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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
Growing sunflowers for Profit.

In Russia the sunfiower is extensive
ly grown for the oil of the seeds. 1t is
used for food and cooking. as olive oil
has been. The cake left after express
ing the oil is ground into meal for
feeding cattle, for which it has been
found very profitable. The cake meal
has 80 to Al per cent. of proteine, to
Is per cent. of fat, and as, when sifted.
the finer meal may be separated from
the cOarser there may be two qualities
made of it, the fine meal being richest
in proteine and less in fat, while the
coarse is the opposite. This is on ac-
count of the easier expressing of the
oil from the finest of the meal. A Rus
sian immigrant into Minnesota is now
occupied in growing this plant for the
same use and had 100 acres planted
last spring. The culture in Russia is
very profitable and is expected to be so
in Minnesota.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
SIMPLE WIRE FENCE
The One Here Illustrated Was Made by
an Eastern Farmer

The One Here Illustrated Was Made by
an Eastern Farmer.
The trouble with all woven wire
fences is that they will wrinkle in go
ing over hills or through hollows. l
use No. annealed galvanized wire,
strung the distance apart | wish the
wires to be. l use on the end of each
wire an iron spool. The wires go
through the end post and are wound
en- the spool l use long, broad sta
Piles, but do not drive them home, so
that the wire is loose from one end to
the other end. To keep the wires from
spreading so that animals can crawl
through, fasten them together with
pieces of the same wire cut three
inches longer than wish the wires in
the fence to be apart. One end of
these wires is bent in the shape of a
letter U, by bending il IN hole bored
one asd one-half inch deep, in a one
half inch round iron. Unless one use
something to keep the wires in place
when these tie-pieces are fastened on,
the fence wires will be drawn together.
| use piece of hardwood board. one
half by one inch. four feet long, with
fiat piece of iron screwed to one side
of it. This stick has notches filed
three-eighths inches deep in the wood
and iron, to correspond with the
wires, so that when l place the stick
against the fence, one wire goes in
each notch. My stick is four feet long,
and has nOtches cut in it every six
inches. Where l wish my fence wires
to be tied together, place my notched
stick, and hang a tie with hook on
the other side OF the fence from me,
and the lower end of the tie hanging
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02

Delicious cheese sandwiches may be
made by cooking in double boiler
half pound of grated cheese with
half a cup of cream or milk, a tiny
pinch of mustard, and a little salt;
thicken with teaspoonful of flour;
when thoroughly cooked, and just be-
fore removing from the fire, add WELL
beaten egg. Have ready some thinly-
toasted bread or some crackers, and
spread while hot. The crackers should
be of a sort that will split. These
sandwiches must be eaten while hot;
they make very dainty relish for
luncheon or tea.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
SIMPLE MILK COOLER.
a Leaf from the Diary of Progressivu
Nebraska Farmer.

n Leaf from the Diary of Progressive
Nebraska Farmer.
My milk cooler is a box large enough
to hold all my milk and cream cans
and butter crooks. 1t hasa spout down
one corner within one inch, of the bot
tom, to. allow the water to flow in,
thus putting the cold water in the bot
tom of the tank. The warm water
rises to the surface and passes of
down the. hose, which is hooked
up as high as you wish the
water in the vat around the cans
When there is less milk in the, cans,
lower the hose by use of the wire
chain. The warm water passes off at
the top of the vat and runs out on
our garden, and Is used To irrigate it
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
A HOMEMADE WIRE FENCE.

