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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21

button from Sunday school workers
throughout the United States and Can
ada. The whole expense will be TWEEN
ty thousand dollars. of which eighteen
thousand dollars has been subscribed
for. From time to time Sunday school
conferences will here be held.
Several foreign buildings have just
been dedicated, among them being
those of Ceylon, Venezuela and Costa
Rica. That of Ceylon on the lake
front to the north of Germany's build
ing is one of the most curious structures
at the fair. 1t is constructed OF ma
terial brought from Ceylon and in the
doorways, steps and balustrades are
some rare pieces of native carving.
Among the exhibits are a great many
odd articles formed OF native woods
and grasses, and among the valuables
of the display are some very fine speci-
mems of filigree work in silver and cop
per-
The buildings of Venezuela and Costa
Rica are both marvels of excellence
INTELLECTUALLY and they both contain
many articles of rare interest The
commissioners who have these buildings
in charge are exceedingly afPable and
courteous and do their best to make all
visitors thoroughly at home
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21
PLANTS FOR BORDERS.
Some Valuable Hints from an Experienced
Floriculturist.

Some Valuable Hints from an Experienced
Floriculturist.
There are new varieties of border
plants introduced every year by florists
and seedsmen, and some of them are
well worthy of trial. The variegat-
ed-leaved coleus has become very popu-
lar for this purpose within the last few
years, but there is an old plant, recent
ly introduced for this purpose, that in
some localities has supplanted all other
border plants, and it is the white
leaved geranium, Nine. Salleroi. 1t
is one of the finest plants for the Dor
der that one can plant. The habits of
this geranium are different from any
other variety. 1t sends out innumera-
BILE little shoots from both root and
branch, forming itself into beautiful,
compact little bushes, making it a very
desirable border plant They root
readily from cuttings, and besides sep
arating each branch they can be cut
into two-inch lengths, and planted in
the border, and every slip will grow
and form symmetrical clumps, the
whole border averaging about six
inches high with nothing visible but
the deep green, white-edged leaves.
They will stand hard wind, heavy rain
and extremes of temperature better
than the tender coleus, and retain their
foliage until late fall; then lift the
plants and crowd them into boxes with
a little more soil than will adhere to
the roots, and store in the cellar until
spring, watering two or three times
during the winter, so the roots will not
dry out A few of them ported make
very desirable window plants in win
ter, the foliage presenting more de-
sirable appearance on account of luxu-
rance than the scraggy stemmed speci-
mems one often sees displayed in win
dows, of the coarser varieties of the
geranium.
A beginner can start with one or two
small plants any time during the sum-
mer, keeping them in pots until the
following spring, when they can be di-
Tided and planted in the border. max
ing a large, beautiful border with very
little cost. This variety never bios
SONS, or at least never has for me; there
fore all the plants from slips will be of
uniform size and height--Mrs. John
Gaillard, in Ohio Farmer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

THERE is no advantage in having the
fruit trees grow tall.
POTASH fertilizers are better than
manure for stone fruits.
THE Moore's early grape is one of the
very best of the early sorts.
THE best time to set out evergreens
is in the spring before they start to
grow.
THE pillow IN an orchard will not hurt
if used frequently and commenced in
good season.
In majority of cases all unnecessary
growth of wood is a waste of energy
with the tree.
good crop of corn is rich enough to
grow a good crop of grapes.
ONE reason why many fail TO make
forest trees grow is that the changes in
the condition of growth are too much.
PLAN the garden so that as fast as
one crop is matured another will be
ready to take its place, and in this way
keep the ground occupied.
THERE are few better remedies for
black rot than good culture and the
cutting out and burning of all diseased
limbs as soon as they are discovered.
ONE of the very best places for dump
ing coal ashes is around the fruit trees;
they not only act as mulch, but they
help to keep away insect pests.
For garden, especially, heavy soil
may be greatly improved by the addi-
ton of sand. Scatter evenly over the
ground and mix thoroughly with the
surface soil.-Green's Fruit Grower.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21

