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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25

! and carthenware vessels against the
door of the house occupied by bridal
couple is still maintained, the object of
the fusiIlade being the driving-away of
''scolding sprites." This custom also
prevails in SARDINIA. In some parts of
the orient the bride cuts off her hair in
tokens of submission to her husband,
and in certain sections of Russia she
pulls Or her husbands boots, the groom
at the same time giving her slight
cut with whip.
Refreshments are still announced
in newspapers and by card in Ger
many and Austria as well as most other
European countries. In the United
States this custom has never obtained
u foothOld. except among the Jews and
the direct descendants of foreigners.
An important factor, of comparative
" recent development, in matrimonial
negotiations is the marriage broker
Adopts in this profession have existed
from time immemoI'ial. In parts of
Asia and in the rura! districts of east
ern Europe. they have always been con-
sidered important personages; but in
gPnteel society they were not recog-
uized until very recently. The marriage
broker of Paris is the prince of his pro-
fession. He usually maintains a cost
ly establishment on one of the fash
ionable boulevards. Applicants for
husbands or wives arc listed and sched-
uled. They have to give their names,
age, titles. possessions and prospects.
Their statements are carefully inves-
tigated, and if found correct, they
become clients of the establishment.
The modus operandi of the brokers is
as follows: After an applicant and his
wants have been entered on the books,
the agent proceeds to employ SUBJ
agents who are familiar with the finan-
cial circumstances of all wealthy or
titled families. These designate
man or woman, as the case may be,
whose social position corresponds
with the requirements of the appli-
cant. The agent next ascertains what
places of public amusement are fire.
quented by the person he wishes to
meet Having accomplished this, he
makes use of his large circle of ac-.
quaintances in all classes of society
and secures an introduction. tits then.
very easy matter to bring the two
young people together; and in nine.
cases out of ten a marriage results.
For his trouble the broker receives an.
entrance fee and certain percentage
of the brides dot, without which, no.
marriage is made in continental Eu-
rope. Many attempts have been made.
to establish similar matrimonial bu-
reaus in the United States, but hitherto.
let US thank the good sense of our-peo-
pie, without success.
G.. W. WFIPPIFRT
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maids. After the marriage ceremony
the bride is conducted to her new
home by the relatives of her husband
and the groom is placed in charge of
his wife's people. The Kirghese, some
times called the lords of the steppe,
are very fair towards their young
women. If girl objects to the youth
who wants to marry her she has the
right to challenge him to a foot race
which is conducted on such basis
that she can easily escape, as the SYM
patty of the crowd usually is with the
maiden.
But the material supplied by my in
formant is so voluminous that / could
fill column after column with interest
l might as well close here and devote
few paragraphs to the symbolical
customs in vogue in different lands.
Not so very many years ago betroth-
nent was recognized by the laws of
most European countries. These en-
actments, whose penalty was eXcom-
munication, have, however, been re-
pealed. Instead of being made a
social outcast the man who now re-
fuses to marry n girl after having
plighted his troth becomes defendant
in breach-Of-promise suit.
Betrothment in all civilized coun-
tries has always been sealed by y
pledge. In Turkey and other Moham-
mcdan countries the groom~to-be
sends TO his prospective bride gold
amulet which is worn around the
neck. In China red cards are eX-
changed in token of an engagement.
The ancient Romans exchanged rings,
custom which has been adoPsed by
all civilized nations.
Nloldavia, Il province of the kingdom
of Roumania, is the home of the time
honored custom of throwing grain at
rewly-married couples, which is equiv
alent tR expressing a wish for their
prosperity. Another custom prevail
ing in that and adjoining provinces COM
pels the bride to sweep the hearth Of
her new home III the presence of the as
sembled guests to Indicate that she is'
willing to assume the duties of i,
housewife.
In the country towns of Germany
the custom of throwing broken dishes,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25

