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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-18

WASHINGTON, August Is. - The
following was sent four minutes
past 8 O'Clock: Gen. r. b. Hayes,
Fremont, Ohio Have reached an
other very serious point in the case.
The presidents condition at this
hour, 8 P. n, is OF a character that
causes great anxiety. We hope for
better things i'll the morning.
III q lnRnNN
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-02-24

It is probable that few people are
aware how definite and lucrative pro-
fession is that of the regular beggar. In
many cases it is hereditary calling,
like that OF Homerids, or epic singers Of
Chios, or the Aslepiads, or healers of
Cos. An acquaintance Of the writer's
happened the other night to light upon
a member Of the profession who was re-.
freshing himself in public house. He
was stout middle-aged man, apparent
" in good case. 81 never did days
work in my life, !" said the man, in tho
course of conversation, neither did my
father before me, nor his father before
him and shall take good care that my
children sha'n't do il"
asker" is, it seems, the pleasing
enphemism by which this band Of the
leisured class is accustomed to designate
itself in private life A lady Of our nc
auaintance asked brisk young parlor
maid, who had given her notice as being
about TO be married, "What is the en-
p!oyment Of your husband that is to
be?" He is nh asker, ma'am," was
the reply. g But what is an asker "
Further questions were rather put aside,
but it turned out that by an "asker /"
was meant professional beggar. The
young lady had u strong belief, which
was probably justified by the result,
that an "asker would be able to sup
port her in comfort.-PaU Mall Ga
.ekfe
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-02-24

With waiting ana wishing our courses We pavej
We wait for the port as We battle the wave;
It's waiting forever from cradle 10 grave.
Visiting fus morn, - serene In lis light;
Waiting for noon-day 40 brilliantly bright;
Wait ne ct eve Tor rerosc In the night.
Waiting for zephyrs in sprins-time that blcwi
Wait NC for summer mud flowers that grows
Waiting for winter and swift.fang snow.
Waiting Is ever the bosom's refrain,
In oaHacAts 81 pleasure and moments Of FAihs
Waiting, tlpeagh stricken again and again.
WaKing in childhood for youths joyous time;
~ waiiinT" rays Youth, abut Ill certainly
climb
Tothe ssp 4 the ladder on reaching my priso"
In manhood awaiting the time when he may
End rest on camcr, q happier day
when ags shan relieve frOM the worrying fray.
Waiting WREN FMtAne sheds brightly her smile;
Wien choice scs the pleasures the pathway besuile,
TAevc alwaye 10 something ~ wait for the whiiA
Waiting Ia poverty anguish and gricf1
Waiting Tor heaven 10 send us yelivf,
Telling the heart that tire trial Is brief.
Aye, waiting for Joys that will never appeafs
Ma ting for voices never shall hear;
Waiting foe moments that never are near.
Waiting when SHINING and worn IN the strife,
With penitent throbbinxs the tsosotn Ii rife,
Waiting tie dawn AT kclitr life.
philadelphia Press.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-02-24
Fun in Camp.

The early settlers Of Kentucky had to
work hard and fight often with the In
dams. Their holidays were few, but
whenever men met some sort of physi-
cal contest was the amusement Of the
occasion. A Methodist minister, who
lived in Kentucky at the beginning Of
this century, tells of q curious sport he
once Witnessed battle with fire brands
for weapons.
He and hundred other stalwart set
tiers were engaged in opening a road
through the forest. It was good-nat-
ured, jolly company. The men worked
hard all day. At night they sat round
blazing fires of huge hickory logs and
told stories Of hunting bear and deer and
fighting Indians.
One night the story-tellers seemed Ia
have exhausted their yarns. The men
seemed nervous for some new excitement.
Suddenly one gave war-whoop. A
score Of yells answered. Every one
sprang to his feet.
Two Captains were chosen, and the
men told of in two companies. Each
man seized burning brand and the bat
tie began. There was but one rule OF
war-no brand should be thrown with
out fire upon it, SO that it might be seen
and lodged.
For two hours the battle continued in
perfect good nature. But, as the fires
became low, burning brands grew scarce.
The rule was broken and some were SO.
yerely wounded. The battle in play was
beginning to be fight in earnest.
Then came out the perfection of the
discipline they had acquired in Indian
wars. The loud voices of the Captains
cried "Halt" Each man dropped Iii,
brand. ITO camp!" and in few min
ntes the whole company, save the senti-
nels, we're ''between their blankets"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-02-24

