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Murdered by . Statue.

The death Of ZENITH, the half m. Chi.
cal King OF Scotland, was one oil the
most curious and remarkable in history,
il it may DO called an historical fact II
seems that ZENITH had slain Crutblin.
tus, SON, and Malcom Duffus, the King
and brother Of Fennel!a; she, to be 70
venged. caused Wii,us, the most ingen.
ious artist Of the time, to fashion stat.
ue filled with automatic springs and
levers. Finished and set up this hrazen
image was an admirable work of art In
its right hand Wiltus placed ever and
in the left an apple Of pure gold, finely
set with diamonds and other precious
stones. To touch this apple was to court
death. It was SO arranged that anyone
guilty Of such vandalism would be i'm.
mediately riddled by arrows shot from
the loop-hOles In the statues body.
ZENITH was invited to see the wonder,
and kinglike land just IS Fennells
hoped), tried to pluck the precious imt
tation fruit. He was instantly riddled
with poisoned arrows, dying where he
fell. st Louis Republic
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-24
THE WOMEN or ITALY.
Views Expressed by . Prec0clOus Young
Lady Of Twelve.

Views Expressed BY . Precoclous Young
Lady Of Twelve.
My landlady's daughter, Blanca, was
the most beautiful girl in Rome, chief
city Of fair women. Although but
twelve years old she was : woman in
her words and ways. l was very fond Of
her, and often used to wish could lift
her out Of that lifeless atmosphere
breathed by 50 many generations that
almost all the oxygen is gone-and cleo
trify her with the air that blows across
our Illinois prairies. In one Of our fire.
quent conversations she thus stated her
ideas about Q theme to which she had
evidently given no casual thought Re-
member I give her precise language
that OF young lady Of twelve lfor my
practice when abroad illustrated that
line Of Burns, - chiefs amang We
takin' notes'):
1--WE are too tender-hearted. We wom-
en- of Italia. Why, have cousin who
is dying Of grief because her lover seems
cold Of late. l laugh 1T her, and say:
.Ah, bella MargAerita, you are little
idiot! You should not waste yourself
thus, upon that Silly Antonio You
shall see how I'll behave! l will never
marry in this world. / have seen too
much unhappiness among these hus-
bands and wives. And yet, you
see, twill not be easy for me to
escape (she said with charming naipete).
Why, the other evening went to see
the sunset from the Pincian hill with
my naughty, handsome papa, and fool
ish boy, not 50 tall as / am. mere
child, indeed, but dressed up like .
young gentleman, with white vest gold
chain, and carrying silly little cane,
whispered to me, while papa smoked his
cigars upon the terrace and sat near
| the fountain, that he should come this
very night and play the mandolino nn-
der my window. But ! turned my face
| away, and when he persisted, scowled
at him from under my black eyebrows
and just dared him to come! tell you,
Signorina, that will not fall in love for
long, long time yet, If over. for in our
country it kills women or else 1t drives
them mad. I'm going to give Italian
lessons like my poor mamma, and In
character I'm going to be q real Amer.
icana-calm as the broad Campagna, cold
as the catacombs. For am very sad
over the women Of my country. Life
begins with them 1T twelve, and u
twenty-five they are already old; the
lights are out-the play Is over. From
Frances E. Wizards ''Glimpses Of Fifty
| Years
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-24
WOMAN SUFFRAGE NOTES.