on the other side of the lower wire to
be tied. If one wish his fence wires
to be tied every six feet. begin
three feet from the post, and tie the two
top wires; then skip one space, and
fasten the next wires, and so on until
the ground is reached. The stick may
be moved over three feet, and the two
wires skipped the first time be fastened
as in cut. These tie pieces are fastened
to the wire with piece of fiat steel
six inches long and one inch wide, bent
and filed hook shaped. To fasten the
top of the tie, hang it close to the
notched stick (have the wires drawn
tight, take this piece of steel in my
right hand, hang it on the fence wire
to the right of the tie, turn it over the
fence wire until the notch in the steel
catches in the short end of the tie. and
wind it around the fence wire without
any trouble. The lower end hangs
on the other side of the lower wire
Catch the eud of the tie that hangs
below the wire In the bend of the steel,
with the notch in the steel against the
fence wire: give the tie bend around
the wire, and finish the job the same as
for the upper end of the tie. This
makes the best and cheapest fence of
which ! know without any exception.
use a 2-inch staple one hall inch wide.
and when I fasten the wire. am care
full TO place the points of the staple 50
that they viii not split the post. 1t
will give half stronger job than
staples of the same length bent for
round wire. Outside of my own work
on my tools for my fence. paid 10 cents
to blacksmith. 1 have put on the
lies of a five-wire fence As rods long in
4 half day.-Rural New Yorker.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
How to Relieve Collie.

For relieving collie one eminent physi-
clan recommends simple bicarbonate
of soda, of which one-half teaspocnful
is to be dissolved in half tumblerful
of water, and a teaspoonful Of the solu-
ton given to the infant every fifteen
minutes. This, by the way, is very
good preventive of collie, and may be
safely admin stored half a dozen times
day to children predisposed to the
trouble. In addition to giving this sim
pie medicine, the abdomen should be
gently massaged with the hand, the
movement being from right tc left; or,
if this fails to alleviate the distress. hot
fannels may be applied to the stomach
and bowels
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
WOMAN AND HOME.
BRAZILIAN zEBRAFlsH.
A Zeal Novelty for Ladies Fond OF Pretty
Aquarium Pets.

a Zeal Novelty for Ladies Fond OF Pretty
Aquarium Pets.
This new aquarium fish was first
brought to Germany by an enthusiast
a year ago and was successfully prop
agated last summer. We saw the origi-
nal imported fish, with their fry. Our
picture, which we reproduce from
Natur und Haus, is a good representa-
ton.
The fish attains a size of about five
inchesin length by two inches in width.
The general appearance is that of a
sunfish; the ground color of the body,
which is entirely covered with small
scales similar in size to those of the
Paradise fish, is a brassy yellow marked
with a number of irregular vertical
bars or stripes of black; the dorsal and
anal fins are large and long, being
composed of great many rays of
which about one-third are spinous:
they are black in color; at times, how
ever, when the fish is excited, the vel
low of the body becomes brighter and
runs in streaks into the black dorsal
FIN, making this appear as if it was a
continuation of the body; the ventral
fin is colorless and transparent; the
caudal fin is rounded. The eyes are
yellow. flashing like fire on some oc,.a-
sions, and resembling those of the moss
bass.
The fish is very attractive. especially
when excited, it reminds one of her
aid of the middle ages, whose dress
used to display the colors of their mas
ters in stripes. At other times the fish
will assume very plain grayish color
with only one irregular black spot on
each side of the body, midways and
near the ends of the dorsal and anal
fins. Young specimens show these pc
culiar markings even more distinctly
than the adults.
The habits of the zebrafish are very
much like those of our moss bass; they
are very pugnacious and display the
same motions when attacking one an
other as the moss bass do. but their
point of attack is the mouth. and if they
succeed in grasping it, they hold firmly,
like much fighting male Paradise fish
do, until the weaker gives up. But.al-
though they fight great deal we have
not yet seen one that was seriously
hurt. They seem to be on friendly terms
again soon after.
Their breeding habits, too, are much
like those of the sunfish family. They
pair off during the summer and prepare
a nest on the bottom of the tank, where
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
Experiments with Butter.

The officials of the agricultural de.
partment are satisfied with the gen.
eral results of the experiments made
at Cornell university, which have
shown the possibility of making but
ter from the whey left after the name
ufaeture of cheese. The only other
question to be determined is whether
butter can be made in such quantities
as to pay. 1t is said to De good butter,
qualified judges being unable to de-
tect it from that made from milk in
the first place.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
The Bicycle Riders Mission.