TINT If Martin Battles, Of Charlotte, N.
Y, who twlhnts, sears aeo shot and
killed Cornelius Lynch.
He was tried and convicted Of murder
in the first degree, and sentenced to one
year in the Auburn pcl,itentiary, ind
then to he hanged. His case was
brought before the Court Of Appeals.
The court decided that the act Of the
Legislature was unconstitutional, and
Battles was set ut liberty. He enlisted
in the Union army, and served through
the late war. He then returned. He
declared that tie wns constantly haunted
Ivy the presence Of tile t,ati lie Ind killed,
and he was sorry that the sentence Of the
law had not been carried out. He en-
deavored to have himself placed ON trial
aenin, hoping that he would be recon
victcl and hanged. lie finally became
a maniac, and was placed IN the West
crn asylum for the insnne. He is still
al inmate OF that institution, and i'm.
AGNES that his victim is always present
in his cell for the purpose Of knocking
and torturihg him. He at times throws
himself on his knees and begs Lynch to
kill him. Although only 40 years Of
age, lis hair is as white rs a mans Of
10 Every Jay il one Of terror to him.
-Ncm York SIN.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-02-24
IJnta1,ed Shrews.

Look here" said a man to his busi-
ness partner, one day, I've have stood
your ult-fnding, when there is no cause
for i, about long enough. Il Yet can
not live with your wife without quarrel
ing, why, then, quarrel with her and be
done with il but do not bring your
quarrel at home to the store with you,
and vent the spleen You gather there on
the unoffendine clerks hgfs!'
This mans remonstrance was Well
founded. The partner had been pros
porous soung business man until he
married fnir-facea, %ell-eduSated girl,
who turned out; in practical; welded
life, an tlntamed shrew: Then his fort
unes began to fall the patience II his
partner at length became exhausted the
firm was dissolved, and the young man
went into bankruptcy, and found the
reproaches from his shrew-wife's tongue,
for his mismanagement and misfortunes,
much sharper than those from any Of
his numerous creditors.
A curious scene occurred in the course
Of trial in court in this city. A man
had SIZED his wife for divorce on the
ground Of cruelty oh her part=-not q
very common allegation in behalf Of the
husband, in proceedings for divorce.
Unexpectedly there appeared upon the
stage, ut this juncatt.r., smother man
who informed the complaining husband
that the woman had previously been
married to him and had never been di-
yorc,d, 50 that prosecution for bigamy
would lie. The two iLen conversed to-
gethcr, aside, ftr . fe~ moments, when
the second husband, turning to the
court, said: II have no doubt Of the
truth Of this mans story for he has re-
lated to me particulars Of the woman's
prosecutions such as 4 do not be,iere any
other roman ,ras cVcr guilty 81"
1t was q remark which, while it illus
trated his kgen appreciation Of the evil
spirit Of this Ole Hoinsn, Who had oc-
cupied to him the relation Of wife, at the
same time testified his mistaken conf,
dence in women in general, notwith-
standing his own bitter individual ex-
perience.
And this peseral eqpAdence was right
and well founded. the s,,nctrsion Of
the most profound student Of human
nature, on the subject Of women, that
they are better and worse than wc are,
is entirely sound. But, fortunately, the
crookcd-tcmpered, though considerable in
number, in comparison with the amiable
and good are but few. II ID true, as
we said at the beginning, the career Of
many ht,sbsnd has been blighted by
his having ilrwittinE1s married ND nm.
tanned shrew; but in reference 10 fal
greater number Of men it may he truth.
fully said: Ills life has been expanded
and swcetened by the companionshil
and devotion Of an angel-wife. "-Neu
York Ledger.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-02-24
Haunted by His Crime.

