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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1873-10-24

scrihner'u Monthly fpr November
hegins i nov volume, Edward King
carefully mud rrotuscly illustrated ia
pr On Old and Now l.uuisina. III Tho
droat South Series. Ii remarkable Tor
tn calm and disrassionntp statement Of
tho actual state II affairs III New Or-
lcans and Louisiana generally. 1wu
American serial stories ara Lepnn !:
katherine Earle. Ly Alelinc 1ratton
taulhor II Tho American Girl
Abroad, 10 run through the year.
and tho other. "lsaitlen Pitchers, !"
By helccca Harding Davis. which will
bu includes! within three Or four mum.
berH. Mr.. lroude's historical sketch of
NJ English Abbey" II also here Lo-
gnn; and In Sto.lnanA scries IN tho
"victorian Poets thore In mn admir-
Ablc paper On tho ''most inspired ii
womcn." Elizabeth Harriet browning.
In tho talnc number appears biograph.
ical sketch ~ Stedinan. by A. Il. Mae
Donorgh. with portrait. In tho se,ics u
Younger American Authors. l'rofcss-
Or Nowcomb giyca an interesting NO.
count u tho making d tho now great
telescope NJ Washington; there ii an
illustrated story hy HlwarL King.
.only llnlf 4 woman 4 story hy l.ou-
ise Chandler Moulton, ulfor l'nslime;"
md verse by George Macdonald, Celia
'i'hastcr, II, 4 Margaret !. Preston,
and Richard Watson Glider DR.. I'LL.
lands Topics q tho Time ara *
Greeting 10 our English Raalels,
st. Niehola, The Suw York Dh.
trrscr. md '.Nli Types The O.l
tAhinet II written "ln tho Wuo,ls. !"
1l,n departments II Home nnl Saei.ly,
Culture md Progress, Nature mud
Science md Iitrhinps have their ,,sual
variety IT contcnts.
Scri!nor's tur December win Ia.o d
now dialect poem hy lIret Ilartc; anl
70 thu January number he will eontri
bntc Christmas story, entitled allow
did Man I'lunkeil won't Home.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1873-10-24
KENTUCKY LETTER
From 1Mv. J. Mct'nnNAe,
ELisAnErn 'l'owS Ky, l
(Dct. ljth. lh10 [

