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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-08

The kisat Kind of Il Nurse.

\ brooklyn mother had lately to call
in the services Of Il trained nurse for her
sick child. When the nurse, "A bright
young woman. arrived. the mother had
a talk with her before she went to tho
sick-room. Il suppose you know she
said, that this is fever ease" %,
yes. indeed" she replied, brightly;
and | was so glad TO come. just dote
on fevers." 10 the anxious parent this
seemed almost f'ippant, but the nurse
continued: They are SO interesting,
you know. and ones care tclls"--a re-
mark which somewhat eondoned the
first. Now, am just in from such a
stupid case. "A man with a liver com
plaint--no established precedcnts moth
ing to watch progress BY, but just be-
fore | took him | had the most bcauti-
full run of fever, ten weeks young
lady. two nurses of us, and We brought
her through without "A false step" This
was again reassuring To the solicitous
mother, and when little later the
nurses services began this very ex-
hilaration and energy. tempered a, they
were in the siek-room by soft ways and
trained skill, became Il mountain OF re.
liuf-N Y. Times
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-08
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

KEEP the temperature of the fruit Gel.
lar at about forty degrees.
The long roots of trees, often reach
ing to an incredible distance, show how
much food tree needs. seeks and takes
UP.
LIQUID manure is in splendid shape
for applying to small fruit and the gar
den: and it can be made by the teaching
process
Ir is good plan to give some shelter
to any variety of grape. in our cold eli
mate. Laying the vines down on the
ground is good.
TAKE care of the cabbage. Bury
them. heads down, and when col,
weather comes cover with manure Oh
some coarse litter.
Pur grapes where it is cool and DIR,
and airy. if you desire to keep them. /
makes no difference how cold it is if tn,
grapes do not freeze.
TAKE good care of the orchard and i
may help convince you that apple
growing is much more successful thai
you think it is. Apple trees need food
/ Many an orchard that seems to b
pretty nearly in it's ''dotage" would re
new its life with a generous application
of manure.
! III there are any vines, currant bushe
/ or any thing of a similar character tina
do not bear as they ought to, and yo'
/ do not intend to attempt to cause theI
to do SO, dig them up. DO not let ther
cumber the ground. A great deal ca
often be done with such things, b
pruning them SO as to leave only on
shoot, and removing most of the roots
Having done this. manure well.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-08

Why, lssie. what are you screaming
so for? mamma asked. Its the re-
cess noise, mamma, like they have at
school
After the recess was over. and tho
dolls were again in their seats. She. sat
quietly for few moments and then got
Ip and went TO her mother, saying:
The school i sfk7of. and tie party was
r.rexx, guess
ncle Ned thought She deserved box
Q: candy for thinking il ont by herself.
~ he bought lIer one She will soon be
Old enough for school. and then She viii
understand these things better Edna
sawyer Warren, in American Agri.
cullurist.
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AVENGED # LAST:
Or. a Vorld-N illc Chase
4 STORY OF RETRIBUTION.
BH WA. ASH"
lcopyt14HI, $50.
CHsPTEI. XII.

