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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-02-22
DOOr.KnOl,s.

All the door-knol,s in England form
erlv we're made of wood or east iron
big, solid, heavy things-and fora time
the American ones were the same. It
was about 1S42 or lS43 that the manu-
facture Of door-knobs from clay was
commenced in this country. Clays that
would change their color were selected
and mixed together. after being very
finely ground, pressed into molds bak-
ed to what is technically known as bis
cult, then coated with fusible COM
pound called glaze and relaxed at
sufficient heat to melt the glaze and
give them CLASSY surface. They had
q dark mottled appearance. were known
as mineral door-knobs. and sold for rs
high as SIS dozen pairs. They still
have place in the market, but are
worth now only eighty cents dozen
pairs-the cheapest made. Porcelain
door-knobs-white oncs-come next
They arc made Of porcelain clay, to
which ground bone is added, baked and
treated like those already shoken Of,
and are only a little more expensive.
Thirty years ago the 'Agillo' knob
ShIliS oul. ~ Nao laSSS' siAhSos
of bright contrasting colors. compound
ed Of clay, sand, feldspar, silex. red
lead, and some other metallic sub
stances that l do not now remember.
The next step in this line of manufac-
lures was in the production of what
was known Us lava knobs. They were
mainly composed of sawdust and glue
the same materials that the old
fashioned laguerreotype cases were
made Of and were Of beautiful dark
brown color, often very charmingly
nodded. The greatest stride in the
progress Of door-knob manufacture was
taken in 1873 or 1874. The material
employed is bronze, mainly COMPOSED
of nine parts of copper and one Of tin.
The molds prepared for it are made
with such extreme nicely and fidelity
to their pattern that they reproduce
lines as delicate as the yeinings of a
tiny leaflet, and the molten metal is
forced into them by screw pressure
while they are inclosed in a vacuum
box. The most expensive are those
with combined decorations Of enamel
and gold, which mount up to $l5 or sit
q pair.
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It's service, il gives back annually many
insane and utterly wrecked men. We
have rs fruit of dozen years score
or two Of monstrosities Of wealth; but
we have nlso opposite to these, many
maniacs, many u ghastly corpse, many
with pistol in hand leaning back against
walls in the dark, and 10000 ruined
homes"
Ii so short time has wrought all
this, what may we not expect during
the next generation What il the in
heritance we are providing for our
children? After reviewing the present
condition of affairs and the tendency Of
the times, the Century asks.
"What have the people to say about
these practices? They do not appear
as yet to have anything to say. The
robber princes are held in high esteem.
They go about to the colleges, some Of
them, md doctors of law, and doctors
Of divinity. groyel at their feet. If any
Mordecai has refused to bow down be-
fore them, his name has not been re-
ported.
"Men whose riches have been in
creased by spelling their neighbors, we
hold up as shining examples for the
imitation of youth. So long rs teach
ers Of morality silently indorse such
indignitics it is not to be expected that
the people will cry out against them.
We have among us class Of men who,
in their rapacity, are bent on enriching
themselves by forcibly seizing the pro-
perty Of their neighbors; and that they
have learned how to use the organized
force of the Government for this pur-
pose. Some means must be found oil
putting stop 10 them. Unless this he
done speedily, the respect for law, on
which social order rests, will not long
survive"
And Mr.. Miller adds: "Certainly
something must be done, for at this
rate some coarse and cruel tyrant will
get hold Of money enough to not only
damn the public but the republic. :
Such is the vortex which we are near
ing, and there is no force or power un
der heaven which can save the people
| except one united pull, strong pull
and pull altogether against the cur
rent ofmoncpoly which is sweeping and
circling them rapidly into the jaws 81
destruction. As our forefathers in '1t
marshalcd their forces on the one issue
Of freedom, under the banner of indie
pendence, and our brothers in 81
fought secession on the single idea o
"The Union forever" so in this crisi,
the people must lay aside all minor is
sues. and unite their forces to crush on
the monster tyrant Monopoly, which il
sapping the foundations Of the repub
lie, robhing industry of the fruits of it
toll, and reducing the masses to serfdon
| and slavery. Chicago Express.
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Leaving the Old Farm.

