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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
Shot by SOlGliery,

PARIS, May 1.-The details of the
labor trouble at Fourmies immensely
heightened the political Importance of
the incident. The fact that six women,
several children and eight men were
killed ON the spot, while twenty were
wounded, several fatally, gives the
affair the character of massacre. The
soldiers were merely exposed to stone
throwing, but they replied with success
sive volleys from their new Lebcl rifles,
inflicting frightful wounds on their
victims. The houses exposed to the
fire were riddled, and there is every
sign that wreckless and wanton inhu.
manity was shown by the troops. The
local popular commotion is intense, and
it finds q response in the growing ex.
citement in every working center.
PORTIONS of North Carolina are being
visited by immense armies of caterpil-
lars. Near Lumberten they were SO
thick upon the railroad track that the
trains.were brought to stand-still.
BETWEEN 5 and o'clock of the even.
ing Of the 3rd a heavy hail and rain
storm struck Paducah, Ky. This was
followed by tornado that cut a zig-zag
track through the city. A hundred
buildings were more or less damaged.
Several people are reported injured.
The havoc among telegraph poles and
wires was SO great that no communica-
tion could be had with the rest of the
world till 4 o'clock the following even.
ing.
AT st. Louis, on the 3rd, five thous.
and dissatisfied laborers paraded.
THE novel "A Shred of Lace" which
has just been placed in the market by
Franklyn W. Lee, the eminent young
author, is creating considerable COM
ment, and indications point to large
sale. Mr.. Lee is deserving Of the high
est praise for his meritorious work.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
PLAIN DRALRH.
EVERYTHING III TIE LINE OF
JOB WORK,
Bill Heads, Cards, Pos
ters, Circulars.
Satisfaction n Keitness, Pronpiaess al1
prle, Guaranteed.


can have no patience with those cvi.
dcnces Of miracles that are worked in
the unseen places Of the mind and
heart: they are sure to make this mis-
take that women of rules and grooves
easily fall into-that the phenomena is
the result of little tricks. The mere
mesmerist has tried To get at the secret,
and in an unguarded moment the eyes,
the lips, the gesture has betrayed her;
and She has lost all.
Hut how can this youthfulness that
shall become immortal in woman be
gained? asks one. Ah here is the
question. How much money and time
and strength have been spent to dis
cover the secret of prolonged youthful
ness. The nostrum vendors have -four
ished like green bay trees on account Of
this search when close to the individual
lay the means that offered itself to-
wards the desired end: in such simple
form. however, that it was not recog-
nized at all, or if noticed spurned as in
adequate to the great result. The wom-
an who has searched through the social
avenues for help must unlcarn every
thing. She must, in short. give herssy
to gain kerse,f. for the great secret Of
this womanly charm that compels wor-
shippers is that rare sympathy can
forget private interest and put itself
into the experience of another Can
imagine and see visions with the young
creature who is just feeling within her
soul the fiutterings of maidenly aspira-
tions and hopes, and is bewildered by
them. The friend with an experience
who yet remembers with thrill her
own early dreams can help the young
girl to an outlook that will enable her
to receive these enchanted visions
through trrs ligEt.-Christian at
Work
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
"OLD HUTCH" FOUND.

The Famous Chicago Speculator Is at
Evansville. Ind. ~ Why He Left Chi
cago-iie Starts Home, Isut Leaves the
Train at Tcrre Haute.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-18
Power of Dynamite,

Shooting a candle through two
inch solid plank without disturbing it
in the least is being outdone by dyna-
mite, which is so quick in it's action
that tender green leaf can be COM
pressed into the hardest steel before it
has time to fatten. One of the ex-
periments of the United States Torpe-
do Works was to place some leaves
between two heavy, flat pieces of iron,
set them on a firm foundation and see
what gun-cotton would do in forcing
the iron pieces together. The reaction
was so great from just being exploded
in the open air that one Of the iron
pieces was driven down upon the 9TH
er quick enough to catch an exact and
complete impression of the leaves be-
fore they could escape. 1t is also a
singular fact that thegun-cotton itself
should sink deep into the iron when it
explodes, showing the points of the
letters stamped into the cartridges
This novel method of engraving by
gun-powder is one of the wonders of
this century .-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-18

