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Prof. John Clark Ridpath's LIFE OF
GARFIELD Is one of the finest contribu-
lions that has ever been made to the
biographical treasury of this country.
the ability displayed in the narration
OF the events connected with the life of
one of the greatest characters lllustrat-
ed in American history. coupled with
The entire reliability of the incidents so
described, stamp 1t in fact as the life of
Garfield. 1t style is captivating and
the incidents are charmingly sketehed.
The manner in which the publishers
(Messrs. Jones Brothers & Co.. of Chi
cago, Illinois, have brought out and
panoplled the book. adds much to its
character. A more valuable
and appreciatiye gift could not be be.
slowed, by father upon son, than a
copy of this great work.
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Undoubtedly Insane.

Last Friday afternoon as a reporter
OF Quincy newspaper was standino
In the office of the Pacific house
comely looking woman suddenly
stepped up to him, and throwing her
arms around his neck, said CHOW
won't you give me a kiss, dear?v The
reporter struggled violently, and as
ne tainted away friends lnterfered ,rJ
removed the woman's arms. AZ s'.n u
as ne gained sense and bres,b III ba
CALCULATED, Why, this is the first tim. ;u
mlrty years anything like this has han
t prne a. 10 me 1t TRANSFERRED afterward
u'a me .ne ardent woman was insane
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SCRAPS.

Boiled wheat flour or bran is far bet.
ter than soap for washing delicate cal.
leo and muslin.
Make paste OF whiting and water
and use instead of soap upon nice
paint. Rub on with a flannel cloth
and rinse off with tepid water and a
clean cloth.
A paste Of whiting and vinegar is
excellent for cleaning tinware, nickel
plating, etc.
Old fashioned mirrors that have
been stored in some out.of.the-way
place on account of their tarnlshed
gilt or panied wooden frames, are now
prettlly framed in ..cretonne, wooden
stuffs, plush or velvet, to match the
furniture or carpets of the room in which
they are to he placed. The material
may be tackled on plain or fulled, form
ing puff around the glass.
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A Queer Case.

a queer trlal IS now on progress at
the country court at GalesDurg, 1t
seems tibet some time last December
William Read, IS years of age, happen
ed INTO Squire Soule's place. in Lynn
township, and the squire asked him
why he did not get married, and then
induced HIM to stand up with Emma
Sessland, who had kept house for Soule
tor some time till he performed the
ceremony, no license being issued
Since then in February Read died
and now the Sessland girl claims the
right to administer on the state
QUINCY WAig.
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MORE ABOUT BAGS.

"1ouis X. Stockton" in the GRAPHIC
of March a4th, gave me number OF
hints by which pro6ted, and l am
not SO selfish that my experiments must
be secret.
Not being contented with the vari.
Gus contrlvanceS which our correspon.
dent had mentioned. attempted still
others which | Evolved from my in.
ner consciousness" My material was
scarlet germantown" dress braid the
saline color, and back oilcloth. had
4 round stand three feet across, which
had kept out of sight as much as
possible. This was first covered with
the oilcloth, tackled on tightly; then 4
strip eight inches wide was cut out, OF
sufficient length to reach around the
table and overlap an inch. This strip
was cut on one edge In SIX large seal
lops. and an edge crocheted around it
with the germantown. On each scal.
lop was pocket six inches deep, and
ten inches wide. This was edged with
the crochet border, and bound on the
upper edge with some of the braid.
This finishes the set of pockets, after
which the long strip was tackled around
the edge of the stand; the tacks covered
with the braid, box-pleated in punches
and tackled on carefully, so as to have
the tacks show as little as possible. A
coat of furniture stain on the lower
part of the stand, made it look like
new one, and had 4 pretty work
table, at very small expense.
l had seen the steroyped wall peck.
ct until | hated the sight of it, and l
had been trying to think of something
to make one of that no one else had, and
that had never seen; when Stun
bled on pile of spllnts about sixteen
inches long, and ball of dressbraid.
The thought occurred to me that
l might weave the front out of the
splints and braid, and use a board of
the proper shape for the back. l
therefore cut strips of the braid one foot
long and sewed one end of each strip
to another strip, having them about
quarter Of an inch apart. I.also sewed
the other end in the same manner.
This set of strips was fastened in
frame tightly stretched, and then the
splints were woven in, basket fashion,
until all was filled. This made the
front in-squares of black and white. In
the center of each black square /
placed little square of gold. and
crossed the white squares with
scarlet zephyr. The whole was Dor.
dered with a box pleating OF scarlet
braid. This formed the front. Anoth-
er square an inch larger each way was
made for the back in the same manner
and similarly trimmed; this was tackled
to thin board to hold it in place, and
the front was then fastened to it. A
cord was fastened to the board back
to hang it up by, and I'll just tell you
what, | have the prettiest wall pocket
in the county.
My set of shoe pockets are made of
black oilcloth. with border of scarlet.
The ollcloth back is almost as large as
the door, and l can remove it without
destroying the pockets, as all have to
do is pull GU. a few tacks. 1t is also
easy to clean the pockets, which will
get dirty in the bottom.
PRISCILLA Poole Po1Ts,
Willard, Mo.
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Literary Notes.

