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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
WEN MELINDY Toll NE YES.

Jest two weeks from my big fall out with II,
first sweetheart, Laeindy,
Did Meiindy, my Mclindy, tell me YES"
An the atmosphere was windy, way from Po.
umyiile TO Indy,
Windy with the breezy music Of eternal bless
edness.
An she said IL fair an sauarely. an not Call
again. or May be-
An New Jerusalem glory fl the fcl an vii.
dcrness,
An the sun burst out like laughter on the round
face OF baby
Wen Melindy, my Mciindy tot me Yes
Like . twenty million orchestra away beyond
all countin',
The bob'linas dubbed over in music water
fall;
An felt Jest like mountin' on the meetin'
house an shoutin',
That Paradise was open with admission free
TO all.
Each glass blade In the medder wuz string TO
Thet wuz played on by the zephyrs with q
veiyety caress:
An OF Naturs jints were limbered, an she sha
shayed down the middle
Wen Melindy, my Melinay, toll me Yes
reached the gateway.
An came spillin' through the op-nin' On
a.singin down to earth
Came a.singin' such great way tibet the uni
verse wuz straightway
Shoutin In the glad retention Of holy sec.
on birth:
An II set a-straddle on the ridge pole Of Crea
ton.
An only 1T TO holler in my hootin' happiness,
Wen Melindy. my Melindv, filled my heart 18th
lublation,
Wen Melindy, my Melindy. toll me Yes"
$ w. Foss, In Yankee Blade.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
STORM PHENOMENA,
Cnaccountabie atmospheric Changes In
Distant Lands.

ln8ccOuntAbie atmospheric Changes In
Distant Lands.
Once in ten years or so, abnormal
events battle the forecasts of our wealth
er-augurs. Hurricanes invade a sup
posed region of perpetual Gains, or po-
lar waves rout the guests of winter
resort where frozen fluids were known
only in the form Of ice cream. About
the middle of last January ls9D the
city of Fiume on the Adriatic was treat
ed to meteorological surprise of that
sort. A blizzard that would have APP
palled a Manitoba lumberman swept
down from the plateau of the karst
and followed the coast as far as Cape
Cabarno where it divided; one offshoot
crossing the Adriatic and spreading
havoc to the gates of Messina; while the
eastern wave rolled down the valley OF
the Danube and during the next two
days turned southern Russia into vast
snow field. On striking the mountains
that Skin. the north coast of Sicily, the
main storm once more turned to the
right and chasing every sail to por,
traversed the Mediterranean to the
coast of Spain where the first time in
sixty years such cities as Alicante and
Cartagena experienced the rigors of an
arctic gale. In Spain that abnormal
winter fingered for weeks, and during
the trst week Of February snow storms
silvered the coast hills of Portugal. -
Felix Oswald, NJ D., in the Chautau
guam.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
fur you; | forgot to tell you when l

fur you; forgot to tell you when l
come in"
Miss Smiths face turned the color of
the pale grass pinks, but she said moth
| ing. and the lesson went dragging on:
and Sally's fat fingers slowly picked
out the notes pointed by the teachers
pencil.
At last the lesson was finished and
Sally remembered message which she
had almost forgotten. .'Oh, Miss
Smith. ma and Maria toic me to he sure
and asst you If you'd come over to-mor-
row night an play: they're goin' to
move the origin into the kitchen an
have double music
Miss Smith had sometimes played
.double music" with Tom Jones before,
and the little old maid remembered
how pleasant il had been to play chords
to the lively strains of Money Musk,
with Tom Jones bending over her to
ask if he went too fast for her or if she
was tired pumping: SO she told Sal
ly that she would come.
Tom Jones was the other musician of
the village. If Miss Smiths speciality
was sacred music, his was certainly
secular and his fiddle was the life of all
the country dances.
After Sally had gone Miss Smith
dropped into her little creaking rocking
chair and sat quite still looking at Tom
Jones flowers. She was thinking that
she was sorry Tom was going away.
They had been children together in this
same village, and when he was young
man and she a pretty girl, they had
been half lovers, but their love had
never been confessed and they had
drifted apart although neither one had
married anyone else: and now that
Tom was going it made her feel lone
some, somehow.
She knew where he was going: she
had heard Of the farm he had bought
in western state and she had known
that he had meant to 60 there to live
sometime-but she had not thought it
would be SO soon.
Miss Smith was alone in the world;
her mother and she had lived together
until her mother had died, and now she
had nobody to take care of but her
self-and Tom had nobody to look after
either. 1t was q lonely way to live
after all.
But Miss Smith heard another pupil
coming and she jumped up and set the
tumbler of flowers away, out OF sight
in her bedroom, before she opened the
door.
The next day Miss Smith fused
about a good deal, basting lace in the
neck and sleeves of her green merino
gown and brushing an imaginary speck
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
GRAINS OF CORN.

