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it is said that considerable jcal-
'ouay exists III Burlington because
Milton, Iowa, set the time fer its
driving club meeting the same date
as the forsner city S club meets.
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THIS paper will next week con
tain some records and pleadings
made in the federal courts, il our
county litigation, FOR the inforn!a-
ton Of the people they affect.
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You Attention.

Mems ali wool pants to order for 81.
Suits al wool So. | haye & fine
line Of samples, call and see thcm.
Office with DR.. Siliillnger over :, u.
Smiths drug store.
JAS. I. BARNETT. jr.
Agent for Hunter Manufacturing
g.. Cincinnati. Ohio.
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MORE THAN SATISFIED.


mere is Il iirm to know t.ictr name,
S"st con this paper Der.
no once asked n.2, ID ihJ .ssi< you,
>" step into their store.
bought Il suit. III Humphreys SORE,
round 1t cheap and nice,
aid never fail 10 recommend
That firm for
'eoh Ii walk, | SAW ali eyes
observing NY new clothes;
was model and admired
bS friends. also l,v fees
set the fas.io,ls Il. Ire ;y,sn,
And travelled many IA iu,ie..
10 tell the people .iuuipl..c. : clothes,
For
style
style.
Ahe mere wore .ntf s,,!t 81 .},! .r.s.
l nc better they al please:
a'''-ersised that sore iiI,,i!
ne clerks were ift,,, .,s bees.
MS suit So kept - =; lisa >.,,pc,
'"eu-m;s'ie and :i:t.;y kn.u.
I'iat still ii talk. t,!c ,rtul:4ra
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10th Edition Now
Ready. \ book OF
over 2Ht pages, nIy
Ing more iiltorn1-
ton OF vai'Ic to nd
VcriiserS than any
OF her publication
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Try Hendricks ( Watkins bread
1a1e Of Craig's Fern l,eaf Flour
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Mis- !''n:Ai Powell. OF i'ra., iowa.
i wishing hor STIR. SIR. \. :. BY
ching, AyaH Pleasant Nytc&t.
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Eu-[l-Ul.~ SUR, MOI. %u. -.
meets the :.:Et ;,t.! t!...G T,'.r&,l.5, l.y'.ts
,.i.ti t.,sr:h.
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N;-jl E'oyds Path ICONS anal
clean yourself ~, !Iat an cold
baths s,reryt!lin- fivs; t-,.;.ss.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-16

Tic Perfection Grain cher, TIN, Reeve, Stacker We
clil0Y lr " r
hHettc 10 ~ H. most thorough and mill
the II VIII devote nil his time "a This trade Come and
ri goods, write 2nt circulars All enquiries will
il3 Remember, carry Betting
-ilsu ,sc All Fire Hose
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r,.is.25 Lila a",i .iunH 'iec"-c. Of
Milton, aTr the ~"2Sts q: -ii-.r sis-
:cr. rIfs.I. u. i;4..t,. lbs week.
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LOCAL E3EF!TiES.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-16

No enc '."ara the j'i.~'y.#'., iaI,
Of The h"tsc ia"',..y~. ail.,' IL races
closed, which i cutie q lief.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-16

Nr,. TJjYF."t.3rr. @: N#hoka. has
h,oH Wishing a=r .!.n .':;.rr, Mir. II
Wills, during tie "a: week.
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The Standard Mower

