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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13

THE colossal statue OF John Marshall,
who is reputed the first discoverer of
gold in California, represents him as
backwoodsman, holding nugget in
his right hand, while his left hand
points downward. The statue stands
on Marshall Hill in Eldorado County,
where Marshall first found gold.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13

Miss FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE is now
II confirmed invalid, and is a patient at
st. Thomas Hospital, London. Her
services during the Crimean war in
jured her spine, and she has never re-
covered from the effects thereof. This
illustrious philanthropist is nearly
sixty-nine wears old.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13
An Awful Fate.

WooppINE, KY, Sept. John Goodin
was killed near here by u train. He had
b en- drinking, and it is thought that he
fell into II cattle guard and was unable to
get out. His body was torn to pieces and
his head mashed into jelly. He was
about 40 years old, and leaves several
small children, two Of whom are deaf and
dumb.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13
THE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches,
FIFTIETH CONGRESS,

FJFTIETh CONGRESSs
TUESDAY, Sept. 4-ln the Senate the
time was occupied In discussing the House
bill to prohibit Chinese immigration. but
no action was taken. In the House the Re
taliation bill was considered.
"WEDNESDAY, Sep. 5.-The Chinese Re-
striction bill came to vote in the Senate,
and every Senator present voted for it,
but owing to the lack of quorum the
ballot was Intellectual. In the House a
concurrent resolution was presented for
the adjournment Of Congress September
20. 1t was referred to the Ways and
Means Committee. A bill was passed pro-
viding for the exchange Of worn or mutt
lated subsidiary coin, at coinage value, for
new coin.
THURSDAY, Sept 6-In the Senate the
Chinese bill was further discussed, and 1t
was decided to take q vote on the measure
on the 7th. In the House the Retaliation
bill was again considered, but no action
was taken.
FRIDAY. Sept. T. The House bill ex-
Guiding all Chinese immigration was passed
In the Senate by vote Of 81 to 3. Eight
pension vetoes were received from the
President. Adjourned to the 10th. In the
House the time was devoted entirely to
discussion Of the Retaliation bill. At the
evening session thirty-two private pension
bills were passed.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13

WHILE wedding party was waiting
recently for a squire to perform the
ceremony at Alpharetta, Ca, the
groom excused himself and fled. The
bride proposed to the groomsman on
the spot and they were married within
an hour,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13

THE estate of the late Edward Rich
ardson, Of jackson, Miss, comprising
thirty-five cotton plantations, was re-
Gently divided by lot among his five
heirs, each receiving seven planta-
tions. Still large amount of the prop
erty remains to be divided. He was the
richest cotton planter in the world.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13
Killed His Brother While Defending Him

CAMERON, No, Sept 7,-Goodie Walters,
tramp umbrella mender, assaulted
Charles Aultman for III, purpose Of
robb,ng him. George Aultman, u brother
of Charles, came to the rescue of tho
latter and fired six shots from u revolver
ut the umbrella mender, three Of which
took effect. One of the shots struck the
brother infiicting wound from which he
died four hours later. Walters can not re-
e0ver
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13

A MASSACHUSETTS man offers to
prove by statistics that seven-tenths of
the marriage engagements that are
broken are broken by women; that
three widows remarry to one widower.
and that two wives elope to one hus-
hand
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13

ALFRED G. HOBBS, of Hartford,
Conn.,. is now seventy-six years Of age.
He is the man who succeeded in pick
ing every lock placed before him at
the Crystal Palace in London in 1851,
and 81, 900 offered by an English firm
to any one who could pick the lock
they manufactured
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13

BERNARD BExROTH, who was a SOL
dier under Napoleon in his campaign
In Russia and who participated in the
disastrous retreat from Moscow, died
few days ago at Lancaster, Pa.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13

THE English Volapuk dictionary
which is to be issued this year will be
the first OF its kind either in this coun-
try or in England.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13
DEATH OF LESTER WALLACk,

The Veteran Actor and Manager Passes
Away at stamford, Conn.,, the Result Of
an Apopiectic stroke.
New IoRK, Sept 7--Lester Wallack
died at 7:oO o'clock a. m, at his residence
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13

DWIGHT L. MooDY, the evangelist,
Is said to be much opposed to having
his photograph taken. He sat to a
photographer only once.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13
Texas Fever Among 81. Louis Cattle.