A farmer near Circleville, Ohio, hung
himself because he was compelled to
move off farm on which he had lived
since childhood. od.-Erchdnge. And still
there are people who will go on won
dering and inlliring how to keep the
boys on the farm. Here is man who
had grown mp with the old farm and be-
come so attached to it that to leave the
scenes Of his boyhood broke his heart,
and he hid his grief in suicides
grave. There is no sense in talking
about how the boys may he kept on the
farm. To be sure, farm life is not one
continual circus day, as in the city, nor
Fourth Of July, and formers can
make their sons hate the old farm home
by snbiecting them to all manner OF
drudgery, the same rs they would a
pair of vearling steers, and expect them
to wear the yoke and never make q
kick. The man alluded to above had
grown up on the farm. He was some
body's son, and, no doubt, in his boy
hood ,lavs he often had sort Of a
yearning to leave the old farm and go
away to the city, and put on boiled
shirt and smoke cigars, and amass a
fortune. But he stuck to the old farm,
and. when he was finally obliged to
leave it. the thought was too much, and
lie took his own life rather than 60. No
doubt when he thought of leaving the
old place, the scenes OF his boyhoods
happiest hours would arise up before
him, and he could see, in looking back
DER a lifetime spent on the old farm,
the same narrow, winding lane
through which he trudged when
boy. over the grass and stub
BILE covered with the heavy dew
and frost Of early morning, and the
thought of how he placed his bare foot
down on the early bumble-bee which
nestled among the clover blossoms and
sang its morning song, came back to
him with old-time vigor. The thought
Of leaving the dear old home. around
whose cheerful fireplace he had spent
many happy evening, and then went
j to bed of feathers beneath rafters
laden with dried pumpkin and catnip,
and seed corn and cob-webs and dried
apples. was more than the poor man
could stand. There is no use talking
about keeping boys on the farm when
| they get the roaming fever, but after a
| man has been there lifetime he would
not exchange places with King, and
wear a crown, and suffer with the gont
and the dyspepsia. There are thons.
ands who know just how that poor man
must have felt. and will pity him. As
they know that it is often better to own
3OO-acre farm, without mortgage on
it, and good. sound constitution, than
to be the proprietor of millions. and q
brown-stone mansion, and the consump'
i ton Perks SIM
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POWER or JAY GOULD.
Tho 0verahMdOwing Railroad MOnopoli.

Tho OvershAdOwinE Railroad MOnopoiist.
Gov Crittenden, Of Missouri, in m
address not long ago, said:
"Tully one.third Of tho whole railway
system Of the country II Under tho con.
troll Of Jay Gould. The railway sys.
tenn OF the Southwest Is under his com-
mAnd. He controls ii not directly,
through others--thc Union Pacific,
constructed at Governmental cost Of
over $B0, 10000 He controls the
Wabash system. II il said TINT II he
Ind tho management Of the Delaware
md Lnckawanna system, or the Erie
sysem--both Of which may fall into
his ppssessiun At any time--he would
have an unbrokcn railway connection
from Boston to the western and south
ern extremities Of the country. He
controls tho elevated system of rail-
ways in New York city. Hc controls
the entire tclcgraphic system of this
country, which places Tho private tele-
graphic communications, the press and
the markets OF our land under his su-
pervision and management. I call your
attention to the list Of securities under
his authority, which may impress your
minds with the power Of this one man
to control the dcstinics Of this country.
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Human CURIOSITY.

Somebody asked Public Library
official whether recent newspaper stric-
lures upon certain works of fiction had
had any etfeett here. "Thes have had the
effect Of making all sorts of people in
auire for the books spoken against,
was the response. 1t il always 50. 4
few years ago cry was raised and Ger
tain books tabooed, and We couldn't at.
tend to nor count the applicants for
those very books" These facts, how
ever, are not 50 appalling A. they may
look to some good people. They illus
irate the curiosity and not neeessaril,
the depraylty, Of human nature The,
also cause many people to question
whether it il ever wiser to condemn
than to LEI certain books alone to die ol
their own sorthlessness. Boston
Transcript
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Scarlet Fever
Cured.