The CENTURY AND ST.. NICHOLAS.
Their recent growth IN England. Il
has now become a fact that The Cen
fury Magazine is more OF a success un
der its new name than ever before. anC
with the February number, which mac
the first of a series of new cover design,
by Elihu Vedde, Scribner's Monthly
was dropped as subtitle. IS is sues
since the change was made have been
commended by the press everywhere
as Of rare beauty and interest, both IN a
literary and artistic sense.
With this growing excellence has
come an increased sale. The average
edition of the numbers of the last two
volumes of Scribner's Monthly was
100, 600; the average edition of the first
four numbers Of The Century was l33,
600. In England, nearly 21,O0O copies
of November were sold, against an
average of Ii, $50 tor the twelve months
preceding. In u recent issue Of the
Dumtrles (Scotland) Advertiser, the
rapid progress made by The Century
among the reading public of the United
Kingdom was asclibed to 1.-The Anglo
Saxon spirit, as distinguished from the
purely British or the purely American,
that pervades its pages; it is much
more American than it is British, but
1t is more Anglo-Saxon than either,
and more representative of the race
than OF any of the various natlonalities
into which it has separated.
st. Nicholas has grown in England,
from circulation of 5000 copies year
ago to regular circulation now OF
5000 TO 10000 monthly. 1t is not often
that the London Times goes out of its
way to compliment childrens maya
zines, and American ones at that, but
Its Issue of December 90 1891, contain
ed the following good words about the
last bound volumes of st. Nicholas:
''There is an old song which sings
how a certain venerable man delighted
to pass the evening of his day initiating
his grandchld in the exilarating game
Of drauehts, and how, so well did the
lad profit by his instruction, that at
last, the old man was beaten by the
boy In looking over the two parts Of
st. Nicholas, this old song has come
back to us. Certainly the producers OF
such literature for our own boys and
girls must look to their laurels. Both III
the letterpress and the engravings these
two volumes seem to us Though the
admission touches our vanity or our
patriotism, call 1t by which name we
will, something Closely above anything
we produce in the same line. The let
terpress, while containing quite as
large power of attraction for young
fancles, is so much more idea d, so much
less commonplace, altogether of a
higher literary style than the .verage
production of our ANNALS of the same
class, And the pictures are often works
Of real art, not only as engravings, but
as compositions Of original design
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New WoRDs.-The new Edition Of
Webs;er's Unabridged Dictionary, mum.
berlng 1928 quarto pages, contains near.
" 5000 new words or new meanings Of
cid ones. These words range over the
fields OF science, medicine invention,
discovery, research, ETC.. Departments
which in this age are constantly yielding
fresh ideas, requiring new words to ex.
press them.
That they have not been hastily com.
plld is evidenced by the accuracy Of
and careful study given to thier ETY..
mology and definitions.
The intelligent reader, or any reader
who would be intelligent, will find this
feature of the dictionary quite indispen.
sible.
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GREENS LARGER HISTORY OF THE En-
GLIsH PEoPLE.-One of the most bril-
liant and thoroughly valuable histori.
cal works which nave appeared. for year:
is Greens Larger History of the En-.
gl,sh People Fairly ranking with
Macauley's great work in the absorbing
interest of its narrative. 1t excels that
IN ITS adaptation to popular need, in
that it covers the entire period of En-
gllsh history, from the earliest TO mod
ern tunes, instead of a briet portion as
does Macauley. 1t rlcely deserves a
a place IN the homes of the masses aud
we are glad to note that it is now plac-
ed within their reach, being reduced
in Price from the $1,000 for the four
volume edition Of the Harpers, to as
low as so cents for one edition Just be-
ing issued by the Useful knowledge
Publishing Co., 1872 William ST., N. Y.
They are publishing it in several styles
as follows: In five volumes Elzevir
edition, utility binding, Is cents, cloth
80 cents. half Russia, 40 cents per vol
ume, postage to Z cents Der volume
extra and model octave edition in
one volume utility binding, SO cents,
cloth IS cents, half Russia, 80 cents, (by
mail u cts. eAtra.) Numerous other
standard works will rapidly fellow the
publication Of this, of which catalogues
will be sent free on request. This
house sells only to buyers direct: no
discounts from their wonderfully low
prices being possible to Booksellers
and Agents. The reading public
wish God-speed to the enterprise. which
S under the energetic and skilliul guild
ance of Mr.. Alden, late head OF The
American Book Exchange. The new
company sails under the good motto of
Owe no man anything buy and sell
or cash. Gold dollars ask no favors'-
Ind Mr.. Alden thinks it Is therefore
rec from the danger of wrecking Ey
millionaire publishers and
he lawyers
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Some ofthe papers want a gospel car
attached to all railroad trains. Just i'm
agine the interior OF such car with the
train two hours behind time.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-16
Assessments for Taxation.

