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The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19


Aa il; .e'::. - !, r.,'rliavii to,:r,.ins
charac..': o>;':'tr, i: "ac Of t..,n elevated
railroal trains th%t Drought : ,a1w to the
eyes of the passengers. The train had
jnSt left One lIri.,irc,l aAd Twcnty-iifth
street when tha passengers saw entering
the car Il li.t.e hoy ahout years old, be.
ing half p;.s,,rl AMI half carried by an
older boy, evidently his brother. At the
first glance 1t was seen that the little fel.
low WAS blind and his eyelids had almost
grown together. He had II pale wal.
face, but was smiling. A quick look OF
sympathy passed over the faces of the
passengers, and an old gray haired gentle.
man got up and gave his seat to the two.
The "big BROTHER" who was about II
years old, tenderly lifted up the little
blind boy and placed him OH his knee.
"How's that!" he asked.
"Nice, said the little chap. "Where's
my 'monica:"
This puzzled some of the passengers,
and several turned to see what the child
meant. But the "big brother" knew,
and Immediately drew out small mouth
harmonicon and placed it in the little
fellows hands. Both boys were well
dressed. The little fellow took the in.
stru,nent into his thin hands, ran il
across his lips and began to play softly
Nearer, My God, to Thee" Tears
came into the eyes of the old gentleman
who had given up his seat, and as the
little fellow played on, running into
Crock of Ages" and "Abide with Me-
there We're many moist eyes in tho car.
The little player seemed to have a re.
markably true ear and occasionally
when tho instrument would rasp, he
would turn sadly to his "big brother
and say, "Don't WHISTLE"
The train rushed along, the passcr.
gers listened and the littlc fellow
played on tirelessly, never missing a
note from "Annie Laurie" or 'Home,
Sweet Home" Finally the "big brother
leaned down and told the little one to
get ready to leave, as tho train was APP
proaching their station. Then, us if he
knew he had won whole carload Of
friends, the blind boy quickly changed
"The Suwanee River" into "Auld Lang
Syne," and with one accord tho passen.
gers burst into a round of applause,
while the "big brother" carried tho lit.
tie ono out of the car.-New York Times.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07
WEST AND SOUTH.

AT Lincoln on the 29th John II.
Powers, president of the State Farmers
Alliance. was nominated for Governor
of Nebraska by tho independent reo-
Pile State convention.
AT Gale, Ind, Rev. David Plumb. his
wife and three children, lost their
lives by the burning Of their home on
the a9th. lncendiaries were said to
have started the Are.
FIRE destroyed several mill plants
and other property at East Saginaw.
Mich, on the goth. Loss, nearly SS7a,-
OO0
ON the Goth Henry Bivins (colored)
was hanged At Scranton, Miss, for the
Feig in April last.
REPUBLICANS Of North Dakota in
State convention on the 30th ult. at
Grand Forks nominated Captain Burke
Of Fargo for Governor, Roger Allen for
Lieutenant Governor, and NJ. IL. John
son for Congress.
CONGREssIoN nominations were
made as follows on the 3oth ult: Ne
braska, First district. William J. Bryan
(Dem.); c. II. Van Wyck und.); Sec
ond. Il. v. Harlan (Eep.). Arkansas,
Second district, G. r. Ereckinridge
Dem renominated; Ohio, Nineteenth
district, E. R Taylor (Rep) renomi-
mated; Missouri, Fourteenth district
Robert Il. Whitelaw (Dem.) to fill the
unexpired term Of James p. Walker,
deceased. and Marshall Arnold for the
next regular term: Fourth, r. r Will
con dem renominated. In Maryland
the Prohibitionists made the following
nominations: First district, Il. w.
Covington; Second. Edward Higgins;
Third, w. j. Il. Clock; Sixth, Mr.. Moul.
ton.
IT was said on the 30th ult. that all
through New Mexico, Arizona and
some parts Of Colorado. and also in old
Mexico, no rain had fallen for months,
thousands upon thousands OF range
cattle were lying dead in the parched
valleys and thousands more were dying
for want OF water and grass.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07
A NEW TRUST IN SIGHT.

