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The Lamar register., 1891-03-07

The bill repeating the timber
culture law and allowing claimants
who have complied with the law
for four years, to obtain title on
payment of s1.25 per acre, passed
Congress and was signed by the
President Just few minutes be-
a - 1PlNsssAA
The Lamar register., 1891-03-07
Advertised Lettsrs,

The following is list Of unclaimed
letters remaining uncalled for in this o.
fee March Z, 1891:
Blanchard, Frank
Boies, Mrs. D. F,
Miller, A. w,
Willis, NJ X,
EEL%RA
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

A street preacher, John Guttzcit, In
Dresden, persists in walking about in :
long, white, woolen robe, sandals and
wreath Of green leaves on his head.
The police endcavored to interfere, but
Guttzeit pointed out the costumes Of
oarsmen, polo players and bicyclists
and asked II his own was not as decent
and proper. And he won his case.
The London correspondent Of Poet
Lore says that when Robert Browning
was asked to take the presidency Of the
English Shelley society. ut the time Of
its formation, he thought that il he ac-
quiesced he would be indorsing all
Shelley's action; therefore he at once
refused the request, on the ground that
he could not uphold Shelley with re-
gard to his treatment of his first wife"
Royalty is magnificent but ex-
pensive, If the following figures are to
be relied on. 1t is said that since Queen
Victoria's accession to the throne, the
royal family has cost the nation Sl73,-
1915. The prince Of Wales has re-
ceived about 81, 100, 900 of this, while
the empress Of Germany has made away
with 81, 425, ,555. the duke Of COnnaught
81 $3.50, 900, and the Princess Louisa $780,
900.
Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt usually
takes a morning ride with his boys, all
of whom are fond and fearless horse
men. Alfred, lad about ten years Of
age, is the crack whip of the family,
and rides and drives much and well. es-
pecially at Newport. All Of the chill
dren are fond of music. One plays the
banjo. another the the violin, and Ger
trude, q miss still in her teens. is > fa-
vorite pianist.
1t was the ever sweet and kind
duchess of Portland who persuaded her
husband to build hospital on his es-
state by the sale of jewels with which
he presented her on the arrival of their
little daughter, Dorothy, year ago.
Now, in celebration of the baby's first
birthday, she has given feast in her
magnificent rooms to the children on
the estate, with very substantial
memento Of the day to take home with
them.
M. Renan is accustomed to spend
six months or more in medit alton on .
literary work after he has collected his
material. Then he goes into the coun-
try, and spends three months or more in
writing out the composition which al
ready exists in his brain. He corrects
and revises with great care, and before
his volume is published. often has as
many as ten proofs of each page. In
striking contrast to this method is men,
toned that of Miss Mary E. Wilkins, the
popular writer of New England stories,
who writes without copying her work.
The most serious attack made on
the authenticity of the Talleyrand
Memoirs is that of NJ. Aulard, professor
of history at the Sorbonne. He argues
that, from internal evidence. parts of
the papers have been suppressed, and
that the gaps have been clumsily con-
cealed. He suggests that the work was
done by Bacourt to screen the reputa-
tion Of Talleyrand or royal personages,
Is the published version of the Memoirs
does not account for the prohibition Of
their publication for SO many years.
The due de Broglie is said to have re-
piled evasively to Prof. Aulart1's chal-
lenge to produce the original manu-.
script.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

THE new British minister to Morocco
says q slave trade in boys and girls
from the negro regions is in full blast
in Morocco.
THE ex-queen of Servia. Natalie, was
forcibly expelled from Belgrade.
NEAR Churchville, Ont, COW caused
the derailment of train. and the en-
gineer and farmer were killed and
two brakemen fatally injured.
A NEW ministry has been formed in
Portugal The reports of revolution
in that country were said to be untrue.
At Belleville, Ont, James Kane was
executed for the murder of his wife
Elizabeth.
THE king Of Roumania celebrated
the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ac-
ccssion to the throne.
FIRE devastated the town of Rowno,
Poland, and 700 persons were made
homeless.
WHILE insane Joseph Letai, a farmer
living near Eradony, Hungary, killed
his three children by crushing their
SIX ulls with spade and then killed
himself.
TERRIFIC wind and rainstorm in
flicted great damage to property in
Paris.
By an accident in a colliery near
Cardiff, Wales, ten men were killed
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28

The young emperor of Germany now
has no less than three thrones. One
is the old-fashioned affair of the DAYS
of the king of Prussia, another was fur
nished for the occasion of the Princess
Victoria's wedding, and now he has a
third to be used only when his majesty
appears as supreme head of the United
German empire. This last one is erect
cd in the White hall of the German
schloss, and its canopy is of yellow silk
and gold brocade, into which the i'm
perial eagle is beautifully woven. 1t
is not stated which of the three has the
sOftest seat.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28
HUMOROUS.