A writer In the Western Rural
from Metomcn Wis. excerpts to the
principle advocated In the PLAIN
DEALER some months since Of requir-
Ing the Assessors seal affixed to all
evidence Of debt, trcasnrer's ccrtiflcn-
ties Of tax salca, shcriifs certificates
OF sales, notes, mortgages, and
securities and evidences OF debt to
make them valid. His objection Is
that under such law there would
be double assessments, one on the
farm say 200; mortgage thereon
$4,000 when the entire farm Is repre-.
scented by the first sum. His desire
Is to accomplish the same result VIC
sought after in the method propos-
cd, l. e. to compel every species OF
property to bear its just burden Of
taxation. But we don't believe his
method would succeed In reaching
mortgages and securities. and hence
would be no relief to the mortgaged
land owner as he and his class would
still bear the expenses Of the gov
ernmcnt In local taxation. To re-
lease from ones assessment, the
amount Of the mortgage upon his
property, Is not oil that is required,
for that leaves the burden OF taxa
ton still on the mortgaged land
owner. Each state has . definite
time when all classes Of property Is
assessable. IN Iowa 1t is the first OF
January OF each year. A person
giving In his assessment gives the
property he owned on that day even
thou gh he has subsequently sold 1t,
emitting that subsequently rnrchas.
ed. In illustration OF our Idea. take
a 5000 farm with a mortgage Of
$4,000 payable in four annual install
mcnts. The assessor should make
no deduction from the assessment Of
the land because Of the mortgage.
Compel the owner to present that
for assessment annually or make 1t
void. When that is done, direct the
assessor he having been informed
on what real estate It constitutes q
lien, to deduct itsss amount from the
full amount OF the assessment upon
the farm. II the mortgage or So
curity is not assessed and therefore
becomes void, the person against,
whom 1t was 4 debt suffers no harm
in being taxed the full value Of the
property, thereafter released from it.
The truth is no milk and water reme-
dy Is going to reach mortgages,
debts and securities. Nothing but
to avoid their legal cancellation will
induce their owners to list them for
taxation. When A. has listed with
the assessor his claims against B. Is
time enough for property In BIS. poe
session to escape taxation because OF
debts. II the debts are not taxed
cancel them.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-16
Row IT IS.

