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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-14
". II. II. MILLER.

OlanapOllS, the new
Attorney General, fs
4S wears old. a native
of Augusta, n. Y, and
has been the law
partner OF President
II arrisOn for ten
years. coming from
Fort Wayne. where
he had been In prac-
tice for eight years
Close relations have
always existed be-
tween the President
and Mr. Miller, Mr..
Harrison placing
great reliance on his
Judgment and learn
ing. Aside from their
business relations, the
HarrisOns and the
been the closest per
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Cabinet, was born In
Ohio fifty-eight years
ago. He was q fell
low student Of Prest-
dent Harrison at Mi
ami College, studied
law. and settled at
keokuk, Ia. At the
outbreak of the war
he entered the cav
airy service, rising
to the grade OF
Colonel, and was pro-
noted to the rank of
Brigadier-General ut
it's close for neri-
torious services He
then settled in st.
Louis, where he was
District AttOrney by
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-14

SENATOR STEWART. chairman of the
Committee on Mines end Mining, made
a report in the United States Senate
recently on the resolution authorizing
the committee to investigate the in
vestment Of foreign capital in mines in
the Territories. The amount of capi-
tai invested in mines in the Territories
by aliens, as near as could be ascer-
tanned, is $50. 500. SO and the dividends
paid thereon 81, 737. 500. The COM
mittee recommended that the Alien
Land act be SO modified as to permit
foreign capital to be used in the de-
velopment of mines in the Territories.
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THE United States pays 5000, 900
year. for its weather service, Great
Britain $Se,OQ0, Germapy-$56,0Q .RAs-
sia $65, OOO. Austria $4,000, Switzer-
lands>e6, 600. France $GO;0O0..sss AND.
though no European nation attempts
to do as much as we do or takes gen
eral S6bservations more than once q
day. the percentage of yerifcation of
predictions is rising. which is said
not to DO the case in this country.
Our weather service, with its great
cost and thorough organization.
ought to be the best in the
world,
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The EAST.

THE Heading Iron Works of Reading. Pa,
failed on The 9Th for 81 ,O0O,OC0 They oper-
ated blast furnaces. forges and machine
shops, and rolling, sheet. tube and pipe
mills. and employed over twenty-five hun
dred hands.
The death of Miss Mary L. Booth, for near
ly twenty years cditress of Harper's Ba-
gar, occurred on the 9Th from lung dis
ease at her residence in New York She was
fifty EIGHT years old.
JOHN ID. ROCKEFELLER, of New York, on
the 5th gave to the American Baptist Edu-
cation Society sl0O,G0O.
The number of immigrants landed at New
York during the six months ended February
2s was l05,6So, showing decrease OF q 81.
as compared with the corresponding months
a year ago.
l. v. WILLIAMSON. OF Philadelphia, the
well-known philanthropist, died on the 9th
from a stroke Of paralysis, aged eighty
years. It was estimated that he had given
fifteen million dollars to charity during his
life. He was bachelor
An English syndicate bought three of the
principal breweries OF Rochester, N. u, on
the 9th for 81, ,0O0,0OO.
THE death OF Sidney Bartlett, aged ninety
years. and said to have been the oldest
practicing lawyer in the United States, oc-
cured ut his home in Boston on the 9Th
In the vicinity OF Reading. Pa, three iron
mills shut down on the 9th because OF the
recent failure Of the Reading Iron Com
pany.
On the 9th the Willets Manufacturing
Company of Trenton, N. j., owners OF the
largest pottery in the country, failed for
$4,000.
AT Dartmouth College, in Hanover, n H.,
thirty-six students were expelled on the
9th for disorderly conduct
In New York on the 9Th the colt Mascot of
the 1. J. Ross California stables. was sold
for $4,000.
On the 7th Diana Douty. OF Charlton,
anniversary of her birth Her health was
good
The death of Captain Erickson, the emil
nent engineer, occurred at his home in New
York City on the night of the eth.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made by the
Woman's Suffrage League for a National
convention of womans' suffrage leagues to
be held in New York April % and -
ON the evening of the Sth, earthquake
shocks We're felt in Reading Harrisburg,
Carlisle and Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
Crockery and windows were ratified vio-
lently, but no damage was done.
THE Bufford Sons photographic Company
OF Boston failed on the Sth for SlO0,OOO
On the evening Of the Sth memorial serv-
ices in honor Of Rev. Henry Ward Beechcr
were held in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn,
it being the second anniversary OF his death.
GENERAL SIMON CAMERoN's ninetieth birth
day was celebrated on the Sth ut the old
Cameron mansion in Harrisburg, Pa
WHITE Caps whipped Dennis Mccarthy,
an idle fellow of Portland, Conn, on the Sth,
until he promised to stop beating his wife
and give her proper support.
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QUEER ARTILLERY.
low Don Carlos Smoked Out Enemies
from Barricaded Str0ngholds.

