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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-09-04
FOR LITTLE PEOPLE,
TOMMY's GRIEVANCE.

ITS hard on 4 fellow, do declarer'
said Tommy one day, with pout;
Elm every one OF the suits wear
The pockets are most worn out.
They're bout as big as the ear of q MOLE
And never have more than three;
And there's always coming mean little hole
That loses my knife for me.
II cant make 'cm hold but 4 few little
things
Some cookies, m apple or two,
knife and pencil and bunch OF strings,
Some nails, and may be screw,
And marbles, OF course, and top and ball,
And shells and pebbles and such,
And some odds and ends-yes. honest, that's
all,
You can see for yourself Z isn't much
I'D like suit Of some patent kind.
With pockets made wide and long:
Above and below and before and behind,
sewed extra heavy and strong.
I'd want about n dozen or SO,
All easy and quick to get at;
And ] should be perfectly happy, know
With a handy rig like that"
-Eudora S. Bumstead. In st. Nicholas.
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Lost Milly.

OH. groaned Aunt Nancy from her
bed, ''how l wish l could have some
strawberries! Seems as If couldn't
wait for 'em to get ripe"
Little Milly was just asking mamma
If she could stop to play with Pet Pot
ter on her way from school.
''You may stay till six O'Clock" man.
ma said.
But on her way home Milly thought
of poor. sick Aunt Nancy.
"I'll go and try to find her some
strawberries, instead Of stopping to play
with Pet" she thought
So she turned In at the pasture bars
when she was near home, and went up
on the spruce hill where the strawber-
ries ripened early
She only found one occasionally. and
got very tired. Sitting down to rest
she finally fell over on the soft moss fast
asleep.
When half-past seven came, then
eight and Milly did not come, her
mother felt worried and sent James
down to Mr. Potter's to find her.
''She didn't stop here at ALL" Mrs.
Potter said.
Then such worry as they all were
in! Men and boys started out with Ian
terms and guns and dogs. Bose seemed
to know they were hunting for
Milly. He found her track at the bars,
and followed on until he found her,
then he began to bark.
Milly awoke at his cold nose on her
face, and sat up bewildered enough.
But she was soon at home, and Aunt
Nancy was delighted with the straw
berries.-Youth's Companion.
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different path; but It's top was hidden
from view nv heavy clouda NJ mist

different path; but Its top was hidden
from view by heavy clouds Of mist
Now" said the fairy, III you ever
want to 20 home again you must climb
to the top Of this mountain; but warn
you that every time you cry you will
slip back days journey"
She then pointed out the path Belin-
da was to take. and left her. For hours
the Princess cried and cried, but at last,
remembering what the fairy had told
her, she started on her journey.
The first day Of climbing was the most
difficult task Belinda had ever under
taken. The path WAS wet and slippery.
When she put hor hands on the rocks to
help herself she found them damp and
moldy.
At night ugly brownies brought her
supper Of black bread and muddy water,
at the sight Of which her ready tears
fell, and down she slipped to the foot OF
tho mountain. The next morning she
started up again, and after some days OF
climbing, with occasional back-slidings,
grew so much interested in her journey
that she felt no desire to cry. She kept
steadily on and there was no more slip
ping back. The wet slippery mud gave
place to firmer ground and flowers be-
gan to spring up beside the path-prim-
roses and violets.
To her surprise, as she climbed, the
path became easier. Through the break
ing mist rainbow appeared, over which
bright fairies came, instead OF ugly
brownies, to attend to her needs At
last, one day she reached the top, where
all was sunshine and gladness, happy,
cheerful child.
Then the godmother again appeared.
and they flew over land and sea, hack to
delighted mother; and for the rest of
her life Belinda was JOY and blessing
to all about her.-Annie E. Atkinson,
in Our Little Men and Women.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-09-04

lowing out the idea shown. nothing
could be easier.
A tube made with an inside diameter
Of three inches, either of wooden caves
pipe or of boards nailed together. should
be stood up in the barrel and . hole
sawed in the barrel head which will just
match the tube. One side Of the tube
should be cut away at the bottom.
Filling the barrel to within an inch or
two Of the top with brine, the head
should next be pushed down and al
lowed to come up nearly to the surface
of the brine. Then the prepared tube
may be forced down and held in place
by one or two nails or screws. Having
picked the cucumbers they are pushed
down the tube by plunger or follower
until they reach the open place at the
bottom, when they sail in through the
bottom of the barrel and go up under
the prepared head This being immoy-
able never allows them to reach the air.
The barrel head can be turned half
around in the barrel occasionally. and
thus the barrel will be nearly filled
with the crop which is being preserved
Farm and Home.
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THE DAIRY.

