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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-27
INSIGNIA ON ovERCOATS.
Naval UaiforRs On shore Dsty Sur
prise Some National Guard
Omcers.

During the recent convention of the
national guard officers at the Palmer
house several officers appeared wear
ing uniform overcoats with the hood
hanging down the back and bright new
shoulder straps glaring on the shout
,ders. These officers seemed to be un-
conscious of the unusual display, says
a Chicago exchange. Landsmen wear
insignia on the sleeves of their over
coats, narrow festoons of black silk
braid being all that is needed to tell
the grade. So as these officers entered
the clubrcom with shoulder straps out
side their overcoats considerable com
ment followed.
whats the meaning CT that, do you
Think" was the question of one
grizzled colonel, who has participated
in two wars.
Give it up" his companion an
swered, Guess they are afraid we
won't know they are officers. First
thing you know some of these militia
men will wear shoulder straps on their
undershirts."
A closer inspection revealed the fact
that the officers under discussion were
naval miltiamer, The uniform pre-
scribed for naval officers on shore duty
calls for shoulder straps on the over
coat, and they were simply complying
with regulations. One OF them eX-
pressed his disgust because Of the en-
forced display and consequent ridicule
from those acquainted with the law,
but he was powerless.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-27
scientific Crop notntion.

The New Jersey experiment stations
practice crop rotation, and six of the
principal systems are as follows, corn
being planted the first year in all of
them: Second year, oats; third year,
wheat or rye; fourth year, clover.
Second year, potatoes; third year,
wheat or rye; fourth year, clover, Sec
ond year. wheat or rye; third year,
clover; fourth year, timothy. Second
year, potatoes; third year, clover, Sec
ond year, potatoes; third year, pota-
toes; fourth year, melons. Second year,
potatoes; third year, tomatoes; fourth
year, clover.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-27
FOR CUTTING WOOD.
saw Power which Can Easily lie
Constructed at Home by Amy
bright Farmer.

Saving the years supply of wood is
long. hard and laborious job. Many
forms of power are now available. such
as gas engines. windmills, water
wheels, etc. which do the work quick
ly and easily. Where such cannot he
afforded a natural mechanic can make
horse power cutter as illustrated
herewith.
First make shaft (a). on which place
n wheel(b) for the horse to work in.
Make it IS TO 20 feet in diameter A
heavy balance wheel (e) is then made
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-27
rhe Ennrinnnth Gnent.

The most curious agency which has
been inaugurated in Paris for some
time past is that for the supply of the
fourteenth guest, Parsians, like some
other people, have superstiuous OBJ
lection to dinner parties of 49, This
agency supplies fourteenth guest
when desired.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-27
Al liz. Actual YaIna.

The Kansas County Clerks associa.
tion in session at Topeka last week
passed the following resolution:
That the assessment and taxation law be so
amended as to impose a penalty upon each
township assessor and the state railway as
SCISSORS for failure to assess all property at its
sutual value and a penalty be imposed upon
each board that does not equalize property at
its actual value. Also. that penalty DO i'm
posed upon each person who fails or refuses TO
list all Of his property upon which he Is liable
agent
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-27
SMALL WORKBENCH.
Small Jobs of Repairing Around
House or Darn.

Asmall workbench very convenient
for doing small jobs of repairing. Get
a long, deep, but narrow, empty grocery
box and mount ii upon legs upon its
side us shown. This provides not only
Il workbench, but a shelf below it for
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-27
A NatnrnI SIM nInI.

The largest sun dial in the world is
Hayou Horoo, large promontory ex-
tending 5000 feet above the Aegean
sea. AS the sun swings round the
shadow of this mountain il touches,
one by one, circle OF islands, which
act as hour marks
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-27
FARM WORKBENCH.

keeping tools. The cover of the box
can be hinged to the front for the pur-
pose Of keeping the tools more secure.
There is not farm in the country thac
can afford 30 be without at least small
bench on which to make repairs and to
construct the small articles needed for
carrying on farm operations.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-27
BucIswheat and Knmr Corn.