i another speciality t sold
ton: Fake Whenever think
would have it Of Isl tits
back What could expect? We have inst baught Of
and will the down article this
When ready for tsns drive 10 Milton. aud will guarantee
As low price firm and lower if possible
IoURs FOR TRADE
T. @ RJGSELL Sc CO.
ALTLICNT, IOWA
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A third line is formed behind the
kites, consisting of explosive balloons OF
10, - and % foot diameter, charged
with OxyhydrOgen gas, which is one of
the most violent explosives known to
science. Ten to twenty OF these bal
looms are IN the air at once, each con-
tanning from 500 to 5000 cubic feet of
the explosive gases. The conclusion
from the explosion of one of these bal
looms is so great that it must be allowed
20 rise TO q great height in order TO pre-
vent injury 90 the operatives and sur
rounding objects. The explosion is pro-
duced by means OF electric wires or by
time fuse so regulated that the EXPOS
ion will take place when the balloon has
had time TO reach the proper altitude,
which varies, according to conditions,
from ZOO TO 1000 feet.
Ia charging,the balloons with the gases
the empty envelope is first spread on the
ground and filed one-third full with
oxygen. This is done by attaching the
balloon by a hose TO retOrts filled with
chlOrate OF potassium and small guam
tlty of binOxide OF manganese. The re-
tOrts are then subjected to intense heat
in oxygen furnaces constructed for the
purpose, when oxygen gas is generated
and passes through a lime-water wash
into the balloon. When the balloon is
One-tbird full 1t is detached from the
oxygen apparatus and connected by a
pipe with one Of the large hydrogen
generators, which completes the inha-
ton. The hydrogen generator consists
Of a large tank half-full OF water
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and iron borings turned from cast-iron
proiectiles in the navy yard at Wash
inrton. Into this sulphuric acid, or Wit
riol, is slowly decanted. The acid sep
arates the water into its gases, hydro
gen and oxygen, aud the iron takes up
the oxygen, allowing the free hydrogen
10 escape through pipe and wash-bar-
rel into the balloon, which is held cap
time by netting attached to sand bags.
The observation aScentS are made in
balloons of 2O-feet diameter. The bal
loon is held captive at height Of 1000
feet by a strong cable while the meteor
ologist in the basket communicates the
readings OF his instruments through a
Telephone on the ground below. The
cable is then let go and the balloon rises
IN a height Of over two miles, and then
descending, lands the occupant at dis
lance of several miles from the starting
noint. A carriage has already started
srora the headquarters, however, and
tbe aeronautical observer is soon riding
ouietlv back on terra frma, with his
saloon, folding basket and instruments
safely packed away.
Three closely related principles OF
cherries are recognized and acted upon
by General Dyreniorth and bis party In
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their experiments, which, stated briefly
and bereft Of technical terms, are as fol-
lows: First, most rain storms have their
origin in the mingling OF different cur
rents of the upper air strata, some OF
which are warm and moisture laden Tin
any locality while others are much
cooler. AS soon as these currents begin
to mingle the warm, moist current Is
cooled and the moisture is thus squeezed
out OF it as from a sponge. This mois-
tnre first becomes visible as vapor or
''cloud" and finally condenses into rain.
The process is a progressive one and
will generally multiply upon itself from
very small beginning. The immense
air waves produced by the explosion of
the balloons at high attitudes starts
this mingling of the currents which,
progressing by the force Of the latent
heat released in the condensation OF
moisture, grows into a storm center.
The second theory is that continu-
Gus series Of explosions jars together or
agglomerates the particles Of moisture
in the air into rain drops, which are
precipitated to the ground. This effect
is evident after a heavy clap Of thunder
and has been repeatedly produced by
General Dyrenforth's party, heavy
showers having been shaken from light
clouds from which no rain had been
falling. To produce this effect the
kites are used with dynamite cartridges
attached.
In the third place it is believed that
the FRACTIONAL electricity which is gen.
Grated in the Earring Of the earth and
air by the explosion polarize the earth
and air at the point of the operations
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-29
THE LAWMAKERS.
UNCLE RUSES SURPLUS SHOOTERS AT THEIR
7HUNDEROUS WORK.
General Interest in the Expsrimens-What Has
Been Aceonplishsd-Ihs Power
to Modify the Weather
Demonstrated.
Correspondents Of ne 81 Louis Republic.


