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

plleu on until Jhcy ROUND UP mound
shaped.
In the side of tho house toward the
south is glazed window. The windows
have from eight to twelve small panes
in them, and, though slightly dusty,
serve their purpose well. A long
wooden bench is placed under the win
dow. Opposite the window, and run
ming the length of the room, is the bed
stead, Il sort of platform foot high,
that extends five or six feet out from
the wall. There is slight upgrade
toward the wall to this platform.
No softer or warmer beds than those
of the Arsulk Eskimos can be found.
Ordinary bedticks are stuffed with
feathers (some arc filled with elder
down., and piled on this platform. With
one such mound beneath and another
on top, the Eskimo can defy the cold.
Two or three families occupy some OF
the huts, but the women do not seem tt
be very prolific, and a family does not
mean dozen children. The families
are commonly related
In the daytime the beds are rolled
back against the wall. and the plat
form serves rs a place to sit and a din
ing table. Livery wall was more or
less ornamented with advertising and
other Autographs from Denmark.
saw several cngravings of King Chris
tian TX.
There were stoyes-littlc vertical cyl
indcrs of sheet iron lined with fire clay
in two houses. saw few Yankee
lamps that were filled with seal oil, and
two English clocks that wouldn't run.
The family gun hung on pegs like q
squirrel rifle in IL Kentucky cabin. The
Eskimo lamp-stoye, green stone hol.
lowed out on top to hold seal oil, and
provided with moss wick. was found
everywhere
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
Superficial Judgment Of Men.

In our judgment of men we are to be-
ware of giving any great Importance To
occasional acts. by acts of occasional
generosity weak men endeavor To re-
deem themselves in their own estima-
ton, vain men to exalt themselves in
that Of mankind. 1t may be observed
that there are no men more worthless
and selfish, in the general tenor Of their
lives, than some who, from time to
time, perform feats Of generosity.
Sentimental selfishness will commonly
vary its indulgences in this way, and
vainglorious selfishness will break out
into acts of munificence. But self-gov.
eminent and self-lenial are not to be
relied upon for real strength, except in
SO far Us they are found to be exercised
i'm detail.---N. Y. Ledger.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
sonnet Thing to Fall Back On

Youthful Paterfamilias-Ycs, dear, |
shall stay right here and watch bah~
through this spell, If l lose my place
for it.
Youthful Maferfamilias-Of course. |
hope they won't discharge you, as you
have no experience at anything else.
Youthful Paterfamilias-Uh, never
fear: il worse comes to worse know
J can get u place us nurse M anseys
Weekly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
THE LULLABY.


aie was rollicking baby boy. little storm Of
laughter.
And lie filled the house with babb,e from the
cellar to the rafter,
Tipsy with fun and mad with mirth, whirl Of
rush and rattle.
a music march was life TO him. OF dance and
song and prattle
And his mother sang 10 him each Eight, a. TO
her neck he chung,
And this the quaint. queer lullaby that his fond
mother sung:
Hes plump little lump OF boy
He's fat little chunk OF man.
Go asleep. mamma's chunk OF BABY.
60 asleep, mamma's baby boy.
But as the fa,eful years rolled on these feet
swift 10 wander.
Those baby feet. beyond the fields, beyond the
mountains yonGer.
And driven far and far away by fate's resisfless
forces.
Full often did those Maynard feet stray in for
hidden courses;
But through the revel rush OF life, above the
clamorous din.
That baby song his mother sung, unbidden.
would steal in:
He's plump little lump OF boy,
He's fat little chunk OF man.
ito asleep mammals chunk Of a baby,
TO asleep. mamma's little boy.
dark with danger.
Pressed on the Grant footsteps OF this worn
and reckless ranger:
Far from the placid wales Of youth Of sunrise
hope and gladness,
Timed TO the drunken music OF the fitful march
OF madness;
And still he heard his mother sing what I. er the
way he trod,
Through primrose wales desert paths
sco-ched BY the wrath OF God:
He's plump little lump OF boy.
He's fat little chunk Of . man,
60 asleep. mamma's chunk OF baby,
Go asleep, mammas baby boy.
His mother broke with grieving tina, her only
boy should perish.
But nursed the love ineffablc that only mothers
cherish;
But weary years OF grieying brought their hcri.
tage Of madness
Then the poor gray. crazy mother felt again
the old time gladness,
For in her maddeued thought she clasped her
baby to her breast.
And with the d-time lullaby she soo;led him
TO his rest:
He's plump little lump OF o boy,
He's fat little chunk OF q man:
Go asleep, mammals chunk OF baby,
Go asleep. mammals baby boy
And then her wandering boy came home, II
Youthful scenes returning
nobler purpose in his soul, his hayward fol
lies spurning;
She knew him not and needed not his penitent
tears and pleading
For madness is both stern and deaf and hears
no interceding;
The strong man bowed before her as she sang
her crazy JOY,
And he said: I've lost my mother, but my
mothers found her boy
He's plump little lumD OF a boy
He's a fat little chunk OF man:
60 asleep, mamma'S chunk OF Q baby.
TO asleep. mamma's baby boy.
5. W. Foss. in Yankee Blade.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
PRETTY WOMEN ARE GOOD, roo