c, pulley; f, hands, for turning the fly
wheel. ID. bucket.
has Il large fly wheel on which band
runs the pulley for propelling the
works of the machine will necessarily
be the best and the larger the fly wheel
and the smaller the pulley tIE~ better
Usually most machines have a shaft
about or 10 inchfs towhich this pulley
about or 10 inches towhich this pulley
is attached ar one end and a crank
wheel at the. needle, end This shaft
and its equipments can be removed
from the arm and used for the shaft ON
which the arms for the buckets and bot
ties are to be attached.
\ table onsta1d of some kind must be
provided as foundation upon which to
construct the machine Often the
stand of. the. old sewing machine will
answer quite well by screwing on Il
piece of 2ineh plank under the top.
about.3 feet ia length. extending out on
one side Insufficient length to attach the
fly. Wheel,. asS indicated by the dotted
lin-s in cut ANY old table that is 49,
The arms y are made from 1K.-inch
galvanized strap iron. foot long. and
riyeted tD the crank plate on the shaft
with two holes 1T G. drilled in each end
on. which the buckets are hung from
wire. hooks sOldered into the buckets.
Ihe-latter are inches in height and "a
inches in diameter.
Sometimes the bearings of the shaft
can be utilized in hanging it in an up
righh position, plumbed and made to
run, true. The pulley wheel is located
at the table where the shaft passes
through, allowing the shaft TO extend
nearly S inches above the stand and suf-
tfeieRt distance below to get a steady
motion. either in iron or wooden bear
ings.
From the shaft center measure out
26 inches on the four sides. inscribe
Dnes and take quarter round and form
ledge at the line with fiat side out.
Then construct a box out of some light
h-inch material, 10 inches high. so that
it will drop over the outside of the
quarter round. Cut out holes at b Il for
band. This top or box is a necessity.
TO protect the operator, as the breaking
of a bottle with acid in il strikes the
face. We warn not TO leave off this
cover under any circumstances while re-
volving the machine.
The drive or fiy-wheel should be
arranged so it can be moved away from
the small pulley, thus Tightening up
the band. We find that revolving this
wheel a horizontal motion is not anv
more tiresome than with a vertical
movement and gives quite as satisfac-
tory results.
Where there is but one connection it
requires a swift motion with the band
fy-wheel, but we have had Just the
same reading from same sample of
milk on this machine that an IS one
with double gear gave. Secure bottles
from reliable firm; they will send
pamphlet how to handle; also procure
cream bottles. a cream and milk pipett
combined, and an acid measure; these
cost - 20 30 cents each.
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WHEN TO SALT BUTTER.
Valuable Notes Relating to This and Other
Dairy Operations.

