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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-12-13
SUPERFICIAL FARMING.
A Style OF Agriculture Which Will Neve
He Very Profitable.

NE very IfOntaDie.
Too many farmers count the total
area Of their acreage rather than the
average producing value of the land.
No one ever made this diffusive style
of farming very profitable. 1t would
pay far better in the end to concen-
tiate means and energy within narrow
limits, rather than acquire a number
Of acres TO be half titled. Again, the
farmer in putting out manure gencr-
ally spreads it over too much territory
A near neighbor sowed to wheat thir-
teen acres OF uniform soil: twelve
acres in his usual way--well plowed.
in. The other acre was we'll broken,
and six tons of manure broadcasted
and thoroughly incorporated with the
soil. In doing this the surface became
in fine condition. This acre yielded
22l bushels; the twelve acres returned
only 81 bushels per acre. The grain
on the one acre cost forty-iive cents
per bushel; on the twelve acres, sixty
tive cents per bushel. Yet with all the
evidence in favor of high culture we
still spread ourselves thinly over
broad acres. 1t should be the motto
of every farmer To make the most OF
each foot of land, and to accumulate
all the manure he can and use it to the
best advantage. Much space, always
very rich, around stables. barns and
fences, is allotted to intruding under.
brush or debris, or given up to un'
slightly weeds. Learn neatness. care
fulness and economy in the use of land
Make more money with less labor
Thomas d. Baird, in N y Tribune
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-12-13
RULES FOR FEEDING.
A Few Words About Perfect and Impe
feet Dairy Rations.

Few Words About Perfect and Imper.
feet Dairy Rations.
1t is not possible to lay down rule
for feeding the COW that under all cir.
cumstances may be said to be abso.
.lutely the best rule. We are some
times SO situated that we can not dc
the best that could be done, and then
we must do the best we can. 1t is per-
haps always best to do a thing just
right, and, therefore. to feed a perfect
ration when it is possible for us to do
SO; and yet the Rural and Stockman
always thinks when it says feed corn
meal, ground oats and bran III equal
quantities it has given ration, which
though not perfect is practically good
enough. A German ration is cotton
seed meal two pounds, corn fodder
fifteen pounds, bran five pounds,
malt sprouts five pounds, and corn
meal three pounds. 1t is to be observed
that the corn meal Is much less
in this ration than in the one we
have given, and unquestionably that is
the right direction. Corn meal is COM
paratively inferior milk producing
food. Professor Armsby gives as a
ration, clover ten pounds, corn ensilage
twenty pounds. corn meal five pounds,
oil meal two pounds, bran five pounds.
The roots are always in order as part
of il ration. Good straw is not without
its value. But the thing for us to do is
10 ~, ~ .a;an%if,.. tod
ing that We may at least get on the
right side of the line. We have seen
people feeding corn meal exclusively.
when they had oats, nice straw, and
could without much trouble get bran
and oil meal. Now even moderate
understanding of the subject of feeding
would have led to the feeding of every
thing but corn meal, if any thing mus
be left out.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-12-13
DANCING IN THE BARN.

Along the sky sweet airs are still
Across the grass the moonbeams fall;
Upon the night strikes sweet the trill
OF nightingale and whippoorwill,
And down tie vale hear the call
TO Dancing in the Barn
= All me.
So long ago ii seems TO be
That . Dancing in the Barn"
The torchlight falls on each young face.
A. wheeling IN the country dance.
Now In, now out, our shadows chase
About the dear, old-fashioned place.
Can auEht IN life 50 much entrance
- Dancing in the Barn.
For youth il fai.1 but il must 90.
Like Dancing in the Barn.
But all that nigh. when as OF yore
l heard the haunting Old refrain
When Love is done. il comes no more.
And ah, my heart, how you were sore.
And yet my feet kept time again
With Dancing in the Barn.
Too late;
The hour had struck OF life and fate
To Dancing in the Barn"
Long after, in n crowded street,
poor. old blind man feebly PLAYED
just where the town and river meet.
Ny heart stood still. my steps delayed.
Tor that old tune which stopped and stayed
Was Dancing in the Barn
And OH
What tales are told OF long ago
That " Dancing In the Barn
All poor young love, thought you Geadl
And yet she'd these sudden tears
After so many silent years;
1t seemea requiem DER your head
That Dancing in the Barn
But deep
In my poor heart that love doth sleep.
With Dancing in the Barn"
lima r. De hoceH, IN inatricu
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-12-13

