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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-01-03

Great Britain and Continental Europe
have Just had The heaviest fall cf SNOW expert
oneed In many years.
Reports arr full Of the rcappcarance
Of thu Nihiliss npccser In Russia, aud all sorts
Of demonstrations arr spprchendel
Great suffering isreportcd among tho
poor In England. aud thousands % The lerii.
tute arr seeking refuge In workhotss~ and III.
nrmArie..
Dispatches from the British forces
In Afghshis,An report that TIM important town
Of JclalAbad WA occupied BY 0cn. Brownies
column on tho .sHh. without opposition. A
depnsAsion of nosablrs of Tho city went ont 10
neet TIM Invaders. aud Tho whole population
appeared 10 bc friendly.
aambctta predicts that the republi.
cans Will have 4 good majority In the mex.
french kenale.
4 telegram from Berlin says thu Ao-
c.llsi Inv II bcinR enforced With removed ~.
verify. seventeen publications have becn pro.
htbisel In inipsic alone
Scotland Inns been visited by another
gre~t snow -ssorm. blocking all the railroads.
The Macedonian insurgents ARE rally.
Inv. Means and resources Arc hring supplied
them from bulgaria.
At Madrid. the supreme Court ol
Justice has finally condemned 10 death Monc.r
who attempted 10 asa4ssnAte Tho King
snlciman pasha, whose alleged mis-
conduct of she Turkish armies during ,l,e lat
war wsH due 10 DAmAd lashA's order, hns l,ee,
pArlon~l
A marriage has hcn arranged lc
tweet, the lnfansA Pillar. sister 10 the king III
spain. AMI thu freneh Prince De Joinsillc,
eldest sa.l.
Robbers attacked train near pmehlM
Mexico, rrwnsly, killed the hAwgaEc master
wounded thu conductor. and escaped Will
VI, ,1xu lii silver
Eastern Ronmelians will stubbornl,
resist tl,e execution of she Berlin treaty
A disastrous firc IN reported 10 have
Waited Hong Kong. china. IN tho 's,sh snai MI
u ncvmlrr.
The town ~ IT. Louis lcl Norl, Ii
liAytl. hA~ i~rn swep. Away BY river changing
IL eourss. anil many lives lnst
Tho stcamship Emily +. Sou.lcr
hound from New York 10 Turks Island, W,
lately lost q ~ea, sugeshcr With nearly her m
tire crew AMI passenger.
Tho live. ~ thu Austrian Emperor
and Empress arc regarded III such serious dan
ger from asnasrins that their royal person
have hrn surrounded by an Increased numle
of guards.
Dean Stanley will revisit Amcric,
shortly.
The recent fatal epidemic has disap
psAred from Morono
Tho losx ii life by tho sinking of Iii,
steamship Emily u kouder, lu sie West lndIes
IL placed II twenty.
Eighty people were killed Or wonnde.
In tlls recent encounter between Russian stu
| dents and thu militia ~ kiefI
Ad,iccA from thc far East report TIM
tim hobcrts, commanding tlss Atghsnisssh IN
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-01-03

4 Washington dispatch ~ Drc27 says !.
Tlr Teller .nlainr Committee mt yesterday.
fnrmall, acknowledged that they are I.o~erlcss
oa account of want Of funds. and adjourned 10
meet q, the call " the Chairman There csn
~ liitlr doubt that, NJ far ~ any practical IN.
se~siRasinn g"er, the neglect 10 provide IN ap.
preparation will rcsnis Ii, III. defeat ri the en-
tire inquiry senator blaine, III ilr course d
his argument In support VI tie investigation.
urged tha, II the inquiry WAS 10 have an, value
ihe committee mns, rrncccd south immediate
u AMI do the greater portion " its work dur
Ing ihe vsr~s, II has lrcomc necessary
10 pursue 4 different course, AMI II II
general, conceded that ilr rcSuIt will
be seriously - cripple. II no, entirely ~ ,cfrs.
pnrr~rr II investigation. The main reason
for this II, " course, 4 reliance upon The
saim' appropriation snppo~cd 10 be available.
but. aside from that and apart frum strictly
Democratic opposition. thr checks upon the
investigation have Mcn twofold Firri, the
iealoury hcswecn rival Presidential candidates
In thu SeMasc, Sron,i, The traditional hostility
that conservative body ts new member.
anil MI nnwilingnc~. on .hc par, ~ the oldes,
SENATOR'S in permit new man to take thc lead
u anything. Ad,led ~ ihis IL tiac desire ~,
the part of some Republicans noi 10 reope,, tho
So,lshern question. !
4 Washington Telegram ~ the mt,
ull ~Ays "the opinion " the firs, Comr,rollei
Of iie 1rAsnr, NJ Ia the nse of est0n for the
nlaine committee has finally been nserr,ilesl.
acting Attorney General phillip2 deciding ,la'
under fair construction of the law the kenai.
eaI, n@e tho appropriation for any investigation
whatever. Iilainc~ Teller investigation will I'M.
t,esliAtel, proceed, nn,l rnb committee will ls
either .ent 10 south casollns and Louisiana, o,
prominent wi,nesrer will he summoned hire.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-01-03
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-01-03

