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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-25
OIL MONOPOLISTS.
A Business About Which tho Public Arc
Not to He Enlightened.
~, "

lFrom the New York Graphical
A most unpretentious-looking man,
with somewhat high forehead, thin
grayish hair, and black mustache,
quietly sat down in the witness chair
during the session of the Senate select
committee on corners and futures in
the Metropolitan Hotel. He was plain
" attired in black and wore no jewelry
ornaments. He was scrupulously re-
spectful and polite in his demeanor to-
ward the committee, and, although he
gave replies to not more than one in
twenty Of the questions propounded to
him, he gave not the slightest evidence
of impotence or irritation. This man
was Mr.. John d. Rockefeller, President
Of the Standard Oil Company, from
whom the committees counsel sought
to extract information relative to the i'm
ternal affairs of the great oil monopoly.
Mr.. Rockefeller replied to the questions
that were put to him in q low tone OF
voice and with great deliberation. Mr..
S. c. Dood. the solicitor Of the compa-
ny, sat at his elbow and instructed him
from time to time as to what
questions it was expedient for
him to answer. At the outset
it was announced by both the witness
and his counsel that such questions as
in their opinion came within the scope
of the committees jurisdiction and re-
lated to the subject under consideration
would I've freely and promptly answered.
1t was found impossible, however, to
elicit any information from the witness
as to the extent or operation Of the
great monopoly Of the land. No
matter how the questions were put to
him by the attorney for the committee,
Mr.. Rockefeller declined to answer
them further than to concede there
were perhaps thirty or forty refinerics
in the country not owned or controlled
by the Standard Oil Company, and
that the oil purchased in the oil fields
by the companies with which he was
connected exceeded one-half OF the an
nual production. Like the witness
who preceded him-Mr. Flagler, Of the
Standard Oil Company-Mr. Rockefel,
Ter did notpropose to enter into an ex-
position of the business Of the company
for the benefit Of the public, question.
ing the right Of the committee TO exact
answers to questions Of this description,
and he left the witness-chair as quietly
as he entered it, and babe the com.
mittee good-day in the most bland and
self-satisfied manner.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-25
The Patriarch Or simmons Gan.

An old gentleman residing in Sim.
mons gap, in Georgia, has about as
wide, varied and full an experience Of
domesticity Us any man since the days
of King Augustus IL. of Poland. This
happy man, who has attained the patri-
archal age Of four score years, has had
the supreme felicity Of being married
nine times, and it is the ninth wife who
is at present solacing-one cant say his
declining years, because there is no
knowing what are the potcntialities Of a
man who has displayed such hardihood
but who is. at any rate, the present
mistress at Simmons gap. Nor in
wives alone has this fine old gentleman
been well and extremely endowed. Fiji
ty-three persons are entitled to call him
papa" and at recent family gather
ing over three hundreds Of his descend
ants were present.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-25
JOsl, RllIlnRs.

do you sit down and study your
aphorisms out?" asked New York cor
respondent OF Mr.. Shaw Josh Bill
lings).
No. They come to me spontaneous
~. ! may be walking down Broadway,
or in an omnibus, or in train, or talk
ing here to you, when they come like .
flash. II may be some days, however,
before determine the exact form they
shall have. One day recently was
called upon to make hasty decision.
Says l, OF the two evils / choose the
lesser Tnen Istopped to think. That
isn't right You don't want to choose
either or the two evils, do Won? So I
sid. of two evils accept the lesser.
That is better.
| Mr.. j. Is. took ont notebook in
which lie had jotted down some fresh
condensed wisdom an hour before. The
ink was not dry. The last line read !:
kindness is an instinct; politeness only
MI art"
"What is your definition OF humor?"
! inquired.
"Hnmor must be based on TRUTH" he
replied, tapping me with his forefnger
and drawing it back. 1T il because I
thing is ludicrous and at the same time
true to nature that people laugh at it.
Now, Artcmus Ward was not hnmorist.
but he was the drollest man the country
has ever produced. Writer'S who make
their effects by hyperbole are not hum
orists. Genuine hrmor lasts forever,
because it is true. You soon tire ont
hearing man telling stupendous lies.
Doesticks ran out because he got into
this vein entirely"
@What do you think Of Dob Bur-
dette and the class Of writer's to which
he be,ongs?'
"They can't last.
lis Mark Twain hnmorist 2"
His humor is genuine. / consider
him the best descriptive humorist in the
country. He can write Is long as he
lives"
what is your estimation Of Bret
Harte."
He is more of an artist than hum
orist.."
why are humorists such melancholy
looking menu"
Because" said Josh, what they say
comes from meditation and reasoning.
A man who can keep his companions in
roar at his savings may be jolly
good fellow, but he is only jester"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-25
WHY COAL rs DEAR.
The Aonopolists Starve the Miner Ut One
End and Mob the Consumer q the Other.
From the Chicago tribune.l

