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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-05
The inaugural BALL.

i, would not be saying to much to as
sert that the inaugural ball Tuesday
night was the plcasantest one in every
way OF the three that have now been Civ
en-. Perhaps in pointof attendance twas
not equal to the other two. but mani1estly
the enjoyment OF the event by those who
took part was never better. The ladies'
costumes were all tasty and elegant,
while many Of the men appeared in their
spike tailed" coats. The grand march
and the reception to the old and new gov
ernors and their ladies, with the state Of
fic.rs and their ladies, was really the
event OF the evening. The orchestra did
good service. and mention should not be
omitted OF the reception committee and
all Others who gave their assistance to-
wards making the ball all that could be
wished by the most fastidious.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-05
Nevertheless Coal Is Going Up.

A few days ago the Reading railroad
brought sixty-tive coal trains from the
mines to tidewater This does not ap-
pear like much of an item. but sixty
trains contain enough cars to hold l09.-
300 tons. The freight is about $40 a
ton. Result, nearly $3.50, O00-very fair
pay for days work. Coal, by the way,
ia still going up.-New York Herald.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-05

\ Sedalia MOI man killed tifty-siS
copperheads IL. his yard on his ffuetn
birthday. He is a very supersatlous
man and thinks it is a sure sign that ne
has only SIX Years 10 live.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-05
New iork at the Fair.

The four statues which will occupy
inches i'll front of the New York state
building at the Worlds fair are Of
Christopher Columbus. Hendrick Hud-
son. George Clinton, the first governor
of this state, and Roswell P. Flower,
TN, present executve.-Butfalo Express.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-05

Captain nline. whose death has Just
been reported from Russia. commanded
1.-The terrible battery which made such
havoc at Sevastopol among the British
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-05

We will send the FREE Press to any
part of the United States or Canada DUR
Ing the legislative session for rs cents.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-05

Send the FREE Press to eastern friends
until the close of the legislature. Only
IS cents.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-05

wheTfRaby was sick, We gave her castoria-
When she was Child, she cried for castoria-
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria-
When she had Children, she gave them Castoris.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-06
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

NoC can select a nice Young steer.
make h fat and salt the beef for Your
own use. and with more profit, than To
sell all of your steers aud buy beef by
retail.
SUNFLowER seed is valued at about 81
a bushel. \ bushel of seed will pro-
duce about one gallon of oil. and the
residpum is then used for cattle in the
same manner as !inseed meal. In Rus
STA il is one of the most valuable plants
grown.
FoRCISG fruits and vegetables is very
proftab Die work in winter. if done cor
rectly. and care is necessary. There
are many details to look after. When
one can get 81 for quart of strawber-
ries so grown, however, it should pay
to bestow the work.
TIE English method of keeping fruit
over winter is TO select apples, grapes,
etc. that are perfectly free from blem-
ish and wrap them in paper. packing
the articles in dry sawdust. The saw
dust must be thoroughly dried. so as
to contain not the least moisture.
THOSE who know what the green to-
mato worm is have often noticed the
little white spots on the worms. The
white spots are the eggs OF parasite
that will, when Matched, destroy all the
worms il the neigh borhood; hence the
worm should not be killed if the white
spots ar noticed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-06
SOMETHING OUTRE.
The Tramp Was Disturbed FOR a Momen
sut No More.

