The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

there Is by no means SO much chance to
laugh over that phrase made of paper"
as there used to be.-Pansy.
THE FAMILY OF KITTENS.
story of . Little Roy Who Had Small
Army Of Kittens.
Once there was little boy who had
so many kittens his mamma didn't know
what to do. There were seven of them,
and they were always getting under
somebody's feet.
One day it happened that lady came
to the house on little visit
sVhy. Georgie!' said she, holding up
both hands when she saw the kittens.
What are you going to do with SO
many?'
keep 'em!" answered Georgia,
promptly. Isn't they real pretty?"
why, yes" said the lady, whose
name was Miss May. won't you give
me one?''
Georgia looked troubled. He didn't
like to be impolite, but it did seem to
him that he couldn't spare one OF those
precious little kitty-cats.
Il guess | can't" said he. "'cause
you've got one, You know; and then
you'd have two, and wouldn't have but
only six"
And SO he gathered them all up in his
arms, the three black-and-white ones,
and the two tortoise-shells and the
maltese and the black, and marched out
Of the room with them like little
Major. Miss May laughed.
Hear me.' said she. 'sI'll tell you
what think I'd do"
don't kno~ what Georges mamma
thought abou. it, but l do know that
next morning one of those little black
and-white kittens wasn't to be found.
What time there was! Georgia
hunted high and low, and called
kitty! kitty! kitty until his poor
little throat was sore. and then he sat
down on the vcranda step and cried
about it.
''Oh dear" he walled, cudGling the
six in his arms, these are all the cats
I've got left! Oh dear!"
But the worst OF it hasn't been told.
Two mornings after this another kitten
was gone, and then another. and week
later two more still.
Wasn't it dreadful? Georgia thought
SO; and he cried himself almost sick.
But that very day Uncle John happened
along, and mamma sent Georgia out to
Grandpa Trimmer's farm with him to
stay two whole days.
He'll forget all about his kittens in
that time" thought she.
Next night, when George came home,
he tugged in covered willow basket
almost bigger than he was.
% mamma" he cried, with his eyes
like stars and his cheeks like roses,
''just see! Two little boys gave 'em to
me! And they're just as cunning! And
I've got morn had before! Look,
mammal
Mamma looked. In the basket were
onc-two-thrce-eigh bits Of kittensi
Mamma sat down in the nearest chair.
She hadn't the heart to scold, though
she didn't know what else to do.
Il declare" said she, Its q judg-
mentr'
/ "Why, no, 'tisn't, mamma" said
Georgia. cheerfully, Its kittens!''
L -AuA dOil We ~, OutH ,
| Companion.
Hats In Korea.
Suppose you were a boy and lived in
Korea. In that case, among other
queer things you would do, when you
were seven years old your long hair,
which up to that time you would have
worn BRAIDED and hanging down your
back, would be cut, and the ends left
on the head would be wound around .
stick of coral to make them stand up
straight; then they would be hidden
under a sort of skull-cap made of black
silk, which is not called a cap
but that" and that you would wear
day and night, taking off your shoes
when you entered q house, but never
your hat. not even to wash your face.
Over this that" there is an outer hat
worn which may be put on and of at
your convenience. 1t is made of bam-
boo and silk, has broad brim and q
high crown which grows smaller toward
the top, like pyramid, or a steeple. 1t
is of shining black, and is tied under
the chin by ribbons. -Pansy.
Practice and theory must go to.
gether. Theory without practice to
test it, to verify it, to correct it, is idle
speculation: but practice without theory
to animate it is mere mechanism. In
every art and business theory is the
soul and practice the body. The soul,
without the body in which to dwell, is,
indeed, only ghost; but the body,
without soul. is only corpse.-New
York Ledger.
In Paris there are five professional
schools for girls. The course Of instruc'
ton embraces modern languages, do
nestle economy, industrial designings,
cutting and fitting garments, and &c
counts. Each school is equipped with
kitchen, and work shops for making
corsets, feathers and other staple
articles of trade. Girls ire admitted .,
fourteen and remain three or four years.
England is not only investing three
dollars in the United States to one in
Canada, Australia or India, but would
be glad to make it five. It's safe coun
try for inve stors, developing and grow
ing every year, and we neither have
war nor talk of war to jeopardize invest
ments. The foreigner who invests hi
dollars here can mako no mistake.
| A minister of the Gospel in declaim
ing against social clIbs says that they
lead to extravaganza. The charge, per
haps, is we'll founded, but if there il
any thing on earth that leads to greater
extravaganza than fashionable city
| church, we confess we don't know wha
it is Western Rural.
L
How shall we keep that boy on thu
farm? We do not know, but we expec
| 4hai IL he is worked nreftv nearly II