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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
HUMOROUS.

Drug Clerk Ito Stranger)-"What
do you wish, sir?" Stranger-'.I wish
You 'good-morning,' sir. Where is your
directory"
First Bicyclist-''ITow does this road
strike you?" Second Bicyclist taking
header, from the wreck of the ma
chine)-''Quite forcibly, Fred"
Shooter must be a fool. You say
he offered Bangor thousand dollars
for his bird dog?' "les, but Bangor
was bigger fool. He wouldn't take
it. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Very Accommodating. Mrs. We'd
ayear with a small attack of the grip,
and large attack of blues)-.And if
should die, Ernest. would You come and
sit by my grave" Ernest-..Oh. glad
ly! gladly"
uncomfortable Why" ''lIe tried
to shut the car-window for the lady in
front of him. but he couldn't do it. Af-
ter he gave it up, the lady tried and
succeeded. boston Herald.
Sam Beck. 9s-"Freshleigh won't
give me the pipe matched him for last
night" Jack Matthews. '9a-'Why
not?' Sam Beck-'.I don't know. Per-
haps it is because used a Chinese coin
and called the hole heads. Harvard
Lampoon,
lis this cool neighborhood in sum
mer?" us it? Well, | should say it
was. There isn't man IN the neigh
borhood who doesn't hclphimself to my
chickens, flowers, and lawn-mower
without SO much as by your leave. -
Harpcr's Bazar.
-Waiter-''l expect you to pay in adj
vance," Gnest-"What do you mean,
siro" Waiter-"No offense, sir. what
shad here got bone in his throat and
died without paying. and the boss took
it out of my wages"
Theatrical Manager-"Say, can't
have an hour or SO of your time?" lio-
tel Clerk-''What is it you wish me to
do:' Managcr-''I wish you would
come over to the theater and wear your
diamond stud. We want to photograph
the audience by fash light. America.
Not Exactly Star.-"Played
Hamlet more than thousand tines"
echoed the questioner "You must be
a regular star" NO: I'm not exactly
a STAR" replied the man with the fraz-
zled trousers, as he stopped down and
dug pebble out of his shoe, but I've
been a good deal of planet in my
time. chicago Tribune.
-''lon may talk rs much as you
please about the impoliteness of women
on street cars" he declared. but I've
been riding on this line for ten years
now twice day, and I've never given
up my seat yet that | haven't been
thanked for it, ''IIow many times
have you given it up, do you supposc:"
inquired his interested auditor. 'Once."
Washington Star.
Charity Made Easy.-Alpine Guard
Here at this cross is the place where
the guide Peter fell and was killed.
Don't you want to give NE little
money for his poor wife and children p
''Oh, yes; but how is it that yesterday
on the other side of the mountain they
showed us a cross for the same guide -
THAT is all right; that is for the trav-
elers who go up on the other side ?"-
Demorest's Monthly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04

AN exchange says: 1.-THE summer
girl is here" OF course she is. Life
would not be worth living without her.
II she were not here the summer re-
sorts would close, grass would grow in
the pavements and rust would accumu-
late on the rails of the great lines soon
to be loaded down with two-story dog
house trunks.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
WOMEN IN JOURNALISM.
Tho Newspaper Writer-What She Has
He aud do tn Win EucccaS.

Tho Newspaper Writer-What She Has to
He and do to Win Success.
The following extract is from one of
the cleverest papers read at the recent
meeting of the Pacific Coast Woman's $
Press association by Miss Eliza ID.
Eeith:
Young women as newspaper writers
may be broadly classified as either re-
porters or space writer's. The latter
term includes correspondents and all
those who prepare special articles for
the big Sunday editions or the once-a-
week papers.
All newspaper women are not re-
porters although the general public
seem 70 think SO. Nor is every
reporter perpetual pencil and an ami
mated notebook Neither is every
women reporter in search of purely
social items There are other objects
of interest besides dressing-room gossip
and back stairs information. A woman
reporter, aside from society duties, is as
signed generally to details intimately
connected with subjects of special in
terest to women. This covers the fields
of philanthropy, education, charity and
sanitary reform. Dramatic critics,
fashion writer's and household econo-
mists occupy special fields of their own
Neither is writer always dependent
upon her friends for her ideas 1t is
barely possible that she may be able-to
think for herself.
There are authors who write only
when they feel like it, who sit quietly
at home and wait for inspiration. But
the newspaper woman is none of these
Her work is arduous, and rendered still
more SO by the everlasting element OF
hurry. To succeed, the young woman
in Journalism must be in good health.
with her nerves and her temper we'll
under control. She requires considera-
bic personal magnetism and the ability
to draw people out. She had better
abandon the field at once, unless she
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04

