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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
FARM AND GARDEN.
EXPERIMENTAL FARMS.
About Those Conducted by the
Canadian Government.

Something About Those Conducted by the
Canadian Government.
For several years past the provinces
and the federal government Of Canada
have been taking an active interest IN
the improvement of agricultural meth
DDS throughout the provinces. and at
present the equipments of their So
called experimental farms" are very
complete and efficient. The central ex-
perimental farm, situated near Ottawa,
comprises some 500 acres of land and
a complete outfit of buildings and the
necessary machinery. The buildings
are especially fitted up for cattle,
horses, pigs and poultry, and all OF
these are well stocked. There is
dairy equipped with the modern ap-
pliances for carrying on experimental
work. The farm includes seed-test-
ing and propagation house and con-
servatory. Besides this central station
there are eleven experimental farms
situated in other parts of Canada, and
these carry on experiments in agricul-
ture, horticulture and arbOriculture
with much profit. The several farms
are situated so as to render them as
helpful as possible to the most thickly-
populated districts, and in their equip
ments and general methods they re-
semble closely the central station.
The staff of workers at the central
experimental farm includes director,
an agriculturist, a horticulturist,
botanist, an entomologist and chem
list. There are also poultry manager,
a foreman of forestry and several
assistants to assist the members of the
staff. The work is varied in nature
and has to do with practically every
thing which relates to farming in Can
ada. The adaptability and merits OF
various varieties of wheat are, for ex-
ample, the subject of careful inquiry.
Experiments are carried on to deter
mine the vitality and purity of various
agricultural seeds, and to investigate
the nature of the diseases of plants and
trees, and the cure for the ravages OF
insects. Various varieties of fertilizers
are tested to determine their compare
tive value with different soils and crops.
The study of the care of animals IS
very important interest, and the value
of different breeds of stock and their
adaptability to various climates and
other conditions are carefully investi-
gated. These stations examine the
scientific and economic sides of butter
and cheese making. Experiments are
carried on to determine the best meth
DDS of planting and pruning trees fol-
fruit raising or for shelter or timber
The information gained in all this
work is carefully recorded and pub
lished for general distribution.-Scien
| tific American.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03

thing, however, is, as you say, of the
simplest. Would you think me imper-
tinent if were to put your theories to
a more severe test?"
"On the contrary" he answered, ut
would prevent me from taking sec
ond dose of cocaine. Ishould be de-
lighted to look into any problem which
you might submit to me-"
81 have heard you say that it is diff
cult for a man to have any object in
daily use without leaving the impress
of his individuality upon it in such a
way that a trained observer might
read it. Now, 1 have here a watch
which has recently come into my pos
session. Would you have the kindness
to let me have an opinion upon the
character or habits of the late ownerT'
handed him over the watch, with
some slight feeling of amusement in
my heart, for the test was, as thought,
an impossible one, and intended it as
a lesson against the somewhat dog
matte tone which he occasionally as
sumed. He balanced the watch In his
hand, gazed hard at the dial, opened
the back, and examined the works,
first with his naked eyes and then
with a powerful convex lens. l could
hardly keep from smiling at his crest
fallen face when he finally snapped
the case to and handed it back.
"There are hardly any data" he re-
marked. THE watch has been recent
" cleaned, which robs me of my most
suggestive facts"
You are right" answered. sit was
cleaned before being sent to me-" In
my heart I accused my companion
of putting forward most lame and
impoteDt excuse to cover his failure.
What data could he expect from an I'M
cleaned watch?
Though unsatisfactory my research
has not been entirely barren" he OBJ
served, staring up at the ceiling with
dreamy, lack-luster eyes. Subject to
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
AMONG THE POULTRY.