What would be thought Of the miner
who took no note Of character or quality
Of the quartz he mined? How about tho
dairyman who takes no note OF the char
acter Of the milk he makes.
The price OF the cow does not In
dictate her value IS . producer. Gilt
edged butter is something that depends
on how 1t is made. The COW gives the
milk, but upon the management OF the
milk, cream and butter depends tho
quality.
One benefit Of improved stock Is
that it IL IN educating force in farm
life. The owner of improved stock will
not feel satisfied to see 1t depreciate,
and he studies into stock breeding and
feeding so as to avoid the reproach. II
teaches him to think more than In the
past, and thinking farmers are usually
successful farmers.
H. P. Hopkins, Of New York. AYERS
that every time he churns unripe cream
he loses. He says: "When cream Is .
trifie acid 1t is sufficiently ripened. /
prefer conclusion churn to the friction
churn. White specks in butter come
from coagulation OF the milk, which set
ties to the bottom Of the cans. They
should be washed out properly.
-Sticklers for mature" in cows should
remember that wild cows give their
calves full rations for about two months;
during four months more the calf gets
half and quarter rations; and then
nothing! The work OF q wise dairyman
is to improve on nature, and not follow
it because it agrees with lazy habits.
The natural COW is not lovely creature
to handle; but the dairy COW, we'll bred,
we'll fed and soiled, never hungry. Is
the ideal Of amiability and good looks
Western Rural.
"A calf born in fall or winter 10 worth
two born in the spring, for profit. A
spring calf IL so young that 1t gets lit.
tie good from pasture the first season,
for by the time 1t can fight flies success
fully and crop grass enough to really
aid in nourishing it, winter Is Ut hand
and it is placed on dry food. The great
est problem confronting every breeder
Of improved stock is that OF being able
to duplicate 1t will the animal he has
chosen for his model, and not until we
produce q cow combining all those quail.
tiles can we rejoice in having model
butter cow.-Orange Judd Farmer.
When milk pans are set In spring
water to raise the cream, the separation
of cream will not be as complete IS
when the milk is set in colder water.
For instance, when cans OF milk were
submerged at the New York Experiment
Station in spring water, at tempera-
ture Of Sc degrees Fahrenheit, it was
found that the skim.milk contained an
average Of 1.13 per cent of fat But
when the milk was submerged in ice
water 1T temperature Of 80 or 40 de-
grees, the average amount Of fat remain
ing In the skim-milk was only one-half
Of per cent. Fully three-fourths OF .
pound more of butter per 100 pounds Of
milk was secured by the use Of ice in
the water. This Is large gain for the
use of ice, but not enough to warrant
buying it.-Farm and Home.
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KEEP HEALTHY COWS.

Sound Advice Given by the Massachusetts,
Cattle COmmlssion.
For the safety of farm herds secure .
stock of healthy animals, and then breed
a sufficient number of young to fully
supply the home demand. A purchased
creature from an unknown quarter may
be source of danger. The oft-repeated
story OF those who find tuberculosis in
their herds Is, 81 bought cow, thin in
flesh and looking badly. but thought she
would improve on my keeping. Instead
she grew worse and died, and some of
my other cattle have that same bad
look" Never, on any consideration,
breed from an animal OF either sex on
which there Is shadow Of suspicion
as to health and vigor Of constitution.
Whether tuberculosis be directly heredi-
tary or not a weak constitution most
surely is, and such animals have little
power to resist diseases II in any way
they they are exposed to them. Feed
generously. but do not pamper, nor con-
fine animals in too close and ill-ven-
tilated stables. The commissioners find
the most diseases where the stables are
narrow and tightly boarded up in front,
SO that the breath Of any sick animal
must be more or less mingled with that
of all the others over and over again,
with no sufficient inflow Of fresh out
side air. Keep sharp lookout for the
earliest signs of disease, and, If possible,
separate into q comfortable stall any
animal that threatens danger to the
herd. II an occasional animal must be
bought for breeding or other purposes,
and its history is uncertain, keep it
apart till its character COR health is
reasonably assured. Allow no consump-
tive person to have the care Of herds OF
cows. remembering that the expectora-
tons from diseased person, falling
upon the food Of animals, is dangerous
Bulletin Of Massachusetts Cattle Com
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swEET-poTATo CULTIvATOHs.


