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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-19
OTIS SECRET SOCIETY.


Good the Roy3 Did.
.-urrah, mother! belong to secre:
society.
Otis Adams came hopping into his
| mothers room, first on one foot and
| then on the other. banging on the door,
| upsctting chair, and making as much
noise as nine-year-old boy.
Isn't it jolly, mothcr--a sure enough
secret society,"
DO all the members make as much
noise as this onc?" asked his mother,
with pleasant smile: because II they
do, hope the meeting will be held out
in the field. But what is the secret,
Otiso.'
'Oho" cried the little hoy, .'that
| would be telling. and we are not to tell
any body
Il don't think much OF secrets that
are not for mothers TO KNOW" said the
lady.
Otis looked rather sober.
We'll, mother" he said, at the next
meeting I'll move that all mothers be
made honorary members. and be told
the secrets. But I'm to be on duty to-
night. and can't tell you what I'm go
ing to do
Ills mother shook her head. and Otis
began to be dreadfully afraid he would
miss his appointment
Just try me this time, MOTHER" he
said, earnestly. It's something | know
you would like me to do. and Mr.. Ross
knows about it-indeed, he gave us our
society name and MOTTO
Il think could trust my boy she
said nfondly, looking into his clear,
truthful eyes, ''even ii Mr.. Ross did not
know about it, but as nine-year-old
judgments are not apt to be very ripe, l
am :bettcr satisfied that your teacher
should be in the secret. What is the
name of your society?"
1.-THE Left Hands," he replied, proud
": but don't ask our motto, for that
would tell too much
The next morning before school time
Otis was seen flying wildly over the
house hunting in vain for his sachel of
books.
During the morning Mrs. Adams put
on her bonnet and coat and went to see
sick neighbor-a poor widow, whose
sickness would have been starvation to
her family. except for the kind charity
of those around her.
''Ah, Mrs. Poole" she said entering
the sick woman's room. Il see you have
a nice supply of wood laid in for your
kitchen stove"
.'ies'm,' said the poor woman, land
| reckon you are at the bottom of it,
ma'am."
~ No. indeed. What makes you
think soo''
Don't you know how got that wood,
ma am?'
Not word OF it.
well, about dark last night some
bows came to my little yard as mum and
quiet. MAIN, rs if they had come to
steal. and piled up three barrow-loals
| there where you see it. As they kept
quiet we kept quiet too: but the chill
dren made sure they saw your Otis
| among them
Very likely said Otis mother re-
membcring the Left Hands, but she
said nothing to the boy until that even
ing, when Berry Mitten. the black
smiths son, brought Otis sachel to the
door.
| Dad said b ed ma went for you'uns
about usin' his g-indstone eff he hadn't
seen Mrs. Poole's wood-pile.
So the LIEF: Hands, first secret was
out, but that has not seemed to discour-
age them at all. for every week some
good turn is being done secretly to
somebody: and it is not hard to guess
that the motto Of the society is: Let
not your left hand know what your
right hand doeth."-S s. Evangelist.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-19
cuTlE'S ADVENTURE.
She Rescnes Her Darling Lucinda Frol
Imminent Danger.