ing on to Isaac with might and main,
and we were both shaking us II with a
first-class ague. All was dark and
still around us The light had van
ished, the swamp was quiet. and we
heard no sound but the trec-toads and
the distant hoot OF an owl. Whittier
had vanished the terrible drama we
had witnessed and its actors? We
knew not, nor did we greatly care; all
our thought was to remove ourselves
from the scene OF such mysterious hor-
rors.
DE good Marster erbove hab mus
sy on u.s. groaned Ike. rs soon as he
dared speak. did eber der blessed
sun shine on stitch anoder caper. /
'clar' ter gracious. young marse, Ct
ebry 'possum en- der woods WIS ter
conglormerate roun' me dis mint N
90 down on dey bar knees, wild der
fat des er ticklin' down dey sides. fur
ter beg me ter ketch 'em. / wouldn't
stay anoder mint in dis ere deblish
swamp. No, sab; der ent nummo'
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-12-13

1t is better to consult the tastes oil
your butter customers than to try to
make them eat what they don't like
Detroit Free Presse
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-12-13
But CESAR DECLINED TO sick HIM

showing his teeth with faint snarl.
What makes him do that way.
Uncle Ikee | never saw him behave
So lefore."
-" done tole yer, young maise, dat
dawg got mighty keen nose. He kin
smell 'possum whar yer neber think
ha'r nv 'possum tail was. n he smell
sumpun now. She's yer born, honey.
dar sumpun ain sniptious roun' ere,
Oars hants som ers."
Hants. stuff! more likely he
smells alligators. Cocodri Lake swarms
with 'em, and he's MORALLY scared OF
them ever since one snapped Off a
piece of his tail in the bayou.
Yah! yah! so he am. young marse
but tain no allumgaiter. We dem
ent nigh 'nough der lake fur dem.
Cesar he SNUFF up her spook, chile,
sho's yer born. Wen he stick he
dumpy tail en- dat err way, dar's hants
roun' sho'. Oar! wat done tole yer?'
looked where Isaac pointed and
saw light twinkling family through
the trees.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-12-13
HUMOROUS.

1t IL all very well TO pay as you
go, but if you have no baggage the
hotel proprietor would rather you
would pay when you arrive.
lis Mr.. Stagestruck, the actor. a
naturaliste'' NO" But what, then.
is he doing with that microscope?'
"He is searching for last season s
salary. ~ Yankee Blade.
Visitor a beautiful library
you have. / really envy you" Re.
tired Bntcher-''Yes; and just look at
the binding of them BOOKS" Il see:
they are all bound in calf" just SO.
and | killed all them calves myself
what furnished the leather"
Don't you love to hear the tink-
ling of the guitar upon the moonli'
lake?' asked Miss Lilybud, sweetly.
Indeed. yes assented Ruffclub. 1T
makes it SO handy to drown the guitar.
list, you sec" And the silvery tink-a-
lank tum-tums sounded like falling
tears as they sat and listened with the
varying emotions. -Burdette.
What is Georges last name,
E.tta?' asked the little sister one morn.
ing at the breakfast table. simpson,
dear" said Eta, with IA becoming
blush. What makes you ask?"
"Oh, nothing" said the little sister,
carelessly, .'only was listening out
side the parlor door when he was here
last night, and thought from what |
heard you say to him all the time that
i, might be Doant.'
do you know, Miss Belle, that
rs WEAKLY waste of time TO do sc
much thinking?' said Gus De Jay.
Its quite sewy fatiguing to think.
you know ''Do you think SOP
''Ya'as; ! sometimes really wondeh
why we have bwains anyhow" ''Oh,
every thing has its purpose, Mr.. De
Jay. Brains arc very useful to some
people to keep their heads from cav
ing in. you know Merchant 7sar.
fter.
Fond Ea,her-..I declare. Aggie,
you are Il perfect fac-simile OF you,
Mosher when she was your age.
- gle Gust home from boarding
school) Please call me Agohies,
papa. As YOU say, | presume | am
a fab simmeel of mamma in her
younger days" Fond Father lcom
muning with himself in the woodshed
Il few moments later)-''Papa! Nam
ma! Agonies? Fab simmeei!! Jump
in Jerusalem! Is that what / pa.
one hundred and fifty dollars Il tern
for?'-C icago Tribune.
-"Rebecca, you shall not shpeal
init dot Moses Levi voncc more" It
ladder, you preak mine heart. "
vos almost engaged. Wy shall no
shpeak init him?' HE hat sheatet
me. He hat sold me Il paste diamond
for IL shenune shtone." 80 ladder do
should recommend him to you as {
son-inlaw. If he can fool a wise MAJ
like you, see vat fortune he hat il
der chewelry piziness. We'll, Re
becca, you vas schmarder as thought
Get married ven you like. / al
ankchious to 60 into bardnership hi
mine son-in-law'
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-12-13