want to make the ridges Two men
with team can do more with this
ridger than twelve men can the old way,
as it finishes the ridge ready for the
plants without using the hoe at all ii it
is properly handled.
The plants are set with stick about
three feet long, an inch and half wide,
and about half an inch thick at the
lower end, which is slightly notched to
hold the plant as it goes down into the
ground. Lay the plants SO that the
butts will be about the center OF the
ridge, and with the stick catch only
enough of the end of the plant to
carry it down. BY this method the
plans can be set deeper, and one does
not have to stoop. All cultivation is
given with the ridger by having sharp
straps Of iron attached TO the wings,
which scrape of weeds as fast as they
come through, only using the hoe
around the plants. Agricul-
turiSt.
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Some one says that . cow that gives
milk SO rich that six or eight quarts
will make q pound of butter is more
profitable for butter-making, than one
which gives milk SO thin that it takes
twelve to thirteen quarts to make a
pound of butter. This must depend on
the amount of milk given by each. II
both give the same amount OF course
the COW giving the richer milk would
be the more profitable; but il tho COW
giving the thinner milk yielded two or
three times as much IS the other, and
perhaps four or five times as much, the
profit would be most decidedly on the
side OF the cow giving the poorer milk.
as she would not only make as much or
more butter, but afford a much larger
amount ~ skinned milk for feeding
hogs or other stock.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
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4 BALLAD or SADNESS.

A man was flied with dark despair
On finding one day that hts hair,
Which helped to win maids charmingly.
Was sadly failing as . crop:
His barber said twas thin on top"
And falling out alarmingly.
His friends. with tests predominant
Declared his hair was quite ss scant
As honor In an alderman;
While others viewed his shining pate.
And said than this unfortunate
They never saw balder man.
He tried all nostrums. old and new.
The salves and oils and ointments, too.
And liniments with sediment.
In strife 10 win my hair" quoth he.
Financial outlay shall not be
A visible impeachment"
II soon became his one idea
To try each patent panacea,
In hope that each experiment
Would win his hair again; but no.
His badness grew apace, and 50
Did his companions merriment
The more he rubbed with hopeful aim.
The less luxurious became
His hirsute growth outrageous;
TIN now he sees with poignant twinge
His hair is but narrow fringe;
His badness IL outrageous.
This moral / would inculcate:
Oh seek not to avoid your fate,
But bend In due submission TO IL
When nature makes Q certain plan.
IT'S all in vain for puny man
To offer opposition to 1t.
Harry b. Smith, in America.
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FOOD FOR THE FLOCK.
II should He Succuient-A Varied Bill o
Fare.

II should He Succuient-A Varied Bill Of
Now that the subject of sheepteeding
is fairly before US great interest will be
taken in producing q greater variety Of
feed for that animal which appreciates
so we'll bill of fare in which variety is .
marked feature. In the early fall the pas.
lures will be less inviting to the lambs
than they should be and supplemental
feeding rightly conducted will pay
handsomely. But can this be accom-
plished? We have seen sheep and
lambs turned into the corn-field, after
the ears had pushed out, with excellent
results. All the lower leaves, large por-
ton of which are usually wasted, are
greedily eaten by the flock, while the
ears Of corn are high enough to be out
of reach. Scattering weeds are also
utilized, and the fence corners and
borders Of the field nicely trimmed out.
But why not go further and SOW some
crop between the rows Of corn to fur
nish additional feed? At the last cult
before the stalks are breast high, grain
can be sown broadcast by hand, or from
horseback, or with seeders specially
prepared for drilling in grain between
the rows. Rye is probably the best
grain to be sown for this purpose. In some
cases the corn will doubtless be SO dense
that the grain will make little growth
until after the corn crop has matured
and let in the sunshine, but even then
there should be enough fall pasturage
to pay large dividends for the labor and
expense. Under favorable conditions,
where the corn is not too thick, the rye
should make sufficient growth to prove
satisfactory fer turning into the field
before husking time. Here is q sub
ject as yet little worked out by our
farmers. but it is promising one and
merits more than passing notice.
Toothsome mutton is now in order, but
to produce it we must give larger va
riety Of feed TO the flock and in abund-
ance; to do this in such manner as to
leave good margin of profit calls for
considerable action. Those who frst de-
velop this opening will secure the
largest returns. -Breeder's Gazette.
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THE PRINCESS BELINDA.