HIRAM HUNT. who recently died at
Robbinston, Me-, is said to have been
the original clockmaker OF "Sam
Slick" He was selling clocks in Nova
Scotia when he came under the notice
of the author. He never felt proud of
the notoricty which the book gave him,
and resented illusions to it. His age
at the time of his death was nearly
ninety years. A number Of his wooden
clocks are still in existence.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04

Decoration Day Dissertation.

OwENBoRo, KY, May SO.-A riot oc-
Cured to-day at Whitesville, on the
occasion of Decoration day exercises
by the Grand Army post at the ceme-
terry.
One hundred Grand Army men were
proceeding with the exercises when
gang of roughs from Taylorsfield came
in, dragged the speaker from the stand,
tore the floral emblems to pieces and
dispersed the assembly. The veterans
went to Whitesyille to take the train
and here the roughs renewed their at
tack, cutting two men seriously. Citi-
zens hurried to their rescue and bat
tie ensued. Burrell Taylor, the leader
of the roughs, was stabbed in the back
and was carried away dying. Wild
Dave Smith was stabbed in the abdo-
men. The roughs got the worst of it
and rctreatcd.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04

can think on her feet and never lose her
presence of mind She must be able to
change all her plans at a moments no
tice. She must be well educated, well
informed on current topics and possess
a discriminating sense OF what will
write up well, and of what ought not,
as well as what ought to be written.
Her English must be terse and vigor-
GUS, her words well chosen, her facts
presented in a striking, dramatic, and
irresistible manner To be able to
ing or sitting, in the midst Of noise and
confusion-that is part Of her life. She
must have good powers to be able to
arrest the fight of time, to annihilate
space. and to be in two places at once
Although perfectly exhausted by a
days travel in her search for informa-
tion, she must get her facts into shape
before her story becomes dead matter
She must have reserve force sufficient
for rally Of ideas, to be able to work
at high pressure, and toward the last to
double her usual rate Of speed. while
the messenger boy from the office sits
on the hat-rack in the hall, waiting for
her copy and whistles as he waits.
Not pang must she feel when the
children of her brain are sent out into
the world MANNED or mangled by the
editor. Whole paragraphs will be cut
out and stickfuls written in by some
one who does not comprehend the scope
of her article and only edits the copy
according to the space at command
The funny man will put absurd head
lines on her carefully written article but
she must never expostulate, never get
angry.
She must not lose heart at the hypoc-
risy which confronts her and must learn
to smile when ladies who have given
her their views on certain subjects,
with the understanding that it is for
publication. afterward deny all knowl-
edge Of the purpose of their conversa-
ton.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
RECENT experiments with that dyna-

RECENT experiments with that dyna-
mite thrower, the Vesuvius, show that
while she may be useful in bluffing q
foreign belligerent, she is not cock sure
of dropping six hundred pound dyna-
mite shell just where it is most wanted.
The important discovery is that her en-.
tire usefulness in fight depends upon
how quickly and accurately her COM
mander can estimate distances. Her
three pneumatic guns are not nova
bic, but fixed, and what with figuring
the curve or a projectile's fight, and
maneuvering the boat SO as to get the
desired line of fire, the man command
ing her is up to his neck in business.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04

TIE Grand Duke Nicholas, Of Russia,
who died recently, received at various
times in his career no less than thir-
teen million rubles as part of the pro-
ceeds OF military Jobs This story is
openly circulated in Russia.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04

ONE of William X. Vanderbilt's great
est hobbies is the raising of choice
strains OF poultry. He has just given a
contract for the erection on his beauti-
full estate at Oakdale a poultry house
to cost SIS, 900. 1t will be 3s5 feet long,
and it will contain, in conjunction with
original ideas of Mr.. Vanderbilt's, every
improvement known to professional
breeders.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04

MODERN inventiveness seems to,be
chiefly responsible for the continued
peace Of Europe. The powers are kept
SO continuously changing their arma-
ments in order to keep up with the
times that they haven't money enough
to 90 to war with.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04

YOUNG man with a mathematical
turn OF mind has solved the following:
Axtel was sold for s1O5, 900, he weighed
1,050 pounds. the purchaser paying
500 per pound. Pure silver is worth
SIG per pound, and if the syndicate had
paid in bullion it would have required
6,762k pounds, or six times the weight
of Axtel and o62L pounds over.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
Plenty Horse. I. Set FRA.