One of the main elements in bringing
about the better condition of roads has
been the bicycle rider He has been a
constant grumbler over the poor condi-
tion in which the roads are allowed to
remain. This is natural, for he fur
nishes the muscle, while one who drives
scarcely ever notices how hard his
horse works.-Foster's Democrat, Do
yer. N II.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02

Now IS good time to fumigate the
hen house by closing the house and
burning sulphur within. Use coal oil
freely about all the perches, nests and
creviees, and spread lime and ashes
about the house and in the nests
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
a New Version.

Brown Ito the newly-marriedl-
Struck the mother-in-law snag yet,
Jones?
Jones-Yep. You see she's my wife's
stepmother, handsome, and they're
about Of an age. Jee whizl 1 dasn't
even look cross-eyed at her.-Judge.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
At the Races.

Hill-How do you manage to wiz
every day?
Berg-A friend who knows all about
it tells me which horses to buy.
Hill-And you do just as he tells youi
Berg-No; just the opposite.-N. Y.
World.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
Bran Bags for the Bath.

Bran bags are delightful adjuncts to
summer baths. They soften and sweet
en- the water and add new power of
tefreshment to the rites of ablution.
They are rather expensive when bought,
but when made at home they are among
the cheapest of toilet luxuries.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
Scandal0us.

Hojack-Did you hear how Skidmore
disgraced his family at church last
Sunday?
Tomdik-No; how was it?
Hojack-The minister read two chap
ters from the Acts, and he insisted on
going out between them.-Judge
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
OF HIGHER YaIna.

Son-Father, is the position Of sen.
ator higher than that of congressman
Father-It comes higher, my boy
Puck.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
SUMNER FANCY WORK
A Novelty Which Produces a Good Effec
with Little Labor.

with Little Labor.
A novelty in fancy work, which Is
quickly done and is not expensive, and
produces a very good effect with very
little labor.
This work can be used for pincush.
ions, mats, handkerchief saehets, and
even slippers, little taste only being
required in the blending of colors, and
care being taken to choose a suitable
material as foundation for the rib
bon. After cutting lining of silk, OF
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
Why They Came Late.

Husband (in hat and overcoat}-Good
gracious! Haven't you got your coat
on yet?
Wife-It's all fixed, except tucking in
my dress sleeves so they won't get
mussed- I'll be ready in half an hour
N. Y. Weekly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
Got Daylight Through 1t.

Clubby-Did you know that Weggy
actually put bullet through his head
last night?
Willie-Weallyl I thought that he
was particularly rational this morning
when l met HMM. Y. World.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02

The Croton river, which furnishes
New York with the greater part of the
water consumed in its limits, was
named from an Indian chief.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
An Evident Error.

Binks-Miserleigh told good story
at his own expense to-day about
Jinks-Hold on. Are you sure it was
at his own expense? - Detroit Free
Press
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02

We consume our lives in providing
the very instruments of life and govern
ourselves still with regard to the fu-
ture, so that we do not properly live,
but are about to live.-Seneca.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02

-Turmeric is extracted from plant
which is native in many parts of the
east and grows particularly well in In
dia, Cochin China, Siam, Ceylon and
the Philippine islands.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02

Hungary has sent to our shores
sixty-two thousand descendants of the
followers of Atilia.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02

The amount of wealth invested in
our manufactures is increasing in a
larger proportion than that put into
any other form of production.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02
Her Choice

"As between Dick and Harry whici
do you like best?"
Jack.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02

