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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Mr.. Oldbeau-"Ah, my dear Miss
Southmayd, your face is the very mirror
of TRUTH Miss Southmayi Net
when you are looking into it, Sir. Bur
ington Free Press
Judge (who is bald-headedl--"
half what the witnesses testify against
you Is true, your conscience must be
Is black as your hair Prisoner-"lf
mans conscience is regulated by his
hair, then your Honor hasn't got any
conscience at all"
-''Well," said Mr.. Hitler. angrily, to
his wife, ''there isn't person in this
world who regrets being married more
than do" Don't be too sure Of that.
DEAR" was his better half's comment
IT'LL you hear my opinion on the ques-
tion. n.'-Philadelphia Times.
-"You see," said the young man who
WAS applying for position. ..the trouble
with SO many men is that they lose their
nerve. Now, never do that" And
1t strikes me that you must have been
following these unfortunates around
picking up what they lost.-Washington
Post.
One may have scores OF books which
he seldom or never opens from ono end
Of the year to the other. and yct without
| them his power Of literary production
would be hampered and impaired. Only
true book users can feel the power that
there is In the mere presence Of unused
books.
| -iertrude (speaking of Deatrice's
| .sfance") - .What will Jack do now
that he has inherited ali this money!"
Bcatrice-''O, shall just make him
give up all business and and live like
gentleman, you KNOW" Gertrude
lquietly)-"It will be great change for
him."-Boston Budget.
"A leading lawyer Of the Androscog.
! gin bar, who was thought some time ago
to be Ill beyond probable recovery, says
that among those who congratulated
| him on his restoration to health was
good woman OF Auburn, who offered this
tribute: "Well, Mr.. A.. If yon had died
you'd have had a very stylish funeral" !"
Lewiston Journal.
| Enthusiastic Proprietor-"What do
you think of the new hotel?" Prospec-
tive Guest (difHdently)-Rather fine. :"
E. P.-.'Fine? Grand, l think. Did
you notice the fresco work in the din
ing-room and the new furniture in the
hall?" p. G.-"Yes, ] noticed them. !"
L. T. (persistently)-'' what do
| you think?" p. g. (gloomily)-''O,
suppose I'll have to pay for them before
/ leave"
/ "A pompous fellow was dining with .
country family. when the lady OF the
house desired the servant to take away
the dish containing the fowl, which
word she pronounced fool" as is COM
mon in Scotland. II presume, madam.
you mean fowl" said the sprig in re.
proving tone. "Very WE'LL" said the
lady, little nettled, "be it SO; take
away the fowl and let the fool remain. !"
Sewing machine eagent-''Good morn
ing, reverend sir. You know something,
do you not, Of society in this place
known as the Tattletown sewing cir
cle2" Reverend-''I do, young man, l
do" Sewing machine agent-"Then you
can tell me, no doubt, what kind OF sew
ing they particularly devote themselves
to?" Reverend-'I regret to say. my
friend, that they devote themselves
most assiduously to sowing the seeds Of
eeandal.-Riehmond Dispatch.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

II any one Is casting about for plot
for story, this is freely rendered: A
destitute young Englishman in San
Francisco. A beautiful and rich young
girl OF the same place. One Of her In
cisors is faulty. She will have none Of
1t. The dentist bids her bide his time.
1t arrives in the person of the young
Englishman. He agrees to part with .
front tooth for $50. On one side Of .
screen Is the hero; on the other the
heroine. The tooth is pulled and swiftly
transplanted. Then the heroine departs
without having seen the hero, who, with
the $50 in his pockets, sets boldly out
into the hills and makes his fortune. In
five years. somewhere and somehow,
they meet and mate. Then, just when
you please, the story Of the tooth crops
out. It isn't overnice, but it is related
rs fact.-Society.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.


