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n power in two Of the New England
etases, Connecticut and New Hampshife,
II any honest Republican has felt that h
had reason to hnd fault with his party
because 81 certain shortcomings, let him
look ut these two States under DEMO
cratic misrale, and see whittier he is travel
ing when he leaves his old organization.
If he will come nearer home, let him read
the declaration of the aims and purposes
of the opposition In this State, found in
the platform of the late Democratic Con-
vention at Portland, wherein the dogma
Of free trade, pure and simple and direct
taxation is laid down, which means, if il
mean anything, that system of taxation
should be adopted that would treble the
burdens of our taxpayers, admit to our
coasting trade the vessls built by our
provincial ncighbors, and shut up in sill
ence and decay every shipyard on our
coast, which is just beginning to resume
some of its old-time prosperity.
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Literary Notes.

BARNABY RUDGE. By Charles Dickens Illus
trated by j. Barnard. 8 vo., $3.50. New York:
Harper Bros. Chicago: Jansen, McClurg
& Co.
This is the 10th volume of Harpers'
beautiful Household Edition" of the
great authors works. 1t has been called
''the most highly wrought, earnest, and
powerful of all Dickens works. 1t is an
historical novel, based upon the Lord
George Gorden, or London Protestant
Riots of 1880. It was first published in
book form in 1849. The story was also
meant to be an argument, against capital
punishment, of which the author had an
intense adherence. This is the volume
which contains the character of dolly
Warden" whose name was so popular to
US all in the summer of ~, and since
then. Another one of Dickens charac-
tiers which has attracted good deal of
attention was Grip" the raven. Grip
evidently was one of Dickens favorites,
for a supplementary notice, in his last
preface, thus dispOses of him:
That raven in this story is compound
of two great originals, of whom l have
been, at different times, the proud pos
SCISSOR. The first was in the bloom OF his
youth, when he was discovered in a
modest retirement in London, by a friend
of mine, and given to me. He had from
the first, as Sir Hugh Evans says of Anne
Page, good gifts" which he improved
by study and attention in most ex
emplary manner. He slept in stable
generally on horseback-and SO terrified
a Newfoundland dog by his prcternatural
sagacity, that he has been known, by the
mere superiority of his genius, to walk off
unmolested with the dogs dinner, from
before his face. He was rapidly rising in
requirements and virtues, when, in an
evil hour, his stable was newly painted
He observed the workmen closely, saw
that they were careful Of the paint, and
Immediately burned to possess it. On
their going TO dinner, he ate up all they
had left behind, consisting Of a pound or
two of white lead; and this youthful in
discretion terminated in death.
While | was yet incOnsOlable for his
loss, another friend Of mine in Yorkshire
discovered an older and more gifted raven
at a village public house, which he pre-
vailed upon the landlord to part with for
consideration, and sent up to me.
This book is issued in handsome style,
uniform with the after volumes of this
edition, which we consider the best we
have seen.
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Angling for Changers.

Bill Stone, the godfather Of the Anti
|Monopolist party in this State, having
got his bantling started on the political
highway, is just now perfecting schemes
to get votes enough to establish q reputa-
some unsophisticated rustic in Monona
county, the other day, squealed: He
read in the County Convention letter
from William, in which he told how he
was going to get votes, thusly:
" The most efcctudI method aciW be By
n" "ng s seag. zee hs cn "er
This can be done by quiet consultation
with leading members of the ORDER" ETC.,
etc.
Changers with honest intentions and
virtuOus regulations should henceforth
be wary Of sequestered meetings and un-
seeming picnics, or they may. too late
md themselves the victims of . bespoilcr.
ESeAanee.
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]. b. II. BISHOP.

Our Tama City opponent, he Of the fa-
NOUS army record, who ''toots his own
horn relative TO the valiant service lie
did in the ranks of Uncle Sans noble
defenders. during the war, says that 1--WE
have no reason to doubt that if Mr. R;sh-
ops neighbors = had succeeded
in getting him either Of the Anti Monopo-
w nominations, he would have accented
gladly Well, perhaps he has no reason
to doubt it. We do not expect such as he
to doubt it-but we do expect that the
honest man and voter will make thorough
inquiry into the facts upon which this
doubt of our opponent is based. Mr.. Bish-
op has denied in = published card. in three
or four papers published in this county,
the charge that the use Of his name was
authorized in any Anti Monopoly conyen-
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We have secured the services of Mr.. J
WWillctt, versatile and spicy writer, as
assistant editor Of this paper.
EDITOR OF CHRONICLE.

