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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11
A QUESTION ANSWERED. ~

Why So Many Intelligent and Attractive
Women In This Country Remain Unmar-
rled.
The editor of the Chautauquan re-
Gently received from an unknown cor
respondent the question, why are
there 50 many intelligent and attractive
unmarried women in this country when
there are more men than women?" An
editorial in recent issue of that maga-
zine contains the reply, from which we
quote: The argument is that the nicer
cultivation of the taste and of the crit
ical faculty has extended in our day far
beyond the social limits within which
it was confined even generation ago.
The standards by which it judges pco-
pie are higher and severer, and accord
ingly the number of satisfactory and
complementary mates for those who
possess 1t is greatly reduced, since,
wide a. has been the extension Of re-
finement, the circle of the cultivated
and the dclicately sensitive still ex-
cludes the great mass of society, with
whom the finer minds and the choicer
spirits find little congenial association.
Their own intellectual and spiritual de-
yelopment also tends to make them
self-sufficient, and it opens up to them
occupations and brings to them distrac-
tions which make compensation for the
loss Of the support and companionship
OF marriage. In proof Of this general
ization. statistics are adduced to show
that the decline in the marriage rate is
among the more cultivated, and not
among the humble and simple.
1t is undoubtedly true, also. that In
our day the spread of refinement and of
intellectual cultivation, in this country
more especially, has been greater
among women than among men. Criti-
cal foreign visitors generally agree in
the opinion that our American women
are superior to the men in those partic-
ulars, probably because they have more
leisure in which to crafty their ambi-
tion for such improvement The vast
majority of the readers Of books arc
women, not merely of fiction, but Of all
literature which cultivates the taste
aud enlightens the spirit. The men,
willingly or unwillingly, are engaged
In fight for material prizes; the wom-
en- are accumulating intellectual and
spiritual treasures by the reading and
the thought for which they have greater
opportunity. and thus are creating a
gulf of separation between themselves
and the men with whom they are
brought into association.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

WALTER HAYNES has lived upon
Haynes hill, Brimfeld, Mass, since he
was eighteen months old. He is 1O1
years now, has wife of 90 ard sister
OF SO, and the horse he yet drives about
confesses to 26 wears.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

The fact has just come out that Ten.
ny.on adds a pretty penny to his in
come by selling milk from the cows
on his Isle of Wight estate. More than
this. he actually has the name Of
Alfred Lord Tennyson painted on the
side of his milk carts. This will give
finical aristocratic admirers of Eng
lands laureate shock. Sensible folks
will be unable to see any harm in 1t.
Milk is good deal more necessary to
human existence than poetry.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11
Epitome of the Week
NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON.


The exchanges during the week end
ed on the 3Oth ult, at the leading clear
ing-houses in the United States aggre-
gated 1850, O54, 1853, against Si.1O7, ,974,-
al6. the previous week. As compared
with the corresponding week Of 1890 the
decrease amountedto 2L5.
The statement Of the public debt is
sued on the list showed the total debt to
be sl,546, 1851 cash in the treasury,
s697, OF, 366; debt less cash in the treas
ury, Ss49, 13s. sos. Increase during May,
e632,9l5. Decrease since June 80, 1890,
S57,o45. 1853.
In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the list was: Wheat,
II, 493, 723 bushels; corn. s, 123, 72S BUSH
els; oats, 4,243,5 500.
THE president hiss appointed William
d. Owens, of Indiana, to be superinten-
dent of immigration, with salary Of
a, 600 per annum.
THE six years sentence of Robert
Siegel, son Of Gen. Siegel. has been re-
duced by the president to two years
and nine months.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