The Aonopolists starve tho Miner 1t One
End and Mob the Consumer q the other.
From the Chicago .ribune.l
Anthracite coal is now quoted in
Chicago at $3.50 ton. In New York
the price for domestic use averages IS.
One Of the witnesses lately before the
New York Legislative committee in
vestigating corners was Elisha A.
Packer, coal merchant Of thirty years
standing. His name and business iden-
tiff, him with the Packer family. now
and long one Of the ruling dynasties Of
the anthracite region, and bear ont his
modest statement that he ought to
know something Of the business" He
testified that the cost Of mining ton Of
coal and putting it on the cars ready
for shipment was $l.25, exclusive of
ROYALTIES to the mine-owner, running
from - cents to 30 cents. As most Of
the royalties are paid by the coal cor
porations to themselves, the total cost
Of placing the coal on the cars in which
it is to start for Chicago or New York is
fairly stated at $3.50 ton.
There is too much margin here. II is
perfectly evident that the difference
between $3.50 ton. where tho coal
begins its journey to New York or
Chicago, and the selling price, IS there
and 81 80 here, covers more than the
cost Of transportation and fair profit
TO the middlemen. It does cover more.
It covers the frauds and extortions OF q
chronic and cruel corner. -one Of the
worst in the country.
The old-fashioned forces OF q free
market have not for many years been
allowed to have anything to do with
fixing the price Of coal. This is settled
every month by meeting Of the sell
ers, the coal companies, who kindly un-
dertake, in the most delicate way, to
represent both themselves and the buy
erS.
II WAS but fifty years ago that Phila-
delphia was first conyulsed with the
news that anthracite coal had been dis
covered under the smiling farms and
frowning mountain forests OF the
Schuylkill, and speculation in coal
lands burst out which the gray-heads
Of Philadelphia still love to gossip
about as one OF the wonders Of their
time. Between then and to-day how
great the change! The product of 800
tons in 1920 has swelled to 1000, 900
last year. Numberless small mines,
supporting father and his stalwart
sons, or 0 humble capitalist employing
one or two men, have disappeared into
the maws Of few mastodonic corpora
tions. Upon the natural monopoly
which Pennsylvania possesses has been
built up an unnatural monopoly. Half
dozen companies to-day control the
mining. transportation and marketing
Of coal, and they act in concert Their
names and indebtedness are IS follows:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-25

A FRENCH medical journal says that
the custom of taking morphine is be-
coming alarmingly prevalent in France,
and among the ladies' the small hypo-
dermic syringe is an indispensable arti-
Gle Of toilet.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-25
THE pangs OF hunger will drive man

The pangs OF hunger will drive man
and animals to do most revolving acts.
Not long since we read Of pack OF
hungry wolves in Russia deyouing o
priest. But what must have been the
desperation OF the rat who took bite
at the toe Of . New York drummer who
was sleeping in hotel Mt Fort Worth ?
The rat got enough ut one bite, but
what dreadful thing hunger is when it
drives animals to such dire exiremities.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-25

A CHAP in Paris made a regular
business Of eating dinner at hotel
and stealing hat off the rack rs he
came out, and he had enough hats to set
up store.with when the police dropped
to his game.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-25

A NEw YORK street railway official
SAYS that conductors will beat the COM
pany out Of nm average Of 80 cents per
day, Il human ingenuity cannot pre-
vent it. No car line expects con luctor
to be honest.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-25

THE Rev. Timmons. Of Thomson,
GA, wand his congre CATION that all
WHO attended the circns would lie ex-
pected to withdraw from the church.
Georgia will have no right after this to
howl about New Engl nd Puritans.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-25