ifspaeattohs LOT h4> a'la"fS"!e hspt
IT. Lmcrlch NJ ms Once all day ana
ar Into tie night Ter 'Ae next i,'W aass.
lie hal declied TO sell out MS business
entirely and @as III po@lh@ Oh III" stock
OF goods h3&a II the warehouse anu IN
transit i"r any amount Mhleh they
would realize. lie appeared 70 oe III
state 81 intense eAel."tl&a1 "hieh NaS
Father IMMATURE. Ter MN. ~ ne asaaltS
maintained al exceedingly quiet de-
neano". Bat tile occurrences OF the past
few days had apparently "anerVea nm
lis anxiety Ia get a%ay was aisals-
Tn3.od ana at times he aaa GOOD cause
= tnar that ills a'sti"s would not Dc nc
comptisaeds Dlsposln- oi the STOCK
was an easF matter, out many OF tae
outstanding h4Ifs due tue hrm We're
.4i4cait ~ @ettae N a 81. satisfactory man
Ecr. and many hal TO be reilh4al1hea
altogether
onc night "s liz sat al ms desk, very
Tate. he heard q knock OH the door ana
upon opening II Was confronted ny the
tall sNarthE >pantaro "Ao had hired
tho men Ia make away with Percy l.oyel.
limerick locked tn" door after admitting
his visitor 1A&n turning 10 han with an
eNii LOOK IN his eye, sad III spanish.
which language they always used IN
coayersinF With each other: Nv hat
uoes this late ell mean?
! want tAls dirty business settled,
replied Lac >pana&fd IN any thing but 4
pleasant tone; tAereApoa he~tcd con-
yeEsa4on ensaod.
~ hat I'D Fo& do ".th the Engilsh'
man.
''llc i sixty miles mp the country
safety guarded By some TRASHY trleniS
OF mine.
lat your agreement was that al7
boaF stoA.A i3"at out on the next tide
Uneasy manner IN winch these words
caIe ffoa Mr.. LIMERICK would nave
made al ordinary listeners blood run
coli, bat tbs >paniaEts sat ,to!li AM I'M
moved lie evidently understood tAf
extraordinary h.t4re q tAa merchant
and with ID more cNettat &Nrlamatlon
thana Ugh, he said: Il changed my
Esind
Changed you NINA f@' what rea
SOM
well. ! thought ii "au.d be best Il
have full settlement vita t&A before
had the curly haired LH@il"hman
blood on my handst
And that. presume, l. the parpes
OF TINS VISIT
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shown how one end Of IA starch box is
partly removed and a roof made 10y
springing over it short piece of stove
pipe or tin. Fig. is rooted by two
half-inch boards. one of which has
hinges and a leather tag so it can be
quickly lifted. In Fig. 4 is seen
an old paint keg thoroughly
dried and Il part of one head
removed. Whatever course is
adopted, don't fail to use the mails
freely and frequently. ] have known
several notices Of deaths or funerals.
and kilograms of Importance. disas-
trously delayed when forwarded by
post-otfices to persons who rarely called.
HOLSTER Sage, in American Agricult-
uriSf
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shall 70 with me to New York, and
shall have all the pleasures which your
heart desires" Then he kissed her. as
She questioned: And You will really
marry mc?'
Yes. will he said.
In moment the woman's whole cx-
preston changed. showing that her de-
nunrIation Of hisconduc 4 few moments
previously must have been sincere.
Then hasty conversation cnsued. and
arrangements in regard to their depart
ure were discussed.
Soon afterwards Mr. Limerick locked
his desk and they left the building to-
gother After taking Belle Lorimcr
home in a carriage, Mr.. Limerick went
To his club. wrote letter and seemed
very anxious to post IL that night for
he walked over to the post-oflice and
put it in the letter-box himself. 1t
was 10 friend of his in san Nicholas.
a town about one hundred miles up the
river
On the afternoon of the third day
after Belle Lorimer's interview with
Mr.. limerick, the Spaniard. Miguel
IL told her that Mr.. Emericks baggage
had been taken aboard the Montevideo
boat and he was going himself to that
port At once. Not a moment was to be
lost. - the actress hurri.aly prepared
herself to accompany the informer, say
ing: ''lle thinks he can escape me after
all. but | will intercept him.
The two fastened TO the pier. and
were Just in time to see Mr. limerick
going aboard the steamer. On their
way down they had called for the cap.
tain Of the vigilantes. and he approached
Mr.. Limerick. saying quietly III Span
ish: Il wish word with you. This
woman states that you know something
regarding the disappearance of Mr.
Huntly. the En-lishman who was stay
ing al the Hotel Victoria
Certainly | do" replied Mr.. Emer-
lex. Il have just received letter
from him hearing the san Nicholas
postmarls. lie is about To take trip
into the interior and will not be back,
probably. for several weeks.
As he uttered these words he drew
the letter from his pocket, and offered
/, for inspection. Several of the by
ISLANDERS looked at it. but As none o!
them knew the supposed Mr.. Huntlys
handwriting. none could dispute tho
genuinencss of the letter coming from
him.
This clears up all the mystery" said
! the captain as he walked away. Belle
j Lorimer. without ycstige of color in
/ her cheek. was left alone beside Mr..
| limerick. II will le reyenred for this"
| she Kissed in his ear Then she fol.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-08

ISSiE'S FIRST PARTY.
Little Girl Who Thought She Must be
Quiet Like she Was at school.

