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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31
CHILDISH ASPIRATIONS.

II was years ago on summer day.
Three children sat by the brook at play;
By the brook where the grass grew tall and
rank.
And the willows swayed on the quiet bank.
Where tho oak trees waved their branches
green,
And the sunbeams fell like gems between;
While the birds that sang In the greenwood
tree
Had no lighter hearts than the children three.
All the day long their feet had strayed
In the leafy paths In the beechtree's shade;
Till tired at last, and with heat oppressed,
They sank on moss-grown mound to rest,
And there in the quiet green retreat
They wove their flowers in garlands sweet;
And mid the shadows grim and still
They planned future, as children will.
..fll be soldier" the oldest cried.a
In the battles front I'll boldly ride;
A captain brave and true I'll be,
And lead my hosts to victory;
The foe In terror will from me nee,
Aconquering hero will be;
My deeds shall cause all men amaze.
And ell who speak shall give me praise"
The next began. and this spake she:
"A rich mans bride I'll surely be;
My dress shall be silks and satins fine,
And on my brow rare jewels shine"
"And l." said the third, with earnest look,
will excel We all-Iu write q book;
And full OF truth and good twill be.
And all the world shall hear OF me-"
The sands OF time have fallen fast,
And more than score of years have passed;
The future they pictured so gay and bland
Has been far other than then they planned;
Their lives have not been SO very fair
As the castles they built In the summer air;
When time looked on them with sober frown,
They ANONYMOUSLY tumbled down.
The boy was soldier. as was his pride;
A crippled arm hangs by his side;
No epaulcttes gay were given to him.
And his sole reward was useless limb.
She who thought to De q lady gay
Is sober. care worn woman to-day;
And she who thought to be famous and grand
Writes this tale OF how three children planned
Mrs josie Morley, in Yankee Blade
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WHEN TIE FINISHED READING THESE WORDS
down and drew the marble, death-still face
to his own and kissed it passionately. cry.
ing:
"Haydec! o Haydec: Would to God ]
had seen you alive but once more!'
But, where was Ali, that grim, yet trusty
slave whom Fairfax SO well remembered in
connection with his visit of long-ago to Tan.
giersl
Faithful, even to death! For, elias. the
sobbing pillows answered, as the mex,
moment they rolled his body into the cove
burned and blackened with powder ant
slashed and hacked and pierced in a score OF
places with sword and knife and bullet.
Now was all clear to Fairfax. His awful.
dream was only too true. Only, In lieu o.
the ''Namovna," it was the vessel that bore
Haydee; and instead of the Princess, il
was Haydee herself.
Led on probably by whoever
he might bc-who was undoubtedly tempted
by her beauty and her wealth, the crew
mutinlcd and slew the captain and the
mate while Haydee, preferring death
plunged into the sea and was drowned; anc
old Ali paid for his devotion to his mistress
with his life.
Here was tale OF adventure on the high
seas, more marvellous than that of fiction.
"Amd All, Uho bears about in his dreas
the papers Uhich he has smorm 10 protect TO tn
death, until ne deli,yr them TO the"
He had protected them to the death, anl
was now come to Fairfax-'ao dettve,
henri"
fro RE Continued
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Prof DE Muth is quoted rs saying
that hay fed to COW between meals
Is worse than wasted, as it intcrfcrcs
with the digestion of the regular ra-
tion.-St. Louis Republican
The COW that produces only 100
pounds Of butter per annum, is not to
blame for the disgraccful fact-it il tho
stupid farmer who either don't feed
her. or make merciful use OF tho
butchcr-knife. Hoards Dairymd:,.
"A practical buttcr-makcr says:
81 find that from open setting a can
of cream raised when the cows arc fed
hay and grain will make thirty pounds
Of butter; for the same quantity when
the cows are feeding on grass. twenty
pounds. Ohio Farmer.
Prof. Ford, Of Denmark. has been
testing the relative feeding values Of
skim milk and buttermilk. and finds
one pound of the former equal to two
of the latter. He also states that six
pounds Of sweet skim milk equals ono
pound Of rye or barley.
A COW ought to give milk eleven
months in the year, and paying
amount for nine or ten months Of this
time. Milkmen solve the problem by
never breeding their cows and turning
them off to the butcher when they
cease to give paying mess of milk
american CultiUator.
A fresh COW, or one milking mp to
her full capacity. may be permanently
injured by carclessncss ut milking
time 1t should be done with case to
the COW, who will then like it. Many
kickers are made by rough handling,
which with careful treatment would
have been quiet cows.-Prairte Farmer.
A correspondent Of the North
British Agriculturist states that dande-
lions in pasture form valuable food for
cattle, and especially for dairy cows.
Some years ago lie had two fields. one
with few and the other with great
many dandclions. 1t was found when
the cows were put on the field with many
OF these plants, their yield of milk was
improved both in quality and quantity.
Since then he has planted dandclion.
in fields laid down in grass iii order L
improve the pasture, and the effect ha.
been beneficial
TO the oft-rcpcatcd question,
Shall grain be fed to cows in sum
mer?" the general answer is. '.No. moi
If the animals have abundance Of goot
grass" The most natural, and at thu
same time hcalthfnl. food for milcl
cows in summer is the green grass Of +:
good pasture. When shorts and bral
are obtainable ut cheap rates, ant
grass begins to fail, these may be uset
to excellent effect in supplementint
the grass. Mingled with the hay ant
feed to cows, the milk gives largc
percentage Of cream, while the qualii.
of milk is also increased. Cincinnati
Times.
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

