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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-06-30
Queer.

The room was dark; their favorite chair
was in its wonted place.
He stole up quietly and dropped a kiss ON
some ones face;
A light! 1t was her pa! And now he muses.
like to this
I'm striving thus to kiss a miss. I surely
kissed amiss."
Richmond Dispatch.
The herald., 1896-11-29
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

While the czar of Russia was in Paris
he received 10000 kilograms, aggregat-
ing 1850, ,000 words.
1t is said that Amalia Kussner, the
American miniature painter who has
made such a social success in London,
asks and receives $500 apiece for her
miniatures.
In return for the gifts brought her by
Ii Hung Chang from the emperor of
China, Queen Victoria is going to send
to that ruler a jeweled minia ture portrait
of herself painted by Mrs. Corbould Ell
lis.
Miss Helen Gould has recently given
S250.000 to the Presbyterians Of Roxbury,
N. Y. for the purpose of building new
church Her father. Jay Gould, was
born, IN Poyhury and Miss Gould has {
beautiful home there. he gave the citi-
zens fine reading room and free library
Mrs. Orminston Chant who is one of
the women who led the crusade against
English music halls, has taken a new
road to attain her object She has
written songs which she is trying to get
sung on the music hall stages. and
which, she thinks, will do the frequent
ers of the places much good.
Prince Bismarck, on his last birthday
received a handsomely carved token
chest, divided into five compartments.
The herald., 1896-11-29

each representing one of the five divis-
ions Of the world. The chest contained
newspapers from every known uuarter
of the earth mentioning Bismarck's S0th
birthday. The collection contains 76C
papers. Forty-three living languages
and several dead ones are represented,
Prince Bernard of e-Wsimar, who
is frequently named as a probable con-
sort for the queen of the Netherlands,
is the second son of the eldest son and
heir of the grand duke of Sake Weimar.
He was born in April. 1878, and is, thers4
fore, rather more than two years older
than the young queen.
When Paris dedicated, q short time
ago, the Ecole Etienne as training
school for printers, naming 1t after the
French printers of the early sixteenth
century. Henri and Robert Etienne.
there was present at the ceremony q
Henri Etienne, thirteenth lineal de-
scent from Robert. He is q working
printer, like every one of his ancese
tors.
Sir Frank Lockwood who aocompa.
MED Lord Russell to this country, 10
back in London again, and has revealed
to tho Londoners that the Am merican
people are actuated by a spirit of en-
terprise" He is quite sure that the
servant who took one talent and re-
Americans make the best OF their tai.
ents.
Mrs John F. Zeb,ey of New York city
has won an enviable reputation as Q
members of the Society for the Preven-
ton of Cruelty to Animals Although
she always attempts to influence by ar
gument the persons whom she detects
abusing animals. she has on the books
of the society a hundred arrests to her
nd oil Nr
followed by fine
Father Conaty, one of the three priesti
whose names will be sent to the pope
to be considered by him for the rector
ship of the Catholic university at Wash
ington, is the president of the Catholic
summer school at Plattsburg, NJ Y, and
rector OF a parish in Worcester, Mass
He is about 40 years old and is native
of Ireland, but came to this country
when very young. lie is the editor Of
weekly paper called the Catholic
School Gazette. and is ranked a. a con-
servative and firm supporter OF par
ochial schools. The two other clerg ymen
are Vicar general Mooney and DR.. Rior-
dan. The former is one of the best known
Catholic clergymen in New York city,
DR.. Rordan is brother of Archbishop
Riordan of San Francisco.
The last time Lillian Russell was in
Paris she paid lengthy visit to Ed
mond Audrain. picture TO your minds
eye" she observes, "a slight hunch
backed, little bit of man, embodying
a bundle of nerves, and you have then in
your fancy correct picture of the corn
poser of La Mascotte.' Possessing an un-
usually imaginative brain and WELDING
a wonderfully facile pen, this industrious
composer works hard and expresses his
willingness to turn out an opera or two
every month of the year. When first
called on him l remember noticing what
struck me as an odd and fanciful con-
ceit, and illustrative of the absorbing
concentration of his mind upon his work.
The ceiling of his drawing room was
decorated in fresco with scenes from La
Mascotte,' 'Olivette.' La Cigale' and
LIE Grand Mongol,' each being pictured
In a sort of medalllonlike form"
The herald., 1896-11-29
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INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 2S.-(Copy-
right, 1896, by Russell NJ. Seeds.) The
other morning when I came to my desk
Whitcomb Riley, as he is frequently
books are piled. Happy is the man who,
after attaining success in life, finds him
self near the scenes of his first strug-
giles, failures and triumphs. While the
Journal has taken new and somewhat
more modern quarters since Riley there
read the proofs of his earliest ventures
into the field of literature, there are
many of the same faces about things
about the office are done in much the
same quiet way and there is the same
calm but sympathtic appreciation OF
everything he writes and the same gem
uine pleasure in his success that used
to surround him there in the earlier days
OF his two or three working and loaf
ing" places about Indianapolis he prob
ably likes this best, yet II he were ever
to catch one of us pointing him out to
stranger or exhibiting any of the vain
glorious pride we feel IN having him
about, or treating nim in any way with
more than the common courtesy we ex-
tend to each other. the Journal office
would prcoably know him no more. But
the new people who, from time to time,
take their places upon the staff, learn
instinctively not to lionize him. and
thus IL happens frequently that he is to
be seen at any desk he happens to find
vacant writing with the earnest care
that characterizes his work or leaning
over the book table carelessly looking
The herald., 1896-11-29
THE MOTHERS SONG

