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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

THE military draft in Italy in 1883
consisted of 162,326. OF this number
1909 could read and write, 2,954 could
only read, and SO, 77O could neither read
nor write. Comparing this proportion
of educated men with that of the draft
of 1855, the general state of education
in Italy has advanced by s. 80 per cent
within the last three years. II this
progress is continued for the next forty
years. there will not be man in that
country unable to read and to write.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

THE new bridge TO be built over the
H.6snn river between New York and
Jersey City will eclipse the monster
Brooklyn structure. The greas cent? al
spar eil5 be $500 feet long, nearly
twice the length of the span over East
river. There are to be five towers rising
to q height Of 500 feet above the water.
1t is one Of the most daring feats of en-
gineering undertaken in this or any
other country.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

THIS is the way the great beast OF
Africa goes to his extinction. An ordi-
nary elephant produces l20 pounds of
ivory, worth $500. England consumes
$50 tons, for which it is necessary to
kill 12, 900 elephants . year. ,xs .anss
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

There is one saving feature about
the Mckinley bill. 1t Is SO consistently
and uniformly oppressive that it will
not be difficult bill to repeal when
once the people have learned its ini-
Quities through hard experience
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

; STuMM is the great iron king of Ger.
many and has over ten thousand en-
ployes. He is said to have opinions Of
his own, and to disregard the views Of
others about the conduct OF his business.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

EXTERIOR WILLIAM has developed .
fondness for white horses, but the Ber-
lin papers will not venture to trot out
the ''red-haired girl Joke" on him.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

Mrs. ANDREW HIcKoK, who is in her
ninety-first year, recently astonished
the sojourners at Norwalk Conn
summer resort by swimming long dis
tances and by her capers in the turf.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

MISS ELIzE PINsoS, the bearded wom-
an who died at Wanenton, Ca, few
lays ago, accounted for the growth on
her face by the continual poulticing her
Jaws for the toothache.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
Zig Cargo Of Tea.

TACOMA, Wash, Aug. l6.-The ship
francis arrived Thursday from Yokaho-
ma, Japan, with 3sS, ,s5s pounds of tea
consigned to Eastern cities.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
FROM WASHINGTON.

THE exchanges at the leading ciear-
ing-houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 9Th aggre-
gated 81, Ill ,642, 226. against 81 1856, 759,-
275 the previous week. As compared
with the corresponding week of 1859 tho
increase amounted to 1866
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

CHAUNcEY M. DEpEw says that in some
respects the Prince of Wales Is the
best public speaker in Great Britain.
HE is," said Mr.. Depew, lin his manner
of speaking and in his habit Of thought
moro like the American speakers than
are tho majority Of English orators. He
speaks without hesitation, somewhat
rapidly and yet with an case and alb
sence of the hemming and having
which characterize the public utter
ances of some of Great Britain's clear
est thinkers"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

Mrs. GARFIELD lately sold farm near
Prestonburg, KY, to spectators for
$1,000, which General Garfield bought
Turing the early days Of the war for less
than S1OO
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

JOSEPH IL. PAINE, who is said to have
been the finest expert penman in the
country, died recently in Brooklyn. lie
seems to have been born penman, and
even his youthful productions Of pen
and ink were really wonderful. One Of
his best known works was the emanci-
patton proclamation, agniicent
piece of penmanship. which he present.
ed to President Lincoln . short time
before the latter's death. He repre-
sented kind of penmanship, however,
mental style Of writing has been ex-
changed for the plain. business hand,
easily read.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

MISS WILLING, of New York, denies
that she is going to marry young John
Jacob Astor. She may be Willing, but
the inference is that he never Astor.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

STAINED ivory is said to be suppressed
ing white ivory for all sorts OF articles,
including those Of the toilet
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

THERE is q real floating island in Nor
way lake, Me. 1t has an area Of one
and one-eighth acres, formed of . quag-
mire made up of a mass of roots, weeds
and fibers and q growth of small trees.
1t has for years been breeding place
for hens, ducks and other birds.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

