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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03
Trip to the KIondIke Costly.

HIAwATHA, Kan, Nov. ga letter
from Julius Pohl, the Brown county
man now trying to reach the Klondike
gold fields, states that he has already
spent more than $1,000 and does not
consider it possible for anyone to
reach the gold district at less expense
than $4,000, after bearing untold hard
ships.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03
An Alabama Fathers Revenge.

EVERGREEN, Ala. Dec William
Ellis, prominent farmer living near
here, took a negro named Cook King
10 a swamp, tied him to tree and shot
him to death. Intimacy with Ellis
daughter is the alleged cause.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03
Boston MayoraIty Candid ates.

BosroN, Nov. 3O.-The republican
convention unanimously nominated
Edwin NJ. Curtis for mayor. Josiah
Quincy, the present incumbent, has
already been renominated by the dem
oorafS
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03

MISS DELLA DAY, writing from
Waterloo, Iowa, says: my hair has
been falling out for the past two years
and could get nothing to stop it until
/ tried Beggs Hair Remover. One
bottle stopped it completely. c, b.
Spencer 4 Co., North Side Square.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03
FOR HIS MOTHERS HONOR.
Sixteen-Year-OId Boy Kills a Rich Farmer
Near Rockville. Ind.

Near Rockville, Ind.
ROCKVILLE, Ind, Dec. flames +.
Sturgeon, prominent farmer and
stock buyer of this county, was shot
and instantly killed by Harry Porter,
a boy 16 years of age. The cause of
the killing was the attentions paid by
the dead man to the boys mother.
The family had warned Sturgeon to
keep away. Sturgeon leaves a wife
and large family of children.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03
Too Much Liquor.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Nov. 80. James
Duncan, a restaurant waiter, commit
ted suicide by taking morphine. He
had been drinking of late and left a
note warning his friends ag ainst the
evils of whisky.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03

The annual session of the North Gen.
trail Kansas Teachers association met
at junction City, with an attendance
of 400. DR.. S. p. Hensen, of Chicago.
was one of the sneakers.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03

LOWELL, Mass, Dec. Frank A.
Keith and Maggie Godfrey, lovers.
committed suicide together by inhal-
ing gas in a room in this city. They
were penniless.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03

At Marshall, Mo-. William Haley is
on trial for numbering his brother-in-
law, John Pinkard.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03

al know one lady, the mother of three
who suffered greatly in the
birth of each, who obtained bottle of
Mothers Friend of me before her
fourth confinement, and was relieved
quickly and easily. All agree that their
labor was shorter and less painful"
JOHN G. POLHILL, Macon, Ga.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03

Farmers near St Francis, Kan, have
lost many cattle from eating dry corn
stalks
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03

S1.oO PER BOTTLE at all Drug Stores,
or sent by mail on receipt OF price.
Hf0KH Containing invaluable information Of
ccrr interest TO all women, will be sent 70
fhee any address upon application, by
Tne sRApFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA. ca.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03
.Katv" Nav RuiId to Joplin.


JOPLIN, Mo-, Nov. 81. -SurveyOrs are
reported to be in the field locating
route for the Missouri, Kansas &c Texas
railroad from Parsons, Kan, to Joplin.
The katy" company is said to have
determined to carry out its old project
to build a branch line into the great
lead and zinc mining belt.
NOISY BOSTON CONVENTION.
Democratic Admirers of W. j. Bryan At
tempt to Secure an Endorsement of Chi
eagO Platform.
Boston, Dee. Mayor Josiah Quin-
cy was renOminated by the democratic
city convention in Faneuil hall last
night. Although the nomination was
made by reclamation, there was a
spirited attempt to obtain an in
dorsement of the Chicago platform
and William J. Bryan. The indOrse-
ment was not put to a vote, but was
disposed of by reference to the resOlu-
tions committee. During the proceed
ings there was continued uproar among
the $50 delegates.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03