low Don Carlos Smoked Out Enemies
from Barricaded StrOngholds.
.sOnce for the sake of the excite.
ment and diversion / joined Don Car.
los at Los ARGOS in the mountains Of
Navarro and accompanied his troops
to Vienna, on the Ebro, and was "A
witness to the attack and capture of
the place. They were tatterdemalion
lot OF soldiers, and no mistake, clothed
in every conceivable garment and
armed with every conceivable weapon.
from a pitchfork to a broken scythe
strapped on stick, and from an an
tiquated out-of-date army musket to
the latest improved American breech-
loader. But nondescript and incon-.'
gruous as they were. they had stout
hearts in their ill-nurtured bodies, and
when put to it and spurred on by thei
presence OF their Prince they would
fight us gallantly and desperately as !:
only brave men can. And as for the !:
artillery, they had none, but this did !,
not appear to affect them one way or !,
the other stood by the side Of Don
Carlos on a rustic bridge one dismal
and rainy morning as his devoted fol-
|. lowers filed by on the march. and -
was much struck by seeing number
Of wagons in the Line loaded down
with barrels. | asked Don Carlos :.
what they contained, and he carelessly
answered. in his most nonchalant man.
I.ner, with just the trace Of a smile on !
his handsome face: u,
..They contain petroleum !,
And whit earthly use,' l asked,i.
shave you for petroleum on thee.s
march?"
What use?" he answered, why
much use, to be sure. That's our
artillery. We employ it to smoke outs
our enemies from barricaded strong. !
holds, and can assure you it's been
tried and found very effectual in case
q coniagration is deemed desirable. I"
And then. after moments pause and
a look at my face, 20, yes. can as :.
sure you, General Crawford, petroleum !.
makes very good artillery on pinch.
very good, indeed. ."-General w. s.
Crawford, in Springfield Republican. !
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-14

GEORGE w. CHILDs, the millionaire
editor OF Philadelphia, began life as an
errand boy in book house, and event.
ually became proprietor.
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tIecteu Bank kCOmptToIIer OF W1scOns1n, and
in 1870 was sent to Congress. where he
served three terms. He afterward served
three terms as Governor Of Wisconsin
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Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION
FiFr:ETH CONGRESS.
GccOnd Session.