ST. Louis, Sept 7.-Texas fever has
made its appearance among cattle In the
western suburbs Of the city, and is kill,
ing off fine Milch cows belonging to dairy
men and suburban residents at terrible
rate,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13

MISS ROBINSON, OF Staten Island,
N. T., the champion lady tennis-player
OF the United States, has won twenty
four prizes.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13

EVANGELIST MooDY advises young
men who desire to be reyivalists to
start out as book agents and study
human nature.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13
FROM WASHINGTON.

The Commissioner of Education reported
on the 7th that eight million children daily
attended the public schools of the coun-
try during the past year.
THERE were 1874 business failures in the
United States during the seven days end
ed on the 7th, against 1856 the previous
seven dava
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13

"UNcLE REMUs' Harris has two
bright boys whom their intimates nick
name Br'cr Fox" and Br'er Rab-
hit -
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13

The railroad bridges in this country,
II placed in q line, would reach from
New York to Liverpool.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-13

IT is said that the marriage Of the
young Emperor Of China will cost
some $6, 200, 900.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
Of Interest to Dairvmen.

By an act passed by the New York leg
islature and approved by the governor,
the dairy commissioner is directed to en-
ploy expert butter and cheese makers,
not exceeding five in number, whose duty
it shall be, under his directions, to exam
inc and inspect butter and cheese factor
les and the methods employed therein
and attend at such agricultural fairs, in
stitutes, meetings and conventions within
the state as shall be designated by the
commissioner to impart thereat informa-
ton as to the best methods of making
butter and cheese Five thousand dol
lars have been appropriated for the pur-
pose On or before Dec. Is next the COM
missioner must report the number of
experts employed under the act, together
with their compensation and expenses,
and must include the whole in his annual
report. Another appropriation Of S., 500
has been made to the State Dairy associa-
ton to be expended in holding a number
of dairy conferences in various parts of
the state to illustrate butter and cheese
making.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
THE SEVENTEEN YEAR LOCUST.
Habits of Remarkable Insect Which
. Lives Seventeen Years in the Soil.

Habits of a Remarkable Insect Which
+ Lives Seventeen Years in the Soil.
Professor Riley has called attention to
the fact that during the present year two
broods of the periodical cicada or so called
seventeen year locust will make their ap-
pearance in different parts of the country.
He asks in a circular sent out from the
department of agriculture at Washington
for information in regard to the appear
ance of these locusts whenever seen.
Readers who send this information to
Professor Riley will doubtless do SER
vice to science and indirectly to them
selves.
In its winged state the seventeen year
old locust is of black color, with trans
parent wings and wing covers, the thick
anterior edge and larger veins of which
are orange red, and near the tips OF the
latter there is dusky zigzag line in the
form of the letter w, supposed by the
superstitious to indicate war. The eyes
are red, the rings of the body are edged
with dull orange, and the legs are of the
same color. The wings expand from two
and one-half to three and one-quarter
inches
In its many years Of underground life
this insect does more or less damage by
feeding upon the roots of plants, but its
manifest injury is when in the perfect
state the female deposits her eggs in the
twlgs of fruit and other trees, where
punctured limbs, as q rule, languish and
die soon after the eggs are Matched. The
eggs are OF white color, about one-twelfth
OF an inch long and taper at each end.
The insects Matched out are grub like in
form and are covered with little hairs.
They soon find their way to the soil,
into which they descend to where the
roots are most abundant. The only change
to which they are subjected during the
long period of their subterranean confne-
ment is an increase of size and the more
complete development of the four small
scale like prOminences on their backs,
which represent their future wings.
When the time arrives for them to issue
from the ground they come out during
successive nights in great numbers, come
up the trees, fasten themselves to the
same with their claws and proceed to cast
off their skins. A long rent appears in
the skin of the back, and through this
the cicada pushes itself, and withdrawing
its legs and wings from their separate
cases, crawls away, leaving its empty
pupa skin.
Within fortnight after their final
transformation the females begin to lay
their eggs, and in six weeks the whole
generation becomes extinct. Such are in
brief the general habits of this remark
able insect, which passes seventeen years
of it's life in the soil and at stated periods
appears for short time to life above
ground.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
Conclusions About EnslIage.