hut Somehow the Homely Ones Get Most
Of the Credit for Goodness.
Why is it that only the homely, I'M
attractive girls receive praise for their
virtues? There are just as many good
pretty girls as there are ugly ones, yet
one seldom hears much about the good
deeds OF pretty women.
Yet how much more credit pretty
women deserve for doing acts than
ugly ones. Nobody expects much OF
pretty women. They can be selfish,
tyrannical. almost anything they like,
without being blamed very much,
while the ugly girl NUT be good to DO
endured by her fellow creatures.
Still it's rather hard for the pretty
woman who practices a few virtues
never to get credit for them.
I was struck by this recently when
the name of girl came up for dis
cussion and number of racy stories
were told about her. One man. who
had known her all his life, said that he
liked her anyway; that at her home she
nursed the sick and the wants of the
poor were relieved by her generosity. l
had heard stories about this girl for
many years and this was the first kind
one. If the girl had been homely she'd
have had no temptation; she would
have led a sedate life. and nursing the
sick and feeding the poor would have
been all to be said of her. But the
pretty girls shortcomings were
blazoned abroad and her kindnesses
untold.
There's another handsome woman
whose name is spoken with sneer,
whose life has been Full of kindly deeds;
who has nursed her friends sick chill
dren night after night; who has always
thought of the comfort and happiness
of. the people she loved-but these
things are never mentioned.
And still another, whose ungodly
church stunning ways are by-word.
and whose daily charities are SO large
as to make the church-going miscr
grasp his purse strings in terror at the
thought Of them.
And what do you think Of pretty
girl who has been at the beck and call
of her friends convenience for many
years, who is willing to stay with
friends and nurse their children just
from pure heart kindness. who creased
with her own dainty hands three little
children with measles, who nursed the
same night after night, and who is al
ways the most comforting, kindly. low
ing body to he found when sickness and
sorrow come.
And another pretty woman ! know
and whose life would extol has spent
her days in the fulfillment of hard du-
ties and sacrifices to the comfort and
happiness of those about her She has
no vanity, no love of self. Her mind is
as brilliant and attractive as her face,
and she loves all the good things and
pretty things she has been denied, yet
with cheerful spirit she lives well and
nobly every day of her life. This is
true greatness.
Everywhere that turn my thoughts
I find women as good as they arc fair
to look upon.--Atlanta Constitution.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07

ington, where her beauty. grace and
prestige have made her calling and
election sure She was Mrs. !lar,ison's
principal aid ut the first white house
reception Of the season, and has been
accorded the place Of honor ut many
state entertainments.
Exquisite gowns and jewels, which
always serve TO make pretty woman
prctticr, she has in rich abundance. Old
rose and blue arc her f;,voritc colors, and
1T recent reception ut Mrs. Mol'ton's she
WAS like a quaint picture, in Il trained
gown Of blue velvet. wrcathed with
roses from corsage to hem.
She traces her lineage back to Pris'
ella and John Alden of Mayflower
fame, and is worthy Of her ancestry.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
Not Given y Fair show.

Mrs Quibble-The trouble with you.
you are never willing to admit it.
Mr.. bubble - Oh! yes, I'm ready
enough: but when never make mis-
take, l don't have any chance to admit
it-Light
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
A Timely SuYyestian.