Vanderbilt unlvcrsity. Nashvillc, Tenn.
nashyx rrephylae,ie Fluid A a,sinte,,an, and
de,ersen, il Is both Theoretically and practically
superior 10 any preparation With which I am az.
qaainsea,-N, 4, l4vrfoS. rnf Chemistry,
narhys Fluid II Recommended Nv
Hon, AlkNANnks IL, SternaSs. oi Gcergia,
Rev, caAs, 4, nkkMs, n,n., Church sf The
Strangers, ", "
Jos, t.kcesrs, Columbia, Prof university, sc,
Eev, A, MyflN, ee.f, Mercer University,
Rev, ore. I, f,Rses, bishop N, \, Church.
iNDlSrENSANl.E To EVERY HOME.
Perfectly hasmleS>, Used Internally "
cAternally iar Man ~ beast,
The Fluid has been thoroughly testc,t, and We
have abundant evseaee tha. II has done rvcrssh,n,
here claimed, tar mllsr Information gct u your
nsass... pamphlet or send 10 the prersie,o,s,
j. N. xEll.lN 4 CO.,
Manufacturing Chemists. entt.AhEl eHlA,
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kaao sin IN,

Total ,.......... .ts4a. .sao,a 400 <27e6a 900
"Ihis il not all, although il covers
the land and the electricity Of the con.
tinent He also demands the water
transportation. He il interested in the
barge lines Of the Mississippi river and
tho Pacific Mail. II is said he owns
SlOO. .OOO, 900 worth Of real estate. He
aspires to the control Of the stock eN-
changes of America, in which all the
securities Of this country are bought
and sold II, sirs, all of this is true he
il the most powerful man on earth.
The Presidential power Of our land
quails before him. He can make and
unmake men. He can retire a Governor
from his executive chair, Ms hc did Cor
nell, of New York, Ivy outside instru-
mentalities, and can summon Cabinet
Minister to abandon his seat to become
one of his followers and executioners of
his orders. It il said that he has be-
come tho controller Of the Associated
Press dispatches in this country, which
will give him the mastery of the whole
press Of this country. and by the press
Of the market reports, and this, my
eountrymen. may affect the values of
tho stock boards and agricultural pro-
ductions Of the State. What is the
danger of such concentration
of money powersg 1t is threat
against the Legislative power Of every
State in this onion. II is threat
against the Congressional power of all
the States, 1t is n threat against the
purity and power Of the judiciary. 1t
Is threat against the power, liberty
and property of every citizen Of this
land. II il threat against the free
dom Of this country. 1t il a threat
against the purity Of the ballot-hox.
In fact, il il a threat against the whole
elective system. 1t is threat against
our form If government. making it de-
pendent upon the personal ends and
avaricc Of one man, who becomes. il not
4 patriot, above the ambition Of all men
save Washington, a dictator without
the vestments Of official position. Mr..
Gould has the right, under the law, to
acquire the control Of this immense
property and consequent power. That
cannot bc questioned. / am not
here to abuse him. That would not
become this place nor my office. He is
man Of extraordinary ability and fore
sight, and of unusual amiabilitv. In
the language Of Senator Edmunds, OF
Vermont, He is not rs black as paint.
ed The important question is: How
will he use this rower--for the good or
evil Of societys II for the good Of the
whole country, he will leave a name
second only to that Of Washington,
| viii he do sos l fear not"
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Surprising u la>e.

He said he didn't intend to STAY a
minute, Int just dropped III to ask a
little advice on business matter.
Suppose he continued, that |
wanted to raise thousand dollars 20
meet sudden emergency
"Yes.n
II would naturally 90 to the bank 2"
"You would
II would give note for 80 days, and
ii would have to be indorsed 7"
Exactly
"And in case yon indorsed il for
me"
u should expect to he obliged to pay
I'LL Good morniagl"
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The Deluge at Louisville.