-Tramp-''Will this dog bite poor
old tramp Hired Girl-.Just as
quick as . fat young one. Ctr Epoch.
From Contemporary.-"W the
exception of twenty penny piece the
unhappy man gave no sign Of life
Fliegende Blaetter.
Nancy Ito her cousin from the city)
visit to the country, in panied surprise)
Haven't you an elevator?"
--She--''I'llneverm marry man whose
fortune hasn at least five ciphers in
it," He lexultingly)-.Oh, darling,
mines all ciphers.-Washington Post.
-Tatesey-''Oh. for an opportunity
to do something heroic! Something
helpful to my fellow-beings!" Mrs.
Tatesey-''Allr right, John. Here, hold
the baby while l wash the potatoes"
I'm going to turn out the gas"
said the old man, coming into the room
where sat his daughter and her young
man. Thanks" said the unabashed
young man. Il was just going TO do it
myself. boston Herald.
-Tom-'My dear, Mary forgot some-
thing this morning when she set the
table" Sally-'.What was it. love?'
Tom-''The nnt-crackers, for these po-
tatoes of yours" (And she has been q
month at the cooking club. -Talisman.
-Wife-"Did you post that letter I
gave YOUR Husband - Certainly"
Wife-.I wish you hadn't. There is
something want to add to it." Hus-
band (producing letter)-Why didn't
you say so before? Here it is."-
Brooklyn Life.
Barred t.-Cleverton-"How is it
you don't 60 ont in society any more?"
Dashaway-..I went to a german not
long ago, and / wrote for a society
paper description of the dresses worn.
Since then (sorrowfully) haven't been
invited anywhere. Cloak Review.
"A Last Visible (trembling)-'.I
have one last wi wish to ask you be-
before we part in an-anger for ever!'
She (sobbingly)-''Wha- what is it,
Geo Gcorge?" He-"Wi- will YOU
me-meet me next TIL Thursday rs
u-usual?" She-"I wi will George.'
Yankee Blade.
I'm nSwitzerland.-Sex xton Showing
pile of skulDs-.Here you see the col
lected heads of those who have died in
our village; two thousand in all" And
do you think MS stupid enough to be-
lieve that? "Why, the place hasn't
more than five hundred inhabitants all
told. "-Fliegcnde Blaetter.
-George-''Gracic, love you de-
votedly. Will you be my own little
wife p Oracle tdemurely)-''O George!
This is so sudden. shall be pleased
to be q sister George-''Stay, spare
me that chestnut excuse" Oracle (con-
tinuing): ''In-law to your two little
brothers, Then he strained her to his
ready-made vest SO forcibly that he
broke his watchglass.- Gray &
Co. S Monthly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS coMPILATIo
FROM WASHINGTON.

THE president has issued proclama-
tion opening up to settlers 1900 00C
acres of land in the Fort Berthold In
iian agency in North Dakota.
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the ed numb berAd 254, against 237 the
preceding week and 22c for the CORE.
spending week last year
MERCHANDISE exports during April
were valued at SO. 93l, $40, against $685.
1915 in April, 1890. Imports during
April were valued at ss1, 269, ,6s6, against
S11, ,902. 14O in April, 1890.
In April s5,00l immigrants arrived in
this country, against 54,2l2 in April,
1890. OF this number Germany fur
nishcd 2a.755; Italy. 1923; Ireland,
9,sO2: England and Wales, 5,513; Aus
tria- Hungary, s,7Oo; Sweden and Nor
way, $500, and Russia, 4,272.
A CENSUS BUREAU statement shows
the number of members of the Mormon
church in the United States to be 144,.
352, of which ,G20 are in Utah. IA. sO'
in Idaho, 1872 in Wyoming, 1,6.9 in
Colorado and the remainder scattered
through nearly twenty states.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28