In the North sea the steamer Bilboa
crew were drowned.
RECENTLY four French soldiers wero
captured by the Dahomians and be.
headed. The French retaliated on the
2lst by beheading five female warriors
Of the King OF Dahomey.
PREMIER MACDONALD in . speech on
divorce on the 2lst in the House Of
Commons ut Ottawa, Ont. characterized
the United States system as one Of tho
greatest social abuses Of the day.
On the 22d Randolph Dubois, who
murdered his wife, two children and
mother-in-law in st. Albans, Que, :
couple Of months ago, was sentenced to
be hanged on June 30
A BILL preventing children under IA
years Of age from working In factories
was passed by the council of the Empire
of Russia ON the I'D.
AT Moscow fvo sisters named Damo-
vierofl, the youngest 10 years old, COM
mitted suicide on the Gath. It was be-
lieved that fear Of arrest AZ Nihilists led
to the commission of the deed.
AFARMER named Morrison, near Shell
burne. Ont. drowned three Of his chill
dren in barrel Of rain-water on the
Gath, and then threw himself into a
creek. He was taken out BY neighbors
In dying condition.
WILLIAM ARTHURs' house at Belle
Vile, Ont, was burned on the Gath. and
Mr.. Arthurs and his wife perished in the
flames Both were over 60 years old.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01
IT IS NOW 4 LAW

The President Approves the Words Fair
deasure-Men Of National Reputation
to bs Chosen for Directors-at.L Large.
WASHINGTON, April 26.-The worlds
fair bill is now law. The signature
Of President Benjamin Harrison was at
tached Friday afternoon Immediately
after the meeting Of the Cabinet. The
act now goes into the custody Of the
State Department. which keeps the
original in parchment of all laws.
Senator Cullou,, of Illinois, later in
the day had brief conversation with
the President about the appointment Of
commissioners-at-large. The President
said he intended to select the best peo-
pie he could find-broad-gauge. prac-
tical men, who would bring with
them experience and knowledge
Of affairs and command the con-
idence and awaken the interest of all
sections Of the country. He thought
they should not only represent the
several great sections-New England,
New York, the Central States, the
Northwest, the South and the Pacific
States-but they should also be con-
spicuous representatives Of the great
industries upon which the wealth and
prosperity of the country are based. He
had no parti .ular individuals in view
and named no names, but spoke in the
most general manner.
Senator Cullom indorsed the Presi.
dents views, and said that all who were
interested in the success of tho fair
would commend them heartily.
For missioners-at-large 1t is in
teresting to note that Chauncey De
pew's name Is already mentioned. A.
4. Go,horn, Of Cincinnati, and ex-Gov
ernor Mccormick. Of Centennial nxposi-
tion fame, have also been suggested.
The next step will be the formal mott
ncation by Secretary Blaine to the Gov
ernors of the various States and Ter
ritories requesting them to name two
commissioners respectively whom the
President will appoint members Of the
National commission. All this must bt
done within thirty days.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

ONE Of the managers Of big Eastern
knitting-mill has made . calculation
that the shoe-strings Of working-girl
will come united on the average three
times per diem, and that girl will lose
about fifty seconds every time she
stoops to retie them. This entails .
loss of 800 seconds every day for each
girl. There are about 400 girls en-
ployed in this factory, and therefore
the gentleman finds that 43. SOC, 600 Sec
onds are wasted year. which time. at
the average rate OF wages, is worth
S04S. 171S. Orders have accordingly been
issued that girls must wear only button
shoes or CATERS or be discharged.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01
Homely Women OF Portugal.

The Portuguese men are rather below
the medium height, Of olive complexion.
and have brilliant black eyes. For the
most part they are very handsome. The
women, on the contrary, are excessively
homely, but dress in very good taste.
Both gentlemen and ladies copy the
Partisan fashions. The prettiest women
are the fisher maids, who 20 about the
streets barefooted with their baskets Of
fish on their heads, after the fashion of
the Egyptian women with their pitchers
OF water. Some Of these girls are re-
markably pretty, and, strange to say,
their feet are small and delicate LOOK
ing and their forms are gracsfnL--Kaa.
80 City NmsA
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

WHEN the average man or woman
comes to be fitted with the first pair Of
glasses some curious discoveries are
made. Seven out Of ten have stronger
sight In one eye than the other. In two
cases out of five one eye il out Of line.
Nearly one-half the people are color
blind to some extent, and only one pair
Of eyes out of every fifteen are sound in
every respect.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FlETY.FlRsI CONGRESS-

