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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-24
PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES

o. THE NATIONAL GHEENE.ck LABOR PAarg.
ApoiTEp AT MARsEsLlIowS. JUNE ?, 1851.
/. the right ID make and issue mon = II a
sovereign constitutional power 10 BE main
taigcd Is the people for the common benefit.
We demand the abolition Of all banks Of issue
ard The substitution Of full lcgsi-teidcr green
bacls IA lieu IL their notes.
z We Oppose the re.unlin- Ct the national
d,ht or the issue Of Understanding noa-,axG-
bic lends upon any pct, II. and demand the
payment ard destruction ot those ontst aiding
III I'll. carliss. lo~sial moment
We demand gradual income tax wle,t-
By nital she'll bear 4 j,s. ssla g Of tie ni:c
burden.
!. We regard The act subs,itsiu- a railroad
commission FIR Laws sas,rn.n. freight rats III
this state ! fraud procured by tGe r.sirsad
companies thrcursi Republican Legislature,
ALL a,manf * repeal. While VIC iav9r he,al
n..tioaa! appropriations fer the creation and
improvement cf aas.r-way>. -. demand laws
pr trctiIs the people Ct Iowa from dlscrin.i;i.-
la. pooling. @;t,.r.Is ef s.ocs. drawback. or
rela,cs. and Ill unjust charges on tie lart ~
snfloaas, until 4..ca time a. tie people. WHO
bud. most Of Tia, sc rods with land graft .
taye, and subsidies. shall own an. operate or
fully control them.
s. We dems IA rev sion Of our pa.es.t-iigl.t
klss, placing a .air limit upon The royalties Ct
s,ntois, aud protesting the peopsc iron. IN
| justice.
{. We i,n.snd tia. all land grants faif. lie
y teas III Of tho naa-falii,;meii q cundi .ous
By iroa! companies shall tc .. oneerc siaincd
lv .ho Government, ani l..nceoah that the
public domain ic reserved .xe!uslyeiy for ho,ee-
st.aaors or aG uil settlers.
7. We demand absolutely democratic, rules
| for sl.e government cf Congress and state
Legislatures, pacing Ill representatives of the
peopl. upon an equal footing, and taking from
I'll c.nlli:,.es VETO iaa,r upon Proposed
legislation.
u We aeEouacc rs most dangerous the re-
s'riei>s OF the right Of suif age N MANY States
| and lis ioitioa III tie Iistrict o. Columbia,
and demand equal rall ical + shts for all men
| and women.
o. ititvins tia, al! questions affecting the
public interest should ie decided by the people,
| We favor the submission IL the pro. osed con-
s,itn,ionsl amendment 10 the nopul,r vote.
~. We demand that Mi ballots IN this State
| shall IL II uniform e'.c, color and material,
| all that each party having \ state o.ganza-
| ton shall have one memb on the Election
Board of csth township precinct.
IL. In the fuIt leiaLee OF thts" ends. W. ark
| the cost pcfation d. ali n,E ami women Will
| aut regard TO lr.sitGs party ;tiiiia.en CT
| IreiuGi q.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-24

ing system and its natural associates,
monopoly and exclusive privileges, have
already struck their roots deep in the
soil, and it will require all your efforts
to check its further growth and
eradicate the evil. The men
who profit by these abuses and desire to
perpetnate them will continue to besiege
the halls Of legislation, and will seek by
every artiticc to mislcad and deceive the
public servants. So many interests are
united to resist all reforms on this SUBJ
ject that you must not hope that the
conflict will be short one nor success
easy" It was the fraud Of bankers and
the curse Of their system that caused
Dallas to report to the Committee Of
Ways and Means in favor Of national
currency. And Jefferson to declare that
bank paper must he suppressed aud the
circulation restored to the nation where
il belongs; also to say that under cover
OF private banks the States had not only
fooled away but bad corruptly alienated
to swindlers and shavers; again, that
the United States expenses were doubled
through banks. It also caused Calhoun
to state that mo paper whose credit
rests upon q promise to pay i
suitable for q currency constitut.
ing the approximate functions Of
money!" further, "that Government
credit is better than any bank, more
stable and safe;" also "that bank paper
is cheap to those who make it, but dear.
very dear, to those who use it; that Gov
eminent paper would cost next to moth
ing" Again, "that, according to tho
most rigid rule Of constructing the con-
stitution, Congress has the right to issue
such currency" Now, if these states.
men had. from unquestionable proof,
forty or fifty years ago, come to the con-
clusion that intolerable political corrup.
ton was generated through the system
Of banking, when little was comparative
IL known for designing and prosecuting
corrupt political schemes, what would
they now say were language capable OF
giving expression to the corruption and
frauds Of the last twenty years.
D. L. ID. SHELDON, NJ. ID.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-24
Don't Use Big Words.

