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The herald., 1897-02-20

spent forty years in cave living upon
goats milk and dried fruits, and as he
is now only forty-five he certainly has
had experience of the calm retreat, the
silent shade" for which the poet sighed.
The gentleman who kindly explained
the eminence of Yoga as an anatomical
curiosity stated that his contortions
were something in the nature of relig-
iouS observances, and In fact "a short
cut to heaven" in Brahminical circles.
The students were informed, in suitable
technical terms, where the wonder lay,
but an ordinary observer would be gem
orally struck with the utter reversal of
the functions of joints and ligatures,
and the supple manner in which Yogas
arms and legs twisted, reversed, round
ed and doubled into positions hitherto
considered impossible. One neat trick
was the Tapping up of the legs from the
feet to the knees, packing them together
and representing the lower and upper
halves as one united piece, so that the
man hoped round the table as If on
short stumps. Another effective move
ment was the development of the trunk
of the body with the arms and legs, and
the appearance of a bundle of dark
brown flesh resting upon two short pill
lars.
In fact the body was upheld by the
forearms; the whole burden rested up
on the ten ends of fingers and thumbs,
and it was stated that Yoga could re-
main for seven days In this attitude.
By means of a hanging skeleton the
medical gentleman who appeared to be
in charge of the exhibition was able to
show the audience how truly marvellous
the contortions are. The Hindoo suf-
fers no pain in these religious observ-
ances,' goes through them with ease
and gravity, and seemed very pleased
with the applause amid which he fin
ished. Practical comments We're invited
from the students and full blown doc
tors present One OF them thereupon
expressed desire to know whether
Yoga can do much with his jaw" an
innocent query that much amused the
embryo physicians; it turned out, how
ever, that the best effects are to be got
from the joints. A doctor present was
asked whether he would like to make
few remarks. AS he was evidently
regarded as an authority there was a
sudden silence for words of wisdom
'Well, SIR" said the man of science, Il
can only say that it seems to me that ii
takes much more exertion to get to
Heaven in India than it does in Eng
land" The dusky phenomenon was
nevertheless seriously discussed in an
informal manner; it was made plain that
there was no deception; the demonstra-
tions was accepted as exceedingly Gu
rious from the anatomical standpoint;
and the formal thanks to Mr.. Ritchie oil
the Westminster Aquarium for the op-
portunity he had thus given to the stu
dents of ST Georges hospital were EN-
phasized by round of cheering. They
had at least seen something of q short
cut to Heaven never taught them by
their Sunday school teachers or spirit
| ual directors.
The herald., 1897-02-20
A HONEYMOON OF MOoNsHlNE
When the Mash Boilei Over the B-;d,yrooD
Fled and the Bride Was Arrested

When the Ma,ii Soi!e Over the Bridegroom
Fled and the Bride Was Arrested
If David Ashmer had known as much
about making whisky as he knows about
making clothes the mash would not
have boiled over. Ard if the mash had
not boiled over David Ashmer would rot
be a hatless and coatless fugitive and
his pretty bride prisoner.
When David married the girl he loved
he established her and hims - lin Will
iamsburg on the second floor of a tene-
ment house owred by Mrs. Pender, who
lived next door
That was six weeks ago. The Ash
mers appeared to be models of devotion
and the fact that David spent nearly all
his time at home was rot deemed very
surprising. considering the beauty OF
his little wife. They were as quiet as
mice in their two back rooms. and their
neighbors in the front, William Len
hart and his son, had no complaint to
make.
Yesterday morning the elder Lenhart
began to sniff. He is an ardent temper
ance man, by the way
Have you been drlnking?" he de-
manded. looking severely at his sor
mo, indeed" replied the younger
man. But there is certainly a queer
smell here, such as I have noticed when
tHc W liu sctS lth II Jill tite Ai4u
by George! What's that tricklirg un-
der the door?"
The elder Lenhart stopped down and
dipped his finger in little stream Of liq-
uid that was running in from the Ash
mer apartments. Then, slightly para
phrasing the words of the immortal
Pickwick, he calculated:
"Smells like whisky!'
Father and son held brief consulta-
tion and then hastened to inform Mrs.
Pender that if they were to be outraged
in their finest feelings by having whisky
running in rivers through their room on
the Sabbath they would find lodgings
elsewhere. AS they were old tenants
and always paid in advance, Mrs. Pen
der marched on the Ashmers. She
pounded on their door for many minutes
before it was opened. Then D syid Ash
mer appeared. very pale and shaking
like a leaf" as Mrs. Perder expressed
it afterward.
| The landlady forced her way into the
! kitchen, where her nostrils were as
sailed with an odor which she described
| later as being like hot Jamaica rum
with plenty of sugar in it," Ashmer
placed his back to the bedroom door and
his wife huddled into corner and Sob
bed. A fierce fire blazed in the stove.
| from which the lids had been raisod
Two bricks supported a huge copper
| vessel, which the landlady was astute
enough to recognize as a still.
! Ashmer was no match FOR Mrs PEN
der. With sweep Or her arm she
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pushed him aside and invaded the bed.
room. And there was revealed the
cause of the Lenharts' Indignation. 1t
was a copper still filled with boiling
mash, which was overflowing in a seeth-
ing flood.
Mrs. Pender ran for policeman, but
before she had secured one Ashmer had
fled without a coat or hat. The rev.
enue officers arrived later and seized the
moonshining outfit, which was large and
complete. The officers are sure that
Ashmer was a novice at his adopted
craft, and from letter found In the
room believe that he had been used as
a tool by notorious moonshiners whose
headquarters are in New York.
Mrs. Ashmer declares she did not
know her husband was doing wrong ia
making whisky instead Of clothes.-New
| York Journal. u !.
The herald., 1897-02-20
A SHORT CUT TO HEAVEN
Yoga, H.ndoo Contcrt'orls', Who Ties III T.
self in Knots