| In making waffies mover put sugar
In the batter, as it causes them to be
heavy and tough
Coal ashes are helpful mulch for
shrubs, but plants will not readily
grow through the ashes.
A smeared goblet, soilcd napkin,
a sticky plate. will spoil the most lux
urious feast. A table we'll set is half
spread. Household.
For home use the white onions are
preferred. as they are mild in flavor.
For market use the red and yellow
kinds are the most desirable.
The best way when hot grease has
been spilled on floor is to dash cold
water over ii, so as 10 harden it
quickly and prevent il striking into
| he boards.
Young man. carefully consider
what your prospects are and what you
have the ability and liking for.
before you pull up stakes and leave the
old home.
Sweet corn (dricd) is improved by
adding twice as much sugar as salt
used in cooking it. Turnips cooked in
tho same way are better than when
boiled with meat.
To make 4 corn-crib rat and
mouse proof, line it thoroughly. over
head and all, with wire cloth having
mcshcs SO small that these rodents
can not enter This docs not impede
the air circulation.
Dry caustic lime scattcrc Il over
asparagus plants in the morning
when wet with dew is remedy in ex
tensive use for the asparagus beetle,
which sometimes occasion great loss
to growers.
Dumplings for chicken or stcwed
meats can lie made without eggs il
they arc made with flour. little
water and salt and rolled very thin.
cut in long strips and broken. not cut,
when put into the kettle.
Watermelon hills may be prepared
in this way: Lay off the rows ten feet
apart each way. and ut each intcrscc-
ton dig a hole two feet deep. At the
bottom place a few chips. then manure.
Next make hill three feet square.
and work in plenty of manure into the
soil.
Ham Rclish-There is often a
quantity of yellow fat left from II ham;
cut it up into thin slices, with any
other slices of cold meat, and fry a
nice brown. Mash Ill the cold pota-
toes. cabbage, ETC., you have. and fry
in the fat Of the pan when the slices
are removed; warm dish, put the
vegetables at the bottom, and lay the
slices on top; serve hot.
1t is always better to plant small
trees than large ones. They are more
easily and chcaply moved. recover
sooner. and grow more rapidly. A
transplanted tree two or three feet
high will soon overtakc and surpass a
much larger one. and will grow into a
more vigorous and beautiful specimen.
A vast amount of money and great
deal of time is wasted every year in
trying to transplant large trees.
An advocate Of corn-fcd pork ad.
mits that the hog fed miscellaneonsly
has the sweetest and tcndercst meat,
and if taste be criterion in pork, as
it is rcckoncd to be in every thing else
that is eatablc. the fruit-fcd and milk
fed pork is certainly best But he
adds that if greater f;rmness be de-
sired it may be had by finishing Of
tho last few weeks Of fattcning BY
feeding corn meal. not corn in the car.
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Cooperative Testing.

When the best method of testing
milk is really maturcd, why would il
not be good way to inanguratc its
use, to have a competent tester located
at some central point between several
factories and let him test the whole. by
gathering the samples. or have each
factory deliver its ownp The tester
would have no interest in the result
of the test, and would therefore be
more likely to give fair, judicial jndg.
ment. To keep the operators If the
several factories straight, in taking
fair samples, the farmer should have
the right, and exercise it when he chose
to. Of having parallel sample
analyzed-and compare We would
have the operator pay for the milk, AS
the public test showed the value Of it,
in making salable product; then if he
was not smart enough to get out what
the test said was in it, let him ''stcp
down and out After the business
was run that way, for year or two,
each factory could run its own, as they
now do the scale. But we need some
thing, in starting it, to give the people
certain assurance that the milk is fairly
tested. -HOdrIs Dairgnldn.
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SALT IN BUTTER.
Innovations In Dairy Practice That Are
lSe Avoided and Rejected

