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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05
TWO VERY ODD PLANTS.

one Of Them Useful to Check the Growth
Of tho Beard.
Another very funny plant in the Gov
ernment's botanical garden is the So
called barber plant, the leaves Of which
are used in some parts OF the East by
rubbing on the face to keep the beard
from growing. 1t Is not supposed to
have any effect on beard that is al
ready rooted. but merely to act as pre-
ventive, boys employing IL to keep tho
hair from getting q start on their faces.
1t il also employed by some Oriental
people who desire to keep parts Of their
heads free from hair, as matter of
fashion. Also found in the botanical
garden is tho ''Cruel plant" which is 90
designated because itcatches butterflies
and kills them for sheer sport Its
flowers attract the poor little flutterer
by the honey 1t offers. and when the
victim lights upon it it grabs the butter
fly by the head and holds it fast until the
captive dies. Then the flower drops it
on the ground and lies in wait for .
fresh unfortunate.
A curious looking tree from the
Isthmus Of Panama bears round red
fruit as big as IN apple, which has this
remarkable faculty, that its Juice rubbed
on tough beef or chicken makes the
mcat tender by the chemical power it
possesses to separate the flesh dber.
One Is interested to observe in the
botanical green houses three kinds 81
plants that have real consumption OF
tho lungs-the leaves, of course, being
tho lungs of plant. The disease ia
manifested by the turning OF the leaves
from green to white, the affection grad
ually spreading from one spot until,
when loaf is all white, it is just about
TO die. Cruelty enough, as 1t would
seem, the gardeners only try to perpet.
uate the disease for the sake of beauty
and curiosity, all plants Of those varie-
ties that are too healthy being thrown
Away.-Chicago Herald.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

THE city of New York has found ont,
after three years. trial, that milk in
spcctors really inspect The president
Of the health board Of that city reports
that the quality Of the milk sold in 1889
improved IS per cent over that of 1888
and "a per cent over that OF 1887. The
amount of milk brought into the city
increased from 226, ,5as 400 quarts in 1887
to 243,O47,68O in 1889, and OF cream
from 4,4a7, $40 quarts to b,4s6,6so. As
suming that the report of the improve
ment in the quality of the milk is cor
rect, what lot Of water the milk sold
in that metropolis in 1887 and 1858 must
have contained.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

FIGURES by Robert Giffen. the En-
glish statistician, confirm the opinion
that emigration affords no check upon
the population OF the United Kingdom.
Great Britain has lost 9, ZOO, 600 by emf
grafton since 1853, an average of 243.O 900
. year, yet the population Of Great
Britain has grown to about 80. 0oO, 900. q
gain Of about 1O.OOO.OO0 in the same
time. In the last four years the excess
OF births over deaths was 1,763, 600,
while the excess Of immigration over
emigration is only 6S5, 600. There has
been = gain. therefore, Of little over
4. .OO0, 900 in the population Of Great
Britain since 1885.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05
THE EAST.

THE Presbyterian General Assembly '
ct Saratoga, N. Y, on the Goth adopted
q report recommending that women be
allowed to serve as deaconesses. De-
troit was selected rs tho next place 0t
meeting.
In Hudson County, N. j., seventeen
election boards were indicted by 9
grand jury on the 26th for election
frauds
The Universal Peace Union began ita
twenty-fOurth annual session in Wash
ington on the 26th.
FLAMES in the Weber Brothers piano
factory in New York on the 10Th caused
loss of Sl25. 1000.
ON the 27th the Presbyterian General
Assembly at Saratoga N. Y, adjourned
to meet at Detroit next year.
TnE Legisla ture Of Rhode Island On
the 27th elected the following State Of
ficers: John w. Davis, Governor; w.
c. T. Wardwell, Lieutenant-Governor
Ziba o. Slocum, Attorney-General; E
D. McGuiness, Secretary Of State, and
John G. Perry, Treasurer.
ON the 27th the Congregational Sun
u0y eSCuOOA UuO uu4AC0tAOA 0ON4Cty u0AS
its annual meeting at Boston. It wal
reported that 5sl new Sunday-schooll
had been organized during the year.
THE accounts Of C. A. Thomps ON
cashier Of tho insolvent Owego IN. Y.
National Bank. were on the 97th said Il
be short about SIS, 900.
On the 2Sth four generations Of hel
descendants joined in celebrating tn,
l 9th birthday of Mrs. Charlotte Smitl
at the house OF her grandson in Brook
lyn, N. Y. The celebration was wouni
up with music and dancing, and in tn,
latter Mrs. Smith participated.
FoUn men were killed by the cars .
Putnam. Conn, on the 30th ult
THE death OF Rev. Father Jacol
Nagel. who was known as the oldes
priest in America, occurred ut Buffalo
N. Y, on the 29th ult., aged " years.
VERMONT Democrats met in Stat
convention ~ Burlington, VT. on tn
10Th ult and nominated II. D. Brig
ham for Governor.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

