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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27
THE MINISTER'S PRETTY WIFE.

THE MINISTER'S PRETTY WIFE.
You might have known that by my ac-
cent; my husband maintains that
speak dreadful English"
II do not think that / should be such
severe critic, because-well, because
/ understand very little English. Does
madame love her country?"
"Do love it? The lovely green
isle, as we call it; my poor Ireland, that
is now being desolated and de-
populated by fanatical band.
Oh! those Enslish"-with a glance to-
ward her husband. "they are truly too
embetant-or they would have put an
end to the disorder long ago. The
Prussians should manage things; they
would understand! Are you not a
Prussian, sir, and an officer? l thought
SO at once. Arc al the Prussian officers
SO tall and $3.50 strong?"
by height and strength our officers
would not quell the rebellion" said
smilingly, but ! feel convinced that
the Prussians would straighten up mat
tiers in Ireland quickly. But shall we
talk politics while such sweet strains
come from the piano."
''Thcn we should not talk at all, but
listen politely" said the lady, with her
mischievous smile; ''or what subject
would you propose?" she continued,
lowering her lashes.
IF it is not too inquisitive, should
like to ask If madame is on her wedding
tour?"
''Oh! Heaven preserve me! what an
idea! am an old married woman, sir.
have been married six years. What
made you think SO? My husband and l
have not, are not" she paused.
II do not know myself how such a
thought occurred to me; think it was
because the wedding ring looked SO
bright" said |. looking at her small
white hand, which lay quite near me on
the arm of the chair.
She raised her hand and moved the
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27
THE WESTERN GIRL.

The Points wherein She Differs From Her
Eastern sister Are All in Her Favor.
In many of the comic journals of the
young person who moves in an atmos-
phere of slang and pork: who speaks
atrociously through her nose; who is SO
ignorant that she confounds the con-
poser Of Lohengrin with the gentleman
of sleeping-car fame: SO unacquainted
with social usages that she drinks from
a finger bowl, and SO devoid of taste
that she is walking horror. What is
she, in reality?
Lacking, it may be, the erudition of
the Boston girl, the recose that stamps
the cast of the Philadelphia girl, the
elan and rerre Of the New York girl, she
yet is creature Of spirit, fire and dew,
in whose veins leap warm blood, il not
blue. Generous, sympathetic, loyal. in
dependent. assertive: yes a bit agrees
sive at times: on guard in defense of the
wild and woolly west: possessing an
eye to business and perfectly cognizant
of the value Of papa millions; domestic
in her tastes and fond of society; char
liable and the friend Of the unfortunate
is the western girl. She is fond of ath-
letics. but does not go in much for fads
She is accomplished, and can sing a
cavatina or pick a banjo with equal
skill In dress her fancy runs more to
luxury Of color and gorgeousness Of ma
terial than to the wonderful fit and
adaptability of the New York girls
clothes. The western girl, however,
does not bedaub her pretty face with
cosmetics. as do many of her eastern
sisters. for above everything she is
natural From beyond the Rockies or
this side the Mississippi she comes radi-
ant, brisk. wholesome, bringing with
her not the perfume-laden air of the
dollhouse. but the sweet. fresh tang oil
the prairie breeze.-Ladies' Home
journal
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27
WOMEN'S CLUBS.

What They Have Done to Broaden and
Elevate WOman's sphere Of Usefulness.
All over our land women are finding
in their social and intellectual club
vitality, stimulus, strength and inspi-
ration which their grandmothers hun
gered for and never found The schol-
arly woman finds in her club the social
companionship which she demands. and
the appreciative working force which
can not be reduced to any set terms.
Women's clubs have taught women to
know themselves, to understand the
highest duties of motherhood, to feel
the sacredness of home life, to see ex-
listing wrongs and apply needed RENE
dies, to attempt reforms on the broad
est basis, to value the power Of higher
education, to discuss measures amicably
and logically, to value social duties
and business habits, to think earn
estly, and to express their thoughts
clearly.
In small towns and villages the club
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27
Doing Good Work.