HoT meals are a stimulus to poultry.
They warm them up
KEROSENE applied to the legs is a
good remedy for scaly legs.
OLD mortar, gravel or graduated
bone are preventives of soft-shelled
eggs.
NEVER overfe ed the pullet. No poul-
try should be overfed, but overlooking
the pullet is disastrous.
UNLESS there is some variety of food
the appetites of the hens will not be
maintained in the best vigOr.
To MAKE the poultry business pay
largely it must be carried on on large
scale. One hundred or 200 hens will
not make anybody rich.
The first cause of canker is general
IL cold, but if taken in time can be
easily cured by removing the hard,
cheesy substance with stick or any
thing that will not cut, then applying
sub-sulphate of iron to the parts af-
fected. A few applications are sufi-
cient-Farmer's Voice.
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NATURAL INCUBATION.
How to Treat the Hens During the Period
OF Matching.

How to Treat the Hens During the Period
OF Matching.
If you wish to use hens to do the in
cubating it is a good plan to have a
room separate from the main house
with not too much light. Make an
effort to set as many hens at a time as
possible. 1t will require but little more
time and care to look after six hens
than it will one. Two or three days is
none too long for the hen to sit on
china or nest eggs before giving the
ones you wish her to hatch. She will
have become accustomed to the place,
will have shaped the nest to her notion,
and will have it nice and warm Give
each hen as many eggs as she can con-
veniently cover. Watch them care
fully for two or three days to see that
there are no eggs left to get cold. Dur
ing the first 4s hours the hen should
sit perfectly quiet, says poultryman,
as it takes just that time to start the
embryo chick on its life voyage. We no.
tice the hen seldom leaves the nest OF
turns the egg during this time. After
they have sat quietly for four or five
days, prepare yourself with more fresh
eggs, and go in the evening with
good light and tester and test each egg.
A little practice will soon enable you
to pick out the infertile ones When
you have completed your work, give
each hen the number you wish her TO
cover. Fair sized hens should have II,
never more than Is. On the average,
hens will hatch more vigorous chicks
from IL eggs than any higher number.
We might go on through the ri days
and describe the eggs as we have
broken them and seen the spider-ike
little animal, and noticed the pulsa'
ton of the heart, etc, but we will
leave this for the incubator people
Finally on the goth day the impris.
oned chick has drawn its last nutri-
ton from the egg, its vital heat and
circulating blood have absorbed every
particle of the substance of the egg,
and there remains only the vigorous
little animal anxious to get out. It's
prison cell is punctured by thousands
of pores that always break first at the
bigger end of the egg, because it is al
ways less moist and more brittle at
that end. There, too, the head of the
little chick is turned for air, and the
beak breaks through the rotten wall,
finds more fresh air, presses hard in
that direction. and soon breaks away
from all feeble resistance, and thus
ends the period of its incubation
Farmers Voice.
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Hogs In Clover GROW Eat.

Hogs running on. clover are singular
ly free from disease, says the American
Agriculturist. If wind-proof shelter
is given the sows at narrowing time,
with plenty of clear water at all times,
their care during the growing season
will not encroach on the farmers time
further than to irrigate the pasture
occasionally to keep the clover thrifty.
In the late fall feed on clover hay,
turnips, beets and little grain.
Large, rangy sows should be kept, as
they are the best grazers and mixers,
and should be bred to fine boned,
quick growing males. The mother
will insure the pigs good start and
the sire quick growth, so that they
may be finished with the least expense
for grain
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03

