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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-04-24

One of the most useful institutions Of
Alexandria, Va, is the parental rod,
which is always held in pickle at the
station house for the use of such parents
as desire to escape fines levied for the
offenses of their unruly children They
are allowed to whip tie bad boys at the
station house, and in that case the fine
is remitted -Philadelphia Ledger.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-04-24
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The water drips from the messy caves
In jewel drops on last years leaves;
The earth is wrapped in n vale of mist,
And through this gauze OF amethyst
Comes the phebe's note, SO clear, so sweet,
The call of the phebe bird:
Phebel Phebei Paebci
The sun Is shedding its rosy glow
On tufts OF crocuses white as snow
That bloom by the old stone wall.
And from the woods by the waterfall
We family hear, so clear, SO sweet,
The call of the phebe bird:
Phebel Phebe! Phebe!
The breath of violets most rare
Is waited on the gentle air,
While from each mead and ferny dell
Comes pluintive note like a silver bell,
So piercing fine, so clear, SO sweet,
The call of the phebe bird:
Phebel Phebe! PhebeI
-Alice B. Waite in New York Sun.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-04-24

DR.. Straith's cough syrup, sure
cure for coughs and colds, prepared
and sold by Light & Watson.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-04-24

Pure mountain buckwheat still to
be had at S. S. Dalgarn's.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-04-24

For all lung and Bronchial troubles
take Light & Watson's cod liver oil
and wild cherry bark, endorsed and
pres cribed by eminent physicians.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-04-24

Real merit is Characteristic OF Hoods Saraa-
parilla, and is manifested every day in the re-
markable cures the medicine secomplishes.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-04-24

When Baby vas risl-, we rsrs her cassorts.
When rho Was \ Child, she cried for cAstor1a.
When Ehs Seeams 5slss. she ching % Castoris.
"han she had chlsarsu. pils sAvothen ca&ork
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-04-24

The DR.. j. II. Mclean almanacs,
with Hicks weather predictions, at
Light & Watson's.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-04-24
Flowing and Hauling

TNHE undersigned is prepared to do Flowing
tn short notice, and viii for very reasons
able COMPENSATION. plow. harrow and lay of
your garden or lot IN satisfactory manner. -
Will also do all kinds of Hauling at Hvin q
rites. Orders solicited.
March 81, 1soS-tf D. W. HANNAH.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-04-24
3. .. Gibson,

ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Charles Town, jefferson County, West Va.
Practices i'm the Circuit Courts of West Vir-
ginia. the supreme Court of Appeals and the
United States District Court ut Martius6urg,
oficc over Aisquith Il Co.'s drug store.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-04-24
Boarding.
Mantua-M Making.

AIRS. J. o. TUTWILER is prepared to nm
ISi dcrtake Misunderstanding and all kinds of
Family Sewing. unreasonable rates. Residence
IN samuel street. near the Baptist Church.
ApriI IS. ISS1-u
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-04-24

ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CharIcstown, jefferson County, w. Va.
Practices in The Courts of jefferson and ad-
Joining counties, in the Supreme Court of
West Virginia. and in the United States Dis
tTiet Comtat Martinsburg. Notary Public in
81 ofice in Law Building, North George ST.
January 9. 1851
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23
IN ONE GIRLS ROOM.