She Rescnes Her Darling Lucinda From
Imminent Danger.
Lucinda Arabella Poppet was grieyed
Her sawdust feelings were hurt 1t
was very dark, and instead of being
cuddled down close by Curtie, her own
dear little mistress, in her warm crib.
she was lying out on the ground under
the old oak tree, just where Curtie had
left her, when she went into supper.
81 have lost an eye and one leg in the
service, and have bled such quantities
of sawdust that | am frightfully limp,
but never thought it would come to
this, that should be left out doors ali
night" thought Lucinda mournfully.
And she tried very hard to squeeze q
tear out of her sole remaining eye. but
failed.
just then came flash and a roar. fol-
lowed by great plash of rain. which
fell plump on Lucinda's waxed FORE
head.
There, there. it's going to rain, and
the last bit OF my once lovely complex
ion will be washed off. All, Cutie!
Cutie." she cried out in agony.
Whether it was the thunder, or her
suffering darling's cry, or her own con-
science that awoke her, Cutie never
knew, but something did, and sent her
fumbling around for Lucinda.
My dooAness dacious, sakes aliye.'
she exclaimed. after very unsatisfac-
tory search. Il left her under the twee,
and she's tain her deffa told dis min
ute, and I'll Diet her if it is all blak and
wainy."
So saying Miss Cutie slipped out of
her crib. and nursey in the nursery, and
papa and mamma in the next room, sic pt
on serenely. She gently tip-toed across
the room and stepped out on to the
verandah.
The nursery was downstairs, and one
OF the long windows was open wide to
let in the fresh air.
Cutie had climbed out and in often in
the daytime, but never before at night.
1t was very dark, but aided by her
motherly feelings and the lightning,
she found tho poor soaked dolly. for the
rain was falling fast now, and then she
began to he frightened.
! Back she flew to the window, and go,
| In SO fast that she skinned every bit oil
the wax off from the iong-sufIering Lu.
cinda's nose, besides tripping her foot
on the low window-sill, and falling head.
! foremost on the floor and humping he,
head severely.
"Ah! ow! schg' squealed Cutie. and
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-19
FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
AN IGNORANT DOLL.

wan. to teach my dolly
Her ig'rance IL ubsnrd.
treaty hate to Tess IL,
But she can not spell Il word.
Tho give her short example
She never gets them done.
For she doesn't know her tables
As far rs one times one.
She pays the best Of 'tention,
And p'r'aps too strick,
But sakcs. she tries my patience
When she studies 'Iifm'tic.
She's careless bout her writin'
She scratches like il hen,
And now she's spraincd her thumb so bad
She can not hold pen.
She ought to have lib'ary,
But what would be the use
To get her books Of poickry
When she cant reed Mother Goose
She must have a ed j. ca -tion,
For her mamma'd die Of shame
II dolly should be lost some day
When she couldn't spell her name.
Anna NJ. Pratt. In YOUTHS Companion
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-19
STRAWBERRIES.
How and When to Set-A Good Tool FOL
the Purpose.

How and When to Set-A Good Tool Tor
the Purpose.
Strawberry plants may bc set every
month in the year, and crop secured
the following season. The usual time,
however, at the North is during April
and May, on sandy soils. and at the
South paintings are made in the autumn
and thus better growth secured the
following year.
The earlier plants are set in the
spring, the better the growth secured
provided every thing is favorable. The
strawberry plant has great vitality, and
during favorable weather have known
plants to strike root and grow where the
workmen had dropped them by mistake.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-19
THE EAGLE CLIFF NAIL.
How Brave Miss Safely Deliv-
cred It's Valuable Contents

OR t GU rte en-
years .Old jed
+ + Q Il t Y, as
e VI cry BIO d y
called him, had
carried the mail
b c I w cen the
towns of Eagle
Cliff and Gran
iteyille, a dis
lance of forty
miles. and in all
that ii m e he
had never lost
a single trip, a
record of which
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-19

Mr.. Smith-So, Miss Brown. you are
going to marry old Mr.. Hobinsona
Miss B.-Yes.
Mr.. S.-Alas! it will bc juno and Do
cember.
Miss B-Not at all; my name is May
and his is August. Free Press.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-19
Boston Photographers - ~

your eye Oh this subject Customer
ado you wish me to smile?" Boston
Photosrapher-"A gentle smile might
be we'll. Remember wha, Richter saws:
The happiness Of life consists not in
single flashes Of light, but in con.;n.
uous mild serenity Thank you. Tina,
is the idea exactly."-Amcrica.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-19
Still Ground for Hope.

but, Clara, what could you have
been thinking of to engage yourself I
such an absent-minded mani"
II repent my word every minute. but
my hope is that when we get 10 tn
church he will forget and say no in.
stead Of yes. ''-Flicgcnde Blaetter.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-19