foga, H'n1oo CoNtcrt!orls, Who fleS III y.
self in Knots
The man who ties himself into knots
has often enough been mentioned In
fanclful literature. but the other day,
says the London Daily News, the ana
tomical students of st. Georges hospital
were invited to one of the theaters Of
that grand institution to see Hindoo
contortionist go as near that feat as
mortal man has probably ever gene.
The performer, patient victim, or by
whatever name he may be called, is
Yoga, Of the Westminster aquarium,
and his fame has become so noised
abroad that from passing show he has
become an object lesson to young doc
tors. Yoga was introduced in the thea
ter as Brahmin of the high caste. who
has forfeited his religious rights by
coming to England. He is said to have
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One cf the Political Pr,b!ems

Political machines. constitutional ana
partisan, prevent the people from quick
ly and readily getting at and reWardfn8
or punishing their servants, the officials
These political machines constitute one
of our great pressing problems. All
those who believe in the oft-proved ca
pacity of the American people for self
government feel an unshakable conf
dence that this problem Will be solved at
no distant date. The people are edu-
eating themselves When the solution
is proposed they win comprehend it and
VIII act promptly New York World.
The herald., 1897-02-20
Change In publlc oplrIoo Needed

The only relief from trusts must come
from the growth of public opinion
against any person that will consent to
profit in any way from business car
ried on in violation of the interests of
the community Until they (the stock
holders) come themselves to see that
the trust method of getting money Is no
more reputable than that of the high
wayman's method. and refuse to accept
the profits from Illegal combin ations CT
capital. there is no more deliverance
from trusts than there is from the color
of ones hair or eyes--Roches Herald.
The herald., 1897-02-20
oa,o's Hungry Horde

We have no advice to give the presi-
dent-elect, but we would Hike to see him
drop the whole Ohio crowd, of whose an
tics the Republicans outside of that state
are very, very tired, and find his cab
met material in other states.-Des
Moines Register.
The herald., 1897-02-20
Evils of Ha,f-Baked Legislation

The great faults of our legislation now
are that it is too hasty, and that there is
too much of it. The statute books are
loaded with laws that the average citi-
zen cannot understand. Every day,
moreover, we see evidences of the re-
sulting evils. Laws are passed that
cannot be enforced. They are either
declared unconstitutional ard thus in
jure the reputation of the legislature, ~
they are openly invaded, and thus weak
en- respect for the law.-Kansas City
Times
The herald., 1897-02-20
Natural Law Death tn Trusts

The fight between the sugar and the
coffee interests is fight betwG(n one
trust and another over the spoils. It
shows the strength of the constant tend
ency toward equalization and reaction
which, in the end, corrects abuses and
rights wrongs. Civilized society ought
to be able to protect itself from oppres-
sive combines, but If its laws are evad-
ed there Is a stronger natural law which
In time smashes the trusts.s-St. Louis
Repuhlir
The herald., 1897-02-20
cOLoRADOs MOUNTAIN SHEEP
Great Increase In the Number Of Animals In
Recent Years

