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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-17

been sometimes greatly improved by
artificial drainage where standing in
soils and subsoils liable to be heavily
soaked by rains The tile has been
laid two and half or three feet below
the surface: and to escape the danger
of the pipe becoming filed with the
small roots, it has been placed midway
between the two rows of trees. q rod
distant from each. as shown in the an
nexed cut the tile being in the portion
of soil especially filed with the small
fibers, that were particularly benefited
by it-Country Gentleman.
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''Now. all Of you look at the board
thoughtfully, and don't speak. Per-
haps some Of you will discover some
thing curious. / will give you five
minutes"
Before they were up. l saw Fred had
discovered something, and was aching
to tell it, SO, when gave the signal, he
burst out with: ''They count right
straight down. Don't you see they do?"
And he rose and showed Ralph, point
ing to the tens column. See: l, 2, s,
4, :, 6, Z, 8, ~
'And," said Daisy, 1.-The units column
counts backward"
$50 it does" exclaimed Fred. "See:
9,s, Z. 8, 5, 4, 2.1!' running his pointer
down the line of figures II never no
ticed that before. / believe l shan't
miss now. always know 2x9-lS, and
Sx9 are 81, and ax9-45, and 1Ox9-9O.
and some of the rest. Now, If fellow
doesn't know 4x9, all he has to do is to
take 3x9 is q, add to the 2, and take
/ from the Z. There you have it-36!
Why is it? What makes it count up and
down sop
"Well. you see. Fred, every time you
add nine. you add 10, which is the
same thing. You add one ten and sub
!, tract one unit"
''Oh. yes! So we do" they chorused.
"And there is another curious fact that
will help Fred more still. wish had
! known it when was girl Don't you
sec the tens figure each time is one less
than the number of times nine?"
$50 it is! SO it is! Hurrah!" said the
boys.
And, also, here is more help still.
Don't you see the units figure plus the
tens figure makes nine every timer"
"Who can't say the mines now?" cried
Fred. II and equals Q, 2 and equals
/ 3, : and 6 equals Q, and equals .,
| and equals 9. 8 and equals Q, and
equals g."
"Why didn't we see it all before? I'm
! going to tell all the boys at school in
the morning. ''-Continent.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-17

CHESS OR CHEAT (BRoMus sEcALINUs).
can turn into chess. His transition
stages show that in one specimen of
cheat the chaff is partially removed,
while the third is an imperfect kerr
mel of barley with part of the chaff
removed. Some years ago Dr. Beal, of
Lansing, Mich, made some expert
ments to settle this question. From
wheat he was never able to get any,
thing else but wheat. The only way to
destroy the weed is not to allow it to
seed If it is in your meadow. A proper
rotation with corn will remove it, since
it is an annual or winter annual In
sowing wheat use only clean seed
Prof L. H. Pammel, in Orange Judd
Esa
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THE STORY OF JOCK.

Central Parks Best and Funniest Little
Monkey Writes Letter About Him.
self.
Whew! it's almost too hot to write
letters, even if my little friends are
anxious to hear from me.
Ihave been SO very busy doing things
that I ought not to that have just
found time to tell you about myself.
You see / am shut up here in large
cage all the time and never have a
chance to get away and run up into the
trees as would like to, but will not
complain. % there are some monkeys
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TcdSOn IOr SO uOlnS. lie was not long
Kept in suspense.
MY dear fellow said the winner.
you're not the only man in town who
reads the papers. Did you ever see
this article before?"
And he pulled ont of his notebook
the cutting which related the New
York episode already mentioned.
St Agedore only nodded slightly,
and bit his lip, srowning.
you see." went on the victor. ''when
you made that bet at the club you were
so confident that well, / smelt a rat,
as the phrase goes. More especially as
/ had read this article here. You know,
| think, that my acquaintance on the
avenue is fully as wide as yours. Well,
l went promptly and bribed every one
of them, except such as had indubit-
able Chicago feet lhe smiled triumph.
antly as he shot this shaft, to stay in.
doors at the time appointed.
Il confess that in some cases had
to raise my bribe considerably over .
previous one. but the persuasive power
of more candy prevailed. and, after
all, am ahead trifie on the bet
And then ST. Agedore repeated .
large number of three-em dashes
quietly to himself.
He has been waiting ever since for .
chance to get gloriously even, but the
chance hasn't come yet.
So, sad as it is to relate, the size Of
Chicago feet was not permitted a vindi-
cation on this occasion. Virtue was
defeated, but-we shall see.
In the meanwhile. st. Agedore Is
putting in some valuable time in call.
ing himself an idiot When you come
to think of it. it is rather idiotic to
suppose oneself the only person who
reads the papers nowadays. Perez
val Pollard, in American Clubman.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-17

Chalk, manganese and graphite
have been found in Coffee county,
Tenn. The chalk is equal to white
crayon for writing ON blackboard,
and the black graphite writes on .
paper equal to soft black lead pencil.
The other mineral is hard black sub
stance. much resembling in weight.
color and pores, black manganese.
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DRAINING ORCHARDS.