Scientists, farmers and ranchmen,
and in fact the entire reading public,
have this week had their attention CEN
tered on Texas and the successful oper-
ations Of the Government rainmakers.
The cowboys of the "Staked Plains"
Of that State have been treated TO free
exhibition Of fireworks such as has sell
dom il over been eQualled in the Lone
Star State. The coyotes and antelopes
have been scattered in terror by the
terrific cannonading Of the experiment.
ors, and to the JOY Of the ranchmen CO.
pious rains have fallen on the parched
prairies OF the LlanO EStacadO, break
Ing a drought OF long duration and
averting the distress and suffering
which would have followed a few more
weeks Of dry weather.
As was reported in our news columns
at the time, the rainfall expedition from
the United States Department OF Agri-
culture reached Midland on the 5th Of
August with twenty tons of apparatus
and materials and 100 balloons Of 10, -
and 2O-foOt diameter. Operations were
begun on August 10. and a continued
skirmish has been maintained since that
time with heavier actions at intervals.
A heavy and extensive rainfall followed
the first trial and lighter showers have
fallen almost daily during the
subsequent operations, with an
other very heavy storm last
Tuesday night after day
of heavy firing. The PGcOs VALLEY NelCS
in an editorial August il says: THE
ralnmakers at the Chicago ranch,
twenty-five miles from Midland, sue
ceeded in their first effort and pro-
duced a splendid rainfall after eight
hours. The rain was wide in extent,
reaching to Midland and at the ranch
two inches of rain fell. If the appar-
atus proves q success, as is now fndi-
Gated, it will be a blessing that can be
directly traced 10 the late civil war,
as it wGS the rainfall caused by the fir
ing Of guns in battle which led to the
invention of this system of rain
making.
The storm on last Tuesday was even
more severe than the one Of the pre-
vious week and thoroughly soaked
large section of Western Texas. Such
a continued season of unsettled and
stormy weather is extraordinary In this
region and il seems almost impossible
that it is only a coincidence.
The mode OF operation which General
Dyreniorth adopts is to form cline Of
battle" covering position about three
miles long and two deep. Along the
front of the line giant powder is fired
from mortars, and bombs of "racka-
rock" mixture are exploded. Behind
this second line is formed consisting
of fifty large cloth kites held by cleo
trio wires and bearing loads Of dyna-
mite. The dynamite is exploded when
the kites are high in the air by means
of a cap and an electric current which
is passed through the wires. The dyna-
mite is suspended from the kites by
wires Of a length sufficient to prevent
the kites from being injured by the ex-
plOSiOnS.
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LIGuTNING's WORK.
Three Women Killed in Church While at
Nass-A Hunter Also Struck.

Three Women Killed in Church While at
Mass-A Hunter Also Struck.
VIENNA, August 27.-A terrible thun-
der storm swept over the Trieste dis
trict yesterday, causing several fatali-
ties. lightning struck a church at
Tualis, on the Italian frontier, while the
building was crowded with women. A
fearful scene of panic followed, women
and children shrieking and praying on
their knees, or else rushing wildly for
the church doors. The priest who was
celebrating mass at the time Of this oc-
currence, acted in most praseworthy
and courageous manner, and vigorously
reassuring the terrified women, he sue
ceeded in restoring order. Subsequent
ly it was found that three women who
were supposed to have tainted from
fright, had actually been killed by the
lightning which struck the church.
At Pain hunting party was struck
by lightning during the progress of the
storm and one of the party was killed on
the spot aud four others were perhaps
fatally injured.
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A FEMALE FIEND.
A Companion of Sir Charles Dixie Arrested
for a Helnous Offense.