The Piate-(ilass sen Dailying with I'm.
Kiishmen to Form = Trust The Senate
Committee Heips the scheme ny In-
crea.ed Duties Enormou Profits Of the
Industry. and Its Enormous Cost to the
Country.
One fact by itself may not be interest
ing; but two facts when are related to
ono another may be Of high interest to
us. Especially II these two facts are
brought to our notice at tho same time
from independent sources.
Here is striking example in point
The Senate Finance Committee makes
rs report giving reasons for the changes
in the Tariff bill In regard to the In
creased duty on plate-glass the commit
tee says: The additional duty imposed
sy the proviso in this paragraph is made
necessary to encourage the domestic
manu- facture of more expensive class
of goods which is now being imported. /"
That is one fact It goes into the
newspapers; but on the very day when
it appears other papers are printing q
dispatch from Pittsburgh about "A Big
Plate-Glass Synd cate'-which is only
another name for trust. The dispatch
says: John Pitcairn. of the Pittsburgh
P.ate-Glass Company. is IN England me-
gotiating or the close OF options on all
the plate-glass concerns in the United
States"
The dispatch then goes on to enlarge
upon the highly prosperous condition
and rosy outoo Of our p ate-glass in
dustry: 1.-The business has assumed
nd g. ee
the Pittsburgh concern alone are not far
from 81, 1000, 900 . year. Besides seeking
to control existing factories. the En-
glishmen have also joined in the erec-
on Of new plant at IRWIN. Pa, for
which site was secured on Monday.
Irwin is ab ,ut eighteen miles from
Pittsburgh on the Pennsylvania rail-
roads main line. This plant will be
the largest OF the kind in the world and
its erection is necessary to supply the
demand for plate glass. The Pittsburgh
company, whose output last year was
about Is, ,OOO, 900 feet, IS still working on
orders received last year, and is beh nd
on its cont &C at that, SO tnat it is con-
sidered that the future of the trade in
America is full Of promise"
Put those two facts together and they
become extremely interesting-the Sem
ate committee bolstering up an indus
try at the same time that sing fac
tory Of that industry is clearing almost
Sl.0,O,O.O year, and when that indus
try Is carrying on Negotiations with En-
z g.ish capita lists in order to form q trust
and add still further 70 their enormous
profits!
Tariff making is verify . curious
game!
We imported last year sl,l1s. ass
worth OF plate-glass, not including sill.
vered plates for mirrors. In other words,
our importatlons were but slightly in
excess Of the net p ofts Of this single
Pittsburgh establishment The high
tariff on plate-glass crushed out several
years ago the last OF the 70 eign houses
in New York which impor ed 1t; and
The Senate comes forward with its hum.
bug pretense Of increasing the duty in
order to give more effect We protection
N this thriving American industry.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07
LAST SLAVE VOYAGE.

The Shipping. Slowing and Feeding Of .
Cargo Of Slaves.
During tho embarkation I was on.
gagged separating those negroes who did
not appear robust, or who had received
some triiing injury in getting on deck.
and sending them to an improvised hos.
pital made by bulk-heading . space in
the rear Of the forecastle. The others,
as they arrived. were slowed away by
the Spanish mate; 50 that when all were
aboard there was just room for each to
what proportion the men were, all were
herded together. the next morning
the separation took place; the women
and girls wero all sent on deck. and
numbered about four hundred. Then q
close bulkhead was built across the ship
and othor hunks constructed. The wo-
men were sent below. and enough men
sent up to enable the carpenter to have
room to construct additional hunks. A
more docile and easily managed lot OF
creatures can not be imagined. No vio-
lence of any kind was necessary; 1t was
sometimes difficult to make them under
stand what was wanted; but as soon as
they comprehended immediate compli-
anoo followed.
The negroes were now sent on deck In
groups Of eight and squatted around .
large wooden platter, heaping full OF
cooked rice, beans and pork cut into
small cubes The platters were made
by cutting Of the head Of hour or OF or
barrels, leaving about four inches of
tho slaves. Each negro was given .
wooden spoon, which all on board had
amused themselves in making during
our forty-day trip. Barrel slaves were
sawed into lengths of eight inches, split
Into other pieces one and half inches
wide. and then shaped into spoon with
our pocket-knives. 1t was surprising
what good spoons could be made in that
manner. A piece Of rope yarn tied to .
spoon and hung around the neck was
the way in which every individual re-
tained his property. There not being
room on deck for the entire cargo to
feed at one time, platters were sent be-
tween decks. SO that all ate at one hour.
three times daily. Casks Of water were
placed in convenient places, and IN
abundant supply furnished day and
niaht--asorse Howe. n. D.. In sosthnsx.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