buckets empty in the evening. They
have no appreciation of the fact that
their father is the head of a mighty
nation, with even more unlimited power
than some of the monarchs of the old
world. To live in big marble build
ing with nurses and servants to attend
to them is natural; for they know no
other life. If little Ruth were told
that she could not have milk, or cream,
or candy, or bread and butter because
papa has no money and is out of
work" she would open her big bright
eyes in amazement. That sort of Ian
guage would be all Greek to her. 1t
would be a foreign tongue, and she
would stamp her little foot and order
with anger that her demands be COM
piled with at once. We may hope and
pray that Ruth Cleveland and her little
sister shall never know what depriva-
ton means. While we are prone to
envy the successful and prosperous in
this world, we are not inclined to wish
that others may suffer poverty or pain.
No baby of the white house has ever
come to grief, but ladies who have lived
in the executive mansion have known
reduced circumstances in later life.
For many years there has been resi-
dent of this city, living on charity, who
was once the leader of the society of
Washington, and who was known as
the first lady of the land" In 1912
the wife of President John Tyler died,
and her daughter Letitia Tyler became
the domestic manager of the home of
the president until the close of his adj
miuistration. She was beautiful, too;
and her social reign was brilliant.
Twenty years after the Tyler admins
tration, at the close of the civil war,
Letitia Tyler-Semple, orphaned and
widowed, in reduced circumstances, in
actual need of money for food and
clothing, went to Baltimore and opened
select school for young ladies. She
was about forty years of age, still at
tractive and beautiful, but proud of her
family, proud of her welded name, and
unwilling to become the wife of another
man; and so she worked with will and
succeeded. But her eyesight failed and
her health broke down. Destitution
stared HeT III Tic ldCt, bu0 ollC hCNSA
complained. Her circumstances, how
ever, became known to the millionaire
and philanthropist, William W. Coreo-
ran, of this city, and he came to her
rescue. In memory of his beloved
daughter, who died while quite young,
Mr.. Corcoran established a home for
ladies of gentle birth and breeding, and
,,IloI - at hnrna -
Within year of the establishment
of this house of refuge, Mr.. Corcoran
learned of the condition of Lee
titia Tyler-Semple, whom he had
known when he was young
man, and whose father, President Ty-
Ter, had been his friend. Mr.. Corcoran
went to Baltimore, saw the lady, told
her of the establishment of the Louise
home" asked her opinion of it, and
finally invited her to become its most
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
ITO BE CONTINUED
A Greater ScoundreL
reasoning

A famous master of Trinity college,
Cambridge, had been friend in early
days Of one Jenny Gordon, a solicitor.
But Jenny went to the bad, was struck
off the rolls, and lived onwhat he could
get from old acquaintance One dayhe
met his master and asked for shilling.
Gordon" Numbered the master, ii
you could show me greater scoundrel
than yourself would give you half Ia
crown" and he stalked stifay away to
his rooms. In half an hours time the
butler announced that Mr.. Pompous,
the esquire beadle, wished to see the
master. Now, the master had D spe-
cial detestation Of the beadle, who, when
admitted and CURLY asked what he
wanted, replied; "Mr. Gordon In
formed me that you desired to see me-"
Said the master: Gordon has made an
ass of you'll" In ten minutes more the
butler came again, grinning, and said
'Mr. Jenny Gordon has called and
says you owe him half a crown, sir.-
Newcastle Chronicle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03

your correction, should judge that
the watch belonged to your elder
brother, who inherited it from your IA
Their"
THAT you gather, no doubt, from
the H. W. upon the backP"
"Quite so. The W. suggests your
own name. The date of the watch is
nearly fifty years back, and the initials
are as old as the watch; so it was made
for the last generation. Jewelry usu-
ally descends to the eldest son, and he
is most likely to have the same name
as the father. Your father has, If l
remember right, been ead,many years.
1t has, therefore, been in the hands Of
your eldest brother"
Right, so far" said 1. Anything
else?"
HE was a man of untidy habits
very untidy and careless. He was left
with good prospects, but he threw
away his chances, lived for some time
in poverty, with occasional short inter
walls of prosperity, and finally, taking
to drink, he died. That is all I can
gather"
l sprang from my chair and limped
impatiently about the room with con-
siderable bitterness in my heart.
This is unworthy of yon, Holiness"
said. II could not have believed that
you would have descended to this. You
have made inquiries into the history of
my unhappy brother, and you now pre-
tend TO deduce this knowledge in some
| fanciful way. You cannot expect me
to believe that you have read all this
from his old watch! 1t is unkind, and,
to speak plainly, has a touch of charla-
tanism in it."
MY dear DOCTOR" said he, kindly,
pray accept my apologies. Viewing
the matter as an abstract problem,
had forgotten how personal and pain
full thing it might be to you. 1 assure
you, however, that l never even knew
that you had a brother until you
handed me the watch"
Then how in the name of all that is
wonderful did you get these facts?
They are absolutely correct in every
particular"
"Ah, that is good luck. could only
say what was the balance of probable
ity. did not at all expect to be so &C
| curate."
But it was not mere guess work?"
mo, no; never guess. 1t is a shock
! ing habit-destructive to the logical
faculty. What seems strange to you is
only so because you do not follow my
train of thought or observe the small
facts upon which large differences may
depend. For example, l began by stat
ing that your brother was careless.
When you observe the lower part OF
that watch case you notice that it is not
only dinted in two places, but it is cut
and marked all over from the habit Of
keeping other hard objects, such as
coins or keys, in the same pocket.
Surely it is no great feat to assume that
a man who treats fifty-guinea watch
so cavalierly must be careless man.
Neither is it very far-fetched infer
ence that a man who inherits one ar
ticle of such value is pretty well pro
vided for in other respects"
l nodded to show that followed his
reasoning.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03

