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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-07-31

VICTOR HUGo's joyous FAITH.-Here
are recorded the views of death by Victor
Hugo, at the age of eighty: 81 feel in my
self the future life. / am like a forest which
has been more than once cut down. The
new shoots are stronger and livelier than
ever. am raising, I know, toward the
sky. The sunshine is on my head. The
earth gives me it's generous sap, but Heav-
en- lights me with the reflection of unknown
worlds. You say the soul is nothing but the
resultant of bodily powers. Why, then, is
my soul the more luminous when my bOdi-
ly powers begin to fail? Winter in my head
and eternal spring in my heart. Then l
breathe, at this hour, the fragrance of the
years. The nearer approach the end the
palmer I hear around me the immortal SYM
phonies of the worlds which invite me. 1t
is marvellous yet simple. 1t is a fairy tale,
and it is history. For half a century have
been writing my thoughts in prose, verse,
history, philosophy, drama, romance, ira
dition, satire, ode, song-I have tried all.
But I feel I have not said the thousandth
part of what is in me. When 60 down to
the grave I can say, like so many others, 81
have finished my days work ; but l can not
say, 81 have finished my life" My days
work will hegin again next morning. The
tomb is not blind alley; it is thorough
fare. 1t closes in the twilight to open with
the dawn. improve every hour because
l love this world as my fatherland, because
the truth compels me as it compelled Vol
taire, that human divinity. My work is
only beginning. My monument is hardly
above its foundation. l would be glad to
see it mounting and mounting forever. The
thirst for the infinitive proves infnity."
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MEMORY AND CONsCIENCE.-Connec
with conscience is the office of memory.
The retrospections Of the mind are as rapid
as the flashes of lightning. More rapid are
they than the transmission Of ideas by the
telegraph between Washington and Balti-
more, or than that transmission will be
when-as such may happen-thoughts are
carried in a few moments around the earth.
knew a man who said that, in falling
thoughts of lifetime seemed to pass
through his mind He thought of his busi-
ness, of his wife, of his children, and of that
eternity to which he was going. A life
seemed to pass through his mind, and moth
ing was lost. So it will be when memory
summons the acts of life at the last tribu-
nal. Nothing is lost. Thoughts once i'm
pressed, but apparently lost, will come out
again. \ life is written on our memory, as
with invisible ink. 1t is apparently lost to
our fral sight while here; but in the judg
ment light it will be seen enveloped around
us, and will be unrolled till every line and
letter is made visible. l knew a sailor who
said that, when once in storm, on the gid
dy mast, while trying to furl sail, and
could not, he cursed God 1t passed out of
his mind for twenty years but then, in a
season of excitement, he said "Now re-
member it; l am lOstn'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-07-31

How BESSEN1ER BEGAN.-ltWaS chance
remark at a gun trial in France that gave
Henry Besselner the idea of improving and
strengthening gun metal. He incurred an
immense outlay. He built furnace after
furnace, he tried machine after machine, he
took out patent after patent, and he saw the
money he had amassed by previous inven-
tions fast melting away. After sundry par
tial successes he fell into disrepute and was
being sneered at by the iron manufacturers
as an impractical enthusiast, while the
him as matter of course. A few months
later Bessemer had produced steel worth
from ESQ to EGO per ton from iron that
cost him only e5. "He could then see
in his minds eye, at a glance, the great iron
industry of the world crumbling away under
the irresistible force Of the facts so recently
elected" "Fourteen years afterwards these
experimental works were sold for exactly
twenty-four times the whole subscribed
capital of the firm, after returning tifty-seven
fold" and the manufacture he originated is
now estimated to be worth no less than
E2O,OOO,O 900 yearly.
ARTHUR's Two HUNDRED WIVEs.-We
most always have some Indians here, says
a Washington letter writer. They want to
see the President once in a while, and the
President and Secretary Of the interior want
to see them. The Indians always have a
good time. They are brought here in good
Style, carefully shown all the attractions of
the town, and lionized by the people in a
certain sort of society. They don't usually
get the thing they come for !; but they al
ways get something, and sometimes it seems
better than the thing asked for. Some New
Mexico Indians, recently at the capital, car
ried back with them ideas somewhat more
extravagant than usual. They began the
story with the remark that President Ar
thur was the wealthiest man in the world !;
that in his great treasury gold and silver
were as plentiful as the sands on the plains
of New Mexico, and that in this great store
house the President has 200 wives, who have
nothing else to do but count out paper mon
cy for him all day long.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17