A FEW weeks before tho census takers
began the regular census the citizens Of
Elm Grove, w. Va, thought to enumer-
ate their population. preparatory to in
cooperating the town. The following
is the remarkable result: Number of
males over twenty-one years Of age, 14S;
number Of males under twenty -ohe
years Of age. las; number of females
over sixteen years Of age, 14s: number
of females under sixteen years of age,
l48; grand total, 592.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

A MAN at Springfield, Mass, is the
possessor Of the finest collection of eggs
in the country. 1t comprises six hun
dred eggs OF different kinds and is val
ued at $4,000. Among the specimens
are eggs OF the stone stork of Newfound-
land. the elder duck. the cormorant, the
golden eagle, the hawk and the turkey
buzzard. The collection has been the
work Of years and is necessarily the OBJ
iect OF constant care. A slight blow.
the merest accident, might destroy 1t
forever. and entail not only the loss OF
the collection, but also the malodorous
consequences that invariably follow the
breaking of antiquated eggs.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

LORD RosEBERRY in his dining-room
ut Berkeley Square has given the place
OF honor to portrait of George WASH
ington recentls acquired. 1t is by Gill
bert Stuart, and is one of the only two
genuine portraits now existing painted
from life. This particular picture was
painted hy Stuart upon the commission
Of Lord Shclburne and Bates, about the
Nnar 1-AH
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07
WOMEN WHO SUCCEED.

SARA NJ. MAxoN Conn, NJ. Ph., Kent's
Hill. Me-. has just received the degree
Of DR.. of Philosophy from Syracuse IN.
W University.
FEMALE typcwriters abound in Wash
ington, and find their profession very
lucrative. Ono OF them refused . 81, 200
clerkship the other day because she
could earn more with her machine.
ONE OF the most skillful watchmakers
In Atlanta Is woman-Mrs. A. f. Key.
Mrs. Key is the daughter Of = once FAM
GUS jeweler, and by means of her trade
she supports herself and children in
comfort.
Mrs SALIlE JOY WHITE. president of
the New England Woman's Press Asso-
citation, has been in the newspaper busi-
ness twenty-one years. She Is the first
woman who secured position on Bos-
ton journal.
MRs. NJ. EpIrH HowcoTr, OF New Or
leans, probably owns more real estate
than any other Southern woman. Sho
has in her own right over $4,000 acres Of
select timber-lands in Louisiana and
Mississippi. and is still buying. She
has Just completed purchase OF $500
acres Of hardwood and cypress timber
land in Louisiana, and l,cOO acros OF
pine In Texas.
Two young attorneys OF Detroit.
Mich. Miss Ada Lee and Mr.. w. Edgar
Springer. recently formed . marriage
and legal partnership. The bride 10
we'll know in Michigan and to the bar Of
the country, as young lawyer Of abil-
ity, and one whose career has been nota-
BILE from the fact that she is the frst
woman to occupy the Office and fulfil the
duties of Circuit Court Commissioners,
she having been elected to that Office In
St. Clair County. in 1884.
The long-looked-for coming girl seems
to have arrived. Instead Of being alone
she has brought her sister and instead
OF bringing letters Of introduction she
brings the highest honors Venus can be-
stow. Mis- phillippa Garrett Fawcett,
with her 400 marks from Cambridge
University, accredited above the senior
wrangler, leads; after her comes Miss
Margaret Afford, also Of Cambridge,
with the first place in the classical
tripos; third In the race is Miss Helen
L. Read, with the Sargent Prize at Har-
ward for the best material version of one
Of the odes to Horace, and to complete
the quartet, Miss Agnes Lowe has been
awarded the first prize in the oratorical
contest Of the Wisconsin University. 1t
may not be impertinent TO state that
these young women are anti-masculine
In taste, dress and manneH--N. Y
World m
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