In promulgating your esoteric cogita-
tons, or articulating superficial senti-
mentalities and philosophical or psyche
logical observations, beware of platitudi.
nous ponderosity. Let your conversation
possess clarified conciseness, compacted
comprehensibleness, coalescent consist
ency and concatenated cogency. Es-
chew NIL conglomelations of ilatnlent
garrnlity, jeiune babblement and asinine
Alterations. Let your cAtemporaneous
deseantings and unprecedented expa-
tiations have intelli2ihility and seracious
viyacity, without rholomontade or thra-
sonieal bombast. Selulously avoid all
polysyllab:c profpndity. pompous pro-
lixity. psittaceous vacuity, ventriloquial
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-24
What nm English Yiper bid,

A party Of gentlemen were shooting
in the neighborhood of Blackwood, near
Gelligroes, when valuable sitter bitch
was bitten by viper. The poor animal
almost immediately showed symptoms
of the yenemous bite of the viper in
fainting, sickness and occasional vomit
ing. On the following day the keeper
visited the same spot. and discovered
the reptile basking on heap of stones,
and number Of young vipers around
her. When he approached her. he could
plainly see the mother opening her
mouth and the young yipers crawling in.
When killed. eleven young ones made
their appearance. alive and active, and
Of the same color as mackerel. The
length Of the viper was two feet siz
inches, and the young vipers six inche.
each - london T;m1s
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-24
TrausposltIon--literary Curiosity.

Every student Of nouns. pronouns and
verbs knows the necessity Of transpos
ing language for the sake Of ascertain
ing It's grammatical construction. The
following shows tscniy-six different
readings Of one Of dray's well known
poetical lines, yet the sense is not affec.
ted.
The weary plowman plods his downward way.
The powman, weary. plols his hpmeward why,
His homeward way the weary rloNman ploda,
His homeward ways the plowman. weary, piods,
The weary ploHnan hoincward rlods his way,
The pioMman, weary, homeMard plDds his way,
His way the weary plownlan hoineward plods,
Ills way, the plowman, weary, homeward plods,
Tie powman, hoineward. plodr hi. weary way,
His way the p.oaman, honewarl, weary pIods,
His honicward weary why The ploaman plods,
Weary tie pl Nmau hoDeward plods his way !,
Weary, the ploMman plods his llomeward way,
Homcward. liz WY tie weary rlawnan plods,
IIonleMard. lis way tile plownia,l weary llod-,
Homewaid. lis weary way, the rlunman plois.
The ll,Mman, helneaara. weary lleds his way,
His weary way, thu plaanan hontnaid lslnds,
Ills wear. WY. Tie linms".ra rlaaman PODS,
Homewaid III. EiuMMan plad lis Mcny way,
Hom1waid the Mea'y p.oNnial pods his WY.
The piownan, weary. Ills way Eomeward plods.
The powman ploas his linmcward weary way,
The rluwmal pleds his weary hameward way,
Wsaiy the ploNman his way homewafd plaas
Weary lis horne ward way the pipnmal plods
--E'saHyiicat Messenger.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-24

Snpern tendeut Walker refers to and reiter-
atCs his statement in regard to the inaccuracies
Of some of tie statistics of the ninth census
and he doubts il either OF the three censnscs III
1850, 1850 and 1870 obtained half Of tie MINER
al product Of the country. or comprised two
thirds OF the total number Of the defective. de-
pendent and delinquent classes (thc deaf and
dumb blind, insane, idiotlc, criminals and
panpers) who have by Law been made the sub
jects of q special enumeration.
All the statistics OF the present census he
cons iders sound and reliable The extended
work increased the expenses OF the bureau.
The ninth census cost 3.3360O0. Since
then the population has increased 80 per cent
and other estimates OF the cost OF census
have increased proportionally. Had the cost
Of the census work kept mp with the rate Of
increase it would have reached a, SOC, 900. Tie
census for the first time collected the statistics
of railroads and telegraphs OF fire, marine
and life insurance, and in other departments
the information obtained has been at least
double that OF any former census in mere
matter of bulk,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-24
CFNSUS BUREAU.
The Annual lecpOrt-POpUlatlHi -
she Mates and Territories.