| find buckwheat one of the best
whole grain foods for hens. Theyneyer
become cloyed on it, and it is a great
reproducing grain. In experiments
made in feeding during the past winter,
where the evening feed had beeu
wholly of corn, found that the substi-
tuition of buckwheat materially in
creased the egg yield Kaflir corn is
grainAthat should receive more atten-
ton from poultrymen. While its nu-
tritive value is about the same as that
of Indian corn, IL is relished much bet
ter by fowls and seems to produce
more eggs. Where one raises his own
grain, ] prefer ( o feed both buclSwheat
and Kafllr corn, unthreshed, as work
ing it out of the straw gives the hens
eXercise,-L, T., Keyser, in Reliable
Poultry Journal
All things considered IT is cheaper to
buy potash than ashes.
The cows are MIXED al the same hour
each day, in the same order and by the
same person.
We have found that a careless feeder
can use great deal of feed from which
we get noreturns.
No material change occurs in the com
position of the corn-cobs during the
several stages of ripeninR,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-27

Columbus will make an effort to land
the branch insane asylum and in sup.
port of its bid will make remarkable
proposition. A mass meeting of the
citizens of the town was held at which
it was decided to donate $40 acres Of
coal land and dig IA main from "A well
l, 400 feet deep. This assures coal to
supply the asylum for 3, 900 years and
water for all purposes for all time.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-27
WIN Not Pardon Jolntkeepers.

During Gov. Stanley's administra-
ton Kansas jointists will have to
abide by the verdict of Judge and jury.
Gov. Stanley announces that in no
case will he pardon man who has
been legally convicted of selling liuuor.
would bring Revenue to the state
The senate committee on banking
has recommended the passage of Sen.
ator Johnson's bill providing for the
deposit of public funds, now in the
state treasury, in public banks. The
bill is favored because it would bring
to the state several thousand dollars
each year in interest.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-27

Languages Spoken in Brasil.
In Brazil there are said to be 800
languages and dialects spoken by the
Fnaiaus
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-27
warts an Asylum for Inebriat, 8

bill introduced in the house by
Kutz, of Pratt, makes it the duty OF
probate judges to commit inc briates
to the state asylums for the insane as
well as anyone of unsound mind. The
bill also provides for the appointment
of guardians for drunkards so com.
mitted.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-27
SOME KANSAS HAPPENINGS.


The Kansas legislature will be called
npon to pass bill authorizing Attor-
ney General GODDARD to institute pro-
ceedings in the United States supreme
court for resurvey of the boundary
line between Kansas and Missouri,
with the idea of securing a goodly
slice of the latter state for Kansas.
The bill was prepared in conformity
with belief which has long existed
in the minds of many old residents of
Kansas that the state line is nearly
sne-half mile west of where it should
be and that the state of Missouri is eX-
ercising jurisdiction over strip of
territory extending from Kansas City
to the southern line of the state which
really belongs to Kansas. This belief
is based on the fact that under the
survey of 1920 the boundary line be.
tween Missouri and the territory west
was made to follow meridian line
which passed through the mouth of
the Kaw river The Kansans who are
behind this movement contend that a
large part of the west bottoms in Kan
sas City, Mo-, which contain many
large Wholesale establishments, i'm
plement houses, manufactures, rail-
road depots and yards and the Dold
pacl<ing-house. as we'll as the Missouri
part of the stock yards, is soil right.
fully belonging to Kansas.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-11-09
PERMANENT LABELS.
n Matter af some Importance Co
HortirHtturtsts Who Vast 10
hrrp Names of Plants.

The little wooden labels which are
used To- mark the trrrs and plants sent
out from the nursery are not durable.
They are light uffnira and generals are
fastened ON with q pirce of iron wire
which soon ruSis or. ifit does not rust
aud break the limb will often grow
around II, and may become 80 injured
as 10 break of The name IL written
on with n common lead pencil and the
weather Of one year will wear IL on, and
thus the name Is lost.
II IL is desired 20 keep the name of
the plant On u label attached Ia il Il
may be done in this way: Get II heavy
elk or eight-inch label and rub il over
with white lend thinned with the least
bit Of oil Then with a soft pencil, and
before the lead 10 dry. write on the
name and anything else you muy wish.
This will last for several years.
Now procure some No. Il or No. 10
copper wire aud cut II in pieces foot
or more long. Make a loop on each end.
give the middle a twist around the label
and hang It around a small branch.
hooking the loops together and pinch.
inR theIs up tight. Such label fas-
tened In this manner will last for years.
c. Powell, In National Stock,
mnn.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-11-09