THE prize Of forty thousand francs
offered by the French Academy for some
test Of death, looking to the prevention
OF being buried alive, was given to .
ing the hand of supposed dead person
to strong light, If living a scarlet
tinge is seen where the fingers touch.
showing that the blood continues to cir
culate, there being no scarlet when the
subject is really dead.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

OUTSIDE of New York the United
States has $4,000 Indian children OF
school age; OF this number only II. 900
are provided with proper school accom-
modations. The commissioners. desiring
better education for Indian children.
asked for more money than Congress
saw fit to grant. Nevertheless the ed
ucation of the Indian is Of great impor-
tance. not only to himself but to the
whites OF the West.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05
Proof Positive.

Brown, who is looking out for hummer
board, was bargaining for rooms in the
only hotel in . remote Long Island vii.
lage.
II can rcly," he asked, ION your giving
US good and wholesome food?"
Sir" replied the landlord, ''our table
% So good that last summer we lost sew
oral Of onr best boarders, who died oi
indigaation. "-Judve.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

OUR new cruisers are irresistible
centers Of attraction whenever the pub
lie can get At them. The number of
people visiting the Charleston when re-
Gently on exhibition at San Francisco
was 10000; and the number storming
the Baltimore ct Baltimore last Sunday
"A single day-was $4,000. 1t took q
day to put the ship in order after the
x,ic
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

A NEW York writer claims to know OF
an agreement between five magazine
editors OF that city to return unread by
the next mail any manuscript sent
them in the form of roll. He also says
that still other editors he knows even
refuse to open such manuscripts, but at
once pitch them into the waste basket.
Many an angel will be turned away un-
awares by these gentlemen.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

THE nsc Of points for purposes of
punctuation il comparatively modern
invention. OF the four generally used
points only the period { dates earlier
than tho fifteenth century. The colon
q is said to have been first introduced
about 1885, the comma () some thirty
five years later, and the semi-colon ID
about 157O
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05
A CURE for squirting, which il not 4

A CURE for squirting. which IL not SO
unsightly as the method at present gen.
orally adopted-black goggles with q
hole in the center--is highly recon-
mended. Let the person afflicted take
any pair Of spectacles that suit his
sight or even plain glass, and in the
center of one lens let him gum small
blue or black wafer about the size of
ten-cent piece. The result is that the
double image vanishes, and the eye,
without fatigue or heat is forced to
look straight, and with time and pa
tienco is cured.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

By reason of Commander McCalla's
suspension from rank and duty for three
years, he can not in that time wear his
sword, leave the country without per-
mission, wear his uniform, nor visit the
Navy Department His nay on sea duty
is 50, 500. This becomes of course re-
duced, and stands at 81. 800 "leave pay"
lie has summer home at Newport
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

An English naval officer has invented
pneumatic line-throwing gun, very
light and portable, which fires . hollow
shell bearing the cord to a wrecked
vessel or into burning building ON dry
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

Ex-GovERNOR j. STERLING MORTON,
Of Nebraska, father of the Arbor day
for economic tree planting out that way,
says that more than six hundred mill-
ion trees planted by human hands" are
growing in that State
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05
HoNoRED THEIR HEROES.