LONDON, Feb. 1Oth.--A Jewish rcf-
ngee ut Liverpool, from Kicl, says he
recently saw q number Of Jewish
maidcns stripped naked and logged
through the town. The police re-
fused to interfere. A soldier from
Nikolaif, says his regiment was not
allowed to suppress riots against
Jews. Many women with infants
suffered cruelty.
These infamous outrages against
the deccncies OF life, and the boosted
civilization and christianity OF the age
makes every true hearted man and
woman demand the obliteration OF
the government Undergraduates such
crimes against humanity. The enor-
nifty Of this persecution OF the Jews
is such that English dignitaries have
subscribed and paid already 500.
900 to aid the oppressed Isrealites Of
Russia. The hypocrisy Of the con-
tribution is manifest when 1t
Is known that the same dignitaries
have contributed more than twice
that sum to maintain the condition
Of things in Ireland that is briefly
told In the following dispatch aud
which Is the counterpart Of Russian
cruelty to the Jews:
Dublin. Feb. 1O.-Cotterell, solic-
itor in the London estates commits
sion court, was compelled to resign
in consequence OF Inadvertently
sanctioning the issue from the COM
missioner's office OF . pamphlet can
tanning land league doctrines. The
affair caused much sensation.
1884 persons evicted in 1881, OF
whom lO,062 were re admitted rs ten.
ants caretakers and LIZA cjectmcn,
DEGREES granted for non payment oil
rent representing arrears amount.
ing to 1000.
The evil is In the system. The
truth Is the person who has no high.
er title to the Office he uses to rule
over his fellow man, than "divine
right Is robber o thousand times
mere dangerous to the welfare o.
mankind than would be O half {
million James boys' and younger
brothers plying their vocation
Thoro would be no mawkishnes!
about disposing OF the latter class
but the former have been so Ions
pursuing the vocation, and can poin
to such a venerable train OF robbel
ancestors, that their very crime.
possess sort Of charm to the aver
age Englishman. In view OF tn,
treatment the people OF Ireland ar,
receiving from the English rulers /
may be we'll questioned whether tn,
contributions made for the relief O
the Jews In Russia has any highe
significance than to avert the gaze O
the world from English cruelty /,
Ireland.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-16
Saturday, March 18th 1882,
sDliCe 20 Redeem.
. chas b. solbery or other unknown owners q

TO Chas. b. SolbeTg or other unknown owners OF
the lands hereinafter described:
Take notice that at the adjourned public
Tax Sale, begun and publicly held 1t the ONCE
Of the county Treasurer, In CrescO, Howard
county, Iowa, pursuant TO Law. commencing on
the fifst Monday Of October, 1878, to-wit: on the
9th, day OF December 1873 thereafter,
10 which time said sale had been legally ad-
Journed, the following described real estate was
sold BY the Treasurer Of said county for the
taxes due thereon for the year 1877 amounting
TO the sum Of $2s.5s, sto-Wit: The undivided
forty seven and one hall eighiieth Of the west
one half Of the sw Of =. eleven In I one hundred
north OIL H. twelve, west OF the 5th II. NJ, was
sold Tor the whole thereof and that
N. Is. Dooltt!e, became the
purchaser Of said land III said sale, and that the
right OF redemption win expire and n deed for
said land he made To the undersigned, who IL
now the own.r and holder III his own right, Of
the certificate OF sale made thereon by the
Treasurer OF said county, unlc@s redemption
from said sale Dc make within % days from the
completed service Of this notice.
=. 4. DoOLITTLE Owner.
Dated Feb, Is, isS2. 1878
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-16

The National Reformer, to be is
sued February d, will contain Gen.
Viewers last great and brilliant
speech at Cooper Institute inland q
large amount Of other valuable and
instructive reform literature. Copies
OF this number will be sent, postage
paid, to any address, Mt one cent Der
copy. This is just what you would
have to pay for postage alone. Or.
ders received after date named can.
not be filled. Address the publisher.
ROBERT ScHILLlSa,
No. ll6 Michigan St. Milwaukee Wis.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-16
RckWicklanses.

Bring your note books and store
up the wit and wisdom you will hear
from the members OF the Pickwick
Club. Mr.. Tnpman has had no new
love affair for two months and six
days and three hours. Mr.. Wrinkles
last sporting success was the killing
OF mouse. Tho poetical members
last sonnet was very touching-the
length seven feet, breadth aud dept,
without dimensions.
The President OF the Club has mad,
the discovery that Cleopatru's needle
grew In the gulf OF Mexico.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-16
Horse Notes.
n. i. GRATTAN,
Preston MINI.