Sioux FALLS, S. D., May a9.-The jury
returned verdict of acquittal in the
case of the Indian Plenty Horses, who
was on trial for the murder of Lieut.
Casey during the late Indian outbreak
Judge Shiras delivered the charge to
the jury instructing them to bring in a
verdict of not guilty. He explained
that Judge Edgert disagreed with him
upon the proposition e bringing in an
acquittal but said the instructions to be
given, however, would be considered
those OF the court. His charge was
quite lengthy. He declared that in his
opinion actual war existed at the time
Of Casey's death.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
WEST AND SOUTH.

THE firm of E. T.. Tunis & Co., rail
way supply dealers at Baltimore, has
failed for 100000.
works at Staunton, Va, causing loss
of 100000.
AT Knoxville, Tenn, L. c. Houk,
member of congress from the Second
district, died suddenly from the effects
of solution of arsenic which was
drank by mistake for water. He was
55 years of age.
A STORM swept over the western
part of Kansas, doing much damage to
roads and railways. Not q single
bridge was left in Morton, Logan or
Phillips counties.
The first governor of the state of Ne
braska, David Butler, died suddenly at
his home near Pawnee City. in that
state, aged so years.
AT Lima, O., Italian laborers riddled
the American flag with bullets and
slashed it to pieces with stilettos.
AT Harlan, Ia, Mrs. Christian PEN
then committed suicide. The five bod
les were found hanging in the cellar.
THREE negro convicts tried to es-
cape from the guards at the Pratt mines
in Alabama and two of them were shot
dead, the third escaping. This made
thirteen prisoners who had been killed
at these mines within week.
THE firm of John Ryan's Sons, whole
sale dry goods dealers at Atlanta, Ga,
has failed for 81, ,OO0,O 900.
THIRTEEN robbers, ranging in age
from ii to 10 years. have been discov-
cred and placed under arrest at Colum-
bus, Ind.
A MOB lynched Orren Wells {colored),
who shot and killed John b. Fly at Co
lumbia, Tenn.
AFTER a six weeks struggle Willsin-
son Call was reelected United States
senator from Florida for the ensuing
six years.
THE Indian tribes now occupying the
Great Colville reservation in Washing
ton will cedc to the government 1.500,-
900 acres to be thrown open to settle
ment.
THE death of Rev. Jacob Mills, prob
ably the oldest negro preacher in the
United States, occurred at Charleston,
S. c., aged 81 years. He named half
the colored people in Charleston.
Mrs. BLANCHE MAcKEy and her 1s
months old child were found hanging
to trees near Galena, Kan. William AL
word was arrested on the charge of
committing the crime.
THREE laborers, Burns, Perry and
Dobson, were overcome by foul air
in we'll at Centralia, Wash. and be-
fore assistance reached them they were
dead.
AGENT MATTHEWS confessed to the
robbery of the American express office
at Carroll, a., of $4,000.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
Must StoD Taking Seals.

WASHINGTON. May 29.-The president
has received a cipher dispatch from
Minister Lincoln at London saying that
official notice had been given in the
house OF commons that bill would be
introduc ed on Monday to authorize the
queen t. prohibit British subjects from
taking seals in Behring sea. The news
of this action was received with salts
faction at the state department. Gen.
orally it is taken as an indication that
the British government is preparing to
accept the condition imposed by the
president as preliminary to arbitra-
tion and cause the British vessels to re-
frain from sealing meantime.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
Dead for Several Days,

KALAMAZOO, Mich, May ga spe-
cial from Climax says that the dead
body of Mrs. Adeline Hawyer was
found on the floor of her residence,
with the hands and neck wound with
cord. 1t is believed that she had been
dead for several days and IN investigar
ton is in progress.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04