THE disembodied spirit does not al
ways appear in darkness and through q
medium. The account comes that in q
photograph taken Of an old homestead
1T Webster, Mass, recently appeared
something not provided for by the
photographer. When the negative was
developed there was revealed the face
Of an aged woman looking out of a
window. There was no explanation of
this startling appearance, but the face
was recognized as that of the mother of
tho owner of the house, dead for some
time. The window from which the face
appears looking was one by which the
Old lady sat q great deal when alive.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28

THE net profits for the last five
years of the principal firm engaged in
manufacturing chewing gum are said
to be S655, 1880. These figures do not
exactly speak for themselves, but they
are uncommonly suggestive. Think of
the number of human jaws that the
stuff which produced this large sum
has set in profitlcss motion, ofttimcs,
too. to the annoyance of unwilling wit
ncsses. The chewing-gum ha bit is far
from being a survival of the fittest.
Some physicians claim a therapeutic
value for chewing gum, but, like the
application of blister, its use ought
to BIC entirely private.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28

THE grand lodge OF odd fellows, OF
Indiana, in session at Indianapolis,
adopted resolutions to forever exclude
from the order anyone engaged in any
manner with the manufacture or sale
Of intoxicating liquors.
THE Logansport Ind.) Street Car
Company's stables were burned to the
ground with nearly all of the contents.
OF forty-three mules only fifteen were
saved
FIVE men were struck by lightning
while working in tobacco patch at
Centerville, Ky.
THE failure Of the Hills Shot Com
pany of Memphis, Tenn, with liabil-
bilities of $500, 900 and assets $500, 900,
was announced.
In the vicinity of Ennporia, Kan. cat
tlemen are alarmed over the appearance
of an unknown and fatal disease among
their herds.
THE mayor of Cincinnati has notified
the managers of the baseball park that
games advertised for Sunday will be
prevented by the arrest of the players
if necessary.
FIVE blocks Of lumber yards, six
blocks Of residences and St. Patrick's
church at Houston, Tex. were burned,
causing total loss Of $500, 600.
BETWEEN thirty and forty people
were killed by the cyclone that swep
over some parts Of Missouri. The prop
erty loss was about $500. GOO.
FLAMES destroyed the lumber stock
of J. w. Day & Co.. at Minneapolis. con-
sisting of 19 ,O00, 900 feet. Loss, S22S, 600.
NEIL JONES, of Wabash, Ind, while
drunk bit of the entire upper lip ot
David Boblett, friend.
GREAT damage was done by a storm
in Clermont, Adams and Brown coun-
ties. O.
BY a wreck on the Southern Pacific
road near Columbus, Tex, one soldier
was killed and four others were fatally
injured.
A wINDsToRM passed over section
of country IS miles north of Arkansas
City, Kan, wrecking houses and barns
and devastating fruit orchards
A WIND and hailstorm passed over
Muncie, Ind, doing thousands of dol.
lars worth of damage.
WALTER JOHNSON was hanged al
Petersburg, Va, for assault on Eliza
beth Majors; Albert Havenstine was
hanged at Broken Bow, Neb., for the
murder of William Ashley and Hiram
Rotten, and Hiram Sheridan (colored)
who killed DR.. Felix varnado in 1888,
was executed at Magnolia, Miss.
In a fight at Ojo LIE, N. NJ, three
sheep herders were killed.
A MOB lynched Tennis Hampton (col.
ored), charged with the murder of E.
II. Webber in 1889 at Beardsley, La.
AN explosion of gas at the Pratt
mines in Alabama killed ten negro con.
victs and one free miner.
THERE has been discovered in Pick.
ems county, Ala. vein of galena ore
containing silver in very large guam
titles.
FIVE persons lost their lives in 6
storm at st. Mary's, O. A party wa.
out boating on the reservoir when their
boat capSized
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28

THIS is the latest opinion promul-
gated by Col. Ingersoll: There will
never be really great civilization un-
til women enjoy the same rights as do
the men. The highest ambition of any
man is to win the love of some noble
girl. and the highest ambition of any
good girl must be to win the love Of
some good man.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28

ONE of the beautiful souvenirs the
president and Mrs. Harrison brought
home from California was their invi-
tation to the banquet of the Union
League club of San Francisco. 1t is
engraved on gold plate four and
threc-quarters inches wide, seven and
"ne-quarter long and one-cighth of an
inch thick. The plate bears the seal
It the state and the American flag treat.
cd in colorcd enamel. The plate is in
a handsome case.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28