WHAT is the use of flowers? William
Corbett answers that question thus:
What is the use of any thing? The
world might have got on without any
thing. 1t might have got on without
man himself"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-19

man never gets married SO many
times that he will not hold his breath
at the part of the ceremony where those
who have objections are invited TO some
forward. -Atchison Globe.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-19

An old sailor at the navy yard re-.
marked that there is ono advantage in
Arctic exploration. In the faco 0. the
gravest perils one can always keep cool
Boston Herald.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-19

Do NOT attempt to grow onions in the
vicinity OF trees. They demand an open
exposure. The soil on which the onion
will do best is deep, rich, friable, warm
mold
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-19

When the boy who hates arithmetic
fails to get his lesson, it makes him
hate it all the more to have his teache,
make an example of him. -.Sonerville
Journal.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-19

PLANT the peas few weeks apart foH
succession. The wrinkled varieties are
the most tender.
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WHAT MINISTER ROMERO SAYS.

Texas being being contiguous to
Mexico and the gateway for the in.
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publics Minister Romero's opinion OIL
the Pan-American congress will be
of more or less interest to all Tex,
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The general conclusion of the
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He thinks that the ENJOYS of the
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The most important actual result
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State, the indefinite character of the
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ress and the division of views be-
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he Arbitration Committee.
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'ut always polite and polite recital
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oan-American Congress deserves
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IAN than for that which it completed
nd that IFS advantage to the peo-
lie participating in it cannot be
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A PAMPHLET has just been issued
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IT is quite probable that The new
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The burning of the Linden hotel
l Syracuse, N. Y, at 3 O'Clock
sdnesday morning last in which
persons are known to have
ped, furnished an exciting
tor the associated press, and
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ape a tomb of fire is heart rem
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ing building demolished the
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/ HE Independents of P Pennsylvania
tenounce Quay and Delamater in
guage that is plain, outspoken
d emphatic" 1t begins to look
Pattison will wipe out that big
publican majority as he did some
rs ago. But why shouldn't he!
e is man respected by all, while
rs opponent is openly charged as
Abeing corruptionist and the tool
Of corporations.
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The Leland hotel, Syracuse, N. Y,
burned Friday morning. Several
lives were lost, many injured and
the loss to property great.
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TIE Supreme Council of the Pro
testant Church of Prussia has is
sued a circular instructing the
clergy to denounce the Socialist
movement.
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An explosion at Cleveland O., Fri
day resulted in the injury of a
dozen men.
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SEVERAL coke burners severely
burned at Pittsburg Friday.
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CHAuNcEY NJ. DEPEw spoke to the
Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers Friday at Pittsburg.
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COLONEL Ton OcHILTREE was in
Paris at last accounts. An Anglo-
American newspaper, published in
that city, gives some tips from the
colonel on the French races.
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FRITZ SwEATMANN was arrested
and locked up Friday for riding on
the sidewalk at the Barrel House
corner.
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The foreign ironmen are visiting
Birmingham, Ala.
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GOVERNOR francis and party left
Jefferson City, Mo-, Friday for Dial
las, where the governor will deliver
the opening address at the state
fair
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A TERRIBLE tragedy occurred al
Perth Amboy, N. J., on Wednesday,
A woman killed herself and her babe
and her husband on seeing the. dead
bodies blew his brains out with a
revolver.
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CONGRESS- has passed the bill pay
ing Texas $4,000 as the balance
due her on her frontier claims. This
makes something over a million of
dollars which the government has
paid Texas for beating the Indians
from her borders.
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IT is said that the Panama rail
road is 40 miles long and cost a life
for every cross-tie laid on it, yet
there is a project on foot to build a
railroad from the Rio Grande
through Mexico and Central Ameri-
ca and to Patagonia on the west
coast of South America.
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NEW attractions are being booked
for the Texas State Fair and Dallas
Exposition every day. The Secretary
is compelled to turn away those APP
plying for space in the machinery
department, because all the available
space has been taken.
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SENATOR INGALLS, will have to do
some lively hustling from now on till
the election in Kansas this fall if he
has any idea of keeping Kansas in
the Republican column. The Farm
ers' Alliance of that State are out
cunning for the Republican party,
and it looks like the State will 90
Democratic this fall and a Demo.
GRAFT be elected to succeed the ex-
Judge advocate in the Senate.
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EXHIBITORS who won medals at
the Paris Exposition are receiving
diplomas specifying the class of med
ais to which they are entitled. If
they want the medal they can get it
for spot cash, ranging from about
Sl33 for gold ones to less than 81
for nice little ones in bronze.
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Thursday, Oct. %, 1890.