ern belle and provides far better use
for the mementoes of seasons tri-
umphs than the careless tucking away
In boxes and out-of-the-way hooks.
This southern belle put together .
German favor mantel in her own pri-
vate snuggery at summer resort, and
those who saw it began at once to
treasure up like baubles until the home
ward fitting, when they were to be
brought out and assigned a decorative
part.
This memory mantel alluded to bios
somed with Old Point Comfort and
White Sulphur Springs trophies. The
drapery which furnished the back
ground for the odd assortment was OF
snowflake Swiss, through which the
palest of water-green silk CLEANED and
glistened. The drapery arrangement
was exceedingly simple, being almost
foldless in order to show to the best
advantage the knick-knacks. The silk
lined Swiss was simply stretched from
corner to corner above the white
enameled mantel, and caught in the
center with two of the German favors
tiny bolting-cloth parasols, gauzy as
dragons wing, and flecked with beach
Jewels, in the form of Old Point moon
stones.
Each corner was aflutter with gayly-
tinted ribbons tipped with silver bells.
Fantastic clown heads, satin slippers,
ivory wishbones, silver horseshoes,
sweetmeat baskets, jockey caps and
whips. banjos. mandolins and violins
in miniature, along with dozen other
fancies. dotted the crispwhite drapery.
Around even the tiniest of these favors
lowered pleasant memories of past gay
cites, and more than one bit of seDtt-
ment was interviewer with the novel
tumble.
This was purely a German favor
mantel But the notion could be car
ried out in half dozen different direc-
tions. A lucky" girl, one of those al
ways stumbling over curiosities, like
Mrs. Whitney's Leslie Goldwaite,"
and which she wishes to handle in an
original manner, can build herself a
marine mantel. There would be the
lovely seaweeds which she has brought
home, in offtones of green and brown
for festooned corners, and pink-lined
bits of shell work 10 stud the drapery.
A vacation among the hills has yield
ed to more than one girl very delight
full possibilities for such mantel
Somebody in an idle hour has carved
her a birch-bark canoe; some one else
brought an offering of lichens and
other forest treasures-baby pine
cones, big cones and birds nests; and.
If she has spice of barbarity in her
nature, she has even treasured up the
rattlesnake's skin as a startling eye
opener.
The memory mantels offer pleasant
employment for stormy winter day
/ in disposing of the pretty souvenirs to
ones boxes and drawers, and the odd
decorative piece will furnish many a
merry little dish of gossip for the fem
mime spirits who have the entree to the
favorite den.-Dorothy Maddox, in St.
Louis Republic.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23

its exact location, if it has been re-
moved; or they will seek new quarters
under buildings or in other out-of-the-
way places, where tits almost impossi-
BILE to get at them, and where they fire.
quently fall prey to cats, skunks or
other animals. Moreover, running
thus together, big and little. the feed
ing time exhibits a constant conten-
ton and mastery of the stronger over
the weaker, which results in impaired
growth.
The better plan is to raise no more
chickens than can be accommodated in
yards of ample size-a yard for each
brood of Is or 20 chicks, and let each
brood have house to itself of size to
accommodate the chicks until they are
well grown and ready to be sold or
transferred to the regular poultry
house. Thus one always knows where
mics cannot well reach them, and that
the work needed to care for them has
been reduced to a minimum.
The illustration shows a plan for
such chicken yards and houses that
think will commend itself to the
chicken raiser The yards are side by
side, and the houses in row of any
length desired. These houses are ar
ranged to afford the greatest conven-
fence. They are some 24 feet square
and about 3 feet in height, with sim
gle roof. all the boards being tongued
and grooved. The entire back is d
door, which gives convenient access to
the interior, and within this is a Stat
door for use when the weather is warm.
Such coops can be thoroughly and read
lily cleaned out with a shovel, and dry
loan thrown in, person with a shovel
and wheelbarrow being able to go
the rounds of a large number of
coops in a very few moments Shade.
either natural or artificial, should be
provided for these chicken yards. 1t is
often feasible to locate them in an or
chard, with benefit both to the chickens
and to the trees. In any event do not
make the mistake of having the yards
too small. Make them as large as pos
sible.-Country Gentleman.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23
MAKING RAG CARPET.
Durable Floor Coverings Which Cost But
Little Money.