Mrs. Peterby Thomas, your hat is
right shabby. You want to buy your
self new one.
Judge Peterby-This old hat is good
enough for me.
Mrs. Peterby latter PAUSE Then
you can at least buy me one..Texas
SiftinuS
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
pOcketed the Insult.

First Waiter-Dar's some mighty
mean folks in Boston. You noticed dat
hatchet-faced man what Tsc been wait
in on.
Second Waiter-What's de matter wild
him?
ale insulted me wild dime"
What did yer do?''
Il accepted it wild indignashun.
Texas Siftings.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
MRS. JUSTICE BROWN.

4 Prominent Figure in tac Social Life of
tao National Capital.
One of the most prominent women in
the social life Of the national capital.
says Lcslic's Illustrated Newspaper. Is
Mrs. Caroline Pitts Brown. the beauti-
full wife of the new justice of the United
States supreme court. Hon. Henry s.
Brown. At her sunptuors home in Dc
troit she has always welded potent
her personality less pervasive in Wash
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
Tales Of Two Cities.

Omaha Man (proudly)-Thousands OF
Nebraska cows have to be MIXED twice
ii day to supply Omaha alone.
Chicago Man (loftily)-Pooh! Thou
sands of Illinois cows have to be MIXED
four times a day to supply Chicago.
Y WeeklY
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07

A passenger on the steamer offered
one of the sailors glass of whisky,
which the honest tar declined, saying:
mo, thank'ee, sir, never drink whis-
ky, besides it's too early yet; and thru
ly. l have had three glasses already
--Humoristische&
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07

Bess--What is your dogs name?
Bellc-Towser.
Bess-What pretty dog, and such an
original name. Where did you get it,
Light.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
Better All Around.

i. +. vi don't know how it may be
in your state, but in Virginia, sir, blood
is thicker than water.
Old kaintuck-I have no doubt of it,
sir, and great sight more palatable,
reckon.-Munsey's Weekly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
A Very had Habit.

Nothing is more indicative of i'll
breeding than the familiarity with
which men and women make use Of
each others given names. It is well
enough for schoolmatcs and college
chums to use diminutives, or plain Mary
or John, in addressing their compan.
ions, but with the other evidences Of
personal dignity acquired by maturity
should be that of exclusivencss in the
use Of ones baptislnal title. Not only is
it well for women to refrain frcm using
the first name of their male friends in
speaking to them, but, in private as
well as public, certain fine reserve is
maintained by adopting this course,
says the Illustrated American. It is
just as easy tc refer to Mr.. Jones as Mr..
Jcnes, insteB of Tom, Jim or Win, only
in the latter case degree of intimacy
is implied complimentary to neither
party. After all, it is 4 mere habit, and
by little careful correction lady will
soon find herself quite as fluent in adj
dressing and mentioning her masculine
acquaintance by their correct titles as
when she undisnifiedly spoke of them
in the same terms her cook employs in
abiding to the grOotaS
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07

Black wool is worth from five To ten
cents per pound less than E,e CORE
spending grade of white wool. A sheep
raiser, in order to insure the separation
OF the inferior product, placed his black
sheep in pen by themselves. There
were sixty-three Of these dark-colored
animals when he left them one night,
but on returning the next morning he
found three Of them killed by wolf
that had managed to gain entrance to
the pen, while the remaining sixty had
turned perfectly white from terror. The
gain in value of the wool on the sixty
more than repaid the loss of the three
-(,hicapO Times
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
No Harm Done,

Gucst--Waiter, your finger Is in the
soup
Waiter-No natter. sir; ! can wash
it.-JWy.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
HUMOROUS.

Tomorrow and tomorrow and to-
morrow"-The three days of grace ona
notc.-Puck.
From Spcech--'Gcntlemcn we
have great cause for rejoicing that the
stone which has SO long weighed upon
our hearts has been finally removed
from our necks."-F'liegende Batter.
-Emily-"Now that you arc engaged
to Harry, does he ever ask you for
kiss?' Julia-"IIc never has yet"
Emily-"Dear me! Is he bashful?"
Julia-"Oh, no; he takes them without
asking. Herald.
The patcpt-medicine almanacker
who published on one page arecipe for
making lobster soup with milk and on
the opposite page an advertisement of
unrivaled cure for dyspepsia under
stands his business.-Recorder
A spiritualist asks: Ibid you ever
go into dark room where you could
see nothing and feel that there was
something therc?" Yes, frequently, and
the something unfortunately CHANGED
to be a ng-chair.-Yonkers States
man.
-''Oyez! Oyer! Oycz-' shouted the
annoying little brother as he stuck his
head into the parlor. What do You
mean by such noise?' asked his sister
"Ycr feller, John Jaykins. is coming
down the front walk, and the court is
now in session. "-Washington Post.
A Great business Centcr.-Tcnder-
foot-'What a wonderful town Empire
City must be! Only two years old, and
man from there assured me yesterday
that it contains twenty-five banks"
Native-"Yes. Twenty-onc of them are
faro banks. Chicago Saturday Herald.
-Obedient TO Orders.-Hostess-"
Rackshaw, let me introduce Hon. Mr..
Goldmedal." Mr.. Goldmedal Immature
but rising statesman)-''Howdy, Miss
Rackshaw! believe I've been appoint
ed by the-the steering committee to
take you out to supper. Chicago Trib-
nne.
Two Polish peasants happened to
meet. Tell me, did you know that
Naida's cow was dcad?' Good
heavens! But you are not going to tell
him the news as blunt as that?" NO,
shall prepare him. First am going
to tell him that his mother has died;
then can break the news about the
COW. Paris Figaro.
Wonderful Contrast.-The head
master of the girls high school is describ-
ing to the class the beauty of the Alps.
which he has visited during his vaca-
ton, and ends his lecture in these
words: land there, with one foot |
stood on the ice of the glacier. while
with the other was plucking the most
beautiful Acknowledgements Batter.
Mrs. Wagleigh (dejectedly)-"W
appear to be drifting further and fur
Their apart every month, Jack. You
have grown cold and reserved, though
before we were married it was alto
gether different. You seemed to dotc
on me then, and used to say how all
your friends would envy you could they
realize my true worth" Mr.. Wagleig;,
Extraordinarily well -- err you
see, the figure is fully fifty thousand less
than thought it was. Light.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
OLD SOD HOUSES.
Curious Houses Of the Esquimauz
in South Greenland.

They Are All Built on One Model and Al
Face the Same way-Small FaEni-
lies the Rule Contents OF
the Queer Huts.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
The Rivals.

Mrs. Tiptop-I'm sorry you were nov
at my reception last evening.
Mrs. Highup (coldly)-I received no
invitation.
Mrs. Tiptop with affected surprised
Indeed, it must have miscarricd. ! had
among my guests three foreign counts.
Mrs. Highup-So that is where they
were? l desired to engage them last
evening to wait on table at our theater
party supper, but the employment agent
told me they were out.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07
At the Dclxartc Class,

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., young ladies, sit
like this. Relax all your muscles, but
keep your thoughts on yourself and en-
deavor to feel that you are breathing
through every pore in your body. Feel
just like great big sponge gradually
absorbing moisture.
Ethel Ito fr;endD-Do you feel like "a
great big SPONGE" Nellie? I'm sure you
ought to, for you let me pay all the
car fares this morning. s
Weekly,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-07


note paper he always used, he wrote to
Miss Wellington thus:
My DEAR MISS BLANCHE-Had time permit
ted last night should have urged you to &C
cep. my hand and heart. But the crowd was sc
great and the opportunity for private converse
tion so limited, that II was impossible. You
promised 10 write to me-may hope for q
favorable answer. II 50, please appoint time
for me to call and tell you all would say, more
fully than can commit 1t to paper Yours,
L. WESTON.
There as he folded both letters and
placed them in their envelopes, Il fee
pretty sure of her reply, and now for q
smoke
This was in the morning, and in the
evening Fred Bent dropped in. as was
his custom.
For few moments the two men
smoked in silence.
Then there was knock on the door
| which Mr.. Weston answered
When he came back into the room he
held in his hand two letters.
IF You will excuse me, Fred. | will
read these" he said.
''Oh, certainly-go ahead. From the
fair charmers. SUPPOSE
Laurence Weston opened the letters
at random.
The first read like this:
DEAR MIR. WEsToN-Although your proposal
was q great surprise to me. for l always
thought you were not a marrying man, car
say that am inclined TO regard it-and you
favoraby II you will call tomorrow at ten
shall be glad 10 receive you. Yours,
BLANCHE STURTEvAST.
Blank dismay was pictured on his
features AS he opened the other and
read:
terial to me whether your language of last
night was joke or not, and no apologies are
necessary. Allow me TO advise you, though,
that in well.regulated society such jokes are
considered insults to u woman Yours
BLANCHE WELLINGTON.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
Prize Chicken Cooking.

Prince Bismarck s old chef, who is
now head cook in n big Berlin restau-
rant, recently won novel bet, and
gave a surprising eXnIDIUlOn on ms
mastery OF the culinary art, says an
exchange. He had wagered $25 that
he could kill, clean, cook and serve a
chicken all in six minutes
The wager was decided at night in
the cafe of the restaurant, in the
presence of a big crowd. The cook
appeared at 9 o'clock on an impro-
vised platform, upon which stood a
gas cooking stove. He held a live
chicken high above his head, and the
fowl cackled loudly. One blow of a
keen carver severed the head from
the neck, and the cook began to pick
the feathers with great swiftness. 1t
took Just one minute to get rid of
every feather. In less than another
minute the expert had opened and
cleaned the fowl, and had placed it
upon Il broiler on the gas stove.
The cook busted himself at the broil
er, seasoning the fowl as it cooked.
1t lacked Just a second of the sixth
minute when he stepped from the
platform and served the chicken to
the nearest guest to great applause.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
Neatness in Girls.

Neatness is a good thing fer a girl,
and if she does not learn it when she
is young, she never will. 1t takes a
great deal more neatness to make n
girl look well than it does to make a
boy look passab!e. Not because n
boy, to start with, is better looking
than a girl, but his clothes are of n
different sort, not so many colors in
them; and people don't expect a boy
to look SO pretty as girl. A girl
that is not neatly dressed is called a
sloven, and no one likes to look at
her. Her face may bepretty, and her
eyes bright, but if there is a spot of
dirt On her cheek, and her fingers ends
are black with ink, and her shoes are
not laced or buttoned up, and her
apron is dirty, and her collar is not
buttoned, and her skirt is torn, she
cannot be liked. Learn to be neat,
and when you have learned it, it will
almost take care of itself.-Christian
at Work.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
ArraneIng a churoh sooIabIe.

Do not let a few do all the work;
divide the labor and the responsible
ty, says Mrs. Lyman Abbott in the
November Ladies' Home Journal.
Let those who are active i'm other de-
partments of church work find the
evening restful. Give the Sunday
school superintendent an easy chair,
and the sexton an extra plate of ice
cream. Each woman in the congre-
CATION should feel that il is her duty
to increase the interest in the success
of the evening. She should invite n
shy neighbor, urge a sad one, or ac-
company a lonely one TO the sociable
and introduce her to at least one
friendly soul. | speak of women, es-
uecially, because theirs seems to be the
privilege of guiding and controlling
social life generally.
Those who take the place of hosts
for the evening may find use for the
tact and ingenuity they have. A
word here, a acordial hand-shake there,
an introduction which promises "A
congenial acquaintance, skillfully
managed interruption when n tete-a-
tete is two prolonged-itis is not aplace
for getting into a corner with your
particular friend, all cliques should be
broken up-these are what make a
hostess in her own parlor a success,
and these will make the leaders in
church society successful.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
Hidden Treasure.

A few days ago a store of bright
silver dollars bearing dates from
1923 to 1880 were sent to the Econ
omy Bank in Pennsylvania, and they
have a history. When Father Rapp
was the patriarch of Economy there
appeared-this was in 1S30-a man
who styled himself Count Leo Pioli.
He brought with him thirty German
followers, and the whole party was
received into the Society. Pioli was
a plausible scamp, with a talent for
intrigue, and he soon had the good
brethren by the ears, One day he de-
manded for himself and his clique
half of the Society's funds, To get
rid of the fellow Father Rapp turned
over to him 100000, and Pioli took
himself off with the money and set
up a rival society at Phillipsburg
This came to grief, and when the
funds of the colonists ran low Piol
planned u raid on the treasures o
Economy. Somebody warned the
good Father Rapp, who with the nine
trustees, buried the wealth of the
Society. The raiders came, but only
to be routed By women of the settle
ment. The money recently deposited
in the Economy Bank was only {
part of the store, the place of con
\ cealment of which is known only t.
L the trustees of to-day, who in turl
\ will disclose the secret to their sue
II cessOrs.