TILE drains are good manure for corn.
THERE is profit to every corn raiser
in q special seed patch.
CORN for ensilage should have just as
much care in planting and oultivating
Us field corn.
LOOK out for the corn-worm, and
when it appears take prompt measures
for it's destruction.
If corn ground is rolled either before
or after planting, the harrow should
follow close after the roller.
ABOUT one-half the work of cultiva-
ton can be done, and done most easily
and effectively, before the corn is
planted
FINE earth is a good mulch for corn,
and is most economically supplied by q
frequent stirring of the soil with q
cultivator.
WHETHER for silage, or for grain and
fodder, the man with clean land can
grow the most corn with the least
labor, by planting in drills.
IT very rarely, If ever, pays to stir
the ground when it is very wet. In UNI
usually rainy weather it is better to
use the hoe and scythe than the Guilt
vator.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
HIS MEMORY WAS AT FAULT.
The Youth Wanted to see His Relative
but Couldn't Recall His Name.

Tho Youth Wanted to see His Relative,
but Couldn't Recall His Name.
"When it comes to men with poor men,
cries. said n travelling man, Il know
the name of their king. have heard
oil the stories. ] guess-about the man
who went around looking for the horse
he was riding, and all that-but can
give you an actual experience that
think beats them all.
4 met a young man in an interior
town in Iowa on one of my trips who
seemed 70 be in trouble. lie was pre-
occupied, apparently trying to figure
out some difficult problem. We got ac-
quainted, and in short time he un-
bosomed himself to me.
HE said he was from New York and
had been making tour of the west. lie
had been away from home then about
two months.
'..Beforc left, he said. my father
told me to be sure and stop off here and
see a distant relative-an old man
whom none of the family had seen for
years. l forgot all about it until
started for home. But now I'm here,
and between you and me cant recall
the name of the man ! want to see. I've
been here two or three hours now try
ing to figure it out, but it's no go. OF
course could get it by tclegraphing
home, but don't want to do it.
'Of course wanted to help him out,
and asked him if he would know the
name if he heard it. lie thought he
would, but he wasn't sure. asked
him if he knew his business"
".My recollection is he said, that
he is druggist
Now. ! am about as well acquaint-
ed with druggists In Iowa as am with
that other class of men who deal in in
toxicating beverages in other states,
and Immediately gave him the names
of several. lie shook his head. One of
the names sounded familiar, but he
wasn't sure of it.
lis it--?' asked, starting to con-
tinue the list
"He stopped me right there.
THAT'S the name he said, ms his
fare colored up; but don't say any
thing about it to soul. I'm going
| down to see him and I'm going to get
two bottles-one for you if you keep
your mouth shut. That's his name,
and if you'll look on the register you'll
find a man with the same name regis
tered from New York. What do you
suppose my father would have said if
had wired him for my relative S
nance "-Chicago Tribune.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04

