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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-11-15
A vain Horse.

Mr.. Lawson Melton, of Dawson, Ga,
has a mirror in the side of one of his
stables, and he has horse which goes
every day several times and looks at
himself with q peculiar air Of personal
pride, as if he were young dandy. He
steps before the glass, takes look at
his face, then turns and scrutinizes
himself from side to side with critical
inspection Of his form and proportions,
ana, when he is satisfied with his mascu-
line bangs, the graceful flow of his
name, and the exquisite DOMINIC OF his
eurrycomb. he then goes away. Who
can say that horse is not heir to the
personal yanities SO common to man
kind? To be sure, the horse has had
a good deal OF training from example.
His master, no doubt. has had consid-
cradle influence upon his powers Of
imitation, for he is u fine-looking gen
tleman, dresses handsomely and gen.
orally looks as neat as bandbox.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-11-15
Who VIII Answcrs

How is it that hundreds grow rich
without an hours labor Of any kind?
AS the few grow richer must not the
many grow poorcrs
Is it possible for some to honestly
acquire millions in few years?
How long would it take an honest
wage-worker to make 81 200, 900 by his
daily toilg
Are not the millions which a few,
and the thousands which larger num-
Der acquire the unpaid earning Of hon
est laborg
Does the accumulation of immense
sums by few mean the prosperity of
our republic?
Arc We not drifting toward revolu-
ton s-Labor Standard.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-11-15

All The patient hard work Of the last
seven years will have been in vain II the
present opportunity 10 allowed to pass
nnimproved.
There il not day or n week to lose.
Tho old fires Of 1879, 1880 and 1881
should he rekindled.
An agitation, through speech-making,
through the distribution Of documents,
through the organization Of clubs,
through school-house meetings, should
be organized at once.
The old wheel-lorscs should grid on
the armor again and take their places
In tho front rank Of battle.
Let there DO revival Of Greenhack
work that will sweep tho country from
oeean TO ocean like w;ldhre.
Let the work begin ut t,ncel
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-11-15
A MISSOURI TRAGEDY.
Murder Of Prominent Young Man NJ y
Dance.

Murder Ut y Prominent Young Man ut =
Dance.
kansas City Teaegram1
A horrible murder took place at Lamar.
barton county. Mo-, during dance at tho
residence OF wcll-known farmer. Among
those present were Anthony nummi,s and
Alex brown. both wcll.known young men.
Daring the evening a dispute arose among
the young men as tn the right Of dancing With
a certain young lady, and later a second dis.
pute us tn the right way OF calling or tho
lancers. Finally the men came together, and,
during the struggle, young hrown drew
a pocket-knife and cut his advcrsa-
rvs throat, scvering his jnyiar vein.
Hummits staggered about among the
dancers and ut last fell out or tho front
door Of the house corpse. The AFFAIR Gre
atcd the widest excitement, several ladies
fainting AS nummits ran from the ballroom
covered with blood. Brown surrendered u
the authorities ut an early hour this morning.
and Is locked up Tho young lady about
whom the trouble began accompanied the
dead body OF her lover 10 his fathers home,
where she was IA have been taken bride In
a few weeks. Young brown IL a son OF Hon.
Thomas brown, ex-memhcr Of Congress. and
all the parties To the affair are well known.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-11-15
WASHINGTON.

]. c. Bancroft Davis. late of the
United States Court OF Claims, has been APP
pointed Official Reporter Of the United States
supreme Court nj Washington vice Judge
otto, resigned.
The jury in the case Of Hallet Kill
bourne against John &. Thompson for $3.50
ooo for false Imprisonment returned YER
diet for S6o,oo0 for plaintiff.
1t is understood at Washington that
the court-martal has sentenced Lieut.. Col.
Morrow to be dismissed from the service.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-11-15
SOUTHERN.

Unknown assassins fired a volley Of
bullets through circus tent at New Edn-
burg, Ark, killing contortionist In the ring.
John L. Martin, Of Luling, Texas,
who confessed having murdered his wife, was
taken out of the hands of his guard by 100
masked men, and hanged TO II tree. Ascend
lynching party called at the Gons,able's house
for Martin two hours later.
An assignment has been made by
Simon 4 Merticf, dry goods merchants OF
Montgomery, Ala, whose liabilities are
S3o ooa
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-11-15
james Truxtill, charged with a brutal

outrage on Mrs, Coones, married woman,
near clio, Ky, was arrested and privately
taken To be identified by his victim. Tho
next day Truxtilfs body was found hanging
from the Cincinnati southern railway bridge
over the Cumberland river. He had been
taken from the officers and thus disposed ii
hy Il mob
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-11-15

Prices IS low as the quality of Goods and
Work will warrant Cloth bought of me for
Garments will be cut FREE OF charge when to
be maize up elsewhere.
So Gene and examine Goods, leara prices
aud leave your orders. att
Daily globe., 1883-05-14
Size CbeVed an ImpulSe.