u. =. SENATE IN SPECIAL SESSION.
TUESDAY, March 5.-In the Senate 1t was
announced that only executive business
would be transacted during the remain
der OF the session. Mr.. Blair presented the
credentials OF Mr.. Marston. appointed by
the Governor OF New Hampshire to fill
q vacancy, and he was sworn in. Mr..
Pruden, one of the Presidents Secretaries,
delivered a message in writing being the
Cabinet appOintments) and they were con
frmed
WEDNESDAY, March 6-The Senate was in
session only six minutes. No nominations
were received aud no business was trans
acted
THURSDAY March g. Vice President Nor
ton was not present when the Senate met,
having sent a note saying he would be alb
sent all day. Mr.. Ingalls, was elected Presi-
dent pro tenn, the oath of Office being ad-
ministered by Mr.. Sherman. 1t was ordered
that the President be notified OF Mr. ingalls,
election as President pro tenn. aud the Sen
ate thereupon adjourned until the llth.
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE appropriation bills passed during the
last session OF the Fiftieth Congress
amounted to total Of $aSl SIS, 90. divided
as follows: Agriculture, sl,Gia,. 20; army,
$2i, a.1l5; diplomatic and consular, 81 GS1,
Ga5; District of Columbia, s5,Gs7, 406; fortiti-
cation, 81 ,2O5. .:'9i; Indian sS.035, 724; legis-
lative, etc, $50, ,Sio a35; military academy,
$9o2, sG6; navy, 81 ,G93,5lO; pension, ssl.-
15S 100: post Office, 500 6O, ,3344 sundry ci.il,
81, 5,s77, ,3il; miscellaneous acts testimatedl
s55Go,eOo; deficiency, Sic, ,4a3 $50.
THE Senate on the 5th received the fol-
lowing nominations from President Har-
\
Secretary Of State, James q. Blaine, OF
Maine; Secretary OF the Treasury, William
Window, of Minnesota; Secretary of War
Redfield Proctor, of Vermont; Secretary OF
the Navy Benjamin f. Tracy, of New York
Secretary of the Interior, John W. Noble, OF
Missouri; Postmaster General. John Wma-
maker, OF Pennsylvania; Attorney General
W. II. II. Miller, Of Indiana; Secretary oi
Agriculture, jeremiah Rusk of Wisconsin.
On the 5th President Harrison held his
first reception at the White House, and fol
several hours streams of callers were re-
ceived and shaken by the hand The scene
was a gay one, the crowd comprising civil
ians, soldiers, bands, etc
On the 9th ex-president and Mrs. Cleve-
land left Washington for their home In New
York
MEMBERS Of President Harrison's Cabine
took the oath on the 9th and were duly in.
Quoted into office.
THE display of works at Washington
deferred from the .th until the evening o
the 9th, were said to have been the fines
ever seen in that city.
THERE were oal business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 9th, against 243 the previous sever
days The total failures in the Unitet
States from January to date was 2,9l,
against a,iS in 1855
AT the convention on the Sth of Railroad
State Commissioners it was stated that oycl
6,00e active, strong men were either killed
or manned TOR life during the year 1SsS while
counlinv cars
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JOHN WANAMAKER

President Johnson This he resigned IN
1870, since whSSh time he has been in pri-
vate practice
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culture, is q naLlVc OF
born in 1880. In 1875
he went to Wisconsin,
entering politics by
being the successful
candidate for several
cOun ty offices. In
1852 he was q member
OF the Legislature,
and In the same year
went to the war us
q Major. He served
until the close of the
war, and was bre-
vetted Brigadier-Gen-
eral for lneritorious
services at the battle
of Salkchatchie. In
1866 and lstiS he was
elected l5apk COInDtro
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-14

John Wanamaker, the Postmaster Gen.
eral is 81 wears old and u native of phila-
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John WILCOX Noble, the Secretary OF the
Interior, who represents the South in the
Milford chronicle., 1889-07-12
ODDS AND ENDS.


A new style Of sword just introduced into
he German army for the use Of officers is
traight.
Mr.. Ruskin has little FRIEND the daugh-
er of London family, who has bestowed
ipon the sage the speaking title of "St.
trumpet"
If the face seems constantly dry, rub it with
triAe of olive oil every night for time; if
DO oily, put little borax in the water used
lor bathing.
In the Dutch portion Of BoIneo the natives
lsed to adorn their huts with human heads,
Ind they were not particular whose head it
has Over ., 600 of them had to be killed in
.rder to put stop TO this practice, which is
tow obsolete.
It may serve for a great lesson Of humilia-
lion to mankind to behold the habits and pas
lions of men trampling over interest, friend
.hip, honor and their own personal safety, as
well as that of their country.-Swift
The shah of Persia has granted to Baron
Reuter- the privilege of establishing 1.-THE I'M
)erial Bank Of Persia" with "A capital Of
twenty millions of dollars, and to have the
exclusive right to issue notes
The woman who weeps is not a pleasing OBJ
lect to look upon, but heartless husbands may
console themselves with the thought that the
woman who dissolves in a food of tears never
throws fat -Somerville Journal
Whatever the number Of mans friends,
there will be times in his life when he has
hne too few; but if he has only one enemy,
he is lucky indeed if he has not one too
lnany.-Bulwer Lytton.
Anthony Burrows, of Walker county, Ga,
has a small pine stump that has been Retri-
fed It is as heavy as stone, cuts hard and
resembles rock, though the streaks of rosin
and growth can be seen, and beyond doubt
has been a small pine stump, which shows
The marks of an ak.
The largest natural gas well ever struck is
hear Bell Vernon, twenty-six miles from
Pittsburg, Pa 1t is yielding 100000 feet
per day, under the pressure of 800 pounds
to the inch The discovery Of this well is re-
garded as significant Of an unlimited supply
Of this useful product
One of the vestibule trains from Savannah
to jacksonville ran the distance of l72 miles
Mt the average rate Of 524 miles per hour
Several runs aggregating 60 miles were made
Mt the rate of 90 miles per hour or over, ~
miles at over 20 miles per hour, and one run
OF 3 miles was made at 20 miles per hour
It is not easy to gain a mules confidence
They are absurdly timid, and if one of a
drove is scared the rest are also panic strick-
tn. An old black log always makes mule
Thy. Snakes terrify and bears paralyze
them On the plains no squirting or whip
ping can drive mule up to an Indian. Take
n number of mules and throw their reins
over some Of the others ears, and they will
stand all day in the belief that they are Sc
curely tied
Only old men can remember when Amer
lean newspapers used to report in full the de-
bates in congress. An approach to a like in
difference is now exhibited in England, al
though there parliament does nearly all the
work which on this side Of the Atlantic is
performed by congress and the state legisia-
lures combined The Times is now the only
daily newspaper in London which publishes
estensibly complete reports Of the debates in
parliament
Milford chronicle., 1889-07-12