TnE milk-dealcrs Of Rochester had a
meeting the other night to demonstrate
with the brewers against the advance
iii grain" from 12'to IA cents in winter,
and from lO to L. cents IN summer.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-25
factory, or interference with other work.

factory, or interference with other work
Signed and sealed day Of, 1882
VEST HARDwICKR x Co.,
VIM BKUNT, in, 4 Co.,
HOMER LAuGMIN,
KNOWLES, TAYLOR x KNOWLES,
WM rENTKE,
GOODWIN Bios,
GEo 3 HERKEn x Co
Railroads combine to destroy compc-
tition and rob the people. Banks com.
bine to control our money and make il
SO scarce that they can bleed our indus
tries with usury hundreds of millions Of
dollars every year. Manufacturers
combine to control our markets through
tariff laws and limitation Of production.
Telegraph companies combine to extort
from us the value ef every pole and wire
in the Union every year. Oil compa-
MES combine to keep up the price Of
oil. Coal companies combine to put up
the price of fuel Ten thousand other
interests combine against the people
and little il snid about it, but when Ia
Dor, the source Of oil wealth and the
corner stone Of the republic, unitcs for
self-protection against oil the unions to
plumber It, y then! the mischief is to
pay! Something must be done! The
militia must he called out! The Gov
ernor must issue proclamation Tn
precedented laws must he passed to hui
initiate and degrade workingmen, as in
New York and Pennsylvania--and last,
contracts taking away their rights as
American citizens, like the above, must
be held up before them, with threat OF
death by starvation unless accepted and
signed--just as road agent holds up
six-shooter and says to the traveller,
"Your money or your lifei"
What is to be the end OF oil this des-
potism?
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-25

CATTLE are dun h beasts, but by get
ting together in large numbers they
make Themselves herd.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-25

Know
That BRowN's IRON BrrrERs
will cure the worst case
Of dyspepsia.
Will insure a hearty appetite
and increased digestion.
Cures general debility, and
gives a new lease Of life.
Dispels nervous depression
and low spirits.
Restores an exhausted nurs-
ing motherto full strength
and gives abundant sus-
tenance for her child.
Strengthens the muscles and
nerves, enriches the blood.
Overcomes weakness. wake
fitness, and lack ofenergy
Keeps off all chills, fcvcrs,
and other malarial poison.
Will infuse with new life
the weakest invalid.
!, Walker ST., Baltimore. Dee. 1851.
sufferer from Blood Disease. Dys-
pepsia ,andC onytipation, andbecams
80 debilitased MAT could not retain
anything on my stomach, IN hct.
life had almost become . burden.
Finally. when hope had almost len
me. my husband seeing BHowH's
lRoN BiTrERs advertised In the
paper, induced me 70 give L . trial. !.
] am now taking the third bottle
and have not felt 30 well In six
years as do II the present time.
Mn. /. +. GRlEEiM
Browns Iron BIrTERs
will have a better tonic
effect upon any one who
needs "bracing up" than
any medicine made.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-10
7. FROSTBURG, MD, NOVEMBER 10, 1888
Property for Sale.

E HOUSES and LOTS in Frostburg-cheap
U Must be sold JAMES KANE,
Feb Is Agent.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-10

Railroad (Philadelphia) time, which is five
minutes faster than Baltimore time.
No change of cars between Cumberland and
Huntingdon. Through cars between Hunt
ingdon and Philadelphia New York and Pitts
burg. Passengers from points east of Hynd-
man, for Somerset, take Express train west,
change cars at Hyndman, and arrive at Som
erset at 7:10 p. m. Passengers leaving Somer-
set at Hos a. III. make close connection at
Hyndman for all points nst
Tickets sold and baggage checked by PETER
noon, Agent corner Baltimore and Liberty
streets, Cumberland, and at the depot.
J. r. WOOD,
General Passenger Agent.
r. l.. HOLIDAY,
July 81 Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-10
CHAPTER VII.
"They do not..sleep.
On yonder cliffs, q grisly band,
! see them Sit" -Grdy