Innovations In Dairy Practice That Are to
lse Avoided and Rejected
1t is always advisable to ponder well
over any suggested change in dairy
practice, and to follow it ont 10 its re-
suits rs well as trace it back to its
rational source. There has been much
talk about the excellence Of sweet
cream butter and the undcsirahlcness
of salt in its preparation for market.
It is not difficult to show why these in.
noyations are to be rejected and
avoided. Sweet cream has not yet dc.
vcloped the inherent fine fiavors due to
the change Of a very small portion Of
its olcic acid into the volatile butter
'ethcrs hence the butter made from IL
is deficient in fincness of flavor. Salt
is needed to arrest any further change
in the butter and prevent excess Vi
these flavoring others and the pro-
.nounced presence Of butyric and other
acids, which is known rs rancidity.
The writer has found. after much
painstaking experiment. that unless
the butter has three per cent. Of salt in it
and is perfectly protected from the air in
good packages, it will begin 10 detcrio-
rate C'get strong" as it is tcrnlcd) in a
week at temperature Of seventy dc.
grees but when properly packed. to in.
sure the exclusion Of air, it will remain
without change at a temperature Of
fifty degrees for several months. Also
that sweet cream butter will undergo
an internal change that is not easily
arrested, and develop an excess Of the
volatile others that is destructive Of
its quality in from four days to four
months, depending upon the tcmpera-
turG and exposure to air.
!: A pound print of butter made Of
cream raised in shallow pans with
thirty-six hours settling and kept thirty.
six hours mt sixty degrees, and til, n
churncd and the butter sailed at a rate
which insured one-half ounce of salt to
the pound Of worked butter, and a
pound print Of exactly the same shape
made Of sweet cream and sailed with
brine, which left only one-qnartcT
| ounce of salt to the pound Of butter.
but an excess Of water in it, were
placed ten feet apart OH a shelf in d
cellar under ordinary circumstances.
In a week sweet cream butter became
slightly moldy and had u distinct odor
Of rancidity. The other butter was in
perfect condition and unchanged to all
appearance. At the end Of the month
the sweet cream butter was wholly
covered with luxuriant mold and was
unfit for use, while the other butter
was entirely free from mold and had
acquired only slight degree Of rancid
odor, scarcely to be detected by tho
taste. A pound print Of tho most popu.
lar butter sold in the Philadelphia
market was tested some years ago by
the writer in similar manner, and DC.
came moldy and unfit for use in q
weeks exposure in an ordinary cellar
of n dwelling house. ~ +. Times.
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1.-the very best time to begin liberal
feeding to develop tho dairy COW 10
when the calf first begins 70 eat
Hoassr Press,
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thought you not long for this world. But
now, thanks to a good sea voyage, takd
you back to him youth strong as tho
next"
Then came the parting with his many
rash promises Of returning soon, the two
soft white girlish arms flung tight about
his neck, her hot tears falling fast upon
his cheek and the passionate moan OF the
warm-hearted, impulsive young Greek
child. as she utterly refused to let him 90 !;
then the old Moorish seaport faded away in
the distance and, alas! so, too, did little
Haydee. He had scarcely thought Of her
from that day to this; and that was eleven
years ago.
But had III. eter forgotten him Or his pross.
,se to rsfurnf
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fro BE CONTINUED

A CALIFORNIA man believes kissing u b.
sin because Christ was thus betrayed. o.
this account he has never Kissed his wlia
nor any ono Of his c!sven, children
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CHAPTER xxIx.-CoHTrNuEp.
Where and what was this place! He did
not know and scarcely seemed to care. Per-
haps an island in the harbor; possibly even
the mainland. What mattered it! Either
was all one and the same to him.
Onward he walked, head down, the pictr
ure of self-absorbed sorrow.
A lonely pine-tree stood back some dis
lance from the shore. Seating himself be-
meath it, he buried his face in his hands.
Wearied and worn out in body and soul,
was it any wonder that he should pass from
these gloomy day-dreams into the kindly
realms Of sleep! And SO it was, for he
slept; yet, ever and anon, moaned, or sighed
in his sleep
Stealthily the sea-tide rose. The careless
knot slipped from its anchoring stone and
the loosened boat slid gradually back from
the shore and drifted far out to sea.
A snow-white owl whirred softly over the
head Of the sleeper, and by and by startled
the quiet night with her weired .'Tuwhit
Tu-whuw that echoed far among the pines
of the wood.
Afterwards, large red fox came boldly
up, but seeing the alarming spectacle Of q
human figure crouching down under the
fir. turned quickly about and scurried back,
in fright, to the forest.
Last Of all, when the moon reached the
zenith, strange, dark bird came flying
YEARLY toward the pine and, as if exhausted,
sank down to rest on the topmost boughs.
Of singular form and plumage, it looked
and acted as if lost on unfamiliar coasts.
Then all was silent, until the dreamer
moaned. Startled, the bird looked down
and, finally, few to lower branch whence
ii could see every thing below.
Again the unhappy man moved in his
sleep and sighed
The bird turned its head to one side with
half human look, and with wholly-hu-
man shrek, wild and shrill, spread its
wings and few back in the darkness to
ward the wood.
Awake! sleepcr. awake and followl
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BAR HARBOR.
a Wild, Weird Tale Of Love
and Adventure.
BY a MOS LEE.
PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT wirH
THE AUTHOR.