cryptogram or the most intricate
analysis, and am in my own proper
atmosphere. can dispense then with
artificial stimulants. But l abhor the
dull routine of existence l crave for
mental exaltation. That is why have
chosen my own particular profession
or rather created it, for 1 am the only
one in the world"
THE only unofficial detective?" 1
said, raising my eyebrows
The only unofficial consulting de-
tective," he answered. Il am the last
and highest court of appeal in detec-
ton. When Gregson or Lestrade or
Athelney Jones are ont of their depths
which, by the way, is their normal
state-the matter is laid before me. l
examine the data, as an expert, and pro-
nounce a specialists opinion. 1 claim
no credit in such cases My name fig
ures in no newspaper. The work itself,
the pleasure of finding a field for my
peculiar powers, is my highest reward.
But you have yourself had some expert
ence Of my methods of work in the
Jefferson Hope case"
''Yes, indeed" said I, cordially. ST
was never so struck by anything in my
life. I even embodied it in small
brochure with the somewhat fantastic
title Of "A Study in Scarlet"
he shook his head sadly. 81 glanced
over it" said he. Honestly, cannot
congratulate you upon it. Detection
As, or ought to be, an exact science, and
should be treated in the same cold and
Unconditional manner. You have at
tempted to tinge it with romanticism.
which produces much the same effect
as If you worked love story or an
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CHAPTER L

die, and rolled back his left shirt-cuff.
For some little time his eyes rested
thoughtfully upon the sinewy fore
with innumerable puncture marks.
Finally he thrust the sharp point
home, pressed down the tiny piston,
and sank back into the velvet-lined
armchair with long sigh of satisfac-
ton.
Three times day for many months
had witnessed this performance, but
custom had not reconciled my mind to
it. On the contrary, from day to day
I had become more irritable at the
sight, and my conscience swelled night
ly within me at the thought that l had
lacked the courage to protest. Again
and again l had registered VOW that
| should deliver my soul upon the sub
ject, but there was that in the cool,
nonchalant air of my companion which
made him the last man with whom one
would care to take anything approach
ing to liberty. His great powers, his
mastery manner, and the experience
which had had of his many extraor-
binary qualities, all made me difident
and backward in crossing him.
Yet upon that afternoon, whether it
was the Beaune which had taken with
my lunch, or the additional exaspera-
ton produced by the extreme delibera-
ton of his manner, 1 suddenly felt that
1 could hold out no longer.
(Which is it to-day?" 1 asked-'mor-
phine or cocaineP"
He raised his eyes languidly from the
old black-letter volume which he had
opened. sit is cocaine" he said, "a
seven per cent. solution. Would you
care to try it?"
mo, indeed" answered, brusquely.
''My constitution has not got over the
Afghan campaign yet. l cannot afford
to throw any extra strain upon it."
He smiled at my vehemence. Per
haps you are right, Watson" he said.
81 suppose that its influence is physic-
ally "a bad one. 1 find it, however,
so transcendently stimulating and
clarifying to the mind that its sec
ondary action is matter of small mo-
ment."
But consider!" 1 said, earnestly.
Count the cost! Your brain may, as
you say, be reused and excited, but it
is pathological and morbid process,
which involves increased tissue-change
and may at last leave a permanent
weakness. You know, too, what a
black reaction comes upon you. Surely
the game is hardly worth the candle.
Why should you, for mere passing
pleasure, risk the loss of those great
powers with which you have been en-
dowed? Remember that l speak not
only as one comrade to another, but as
a medical man to one for whose con-
stitution he is to some extent answer
able"
He did not seem offended. On the
contrary, he put his fnger-tips to-
gether and leaned his elbows on the
arms of his chair, like one who has a
relish for conversation.
MY mind" he said, "rebels at stag
nation. Give me problems, give me
work, give me the most abstruse
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honored guest. She dsmurred, eX-
pressing the belief that her strength
would be restored and that she would
be able to care for herself; but Mr.. Cor
coran finally induced her to come to
Washington AND enter the home. That
was nearly twenty years ago, and she
has lived there ever since. She is about
seventy-fve years of age, tall, slender
and unusually erect for a lady of her
age. She is thorough Tyler, with the
strongly characteristic features of that
famous family. Her hair is silvery white,
and the brown eyes, pleasantly smiling
through the gold-rimmed glasses, CLEAN
with brightness. Her memory is I'M
impaired, and she delights in recalling
the time when she was the recognized
leader in the society of the country
and a queen of the American court.
For the past three years she has re-
ceived a pension of eight dollars per
month, which, though small, is yet an
addition to her slender income. In this
same city for many years her brother,
John Tyler, lived as an employee of the
treasury department, and they often
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
Enr Her Color.