Like she WAS III SCHOOL.
lssie's mamma was busy about dinner
one day when Cousin Stella ran in and
asked if Is,ie could go to school with her
that afternoon. marion Palmer is 90
ing to take her company, and | want to
take some one" Stella said. Mamma
was afraid Issie would make disturb
ance, but Stella told her they had
played school and lssie did no. whisper
then. Scat last mamma allowed her to
go after taking great pains to make her
understand that she must not whisper
or speak out loud: Issie remembered
and obeyed, and won much praise for
ler good behavior.
A day or two later lssie was invited
to party, and although she knew moth
/ ing about one she thought il must be
/ nice. and she chattcd about it nearly all
the time until the day arrived. Uncle
! Ned asked the privilege Of taking her,
a. he wanted 10 see her enjoy it,
/ At last She started, and then we be
| gan TO wish her back to tell Ms about it.
| Finally, we saw her coming with Uncle
/ Ned. who had IA queer, puzzled look on
| his face. Mamma went 10 the gate, and
Is>ie gave jump into her arms, crying
out: Il was good girl, mamma, better
than some Of them, for | never whis
pered once, nor talked out loud"
! Then Uncle Ned sat down on the door
step and laughed. When he could ge'
! his breath he said: well, I'm glad
know what's the matter, for that child
hasn't opened her mouth to say wore
all the afternoon
Mamma did considerable cxplainin!
to have lssie see tic difference between
school and party, but it was not clear t.
her then.
A little later she went 10 schooi again
with Stella. The next morning all he
dolls wcIe trained AS If at school, and O
! a Sudden there cam. SUCH Il norrl hl
noise from her corner that mamma wa
frigh tened, and ran 10 see what could b
the trouble. There was lssie throwin
her dolls around, and shrieking an
screaming NJ The .op Of her voice.
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lhS anu
settle down to what they con-
slider their hard fate in life. Rnt
this is folly, when the farm is by far the
best place in all the world to live
Farmers and their families need not
live without society if they will take
half the pains To cultivate it that is dis
played ly townspeople As for COM
munieation. country dwcllcrs do not
half employ the facilities for it which
our Government and plany others have
provided ut Il merely nominal cost.
Thousands Of farmers families do not
send or go for their mail oftener than
once a week. Why? Well, it is
mile. or two or three miles. perhaps
farther. to the post-office; all hands are
busy indoors and out: it is long dis
tance To walk, and the horses can not be
spared. But IA little thinking and con-
trivance would easily suggest better ar
engagements Does 4 stage. milk team,
or even an occasional neighbor pass the
farmhouse daily? Arrange to have the
mail carried and brought every day.
Many enjoy this privilege now. and it
i easy to note the difference in the in
telligcnce of families SO served and
those who only hear from the post
office on the day when the weekly pa
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a CUNNING CU3.
The Funny Perform .ncc Alice saw From
Her Window.

The Funny Perform .ncc Alice Saw From
Her Window.
Alice stood ut the window. watching
the falling snow. whats that?" She
said, as she caught sigh. Of something
Up he street.
Its dog: woolly DOR" She cried
out. %, no, its not a deg. it's a bft,s
| j,ftrt.
1t was a little bear cub. II stopped
directly in front of the window, AMI.
sitting up. nodded 10 Alice in the mos.
friendly manner. ION, yuu amusing
thing. She cried. I'm going to
feed YOU and opening tho window.
she tossed out Ii sweet cracker, which
Master Bear snapped up i'll mo-
ment: then. sitting ur. lie made anoth-
or bow, and held out his paw for more.
SO She gave him another. bu; just as he
was stooping to snap it up, he suddenly
fell ut full length on the snow: and
with his forapaws over his eyes, lay per-
fretly still. ..Why, Won poor little fell
low what can lie the natter" said Allie.
At tire same moment She saw Il man,
coming very fast: he had a whip. lie
stopped. when liz saw tie cub, AMI
snapped the whip. In a moment, Mas
ter Bear was sitting up, lowing and
Offering his paw.
Alice was afraid that lie would be
punished for running away. 50 She
opened the window. and said, in ceay-
ing little voice: ooh. please don't
whip linn: he's 50 cunning
well. | won't. Miss. if you don't
want me TO-" said the man. Come.
Ned Ned understood by the tone of
his masters voice that he was not to be
pun she'd: lie Immediately got up and
cla-pei his paws around his masters
leg and Rugged him tight. That's the
way he ways does when we wake up
said the .nan Annie L. Hannah, in
Little Men and Women
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-08
FROM YOUTHFUL MINDS.