Valuable Notes Relating to This and Other
Dairy Operations.
BY all means salt in the ehuru- Grind
ing salt into the butter on the worker
is a thing of the past. and is not prac-
ticed by any of the first creamery and
home dairy bUyter-makers- 1t injuries
the grain and is more apt to leave the
butter notified. One has to estimate
the amount of butter color, and why
not use the same rnle in determining
the amount of salt to use
After the butter is. washed Iet the
water drain out of the ehurn while the
required amount of salt is being
weighed out. Then sprinkle the salt
evenly over the butter in the churn
close the lid and turn the churn slowly
for minute or two; then let stand in
the churn long enough. for the salt To
dissolve. If lever worker is used be
careful not TO give the lever sliding
motion, but press gently until the but
ter has a waXy texture.
In packig the butter be careful not
to leave any open spaces in the package
Level off the upper surface with a
wooden straight edge and cover with a
circle of parchment cloth Wipe the
sides and bottom GSs the package with
towel, so that it viii have neat appear
once.-Stock, Farm and Home.
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The shipbuilders, driven to exaspera-
ton by the unreasonable demands o.
the union on Moore 81 Marston, had
voted a general lockout" and two
thousand heads of families in the city
of Chicago were out of employment.
Men gathered at the street corners,
crowded the great labor halls, paraded
with bands and flags, or cheered in
mass meetings Schlossinger's fierce de-
nunciations of the bloated bond
holders.
Meanwhile supplies from the labor
league were served with tolerable reg
ularity, and all felt that right must
triumph over might.
Two months passed, and the subsidies
from the central committee became
less frequent. Still the masters stood
firm; the men solid. Then went the
startling whisper abroad that one hum
! dred French Canadian skilled mechan-
les had been hired in the place of the
strikers, and that work would be re-
sumed, under protection of big patrols
of police, at Moore & Marston's yard
on the following Monday.
Meanwhile how Jared it with the
! Harlands? But badly. The insurance
policy has lapsed, the upholsterer has
taken away the parlor furniture, though
it was nearly paid for, the sewing ma
chine has been replevied, and Nellie's
pretty volumes have been seized under
"cutthroat contract" by the book agent.
1t is not a question of luxuries with
them, but of bare subsistence.
An empty cupboard. 1t is difficult
for one living in this land of plenty
to realize what that means-what it
means to see ones loved ones in want
and lack the means of relieving them.
In vain Alice Palmer humbly APP
pealed to Cohen for unemployment; the
strike had hurt business, she was told,
and she was not wanted.
Grey meanwhile was busy. He had
spoken at one or two meetings and per-
haps had done more harm to the cause
of order than Schlossinger could ac-
complish in his widest flights of bla-
tant fury, for this young enthusiast
brought forward batteries of strong ar
gument that appealed to the reason
rather than the emotion of men and
made him converts of the cooler,
steadier'hands, who had but laughed at
their comrades frenzies. Grey was in
tense, earnest, ready to lay down his
life for the cause.
Now, when the Monday morning
came on which it was announced that |
Moore & Marstons yard would be in |
full blast" again, George Harland, |
who had all along declared that no |
union in a free country should stop him |
from working when work was to be |
got, started from his home with his |
dinner pail in his hand.
DO not be fool: you are risking /
your life. had been Grey's advice, net
tied at the obstinacy Of the nan who |
would not acknowledge that the few
must suffer for the benefit of the many. /
do not CO." Alice cried, cIinging
tearfullv on his arm.
''Pshaw, girl!T he replied roughly.
Il never drew a cent of the unions \
money, and I've always declared that l
would take the first job that came
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young man oan begin his wooing in
earnest. In China girls are betrothed
at a. very early age, many brides being
scarcely ten. years of age. After mar
riage the girl is taken to her husbands
home, where she becomes the virtual
slave. of her mother-in- law, whose
every word is law. My informant ar
gued from this that the stale mother
in-law jokes of our period must have
had their origin in the celestial en-
pire.
The most nonchalant method of
counting of which we have authentic
records is practiced in the Tonga is
lands and among some Australian
tribes When a man happens to see
a maiden who pleases his fancy he
knocks her down with q club and car
ries her to his hut. Among the Ben
gals of India the maiden does the chas-
ing. She pursues the youth of her
choice in true foot-race style. When
she has caught him he is carried to a
river or creek by the girl and her
friends and immersed with a ven
geance, a proceeding which always
terminates in a wedding.
All of the Mohammedan peoples and
tribes, including the Turks, Egyptians,
Persians and Arabs, cling to the tradi-
ton that it is improper for the groom
TO see his bride until after the marriage
ceremony is performed. Among the
Kabyles prevails another ancient GUS
tom. After the couple has been mar
ried the bride rides through the princi-
pal streets of the village on a mule,
surrounded By picturesque mob of
relatives, who exhort the villagers to
contribute victuals of various kinds
toward the establishment of the new
household.
In rural Russia the bride is conducted
10 the church by two young men and
the groom IS escorted by two brides
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A Linn Grove girl found package
of love letters that had been written
to her mother by her father before they
were married, says the Sioux Rapids
Republican. The daughter saw that
she could have a little sport and read
them to her mother, substituting her
own name for that of her mother and a
fine young man for that of her father.
The mother jumped up and down her
chair, shifted her feet. seemed terribly
disguised and forbade her daughter
having anything to do with a young
man who wrote such sickening and
nonsensical stuff TO girl. When the
young lady handed the letter to her
mother to read the house became so
still that one could hear the grass
growing in the back ward.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-25
The FARMING WORLD.
AN EXCELLENT TESTER.
Directions Here Given Explain How One
Can BE Made at Home.