Jerry Little, the leader u one II ihe
riyal factions In thc lsrcatliiti county
Ky vendetta. hax evidently been shot
more than my other n,an III The United
Btatcs. His body Ii scarcely anything
but Mars. hc has bullet wounds III his
feet. his logs. his arms. his face. his side.
his brraSt. his hack, shoulders. heal.
and neck. put my hand hcmcath his
shirt. nnd fclt bullets Iii nll parts III hin
body. On hiH loft side there Mrr three
that seem a. In very close II the surface.
Ono day he was going home from Jack
son tai,ont two miles Distant. when he
was wAylAid and shot. liz MA taken
home, when twenty.1evcn bnckxhot we're
taken ont III hts clolhcs, and nine ~
thcm entered bin body. and arc there
yet. Hc must bcar Il charmed lifr. fnr
II seems very strange TINT man could
20 through what hc Inns and not lose IL.
They have hit nearly every spot ON him
except the vital parts. Lonisriiie
fDHrier-.iunruui.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-01-03
The Meg.t'holera Commission.

Congress having appropriated. nj tho
previous session, 4iO,OtDD 10 pny the *
penscx III investigating the nature and
cnnxe 81 thr diseases prevalent am~ng
swine. the Commissioner of Agriculture
appointed u number II competent gem.
tlemcn in the states III Indiana. I'LL.
nois. Iowa. Nebraska. Kansas. Missouri.
North Carolina. Virginia and the west
crn part of New York. who have hern
engaged In prosecuting their inve.iiga.
tions, and have nrnrly Nil submitted ~.
tended reports, which hnve been cnre.
fully eollatcd aud tle results cml,o,lie.l
In n report TINT will shorll, bc presented
to Congress. From these papers II mp.
pears that thc identity of the disease IN
All portions III tlle country IL pretty
thoroughly established. and tho tcrm
"liog cholera appears ~ h. ,ni.noncr,
and that la I'LL casrs VI thu discnse tn.
lungs appear 10 br affected. Among the
gentlemen engaged in tlr investigation
arr DR.. II. j. Detmos. the veterinary
writer for the Chicago Tribune. rnuf
LAW. nf The Cornell University; Dr. u
W. Noylcs, ~ New Albany. Ind. alltl
Dr. Salmon, of North Carolina. from
whose knowledge II IL supposed tim,
the results of thc investigation will
prove ii the highest Importance IN
throwing light on 4 subject which ha,
never lmen fully understood, and III
checking Il disease whose rnvag.a yrarl,
destroy \ large portion u thc revenue
~ onr stock rAisers nnd farmers. .sei
rHtiHe american.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-01-03
wAsHIM0ToM NOTES.

After examining the whole subject,
sion of The ea,.uD appropriated for .i,o ,sc ~
tho Hcna.e 10 investigate tie frauds In tho
electoral cnnnt can h. applied h she purposes
" thu nlaine committee. The committee Will
therefore hAvo ~ walt Tor separate xpproprtA-
tian, Ia which case ihc House can hase chance
u dcl,ssing III. Aonshcrn question, and Il can
also ~ rulHnod IN tho Hcnasc.
There hAve becn distribntcd during
tho year. from the United Sialcs Department of
Agriculture. over SO,AD tea plants, and ~
many more viii ~ distributed during the
comm. year. Commissioner l<sluc IL conh-
tyrnt ~ sMgsueN.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-01-03

Information hH bccn received III the
State Department that = nhip-loMd of
AnthracitN coal from Reading. Pa, hMs
reached Geneva, Switzerland, and sold
~ handsome price. This II tho first
shipment of coal from the United States
~ any of the continental countries of
Europe. The Charge d'Ahhircs vi
Switzerland speaks with confidence that
there cnn i,e found large aud profit
ablc market Tor American coal not only
In Switzerland, bnt even more profitable
In France, Spain and Portugal.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-01-03

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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-01-03

4 woman take. her nightcnp. looks In
the glass. aud jumps into thu bed; the
old 1nan looks IN the glass. takes his
"niel,t.'al,." and generally stays mp NIL
night. Elmira Gazette.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-01-03

SWITZERLAND sends ~ nnc.unarter
the value of the ribbons .he sent 10 ~
fye years ago.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-01-03
rHG MONETARY tRlS,>.
AMss.a,.s ". sssrs.#. sssa.