Grand Tributes Paid to the Memories Of
James a. Carrie and Robert =. Les-
l'ressdent HarriAon snd His Cabinet
Take Part In the Dedication Of the O 2.
Aeld Memorial HALL Mt Cievelsnd-Th0
People Of the Eouth Unvail . statue %
tho Leader Of tho Confederate Armies
at RichpaOnd, W.
CROWDS AT GARFIEID's TovR
CLEvELAxD, O., May 3l.-Probabiy
the greatest gathering Of people ever
witnessed in Cleveland WAS assembled
here Friday to participate in the cere-
mony OF dedicating the Garfield me
mortal at Lake View Cemetery. The
exercises began with grand civic and
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

MISS BELLE SMITH, recently ap-
pointed resident physician at the wom-
ans prison in Sherborn, Mass, is but
twenty-three years old. She has been
practicing medicine for two years.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

CORNELL UNIVERSITY will discontinue
its course in journalism. This step is
due, says President Adams, to the re-
organization Of the department u rhet-
oric and English literature.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
THE steamer Oneida was wrecked re-
Gently on Janeck Island in Behring sea,
and seventy-seven Cinnamon were
drowned.
AT Alversleben. Germany, . house
was undermined bv water on the 26th
and sixteen of tho occupants were
drowned. At Suplinger i've persons
were killed by lightning.
A BOAT upset on the 27th at Potsdam,
Germany, and six army officers and sew
eral ladies were drowned. BY similar
accident at Dantzig seven persons were
drowned.
METssONIER's picture. ''Napoleon and
Ills STAFF. 1914" was bought by Mr..
Chauchard, of London. on the 2Sth fr
S170, 600, the highest price ever paid for
IN oil painting.
ON the 2sth farmer living near Cor
dova, Spain, refused to grant permis-
sion to . servant to visit bull fight
whereupon the servant murdered his
master and four other members OF the
family.
The western part OF Cuba was visited
by severe storm on the Goth ult, and
cities and towns were inundated, hum
dreds of buildings were wrecked, and
many persons were drowned and others
injured. Large plantations were de-
stroyed and store-houses with all their
contents swept away.
AT Hamburg, Germany, five persons
were killed by lightning on the 3Oth ult..
and six children were killed by the fall.
ing Of swing at kindergarten In
ReimsxindOrf.
FLAMES destroyed the steamer Pach.
ing, plying on the Woosung river at
Shanghai. China, ON the goth ult., and
twenty-five persons perished
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05
epnM WASHINGTON


In the United States the visible sup
ply of wheat and corn on the 26th was,
respectively, %. 45S, ,O0S and 1l,O7S, 7O2
bushels.
PRESIDENT HARRISON on the 26th
named the eight commissioners-at-large
for the worlds fair as follows: August
E. Bullock, Massachusetts,; alternate,
Henry Ingalls,, Maine. Thomas w.
Palmer, Michigan; alternate, James o.
iver, Indiana. r. c. Kercns, Missouri;
alternate. r. w. Furncss. Nebraska.
Edward IL. Amidon. New York; alter
nate Gorton w. Allen. New York. Peter
A. b. Widener, Pennsylvania; alternate,
John w. Chalfant, Pennsylvania. Sam.
uel w. Inman, Georgia; alternate, win.
lam Lindsay. Kentucky. Henry Exall,
Texas; slternate. Henry l. King, Tex.
as Mark L. Mcdonald. CALIFORNIA;; al.
ternate, Thomas Burke, State of Wash
ington.
TIE carpenters strike for IN eight.
hour day had up to the Goth been sue
cessful in III cities and had benefted
40. 1917 workmen in that trade. At pres
ent there were twenty-fOur strikes pend
ing.
TIE census Office on the 27th made
public the first results of the eleventh
census in relat tion TO State and local
finance. The reports show that the
principal of the several State debts a,
the present time is e9os. 679. 817. and the
debts OF the 2. 800 counties in the United
States il $3.50. 7s4. $50, against sl04. 493,'
752 in 1851.
In the United States there were ~
business failures during the seven davs
ended on the Goth ult., against 222 tht
previous seven days. The total number
OF failures in the United States from
January to date Is 4. 767, against 5.04
in like portion of 1889.
On the Goth ult Benjamin Hawkins
(colored) was hanged in Washington
| for the murder of his wife.
ON tho 3Oth ult. Decoration day wa
generally observed throughout the coun
try. At Cleveland monument to th'
martyred President Garfield was dedi
Gated, President Harrison assisting ii
the ceremonies. and in New York tn,
cornerstone Of the Washington memo
rial arch was laid.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
Hry.e,RsT CONGRESS

