The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-09
PLAIN DEALER.
EVERYTHING IN fTE LINE Of
JOB WORK,
Bill Heads, Cards, Pos
ters, Circulars.
saiIstaedeo b meailsss, pT0apihess ill
Pries euara1teed.
~0ive q ts1al beEoro Gvdeeinl eo1swheoA
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A Benton HAfbOr man has musket
which used to kill Frenchmen 200 years
ago, and powder flask Older by CEN
tury.
1t II estimated that the amount Of
gold in tho world is about 6l3 cubic
yards, and it would fit in room twenty
four feet each way, IL in solid cube.
In London, recently. large collio
dog saved girls life by seizing her
dress and .>,inging her aside just as she
was about being run down by horse.
The craze for passing floral tributes
over the footlights to stage favor,;es
seems to have reached its height at Dos-
ton recently. A minstrel performer re-
ceived life-size floral image OF himself
seated in chair and playing the banjo.
Some writer has said that the aver
age number of hairs on the human scalp
varies from 10000 to 10000. A single
hair can support weight Of two ounces,
and is so elastic that it may be stretched
to one-third OF its entire length and
then regain its former size and con-
dition.
A remarkable proceeding is reported
from Chicago, where q father, Jacob
Lanfield, was arrested for not taking
out theatrical license for little thea
ter which his children ran in the cellar,
charging five pins admission. lIc was
arrested on warran. sworn out by .
policeman.
The old lighthouse which stands at
the entrance of New Haven harbor has
been abandoned by the Government and
orders have already been received for
its destruction. 1t has been familiar
landmark for many years and was .
favcrite visiting place for New Haven
people.
-Flounders replenish the ocean 1T
very rapid rate. In a season one founder
produces many millions Of eggs, scatter
ing them broadcast through tho water.
The sole produces 200. 600 eggs. plaice
not less than 1000. 900, while a tnrbot
has been credited with the deposition
Of 1000, 600 or II, O0O. 900 eggs.
Mr.. Smallfry-"My dear, don't you
think this would be good time for your
mother to go on q nice long visit to her
friends in the East? The rates are SO
low now, you know" Mrs. Smallfry-
''Yes, but you know the low rates are
only offered for a round trip" Mr..
Smallfry--"A differ
Ont."-America.
The sea serpent has been rather
late in appearing this year, but he has
been seen, with back covered with
hard she'll Of dark brown. with stripes
. few shades lighter. giving it much
the look Of the lights and shades ON !.
corrugated iron surface. As usual, as
much as tho observers desired to see
the monster, they got away rs fast as
possible.
A beech tree cut on the farm of
William Wilkinson, at Shelton. near
Middletown. Mass. disclosed near the
hard white wood core the big letters y.
L." on densely black background.
They were cut forty years ago by John
Leland, sailor, and, curiously enough,
had stamped themselves all the way
from the heart of the tree TO the bark.
Though they had been overgrown by
thirty-seven rings Of wood fibre, it is
easy to read -. L. on the outside bark.
| A new ''cure' has been invented in
Germany, which may be adopted IS .
greater novelty than the mind cure or
| the faith cure. Its basis is the harden.
ing Of tho human organism. which has
been disastrously enfeebled by civiliza-
tion. The patients initiate the noble
savage oS the gypsy. and tho system in
cludes going barefoot as one part Of the
cure. Ore German parish contains /, 400
patients.
The longest parts, male and female,
in the Shakespearan drama are Hamlet,
with 1850 lines, and Rosalind, with 749
lines. Ofcoursc, in acting, they are cut
. great deal, but even then they are. in
the odious but expressive phrase Of the
boards. 'fat.' This accounts. to GER
tain extent for the professional fond
ness for appearing as Hamlet" and
"Rosalind." Othello must be rather a
thorn in the side Of the stars for he
has only sSS lines, while Iago has 1.117.
| A French military surgeon has been
making researches on wind instruments
which has been used by phthisical
bandsmen, and warns musicians of the
importance Of disinfection. lie recon-
mends that instruments should be filled
with . five per cent. solution of carbolic
acid, or. in the case of metallic instru-
ments that they should he dipped into
boiling water. These precautions are
of the utmost importance when phthisic-
al persons have used the instruments;
for 1t was found in such cases that
liquids used to wash them out presented
. virulence similar to that of o pure
culture Of tuberculosis.
Miss Amanda Anderson, Of Georgia,
Is sixty years Of age and has never
travelled more than o mile and q hall
from the spot where she was born.
Though thore is railroad within three
miles of her house she has never seen
1t. She has never seen brick house,
and has seen . painted house only once.
Though her nearest neighbor lives
within three hundred yards Of her she
has never seen his house except once in
her lifetime. She has never been in.
side Of q church or listened to sermon
or prayer, and her ideas Of religion are
extremely vague. She is, nevertheless,
an intelligent woman. with no eccen-
tricity except that indicated in the
above description Of her.
/ DR.. Francis Bowling, in paper
which he read ut recent meeting oi
the Cincinnati Academy OF Medicine
stated that 'between the ages of ter
and forty that at least one person in
three is subject to partial deafness. The
great majority Of cases Of impaired hear
ing are hereditary, and are largely ow
ing to too close consanguinity of the
parents. Deafness is more prevalen
among males than females. owing to thu
fact that the male is more exposed X
the vicissitudes of the climate. Their
is much more deafness in America tha
in Europe, and this is due toa more gen
eral use of scientific instruments, sncl
rs telephones. where one ear Is used I.
the exclusion Of the other.
. An artesian we'll was some year
ago sunk on the beach at San Buena
ventura, CAL, Ave feet from high waite
mark. At depth of about one hun
dred and forty-three feet strong Gov
OF water was obtained. spouting thirt
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