The following striking example Of the
state Of murderer's. heart, with its
ceaseless memory and perpetual sclf-ac-
cusation, brings fo.ci6ly to mind the
words Of Webster: "A yulture is do
yousing it, and it can ask no human as.
sistance or sympathy" The case Is
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-02-24

CONFIDENTIAL friend ito elderly and
not unattractive spinster dear,
you've given mp advocating women's
tightsl" Elderly spinsteF-'sYes, now
20 for woinen's. lefts."' Confidential
friend-hWbmen's lefts! What's that !?
Elderly spinster - 'Widowers, my
dear. "-Ptsnch.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-02-24
Japanese Raby Song.

Japan, as is well known, is the para
disc of childhood. BY the kindness Of
the author OF "Child Life in Japan we
are enabled to print cradle-song in the
original:
Nen-ne 10 yo-nen ne 10 20
Nen-ne no mort wa-doko ye yutA
Ano yama koyeto-sato ye yuta
6aso no miyago ni-nani morotA
Ten-ten taiko ni-sho no fuye
Oki-axxr koboshinx inu hari-ko.
Signifying in English
Lullaby, baby; lullaby baby!
Baby's nuraey, where has she 9onp1
Over those mountains she's gone to her village,
And from her village what VIII Nh. br;ag?
tantum drum and ban,lyo dute,
"darums" (Which Will neier turn over sna , pa'
per dog. y. - y"
-Nasers Mag0sise.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-02-24
Prof. Cnilmettc's French Liver Pad

viii posifiv.'y cure Fever and Ague, Dumb Ague,
Ague Cake, Bllioun Fever. Jaundoe, Dyspepsaa, aud
ail diseases az the Liver, stomach and Blood Price
$3.50 by mail. Send for Prnf 0uilmAites Ireatre
ON the Kidneys and Liver, free BY mail address
FRENCH Pan Ces1s
Toledo, Ohs0s
Sold b. Dr.. IL. cLEMMER druggist, Crsssc !. y.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-02-24

- $500 Reward.
OVER 4 MILLION
f Prof 0uilmstts's
FRENCH
Kidney Pads
- iIl.yc already , hoe-
N{~-.xat1si(P country
u ~ E<- and IN France;
ID every one Of which
~ WI1 has given perfect
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MN 49, md hsspcrf0rmeA
IN ssSssssx cures evssy si&s
WV wv when used
according 70 direc.
tions.
vii. iIy the above reward for single cess Of
LAME BACK
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ttmksles, Drop~y. Erlght's Dr. -
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-02-24

ITO week. 419 dag a. homo aaaily made. CtHtly
va, Outht tSce. Address TRUE Co. Augusta. Ne.
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-02-24

UeA = sseeh In yous own town. Terms and oS Outat
0OO free. Adslssas n. HALLKTT Co. Portland. Ne.
lsyl
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-02-24

Chicago
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AYanaton Line.
Line"
and CaIadas
road sur
W.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-02-24

library and sat down to the table to study
over the letter and see if it contained
more than at first appeared. More than
al hour was spent before anything was
found, when Nellie suddenly said:
II have it: read the first letter Of each
line: Find my money in the caves. !"
"Sure enough" said Charles, ''but
there are no caves on this island that l
know Of, and I have searched it pretty
thoroughly"
There must be, for I know Uncle
Eben had lots Of money, and no one
knew what he did with it. His son only
had about 800, 900, and he was said to
be worth five times that amount"
well. perhaps there is something
more ilsthe paper, said Charles. Let
try the last letter Of each line, and see il
there is anything in that" So they
again took the paper and read: 'Atsame
time yonr husband
Then they stopped and had hearty
laugh over the matter. The island had
certainly been the means Of their mar
riage, and if it was true in this respect,
il. might be in the other.
The rain ceased to fall toward night.
and Charles was SO impatient to hunt fol
the cave that, in spite Of the high winds,
he assembled the bluff and began To
search for some signs of the cave. He
found nothing there, however, and re.
turned to the house to get warm and to
think the matter over q little. After
half an hour he started out again. This
time he started for the base Of the bluff.
Arriving there he began q systematic
search, pulling away the bushes and
moving such fiat stones as seemed te
cover anything that looked like an open.
ing. He finely came to large one, and
weighing perhaps half a ton, which
seemed to move as he jumped upon it
Looking carefully about he found it wa.
nicely balanced on another rock below
aud 10 thought it would not be much
work 70 roll II OF. il he had q lever.
Asmsmbsstng . large stick hs had sssu
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-22
RAILROAD TALK.
Correspondent ponchato,lla Gazette.