WJyeVbUSv S0V0nG0S
MONDAY. April 21.-The Senate passed
the worlds fair bill, with an amend
ment providing for naval review at
the harbor Of New York, by : vote Of
- to Is. Bills were introduced to re-
peal all laws for the retirement Of army
and navy officers from active service
with pay; to perpetuate the National
banking system, and providing for the
depositing Of funds of the United
States in National banks instead Of
treasures. In the Honse . bill was
passed providing that soldiers who lost
their limbs during the late war shall be
entitled to new artificial limbs every
three years. The conference report on
the bill to provide temporary govern
ment for the territory Of Oklaho ma was
adopted.
TUESDAY. April 2o.-In the Senate
Senator Mitchell (Ore.) advocated IN
amendment to the constitution pro-
viding for the election OF United States
Senators by the direct vote Of the peo-
pie. A bill was introduced to prevent
the adulteration and misbranding oil
drugs and for the prevention of poison
ous or injurious adulterations. In the
House the Senate amendments to the
worlds fair bill were concurred in by q
vote Of 93 to 81. The legislative appro-
priation bill was discussed and the con-
sular and diplomatic appropriation bill
was reported.
WEDNESDAY. April 90. Bills were
passed in the Senate to provide Terri.
torial government for Oklahoma; to
create > customs district In Arizona,
and to give $l4, $50 to South Dakota and
%, 076 to Washington for constitutional
convention expenses. A bill was intro
duced to give to the State OF Washing.
ton . section OF public land for sol
diers' home. In the House the time
was occupied in discussing the legisla.
tive appropriation bill. The Senate
bill providing for an inspection Of meats
for expectation and prohibiting the i'm.
pOrtation OF adulterated articles of food
or drink was reported favorably.
THURSDAY. April 24.-In the Senate
bills were reported favorably for the
compulsory education Of Indian chill.
dren; to prevent desertions from the
army, and the pension appropriation
bill Bills were introduced for the free
coinage Of silver and to place Congress.
sional elections under Federal control
upon petition of 100 voters. In the
House the bill to prohibit the transpor.
tation of intoxicating liquors into any
State or Territory contrary to the Law
of such State or Territory was favor
ably reported. The legislative appro
priation bill was further considered
and q long discussion for and agains,
the civil-service sys tenn took place.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

OVER two years ago South Carolina
man went to sea, leaving behind his
wife and dog. During his absence he
was shipwrecked and cast upon the bar
rem coast Of Terra del Fuego. When he
returned he found dog and wife both
faithful, and both glad to see him.
Here is an Enoch Arden tale with hap
nv Termination
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

JAMES HINES took up squat claim"
in Arkansas. He was warned of, but
decided not to 60, and he held out for
three years. During that time he was
shot at thirty-three times. wounded
four times, had his cabin set on fre
twice, his wife was driven to suicide
and his boy ran away, and at last the
man grew weary and hanged himself
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

THE annual report OF the Boston
.Home for Aged and INDECENT Cats"
shows that during the last year the in
stitution took in two hundred and sixty
one sick, debilitated, superannuated or
homeless cats. OF tho total number OF
cats received one hundred and seventy
one were sent in for treatment by their
owners, while ninety were simply
pulled in for being without visible
means of support. Ofdeaths there were
thirty-five, the largest proportion being
due to Ia grippe.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

An English photographer claims 10
have obtained photograph in which
the natural colors were reproduced when
the exposure was made by accident, just
at the moment when there came .
binding fash Of lightning. He says
that friend Of his once got colored
plate under similar circumstances, and
believes that electricity has to do with
nhnfnpra nhinp cOlOrR
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01
Two Men Killed aud y Store Wrecked ~
DOluvau, Wis.

DELAvAN, Wis, April a6.-An explo'
sion of dynamite in Il. r. Doan's drug
store Thursday afternoon completely
wrecked the building, breaking win
dows in stores block away, and knock
ing the cupola of the school-house.
two blocks distant. The roof Of the
drug store was blown into the air, and
Of four men in the building two we're
rescued, badly hurt, and two perished
In the flames. They we're H. r. Doane
and an unknown man who happened
to be in the store ut the time Of the ex-
plOsion,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

PHILoLoGIsTs estimate that the Ger
man language is now spoken by about
CO. COG, 600 people, the French by 45,O0o,-
600 and the English by 120, OoO. 900. The
number speaking the English language
has increased much more rapidly
throughout the world in the past fifty
years than those speaking other lam
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01
THE FAST.