14AURA'S COTTAGE HOME,
she knew, she still desired to let her
know hoW stanch and true her lover
was Gradually the story was out,
and, I'M a burst of tears and indigna-
ton, Laura declared that she would
never marry Robert Ellsworth. At
this Sarah showed evidence of being
horror-strlcken, explaining how mean
and ungrateful it would he to take
such a step against one so worthy
and devoted as was Robert.
an tell you what to do,'' explain
ed Sarah, dramatically; 4saarry him
for spite, and then show them what
good, TRUE, economical wife you can
be-
This proposition revived Laura's
hope and courage, and forthwith she
calculated on a great and noble re-
venge. 1t was not long before a quiet
and unpretentious marriage ceremony
took place, in which Laura Crawford
and Robert Ellsworth were united in
holy wedlock. They went Immediate
ly to housekeeping in an humble way,
and, true to his word, Robert made
Laura treasurer of all his funds.
Laura at once began a system Of rigid
economy and boarded up money in
little sums, never saying a word to
her husband of his growing riches. AS
months went by and the Savings grew
larger, she began to wonder how she
would exhibit to Robert the &C
cumulated gains-whether she would
have it converted into gold or silver
and hand to him as gift, or have it
IN paper money, and some evening
when he came home have bills
OF different denominations tackled
all over the wall to surprise him.
This is what puzzled her.
Thus the time passed bv and the
amount grew larger. They were living
IN rooms in a thickly settled portion
OF the city and one evening, when
Robert returned home from his bust
ness, he received a notice from the
person from whom he rented, to the
effect that within ninety DAYS the
building in which they lived would be
torn down to receive new improve
ments. Robert and Laura talked the
SUBJECT over about where they should
move to; and although notweli pleased
with where they We're, they still dis
liked the idea OF being ordered out,
even on a three months notice. Rob-
ert was silent and seemingly discour-
aged, while Laura was Cheerful and
ready to divulge her happy secret;
but delayed that she might better en-
Joy the climax she was at that mo-
ment contemplating. "Oh." said Rob-
e ert enthusiastically, IF / only had q
little little home, even fit contained but
Two rooms and q kitchen. =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-18

Suddenly Laura was seized with
scheme, and as soon as she could,
without attracting too much atten-
ton, she withdrew to another room.
Eshe eagerly scanned the evening paper
ior houses for sale, having made up
ner mind to buy a home, if such g.
Thing was possible, from her savings.
She figured that with accumulated in
terest and all she possessed nearly
nine hundred dollars, which she had
hoarded up in three years by the
closest economy. She read the real
estate news through and through;
she could not find houses in accord
ance with her bank account; and re-
solve. She scarcely slept that night,
and in the morning after her husband
mad departed she went to areal estate
dealer, to learn the cash price Of q lot
IN the suburbs. She was given q low
figure. She then visited O. builder
whom she knew and after being shown
some designs ofhouses in the National
Builders Album, of Beautiful Homes,
she selected a house which she chris
tened "Laura's Cottage Home" and
which the builder offered to erect for
seven hundred dollars.
Armed with all this information she
visited Sarah to communicate her
plans, as she was still her trusted
friend, and Sarah having left Mrs.
Elsworth's service and now being en-
ployed in Lawyer Thompson's house
hold, they both went to him for
advice. He entered heartily into the
business, and feeling the compliment
of this simple but important trust,
he closed the bargains for lot and
building after being satisfied that
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-18
Machine Writing.

Writing by machinery has now come
to be almost the universal practice
in the business world, and the click
OF the typewriter is heard in nearly
evry business office. A different class of
work, however, is that of authors and
others who themselves operate the
machine to put their thoughts upon
paper, and it has been thought by
many that it would not be adapted
to this work, for the reason that the
attention necessary to be given to the
machine would interfere with the un-
interrupted thinking necessary to do
such work. Experience is proving,
however, that this difficulty exists
only in the Imagination, and some
OF the best writer's of the dav. in
Guiding Mr.. Howells, Frank Stockton.
Robert j. Burdette and Margaret
Deland, are said to regularly write
their copy on the machine, some OF
them declaring that the click of the
keys seems to make their thoughts flow
more freely. And after all there should
be little surprise at this. The key
board Of a typewriter soon becomes
as familiar to the operator as the
keys OF a piano to the musician, and
after that the making of letters by
striking the keys is really more sim
pie matter than by making them with
the pen, for with the machine precisely
the same motion is required for each
letter, and they are made without the
necessity for thinking of the means by
which they are made. A number of
our corrss pondents send in typewrit-
ten manuscripts and q constantly in
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-18
LAURA'S COTTAGE HOME.
HOW AN ECONOMICAL WIFE SUR
PRlSED HER MOTHER-lN-LAW.
What Can Be Done by a Woman
Who Loves Her Husband--Seven 4
Hundred Dollars Invested to
Advantage.

