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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03
4 Weakness Of Character.

Il understand that you have broken
your engagement with the beautiful
Miss Piggleworth, said Col. Within to
young man.
"Yes, decided that We could never
get along together.
"What evidence had you of incompat-
ibility?'
Striking evidence. The last time
was at her house she showed me de-
cided weakness in her character. Now,
if there is anything in this world that I
admire. it is strength. In my grand
admiration for strength, my dear
Colonel, / lose sight of hundred
faults"
"Why, my friend, the Colonel replied,
Miss Piggleworth is lady of strong
character.
mo, no, she's weak. Now, Colonel,
you know / am a man OF the world, and
attach more Importance to strength than
n less-schooled man would"
rs she too girlish in her manner?"
"Oh no."
"Nacillating in her tastes?'
NO, quite steadfast.
"Then how the deuce is she weak ?"
We'll, Won see, whiie | was with her
the other evening the rest Of the family
was away from home. While we were
talking pleasantly a servant entered
and said the washerwoman had come
and wanted her pay, and. sir, without
making an attempt To stand the woman
off, she deliberately paid tie amount.
] can't stand anything like that, and /
am convinced that size would not do for
my wife"
Il quite agree with you" the Colonel
replied, after moments reflection.
"Such Il weakness II character would
soon break ii man up, Fortunately, ]
didn't marry that kind of ii wonan."-
.frkaasar T,are'ef.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03
Suicides In Prussia.
able DIslEtch I

0ffieal statistics just published state that
90 suicides Occurred i'm Prussia during the
year ending in September Most ut the male
victims werc Nofk5ngmon, aud unc-t1fth ot
the whole number were MunlcE, Tie n"ws.
fai e9s comment OH the e8uses which innel
- large \ percentage III tho fDeEc. esasses to
GEEK ras}isf In s.slfs aestruet GA, ana some OF
them. whi h are inclined toward socialism, in
t1st that the present Ia&erly creating system
81 government II ~ blame for the despair
which leads En ~ cruel al remedy.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03

- tho roof pf las burning nill stood the
two little daughters If Dallas Crawford, OF
Hcs4efgiilr. IA. No ladders were available,
aI1st tie rhts3rra were gIKsn mp a. lost. Al
fIe1 il. isunue!! a }Gua~ farmer. sprang for
ward with Il ep5l q: rope ana ali iron hook.
lii assembled Il ia4 1ak tree near III mill ard
In a minute sto8j on a limb hi.h oYer the
children. Ii@ thscw ~ Fope, and tie hook
caught in tAp smaller girls dress. Eonuell
lowered Aer safely aHto Hsr father arssls, lie
then cast his hook sseona Itlnc, and the
other child was saved. her clothing catching
firn Ia sac lett tha roof.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03
EASTERN.

With n capitalization of Slas. 900, the
'hrh'ei. anl ths Telegraph, Of Pittsburgh,
will hc consolidated retaining both numes.
Gen. Grant slipped on tho Ice nj New
York and fell To the pavement, sustaining a
painful Injury ID the hip.
Rowell and M Alderman Of Now York
ara - have siN-day walking match In that
city IN February. for $500 il side.
The banks and savings institutions al
Providence. H. l., bold S.as,n al the papcr
OF the bankrupt tirm OF Amos II. smith 10.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03

Senator Mcdonald is attending closely
To his law practice in Indianapolis, which in
lse3 Melted him over sea- aua. He il about
70 proceed to Washington on supreme court
business, hut will confer with Senators Beck
aud Garland IL tn his chances for the presi-
dental nomination. 50 says an indianapolis
dispatch
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03

The Little Actress Guyed and Kissed In
London.