Correspondent POnchat0,ila IaZette'
The advantages that would accrue
to Ponchatoula from railroad con-
Meeting it with Baton Rouge would
be perfectly immense, and not only
to Ponchatoula, hut to the whole sec
ton of country through which it
would pass, And the present is the
most favorable time to commence the
movement. Money is plenty and is,
seeking investment in railroad stocks
more than ever before. And no Won
der that it should do so. Look at the
presents figures compared with those
of even three years ago. Northwest
ern has risen from Is to l40; New
York Central, from IS to $50; Erie,
from 5 to 50; Lake Shore, from 40 to
1872: Ohio and Mississippi, from to
A; Hannibal and st. 10, from Z to
So Illinois Central, from 80 to l3o,
and so on; and there is scarcely
railroad in any part of the country
whose stock has not risen in nearly
the same proportion as those men
toned. This rise is far from being
all speculation, for the increased earn
ings of the roads justify the prices.
Of course, Wall street spectators
have maded their hundreds of mill
ions of dollars by it and looking at
the great fortunes made so rapidly
even by comparatively poor men, 1t
is not strange that people have be-
come wild over the subject Of rail
road stocks.
Now, were a road made directly
east from Baton Rouge to Mobile,
tile produce of the great Southwest
would have an outlet to the gulf and
the Atlantic, by much more direct
wav than the circuitous route by the
vov Of New Orleans and the jetties.
From Baton Rouge westward, what
ever link may be wanting to connect
with the Southern Pacific road would
be soon supplied. There is now only
fifteen miles to be constructed IL
New Mexico to unite the Atlantic
with the Pacific ocean 10y another
continuous chain of railroads. Then
with a road from Baton Rouge tt
Ponchatoula, and thence on to Mobile
, Ponchatoula would be on a Srea
5 thoroughfare from one ocean to TIT
, other. And with what facility l
Q could be built from Baton Roug
, through the pine woods to Mobile, o
: on to Pensacola-with almost n
t grading to be done. and all the tim
: Der necessary growing right where
q would be wanted. .u... ...
Il Why, if the stock Of such a roa
: was ready now to be put upon til
8 market in Wall street, it would a
IS be sold in months time, and in
y wear the road would be built ready ft
e use. Assuredly now is the most pro
u pitious time to inaugurate the ente
l. prise; now, when capital is plent
IA and railroad stocks are boomln
IL And it belOoves the citizens of Bate
= Rouge and Ponchatoula, as we'll
tl all whom such road would beneti
" to bestir themselves at once.
E. f. p. {.
is Hartford. Ct, Feb. oth. 1881.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-22

his brother, aud the jewelry upon the
body thrown into the Patoka river,
the body then dissected in q barn
near Winslow, the clothes and flesh
burned, and the bones wired into a
skeleton. "You can find your daugh-
ter's skeleton in my office at Win
Slow" this remarkable letter conclud-
ed. An investigation proved all the
statements of the letter true. How
the letter came to be mailed at Win
slow SO long after the fight Of Aust,
is a mystery.
These facts were published and
copied in the Canada papers.
They fell under the observation OF
the chief of detectives at Clinton, On
tarlo. and he at once concluded that
a man who had recently arrived in
that town was DR.. Thomas Aust.
Correspondence with the Pike coun-
ty authorities confirmed this suspl-
cion, and Aust was arrested. On
Tuesday Sheriff Scales, of Pike coun-
ty. and Marshal Keefer, of Peters
burg. started to Clinton to bring
back the desperate.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-08
The Niagara Park.