THE BOYNTON UNICYCLE RAILROAD.
one rail, connection is made by means
of . vertical rod and upper switch bar
with shifting section of the guide rail,
whereby, on the moving of the track
rail and the setting of the signal, the
guide rail will be simultaneously moved,
the adjustment being effected and both
being locked in position according to
the methods usual in ordinary railway
practice.
The cars, as will be seen, are each
two stories in height, each story being
divided lengthwise into nine separate
compartments, each Of which will com.
fortably seat four passengers, thus pro-
viding seats for seventy-two passengers
In each car. Each compartment has its
own sliding door, and all tho doors on
the same floor Of the car are connected
by rods at the top and bottom with q
lever in convenient reach of the brake
man, by whom the doors are all opened
and closed simultaneously. The com.
partments are each four feet wide and
Ave feet long, the seats facing each
other. Only one rail Of the old single
track was used, as only one guide rail
had been erected, except at the ends Of
the route, for switching purposes, but
the width of the cars and motor was
such that it only required the erection
Of another guide rail, for the utilizing
of the other track rail, to form regu-
lar double track road of tho Boynton
pattern.
The section road on which this sys-
tenn has been operated is only ~ miles
long, in which distance the curves are
considerable, but, although they are
mostly in one direction, the indication
Of wear upon the traction wheels,
and upcN the guide rail and trolley
wheels were hardly perccptible. Dur.
ing q portion of the season, when the
summer travel to Coney Island was at
It's height, trains were run on regular
schedule time, fifty-threc car trains
daily each way, carrying from one to
three hundred passengers per trip. The
regular time taken for the run was
three minutes, but special trips were
made in two and three-quarters min.
utes each, including starting and stop.
ping. The daily consumption Of coal
in performing this service was but hall
ton. The great economy OF this
method Of traction is also evidenced
by the smoothness with which the cars
run, and the entire absence Of side mo-
tion and vibration, there being no strik-
ing and grinding Of the wheel fanges
upon the rails, as is common on double
track roads.-Scientific American.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

NEWS comes from San Francisco that
cargo OF 100000 pounds of opium has
just been smuggled in from China. As
the duty on the drug is Sl2 per pound
the opium ring makes 81, zoo, 900 on the
deal
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

NANCY HATCH. a Yazoo Miss ne
gress, began to turn white seven years
ago and now she would almost pass for
woman Of Caucasian descent. Al
most the only remnant OF her former
black skin is dark line about her
mack.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11
city Accomplishments. A

Deacon Hardscrabble-An how's your
nephew gettin' along in college. squire?
Squire Oatcake-Purty well. guess.
TIL last time was in taown ] noticed
that he could cat in French, smoke In
Spanish, and drink in German.-Judpc.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

THERE seems to be no question about
the aging effect Of her many sorrows
upon the Princess Clotilda, widow Of
the late Prince Napoleon. Though only
4S years old, her once blonde hair Is
white
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

AMHERST college will spend 500, 900
OF the gift recently made her in build
ing physical and chemical laboratories
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

IwENTY-oSE Italian immigrants who
arrived in New York on board the
steamer Massalia were debarred from
landing on the ground that they were
ex-cOnvicts
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11
All He Could Do.

"Your boy is simply depraved hoy.
Mrs. Bronson" said the physician.
"You need . doctor Of the soul, not ono
Of my profession"
II don't know, DOCTOR" said the tired
little woman, "but what you might
help me little with advice"
mo, madam, the only thing l can
prescribe for him Is . mixture Of
strychnine and prussic acid."-Jury.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

IHE venerable Bishop Gro wther, one
OF the best known missionaries in
Africa, was born savage in Guinea.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11
A Pushinx Ruslneaa.

Dombes-Sulkins' are crowded DAY
and night.
Doing good business?
mo. Creditors crowding thsn"-
Light
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

: The state of Pennsylvania is to erect
monuments at Gettysburg to Meade,
Reynolds and Hancock.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

A CURIOUS fact noted in connection
with the epidemic of grip still preva-
lent in London is that it has almost
wholly spared members of the dramatic
and musical profession. hasmuch as
such persons do not enjoy any advan-
tage over the rest of the community in
the matter of hygienic surroundings,
the most likely explanation of their
exemption is that the constant use Of
the vocal organs tends to fortify them
against the lodgment of the grip germs.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

