore
ing and protecting young plants is
shown in the accompanying engrav-
ings from sketches by j. ii. Lsdd, of
Nova Scotia Two triangular boards.
of the shape seen in Fig. l, have deep
grooves sawed in them, as indicated by
the dotted lines. Two psnes of glass,
of any desired size, are fitted endwise
into grooves in the two boards, and all
is fastened together by mailing to the
boards three strips of lath. as shown in
Fig >. A small hole is bored in each
end board for ventilation. These may
be plugged in the colder weather.
These portable plant shelters not only
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
Benefits of Good Roads.

In times of peace good roads are no
less important; the general condition
of country roads is a very good index
OF the civilization and prosperity of the
community. 1t is not difficult TO show
by mathematical deduction that money
expended in constructing good roads is
economy from a financial standpoint,
while from a social standpoint the BEN
efits are misunderstanding Gen. D.
K Stanley, U. S. A, in Memorial to
Congress on Road Exhibit at Worlds
Columbia Exposition.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
CIeAnIine IS in the Dairy.

Observe the strictest cleanliness be-
fore you ever draw your milk to the
factory; have arrangements and prep
arations made for the thorough strain
ing and handling Of your milk in the
most careful and Clearly manner, and
no patron would allow anything to go
from his premises TO the factory that
he would not place upon his own table.
There is quite as much dishonesty in
allowing improper or filthy milk to 90
to the factory rs IN allowing some
member of the family to skim it before
II goes
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
HELEN KElLAR.
Her Wonderful Progress at the Institute
for the Blind in Boston.

Her Wonderful Progress at the Institute
for the Blind ia Boston.
When Prof. NJ. Anagnos, of the Per-
kins institute for the blind in Boston,
visited Greece some time ago he told
the queen about Helen Kellar, the re-
markable child who, although born
blind and deaf and dumb, has learned
to articulate and can speak as freely
and fully as any unaffected person.
When she wishes to hold long CONVEX
sation with anybody dear to her she
places one finger across the lips of the
speaker and another on the throat at
the larynx. In this way she under
stands every word that is uttered as
rapidly as could be understood by a
person with good eye-sight and hear
ing. The interest which the queen
took in Helen was so intense that she
exacted from Mr.. Anagnos a promise
that he would let her read every letter
that Helen wrote to him while he was
at the Greek capital, and when he was
about to return to this country she in
duced him to permit her to retain sew
eral of the letters that she had read,
which are treasured very highly at the
court The queen expressed on more
than one occasion her surprise that
Helen, who is not yet in her teens
should have so remarkable a command of
the purest English, and limited that the
child might have had some assistance in
the preparation of her wonderful let
tiers. But Mr.. Anagnos disposed OF that
thought by informing her majesty that
there was no person connected with the
institution who could write English so
faultlessly pure and sweet rs Helen
wrote, since the little girl never had an
to form acquaintance with
any but the Hottest models of the Ian
guage. -Chicago Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14

are hammered fiat and the end pieces
bent back to fasten to the rake handle
ike braces. The hoop iron is easily
punched and light rivets are put
through the handle by using a gimlet
The handle extends TO rest on the up
per edge Of the l2-inch blade, where it
is fastened by short piece of lighter
hoop iron passing over it and riveted
to the blade. The fare of the blade
helps 20 keep It clear of weeds and
earth. If the surface be baked the
edge of the tool should be filed or
ground sharp. 1t is also an excellent
pulverizer for the surface soil to pre-
vent the bad effects of Drought. j.
Simpson, in Farm and Home.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
Caring for Fruit Trees.

1t is not the economical and intelli-
gent fruit-grower who props the limbs
of his trees when the trees are over
loaded with fruit The proper plan is
to thin out the fruit and it should be
done while the fruit is small. When a
tree bends with this great weight of
extra fruit it is compelled to do extra
duty in supplying food, while the fruit
will not be as good as when but a par
tisl crop is borne on the tree. Thin
ming the fruit gives more attractive
fruit and better prices.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
Value of Good Roads.

When the frost comes out of the
ground and the wheels sink down to
the hubs in the mire travel becomes a
costly luxury, and when the rough
roads are covered with snow and the
melting snow is next mixed with the
previous slush, the farmer is almost
mud-bound. At this season the fact
needs no allusion, but it is not out of
place to ask if the cost of good roads
are to be feared in the face of the OBJ
stacles met with every winter.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-14
Ise for Rnu-h Land.

There is rough land on almost all our
farms where it would pay better to
plant nuts, both for timber and for the
nuts for market than anything else.
A large farm with these trees set on
the roadside, perhaps thirty feet from
the center of the road and twenty-five
feet apart, would sell enough nuts an
nually to pay the taxes and leave a
surplus for each picker sufficient to
pay for the picking. Just why farmers
should neglect to properly care for
such trees and suffer loss thereby is
SfranOe