to endanger the precious buildings of
the White City. The pieces displayed
were some of the finest creations
which those skilled in pyrotechuics
were capsule of putting together, and
the crowd of people that witnessed the
magnificent spectacle must have num-
bered nearly two hundred thousand
The exercises began with speech
making, singing, etc, all of which at
tracted a goodly portion of the crowd,
but the main center of interest during
the day was among the foreigners of
Midway Plaisance. There everybody
was celebrating. Even the inky-skinned
women warriors of Dahomey were do
ing their best to honor Uncle Sam.
They were clothed, as far as it is their
custom to be clothed, which at most is
very sparingly, in the stars and stripes,
and presented very gorgeous appear
ance. They, like most of the other ma
tionalities on the Plaisance, gave spe-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21

cry and its warerooms. The fourth
story is devoted to the publication of
the Congressional Record, patent office
specifications, and to the necessary
warcrooms. In addition to the numer-
GUS force of printers, compositors,
pressmen, stereotypers and book-bind-
ers, there are whole battalions of feed
ers, computers, helpers, assistants, ma
chinists, engineers, messengers. watch
men and laborers. Most of the COM
puters, feeders and assistants are
women and girls, numbering about l.
900 in all, who earn q competence by
their labor. In addition to this great
central printing Office there are five
branches under the supervision OF the
public printer, and they are located
for convenience in the treasury, in
terror. navy, state and war depart
ments for work requiring special Sc
crecy and discretion in those depart
mcnts.
During the last session of congress
a Joint committee OF both houses I'M
dcrtook to cut down the expenses of
the government printing Office by rec
cmmcnding the discontiIuance of
certain publications. but the congress
did not act favorably upon the reports
of the committee. AS a matter of fact
the congress is exceedingly extrava-
CANT in its orders for printing. One
hundred copies of every bill intro
duced in either house of congress are
printed and sent to the secretary and
clerk of the senate and house to be
placed upon their files AS matter Of
fact ten copies would be ample for Off
cial use. Thousands of copies of re-
ports of committees are printed from
day to day during sessions of congress
which should never be put into type.
The committees of the senate and the
house having before them bills for
consideration very frequently make re-
ports favorable or unfavorable for the
purpose of satisfying the demands of
claimants and lobbyists who make
daily personal appeals for action upon
:heir bills. As matter of fact no re-
ports should be made in any cases
unless action can be had by both
houses of congress Then there are
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21
LapIanders Mt the Fair.

When the next worlds fair is held it
is not probable there will be any Lap
landers present. Ten years ago there
were twenty-seven thousand Lapland-
ers- Now there are only eleven thou
sand. Death and amalgamation are
making away with them as a distinc-
tive branch of the human family.
Ethnologically this may be the truth.
1t doesn't seem to agree very well with
what old King Bull, the head of the
Midway colony, claims for himself and
family. Bull says he is one hundred
and twelve years old. His son, Balls
Bull, he says is ninety years of age.
Balls Hygd Bull. the grandson, is sew
enty-three, Balls Hygd Bull has a
daughter fifty-nine years old, and her
son is forty-one. The grandson of Balls
Hygd Bull has a son twenty-nine years
old. The daughter of this twenty
nine-year-old Bull is fourteen, and she
has little girl two years old. Thus,
it appears, according to old King Bull,
that eight generations of his family are
living.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21

eial performances in honor of the occa-
sion, and they seemed to partake fully
of the prevailing spirit of revelry.
The outpour from the city was some
thing enormous and must have been in
the aggregate very near half million.
The admissions footed up considerably
over third of million. But the vast
number who daily come and go by the
underground" route would in all prob
ability greatly augment the receipts
were they to have paid their passage.
At the conclusion of the exercises,
which lasted far into the night, .
strange sight was presented in the out
pouring OF the multitude toward the
gates. All the avenues were black
with the slowly-moving masses of hui
mainly. AS far as the eye could reach
in every direction they came swarming
and surging through every opening.
From all quarters to the exits the
stream flowed on until the railway
platforms were cholxed to a standstill.
As fast as the trains could load and
leave they Topped off the crowd, but
Others quickly took the places of the
departed ones. Thus the exodus con-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21
some Elooueut FIpures.