j. b. A. Beique, an extensive con-
tractor for waterworks in the Canadian
towns, has been compelled TO suspend, with
liabilities OF sl55,O00.
The Governor General of Canada
will visit Manitoba this summer, aud make a
brief stop At Chicago.
The Calumet and Hecla Mining Com
pany has for the first time In seventeen years
passed its dividend, causing its stock to drop
In the Boston market from 225 10 2OO
The steamer Grecian landed at Bos-
ton $50 immigrants who were assisted from
Galway by the luke fund 10 the extent of
from Is to $40 per family. Nearly all have
started westward. Most Of them had been
evicted from Irish estates.
Col. Aguero, the Cuban leader who
crossed from Key West, made his way toward
the interior aud was joined by numerous fac
lions. The Government has called upon
spain for more troops, aud has re-established
the censorship over dispatches.
The number of persons killed during
the Haytien revolution is officially declared
to have been 1900
Reports to the department at Wash
ington say the area sown to winter wheat is
y, 100000 acres, and that the average condi.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17
on A WELL.FOUGHT FIELD.
Anniversary Observanccs Of Grand Army
Veterans of the Battle Of shiloh.
tShiloh tTenn.) telegram

Anniversary Observanccs Of Grand Army
Veterans Of the Battle Of shiloh.
Ishiloh tTenn.) telegram
The steamers John Gilbert and w. F. Mes
bit left this point on the 9th inst. for Pitts
burg Landing, having about 400 excursion
lists on board mostly members of tho Grand
Army Of the Republic from Illinois, Indiana,
and Iowa. When the cxcursionists landed o
column was formed, and the party marched
to the national cemetery, where the band
played dead march. The men stood
with uncovered heads many with tears
running down Their cheeks as they
looked around and saw the melancholy
array of marble slabs which marked the
graves of dead comrades The column then
marched to the platform erected for the
speakers at the western end of the cemetery.
Prominent among those present were Gems
NJ. X. M. Wallace ID. G. Smith, 4. L. Dickey,
Coils. j. l.. Godfrey. w. 4. Shays, Maj. b.
Bingham, Capts. s. s. Carrot, II. II. Hinkle,
7. ID. Patterson, +. NJ. Kyle, !. l.. Ensengo,
George q. Jcntcrics, I. j. Bryant, II. s.
Clock, David Jones, Judson Mccoy, Fred A.
Smith, Charles NanGorden, A. II. Vershey,
ID. C. Address, w. 4. Russell, and G. p. Scarle.
All the above-namcd took part in the battle
Of Shiloh as Federal officers. The Rev.
Thomas Cotton, local preacher, explained
to the fact that many people had
been scared away In consequence
Of small pox scare, and Capt. H.
II. Hinkle, of Savannah, Tenn, a member OF
the Grand Army of the Republic. heartily
deplorci that there were no representative
Tenncsscans from the Confederate army TO
welcome the visitors. The Hon. T. ID. Smith,
of Illinois, was the orator of the day, and de-
livcred a stirring speech culogistic of tho
dead OF both armies. Gen. 4. Lyle Dickey,
Judge of the Supreme COURT of Illinois, fol-
lowed In an eloquent address, giving some
interesting personal experiences Of the battle
of Shiloh. The audience had by this time
been considerably increased by country
people, and all joined in the singing Of several
hymns. The entire day was spent In visiting
points Of interest on the field, and ut o. clock
the boats left on their return trip.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17

ton Of the crop at present is %, against so in
April last yeaf
The Mexican Government having
agreed that only goods actually sold shall DO
stamped, the stamp-act excitement y virtu-
ally ended
Seventeen firms engaged In the man
ufacturc of vapor stoves, with a capital OF
sl,JOO.OOO, have formed a combination to
cqualize prices.
Charles Reade, the popular English
novelist, died In London tho other day, aged
20 years. For some months he had been in
delicate health. Other deaths among notables
during tho week were: NJ. Jean Baptistc
Dumas, a French ltterateur and states.
man; DIR. James g. Ramsey, physician
and author, of Nashville, Tenn;
cx-Congressman Charles d. Hodges, of Car.
rollton. H.: Harrison Gray Otis, distin.
guished citizen OF Boston; ex.Lieut. Gov.
Jabcz Fitch, of Ohio: Emanuel Gcrbel, Ger
man poet; Jem Ward, the old-time English
pugiist; Rev. Thomas A. Cheek, noted Iowa
burg, ILL.,, prominent railroad man; James
Lake, OF Rockford, ILL.,, who was Quarter
master under Gen. Rosccrans: Gustav Rich.
ter, famous German painter; william Proc.
ter, the wel-known soap manufacturer, and
ALI Burnett, noted humorist, both OF Gin
cihnati; ex-State Treasurer John NJ. Mill
ken, OF Ohio
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17