FlFTY.FiRST CONGRESS-
MONDAY, May &C. In the Senate
bill was introduced to provide for
the purchase Of silver for use as lawful
money, and the naval appropriation bill
was passed. John e.. Carlisle took the
oath OF Office as Senator from Kentucky.
In the House the greater part Of the day
was given to the consideration Of Dis
trict OF Columbia bills.
TUESDAY. May 27.-The session OF
the Senate was occupied principally
in discussion on Senator " ilson's bill
subjncting imported liquors TO the pro-
visions Of tho laws Of the several States.
In the House the conference report upon
the Observation-Disclosures bill was
adopted. and the river and harbor bill
was discussed at length. A joint resolu-
tion was introduced appropriating $3.50.
600 to complete the Grant monument at
New York.
WEDNESDAY. May 2S.-In the Senate
the bill suhjecting imported liquors
to the laws of the several States was
further considered and the conference
report on the army appropriation bill
was presented. A bill was reported
tavorably for the appointment by the
President of . commission Of five per-
sons for an honest, impartial and thor
ough investigation Of the liquor traffic.
In the House the river and harbOr bill
was passed and . conference was or
dcred on the naval appropriation bill.
THURSDAY. May 20. - The Senate
spent most of the time in consider
alton Of the bill suhjecting imported
liquors to the provisions Of the laws OF
the several States, and after discus
sion participated in bv nearly all the
Senators present passed the measure by
vote of "a to 10. Adjourned to June
2. In the House the entire day was oc-
cupied in the consideration of bills
making appropriations for public build
ings, and thirty-fve were passed at .
total cost OF s.. 425, 600. Adjourned to
June Q.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

NATURE is enlarging our Alaskan
possessions. Volcanic action some seven
years ago sent up the island of Bogos-
Iowa, in latitude 50 degrees 81 minutes
north and longitude 1853 degrees west
Recently this island was blazed into
lively volcano, throwing clouds Of
smoke and ashes and maintaining .
threatening pillar Of 6re. Recently,
also four new islands have risen near
this one. and from an ocean bottom Of
1850 feet depth. II Nature Is going to
perform any Of these upheavings, how
pleasant it is that she selects her terri
tory far from the haunts of civilizations
and the rendezvous OF dense population.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

RICHARD VAUx, recently elected TO
Congress to succeed Samuel J. Randall,
claims to be the only American who
ever danced with Queen Victoria
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

PREsIDENr AND MRS. HARRISON have
decided that they will not spend the
summer .. Deer Park, which has come
to be regarded as resort for Presi.
dents, although they may GO there for
few weeks during the warm spell as the
quests OF friends.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

MIDDLEsBoRoUGH, KY, May 31.-At
II o'clock this morning An incendiary
started q fire on Cumberland avenue,
and in few minutes q raging fire was
everything before it. The
buildings being mostly frame, the flames
spread rapidly, and in two hours four
entire squares, containing the finest
buildings in the city, were completely
burned out. The loss will amount to
fully $500, 900, covered by about $l25,OOO
hurt. Two thousand people are home-
less and had all their effects burned
up.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05