London.
London Ii~patch.l
Lolita made her first appearance in london
last night. Her success was not such US was
hoped. Her play, "Masette," was voted
hopelessly duh. iawns, jeers, and cat
calls accompanied ii throughout. Tho
curtain fell amid "A hurricane of Kisses
The fault l. attributed 10 the
author her than 10 the actress,
Public expectation had been raised TO high
pitch The Pal haI Gazette Published a
portrait Of Ia'ta ana an interview. in which
She said: My ssslo and Ways may not hit the
taste of English plas2oers. ] am drcadfully.
oh. dreaifuliy nervous Lolita soon found
her forehadings true. Her tricks, voice,
and gait We're di,pleasing because they
were strange To the audience. Her
genuine comic powers passed nnh.ed-
ii. Her duet With her lover was ridi-
culed, aud her su.tseaticnt selections from
IiarriQan ard Hart pros oket no applause.
The play went gradually To pieces. and to
make matters worse tie part of the Haronet
was assigned III Arthur bacie, whose recent
divorce case has made him unpopular. 50
the ruin was complete. Tue mis-. hief done
~ Marsacn's play may b" repaired when
Lolita appears IN hsr familiar parts of the
sarehionces, AMI Little Neil.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03
WASHINGTON.

The prediction is made ut Washing
ton thar Mr.. bland, rs Chairman at the ,osn.
arc committee, will prevent the passage of a
dollars.
Representative Townsheld. Of Hi
nois, feels confident OF the passage OF his bill
- pension nil survivors OF the Mexican and
Hlachhawk wars.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03
.FREsCH GLORY THIRST"
4 Nation Intoxicated by Victory Osei
the Chinese.

n NNuOH 10y II osel
the Chinese.
Gable Dispatch from Paris
The parislans are sust now iuhilant over
thu Iroaeh successes al sontay. The cry, ~
r.hin." j. abe popular thing i'll the cafes ano
public places. The people who a week ago
were clamoring against the Govern,
menl because If this crazy Tonlun
business are no~ appsauaIng the Min
iStry Tor ''the glory VIII hs the iepions of
France" \ week ago tie pspulacc thought
tile Chinese mvriaas would simply ohlltcrate
the French army Tonight H.. same ropnIaee
appears to fancy ihat the french army haze
"A holiday march before them. The capture
Of Sontay seems - have thoroughly reSit I'd
among the French people, lariicalarly in
Paris, The Cd national naaas - French glory.
thirst" The statesmen OF the republic are
alarmed al this. fer they know and fear
its certain tendency.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03
She Was Not Mistaken.

He was masher holding up the cor
ner, and rs very pretty girl came
along he spotted her, and made break
to mash her. "Ah," he said, with q
greasy smile, tipping his hat, Il beg
your pardon, but are Won not Miss
-?' But before he could continue
she interrupted with: Not mis- taken
in thinking You are fool? No, don't
think l am and she sailed past, while
he fell up against lamp-post and
gasped as the crowd standing around
gave him the laugh till it made him
sick in fourteen languages.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03

\ SINGH. sudden. aad tremendous peal Of
thunder ID a Fasagm sunday night 70 affected
two taa.eS 81 A-8t port that on The
4a3to8 ing u nsdaF they we're unable 10 re-
la@sale@r H@sthsua Wil=ta lid Occurred on the
previous nAy, a though they otherwise gave
no indication ot mental disturbance
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03
NEWS CONDENSED.
Concise Record OF the Week
DOIN0s OF CONGRESS.

~. cockREii presented memorial IN tho
Tenate. Dec n, from tho merchants, manufacts
nrers and business men OF NJ. Louis onpo.ins
thc reveal OF thu Naporixlng law of issp. which
permits vtneiarmaker- to produce low Mines
Ter the PURPOSE af making vinegar without nav.
nrmea The appointment OF Royal
~. johnson 70 10 surveyor General IL
hfisonM Adjourned nni Jan, Il
Iiem the President transmitting the rsnett IN
me Seetrtary " y alto, and the ra,eIs relating
~ thn uial, eansiction, and execution nt tia
future action sraakr Carlisle announced tho
standns committees, and the House adjourned
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03
why She Went with Charley.

II have got two invitations for to-
morrow" said Clara. Charley wants
me to go with him, and Fred also sent
me an invitation. / hate Fred, and the
place he's going to don't like one bit.
aThen you will GO with Charley?" sug-
gested her friend. NO; l shall go
with Fred. The tickets to his excur-
sion are 81 apiece, while the tickets to
Chsrley's are only Is cents"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03
Thought II Was broke.