Two Chicago Editors Make Arguments In
Favor Of Reduced Newspaper Rates.
TWachio srfnv, niapotab

Two Chicago Editors Make Arguments In
Favor Of Reduced Newspaper Rates.
Washington Dispatch.l
Joseph Medill, OF the Chicago Tribune,
argued before the Senate Postoflice Com.
mittee in favor of reducing the present
postage rates on newspapers. He claimed
that the law laid an oppressive tax on pub
fishers, and those who were not making
money were compelled 10 borrow money to
pay the postage in advance. AT the present
rate the postage per year on one copy of q
paper the size OF the New York Herald or
Chicago Tribune was from 81 10 81 80 per
year. In many cases such postage rates rep
resented the entire profit Of the paper. The
press, Mr.. Mcdil said, did not think 1t fair
that they should be compelled TO bear the
burden Of the present rate. At present ex-
press companies were doing the best of the
business, but II the rate was reduced to 81
per 100 pounds nearly all newspapers would
be carried in the mails He was satisfied
that anything that increased tho circu-
lation OF papers multiplied the letter postage.
He thought newspaper publishers, having
borne q heavy burden for ten years, were
entitled to some relief. The result Of the re-
duction would be such an increase in the
number of papers sent rs would give tho
POstOtlice Department q larger revenue than
ever. Mr.. Hesing, of 1.-The Chicago Staats-
ZeituHg, declared that he had found II to be q
fact that tho people who did not read the
papers made but little use OF the mails. II
the price OF postage should be reduced IL
would materially hep small papers now
barely able to struggle along.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17

DIR. Salmon, the Veterinarian of the
Department OF Agriculture, who has spent
come time in the portions of Kansas, Iowa.
and Illinois where II was alleged some time
ago the foot and mouth disease had prevailed,
has made preliminary report to his chief,
DIR. Loring, In which he states that the cattle
or the districts in question show no symptoms
Of contagious disease: that all indications of
the prevalence OF the foot-and-mouth disease
are abeent- He is Of opinion that the cattle
In these places died Of ergot and exposure.
DR.. Salmon II also OF opinion that there
has never been case of foot-and-mouth
disease In the United States. Al the session
OF the Wyoming Stock Growers Association,
at Chyenne. last week, II Was reported no
case Of contagious disease had occurred in
wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska. or Montana.
A tragedy very closely resembling
the recent murder OF Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson,
near Chicago, was enacted the other day near
Charleston, III. An a@ed couple named Fleet
wood were found with their throats cut from
ear 70 ear. the bed having been fred by the
assassin previous to his departure.
Advices from the Idaho gold regions
state that the snow was disappearing along
the creeks, but in the side gulches it was
deep enough TO prevent thorough prospect
ing. The greatest activity was in the yicin-
ity Of Murrayville. where 1t is claimed that
one man was washing out SIS worth of gold
per day. On another claim was yield of
els.55 per man per day, On the celebrated
''widow" claim ten men were washing out a
tin cup fun OF gold each day. 1t will be 4
month yet before active mining will have
fairly commenced.
A belt containing q, 800 in gold was
stolen from a gypsys wagon at Metropolis,
Ill
Wheat seeding in Southern Minnesota
and Dakota 10 . week In advance OF last year.
There viii be . substantial increase In the
acreage OF the Territory.
Seven hundred and ninety-five re-
ports from 600 townships OF Michigan in
dictate that the winter.wheat crop and the
clover crop will be about 81 per cent, apples
about 20 per cent, and peaches but SO per
cent Of IN average.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17
WASHINGTON.