At recent meeting of the Good
Roads league in Utica, n. Y, Mr.. How
and gave some facts concerning roads
If the state, the average annual tax be-
ing s54, 900 per county. The farmer
should be interested, he argued, be-
cause it enables him to haul three loads
20 market where he now hauls one,
and this must be a saving of at least 81
per day. If the roads were to be i'm
proved, the work would be done with
men, teams, gravel, stone, etc, fur
1ished by the farmer, so he would GER
;ainly get his money back. George w.
Childs said he put $1,000 into roads, and
ais farm went up in valuation from
300, 900 to 81 ZOO, 900.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21
thousands of reports of the executive

thousands of reports of the executive
department printed which might az
well remain upon the archives of the
departments in typewriter form, be-
cause their publications serve no pub
lie good. During the closing days of
the last session of congress Represent
alive Stockdale, of Mississippi, advo-
Gated the increase of the number of
copies of the Congressional Record do
mated to each representative from
twenty-five to forty-four daily. 1t
was shown by the chairman of the COM
mittee on printing that the adoption
of the proposition would carry with it
sos, 900 increase, and the debate upon
the subject grew very warm. The
proposition, however, was finally re-
jected. If carried it would have re-
suited in the practical waste of $4,000
per annum.
The common people of the country
are not interested in the excessive pub
LEGATION of the Congressional Record.
1t is very fine thing to have, bound
and indexed at the public expense for
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21

of little over one-quarter inch each,
coating the bottom last. Provide an
overflow pipe and. if the pump is To-
Gated in the building, place the pipe
below the frost line. A ladder should
be permanently hung in the cistern
which is entered by the trap door at
the top. Where the soil is a heavy clay,
cisterns are often made by plastering
directly upon the earth, and even cob
BILE stones from four to six inches in di-
ameter are frequently used in place of
brick. When the water is to be used
for drinking purposes, partition wall
should be built in filtering trench of
gravel and charcoal.-American Agri-
crltnriSt
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21
Clover for Dairy Cows.

The dairy cow, to DO her best, must
have clover both summer and winte--
When the COW is changing food into
milk she is doing hard work and
should never be compelled to do days
work in searching to get three square
meals When she can stand half deep
in fragrant clover and has only to take
a few nips for ''well-balanced ration"
and then lies down with grunt of con-
tent and meditatively chews her cud.
she will do justice to her pedigree and
show what she was made for.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21

In a few days they make silken net,
utilizing generally the fork of branch.
From time to time this nest is enlarged.
They retire to it at night and during
cold and wet weather. They have reg
ular times for their meals. They be-
come full grown in about six weeks
and are then nearly two inches
long, with a hairy body and a
distinct white stripe along middle of
the back. The mature caterpillar is
shown at and b. Most of them leave
the tree when full grown and pupate.
either under board or in cracks of a
fence or similar places, they spin an
oval silken cocoon d, which, when COM
pleted. is yellow. Within this they
change to the pupa state. In two or
three weeks a reddish-Drown moth
energies. These moths pair and in a
short time deposit the cluster of eggs;
thus there is but one brood each season.
1t is usually easy to destroy the nests
of the caterpillars either by cutting or
burning the branch or by using torch
made by saturating piece of cloth in
kerosene and tying to stick. In either
case the operation must be done early
in the morning, before the caterpillars
have left the nests. Spraying with
paris green is also effectual.-Orange
Judd Farmer
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21
The Young Apple Tree.