Directions Here Given Explain How One
Can BE Made at Home.
The universal favor with which the
Babcock tester is regarded by progress
sive dairymen almost makes its intro
iuction an absolute necessity in every
well regulated dairy. The seemingly
ow price of dairy products, with the
prospect of high-priced ratiOns. would
Indicate greater reason for every farm
Ell who has Il herd of cows to know just
what each individual animal is doing
for him in return for the feed fed to
them. Even when feed is plenty and
low in price, it is not within the bounds
of economy to shiftlessly feed cow
that has poor assimilative powers and
tails under the light of figures to give.
4 net profit to her owner, TO continue to
keep her and still reduce the profit of
another that gave milk of a high testing
value.
Many dairymen have provided them
selves with tester and are acting in
this regard wisely. but very large ma
iority have either carelessly neglected
to supply the need or do not care to go
to the expense of purchasing one for
their few COWS.
The present crop conditions inOhio
Nill demand that many of us must cut
down our stock or purchase feed at
outrageous prices. hence the necessity
Of the elimination of those animals
which are the poorest producers at the
pail and churn and the keeping of those
which will come nearest making prof
iJablC attachment to the farm or will
prove a source of revenue regardless of
high-priced feed.
For the purpose of encouraging the
introduction of the tester will give an
illustration with description OF cheap,
reliable one. that can be made and oper-
sted at a very low cost and give just as
good results as those purchased of
creamery supply companies.
The agricultural press has given so
much upon the manner of use and man
ipulation of the tester that little upon
that point VIII be necessary at this time
further than to- say that the greatest
care and eXactness must be brought
into play from the beginning to the
close. OF each test otherwise no good
can possibly accHre from it's use.
In the first place an old sewing ma
chine that can De bought very cheap, or
Donated. must be secured. One that
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along. No man shall dictate to me
whether l work or lie idle
So George Harland went to his doom.
The day passed YEARLY for the
women. Night came on, and with
heart-5eating anxiety they waited the
coming of the breadwinner. George
is late" Nell said. nervously; L do
wish he would come
''Oh. he will be here before long
Alice replied, with assumed cheerful
ness.
''Hark!" the young wife screamed as
she few to the door: What is that
noise in the street?T
Grey, attracted by the tumult. flew
downstairs and joined the trembling
women.
What sight met their gaze! Their
George-the idol of this humble home
with blood-stained face and torn clothes
battling for his life against a hundred
fierce assailants- In vain dozen po-
licemen rally round him. They are
beaten down like grain before the
sickle; and the mob. hoarse and furi-
Gus, rushed over their bodies on to the
victim. There was something grand in
his despairing efforts, as, like gladi-
atOr, he faced his enemies
Down with the scab. Kill him!
kill him." shrek a score of angry
voices.
All, surely it is all over.
Felled to the earth by crushing
blow on the back of the head. he drops
at the feet of his prosecutors.
Hang him. Hang him. yell the in
furiated mob.
But over his PROSTATE body stands
Frank Grey, unarmed-pouring forth
an imprisoned appeal to the frenzied
men to spare their victim. Impotent,
but heroic effort. Men had lost their
reason and become tigerlike in blind
ferocity. An instant and he would
have lain beside his senseless friend,
when the kissing pings of rife bullets
spread terror among the crowd. The
PinkertOns! The Pinkertons." is the
cry, and as the name of that dreaded
police agency is heard, the mob sways
backwards and forwards for moment,
then breaks like an ocean wave spent
by its own fury. All fly but one. He
bends low over the fallen figure and
lifts the nerveless arm which hides the
battered face.
George Harland!" he shrieks. my
God, what have done?"
He helps Grey bear the lifeless bur
den to the house, he hears little Will
lies piteous cry, as they lay it on the
bed, he fingers for one moment at the
door and tries to utter a few words of
sympathy, which his parched lips re-
fuse to form, he looks in mute appeal
to Alice. he sees her pointing to the
door, and hears her scornful Coz with
a groan, as he sinks into the deserted
street, straight on his way to give him
self up at the nearest police station.
For days George Harland's spirit
lowered between life and death-and
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all the time the wolf was at the door
and the poor, stricken women knew
not where to turn for help, too proud
even to let their lodger know they
were lacking the bare necessities OF
life.
''Allie," said the sorrowful wife one
day, when George was convalescing
will you take care of Willie? 1 am go
ing down town"
"Yes; but where are you going,
Nell?'
ITO the pawnbrokers was the sad
reply.
''Oh, Nell."
Those who live in less prosperous coun-
tries could hardly understand the tone of
anguish in the girls tones, where none
is so poor he would not blush to own
he had fled to that last refuge of the
destitute.
And l must bear my share of the
sacrifice. Oh, do let me, Nell" and
Alice ran to fetch the pretty trinllets
and best dress it had cost her so much
pinching to earn.
In rapid succession all other super
fiuitIes followed-then the necessities,
the spare sheets and blankets, Georges
best clothes, and one sorrowful day
saw the young, sobbing wife draw her
wedding ring from her finger and pass
down the street to the house with the
three golden balls.
How vain had been George Harland's
boast of his superb strength. mechan-
zeal skill. temperate habits, and proita-
bic employment. He, who had defed
sickness and laughed 1T misfortune,
now lay physical wreck in a gaunt
home blighted by the curse of q walk
ing delegate.
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CHAPTER x
A woMAS's WORD.