Who wishes to inform the Tama Press
and all others Of our contemporaries that
he has not, at any time during the recent
war between the papers of our county,
written anything in the line of conn
municotion to the CHRONICLE, other than
that to which he has appended his name
and to the Press he herewith returns
thanks for the brief and windy compile
ment OF last week, coupled with the call
ing Of pet names, &C., which the editor
OF that paper evidently intended for him.
l would suggest to the junior worthy
of the editorial force Of the Press that he
is doing himself great injury and greatly
augmenting his i'll nature by combining
himself to the simple diet which pre-
sumo the remuneration for his labors on
that sheet barely enables him to afford
He should seek other fields of labor and
not waste his ''s,oeetness on the desert
air" acknowledge my incompetency
to compete with him in his role In writ
ing for the CHRONICLE l shall endeavor
to do my duty as well as | know how
and to keep myself within reasonable
bounds. 1t is not my desire to abuse any
one, and do not like the idea
of being abused, yet shall not cry.
quarter nor ask for flag of truce. We all
like something spicy and enjoy hearty
laugh over good joke. l have under
taken to assist and shall use all honorable
means to aid the editor and proprietor of
this paper in keeping up the standard Of
the CHRONICLE to its present grade, viz /:
the largest and best paper in the county.
J. w. WILLETT.
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''He has killed his man." continues to
be an honorable thing to say of Gen
tlemanr at the South, and settling disputes
with ball-cartridges and buckshOt is an
institution that has survived the "late
unpleasantncss."
A lawyer at Memphis shoots his learn
ed friend" because Of the latter's inability
to agree with him in opinion. The muir
dercr is no sooner locked up than he is
bailed out He is now hero. ''Hc has
killed his man." So has the Hon. Sloss,
member of Congress from Northern Ala
bama His politics we do not know; of
his antecedents we are ignorant; but his
character will appear from what follows
He returnes to his home is Tuscumbia to
find that MIR. Long had been making
observations derogatory to his reputation
His dignity was touched; his blood rose;
he resolved to vindicate his good name.
But how Did he challenge Long? No.
Did he cowhide Long, No. Did he meet
Long in the street and square off at
him, and tell him to ''come On?" No.
He loaded his double barrelled shotgun,
laid it across his knees, and waited at his
second-story window for the destroyer Of
his repute. Long passed. Sloss fired, and
Long fell, not MORALLY, but seriously
wounded, and will doubtless be more care
full what he says in the future about the
character thus triumphantly vindicatcd.
This reminds us of Charles TX. standing
gaily on the balcony bringing down the
Huguenots with his musket as they fed
past his palace. Sloss will be as illus
trious in the history Of Alabama as Charles
is in the annals of France. To Kentucky
and its own staple product, Bourbon whis-
KEY, we are indebted for our next item in
this bloody business. Witherspoon, "a
man Of great wealth." at Lawrenceburg,
kills the town marshal ''whO was arrest
ing him for being drunk"-as though that
were crime in "a man of great wealth"
1t was not; neither was the murder of the
town marshal, for six years after, Wither-
spoon ''beat and mangled" DR.. Cham
bers and begged the doctor not to prose-
cute, pleading the satisfactory excuse that
he was drunk. King Bourbon like any
other king ''can do wrong" On the 3Oth
Of June last the two met again, and With
erspoon shoots and kills the doctor in the
presence of sixteen witnesses, Wither-
spoon has been admitted to bail to an
swer the charge Of murder in the first de-
gree" 1.-THE defence labored hard to
prove that he was very drunk at the time"
and will probably succeed in restoring
the man Of great wealth to his popular
pastime Of getting drunk and shooting
his neighbors. Drunkenness covers
multitude of sins.-N. W. c. Adc0c0te-
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Political Items.

Mrs. Woodruff Is an Anti Monopolist.
The Anti onops ore already beginning
to find out that they are in rough po-
litical sea with very heavy Stone about
the heck Of their party.
Henry Clay Dean has his eye on Carl
Shurz's seat in the United States Senate
1t will be some time before he gets any
other part Of his person in it.
Colonel Eibeock will find fresh pain in
the action of the Washington County
Antimonops. They declare in favor Of .
prohibitory liquor law and its strict en-
forcement.
It is said that d. w. Adams, turbstone
farmer and head-center of the National
Grange, has consented to be candidate
for Congress ON the ti-Monop ticket in
the Dubuque district.
Geo. E. Clark, of Kossuth County, is q
candidate for Judge divers place con-
ditioned upon Judge divers success in
the Fort Dodge convention. The Algona
Republican opposes Mr.. Clark.
Hon. Geo. w. McCreary Of this State, is
already named by some people as a can
didate for the Presidency. Some of his
more judicious friends offer him as can
didate for the United States Senate.
The Republicans Of Dakota Territory
have nominated Judge Jefferson p Kidder
for Congress. He was at one time Lieu
tenant Governor Of Vermont, and has
been Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court Of Dakota for nine years.
This is the way Buchanan, Of the
Cherokee Times, tells it: A delegate who
attended the late Anti Monop cat-a-wam-
pus, was seized with cramps. After vio-
lent effort, lie threw up something very
black and bitter; as he saw it, he uttered
"Allah be praised! too dirty for clean
stomach. No more Anti for me-"
Grief has again overtaken our dearly
beloved friend Ex-Governor w. M. Stone
The Anti Monop Congressional Conven-
ton has been held in his district, and
Sweet William was left out in the cold
We think it about time for this political
fraud to retire to private life and cease
thrusting himself in the face of an
outraged people, but we have no idea he
will do any such thing.-Hank-Eye.
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At the Republican Congressional Con-
vention held 1t Fairfield, on the 4th, inst,
Hon. Geo. w. HcCrary, was renominated
= candidate for Congress in the first dis
trict.
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A. H. STERRETT

COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF sruo.,-
" Tama County. Iowa Will be At ToI as9vLS
cry Saturday Public examination the last w w., ~
day of each month. Residence south Of n na,af
School House; Office in Court Housr Tai. rueh
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TEACHER OF VOCAL, AND ISsrp1r,,v>
1 Music, Toledo, Iowa L. now prrnaraJ ~ Al
so,e herself TO her profession Pupils are ;, s, ue
fully solicited, to begin at once NV 'spect'
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k6WUW4UC11M O38UV 4UCAO4o
For Secretary Of State,
JOSIAH T. YOUNG, Of Monroe County.
For Auditor Of State,
R.R SHERMAN, Of Beaeon Ccussy.
For Treasurer q ssnte,
WILLIAM Cl1RBTY, Of Clarke County.
For Register Of Land Once,
DAVID SECOR, Of Winncbago County.
For Attorney General,
N. e. CUTS. Of Mahaska County.
For Clerk Of Supreme Court,
EDWARD J. HOLMES, Of Jackson County.
For Reporter Of the Supreme Court,
JOHN s. RUNNELS. OF Polk County.
For Congrees-Fifth District,
JAMES WILSON. of lama County.
For Judgc-Eighth District,
JAMES II. ROTHROCK. Of Cedar County
For Attorney--Eighth District
MILO p. SMITH. Of Iowa County.
Republican County Ticket.
For Clerk of the District and Circuit Courts,
cHAUNCEY J. STEVENS,
For Recorder,
j. B. NJ. BISHOP,
For Supervisor,
J. II. LAUDERDALE
For Coroner,
f. NJ. BIELBY.
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From all parts Of the World. besides the LOCAL
NEWS Of interest to every resident Of
Tsma Co., with Markets, &C.
The Portland daily press., 1874-08-28

THE PENALTY OF FINDING TWENTY
CENTs.-A gentleman who has a large circle
OF friends in this city, while walking along
Main street one day last week. discovered two
crisp, new ten cent t,,shinplasters reposing con-
spcuously on the sidewalk. He at once
picked them up and exulting in his good for
tune showed them to some gentlemen OF his
acquaintance. They immediately suggested
that such good luck should be celebrated by
his treating the crowd. They demonstrated
to him that the twenty cents would buy four
glasses of beer, and he agreed to the arrange
ment. The party at once adjourned to a
.neighboring saloon. The gentleman was as
tonshed, to find at least fifty of his aequan-
tances comfortably reposingiin the saloon, ap-
parently awaiting his appearance. The
friends who came In with him took occasion
to tell of his good fortune in finding the
twenty cents, and that he had come in to
treat on the strength thereof. The acquain-
tances all moved up to the bar with strange
unanimity. The gentleman was taken some
what aback by the turn things had taken, but
putting on a cheerful face, he invited theIL TO
nominate their poison. Not man of them
took beer. The demand for cocktails,
smashes, and straights was certainly marvel
lous. The bill for the entire treat was only
S6.4O. The gentleman (who is city official)
has spent many days studying over the affair.
and has finally come to the conclusion that it
was ''put up job" In other words some OF
his friends had hid the twenty cents where he
would find it, knowing that they could ON the
strength thereof inveigle him to saloon to
treat, in the meantime taking care to have a
large plumber of friends present TO enjoy the
treat. He now says that if he were to see a
ten dollar bill lying on the sidewalk he would
not pick it up. Sensible.-Pdtersoa Guar
dim,
The Portland daily press., 1874-08-28
The Meerschaum Mania.