Durable Floor Coverings Which Cost Bus
Little Money.
Making rag carpet is by no means a
romantic occupation, but it is. just the
same, a very useful one, and, carried
to a successful issue, provides the
house with articles that are in some
respects quite as good, if not better,
than a reasonable amount of money
could purchase. They are better, be-
cause one is not afraid to use them,
and economical, because they con-
sumo the bits and scraps that would
otherwise cumber the closets and tuck
sway corners, and the carpet may be
as pretty and tasteful as the patience
and ingenuity of the maker may please.
Sometimes it Is worth while to dye
rags for rugs and carpets, but this is
not always necessary. White and
light colors, contrary to well-accepted
theories, are much more desirable than
dark. They show soil less and lint not
at all, are more easily kept clean and
may be washed with perfect impunity.
To make practical and simple rugs,
cut up cloth into half-inch wide strips,
taking pains to make them as even as
possible. Sew them end to end strong
ly, and with care make them smooth
and even as may be. Put all colors
separate, making a ball of each sort.
When this is done. begin by crccheting
with large hook either long strip or
a circle, according to the shape of the
rug desired.
1t is well to work back and forth
rather than round and round, as in the
latter case the rug is more likely to
curl up at the edges. Crochet one
color after another to make stripes,
and finish off with 4 border of some
thing bright, red being the best.
If carefully handled. strong and
durable floor coverings may be made
in this way. Silk can be cut or torn
into strips and wrought into curtains
or draperies of various sorts, or very
pretty and delicate foot cushion cover
ings can be made in this way, or rugs
to spread over the couch or to cover
the feet when one sleeps.-N. Y.
Ledger
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23
COMPLETE IDENTIFICATION.
Tattoo Marks Accepted a Full Proof of o
Mans Identity.

A well-dressed man went into Main
street bank Yesterday afternoon and
walked up to the window presided over
by the paying teller, says a writer in
the Buffalo Express. He handed a
check to that individual and said: II
have here a check for fifty dollars
which wish you to cash."
The paying teller looked at the check
and then at the man. You will have
to be Identified" he said
The well-dressed man was prepared
for this 81 don't know soul in Buff
falo," he said, 'but l have lot of let
tiers addressed to myself" He pulled
out a package of letters and showed
them through the window.
The paying teller examined the adj
dresses, looked at the check again, and
said: That is not sufficient You
will have to be personally identified.
But there isn't a man, woman or
child in Buffalo who knows me from
trolley car" persisted the well-dressed
man. Here is my key ring. Look at
the name on that tag"
The paying teller saw that the name
Oh the check and the name on the tag
were the same Il am sorry" he said.
.'but our rules are very strict ! can't
paw this check on such an identified
ton. Excuse me, but you may have
stolen both letters and key chain and
check"
The well dressed man was worried.
'T've got to have that money" he said.
ito get out of town with, and I've got to
get out of town this afternoon. Then
he desperately tore open his vest and
showed his initials on his shirt
There" he said. ''do you think l stole
that shirt, too?"
MAY have" answered the paying
teller, laconically.
The well dressed man was very an
prv. He walked around the bank for
a while and then was struck by sud-
den thought. He took off his coat and
vest and rolled up his left shirt sleeve
and the sleeve of his undershirt. Then
he stuck his barred arm through the
window and shouted: There, you
dodgasted chump! Do you see those
initials tattooed there in blue ink? Do
you think stole them, too?"
The paying teller paid the money
without another word.-Washingt
Star
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23
Eeediuy Hogs for Market.

When hogs are ready to take on fat
for market give them all they will eat
up clean, but never enough for lot to
be leftover. You can soon find out
how much they will eat up clean. and
be able to regulate their rations &C.
cordingly. No ration can be made
that may by any means be considered
applicable under all conditions. Gener-
ally the rations must be determined
with each lot of hogs on every farm.
and the careful breeder should know
the amount that should be given with
more certainty than anyone else But
whether hogs are fed in a close pen or
in good pasture, they should be fed
literally. and just enough to favor
rapid development of carcass through
the growing stage.-Colman's Rural
World
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23

toes. The entire plumage is short,
compact and glossy. The plumage of
the white games is a pure white
throughout. This point is considered a
great advantage. as they do not, like
the Red Indian, show black pin feathers
when dressed. The birds are vigorous
and hardy, courageous and of COM
bative disposition The flesh is noted
for delicacy of flavor and the birds rank
high as egg producers when provided
with good range. In confinement they
are considered poor layers
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23