". Il. MsAp---Dcar Friend : ! prom
isel 10 write 10 you, md would have
donc 10 likely Ind never promised
| hopo you arc all vol, and TIM. you
have not frozen up yet; the Aower'
are blooming gu. door. here IL MI their
innocence aud beauty aud never dream.
Ing IL. Or fearing jack Frost. And
yet how wo AL long for little d The
horny old follows breath just now
how poor Memphis longs iur him, but
longs In vain. Fifty Or siS,y deaths dali,
mud no sure hope u abatumcn. until The
frost comes jack Frost Or yellow
Fever q poor Jack how thou arl
wrongcd and outraged! Tho count',
|. lovely here. and this town especially
mont beautiful Cor situation. We have
nearly two thousand Inhabitants, and
aro nearly ~ old N tho Revelation
everything h stable and Substantial
aud wears M ancient look Tho old
square brick houses. rather massive
than beautiful. look gu. upon you from
tho biz trees. and scem ~ my 10 yos
don't disturb u. Tranquility aud cas-.
ross upon everything. and The nun \
vol UP In tho .ky, bcfore .ny sound
uave that III tho locomotive distnshs
lhe,n--oh !. that sacrcligioua locomo'
tive. How appropriate, hero especially,
tho words VI Iunnyson-.-''mnxing thu
blessed old fields wi your ki,llo u
stenm" THE oil Negro driving alonH
In hia .tumhlc cn,t. - anil the sener,
allie citizen over sixty wl,o In move.
bcen 10 Louisville driving along y
lei.urcly IN l,ia ono horse ,shielo "a,
III perfect harmony with the key note
Of social lifc. M ono Ii III \ hurry
horo, no ono h rushing ~ for lifa and
death. aud AL Seem 10 Mcl upon tho prln.
ciple TINT life was thing to 10 enjoy
od and lived aud MT worried and lret'
tod through. ! must confesr emo, al
this wonderfully, whether from con.
trasl " because II IA mnro N keeping
with ny own foslinga. ! cannot toll
Tho people - you migh, expect are
worry conservative In religion M well
~ politics. and reject al tho new
fashioned isn1 u tho day. Nearly al
.he evangelical churches arc represented
and tho Roman catholics have . large
church aud school, W. have 4 worry
neat Church cdiacc. aud although ;,
yet W have no roctory we hope q
have ono soos. llsnM Arc not vorj
high u present. and occupy = very
nice and roo,ay houso Cor el5 month,
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l'nacr tho above henlins tho New
Hampton Courier publishes nn article
hom which We mike tie following rx.
tract heransc " IT. huing jurl nna irurI
Nh, bailey WINS mol u seeker nitul
thc position. 4 farmer nn,ongat farnn
orr, Ito desired Tint |. farmer fl,uull I'll.
present tho district; hnl lie mntlppll,
,llssruAted his ilueFa FIR I'll. position
know TINT HIN nomination would inrl
l,a.s upon him tile concentrated venom
anil late Il al the rtlY politicians d
,he district, nul Np,ill hhio lftftfipsl
that thu selection HltuIll lnsu tntlelI ut.
ii. Hltln Il llar iarm.r II Ii il mutt ~
within ttf own NlsoNil IllpNlesine that
during tn prntrartuti anlilest III Ali.
nominating convention, Alr Bully r..
leAialis sought q turn pser tie Ire.
~, delegation i, Mn Noble. hia com.
lrll'nr firm Howard llnl Tho ellpicu
l.ll upon alr, bailey, md lc entered
uuan ,hr CANVASS. ~ hc lun entered ur.
y. nll the nihcr duties III hia active HID,
With TIN determination 10 win tnitl, mid
lianttallY, or mi t. win at NIL 10 this
determination he hus adhered, H. lAs
Islii 10 rail agents iiasrraing the lis.
LIT. IL lias suhufned ~ rrcsrrs lie
lIAv maln ~ bargains, md ~ PROMISES.
liz I'LL lrAliun IL pledges. and alIeust
81 10 ffislal-, H. entered upan Til.
etairsi rlain Practical. lin, /. an.
net, Iatner lliun viii elAar enn,ie.
si9na II right, aud ,tnilluphinp ,rlstnin.
hsia, In I'll. performance II duty. III,
ep1ieet elhscu III l,ls triumphant cleo.
tim, lenslng Ills hpnor ,t.iarGs|letl, Ill
nnnu nnsulled.
ills Antagonist WIS fifty matched
Aralns. Lin, Mr.. liailp, lel,vsou,ath,
now order a things !. Mr. fuIt IA III.
proper oSponluni o. the nll, Mr.. Hal
lt5 III b farmer. Mr. Fult politician.
'ir- Dale, Ii y representative mnn 81
lie sentiment which sock. 10 purify pol.
itiHr. Nt, WI. In. liyud MI hin Iii,
liup III IN atmosphere which breed,
corruption. Mr.. bailey scorns y tricks
Mft rolt n y tricks,sr hy trade. Mr..
Bailey il entirely unfamiliar with M
" arts u tho dsinagogue. NJ. Felt
y = dema4ogus by profession. Nj.
6alloy ~ worker. Nh. Full Ii 1
tsltsr. NJ. Haley relied for success.
ui.1n tho Justice VI 'his cuusc, and upon
'lr NM ar''hase'l support y honorable
mn, Nj. Fob HtugL. snrppri from ull
.lla sip, dlsafdell,, ana Inillanly cic,
nenis II ~ ,liAlflsi. sit liailns min
fairly nominated III il convention viii. i
represented tho oniife dittfint Mr. Fill
ostmtcd il nomination NJ tie haul. 4,
4 rahI,le Mliirh HI elamar md mtnrs
lal gathered ii fhiplans t'uuut,
liz eal.snsa has ru,'akon ii the
characteristics ~ tho men In Alasl Iii.
lanst il win mn,ls
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1873-10-24