securely fastened in place with wire.
After this is done, they should receive
q coat of dark green paint. When this
is dry, the trellis should be strongly
fastened to sharp-pointed stick that
can be driven into the ground. Any wom-
an can easily make such q support for
her plants herself, and need not wait
anyone's convenience. Ten cents will
cover the cost of more than enough
wire and paint for a dozen trellises. A
pair of pincers for tightening the wire
can be borrowed from any tinshop,
particularly if they are used outside Of
regular working hours. The light weight
of such trellis makes it particularly
nice to use for such pot-plants as re.
quire support-fuchsias, ivy geraniums,
etc.
The custom of turning all the pot
plants outdoors with the coming of
summer is to be deplored, as it often
deprives room of its chief ornament.
A few plants ought always to be grown
for the special purpose of summer
decoration. Often the busy housewife
who cannot find time to cut and ar
range fresh flowers from the garden,
could give to a few pot-plants all the
care necessary. Nothing will better
repay this care than a pot of dwarf
morning glories, the vines trained over
such trellis as has been described. If
kept in a shaded window, the flowers
will keep open the greater part Of the
day.-Margaret Ryder, in Country Gen.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

| The Methodist Epworth league has
reached membership of over three
hundred and fifty thousand.
DIR. Harper, one Of the oldest Pres
byterian missionaries in China, places
the total number of Buddhists in the
world at seventy-f five million.
by decision of the New York court
Of appeals Vassnr college will be spared
the payment Of inc inheritance tax on
the big John Guy vassar bequest which
Is finally to come to it. The tax would
be about twenty-eight thousand dollars.
The resignation of DIR. James NJ. da
Costa from the chair of theory and prac-
tice of medicine in jefferson Medical
college. Philadelphia. caused great
stir in that institution and among the
doctors. A desire for relief from some
of his immense professional labor is the
reason assigned for this step. but there
was for time some groundless gossip
about his relations with other members
Of the faculty having been strained.
German papers express serious
alarm at the spread of irreligion in the
fatherland. The number of Germans
in the large cities receiving neither
baptism or confirmation amount to
hundreds of thousands. In Prussia
alone there are thirty thousand ire
ligious persons who have never been
baptized. This number does not in
clude those who have been baptized
but disclaim the church and all religious
institutions.
DIR. Jordan's successor rs president
of Indiana university will lie DIR. John
NJ Coulter, now connected with Wabash
college and one of the best-known
botanists in the country. DR. Coulter
Is the son of missionary, and was born
in China. He graduated at Dartmouth,
but took further course ut Harvard,
where he taught botany for time. lie
Is the author of the best standard works
on his speciality, and is also the publish
er of 1.-The Botanical Magazine"
At the international convention of
old Catholics held in September. in
Cologne. it was learned that quite q
colony of Jansenists still existed in
France. In all they number about
five thousand souls in Forez and Dan
phine. They have been without church
and priest. their old men having led in
worship. and the works of Nicole and
Hamonbourg constituted their source
of edifcation. They have now petit
toned the Old Catholics to supply them
with a priest.
The American Baptist Year Book
for 1891 gives the number of regular
Baptists as 3.l64,227, net gain 70: the
year of ?4.1s0, or three per cent. The
aggregate of contributions is s1l.al5.-
$40. IS, gain of 81. DIG, 3aO.l5, New York
leading the states with S1,557. 1868.
Georgia ranks first in number of men,
bers. 3l9.62l: then comes Virginia,
North Carolina, Kentucky, Texas,
South Carolina. Mississippi, Alabama,
Tennessee, Missouri New York, Loui-
siana. Illinois, etc, while Nevada is at
the foot of the list with only 40. The
statistics of education show 147 higher
institutions Of learning mot including
Chicago university with %, 43s pupils,
of whom 2,osa are preparing for the
MINISTRY
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
NAME WAS ELIZABETH.
MI. Brown Makes a slight Mistake. Which
Proves Quite Embarrassing.