-"IIullo, Johnnie. How do you like
living ina fietaa" Pretty we'll. miss
tine banister-. sougl. -liarpeg's Young
People.
One night in August Jennie noticed
for the first time the Eoise Of tie insect
world. She suddenly turned to her ia
Their. saying: Papa, | never knew the
stars sang before. Youths Companion.
Tommy Mamma, will it he wrong
If maze kite to-iay?" Mrs. pcterby
Yes. my child: to-day is sunday"
Tommy We'll. s'pose make itout Of
the Christian Advocate. will it be a sin
thena"--Iexas siftings
A coupe of twin boys were taken
into their mammals room the other day
to welcome new arrival They gazed
upon their new little brother with
great earnestness for time, and then
inquired. with ono voice: Mamma,
| where is the other one" boston i J.
yerti,er.
Rita was riding one day ON a very
crooked road That went winding and
lodging up hill and down dale in an
eccentric fashion Of its own. At last
little Rita folded her small hands, with
much resignation, saying: Well. |
never did saw such Il curly road
| Courier-.IournaL
| --Mother-''H What makes yon cry that
way" Johnnie Our 5or teacher has
! been SEX 50 long. ani--and--" What!
| Did he dic?" "So--uo--he is getting
wcil--boo hoo. "-I.xas Siitings
And now. children remarked
Prof. Iiailcs, in one of the board sch ools
the other day, IF family consisting
! Of father and mother and seven chill
/ drcn should have "A pie Tor dinner, how
| much would each one receiver IAN
| eighth part" answered 4 bright boy.
But there are nine persons, you must
| remember" '0h. yes. | know chat. but
the mother wouldn't get any. There
wouldn't he enough to go around. -
| Spare Moments.
a little girl was sent by her mother
TO the grocery to buy a cake Of CASTLE
soap. When she got there She couldn't
| remember the name. is it glycerinc
or oatmeal soapo" suggested the grocer.
Oracle shook her head. Then She
! frightened up like fla h. Now,
| know" she exclaimed. triumphantly:
Il want "aSt-iron soap,'-iouth Cam.
1 Itt
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CONVENIENT NAH. BONES.

per comes-perhaps not then, but wait
for a chance drive that way. In most
cities the mail is delivered several times
every day. Some communities send a
person daily. or twice day, to
bring and distribute the mail.
In others it is the custom to
take turns in regular order. Under
any condition it is well to have bag
carried. 1t greatly diminishcs the risk
of losing the letters, change sent for
stamps. etc. The illustrations show
some of the conveniences which are
in actual use. A substantial post
having been erected beside the road. a
strong hook is set in il to catch the fam
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liked it was a fair, stand-up fight, no
matter what the weapons were. 1T
would never 10 for him to meet Percy
Loycl and he knew it, so his only course
was TO settle with the Spaniarl and run
the chances of his finishing the work.
After Il moments reflection he went toa
safe in the corner, carefully counted out
the amount and handed it over.
''iou Ease saved yourself q great deal
Of trouble, was Ia" >p2niard's remark
as he pocketcd the wealth.
THE vi"ilanlcs are making inquiries
regarding the missing ma. TIE hotel
keeper has reported the case. and If it
should he learned that lac spent the
night at your house some very unpleas-
ant inquiries may b' made. Besides,
am not sure about Miguel Castillo; he
E:ay turn traitor after all. lie and tho
Tngiishmun were on very friendly
terms to judge from the looks which
they gave each other"
While these words were being ut
tered Mr.. EmericA's faec vas iiy.d, Le
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-08
ESTABLISHED 1857.