n 1 s~a .Ash W. AlHH
nee4ass - II ST. ! fa u
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- IT. trHilfaA 81
il s.a, Il ,hat 1T naA
|, ,issa' edlsstsa, u >al ~ si
thai. vi 1he rkesihtv II Ms -.
n. NJ \ 4 N u IL IL II ma
eaihntllIes vtleh sgtnrg " u rnrls
rsali NJ fsils ta,aAAni II anihoti.,l
under wiltl, circumstances I'LL seuti.
meA. u Isl AIN, heeame lulevnrm, md
liz allowed the enems 4 France q
el,ss II aren anl rapture NJ tiHc army
almcp. ~ishcu, resistance. We IRE
sumo hal l,asaine Nps aclua,ql !,
sams raeh idea, II TIL ~ The true
s,lu,ien r his csnaus, q. Meta, while
Ii may relieve him rrsh1 stigma q cold
blvolcd treason, II furnishes really 10
vaaM excuse Tor hin course. Tan Y,
lnAeiss Nsy or soals d Ms~an'
DssssaAiae sneh front 70 their enemy
Think II Ncy In Tho rssrca. from Rao
ala, =, Houl, In Tho Peninsula, Or Mas
pena, In tho beloagucrpl Genoa, de
porting III such tame l'irleta way
AIAs-ena etp cats and III lea,s arlols
ho surrcnletel, AL then onl, rave Y,
tho city i.sQii, IT, Aus'rnill eammn'flrl
being onla taa rlad = Etan' ~ lsAer'
fighter lis own terms, WHICH we're tliai
Ia Ia allowed IL Malsh Hill tspftt.
away Mhnl,ac,ur liz CLOSE, ui,hen
parole o. stipulation 4 any Hind, til,
men taking lheir almi pttd ammunition
IL Ii possible tba' l'aselne would he,'
madu sneh i resistance 1T Meta IL It'll,
Emutlc
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1873-10-24
4. u. 4NEDI.EY.

Also, Cement, Quick l.iGe
Brick, nuildinp Paper, md In
fact almost everything In tho
lime of Building Material always
Oh hand All those contemplate
Ing building viii find II 10 their
Interest 10 call on
PECK n SLEE
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1873-10-24

Rkuti,kH Aassb v0K.--Mr. Dewey
who holds mortgage on tho real cs.
tate transferred by Sanl, u. Rankin
% tho agricultural College and lfarn,
u secure In LOSSES III consequence ii
biz dctalea.ion. l'as iilod bis petition
asking tho appointment on receiver
70 take charge oftho property that tho
,nortgageo mud thu college may eael,
receive I,s share NJ tho rents anI prof.
IL arising from IT. nse, Unless Tho prop,
erty 81 itself u IN adequate security for
tho Dswey mortgage 70 do not rec what
possible interest he IAN have In tho
rents and profits arising from IT. nsc.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1873-10-24

SPINAL LIMITATION. - have /

HrlNAL LIMITATION. - have mndc
u.s. - Dr.. 'i'rask's Magnetic Ointment
IN ny practice In several ea.es u Spin
u irritation, md ilnd Il 4 superior ".
'lele and VOL worthy II public notice,
and ono which no family o. person
Dught 10 l,r without,
a. Y. iiELDlNu, N. b.. Know.
le,vilIe, n u
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1873-10-24