The Brooklyn woman's health pro-
tective association, organized last fall,
feel that they have taken good start
during the past few months. Their
plans are very like those of the New
York street cleaning aid society.
and consist in endeavoring to have
householders feel responsibility for
the condition of the premises which
they occupy, as to cleanliness and or
der. A public crematory for the gar
bage, and the laying out of small parks
throughout the city are among the pos
sibilities considered by the Brooklyn
association.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27
THE AGE TO WE'D.

Why the Change That Has Come 70 .
Decided Change for the Better.
Accepted authority states that as ma
tions advance the approved age for
woman to marry becomes proportion
ately older. and cites instances Of bar
barous nations where the girls are mar
ried when they are mere children. In
these halcyon days of the nineteenth
century another mark of progress is the
fact that the age when a woman be-
comes an old maid is no longer twenty
five, but decade later, thirty-five. 1t
may be that the maidens themselves
have removed that significant mile
stone. but. at any rate, some one in a
popular publication is responsible for
the notice that such removal has been
made.
But suppose. after thirty years of
life filled with good and happy times. a
woman finally finds the one man, the
likes of whom she has never met be-
fore. He is mature, like herself; his
character is formed, and she knows to
q reasonable extent the man she decides
to marry. She gives up maidenhood
with a struggle, but she understands
and realizes what she is doing. She
believes in her fiance and respects him
profoundly; she has had evidence that
their tastes are harmonious, and that
neither one is mental beggar."
When such state of things exists a
woman runs less risk in what is, after
alls said and done, but one grand ex-
pertinent. Suppose the experiment
proves happy and withal successful.
then it is as it was originally designed.
Suppose, on the other hand, it is disas-
trous. there are fewer years left in q
woman's life in which to live out her
mistake. She has lost nothing by watt
ing. There is goodly amount of
sound sense in the oft-repeated saying
of the old Irish housekeeper: ''Betther
be shure than sorry"
There is good deal of silly talk
about a woman's being phlegmatic, in
capable of loving at twenty-five and
thirty, as she was at sixteen and TWEEN
ty. That's all nonsense. As woman
natures in grace of mind and body,
just SO much more deeply will she love-
Her love at thirty is worth hundred
fold more to the one who wins it than
when she is the uncertain, impression
able age of twenty.
Many urge early marriage on the
ground that husband and wife grow
into each others ways more easily,
adapt themselves to each other more
readily, and thus live more harmoni-
ously.
There are many natures which could
never adapt themselves to each other,
no matter when they were brought to-
gether, and those two people who mar
ry make mistake fatal to their happi-
ness, if they are not sensible enough
and reasonable enough. and can SO sup
plement each other that they can marry
at forty as well as at twenty.-Wash.
ington Post
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27