Copyrighted 1887 by q. ". Dillingham; - Al
Rights Reserred.l
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Insurance for Credits.

A new commercial idea consists OF q
com bination of insurance with the ordi.
nary commercial agency. A canvass Of
the wholesale dry goods trade in this city
was made nearly year ago, and the
encouragement obtained was sufficient
not only 10 warrant the projectors of the
enterprise to 60 ahead, but also to start
up second concern Of the same kind.
The rival companies will 60 into business
in about month. Their plan is to in
sure the payment of debts by retail
merchants throughout the country to the
New York wholesalers, jobbers, and
manufacturers from whom they by goods.
This seems at first like wildly recs-
less undertaking. Nevertheless, the two
companies have been sufficiently capital
lied to begin operations on a considera-
BILE scale. One of them is already a
commercial agency for dry goods people.
1t will keep up its reports of the financial
standing of all merchants in the dry goods
trade, and, in addition, for varying fee,
will issue policy of insurance against
loss on account of any retailer. The other
company will work in the same manner.
If retailers credit is first rate, it will
cost his creditor very little for policy !;
but if the former be somewhat shaky, the
charge for the risk will be proportionate.
ly high. The agencies will buy any
account which they have insured, paying
its face value, minus the price of insur-
ance and interest at six per cent, from
the date of purchase to the day of collec
ton. The expectation is that this
method will relieve the wholesalers of
much trouble and anxiety.-From the
Mem York SIN,
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Gommissioner Butler has been in
|scorres ndence with the managers of one
ofs the largest Western railroads in re.
gard 5to an excursion of Western people
ITO South Carolina The agent thinks
that thearrangements can be made. The
Commissions has also received numerous
fletters from persons in the frozen North
asking for information in reference to
tour products, climate, price of land, etc.
The tide of emigration is beginning TO
turn SonthWard, and South Carolina is
Ebound 70 getsa share of it. There is no
sdenyings the fact that We have one of the
4 aanaosti favored sections of the United
States, and. Commissioner Butler, backed
sby the Board of Agriculture, should
Sspars no pains or expense in showing up
-four advantages Right here il Anderson
County ne should get up pamphlet
ealling attention to our minerals, soil,
Sproducts, climate, etc. "A few dollars
sspentin this way would bea good invest.
Sment: Yearly every day the trains are
bringing people from the North TO the
3Sonth on 9 prospecting tour. We would
like to have some Of these people settle
|sn our midst, and the way to get them is
Ito tel them of our section, and ne know
aofs fsno=b better way to do this than through
pamphlet.
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A Tough Story,

COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb. pa cruel
joke was perpetrated to day upon the
good people who live along the upper
end of the Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gus,a railroad. Yesterday gang of
waggish drummers, who had been
"doiug" that section, circulated the report
that President Cleveland, after leaving
Charleston, would pass over that road on
his way home. The rumor spread like
widfre, and was given credence general
ly, and particularly by the country
people. This evening, therefore, when
the train from the south came along, the
stations at Rockhill, Pineville, Femile,
Seven Mile Pump, etc., were crowded by
men, women and children, all classes,
colors and conditions, all eager to get a
glimpse cf the presidential party. At
Pineville four hundred country people
had assembled, and as the train drew up
to the station brass band discoursed 8
patriotic air. On the rear platform of
the Pullman stood r. l.. Prempert and
Dick Harry, two of the most innocent
drummers on the road. As the cheering
eubsided Prempert took of his hat, and
addressing the throng informed them in
the most bland manner, that be regretted
President Cleveland was at that moment
too fatigued and indisposed to leave his
birth, buthe Prempert) had the honor
of introducing to them the presidents
private secretary, the "Hon. Dan La
mont" A round of cheers greeted this
announcement, wherenpon Dick Harry
doffed his silk hat and in graceful and
appropriate terms acknowledged the
kind courtesies of the people intended for
his distinguished chief. The crowd
cbeered, the band played, the locomotive
whistled and shrieked, the train moved
on toward Charlotte, and the enthusiastic
country people dispersed, seemingly we'll
satisfied with having seen, if not the
president, at least his confidential friend
and secretary,
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