Mountain sheep appear to be increas-
ing in Colorado. and, stranger still, the
rare and timid animals are leaving their
dizzy haunts among the high mountain
peaks and drawing nearer to the habita-
tions Of men than ever before. In the
comparatively low lands near the town
The herald., 1897-02-20
Prove w.,er Battling for Office

General Alger may have been absent
from the Shenandoah valley when the
fighting was going on, but no one WIZ
say that he has not been one OF the most
aggressive patriots in the battle Tor teos
eral office-Manchester, n. H.. Unions
The herald., 1897-02-20
whx poli,icnl coms.n,, FaII

Sooner or later every purely se!ns9
combination in politics is bound 10 com4
to grief by two causes, treachery amon&
its members and the force of public opirl2
ion when aroused. New York Times
The herald., 1897-02-20

An Indiana bank failed lest week
few months previously the cashier p1i4
$1,000 for a gold brick. The fatlure -
doubtless logical sequence. -4.-a;;!
The herald., 1897-02-20

Robert @. Ingersolrs new lecture y
entitled How to Reform Mankind. TIA
genial but intrepid Ingersoll has UNDER
taken a tremendous task.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-02-09
CHRISTIANS SHOT DOWN.
Attacked by Mohammedans in til
- City 0Y Ganea Crete

Attacked by Mohammedans In the
City of Canea, Crete.
London, Feb. GA dispatch to the
Central News from Athens says that
desperate fighting has occurred between
the Christians and Mohammedans in
the island of Crete. The Mussulmans
have set fire to the city Of Canea, and the
place is now burning. The city is in
q state of anarchy and Christian is
cafe nowhere. Many Christians who
had locked themselves in their houses
were driven out by the flames only 10
meet death Mt the hands of the Turkish
soldiers, who shot them down at sight.
A number Of Christians have succeeded
in finding refuge on the warships in the
harbor, but the outlook for those still
in the city is very precarious. The
situation is SO critical that marines
have been landed from the British and
French warships to protect the con-
sulates of their respective governments.
A later dispatch to the Central News
says that the Christian quarters in
Canea have been almost destroyed. The
various consulates are crowded with
fugitives.
The dispatch further says that fully
300 persons have been killed in Canea.
Many Of them lost their lives while at
tempting 70 rsae1, the warships.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-02-09
WARNING TO AMERICAN GIRLS.
Gate Which BefeII One Who Married
IA Titled Foreigner.

Titled Foreigner.
Sioux Falls, S. d., Feb. 6.-Mme. Viii
lard, who has been one of the especially
interesting characters in this city for
more than half a year, is a free woman,
SO far as matrimonial ties are con-
cerned. Judge j. w. Jones on Friday
signed the decree which dissolved the
matrimonial bonds which held Julia de
ID Tour du Willard to M. Brice Ernest
Gabriel Raymond Odde, marquis de IL
Tour du Willard. She was Miss Chaplin,
of New York, and in 1892 married the
marquis, with whom she sailed for
France, and lived till year ago, when
she was forced to leave him. being pen.
Eiless. She says that, arriving in Paris
they took apartments in fashionable
quarter. Notwithstanding the fact that
the marquis was worth $4,000 francs,
he considered it beneath him to pay any
OF their bills, and she was obliged 10 do
it herself, even settling his laundry
bills. After her money was exhausted.
and their landlord insisted upon pay.
Dent of his rent, she was obliged to
pledge her jewels in order to procure
the cash to satisfy him.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-02-09
CRUSADE AGAINST POVERTY.
salvation Army Leaders Plan nm In
dustrinI and Economic Increment.


dustrinl and Economic Movement.
Chicago, Feb. 6.-Commander Booth
Tucker and Col. Brewer, of the Saliva
ton Army, will meet in this city with
in two weeks to arrange the preiiln-
inaries for the establishment of vast
system of social settlements similar to
that i'll operation in England, organ
lied by Gen. William Booth. The ven
cradle founder of the army will come
here when the preliminary work is done.
ard after setting the great industrial
and economic scheme in motion he will
leave it in care of the American officers
mentioned. The establishment is in
tended to be n crusade against poverty
in all it's forms. Chicago is to be the
center of this system and it's boun-
daries will be the United States. City
colonies are to be established, where at
least temporary work will be offered
every idle man in the city; spacious
tenement houses are to be provided I'M
der army supervision and eventually
the colonies are 10 be extended within
a radius of several hundred miles from
the city. President Harper, of the Chi.
cago university, and President Rogers,
Of Northwestern university, with other
university professors, educators and
philanthropists, have taken an active
interest in the movement as outlined
by the army leaders,.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-02-09
IowANs WIN.
Oratoricnl Contest in Chicago Goes to
Hayvkcye Team.