Inc Tramp Was Disturbed Tor a Moment,
lsut No More.
The woman who fastened into the
pantry and returned with Il saIeratus
biscuit for the peripatetIc stranger al
her gate wore gingham gown. which
she had obviously builded with her own
hands.
1t was cut on the bias and did not
hang straight
NY man." she remarked. in com
prehensive toaes, II Will give YOU this
biscuit on one condition"
Name it, madam
The tramp. for such he undoubtedly
was, leaned gracefully upon one foot
You must saw stick of wood
A look of pain fitted across his face.
i cannot, madam. l cannot"
Think well, urged the woman. at
was only fifteen minutes ago that an
other man in Your business sawed a
stick of wood for one of my biscuits"
The tramp started violently.
"Iou astoniSh me-" he exclaimed.
4 great perplexlty seemed to be op-
pressing him.
Was it tall man?" he inquired,
with some anxiety. after a considera-
bic pause.
at was
''Wore a checked vest with hole on
the left side"-'
The woman nodded.
"a long coat, very slimy?"
Yes"
Had a mean, hang-dog look?"
Decidedly
The tramp heaved q sigh of relief
That's Bill Stokes" he announced.
with a gladstone smile. Hes always
doing something outre. l feared il
might be somebody of standing"
There was that which was beatifc
about the expression of his eyes as ne
went his way.-Detroit Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-06
A PROSPEROUS COUNTRY.
Facts Brought Out by President Harri-
sons Recent Message.

Facts Brought Out by President Harri-
sons Recent Message.
President Harrison did the people a
real service when he gathered into his
recent message those figures which so
forcibly set forth the growth and pros
perity of the country. They came like
the voice of triumph after the wall of
calamity which had been heard all
over the land for months, and which
many had come to believe through it's
constant repetition. 1t is not surpris-
ing tina. the message was not pleasing
to the democratic prophets of evil. 1t
too conspicuously pilloried them as
falsifers to seem in good taste to them.
They should learn that truth is always
appropriate in public affairs.
The president says that the total
wealth of the country increased from
SIG, 159. 616, 66S in 1860, to So, 80. 900, 900
in 1890, or 23T per cent In seventy
five leading cities there was invested
in manufactures, as appears from the
census of 1850. 81. 232, $50. $40. In 1890
the capital invested in manufacturing
had reached S. 800, I55, ss4, thus much
more than doubling in the ten years.
During the same period the wages paid
to laborers in these establishments in
creased from S5O1. 900, SIS to 81, 23l, no.
454, the number of hands employed at
the close of the ten years being 2,251,-
1874, equal to two-thlrds of the entire
population of the country at the time
of the formation of the government.
-.
ures should close his ears to the echoes
of the political campaign long enough
to ask and answer the question if this
almost fabulous growth could have
been secured under any other than the
protective system. There are few who
will seriously answer this question in
the affirmative, and few who will dare
assert that this vast expansion of manu-
features has not benefited every class
of people in the country. There is a
question of national policy here that
no figuring, no argument drawn from
assumed premises. no distortion of
facts, no cant about high moral consid-
eratIOns can evade or set aside.
There is another group of figures in
the presidents message which should
be considered in this connection. The
deposits in savings banks increased
from s149. 277.5O4 in 1860. to 81, 524. s44,-
SOC in 1890. In 1891 the amount of de-
posts in savings banks was 81, 623, 079,-
749, an increase in one year of SOS, 235.-
243. OF this enormous sum it is esti-
mated that 90 per cent was received
from wage-earners. This is not mere
guess work-the figures are compiled
from the reports of bank officials and
cannot be controverted.
In the face of such facts it is more
than absurd, it is crime, to claim that
there is widespread poverty and hard
ship among wage-earners Such mis-
is an injury to the class
mentioned and to the whole people.
1t promotes discomfort, which is incom
patible with Industrial progress and
sperity.-Cuicago Journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-06
THE HORSE STABLE.
Good Care of Animals Pays In Dollars
and Cents.


