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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-23
BABY WELDON AND MAMMA.

worth farthing II he had been left tc
the tender mercies OF his companions.
But he is growing. and now has larger
cage. In about another year he will be
let out to mingle with the other quad.
rumana: had almost said bimana, for
the little pet is so human ir appearance
and action.
"Bob White" sang . shrill voice.
bob White" and turned about TO see
o dozen beautiful partridges friskina
about and running all around their
pretty cage. How familiar the sound
and how attractive TO the ear Of .
sportsman. Nearly all Of these bean.
ties were hatched right here In this
cage. While admiring them and listen.
ing to their history, there came . sound
Of "Caw," 'Caw," ''Caw," and behold
there was trained crow perched upon
a window, looking In at the taxiderm.
lists at their work. He just then saw
his master. the keeper. and few down
upon his shoulder and commenced pick.
ing at his ear and whiskcrs with his
black beak. That Is one way OF kiss.
ing. and the only way known TO the
crow family.
There are half . dozen homiug
pigeons in . cage to themselves and .
very happy family they are, too. Their
eyes, small though they be. are ex
ceedingly intelligent and they know
and love their keeper. Every summer
they are taken away Oft to the Blue
Ridge mountains or over TO the SEQ
shore and released with messages which
they deliver with wonderful speed. II
is remarkable to witness their antics
and manifestations OF Joy. affection and
pride when they return home after .
long. swift course through the air.
Each one OF them wants to be patted upon
the head and told that be or she deserves
special commentator.
There are sparrow hawks, a porcnpine.
barred owls, monkeys. all kind Of rats
and other animals OF American nativity.
The barred owls cat rats which are
caught in traps and then let loose 10 the
owl cage. They never escape.
A pig IS used for scientific purposes.
A lot OF venomous snakes are let loose
in his cage. They bite him. recoil. are
taken back to their cages and the effect
upon the pig Is carefully noted. The
observing students find that little no
ticeable effect is produced upon piggy
and they are studying how TO use pigs
as antidotes for snake bites.
There is q magnificent cougar OF
puma in one of the cages. II looks like
an enormous brown cat and has the
most beautiful violet-colored eyes one
ever saw. She Is very wicked and evi.
IDENTIFY is scheming all the time. trying
to devise ways and means to escape and
do some damage.
You have probably read Of the two big
elephants recently given to the Zoo
by prominent Snowman. They have
already become accustomed to their
new home and are no doubt betteE
pleased with their surroundings than
when they were travelling all over the
country and enduring unwelcome vicisr
STUDIES SMITH ID. FRI.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-23

THE British governments report on
the recent epidemic of grip in Eng
land finds that that disease is dissemin-
stcd by personal contact and that iso-
lated persons, such as inmates OF pris-
ons, keepers of lighthouses, etc, are
entirely free from it.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-23

IN Warsaw the Jews number 40 per
cent. of the population, and the aver
age in all the other towns of Poland is
SO per cent, while in the villages it
falls to per cent Consul Grant says
the trades and industries in Warsaw
are almost entirely in the hands of the
Hebrew population. In the higher
branches of commerce the ratio is 16
Jews to Christians, and in tho lower
branches 10 Jews to : Christians, and
in the agency and brokerage business
industrial enterprises of the city 6s per
cent. are in the hands of Jews and only
IS per cent. belong to native Christians.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-22

Antoinette de Bourbon. the mother
Of the Guises. had in addition to her
other fine qualities, great good use
One example Of the discipline 10 which
she subjected the young Guises indicates
that had there been more mothers like
her in her class there would have been
less of ruthless extravaganza on the
part Of the royalty and nobility of
France.
The young mobiles were out hunting,
and rode through fields which had been
sown with corn. The duchess heard Of
it. That evening, according to the ira
dition preserved at Joinville, there was
no bread on the table.
The princes at once asked for bread,
astonished 1t such negligence in this
well ordered household
MY children" replied Antoinette,
it is necessary TO economic -four since
you have destroyed the future harvest "
youths Companion.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-22