/ The Rev. Alfred c. Jones gives the follow
ing details of the famine as observed by him
in Shintung. The letter is under date Of
April 4: There is no village which has not
had deaths from starvation, probably about
one person starved to death in every FIVE
families, to say nothing 81 those who are suf-
fering daily on the verge Of such a horrible
fate. Regarding the sale Of women and chill
dren, it is a matter of as much notoriety as
the selling of mules and donkeys except that
they are not brought to Farket. Since che
very cold weather passed over death from
starvation has decreased, but not so the sale
Of women and children. Women between ~
and 80 years of age are sold for s. or $40, the
latter being high price. Children under 10
years, say 81 to $3.50"
Mrs. Neal wrote on April II; II hear on
all sides the saddest tales told in the quietest
way, as If it were only natural, how this
mans wife or daughter, this woman's only
son or her two or three little children have
been starved to death; how So-and-SO sold
his little girl or boy to get food for his other
children for a month to come, or how a
certain mans wife hung herself TO get away
from the sight of her furnishing babies.
heard our gatekeeper say to a man whose
wife was i'll: Your wife hasn't the courage
mine hadl She took her life most bravely
late arsenic) to save herself from seeing our
children die slowly before her eyes The
other man, determined that the sterling char
acter Of his family should be appreciated, re
piled; But my boy ran away from home to
Join a theatrical troupe, and my only daugh-
ter drowned herself last winter, so that her
mother aud l might have more to eat if she
were gone. '"--North China News.
Milford chronicle., 1889-07-12

When a Chmaman meets another he shakes
and sqIeezes his own hands and covers his
head. If great friends had not seen each
other for a long time they would rub shout
ders until they got tired. Instead of asking
each others health they would say; "How is
your stomachP' or "Have you eaten your
ricef' chow old are you| How much did
you pay for you sandalsf
Men wear long petticoats and carry fans,
while the women wear short jackets and carry
canes Boats are drawn by horses, carriages
move by sails Old men play ball and hy
kites, while children fold their arms and look
on. Old women, instead of the young, are
the idols Of society. LOvemaking is only done
three DAYS before marriage 1t is not only
considered the safest way to get ahead Of a
rival, but the surest way to get a wife with
out losing much time.
A previous acquaintance between the male
and female prevents them from marriage.
For this reason a man seldom webs girl Of
his town. II a Chinaman desires the death
of an enemy he goes and hangs himself upon
that enemy's door 1t is considered sure
way to kill not only that particular enemy,
but members of his entire family will be In
jeopardy of losing their iyes.-Sk Louis
Globe Democrat
Milford chronicle., 1889-07-12

Nothing lasts, and yet nothing is lost.
Have you ever studied the faces in a gallery
of family portraitsi II you have, you have
probably noted the persistence Of a type
through successive generations. Sometimes
it is very family apparent; but in the next
generation 1t is as distinct as ever. The type
endures; the individual perishes. How grim
ly Death, that supreme master Of irony,
peers through the windows at the happy
freside group. He knows that he has only
to wait just as surely as the fire shall burn
low and smolder there on that hearthstone
shall the family circle be broken and scat
tered link by link. That boy with the curly
head will be buried in a sailors grave; that
innocent, prattling babe will die with the
shout of battle on his lips The girl will
wear another name in another house, and
the old folks win sink at last beneath the bur
den OF their years. While the freight leaps
the shadows win dance on the wall; it won't
be long.-New Orleans Picayune.
Milford chronicle., 1889-07-12