Good Care of Animals Pays In Dollars
and Cents.
One of the best-known writers says
that the horse stable should be con-
structed with view TO the horses well
fare in every possible way; be made
warm and comfortable; kept clean and
we'll Uttered. and the window directly
in front of the stall. Protect the glass
by lime wash, or BY daubing with white
paint laid on with ends of bristles, so
as to prevent any glare and to diffuse it
so that the eyes NAV not be too much
excited by direct sunlight 10 take
horse from a dark stable into bright
sunshine. especially when snow is on
the ground. is destructive to the eyes,
and 4 frequent cause of blindness. The
most comfortable stall is a loose one;
TX9 is large enough, and the feed
trough should be raised SO that the
droppings may fasi into it Use curry
comb and brush ut least once Il day,
and thoroughly.
\ well-curried horse will not roll in
the stall. and will keep himself clean.
II is 4 good plan to rub the brush with
kerosene occasionally, as prev entive
OF vermin (and to give the harness a
rub with it now and then will save it
from guawiug mice and rats. The
horse should be brushed until the coat
shines. This work is an effectual pre-
servative of health; due action of the
skin as an excreting organ is thus Sc
cured. No horse paws at night in
loose stall. when quite com Portable
every way; the habit indicates uneasi-
ness. The common remedy often rec
commended to fasten a chain to each
foot-is barbarous. These hints, which
merely touch this subject, should go to
show how important it is to think
about all the business Of the farm. If
one would take an hour week for this
thinlSipGhe would soon find plenty of
it to do even more frequently
erS' Voice
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-06

country will require it to be kept The
party must not only maintain wages at
their present standard, but il must
make every citizen realize that he is
more prosperous than he was under
republican rule.
We shall be glad if these results can
be achieved. We had believed that
during republican ascendency the coun-
try was reasonably well to do. and that
the great body of our workingmen were
enjoying a measure of comfort never
attained under the democratic policy.
But if that party, by its Legislation,
can bring about a better condition of
affairs, every matchmaking citizen
viii welcome the result with real sat
isfaction. There is nothing. however.
to justify a belief that the party will
keep its pledges On the contrary,
there is every reason to believe that its
process of tariff-tinkering will result
disastrously to our great industrial in
terests, and precipitate precisely the
same evils, financial and otherwise,
which have uniformly attended its
previous interference with protective
legislation Already there are evil
dences of uncertainty and unrest in
our great manufacturing centers.
Mills and foundries are closing, work
ingmen are being dismissed, and
paralysis threatens more and more the
security of many departments of pro-
duction.-Frank Leslie's Weekly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-06
INCONSISTENT DEMOCRATS.
Legislating In Favor of Southern PEN
sioners.


The inconsistency of the democratic
party, so far as pension legislation
is concerned, was shown when
the bill increasing the pensions of
Mexican veterans was passed in the
house. While the party through its
papers and speakers is denouncing the
pensioning of union soldiers in the late
war, in the house, where the democrats
have a majority of almost one hundred
and fifty, bill is passed increasing the
already very liberal allowances to sol
diers in the Mexican war. We do not
find fault with this measure, for we be-
lieve in pensions for deserving veterans
of the Mexican war, but with the in
consistency of the democratic party in
at the same time opposing pensions for
union soldiers. The democratic party
believes in pensions for Mexican vet
Grams because nine out of every ten
live in the south and are ex-confeder-
ates. 1t was in the Mexican veterans
bill passed with democratic votes, that
the precedent of a service pension law
for union soldiers was set. At the
present time every Mexican veteran is
entitled to n pension, and nearly every
one of these veterans is now on the
pension rolls. OF the union soldiers
not more than one-half the names are
on the list. Why begin the wedding
out of union veterans by increasing the
pensions to Mexican veterans? Why
not cut them down, also, to be consist
eutp-IOyya State Register
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-06