The funeral Of Minister Hunt was
held In Washington last week. Chief Justice
Waite, Admiral Porter, and cx-Sccrctary
Elaine ofFciatcd as pall-bcnrcrs.
ID. +. Murphy has been official re-
porter Of the United States Senate for thirty
four years. Jcfr Davis Hannibal Hamlin,
and Freeman Smith are the only surviving
members Of the body IN which no entered
upon his duties.
The House Committee on Public
Lands has agreed to report n bill forfeiting
the grant to the Northern Pacific Road be-
tween Wallula and Portland. Tho company
is to be required 10 construct each year one
hundred miles Of road, and equip the whole
line TO Wall Ia by July 4. 1885.
Adam Badeau has sent to Secretary
Frcinghuysen cablegram rendering his
resignation rs Consul General AT Havana. !
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17

Two thieves drove boldly up an alley
IN wheeling, at 1 o'clock In the morning,
placed ladder at a sccond-story window of
dry goods store, and carried OF $4,000
worth OF velvets and silks while clerk Law
asleep beneath them.
In front OF Bunker Hill Monument,
In Boeton, In the daytime. Mary A. Ruggles
was held up by thief while his partner ran
on with her shopping-bag.
Two prominent citizens of Suspen-
sAon bridge, named Van X. Pearson and
Thomas vedder, brothcrs-in-law, drove over
20 Goat Island. The corpse of the former
was shortly afterward discovered with bull
1ct-holc in the head, but the only truce of the
latter was pile Of clothing. Tho horse was
found tied to tree, covered with frozen
spray. Pearson had OF late become so much
unbalanced in mind that preparations had
been made TO place him in an asylum. We'd
dcr's body Is believed to have gone over
Niagara Falls.
In . speech at Boston President
Eliot OF Harvard College, called baseball
wretchcd game.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17


An analy sis OF the abc shows that the six
States yielding tho largest revenue are New
York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Michigan, and Connecticut. In Ohio, state
with population greater than Illinois Mt the
last census, the receipts were only $500, 03s,
against S3.s34, 800 in lllinois-a difference OF
nearly 81, OO0,O0O In favor OF tho latter Tho
expenditures In tho two States were 81 $50, 10S,
against g., 9S2, OF. The result is that tho
postal service In Ohio failed to support itself
by deficit Of $3.50, l6O whereas Illinois
yielded a profit to the Government of $780,
3l9.
II is not surprising that New York, with
Its overilowing population and It's diversified
industrial pursuits, should add II handsome
increase to the revenue of the Postofficc De-
partmcnt; but who would expect Alaska, In
stinctivcly associated In our minds with all
that is bleak, barren. uninhahitablc, to fur
nish q surplus Of receipts over expenditures?
This she did to tho amount OF $23O-an In
crease relatively AS great rs that of the En-.
pire State.
The postal servicc in tho Southern States
has been dead loss from tho creation
Of tho Government Not u dollar Of
revenue has ever been received from
q State south of Mason and Dixon's
line. though the following table, covering
period of Ave years, shows a gradual lessen-
ing OF this deficit that leads the pOstofIicc Of
ficias to predict that, a few years hence,
when the country shall become more thickly
settled, 1t will, US u section, be self-supp
ing:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17

Solomon Froman, an old and wealthy
citizen OF Lonlsville, who since October has
become too feeble to move about, hes sued
for divorce on the ground that his wife had
confessed making several attempts 10 poison
him, aud had anslIy had.
An association Of Kentucky distillers
has been formed for the purpose Of export
ing whisky TO Bremen, in Germany.
A meat and ice company, backed by
Eastern capitalists. il to be established at
Columbus, Tex, which will ship dressed beef
20 New York, via Sc. Louis, and viii also
manufacture oleo, oil, and butterine. II Ia
said similar establishments will be started In
ksnsss and Nebraska.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17
FOREIGN.

Three Orangemen were convicted at
Dublin on the charge of assault in having
fired into national procession at Ballymotc,
Sligo, some time ago. They were sentcnced
to terms Of Imprisonment of five years,
eighteen months. and three months.
Advices from Shanghai report Sc
rious political crisis at Pekin.
Two men charged with having exp1o-
sivc bombs in their possession, were arrested
at Birmingham, England.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17
PosT0FFIcE FIGURES.