Professor Henry, of the Wisconsin ex-
pertinent station, who has been investi-
eating the silo system, sums up his con-
illusions somewhat as follows: l. Even
though ensilage made from Indian corn
has no more feeding value than the same
amount of material dried into good fod-
der, the difficulties and expense of curing
and caring for the dried folders are such
that ordinarily the silo is preferable. 2.
The usual waste from feeding dry fodder
is very considerable, while for ensilage it
need be none at all. 3. Feed can be more
compactly secured in the silo than in any
other way. 4. Husking, cribbing and
grinding corn are useless operations for
the most part, and are expensive and in a
measure wasteful; nothing is added to
the value of the crop by any of these pro-
cesses. 8. For the northern corn belt
smaller varieties of corn will give nearly
or quite as much feeding material as the
large varieties, with less labor to handle
them. Lastly, the clover crop is a very
promising candidate for ensilage, and the
farmer who tries it for the silo will be
well pleased with the results.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
M ASON MATTERS.
Local and Personal News-Big Land
Sale-Candidates' Picnic.
SnacioI TaIeoraro IN tho Stataaman

Local and Personal News-Big Land
Sale-Candidates' Picnic.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
MASON, August 15.-Messrs. G. W. Lit
tlefield and Irving Eggleston are in the
city, registered at the Mason house. The
former has purchased the Mill creek
ranch, owned by j. W. Camel & Sons,
comprising 5000 acres of good pasture
land, all under fence and well watered
good ranch house, ETC., for $4,000. Mr..
Camel was once offered $150,000, but that
was several years since, when times we're
much better. The Ford ranch, in McCulloch,
was damaged to the extent of several
hundred dollars a few days since, the
grass having caught fire and about all
burned up. The fire originated from
campfire where some strangers had
camped and left the fire burning.
The thermometer registered LOG in the
shade yesterday and 135 in the sun.
Messrs. Smith and Geistweidt have
been buying some yearlings around Pom
totoc, this county, having paid 1920 per
head, at which price they secured quite
herd.
grand picnic, barbecue and ball will
be given for the benefit of the candidates
and young folks at Katemcy, twelve miles
north of Mason, tomorrow. Quite q
number of delegates and soft talking"
candidates will go out from town.
Subscriptions are being taken for the
making of park and drive on the south
east side of the city at Heck spring. A
grand ball, etc., will be given in honor OF
it's completion on September II. 1t will
be open at all timee to the public. A
ball and skating tournament will be given
twice a month.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
Hero and There.

Ter pond with muddy bottom carp is
sail 10 BE- the best FISH.
TIE prince of Wales is patron Of the
Red Pollei Cattle society Of LIg!and.
The report is that all through tho Shen.
andoGh valley the wheat acreage is large
and the condition of the crop excellent.
Queen Victoria has accepted the Office
of president of the Royal Agricultural
society of England during it's forthcoming
jubilee year.
1t has been announced that the Mime.
sofa State Agricultural society offers this
year premiums amounting to $4,000 to
be awarded at the fair which will open on
Sept. 8.
Farmers in the provinces are protest
ing against the selling of potatoes by
measure; they demand the adoption of
the legal standard of sixty pounds per
bushel. This is the legal weight in most
Of the states Of the Union.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