OH yUTIUCr CrIrr5i o brr1TJ D"11uI
see them Sit" -Grdy.
"'Twould be neglecting warning
that is given for our good, to lie hid
any longer" said Hawk-eye, "when
such sounds are raised in the forest.
These gentle ones may keep close, but
the Mohicans and l will watch upon
the rock, where suppose major Of
the sixtieth would wish to keep us
company"
"Is then our danger SO pressingw
asked Cora.
[Continaed ON fourth pags.l
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-10

LuClluTluS. y. IT,.
Rates.-Messages delivered to all parts of
the city.
Message to or from Public Offices in
Allegany Co., including delivery. 10 cents.
Message and answer to or from same
place, including delivery. ......... %
Single Message in Cumberland. -. 10
Messenger service, per hour. 20 "
Rules.-The facilities of the Exchange are
offered to every one whethersubscriber or not
When, however, a non-stibscriber uses any
telephone either by request or invitation, the
person must give his or her name, SO that
proper record and collection may lie made by
the Exchange.
Subscribers are requested to decline sending
all messages unless the parties announce their
names to the Exchange, or pay the regular
rates, as above. Free business must not be
allowed at any instrument.
FRANK KENNEDY,
Superintendent Washington Division.
H. b. LYTLE, General Manager. [Sept %
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-10
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone

COMPANY present corrected list of Sub
~ scribers, with the Rates for Messages, and
Rules, which must be invariably followed by
every one using the facilities of the Exchange.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-20

resort on the coast of New Jersey,
and worked in the bathing business
all summer. / left Atlantic City in
fall of 1881 and went to New York /;
from there / went west again, this
time to Texas.
/ may tell you about my voyage
across the. ocean some time, but time
and space will not permit it here.
] have been very brief and have not
brought myself ont of America vet,
which is only one of the nine
countries that have visited. Before
concluding would say that / have
had great propensity to travel; and
some have told me that "a rolling
stone gathers no moss but / have
just as good an illustration: ga setting
hen never gets fat" 1t is true / did
not gather much financial moss, but
| did gather an ample amount of
moss in an intellectual sense: gath
cred something far better than silver
or gold; it was knowledge-knowl-
edge that can not be gotten from
books; bat from everyday experience
among different nations; learning
their ways, manners and modes of
living, acting and doing business.
It's well to read abont thing, but
its better to realize it.
MILTON M. EVERY.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-20
Hymeneal.

On Wednesday evening, Oct. 3rd,
1883, at the residence of the Brides
father, Mr.. Jesse Lazear, of RiehhiIl
township, Greene county Pa, by Rev.
E. S. White, J. G. McCracken, M. D.
of Cameron, West Va, and Miss
Mary Lazear.
The following notice of the mar
riage of an old Monongalia boy, now
living in Nebraska, we clip from a
late number of the Elkhorn Valley
News. He is son of Jno. II. Cole,
Esq. of Laurel Point: DR.. II. j.
Cole. of this city, was married on
September Goth to Miss Mary Harri
son at the residence Of the BRIDE s
parents in Cambridge, Ill. The DIR.
and his bride will arrive in Norfolk
tomorrow evening, and will settle
down to cosy and comfortable mar
ried life. 1t gives us genuine pleas
nre to congratulate the DR.. on his es-
cape from the thraldom of bachelor
hood. He has won many friends
here by his sterling business and So
cial qualities, and we are sure they
will all join us in the. wish that he
and his estimable wife may live long
to enjoy their new found happiness,
and that additional sources of com
fort and blessing may be added unto
them as the years roll by.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-20

Hon. William L. Wilson, Congress
man-elect from the Second District,
in answer to interrogations as to his
views upon the contest for speaker
ship, writes a letter from which we
make the following extract: On the
the tariff question, the foundation
principles Of the Democratic party
leads US easily to our position. Pro-
lection for the sake of protection only
is class legislation in the interest Of
the few against the many. Dcmoc-
racy believes in the equality Of right
before the law and equality of burden
under it. 1t cannot accept as justice
or sound policy the principle Of fos-
tering one branch of industries to the
detriment Of another, or of cherishing
the interest Of one portion to our
common country. Such protection as
naturally and properly results from
the exercise Of the power oftaxation,
honestly and economically, and with
reference to equality of burdens, we
believe in and that only. That is
justice to all.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-20
Our. New Clerk.