A RAILROAD is to lie built from Arch.
angel to Vologda to unite the extreme
habitable north of the Russian Empire
with the interior The contractors are
merchants of Vologda. who carry on o
large business with the natives Of
Archangel
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07
IN WOMAN'S BEHALF.
"BETTER THAN BEST"

What can We say Of herS What can We do for
Woman the Conquerorf Woman the King!
Why should We kncei In submission and sue
for her!
IT'S OF her victory manhood must sinsi
Equal 10 man? hhe has risen supcr,ori
Daughter OF Pallns Athene confessedi
Lifted 70 triumph who once was inferior.
Better m Dcsti
was she not best 10 the world when We cried 70
her!
Woman. the Mofherl who ave US our life,
Helpless and hopcies1 and feeble We sighed TO
her.
Helped by maternity out OF the strict
Who car repay the fierce pangs she endured
for US?
Giving herself from her bonntiful breast,
Manhood aud muscle twas woman secured for
Better than Best!
Has she not gwen us Love for our coveringl
Ii We for our shelter, and Love for our sturi
Love for our comforting, Love that Is how
crinE
Soothing our sorrows at home or afar!
What would the world be without her who low
eth Us:
After our wandering, woman's the Nest.
All! he reward thc can give wren she proveth
Better than Bcsti
Calm in her confldcpcei Proud Of her purity!
LCw she has scared on her wings 70 the
bluel
Brain for her help, ond her heart for security,
What Is there left for " oman TO dot
Classic ard " rangler! deep science and ort
with her
Proudly she stands and submits to the
test,
Man c, n but love her the more, and not par:
with her,
Better than Best!
-Lady's Pictorial.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

MISS ANNA BREWSTER, society girl
Of New York. who went out to visit her
brother-in-law, Secretary Reamy. in
Japan. has gone on pleasure trip
to Siberia. going from Nagasaki to
Nadivostock. 1t is the first case known
of young American lady going to the
Siberian frontier, except for missionary
work.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07
THE EAST

AFTER cruise of eight months in
foreign ters the American squadron
Of evolution arrived at New York on the
10Th.
ON the Goth the Commercial Gazette
Of Pittsburgh. Pa. celebrated its 10lth
anniversary. The paper was established
by John Scull, July 20. 1856. and printed
on the first press brought west OF the
Allegheny mountains.
THE Democrats of the Thirteenth
Pennsylvania district on the Goth re-
nominated James B. Reilly for Con-
gress.
Ar 8 o'clock on the morning OF the
3Oth nit. a FIRE originating in the Pew
building at Seneca Falls, N. Y. burned
over an area Of nearly three acres, and
many OF the best business buildings in
that village wee wiped out. including
the three newspaper offices. Loss,
500. 900.
A NEWSPAPER at Johnstown, Pa,
on the 3lst ult. printed what it claimed
to be the first correct list Of the victims
Of the great fiood. giving the number OF
the dead at 2, 49,, which leaves over 200
bodies not yet recovered.
JEREMIAH MILLER, living near Nc.
chanicsburg. Pa. shot and killed his
wife on the 3lst ult. and then took his
own life. Nine children were left or
phans. Jealousy caused tia crime.
THE death Of Mrs Sally Brown. aged
los years. occurred at Colchester, N. H.,
on the 3lst ult She was the oldest per.
son in the State.
REPUBLICAN League clubs OF New
York will hold their State convention
at Saratoga on the 4th of September.
NEARLY two acres Of cl osely packed
buildings at Rraddock. Pa. oecnnied
chiefly by Hungarian laborers. were
burned on the 3lsG ult.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