orders of the digestion, and all weakness
of the stomach. 1t makes the assimilation
perfect, the liver active, the blood pure and
rich with the life giving elements of the
food, the nerves strong and steady, and it
drives all impurities and abnormal acids
from the blood. 1t allays inflammation and
dispels pain. 1t is the great blood maker
and flesh-builder. 1t does not make cor
pulent people more corpulent Unlike cod
liver oil, it does not build habby flesh, but
tears down the unhealthy, half dead it's
sues that constitute corpulency, carries
them away and excretes them, replacing
them with the firm tissues of health.
Thousands have testified to its merits.
Sold at all medicine stores.
al have been afflicted with rheumatism and
kidney trouble" writes Mr.. c. b. White of
Grove, Geauga Co., ohio 81 suffered untold
pain. 1 was afraid would lose my mind. At
times almost entirely helpless. There had
not been a night for three years that could rest
in any position l tried DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery l used three bottles of it
and am we'll of both diseases"
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipatiOn. Constipation is the cause of
many diseases. Cure the cause and you
cure the disease. One "Pellet" is
gentle laxative, and two mild cathar-
tic. Druggists sell them and there's
nothing else "just as good"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03
DAY Rejects A. PORTFOLIO.

WASHINGTON, Dec. When asked
last night whether there was any truth
in the often-printed reports that he
had been rendered the attorney gener-
alship, Assistant Secretary Day, of the
state department, said: THE president
some time ago was kind enough to ten
der to me the position of attorney gen.
eral in the event of vacancy in that
office, which, after consideration, l
have been reluctantly obliged to de-
cline for reasons entirely personal"
There is every reason to believe that
Judge Day will continue work in his
present position in the state depart
ment.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03
DECISION IA PENSION CASE.


WASHINGTON, Dec. Assistant Sec
rotary Webster Davis yesterday in the
case of the widow of James Dempsey,
late of company c, Fourteenth Michi-
gan infantry, held that the fact that
the widow accompanied her claim
with a certificate from the board of
health of Detroit, Mich, that her hus-
bands death was due to paralysis of
the heart, but suppressed that fact
that subsequent investigation by the
coroner showed that the heart paraly-
sis was caused by using liquor and
drugs, constituted fraud. The widow
was pensioned by special act of con-
gress and by this decision the depart
ment will recoup itself for money pre-
viously wrongfully paid her under the
general pension laws.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-03
ASHES AS FERTILIZERS.

They Are Very Useful ON Crops Llkc
Glover and Grass.
Considerable space is devoted to ashes
as fertilizers in late bulletin issued by
the Massachusetts Experiment station.
The bulletin states that lime-kiln ashes.
which contain, in one ton, 800 pounds of
lime, 25 of potash, and 90 of phosphoric
acid. might well be advertised and sold
with profit. These ashes are obtained
by burning limestone with wood. They
are very useful on crops like clover or
grass, and farmers who live where they
can be obtained, can we'll afford tc pay
$3.50 per ton and haul them home. AS
for ordinary unbleached wood ashes,
they should never be bought by the
bushel. They should be bought not
only by weight, but on a guaranteed
analysis of potash and phosphoric acid.
The Massachusetts Experiment station
chemists found all the way from one
to IS per cent. of water in different
samples of such ashes. 1t is folly to
buy ashes by the bushel when 20 per
cent. or more of the bulk is nothing
but water. The potash and phosphoric
acid found in wood ashes have, pound
for pound, about equal commercial'val-
ues. Dealers sometimes state only the
sum of both instead of the amount of
each. This is we'll enough in figuring
the money value of the ashes, but the
buyer should demand, in addition. a
definite statement of the amounts of
potash and phosphoric acid as separate
ingredients.-Rural World.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-03
FRENCH MENUS.
They Are . ThtnE of the Past. and
Eagllsh IL Now Cscd.

E001e00 II NOW NocO.
A gentleman who had noted the ten.
dency upon the part OF the restauratenrs
of late to have their menu entirely in Eng
lish, asked one of them what brought about
the change from the old way, when French
was the popular form for every menu in
first-class establishments. lie said:
"A change of time and a change OF taste:
There was time when restaurants could
and people didn't care much what they paid
SO that the service was up to the very best.
Then we put the bill of fare in French as q
gentle deception. Few could read French,
and when they ordered pommes de terre
they were under the impression they were
getting a French dish when, in fact, they
were getting plain everyday murphies with
the jackets on.
II remember many funny cases. Atone
time had couple of young people at n
table and at the close of the meal they or.
dered cafe au lait, just because it brought up
the close of the menu. When they were
served with coffee and cream they. were
surprised, and the waiter said the girl said
to her beau: We'll, know enough French
now to know that kaf aw layit is coffee: 1t
won't take me long to learn French, Willie
"Another thing. In the old days the
French was gentle deception. A man who
ordered pommes de terre, say, was willing
to pay quarter for them, but he would have
kicked like mule to be called upon to pay
that much for potatoes. People are eating
roast beef and beefsteak now, andfrenci
dishes don't go. l guess the natioa is get
ting more and more to have pride in Amer
lea and all things that are American Gin
cinnati Commercial Telegraph.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-03
C.rInx for Seen Corn.

