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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28
The Mystery Of Dreams.

A man fell asleep as the clock tdled
the first stroke of twelve. He awakaed
ere the echo Of the twelfth stroke had
died away, having in the interval DREADED
that he had committed . crime. vas
detected after five years, tried and On
demned, the shock Of finding the haler
about his neck aroused him into On.
seriousness, when he discovered thathll
these events had happened in nm inlhi-
tesimal fragment Of time. Mohamn3d.
wishing to illustrate the wonders of sldp,
told how . certain man, being . sh(k,
found himself for his pride made nor
fisherman, that he lived g one for stty
yearr, bringing up family and working
hard, and how, upon waking mp finn
his long dream, 20 short . time hadhe
been asleep that the narrow-neded
gourd bottle filled with water, whicl|he
had overturned as he fell asleep. had lot
time to empty itself. How fast the }ul
travels when the body Is asleepi Oten
when we awake we shrink from g(ng
hack into the dull routine Of solid
existence, regretting the pleasante1ife
Of dr6amland. How is it that sometiies.
when we 60 to strange place, We f&cy
that We have seen it before? Is il los
sible that when one has been asleepthe
soul has doated away, seen the plce,
and has that memory Of it which SO ar-
prises us !? In word, how far dub is
the life Of man-how far not ?-CA9cA
Eni1n.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28
How Vines Climb.

Prof. Brewer, of Washington College,
Pa, communicates to the Anaeri,an
Journal of Science and Arts the result
Of some experiments made by him on
climbing vines-the hop, the Lima ban
and the morning glory. He finds that
they will climb around . transparent
glass pipe just as well rs anything else,
and they are most ardent in their em-
braces when the pole is warmer than ME
surrounding air. During the day he
vine is attracted toward the light, bu at
night, and especially on cold nights. it
turns to the pole. He learns, also, that
the color of the pole makes no diiiereIce;
the caressing instinct Of the vine has no
prejudice against any shade. The sle-
ment of constancy is very largely de-
veloped, the vine, after it has reached
the pole, showing much stronger tn
fore to reach it.
It is, doubtless, true that bean will
climb around glass pipe rs freelyas
anything else but, as hint TO practical
men, it may be said here that vie
will make much greater progress when
it has q rough stick to climb arounl
than it will when the stick Is smooth
The vine cannot adhere to the smootl
pole, and spends its force in trying.t
hold on. On rough stick it finds SUP
port, and, % in the case Of some beans
reaches the top much sooner than other
wise. Another thing Is, that grals
vines and all vines grow much n'ors
rapidly with . stake to cling to :han
without one. II ono has choict vine
which it is desired should run up quick.
", stake it at once.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28
Throwing the Hatchet.

In the fourteenth century the situation
Of public executioner to the city of Flor
ence became vacant, and, as it was a
place Of considerable emolument there
were three candidates. A day was
appointed for public display Of their
several abilities. The first candi-
date, with a knife, cleverly separ-
ated tho head of the victim from
his shoulders. He was outdone by the
rapid stroke of the second, whose gilt
tering broadsworl struck terror into the
hearts Of the surrounding multitude.
The third and least promising held in
his hand short Ratchet, and, when the
victim was extended with his head on
the fatal block, approached him, and in
low whisper inquired if he was swift
runner and ii he could swim we'll. On
being answered in the affirmative, he
desired him to spring on his feet and
cross the river. The executioner then
pnt or fierce look, swung his weapon
roundhis herd, but, Instead Of making
it descend On the devoted creatures
neck, struck it with great force into the
block! Shouts Of execration rose from
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28
Rapld Translt.