RonEET BROWNING and Mrs. Brown
ing were among the early advocates Of
equal rights for women In England.
THE fair lately held in Horticultural
Hall by the Independent Women Voters
OF Boston was very successful, financial
~ and otherwise.
THE school council OF the common
schools Of Christiania, Norway, elected
by the teachers themselves. consists Of
fifteen male and forty-fiyc female teach
ers.
Mrs. w. d. House,. who has charge Of
the schools at Waco. il said to BIZ the
only woman in Texas acting as . school
superintendent. Teachers hold her In
high esteem.
The Belgian Parliament has decided
that women may be admitted to the full
practice Of medicine and pharmacy. It
has voted, on the other hand, to shut
the profession OF law against them.
IT is reported from India that two
women commissioners are to be appointed
by the Nizams' Government to take the
testimony Of the residents Of Zenanas,
who are suffered by usage to appear In
court to testify.
MARIA MITCHELL. being asked once
for her opinion on woman suffrage, an.
swered, '-Of course am q suffrsgist.
have SO long believed it was right for
women to have share In the governs
ment that 1t seems to me like tho first
axiom learned in geometry-'A straight
line is the shortest distance between any
two points,
SIxTY-FoUR women. residents OF Now
York City. Brooklyn. Philadelphia, and
neighboring towns, have organized the
Woman's Branch Of the American Lep-
rosy Society. Its object is to assist tho
lepers Of Molokai, according to the
directions Of Miss Amy C. Fowler isis
ter Rose Gertrude.) Articles Of use to
the lepcrs will be sent to Molokai two
or three times year. Meetings Of the
society will be held every two months
At these meetings reports Of work
among the lepers from Miss Fowler will
be read, illustrated by photographs
taken by herself.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-24

FLO l.-DYSANIIE pioW AZ Inc next
CARTRIDGE. turn. When land In
being laid down to grass, this may be
done with much advantage, and a. the
stones gradually wear down, they i'm
prove the soil and add fresh plant-fOod
to it. Grass and clover roots, as those
OF all plants, exert reducing and cor
rosive effect upon the stones, and are
able to procure some nutriment from
them. This has been ascertained most
conspicuonsly In soils containing lime
stone, upon which the roots OF plants
have left their marks in plainly-seen
lines wherever they have come in con-
tact with the surfaces. Stones In the
soil always retain moisture on their
surface through their superficial attrac-
ton. and this moisture encourages the
roots to spread in network over them.
aided, no doubt by the plant-food OBJ
tanned through the solvent action Of
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Roth SlsDe,,.

The woman's suffrage question II one
which refuses To be banished. Think
ing men and women, says the Skandi-
nav. Norwegian paper Of Duluth,
Mimi, have for years taken an interest
in this question, and 1t is but proper
that we listen to the results Of their
efforts. Should the matter prove to he
q humbug. it will be easy to reject It;
but II there should happen to be some
thing in II. we should not permit an in
herited prejudice to stand between us
and the light Of truth. Let us hear, not
only what Is said against woman's
snifrage--that We hear every day--but
let us also hear what is said in its favor,
unless we are set Of towards, afraid Of
our own shadows.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-24
ABOUT PRETTY FEET.
Their characteristics. and How They
should be Cared For.

Iheif Characteristics. ana How They
should be Cared For.
Very little is written on the subject of
feet, yet a pretty foot, though necessar-
lily concealed much Of the time-unless
its owner is resolved to display it's
quite as powerful weapon in the ar
mory of beauty as a pretty hand. A
slender, yet plump foot of moderate
length, with short toes, small heel and
arched instep, is the ideal of beauty;
and although many well dressed feet
appear to possess all these acquire
ments, it will often be found that much
depends upon the dressing. A pretty
bare foot is rare possession, and a
sculptor, young and gifted woman.
who had attained eminence in her art,
said she found it almost impossible to
obtain desirable model beyond the
age Of childhood. At this period the
charm of bare feet is a theme for the
painter and poet as well as the sculptor,
and in mammals catalogue of baby's
attractions the cunning little pink toes
are sure to play an important part.
A high instep is very graceful, but it
makes trouble in getting fitted to shoes.
The Spanish mark Of blue-blood is the
Arab arch of the foot, under which
water can flow without wetting it; and
the possessor of such foot would be
sure to walk we'll, if walking depended
on the feet alone.
Tight shoes are always mistake, as
they ruin the feet they are supposed to
improve; but quite as frequently mis-
takes are made in the opposite direc-
| ton. 1t is not new idea that shoes
which fit SO loosely that the feet move
| about in them with every step produce
as bad results as tight ones; and it is
asserted on good authority that people
! who systematically wear tight shoes
have corns. A change from tight SHOES
| to very loose ones is sure to be followed
| by these torments.
| The best preventive against corns is
| to wear low-heeled shoes that fit snugly
| across the nstep and are not too loose
anywhere. 1t is great mistake TO wear
short shoe, as this makes the foot APP
pear larger instead of smaller by widen
it, beside preparing the way for bunions
and ingrowing nails. A shoe that is
longer than the foot gives look of
slenderness: and it should be remem-
bered that the apparent width of foot
is always seen at once, but the entir,
length is not SO often visible. A slipper
or tie, judiciously curved on the instep.
and ornamented with a very full rosett'
or a particularly large buckle, makes
almost any foot presentable; and blaci
slippers and black stockings are wonder
! full lesseners of size. Ella Rodmar
! Church, in Harper's Bazaar.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-24
FEED BOX FOR COW.
IT In Economical. In Cheap and Can b
Easily Made.