Pleaso continue my I'D friend. tLe
PLAIN n.ALgn IN / want IL kcep track
II my old friends Will, love IN Mrs
Mead anil tho children.
remain your sincere friend,
j MrcORM.Ar.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1873-10-24
r. a. MERRIAM, NJ y.
HcssNeNi Surgeon NNd Elys'
icSyM,
WI EA1n rllNNA

III Graduate III Michigan University,
n.embcr Of thu North Iowa Medical NocIsly
devote. his whole line 70 his psofessIm and
Ii prepared 10 answer Nil Gala either b.
dny III niuht, Hills nrn always duo ~ s0on
NJ services hava bern rendered.
Oiiioe mud residence In Arsi building
North " TINS oilios, w stairs. t6lvla
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-13
The Site of Athens.

The site selected by the old Athenians
for their city was q fitting one for tho
capital of people keenly sensitive TO
beauty, and destined to becsme the
leaders Of the world IN matters of taste.
especially in the important department
of the fine arts. Nowhere, are thers
more charming contrasts OF mountain
sea and plain nowhere a more perfect
harmony of picturesque effect. The
sea is not a dreary waste of waters with
out bounds, but smiling gulf, mirror
ing it's mountain walls and winding
about embosomed isles. yet ever broad
ening as it recedes, and suggesting the
mighty flood beyond from which II
springs. The plain is not illimitabls
expanse over which the weary eye
ranges in quest Of some resting-plaee.
but is 40 small as to be embraced ia it,
whole contour in a single view, while
its separate features-the broad, dense
belt Of olives which marks the bed oi
its principal stream, and ancient Ce-
phissus, the vineyards. the grain fields.
and the sunny hillside pastures-are
made 70 produce their full impression.
The mountains are not near enough to
be obtrusive, much leas oppressive
neither are they 50 distinct IS 10 seem
insignificant. Seen through the clear
air. their naked SUBMITS are 50 sharply
defined and 40 individual IN appearance
as 10 seeIa almost like sculptured
forms ehiseled out OF the hard rock.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-13
Registered Letters.

II seems that ., ,152 registered letters
went to the dead lettet Office during tho
fiscal year ending June /, 1872 Mr..
Edward De Forest, the superintendent
of the registered letter department of
the New York city post-ofilce writes:
The regulations require, when post
Office receives registered letters bearing
fictitious addresses, or addressed TO
fraudulent parties, or when the address
cannot be found, or when, for reason of
non-indorsement, it cannot be returned
to the party who mailed it, then such
registered letters, at the expiration OF
thirty days, shall be transmitted to the
dead-letter Office. The correct number
of missing registered letters is 1895.
The Postmaster General states: OF
that number $50 we're accounted for,
and only 172 have been reported as ac-
tually lost The remaining cases are in
the hands of special agents fer investi-
CATION. Considering that there over
30, 900 post Offices in the United States,
at all of which registration is permit
ted, and that the number of registered
letters sent during the year must have
exceeded 1000, 900, this record is most
creditable, and ought to establish con-
idence in the system not easily shaken.
There were sent ont from the New York
post Office during the year 1871. 234, 400
registered letters, every one of which
has been duly acknowledged by the Of
fees to which they were sent.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-13
Pannerism and Crime.

By the recently published census re-
port on pauperism and crime, it appears
that during the year ending June !,
1870, In the United States, 119, lO2 pau
pers were supported at an expense of
$40, $50, 429 that within the same period
and within the same limits 80, ,562
criminals were convicted. For moral
and prosperous country this is a reasona-
bly, good exhibit of Immortality and
poverty. Owing to the very loose way
in which the census of 1850 and that of
1870 were taken it is impossible to
institute any comparison between the
figures given above and those of former
years. It is presumable, however, that
with the increase in population there
has been a corresponding increase in
crime and pauperism. Some valuable
suggestions are made in the report
which, If adopted, will insure, in future,
uniformity in the returns from the
several States, thereby enabling the
census superintendent to classify and
arrange his figures in such manner as to
make comparisons between various sec
tions of the cocntry possible-com-
parison now is impossible because in
almost every State different bases have
been adopted ON which tofound returns.
With this difficulty to contend with, it
is surprising that result even ap-
proximately correct has been obtained,
and the Superintendent of the Census
is worthy of high praise for the pains
taking manner in which, to attain this
result. he has labored.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-13
voting for President.