j. G, RANKIN, Proprietor.
Thursday, Oct. %, 1890.
The foreign ironmen are visiting
Birmingham, Ala.
SEVERAL coke burners severely
burned at Pittsburg Friday.
An explosion at Cleveland O., Fri
day resulted in the injury of 6
dozen men.
CHAUNcEy NJ. DEPEw spoke to the
Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers Friday at Pittsburg.
The Leland hotel, Syracuse, N. Y.
burned Friday morning. Severa,
lives were lost, many injured and
the loss to property great.
TIE Supreme Council of the Pro.
testant Church of Prussia has is
sued a circular instructing the
clergy to denounce the Socialist
movement.
COLONEL Ton OcHILTREE was in
Paris at last accounts. An Auglo.
American newspaper, published in
that city, gives some tips from the
colonel on the French races.
GOVERNOR Francis and party left
Jefferson City, Mo-, Friday for DIAL
las, where the governor will deliver
the opening address at the state
fair.
A TERRIBLE tragedy occurred at
Perth Amboy, N. J., on Wednesday,
A woman killed herself and her babe
and her husband on seeing the dead
bodies blew his brains out with
revolver.
CONGRESS- has passed the bill pay
ing Texas $4,000 as the balance
due her on her frontier claims. This
makes something over a million of
dollars which the government has
paid Texas for beating the Indians
from her borders.
NEW attractions are being booked |
for the Texas State Fair and Dallas
Exposition every day. The Secretary
is compelled to turn away those APP
plying for space in the machinery
department, because all the available
space has been taken. |
1t is said that the Panama rail
road is 40 miles long and cost life
for every cross-tie laid on it, yet
there is project on foot to build a
railroad from the Rio Grande
through Mexico and Central Ameri-
ca and to Patagonia on the west
coast of South America.
EXHIBITORS who won medals at
the Paris Exposition are receiving
diplomas specifying the class of med
ais to which they are entitled. IF
they want the medal they can get it
for spot cash, ranging from about
Sl33 for gold ones to less than 81
for nice little ones in bronze. |,
HE report is that two or three
oil companies have combined.
moved to Toledo, and propose
TO establish a company in OPP !
position to the STANDARD" This !
makes nice talk, but what it really i
means is that the Standard will be t
strengthened to the extent of en- {
quilting the new enterprise.
SENATOR INGALLS, will have to do
some lively hustling from now on till =
The election in Kansas this fall if he t
has any idea of keeping Kansas in h
the Republican column. The Farm I
srs' Alliance of that State are out I
cunning for the Republican party, =
md it looks like the State will 90 ]
Democratic this fall and Demo. n
rat be elected to succeed the ex- v
Judge advocate in the Senate. t
HE Independents of Pennsylvania F
tenounce Quay and Delamater in
HRguage that is plain, outspoken
d emphatic" 1t begins to look =
Pattison will wipe out that big
IN bliao,o ,,ooso,.I - III
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-23

The report is that two or three
oil companies have combined,
moved to Toledo, and propose
TO establish company in OPP
position to the STANDARD" This
makes nice talk, but what it really
means is that the Standard will be
strengthened to the extent of en-
quilting the new enterprise.