Whv She Had to Go to kryl2nd Island,
aud How She Climbed the MOuntain OF
Cheerfulness.
Once upon time, long, long ago, be-
fore all the fairy godmothers died and
left poor mothers to take care Of their
own children, there lived in beautiful
palace a little Princess named Belin
Her beauty would have been perfect
but for disagreeable look about her
mouth, caused by dreadful habit Of
crying over every little trouble. She
not only made herself unhappy, but all
her friends and relations as we'll.
The first thing heard in the morning
was: boo, hoo, hoo! l don't want to
be bathed in cold water!" then, boo,
hoo. hoo! you are pulling my hair" In
fact, all day could be heard the weep
ing and wailing Of this miserable little
Princess II nurse was not near just
when Belinda called her, or if mamma
could not give her every thing she
wished, she would cry and cry until
mamma was nearly heart-broken to
think what an unhappy woman her
little daughter must become Ii not
cured of this fault.
Belinda was blessed with fairy god
mother. and one day. just when mamma
was nearly distracted by the constant
flood Of tears, the fairy godmother APP
peared, for fairy godmothers always
used to come when very much needed.
why this sadness?" she asked.
Mamma told her how badly she felt
| that Belinda should fret and cry over
trifles and not be happy and contented.
The fairy thought for moment then
said: "Kryland might cure her, but II.
Is a severe remedy, and You will have
" let me take her away for some time. -
ANY thing" answered mamma.
''would be better than to have her ruin
her disposition by crying all the time. :"
Such crying and screaming as Belinda
indulged in whenstold that she was to
leave home. had never been heard in
tho palace before. The fairy paid no
attention to it. but took pair OF silken
wings from her pocket, fastened them
TO her shoulders, and lifting Belinda in
her arms few out of the window. The
little Princess was SO surprised a: this
that she actually forgot to cry.
Away they few over land and sea UNI
til they came to . small island. over
which heavy mist hung, caused by
the warm streams OF tears constantly
lowing from the eyes of its inhabitants
This" said the fairy, lis Kryland.
Here all the people who love to cry,
may stay and cry to their hearts con-
tent without troubling any one else, or
they may climb the Mountain Of Cheer
lulness. llss IS they choose"
In the center Of Kryland stood a
high mountain up which Belinda could
zee many people climbing, each by a
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CHAPTER VII.