DENVER, August 27.-Madame Astle,
the chiropodist, who was arrested here
yesterday, charged with malpractice,
has remarkable history.
Her exploits in London kept the po-
lice busy. Sir Charles Dixie was her
per sonal friend when she was known as
Georgia Shorthouse, and it was she who
invited Mrs. Crawford TO her resort,
where Sir Charles afterward met her at
frequent intervals. The disclosures in
this intrigue were Of a sensational char
adter, and the scandal provoked by the
relations of the pair startled England.
Madame AStle knew too much. She
was spirited away and was heard from
in France and various parts of Europe.
The skill of Scotland Yard, however,
failed TO locate her and she sailed for
America, remained for short time in
New York, and then bobbed up in Den
yer, where she has been known as Nine.
Astle, chirOpodist and manicure
The police say they have an affidavit
of man who lived in the same house
with Madame Astle, to the effect that
he has seen the woman burn tho bodies
VI lnlduto III nCA AtNCAOh StSNO cANCA
night. Last night the police arrested a
Mrs. Howard, who lives in a cottage
back of the AStle house. She is sup
posed to know something about the
doings of the Madame, and is held as a
witness. The police have searched the
Aste premises, but will not tell what
they have discovered. 1t is thought
that some horrible developments will
be made to-day, when more facts are
brought to light.
Late last night warrants were issued
for three married couples whose names
are withheld for obvious reasons, and
they will be arrested to-day. The
charges are that they were patrons of
Madame Astle, and that the women
were operated upon by Madame Astle,
who disposed Of the bodies of the babies
by burning them. The police say that
one man very highly connected in this
city has confessed that Madame Astle
performed an operation on his wife and
that the children-theY were twins
were taken from her alive, aud that he
stood and saw them roasted before his
eyes, they having been put into the fire
while still alive.
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and so creates a magnetic field into
which the particles OF moisture are
drawn and gathered. The explosions on
and near the ground are especially cal
culated to produce this result.
The government party now numbers
nine members as follows, besides large
number of assistants: General Il. u.
Dvrenforth, Prof. Edward Powers OF
Delavan, Wis, Civil Engineer DR.. c. A.
Resell, chemist; Prof. George e. Curtis
OF Smithsonian Institute, meteorologlSt;
MIR. John T. Ellis, secretary; Mr.. Paul
A. Draper, electrician; Mr.. Geo. E. Cas-
Ter and Mr.. Carl E. Myers, balloonists;
Mr.. Fred B. Keefer, statistician. Inc
party are quartered at the headquarters
of MIR. Nelson Morris Chicago ranch,
twenty-five miles from this point.
The rains which have followed the
party's operations have opened the
hearts of all Texans in this vicini-
ty to the rainmakers, and nearly
half the inhabitants OF Midland
have migrated to the scene OF action
and encamped near the ranch head
quarters, ready to lend any assistance
in their power to aid and aoet the work
of the scientists.
Urgent invitations have been receiv-
ed by General Dyrenforth requesting
him to Operate it at various points In
the Southwest after finishing the series
of experiments near Midland.
The General, however, does not UNI
dertake to state where he will go next
with his party and outfit, saying that
the work in hand requires all his atten-
ton and he cannot now stop to decide
what point he will next visit. 1t is
thought here, however, that he will ac-
cept an invitation from the Mayor of
FL PasO, which was brought to Midland
by committee of prominent citizens,
and it is possible that after visiting Ell
PasO he will go to Western Kansas,
where rain is greatly needed.
General DyrenfOrth does not claim that
he has fully demonstrated the practica-
bilty of producing rainfall artficially
at all times and under all conditions,
but it seems certain, from the observa-
tons made by Prof. Curtis and others
during the past week, that his opera
tions have exerted marked influences
upon the condition of the weather and
produced definite, practical results in
the midst of the arid "Staked Plains" of
Texas.
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Opening of st. Clair River Tunnel.

SARNIA, ONT, August 27.-The Grand
Trunk tunnel under the st. Clair river
at Sarnia will be formally opened on
Saturday, September 10. The opening
ceremonies will be most brilliant in
their character. SANTA, on the Canadian
side, and Port Huron, on the American
side, will give up the whole day to cele-
bration and enjoyment. Arrangements
are now being made for an opening
which will include a banquet in the tun-
mel, at which President Harrison, many
of the American State Governors, the
Governor General Of Canada, Sir Henry
Tyler, President Of the Grand Trunk
Railway, and other Grand Trunk Off
eials will be present.
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.In.. ike a Human Brute.