THE FIRE losses for the present year
nl'e Of extraordinary magnitude, and
ths president of one of the largest in
surance companies in Massachusetts,
says he never knew anything like it.
The losses for the present year to date
foot up s67, 1883, 2Os, as compared with
Sal, a97 for the same time last year.
The losses this year are: January, Sl2,-
CAS-, $40; February, Sl0,264, ,01O; March,
Sl2, 500, l03; April, S1l ,64a, ,675; May, Ssl,-
Oi9,475. The great increase of losses
in May was partly occasioned by forest
fires in New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Michigan and Wisconsin, bu: outside of
these they were over $40, ,O0O, 900.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

ROME, June 7.-Lombardy, venetia
and part of Tuscany were visited early
this morning by repeated shocks. The
worst shocks occurred about o'clock
in the morning. The cities of Verona
and Mantua were shaken. Shocks were
also felt in Venice and Milan. The
center of the disturbance was at Vero-
M. A subterranean noise was heard
like the roar of artillery, which was
followed by three strong shocks. The
inhabitants rushed into the street in
terror. At Marcenigo three persons
were killed, and at Badia Calavena sew
enteen were badly injured by falling
houses and chimneys. At the latter
place another shock was felt st6 o'clock
in the morning and much additional
damage was done. The movements
were undulating in character and were
more or less over the whole North Of
Italy.
CANADA is in mourning On the night
of the 9th, Sir John Macdonald, who for
several successive terms was premier
and prime and leading factor in the
political destlnies of the nation, died at
his home in Ottowa at 1915 p. m. The
funeral is likely to take place on Tues
day next and will be of . state charac-
ter. On that day the body will likely
be removed to the senate chamber and
lie in state for four or five hours. The
interment will subsequently take place
at Kingston, Ont, where the premier's
first wife and his father are buried.
THE Alliance of Kansas has resolved
to try the snb-treasury scheme on a
local basis. They propose a bank with
elevator and warehouse, which will
loan farmer so per cent of the value
of such produce as may be deposited.
The depositor is to pay small per
centage for insurance, storage, etc.
DE WINNIE the editor Of the malodo-
rous Sunday Sun of st. Paul. was ON
the 9Th sentenced to 90 days in jail at
saltwater, Minn., for libeling Deputy
Warden Lemon.
THREE brothers named Vanderberg,
living in Atchison County, Kansas, died
of hydrophobia during the past week.
A SLIGHT, but distinct shock of earth
quake was felt throughout New Jersey
on the 7th.
A COAL famine is threatened through
out Iowa on account of the striking
miners.
THE British Legation building at San
tiago de Chilli, was destroyed by fire on
the 9th.
PEARLS have been discovered in the
Cedar River, near Austin, MINI.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11
THE EAST.

GOLD exports during the week ended
on the 3oth ult. amounted to "a, 7O3,-
Oss. The imports amounted to $751;
900.
FLAMES among factory buildings in
New York caused loss Of 81, ,O0O, 900.
SECRETARY OF STATE BLAINE and his
wife left New York for Bar Harbor,
Me.
The new license law in Pennsyl-
vania raised the price from $500 to
$1,000 in cities of the first and second
class.
On the I'd the largest number Of i'm
migrants ever in port in one day in
New York passed through the barge
Office. The total was $780,
AT Erie, Pa, William Benson, . we'll
known lawyer, died in his Office Of
pneumonia. He was noted for his hat
red Of physicians, and when he was
taken sick a doctor who was summoned
refused to attend him.
THE friends of Gen. N. p. Banks are
getting up subscription of $4,000 for
him.
PARKER & YouSG's sawmills and ad-
sacent dwellings at Lisbon, n. H., were
burned. causing loss of 500, 900.
THE death of DIR. Benson J. Losing,
the historian, occurred at his home
near Poughkeepsie. N. Y, Of paralysis
of the heart. He was 70 years old.
FUNERAL services over the remains OF
"Aunt" Rhoda Caldwell, aged over LOG
years, were held in the chapel Of the
colored hospital and home at New York.
She was born in slavery in South Caro-
lima.
On the 4th 4,138 Italian immigrants
arrived in New York.
THE federal authorities at New York
returned twenty-three pauper immi-
grants to Europe.
AN inmate of the county hospital at
Reading, Mass, John You. deliberately
starved himself to death. He went
without food for twenty-seven daya
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