WASHINGTON, Nov. -.
The annual report OF the Census Rarcsn
covering it's operations since the LIST of Decem-
Der, 1889. has been submitted TO the Secret nv
Of the interior. Tie ii.ld-work OF the census
has hccn comrls. in all the departments ex-
building. 10 the production Of pesioi. nm,
and lev other industries. aud to the Iopula-
ton, resources, etc, Of Alaska. Six agents are
employed in these departments, and Will COM
pe;e theic work III a few weeks. On the lst Of
December ast the number Of employees was
l.eSi. The MAXIMUM Of the clerical force was
reached on the 18th Of March, 1851 when the
number Of employees was l.ia5. FNe-sixths
Of the clerical labor OF the bureau has been
accomplished. The r,vsed aud corrected re-
turns Of population show the following 10 DO
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-24

''Shall we build navy?" is the ques.
ton that agitates the mind Of the rural
editor during the summer stiffness. But
the navy is all right. Said one Of the
characters in an original play at the
Christian union not long ago: ''Sure,
we have the finest navy in the wurrnld.
Look at all the water we have! All we
want is O few ships"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-24

yerbosity and vaniloquent vapidity.
Shun double entendres, prurient jocosity
and pcstiftrous profanity, obscurant or
apparent. III other words, talk plainly,
naturally. sensibly, truthfully, purely.
And don't use big words.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-24

CAN any philosopher tell IT'S why it is
that man may also get his living out
Of an acre Of ground. while if lac were
placed on hundred acre farm he would
almost starye to death trying To raise
two bushels and half Of poor potatoes
and thoroughbred mortgage - 7ur-
mere Fdlks Repoytcr.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-24

The latest tool for cutting glass is
said to be a thin German-silver disk,
impregnated with diamond dust. while
for drilling holes, similarly impregnated
cylinders are used. These tools are said
to cut very rapidly, aud to show little or
no wear from use.
FouR barrels of water of the Great
Salt lake will leave, after evaporation,
nearly barrel OF salt.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-24
THIS NEW AND CORRECT MAP
ues IN
CHICAGO q NORTH WESTERN R'y
Chicago and all Of The PRINCIPAL Points the West North and Northwest

carfals
NORTH overland
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-24

C70 week. eol aas ~ \. me easily maze Costly
VIZ Outfit srec. Ac tfeas 1EUE / Co.. Augusta. Me.
ISL
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-24
LYDIA Z. PINKhAM'a
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
ia a Positive Cure

liz Positive Cure
for III thoae raintal Censplnlnta and Weak nesses
aOcOusn0n 10 our best female population.
Il will entirely tho worst form OF Female COM
plants oil ovarian troubles, Inflammation and tseta
ton Falling and DISBURSEMENTS, and the consequent
Spinal Weakness. and Is particularly ADAPTED TO tina
Change OF Life.
II will dissolve and expel tnmors from the asssasn
An early stage II development. The t.dert. = can
humors there IL checked ryspcedy by iisaae
It faintncss. fasulency destroysn, craving
for rtisuants and relieves weakness Of the stomach
1t Floating, Headaches, Nervous Prostitution,
General Debility, s!eeplessness Depression ani indi
gssSioL~
Tha' ceiling OF bearing down, causing pain weight
and backache IL always permanently cured by It's use
II twill at all times and under all circumstances act In
harmony with the laws that the female system
For the carcof Kidney Complaints of either sex this
Compound is unsurpassed.
LYDIA L. PINEHAM'S VEGETABLE CON.
POUNDS prepared at oa3 and ess Western Avenue.
Lynn, Mass. Price g. Six botiesfor 81. Sent hy mail
in the form Of pills. also ia the form % iosenses, on
receipt Of price, o. per box for either Mrs Iinkham
freely answers all letters Of inquiry se,d for psmpr
let. address Is above. Mention this Piper.
No family should b. without LYDIA 4, PishIiAM's
LIVER PILLS. They co,istii alton, bllasnssa
and torpieity Of the liver. Is csrtsper boy.
81 sold by u1i ErGgSisss.-vo
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-24