RESOLUTIONS were adopted Of the ses.
sion Of the Baptist Home Mission S0ci.
ETY. In Chicago on the 9th favoring con.
stitutional and legislative safeguards
for public schools, the encouragement
Of education, opposing the appropriation
Of public funds for schools under soctae
rian and ecclesiastical control, and t.
voring the prohibition and sale Of in
toxicating liquors
FLAMES destro led i've acres Of frame
buildings In Chicago. compromi sing the
Lyman A. Budlong pickle works, on the
2Sth. Loss 500, 600.
Ar the meeting in Cleveland on the
2sth Of the Ohio Grand Lodge Of Knights
of Py thias the constitution OF the order
was amended prohibiting any person
who deals in intoxicating liquors from
becoming member Of the order.
ILLINOIS Prohibitionists in State con.
ventlon on the 2Sth 1t Bloomington
nominated Robert Link for State Treas
urer and Prof. Carl Johann for Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction.
AT Geneva, O., James Clinton Waite,
charged with having married six
women in the past three years, all Of
whom Art living, was arrested ON the
2sth for bigamy.
NINE. DIX WE'RE, clairvoyant was
found guilty Of forgery at Toledo, O.,
on the 2Sth and sentenced TO ten years
imprisonment at hard labor.
AT Burlington. Ia, the first original
package house under the late decision
Of the United States supreme Court was
opened on the 2sth.
On the 2sth C. L. Lind, Of Hillsboro,
Wis, who recently failed In business,
shot his wife fatally and aftervard COM
mitted suicide.
A TRAIN went through IN open draw
OF . bridge ct Oakland, Cal. on the sOth
ult., and thirty people were drowned.
OVER 20. 600 Confederates marched in
line at Richmond. Va, on the Goth ult,
on the occasion Of the dedication Of the
monument to General Lee.
Ar Marion. Ind, MIRA o. J. Stone and
her two children and Mrs. Poe VIM
mer were killed on the 29th ult by an
express train on the Panhandle rail.
road. They attempted to cross the
track ahead Of the train in = buggy.
FIRE destroyed the Laclede fiour
mills at st. Louis on the 2yth ult Loss,
&125. 900.
AwIND and rain storm swept over Lin
coin. Neb., and vicinity on the 29th ult,
breaking down trees, overturning light
buildings and demolishing fences and
chimneys.
THE Spring Palace ut Fort Worth,
Tex, was burned on the SOth ult, caus-
ing loss Of S20o, ,0oo. Two persons werc
killed and twenty were injured
In Chicago four fatal cases Of sun.
stroke occurred on the S0th ult-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-05
One Thousand sheep KILLED Outright.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, May 3l.-One
of the most disastrous wreck known to
the Atlantic & Pacific occurred on that
road yesterday evening two miles west
|of its junction with the Santa Fe rail-
road. A train Of double-decked cars
loaded with some 5000 fine Merino NUT
ton sheep, ON the way from California
to the Chicago market, was wrecked by
the breaking Of truck. Every car but
two were destroyed and about 1000
sheep killed outright.
wiggins Predicts Earthquakes.
OTTAWA, Ont, May 3l.-Prof. Wig
lgins says that Italy may be shaken to
its very center by earthquakes the pres
ent summer. The earthquake in Arme-
MIA three days ago was caused by the
same force that shook up Queen Char
lotte's island. The planets were in
when Pompeii was overwhelmed by
ashes and lava from Vesuvius.
The northern part OF Sophia was
wrecked by hurricane on the lst inst.
The loss of life is considerable. Among
the Soldiers the killed and wounded
AuAlUNE ClOVOus - AO AO0O 0usOAk WIG
Inhabitants has not yet been ascer-
tanned. The damage to the palace
amounts to $500, 900.
| The inventor of the railroad turn
table, Francis C. Lowehorp, of Trenton,
n. j., died May 81. He was eighty-one
years old and was . civil engineer Of
note.
Hon. HIRAM SERVER, for thirty years
. prominent merchant OF Northfield,
Minn., and trustee Of Carleton College,
died on the 1st Of paralysis.
JOSEPH CHIvIALKowsKI, indicted for
murder at Warren, Minn., plead guilty
May 81, and was sentenced to imprison-
lment for life.
o. c. BRowN. . millionaire banker Of
Marinette, Wis, committed suicide on
the 1st inst, by shooting himself
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-11-28

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This naLas ma ,,,ora L., r,r H. d.,