IT In Economical. In Cheap and Can He
Easily Made.
w. w. Prigg, Mechanicsburg. Ind,
sends the Orange Judd Farmer a sketch
illustrated herewith and writes: / was
at loss for q cheap method to give my
cows ground feed without waste, until
hit upon this device. take an ordi.
nary we.l-made dry goods box costing
about twenty-five cents. II should be
about 2x211 feet, though larger or
smaller size can be used. Four lx5 inch
boards ~ feet long are then nailed on
for legs as shown. The hack pair
should be attached to the corners, hut
the front ones SO they will be only
inches apart. Then saw out the space
between the two front legs down within
6 inches OF the bottom, and you have .
regular feed-saver. The COW can only
get her head in the box by raising it up
above the box, and allowing her neck to
slip down the space between the front
legs. Thus she will stand and not take
her head out of the box until through
eating. This box is portable and can
be changed from place to place at will.
In case it is desired to make it station.
airy, the back legs can be dispensed with
and the box securely nailed to board
fence in the COW lot, or to the wall Of
the COW stable.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-24
THE GOLDEN TIME.

When Is the golden times you ask
The golden time for love,
The time when earth ID green beneath,
And skies are blue above:
The time for sturdy. health and strength,
The time for happy play.
When Is the golden hour you ask,
answer you: To-day"
To-day. that from the Makers hand
Slips on the great world-sea,
As staunch as ever ship that launched
To sail efernally.
To-day that watts to you and me
A breath OF Eden's prime,
That greets us, glad and large and free
II Is our golden time.
For Yesterday hath vailed her face,
And gone as far away
As sands that swept the pyramids
In Egypt's ancient day.
No man shall look on Yesterday,
} Or tryst with her again;
Forever gone her tolls, her prayers.
Her conflicts and her pain.
Tomorrow IL not ours TO hold,
May never come to bless J.
Or blight our lives with veal or i'll,
With gladncss or distress.
No man shall clasp To morrow's hand
Nor catch her on the way;
For when We reach To morrow's land.
She'll be, by then, To-day.
You ask me for the golden time,
bid you seize the hour"
And dill 1t full OF earnest work,
While vet you have the power.
To-day. the golden time for JOY,
Beneath the household caves;
To day. the royal time for work,
For bringing In the sheayes.'
To-day. the golden time for peace,
Fer righting oiden feuds:
For sending forth from every heart
Whatever sin intrudes.
To-day. the time to consecrate
Your life TO God above:
To day. the time to Danish hate,
The golden time for love.
Margaret Z. Langston. In Golden Rule.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-24

matter Of good hus
bandry, and should
not be neglected
when the work can
b !. done convenient
ly and time and OPP
portunity o n er.
When the stones ara
not large they may
be putout Of the way
by laying them in
the burrows and COW
ering them by the
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-24
How to Tell Good Cows.

Some Of the external indications Of .
good butter producing cow are:
1. A large evenly balanced udder ex.
tending well forward and backwards.
.. Good sized teats, not set too closely
together, yielding their milk easily and
in large smooth streams.
8. A broad posterior with body taper.
ing towards the heads. giving ample
room for large escutcheon and devel.
opment OF the udder, with loose folds 81
skin in rear OF udder in heifers and cows
not in full flow Of milk.
4. A good development OF the diges.
tive organs.
S. A large, crooked, well-developed
milk vein.
8. A thin. pliable skin with its &C.
compartment. fine, set coat.
Z. A nervous but docile tenpera-
ment.
8. Small delicately formed head and
horns with none of the coarse, ox-like
appearance peculiar to ill-bred stock
Colman's Rural World,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-24
THE FARMING WORLD.
REMOVING ROCKS.