Uncle Nose 0wur revoral small shan
ties on Galveston avenue, whirh ha rents
out. but ono Of the tenants IL rather allow
in coming up with the rent, no Old Nose
had 10 make him pastoral whit. just
a. ha was coming away from tho house,
Old Mose met Jim Webster.
"Jim," said the old man, (which nm
do fastsst trabbelcr you eber hcord toll
aboilt."
"Doy shy dat d. ray Of light trabhles
more den 2OO, 900 miles 4 second, hut
nebber timed il myself" replied Jim.
"Dar's man III Galveston what cnn
glib de ray oh light tlfty yards start and
beat it wust kind.
"u'wa,. ole man. Lynn IL kotchin,
and hain't bcSM fascinated since IL
wah.
"lIit ON Jess 40 ~ tolc Yer. Nahe
Snodgrass, what owes mo fur m,,mt's
back rent, can onttrabble do light.
"Did ger see him do It?
~ went 10 Ia 'front.' tlusll, and Jess ~
his wife opened de itms doah l seetl
Gabe slide out do back doali. In dabc
ut home 2 says /. He's done gone to
Houston,' says she. Hit am fifty miles
TO Houston, and lie must hab made do
trip while | was a.lookin' 1t him slide
out do back dnah. Jess fetch ON yer
ray oh light, and Of il don't liab 10 hump
hitseff to catch up wild dabc Snodgrass
when comes for do back rent, den lsc
fool--dat's oil.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28

Think not th-t strength Hes Ia the big, round word
Or that the brief and plain mast needs be weak.
To whom can this be true, who once has beard
The cry for help, the tongue that NIL men speak,
When want or woe. or fear II ~ the throat,
So that each word gasped out h like shrek
presscd frum the sure heart or strange, Wild note
Sung ~ some fay Cr hend? There Is strength
which dies II stretched too far Or spun too hne
Which has mere height than breadth, more depth
and length.
Let but this force 81 thought and speech b. mine,
And he that will may TAXA the sleek. fat phrsse.
y hich CLOVIS and burns not, though l. CLEAN and
shine;
Light, but not heats lash without blase.
Nor Il II mere strength thst the short word boasts
II serves Of more than a. ut or storm 10 tell
The roar at waves that dash On r0ck.bound coaats,
The crash u tall tres when tile Wild winds swell,
The roar # gums, the groans Of men that die
On blo0i-stAined a. Ids II has . voice - well
fsf them that far-oG On their sick beds lie,
For then that weep, for them that mourn the
dead,
For them that laugh, and dance and clasp tho hand
II Joys quick step, - well Is grie . low tread
1Ae sweet, pain words We learnt u first keep time,
And thou. the theme be SAL or gay. or grand,
With each, with all, these may be made 70 chime,
In Thought, speech, " song, o. prose, or rhyme
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28
The Negro Philosopher.

President Lincoln once met with me-
gro on the deck Of steamboat, who il
Illustrated the lines:
He that fights and runs away
Will live 70 tight another day.
The President, finding the negro had
served in q regiment that suffered Sc
yerely at the battle of Fort Donelson,
asked if he was in the fight.
The colored man owned he had had o
little taste Of it, and then the following
colloquy ensued: "stood your ground,
did your"
mo, 80, I runs!"
Run at the first fire p
Yes, 50, and would ha' run soona
had knowed it comm"
IF our soldiers were all like you
traitors might have broken up the Gov.
eminent without resistance. /"
Yes, 81; dar would hab been no help
for it. / wouldn't put my life in de scale
'gainst any Government dat ever exist.
cd, for no Gobernment could make up
dc loss.'
DO you think your company would
have missed you If you had been killed?
Maybe not, 50; q dead white man
amt much to these sogers, let alone .
dead nigga; but I'd ha' missed myself,
and dat was de pint wild me |"
Mr.. Planche's Irish coachman took
much the same view of things; when .
traveller, seeing him fold an extraordi.
nary comforter round his neck, remarked
that he took very good care Of himself,
Pat replied:
"To be sure do, sir. What's all the
world to man when his wife s wildly. :
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28
waste and Abuse 81 Flowers.