his MISl ASn6 Ek4AA ~ nE AOOAS
and did not wish to risk her delicate
health by going out in such Storm.
Could Mr. Coleman oblige by calling at
designated hour that afternoon? At
the appointed time the clergyman pre-
scented himself at the one-story frame
shanty to which he had been directed.
1t appeared to contain only two rooms.
The first one-a combination of parlor
and kitchen-was filed by dusky
group Of men and maidens, who, from a
perfect Babel, lapsed into the dumb
ness Of curiosity when the minister en-
tered-the silence being broken
only by the occasional explosive
giggle OF some young miss. fol-
lowed by the sudden sympathetic
litter Of the assembly. Meanwhile all
eyes were steadily fixed on the clergy
man. who was thus compelled
to endure certain of the SEN
sations of the pillory while the
brides belated preparations were
going forward. After considerable de-
lay the door of room number two
opened. and in flaming red dress. wear
ing enormous plated ear-pendants, the
dusky Diana made her appearance on
the arm of the bridegroom, whose time
had evidently been most lately occupied
in drying out his wardrobe and adjust
ing q brilliant scarf TO very large
shirt collar As they took their places
in the center of the room the company
snickered immoderately, the bride
hung her head. and the bridegroom
carefully stroked his mustache with
his forefnger and thumb The service
was impressively conducted, as was the
clergyman's wont, until he came TO that
portion of it wherein he asked:
do you solemnly promise,
ETC., to take this woman to be your law
fully welded wife,"
.Ya-yas!" said the bridegroom. But
as he uttered the word, alack, his mus
tache became detached from his lip and
fell on the floor at his feet! The guests
burst into roars Of laughter. The men
held their sides and squirmed in contor-
tions Of visibility, and the girls choked
themselves with aprons and pocket
handkerchiefs. STOPPING, hastily, the
bridegroom picked up the mustache and
put it in his vest pocket, and the sur
prised mot to say perplexed) clergy
man, with the best grace he could COM
mand, went on with the ceremony.
At its conclusion the bridegroom took
him aside and explained that the bride
had insisted on his wearing mustache
to overcome his youthful appearance.
but de paste wah mean; 'twouldn't
stick" he added, ruefully Continuing.
in a pathetic undertone, he said: Use
very much 'bliged TO yo' a marryin' me,
dominic. but Use sorry Use got no
money Hows'ever eff yo' want job o.
kalsominin' yo' SEN TO me. Use boss
hand on de kalsomine."
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27
One Point Of View.

In view of the theory that women are
the tickle sex some statistics bearing
on the question may be interesting.
The marriage returns of Switzerland
show that of 1000 widowers marrying
within 10 years Of their bereavement
1913 married in less than a year, a6O in
one year, 1856 in two years OF widows
corresponding numbers are 95, 264, 152
OF 1000 divorced men 500 marry in less
than year, 255 in one year and Isl in
two years. OF divorced women 1914,
as2, 166, are the corresponding mum.
barS
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27
why Johnny Didn't Graduate.

Define millennium, Johnny" said
the tired school-teacher. in the last
half of the closing hour of the last day
of school.
1.-THE millennium" said Johnny,
promptly, lis the time when it will be
vacation all the year, and there won't
be any old school-teachers around to
ask little boys fool questions. sooner
vile Journal.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27
Wheels within Wheels.

McGinnis - Your overcoat is awful
dirty
'Gilhooly-Yes, | dropped it into the
mud last night when was coming home
from the lodge.
"How did you happen to let 60 of it?"
Il didn't let go of it. was inside OF
It when it fell in the mud. Texas
SiftinrS
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27
A Case In Point.

Clara-It's possible to dress very
nicely without spending much. If one
only has little taste.
Laura suppose you speak from
your own experience, for ! know you
don't spend very much, and I'm sure
you only have a very little taste.--Mun-
sey'S Weekly
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27
Condolences of Dear Friends.

Irene lin whisper)-See that hand
some young man across the aisle, Laura:
| can bring hir- to my feet any day
want to
Laura-Indeeu. dear! He doesn't iouia
the least bit in the world like chirop
odist!-Chicago Tribune.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27
A Candid Critic.

''Well, what do you think of my pic
ture at the academy Of designo" asked
young Mahlstick of Jones the other day.
Fair, dear boy. fair; but now you
asked me | must confess liked your
earlier style better"
Earlier style?"
YES; when you didn't paint at all
you know."-Judge.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27
Alas!

She-iou lack energy and push.
Every man is the architect of his own
fortune.
He Yes, bit the girls father is the
:1ntractor.-Life.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27
MISS LAURAINE MEAD.