Oratoricnl Contest in Chicago Goes to
Havvkcye Team.
Chicago, Feb. 6.-Judges of the merit
in the debate between the University of
Chicago and the University of Iowa
Friday night decided that the honors
had been won by the oratorical team
from the Hawkeye state. The vote
was 2 to !. Superior Judge Payne,
ex-Judge Thomas A. Moran and An
drew j. Hirschl, lawyer, acted as
judges. The University of Iowa was
represented by ]. R. Frailey, E. G. Moon
and Fl. w. Hanson. They were assigned
to argue the negative side of the ques,
ton: Resolved, That American Mu-
inequalities Should Own and Operate
Their Street Railways" The atfirma-
tive orators representing the University
of Chicago were 4. C. Hack, z. S. Mead
and F. A. Cleveland. The debaters al
ternated pro and con and arguments
In rebuttal were delivered by Messrs.
Moon and Mead. Kent theater on the
university campus, which was the
forum of the debate, was filled with men
and women, including large delega.
ton from the University of Iowa, who
were very liberal in their applause. AL.
derman Harlan, reform member of the
Chicago city council, presided, and after
the debate took occasion to mir his own
views on the question, taking the DO.
sition that the time is not ripe for mu.
nicipal ownership of street railways.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-02-09
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Iowa Supreme Court Gives Abou,
1000 Acres to Uncle Sam

Iowa Supreme Court Gives About
1900 Acres to Uncle sam.
Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 6.-The supreme
court has decided case from Harrison
county involving about 5000 acres of
land along the Missouri river, which
has been transferred from Nebraska to
Iowa, by the change of the rivers
course. The owners OF the land along
the old channel claimed the land as ac-
cretions, and the lower court sustained
them; but the government surveyed
and sold it, nevertheless, as government
land and the contention was between
the two sets of titles. The supreme
court held that If the land had been or
binary gradual accretions it would have
belonged to the owners of the property
to which it was added; but it found
that sudden change of channel had
transferred the territory from Ne
braska into Iowa, and therefore it was
government land. All claimants under
the accretion claim are dispossessed
and they are occupying most of the land.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-02-09
HE WILL SERVE.
Judge McKenna Says He Will Go
Into the Cabinet.
HIS POSITION NOT YET FIXED UPON.
VIII, However, Most Likely he mt the
Head OF the Interior Department
chairman Gowdy, of Indiana,
to Be Consul at Paris.

San Francisco, Feb. 6.-Judge Nc.
kenna, of the United States circuit
court, has authorized the statement
that he has been offered position in
the cabinet of President-elect McKin-
ley, and also that he had signified his
acceptance. He will leave the latter
part of the month for Washington,
ready to enter upon his new duties i'm
mediately after the Inauguration.
Whether Judge McKenna is to be at
torney-general or secretary of the in
terror i'll the new administration is now
known only to the president-elect. The
judge says his telegram from Maj. Nc
kinley did not state the position in
which he is to be placed, but he is in
clined to think that it will be the In
terror, as that place generally goes to
western man, and, further, as that
secretaryship was the principal topic
III the discussion in his interview with
the president-elect.
Gowdy Provided For.
indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 6.-John E.
Gowdy, chairman of the republican
state committee during the last cam
paign returned from Canton Friday
evening and announced that he had
been appointed and had accepted the
post of consul general to Paris, the
place now held by Samuel E. Morss, of
this city. Mr.. Gowdy is highly pleased
with his success in securing the appoint
ment. Next to the post ut London,
it is the most lucrative position
in the foreign service, and even
under the recent rulings of the
state department it is supposed to be
worth from $4,000 to 10000 per year.
Mir. Gowdy was one of the original Nc
Kiniey men Of Indiana, and it will be
remembered that Some of his letters to
Chairman Hanna previous to the st.
Louis convention, in which he reflected
somewhat upon the leadership of Har-
rison in this state, got to the public
instead of to their destination and
created q large-sized political sensation.
The new consul general to Paris Is a
farmer about IS years old, who was
born and raised in Rush county this
state. He was private soldier during
the war and has been in politics for q
number of years, having served as
sheriff and auditor of his county. He
has been chairman of the republican
state committee of Indiana since 1890.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-02-09
TO MEET THE VETERANS.
Commander in chief o1nrk.on, of tn