Masses Of flowers on dinner table
are an anomaly; there is something al
most offensive in the mingled odor Of
their perfume and the reek Of the dishes
and lights. At o ball they are not out
Of place and keeping for certain pur-
poses. Roses, lilies, carnations, violcts
are natural adornments for q young
woman, and q bunch Of them in her
hand or on her breast Is MI appropriate
ornament, and the complement Of her
evening dress; but where is the fitness,
the beauty, the sentiment, the common
sense, when she has six, q dozen. or
twenty? Are there twenty persons, or
twelve, or even six, at the same time to
send her flowers which mean more than
if they were Of wax or tissue paper, or
which have any more intrinsic value to
her who carries them? Arc they wit
nesses OF love. or even of admiration?
How many are sent merely TO crafty the
demands Of vanity? At every ball rival
beauties carry bouquets sent to each by
the same men. Many are sent by men,
beers Of the lady's family, which takes
half the significance from flowers sent
by the same kinsfolk ON birthdays, or in
sickness, or at time Of special joy or
sorrow. And what is to he said of the
bouquets sent as brides to women Of
fashion by men who wish to obtain their
good offices? And what Of those sent by
Q man to woman whom he admires,
not to give her pleasure, but prestige
to crafty her vanity and rcfiexly his
own! There is mn instance, well known,
in one Of our great cities, Of ono man
sending several bouquets for the same
ball, TO console her for q social slight:
she appeared to be initiated as great
belle and he as the bellies favored cava-
lier. And what Of the bouquets stacked
on the front cushion Of proscenium
box, in the blast Of the footlights and
flung, half-faded, to prima donna, to
whom they are already . drug, who
perhaps is hurrying through her part to
leave town by the next train?-Atiantic
Monthly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28

By this time the old man. his son and
Che hounds had charged into town and
were almost at the door. According to
previous arrangement sham row at once
began between our boys and the pursu-
ers, and 50 we'll was tho thing done that
the citizens (for every man, woman and
child in the village was up) pitched In TO
prevent what they thought would be >
sanguinary ARRAY.
The burly Justice. seeing the turn AZ
fairs seemed to be taking, and excited
beyond measure, mounted the horse
block and commanded the peace so vo-
ciferously rs almost to be heard In the
adjoining counties Of this State and
Kentucky. This restored quiet, our
boys processing to BIO law-abiding citi-
Gems. The old man also simmered down,
though he insisted that he had the right
to DO little ont Of humor at the boys
for robbing him Of his gal, and kept lin
cering round and "cussin' o little on
Che outside.
After the row had been squelched, the
women Of the village organized .
search for the lost maiden, with . view
Of shielding her from the wrath Of the
irate old man.
It was not long before I was discov-
cred by one Of them, and she, with
another, made dash at me. | scnttled
of a. fast a. / could, but hung my
boot in nv lawn calico and made per-
feet ''shuckin" Of it in my haste. It tore
nearly of at the waist and split in two,
and by the time I got to the next fence |
had trail two yards long. l had great
trouble in climbing that fence q can't
see how woman can climb fence, no
way; in fact, / half climbed and half
rolled over, burst the strings round my
waist, ran out Of all the balance Of my
lower female harness, threw my bonnet
back on my head, raised the yell, and
almost ran over some more women who
were looking for me, and heard one Of
them say,l as / passed-''Lordy,K Kate,
what rds that?' I didn't stop to ex-
plain, but made good my escape.
Joe was not to he thus outdone. He
persevered. and in short time succeeded
in getting away with the right Martha
Jane, and the two were made one. But
Mrs. Joe would never speak to me after
wards, for the reason, / suppose, that I
came 50 nigh beating her out Of hus-
band.
II was the nearest ever came to being
married, and though Joe-doubtless in
stigated by his wife-gave me terrible
thraslling some eighteen months after
the escapade, / never recall it without
hearty laugh.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28

"Didn't / hear you say the other day,
Gilhooly. that you always keep spare
cigar about you for your friends" asked
McSpillkins.
"Yes, that's what l said"
~ am one Of your friends, amt II"
Certainly"
"Well, then, hand out that cigar"
1T is singular how stupid some Gal
weston folks are. II ! give you the
cigar, how can keep it about me? Be-
sides, if give you the cigar. and another
friend comes and claims it, anil I've NOT
got it, then lie will think am . liar. ]
guess ! had better smoke it myself to
prevent hard feeling. Have you got Z
match ?'-Gatc st0n NetcS.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28
The Color OF Lightning.