vas long. and therefore the twenty of
reds as they came on in mob, shoot
NC. shouting and seemingly deter
mined TO ride over US
"Corporal.'
1t was the voice of the colouel's wife,
just as we were preparing to fire.
~ es'm, l remem ber," l replied. as l
lowered my carbine to look at her
We poured the fire of our carbines
into the charging mass and checked its
rush. The Indians then passed to our
front and rear, so as to assail us on all
sides. There were fully 500 of them
and had the train halted but for a min
ute they would have had US wiped out
A part of them had been ordered to
fire only at the mules attached to the
wagons. AS they were kept moving
only three or four were struck and
none disabled.
''COrporalr'
There was fighting in front and rear
and both sides. and the bullets were
flying about us in a spiteful way. Five
had passed through the covering of the
wagon beside me.
Corporal, are you going Toto
Not vet; we are holding our own"
l replied, as l turned to open fire again.
We were gradually getting out of the
trap. Farther on the ground was open
and to our advantage. The Indian al
ways does his best fighting at the
start. Here and there we had a man
wounded, but there was no confusion
no hating. Whenever they gathered
as if to charge we opened fire on the
spot and scattered them. Our fire was
rapid and well sustained and at the
end Of a quarter of an hour we had
them beaten. We were Just drawing
clear of the ridge when a bullet struck
the third wagon teamster in the shout
der and he fell forward on his saddle.
1t happened right under the eyes of
the colOne's wife, and she called to
me:
Corporal. obey your ordersr
She had her hands over her face so
that she might not see Inc as l raised
my gun. The next few seconds must
have been terrible.
Beg pardon, madam. but the reds
are drawing off and the victory is
ours"
She dropped her hands and stared at
me for minute as if she could not
comprehend. Then she fell back in a
dead faint and it was long half hour
before her blue eyes opened to the sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-06

Blank. at the new post to which we
were bound. had written To Capt.
White. who was TO command the train:
My wife is to come out with you.
See that my previous instructions are
carried out. She knows what they
are
And we had rot marched an hour
when Capt White sent Tor me and
said:
Corporal. ycu viii act as a special
guard over the third wagon"
Very well, sir"
The colonei's wife is in that wagon.
As you probably know"
Yes. sir"
IN case the Indians are too strong
for rs they must not ind her alive
That's all"
7 rode back 10 the third wagon and
placed my horse ~ the nigh forewheel
and lifted my cap 10 the lady, who had
been provided with a comfortable seat
by herself She was a little bit of a
woman not over twenty-five wears of
age and married to the colonel only
two years before. She looked at me
out of her big blue eyes and smiled. but
she could not steady her voice as she
leaned forward and inquired:
Corporal. do you-think we shall be
attacNed?''
Quite likely. ma'am. but we may
squeeze through"
And if attacked, and you can't
beat the Indians of. you"
Il have the captains orders. ma am
''Yes: very we'll"
We both understood. I had been
especially detailed to kill her if I saw
that we We're to be wiped out. The
thought of il made me dizzy as l rode
along. Now and then l glanced I'D at
her, To ind her face white and her eyes
anxiouSly searching the horizon. HAD
my orders, and was there to obey them.
but could do IL? If l was the last llv-
ing man Of that train could raise nv
carbine and become her murderer?
At two o'clock on the afternoon of
the second Gav out we saw Z dozen
mounted Indians on ridge % the right,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-06
An Iupreved Horse stan.

The following is a description of an
improved horse stall. the merit of
which consists in its simplicity. In the
center of the stall-a large box stall
a pit is dug Is inches in diameter and 8
feet deep. Into this is put cObblestones
3 to 5 inches in diameter, until they
reach the top. Three large. fiat stones
are placed over them, which just fill
the top of the pit. \ load OF ground
limestone is then spread around the
outer edge of the stall and raked to-
ward the center, giving it a gentle
slope in this direction. Over this is
spread . inches of yellow clay. which is
well tamped. The stall VIXEN thus
completed is like an oval dish, and
carries 81 the urine to the center and
into tn. pit. where it gradually soaks
away. There being no opening in the
bottom of the pit. no bad odor comes
back into the stable, as so often is
done when drain pipe is used to carry
off the urine Another advantage of
this stall is the shape, which more
nearly FITS the horse while lying down
and requires less straw for bedding.
Farm ard Homo.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-06
LAST SUMMER.