effects of chartering banks, which have
been well understood by some Of our
most coted statesmen. After Jackson
had, rs he stated, come to the conclu-
sion from unauestionable proof that the
United States Bank had be-
come permanent electioneering
machine, he determined upon smaah-
ing the machine at all haz-
ards by vetoing the bill for tho renewal
Of Its charter, apparently with the hope
that tho State banks would he unable to
combine their forces sufficiently to be-
come such source Of danger. Thus
about one hundred Of them became de-
positors for governmental funds, which
gave them al influence for extending the
circulation of their bank notes but the
consequence was that nearly if not all Of
them suspended, which amounted vir.
tually to reputation Of large amour,
of their notes by depreciation, which
necessarily caused a sudden decrease in
the volume Of currency, by which al
values were terribly reduced. This
: beside the loss of the Govern
ment, was almost ruinous to the
masses. But it was only one of the
many demonstrations Of the practical
rules Of bankers for producing periodical
panics and devastation. Thus they dc
not caution us against this usury Of bank
notes. They enter into this business fol
the purpose of living upon the products
Of others through the class laws theil
money helps to create. Again, jackson
says that "recent events have proved
that the banking system Of this country
may be used rs an engine to undermine
your free institutions. II You do not
check this spot of monopoly and thirst
for exclusive privilege you will in the
end find that the mos. important powers
OF government have been given or bar
tered away, aud the control Of your
dearest interest has passed into the
hands Of these corporations. The bank
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-14
Oolored Women and Kisses.

A Kentuckian tells reporter of the
Louisville Post that colored women
never kiss each other. and the reporter
adds they seldom shake hands. The
first may be true, but the last certainly
is not The Kentuckian says:
In all my life have never seen two
genuine negro women kiss, and / have
often heard my father remark the same
thing. He was over so years old, and
frequently told us it was tradition
through all his family the negro wo-
men never kissed. A friend of mine,
who has been great traveller, has Wis
tied Africa and Hayti, has remarked to
me the strange fact that negro women
never kiss. Why is itp
In social relations there is less decep-
ton among the blacks than among the
whites. They are too full of nature to
pretend to what they -donet feel. Scan-
dals, divorces. and other iuiquities that
flow on from deception, are of seldom
occurrence among them. The subject
of negro women not kissing has often
been discussed right here in Kentucky,
where the customs and the habits oil
the negro should be known and under
stood. and old men who have been sur
rounded by negroes all their lives de-
clare that they never heard of negro
| women kissing. 1t may be said thai
kissing is the offspring of love and
the finer sensibilities of nature, anc
that the negro likes the refinement
| for such delicate expressions of sen
timent Whatever the cause, The
fact stands that negro women never
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-14
Bird Destruction in France,

The numbers of birds that are Melted
in France are, perhaps. even greater
than those which are shot. Ihrushes
and nightingales are caught by hum
dreds in the tesa, sort Of net which IS
spread along the sides OF narrow,
weA-wooded lane, and, in combination
with the inevitable decoy birds, proves
extraordinarily effective. The means OF
destruction are so varied and ingenious
that it is only wonderful that there are
any small birds left. The comparative
absence of bird life which strikes a
traveller in the south of Europe SO dis
agreeably needs, at all events, no fur
Their explanation. Swallows alone have
been tolerably exempt from persecu-
ton; not because they are less esteemed
BY the jaded palates of the south, but
because of the extreme difficulty OF
shooting them. Powder in France is
so dear that swallow is literally not
worth powder and shot. They might,
indeed, be Melted; but this is forbidden
in their case by law. NJ Guibert, coun-
cillor-general of the department. OF
Vaucluse, did, indeed, get this provis-
ION annulled for time, by way of do
ing his electors a good turn; but people
soon found themselves threatened with
Il perfect plague of gnats and mosqui-
toes, and the law was re-established-
not, however, before many thousands
of swallows had been taken by the
marshy Rhone banks. Very similar
has been the experience of Switzerland,
where swallows are now protected-al-
most too late, however. to repair the
mischief that has been done-by heavy
fines.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-14
She Made a Mistake.