Probably no better place for the
braids of corn saved in the ear for
next springs seeding can be found
than to hang them beside the chimney,
where the heat from the stove or fire.
place will protect them from freezing
until fully dry. About as good place
as this, and some think better, is in the
smokehouse where the hams and bacon
are cured. But in either case the braids
should be visited often to see that noth-
ing gets at them. The squirrel is tho
worst enemy of sweet corn, because he
only digs out the chit or germ of the
very soundest and best corn. He will
leave an entire corn cob full of corn
more orNess damp. and feast on, that
which has been thoroughly dried for
seed. The germ of sound, dry corn has
flavor much like nut, and it is very
nutritious.-American Cultivator.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-03
THE FARMING WORLD.
BEES IN THE WINTER.
This Writer Prefer. ChaR Hives (.

This Writer Prefers. Cha1 Hives to
Quarter. tn the Cellar.
Preparation of bees for winter should
be begun some time before winteris on.
If they are to be fed, it should be done
while the weather is yet warm. as
liquids cannot be fed to bees in winter.
# bees are destitute of food during
the winter proper food may be given
them in the form of candy until warm
weather comes in spring. 1t takes
about 25 pounds of honey to winter
a colony successfully. and this amount
may be given them in part or in whole
of sirup made from granulated sugar.
The necessary amount Of stores in
each colony should be looked after care
fully in autumn, and furnished in every
case needed, so that they may be placed
in winter quarters before cold weather.
Colonies may be fed very rapidly if
necessary. In case of late feeding this
must be done, and the full amonnt of
provisions may be given them in a few
days. A strong colony will store
gallon of sirup in less than "a hours.
But in case colonies are fed earlier,
they not be fed so rapidly, and it is bet
ter to prolong feeding ten days or two
weeks, as this gives them more time
to ripen and seal up their stores. which
is much better, and also gives them an
opportunity TO rear brood, which is very
essential to successful wintering.
much prefer chaff hives to winter
in, in preference to the cellar, and if
you have never tried wintering in the
cellar, you had better leave that to the
expert. Chaff hives if we'll made are
good all-year-round hives. They are
good protection in winter, and in
spring they are a great benefit in pro-
tecting the bees during the changes of
weather, and does not check brood rear
ing during cold snaps. They are also
convenient in summer and protect the
bees and honey in hot weather.
After using house apiary for sew
eras years, much prefer it, and would
not again go back to our apiaries. AS
for winter protection in the house, l
pack in chaff after the fashion of the
chaff bive.
Late swarms, and all weak colonies
of any kind should be united until their
combined strength is as good as the
best before going into winter quarters.
It is useless to undertake t8 winter col
onies that are queenless, and they, too,
should be put in with others contain
should be put with others containing
queens.--A. H. Duff, in Western Rural.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-03
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Good cornfodder is better for the
horses than poor hay.
When the potatoes are dry is the best
time to select the seed.
So long as hogs can he kept healthy
they can be made profitable.
During the fall and winter is good
time to organize farmers clubs.
The older the stock becomes before
marketing the more it costs to feed and
fa1ten.
The profit in farming is determined
l,r the difference in prices and the cost
of raising.
Plan to provide work for the teams
through the winter.
To secure the best results in feeding
the animal must be kept as regular at
feeding as possible.
Corn is usually the most abundant
and cheapest. and generally the best
grain food we can have.
If you are land poor, have got more
land than you can maintain in good
state of fertility, sell off part.
During the fall and winter is a good
time to plan out the farm SO as to do
away with all unnecessary fencing.
Care must be taken not to put the
sow on full feed too soon after farrow-
iEg. Gradually increase her ration.
Keep in dry and convenient place
where the hogs can help themselves u
supply of ashes, tsalt and copperas.-
Farmers Union.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-03
Feed the Fowl. slowly.