She yyls i country maiden,
a city youth was l.
IdliaC away each golden day
As tie summer moaths went by.
But o there never was fairer
Or -entler lass, God knows;
More blue her eye than the August sky,
A:.d her mouth was a small wild rosei
And We used to walk together
Hand in hand we too
In the silent hours when the forest flowers
Were fresh with the morning dew
She seemed in the leafy woodland
Like young divinity,
And the Cirlish grace Of her primrose face
Made half q saint Of me.
Or oft, e'eT the crimson sunsets
Had left the fields in gloom,
With sober talks IN our mesdowwalks
We drove the SLOW cows home
A thin white moon above Us,
Astarfe in the west,
And in the trees a singing breeza
and its lullaby Of rest
a cottage in an orchard.
Which rose vines clustered Ger,
\ parting word q sigh unheard
And 4 lingering at the door
She was country maiden,
\ city youth was I.
idling away each golden day
As the sumner months went by
And now, as l sit here smoking
In my coy room alone,
In the dim twilight OF the winter night
live DER the summer gone.
And o, her voices music
Through NY lonely study flows,
And O, her eyes like the August skies,
And her mouth like small wild rose.
Maurice Baldwin. in Brooklyn Life
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-06
a Point in Blanketins.

Most persons who have the care of
horses in the winter make a bad
mistake in blanketing a horse as soon
as ne is stopped if he has become heat
ed by hard work or long travelling
The vapor that steams up fro N the hot
sides of the horse condenses and vets
the blanket, and as he continues to
cool the cold and wet covering chills
instead of warming him The better
plan is to allow the horse to stand IN
covered until cooled down TO about the
ordinary temperature, and then throw
on the blanket--NationaI Stockman.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-06
TRAINING DOGS FOR WAR.
They Take 20 Messenger Service and 500
Learn to Hate a FrenchTniform.

/ They Take 70 Messenge Service and Soon
| Learn to Hate a FrenchUniform.
Interesting experiments in training
war dogs are in progress on the Tempel-
hOfer and Brix- The work is done by
non-cOmmissioned officers, under the
occasional supervision of lieutenant.
The system of training is elaborate and
difficult, and often enough the results
are utterly unsatisfactory But small
percentage of the dogs tried are ac-
cepted for military service, and of those
accepted the majority prove TO be fall
ures in consequence of the impossibility
of suppressing their natural tendency to
bark whenever an enemy approaches.
In the present work on the Tempel-
hofer field the dogs are taught to re-
gard black or blue trousers as German,
and friendly, and red trousers as hos
tile About half of the trainers wear
French uniforms, scold the dogs in
French, and cuff them or whip them
The dogs are taught thus in a short
time to distinguish between French and
Germans during daylight, and to give
the alarm whenever a French uniform
comes in sight. They are taught to
give the alarm whenever anybody ap-
proaches by night, the distinction be-
tween friend and foe then devolvin2
upon the nearest sentry.
Training dogs for messenger service
has been found much easier than train
ing them for picket duty. The couriers
are selected invariably from the fe-
males, as they are quicker and less like
l.. IL 10
lesson taught TO such a courier dog IS
that she must hide upon the approach
of human being, excepting, of course,
her special trainers and camp friends
a sergeant at Templehofer field told a
reporter that his dogs had learned al
ready to hide behind hedges or to crouch
out of sight in bitches whenever any
body came along the road, and then TO
continue their journey with renewed
speed as soon as the danger of detection
was by. The messenger dog wears a
light iron collar with a small bag at
tached for the dispatches
The greatest difficulty, the sergeant
said, had been found in accustoming
the dogs to artillery. At the first dis
charge of cannon usually they bolt
After having once been accustomed to
the reports of firearms, however, he
said, the dogs were the most courage
Gus soldiers, and ran about without
quailing in the thiclest OF the fight
The German spitz has been found most
valuable for the service on account Of
It's intelligence and endurance The
best color for facilitating the conceal
ment of the messenger dog has been
found to be gray, and therefore gray
haired dogs are selected whenever
practicable. A good many Scotch collies
have also been impressed into the
service; and few St. Bernards. This
latter variety is employed exclusively
by the Red Cross field service, and hencs
il is asserted that in the next war there
will be no possibility that any of the
wounded will be overlooked on the
battle-feld-N. Y. Sun