On the 2lst f. e. Weaver started from
New Haven, Conn.,, for trip by bicycle
to San Francisco which was expected to
occupy 200 days.
DAVID A. TAGGARr, president Of tho
New Hampshire Senate, was on the 2sd
inaugurated to perform the Guberna-
torial duties. owing to the illness OF
Governor Goodell-the first time in the
history Of the State, since 1854, that such
. course had been adopted.
THE Massachusetts Legislature on
the Esd passed bill providing for bien-
nial instead of annual elections of State
officers.
PENNSYLVANIA Republicans will hold
June IS.
In D. s. Gallagher's stables at Slater.
vile, N. T.. on the Esd Egbert William
son, a coachman. and three horses were
burned TO death.
TIE Prohibitionists Of Maine will
hold their State convention at Portland
June 25.
AT the Etna mills at Newcastle, Pa.
on the Esd, three men were killed by IN
explosion and six badly injured. two oi
whom would probably die.
FLAMES on the Esd at Rochester. II.
Y, in John G. Wagner's fve-story
block. caused loss of $500. 900.
In the Union silk works at Catasau'
qua, Pa. flames caused an explosion on
the oath by which four men were killed,
four fatally injured and many others
less seriously hurt
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

Ar shoe factory in Lynn . thief en-
tered room ut MONDAY to steal cloth
ing. He got caught in shaft and was
whirled around at the rate of ninety
times per minute for . quarter Of an
hour before being discovered. When
released he looked little out of plumb,
but had nothing to say and was permit
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

The Louisiana Lottery Company Of
fers to pay the State of Louisiara $l2,.
b00,00 for the privilege of carrying on
its business for period Of twenty-five
years. and asks that the Legislature
submit it to vote OF the people.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

A MAN recently hanged in Southern
State was born on Friday. was married
on Friday. presented with twins on
Friday. committed his crime on FRI
day. and was hanged on Friday. And
his name wasn't Eriday.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01
FROM WASHINGTON.

In the United States the visible sup.
ply of wheat and corn on the 21st was,
respectively, 24,5la.27s and 1855, 5O6
bushels.
For the first nine months OF the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1890. the total col
lections of internal revenue were Sl0O.
043, 226, being an increase Of 81, 7,5O4. 779
over the corresponding period last
year.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

THE pct names Of tho four baby States
are as follows: North Dakota Is the
'.Flickertail State" South Dakota is
the "Swinge Cat State" Washington Is
the Chinook State" and Montana Il
the 'sStubbed Toe State"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

THE statement that Vice President
Morton reads more newspapers than any
other man in Washington. accounts in .
great measure for the intelligence neces-
sary in the accumulation Of 50 large .
fortune. Now, would-be millionaires,
now. IL the time to suhscrihe
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

IN buying $sll.0ls, ,6Gs.A worth Of
bonds Tor retirement the Treasury De-
partment has saved taxpayers $G6. 764-
1925 The course TO follow seems
plain-buy bonds. It's pity we can't
III do
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01
JAPANESE HOT SPRINGS.
they Are Surrounded with Quaint Garden
and other Pretty "Details.