PUPIL OF TEE NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY
OF NUsIC BOSTON AND OF PROF. 7. u.
DAVIS, or LEIPsIG c0NsERvA-
TORY OF MUSIC.
The Stuttgart Method Branches taught:
Pianoforte. Organ, Guitar, Theory and Har-
mony.
RATES OF TUITION:
Pianoforte private instruction. per term
20 lessons. El0W.
Conservatory Class System-Class of two,
per term 20 lessons. two per week, each pu-
pill 81 90. Class Of three. term OF 70 lessons, 2
per week. each pupil. 81. o.
Same rates tor Organ and Guitar
Students pursuing one OF the above
branches will enter 4 class in harmony and
theory, one lesson per week. 70 lessons. &1.OO.
Students taking private lessons, two lessons
per week. receive the Course in Harmony
and Theory free.
PUPILS RECITALS.
Once each month on Saturday afternoon,
pupils OF the FIST grades give recitas. and
Monday evenings, pupils in the higher
grades
An invitation is extended to patrons TO at.
tend the recitals.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27

The Points wherein She Differs From Her
Eastern sister Are All in Her Favor.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27

Passage Tickets at Reduced Ratok
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-25
Folk Lore Ahont the Cont.

English grooms like when they can, to
have buck goat ranging about the stables,
but are loath to acknowledge, to skeptical
inquirers, why they make choice of so un-
savory pet. They pretend that the horses
like the smell of the animal and that 1t is
wholesome for them; but the real motive is
that the presence of the buck goat-Thu-
mars steed-protects the horses from being
bewitched. In Swabia and in the Mark of
Bradenburg, farmers with large stocks of
cattle keep buck goat in their stalls
avowedly for that same purposes; for Thu
mar was thu ceaseless foe and exterminator
of evil spirits. On the other hand, since
the devil has, to great extent, usurped
the place of Thunar, it naturally follows
that the favorite animal of the fallen god
is often found reversing his former func-
tons and ministering to the powers of
darkness, The devil sometimes appears in
the form of goat; and witches who are
high in his favor take their airings on the
back of such acourser instead of bestriding
a broOmstick.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-25
ConVolutions of the Brain,

Did you ever think what is meant by
what we call the convolutions of the brain?
Take the brain of a chicken-a creature
proverbially stupid-and you will find that
it is nearly smooth The brain of man,
Oh the other hand, is so covered with worm
like convolutions as to resemble so much
macaroni. Now, l will show you by Il
little sketch what these convolutions sig
Nifty.
Here is an outline, roughly sketched, of
Manhattan Island as it was before the
white man landed upon it, You will OBJ
serve that its entire shore line is only ex-
tended enough TO accommodate few
thousand ships moored along it. Now,
observe what Manhattan island is like
today, as sketch in the long wharves pro
jecting from it like fringe on all sides
At these wharves all the commerce of the
world can be moved.
Take notice how my pencil, following its
contour as modified by mans ingenuity,
goes in and out, tracing the convolutions
of the brain. What blood is to the brain
commerce is TO New York, and the more
surface afforded for circulation or shore
line for lying against the better the think
ing or the more active and enlarged the
traffic. A rather pretty illustration, is it
notS-lnterview in Washington Star.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-25
Sacred Rock of Behistun.

Behistun, or Baghistan, is a ruined city
of Persia, noted for preciptous rock in
its vicinity, one side of which rises perpen-
dicular to the height of l, 100 feet, and bears
n number of remarkable insprictons 1t
was anciently called Mount Bagistanus,
and is now known as the Sacred Rock of
Behistun. The lines inscribed on the rock
are in cuneiform characters and were en-
graved by order of the Persian king,
Darius Hystaspis, about 500 years b. C..
They are in three languages-Persian
BabylOnc and Scythic-and are on the per-
pendicuar face OF the rock, 300 feet from
the ground.
Examination shows that great labor was
expended in making the face of the rock
perfectly smooth before the Inscriptions
We're put on. Places where the great stone
wall happened to be uneven or otherwise
defective were made smooth by inserting
pieces of stones, which were held in place
with molten lead. After the Inscriptions
had been put on coating of silica was
spread over it, and now, after "A lapse of
twenty-four centuries, this silicious cover
ing is harder than the face of the rock
itself the curious characters of the in
scription shining from beneath the pol
ished surface as if it were but the work of
yesterday
James Watson Dawson and Sir Henry
Rawlinson have translated the major por-
ton of the inscriptions According to these
two eminent oriental scholars it gives the
genealogy of Darius Hystaspis for eight
generations recounts the provinces of his
empire and gives history of his daring
achievements. Besides the letters and char
acters, this great stone book of history is
well illustrated. One of these curious eff
forts of the early artist represents Darius
armed with bow, his foot upon the pros
trate figure Of man, while nine others
chained together by their necks stand
humbly before him. Taken all in all this
Behistun inscription is one of the most re-
markable works of art left by the ancient
nations.-St Louis Republic
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-25
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THE MARINERS COMPASS.