Fifteen years ago the daughter of q
rich and prosperous man, living in fine
style on Fifth avenue, New York, went
out in Il carriage, ostensibly on a shop
ping expedition. At Stewards store
size left the carriage, and her coashman
waited for over two hours, until finally,
becoming anxious, he made inquiries
Iise Young lady had disappeared, and
though great deal of money was spent
and much effort made to discover her.
there MAS no trace. Ten years passed,
and the detective who had worked on
the case, very faithfully and anxious1y,
rose by degrees to the rank of Police
CAPTAIN. One cold night, Just after
Christmas, foUr or five of lis officers
entered the station with eight OF ten
drunken women in their custody. One
or two were crying over their arrest and
the prospect Of prissn; others we're
fierce in their oaths at the interference
Of the police with their orgie, while
others again were sulky. Standing a
little apart from the group of prisoners
the Captain noticed q tall woman of
about 30, and saw that she had once
been beautiful, though now her face was
tilsfgured by bruise on the cheek and
q black welt under the eve. There was,
however, an air Of retirement about the
woman that attraetad the Police Cap
tain, and he eyed her curiously while
the Sergeant recorded the names of the
prisoners. Suddenly the woman beck
O4lel to him.
Captain, DO you know me?" was her
question.
No"
Didn't you once try to find Miss
GRACE"
~Nes."
"Well, Tn her. I ran away Just out
OF pure deviltry, and I've had my Full
share OF it,"
.. Good heavens! Why did you do
cob, don't know. The notion came
into my head, and I obeyed the i'm
pulse"
"And where have you been all this
tnne?"
"R!ght " here in the ward, under your
very nose. You never suspected me,
though saw you often enough"
"And have you not repented of the
step?"
"Repented" and the word thrilled in
the Captains ear like the vail of a lost
soul. "Repented! Oh, God, yes! But
it was too late"
"It's never too late"
eyes, it is. But It's not too late to
die" And before the Captain could
prevent 1t, she had drawn small pistol
and shot herself. The poor creature
lived for two days, and when she died
it was in the arms of her father. The
mother had died a few years before of
grief. This Is true story and shows
how much stranger real life is than
tiction.-BaItimore american.
Daily globe., 1883-05-14
RED HAIR.
Ns Beauty and Advantages.
Whitehall Review.l

I shall be considered unorthodox
when l say that next in loveliness of all
the hair L have ever seen comes chez
clare of golden rel, Very red hair is
orange, and orange hair is far from
beautiful; but the abundant tresses to
which refer were of the color of per
fectly ripe corn, with that reddish tinge
which makes the waving harvest fields
so beautiful. Red hair, even if unloyelv,
has its advantages in a practical age,
when girl or woman dares not be III
significant, invisible" on penalty OF
being nobody. The writer of little
book on the toilet sets forth as follows
one of these advantages: ENTER aroom
III daylight Coy artificial light red loses
much of it's ferocity) where there are
women without bonnets or hats; and if
there be one of them with bright uu-
nistakable red hair, she will stand out
from the rest with a never-failing prom
inerce, whieh, if she be pretty woman
and red-haired women have very often
great beauty of features and very often
lovely complexions-is of the greatest
advantage to her, socially speaking.
Another advantage lies in the fact that
the possession of red hair restricts the
owner to narrow but select range of
coler. And you call that an advan-
ta9e?' cry the phalanx of the red-haired
sisters. Undoubtedly I do, and to
prove it, I ask if, i'll your inmost souls,
you do not adore pink and cherish the
belief that it suits you? Of course you
do. [ never knew anyone of your color
ing who did not. Restriction as to color,
if universal, and regulated on basis of
good taste, would make England more
celebrated than ever for handsome
women or pretty girls, many of whom
now ruin their looks by wearing wrong
tints. And what may the red-haired
wear? I will tell you. If you wish to
be insipid and commonplace, wear pale
blue. That has been the heritage of the
red-haired for centuries If YOU would
like to Jump out of that deepened
groove, and wish to look a very poem.
buy warm golden browns, orange tinted
yellows, raddy cream colors, with o
flash as fBom russet leaves upon them.
terra-cottas, and The whole range of
such tints as are exemplifed in prim-
roses, OutGefcups, haflGoldS, tea roses,
Marshal Neils, and Gloire de Dion,
chestnut browns, chocolate, duIl wall
flower reds, and dull gold color. A
bnautisnl rousse WHO is great favorita
in English society, wears q gold band
in her hair, and usually dresses in the
evening in yellow satin OF gold-colored
velvet. She is q picture. indeed; and
in her walking gowns of chocolate. re-
heved with amber, Oh of tawny red and
gold, is as picturesque woman as one
would wish TO meet. Whitehall ReUteu.
Daily globe., 1883-05-14
! Cruel Surgical Trick.