This II Matter Of some Importance and
Should lie Attended To.
To clear the land OF stones that are
large enough to interfere with work ia a
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-24
TIME FOR ACTION.
Tho Grievoss Humlli.tion Of Disfranchise,

lnG hEeeVO00 k4OmtBt0ttO0 Oh U10H600C01SGO
Woman.
In view of the many vital questions
now up for consideration in which wom-
en- are especially interested, it seems to
me, says Elizabeth Cady Stanton, that
the time has come for more aggressive
measures, more self-assertion on our
part than was ever manifested before.
Those Of US who feel 1t most keenly
have never been able to portray the
monstrous crime Of woman's disfran-
chiscment, nor the grievous humiliation
we feel, in view Of our degraded posi-
ton as native-born American citizens
under foreign yoke, increasing in
height with every ship-load landing on
our shores, until it Is indeed grievous to
lie borne.
1t is an arrogant assumption Of power,
by those administering the government,
to hold US another day in such bondage.
Our title to q voice in this Government
is as clear as that Of the man by our
side. We were accounted ~ people
and voters in the constitution Of thir-
teen original colonies. We find no
mention of privileged class Of
white male citizens" in those early
documents; we hear only Of .'peO-
ple," persons inhabitants" and
.'tax-payers. Accordingly, women vot-
ed in some Of the colonies until, as
States, their constitutions were SO
framed as to unite the suffrage with
qualifications Of property, education,
color and sex, in violation Of every
principle in our government. 1t is q
patent and oft-repeated fact that in the
State Of New Jersey women voted at all
elections from 1776 to 1907 upon terms OF
equality with men. They helped to
elect the delegates from that State to
the constitutional convention. They
voted to ratify the instrument when
submitted. They voted at the first five
Presidential elections-twice for Wash.
ington. twice for jefferson and once f0r
John Adams. Their descendants are
only claiming the exercise of right ~
old as the constitution itself. The con-
test in the year 1900 was bitter beyond
all precedent, and we are told that all
the women OF the State who were en-.
titled to vote did SO. One Of these
voters, the late Mrs. OumDack, mOtncl
of Hon. VIM. E. Cumback, Of Indiana
died only few years ago.
This right in the colonies was but fol
lowing the precedent established fal
back in English history, showing that
women voted and held Office throughout
that kingdom ut IN early day. 1t II
clear, then, that women have been cruel
II rnl,hnd NJ riUhfS they once nOsenRSaf
and exercised. For fifty years we have
been plaintiffs at the bar Of justice, and
three generations Of statesmen, judge,
and refWmers have exhausted their able
arguments and eloquent appeals In the
courts and before the people. But q,
the bench, the bar and the jury are al
men, we are nonsuited every time.
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IT is believed that our city school
board has been much benefited by the
action of the few women who have been
elected to serve in it, and that the num-
Der might be increased with advantage.
Women have more time than men to
visit schools, and they are moro used to
taking pains, and where girls predomi-
nate, or in exclusively girls schools,
they are in o peculiar sense the natural
heads Of Administrations Boston Her
aid.
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hS oAA Sn1oA +" ssc oA"Piy eAuAAClSoi uShs
who told him that?" he exclaimed
in establishment.
1.-THE writing" he replied.
1T is wonderful fetish" said the
old man. but will it tell him what he
is to look for?"
American axe-head," said Tum i'm.
mediately.
marvellous, truly" said the old chief
starting with establishment. Nobody
told him. The messenger was well
guardec all the way"
1.-The fetish again. said, smiling
Then Tum went straight up to the
I post and throwing aside the rice sacks
went to work at the ground. In a few
minutes he was able to hand the axe
head to his father, who was unable tt
speak for very wonder, but kept turning
it over in his hands as if it was living
thing.
the fetish. Teach me how to write,
he said at last, land will make you .
great chief"
'What made you hesitate so, Tum,"
asked, when you first came up?'
what do you write pit for, "growlet
Tum, when you mean 'hole!"
burst out laughing. but there wa
good logic in Turns argument. How
I many of US confine ourselves to good
4 old Anglo-Saxon?
''Come with me-" said his father
"You can have six wives, just like me
! will choose them for you this yer.
evening. You are wonderful man."
lreplied, modestly, that one would d
for the present, and as in all ikelihoo'
/ should never get of the island. chos
for partner . young girl who ha,
1ursed me during my sickness. AID VI
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14
Internal Ingenuity