stiffening of Cardboard; it is gathered
In with drawstrings near the top, Like
any ordinary bag. ana the upper part
has the bib form. Fittings o. ribbon
or the material garnish>the edges and
bib-part of the bag, and there are
loops of ribbon at the top. by which it
is secured to the side of the wearer.
Two tiny pockets attached to the
front are designed to hold the needles,
thimble, cotton and scissors when not
in use. while the pieces of work are
tucked out of sight inside.
Mother finds the granny pocket a
useful affair. which enables her to
have her sewing in compact form close
at hand; the young lady of the house,
hold considers it just the daintiest
stowaway for her bits of embroidery;
and even the small girl, whose ex-
tensive doll family calls for countless
gowns and wraps and hats, follows in
the lead of mamma and Dig sister. and
smuggles her scraps and materials into
a miniature granny pocket.-Golden
DAYS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23
The Question of Age.

A rather impertinent scientist has
discovered that the only instances in
which he finds correct dates given by
women in regard to their ages is when
they are under % or over S.. At
these periods of life, according to this
Frenchman. they may be trusted. He
is a court officer, and his evidence is
deduced from experience with female
prisoners. Such, he asserts, invariably
give their ages as %, 80, 40 or SO, and
on these premises he works out the
conclusion that woman wants to keep
in the decade behind her actual age
period. but through a lingering sense
of honesty keeps as near the line as
she can.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23
How to Take Care of Rings.

Don't wear your rings under gloves
unless you remember to have them
thoroughly examined twice year" is
the advice given by a jeweler. The
constant friction wears out the tiny
gold points that holds the stones in
place, and unless strict attention is
paid to them they become loose in
very short time. SElall purses of suede
leather are made on purpose for rings,
or any soft pouch of skin or chamois
may be used to place the rings in when
desiring to carry them around with
one. They should never be put into
the ordinary poclSetbook. as the rub
bling against coins is also bad for them.
Diamonds can be cleaned at home to
look as well as when done by a jeweler
if only little trouble is taken. They
should be thoroughly cleaned in alcohol
and then dried in lockwood sawdust.
Pine sawdust is too oily for this pur-
nose
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23
How 20 buy = Horse.

No sensible man will buy horse OF
any value or one which he expects 70
do good service without first submitting
it to a qualified veterinary surgeon,
says the London Live Stock Journal
Many an unprofessional man has
good eye for a horse, but he
knows little or nothing of its
structure and anatomy, compared
with the trained veterinarian More
over, the amateur judge of horse Is
apt to fly to certain points where he
thinks he can detect something, and
overlook others The veterinary sur
geon. who is examining horses almost
every day, not only brings his scientific
knowledge to bear but conducts his ex-
admissions in systematic manner, go
ing all over the horse before he has
done with him. If there be manifest
unsoundness it will be discovered and
pointed out, but it is in the discovery
and indication of incipient unsound-'
ness that the training and practice OF
the veterinarian are Of supreme value;
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23
LIGHT SHIPPING COOP.
How to Keep Poultry in Good Conditio
While In Transit.

How to Keep Poultry In Good Condition
While In Transit.
Shipping poultry to market should be
done in a humane manner. The object
of the illustration is to show how food
and water should be provided, rather
than to present design of shipping
coop. 1t is well known that there is
not only a loss from death on the jour-
ney to market, but also a great loss
from ''shrinkage," due to the sufferings
of the birds from insufficient supply of
water. A cup il placed at one end of
the coop but the birds do not know
that the cup is there. and only those
next the cup are supplied. The food is
also thrown on the floor, where it is
trampled under foot in filth. The
coop should be light, and may be made
of stats, wire or any light material, al
ways having a muslin top to shield
against the sun, and in winter not only
the top but the sides should be covered
with muslin. A cup should be placed
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