As they were lounging around on the
grass, Col. Stoddard Johnston slipped
off by himself, bored small hole in q
very long nail On his little finger, and
taking long, thin straw and ran It up
the side of his hand, and letting one end
concealed in his coat-sleeve, pushed the
other through the hole in his nail so as
to just show the straw on the inside. 1t
looked for all the world like he had a
splinter in under his flnger-nail. He
came up toward Zach Smith, of Licking
ton, wringing his hands and appearing
to be in great suffering. Smith, who is
kind-hearted fellow, ran up to offer
assistance. Colonel Johnston, after a
great deal of hesitation, turned his hand
over to Smith, who began working to
get the straw out. Colonel Johnston
let him pull it out gradually, and Smith
was all sympathy, drawing his breath
in sympathetically and now and then
saving: Colonel, this is frightful." At
length the splinter was far enough
above the nail to be caught hold of, and
Zach gave quick jerk to end Colonel
Johnston's suffering. To his surprise
he drew out splinter near three feet
long. He saw the joke Immediately
and joined in the hearty laugh of those
around him.-Lotsi$Ui!le (Ky) Com.
nReTcidl.
Daily globe., 1883-05-14
(STIincOIn'S Height.'9

Abraham Lincoln was just six feet
one inch when [ measured him in April.
1850, Iplaced his back against the
studio wall, and made a mark over his
head, as had done in the case of Sena-
tor Douglas, two Years before. [ meas
ured from the foor up to the mark sew
cral times, In order to be sure I was
right, desiring to know the difference
in the heights Of these two men, which
was just twelve iaches. thought Mr..
Lincoln fairly erect when I marked ON
the wall. Possibly he might lave
stretched up All inch or two higher, but
at that date it is hardly possible he
could have expanded three inches in
length! l am now reminded of a story
told me while at Springfield, few years
since, of Mr. Lincoln's faculty for
stretching himself out in length. did
not know of this, however, at the time
[ measured him, or / SHOULD have re-
Quested him to give his fullest height.
The following is the story:
A wager was made one day in Spring
field, between some old friends of Mr..
Lincoln and of O. NJ. Hatch, late Sec
retary OF the State OF Illinois (also a
tall, slender man), as to their relative
height. MIR. Hatch was first placed
against the wall, so mark could be
made over his head, DLr. Lincoln re-
marking at tine time, "Now, Hatch,
stand fair" When TIE mark was duly
made, Mr. Lincoln was placed beside it,
a5nl at first Mr.. Eatcl;'s friends declar-
ed that they had won the wager. "Wait,"
said Mr.. Lincoln. "Tbe mark is not
yet made for me-" Then he began to
stretch himself out like IRdia rubber,
and went nearly two inches above Mr..
Eatch's mark. carrying off the stakes
amidst the shouts and laughter OF the
byeta1dcrs.
In tle model of the statute ! made
of him I 1878, represent him six feet
three and half inches high, which is
over his real life-size
Mr.. Lincoln looked tale: than he
really was, owing to his thin, bony, lank
form. ,-LeOhaTd ". Folk.
Daily globe., 1883-05-14
PhOsphorescent Phenomena on the New
England Coast.