Mr., Alexander N. Ntsl,hrns. sas. N
Washington correspondent rf Western
Journal, II still ~ ihr nIsntnn thai ri.
country IN gninr III tie .irmplsan i~,e.
wo~s. He says the present IA .tie II
ihe sesrrr~t mrnctaf. ,ii..s thu c.an.
try Inns rs.f i,cen rallied sn pass tlltaaeh
A. ta the matter ~ r.snmptiun. h. sa,s
he Inns nuihinR IN Sny against " ei.t'
N rninr. lint, unless something u ,laue
u relieve the distress ~ the lMurlv.
there will ~ terrible suffering" Mhen
asked ~hal measures II rrltci he waul.i
suggest. Mr.. stephens answered: Il
would relieve The stringenry hy the is.
snnncc II silver dollars. silver hullioi,
anil poll bullion lmrr, nnd silver ccriiIi.
Gates aud gold certificates III MA equal
amount, ] have already embodied my
views In hill which II now Ia thc rps
session of the Committee oh Coinage,
Weights and Measures. aud which. nj
the earliest opportunity, shall present
~ the House. This bill provides fur
the unlimited issue nj bullion that In IL
say. they arc never ~ exceed the
amount III bullion, hut they may exceed
the amount of coined mnney NJ any onr
time In existence hundrca.fold. The
trouble with the country /. not IL, the
quality of its money. hut Ia its quantity.
People mnv talk ~ they will about
thc .lcsirahility ~ il pnlcr dollar which
slall hc II par witl, gold or silver, l
want dollars a. bc III par with .nrh
other, hut also wnit enough ~ illem
to dn the hisiness of the country with.
There arr not nearly enough III them
now. and hence th. terrible Stringcncy
III the labor markets nf the world. My
plnn will cniitlc tlc holder ~ bullion,
gold or silver. ~ carry II a. the Mint anil
have II stamped and get Ills certificate
therefor. which certificates would have
leHal.trn.lcr money uf valnc. II takes
III longer to Stampnn lmr ~ silver ths
figures descriptive III iss weight. nn,l
therefore yalnr, thnn II does III stamp Il
dollar ani not 40 long. These eertifi-
cntcs | would make fnll legal tender. r..
ceiyable for public and private d.hts,
The hran.y of my plan II that II will
aet quickly. Large blocks u bullion
cnn NJ once be- stamped. md the eerti.
iie.ter iSsnr,l IN multiplss ~ n ,uN,, sns.
Or smaller. even down to fractions ~ II
dollar. IN this way W should not lave 10
whit for the slow anl wenfisome process
of coming the standard dollars. Two
or three hundred million dollars worth
nf eertiiirates could be issued In very
little while, nnd TINT amount of legal
tender injected into the great arteries
~ trade will revive business ~ hyn mi.
vanir shock, and thr reaction will be
entirely henlthy. too"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-01-03

MEvEaOEN's
INV
FURNITURE
WAR9RooMs,
r~w Nm. Sas,A " sr~mA~ii. ~sss@.
cNesco. IOWA,
|. .utys.a 80, y, 'stv..' ssa ss.. .'s~se,-s 7
sssAss saa aaat8ssss ssss e1,st 4 i tfs sssss4s
rverv,hinv New---I.atesi Etvles.
~ Os.N sas,ON~.
s,~nssssiss ~
EXTENSION TABLES.
SECRETARIES, HOOK CASES.
wAnpnonEs. BUREAUS.
nEDsTEAps. cHAil.s.
SPRING BEDs. MATTRESSES,
LOUNGES AND SOFAS.
BRACKETS. WHAT NoTs.
LOOKING GLASSES.
PICTURE FRAMES.
CURTAIN coRNICEs.
III shesi sysrs As.ies hslnns,ng u tlae trade ana
sHd aaaiiea 10 lac ~snis ~ the e"sAanniiy.
UNDERTAKING
In Aii IT. branches promptly attended 10, either day
T night
~ has large assortment ~
Oofiins, Burial Gases and Oaskets,
autr~. and VI ~Mstt styic Ana ntaHhew orderc M
ths n.,,st NJ vAeonAlie rIireS.
Thanking thr public fof fRtnss Ahd In confidence
In tlT past ~ HTH IN Asssr. his friends tint he n
dvtevmiaed move than evrr ~ Mrvit tAelr conn
drnee, resi,set and enntinucd patronage,
Il. MEvERDEN.
Cresco. nee. NJ. isTs.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-10-02
THE OBJECTS OF STUDY.