fhe Floating Needle of the Chinese.
When 1t Was First Used on Shipboard.
The credit of the discovery, both of the
polarity of magnetized needle and its
suitability for use 10y mariners at sea,
must according to writer i'll the North
China Herald, of Shanghai, be given to the
Chinese. 1t is China also that has the
credit of having first noticed that any iron
needle may be polarized by rubbing it with
a magnet In the Thirteenth century the
Arabs used a floating compass on their
dhows. The needle was made to float on
the water by attaching it crosswise to
cornstick or splinter of wood A magnet
applied to it drew it into a north and south
direction In the Chinese primitive mari
ner's compass the notation is that of the
professors of geomancy, and rests on the
old astrological division Of the horizon into
twelve double hours.
The writer alluded to suggests how the
discovery came about In China there are
boundless tracts of iron stone and among
these no small portion is magnetic. Every
woman needs needle and iron early took
the place of the old stone needles and were
commonly used before the time of Chin
Shin huang-tha is, more than twenty
one centuries ago. Whenever IA needle
might reveal its quality by falling into a
cup of water when it happened to be at
tached TO a splinter of wood, for example
1t came in some such way to be known
commonly that certain needles had this
quality. The great producing center for
magnetic iron is Tszchou, in southern
Chilli. This city was very early call ed
the City OF Mercy Later the Chinese be-
gan to speak of the city as the City of the
Magnet. The polarity of the magnetic
needle would become known to the Chinese
of that city and its ncighborhood first
The earliest author who mentions the
"south pointing needle" lived in the
Fourth century b. Q. There can be no
reasonable doubt that the polarity of the
needle was known mt that time The dis
covery of the fact must have preceded the
invention of any myth embracing it. The
compass used by the professors of geomancy
for marking lanscape indication was first
made about the Eighth century. 1t was
of hard wood about a foot wide, and it had
in the center small well in which mag
netized needle floated on water
In 1922 an ambassador to Corea describes
the use of the floating needle on board ship
while he made the voyage. This is the first
instance, the earliest by more than a CEN
fury, of the use of the mariners compass
on board ship found as yet in any book,
native or foreign. The existence of the
book in which this is recorded settles the
question of the first use of the mariners
compass at sea in favor of the Chinese.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-25

Salmon p. Chase was commonly called
"Old Greenbacks' during the war, when
he was secretary of the treasury, because
he established our present system of ma
tional currency. Daniel w. Voorhees,, the
noted United States senator, is often called
The Tall Sycamore of the Wabash, be-
cause his tall figure and long limbs are
strongly characteristic of the tall sycamore
tree, which is common to his home on the
Wabash. James G. Blaine is admiringly
called THE Plumed knight" Colonel
Ingersoll gave him the name in his great
speech in the Republican convention of
1876. Samuel j. Tilden, because of his
talents, was styled THE Sage of Gray
stone" William b. Allison, the noted
United States senator was in his school
days called big Eyed Bill" Among the
noted American authors are John G. Whit
tier, known as "'rhe Bachelor Poet" John
G.. SAKE, sometimes styled THE American
Hood" because his productions resemble
those of the great poet Hood Walt Whit
man is known as "The Good Gray Poet, I"
and the name is indeed very appropriate.