On the New England coast these dis
plays of phosphorescept phenomena are
particularly noticeable, and the castel-
lated rocks are frequently bathed with
their splendors. When
The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings OF night"
the phantons of this world of light
spring into existence, changing the
bosom OF the ocean to a scene OF weird
revelry. Every drop of water seems a
gleam of light, and the grim ke!ps AMI
sea-wceds depending from the rocks
drip with liquid fire. Ahead of or.
boat waves Of light appear; bene&t>
the surface moon and stars move i,.%..
and there, reyolvinG and rising III Ga, d;
ful curves with gentle undulation; W.: =,
swift flashes, coming from the gloom
beyond, dart across the field leavipG q
bPiAi&nt nebHous train bGhind. T>e
scene, as the waves break uEon the
rocks, is one Of dazzling splendor. st
spou&ng Horn, Nahant, the water,
forced through natural crevico in the
oveThangng crag, is thrown high ia air,
for q moment hangs suspended, lAslli-
nous mist, thqn settles upon the grim
battlements, bathing them in a warm,
lambent light that winds it's wGy il
cleaning rivulets to the sea.
But what are these myatjc shapes? In
answer we dip the scoop-net into tie
water; the wish of MNla4s is here we'll
nigh fulflled. The meshes become o
shining web Of golden fabric, and en-
tangled in them are various myriads of
cleaning living creatures, the veritable
lamps of tho sea. They nro me3us:c
jelly-fshes, if you will-too common TO
be describeds unsightly objects when
stranded upon the shore, but at night
possessed of loveliness peculiarly t.icic
own. Large forms OF aurcli.. .-..>. ..ya-
nea move around surrounded by halo
OF golden -grecnish light. The cvanea
is a giant of it's kind, q fiery comet
sweeping III and out among the lesser
mimic considerations. One of these
large jeflies was observed near Nan
tueket from the mast Of vessel moving
lazily along, its disk encircled by a lpt!3
tw welty feet in diameter, while the train
of cleaning tentacles stretched ava
t.So h1adred feet Or more. Mrs. A4.s,..
s& measured one whose disk was seven
feet across, with tentacles over one hun
dred and twelve feet in length. In fl4e
Daytime the great semi transparent disk.
with it's flexible lobed margin, is a dark
reddish-brown color, while the tentacles.
bristling with lass0 cells and spiral
darts, are yellow, purple, brown, or
pink. While the cyaneas tint the seq
with d greenish light, the little dysmor-
phosa, that at times appears il vas5
numbers where currents meet around
rocky points, illumines it with light
Of deep aurelian hue On successive
nights we may find as many different
varieties changing the water to white
and yellow tints.-HG1per's Magazine.
Daily globe., 1883-05-14
The Cypz'gs Sponge.

Cyprss sponges are the best in the
would, but the Turks monopolize them.
Only those of the very best quality are
used by the Turkish and Circassian
bellies, who make the size, shape and
quality Of their sponges as much mat
ter of fashion as Partisan lady does
the trimming Of her bonnet or the color
of her parasol This quality is known
as the "apida," or peer, and "aspro We
loudo" or white velvet, and commands
fabulous prices the moment it is brought
up, as Constantinople Cairo merchants
are always moving about among the
fishers ready to pay almost any price
for the much-desired quality. I saw
some specimens of this sort, and must
say that it is beautifully fine. In shape
it is like a hollow pear, cafe-au-lait col
ofed, soft, elastic and velvety, and some
idea may be formed of it's value by the
fact that sponge-fsher refused e. in
my presence for a sponge of the size of
a newly-born baby's head.
Daily globe., 1883-05-14

ly, madIy the sight OF her lad prougnJ
him back from death to life: he knew
her free and yet he hesitated. How
could he forget oil that was past with
the child always before him? A fierce
jealousy consumed him. The child
might die / This thought he brooded
over till it became his one wild hope and
desire
One day he met Kathleen in the pas
sage. He was startled by the change in
her. Her face was wan and pinched
with care her eyes, unnaturally large.
were dim and sunken with sleeplessness
and weeping. Her whole aspect was
piteous. She clung for support against
the walls as she slowly stumbled along.
When Fritz saw her grief he felt
ashamed of his wicked hope. All his
generous nature sprang up in love and
protection toward her and her little
one.
Kathleen" he said, taking her hand,
'' let me nurse your child with you. /
have had much experience with the sick !;
I may be able to help YOU"
She opened the door and drew him
into the room. The nurse who watched
the child motioned then to be ouiet.
and, as the mother took her place beside
the couch, whispered, "She sleeps
this is the crisis, :" and left the room.
Kathleen knelt down by the bedside.
leaning her wan cheek on the ehild's
little haad. A lovely, tender expression
rested on her face. She was praying.
Fritz stood behind her and locked on.
The chilRs little face, which he had
seen last so radiant and sunny, was wan
and deathlike. The silken, faxen hair
hung over the pillow, matted and damp,
while she breath came so softly that she
hardly seemed to breathe at ali.
His breast heaved, and the scaldimg
tears chased one another down has cheeks
the fiEst he had shed since he had
learned Kathleen's untruth toward him.
And so the hours passed in silence.
while blessed hope and Joy crept into
Frltz's heart for was he not there alone
with his beloved and the little one whose
life he now craved as much as he hither-
to wished for It's death?
At the first gray streak of dawn the
child opened her eyes.
Mother" she said softly.
Kathleen arose.
"Saved " she cried, "Oh, mersiful
God, I thank Thee"
"Amen - answered deep voice be-
hind her.
Fritz you here ?"
81 have been here all night, love. My
prayers have gone up to heaven with
yoursfor the recovery Of your-our child.
May it not be SO, Kathleen p"
She disengaged one hand from the
chila's neck and passed it around his,
while she laid the other, clasping the IT,
ny hand, into his open palm.
Yes, ours" she murmured, "our
white violet"
Daily globe., 1883-05-14
Charleston i'm the War,