A wealthy man, whose identity is
not disclosed, has subscribed $780, 900
for the establishment OF a Christian
university at Marking, China. Mr..
Arlington, of Leeds, Eng. has offered
SIS, 900 for the beginning of mission
work among the Indian tribes in the
valley of the Amazon. A single donor
has sent $27, 800 to the English Church
Missionary Society. Mrs. Elizabeth
Thompson, of Boston, spends all her
income OF $4,000 a year in charity
except what is barely sufficient to en-
! able her to live plainly. -Erchonge.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-12-13

Anxious Mother-"Has Mr. Bash
full proposed yet?" Daughter-"Not
exactly; but last evening, when / was
holding little Dick in my lap, Mr..
Bashful went 10 the piano and sang:
Would | were IA boy again. ''-Phik
aIe{Dlia Record
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-05-26
AgnO't lciSIii.

The doctrines OF religion relate to
problems which in their nature are too
abstract and too difficult to be correctly
understood by the generality of men.
The purest inspirations of the great
religious teachers are sure to be de-
graded nj perverted by their follow
.ers Compare, for instance, the } esus
of the Beatitudes with the Jesus of
the Inquisition, the religion of the
Spirit, as taught by the Hebrew pro-
pAets, with the religion of the pot and
kettle of many of their uneducated
followers 1t is better, therefore, for
Ms to contine ourselves to teaching sim
pie morality to the people and 10 leave
the metaphysical problems which are
involved in all high religious thought
to those who are capable of compre-
hending them. Whether this view be
correct or not, is one thing; whether it
implies an offensive assault upon re-
ligion l shall leave to the Judgment of
candid and unbiased minds. -FtliE
tnjoT
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-05-26

come, and made arrangements for
big days work.
But when he returned to the house,
after moving roadway to the north
meadow, he found that Mrs Lee had
been taken Suddenly Ill. The doctor
was hastily summoned who said it was
necessary that the patent be kept per
fectly quiet-must not be worried about
anything or 1t would result in brain
fever. He left two or three bottles OF
medicine, and went away again, leav
ing the Deacon almost in danger OF
brain fever himself
What should he doP Tn spite of his
thoughtlessness, he dearly loved Katie
and was very anxious about her now
IN addition to this anxiety, were
his Thoughts of the bee and the
care of his little girl and sick wife
What wonder that his face was very
grave as he leaned over his wife, asking
if :here was anything he could do OF
get Tor her.
He had her welfare too much at hear
to say enc word that would worry her,
SO when she began to speak of heI
work lie kissed her forehead and tolC
her that would be all right. But he
was relieved when she mentioned Jessie
lie went to the window at once, tt
watch for some one passing by whom
he could send word; but, as no one
cane, he was obliged to have little
Trot go for the nearest neighbor tc
stay with Katie while he went after
ess.
He found that young lady willing t.
come and take care of her sister; but s
look the Deacon did not quite under.
st nd or lie, flashed into her face
when the bee was mentioned.
81 don't know, John" she said
whether ] can cook to suit you. You
know am rather particular about what
! have 20 work with, and my way may
not be IL way you'd like"
Now the Deacon rather prided him
self on keeping well-furnlshed store
room and good kitchen garden, so he
smiled very complaccntlv and replied
; that if she was obliged to prepare {
different dinner ~ what she would do
ct home, Tor lack OF materials to work
with, he would be satisfied with what.
ever she did Prepare.
1t was not until afterward he under,
stood the mischievous look in her eyes,
as she said:
You make me that promise, dc
! you?"
! Eo answered, Certainly" readily
enough, thinking, meanwhile, of the
! excellent dinners he had helped TO eat
that Jessie had prepared
The dinner bell at the farm house
rang ont cheerlly at quarter o
twelve next day, and the Deacon. with
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-05-26
Il ron AMI H.S Works.