An individual in dress coat, orna-
men ted with a sparse array OF brass
buttons and a star, and a single stripe
across his cuffs, was sweeping and Cir
cling about the room in the last of the
new step waltzes, and naturaliy attract
ed attention. He was introduced to
one blue-blooded young lady, who stiff
" informed him that she was not dane
ing that evening, and froze up his fur
ther utteranees with an icy stare. AS
he left she turned with celestial ire IN
her countenance and said:
''How dare they introduce a Pull
man car conductor to me? The i'm
pudence Think of me dancing with
him %
my dear, ignorant, landlubberly
lass from the interior" said the con.
vulsed recipient of the angry burst
''don't you know he is a master of thu
United States navy, the greatest socia
swell that breathes, always excepting
that most magnificent and god-likt
creature, lieutenant of marinesP''
81 don't believe it, she said, Grim
soning. "Where's his sword and hi:
gold lace and trimmings? He has Dor
rowed that coat from his waiter anc
sewed the buttons on the tail of it him
self, or else he is conductor. / know
he is a fraud when / see him walk"
Argument was powerless to convinc'
the Young woman that she had com
mitted social suicide and committed
the biggest blunder of the season, Of
that the modestly ornamented coat was
really what officers call the .'sociaP
uniform, and not the gorgeous carmen
of full dress. LOUIS Globe.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-14
housekeeping Hereafter,

Housekeeping, as now conducted. IS
too big job for those who undertake
to do ia fact practically realized in
all households. Not even the most
favored are free from danger of peri
odic breakdown in the over-taxed ma
chinery of domestic administration,
and the common experience is that the
gearing runs anything but smoothly at
best. The one matter of trouble with
servants is becoming such crying evil
that it is the first topic talked of when
ever housekeepers meet, and the pub
lie prints are burdened with discussions
of remedies and plans for obtaining
better ''help." This agitation viii
presently make it plain that the servant
trouble lies too deep to be reached by
changes in the personnel of the SER
vice. 1t is not that cooks and cham
bermaids are so greatly at fault as that
too much is demanded from them. The
work to be done requires greater intel
gence and ability that can be induced
to enter domestic service at present.
Necessity commanding and opportu-
nifty inviting, an attempt to institute
better methods of housekeeping cannot
long be delayed. The centripetal force
of society, potent in commerce and the
arts, will be permitted again to modify
the conduct of household affairs; act
ing, as heretofore, by removing GER
tain kinds of work from the home, and
making them the basis of new busi-
ness. The kinds of work to be trans
planted are those which bring dirt and
litter into the house, those which re-
quire or which produce heat, and those
which demand a mans strength or an
experts skill. In plain words, the
household is to be relieved of the heavy
and gross labors, and also the difficult
and trying operations connected with
cooking, washing. ironing, heating and
cleaning.-J =. Sears an September
Atlantic SSH
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-14
A sleeninp Beauty.


''She is our sleeping beauty" said q
conductor of Jay Smith and Ninth
street line of cars in Brooklyn, pointing
TO q fashionably-dr young woman,
who is well known TO habitual passen-
gers of the line because of her habit of
falling asleep as soon as she pays her
fare The young woman has dark hair
that falls in ringlets over her forehead;
dark, clear eyes, and complexion that
is almost perfect. 81 guess she must
be pretty, because she sleeps SO much, !"
continued the conductor, s.for they say
as that's what keeps women pretty. 1
don't know why it is, but just as soon
as she gets into the car and hands her
fare she crosses her hands and feet and
begins to nod, in about four minutes
she is asleep, and then she gets good
nap until she reaches the ferry going
down and the place where she
gets out. IL passenger pushes past
her to get out she opens her eyes, nxes
her hat, which usually gets loose by her
nodding, and then she goes to sleep
again. Its curious to see young men
try to get her to fiirt Why, she goes
right to sleep while they are smiling at
her. We haven't a more lady-like per-
son riding on the line, but never saw
such sleeper. She's been passenger
now six days in q week for over two
years. and she makes most OF every
trip asleep. Here's her street.
The conductor gave q shrlil whistle
and called out So street Inc
young woman opened her eyes. stepped
off the car and passed gracefully down
the street. patting her mouth gently
with her hand 20 check yawn. -Ness
York SIN.