Fruit Trees Are Greatly Benefited by Ar
tificial Drainage.
We have had occasion at different
times to witness the advantages of good
drainage to apple orchards, and the in
jury which the trees receive by water
soaked roots. Wet feet are not good
for them. Large bearing trees have
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-17

Might l beg for dance, frau.
lein?' Certainly. How will No IS
SUITE" Thanks. l will leave before
that comes on" $50 will I."-EUe.
geude Blatter.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-17
LIGHT SHIPPING CRATE.

A Coop That Has Given Satisfaction to
All Who Have Used 1t.
For shipping choice-bred fowls at
any season of the year there is no more
satisfactory coop, or one more easily
and cheaply made, than the one illus
trated. Before the Stats are nailed on
the frame is neatly covered with some
thin, strong, cotton cloth like cheese
cloth. The bottom and top of the crate
is not covered with the cloth, and sep
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-17

His Wife Heard misunderstanding
IL never was SO full but that would
be fuller" Mrs. Whiskisling-"You
march out and get the wood bin full.
err. You need exercise and your
stomach needs rest. "-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-17
q . . . . 9 q 9 .
POINTERS.

% MONTANA, Washington, Orc
~ Av1 gon and California reached
quickly and cheaply via Great
a. Northern Railway Line.
- Ask your local ticket agent for
- round trip tickets to any point In
E the Wet or Pacific Coast via tho
Great Northern.
. THE leading pleasure, fishing
= and hunting resorts of tho
II Park Region Of Minnesota, of Lake
Superior and the Rocky Mount
- aims reached easiest on the vari-
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from st. Paul.
FARMERS, stock raisers and
% = business men will find choice
49, locations in the Red River, Milk
River and Sun River valleys, 1t
n Great Falls, and in Belt mining
towns, the Sweet Grass Hills, and
10 along the Pacific extension Of the
~ Great Northern in the Flathead
and other valleys Of Montana.
~
THE Great Northern reaches
- 1 more points in Minnesota
~ and North Dakota than any other
railway. 1t 10 the main route to
q Lake Minnetonka and Hotel La
- fayette.
~ MAPS and other publications
AvA sent free, and letters Of in
u I quiry answered, by F. I. Whit
- ney, 6. P & ]. A., g. N. Ry., ST.
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ANGELINA IS hOMESiCk.

How Poor Dolly Wanted to Get Back to
Home and Grandma.
Seems as If you don't go to sleep very
well tonight, Angelina. most think
you're just the least bit homesicl1. Some
dollies are 50 hard to suit.
Don't you have lots of good times
here in California? Don't you have all
the oranges you can eat every day?
Don't you have just bushels of flowers?
hunt shells?
And when you're tired Of playing ont
doors, you can sit by the window and
watch the funny Cinnamon go by, with
their big blue shirts put on outside
stead of coats, and their queer wooden
shoes and long. black pig-tails.
And you can look at the dark-colored
men, and wonder whether they are In
dams or Mexicans. And the real light
colored people-the whitest ones-they
are the visitors that have just come.
Auntie says everyone that stays here a
good while gets brown. s'pose you
would get brown, Angelina, if you
stayed here.
Never mind! We're going back home
to grandma's in just two weeks more.
l know you would be dreadfully home
sick if we were here another month
and do think even two weeks is a long
time. Angelina
/ know well enough grandma can
hardly wait to see us. And don't you
tell, Angelina, but I'm most tired of
oranges I'd just like few snowballs
for a change. promised to wash Tom
my Carter's face, first big snow we had.
What fun it used to be sliding down hill
together.
Do you s'pose there's any way to have
shch fun where there's no snow?
don't. And Christmas didn't seem one
bit natural this year.
Oh, you poor little thing! l know just
how you feel. But don't cry, Angelina,
don't! Oh dear!-Youth's Companion.
Johnny's Generosity.
The simplicity of child is occasion
ally like a spring overcoat, only put on
for effect. At least that is what Ger.
tain Wall street broker imagines. He
has two children, boy of eight and q
girl of ten, and it is hard to tell which
he thinks the most Of The other even,
ing both of them had been exceptional
~ good, but he decided to test them
still further. Children" he announced,
impressively. II am going to give one
of you a dime. Which shall it be?'
''Give it to Johnny" remarked the
daughter. "Let Nellie have it," said
the son. The proud fathers eyes
filed Mt this remarkable evidence of un,
selfishness. He handed the coin to Mel
lie, and was reaching in his pocket for
another, when Johnny interrupted him
Papa" dear" he said, responsibility,
"Nellie told you to give it to IN
| Y. Commercial Advertiser.
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i" THE MINES"