The arrest Of Charles Scidlc was
made at Grand Rapids, Mich, for
bgamy. lie has five wives living. and
was on the point Of marrying the sixth
time.
Mrs. U. 4. UPTEGRoFF, of Topeka,
Kan, in a fit Of despondency set fire to
her house and she and her three chill
dren were burned to death.
A MOB took Green wells, negro who
shot and killed John Fly. farmer liv-
ing near Columbia. Tenn, from the
officers and hanged him.
MINNIE BRANDON. Is years old, Of
Carterville, ILL.,, committed suicide by
hanging.
THE peoples party will hold a state
convention at Springfield, o., August 5.
EDWARD HAGEMAN, constable, and
Cyrus Aldrich, farmer, killed each
other with pistols in quarrel over
over some horses in Norton county,
Kan.
In session at Cincinnati proposition
to admit liquor dealers into Knights of
Pythias lodges was defeated by the
grand lodge.
AT q crossing near Lebanon, Ind,
Martin Spillman and his wife were
killed by the cars.
AT Raymond, Miss, Anderson Har-
ris, colored man, was hanged for the
murder of G. NJ. Lewis, mayor of Clin-
ton.
DURING fight between circus en-
ployes and citizens at Mahanoy City,
Pa, one man was killed and number
wounded, three fatally.
LIGHTNING killed Carrie, the 12-year-
old daughter of John Peters, near
Leavenworth, Kan, while she was eat
ing supper.
w. 5. FEArHERsToNE died at Holly
Springs, Miss. aged IS years. He
served two terms in congress before the
war.
AT p. E. Kramcr's sawmill in Frank
ford, Ind, the boiler exploded, killing
Frank Hull, the engineer, and fatally
injuring William Davis, Fri: Koontz,
Benjamin Keys and Van Swarcngen.
At the session on the 2sth of the
Presbyterian assembly in Detroit,
Mich, Judge s. NJ. Breckinridgc, Of
st. Louis, dropped dead while making
an address. lie was 63 years Of age.
AT Washington township, Mo-,
Charles Moncrief, his wife and three
children were poisoned by eating canned
salmon, and the wife and two children
would die.
In the vicinity Of Port Clinton, O..
an epidemic of hydrophobia prevailed
among farm stock and many valuable
animals had died.
AT Omaha, Neb., William Darst &
Co., wholesale liquor dealers, failed
for 800, 900.
SAM PUELLING (colored) and Nelson
Moffat, so years old, were hanged, the
farmer at Guthbert, Ga, and the latter
at Lexington, Miss.
ALAsKA's population, as per correct
ed returns, is 10000.
In central Iowa cutworms were doing
much damage to corn and potatoes.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04

HIRAM MAXIM, inventor Of the Maxim
gun, has spent s45,0 in the construc-
tion Of flying machine. and claims
that he is on the eve of complete sue
cess. 1t it is like other machines of its
kind there will be no flies on il.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
HELD FOR EMBEzzLEMENT.
The President and Cashier OF the Spv.n4
Garden Bank Of Philadelphia Arrested.

The Pres ident and Cashier of the Spvsng
Garden Bank of PhilsdeiphIa Arrested.
PHILADELPHIA, May 29.-Francis w.
Kennedy, president, and II. II. Kennedy.
cashier, Of the Spring Garden bank,
recently closed by order Of the comp
troller Of the currency, have been ar
rested on warrants sworn out
by Bank Examiner Drew, charging
Francis w. Kennedy with embezzle-
ment and aiding and abetting the Off
GERS of the bank in making false en-
tries in the books. H. II. Kennedy is
charged with making false entries in the
books and aiding and abetting others,
with the intention to defraud the
bank. The amount of embezzlement
is placed at 100000. United States
Commissioner Bell gave the prisoners
a preliminary hearing and held Francis
w. Kennedy in $40, 900, and H. H. Ken
nedy in SIS, 900 bail for further hearing
Monday.
The suspension Of the Spring Garden
bank has been far-reaching in its eff
fects, and many business houses have
been seriously crippled by it. Thurs
day the Millward Cliff Cracker Company
made an assignment. 1t is stock com.
pany, and in an investigation of its
affairs it was discovered that Frank
Benton, the treasurer. had given accom-
mediation notes to the extent of $5O,-
900 to Francis w. Kennedy, president
of the Spring Garden bank. When this
was discovered the officers OF the COM
pany decided to make an assignment
to protect their creditors pending q
thorough investigation.
During the recent exposure of the
business methods Of the keystone bank
and City Treasurer Barcsley the Third
national bank was given an
unpleasant publicity through its
business connections with the
institution and with Bardsley,
and in consequence lost within two
weeks S1.OO0,OOO of deposits. Thurs
day President Percy NJ. Lewis and Vice
President George Myers sent in their
designations to the board of directors,
stating that they thought the best in
terests OF the bank would be best
served by their SO doing.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
Dates of the state Convent,ons.