A system Of reilern carries the sawed
inmber and the alabs from the saws
10 the distant end Of the mill. where
the boards are trimmed and sorted.
rhr rollers are revolving cylinders OF
steel, raised just enough from the On.
bleA Ia which they are set 10 keep the
lumber In motion. Standing nj the end
Of the rolIer-earriage. hiue-bioused
workman with his sharp picaroon dis
.rects the hoard in any direction be
wishes, the rough slabs being sent
along one set Of subordinate rollers 10
be shaved up into shingles or ripped
into kidding for city consumption.
while the boards pass up a broad. In
elined table, where whl1zing little saws
trim them and saw them into the req
n,siie lengths. Ia high cage near
the top % the room q workman operates
series OF levers like those IN use In
railway Hwiichyard, directing the pieces
OF lumber as they pass up the incline.
The lumber then tumbles down the
other side OF the incline, and Is ready
for pillng.-W. 3. IIarwood. 10 st. Nleh'
olaa.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-11-09
The Cause of Free Silver.


the gold standard TO Russia, Japan and
the attempt 80 extend II 20 India coy
stitutc y menace 10 the future pros
pcri7y Of the world. II the people Of the
United States fail TO restore bimetal-
lism, She gold standard policy will he
come universal as the people ~ no
other nation have the power TO SUCCESS
fully oppose the powerful creditor com.
binntioa that Is forcing the gold stand.
ard upon the world.
Throughout the history Of the world
d has usually happened that money
supply was relieved by an increased
yield Of silver at one period and an in
creased yield Of gold az another. IthaA
seldom happened that the increase OF
gold and silver was large at the same
time. Thus, II the world had been ON a
single monetary standard OF either
gold or silver. W have no assurance that
she conditions would have existed that
would permit the development OF such
q civilization ~ VIZ now have. The In
creased supply Of gold from the reefs
Of South Africa, from the newly dis
covered placer beds OF the Klondike.
and the discovery of the cyanide process
has wonderfully increased the supply
Of gold within the past two years. This
increase ia money supply has checked
the fall In prices, relieved the strain
upon money throughout the world and
is perceptibly felt In an improvement
In general conditions. The result f.
that the known gold fields will be
worked day and night with all the pow
or and force OF modern processes and
modern machinery until they are
worked out. During this period, how
ever, should the people fail to careful.
~ guard their interests. the gold com.
hination hope 10 firmly establish the
gold standard not only Ia the United
States but IN India as well. II this Is
done Il viii onl, be few short years
until the drauRht upon gold will be
many times as great rs the supply and
the world viii have 10 face an era 81 fall
ing prices indefinitely. Therefore, the
intelligent people OF the world will not
abatc one jpt or title OF their efforts TO
restore blmctallism.
The republican party. which has fall.
en- irreSocahly into the hands Of the
money power, trusts and monopolies
will still stand FOR the gold standard.
The money kings through their enor-
NOUS patronage will continue 10 CON
trul the metropolitan press. but the
great intelligent masses " Americans
who are to live and prosper by their In.
dustry and labor and who desire 10
leave rs an inheritance 10 their children
conditions Of prosperity. will 60 stead
tasty on and drive from the control Of
the government the agents aud attor.
nrys Of the gold combination and mo
noPolics. Upon every question Of pm.
triotism aud morals and humanity the
democratic party Is In the right upon
party issues ms now defined, while the
republican party Is simply the servant
of the HiUions ~ greed who are con.
federated for public and private plum.
der. National Waterman.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-11-09
spper.tItInn. Aboul nen,h.

supersiltious persons will find food
for their morbid imnginntions. no
doubt, IN the fact that the other day n
woman fen dead az the funeral Of her
mother They win find that mirror
owned by some member Of the family
unacc0untably fell from the wall and
was shattered, that some other member
saw the new moon over his left shout.
der. or that somebody else saw a cross.
eyed colored person, a humpback or
black cat coming out Of q graveyard
To such persons all these and other sim
liar signs" will be held as having been
irfalllble prophecies Of the death that
occurred. As matter Of fact, how
ever. the daughter who expired was
probably suffering from az affection
OF the heart which was aggravated 70
a fatal extent by her emotion ut her he.
reavement and by the excitement Of at.
tending the funeral Of her mother
Philadelphia Press.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-11-09