tits understood the following dates
have been virtually agreed upon for
Iowa circuit this season: Dubuque,
June 81, So; Cedar Rapids, June
Is, IA, Is. and 10; Marshalltown,
June 20, 81, % and 23; Fort Dodge,
June -, %, 20 and 80, and Cedar
Falls, July 3, 4, s, and 6.
Mr.. J. n. Wallace, of the Monthly,
is engaged in preparing q table oi
$40 horses. with their best records
between 80 and 40. The table will
embrace about 5000 animals. The
work Of preparing such o table Is e.
tremely laborious, and though ii
has uow been in progress for months,
1t is still uncertain when 1t will be
completed and brought out.
Caat. Stone. the manager Of Maud
s., Is reported as saying that In his
opinion the mare would not troi
against st. Julien, in fact that she
would never trot again In public
either against time or In matches
Mr.. Vanderbilt intending to make q
road horse Of her this coming spring
The mare Is said to be rs sound as q
dollar, and never in better condition
The Chicago Driving Park Asso.
citation hang up $4,000 this year FOL
their July trotting meeting,as agains,
~. 600 last year. This sum will be
divided up into purses covering {
weeks races, the consideration fol
every event being sufficiently large
to secure large entries and, as ma.
tural sequence, good sport. The en-.
terprise and liberaity Of the asso.
citation is worthy Of all commcnda'
ton.
Dan Mace thinks he can drive the
PAGER Sorrel Dan, owned by Mr.
Bemis Of Chicago, In 2:O8.
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What are We he. E For.
Fourth Of July Race, 1889.

Free to all Colts. Fillies and Geld.
ings foaled since March first 1879
at Preston, Fillmore county MINI
e25 to flrst; @15 to second: so to
third, mile heats. No charge for en-
trance, but . forfeit OF s., must &C.
company each nomination, which
will be returned to all starters In the
race. Unclaimed forfeits will be
paid to the winner. Entries close
April LIST. II the weather should be
extremely bad, the race will be trot-
ted the first fair day. National rules
will govern. For further particulars
address
II. T. GRArTAx,
Preston Mimi.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-16

The law proposed by Representa-
tive Aldrich amended so as to pre-
vent editors using passes to go to
conventions won't injure the green
hack party. It's editors and dele
gates to conventions never get such
tavors. They are oil reserved for
the party that gives commissioners
instead or law to the monopolies.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-16

The refunding bill which We pub
l:shed last week contains q clause
that favors the withdrawal OF the non-
Understanding debt and the SUBJ
stitution Of an interest bearing debt
which will cost the people over $l2,-
100000 annually. The non-interest-
bearing debt that so disturks the
soul OF the glacial apostle from Ohio
10 e346, OOO, 900 Of greenback money.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-16

Tho Washington Post, the organ
OF the democratic party ut the feder-
al capitol, edited by Stilson Hutch
ms, announced Its willingness to
make Blaine the next democratic
candidate for president. OF course.
Any body but q democrat is good
enough for a candidate for demo-
cratic party without single demo-
cratic impulse or principle.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-16

FrRsT.-Ne propose that the gov
ernment shall issue the currency, as
II does now, but that instead OF fur
nishing II to the national banks, and
paying them for receiving 1t, it shall
be put In circulation for the benefit
of the people, and let the national
banks do rs others have to.
SEcoSD.--Wt do not propose that
the government shall 90 into the
banking business. We only propose
To prevent the banks from going In
to the government business. - Mt.
Pleasant Herald.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-16

II tho boy who wrote the review OF
Samuel Crocker's speech, for the
Adams county Union, will step into
some law office and read the decis-
Ion reported in XVI Iowa reports
commencing a. page 25l, and then
turn to u Wallacc's United States
Supreme Court reports and read the
case commencing on page 500, he
will hide his ears till his beard has
had time tn s,.>St - lsast. Ho moy
even then never be gree ahacke.
but he'll know enough to be ashamed
Of tho pedantry shown in that article
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-16

Vanderbilt with an annual income
Of over two million dollars gener-
ously offers to pay taxes on one mil
lion dollars Of property even after
the tax commissioners after most
searching examination had found
that the poor man was not liable to
any personal tax. Phancy the phee-
links Of the knaves or idiots who
constitute the tax commissioners OF
New York.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-16

Douglas w. Vanderhoof book
keeper In the first national bank of
st. Paul stole $4,000 from that in.
stitution, and is under arrest for the
robbery. The capital OF the bank
was only 100000, which shows that
the business Of these institutions is
largely maintained from deposits.
OH Its the best system in the world |!