U~vNS SiS S@~@s~@sNS@s
FIRE destroyed one-half OF the busi-
ness portion Of Minden. Ont, on the
2Sth.
In Buenos Ayres more fighting oc-
Cured on the 2sth between the insur-
gents and troops. The rebels had been
joined by the navy and the warships
we're bombarding the capital. The
Government forces were defeated and
1000 Of them killed or wounded.
In the Pellisi. coal mine 1T st.
Etienne, France, an explosion of fire
damp on the goth caused the death OF
100 miners, and about fifty others were
terribly burned.
ADvIcEs OF the Goth say that the Gov
ernment in the Argentine Republic had
suppressed the mutineers and that they
had deposited their arms in the arsenal
at Buenos Ayres. Peace had been re-
stored in that city.
On the 3Oth ult. ukase was issued at
st. Petersburg forbidding further work
by Protestant missionaries, especially
in Western Russia
THE Government of Russia on the
8Oth ult. ordered the application Of
edictS against the Jews which would
drive 100000 of that race from the
country.
ADvicEs OF the 30th ult. from Buenos
Ayres st,t"d that quiet was restored
there and that the leaders OF the revo-
luton had accepted the Governments
terms.
In London an American named Har-
gan shot and killed three persons on
the 3lst ult. and was afterward fatally
injured by an excited mob.
BUENos AyREs dispatches Of the 3lst
ult indicated that peace had been re.
established in the Argentine Republic.
During the insurrection the feet bonn
barded the city. One Thousand men
were said to have been killed and 5. OOO
injured during the progress Of the hos
tilitieA
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

THE long distance telephone is maxi
ing its way rapidly everywhere in Eu-
rope. London and Paris are shortly to
be united by telephone, and Prague and
Suda-Pesth are already united. Brus-
sells and Paris have long been in tele-
phOne CORE uanIauua
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

DIX HAMILTON. United States Sur
geon-Gancral, left for Europe The other
day for the purpose OF establishing ply
sicians at every port in Europe from
which immigrants embark to this coun-
try, in connection with the United
States marine hospital service.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

ACCORDING to recent ukase Of the
Gar no one who IL not Of the Christian
faith will be allow to serve on q jury
unless by the special approval Of the
Minister of the Interior and the Minis
ter f,f JuSfice.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

THE chief OF police of Moscow has
issued orders that those who sell papers
or other printed matter in the streets
shall not be allowed to pursue their vo-
cation If they are not dressed in proper
cniform or If they do not appear clean
and tidv
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

THEODORE TILTON emerges from his
Partisan secln,ion long enough to re-
mark: No, | shall never 60 back to
America Society there has committed
q crime against me. defended myself
and was beaten"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

THE tallest schoolgirl in the world,
1t is said. lives at Riednaun, Germany.
She is eleven years old and six feet tall.
The highest branches OF learning ought
not to be out OF her reach
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

FRTEDRfeH BEER. the Austrian scu'p.
tor, now in Paris, has discovered pro-
cess for making marble fluid and mold
ing it as bronze is nodded. The new
process Is comparatively inexpensive.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

SHEET-IRoN is rolled SO thin at the
Pittsburgh iron mills that twelve thou
sand sheets are required to make sin
gle inch in thickness. Light shines as
readily through one Of these sheets as 1t
does through ordinary tissue paper.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

THE lectures of Explorer Stanley in
this country will consist Of dfty. six
nights in week, beginning Nov. II.
with a recess during the Christmas
hc1;lcuO
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

A coToRED dentist in Macon. Ga, is
said to use his fingers only in extract
ing teeth. They are strong as forceps,
and he claims he can pull teeth faster
and with less pain than any dentist US
ing Instruments
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

A MILLIONAIRE Chinaman Of San
Francisco. named Wag Yin Wan, has
bought 15,0GO.0tO acres OF land in Te-
hauntepec. where he will establish
Chinese city
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07

GENERAL Fremont was the last sur
vivor OF the four Major-Generals ap-
pointed early in the war. They were
Fremont, Mcclellan. Halleck and Wool