Mr. Brown Makes slight Mistake, Which
Proves Quite Embarrassing.
my dear, let me present to you Mr..
Brown, one of my Oldest and dearest
friends"
1t was just after the ceremony at the
church and Mr.. and Mrs. Jones were
receiving the congratulations of their
friends at the brides home. Jones and
Brown, young lawyers, occupied adjoin-
ing offices for several years. Jones
used to write long letters and every
now and then he would show the top
line to Brown. 1t usually read: MY
darling Carrie" Then Jones would
break forth in one of those rhapsodies
to which lovers are heir Then Brown
left the city for six months and returned
the very day of the wedding.
Now, Brown was quite a distinguished
man in dress suit, and Jones made the
presentation in voice that attracted
| general attention.
Il am happy to meet you, Mr. Brown, ~
said the bride, sweetly. MY husbands
friends will be my friends hope"
''Thank You, Mrs. jones'" responded
Brown, CALAMITY, bending low over her
hand. do you know, if hadn't taken
the privilege of an old friend | shouldn't
have come tonight l didn't get an in
vitation, and l only returned to town
an hour or SO before the ceremony. Blu,
used To-"
Didn't you get either the invitation
or the letter sent you?" broke in the
happy bridegroom, nervously.
%, don't apologize old man." said
Brown. That's all right; I've beer
moving around SO much that they didn',
find me- Now, as was gong to say
Mrs. jones' felt as if you were an ole
friend, too. | used to see-now dom,
shake your head at me, old man, anc
scowl, you know did used to see
Mrs. jones' your husband writing
II say, Brown, won't you step int
the dining room and take some refresh
ments?' interrupted the bridegroom
desperately.
presently thank yon-I used to SCI
your husband writing long letters t.
| s
''My dear, here are Mr.. and Mrs
Smith waiting to speak to you"
TO his darling Carrie and
"Sir." said the bride. my name /
Elizabeth. "-Chieago Tribune.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
PENSIONS FOR CoNFEDERATES
How the Southern States Provide 4
Their Veterans.

How the Southern States Provide for
Their Veterans.
Georgia's confederate pension system,
under which disabled veterans receive
from :. to Sa5 per month, according to
the disability, is highly creditable to
our state, but it should accept and
maintain the home near this city, in or
der to complete the good work. 1t will
be of interest to review the situation in
other southern states. Virginia led in
the movement and established a con-
federate home at Richmond, for the sup
port of which the state expends $4,000
a year. Pensions to amount of $1,000
annually are also paid.
Alabama has no home. but pays sla5,
900 year in pensions.
Arkansas has home at Little Rock,
built by private subscription, supported
by state aid.
Florida has no home, but pays $50, 0O0
a year to disabled confederates who
have resided in the state fifteen years.
Mississippi is without home, but has
made liberal provision for her INDECENT
and disabled confederates.
Missouri pays no pensions, but a
movement is on foot to raise 500, 900 to
endow home without state aid.
Maryland has $4,000 home near
baltimore, aided by the state to the ex-
tent of $4,000 annually.
Louisiana has a home near New Or.
leans, and the state grants it $1,000 a
year.
North Carolina not only pays pen,
sions, but has appropriated S4l, 900 for q
home.
South Carolina pays about $4,000 in
pensions. but has no home.
Texas has home established hv sub
scription. 1t costs $500 year. and
state aid is expected shortly.
Tennessee has established home al
the old home of Andrew Jackson, 1.-THE
Hermitage" the state donating Al;
acres Of land and giving $4,000 for i'm
proyements in 1889. The Legislature
which recently adjourned appropriated
S25, 900 for building and $1,000 a yeal
for its support, and in addition, $50, 600
or so much thereof as may be necessary
for expenditure annually in pensions
which range from $3.50 to SIS PEE
month. 1t is thought that $4,000 pc
year will cover the pension list.
OF all the southern states Kentuck,
alone has made no provision for her ex
| confederates.-Atla Constitution.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
TURKISH RUGS.
what They Mean to the Oriental Makers
and Users.