4 little girl climbed MP IN chair for
something, and tipping over, chair and
all, began to cry as loud as she could
cry. Mamma comforted her, 4 little
while afterward Edna, who is almost
Two years younger than her sister, tip
ped over in the saline way; but she
didn't erynot bit Of il. What u
brave little girl :" said mamma, at which
Ava pat ont her lip. "pooh!" said she,
with a good deal Of seorn, that isn't
anything. | think most probably she
couldn't cry ii she wanted to1 think
maybe Aes eryei's broke
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03

The reaction has set in strongly i'm
England against over education, and
the evils OF competitive examination
are forelhly dwelt aron by doctors.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03
The Woman Question In sweden.

before the extensive use of steam
boats on the waterways around Stock
holm the Dalecarlian girls were accus-
toned to come to the capital in great
numbers each season to row the pas
senger boats from point to point in tho
neighborhood of the city. This custom
still exists to some extent, and the Wis
itor may be rowcd by buxom peasant
girl to an island restaurant, or across
an arm of the lake. The girls have
lost none OF the moral independence
and the remarkable physical strength
which have since the beginning of
Swedish history distinguished their an
cestors. In the large cities they are
found to-day mixing mortar, CARRYING
burdens and rowing boats quite as
easily rs the men, AMI quite as accepta-
bly, to the employers. The most famous
boatwomen are the girls of the parish
of Rattvih, whittier We had rambled in
the search of the mythical mid
dance. : Frank ID. Millet, IL, Harper's.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03

A SMART "Aleck" OH the West Side
bet - that lie could pnt billiard ball
in his mouth. so far the Doctors Of
forts lave heen TO 40 effect, and it is
thought that the only way that the ball
can be gotten out is to drill hole in it
and fill it with powder aud fuse, and
blast il out and then there ale doubts
whether the patient can stand the OPP
Grafton, g. lie j. very weak, not having
eaten anything for strea DAYS 81. fafl
PrenerF fiieflv
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03

, The use Of the term
Short Line" i'm conncc-
ii IL vi h the corporate
NAM of 4 great road,
conveys an idea Of Just
what Is required by tho
travelling public-a Short
Line, tsG!sa Time and tho
Best s-s accommodations
isliea By III greatest rail-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03

Mrs. lmagen Brown, the leading
soprano Of ST. Bartholomew church,
has "a salary of 81 900 year. and, it is
said, further emolunent of $1,000 q
year provided for her by subscription.
Miss Thurshv, when the leading So
prano Of the Broadway Tabernacle
church, r. eived, it is said, similar re-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
"Call Me Pet Names. Darling.

The Democratic papers are beginning
to see where the late lightning struck,
and are not very mealy- about
what they say. The Chicago Herald
says:
In defeating the Morrison bill the
Democratic party has refused to meet
the only issues which the coming can.
vass will present. These are reduced
taxation and tariff reform. High
sounding declarations and seductive
promises at Chicago in July will be idle
in the face of the shameful performances
of the party's representatives at Wash
ington.
The Chicago Times, not to be outdone
by its less partentious neighbor, gives it
in this style:
That unsepulchered cadaver, that
body of historic putrefaction without
bowels, that agglomeration of ..ringed,
streaked and speckledh politicians call
ing themselves the Democrat party have
once more performed upon themselves
the interesting ceremony of disembow-
elment.
TheLouisvilleCourie Journal mourns
in this fashion:
The vote on the Morrison bill was
close, but the bill was beaten, and beaten
by the votes of renegade Democrats. 1t
was compromise measure offered in
good faith to those who keep no faith.
A small guerrilla band within the lines
OF the party, has, since the opening of
the session, acted under orders from the
Republican leaders. 1t is coalition as
disgraceful as any in our political his
tory. The party has been betrayed
betrayed by those whom it has delighted
TO honor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
Poor Mr.. Morrison.