Farmers have often noticed on the
breasts and forelegs of horses minute vel
low specks. These are the eggs of the
horse bot fly, These eggs are licked off
where laid from irritation and, passing
through the stomach, hatch, and the
larvae, then pass their lives until ready
again to transform, when they are ex-
truded with the faces. The attachment
to the stomach, is by means of the hooks,
where it sucks liquid nourishment from
the food of the horse. They do not eat
through the stomach, as often supposed,
having no means for so doing; neither do
they cause serious disability, unless in
30 indispensable to the well being of the
horse, or in case they accumulate in such
quantities in the stomach and bowels as
to considerably interfere with the process
of digestion.
The maggot, being mature, let's go it's
head to the coat of the stomach, passes
out of the intestinal canal, falls to the
earth with the excrement, makes it's way
to the earth, whence it, in about six
weeks, transforms and issues as the per-
feet fly, lays its eggs upon the ends of the
hairs of the horse and dies.
Once the insect is lodged in the stom-
ach, little can be done. When they exist
in large quantities, strong purgatives
may possibly dislodge them. They never
eat through the coats of the stomach.
The hole sometimes found in the stomach
of the horse infested with bots is caused
by the action of the gastric juice of the
animal acting upon infamed and suppl
rating surfaces. The preventive is to
carefully clip off all eggs found. Watch
for them.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
A Good Dust Bath.

Take box of any convenient size-19
by "a inches by IL in depth will answer
fill it nearly full with road dust, sand,
coal ashes, wood ashes, or plain, simple
dirt-any one Of them will answer-and
then mix through it four or Eve pounds
of sulphur. The addition of a quantity
of carbolic acid to the sulphur will do no
harm. The fowls will roll in this bath,
mixing its contents through their feath-
ers thoroughly, and they will very shortly
be free from lice. Such a dust bath is
the cheapest, easiest and most effective
way of Kidding fowls of lice that is known.
The beauty Of it is that the fowls both
take and administer their own raedicine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
THE PROTECTIVE CLUB.
Alleged Movement to Run an Independ-
ent Against Sayers.

Alleged Movement to Run an Independ-
emit Against Sayers.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
SAN ANTONIO, August 15.-There is Q
quiet movement on foot in this part OF
the Tenth congressional district to place
strong independent democrat in the field
to oppose the reelection of Congressman
Sayers, the nominee of the Austin con-
vention of last Monday. The feeling IS
wide spread among leading democrats OF
this city and section that they
were practically read out of the
party by the adoption OF
set of resolutions in the recent congress
sional convention condemnatory of the
Texas Protective club and asking that
wool and sugar be placed on the free list.
1t is probable that the candidate OF the
opposition will be Colonel Edward Gun
ningham, pronounced protectionist, ana
perhaps the largest sugar producer ID
Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

G. grandiforus. The roots, and small part
of the plant above them, should be cut
away and an incision made, shaped to re-
ceive the end of the cereus. which should
be cut into wedge shape and held. in
place by a long cactus spine. In propa-
eating the long stemmed sorts it is not
best to bury the slip in the earth, as is so
often done, but to tie it about three inches
above the lower end of small stake,
keeping the growing end up. Insert this
pin pot of sand, letting the cutting just
touch the sand; roots will appear usually
in about two weeks. AS soon es the roots
are well started the plants may be ported
in soil consisting of good soil with one
fourth sand and one-fourth manure. Give
plenty of water and hot sunshine while
growing.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
To Keep Chinch Bugs from Corn Field.

To Keep Chinch Bugs from Corn Field.
A great many remedies and preventives
against chinch bugs have been suggested
and published from time to time, the
most of them emanating from good au-
thorities, but very generally so difficult
and impracticable in their application as
to be of little general use. In their mi
grafton from one field to another, at the
time they first appear on the side of a
field of corn and before they have entered
it, cut five or six rows of the corn and
clear the ground, then pillow strip of
land eight or ten feet wide, leaving deep
furrow in the center of the strip with
the perpendicular side of the furrow to-
ward the field to be protected. Into this
the bugs will fall, where straw may be
thrown on them and burned. Or the fur
row may be covered with some of the
stalks that have been cut while they were
green, by laying them across it, when the
bugs will crawl under them into the fur
row and remain there in the shade long
enough for the stalks to dry and be
burned.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