THE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY WITHOUT PAR
AIIEI. IN THE ANNALS OF THAT CITY.
The waters in the Ohio river ut Louisville
reached height not witnessed before for
years About forty squares in the north
eastern section Of the city were inun-
dated, and 5000 persons driven from their
homes The cutoff dam, overcome by the
terrific weight OF water from above, gave
way suddenly. with loud roar" says an
eyewitness, ~the Hood rushed over. The
waters covered the ground with irresistible
force, falling about eighteen feet To the
ground below the dam. In few seconds
the yellow tide was sweeping in from all
points, and the infatuated Inhabitants in the
Bear Grass creek bottoms, who had gone TO
bed. We're completely surprised III their
homes With Il mighty rush the waters
swept from square To square, rapidly rising
in the houses and Seyering many from their
foundations The roar Vt the waters could
not drown the screams Of the terrified ones
who We're escaping from their doomed
houses Men, women and children Maded
through the advancing waters Bonfres
elilnmered ON the higher ground which
many poor outcasts lad gained People
who We're sleeping in foolish confidence that
the embankments would shelter
them were rldels awakened by
the flood coming into their houses
Some We're egen surprised IN hed NAen
the stroke came il was like lightning. IN
the darkness and cold they He'd the waiting
death, half clothed and shiserlng. Bs maiii-
ing thirty hive squares We're under water,
and oyer l5U HOUSES destroyed Al day
long a stream of people passed III ana down
the Short Line track 10 look at The river I
devastation Houses We're overturned, some
on their sides, some almost on their roofs,
other buildings We're crushed 10 pieces ana
perhaps a third were swept away from
their foundations Doors window
sash =, pieces Of furniture. hnl-
Der, driftwood and shingles Mere floating
about in confusion. In the lower hottanl
lands the water Ii within a loot ~ Two 81
the roofs af the houses Several persons
Were rescued from trees into which lnak hatl
climbed A gratifying feature ~ the Hood
Ii that comparatively ieN are Thought I.
have lost their lives. Many occupants 81
houses In the submerged districts had re-
moved and thus escaped The fact that the
survivors are scattered over the eits zen
ders il impossible TO make q definite stafe
msag u YAa are lost " saged Fiss pelsonl
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cases al htrhthetia yteld
Ecvcrcsl aud alck FER,
A0ns rvf.~.hs,l aid
llcsl ANstss prevent.
ell by bathing with
nafhys Fluid,
] IN pure Air made
haflaless and purified,
For S0rr Throat |, Il a
sure cure,
COntMwl0M destroyed
Fur ErNntrtl Feet.
(,hllhlMlMa, Plies,
ChNilhks. ctc.
RhcNnntlnsa cured,
N0ft White Complex
Ions secured by It's use,
Ship Fever prevented,
To purify the llrcAtM.
Cleanse tlc Teeth.
Il can't be surpassed,
('AtMrrh relieved and
cured.
EryalpelMa cured.
lsNrNsrelieved Instantly.
ScArs prevented.
Oysentcry cNawd.
Wounds healed rapidly,
ScNrvy cured,
An AMlltlOtr for Animal
or Vegetable relsens.
StinsS. etc.
| used the Fluid during
eur rresen, atllicsion with
Scarlet Fever with dc.
ciled advantage, II Il
Indispensable 10 the sick,
feem. WM, 4, SAND,
knkn, EsNfie. Ala,
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Central American Women.

Just within the courtyard of white
marble palace, in the leafy shade of
mango grove. hangs IL silken hammock
lined with the brilliant plumage OF
tropical birds. In it reclincs Great
ure whom to call divine would be base
fattery to the gods. Note the classical
features. the delicate, very light olive
tint of her skin; see the long black
silken tresses, in which an immense
diamond headed pin holds a rose; see
the long lashes. half shading those
lnstrous orbs, which give forth all the
varieties OF expression OF refined
thought ms she listens to her maids
reading from Espronceda's poems.
Her shoulders, arms and bust are
covered. hut not concealed, by the
finest Of lace. and long white skirt
trails the ground, hnt allows one micro
scopical foot to peer forth, Just enough
to show the point Of Il gold-emlroiler.l
slipper. The gentle breeze give, ever
SO slight Il motion To the hammock,
and each little movement Of it, ravish-
ingly beautiful occupant reveals
thousands Of new charms. What
wonder that men, especially those
possessed by tropieally iniiammahle
temperament. become inspired with the
divine aIfiat,is sing III her. rave about
her ave, kill for herr
Tie Traveller from the cold North
Who has visited the tropics, upon read
ing the preceding lines, will continue
the lernsal of this sketch. ~ ascertain
how ontragronaly .an disregard truth,
for the foregoing imagery can 10 found
only IN ideal descriptions of Cehtral
American women the real ones are ol
IL lar different type. Fred G. Faien
tine. ia the Continent
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NMAt.t..rON
and
FITTING VI small
lsNx HllENENTlsll

A member afmy fam.
liz Mas taken with
Small raS, | used the
flnid the ratlcn, wa
MT leliflaus, was no
pl,.ed, and Was aboa
the housc again Ia thrt
weeks. and no others
had Il W. pARk.
lssok, Philadelphia,
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An Age OF MonolOgue.