A third of a century of experience
and progressive Improvement is rep
resented in THE LEADER LINE
of STOVES and RANGES.
The line embraces an extensive
variety of RANGES, Cook STOVES
and HEATING STOVES for hard coal,
soft coal and wood.
They are all models of perfect
modern stove construction, and meet
every known requirement of the uses
for which they are intended.
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A PURSlANE TOOL,
According to Its Inventor 1t Is u Capt.
ltaAnf ri

According to Its Inventor 1t Is Capital
Continuance.
In answer to recent inquiry I in
close rough draft of a tool l have
built for use in graduating purslane.
The one | made is for use in my grape
nursery where the rows are eighteen to
twenty inches apart. Where rows are
farther apart it would have to be
larger.
This tool has much the look of a cult
vator at work with the ends reversed.
In using it we let the weeds get large
enough to pull nicely from in the row,
cultivate with a common horse or hand
cultivator; following with the tool de.
scribed, and if the rows are not too long
it. will clean them perfectly. If it should
be necessary to unload before getting
to the end of row, lift the tool without
stopping the horse: this leaves it in a
bunch. when it can be carried from the
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lily or neiglbor-
hood mail bag,
without stopping
the team. as seen
in Fig. /, or a
permanent re-
ceptacle is firm
ly nailed to it.
lss
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TO BE CONTINUED.
Well Watered.

Tenderfoot-But do you havt
enough rain, out at Dry Desert City, &c
make the crops grow?
Boomer (who has land for sale)-
Rain! Great waterspouts yes! Why.
the principal crop they raise out there,
every spring, IL umbrellas. Light
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While the public is still murvcling
over Salvator's wonderful performance
in running Il mile in 1885 !, there are
few who have, through comparison and
analysis. sought TO reaiizi what tre-
mcndous hurst of speed that is. -
nearly forty miles an hour-a rate
averaged by very few Of our ia test
trains. There are fifty two hundred
and eighty feet in Il mile. SO that for
every one Of those ninctyhy. seconds
this wonderful horse covered liftg-five
and three IenthS feet Of ground. The
shortest space Of time noted by the
turfman's watch Is quartz" Of ii sec
ond-an interval 20 brief that the eye
can hardly oh serve, the mind can hard
! ly appreciate ii. Yet in every one of
those three hundred and eighty-two
| quarter, Of a second that magn iicent
| creature leaped thirteen ami eight
! tenths feet sucn are the amazing re-
suits of careful breeding as exhibited
in the American raco-horsn. And ne.
| redity has done this in a comparatively
! few generations. II man can make al.
most what he sllls OF the horse what a
promise it holds tor the apbuild ing o!
his own raCo.-iouth' Companion
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with the great,
blooming, III o d
ern world is that
they hold them
selves apart from
ii too IN u G h
Some think they
must leave their
bust u IS an d
move into I he
town or village
to gain free in
tcrcourse of ideas
with their f. l.
low-mcn: others
despair. Der I e
4
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along the pier.
Mr.. limerick proceeded to Montivedeo,
where he hoped to catch the regular
steamer for Rio de Janciro.
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AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
FARMERS AND MAILS.

How To he I'm Daily Receipt OF Letters
and Newspapers.
One reason why the farmers OF the
present day are not fully in sympathy
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TOOL FOR DESTROYING PURsLANE

TOOL FOR DESTROYING PURsLANE.
fc!, Il desired though it will nearly all
die in the pile.
For the teeth ] use round iron : Oh
& inch: have the .eeth about 3 inches
apart and one in the center behind. ]
cut the iron for teeth about II inch
Eugene W;llett, in Popular Gardening
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ps and Downs of Politics,

Newly-A Appointed Police Justice -
Your face i; familiar to ma. prisoner
Where have / seen YOU before?
Prisoner formerly police Justice
himseln-l had the honor to send you,
honor TO the island once when l was or
the bench.
The Judge-six months.