Cool soil, bare from cultivation or
mulching. is especially adapted to the
production of clean, growthy apple
trees If the trees be trained with low
heads when young they will soon shade
the soil. keeping down weeds and grass,
give no chance for sun scald and facili-
tate the work of picking. 1t will be
much easier also to spray such trees for
insect and fungus pests. Windstorms
do not tear them up nor destroy the
bloom so badly. The objection that
low heads may favor growth of moss
and fungus is met by the fact that these
trees are more readily kept open than
heads high up.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21

ninety by one hundred and fifty feet.
The lease for year cost five thousand
five hundred dollars. Arrangements
have been made for different classes.
The lower floor contains an auditorium
proper. called the intermediate depart
ment Three wings reach out from this,
in which are respectively the primary,
junior and senior departments
A series of curtains makes it possible
to throw all four rooms into one. From
each there is good view of the plat
form, which is situated in the rear of
the building. Above is a gallery. The
entire seating capacity will be twelve
hundred. A library is in the front,
which may be used as reading room.
1t will be occupied by the American
Bible society. a rare exhibit of Bibles,
including many old manuscripts, will
here be shown.
The building was erected by contri-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21
THE TENT CATERPILLAR.
Life History. Habits and Tried Methods
of determination.

Life History. Habits and Tried Methods
of determination.
On the limbs of apple and wild cherry
trees may often be found, in May or
June, compact silken nests or tents con-
tanning number of handsome cater
pillars, These are known as tent cat
erpillars The eggs are deposited in
July, in compact masses of two or three
hundred each, upon the twigs, as
shown at in the illustration After
they are laid the moth covers them with
a liquid which, when dry, is like var
nish and completely coats them, as
shown to the left of C. This insect re-
mains in the egg state from July till
spring, when the caterpillers emerge
and begin feeding on the tender foliage
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21
To Renew a Strawberry Bed.

To renew strawberry patch work
well between the rows as soon as the
crop is picked, and then clean the rows
by leaving one plant in the space of
one foot in the row, which will permit
Of killing the weeds in the rows, the
runners filing up the spaces later in
season. This will not give as good a
bed as the setting out of new plants
now too late to do sol, but it will put
IN old bed to use for another year.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21
June Receipts.

Nearly two and threefourths million
people paid to pass through the gates
at the fair during the month of June.
Of this number over two and one-half
million were adults. and the others
were children. During May the paid
admissions numbered 1,050,037, p, S35
being children This is an increase of
over 100 per cent. for the month. The
average daily attendance during May
was a little over $500. For June it
was nearly 10000. The gate receipts
for May were s5l9.3l215. For June
they amounted to nearly SI,5o0,0T
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21

midst, seemed to partake of the spirit
of revelry. For several days previous
to the Fourth the interest in the.com-
ing event had been waxing greater and
greater as the expected treat drew near,
and the pent-up enthusiasm of the pa
triotic spirits burst forth and found mo-
mentary relief in the surreptitious dis
charge of something with bang to it,
and the louder the bang the greater the
relief. The hardy youngster of the
street made himself exceedingly pro-
miscuous by the din which he created
whenever he found himself in a place
apart from the presence of the blue
coated prcscrvers of the city's peace,
and he kept it up so assiduously day
and night that quietly-disposed people
had a hard time of it trying to get
more than three consecutive winl1s
of sleep at a time. This is nothing
new, of course, on the Fourth of July.
but it did seem as though the firecrack
ers were better this year and went off
with louder bang. and the torpedoes
were larger and more reliable and
made twice the usual noise. The guns
anu cdnuOHS were On tntlT SOOu Otld-
vior also and fairly rent the atmosphere
in their efforts TO swell the volume of
sound that was being poured forth in
honor of American independence, Co
lumbus and the worlds fair.
As has been said. the grand attrac-
ton was Jackson park. There from
morning till night 10 sound of guns or
fireworks was heard. as the discharge
of any such was in the interest OF pub
lie peace and property strictly prohib-
tied but when night came there was
racket and fireworks enough to satisfy
the wishes of the most hilarious cele-
orator on the grounds The pyrotech-
mics were all in the charge of author
lied persons who were skilled in their
use, and they were confined to the
water front where they were not likely
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21
THE FARMING WORLD.
Eee.sHAPED cIsTERN.
No Doubt the Most Durable Form Know
ut prasonf