Archimedes was the first boss mechanic to
tell the true story Of things. He lived in
Sicily, at Syracuse, and was born 2S7 years
before Jesus. For vivid idea Of how long
before the Christian religion had a founder
Archimedes was among men, let US add these
2s7 years to the year 1907, which was the first
English settlement at jamestown. The same
will take US to the year 1894, and therefore
Archimedes was horn longer before the time
of Jesus than we live after the time of Raleigh
and John Smith.
Archimedes picked up some ideas in Egypt,
and distributed others there. This is the man
who shouted "Eurekar when he discovered
the law of specific gravity. One yarn about
him is that he destroyed Roman ships besieg-
ing Syracuse by the aid Of great burning
glasses. The mathematical works Of this Old
chap are still to be had and they show that
he was fine mathematician. He discovered
the ratios of the sphere and cylinder, and the
ratio Of a circumference to a diameter on va
iious kinds of lines, and asked that the cylin-
der and wheel be placed upon his tombstone.
The Romans stormed Syracuse and COM
mon soldier killed Archimedes in the havoc
but the Roman general had him buried in
style, and 40 years afterward, when Cicero
was the Roman governor Of Sicily, he hunt
ed among the weeds and thorns to find the
tomb Of Archimedes, who left able pupils in
mechanics. Gath in Cincinnati Euqyirer-
Milford chronicle., 1889-07-12
Deafness Oan't be Cured

by local application, as they cannot reach
the diseased portoion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an iuhamed condition of the
mucns lining of the austachian Tube.
When this tube gets Unnamed you have a
rumbiiug sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken ont and this tube restored to its nor
nal condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases ont of ten are caused by
catarrl, which is nothing dut an infiamed
condition of the mucus surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness, Caused dy catarrh) that
we cannot cure by taking Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send fol. circulars, fres.
F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo o
Milford chronicle., 1889-07-12

A dispatch from Deming, N. NJ, says;
''Iieut. Schwatka has arrived here. His
party has been successful beyond expectations
In their explorations, and especially in SOUTH
ern chihuahua, where living cliff and cave
jewellers were found In great abundance, wild
As any Of the Mexican tribes at the time Of
Cortez's conquest The abodes they live in
are exactly similar to the old, abandoned cliff
dwellings Of Arizona and New Mexico, about
which there has been much speculation. II
was almost impossible to get near them, so
wild and timid were they Upon the APP
proaeh of white people they fee to their
caves by notehed sticks placed against the
face of the cliffs, if steep, although they San
ascend vertical stone faces if there are the
slightest crevices for their fingers and toes.
''These cliff jewellers are sun worshipers,
putting their new born children out in the
full rays of the sun the first day Of their
lives, and showing many other forms of de-
voRDn to the great luminary They are usu-
ally tall, lean and well formed, their skin
being a blaclish red, much nearer the color
of the negro than the copper colored Indian
of the United States.
"Schwatka claims that nothing has hereto
fore been known about these people except
by the half Indian mountain Mexicans, and
thinks his investigation will be OF immense
anthropological and archaeological value. He
estimates the cave and cliff jewellers to be
from 5000 to 1900 in number, armed only
with bows, arrows and stone hatchets-"
Milford chronicle., 1889-07-12

Samuel Reid, the trucknan, is tho owner
Of a very intelligent Irish setter, and he never
tires of telling Of the many wonderful per-
formances Of his pet. Last night Mr.. Reid
told his wife, in the presence Of the dog, to
arouse him at o'clock this morning as he
wished to go to the Rosedale dock to begin
work on a large stock Of freight which was
awaiting his attention. This morning Mrs
Reid failed to awake at the hour named, and
Mr.. Reid was aroused by hearing his know
ing dog scratching at his bedroom door. He
instantly arose, and upon Ling at the
clock discovered that It was hree minutes
past o'clock Mr.. Reid says it would take
considerable money to tempt him to dispose
of the dog that seemingly SO well understands
the English language, and is withal 50 faith
full and knowing. Bridgeport Farmer