"And you intend to marry Laura
Crawford" said Mrs. Ellsworth to her
son Robert, who had just announced
the engagement to his mother. "And
q pretty wife she'll make YOU" she
continued, in q sarcastic, way.
"Well, mother" answered Robert,
"that is really what / expect, and it
was her beauty that first bewitched
me-"
Mrs. Ellsworth was a widow and had
resided many years in Evansville,
where at one time her husband had
been well-to-do merchant. She was
still in fairly comfortable circumstan-
ces, but being proud of her son, she
had built upon his marrying a wealth
Ter girl than Laura, who, being poor,
was not considered suitable help
mate, according to her ideas, for one
compelled to earn a living like Robert.
She sat sewing at her cottage window,
while her son, who was sitting near
her, endeavored to break the news as
lightly as he could. A young woman.
named Sarah, a servant, but more OF
a companion than the former, was
also present and listened eagerly, for
she was deeply interested in the con-
versation, being very friendly to the
lovers. ~ ..3z II.
"Now, Robert" continued Mrs. Els
worth, II am not at all pleased, be
cause Laura is extravagant even in
her poverty, and as you are simply
earning a salary, [ can see no good
coming of this marriage"
"Why, mother, am surprised that
you should be SO hard on a poorgirl." "
said Robert, especially when have
selected her to be my Wife,"
"Oh, very well,' replied Mrs. Els
worth, 81 suppose it's none OF my
business, having never been asked for
advice on the subject; but all I've got
to say is that if she handles your sal
airy you'll find living on it more diff
cult thany you now imagine 50
Robert was provoked and left the
house, His mother was vexed and
disappointed, and tried to find relief
in. the duties of her household. Sarah,
being the recipient of all that was
said, was more than anxious to I'M
load the news. She was tender
hearted girl and sympathized with
Laura, who she felt had been unjustly
condemned. A little later in the
evening she determined on seeing
Laura, and SO strolled out in the
direction of the latter's home. She
found her in a merry mood, and,
while Sarah disliked telling her what
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-18

they were really bargains. That
evening Robert arrived home as early
as Laura, and he seemed provoked
and out of patience at her absence
without any given reason. He became
more so as she seemed Indifferent and
almost happy over his chagrin. Mrs.
Ellsworth and Laura had seldom
met, and the breech between them had
widened. Robert felt more and more
respondent over his financial trials,
and frequently complained, even to
his mother, that Laura did seem a
little careless of her duties and spent
so much Of her time away from home.
She was playing architect and super
intendent at the new homestead.
Week after week was spent in house
hunting. Laura had frequently pilot
ed Robert towards her cottage, say
ing she particularly liked that neigh
boghood. On one of these visits to
the little house, as it was nearing COM
pletion, Robert seemed pleased when
he found Laura interested enough to
want to remit it. She wouldn't hear of
his seeking our the landlord. She
would do that herself. One evening,
O4 4llS IeGuill, SIG dIluOullCeu Olle 1dCC
that she had seen the owner, who was
not a man, but lady, and that she
had actually become her tenant. They
talked of their new home continually,
and Robert seemed to brighten up
over the prospects that Laura was
really becoming herself again. It was
agreed that they were to have genu-
inc house warming in their new home,
and even Mrs. Ellsworth was to be es-
pecially invited and of course. Sarah,
too. Lawyer Thompson requested
permission to be a, guest, and they
felt highly honored by this conde-
scension. The night arrived.
The guests assembled. Laura,
who could scarce retain her tears of
Joy, prepared a most inviting supper.
Roberts mother discussed the want
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-18