and Users.
II was very much amused" said
gentleman who has recently returned
from Constantinople, lat some of the
efforts made in this country to repro
duce Turkish designs in rugs and fab
RIGS. Anything that was odd-shaped
was called Turkish. An oriental rug,
to the native, tells story as clearly
and rs expressively as literature. The
details of the design are not meaning
less marks or figures; they are symbols
and suggest historical events and ro-
nance. l could probably explain the
matter more lucidly by this analogy:
You have been to Europe and collected
bric-a-brac and curios-a few vases
from the Sevres works, an old sword
from Damascus, some pottery from
Rome and strange relics from Pompeii.
You have come back and conventional
lied these shapes and introduced them
in fiat way into some fabrics. TO you,
these various forms bring up wealth
of "reminiscences. They tell of tour Of
Europe, and the incidents of the trip
are revived at every glance So, to the
oriental mind, every detail of the rug Of
his district arouses fund Of rcminisr
scenoe. The upholsterer.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
A NOVEL TRELLlS.

How One Woman Utilizes the Remains Of
Her Bustles.
The novelty of this trellis does not
consist in its shape, but in the material
of which it is understanding which
every housekeeper will wonder how to
dispose of when the "spring cleaning
comes. 1t Is made of the dress-steels
which fashion demanded should be put
in every dress-to give it a boutant eff
fect-only short time ago, and now as
sternly demands must not be used, or at
the most, only one that is very much
reduced in size. AS there were former.
~ three of these steels required for
single dress, almost any house can
afford a supply to make these neat and
strong trellises.
The illustration plainly shows how
TO place the steels, and how they are
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04

first scions were taken from the tree
by Eliab Eaton, and later more were
taken by James Scales. From these
cuttings the variety was mainly dis
seminated. The apple has well es.
tablished reputation in Franklin coun-
ty, where it is recognized as superior to
any other maturing in the early
autumn. 1t was exhibited at the coun.
ty fair some years ago, and by some
was called Coles Ounce and since
then it has by many borne that name
locally; but recent committees at the
state fairs say it is not the one de.
scribed by Downing as the Coles Ounce.
1.-THE Russell is thus described by
President Pope: Large, round, ovate,
sometimes oblong conical, somewhat
fattcned at the base, nearly regular;
color bright yellow, with q red cheek
in the sun. obscurely striped; surface
waxy; stalk very short in a small mar
row cavity; calyx closed, basin small;
core small; flesh yellow, fine grained,
pleasant sub-acid; quality best; season
September; tree spreading, hardy, an
early and regular bearer. Rural New
Yorker.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
Where Chemistry Ealls.

Mrs De Joncs-My baby spilled abou,
. quar-. of ink on a lot of old rags, and
= drop or two got on my best dress.
Have you anything that will take ink
out?
Honest Druggist-I have many thing.
that will remove ink from old rags. but
don't know of anything that will take
Ink out Of > best dress,-N. Y. Weekly,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
THE FARMING WORLD.
THE RUSSELL APPLE.

It II Highly Recommended by the Maine
Pathological society.
Among the summer apples recon-
mcnded to growers by the State Pom.
illogical society of Maine is the Russell,
a picture of which is shown. Orchard
lists are advised to plant this apple
among other early varieties, as 1t is q
good yiclder. of attractive color and
best quality. In its report the society
says of the Russell: .......
This apple has been traced to the
farm formerly owned by Capt. William
Russell, of Pennington, where It was
known to have been in fruit over fifty
years ago. There is tradition that
Capt. Russell, who was an early settler
in Pennington, walked from Massachu-
sets to his farm and brought in his
pockets q lot of apple seeds. These
were planted, and this variety is sup
posed to be one of the seedlings. The