The city of Charleston was under
siege 5S5 days, and for over five hun
dred days under fire. When Gilmore
got his Swamp Angel" planted and
sent word that he would open fire on tie
city, the citizens of Charleston laughed
over the message. His guns were five
miles away, and the idea that he coult
do any harm was too absurd to enter.
tain
1t is just midnight.
W-r-r-rT S-s-s-s! Scream-rush-
bang!
Gilmore has sent his first shell into
the city. It strikes a brick building
opposite the postofice and explodes
with crash which turns 5000 people
out OF bed. Men who heard the horri-
bic screaming Of that great shell as il
came over the waters of the bay Will
never forget the sound.
In five minutes a second one came, but
this failed to explode and is now on ex-
hlpltion at Major Willis office on the
wharf. It just fits into and fills vail
keg. BY the time the third one arrived
all Charleston was awake and full OF
alarm and horror. This was the begin
ming of siege which has no parallel in
American warfare. Day after day
week after week--month after month,
with only intervals of q few hours at
a time for the guns to cool OF some
new move to be made, the lombard
ment continued.
By and by She people became used to
the situation, and seemed to go to bed
without any more fear than would have
been shown in New York. While the
street cars ceased to run, all other bus
mess was transacted as usual, and dur
ing the hottest fire of the whole siege
men were loading vessels at the wharEes,
various factories were running and
children were playing in the public
rarks. Federal history pictures
Charleston in ruins and filed with woe
and desolation within thirty days after
Gilmore opened fire. As matter of
f2ct business was not suspended for a
single hoSr. While few families left
the city, others came in, and after the
first fortnight the shells were looked
upon as matter of course, Probably
not more than thirty inhabitants were
killed by the missiles direct, and both
the big fires had their origin in other
causes. As Charleston began-haughtv.
impeTious and defiant-so she remained
to the last, and wnen evacuated the
southern Confederaey was drawing its
last breath of Efe.-DetroH Free Press.
Daily globe., 1883-05-14
Sebastian Cabot.

Sebastian Cabot was certainly in one
sense the discoverer of America; it was
he who first made sylpe that it was
wholly new and unknown continent. In
his early voyages he had no doubt that
lie lad visited India, but after his voy-
age of 1893 he expressed openly his dis
appointment that ''New Found Land"
of most inhospitable aspect lay as bar
rier between. Europe and the desired
Asia As the German wEiber, DR.. Asher,
has said, "Cabot's displeasuEe involves
tho scientific discovery of q new world"
In his charts North America stands as
g separate aad eesatinuous cOntinent,
though doubtless long after his time
the separate islands we're delineated, as
Of old, by others. and all were still sup
posed to be outlying parts of Asia. In
this, as in ether respects, Cabot was
better appreciated fifty years later than
in his own day. His truthful accounts
for the time discouraged further enter
prise in that direction. "They that seek
for riches" said Peter Martyr, "must
not go to the frozen North" And after
one or two Intellectual undertakings he
found No encouragement to repeat his
voyages to the North American coast,
bdt was sought for both by Spain and
England to conduct other enterprises.
He was employed in organizing expedi-
tions to the Braxils, or to the north pole
by way of Russia, but the continent he
had discovered was left anexplored. He
was esteemed as skllfM 1aarines and
one who had held high official station !;
he died dreaming of new and infalli-
BILE mode of discovering the longitude
which he thought had been revealed to
him from heaven, and which he must
not disclose. The date of his death,
like that of his birth, is unknown, and
his burial-place is forgotten. But fifty
years later, When Englishmen turned
again for different object toward the
American continent, they remembered
his early achievements, and based on
them claim of ownership by right of
discovery. Even thea they were SO little
appreciated that Lerd Bacon, writing
his Reign of Henry VII, gives bat three
or four sentences to the explorat9oas