in the garden, and there is no reason
why they should not be there as we'll
as on the farm. There is rubbish
enough in the garden, with the assist
ance OF leaves, some mold from the
woods, if attainable: if not, from por-
tions of the premises where it can be-
spared; scrapings from the turnpike,
manure from the stable, and every at
tainable substance that will decay
through the winter. A little slack lime
will be good assistance. A half doz-
en- loads of excellent manure will be
manufactured by the time it is want
ed in the spring, without mourning q
cent of actual expense, and at the
same time the garden will be cleared of
it's vines, stalks, weeds, and all other
worthless trash. Germantown Tele,
graph.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-18

OF economy in the rising generation
with the lawyer, and even went so far
as to say that no man should marry
without being the owner OF home.
At this juncture the lawyer arose.
Laura knew what he was going to say
and was SO nervous that she left the
room. Sarah was fairly dancing with
Joy. Robert felt amazed and dumb
founded, and telt that his wife had be-
come offended at what his mother had
said. The lawyer told the story of
how Laura was to surprise them: He
spoke glowingly OF her many virtues,
and really astonished all present
when he handed the deed to Robert
for safe keeping. Mrs. Ellsworth began
to cry and sought out her daughter-in-
law to beg her pardon, and there was
finally q hearty rejoicing on all sides
over the way in which Laura had be-
come the owner OF la cottage home.
JAMES HANNESTY.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-18
Ripening Cheese.

Speaking OF white specks in butter
a writer, in the Creamery. Journal says
that cheese is the most nutritious of
all foods; one: pound is worth more
than to'pounds of flesh meat, says a.
writer in the New York Tribune. We
would tire, of round steak or of tur-
key and>soon he disgnsted with it
ii no ,other meat were furnished.
so with cheese. one kind pals on the
appetite. The. French: have ore than
100 kinds, made to suit various
tastes and in small sizes for conven-
lencet Of consumers; consequently the
French,use' more cheese than meat.
Americans will never become cheese
eaters until>similar diversity is offer
ed. A great mistake prevails in re-
gard toripening OF cheese, by which it
acquires q peculiar flavor that :pleases
the majority of consumers, although
many persons do not like it, own
ing to ian underground fear
of it's EMBELLISHMENTS. This ripe
ming process makes cheese more di-
Ygestible and nutritious. The curing
i(refining the French call it) develops
fat in the cheese. A well-eured skim
milk cheese contains none ,digestihle
nutriment than a fresh whole milk
cheese. There lis othing tlnwholesome
about it. The ferments iby which
cheese is mellowed or ripened are use
full, not injurious Who mould eat a.
hard green pear in preference to one
mellowed by ripeness? And this ripe
mess is due to ferments, able to
change the hard, indigestible It's
sue into sweet, tbuttery pulp. It
is much the same with the @refined"
ripe ;cheeses made by French dairy
men, some of which sell here at so
cents to 81 a pound. This suggests
opportunity for home gains by diver
sity OF products. Two Wisconsin girls
recently went to France to study the
cheese business. Strange that no man
had enterprise to do this years ago.
Women led the way in fine butter MAX
ing, and will doubtless Lead the way in
fine cheese making.
Don't Forget the Compost Heap.
Many farmers manufacture hun
dreds Of loads Of the best manure in
this way. They gather together on
the premises forest leaves, corn stalks,
including the roots, weeds, vines, offal
and fence corners, muck from ponds
and bitches, occasional sprinkling OF
lime through the mass, layers ofbarn-
yard manure, and thus build up OBJ
long squares and let remain over win
ter. The mass has gone through fer
mentation and continuation and pre-
SCENTS a mound OF fertAizing matter
better than small gold mine would
be to the proprietor OF thefarn. But
we want to see these compost heaps
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-18
Diphtheria and ROup,

1t'has been suggested, says Farm
and Fireside, that if diphtheria and
uoup are thessame, and ifroup can be
to the human family as
diphtheria, some one should have au-
thority to "stamp it out" Some
French scientists, from experiments,
claim that the diseases are COM
nnlanicated from fowls to humans, and
vice versa, but the probability is that
some other form of throat disease
RESULTS. Roup IN fowls often remains
for months, while diphtheria in child
rem is Immediately fatal. Whether
the roup changes to diphtheria when
a diseased bird eomes in contact with
q human or not we cannot state, but
the suggestion to STAMP it out" is a
good one, and should be followed.
Hence, use the axe and chopping-
block for roup. It is advisable to be
at least very careful.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-18
Farm Hints.