The Toronto Globe sent a young
man down to the Niagara falls the
other day to see how the interns-
tional park scheme is getting
along. He interviewed everybody
there, of course, and made some
surprising discoveries. He found
something more wonderful than
the falls--a rich editor. Mr.. Por-
ter, editor Of a paper there, is
gradually buying up Goat island.
Last week he bought a sixteenth
of it for Sl4,500, and now owns
fve-sixteeRths, and he has offered
the owners $4,000 cash for the
rest of the island. He says that
the cost of the park has been set
as high as s1o,0O0,00O, but it need
not cost a cent more than a mil
lion. The Canada part of the park
will not cost more than 100000.
The Canadian government has re-
served a strip from the railroad
suspension bridge to the falls,
while on the American shore every
foot of the land is In the hands OF
private parties. 1t is proposed to
add to the picturesqueness of the
Canada bank by running a street
car line from the bridge to the
falls. This would be, indeed, the
finishing touch. Nothing could
more enhance the beauty of the
cataract, unless it was a Saginaw
saw-mill, at the brink of the falls
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-08

of staying the inevitable, but no
satisfactory conclusion was reach
ed. The banks are willing to ex-
tend credit, but demand taxes and
interest.
The storm which recently pass
ed over Oregon wound up here
ON Saturday last, and to-day all
along California, Pine, Front, Bat
terry, and the principal business
streets, tons of merchandise in
cellars which was in condition to
become diluted with plenty of wa
ter, is being pumped up and runs
off in overfowing cutters Of filth
We leave for Chicago tomorrow
morning, regretting somewhat that
we did not make arrangements tc
go through Arizona, but the die j:
cast, and we shall trust to luck in
not getting showed in. The late
storms overland give US hope fol
peaceful and uninterrupted trip
the plains across. ID. e. I
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-08
American Beef in England.

The intimation given in the
house of commons recently by
Chaplin, Tory member for Lin
cslnshire, of his intended motion
on the 22d of February next, justi-
6es the suspicion that a foul blow
is contemplated against the United
States export of cattle, in the in
terest of British stock-raisers. The
motion proposes to prohibit" the
importation of cattle from countries
where disease is known to exist.
Such measure once passed plausi-
bic proof of the existence of dis
ease could easily be obtained.
Chaplin justified prohibition on
the ground that the existing laws
requiring the slaughter Of Ameri-
can cattle on landing had proved
insufficient to prevent the spread
of the disease. No doubt that law
was itself passed in the interest of
ERglish stock-raisers, as discour-
agement to American exporters.
That, however, having failed to
accomplish the end in view, more
effectual measures must be resorted
to. The attempt at prohibition
will most certainly meet with pow
erful opposition, and as it has no
public opinion to back it, except
such as can be created by the
activity of single interested class,
it is sure to fail.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-08
To Capt. G. Debney,
Steamship State Of California.
Fastest time on record.

dSIeSI llUlc Oh record.
Portland TO Astoria 3 hours minutes,
10 nautical miles.
Astoria 10 San Francisco 81 hours 30
minutes.
655 nautical miles.
Bar TO bar-340 nautical miles.
35 hours and 20 minutes.
Capt. Bochau, our pilot was coz
siderably under the weather COM
ing down, as he is troubled with a
severe cold which has settled in
his eyes.
After reaching the hotel, break
fasting, shaving, ETC., we set out
TO view the city over, met Rev. A.
It. Perkins, satchel in hand, hone-
ward Bound, also Mr.. Alsea Fox,
mailed a letter on business matters,
Shep set out to interview Hon.
Charles Crocker, vice president of
Central Pacific railroad, found him
as busy as only a millionaire can
be, but as affable as when, in the
dong ago, we rode the horse while
ne plowed an Indiana corn field.
The work these men, Crockers,
Stanfords, and associates have done
Sor California can never be COM
puted, dollars and cents can never
repay them the debt of gratitude
due. Net a larger number OF
Oregonians than usual in the CITY
4o-day. Business is tagging for
want Of vessels to carry away the
immense grain crop, which The
-AsToRIAN has not overestimated
This lack of tonnage will have q
binding effect upon finances with
an the next sixty DAYS, and the pre-
sent plethora of money will not
prevent many from going into
bankruptcy within the next ninety
days. The crop is kept back for
want of ships, not because farmers
would not sell or have not sold
the people are in debt to the mer-
chants, the merchants to the i'm
porters, etc., and so it runs back to
the banks. A meeting was held
last week amongst the leading men
aOf finance, to devise some means