%'From plague, pestilence and famine,
from battle and murder and from sudden
DEATH" says the grand old Litany,
Rood Lord, deliver u.s." and assuredly,
# the inspired sage who wrote these
words had lived IN the latter days, he
would have added: And from strikes
and walking delegates, for humanity
confronts no evil more appalling than
the pitiless edict which goes forth that
the breadwinner shall not toll, and his
women and children shall be martyrs to
the Great Cause of Labor versus Capital.
Down in the dust fall the devOtees OF
reform and the juggernautic car of
demagogism brushes them to powder.
Only one little month of four weeks
has elapsed since the shadow of evil
fell upon the shipyards, and see what
changes it has wrought. Mems very
natures seem twisted from their normal
beings from the passions which stir
within them
And poor Joe Observation-Disclosures
young friend, who had just carried him
the evil tidings-sas honest young fell
low as ever welded an adze, was one
of the first victims of the unreasoning
hatred of withdrawing everything,
even to Alice Palmer's love, for the
bright ''saleslady" was betrothed to
him.
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Remedy for the Turnip Fly.

Until turnips get into the rough leaf
they are liable to be troubled with the
fly, which eats the leaves and will
quickly destroy piece while they are
small. The best remedy for this is
frequent stirring of the soil while the
leaves are dry. This dusts the leaves
and kills the fly by filling up the aper-
lures in its body through which it
breathes. In wet time the plants
grow rapidly and soon come into rough
leaf, but if the fly begins to become nu-
merous, busting the leaves with plaster.
ashes or lime will kill the insect Each
of these will also act as a fertilizer for
the young plants and insure their more
vigorous growth.-Troy (N. " Times.
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think many of our young men. sons
of dairymer. would find it no difficult
matter TO construct and put into opera
ton good, cheap tester that VIII both
give pleasure and profit to the dairy
business. by following up the above
illustration and accompanying de-
scription. Try it and see if you don't
succeed.-George L. Scott. in Ohio
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lro BE CoNTINUED.l
CuIInarY Item.

She-What shall / cook for dinnerf
You know the cook has left, and III
have to do the cooking myself.
He-Well, Just cook me some dish
that 1 don't like, something that I
wouldn't eat anyhow, even II 1t was
properly cooked.-Texas Siftings-
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What the Bicycle WIN Do.

The work of the farmers alliances.
leagues and clubs may materialize into
the good country roads they are so Wig
orOusly working for; but in the mean.
time the bicycle has and will master
better than any other vehicle known
the rough highways all about u.s.
Sarah c. June, Albion. n. Y.
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THE SCIENCE OF WUOING.
How It Is Practiced in Many
Strange Lands.
Talk with q Man Who Has Made the Sub
ject q study-The Origin of Some
Old Wedding Customs - The
Modern Marriage Broker.
Written for This Paper.

There are fads and fads. Some are
vicious, others lead to the loss of time
and money, and still others are per-
fectly harmless. Not long ago l met
a long-haired gentleman who has
devoted years of travel to the study of
marriage customs in various parts
of the world. He allowed his love for
the subject to develop into an innocent
fad and, according to his own testi-
mony, spent thousands of dollars in
the purchase of wedding gifts pecul-
lar to different countries. But in spite
of this seeming extravaganza his fad
has remained perfectly harmless. In