During the administration of John.
Quincy Adams, in 1926, the subject Of
change in the existing mode Of choosing
the President and Vice President
through Electoral Colleges, was referred
20 a special committee Of nine IN the
United States Senate. inciuding Benton,
Van Buren,, Hayne, Macon. Dieserson.
Holmes and Richard N. johnson. Thk
committee. ia its report, recommended
q plan, phich was substsr tally IS
follows
I. To abolish the Presidential Eiec-
tors. % division Of each State by its
Legislature into a number OF districts
equal 10 that Of It's Senators and Repre-
sentafives. CD that the citizens Of each
district should vote directly for the
candidate Of their choice: "a that the
person receiving the highest vote n
any district fwhetheF a majority or not,
be entitled 70 the vote 81 that district :,
CO. that Il any candidate should IN this
manner receive the support Of the dis
tricfs, Congress ehould declare hiEz
elected President and 90 If no eaEldi-
date had a majority 81 the districts
/ Congress should Immediately order
new eleetion. IN the same manner oS
districts. confsniug the choice 20 si'e t"e
highest candidates.
This plan Waa subsequently strongly
approved by President jackson,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-13

and from two to three feet in length.
1t is not in the least stringy, breaks OF
short and crisp, boils tender very quick
ly, and affords excelleDt eating. He IS
a very careful cultivator, and viii spend
hours picking of dead leaves and in
sects from the young plants. When he
finds a dead cat, rat, dog, or chicken,
he throws it into small vat of water,
allows it to decompose, and sprinkles
the liquid fertilizer thus obtained over
his plantation Watermelon and pump
kin seeds are for him dessert delicaeies.
He consumes his garden products about
half cooked in an American culinary
point of view, merely willing them by
an immersion in boiling water.
There are about fifteen English words
to be learned by Cinnamon on arri-
wing in California, and no more. With
these he expresses all his wants, and
with this limited stock you must learn
to convey all that is needful to him
The practice thus forced upon one in
employing a Chinese servant is useful
in preventing a circumlocutory habit of
speech. Many of our letters the Mon
golian mouth has no capacity for sound
ing. E2 he invariably sounds like I, 50
that the word " rice" he pronounces
d" lice"-a bit of information which may
prevent any unpleasant apprehension
when you come to employ a Chinese
cook. He rejects the English personal
pronoun I, and uses the pOssessive
"my' in its place; thus, my go
home, in place of 4 go home.
When he buries countryman he
throws from the hearse into the air
handfuls of brown tissue-paper slips,
punctured with Chinese characters.
Sometimes, at his burial professions,
he gives a small piece of money to every
person met on the road Over the
grave he beats gongs and sets of packs
of fire-crackers. On it he leaves cooked
meats, drinks, delicacies, and lighted
wax tapers. Eventually the bones are
disinterred and shipped to his native
land In the remotest mining districts
of California are found Chinese graves
thus opened and emptied of their in
mates. I have in one instance seen
him, so far as he was permitted, render
some of these funeral honors to an
American. The deceased had gained
thin honor by treating the Chinese as
though they were partners in our com
mon humanity. "NIissa Tom, as he
was termed by them, they knew they
could trust He acquired among
them reputation as the one righteous
American in their California Gomorrah.
Cinnamon would come to him from dis
tant localities, that he might overlook
their bills of sale and other documents
used in business intercourse with the
white man. Their need of such an
honest adviser was great. The descen-
dents of the Pilgrim Fathers often took
advantage of their ignorance of the
English language, written or spoken.
81 Missa Tom" suddenly died. I had
occasion to visit his farm a few days
after his death, and on the first night Of
my stay there saw the array of meats,
} frII1f, vrzszl4,, and lpsa.slinss taEsars IN =
table in front of the house, which has
! Chinese friends told me was intended
as an offering to 90 Massa Toms" spirit.
-LiDDincOttS
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-13
Unconscious Influence.