When Sunday comes my horse knows
that ! sHa not proceeding on my pro
fessional rounds. but he viii put on his
best style and proceed 10 the accus-
toned church. when, without any guild
ing on my part, he viii land las load at
the church door, and woe to the team
that may chance TO get in ahead Of
him. On no other day of the week
will he make the attempt TO turn up
into or pay attention to the road lead
ing To the church.
Two weeks ago, on Sunday, | took
my wife out for a ride on Bolton noun
tain, and in going had TO pass a church,
one 10 which the horse vas not accus-
toned 10 go, when to my surprise he
was bound TO stop. Il was only with
some difficulty that | got him past the
post. About a mile and a half farther
on he came to another church, one at
which he has never been accustomed &c
stop To my surprise John made an
other strohg effort to stop. On any
week day he will pass that church daily
without paying il the least attention.
A Physician in Hartford Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-22
WAS ne a REBEL,
. oaPsas~ Who Fought I'm Chill. bat He
noasn't Know GU which side

= oaPsafr Who Fought I'm Chill, bat He
uoasn't Know Gu which side.
Captain Kenneth Pritchard. of the
British steamship Tangier, had quite
q thrilling war experience while at
Buenos AyreS. The steamer had been
chartered 10 load cargo at Liverpool
for Buenos Ayres, and arrived at that
port shortly after the revolution had
ceased. All large vessels. such Is the
Tangier. were compelled to remain out
In the Buenos Ayres Roads, which is
about fourteen miles from the port.
The masters %quartered themselves al
the different hotels. and most Of their
business was done ashore until the yes
sells were loaded or discharged. as the
eAse happened to be.
On May some little trouble again
arose between the rebels and the gov
srnment and another revolution vas
threatened Tie troops began to tire
AZ all rebels and within "a short while
firing was general on all sides. Captain
Pritchard wa anxious 70 see what was
going on throughout the town, and
meandered slowly I'm the direction Of
the arsenal Before he had gotten far,
however. he was captured by w sol
diers and led, at the point Of the bayo-
net, TO the urseaal.
He was given "a Winchester ride, and.
by command az tine officers 10 charge.
was compelled C. join the warliS-
crowd, Without much complaint, but
a great deal of nervous dissatisfaction,
he began poppi 2 away at every Oh
ject in the shape # a man who passed
within range @ the arsenal Here h,
va kept az 1rS with his rifle foi
three 6ours. - zen be was relieved and
a picket put @ guard.
An opportr ity presented itself, and
Captain PR hard slipped around the
wall and csc ped from his cdptors. He
had gotten bat a few yards from the
place when he heard some grape sho,
-vhiz by him. and upon looking around
he saw two guns being used at the
head Of the street to keep il cleaE
Captain Pritchard, without much ce:o
mony. dropped himself into a three
foot gutter, and there remained with
the water streaming over him for
about an hour. when the firing ceased.
After that evening the captain did not
o. ast himself far from the hotel until
ais steamer sailed
He said he fought hard, but he has
not learned whether he was a govern
ment soldier or a rebel, and he wasn't
curious enough to ask. Baltimore
American .
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-22

De protested against as tending To cor
rupt our people and draw them away
from that simple ideal Of life and free
dom which is the very soul Of om
nation
am here referring moi solely o
chiefly to reproductions of those IN
clean works with which France favon
US, or Of that vapid, sentimental
Damen-literatur in which Germany
abounds, but rather. and especially, 20
those innumerable reprints of English
works of u-nexceptional conventional
morality with which the whole country
is deluged
Against French immortality we are.
IN some degree, protected nv our native
p~uritanism, and where tina fails by
conventional hypocrisy; while German
sentimentality, lacking, as it usually
does, the salt of humor, strikes Is as
insipid. and therefore lays but slight
hold upon us. In English works, on
the other hand, there is something far
more germane Il our character. a subtle
atavistic poison. which puts to sleep the
new man. the free American, in us, and
wakes the slumbering servile or over
bearing Engiishman.
Still more frequently it wakes the
slumbering English woman However
useful such literature may be in Eng
land, which is dominated by the spirit
Of caste. rendering necessary the ellti-
walton Of servility In one class to match
the arrogance of another, it is distinct
" hurtful in America, where there is
no recognized caste, and where nothing
is more essential to public and private
well being than the spirit Of manly and
womanly self respect, and of contempt
for all Fictitious worth conferred by
birth. position, title or wealth.-Prc
lessor Thomas Davidson in Forum
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-22
The Women Condnctor..