-Hematite, a variety of iron ore, of
quality fit for jewelry, exists in sew
eral states.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-02


cured the eyes of a man blind from his
nativity. The value of the eye is shown
as much BY its catastrophe as by its
healthful action. Ask the man who
for twenty years has not seen the sun
rise. Ask the man who for half CEN
tury has not seen the face of a friend.
Ask in the hospital the victim of oph
thalmia. Ask the man whose eyesi ght
perished in a powder blast. Ask the
Bartimeus who never met a Christ,
or 'the man born blind who is to die
blind. Ask him. This morning, in
my imperfect way, l have only hint
ed at the splendors, the glories, the
wonders, the divine revelations, the
apocalypses of the human eve, and 7.
stagger back from the awful portals OF
the physiological miracle which must
have taxed the ingenuity of a God, to
cry out in your ears the words of my
text: He that formed the eye, shall
He not see?" Shall Herschel not know
as much as his telescope? Shall
Fraunhofer not know as much as his
spectroscope? Shall Swammerdan not
know as much as his microscope? Shall
DR.. Hooke not know as much as his
micrometer? Shall the thing formed
know more than its master? He that
formed the eye, shall He not see?"
The recoil Of this question is tre-
mendous. We stand at the center of a
vast circumference of observation. No
privacy. On US, eyes cherubim, eyes of
seraphim, eyes Of archangel, eyes of
God. We may not be able to see the
inhabitants of other worlds, but per-
haps they may be able to see US. We
have not optical instruments strong
enough to descry them; perhaps they
have optical instruments strong enough
to see us. The mole cannot see the
eagle mid sky, but the eagle mid sky
can see the mole mid grass. We are
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-02
Needed Ballot Changes.

Our esteemed contemporary, the
Philadelphia Press. finds, in the recent
disclosures of electoral crookedness
made during the Blair-White judicial
contest in Indiana county ground for
an earnest protest against the present
form Of the provision of the secret
ballot law in this state governing the
admission, to booths, with disabled
voters, of professional "helpers" who.
in this snug retreat, in security from
detection, manage to ak" both the
voter and his ballot at one time. The
Press has evidence that hundreds OF
able bodied men in that county sold
their ballots in this manner, often for
as low price as 81 each. 1t demands
that II there is to be helper for dis
abled or infirm voters, he shall be an
honest one. and shall not be permitted
to help those who are abundantly quail
fled to help themselves.
This is virtually the contention made
in these columns several weeks ago.
We likewise advocated another change
in the present law; and If any change Is
to be made 1t would facilitate matters
to make one complete job of It. We
argued against the straight party circle
as being device In the first place USE
less. since straight party voting is every
year becoming less frequent; and in the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-02
The Loss of the Elbe.

Out of the chaos of conflicting reports
concerning the recent accident where
by the steamship Elbe, with its human
cargo of almost 400 souls, went to the
bottom within Il few minutes following
Its collision in a fog with the British
steamer Crathie, one or two facts now
appear to be settled. One Is the utter
inadequacy of the life boat accommoda"
ttons of the Lloyd steamship; and the
other Is that Captain Gordon, of the
Crathie, is unfit to remain in charge of
any vessel sailing the high seas.
That boat habitually carrying from
300 to 500 passengers should be pro-
vided with only three life boats, one of
them unfit for use, seems almost in
credible, but the early assertions to
this effect have not to our knowledge
been contradicted. If true, it would
seem that this fact would, in law, rem
der the Lloyd company liable for dam
ages for every death or injury sus-
talned by reason of Thursday morn
ings collision. 1t would establish their
guilt of contributory negligence and q
prosecution along this line, even if un-
successful, might have a good effect in
discouraging similar carelessness in the
future.
AS to the conduct of Captain Gordon,
1t will be fair, before believing the
worst, to await the telling of his side Of
the story. That he deliberately steamed
away from the sinking Elbe. Indifferent
to her peril and to the fate of her many
passengers, Is a statement too mon
strous for premature belief. 1t will be
time enough to adjust the ethics of
civilization to such black circum-
stance when the assertion is proved.
But wholly apart from this phase of
the subject, it would seem that a sea-
man who should permit his ship to
steam along quietly through a fog,
without giving sound or signal, and
without paying heed to the rocket sig
nails of an approaching ship, would be
in safer business if he were deprived
of his captaincy and put to breaking
stones.
An official inquiry into this unfortu-
nate circumstance is imperatively de-
manded.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-02
SKETCH OF JAMES ii. CODDING