Recording 60 a computation made hs
the New York World, 90 combinations
of capital or trusts control 2,esT 600
men. and She Capitalization OF capital
continues. II Is one CT the serious
phases OF the trust question. What
effect these combinations must have on
the future independence and well be.
ing of the lahoriag classes. One Of these
combinations, namely the Standard OIL
company, haA reached out It's tentacles
until II has hold In the banking,
transportation, mining and other forms
OF business. u seems that the effcri
Of this growing trust tendency must be
10 eventually crush ous the independ.
ence of the labpring classex. and dictate
the terms upon which they shsll exist,
The combination OF capital that can NOT
only * she wages which all the men IN
yHricd iinez Of employment shall re,
ceisc. but also virtually determine the
purchasing powev-of such compensa.
tIon. must soon crush labor between
the upper and arthcr min stnnes OF In.
dustriaI oppression. and leave labor
only what 10 necessary TO poor en-
iatence.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-11-09
THE DOLLARS AT WORK.
How SILVER Mould get Into Cirrala-
tion tndrr the system of
Free Coinage.

How would silver get into circulation
under free coinage? Many corrcspon.
dents ASK for information on this point
and brief answer will be given. I'm.
der free coinage the owner Of silver hui.
lion would take II to the mint and have
II coined into dollars. With these dol
lhrr he would pay his employees, pur.
chase his supplies, pay his inNcs, debts
and all other expenses. The persons
thus receiving them would IN like man
ucr pay their debts and liabilities and
meet their expenses. Thus it would
make iis rounds and find IT, way
through the entire community. Not
only would IL AT once enter into circu.
lntion, but IL would have the effect Of
bringing a large amount OF money into
use that Is now lying idle. As silver
ilonted out into the channels OF trade II
would raise prices and stimulate bust.
meas, When prices rise money always
comes from It's hiding places for invest.
ment. When property Is going up men
will buy II, expecting TO reap profit
from the rise. When prices advance
when property becomes dearer II
means that money is getting cheaper
Therefore men who have money are
anxious 10 avoid loss by converting
their money which Is falling into prop
erty that IL rising. This explains why
Il IL that In seasons Of falling prices and
business staguation there always seems
TO he a superubundancc of money, That
Is. large amount Of idle money foI
which there Is no use. when property
values are falling the man with money
holds on 10 u. lie says; 'If buy now
the property will shrink In value and ]
viii lose. So | will wait until the bot.
tom mark IL rcached.' But Ms soon rs Il
gets 10 the bottom he will buy, proyid.
ed, always, that he secs chance for an
upward movement. There Is scarcely
ANYONE who has not acted upon this
principle, and who does rot act upon II
every day. Briefly and concisely stated
the principle Is this; When prices are
falling Il Is advantageous To hold on to
our money II we have any: when prices
are rising II pays better to invest the
money In property or Ia some produc-
tive enterprise. The argument co by
the gold people that II we had free coin.
age the poor man would not be able &c
get any of the money coined presents
another OF their innumerable absurd.
tiles and contradictions. In one breath
they insist that the poor man will be
loaded down with cumbersome 50-cent
dollars, aud In the next that he will not
be able TO get any Of them. even II they
be coined
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-11-09

Country Cousin (oE visit to London
10 LADY fddlcrl-Were you practiciug
rn Your violin just now. Miss strad ?
! thought heard y1u
Miss Strad-No: J haven't touched II
to-day.
"Ah, then, It must have been IN or
gan 10 the street,"
And for the lie NJ him he can't IN.
dcrstaud why Miss strad nov gives h m
the cold shouldcr-Punch.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-11-09
BEST Farm WAGON.
An Indiana Experience from which
Farmers In other Sections MAY
Draw a Valuable Lesson.

] have often Wondered why il WINS
that manufacturer did not make farm
wagons more especially and pariiru-
larry adapted for use on the farm than
they do. The Kind that are usually pa;
out all over the country do rcry well
or the road. but they do not aIl the bill
on tho farm. The wheels are as a rule
800 high aud II takes one side Of ten.
acre field 10 turn round In. unless the
body Is made so narrow that II won't
hold anything. We have had our farm
wagons OF late years made to order IN
the following manner; The front
wheels are 90 inches high, hind wheels
90 inches. We prefer broad to narrow
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-11-09
How Mrs. Pinkilam
HELPED MRS. GO0DEN.