In Hayti forty revolutionists were
captured and shot.
A PARTY of Turkish brigands de-
rallied the express train between Con-
stantinople and Adrianople and plum
dered the passengers Of all their val
uables. The brigands abducted q num-
Der OF the passengers, among whom
were several prominent Germans, and
carried them to their rendezvous in the
mountains. They demand ransom. of
$40, 600. for the release Of the captives.
The German government has instructed
its representative at Constantinople to
pay the amount asked for.
THE students of all the Russian uni
versities were discovered to have
formed league for the object of pro-
noting revolution.
The census of Ireland shows pop-
ulation of 4,7o6, 16s males and 2,s17. .076
females, being = decrease of 46S,674 in
the total since the last census.
IT was said that NJ. verin, . prom
inent broker in Paris, was q defaulter
to the amount of 5000, 900 francs.
A WILL made by the pope bequeathes
all his personal property to the holy
see.
In Vienna thunderstorm destroyed
thirty-six buildings. Lightning struck
and killed two children and many per-
sons were badly injured.
In the Susa valley in Switzerland, the
wind blew . hurricane, and . large
number Of houses were blown over and
nine persons were killed and many in
jured.
CATHOLICS and Greeks had . riot in
Jerusalem, and Turkish troops were
called out to quell the disorder and
killed and wounded many Of the rioters.
Ar L'Original, Ont. Narcisse Laroque
was hanged for the murder of two lit
tie girls, named McGonigle, October Z,
1890.
THE ltata, the Chilian iusurgent
steamer which escaped from the GUS
tody of the United States marshal ut
San Diego, Cal, surrendered to Ameri-
can men Of war at Iquique.
In the Simbrisk and Samara districts
hundreds of Russian. peasants have
died of hunger during the last few
weeks.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

A BULLETIN issued by the census bu-
reau regarding the production of blue
stone shows that in the census year
5.l26,34O cubic feet were produced in
New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania, which were the only states pro-
ducing this particular variety of stone
in the United States, the value Of which
was $l,6s9,eO7. The expenditures by
the systematically operated quarries in
the production Of bluestone aggregated
a60S, 5Sa. of which S527,6 was the
wages of the 1,793 persons to whom the
industry gave employment.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

THE Pittsburgh Times thinks ut is
only a question of time as to whether
or not women will monopolize thework
of teaching in the public schools. In
forty cities having a population each of
10000 and above in states east and west,
north and south, they outnumber the
men in the schools by more than five to
one-3,779 to 655, according to census
bulletin just issued. In smaller COM
munities and in the rural districts the
proportion is still greater, perhaps be-
cause the men who want to teach as a
profession or while preparing for a pro-
fession, crowd into the cities, there the
salaries being highest"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11