The Minnesota farmers have had
too much tariff in theirs Their plat
form demands that the war tariff" be
radically revised, and denounces the
Mckinley bill AZ 1.-The crowning iufamy
Of projection" !.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

A CORRESPONDENT of the London Daily
News who is making tour of Macedonia
describes the province as in the posses
sion of the Arnauts. The officials, he
says, are leagued with brigands, and
the livss of Christians are held as moth
ing. He instances number of out
RACES by Arnauts. At Pristina, a party
of Arnauts entered school of Servian
Christians, maltreated the three mas
ters and closed the school. The owner
of farm at Pristina and his three sons
were murdered by Arnaut raiders, and
on another farm at Prisrend the in
mates were cut to pieces. He says there
are hundreds of other similar cases.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

The Indian idea appears to have con-
siderable following in New York. The
World says: 1T has been estimated by
al employe of the United States Bureau
of Labor that there are $1,000 married
men in the city Of NewYor who are sup
ported by their wives, less than 1000 of
whom are in menial service. The mod
istes are in the majority. This includes
dressmakers and milliners, many OF
whom own property, some being very
wealthy, and all well-to-do Boarding
house keepers rank next in number. This
does not include the fashionable young
men who drive swell turnouts and sum-
mer at the beach at their wives expense.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12
s,onkish Epiouros.

The monks and cures of France have
done as much for their country in the
preparation of savory delicacies as the
most renowned chefs. 1t has been sug-
gested that during the long sessions OF
Lent these holy men have been in the
habit of relieving their privations by
employing their ingenuity in the in.
tention OF pleasant foods and drinks in
readiness for the return of the DAYS of
feasting. Whether there is any fcunda-
ton for this inference is not positively
known, but the fact remains that the
clergy, from whatever cause, are capital
inventors of all sorts OF comestibles.
One of the largest oyster parks in the
country was started by Able Bonnetard,
the cure of La Teste, whose system of
artificial cultivation is so successful that
of the number of oysters distributed
throughout France every year perhaps
q quarter are produced by the able.
Canon Agen was the discoverer of the
terrines of Nerac. The riilettes Of
Tours are the work of monk of Mar
Monitors The renowned liqueurs
Chartreuse, Trappistine, Beuedictine
origin instffissir names, and the s stSe
part of their poduction is that they
should be the work OF the most severe
and ascetic of religious bodies.
The elixir of Garus is the invention
of the Able Garus. The Beziers saus-
ages were first prepared under the di-
rection of the Prior Lamoureux. Tie
popular Bergougnoux sauce was first
mingled by the Able Bergougnoux.
Ihe delicate Floguard cakes are the in
vention OF the Able Floguard. Even
the immortal glory of the discovery of
champagne is attributed to monk.
10 these may be added the innumer-
able delicacies in bonbons. confectionery
and the like, which owe their origin en-
tlrely to the nuns il the numerous
French converts scatterd throughout
the land
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12
Mistakes Of Women,

"Womon make strange mistakes in
the artistics-to coin word-of dress"
says an artist, "but one of the strangest
is the way in which they treat their
necks when wearing q low corsage.
Nearly every woman believes that o
black velvet band heightens the beauty
of her neck. Especially if it be long
and slender does she insist upon put
ting black velvet about it. And thus
she makes it look even longer and slen
derer.
The effect of black close up to
the neck and face is always to make
them look thin. A very stout woman.
with neck too plump, may employ the
black band with advantage, but the
thin woman should wear a light rib
bon, white or blue, or string Of pearls
or of gold beads if she wants to pro.
duce the pleasantest effect"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12
He was Onto Them.