From the Towanda Reporter-Journal.
James II. Coddng was born in Pike
township, this county, July 5, 1Si9. When
he was years old his parents removed
to Towanda where he has since resided.
His education was begun In the public
schools of the borough. After complet-
Ing the prescribed course there he en-
tered the Susquehanna collegiate insti-
tute of this place and was graduated
with the highest honors. He then en-
tered Dartmouth college where he re-
mained one year, when an opportunity to
enter at once upon an active business ca
reer presenting itself IL he accepted 1t.
But his tastes and the natural bent Of his
mind We're toward literary and profess
sional pursuits, and in II short time he
gave up business and began reading law
in the office of Henry Streeter. esq. He
finished his law studies with Judge Nor
row and was admitted to the bar in 1879.
Mr.. Codding is Mason of high degree
and has been honored with many places of
trust and high honor by that body. In
1893 he held the office of grand commander
of the Grand Commandery. knights
Templar, of Pennsylvania. He Is also u
prominent Odd Fellow.
Although Mr.. Codding has always taken
an active interest In politics and has been
an unswerving Republican from his
YOUTH he has never been an olnce-Seeker.
The only time he has been a candidate
for public Office was in 1890. when he was
nominated for judge of the Thirteenth dis
trict on the Republican ticket after one
of the bitterest contests at the primaries
ever known in our local politics and into
which were dragged many outside issues.
AS a result of that unfortunate division In
the Republican ranks the whole ticket was
defeated by small majority. But out Of
the fires of that ordeal Mr.. Codding
emerged without u stain upon his char
acter and with popularity undiminished
Throughout that campaign of bitterness
and hate not a word in way Of detraction
was uttered against his character or his
integrity, and 1t Is Il fact that today
nearly every man who then opposed him
is numbered among his loyal and de-
voted adherents.
Although comparatively young man
there Is no question of his fitness for the
place. He has had wide experience in
business affairs, Is a successful lawyer,
has had the Endorsement of a Republican
convention that nominated him for judge,
and in the recent contest for the con-
gressional nomination was practically the
unanimous choice of the party.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-02

find. at much expense, that the most
of them We're unconstitutional, what
difference will it make?
Then there Is another enterprise
known as the Agricultural Combine
Its chief purpose in life, apart from
the aid it extends to politicians in
search of votes, is to secure the enact
ment of laws eXempting the farmer
from taxation as far as 1t can, and
giving him as much of a monopoly of
the sale of farm produce as can be
given by act of legislation. This par
ticular combines character was well
illustrated some years ago when 1t
sought to exclude from the markets OF
PENNSYLVANIA all dressed beef products
not grown, killed. cured or packed
within the state; or in other words,
tried to add from to 5 cents to the
cost price OF every pound Of meat con-
sumed by the carnivorous food eaters
of this commonwealth. such addition to
cattle growers, as so much clear profit
The anti-oleo law is another piece Of
the same fine Italian handiwork-a law
virtually decreeing that chemistry
must not try to cheaper the foods Of
the people If by so doing it will leopard
the revenues of the Pennsylvania
dairyman.
These two specimens of class clam
nishness by no means exhaust the
list; in truth, they hardly begin 1t. In
addition, there are the Standard Oil
Combine, the book trust ring, and all
the rest of the long catalogue of spe-
cial interests, private, corporate and
sectional, which regularly employ
agents, lobbyists or Legislative COM
mittees' to guard their respective in
terests by tactics of both offense and
defence. There is scarcely a business
or a class or a section of any conse-
quence which Is not thus provided with
lynX-eyed agents and representatives;
but one will in vain search for some
such combine in the interests of the
plain people. Their affairs at Haris-
burg, under Democratic rule and under
Republican, seem to be for the greater
part oversh allowed by the more urgent
ambitions of the class combines. Only
during campaign time do they appear
to receive a predominant share Of con-
sideration.
The American people would do well
to turn back from this tendency to-
ward class rivalry. 1t augurs no good
for them If it shall be persisted in; but
on the contrary it is fraught with the
menace Of great harm.