Commander in Chief GARRISON, of the
G. A. H., on an Official Tour.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 6.-Gen. T. S. Clark
son, commander in chief of the grand
army, started Friday for an extended
official trip through the east. The gen.
eral is 'booked" for visits to these de-
partments, whose encampments will
be in session during his presence, aud
elaborate arrangements are being made
everywhere for his reception and enter
tainment: Rhode Island, at Woon-
socket, February S and 8; Massachu-
sets, at Worcester, February 10 to IL;
Potomac, at Washington, D. c., Feb
ruary 16 and II; Maryland, at Hagers-
town, February 16 to 10; Minnesota, at
st. Paul, February 80 and "a. Gen.
Clarkson will spend February IA and Is
at Baltimore, with relatives, and while
there reception will be rendered him
by number Of citizens.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-02-09
RANK FAILS,
Institutions in Ohio and Montana
Close Their Doors.

Instttutions I'm Ohio and Montana
Close Their Doors.
Franklin, o., Feb. 6.-The First mo-
tional bank has suspended. Capital,
100000; surplus, $4,000; undivided
profits, $4,000; deposits, $4,000;
loans and discounts. $195.0O0.
The directors of the First national
bank held meeting Thursday night,
and found they had money sufficient
to pay OFF all their depositors, and con-
cluded that as there was steady fall
ing off in receipts, 1t was an opportune
time to close and wind up the banks
affairs. When the bank did not open
there was considerable of a furry, but
this statement on the part of the direc-
tors has quieted things down. This
bank failed about year ago, and has
been struggling along since. The gen
eral depression of business, and the
fact of the failure has injured the
bank, and 1t was this that caused the
action to be taken at last nights meet
ing. There is a promise to pay in full.
The comptroller has been telegraphed
to come and take charge of the bank.
Great Falls, Mont, Feb. 6.-The North
western national bank of this city
failed to open it's doors Friday. The
failure is due to a shortage in the &C.
counts of the cashier. The directors
learned of the shortage, took possession
and asked the controller for instruc-
tions. He directed receiver in the
vicinity to take charge temporarily, un-
til the national bank examiner could
reach there. The bank has a capital of
$3.50, 900, and surplus of $4,000. Its
president is Joseph A. Coram, its vice
president is Frank Klepetke, manager
of the Butte & Boston Mining company;
its cashier is B. D. Hatcher, and its as
sistant cashier is B. P. Richards. The
directors discovered that Cashier Hatch
er had drawn $1s0,O0O from its Boston
correspondent, the Globe national bank,
and used 1t In the purchase Of bank
stock, formeraly owned by Conrad
Brothers. The bank officials knew of
the purchase of the stock, but were told
by Hatcher that the money was being
furnished by Boston parties for whom
he was making the purchase. 1t is be-
lieved that the Conrads knew nothing
of where the money was coming from.
The first knowledge of the transaction
here was when President Coram, of
Boston, who has conducted an investi-
CATION, arrived Thursday night and
,slled meeting of the bank directors.
Cashier Hatcher is ut home in this city,
sr; isec;ined to see anyone. He is an
aounrt ] r. i'll and has nothing to say
Ap nm,:s,cin:: statment gives assets,
| $50 &c; lianilstie.. zoo, 900.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-02-09
The Cuban War.

Havana, Feb. 6.-Further details of
the operations of Col. Arizona at Juan
Criolla, near Ciego de Ayila, in the Santa
Clara province, have been received here.
The enemy were found in strong parties
and made stout resistance to the Span
ish troops, but were dislodged from
their positions by the use of artillery
and cavalry and bayonet charges. The
losses of the troops We're one lieutenant
and one private killed, and major, a
surgeon, lieutenant and % privates
wounded. Other engagements are de-
tailed in the official reports, in which
the rebels suffered the loss of So men
killed or wounded and the troops had
about half that number of men
wounded.