As men are unconscious of how much
harm they do, and OF how much unhap-
piness they unwitin " cause, so they
may do great deal more good than
they think they may do great deal.
intending it; but ne man ever works
boldly and strongly and whole-hearted-
Is. but what, think, he does more
without knowing it than he does know
ing it. It is not what you say to your
class, teacher, that measures the infiu-
ence that you are exerting upon them.
If you be faithful, If your heart is in
your work, it is not that of which you
can make statistics in the social circle
that measures your influence there.
Far more influence comes with activity
than is shown by the immediate fruit of
that activity. The shadow of Peter
worked just as much as Peters body
itself worked and genuine men snd
women work both by substance and by
shadow-by purpose and by unconscious
influence. There be many who mourn
the wont of opportunity, and yet en-
deavor to conform to the disposition of
their Master, and to carry themselves
through life wisely and well, who viii
wake up by and by, when they stand in
the presence of the all-revealing eye,
with sweet surprise and. adorning graft
tude, to see how much more, after all.
their life meant than they themselves
thought. In your boyhood, as you viii
very we'll remember, you used to write
with invisible ink and there was moth
ing for the recipient to do but to take
the paper and hold it to the fire, and
straightway out came the message.
There is much writing with invisible ink
in this world There is great deal Of
trumpeting activity. There is also
great deal of activity which does not
report itself to the senses, but which is
powerfully nfiuential-namely, n godly
life patient continuance in well-doing'
attainment in humility, fidelity, truth
standing faithful to the end in the place
where God has put you You cannot
tell what You are doing. No man can
tell it 60 you. You are writing with i'm
visible letters on Thousands of children's
hearts on the hearts of passers-by on
the hearts of friends and neighbors ON
the hearts of those whom you meet in
every circle where you move. There
are a thousand influences radiating from
you in your lifetime which viii bring
forth their seeds abundantly in the
kingdom of Gods glory.-H "
Beecher.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-13
italian Thieves.

From all accounts, Italy is not the
pleasantest of countries to be residents
in just now. The London Times cor
respondent, in a recent communication
to that paper, says:
A practice formerly not uncommon in
Rome, and which used to be attributed
to the negligence or connivance of the
PapaI police, seems to be reviving un-
der Italian rule. I allude to robberies
upon the stairs of houses. A great
many houses in Rome are never closed
during the night. Their inhabitants
may come in at any hour they find the
street door open, they light their taper,
or, if they have forgotten it, they grOpe
their way in the dark In old days it
used to be no uncommon occurrence to
find robbers in wait upon the landing
place, who presented knives at the
throat of the late conner, and relieved
him of his purse and watch. We have
now a very smart police here, gentle
men in long coats and cooked hats and
swords, who regulate the promenade on
Pincian Hill, and look alarmingly fierce
t coaehmen who break the line; but at
night, it seems, they are less vigilant.
A week ago, an italian Lieutenant-Col-
onel was ascending the stairs of house
in the Via Arcione. when he was stop
ped by two youths of twenty, one Of
whom threatened him with knife,
while the other took from his pocket
his portfolio, which, unfortunately,
contained 1,1OOf in that dirty paper
which has replaced the precious metals
in Italy since the memorable year 1866.
A similar misadventure has since be-
fallen lady, who was ROBBED Of gold
watch and chain after dark on her own
staircase. The robber fed. she scream
ed, and, fortunately, the police were at
hand, and the man was captured with
the booty still in his possession.