The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08

Mn. SpURaEoS, addressing the read. II
ers OF his latest book OF sermons con.
oludes by signing himself Yours. at
the end OF thirty-fve volumes, most
gratefully, G. II. spurgeon."
GENERAL FoNsEcA. President Of the
United States of Brazil, speaks neither co
English nor French. He has soldierly sh
figure, erect and commanding, and in
genial face, without marked intellectual M
lower. du
On the west coast OF Africa there are n;
now 200 churches, $4,000 converts, 1Oo,- VI
OOO adherents. 2,75O schools and so. 600 10
pupils. Religious books have been of
translated into thirty 1--we dialects of the Ar
section. U
NATHAN HARVEY. of Topeka, Kan. pr
has suit of clothes made flfty-eight
years ago which shows the handiwork IN
Of Oliver p. Morton, Schuyler Colfax, AT
General Burnside and ex-Congressman u
Shryock. u
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BY the death Of Mr.. Randall, follow bi
ing that Of Judge Kelley. the title OF 8.
"Father Of the House" falls to Mr. ri
0'Neill. Of Pennsylvania. The Key o.
stone State seems to have monopoly OF T
this honorable paternity.
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GLADSTONE has published two hun -
dred and ninety-nine books and pamph- :,
lets. This does not include bis mag !,
zine articles or any Of his speeches. :.
lie has all his life been assimilating A
knnw1 1nd ro nd u ri ,o< {lnoo =
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THE Department Of Agriculture at :,
Washington has been advised by Consul :; :;
Fay, stationed at Stettin. Germany. :.
that the Russian Government Is about - -
to assist certain capitalists in establish :, :.
ing slaughtering and shipping houses = p
that are to compete with the United :.
States in furnishing dressed meats + :,
the German and English markets. r
NEW YORK canOeist has started on ~
the longest canoe voyage ever under :,
taken. He set out from the st;tue OF VI
Liberty and will end his voyage, after NJ
seven thousand miles of padding. at pl
the mouth OF the Columbia river, Fort q
Canby. Wash. He carries with him q a.
bottle Of water from the Atlantic Ocean, ~
which he will empty into the Pacific In u
October next. az
MAX O'RELL tells q story to the effect Il
that Alfred Tennyson, when young n
poet, called on bluff, gruff old Thomas r,
Carlyle and together they sat near the N
fireplace for hours neither speaking. h
Finally Carlyle accompanied Tennyson "
to the door. and; shaking his hand
warmly, bade the young man come
again, for he (Carlyle) had enjoyed such 6
pleasant time.
A LAST will and testament, Ave thou :. y
sands years old, was found recently in = =
Egypt The testator, Sekiah, executed =
it with his own hand in favor Of his own VI
brother, priest Of Osiris. The property 7
disposed of in the will was to 20 at the q
brothers death to Sckiah's daughter.
VINO, tho internal evidence of the docu. !"
meat shows, had the same legal right as = q
aman toown and administer and dispose y
Of property. y
THE fastest mile single man has p
travelled by various methods of locomo-
t:on is to date respectively recorded as =
follows: Swimming, 26:52; walking.
6:sS; snow-shoes, $685.; rowing, SOL: Al
running. 4:l211; tricycle., 2:49 2-5; bi. u
cycle, 2:29 As; skating, 2:12 3-5; trot p
ting horse, 2:OSA; running horse, y
1:39s1; railroad train, 5o4 seconds; bal l.
loon. pneumatic-tube and electricity
records yet to be made. 81
Mrs. MARY LOGAN puts AL her a
money in q monthly magazine; Mrs.
Sunset Cox is studying real estate: p
Mrs. Philip Sheridan has large :.
faith in Chicago property; every spare b
dollar Lillian Russell gets is invested
In diamonds; Clara Louise Kellogg Il
buys railroad stock; Government bonds 8
are good enough for Annie Louise Cary 3
Raymond. and Mrs. Robert r. Lincoln 8
has her mother-in-law's love for old 8
jewels and laces. Il
In his recent report Superintendent Il
Leach. OF the mint, says Colorado still v
maintains first rank among the States d
In the production OF precious metals. "
with an aggregate product of gold and
silver Of over S24, 900. 600. Montana Z
stands next with product of s22, S94,. r,
600. Cal fornia produced S14. 034. 600. OF {,
which SI3, ,OO0, 600 were gold, being abo 8
two-ffths Of the total gold product o. |,
the United States The gold product oi
Dakota (South) increased from $2.G0l,- Il
600 in 1883 to 81. 9OO, ,OOo in 1885, The I,
States OF the Appalachian range show 8
slightly increased product of gold over G
1883
THE immigration Of Greeks AMI Jews :,
into the western half OF Asiatic Turkey .
Is now attracting considerable atten.
tion. It is stated that during the last
twenty five years no less than seven i.
hundred and fifty thousand Greeks have
settled in the western bulge Of Asia
Minor, between the Sea OF Marmora AMI \
the Mediterranean, and that the Turks
have decreased In the same number r
In the same time about thirty thousand h
Jews have immigrated to Palestine. :
. large proportion OF whom are de-
voting themselves to tho cultivation
OF the soil and proving most excellent
farmers A
TWIN sisters celebrated their seventy
seventh birthday anniversary at Ips 4
wich, Mass. the other day. A local
paper states that SO remarkable was
their resemblance to each other that !,
the parents were often called upon te :
distinguish them to visitors. Thei
tastes were also similar and have been
30 through life, and even at the age d i,
seventy-seven years 1t is said they :
dress alike and have . likeness
to each other which is unusual,
even in twins Both began life