NAAtAAA ~ 80 fANAhHA w. AAaUllN
~ am very grateful to you for your
Kindness and the interest you have
taken In me, and truly believe your
medicines and advice are worth more
10 woman than all the doctors In the
world. For years had female troubles
and did nothing for them. OF course
became no better and finally broke
down entirely. My troubles began
with inflammation and hcmorrhages
from the kidneys, then Inflammation,
congestion and falling OF the womb
and inflammation of ovaries.
81 underwent local treatment every
day for some time; then after nearly
two months the doctor gave me pcrrnls-
sion 10 TO back &c work. went back,
but in less than y week wns conn
PEELED 10 give up and 60 10 bed. On
breaking down the second time, de-
eidrd to let doctors and their medicine
alone and try your remedies. Befors
the first bottle was gone felt the ef-
fects of 1t. Three bottles OF Lydia K.
qinkhams Vegetable Compound and q
package Of her Sanasive Wash did me
more good than all the doctors treat
mekta and medicine.
"Tha FIRST remark that greets me
now Is How much better you lcolst and
yoa may be sare never hcsitste TO tell
the easssa Of my health. ---MRa e J.
GoopE1i, ArKLKY, Ia.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-11-09
ON THE STAGE AND OFF.

London Ia importing American ballet
girls.
Mrs. lie breton, Mrs. Langtry's moth
err, lives In jersey and Is attn one OF
ihr best looking women In the island in
spite of her advanced age.
Richard Mansfield was examining the
Shaw monument In Boston the other
day when he noticed a man with ko,
OAK pointed at him. he thundercd ioud
protests ni the impudenee Of the pho
tographer, ane was then apparently
still more annoyed TO fiud thai the man
only wanted TO get picture OF the
state house.
an actress playing In ANAL parts In
a iierlin theater has turned her mar
riaga TO some account. The usual for
mai invitation has been suppressed Ia
favor OF something that reads like
this: "Frauiein e. invites all her
friends and admirers to see her deent
In piece called Marriage The other
part viii be taken by Herr x-~----. IL
win depend on the latter whether this
play turns out comedy or drama
One admires the courage Of a man that
ceuld read thIs and then walk 10 chs
sisars - X -
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-11-09
.,artalnn Art.

When lady is sitting TO \ Partisan
photographer for a portrait the opera.
tor does not. In pcrfunciory manner.
roldly request her 20 lock Pheasant
now. II you pleusei" lie gays 10 her, In
the most natural and graceful manucr
in the world--"lt Is quite unnecessary
to ask madam 10 look pleasant. she
tould not look otherwise" The lady.
Of course, acknowledges abe compli.
ment with her most gracious and high.
bred smile. Click" goes the camera
aud the picture is obtained. revealing
the sitter TO the greatest advantage.
Tit-nllA.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-11-09

by tcrai applications. a. they cannot reach
the diseased iNftion nl thp ear. There Is
only one way to cure daafnsss, and that Is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inilamed condition oi the III.
cous liping u the Eu.tacbign Tube. When
this tube gets inliamed yuu have ramb,ng
sound or Imperfect hearing, and when 4 i
entirely closed deafness n the result, and
unless the inflammation tan lie taken out
and this tube restored b. IT. normal con.
dition, hearing will h. destroyed forever;
nine cas.r u ~ len nrr csulri by catgrTh.
which v nothing hNt an iailaped condition
Of the mucous suflaree
We viii give Ono Hundred Dollars for any
cHse II Deafness .caused hy caiarfh that
cannot H. cured ~ Halle Catarrh Cure
Send Tor circulars, frcc
y , Cheney s Co., Toledo, %.
Sold by Drugslsls, Tsc
liAila Family i'ilis arr the beat,
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-11-09

Farmers know that when land Is web
nnderirained II does not expand
enough by freezing to do any harm TO
winter wheat, hut that IL the land is
not properly undetermined the wheat
will he killed. The same principle holds
true Ms TO roads. II they are not thor
oughly undetermined they will break
up and become worthless. II rightly
UNDETERMINED they may be easily kept
An repair.