Dickens certainly made a mistake
when he created Micawber of the mas
euline persuasion. Waiting for some
thing TO turn 40" is a feminine eharao
teristic. and after all, isn't it true
that ''all things come to those who
waitF' They do turn up for woman II
she waits long enough. Today, after
waiting forty years, she beholds 400 &C
equations open to her. Forty years
ago she did not need more than one
hand to count all the things she was
allowed to do for a living. But one Of
the things she never did expect has
turned up. and this is the woman street
car conductor.
She gives perfect satisfaction, they
say, and she is certainly picturesque
She wears a blue flannel uniform. a big
Panama straw hat and a long white
pinafore with frills and innumerabIs
pockets. In the pockets she carries
tickets and change, while strapped ovey
her shoulder she carries a small leatiC
bag in which are the surplus me- sy
and tickets. She hands the passenger
who pays his fare a yellow ticket, which
be is supposed to destroy. Tor all that
are missing she must hand over the
money.
II there be any sAe can't account for,
the money is deSacted from her wages
of twenty-five dollars a month. OF
coursa this is not in New York, but il
may cone some day, since women have
begU:l 70 enter service on the elevated
reads in Brooklyn. 1t is in Chill that
he woman conductor fiourishes. After
the wal with Peru there was a surplus
of women that had to be utilized, so
they became, among other things.
street car conductors New York Re
oorder.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-22
sa.alI Change In Plenty.

A well dressed and not bad looking
woman. with a small handbag, rushed
into up town shops and stores the other
day for lust q cent to make up i've
pents for a fare" She took 1t syS
Dramatically. and nearly everybody shs
came across responded to her appeal
A group of gentlemen In a cigar store
each contributed q penny-dn but one.
He said apOlogeticaIly that be wAs
sorry, but that he had nothing ls~
than half a dollar.
Il can change it" abe said promptly.
The three men opened their eyeA
but she nav her bad break at the sams
moment and slipped away with a faint
smile creeping up from behind her ear
New York Herald
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-22

The threatened dearth in the world's
supply of rubber has led to the forma,
ton Of a syndicate to cultivate the rub
Der tree on a large scale. In Ceylon
steps have already been taken TO carry
out the same idea by sowing the seed
of the cerea in patches of jungle, and
the supply Of rubber from that island
promises TO be, in a few years, double
what it is AT present. Encouraged by
the apparent success of this experiment,
the syndicate proposes to carry on the
rubber cultivation on several large es
tates in the southern part Of Mexico
not far FROM the gulf. where the eli
mate will be most favorable for their
operations.
The rubber tree grows with great rar
pidity. and a tree of average size will
yield about twenty gallons Of milk,
which is equal to forty pounds of dried
rubber. From the testimony of ex-
perts it is found that this yield viii
give a handsome return on the capital
70 be invested. New York Telegram.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-22

An old farmer entered the grocery
and asked. "Whut's strawb'ries, Zebr
-Hev y got someF'
That depends"
Eight fer good ones"
Il met old Brown yest'day; said b
aowed they'd be bout nine"
mo. eight"
Couldn't make it nine. Feb,
sould y'P'
mot now, Joe. Berries is comm In
Eaht fast now'days."
''Wm y split the difereneef Man
dysn feel cut up bout it anyway. She
lowed they'd be nine"
~How many y gOtP'
-sThrOs quarts, and they're Wilson'S
assdlin'A' and 3 good a. y ever elapped
eyes on
%WaH, IN do il, seein' It's yOa. -
Bring 'em in"-Chicago Mall
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-22