OI1AflEN VII.
This, then. was the outcome VI March
Gilchrist's iron-clad resolve to forget in
serious work one who could never make
him or his family happyl
Verify, the ways and variations Of .
man in love are past finding out by or
binary means and everyday reasoning.
Our sensible swain could only plead
with his sister in defense OF his fast
grown passion, that the girl ''suited
him." Having decided within eight
hours that no alliance could be more un-
suitable than one with Mr.. Wayts wife's
sister, he had cast himself head fore
most into the thick Of impassioned
declaration Of a devotion the many
waters OF doubt could not drown, or the
fires Of opposition destroy.
Dizzied and overwhelmed as she was
by his vehemence, Hetty was the FIRST
to regain the firm ground OF reason. He
had seated her. with gentle respect,
upon the cushion that had pillowed her
head. and, dropping on one knee. the
true, bonny eyes" alight with eager
ness poured out the story whose out
lines we know. Earnestness took the
tinge Of happiness as he was sui.
fered to proceed; the deep tones shook
under the weight of emotion Not until
she made resolute effort to disengage
her hands, and he saw the burning
bushes fade into dusky pallor and her
eyes grow set and troubled-did his
heart begin to sink. Then. the gallant,
knightly soul forbore importantly that
might be persecution. II his suit dis
tressed her for any cause whatsoever, he
would await her disposition to hearken
to the rest.
Releasing her, he arose and stood
little space away, respectfully attending
upon her pleasure.
u did not mean to impose all this
upon reluctant ears" he said, when
she did not speak. Her face was averted,
her hands pressed hard together. The
rust-brown bandeaux, rufled by the
pressure OF her head upon the pillow,
CLEANED in the dying sunlight like .
nimbus. The slight, girlish figure was
not Madonna's. II might be Mary
At the tomb in Bethany before the
''Come FORTH was spoken
"A word from you will send me away"
continued March, with manly dignity,
''if you wish to dismiss me and the sub
ject forever. can not stop loving you,
but can promise not to annoy you by
telling you OF love you can not 70.
ceive."
iro BE CONTINUED.
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slight fullness Of the lower lip, and the
slow curve Of the arm thrown above her
head made her seem like a child. She
looked what she was, fairly tired out
WEAKNESS SO intense that it would have
chased slumber from the eyelids of an
older sufferer. She had cried herself to
sleep, Thor's presence giving the sense
OF protecting companionship the child
feels in his mothers ncarness. The
cool breath Of the approaching twilight.
the grateful shade and Sabbath stiffness
did the rest.
Now and then long. broken sigh
heaved her chest, and ran through her
body. There was the glisten Of tiny
crystals upon her eye-lashes. Once, she
sobbed aloud, and Thor moved uneasily
and sighed alphabetically. BY and
by. he began to beat his tail gently
against the turf; his beautiful eyes
CLEANED glad and wistful. but he did
not offer to lift his head. Hetty patted
it in her sleep. and left her hand there.
She and Thor were walking over a
wilderness prairie. The coarse grass
Haunted up to her chin. and she would
have lost the dog had she not wound
her fingers in his hair. Such long,
tiresome. toilsome way it was, and the
grass SO stiff and strong! Sometimes it
knotted about her ankles; sometimes
the boards struck, like whips, across her
face. A.hitter wind was blowing, and
stung her eyes to watering. In pass.
ing, " lashed the grass into surges that
doomed like the sea.
Miles and miles away an orange SUM-
set burned luridly upon the horizon,
and right between her and it was a
floating figure, moving matestically on
ward. A mantle blew back in the bitter
wind until she could almost touch the
hem; confusing futter OF drapery
masked the head and shoulders; the
face was set steadfastly westward. and
kept away from her. AT long intervals,
hand was tossed clear OF tho white
Holdings and beckoned her to follow.
And follow will.' she said, between
her set teeth, to herself and to Thor,
~ willfollow until overtake him or
'die!' -: i -"
And all the while the blasting wind
Kissed in her hair and howled in the
pampas grasses, and her feet were sore
and bleeding: her limbs failed under
Der; her tongue clave to the roof OF her
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HARRY'S OBEDIENCE.

A Little boy who Always Had . Cheer
full Answer For His Mother.
Little Harry had seen some older
boys fly their kites from the tops of the
houses, and he thought 1t would be nice
fun II he could do so, too, 50 he came to
his aunt and said:
Aunt Mary, can 20 up to t he top OF
the house and dy my kite?"
His aunt wished to do every thing that
was proper to please him, but she
thought this was very unsafe, SO she
said:
NO. Harry, my boy: ! think that is
very dangerous sort Of play. Id rather
you wouldn't 60"
"All right. Then I'll 60 out on the
bridge" said Harry.
His aunt smiled. and said she hoped
he would always be as obedient as that.
Harry. what are you doing?" said
his mother on one occasion.
SPINNING my new top, mother"
Cant you take the baby out to ride?
Get out the carriage, and I'll bring him
down"
'.All right" shouted the boy, as he
put his top away in his pocket, and
fastened to obey his mother.
"Uncle William. may go over to the
store this morning?" said Harry, one
day at breakfast. Il want to see those
baskets again that l was looking at yes
terday."
''Oh YES. Harry" said his uncle; II
shall be very glad to have you."
ssBut can not spare you TO-DAY. Har-
ry," said his mother: II want you to go
out with me; you shall 60 to the store
another time"
"All right" said Harry, and went on
eating.
No matter what Harry was asked to
do, or what refusal he met with when
asking for any thing his constant an
swer was 'All right" He never asked:
why can't I?'' or why mustn't I?''
Harry not only learned to obey. but he
learned to obey in good humor. Little
Christian