In pruning all large wounds should
be covered with white lead and oil.
Buckwheat is good crop to grow in
the orchard to help build up fertility.
Corn meal is now the dearest food.
1t does nos contain but one-third as
much fertility as linseed meal, and
one-half as much as wheat bran.
Professor Farlow, of Harvard uni
versity, has discovered that simply
painting black-knot in plums, with
mixture of red oxide of iron In linseed
oil, has not only prevented the spread
OF the cOntagion, but has stopped the
growth OF Che diseased parts, so that
the knots have crun,bled and fallen
away with the least possible injury to
the tree.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-18
THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD.
SUBJECTS OF INTEREST TO RUR-
AL READERS.
The Philosophy OF Green Manurlng
--Ripening Cheese--Don't For-
get the Compost Heap--HoW
to Get Natural Water
~ CreSs.

The Philosophy of Green Manur,ng.
On this topic, not as generally un-
derstood by farmers as it should be,
Prof. Storer, OF Harvard University,
makes some observations in his work
on agricultural chemistry worthy OF
thoughtful consideration.
In temperate climates, he says, it
is undoubtedly true that, if time
enough be allowed, almost any land
not absolutely arid or poisonous can
be made fertile by persistently sowing
buckwheat, or clover, or rape-seed, or
lupines, upon it, and blowing i'm the
green crop before it comes to n1atur-
ity.
This method OF green naanuring, as
it is called, he justly characterizes as
a singularly philosophical method. AS
a mere matter of reasoning, or of rea-
sonableness, it will well uepay careful
examination. ~.alis
In the first place, the seeds ofplants
are sown, which, like peas or clover,
have peculiar faculty for profiting
by the food they find in the air and
deep in the subsoil; or plants are
chosen which like the lupin, or like
'buckwheat or rye, have the power OF
extracting nourishment from the
earth, even under very unfavorable
conditions.
I'll l.
until they have gathered from the soil
all the matters they are capable of
gathering; that is to say, the plants
are left until they are in flower and
then they areplowed under. By this
process the land lis manured with
everything that the plants have &C
cumulated, either from the air, or
from the soil, or from the waters in
the~soil, and there is 'placedwithin the
land mass, OF organic matter which
by it's decay will give off enormous
quantities OF carbonic acid. to disinte-
crate and, dissolve the components of
the crudesoil.
AS a'matter, of fact, while the prac-
tiee thus described by Prof. Storer is
not: as widely practiced as it should
be, it:is'really followed to consider
able extent upon the thin soils of New
England, where hay is the staple crop,
and indeed wherever the sod of old
grass land is plowed under, form such
cases the. land gets the benefit OF what
is: really a green manuring ofconsider-
able~strength.
One of the most thorough believers
IN this system Of green manuring we
have met was the late E. P. Roe, who
at his place at Cornwall on Hud-
son constantly practiced it. and, as
he firmly believed, with most benef-
cial results. The moment a crop OF
any kind was cleared off, in went a
seeding OF buckwheat, which was
;plowed under when in flower, thus at
once enriching and aerating the soil
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-18
A Novel Electric Climber,

At Seattle there is about to be put
into operation novel method of run
ming electric cars up steep grades. The
electric railway there has very steep
grade about 500 feet long, and it has
been found that the motors on the
cars are inadequate to surmount the
hill. To correct the diff Guilty q small
conduit about two feet square is con-
structed, and in this is to run a small
car as q counter-balance. Two ropes
will be attached to the counter-bal-
ance cars, with grips at each end, and
will run around pulleys at the bottom
OF the incline up the counter-balance
car at the top. When an ordinary
balance car is ATTACHED to the rope.
the counter balancecar runs down the
hill, but when thecars reaches the top
OF the hill it runs down the other side,
and, aided by the motor, it pulls up
the counter-balance car, which is now
ready to bring up another car.