The report Of tho Sixth Auditor for the
PostolIice Department for the fiscal year 1883
shows that but fifteen States and two Terri
tories supported their postal service and
furnished revenue for the Government. The
states IRE Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts,, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Della.
ware, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa,
aud Mnnesota. One Of tho Territories, sin.
gularly enough, Is Alaska. The other Is
Dakota.
Tho following table gives the receipts, ex-
Tenditurcs, and excess Of receipts over cx.
pcnditures in the States and Territories
nhnYn named:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17
Miss Hill's Strange Graveyard Charm.
TSan Francisco Televraml

In the Sharon divorce case Geo. Dudley
Gillard, employed In tho Masonic Cemetery,
testified to Miss Hill having placed package
of Sharon's undergarments in n newly made
grave. In the spring of 1883 Miss Hin, ac-
companied by Miss Bracket. called
at the cemetery. The former said she had
Just had her fortune told, and in obedience
to commands wanted to place the package In
newly made grave. She said this package
contained flowers and rose leaves. Witness,
who was personally acquainted with Miss
Bracket, granted the request. Miss Hill
the package under coffin shell. She insisted
upon witness accepting silver dollar, saying
II he would not take 1t the charm would not
work. Witness said he was present when the
package was exhumed; it was the same that
had been put there by Miss Hill. The cross
examination failed to disturb his testimony.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17
Drunkenness and Lazlness On the
JeaMnette.

In the Jeanette Investigation at Washing
tom, Fireman bartlett testified that he had
frequently seen Lieuts. Danenhower and
Nipp Engineer Melville, and DIR. Amber in
toxicated on board the ship and during tho
retreat. They drank tussian drink called
"auash." He saw Melville drunk probably
half-dozen tines. The survivors, he said,
We're within six days journey OF where DO
Long and Melville were found, but remained
inactive three months before organizing u
relief expedition 10 search for the missing
Oues.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17

q The American Tract Society has just closed
Its ffty-ninth year. ana the following inter
est'ng statements have been furnished by
Rev. Mr.. Rosseter, its Secretary for the West.
whore headquarters are In Cincinnati. Dur
ing tho forty-two years Of its special mission
work the society has taken the gospel to
over $4,000 90 homes; Inns circulated among
religious meetings; has found 1900. 900 fami-
lies destitute OF all religious reading, and
more than 2,000,OU0 families habitually neg
lecting all evangelical preaching. It's l47
missionaries during the past year laborcd in
thirty States and Territories.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17

In the published proceedings" Of
the third meeting of the American As
sociation for the Advancement OF
Science, which met ct Charleston, S.
c., 1850, there is given very curious
and interesting account of the manatee.
or sea-cow, and some errors of eminent
naturalists of the past in regard to the
strange aquatic mammal were COR
rected.
The head of this mammal resembles
that of o COW without horns. The
feshy nose is much like tho cows. The
resemblance, however, ends with the
face.
The swimming paws of the manatee
are employed like legs for climbing up
the banks of rivers. The mammal thus
is at once kind Of fish and animal, o
sort Of connecting link between the
two.
The manateeis an inhabitant OF the
seashore and the banks of rivers. Il
feeds upon alge and aquatic plants,
thus affording another reason for the
name "sea-cow" or waterfowl. When
it stands erect in shallow water, it looks
at distance like man.
The famous manatee of Florida and
the Gulf of Mexico is about twelve feet
long, but sometimes attains length of
fifteen or twenty feet.
Like the seals, the manatee is gentle
in disposition. 1t is not afraid of men,
and is harmless even when attacked.
1t is found in shallow water and is
easily captured.
The flesh of the manateee is whole
some for food. Curiously enough, the
manatee of South America is regarded
as fish during Lent and fast-days, and
as animal food when occasion requires
The manstee, like the seal, may be-
come attached to man. It exhibits in
this respect the strong characteristics
of the animal rather than the fish. Few
mammals are more interesting to the
naturalist.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17

The Pocahontas (Va.) mine was
entered last week, and the remains OF the
victims of tho explosion were removed
Some were headlcss trunks, others had the
arms and legs torn away, and all were nm.
recognizable, save by their wearing nppf rel
or other special marks. Death was believed
to be instantaneous In all cases.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17

Il THINK" said Mrs. Craborchard, OF
Boston, shat we must let some poor
man shovel the snow off the sidewalk"
Il think SO too" meekly responded
Craborchard, and in less than five mir
utes he was hard at it with o shovel
Iefds SiJtings.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17
Excess OF

1t will he seen that the excess of cxpendi-
lures over receipts In the south reached its
highest point in lssl-S3,327,l44. Two years
la,er it had fallen to $2,0.6, .6s, q practical in
crease of 81, l0l, 00l.