One of the difficulties in feeding fowls
is that, as given by the poulterer. the
food is in mass. and can be gobbled
down far too quickly. In its natural
state, the fowl hunting for food is
obliged to eat slowly, one grain at a
time. Usually, after each mouthful, the
hen is obliged to scratch for more: So
ingrained is this instinct that hen
with chickens will scratch and cluck
when she comes to pile of grain. One
of the reasons why corn is a bad feed
for fowls is that the grain is large, and
If shelled and thrown out by hand
fuls, the fowls eat it much too fast for
their good. The true way to feed hens
is to mix their grain with chaff or
straw, so that they must scratch for
it.. If covered with mellow earth, it will
be still better, as the dust thus raised
will rid the fowls of fvermin.-Americnn
Cu1};vator
Griggs courier., 1897-12-03
DOCTORS DON'T DENY IT.
The frank testimony of q
famous physician.

aflicted with the rheumatism for three
years, and had taken as she had informed
me, more than one hundred dollars worth
of medicine to obtain relief, yet without
any beneficial result. advised her to try
a bottle of DR.. Ayers Sarsaparilla and told
her that il it failed to do her good, would
refund the money. A short time after
ward, learned that II had cured her, and
q neighbor OF hers similarly afflicted was
also entirely relieved of his complaint by
its use. This is the universal result of the
administration of your Sarsaparilla. 1t
is without exception, the best blood puri-
fer with which l am acquainted"
There Is no other similar medicine can
show similar record. Others have imi-
tated the remedy. They can't initiate the
record. DR.. Ayers sarsaparil!a has the
friendship of the physician and the favor
of the family, because it cures. 1t iulhlls
all promises made for it. 1t has healed
thousands of people OF the most n,alig gnant.
diseases that can Mutilate mankind
Nothing has ever supe 1ceded it and moth
ing ever will until medicine Is made
that can show a record OF cures greater in.
number and equal in wonder TO those
wrought by DR.; Ayers sarsaparilla. Or.
Ayers Curebook, a story of cures told by
the cured, is sent free ON request by the
]. c. Aver Company, Lowell, Mass. Write
for H.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-03
HE CONQUERED IT:
Awful Struegle with Monster That
Finally Yielded.

Awful STRUGGLE with Monster That
Finally Yielded.
All was silence for moment.
Then loud, shrill shrek rent the startled
air. There was the sound of heavy body
falling, a crashing of timbers, noise as Of
sinful spirits wailing in despair. A chain
creaked dismally and then parted with a
dead, metallic snap. Staggering backward,
he fell against the washstand. The bowl
and pitcher fell in confused mass of broken
crockery upon the floor, while the water
flooded the room.
Again he advanced to the attack, and the
black.browed monster bent slightly forward
and cast him full length upon the floor.
Blood gushed from his wounds, but he
leaped again to the attack. With loud curses
he grappled with the demon. His garments
were torn in a hundred places. One eye was
black and blue! The other was blue and
black! But still he kept up the fearful
combat. At length, when nearly exhausted,
with his life blood slowly oozing from q
thousand wounds and his breath coming in
short, painful gasps, he won! The dread
monster lay wide open before him.
.''There!" he said, as he wiped the drops
of perspiration from his brow. "There! It's
cold day when / can't open a folding bed!"
IN. Y. World.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-03

when Dr.. Aver announced his Sarsapa-
.illa to the world, he at once found the
physicians his friends. Such remedy
was what they had looked for. and they
were prompt to appreciate its merits and
prescribe ii. Perhaps no medicine-known
as patent medicine-is so generally ad.
ministered and prescribed by .physiciansas
DR.. Ayers Sarsaparilla for blood diseases.
and diseases of the skin that indicate a
tainted dcondition of the blood. Experience
has proved it to be specific in such
diseases, and sores of long standing, old
ulcers. chronic rheumatism. and many
other like forms Of disease have yielded to
the persevering use Of DR.. Ayers Sarsapar-
lila after other medicines had utterly failed.
The testimonials received from physicians
to the value of this remedy would fill
volume. Here is one leaf signed by Rich'd
H. Lawrence, NJ. D., Baltimore, Md.
"It affords me pleasure to bear testimony
TO the success which your preparation of
Sarsaparilla has had in the treatment of
cutaneous and other diseases arising from
vitiated condition of the blood. Were il
necessary, I might give you the names of
at least fifty individuals who have been
cured of long. g.standing complaints simply
by the administration of DR.. Ayers Sarsa.
pa.riila. One very remarkable instancs
was that Of quite old woman who had lived
at Gainesville. near this city. She had been
Griggs courier., 1897-12-03
FOUNTAIN FOR CHICKENS.