No Doubt the Most Durable Form Known
at Present.
For house use, cisterns should be
built in one corner of the cellar, but
often the cellar as it is now made is too
small However, if 8 cistern is needed
and there is no cellar under the kitchen
it will be the cheapest in the end to ex-
cavate space about eight feet square
adjoining the present cellar, and to
build cistern. If made of stone 1T
should be one foot thick and laid up
with good white lime, at least five and
a half feet in height, and should be so
arranged that one can enter it from
the present cellar, and be fully provided
with outlet and other pipes. IL a els
tern is to be located in the ground near
the house, the egg-shaped form-as seen
in the illustration, engraved after a
sketch by S. Yates-will prove the most
durable and convenient. For family
of six, where the water is to be used
for drinking and all house purposes, a
cistern should be about eight feet deep
and seven feet inside diameter at the
bottom. The egg-shaped form is no
doubt the most durable, the concave
bottom giving it greater strength. If
the bottom is clay or other firm soil,
put a good coating of mortar on the
soil, imbed the brick or stone in it, be-
ing careful to fill all assures with NOR
tar. Commence in the center and build
round and round; when the sides are
reached firmly pack earth back of the
wall, with hammer, and do not fill in
with loose stones, bits of brick or other
rubbish, for upon the firmness of the
backing depends the durability of the
structure. If only one row of brick is
used, lay up in water lime or hydraulic
cement Cement the interior of the
eistern with two good coats of cement,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21
IrI.AIiEeI.. Name.

Suppose ! make the next gown OF
parrot-green velvet?' suggested Mrs-
SIadd's ,.rcsSmaker.
oh. that's too loud" was the !adya
reply--Judga
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21
WHITE CITY GOSSIP.
The Great Exposition on the Co
lumbar Fourth OF July.
A Memorable Event Among All Nations
ut the Fafr-Some Strange Features
of the Celebration-Sew Build
Ings opened.
Especial Chicago Correspondence

F A LII tn e
Fourth of July
cele brations
ever witnessed
lin Chicago that
which has just
transpired was
far and away
the most men,
orable. Jackson
park was the
head center OF
the festivities,
but the whole
city, including
I h e countless
hosts of foreign
ers and stran-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-21

PoETs utter great and wise things winch
they GO NJ. themselves Lnderstand.-Pla.o.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-20
Wordsworth on Women.

Wordsworth INDUCES not infrequently
In caustic remarks on women who write,
toward whom he always retained q root
ed objection. 1t is said that after Miss
Martineau took up her residence In his
neighborhood this adherence to author
esses sometimes took such active express
sion that the deaf lady was frequently
obliged to see what she could not hear
and perforce to recognize that her pres
ence was unwelcome at Rydal Mount.
She herself, however, makes no mention
of anything of the kind when alluding
to the Wordsworths and her intercourse
with them.
On one occasion, after unsparingly
condemning work by Miss Sedgwiek,
he concludes his criticism thus; "Such
productions add to my dislike of literary
ladies-indeed make me almost detest
the name" And further on again find
the rather sweeping announcement that
"blue stockingism is sadly at enmity
with true refinement of mind" This
last is said in reference to Sara Cole
ridge, whom he rather pettishly accuses
of monopolizing Mr.. Quillinans atten-
ton on one occasion during the time of
the latter's engagement to his daughter
Dora, Perhaps as the remark is made
in letter to Quillinan himself something
In the nature of tacit reproof may be
included In it for him also.-Cornhill
Magazine.