Well may Mr.. Morrison exclaim
"From my friends, good Lord deliver
mel" Twice has this seriously inclined
tariff-reformer been voted down by his
political friends. The gentleman from
Illinois has made q reduction of the tar
if his one idea since going into con-
gress. Twice has he been made chair
man of the Ways and Means committee
for the express purpose of giving him
an opportunity to present his tariff ideas
before Congress in the shape that
suited him best, and each time his pet
measure has been killed by his political
associates. There is no doubt but Mr.
Morrison is in earnest in regard to the
anti-tariff measure he has so long and
faithfully championed, but the fact
that his Democratic allies, have only
used him for the purpose of drawing
the anti-tariflites into the Democratic
ranks, is what he has so far failed to
see. Perhaps this last and most severe
blow will open his eyes and cause him
TO steer clear of such associates in the
future. Long ago the people discov-
cred just how much interest the Demo-
cratic party had in the anti-tariff issue,
and the hope that they had placed in
that party for relief from a supposed or
imaginary grievance, was long since
dispelled. 1t has taken some time to
convince Mr.. Morrison that his support
was not genuine, but he now knows to y
certainty the kind of politicians he has
been bunking with. However this anti
tariff business is only another blunder
of the party of plumbers, and the result
will be that the people will put more
faith in the Republican party and hence
forth abide with that party; knowing
that when necessary, tor the good of the
country, they will pass any law that will
be for the public good.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
A Revolution in Tobacco.

The next number of Heath and Home
will contain, we are authorized to state,
long article on the numerous and var
led remedial uses to which tobacco can
be applied. The writer frankly declares
that he never chewed, smoked or snuffed,
and the manner in which he uses the
weed appears to be exclusively by ex-
ternal application as poultice or plas-
ter.
The discovery of the sedative effect OF
the herb arose from casual observation
of jockey ejecting tobacconized
stream from his lips into the infamed
eye of horse. In quick development
the discovery which followed this New
tonian beginning led to a general use OF
tobacco for sprains, wounds, erysipelas,
eorns, bunged eyes and sore throats
with marvellous results. The far-reach.
ing effects of this discovery cannot be
fathomed at once. 1t may create such
demand for the weed that the internal
revenue will be doubled and tariff
rendered doubly useless.
At all events, it will undoubtedly
qualify the rancor of those who per.
sistently decry the virtues of tobacco,
and will furnish innocent occupation tc
many who must revise the statistics
which have been gathered to demon
state the exact ratio existing between
the use of tabacco and human depravity
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
Hold OH For a While

The following letter to the editor
from Mr. Art. Sherman, is published for
the public benefit:
al want to say, and wish you would
give the statement a circulation, that
the country on the Northern Pacific
railroad, from the Rocky mountains TO
the coast, is emphatically the poorest
place for money-making in America.
Every town is full of men out of work.
There were thirty-six persons in the
emigrant car in which rode; six were
from Wisconsin, nine from New York,
six from Michigan, three from Indiana,
nine from Canada, two Scotchmen and
one lrishman. The New York men
stopped at Belknap, Montana and Spok-
ane Falls. Imet four of them few DAYS
later in Portland. Two of them got
work on farm at twenty dollars per
month, three had gone back home, the
Michigan men and Canadians were
choppers, and were offered work at
$3.50 per day and board themselves.
Some of the others came to buy land but
did not want the land when thew
saw it, and heard the old settlers
stories about the average yield of
wheat being eight to twenty bushels per
acre, and selling at eighty cents per
bushel. Everything is cheaper on the
"Slope," instead of being high as re-
ported. Labor is cheap because Chi
nese can be had and are employed in
all kinds of manuel labor. Very little
building is being done in towns west of
Mullen Pass, in the Rockies, and bust
ness men complain of dull times.
would advise the Lancaster folks to
stay at home for another year at least,
before coming to Washington territory
or Oregon, as there are plenty of impe-
cunius chaps pouring out of the Cour
D'Alene mines every day, and flooding
the country around. When you hear
any one corroberating the statements
of the Northern Paclfie's circulars set it
down that he has an axe to grind.
II am employed by Deming & Co. of
this city (San Francisco), to represent
their interests in Stockton. Sacramento,
ETC., and win be on the road good deal.
VIII make Stockton my headquarters
for while
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
The 1I5mIion ofKifchens.