water and set in the middle of a shallow
pan. A board cover was placed on top.
You ought to have seen how much
the chickens and goslings enjoyed this
good drinking fountain. Do not get
the pan too large. Aspace of ~. inches
below the pail and the outside of the
pan is sufficient. This allows plenty
of room for drinking, but the young
birds cannot get into the water and foul
it. Care should be taken to have the
hole in the bottom of the pail quite
small. The opening made by the point
of an awl or small nail is large enough.
I fiji one of these fountains twice day
for GO goslings.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-03
The Los. Of Young Chicks.

Young chicks seem to die off rapidly
at times, and with no apparent cause;
but there is cause, and it can be usual
" traced to the food. They are pets,
and are usually attended to by various
members Of the family, the disposition
being to give them as much food as
they can consume, and as frequently as
possible, resulting in the waste of a
portion, which soon begins to ferment.
Now, it is this fermented food which
destroys so many young chicks. It
would be to their advantage to allow
them to seek as much of their food as
possible, feeding only a small quantity
q, q time; and it will be found, upon
trial of such plan; that they will thrive
better than when fed too frequently
Farm and Fireside.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-03
THE MISTAKE SHE MADE.
She Did Her Rest to Entertain q Bored

Guest.
At party the hostess said to guest:
"I want you to entertain Mr.. Blank lit
tie; he looks bored to death. will intro.
duce him, and you must try to amuse him.
You know his strong point; is butter, on
which he has written book"
The lady-gue graciously undertook the
task of entertaining the man, inwardly Won
dering that he should be so interested in
butter-of which she knew very little-when
his face indicated mind given to much pro-
found thinking.
However, with butter in view, she began
on the weather, gradually got to the coun-
try, then on to a farm, from that to cows,
and at last to butter. The man looked more
bored than\ever, the magic word "butter"
producing not the slightest effect, and he
left her somewhat abruptly, and soon with.
drew from the house.
81 did my best" she explained to the
hostess; 81 went through agonies to prove
that was deeply, interested in butter, but
"Butter!" exclaimed the hostess. 'What
possessed you to talk to that man, of all
men, on butter? I told you he had just
written book on Buddha, and knew how
deeply you two were interested in the same
subject"
And they said in chorus: "Gracious!"-
Tit-Bits
Griggs courier., 1897-12-03

one foot square. A small staple was
driven in the center of the top, the wire
(b) attached to the staple and passed
through hole made through the Gov.
cring of the we'll (e) and attached to a
light piece of board or lath (c) fas-
tened to an upright. Arrange the
length of wire so that as water be-
comes low the weight of the fiat will
pull down on one end of the signal and
raise the other end to which piece OF
tin or cloth is attached as signal
II. C. Crary, in Farm and Home.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-03
NEAT s,PHoN SIGNAL.
\ Little Convenience witch Slay Js.ve
n l.mf Of Tenuhoe

q Lot Of Trouble.
The float attached to a signal, as IL.
Illustrated herewith, for use while 81.
phonihg water from well is for the
purpose of giving NOTICE when water is
nearing the end of the pipe in the well.
as it will stop the action of the siphon
to allow the water to fall below the
suction end. After the we'll is "banked
in" to keep out frost it is not con-
venient to examine the height OF water,
hence the need of the signal to tell
when water is getting low, so the flow
can be regulated by faucet at the lower
end in pipe (d). Mine was made with a
piece of ordinary two-inch plank(a)
Griggs courier., 1897-12-03
HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS.
South and East.

On December and q the Big -Four Route
and Chesapeake & Ohio railway will sell
excursion tickets from all points northwest,
both one way and round trip, at greatly re;
duced rates to points in Virginia, North and
South Carolina and other southern states.
Round trip tickets will be good twenty-one
days returning. Write for particulars aid
pamphlet descriptive Of Virginia farm lands.
T.. l.. Tr,ltt, Northwestern Passenger
Agent, 234 Clark St., Chicago.