Two women shall be. grinding at the
mill; the one shall be taken and the other
left
"All day. and all day, as I sit at my meas
ureess turning.
They come and they 60
The little ones down on the rockS-and
sunlight Is burning
On the vineyards below:
All day, and all day, as sit on my stone
and am ceaselessly grinding,
The almond boughs blow.
when she was here-oh my frst-born-
mere. grinding and singing,
What did l reck of the wind where the
aloe is swinging,
Ard the cypress vine stirs?
What of bird to its little ones Fastening,
flying and crying,
Through the dark of the frs?
When she was BY me, my beautiful, here,
I saw not the glow
OF the grape; for the bloom of her face
And he pomegranate blow
her voice. like dove to me singing,
Made a garden agrow!
"Was it L? Was it I, for whom Death
came. seeking and calling
=. When he found her SO fair? ,,
AT til, wheel, at the wheel, from dawn till
he dew shall be falling
I will wait for him there.
Death! q shall .cry) / am old. But yon
shadow of plums that are purplng
Was the blue Of her hair!
death! q shall cry) in the sound Of the
mill ever turning
Till dark brings release,
Till the sun on the vineyards below me to
crimson burning
There is measure of peace
For all day. and all day-with the wheel
are her eyes to me turning!
But Death! II shall calD take me hence
ere the daylight its shadow is spurn-
ing!
Hence. ere the night time can wrap me
around with my tears and my yearn-
ing
When the grinding shall cease!"
Virginia Woodward Cloud in the Ladies'
Home journal.
The herald., 1896-11-29

sure of majority. 1t was not until
the issue of the 18th of November that
the results were given in the states of
Missouri, Arkansas, Florida, Texas and
Iowa, and the remarkable announcement
made that up to that time The free states
had chosen 81 and the slave states only
66 Taylor electors, thus declaring that
the free states were not so deeply preju-
diced as had been argued against a Mis-
sissippi slave holder. Even so late as
December the Intelligencer was able
to give only an approximation to the
popular vote, and to assure it's readers
thtat Taylor had received 1852 and Cass
127 electoral votes, Virginia proving to
be so close that only the official count
could decide.
In 1852, when Pierce was elected over
Scott the result was known within
forty-eight hours after the closing of
the polls, but that was due not so much
to feats of telegraphng as to the fact
that the near states, with their large
electoral votes, were nearly all for the
candidate of the Democrats. 1t was
known upon November 18th that of the
thirty-one states then comprising the
union only four had cast their electoral
votes for Scott. viz: Vermont. Massa-
chusetts. Kentucky and Tennessee, and
that Pierce had 254 votes and Scott AZ.
The bulletin board came into vogue to
very limited degree that year and the
telegraph was lauded as the most Won
derful of invent tions. though the steam
locomotive was yet in its infancy and
railroads were yet described in the pub
lie prints as a great novelty. The news
papers of the day contained the first
time tables of few short lines of rail-
road. There We're advertisements of
packet canal boats, giving times of ar
rival and departure. and rates.
The progress. scientific and humani-
tartan. made since that time, almost in
conceivable. was we'll illustrated No
vember Sd past. when cities and hamlets
all over the land knew within few
hours after the closing of the polls who
was chosen president, black and white
having identical interests in the result
Washington Post.
The herald., 1896-11-29