1t was great event for Daisy when
her little sister was born. Her delight
was unbounded. At the same time she
felt a great increase of age and dignity,
and announced to her mamma that she
no longer wished to be called Daisy,
but by her own name-Isabel.
I'VE called you Daisy when you were
the baby" said mamma, because you
were so fair and sweet that you re-
minded us of daisy. Can you not
think of some pretty flower that your
little sister resembles"
Daisy meditated for some time, and
then gravely replied:
81 think we might call her Currant.
Youths COMPANION.
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sow,nr oats and Peas rogether.

Practice in sowing oats and peas to-
gether differs. This is one plan: Oats
and peas, two bushels of the former
and one of the latter, may be sowed to-
gether, but it would be far better to
sow the peas first and cultivate or pillow
them in; for TO do well they should be
covered deeper than the oats Then
drill in the oats, being careful not 70
get them covered too deeply. As the
peas may adhere somewhat closely TO
the ground, the land should be rolled
Immediately or soon after sowing. Any
large variety of peas may be used.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
WHITE HOUSE BABIES.
Not One of Them Has Ever Really
Come to Grief.
But Some of the Ladies' Who Have Occu-
pied the Mansion Have Had de-
cidedly Hard and Cruel Time
Since They Left
Especial Washington letter.

Grover Cleveland was once working
man; or rather working boy. After
he attained the years ot manhood he
ceased to labor with his hands anu
Bonded all his energies to the develop
ment of his brain. Hence, although a
patient plodding law student and law
yer. in his mature years he never act
ually toiled with his hands for his
daily bread. But he has been laborer
and worker in the intellectual field
for many years, and deserves common
dation for the success which he has
achieved.
But this letter is not intended to be
laudatory of Grover Cleveland. His
little girls look up to him, however,
lust as the little ones look up to their
fathers who carry full dinner pals
with them when they go to work in
the morning, and bring back their tin
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
Stealing q Hole in the Ground.

A visitor to the Mammoth cave Of
Kentucky said to the guide:
Il am going to break off little
piece of a stalactite to take home as
relic"
Not much you isn't. If every visitor
were to do that it wouldn't be long be-
fore the whole cave would be toted
of.r-Tammany Times
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How IL Strikes Her.

Mr.. Rondo-An author requires COM
plete abstraction. You can't have any
thing on your mind when you write
poetry.
Miss Flossie-No; most Of the poetry
one reads nowadays sounds as If the
people didn't have anything on their
minds when they wrote it--Brooklyn
life