The boat that bore the body of John
Wilkes Booth away from Washington,
down the Potomac, has been sold for
$4,000, and will be converted into a
Philadelphia coal barge. The boat is
the monitor Saugus, and she has lain
for seventeen years at the Washington
navy yard. She bears several huge
dents imprinted in her stalwart sides
through the force of cannon balls. Her
tnrret also shows several huge dents.
rs well as the pilot house.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28

TIE New York Tribune says that the
forest fires raging in different parts of
tic country carry stern warning Gf
what may happen if we continue to
neglect measures for their prevention.
The destruction is enormous. In the
census year of 1850 more than 10, O00, 900
acres were burned over in the United
States and over $4,000, 600 worth of
property was consumed. With proper
precautions nearly all this might have
ieen saved
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28

PRoF. JOSEPH LEIDY, of Philadelphia,
and his brother, DR. Philip Leidy, be-
Iueathed their brains to the Anthropo-
:netric society, of which the professor
was founder. 1.-The brains of the
Two brothers," Philadelphia news
paper tells us, were of the same
weight to a fraction of grain. Both
were noticeably below the normal size.
confirming the deduction of anatomists
that quality of tissues rather,than guam
tity distinguishes the valuable brain
FROM the ignorant.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28
THE EAST.

HARRY and james Gasser, brothers,
80 years old, Joseph Voss and Jacob
Hautenbeck, were drowned at Newark,
N. j., by the upsetting of . boat while
fishing. All leave families.
In Metztown, Pa, Ferdinand De
Long died from the effects Of eating
40 raw oysters in two minutes and
three seconds.
CITIZENS of Delaware defeated the
proposition to hold constitutional
convention.
In the Jersey pine forests the losses
by fire this spring are estimated at
500, 900.
THE failure of the Davis Shoe Compa-
ny of Boston for Sl,OOO,0o0 was an.
nounced.
THE steamer FL Sol has broken the
record from New Orleans to New York,
making the run in four days, twenty
three hours and fifteen minutes.
CARS loaded with dynamite were
blown up near Tarrytown. N. Y, kill.
ing eighteen men and terribly injuring
fifteen others.
by the caving of a sewer at Provi-
dence, r. l., four Italians were killed.
The banking firm of Bunnell &
Scranton. of New Haven, Conn.,, has
failed for $500, 900.
SATTERLEE, BosrwIcK & MARTIN, oi
New York, insurance agents, failed for
100000
Irwas said that City Treasurer Bards'
ley, of Philadelphia, had embezzled
$3.50. 900.
AT Bow, N. H., Aaron Nichols eel.
ebrated his Tooth birthday.
AN incendiary fire destroyed the
blacksmith and machine shops of the
New York Central railroad at West Al.
bany, N. Y. Loss, 100000.
Ar Englewood, N. j., Frank Turkc,
shoemaker, murdered his wife and
then killed himself. They had only
been married two weeks.
In Brooklyn, N. T., Mrs. Charlotte
Smith celebrated her 1O1st birthday.
There were five generations repre-
sented ut the domestic gathering.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28

THE average construction of railroads
in the United States during the last
twenty years is said to have been 5, 700
miles annually, SO that the construction
last year Of $3.50 miles was slightly
above the average, indicating a healthy,
not speculative, growth. This country
now has l5s, 900 miles Of railroad, which
give employment to 200. 600 men.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28

A MAN in Arkansas has, after two
years of litigation, been acquitted of
the charge Of killing his neighbors pig.
1t has cost the state 5000, the accused
$1,000 and the time of over 100 wit
nesses. The pig was valued at 50. so.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28
THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

Grated pediment. The building will
be made of staff and colored an ivo-
ry chrome. This material and color
will be used in all of the worlds fair
buildings. and as no soft coal will be
used on the exposition grounds. and
all precautions will be taken against
smoke, the delicate coloring will not be-
come dulled or soiled.
The next view shows the south ele-
vation of the electricity building. The
style is sRoman-Corinthian The grand
entrance is vast senicircle surmount-
en- by half dome. On either side ex-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28