A teachers school standing frequen
depends more on his ability to d,
with human nature than with te .
books, and this applies to colleges
we'll as primary schools. A well-kno1
professor in Maine college has
class under such complete subjecti
that he is the envy Of his fellow p
fessors simply because he knows boy
so thoroughly. Jokes have been Fl
quently tried on him, when the DO
thought their tracks we're we'll covere|
but the jokes have usually been four
to have bacll-action kick, like an Of
tiint-locl musket. One day, with til
expectation OF getting an adjournmed
from recitation, some scamp got int
the professors classroom and painte
every seat i'll the room. When til
class assembled, the professor said, yer
blandly, "You can sit down, gentlemen
or stand up, just as you please. Mr.. A
you will please demonstrate, etc. Til
class stood up for the full hour, it
members finding relief by standing frs
Oh one foot and then on the other. O
another occasion, when the mercur
had dropped below zero, u second Of
tempt was made to adjourn. The stov
aud every window was removed iron
the recitation-room, but the professo
was found there at the usual hour
seated comfortably in his chair, witt
overcoat, winter cap, and wooden glove
on, and, without apparent discomfort
to himself, he conducted recitation O
an hours length, while the boys fairl.
shook with the cold.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12
Aliisators from chi,,a,

Two examples of the Chinese ALI
gator have just reached the Geological
Garden, says the London Times. They
are the first that have ever been ex-
hibited here alive. The alligator is 50
distinctively an American animal that
the proof, so recently as 1879, of the
existence of a species in China was ex-
extremely interesting. Nevertheless,
the Chinese classics contained numer-
GUS references to the creature, and even
pictures, which conld be easily recog-
nized as being meant for crocodile OF
some sort.
1t is to be hoped that the specimens
at' the Zoo will bear out the notion OF
the extreme longevity Of the reptile.
Its name is apparently used in certain
parts of China in the same sense as
Methusaleh in this country. Marco
Polo wrote about this animal and
recommended its gall as an excellent
remedy for the bite of mad dog and
for various other complaints, so it seems
to have been the medieval equivalent Of
some OF our much advertised remedies
of the present Gay. CAUTIOUSLY enough
the beast is even now made use of in
Chinese medicine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12

never had . ghost of show anyhow.
@That's all you know about it,"
sneered the first speaker.
@Of course it's over. The KING hts
are whipped"
"The knights had just begun
Just begun to play out for good.
''No, sir!"
eyes, sir!"
do You mean to say that I'm not
man of my word? If that's what you're
driving at come out and call me
liar"
II guess you have sized yourself up
about right"
Then they clinched. After the battle
had ragged for some time with varying
results, the striker got his adversary
down, and was preparing to take adj
vantage of the situation, when Knight
OF Labor, who had been standing near.
said:
"Hold on! Don't punch him yet.
just let me ask him few questions.
How about these labor troubles? Do
you think the strike is really over?"
81 am beginning to have my Goubts
about it" said the under man. 81 am
SAA0V OuSJ0 ~ ITO OOuUU UuO
what the Knights had considerable
power, after ALL"
20, you are, Ell? What do you think
OF Vice President Webb?"
20, haven't as good an opinion of
him now as [ had. Perhaps he should
have treated the strikers more politely"
''You said while ago that 1 was
lying. Am II" put in the striker on
top. drawing back his arm threaten
ingly.
mo, indeed you amt. I'm attending
to the lying just now, but if you will
Just let me up. think ! know where
there is asaloon keeper who would act
as arbitrator in this little affair without
detriment to the honor of either party"
Nov you are talking sensible, /" said
the striker, letting him up aud brushing
the dirt from his coat. elf you had
made proposition like that before, this
little strike would never have occurred"
and they proceeded to the nearest
saloon, whore the bitter memories of
the past was washed down with foam
ing bumpers of beer. Teras Sitti7ags.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12


awarded $40 for broiler wall pocket
such as is shown in the accompanying
engraving, for holding papers or music.
1t is hung upon a gilded nail or tack,
with one part hanging about half the
way down. The back part of the
broiler that rests against the wall is
plain. There are decorations only on
the front, which is suspended by rib
bons attached to two corners. Use
ribbons of two different colors--pink
and green. for iustance--to make a
pretty display. Run them through the
wires. skipping every other one and
alternating the colors The front may
be painted, embroidered, or otherwise
decorated to suit the taste of the
maker
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12
Natural Science and the bible.