V04Y
and other Pretty "Details.
A people who SO delight in social
bathing naturally make the most Of the
hot springs which are found in SO many
parts OF the empire. and surround them
with quaint gardens and other pretty
and characteristic details. Several oi
the attractive watering places lie with.
in such easy reach Of Yokohoma IS to
render them familiar to all foreign resi-.
dents as pleasant object for delight
full excursion, and in Japan such excur.
sions imply innumerablc minor points
of interest.
Thus my own recollections Of visiting
certain boiling springs near the base Of
Fuii-Yama In the month Of August are
as . kaleidoscope wherein blend the
quaintest medley OF professions Of pill.
Rrims, tea house scenes, driving along
beautiful sea coasts. and watching pretty
girls devour raw little octopi and other
extraordinary food, or passing beneath
stately avenues Of pine and cryptOmeria,
past whole fields OF lovely tall white
lillies, grown as we grow potatoes for
the sake OF their roots, and then past
ponds devoted to the sacred lotus,
whose magnificent rose or lemon colored
blossoms peeped from among the great
blue-green leaves, rising to . height oi
three or four feet above the water. And
ON and on, through villages where
crowds of children, and grown.up folks
too, were celebrating quaint mytho.
logical festival In such pretty fanciful
fashion as seemed to suggest some fairy
tale rather than page Of prosaic life.
And then we halted for the night 81
the charmingly-primitive tea-house oi
Seng0ko-yu In tho heart Of the beautiful
forest, to which water is brought IL
bamboo pipes from boiling sulphur
springs ct . highes level, and 10 cooled
in rude but effective baths. One oi
these was given up to our exclusive use
drained. refllled, and screened in defer
ence to our foreign prejudice, and here
we reveled in peace and boiled away I'll
the aches and fatigues Of our long day.
Journey. Then our courteous hostess
arrayed us in cool Japanese dresser
from her own wardrobe and treated III
to an excellent Japanese supper.
On the following morning We repeated
the sulphur bath with full appreciation
OF its merits, and then climbed through
the forest to visit the sulphur springs
. dreary region whore. in hollow bo
tween dark, wooded hills and red bluff,
OF crumbling rock, pools OF boiling sui
phur, alum, and iron, and clouds of steam
rise ceaselessly from bare expanse o
red, broken ground. It is . desolat,
spot, in curious contrast to the lowell
ness all around. for no vegetation grow
near the sulphurous pool. - Cornhil
Magazine.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01
sheyitch Is Forgiven.

New York, April 26.-Serg.us She
witch, Socialist and editor-in-chief Of
the New York volks.zeitung, who has
been an exile in this country for
the last twenty-five years. having
been banished from Russia owing
TO his political opposition to the
Gar. has been forgiven by the
latter and will return to his native
land. His large ancestral estates, which
were confscated at the timo OF his ban
ishment will be restored to him, and he
will again assume the social position he
lost by advocating the Socialist cause.
Since coming to America he has lived
quietly In Hoboken with his wife.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01
Two Young Ladies' KILLED.

LAMA, O., April s6.-While returning
home from pleasure triD late Thurs.
day night party OF young people was
dashed against the stone abutment Of
. bridge near here by runaway team.
Both the horses and Minnie and Gertie
Pierce were killed, and Ella and Will
Hawkins and Cliff Church received prob
ably fatal Injuries.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

CAPTAIN W. L. HOOPER, treasurer OF
Harvard University. says that the fund
Of that institution Is now over 81, ,OO0,-
900, and has increased $1,000, 600 the
past year.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

IT seems that the truly-cultured Bos-
ton woman never carries any thing homo
when shopping. Says one OF them:
''Once / had . piece of tape sent home,
and once had tape-needle sent to my
house." ut doesn't SO much matter
from the dry-goods store" said her
friend. ''They are sending, any way;
but, as true as you live, saw woman
in a market order one ounce Of pepper.
and they had to got out wagon to send
1t to the next street to her. lit was in
the morning it wouldn't 80 much matter;
but to order home in the afternoon one
ounce Of pepper can't forget it! She
had her muff, tool"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01
JAPANESE chickens with tails from
eleven to thirteen feet long are being
imported into this country.

BUFFALO BILL seems to have caught
the European fever. He has purchased
historical house in Naples once ow ned
and occupied Ivy King Bomba.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01
A Forxer and IN E,n bsxslsr.

SALEM, Mass, April a6..-George b.
Ives, ex-assistant district attorney, was
imprisoned here Friday on charge OF
forgery. the amount being placed at
32O,O 900. He has also embexzled funds
of the Blaney estate and Of his wife sg-
9regating about SO, 00Q
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-01

At the meeting Friday in Iowa City
OF the board OF regents Of the Iowa
State University Carroll c. Wright Of
Des Moinos, was elected to succeed his
brother, Thomas s. Wright who has
moved to Chicago