other, Mr.. Nye would break forth and
begin to read the billboard aloud: Soda
water. crackers-highest prices pald
for hides and tallow-also ice cream,
golden syrup and feathers The pas
sengers across the aisle would perk thelr
ears, then rise and come, craning their
necks to find the words he was reading
from the billboard, or finally some old
fellow would come up to the seat and de-
clare that he could not find Where it
said that. In a quiet way this would
tickle Nye beyond measure-aWay down
in the deeps of his sad pathetic spirit.
His conferences with The train boys
have often nearly given ne convulsions.
When the boy handed MIN book Nye
would ask with great interest what it
was about, and listen patiently to all the
boy knew of its contents. Let's see 1t.
and he would open the book and read
aloud in n monotonous sing-song, lot
OF purest nonsense, drawn from his i'm
agination 1t was done so seriously that
the boys eyes would begin to hang out
as the reading went on. Finally Nye
would shut the book up with a snap.
losing the place, and hand it back to the
boy with a puzzled air. as if he did not
understand why the young man had lied
so about it's contents. We could find that
boy for an hour afterwards searching
diligently the pages of that book to find
where that stuff was printed.
REVENGE ON A TAILOR.
"Nyes method of 'stringing' people,"
said Mr. hiey, was entertaining al
ways, but never cruel and never earned
him the resentment of the people who
were the victims of it. One of the I.,Dst
artistic cases of this sort 1 recall was
the way he got revenge on Chicago
tailor. The tailor did not know him
when he went to order his suit, but he
did know from his style that he was
from the country. He told Mr.. Nye just
what kind of a suit he wanted, selected
the cloth and measured him with the
The herald., 1896-11-29
IN OLDEN TIME
Results Were Hard to Obtain Before the
Advent Of the Telegraph
It Was ometimes Months Before
Decisive Returns Were at
Hand

Nothing illustrates more vividly the
DEVELOPMENT of the country than the
contrast between the reception of news
of a national election nowadays and
when 1 was boy" said one of the men,
bers of the Oldest Inhabitants associa-
ton few days ago. Even so late as
1910, when Grandfather Harrison was
elected, it was three weeks before we
knew the exact result in pennsylvania,
whose chief cities were only a short
days journey from the national capital.
THE October contest" continued the
old gentleman, resulted in a majority
of 300 and odd for the Whig party and
the majority for Harrison in November
was but little over GOO in the state.
You can well imagine our anxiety, for
upon Pennsylvania depended the sue
cess or failure OF our party. We could
do nothing but stand around and cuss
and discuss and wonder whether news
would ever travel faster than by mail
coach, pony express and canal boat.
"Yes, the telegraph was foreshadowed
then, to be sure, but we had very little
faith in its success. 1t was nearly five
years later when the line was constructed
between Washington and Baltimore, and
the first message was sent but bless your
soul it was years after that before the
telegraph was of much use in the rapid
transmission of election returns. was
born in 1926, and I never expected to
turns from the remoteSt corners of the
country before midnight of the day of
election, and the opinions of newspapers
and public men in every part of the
world to read over the cup of breakfast
coffee"
WHEN JEFFERSON WAS RUNNING
The gentleman who made this inter-
esting reminiscent remark was born on
the spot where the new city postoff1ce
stands and his father had farm there
His words recalled the fact that until
the general establishment of the tele-
graph, and from the time when the
government was transferred to Wash
ington. this city was the center for news
of the elections, and the results of presi-
Dental and congressional contests were
known here sooner than at any other
place in the country
Jefferson was the first president elect
ed after the permanent stabllshment
of the seat of government. In that same
year the National Intelligercer was
started as a tri-weekly newspaper, and
for nearly half century was one of the
most powerful political influences In the
country. Elections were then held at
any time during thirty-four days pre-
ceding the firstWednesday of December,
when the electors must meet in their
respective states and canvass the votes
for president and vice-president. In
some of the states the electors were
chosen by the popular votes, and in
some by the legislatures. the law per-
mitting each state to choose its own
methed. In Psnnsylvania there was
The herald., 1896-11-29
THE WAY OUT OF 1T

A hater of tobacco once asked an old
negrsss who was addicted to the pipe, If
she was Christian.
Il 'spects l is was her reply.
do you expect to go to heaven?"
Yes. indeedy."
but the Bible says nothing unclean
shall enter there. Now the breath Of q
thatr'
'Wel. I reckon leave my bref behin'
whan enters sdar."-Washingten TiueA
The herald., 1896-11-29

1.-Two women shall be grinding at the
MILL. the one shall be taken and the other
left"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17
HE SPEAKS.

A few days ago we were told that President Cleveland would speak once more. He has spoken, and al though his words may not be as in spired as some of his blind worshippers will think they are, they are words titly spoken, and some of them are very much like apples of gold in pictures of silver'' President Cleveland has more faith in the Democratic party than some other good judges of it have, He refuses to believe that when the time arrives for deliberate action there will be engrafted upon the Democratic creed 8 demand for the free, unlimited and independent coinage of silver. He may or may not be right in this belief, but he is entirely right in his belief yer proposition, after it's thorough dis cussion during a political campaign, will not attract a majority of the vot- CTS of the country. And he is wise in recommending persistent and efficient fight against the free silver Democrats,
 It is not hard to tell where President Cleveland stands on the silver ques- tion, but it is hard to tell from what he says just where he stands on the third term question. He says he is 'an un- flinching Democrat, who has been hon. ored by his party, and who desires hereafter no greater political privilege than to occupy the place of private in it's ranks" Desires" is good. Does it mean that if his partys desire should run contrary to his own modest desire he could be persuaded to consecrate himself with renewed devotion to just one more effort?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17