The mania of meerschaum pipes, though
prehaps not so prevalent now as formerly,
has produced not few pipomaniacs the
world over. A New York gentleman, for
instance, has a collection of some 400 meer-
schaums, all beautifully colored. This is
rather an expensive taste, however, for, be-
sides the first cost of the pipes, he has to
keep two men continually employed, whose
sole duty is to smoke and keep the 400 pipes
in order. One of the greatest pipe-fanciers
in the world, Major General Rafialovich, OF
the Russian Army, is now in this country.
He has a collection OF more than 600 pipes.
Since he has been in this country he has
purchased a number of meerschaums, and
there is now in the hands OF one of the post
prominent manufacturers in New York 4
magnificent meerschaum pipe made to his Or
der. The bowl forms the bust OF very
beautiful woman, and is correct likeness OF
the Generals wife taken from life. The stem
and mouthpiece are of amber, fifteen inches
long. The whole cost $3.50. This pipe will
be taken to Europe as a curiosity, for it seems
that General Raffalovich had an idea that
such things could not be made in this coun-
try. He is now travelling in the West, and
will doubtless enrich his collection by adding
o.it some of the celebrated calumets made
of the famous red-pipestone by the Indians.
Boston Post.
The Portland daily press., 1874-08-28
From the New York Tribune. I

Sindbad, says Scheherazade, carried about
with him for a time the Old Man of the Sea,
who kept tight hold on his back, arms and
legs, so that he could by no means get about
conveniently or make his living by trading in
rocs' eggs or diamonds, or even bow to peo-
pie if he met them. Now good many peo-
pie have been unearthed from their homes
this August and brought to light in summer
resorts who have been born with just such a
monster on their backs-Always, curiously
enough, an exaggerated likeness of them
selves. The consciousness of it goes with
them when they eat or sleep, talk, laugh or
cry. They cannot walk on the level street
with other men because of it; it so hampers
and grips them, and possesses their bodies
and brains; cannot earn their living decently,
love their wives, mourn for their dead. or even
kneel to God without first hoisting this great
''P' into sight. They have the worst Of it,
too, compared with Sindbad for he by no
means presented his incubus to his acquaint-
ances as an agreeable fellow for anybody TO
know, but loathed his burden, and would
have been glad any day to kick him off and
have done with him; but they make an idol
OF theirs, and not only are perpetually offering
up sacrifices to it. as Chnaman before his
Joss, but foist it on other people, insisting
that they shall do likewise.
1t is amazing to see the number of victims
who shoul Ter and carry this monstrOus Sell
in the sight of all men, and strut under the
| weight of it. Not famous men, celebrated
| soldiers, doctors, divines, and women of soci-
| ETY., all of whom have lived in an atmosphere
| of fiattery impure enough to urge the growth
| of such deplorabe object; in fact, in spite of
| fattery, it is among these it is most frequent
| " missing; the world is not often mistaken
| in its great men, and the great man is always
| single-minded and lives outside of himself.
| But the little heroes are all abroad now in the
light of day, like ants turned out of their hills.
running here and there; the demigod in
country politics, the capitalist of the manu-.
featuring town, the squire of the village, who
lives in the painted board villa at the top OF
| the bill, the prima donna of small opera
troupes, painters, musicians, poets, with pre-
The Portland daily press., 1874-08-28

MONKEY In TRoUBLE.-Sam Wilcoxen
OF the Eagle brewery has small 'menaeerie,
badgers, foxes, coyotes and the like. He also
has large Newfoundland dog, on whose
back he sometimes places one OF his pet mon-
keys when he is going for walk about the
town, the monkey fastened to the collar of
the dog by string. As a general thing the
monkey enjoys his ride, but we saw him a
day or two since when he would willingly
have traded himself off for some less priv
eleged specimen of his species. His canine
steed, being allowed 10 roam the streets at
will, saw another dog that he thought he
could whip, and forthwith went for him like
like hairy hurricane. In moment both
eogs were on their hind legs and going for
each other like two sausage machines. This
made times very lively for the monkey, as
the stranger dog evidently considered him as
part and parcel of his antagonist. Such
walls OF despair as that monkey uttered, and
such hideous faces as he made we never
heard or saw. He would climb down the
side of the dog he bestrode opposite to where
the war was going on, aad thence peep over
occasionally, his jaws quivering, visage dis
torted, and his eyes starting from their sock
cts with terror. AS the dogs were constant
ly changing sides, it made times awfully
lively with the monkey When he jumped
to the ground the string held him, and he
found himself trampled under the feet OF
both friend and foe, and he was glad to get
again upon the back of his steed and face the
battle. The poor monkey was in a worse
fix than the boy who stood on the burning
deck, and had not the dogs been separated
he must soon have ceen rendered a fit sub
ject for the Stockton insane asylum. As it
was he did not get over examining the end
of his tail for wounds for four hours after the
battle; perhaps he had fears of hydropho-
ba.-Virgipid City EnterDrise