Mr.. Gladstone in recent article
thus treats of natural science in rela-
ton to the Bible: Natural science is
now rendering q new and enormous
service to the great cause of belief in
the unseen, and is underpinning, so to
sleall, the structure of that divine reve-
lation which was contained in the Book
of Genesis by new and solid pillar,
built up on a foundation of its own
from beneath. 1t is, then. 20 be borne
in mind that, as against those who, by
arbitrary or irrational Interpretation,
place Genesis and science at essential
variance, orr position is not one merely
defensive. We are not mere reconcilers,
as some call us, searching out expedi-
ents to escape a difficulty, to repel an
assault. We seek to show, and we
may claim to have shown, that the ac-
count recorded in the creation story tor
the instruction of all ages has been
framed on the principle which, for such
an account, reason recommends; and
that, interpreted i'll this view, it is at
this juncture like the arrival of new
auxiliary army in the field while the
battle is i'll progress.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12

Four years ago, Miss Lcna Woodland,
living on Thorn Creek. Wash, sowed
the seed from one head of barley. She
harvested the crop with pair of
shears and sowed the amount received
the next year. again harvesting it with
her shears. The third crop her father
cut with grass scythe, getting enough
of barley to SOW forty acres last spring.
which averaged forty bushels to the
acre when thrashed, making a total
yield of LOGO bushels from one head
of barley in four years.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12

Few of those who fasten their gloves
with the ingenious little snap button
in use for few years past know the
history Of the continuance. 1t was in
vented by an American, who tried in
vain to enlist in his invention the inter
est of American capitalists. Nobody
could see any promise in the tiny bit OF
mechanism, and the inventor finally be-
took himself to France. There he found
capital, and the invention speedily be-
came popular. Now the inventor and
capitalists interested are getting rich
out of the contriyance, and even the
American agency is proving mint of
money. The fastener, at first applied
chiefly to gloves, is now affixed to UNI
brellas and to dozen other articles of
daily use. Made of silver, il is put
upon ornamental pocket-books, port
folios and the like.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12

The probable value of all the dia-
monds in the world, according to re-
cent estimate, is about ST, OOO, ooo, 900.
The worlds diamond trade is car
ried on by about 5000 dealers,
with total stock of not far from $780,
100000. The stones are prepared for
market by perhaps 4,500 cutters and
polishers, principally in Amsterdam,
Antwerp, Paris and the Jura.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12
The Editors Great Grief,

1t is said of one-time editor of this
State, now dead, that he learned of a
man in his town carrying eggs to bed
with him to hatch, and felt badly on
learning who it was, as he could not
make an item of it because they were of
the same political belief. The item
was SO good that there was serions
thought of changing the politics of the
paper in order to make comments nm,n
the originality of the man.-Beifas.
doe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12
'rHE number of males and females is

'IHE number of males and females is
about equal and their average life is
about thirty three years; one-fourth of
the inhabitants die before they reach
their fiftieth year. OF 1000 persons
only one reaches the age of one hum
dred years; of every hundred only
six reach the age of sixty-five, and not
one in 500 live to see their eightieth
wear
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12
MORAL suAsioN ron.
LARS,
How . rsnasylvan,a Man R.e,,,.
night lntruaer