"There is no comfort in talking now
adays, sighed nice old lady, recently;
"even the best bred people interrupt SO
that one can never finish anything.
Everybody wants to talk, hut nobody
is willing to listen.' Perhaps the mat
tention Of her hearers to some pet story
had rufiied the speakers usually placid
humor, and undoubtedly she stated the
case somewhat strongly, bnt there is
unfortunately far too much truth in her
remark that in these days everybody
wants to talk and nobody to listen. 1t
is partly because it is MI age OF prolific,
if not always profound Thought. and the
simplest of our acquaintance are seeth-
ing with ideas that jostle each other in
their eagerness to come to uttcrance.
For the most part these ideas, like Dr.
Holmes moral, run at large. and are
caught from the air, but none the less
do they compel speech, and the result
that conversation has we'll nigh become
lost art, and We live i'll IN age of
monologue. Two or more people sit
down together, and each utters his
monologue, more or less brilliant, as the
case may be, paying no especial heed
to the words OF his companion, and only
in the faintest degree modified by them.
Epigram, aneclotc, simile and Wise OBJ
servations are poured out to nnheeding
ears, not for the sake of being heard,
but for the sake Of utterance. We have
become like So many Cassanlras, and
bear about the burden of prophecy With
an inward necessity of declaring il
which is mightier than We. We read,
we talk, but how seldom do We LISTEN
Rnsfn1a iaU.ia,.
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l'sprn the laws Of Illinois, he who
steals a copy Of a morning paper from
Il subscribers doorstep can be fined
SlnO.
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IILE insurance is objected to by Ken
tuekians heeause 4 man must die TO re-
cover.
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are positively known to have been drowned
The money loss will reach into the mill
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DARBYS
PRoPHYLAcTIc
FLUID.
4 Household Article TOR unlvcrsNl
Family cae,

Far scarlet and
Tyrhs,l,l Frvcra
DlphthrrlA. SAil-
walton, tiicat~tcd
s,,r~ 1'i.ts,ai, small
poa, Measles. and
=. rcrsens waiting On
~, Scarlet Fever has
Al where the Fluid was
zen cured with Il MfVer
~ place. The worst
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Iradieatss
MALARIA.

all Cort~ xiOMa Diseases
the Sick should use I, freely
never been known 10 spread
used, Yellow Fever has bee,
black v0snlt had taken
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r--.,..-1.-. ~ ~. ~ 1hc ConI Run
=. -----. ~, Co... 49, Instant
-- 60 1900 49,. ~.1 tn~ serious In
jury q several otncr-
SrnrkroR. Ill. Nov. r.
-.,... .--. .,.~.-.,v ox-r the
ms con'nu, ~-'...-.,., ..,,~n.a
intense excitement 81 tnf it't".'u. 80 .,
collision Of Friday last when Ano'ns. $500
~. accident t,ok plnrr IN this city. Where
<~..-.,. - ~. ,....,,.tiou il en,nioved in
one-.o1s'. n. -'o ~ - --~, -..,...- -.-r3.r
Or about the numerous e'''
every person has friends Or relatives ~n.~r
lives arc in constant danger. a. I'D ms
morning the repHDrr 0; terrible explosion
" - H''n' <s..-...;.-..;.~. 49,
nervous excitement -" y n.
veaIcd that &c che OLD peanut sn~1t - M
Coal Run Coal Company number p work
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S.~.s xesiinr. ~ slurd~r~r - Adn Akin
-.-... 4. r.al~s.. placed Deyond fne Poo
800. rsr-~< ~ 4. r.sa.isv Plea.
&C., - -
..' 80. 49, .-"-- w
Finally sacop rei''"e. -
Ada Atkinson. has paid The penalty a me
crime. He 49, taken from Jail last night
'I1~.l~s rh- .r.ir - xxell MANNED
.'. ~ ---,,.- -~--.,,~.1 Ahort
end c.retaiit no so..,y ' -~--
half-pa<t Ten O'Clock - lone not >en'~'
might have been SEEM riding into town.