On Friday last his Honor, Judge
Fleming appointed Marshall M. Dent
Clerk Of the Circuit Court of Monon-
gala county, for the unexpired term
Of the late Clerk, Augustus Raymond.
Immediately thereupon Mr.. Dent ap-
pointed George H. Raymond. young
est son Of the deceased Clerk, his
Deputy.
Mr.. Dent has been either principal
or deputy clerk of one or the other
OF our courts for over rs years; con-
sequently, he comes into office with
a long experience, and besides, with
reputation unsurpassed for ability,
efficiency and impartiality as pub
lie officer. Judge Fleming could not
have done better than in the appoint
ment Of Mr.. Dent to this position.
In fact, under all the circumstances
we don't see how he could have done
otherwise. And then it was Just the
!! right thing for Mr.. Dent to appoint
the son OF Mr.. Raymond his deputy.
So the work of the office went on as
smoothly as if nothing had happened
save that all miss the familiar form
and honest face Of "Uncle Gus"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-20
The Republican Party has Gone.
Wheeling RepiSter

The Republicans cannot claim that
their defeat in Ohio was the result Of
indifference or apathy. They cannot
lay it to the stay-at- homes. The fact
stands forth prominently that the
Republican vote was out to the last
man. They polled more votes than
they ever polled before. They made
the most strenuous exertions they
ever made. They voted every vote
they had in the State, and were aided
by the Second Amendment workers
All this goes to show that the rule OF
the Republican party in Ohio is a
thing OF the past. If it could not
win Tuesday, with every resource it
possessed brought into the contest
and with powerful auxiliaries on its
side, it can never win again in Ohio.
The battle was desperate, the defeat
decisive, the result significant. 1t
means that the Republican party
must go. Must go? Rather let us say
that the Republican party is gone.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-20
Hurrah for Ohio.
Parkersburg Sentinel.

This is the first instance since 1850
that Ohio has yielded a Democratic
success Oh the eve of Presidential
election, Is it not an augury for the
future? "As goes Ohio so goes the
Union" is a proyerb, ard the cam
paigns Of the last twenty five years
have witnessed its verification. Every
fourth year the fight for Governor Of
Ohio attracts the political attention
of every section of the country. All
eyes have been centered on its re-
suits, and the Presidential vote has
always been discounted by the cleo
ton. 1t has always forecast the ensu-
ing Presidential campaign. The rule
will not vary now. What has been
will be, and the prophetic influences
of the past will repeat themselves in
the future.
Ohio has rounded into the Demo
cratic pyramid, and there she will re-
main, ever to be blessed by Democrats
and cursed by Republicans.
Hurrah for Ohio
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-20

The announcement of the 21st an.
nual premiums to subscribers has
just been made by the Detroit Cam
mercial Adrertiser. Address a pos
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The one now before us fully sustains
the growing reputation Of this old
established weekly and has more at
fractions as general family journal
than any paper that visits our sane
tum. The lst page is brim full Of
merry anecdotes and bits Of informa-
tion; the 81 page has generous in
stalment Of short and very interesting
serial story; while page 3 is devoted
to the interest of the ladies and their
gentlemen friends, who visit the Sit.
ting Room to give information on
and discuss subjects connected with
home life. Pages A and 5 give edi-
torials and news of the week. The
former are spicily Independent, the
latter very full and complete. On
page 6 the young people and the older
members of the family circle find
much to interest them, while the gen
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Page s is especially the farmers page,
and besides interesting letters from
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-20

Mrs. Milo Ingram gave the names
Of some of the most reputable physi-
clans in the two cities Pittsburgh
and Alleghany), to whom she had
paid large sums of money for treat
ment, but she rapidly grew worse
She was then taken to the most rep
utable physicians and surgeons in
New York, but with no better sue
cess. They had all pronounced it
cancer, and declared she must die
The flesh of her breast was eaten
away down to her ribs; the breast
bone was laid bare, and the disease
made its way upwards, causing the
breast to become detached from the
wall Of the chest, hanging loose from
above. See page 26, of DR.. Hartman's
ellis of Life" how Pernna cured her.
They are given away by druggists,
gratis.