The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-07-02

government Under the government ar
rangement in Germany the publisher fur
nishes all papers subscribed for beyond his
district of delivering to the postoffice of the
publication place in such numbers as are Or
dered by said postoffice for the different
postoffices in the interior, who never order
paper unless the subscription price is paid to
them in advance, the government adding
thereto the quarterly postage, and retaining
tins money up to the close OF the quarter.
On the first of the next quarter the publisher
presents his bill 10 the postmaster Of the
publication place who pays the whole
amount without delay, deducting only about
20 per cent for the safe delivery of the pa
pers by the letter carriers or country mes
sengers. In the meantime all orders for the
next quarter are already collected by the diff
ferent country postmasters, and sent to the
postmaster of the publication place, who, on
his part, orders the gross amount from the
publisher, who has nothing else to do than to
fold the papers and put them up in packages
corresponding with the numbers ordered by
the several country postmasters and proper
| ly address such packages. You win perceive,
| at once, that, by this system, no publisher
can sustain any losses; and tho percentage
| retained by the post-office department,
which, in this country, can and ought to be
considerably lower than twenty per cent,
will never reach the amount which the pub
Usher now has to lose, either by bad sub
scribers, interest or.collection fees; while at
the same time the government would have
an extra income, whose amount by the inn
mense number and quantity of publications
in this country hardly can be estimated. If
the paper is popular, the subscriptions gen
orally will be renewed, as the quarterly pre-
payment is easier to be made, and to most
of men more convenient than annual pay
ments; and if falling off of subscribers
should be observed, the publisher has it still
in his power to -, increase his
issue of proper circulars reminding
the subscribers OF their neglect, or by agents;
the only difference from tho present manner
of procuring subscribers being this, that the
agent, instead of receiving the subscription
money himself, has to see that it is paid to
the postmaster of the localities, which mode
of payment, in case of new subscriptions,
the subscriber will the more prefer, as the
government is a sure guarantee that he will
| receive his paper promptly during the torn
for which he has paid.
hope YOU wilt consider this proposition
closely, and well calculate upon it; and if you
find that it would be practicable and work
well, as have no doubt it will, then to invite
the Publishers Associations of the States to
unite with us in petitioning Congress for the
enactment of a law to carry out the project;
which have no doubt Congress will prompt
ly do as soon as they find that it will increase
the income of the Post Office Department to
great and very acceptable extent.
In conclusion, I wish that this Association
may take hold of the proposition, digest it
well, and if considered desirable and bone
fetal reform, take the lead in carrying it out.
And if accomplished, and working well all
over the country, we can then, at future
meetings, with pride look back to the meet
ing of the Editorial Association OF Wisconsin
at Oshkosh in 1863.
| ANNUAL POEM.
The following poem, an extract from one
unpublished, was sent in by DIR. j. w.
Hoyt, of Madison, who through some mis-
understanding, did not write one specially
for the occasion, as it was expected he
would:
HEROES OF LIFE.
| Our war has had an end, and wars will end.
| And this, as pageants that have gone BEFORE
Will leave no trace of all the gttering show
| That stood in radiance of the morning sun,
| When armies moved and victories won
Where grand as forests old of Tyrian flame,
| With sacred fires aglow.
| And not one hero out of all our hosts
| or whom the generations will not say.
| "Behold what greatness from the earth
| Has passed awayi''
| And say at length, SIT is the last"
AS latest foot of soldier shall descend
| To crowd the mufied chambers of the dead d
| With heroes Of the times that come no more
To shake the continents with BATTLEFRONT.
Shades of our fathers will it come to this,
| That deeds heroic from the earth will fail,
And hero-worship from the heart die ont?
| No, by the faith In Him we do not name,
| By all the vanished years of proud acclaim
| 1t cannot be
| That men are builded to the gracious hight
| OF noblest worth
| Only through thoughts that sun the centuries,
Only through deeds that ring around the world.
| Give Faith and Arms
Their high behest
| or earth's alarms
And affairs best.
| Noblest and bravest of these mighty kin
| Must purge themselves of every guile
| And rid their words of every boast
Before the unmarshaled heroes yet uncrowned-
| Heroes Of Life! whom never trumpet blast
| Called to front rank of glory or of gain
| Upon the dais of this mortal scene.
The men and women, noble, that is ALL
Who answer daily to the Masters call
| Heroes of Life, who keep the worlds by ways
| Renewed in purity and bloom
BY gracious odor of their own fair lives
Masters of SELF with aims Unborn,
| OF greater sous than circumstance.
| And equal to the hour,
When all temptations ply their devilish arts,
To find them trodden under foot of scorn,
| And still behind the thrones of life,
| These are the power.
| This is the highest. He who needs the faith
| That lifts the soul beyond this mortal ken
| To help him bear the ills he may not miss
/ Or he whose bravery is of starry flags,
|
| Have each their pageants. Not the less
| Do crowns allure us and victorious palms
Wave anthems that appeal to fainting hearts
| Because they glitter in that far serene
| We name eternity than does the pomp
| or hosts with banners, battle-hame and steel
| II these have not their heroes, why the world
| Is straightway dumb with wondering.
But when the least of all this peopled earth
| Accepts the narrow lot
| Where, do his best, tits very narrow still;
| And does his best,
And murmurs not
| Or when the manhood of noble man
| Stands up alone and keeps the one highway,
Though Fame may brush the paths he will not take
| And for its own great sake,
| In counsel of himself
As in the market place,
Still wears the honor of an honest face
| Come look at it; it bears the light,
This great good thing
Which, being good, alone is grand
Right for the sake of right
| No wonder life 80 oft distrusts the sight
Life does not understand
hero unawares,
| With heroism worn royalty,
| That on the earth, that in the heaven,
Nor in the universe. is aught so rich
Beside the glory which the Father bears.
Mr.. Chandler and his associates again
added to the interest of the exercises by
some excellent music
ID. w. Ballou, of Watertown, read q well
written and interesting obituary of Jona-
than Hadley, who died during the year.
An obituary notice of Bernhard DOM
schke, late editor of the Milwaukee Her.
old, written by w. w. Coleman, of Mil.
waukee, was read by Lewis A. Proctor, of
the EVENING WISCONSIN, the writer not be-
ah1a To no