The prevailing notion that the kitchen
is woman's peculiar province is all
humbug. She is no better fitted to the
work of the kitchen than man, and in
nine cases out of ten she has no sort OF
business fooling with such deadly
things as articles of food can become
when improperly handled. Woman
has ceased to weave in her domestic
life, ceased to brew, ceased to make
the clothes of the men-folks-it can all
be done better and cheaper by corpora
tons specially designed to do these
things on large scale. Cooking will
soon join the others, and woman will
be given more time for self-improve-
ment, more time to train her children.
more time to overcome the weaknesses
of her emotional nature. And the
household will be better sustained.
The cost of running a kitchen will be
saved; the doctors bill rendered neces-
sary by woman's oyerwork will be saved
and the woman will be able, often, to
earn an income In an industrial oecu-
patton. = lil,caakee Sentinel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
The Dead Rebels.

The death of Judah p Benjamin
yesterday, in Paris, removes another
conspicuous actor in the slavery re-
beliion from among the living. although
from his long residence out of the coun-
try he had become almost the same to
the American people as if he had long
been dead. He was one of the prom
inent rebels whose life does not APP
pear to have been shortened by lost of
property, loss of fame and loss of men,
tai quietude resulting from the dark Vi
cissltudes of the warfare against their
country IN which they engaged. jeff
Davis still survives, and exhibits a
grim and CYNICAL fortitude, and gath
ering consolation from the mistaken
idolatry of his admirers. Some of the
inferior actors in the tragic drama of
the rebellion are also in active life: some
are trying to live busy and useful lives.
and are striving to atone for the crime
of disloyalty, and for the excuses into
which 1t led them, by an exemplary use
OF the opportunity which was given
them by the grace of the Government
which they attempted to destroy. But
the number who went down broken
hearted to dishonored graves within a
few years after the disastrous close of
the rebellion includes the most of those
from whom the country might have ex-
pected the best things had they lived to
undo the evil of their own hands. Pierre
Soule, the colleague of Mr.. Benjamin
in the United States Senate before the
war, and In the rebel administration,
and greatly his superior in genius, in
oratory, and in other statesmanlike ac-
complishments, died in 1870. John G.
breckenridge, whose treason blighted
the most promising career on the Amer.
lean continent, fingered until 1875; but
he lived as Under constant cloud of I'M.
awaiting regret and sickening despond.
ency. General Robert +. Lees few last
years did not afford him, either in his
conscientious labors in the Washington
College or in the world of rebel SYM
pathy and administration of which he
was the object, compensation for the
metal distresses which weighed upor
his heart and sent him to the grave in
1870. John nj. Mason and John Slidell
whose exploits came at one time neal
emoroiling the United States in wa,
with Great Britain, both died in 1871
John A. Wise. one of the most brilliant
Southern statesmen of the time before
the war. but who rendered no brilliant
service while it lasted. died shortly
after its close. Other names might bt
mentioned. but the story and the mora
are the same, with but few exceptions
they died in poverty and obloquy.-
Chicago Journal, May 8.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
The Singers and the Critic.

Singers love newspaper critics very
dearly, and make it rule to repeat in
their presence what they say behind
their backs. Two famous ARTISTS
were standing on Broadway one morn
ing tearing out their hair over crit.
cism which had appeared in one of the
daily papers in which they had been
likened to a pair of "braying jack.
asses"
Milo carol" shouted tenor, the hairs
OF whose mustache stood up like Sc
many pike-staffs; "do you efer read
somesing like zat?"
dot loafer was SO trunk lest hide, y
growled the baritone, carving the air in
his fury, Eat he don vas apl' to saw ze
stage. He don't know no more aboud
re moosic of re GRAND mastaire IAN re
horse CARP
"Eef l efer see Eat fell" exclaimed
the baritone, Il will smesh re nose in
his FACET
just then the critic came along and the
worthy melody murderers fastened
toward him with outstretched arms.
Milo! mio!" exclaimed the tenor,
show veil you lookn' zis mornin' mees-
tair. We vas yoost talkin' ALOUD re
most peautiful-a noteece in re papair.
You vas so kind. Grazia, grazia, milo
carol
"Eef l could write a Ikea Eat would
no more sing-a," said the baritone.
Then they hurried away and pledged
each other in Appollinaris water.-Ne,C
York Journal.