The duties Of the teacher are terse-
ly set forth in The New York School
Jo,@mol as follows: His business is
to develop. discipline and train the
powers by which knowledge is gain
ell besides, in perf'rming this work
he will lodge in a secure and usable
form all the useful knowledge ossl-
ble. He will make as his great lead
ing object the training Of the mind
he will next direct the pupils atten-
tion to his own mental processes, to
show him when he thinks accurately;
this is sometimes called teaching tc
Mink;; he will teach the pulpit to
arrange and classify his knowledge
he will teach the pupil to give good
expression to his knowledge. These
being the objects the teacher aims at,
he requires study in order that he
may secure these objects; they may
be set down as the objects of study
And if person has no teacher, he
still needs all of the above effects
and to produce them he uses study
1t is plain, then, that study is the in
dispensable means to be employed tt
obtain education.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-10-02
GEN. GRANTS WELCOME HOME

SAN FRANCISCO, September 2l.-
Upon the arrival of the steamer
City of Toxic al her wharf last eve-
ming Gen. Grant was received by the
Governor and staff, the city officials
and executive committee. and was
welcomed by Mayor Bryant in. a
brief speech. He then took q car
riage and drove to the Palace Hotel
at the head of an immense procession
and accompanied by great crowds.
Bon6ress sblazed at the streetcorners
every window was, Illuminated, and
the glare of Roman candles and .elec-
tic lights made. the broad ho:ough-
fares brieht as day. Under COR
tinuous archway Of flags, banners,
festoons and draperies, the process
sion moved up Market street to Mont
gomery, and turned down the latter
street. Crowds blocked the side
walks, cheer after cheer rolled along
the whole line of march, and aimest
drowned the martial strains of the
numerous bands. Broad ensigns toss
ed in the night winds, glaring with
the light of fires, rockets and fire
balls. A light mist lowering over
the city reflected the light Of the
fireworks and Examinations until the
heavens seemed ablaze. Not only
the streets on the line Of march but
the cross streets between Market
street and Montgomery avenue were
brilliant with decorations. Even the
Chinese quarterseemed to have caught
the infection, and from hundreds of
staffs great dragon flags aaunted their
fantastic blazonry beside the stars
and stripes. Continuing its march
the procession moved through Mont
gomery avenue to Kearney street.
Here, if possible, the crowds were
still more dense and enthusiastic, and
the display Of fireworks, electric
lights, lime light, and every conceiv-
able means Of illumination increased
the brilliancy. On its arrivalat Ma'i-
ket street the procession. after NOV
ing up q few blocks, counter-marched
to the Palace. Hotel. Here a magni-
ficent arch, forty-feetin height, spann-
ed New Montgomery street, blazoned
with the national colors and bearing
the inscription, Welcome to Grant"
At this point the carriage contain
ing the General was drawn up, while
the procession s.marched in review,
cheer after cheer -cnding Che air as
division after division passed by. On
the conclusion Of the review the va
rious organizations were dismissed,
and Gen. Grant was conducted to his
quarters in the Palace Hotel, which
had been 6. ecially prepared and fur
nished for his reception.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-10-02
A LESSON FOR SCANDAL MON.
GERS,

Scandal mongers CON learn lesson
from the story told the old woman
who freely used her tongue to the
scandal Of others and made a con-
fession to the priest of what she had
done. He gave her ripe thistle top
and t,ld her to go in various direc'
tions to scatter the seed one by one.
Wondering at the penance, she obey
ell and then returned and told her
confessor. TO her amazement he told
her to go back and gather the scat
tered seed; and when she objected
that it would be impossible; he re-
piled that it would be more difficult
to gather up and destroy all the evi
reports she had circulated about oth
ers. Any thoughtless, careless chill
can scatter Il handful Of thistle seed
before the wind in n moment, but th,
strongest and the wisest men cannot
gather them again. So the siandere
NAV scatter seeds of discord that n
effort can remove, and the grave ca
scarcely cover.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-10-02
INTERESTING SCIENTIFIC FACTS