The color Of lightning is altogether
due to the nature Of the substance which
is made incandescent in its track. The
blue, red, purple and silver tints, which
are ordinarily much more brilliantly
marked in warm climates and inter-trOp-
ical countries than they are ever in Eng
land, are due to the same circumstances
rs the color which is designedly commu
nicated to the light Of different kinds Of
fireworks. II is result Of the intrinsic
nature Of the vaporized particles which
are made to shine. The yapor Of iron
has one kind Of sheen and the vapor Of
sulphur another. Each different foreign
ingredient that floats in the air has its
own proper hue, which it can commune
cate to the lightning. The broad flashes
Of light which appear in the clouds dur
ing Q thunderstorm, and that are distin-
guished as sheet-lightning, are very
often merely the reflections from the
cloud mist Of the discharges that pass
from one part to another with each re-
distribution of the internal charge, rs
the tension Of the outer surface is
charged by an external flash.
The redistribution Of the internal
charge is sometimes also marked by very
beautiful lines of coruscation playing
upon the dark background as the storm
drifts away. There is table mountain
a few miles away from Petermaritzburg,
in Natal, over which this kind of display
is continually exhibited. The retreatine
storm clouds inger over the fiat top Of
this mountain, where they can be scen
from the city in the advancing night.
In this dark canopy Of the mountain
coruscations, accompanying each relis-
tribution Of the electrical charge, car be
watched for hours at time-now as
Stunning the form Of coronals Of electric
fire, now running along in machiolated
horizontal lines inst above the fiat top 81
the mountain, and now radiating out IN
all directions from central loop, like
the cracks Of starred glass. -.Sciencet 70,
Al.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28

A New ENGLAND pastor called upon
one Of his deacons with whom he was ct
. variance. and, with IN air Of great SOL
emnity, said: Brother, it is shame
that this quarrel Of ours should bring
scandal upon the church. / have prayed
earnestly for guidance in the matter,
and have como to the conclusion that
you must give in, for I cannot, Louis
Vile Courier Journal
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28

the crowd, and the trembling wretch, o.
tonishcd at his wonderful escape, had
nearly gained the opposite bank Of the
river before any steps were taken to pur-
sue him. He had scarcely, however,
gone ten tnrtls, ON dry land when the
executionef, taking sfeady attn, threw
his hatchet with such effect that the
body continued running some time after
the head was off From this rather i'm
probable incident the common phrase
Of throwing the hatchet is said to be
derived
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28

SINGLE cream is cream that has sbod
on the milk twelve hours. It is the jest
for tea and coffee. Double cream sthds
on its milk twenty -four hours, aud crhm
for butter frequently stands forty eeht
hours. Cream that is too lie whiSed
should not be butter cream, lest in whip
ping it change to butter.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28

a BADE." says 4 writer, "is I
mothers anchor" You are Just about.
ing. She Ands sho II anchored 20 the
house for about three years. -Dctroil
Free Press.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28

TIE mule who II tame In front ID
often wild behind.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28

S. to $50 !: . s:s: ,r SS SGD .: q
lsyl
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28

President Lincoln once met with me-
gro on the deck Of . steamboat, who il
Illustrated the lines:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28

