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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02
The Most Pleasant Way

and fevers IS 20 use the liquid laxative
remedy Syrup Of Figs, whenever the sys-
ten needs gentle. yet elective cleansing.
To be benefited one must get the true
remedy manufactured By the California Fig
Syrup Co. only. For sale by all druggists
10 jOc. and 81 bottles.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

FUss without Feathers.-'I'm onto your
little gamer said the indignant guest. send
ing back the English sparrows the waiter
had brought him for reed birds.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

''HAvE you net that elderly girl that
Smith has married. he says she is a sample
of Virginia beauty "A sample. should
call her remnant Vogue.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

''THERE's one thing didn't like about the
circus said grandma, land that was the
man that twisted himself all out of shape 80
1 neverdid admire these extOrtiOnists. AT
lanta Constitution
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

CUsToNER-"That's a queer shaped piece
of pie Looks something like turnover. -
Waiter-''No, sir; it's leftover. Coed
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

Il SUPPOSE you had high old time in Eu-
roper" Yes" replied the returned tourist,
Il was done up at Monte Carlo. held up in
the Apprentices and laid upin Rome. Wash
iugtOu Star
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

MANY an actor proves that il is rot impos-
sible 10 mix the oil Of elOquence with the
water Of very weak argument--Pucz.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02
Protestant Episcopal

-Whittaker's Protestant Episcopal
Church Almanac for 1894. shows that
during the last year 32I men were or
dained to the ministry. gain of thirty
six over the previous year. The num-
Der OF COMMITMENTS IS given at J66- s12,
an increase OF 1857. The grand total
of contributions was s13. So. $3.50, be-
ing an increase of 320-7li-I9.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

JISKs-'I don't think it looks well for .
minister TO wear diamonds" Filkins---Why
mott Aren't there sermons in stones s''-
Kate Fields W ashington.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02
Col Alton II. Easton. wi

Col Alton T. Easton, who died re-
Gently in St Louis at the age of So
years, had two towns named after him
-Easton- Ne, and Alton. Ill He won
a national reputation through his
bravery in the Mexican and Black
Hawk wars Col. Easton was said to
be the first white child born in the
Louisiana territory after its annexa-
ton to the United States
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02
A man in Biddeford. Ne. who wa!

"A man in Biddeford. Ne. who was
buying groceries at the city's expense,
made terrible mistake the other day.
Instead of the store account book which
he thought he was handing to the
cashier to have the entries recorded.
! he passed out his bank book, showing
quite large derosit TO his credit
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

CALLING woman's dress dream is %
lite way OF saying that the cost OF IL gives
her husband the Eightmare.-St- Paul News.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02
IS a CLEANSER

orr Of 'vOrk--the other TWENTY-FIVE
letters.-Philadelph Record.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

THERE is no more efectual remedy fol
Coughs. Colds, etc. than BRowS's BRoS
CHIAL TRoCHEs. Sod only 40 boIes.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

The North Carolina penitentiary
contains 200 white and s2i colored con.
victs
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

a COWARD is ran who fears 10 be called
one-RaM-s Horn.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

Rich rogues always fancy that their chill
dren Will inherit only the wealth and ronE
Of the sin--Theodore Winthrop.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar upon cold
Pike Toothache Drops Cure IN one minute
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

GIVE boy address and accomplishments,
and you give him the mastery OF palaces and
fortunes where he goes.-Emerson-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

BE SURE TO read advertisement Of Plant
Seed Co., an old reliable firm
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02

NAMES are deceptive. A ''masher'' and
"bruiser" are about as far apart as Maine
and Mendocino.-Puck.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02
THE GENERAL MARKETS.

TooMAST cooks spoilthe wayfaring police
man.-Puck-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-11
Commercial Fertilizers.

DR.. J. B. Lawes, the great English
agriculturist authority, in communi-
cation to Rural New Yorker, expresses
his opinion, first, that phosphoric acid
rendered soluble by the action of sui
phuric acid is of the same commercial
value whatever the source; that, second,
it is doubtful whether the phosphoric
acid in bones ought to be rendered solu-
BILE by acid. If finely ground, it is sufii-
GENTLY soluble for all practical pur-
poses, as in the decay of the animal por
ton the phosphoric acid becomes solu-
BILE; that, third, contrary to our (station)
valuation, he places higher value up
on nitrogen in the form of nitric acid
nitrate of soda) than that in ammonia
salts. Practically DIR. Lawes gets a
larger yield of produce from a given
weight of nitrogen as nitric acid than
from the nitrogen of sulphate of am
monia.
Finally Dr. Lawes tells us that when
sulphate of ammonia is placed in the
land the sulphuric acid combines with
the lime, and a good deal of lime is
washed out of the land, so much so that
when he has used large quantities of
amomnia salts in his grass experiments
he has been compelled to replace the
lime by an application of lime and
chalk
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-11
FARM AND GARDEN.
Some Hints on Buying Horses.

Don't buy horse of a man who
brides himself on being horse jockey;
he will cheat you every time, either by
not telling you the whole truth, or by
allowing you to believe what is not
true about the horse. A horseman
may be scrupulously honest and relia.
BILE in everything else, but tricky in
horse trade. In buying horse, do not
be smart and put your Judgment against
the honor and integrity of the man who
is selling the horse, or he will allow
you to " cut your eye teeth" Never
buy horse in harness; unhitch him
and take everything off but his halter,
and lead him around. If he has stiff
knees or shoulders, or has other all
ments, you may be able to discover
them. Turn him loose and get behind
him, and chase him for few minutes
to see his movements. The horse may
be blind a d his eyes apparently all
right; one eye my be sound and the
other one not. Take the horse by the
head and back him. if he drags his
toes, you may depend upon it his
shoulders are unsound. Stand beside
the horse and notice if his knees are
sprung forward; they should be in a
straight line. Notice if the horse
stands firmly and squarely on every
foot and does not change his weight
from one foot to the other, which you
may know indicates soreness some
where. To know if horses wind is
good, give him run of ten minutes,
and then watch the result. If horse
stands with his feet wide apart or
straddes his feet in moving, especially
while pulling, there is a fault in the
loins or kidneys. Examine the hoofs
carefully with the hand. The feet
should be cool and all alike. The frog
should be as near like India rubber as
possible, not dry and brittle. If the
ears are continually thrown back and
eyes unkindly, the eyes wide apart and
the face dished, the chances are the
horse is very smart and very mean.
If the horse has a thin, narrow face,
with eyes close together, the horse is a
natural born fool, suspicious, ready to
scare to death at nothing and to do all
sorts of fool things. You don't want
such horse for anything. Watch out
for SCARED hind legs, as the horse is
probably kicker. A stumbling horse
will probably have scared knees. A
rough, harsh skin that sticks to the
body like the bark of tree indicates
stomach troubles; he is a hearty eater
and has fits of indigestion. To know
surely if the breathing organs are
right, put your ear at the region of the
heart and lungs and you can tell. The
breathing should be clear and with NO
wheeling sounds. With all this there
is no man living that will not be de-
ceived sometimes.-iStockmdn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-11
Value in Good Horses.

With the low ruling prices for horses,
there has been no time when really
fine horse or pair would not command
a good price. The market has been
overstocked with class of lightweight,
inferior animals that have been bred
with no intelligent idea, with INSULT
cient weight for draft and of no use for
road purposes. AT recent sale in
England good driving horses sold briskly
at $3.50 each; good hunters and saddle
horses sold for $1,000 each, while fine
pairs of well-matched carriage horses
sold for 81, 900 to 81 800 pair. Eng
land has plenty of horses and uses cleo
tricity, yet there is demand for good
horses that are bred for special pur-
poses. The low prices in American
markets are going to be of great bene'
fit to good breeders, for it will drive
the haphazard class of breeders out of
the business and those who continue to
raise colts from well-bred, selected
stock, of special type for a special pur-
pose, will realize good prices for them
There is no demand for a general
purpose horse and those who continue
to breed mongrel stock will find no
money in the business. With the gen
eral improvement in roads, there will
be steady demand for good roadsters,
but they must be bred for the special
quality wanted by buyers, otherwise
they will not bring the value that pur-
chasers are willing to pay. While hold
ing some horse-breeding farmers in
stitutes two years ago, l received APP
plications from Boston buyers, also
from other cities, if fnely-matched pairs
of road horses were brought out,
to report, as they would pay from
81, 500 to $4,000 for pairs that suited,
under the following conditions: Alike
in color, weight 1,100 pounds, close to
sixteen hands high and able to road in
three minutes when desired. In q
large number of horses brought out, not
pair could be found that came up to
the demand. Yet the money was on
the ground with which to pay for them
N. r. Homestead.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-11
How TO Make Good Hay.

There is a vast difference in the quail
ity of hay. Some of it is brown and
brittle, full of dust and chaff. Such hay
is possessed of very little nutriment.
Its fault lies in the fact that it was too
ripe when it was cut Especially is
this true of timothy hay. Many farmers
think it will do no harm to let the tim
othy stand until after harvest before
cutting. The wheat harvest crowds the
haying pretty close some years, and
something is apt to get overripe. An
extra effort should be made even by
hiring extra men to get the grass Sc
cured while it is yet green. After har-
vest, hay is not usually very salable.
1t is sun-dried and bleached until nearly
all the goodness is gone. A fancied
saving in help at haying time often re-
suits in much greater loss in value of
the crop. penny wise and pound
foolish :" applies to this case. Secure
the crop in good season. 1t will be
worth more either TO feed or to sell by
so doing. Clover hay should be cut as
soon as it is nicely in blossom. 1t
takes longer to dry it sufficiently, but it
is much better. A quantity of hay caps
made of unbleached sheeting will pay
for themselves in single rainstorm
ofttimes when the hay is so easily
colored by becoming wet. Colored hay
never sells for as much as that which is
bright. Sheeting yard and quarter
wide will do very well for the caps.
Tear in squares, hem on the sewing
machine, or not, as one pleases. Tie
a peg to each corner to fasten over the
hay cocks by thrusting them into the
hay. Well cared for they will last for
ars.-Ne,U York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-11

THERE Is more catarrh is this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable.
For great many years doctors pro-
nounced it local disease, and pre-
scribed local remedies, and, by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incurable. Sci
ence has proved catarrh to be consti-
tutional disease, and it therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment. HALLS
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the market.
1t is taken internally in doses of from
ten drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts di-
rectly on the blood and mucus sur
faces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimo-
malls. Address,
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
ca Sold by druggists at rs cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-11
New Blood in Poultry.

If we would keep up the vigor and
fecundity of our hocks of poultry, we
must infuse new blood into them. In
bre eding is very good for every one to
limited extent, but inbreeding is more
for the fancier than for the practical
poulterer. Inbreeding produces fine
exhibition birds, where feathers, size
and shape are nearly all alike-almost
perfect from the judges point of view.
AS rule, these true-to-a-feather birds
and lack of vitality at the exhibitions.
They are generally slow to move, slow
to lay and slow to develop. While in
breeding has its purpose, it certainly
cannot be recommended to the practi-
cal poultry raiser. We need inbred
fowls to be crossed with other birds.
In other words, new blood must be
constantly introduced into the flock if
profit is to be gained thereby. The
fowls that we want for our use must
show activity, strength and vitality.
Every move of their body, legs and
head should indicate alertness, power
and quickness. How different from
the stupid, inactive birds of the exhi-
billions that have been inbred to death.
There is probably point beyond which
even the fancier would not care to go
in close inbreeding. His own flocks
would then deteriorate 80 in size, quail
ity and animation that he would gain
nothing by it. But, as a general rule,
the average fancer inbreeds too close
to make the birds of use to the practi-
cal poulterer except as strain to in
troduce among the more practical birds
of the farmyard. In order to have
plenty of fresh eggs, fresh blood should
be introduced into the flocks every year.
Get as good blood as possible to intro
duce, but even mongrel bird will help
the high-bred birds better than none at
all. In fact, sometimes the mongrel
bird will bring points of hardness and
endurance into the flocks that cannot be
obtained from those that have been 80
carefully reared for generations past.
The rooster should be obtained from
good stock, and very often Of differ
ent breed from the hens, and if new
one is obtained each season enough
fresh blood will be brought into the
flock to make the standard Of the birds
high. There is little chance of deteri-
grafton, and more eggs will be obtained
than from flock that has been closely
inbred for years. The very actions OF
the birds will tell whether fresh blood
is needed. If the roosters show atten-
ton to the hens, counting them in'every
way possible and giving them choice
bits, it is safe to say they have sufficient
vigor and vitality. But if the rooster ia
dullard and laggard, not following in
the chase after insects and worms, and
the hens are quiet and disinclined to
exercise much, it is about time to seek
new blood. Culhvator.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-11
One Day in Bed.

About once a month l noticed that
my two strong, active children grew
what was called" cross" | deter
mined to watch for the cause, and dis
covered that even the infant boy can
only stand a certain amount of exer-
else without becoming "worn out"
When, therefore, at night | found one
or the other particularly cranky"
would say to myself: sit is time This
child was rested. Tomorrow must be
bed day." The children under
stood that this was in nowise punish
ment, but simple sanitary measure.
Playthings there were in plenty, but no
getting out of bed. How that room
did look sometimesl Cut papers, toys,
everything in every direction, but 1
knew that the little legs and body were
obtaining much-needed rest, and
what did little more clutter more or
less amount to? The next day they
would be as bright and " clipper" as
young robins. firmly believe that by
this plan l have warded off many
little attack of actual illness by
building up the physical strength SO
that sickness could not take hold. This
plan believe to be original with me,
but l am not only willing to give it
away to all mothers, but to send as well
hearty good wishes with it. - House
keepers Weekly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-11
An Increased Call for Farms.

1t is fact that the hard times !"
experienced in town and city have had
the effect to turn an increased measure
of attention to the farm and the advan-
tages it affords for home. Within a
limited circle of observation in this
central part of the state considerable
number of farms have been recently
purchased by parties from the cities out
of employment, and therefore out of
the opportunity to earn their daily
bread. If we must have periodical
hard times, there is then measure OF
good resulting from such condition of
the country's industries, in that people
in the always overcrowded cities are
led to see that the farm always fur
nishes employment to the owner and to
his family, and literally supplies the
home with the comforts and necessities
of life. There may not be so much
money handled from their labor on the
farm, but in many cases that labor Ju-
diciously expended on the land will
bring more for the outlay in other and
necessary forms than the money earn
ings in the city can purchase. This
drift, then, from the city to better and
happier homes on the farms should be
encouraged. There never was, and
probably never will be, better time tC
make the change than now. Farms
wherever found for sale, are surpris
ingly low in value. There is room fol
all who may wish to come, and labor II
plenty for all in want of rk.-MGin,
Farmer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-11
Good Advice.

1t does not pay to slight any kind of
farm work. Last year l bought farm
which was striking example OF what
slipshod methods will do. About
thirty.five acres of the piece were
cleared up and in meadow. And such
meadow as it wasl don't think there
had ever been a stone removed. Year
after year its owner had plowed, har-
rowed and moved over cradle knobs
and stones without number. just think
what an amount of human and animal
strength were wasted in doing work
under such disadvantages. | picked
up and drew off enormous piles OF stone
last fall and this spring have been at
it again. l also broke up few acres
at one end. 1t was exceedingly hard
work for man and team, but | tried to
make a clean job of it. AS | went
along, where the pillow threw out a
stone l threw them into a heap and
finally drew them off before planting.
When l pillow this land again it will be
a much easier task. In places | ran
against fiat stones three feet across.
Quite load of these drew for walk
from the house to the milk room. There
never had been barn on the place
during its former occupancy. The hay
had always been stacked. Enough had
been wasted undoubtedly to build a
good barn. This year | am putting up
barn which will hold all the place will
produce. l expect to get good returns
for being thorough in Strengthening up
this much-neglected piece of land
Selected
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-11
Handling the Hay Crop.

The wise farmer will get all to@s
used in haying i'll perfect repair long
before the time to begin. On farms
adapted to their use tedders and hay
leaders are practical. River bottoms
and level fields that are easy to haul
over and yield heavy crops may require
the hay tedder, and the loader saves
lifting. The hay loader will keep two
men busy loading as it takes it from
the windrow With mower, horse rake
loader and some good device for unload
ing by horse power, a farmer can han
die large crop of hay without going
outside Of his own family for help Be-
fore buying a hay loader, Rural New
Yorker, authority for the following, adj
vises that the farmer remember that he
will need to cut good deal of grass to
make such a tool pay interest on its
cost. Not only that, but he must get
one that will do the best work ON his
farm. The very fact that different farms
and farmers require differences in tools
explains why there are differences in
hay leaders just as there are in plows,
harrows or cultivators. Each one is
designed to do special work. There
are two chief principles operated in hay
leaders. In one the hay is pulled on by
a system of rakes, which works much
like the old hand rake of earlier hay
making. You might compare this to
the principle of raking the hand toward
you with the fingers down. The other
principle is the reverse Of this.
The mower should be free from rig
ging and have a filter to catch lodged
grass. The later makes have long cutter
bars, some six feet. Four and half
to five will give better satisfaction on
stony or rolling land. They draw easier,
and the team can walk faster. The rake
should be self dump, SO that boy on
girl can easily do the raking. 1t should
not tear up stones or sod or roll up the
hay, but push it together.
The double harpoon fork is light to
handle, durable, cheap and efficient
The whole outfit, including ropes, pull
leys and hooks, can be purchased for SIS
or Sc. Hay cars and track are good, but
one can hang the fork so that good work
can be done without them. Sometimes,
Il
especially in the older, lower barns and
large mows, better work may be done, as
they can be fixed to drop the hay in diff
ferent parts of the barn, while the track
is stationary To hang fork tie small
pulley to the top of the fork Fasten q
pulley to the foot of post ON the floor
opposite the side where hay is to bt
stored. Another directly above this, il
fastened to a rafter or crossbeam. The
other is fastened as far back in the NOV
and as high as possible to rafter. Il
the NOW is large, this pulley can b
shifted to either side as the NOW fills
Run the rope through the pulley at the
foot of the post, then straight up to the
second, then down to and through the
one ON the fork, then to the pulley il
the NOW and back to the fork to which
1t is tied. This arrangement requires M
boards nailed to the side of the NOV
and takes up all the fork can be made t.
hold without binding against the sides
.