Air is about SIG times lighter than
common water.
Water, when converted into steam,
increases in bulk $4,000 times.
One hundred pounds of Dead sea
water contains forty-six pounds of
salt.
The pressure Of the atmosphere
upon every square foot of the earth
amounts to AGO pounds.
An ordinary sized man, supposing
his surface to be fourteen square feet,
sustains the enormous pressure Of
30,540 pounds.
Heat rarifes air to such an extent
that it can be made to occupy 5000
times the space it did before.
During the conversion Of ice into
water, l40 degrees of heat are ab-
sorbed.
The mean annual depth Of rain
that falls at the equator is ninety-six
inches. ~
The explo:Ve force of close con-
fined gunpowder is six and a half
tons to the square inch.
The greatest artificial cold ever
| produced is ninety-one degrees Fab
renheit.
The violence Of the expansion Of
water when freezing is sufficient to
cleave globe Of copper of such
thickness as to require force ol
$4,000 pounds to produce like effect
Water obstructs one half Of the
perpendicular rays of the sun in
seventeen feet and three fourths in
thirty-four feet, and less than one
thousandth part reaches the depth Of
200 feet; hence the bottom Of deep
water is in total darkness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-10-02
A CURIOUS ECHO.

A few days ago two gentlemen had
occasion to take skitf at Morgan
City to row across Atchafalya Bay to
Berwick, on the opposite side, about
twilight. After reaching the shore
at the point where the ferry boat
Porter lands, they had occasion to
call back to Morgan City for friend
who had been left behind. The dis
tance across is less than half mile,
and the human voice can easily reach
it. A prolonged call was made, and
the parties listened for a response.
In about fifteen seconds, to their sur
prise the same call came back, with
all the peculiar Infections of voice
that were given iii the call. Think
ing that some one was the other side
the party recited verses in Italian
Latin and Spanish, after a delay
they came back, the echo repeating
as many as twenty words distinctly
Unlike most echoes, this Of Morgan
City repeats whole sentences and no
tile least diminished by reverberatlon
1t has already become a .ovelty TO
the denizens Of those patsy. 6
Prnyune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-10-02
THE RlNDOO WOMEN.

The Hindoo women, when young,
are delicate and beautiful, so far as
we can reconcile beauty with the OIL
i've complexion. They are finely pro-
portioned; theil limbs small, their
features soft and regular, and their
eyes birch and languishing; but the
bloom of beauty soon decays, and
age makes rapid progress before they
have seen thirty years. This may be
accounted for from the heat of the
climate and the customs of the coun.
try, as they are often mothers at
twelve years of age.
No woman can be more attentive
to cleanliness than the Hindoos they
take every method to render their
persons delicate, soft and attractive ;
their dress is peculiarly becoming,
consisting of long piece of silk, or
cotton, tied round the waist, or hang
ing in graceful manner to the feet;
it is afterward brought over the body
in negligent folds; under this they
cover the bosom with short waist
coat of satin, but wear no linen. Their
long black hair is adorned with jew
els and wreaths Of flowers their ears
are bored in many places, and loaded
with pearls; variety Of gold chains
strings of pearls and precious stones,
fall from the neck over the bosom,
and the arms are covered with brace
lets from the wrist to the elbow They
have also gold and silver chains round
the ankles, and an abundance Of
rings on their 6ngersand toes; among
those on the fingers is frequently a
small mirror. l think the richer the
dress the less becoming it appesrs,
and Hindoo woman of distinction
always seems to be overloaded with
fneryf while the village nymphs, with
fewer ornaments, but in the same ele-
CANT drapery, are more captivating
although there are very few wo-
men, even Of the lowest families,
who have not some jewels at their
marriage.
In these external decorations con-
sists the pride and pleasure Of these
uninstructed females; for very few,
even in the best OF families, know
how to read or write, or are capable
Of intellectual enjoyment. We learn
from Homer that the women in an
cient Greece always kept in retired
part Of the house, employed in en-
broidery or other feminine occupa-
tions; and at this day the Indian fs-
males are never seen by thoser-gho
visit the master of the family. -
know but little OF the world. and
are not permitted to eat with their
husband OF brother, nor to as 'ociate
mith otlnr men