Joseph Graham. of Jones district, had
fed his hogs the other morning and
was leaning OF the fence looking at
them eat when he felt something chilly
fondling and caressing him ina peculiar
~ earnest way about the head, face
and neck. He saw at n C that he had
placed his elbow about midway on the
body of a king snake, several feet long,
and was holding him fast down on the
rail. and. a. You would suppose. both
ends of tie snake being loose, they cUf
up vigorous AMI rapid capers about Mr.
Graham's cOuntenance Mr.. Graham
Eays he took his elbow of as soon as he
found thar the snake did not want it to
stay on Eastman Times-JoarnaL
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-22
No Money in Literature.

Our national life has been rather Of
the Roman cast Our great achieve
ments have been political, military and
engineering. Our renown rests on
these. Our literature has been Incl
dental, but modest as It is, IL Is much
cared for by a considerable and infu-
ential part Of the people. It win be
welcomed in the future as il has been
In the past but great authors must stil
be content to write from the inner i'm
pulse aud to wait for their fortunes
without much care for the money that
may be gained. George e. Woodbury.
In Forum.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-22

New Zealand sends large quantities
a mushrooms to San Francisco and
also to Hong Kong. The Chinese eat
IL use II for medicine. and make a ano
dye out Of t. One remarkable speeies
grows out Of the body Of a large cater
Pillar. gra-t.cany converting the animal
into a -egetable. -Indianapolis Jour
nal
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-22

Trunks. Valises.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-22

A great deal has been spoken and
written against reprints Of forsAm
books on the score Of the Dishonesty
Involved In them, and with good rea-
son; but they dessrvs far and far
stronger reprobationo On another ground
Even d the autho3 copyright had
besn 10 an eases duU regarded asy
elgh1 Hl IN the majority q @pA =
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-22