from the publication of the first two
cantos of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage,
in the winter OF lol2, just after his
9th birthday, down 10 the writing OF
the lines on his 3Gth birthday, n few
months before his death-the splendid
energies of Byron were necessarily
creating poems His rapidly in writ.
ing surpassed that of all his cOntem'
poraries-eve that OF Scott in prose-
surpassed that of any English poet
whose habits OF composition are known
to me- He wrote "rhe Corsair" in the
nights OF thirteen days-after coming
home from routs and balls, if my mem
ory is not at ,ult and he wrote "The
Prisoner of Chillon" in two days at a
little waysjde inn in Switzerland. And
his intellectual growth was rs rapid as
his manner OF writing. Beginn ing
with what may be imagined to be au
analysis of his own personality in the
pc tic character of Childe Harolde, he
disc .vered that he possessed the power
of inventing and telling imprisoned.
romantic stories, in which he could
draw upon his knowledge of the East,
and the result was the production 10
swift succession of The Giaour.'
g he Corsair," IL ara, "The Bride OF
Abydos," The Siege of Corinth." and
"Parsina," which are as spirited and
effective to-day as the day when they
were published. The rapid maturity
Of Byron's genius is felt when one
compares the two last cantos Oh
"Chi!de Harolde's Pilgrimage" with
the two first, which, more or less tenta.
tive throughout. are brilliant only in
detached stanzas which throb with
struggling fire. We have Byron in hi
greatest, in a medltative point OF view
in the third and fourth cantos-espe
cially the fourth canto-- of this in
comparable poem, which is the high
water mark of English poetry. RI. H.
SfoH,I1l,I
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-05-26
TIE LITTLE FOLKS.
Ten Eobhrr Toes.

There is a story that have Teen told,
And it's lust as old rs babies are old,
For sweet Mother Eve. as every one knowa
Tod her babio5 the tai OF the toes
Told to her babies how Ten little toes,
Each one as p nix as tn pinkoat pink rose,
Once on II time were uaIght, and bad,
Aud sorrow and trouble i'll consequence has
How this big toe wanted butter and bread.
After LIS mamma had put him to bed,
Ana this lying next said, SpOs II we 20
Down to the pantry and get 1t, you know
And this wicked toe cried, Come along, quick
ct $ sugar the utter ,er SO thick.
And til 3 nHught toe cried, Jelly for mo
Top of the butter and bread, you SEQ.
And this little toe ere "Gooly, lots so,
We II slip down the stairs 80 quiet and slow"
SO ten bier toss al tip. od with red,
Stole silently out OF their snowy white bed.
While this wi keel too, so Jolly aud fat,
Helped nine InuEhty toes to pitty-pn' pat
Along the big hail, with pillars OF Whit,
And down tn back stu.rs devoid O. light.
Then this Tito toe 50. Il terrible scare,
For o thpu-S t n the dark Of II gr Il " bear.
md this litt!o toe SAID, ~Nurse IN st he rIht
Bout gObolea and witches living ut night
And this lite toe said, "a fox may be hid
IL the hutruck boz, right under the lld.'
And tins iiJtl" toe cried, ~DcuIe ne, OIL
Lions nnL tigers - coming. know
Then mamma came out with tho beuut fu
light,
Yes, sic caught and shc kissed those ton roL
Der toes
Til rcdd,r they were than any rcd nose.
Lille j.. B,gr IN the IIdeD-hdcHt,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-05-26
The UulOyely WCman.

I here is no more unlOvely woman in
the worll than a sour disposit oned
woman. She will say the bitterest
things, although smiling the while, and
make everyone with whom she comes
in contact uncomfortable. Sometimes
she is wrapped in suavty and ostenta-
tious piety and makes her personal af-
llictions and physical ills her capital
for gaining sympathetic listeners whose
patience she abuses hencefOrth. She
can tell you i'll reports about anybody,
wi warn you against the deceit of this
one and that one, manifests i,attering
solicItude and interest in your private
business, and is 50 glad that she met
YOU i'll time to save You from the evil
influence of this and that fellow church
member. She clOaks the heart of
iiend in the garb of a Christian.
Strangers are her especial victims. For
downright mean, cutting remarks, a
malicious woman eXcels an, thing on
record. A lovely lady, who is recent
QUESTION to es Moines, once told
the writer of several malicious remarks
made to her by fellow church woman
sooh after her advent here. In speak
ing Of n certain pastor, one said: Has
Dir. lank called on you yet? No?
Well, | always gauge his welcome to
strangers in the church by the length
of time he takes in calling upon them"
OF course the sour woman is found
outside of tho hurch aud in every
grade of society, but it is she who has
publicly vowed to edo unto others that
ELECTS especia. contempt. -DeS MoineS
Mil
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-05-26
Nodprn Rose History,