Nothing 80 much as q pure, brscing
atmosphere circulating In the eicK
room. To. secure such an atmos-
phere burn HYdronapthol Pastilles,
which are fragrant and invigora-
ting, and always dispel dlsagreessle
edoors besides. banishing mosquitoes
and other pestiferous insects from
the sick room or other apartments.
hydronaphthol Pastilles are put up
In neat tin boxes and are sold by
druggists everywhere at 25c. SEA-
BURY q JOHNSON, n. Y.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
A Big Barbecue.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
COLEMAN, August ia grand snniver
sary barbecue will be held here on Friday
August 81. Extensive preparations are
being made for big time. Distinguishes {
speakers will be in attendance. Every
body is invited.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

cactus. 10 these
growers the fol-
lowing illustra-
tions and hints,
by American Gar
den, will be of
great interest.
These cuts show
methods Of grow
ing delicate spe-
cies of cactus
from stocks of a
stronger charac-
ter, or to elevate
low growing or
dropping varieties
so that they can
be seen to advan-
tage.
Some of t h @
slender cereuses,
such as G. tuber-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

Mistress Ito servant -"Aren't you
going to mass to-day, Bridget?"- Bridget
-'Sure, mum, an didn't the milliner, bad
cess to her, disspp'int me in me hat lasht
nightw Mistress-"Why, 1 can let you
have hat to wear" Bridget-"Yez are
very koind, mum, but Ohm afraid it wud
be too ould lookin'."-Epoch.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

"That's it," exclaimed Mrs. Bsscom az
the concert, as the singers came out again
in response to an encore. "Make 'em DO
it over again until they get the thing
right."-Burlingto Free Press.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
COMMISSIONERS,

We the undersigned banks and bankers, will nav
all prizes drawn In the Louisiana State Lotteiies
which may be presented at our counters.
r. M. WALMSLEY, Pres. Louisiana Natl Bank
P. LANAUX, Pres State National Bank;
A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans National Bank;
CARL KOHN, Pres Union National Bank.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23


those having a
gummy sap unite
rea Oily, and a
number Of differ
ent k in d s are
often grown upon
the same stock.
If the scion and
stock are o tn
slender, W e d 6 Q
grating is usu-
a lily a d op t e d,
til Q parts b e.
ing cut to fit into
each other and ty-
ing them around,
but not so tight
as to prevent cir
culation of t h @
sap. Sometimes
the parts are fast
ened together by
the slender spines
Of the larger vari-
; cites without ty-
. ing. In the Sec
ond cut is shown
a head Of a free
blooming Echino-
cereus pectinatus
grated in thi s
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
Address registered letters to NEW ORLEANS
NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, La

REMEMBER G Generals 5as Y BsssFssaf d
and Early who are in charge of the drawings, is
guarantee of absolute fairness and integrity, that
the chances are all equal, and that no one can
possibly divine what number will draw prize.
Remember, ALSO that the payment of all Prizes
Is GUARANTEED BY FOUR NATION
AL BANKS of New Orleans, and the Tickets
are signed by the President of an Institution,
whose chartered rights are recognized in the
highest Courts; therefore, beware OF any imita-
itons or anonymous schemes.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
Hints on Cactus Cultivation.

Almost every grower OF flowers,
whether amateur or professional cult
Yates at least one or mora varieties of tic
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

The blessed ladies don't take much dish
in politics, but in society they make a
hustle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

osus, are ben CACTUS.
Gifted in growth, but it makes little differ
ence in blooming, excepting that a
strong plant does better than q
weak one. Cereus columbinus from
Cuba forms favorite stock for graft
ing. Fig 1 shows rat tail cactus &c.
fagelliformis) grated upon it. All of
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

The illustration here given of the larvae
of the bot fly, showing its attachment to
the coat of the stomach by the large end
the head-appeared originally in Prai-
RE Farmer, with the following explana-