DEs MONIES. Ia, May a9.-State con-
ventions will be held as follows: Inde-
pendent farmers, Des Moines, June 8;
prohibition, Des Moines. June 10; DEM
ocratic. Ottumwa, June "a; republican,
Cedar Rapids, July Il
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
Receivers Appointed.

TRENTON. N. J., May 90. O. Bow
man has been appointed receiver Of
the Star rubber works. The liabilities
are over 100000 and assets less than
100000. Frank A. Mcgowan has been
appointed receiver for the Hamilton
Rubber Company. Liabilities, $4,000
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
Another Shoe Firm Goes Down.

BosToN, May a9.-W. & J. NJ. Bent,
boot and shoe manufacturers, Cochitu-
ute, Mass, are financially embarrassed,
and will probably settle through in-
solvency. Their liabilities are esti-
mated at $780, 600.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04

NELLIE BLY, is employed in publish.
ing house in New York, and is willing
to bet a cookie that she could beat
George Francis Train in an all-round-
Neutrality-suspicious. match and
work a crazy quilt while she was do
ing it.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
Arkansas' WorId.. Fair Convention.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, May %. Gov.
Eagle has issued a proclamation calling
a state worlds fair convention to meet
in this city August s. The representa-
ton will be the same as that of the
house of representatives, with the adj
dition of six delegates from the state at
largo
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-04
HEIRS TO 81, 900, 900.

Decision in the Celebrated Myra Clark
Gaines Will Case-The Evans Paper .
Forgery.
New YORK, May a9.-Surrogate Alb
bott in Brooklyn handed down his de-
cis:on Thursday morning in the cele-
brated Myra Clark Gaines will contest,
in which over sl,OOO,OO0 is in
volved. The surrogate declared that
the will of January s, 1883,
made in New Orleans on the
day before Mrs. Gaines died, and which
named Marie p. Evans as sole execu-
trix. is forgery. He declares that the
will made in January, 1885, which
names William A. Wilder and James T.
Christman as executors, is legal and
admissible to probate.
Myra Clark Gaines, wife OF Mai. Gen. Ed.
mund Pendleton Gaines, was born In New
Orleans In 1s05. She became famous chiefly
through the remarkable lawsuit in which she
was involved Her father. Daniel Clark, born
in Sligo, Ireland, in 1856. emigrated to New Or.
leans. In 1870 he inherited his uncle's
property In that place. lie became United
States consul before the acquisition Of the
state and represented the territory OF Lou.
isiana in congress from 1908 to 1905. He
died in New Orleans August l6 1919
Unde the provisions OF will dated
May %, 1911. his estate passed to his
mother. Mary Clark who had fol.
lowed him to the United States and then lived
iu Germantown, Pa The testament appointed
Messrs. Relf and Chew executors. Mr.. Clark
had, it was supposed been o bachelor. 1t was
known, however. that he had contracted
q liasion with Nine Zulime des Oranges. .
very beautiful young French woman. during
the absence Of her supposed husband IN Eu-
rope. Two daughters were the result OF this
connection. one Of whom wss Myra Clark
afterward Mrs. Gaines. She claimed prop.
erty in New Orleans worth many mil.
lions under her mothers will and con.
tested her rights In the courts for over
forty years She died five years ago and her
two children continued the fight with the re-
suit that her will presented by them Is now
sustained. The money for which she fought
for SO hard during her life Will go to the Wild.
er and Christman children, her grandchil-
dren.