measuring the heat of the great orb of light, and in stellar photography, It was he who invented an instrument for measuring, with the nearest approXl- nation possible, the heat of the sun, and this instrument, which he called a bolometer, is so sensitive that the tenn perature of sunbeam can be tested to a millionth of a degree. With your sense of touch you would be a remark ably sensitive subject if you were able to detect, with your hand for example, the difference of several degrees taken together. This machine registers the variations of millonth of one! It does not require a fine and technical knokledge of astronomy to marvel at such an instrument as that.
 It was Professor Langley, too, who found way to photograph and fix the location of stars so distant as to be in- visible to the eye even when aided by the most powerful telescope that exists. Nebulae, so diaphanous that the eye, | even when aided by the most searching objective, fails to discriminate them from black space, Professor Langley was able to fix on his sensitive photo- graphic plates, and thus bring into the realm of the visible.
 And, still again no man has done so much as he to reveal the beauties and the wonderful changing landscape, if you may call it such, on the surface of the sun. Professor Langley's draw ings of some of the suns spots, which he has observed, are really works of art, for it happens that he is not only a great astronomer and a patient investi- gator but a man with an artistic eye, as we'll. To catch these beauties, which he could not photograph, he made himself an excellent draughts- man and made his own illustrations for the fascinating volume which he has written on what he calls ''The New As tronomy."
 Eight years ago Professor Langley was invited by Professor Baird to the post of assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and on the death of the latter became it's director. He is older now than he is shown in the fine and striking portrait of Gordon Hardie His heavy brows have settled further down over his eyes, the broad and massive forehead has become more deeply furrowed, and his countenance has taken on something of that rugged and beetling aspect which you see in the later portraits of Darwin.
 Withal he is a genial, kindly and simple hammered man, with a rather dreamy air, which is shot through with wit and fun and earnestness as he grows more interested in his talk. With all his honors and his medals and he holds many of the blue ribbons of science, the Rumford medal of the Royal society, the Henry Draper medal and many honorary degrees-he is still a modest and retiring man. who is led to speak of himself or his work with difficulty and who is happiest when he can escape such things and be alone with his laboratory or his telescope.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17
GOLIl.

"Stronger than thundors gcd force All powerful gold can speed its course, Through watohful guards it's passage make And loves through solid walls to break"
 This is what the silver and straddle men at St. Louis are saying, or, at least, thinking. Their watchful guards and their solid walls have not proved any serious obstruction to the overpoWering gold sentiment that has made its ap- pearanCe at St. Louis. The great finan- cial and business interests of the coun- try have made themselves felt in an ir- resistible way. As soon as the dele gates got together and began to talk there was no question about the real situation. The Republican party of this country is for the existing gold stand ard, and nothing else. The attempt to make it appear otherwise has been poor politics as well as poor patriotism, and will form the basis of one of the at tacks which will be made by the op ponents of the party in the coming cam paign.
 But alls well that ends well. Colds the word.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17
WIDE TfR ES

Wide tires and good roads go well together. It should be remembered that the last legislature passed a law which provides that on and after the 1st of July 1896 all vehicles used upon the highways of this State in the trans portation of merchandise, except such vehicles as were already in use within the State prior to said date, shall be equipped with tires of widths as fol- lows: All vehicles having an iron axle two inches square or an axle of equiva- lent capacity shall be equipped with tires not less than four inches in width All vehicles having an iron axle one inch and three-quarters square or an axle of equivalent capacity shall be equipped with tires not less than three inches in width. All vehicles having an iron axle one inch and a half or an axle of equivalent capacity shall be equipped with tires not less than two and one half inches in width.
 It will cost anybody who disobeys this law and is punished for his dis obedience mot more than $1O0." It is a needed law and should be strictly en- forced. Only less surprising than the long disregard of good roads which pre- vailed in this State is the long disre- gard of the usefulness of wide tires. Their usefulness, as well as the useful ness of good roads, has long been per every wagon and market cart is a road maker. The width of the tire there runs from three to ten inches, most four wheeled vehicles having a six-inch rim, and a rear axle several inches longer than the front axle. In Ger many, where the main roads are models of smoothness, every wagon for heavy loads must have at least four-inch tire. Even the light vehicles are re- quired to use tires not less than two and one-half inches wide. The laws of Austria require wagons, built to carry loads of more than two and one-quarter tons, to have tires not less than four and one-half inches wide, and if the wagons are intended for loads of more than three and one-half tons the tires must be six and one-quarter inches wide. In Switzerland the width must not be less than one inch to each draught animal. Wagons for the trans portation of heavy articles must have tires of not less than six inches.
 With good roads and wide tires Con- uecticut will make progress with more ease and speed than formerly.