A resident Of Ansonia, Conn, de-
elares thar IL, always rains there on the
25th o. .nly lie says that his family
has kept q record Of the weather for
100 End in sl that time there
hasn't 5eaa aJuly - on which It didn't
rain
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purged this political corruption,
having found men in the end, who
love principle and true loyalty to
the people, better than party-and
this will be approaching the polite
al millennium. D. n. BURTON.
Garrett, Kas.
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Another asks, what is money
1t is the medium of exchange. Has
it value Of itself? No, nothing
farther than this: A dollar in sill
yer or gold has no intrinsic value il
it. | can't eat money, as | dc
bread and meat. | can't trade or
dollars until | have converted il
into something that has intrinsic
worth IN it.
Congress has the power to make
and coin money, and stamp it as
such. Can they not stamp farm as
money, as well as to recognize 9
bond as money, written or printed Oh
paper, that of itself has no value
whatever, while land and non-per
ishable products have real value p?
What the people want is more
issue. Let congress order more
stamping.
And still | hear another one ask
can you legislate men rich i? an
swer, Yes. Why? Because you
have done it, and what has been
done, can be done again. Whence
all these immensely rich corpora
tions and millionaires Have they
not been made so by certain kind OF
legislation, made either directly OIL
otherwise, in their favor? Now
give us, the people, chance sfor q
little law-making that will enable
us to live easier; not that we may
become rich, but that we may have
little home, and that FREE home
Is not land good security? Why
can't the farmer borrow money
from the government, giving his
farm as security? 1t can't be
hauled on. Of the country like gold
could be, in time Of trouble. 1t is
sure and steadfast for land will
never decrease in value while popu
lation increases, nor will its pro
ducts fuctuate like the supply oil
precious metals. What is there t.
prevent domestic instruction or a
foreign invasion to capture all the
gold supply? Nothing whatever
Is the issue of money, bank notes
and demonetized silver on the basis
of gold, or on the credit of the
country? If on the former, what
was the basis Of issue during the
years of the war when the country
was flooded with money, was it not
on the credit of the country, oul
farms, and the values thereof? Let
this subject be studied as never be
fore. Assemble yourselves togeth
er and discuss this much mystified
money question, and see if there is
not way out Of this dilemma.
I But | hear another voice out on
the outskirts of despair cry out,
"Will you Alliance fellows do any
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one of us seems to be stirred from
center to circumference. / again ask,
why all this commotiOn 7? Is there
cyclone approaching, and are the
people rushing to their cellars and
caves as places of safety, and cow
ering, as it were, before it's mighty
terror? No. They are coming out
boldly on the field of battle, and are
making great preparation to
"beard the lion in his den; and the
Douglas in his hall" These are
perilous times-times that call forth
the energies of every man and wo-
man. Are we, the people Of this
grand United States Of America, to
stand idly by and see it despoiled
by hoard Of party tricksters who
have been deceiving the honest,
confding and dutiful people from
time to time with empty promises,
that they knew at the time would
never be made good. No, we
will listen to it no more. They
have lied to us on the tariff, until
the masses know that what they
say is only for political effect. They
have misled us on the financial
question they misconstrued the
laws of our land-legislated solely
in the interest Of few.
Never in the history Of free
people has there been such wicked
and wholesale vicious legislation
enough, indeed, to cause the patri-
OTIS of old to rise from their graves
and canfront them in the dark hours
of night, telling them Of their
wickedness and saying, why have
you imposed such burdens on this
people?-laid burndens on them
grevious to be borne? 0, we wick
cd usurpers. Come down from a po-
sition that you have polluted and are
in no wise worthy to hold. | ask !:
Gentlemen, can these things exist
much longer, and we exist as free
people? We are now nearing a
terrible crisis, which now demands
the consideration Of every liberty
loving and loyal citizen.
This hoard of petty tyrants and
fcudal despots and lying politicians
tell the people that they must not
mcddle in politics that is our trade
and profession ; we understand how
to do this thing; you have not the
time to neglect your farms and
workshops and places of business.
They say, lawyers, bankers and
professional gentlemen-men of
means, must practice politics, teach
political economy, civil government
and all the organic law of our land
to the young-compel its observ-
ance in all respects. But when it
comes to practice little bit of it,
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longer. In the language Of Patricl
Henry, "they say we are weak ant
unable to cope with so formidable
an adversary, but when shall we b'
stronger?" Will it be when every
privilege and right to govern Thu
land of ours shall be taken from us
when there will be money king
at every turn in life, exacting thu
last pound of flesh, taking from de
fenseless women and children thu
last heritage Of life, given to al
men alike :? God, in His mercy
have pity on them, for | know they
need not look for it from any othel
source. Let us strike at the root o
this evil at once. Strike for oul
homes and their dearest interests
This is patriotism. Labor makes
the country labor makes the cap
ital labor has made this one of the
greatest of nations labor has made
the millionaire mot his labor, bu
the labor of the poor toiling ones O.
this country. Pile up all the golt
and silver in the world in one grea
pile, and will it produce aught
Verify no. Labor produces.
Give us the dollars that are un
taxed. Give us free money!
money that is not commodity-ont
not to be foated up or down, just
to suit the greed of the grinding
combines. The people have trusted
and confided in the two old parties
long enough. Let US come ou
from among the foul and damnine
influences, and save this land O.
ours ere it is too late. Delay nc
longer. Delay is dangerous. Come
out on the side Of the weak anC
helpless. Come out on the side o
Justice and right. The 6. o. p. tells
us times are good and still getting
better. That is true but fo
whom are times getting better 2
for the man of money-nationa
banks (cankers of this nation com
bines and trust companies. They
are growing richer every day
while the teeming millions arc
growing poorer. Men may cry
"help. help" an in vain, from these
men who have gained vast earthly
goods, fitting them to live so ia
above the masses that they have
lost all feeling for the needy anc
helpless.
The cry is for more money upol
which to do business. The mel
who make the money are not per
mitted to keep it. One asks
What do you mean by making
money ? | mean sir, one who pro
duces something-the man tina
plows, digs, tolls, reaps and sows-
not the banker and Spectator OF
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