ST. PETERSBURG, August PA tame
bear belonging to yIllager OF Wilma,
having been trained by the servants Of
its wealthy owner to drink whisky, en-
tered a tavern yesterday and STAYED 10
a key of whisky. The owner tried to
prevent the bear from getting at the
whisky. and the bear set upon him and
killed him and three children.
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rovnox August 27.-The ieau'ns
mannfacturers and exporters sns'sss =
" .na' American trade at Dundee are
~ lido IN opinion on the effect OF .ne
mckinley law in the linen trace
h,s,,,vs tariff has killed the expor'a-
i,an =, cheap domestic linens. and man,
~s.cturers are using smaller yarns anu
exnorting only expensive dooos' I'M - :
,nte trade has been little affecseu. :, -
49, 1h"I;tion If the duty on raw lu.e, .s n
so,s sbonld create q jute Industry ~
l neau 1,s S States. Capitalists, however,
ono shv ~ having out money 10 ere IT,
anS ~ America which popular VIZ
might at any time render useaesS ., nro-
sides. 1t is argued, the tendency =.
tacted countries is toward over av-
tion. and at such heavy cos. tne ,,n-
variation of the surplus wouio oe ~
ppossihle the result being, as IN Snt
PRr rsncb linen trade an occasions, slu'
an asr shuttinr down OF factories. Ihere-
s s .. - contendeG the Mckinley Ia"
lore, III Is COuteHN
tends to scare capital. o,no for
A heavy demand is commencement commencing lon
british burlaps for the transpofsss'ou
Of American grain to Europe, the A ~. y
lean farmers preferring to pay lne wv ivy
on such goods rather than pay On OF ~
borhitant price to the syndicate u
American manufacturers
For Colds, Group, Asthma, Broncn ~
ond Sore Throat. use DIR. Thomas &c
lectric Oil, and Get the genuine
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-29

Civil-service Reformers VIII Tell "n"'
They Think of His Census

Civfl-service Reformers WIZ Ten "A"'
They Think of His Census
WATCH HILL, r. l., August 27.-Mll-
liam d. Foulke, Chairman OF the speclai
investigating committee appointed oy
the National Civil Service Reform
League, is busily engaged in the prepa-
ration OF the report of the committee,
which will be given to the press ~
about two weeks. The committees
is composed of William ID. FouiKe,
of Richmond, Indiana, Chalrman'
Charles ]. Bonaparte, OF baltimore,
Richard II. Dana of Boston, wayne
MacVeigh of Philadelphia and Sherman
s. Rogers of Buffalo, and was appoint
ed nearly two years ago. The report Is
an elaborate one upon the subject OF
the Federal census as conducted W
Commissioner Porter. IL treats OF tne
experience of England, Ireland anu
Scotland, as well as Of the previous
Federal censuses in this country, IN re-
snect to political methods as contrasted
with Civil-Service reform methods
It also treats of the Presidents prom
Uses. and of those contained in the last
Republican platform, and the manner IN
which these promises have been carried
ont. so far as the Census Bureau is con-
cerned, and discusses the accuracy OF
the present census, and the reason Ior
any errors which may exist in II. a
yoluminous mass of non-partlsan testl-
mony has been taken by the committee
in nearly every State in the Union, ana
it is intimated that the report will not
be an Endorsement of the peculiar
methods adopted by Commissioner Por-
ter in his recent manipulation OF the
census.
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autobiography.
gepni 21uttrrs.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE

iOu4n1JlOAN Lls ~ 'OAANh
In che Circuit Court Of Ohio County
Virginia. In Chancery.
Elizabeth Oldham, Administrative q
estate OF james n. Oldham deceased,
plainant,
George Miller, A. Wilson Kelly. Elisha q;
ly, Gibson J.. Cranmer, truestee, Il. ID. ".
Mary T.. Wilson, |. H. Jones, trustee, =
Burt end John Burt, her husband Anni'
erland and Alonzo Sutherland, her hgi.
George =. Oldham Laura Oldham ans
beth Oldham. Defendants.
BY virtue OF an order entered In the to,n
titled cause on the sth day OF July. 1871 hl
ierred TO tho undersigned commissioner
court to ascertain and report
First. The value Of the real and pefs'ii
tate OF James II. Oldham, deceased.
Second. The liens and claims sgalS
estate.
Third. The value OF the widows d'''
gross.
Fourth. Any other matter deemed peru
by the commissioner, or required by sn! I
interested.
Notice is hereby given that the undsni
has fixed upon Monday the 18th day OF AZ
1891, commencing AZ o'clock n. m, as ia,'
and his Office, No. 1904 Chspline street NJ
ing, w. Va. as the place at which he VII
coed to ascertain and report the several ~
in the said order preference required. ,
Given under my hand this 10th day o. (.
1891. GEORGE K. i. GlLChhl
BOYD h SoMMERvILLE, Comml"
Solicitors for Complainants. lyuH