Could scarcely devise more excruciating tor
lures than those Of which you see the evidences
in the face of a rheumatic or neuralgia sufferer.
The agonies are the consequence of not check
ing rheumatic or neuralgia attack at the out
set. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has been
found by skillful medical practitioners to pos.
sess not only remedial, but defensive efficacy,
where those diseases exist, or a tendency to
them is exhibited Surely this puissant but safe
botanic medicine, bearing, too, such high spe-
cific sanction, is better than the poisons often
employed, but most unsafe, not only in con-
tinuance, but in isolated doses. The blood is
depurated thoroughly from the rheumatic virus
and the nerves, slightly impurged upon, saved
from ultimate and direful throes by this benign
saving medicine which likewise exhibits marked
efficacy for malaria, kidney complaints, dys-
pepsia, constipation and liver complaint.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14
THE 8. T. AS CONVENTION.

Preparations for the Atlanta Meeting
the First Week il May.
President Dean Newman of the Southern
Travellers Association is in the city talking
up the state convention which will be held
in Atlanta the first week in May. Mr..
Newman is anxious that Savannah shall
send a full delegation to the convention. To
avoid any trouble in regard to the delega-
tions. the secretaries of the various branches
# the association are requested TO file list
of the members of their branches with the
secretary of the state association thirty
days before the convention meets
This list of members will form the basis
of representation in the convention.
The insurance feature, which was explained
IN tho MORNING NEWS some weeks ago.
will come before the convention, and the
organization and location of the company
viii probably be settled. Atlanta is making
an effort to secure it, and the matter will
be brought up with view to final SETTLE
ment. 1t is not unlikely that each city in
the territory of the association will be in
vited to bid for the organization. This is
one of the most important matters to DO
decided. The location of tho Headquarters
of the association for another year, and the
election of officers aud new board of
directors will also be an important matter
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14
HOW WESLEY GOT EVEN.
An Old Negro Tormented by Boys
and Tries a Gun on Them.

An Old Negro Tormented by Boys
and Tries Gun on Them.
81 jes had it arter dem ter skeer dem,
sir. uzent loaded tall jedge."
"Yes, but you pointed it at them"
go God, didn't, jedge."
The speaker was Henry Wesley de-
crepit old colored man. He was charged
before Justice SheftaIl with having pointed
pistol at a colored boy, Peter Grant. The
old man was very much put out about
being forced to ''peer in cote" on account
of a mischievous youth. He said that he
lives in Perry street lane be-
tween Jefferson and Montgomery streets,
aud the boys are the pest of his life. He
occupies the house alone, and the boys who
live next door have found that he believes
in ghosts and witches and they are contn-
ually brickbattlng his house and knocking
at his door.
The pranks became SO general and fire.
quent that the old man couldn't sleep at
| night, and he had to stay in the house all
| the time for fear of being knocked in the
head if he went outside. The other night
he got an old, rusty gun that looked as
| though it had not been used since the
| Indian war and secreting himself by the
door steps he waited for his tormentors.
They came, and when the first one put his
foot on the door step, the old
man, half scared himself, shrieked out at
the top of his voice and Shaping
his legs and jumped out into the lane. The
| boys got a glimpse of the gun, and they
suspected that the man was old Wesley's
witch, and they ran for dear life down the
lane. Wesley followed them to their homes.
but he uld not get in, and he struck of
after policeman.
The officer pulled the boys out of bed,
and Mayor Schwarz fined them IS apiece.
As soon as they were released the ringleader
swore out warrant against Wesley. De-
termined to get even, the old man crossed
the warrants on the boys in Justice PatJer-
sons court, and the boys were required to
| give bonds to keep the peace. The old man
was very much aggravated about the mat.
ter, and plead long time with Magistrate
Sheftall before he would give bond on
"'count dem air sassy niggers."