GIRL in Kentucky has recovered five
hundred dollars damages from a steam
boat company for naming boat after
her without asking her permission, and
they must rename the boat She took
offense at the marine item stating that
"Kittie Marshal took the lower chute
and run her nose into plantation"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28
The Treasury All Right.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-Secretary Fos-
ter said that he anticipated no difficulty
in meeting the pension payments, ag-
gregating Sa6,OO0,0 600, which fall due
June 4. The available cash bal
ance is now nearly SIG, ,OO0, 900, and will
go beyond s2s, 900, 900 by the early part
of June by the continued excess of re-
ceipts over expenditures. The secre-
tary said there would be no necessity
SO far as he could see for calling in any
government deposits held by national
banks to meet pension obligations.
This bank fund now amounts to S24,-
500, 900, exclusive of money deposited to
the credit of disbursing officers.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28

If the world will he inscribed over the
windows looking on the colonnade and
,elow the pedimcnt on either side will
De broad spaces for inscriptions.
The grandcst Of all the buildings is,
however. the administration building.
Even with the view here presented be-
fore one it is not easy to give any adc.
quatc conception of the glory and
beauty of this noble edificc. II is a
perfectly symmetrical building, alike
on all its four faces. 1t consists of four
pavilions each ~ feet square, one at
each angle Of square Of the plan and Ill
connected by great central rotnnda
and dome 10 feet in diameter and $50
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28
How Malt Thieves Detect Money Letters

How Malt Thieves Detect Money Letters.
''Do you know" said man who sends
and receives great many letters
through the post Office, that sending
paper money through the mails unreg-
istered is very foolish thing? Why,
of course, it is, rs can prove to you in
an instant. Here's this fve-dollar bill.
I'll put it in an envelope. Now siaell
l.. There you have it. There is MOTH
ing on earth that smells like paper
money, and an expert thief with good
olfactory nerves can tell the presence
Of money In an envelope At any stage Of
the game. Albany Expresa
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28

is seen part Of the east front and one
Of the towers Of the electrical building.
Beyond this is seen the eastern facade
of the palace of machinery, with its
domes and towers. A long colonnade
connects this building with the agri-
cultural building. In the hollow square
thus formed rises tall obelisk. To
the extreme left is seen corner of the
manufactures building. The center of
the picture shows the lagoon spanned
by graceful bridges which connect the
terraces surrounding the buildings On
lower terrace are beautiful gardens,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28
THEIR DEMANDS.
Legislation Favored by the Trans -Mlssis
sippi Congress In Session ut Denver.

Legislation Favored by the Trans Missis-
sippi Congress In Session ut Denver.
DENVER. Col, May 23.-The report OF
the committee on resolutions of the
trans-Mississippi congress was adopted
Friday. A synopsis is as follows:
It recommends that congress pass the Bur.
rows bill appropriating $4,000, 600 for the build
ing and maintenance Of levees on the Missis
sippi river; demands wise governmental super
vision OF railroads; recommends the grant.
ing OF liberal charters and subsidies to
steamship lines under the American flag
fayors the admission of New Mexico and
Arizona into the union; asks congress to pass
the Torrey bankruptcy law; to cede to the dlf.
fcrent states all the arid lands except mineral
lands; to enact such legislation rs will foster
our mining interests; recommends more strin
gent naturalization laws; favors the immediate
construction OF the Hennepin canal and the Inn
mediate completion OF the jetties at Galveston,
Upon the silver question 1t asks that the con.
gress OF the United States be petitioned to re
peal oil laws which in their effect work dis
honor upon or in the least challenge the soy.
ereignty OF the silver dollar rs an absolute
measure OF values, and to restore to silver the
place given 1t as perfect money by the trainers
Of our government. The congress also asks
the president and congress to attempt
to bring around IN international recog
milton and adjustment OF silver as money,
or asks that limited agreement be
sought withuthe nations OF the Latin union
whereby the mints Of those nations may again
be opened for the coinage OF silver. It also
favors negotiations with the Spanish -Amcri.
can nations for . common currency for this
continent south Of Canada A minority report
on the silver clause simply demands the free
and unlimited coinage OF silver"
The regular order of business was
taken up with a resolution deploring
the enacting of law by the Forty
ninth congress prohibiting foreign cap
ital from investing in real estate and
mines Adopted.
The hand of the Louisiana lottery
combination was manifested in the de-
feat of resolutions calling for a consti-
tutional amendment by which lotteries
could be legalized in any state. The
vote stood 95 to so.