THE immense barn of James Austin
a. Falmouth, KY, was blown down in
q storm and Miss Mamie Austin, his 16-
year-old daughter, who was in II, was
killed.
NEAR Genoa, Neb., Peter Cedar IA
tally shot his daughter-in-law, Mrs
Louise Cedar, and then committed
suicide.
In the town Of Saratoga, Wyo, rich
lead of silver has been struck, the ore
assaying $11 to the ton.
In Illinois lightning killed three
horses at Sand Prairie, thirty steers at
Delavan, five horses at Cullom, and
twenty-seven head of cattle near New
Holland. At Mason City, Ia, o 81, 500
horse was killed in the same way.
THE $40, 900 trotting stallion Tom
Roger was burned to death at the
Woodlawn stock farm near Cincinnati.
EVERY distillery in the United States
has been secured by the whisky trust,
thus creating one Of the most absolute
and complete monopolies the CONNER
cial world has ever heard Of.
In Alaska the grip was making great
havoc among the natives, hundreds
having died.
ON the 4th monument to Leonard
Calvert, the first governor Of Maryland,
erected on the site Of the old mulberry
tree at st. Mary's City, was unveiled.
The bank of Huntingburg, Ind,
closed Its doors, the result of the CASH
ier's permitting depositors to overdraw
their accounts to the extent Of about
$40, 900.
In East ST. Louis, ILL.,, three dwelling
houses, q factory and . number Of
sheds were blown to splinters during q
hurricane and several buildings were
unroofed and trees blown down.
THE firm Of Connell, Hall, McLaster
& Co.. wholesale dry goods dealers at
Nashville, Tenn, failed with liabilities
of nearly $500, 200.
LIGHTNING killed George Hackduffer,
farmer living near vandalia, Ill, and
his little boy.
HARVEY WHITEHALL and Albert Dill
Ion were drowned in the reservoir at
BellefOntaine, o.
THE death Of Miss Rose Kibber,
youngest daughter Of John Kibber, oc-
Cured at Newton, Ill. She was 10
years old and weighed 5o7 pounds.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-12
New Navy Yard Regulations.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12,-The navy de-
partmert yesterday issued a circular,
signed by Secretary Tracy, governing
the employment of foremen. mechanics,
and laborers at navy yards. The new reg
ulations carry out the provisions of tue
revised statutes, which provide that labor
shall be employed with reference to skill
and efficiency, without regard to other
considerations; they also prohibit dis
charge for political reasons, and make it
unlawful to solicit money from laborers
for political purposes, and give persons
honorably discharged from the army or
navy preference for appointment, provid-
ing they are capable of filing the pos i
tions. The new regulations are to so into
effect Sent l.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-12

GLOUCESTER, y. J., Aug 12-In the
sixth race here yesterday, fourteen horses
took part, and in making turn of the
back stretch the horses became punched
and came together with a crash When
the Gle I'D of dust had subsidized, the horses
Alfred b. and Davis were down and Eddie
Carr and George Bushnell, the jockeys
who rode them, were lying PROSTATE
alongside of their fallen steeds Carr was
badly wounded and had his collar bone
broken. Bushnellw was insensibIe. but had
no bones broken. AT SEQ last night he
was suddenly taken worse and died after
a few minutes
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-12

CHICAGO. Aug. l2.-Dun's commercial
agency denies the story that their agency
had given good reports on the National
Capital Savings, Loan, and Building asso-
citation" On the contrary, they say that
as soon as the real character of the con
Germ was discovered all inquirers were
warned to have nothing to do with it. 1t
is claimed by the attorneys for the victim
lied ST ock holders that the estimates of the
amount fraudulently obtained made by
the postoffice authorities is entirely too
high; that there is only s42, 900 to be &C
counted for, and that Mortimer got away
with hut S23 600
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-12

CHICAGO, Aug. l2.-Following are the
scores at the national game made by
League clubs yesterday: At New York
New York, ,; Chicago, O. At Boston
PittsbIrg, 5; Boston, u At Brooklyn
Brooklyn, s; Cincinnati, 6. At Philadel-
phia-Philadelphia, 3; Cleveland l.
Association: AT Colum bus-Columbu
2; Athletic, . At Cincinnati-Ciucinn
3; Boston, 9. At Louisville-LouisviIle
3; Baltimore, 2. At St. Louis-St. Louis,
{; Was hington. 4.
Wesr ern: At Kansas City-Lincoln. 4;
Kansas City, { At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
City, :; Milwaukee, 4 At Omaha-Den-
yer, II. Omaha, -.
Ulin0is-Iowa: At Ottawa-Ottawa. IL:
Rockford e. At Joliet-Joliet, 6; Ottum-
wa g.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-12
No Remedy Except War.

WASHINGTON, Aug. l2.-Apropos of the
allegation that Nicolini Pulita, a natural
lied citizen of the United States, has been
ilapresssd into the Italian military serv-
ice, asst ate department official says that if
II is true there is no relief for Pulita. 1t
requires the sovereign's permission for
an Italian to eNpatriate himself and the
same is true of a Russian If subjects of
those monarChies come to this country,
naturalize and then go back to their ma
tive land they must take their chances, a.
this government is powerless to help them
unless the question is made one of war,
aud the demand backed UP by a fleet.