IT pays to consider mutton first and
wool afterward.
WHEAT is an excellent concentrated
food for all live stock.
The average farmer does too much
manual and too little brain work.
The cross of Dorset rams upon grade
Merino ewes is an excellent one.
The successful dairyman must have
a dairy COW, and give her dairy care.
AMONG pears the seckel is the most
liable to be injured by overbearing.
THE Devons were probably among
the earliest breeds raised in England.
The tendency nowadays is to increas-
ing the production of the farm rather
than its acreage.
The more grain calves, colts, lambs
and pigs are able to eat for month be-
fore weaving the better.
The wheat in India for 1894 is per
cent. greater than 1898. The indica-
lions are favorable for good crop.
AFTER hog has passed $50 pounds it
is very doubtful if the average feeder
can put another ounce on him with
any profit
ONE MILLION acres of oats were
sowu in Scotland last year, and only
$50, 900 devoted to the production of
other cereals.
The province of Ontario has 1000, 900
bearing apple trees, 100000 grape
vines. 700, 900 plum trees, and 500. 900
each of cherry, pear and peach trees.
OVER 5000. 900 pounds of licorice
root were imported into this country
during the year. Why cannot we
raise it for our own market at least?
You've trees in the paths OF sweeping
winds viii be benefited if stesdied by
tying them to stout stakes at least I'M
til they have had time to become well
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23
The FLAVOR OF EGGS
1t Depends Very Much on the Food Giver
to the Poultry.

1t Depends Very Much on the Food Given
to the Poultry.
The flavor of eggs depends very much
on the kind of food given to the pouI-
try. When hens are fed largely or al
most exclusively on milk the yolk Is
lighter in color. the white has milky
look. and the whole egg is watery and
less firm in texture than those laid by
granted hens The taste of the egg is
also affected, being insipid and unsatis-
factory when boiled or poached and
less fine for ordinary cooking purposes
| even. There is no use in saying that
the idea of the quality of the eggs be-
ing influenced by the food of the hens
| is mere within, since 1t is a well-known
| fact that the eggs of fowls kept in the
neighborhood of the sea and fed al
| most entirely on fish-taken as they
come, embracing the strong and oily.
| as well as the more delicate sorts-have
ian ancient and fsh-like" taste. if not
smell" and eggs coming from those
| regions sell for less in the market in
some instances than those CO. ming from
districts further inland. The reasons
why hens fed on 'slops' of milk, etc,
| diC dOiC W give hO OCbIcI CpSS W OiACh
owners els because the ''old, old
story" is repeated in their case. You
demand the tale of brick" of your
servants, but you give them no straw
to make them with. Curd hardly comes
under the head of milk. and there is
little danger of having it in large
quantities to offer to your fowls. II
contains all the best and most nutri-
tious portions of the milk without its
objectionable. watery qualities. But
the true feed for laying fowls is one
third or one-quarter Indian corn,
ground or otherwise, and oats or wheat
together with milk and whatever
scraps from the house are obtainable,
and as much green vegetable food rs
they will eat; and with these, COM
bined and fed properly, your eggs will
be of the true gold and silver stamp,
when the cook fire has refined them
and prepared them as relish for your
breakfast table.-Town and Country
Journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23
Omen Sheds for Poultry.

Every poultryman should provide an
open shed, facing south. 1t is one of
the greatest conveniences, If not neces-
stiles. in the poultry business. A shed
IL feet long by feet wide. closed on
the ends and back. will make splen-
did shelter for the fowls and protect
them from rain and snow. During the
breeding season twill make splendid
roosting place for the young chicks,
and by closing it at night will be a
safeguard against the destroyers OF the
young broods Build it so that rats,
minks, weasels and others of this class
cannot enter. What you will save in
one season this way will build you sew
eral of such sheds.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23
FARM AND GARDEN.
CHICKEN RAISING.
Systematic Methods Is the Keystone
success and Profit.

Systematic Methods Is the keystone to
Success and Profit.
The past season has impressed upon
the writer the great value of the intro
duction of systematic methods in rails
ing chickens. 1t is beautiful theory
that brings chickens up on the free
range" plan, but it is plan that en-
tails no little anguish of soul and body,
and that results in the loss of no small
number of chickens The placing of
individual broods in boxes and barrels
here, there and everywhere about the
premises may answer when the chicks
are little, but as they outgrow their
small quarters and an attempt is made
to transfer them to new quarters, then
the trouble begins, and a chickens OBJ
stinate nature is made painfully appar-
ent, for the broods will persist in
haunting the region of the old coop
and will camp down for the night on