NJ" 1cnns ytvansa Man Recerv.
night Intruder.
John Roach is one Of thu
spected residents of the tow o
wick. He is q strict cln,r" ca
and opposed to all harsh tra s
evil doors. His cure for tho
fiicting modern society is amo
sion. A gay and festive bnrsj
probably was aware of the soft
MIR. Roach's nature, paid a yis;l
!atters' home. Yon can hear = =
in the town of Berwick about M
and it was o piece of atfronterv
thlef, no matter how daring, to .
to break in house, the noise Of
would be sure to awaken the
neighborhood. But. the burei,
visited Mr.. Roach's house badn
scruples in this direction. He
booty, and didn't care if he did
little noise in securing it. He
the back window of Mr.. Roach's !.
and the shutter gave way readily
Jimmy: he next broke q pane .
and raised the window-sash hipb
he thought, to crowd through hn1
the attempt was made the bnrelI
stuck. The heavy sash came id
his back and the thief was ~,
tight. His head hung down
kitchen floor and his legs were dal
outside the window. Mr.. Roacl
was sleeping sonndly upstairs. |
the noise, and, lighting q candle
down to investigate. Spving the
ling burglar in the window. he
All! ali! burglar has come to ]
eh?" Mr.. Roach covered the strs
form with his candle light, and nc
an effort to look into the thief's,
but the latter kept his face dead (
floor, and Mr.. Roach was ma
recognize him. Then, pulling a
over to the window, Mr.. Roach 8
himself.
Now, my dear man." he went
say, adon't you know your cond
wicked? II you keep it up it will
tainly land you in jail. lam on
to sending anybody to Jail. but
conduct certainly deserves some pr
ment. I guess 1 will allow YOU
main in your present position for ay
II in the meantime you promise ,
reform, / will lift the windoy.sasl
let you depart in peace"
A fusilade of questions soon follt
Mr.. Roach. asked the man when b
born. I'm 1885," was the reply.
Roach put the replies down in q
did you receive religious instru,
IN your youth? ?"
II did; l was q minister's son."
"A minister's son? Good graz
and have you come to this?"
II have"
"To whom do you attribute
downfall?"
ITO myself, women and drink. "
What do you do now for a liy
II am tramping it,"
Are you unable to get work at
you can earn decent and respe,
living"
II am unable to get it, sir; thou
of men are looking for the same
Mr.. Roach made the burglar Dc
ance for two hours. Finally the
lar became so tired of his rosEtiol
he sntfarel..- .....1.-4'ise, requested
Roach to either hit him on the
with an az or let him go.
II will not prosecute you
further" replied Mr.. Roach.
lieve you have done penance emo
Then lifting the widow-sash frol
frame of the stranger. he said:
and may God be merc,ful to you. !"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12

FLORENCE BLYTHE, aged sixteen, of
San Francisco, who lately came by
way of the very toughest kind OF liti-
CATION into an estate worth nearly ST.
900, 900, has asked the court for an al
lowance Of $1,000 a month, or, in all,
about $l05, 900, dating from her faith
er's death in April, 1883. The girl
pleaded that she needs about 81. 900 a
month for her maintenance and educa-
ton. The court finally allowed her a
back allowance of $500 a month, or
$4,000, and a future allowance of
$500.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12
The Influence o. Telegraph on Diot,on

1hc Influence OF Telegraph on Dictio,,.
Somewhere L read long ago that the
evergrowing practice OF telegraphing
was undermining the gramner and the
literature of America. Though l be-
lieve the liturature OF America, espec-
tally of the United States. is but just
begun barring, of course, some notable
instances in the earlier history of our
country candidly confess that in the
very nature OF The byevity of the tele-
grams there is something which tells
against pure diction and social gram
mar was in receipt only last week of
q letter from a Mell.known editorial
writer on New York newspaper. The
language of telegraphy was as easily
discerned as. though the epistle had been
written on a Western Union blank.
Yours received" will write again, :"
lam not sure of phraseology," Huxley
mentions same," are some of the ex-
pressions this well-trained writer al
lowed to slip from his pen. Je,cish
Iili1lgS. &
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12

THERE is married man in Atlanta.
Ca, who wears eye glasses with gold
rim. His wife wears eye glasses, too,
and the two pairs are just alike. They
are the parents of three children, the
youngest being ten wears of age. and
each of the children is near sighted.
They wear eye glasses, too.