The rose 10 old and always mas Deen l.
we'll beloved. It's old name, Queen OF 4
Flowers, was never questioned until
lately. since the numerous handsome \
flowers that bloom over long season, \
have caused some gardeners to believe \
that tile region of the rose must be di- k
yided. Like many other Improvements |
of the present century, the greatest ex-
reIlence has been attained within the I
last fifty years.
This is suggested by an article con-
tributed to the quarterly ReUte'C by
an enthusiast, who says:
Not one of 800 roses on the first list
sent out in 1884 by MIR. Rivers, OF
Strawbridgeworth, is now to be found
at orr rose shows. What dethrone-
ment of those kings and queens; Roi
de Prusse, Reine de Belglque, King OF
Rome. Empress of Russia, Grand Sui
tan, and even Queen of Perpetuals her
self, exist no more. The rose-growehs
of that day had, no doubt, their WIS.,
ions and dreams of beauty yet unborn,
inst as we who love roses now see
sometimes in the garden oflmaglnation
a snow-white Charles Lefebvre or q
Mademoiselle Blanche Beaumapn,
scarlet La MarIue or crimson Mare
chal Mel" They wasted no vain re-
grets, however, like true gardeners,
but accepted what they found as even
too wonderful for them, and in the
spirit of the great Linnpus, who
burst into tears of joyful amazement
when he first saw an English common
aglow with gold gorse." Ten years
after Mr.. l.ivers issued his first list of
roses William Paul, of Rose Hill Nur-
series, published the hose GdrdeH. 1t
| was enormously supposed in those DAYS
that with proper culture roses would
grow anywhere, but not all with like
success, ard much attention was gwen
10 cultivation. The roses of this second
period were chiefly summer roses,
hardy hybrids of the bourbon, China
and Gallca fcmilies; but of the two
! divisions Which now supply us all but
exclusively with the lovehest flowers
in our gardens, the hybrid perpetuals
and the tea-scentea, there was dismal
dearth.
| In lo47 n phenomenon among roses
appeared, the & cant DIES 8atailles, which
met with such success THAI 5000 stan
| dards and dwarfs were sod from the
nursery at acknowledgement. len
years later came the Iacquem'nof. ADD
the same year the Gloire de Dion. In
| 1919 Senateur Naisse true perpetual.
was sent out by Gullot pere. In ls6i
| Charles Lefebyre was enthroned by
universal reclamation as King of Roses,
and has continued on the throne until
this day. He won the appreciation OF
every class; even mechanic confessed
to gong out of his way at noon to get a
glimpse of Charlie" Two years later
! Marie Beaumaun came. The last type
to appear was the hardy teas. The tea,
rose had been thought tit only for the
greenhouse, and it was great gam
| when it was added to the garden roses
| Such rccullections are as valuabls fol
what they lcaye out and forget as TO-
what they recall. An American won tt
perhaps have had other names to men
ton, but such as it is the modern his
tory of tho rose popularity is vel
worth preservation.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-05-26

smile on his lips, and stopped, we all
took off our caps and leaned eagerly
forward, How we all env.ed big, bur
ly, tender hearted Tom ! when
the sergeant beckoned him and laid
the Oldest boy, all rosy and flushed with
sleep, into bis arms. The little fellow
opened his blue eyes and stared vague
ly around, then clasped his arms about
TOMS neck and gave a long sigh OF
content.
The sergeant stopped again with a
low chuckle of satisfaction. The little
un is asleep for S1tre," he said as he
lifted him gently and turned. The next
moment he staggered under his light
burden and almost fell, 4 loarse
groan burst from his lips. The little
head with its tangled mass of yellow
cJIrls rolled heavily down one side; the
little arms hung inertly down; the SER
geants hands where they supported
the tiny neck were all dabbled in blood
he stray shot had done its cruel
work well! 1t had ploughed across the
small white throat and the baby head
was almost severed from the lit e
body. The "little-un" was indeed
asleep for sur!
4 kind OF fro zen horror swept over
the group gathered in that old field.
No man dared for awhile to look his
neighbor in the face, and when he did
he saw there an expression that he has
not forgotten yet if he lives.
en- minutes before we We're all
ready to toss up for the privilege oil
carrying those little chaps home. But
now every man of us hung back, dumb
and unnerved. And the sergeant and
ON turned slowly and tramped away
through the falling shadows to lay the
living and the dead together in that
waiting mothers arms. We followed
silently, with uncoverel heads.
When the Federal officer in command
heard that the children were lost he
offered to disarm his men, stack theiI
guns with ours, and join in the search.
And more than once that night our
| pickets were challenged from the other
side and anxious inquiries made tol
| the little ones. When the answer
went back across the hush and the
silence of the night We could feel
! though we could not see, the look that
swept over the faces of our foes. AnC
/ that look made us all akin !-HdrtlCel
! Moore, IN Vide AlCGke.