What the Children Learned ut Mammals
Blackboard Exercise.
1.-THE mines are so hardv' said Fred,
running in from school the other day.
II missed on them. Is supper most
ready. I'm SO hungry. Say, mamma,
do you think you could help me learn
them?"
"Yes. my dear; after the supper things
are cleared away ! will help you, and
supper is almost ready. Wash yourself,
and set the chairs around the table.
Are the girls close by?'
"Yes, there they are at the gate" And
in came Daisy and Nellie, and Ralph,
too.
Bright young faces soon surrounded
the Widespread board. and unspoiled
appetites enjoyed the wholesome meal.
"Mamma's breads the best in the
world" attests one eager voice, while
others chat of the days doings in
school.
Soon, the meal over, the boys hasten
to milk the cows and bring in the wood
for the fireplace, while the girls with
deft hands wash and wipe the dishes.
AS get out my mending- basket, 1
say: "Daisy. we are going to have a
blackboard lesson tonight Please get
the chalk, and write The Mines neat
~ on the blackboard" We have black
board-one of the cloth kind that rolls
up like map-and it is very useful.
''Oh, good, goodr' cried Ralph and
Nellie. ''Mamma's black board lessons
are always SO interesting
s'But don't know what she can find
to tell us about the nines," said Fred.
II mean to let you tell me some very
interesting things. said l, $50 put on
your thinking-caps. and be quiet"
BY this time the blackboard looked
thus:
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young clublnan
who is nothing
il not up to the
times. He can
talk to you in
diligently o n
almost e v cry
thing that the
m a gaines or
the papers talk
to you about.
Another char
acteristic of his
is h i s civic
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-17
a BLAZE AT NEW YORK.
It Started in a Big Warehouse on
Abingdon Square.

1t Started in a Big Warehouse on
Abingdon Square.
NEW YORK, April II, 2:lG A. M.-Fire
broke out last night in the Ross building,
adjoining the big Taggart storage ware
house on Abingdon square, destroying the
first named Luilding, and at o'clock this
morning the fire in the warehouse was be-
yond control. Station 80" Of the New
York postoffice was in the building, but the
mails were saved. Among the heaviest
losers are the New York Wagon Company,
Automatic Delivering Company, Edward
Blondes electrical goods, Seidell hat store,
+. NJ Thayer. silyersmith; Andrew IL Co.
brass workers.
The fire at 30 o'olock was under control,
and the police estimate of the damage was
over $500,000. The walls of the Ross build
ing fell at O'clock and the building was q
total wreck. The walls of one-haf Of the
double building occupied by the Taggart
storehouse fell at 20 o'clock. This build.
ing was fifty feet front and was half
destroyed. The Ross building was seventy
five feet front on Hudson street
aud extended through to Greenwich street.
The building on the opposite side Of Bank
street from the Ross building, at the corner
OF Hudson caught fire from the intense
heat, and was badly damaged. Thespeo-
pie living there vacated. There was no
panic. The trouble with the fire was
that it was badly managed. Enough
engines were not promptly called to the
scene. The woodwork of the Ross building
was Georgia pine. and burned like tindar
Such hot fire has not been seen In New
York for many days. " hen at its hight,
approach was not possible to within three
blocks because of the great heat. Thous-
ands of people tnronged the neIghborhood
to see the big blaze.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-17
ERIN'S LAND BILL.
The Debate on the Measure Resumed
tlan IL.a.aa1. ~ CH-,,araa

The Debate on the Measure Resumed
in the House of Commons.
LONDON, April 16.-The debate on the
Irish land bill was resumed in the House Of
Commons this oyoning. Mr.. Morley moved
an amendment to the effect that an advance
Of money should not be granted uudor the
bill except with the approval of the county
council in the district in which the
polling for which the advance was
asked might be situated. He said that no
objection to the bill would be so sharply
felt as the pledging OF the local revenues OF
the county against default of few privi-
legged purchasers. The tenants excluded
from the benefits Of the bill were required
TO make good the default Of favored tenants
without having any voice In the matter.
That was an intolerable injustice and
strong and juStifiable provocation to the
dsaHected.
Secretary Balfour insinuated that Mr..
Mor!ey's speech was for electloneering pur-
poses. He contended that the exceptional
position of Ireland justified exceptional
treatment He referred vaguely TO his
suggested modification as tending to main,
though not to destroy. the bill, and said that
1t would therefore be only applicable in
acute cases of difference.
PARNELLs oBJEoTIoN.
Mr.. Parnell agreed With the principle
which Mr.. Morley advocated, but be OBJ
jected TO waiting for local government. 1t
was undeniabe he said, that the tenants
would get better terms by waiting, but
there existed anxiety on their part for rid
dance to some extent of the burden of Judi
cial rents. Therefore no welcomed the
bill. II The liberals were victorious in the
general eoction, as he supposed they in-
tended TO he [Iaughterl they would
not be In hurry to promote
local government, which they had always
promised for the last twenty-five years. A
removed promise Of that kind was no In
dacement TO delay the land question. [Con-
servative cheers He proposed TO amend
Mr. Morleys amendment by a clause
making it operative Whoever a local gov
ernment bill was passed. The policy Of the
liberal leaders In opposing the land bill was
a false one. They ought TO welcome oven
partial facilitating Of the difficult land prob
lem awaiting them when they returned to
power, if such facilitation was procurable by
the acceptance Of reas enable amendments re-
moving the objections Of the Irish members.
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Blaine really indicates to Italy the path she
should follow in order to obtain justice
AN APTu eTATr pA Aprp

AN ABLE hIA1E FAtEh
LONDON, April l6.-The Globe and st.
james Gazette agree in the opinion that
Secretary Blaine's noto is an able state
paper.
The Times this morning says: "We
sympathiEe with the people of the United
States in their determination not to allow a
vile social disease like the Malta 10 take
root 1t is only just to remind our kinsfolk,
however, that they displayed very little
Indignation when practices akin TO those of
the Malta were employed here by Irish
American extremists
RETURN or THE NEWSPAPER.
New YORK. April 16.-A cablegram
from Romo having stated that the post
master Of New York had refused 90 permit
number OF Italian newspapers TO be circu-
lated, and had returned them To the Italian
publishers, with the statement that the
entry into the United States was forbidden,
Postmaster Van Cott said to-day that the
statement was true, but that it did not ap-
ply to the Italian newspapers alone, but to
newspapers published in other foreign
countries. The reason that the papers were
returned was because they contained lot
terry advertisements. Assistant Postmaster
Gaylor said on the same subject: "The re-
turn of the Italian newspapers had nothing
to do with the New Orleans affair They
were sent back long before the lynchinR oc-
curred.n
AN IMPROBABLE RUMOR.
LONDON, April 17,3A.M-The Chronicles
Rome correspondent says that Mr.. Porter,
the American minister, is about to depart
from Rome on a three months leave Of alb
sence
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RITTENH0USE ROASTED.
HIS ATTEMPT TO GET MONEY FROM
JONES DENOUNCED.

Editor Dunning of the National Econ
omist Glasses HIS Schemes VITA tho
Matchmaking Games - Alliancemen
lain That hittenhouse is No Longer
a Member of the Order.
WASHINGTON, April l6.-Neither Presi-
dent Polk nor D. II. Rittenhouse could be
found to-day TO talk about the letter ad.
dressed by Mr.. Rittenhanse through the
farmers alliance paper TO Lieut.. Gov.
Jones Of New York, suggesting that Lieut..
Gov. Jones might get the aid Of an organi-
zation known as the "Independent Order of
American Citizens by assisting them finan-
cially. At the office Of the National
Economist Editor Dunning talked freely
Of what he termed "thea blackmailinR
schemes" Of Mr.. Rittenhouse He said that
Mr.. Rittenhouse had stolen the official
headed letter paper and had used it with
some frequency in his efforts SO advance his
fortunes.
RrrTENHoUsE DENOUNCED.
This fellow Rittenhouse," said Mr.. Dun-
ming, "is a scoundrel from A 10 r." The
alliance people say that Mr.. Rittenhouse
practically ceased to be a member Of the
order after the Ocala convention; that no
has never been recognized since that affair,
and that he was not eligible to membership
anyhow. Lieut.. Gov. Jones Immediately
upon receipt OF Mr.. Rittenhouses epistle
wrote TO President Polk, enclosing the origi-
nal letter Lieut. Gov. Jones was some
what surprised when he read the demand,
for he had always been on the right side of
the alliance. In reply TO his letter Lieut..
Gov. Jones is said to have received informa-
ton from the alliance which made him feel
ell right, aud nothing but tho fact that Mr..
Rittenhouse belonged to respectable fami-
ly and has wife who is held in the highest
esteem saved him from prosecution by the
alliance.
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Brazilian Finances Healthy.

RIO JANEIRo. April 16.-The committee
of bankers appointed by the government
with instructions to examine thoroughly
into the financial situation in Brazil has
rendered its report. The report says there
is no danger, 30 far as Brazil is concerned,
Of commercial or financial crisis.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-17
TWO STEAMERS COLLIDE.
One of Them Sinks. But Everybody on
Board Rescued.

One Of Them Sinks. But Everybody on
Board Rescued.
LONDON. April 16.-The Dutch steamer
P. Colland, Capt. D. Vries. from New York
for Amsterdam, was in collision in the chan
mel last night with the British steamer
Glamorgan, bound from Antwerp for Car
diff. The weather was clear and
calm, and they saw each others lights
distinctly before they struck. The Glamor-
gan struck on her broadside, was cut
nearly in two and sank. The steamers were
firmly looked together until the Glamorgan
filled. The Glamorgan had thirty passen-
gers on board, including two ladies and a
number OF children. They were rescued
with difficulty, clad only in their night
dresses. The z. Colland has arrived in
Dover roads badly damaged.
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a Receiver Appointed.

AsBURY PARK, N. j., April 16.-Chan-
cellor McGill has appointed Ex-State
Treasurer Toffy receiver Of the Decatur and
Nashville Improvement Company. This
corporation was organized under the laws
of New Jersey for the purpose of construct
ing the Decatur, Chesapeake and Naw
Orleans railway.
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Prince Napoleon's Burial Place.

PARIS, April i6.-The executors OF the
will Of the late Prince Napoleon have form
ally asked the French government for per-
mission to inter his remains at Ajaccio, the
capital of Corsica, where Napoleon /. was
hrr
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a WORLDS FAIR ROW.
Miss Cousins Declared Removed From
the Sscretaryship.

Miss Cousins Declared Removed From
the SscretaryShip.
CHICAGO, April 6.-The war between the
executive committee Of the lady managers
Of the worlds. fair and Secretary Phoebe
Cousins was brought to climax yesterday
afternoon. The committee held an execu-
tive session and decided that Miss Cousins
must appear and answer charges against
her or retire from her official position.
Miss Cousins said she would do
neither, and 80 resolution was adopted
removing Miss Cousins from the Office of
secretary. The struggle appears TO be the
outgrowth OF the aggressive opposition by
Miss Cousins to Capitalization of the au-
thorlty in the hands Of the executive com
mittee, OF which Mrs. Potter Palmer is
chairman.
MISS COUSINS LOCKED OUT.
When Miss Cousins reached her office door
this morning she found it locked and the
janitor Of the building informed her that he
had been instructed not 70 permit her to
enter. Miss Cousins thereupon took possess
sion OF an adjoining room and announced
that she would hold possession of
1t day and night until the trouble is
settled. She continues to hold the fort, and
this afternoon sent out for luncheon. The
ladies' executive committee has appointed
successor for Miss Cousins. Their choice
was Mrs. Susan g. Cook Of Tennessee, who
was declared "acting secretary of the
worlds fair board of lady managers, vice
Phoebe Cousins, discharged" Aside from
the deadlock In the women's department,
the worlds fair is doing quite well.
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MISS COUSINS LOCKED OUT.
A New Railroad superintendent.

LOUISVILLE, KY, April 16.-B. NJ. Cut
ten has been appointed general superintend-
ent Of the Chesapeake and Ohio and West
tern railroad. vice j. L. Frazer, resigned.
Mr.. Cutten has been division superintend-
ent on the Northarn Pacifc-