proceed on 20 MlCcnellvllle and have the
license ready, 90 IS to have no delay.
Accordingly, Joe went of at = lope, paid
the toll for MS, and gave strict orders not
to let Martha Jones father through; but
when the old man came to the gate he
just jumped his old sway-back over il,
and on he came, his hounds in full CRY.
The way he got up and got" along that
pike was scene not to be forgotten.
The fuss he made aroused everybody en-
route.
Our crowd consisted Of five, besides
Joe, and we arrived ct Mitchellyille about
10 p. m. Joe was there, and q soon as
/ had dismounted, he was ct my side and
led me up to the door and ratified il 90
that the startled Justice opened il ct
once, but, upon seeing, q he supposed,
female, closed it TO arrange his toilet.
Meantime, the old man and his hounds
could be heard nearing rapidly. / whis-
pered to Joe I wanted to retire around
the corner Of tho house to arrange NV
dress, and he said, excitedly, BE in q
hurry, the old man will soon be here. !"
/ did make haste. for no sooner had got
around the corner than darted through
. gate, ran down tho aide Of fence,
crept through IN opening into back
yard, and hid behind an ash-hopper.
When the Justice had got clothes on,
he opened the door 10 tell Ms to come in,
but, Of course, I wasn't there. and Joe
was running frantically round the house
looking for his girl, while tho old man
and his dogs were coming nearer every
The Justice came ont and Joe
yelled for his Martha Jane, but she came
not. Then the Justice calledout: Don't
be alarmed, madam, come in; you shan't
b hurt" and essayed 70 assist Jos 70
Ind her.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-18
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAIs

The venerable Prot Packard has
attended sixty-two commandments 1t
Bowdoin College. b
by the new census there are in Ire
land $685. 1888 Roman Catholics and
1,168, 442 Protestants of all kinds.
The Southern Baptist Board of Mis-
sions has refused to send out two men
appointed for missionary service in Chi
ma. on the ground that they reject ple-
nary inspiration. ~
The English Congregational Union
ispreparing for great jubilee, which it
proposes to celebrate by raising fund
to pay all their church debts and in
crease the salaries of their ministers
I'm a recent discourse. the Bishop of
Manchester said that, when he was in
this country, the greatest defect be
noticed in the schools was an attempt
to teach too much, and teaching it i'm.
perfectly. tls7''r
Mr.. John B. Peaslee, Superintend-
ent OF the Cincinnati schools, read a
paper before the National Educational
Association advocat ny the introduction
OF works of literature and biography
into the public schools, as tending to
the moral and literary advancement of
pupils.
The death is announced from Paris
of Horace Monod. He was for forty-five
years pastor of the Reformed Church
and Honorary Chairman of the Mar
settles Protestant Consistory. He was
a member of the venerated Monod
family, which has included several
eminent evangelical ministers. "*SA
The late Commencement of the
Episcopal Theological Seminary of the
Diocese of Virginia, which was founded
at Alexandria in 1923, derived unusual
interest from the conservation of a new
chapel: The money, amounting to
ZOO, was largely contributed By
Northern cities. The chancel-raii,
which is of heavy polished rosewood,
was cut from a tree felled by Bishop
Penick, who brought the wood from
Africa.
Eight years will measure the actual
time of missionary work in Japan, yet
there are now in that Empire 100 mis-
sionaries, SO organized churches, with
5000 memberships, Christian commu-
nifty of 5000, schools, .ispensaries,
colleges, thousands of religious works,
translatiOns of Scripture, aud the cir
culation Of a Christian Newspaper in all
parts of the Empire. Ths Bible has
been admitted into the higher schools,
and Christian CALENDAR has been
adopted.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-18
The COntract. Note Dodge.

This city seems to be the headquarters Of
number Of scoundrels engaged in swind.
ling the unsuspecting and covetous Grang-
ers throughout the State. They deal most
~ In patent-right frauds of various kinds,
from pitchforks to machines of more value
on the farm. The farmers have often been
warned against these gentry by the press,
but they readily change their tactics and a..
sumo all sorts of protean forms for entrap-
ping the unwary, and scarcely day passes
that some countryman is not made a VIC
tim Of the wicked wiles of the ubiquitous
seamps. The latest 6eard of is gang who
go about selling an alleged seeding-ma-
chine, and these have victimized number
OF people. The Enquirer reporter has been
shown copy Of an exceedingly ingenious
document which these fellows use in their
operations, and by means of which they
have caught more than one who thought
himself entirely too smart to be duped nv
any city sharp. The reader is hereby pre-.
sented with a fac-simile of the "contract "
drawn by these patent seeding machine fell
lows, which they induce farmers to sign,
and which shortly afterward turns up as a
plain note of hand in the possession of
some paper-shaver in his neighborhood who
has purchased the same of the swindlers.
1t Is as follows: