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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-06-01

IL carried AtA loea 10 Tho Government, and IL
the Government IL 10 be taxed FOR tho tfAns-
pottAtion u either elass Il should be for the
second class.
Senator Logan Il again In his scat.
lie proposes 10 hsht against Eta John Porter
With all his capacity, and ~ push forward tho
elsaas ~ the Army bin III rrsArd to compulsory
nliten,ent,
kohcn H. Hit, cA.Assistnut Secretary
Ut k,ate ArreNnl hcfosr thu House Committee
III Foreign ANaisr. and IN. examined touching
MNtteM eehn@'ted with TIN Ghiltan. Peruvian
investigation Witness arranged an interview
hetWeeM eeant ne Monttetfand, the Represent
Alse IT tho Cied.t Md0stalel and secretary
hNine, N which ~ltncae WAs pfeecnh Tho
Count aatelaed the plans Of As company. which
eMhrerea psp,ec.erate by tho united sta,ea.
Mr. Blstne said he could 10 nothing and prom.
lac nothing,
The SenNte Finance Committee will
probably renN tsscrahls tho ltoase bank
Charter hill Nth eo.nc sltght amendment.
The rum II slOo.0sM left by Mr..
Lewis, " New York, 10 reduce tho public ,,cht,
IA. hecn Placed 4. tho DISPOSAL ~ thu SECRETARY
II tho neaEaty,
Comptroller VI Tho Currency Knox
MAle an a.gnn,sn, hetrre thr senatc Finance
tenn,,,,ee on the Ncupe hin rn.N,ng tho
charters VI national hank. He fa,end tho
main rsavssisns II the bi,l, Int snggest,a some
AMenlmcnte
The reports from South America show
that The Peruvian Government ii attn cllns,nR
h TIN hurc tina, the United stAtes viii come TO
tNe hen, 10 rs~ven, Chill swallowing that 10
pNhlN
Secretary Lincoln has Information
that resm and twen,s.ntac other coloM.ts
whlc attempting II invade the Indian Terri.
tas wcM captured by ,reoM scMt on, frem
Eaat RcaA and taken hacA 10 ksnsss. The an.
,Aoss,se@ hsva not acc,lel what disposition 10
make AZ them,
HIM. Russell Errtt, Congressman
tnM Hs,.eassN, IN Attempting u alsh trrm
esseh At tho entrance u the Hoase " Repre-
.snsat,Ses MAS thrown hcad first against the
sssM,e ssera and,e tho NrehwAy, cutting his
elssks and hsNaking hss no@e
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-06-01

hnts for shelter OF 10 TO the poor-honsc. On
Dillon pledging himself that no violence would
result II permission 10 build cabins was granted,
Trevcllyan secretary for ireland, gave consent
to the project, but said intimidation would 10
atpfnty ranreAeed
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-06-01
A CHARAArRR in /" Oddities az So

A CLEARWATER in " Oddities Of South
ern Life" thus describes himself u
am fighter from Bitter creek !; I'm \
wolf, and this is my night to how. I've
three rows Of front teeth, aud nary tooth
alike. The folks on Bitter creek are
had the higher up you 90 the wuss
they are, and I'm from the head waters. !"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-06-01

A NAN who eloped with Wisconsin
wife left : note for the husband: II
have looked your woman but yu ar
welcum TO my last weeks wages, which
I didn't draw; and ! hoap that squares
things"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-06-01
Advantages II Living on the Line.

A number Of years ago Baptist cler-
gyman named Clevinger was one the
most po, ular men in two States. His
house was built in such manner that =
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-07-21
What Yachting Costs.

That nice little snow on Decoration
Day. said an experienced yachtman of
New York, to a reporter for the Nail
costs the yacht owners of the city not
less than $4,000. 1t takes money, [ tell
You, to put yacht in condition for such
Il sail even when she is in commission
and everything seems to be ready. 1t
was something nice TO see the sails Of my
sloop Tapping in the wind as we rounded
the Southwest Spit. Well, every flap
costs me about fifty dollars, that's all.
This gentleman who has, perhaps, built,
boughtand sailed more sloop and schoon-
er yachts than any other one man in
America. was in excellent position TO tell
something about the expenses of yacht
ing. He had been opening his pockets
very literally for dozen years or so,
paving sailors and sailmakers COOKS.
stewar.s. captains and painters, and he.
seemed inclined to tell his experience
He.2aisi thaesllss first yacht, a sloop. c0st
him $l5 00o. ''When she was all
ready he continued, the furniture in,
the crew on board, and the pantry and
wine closets stocked. | anchored her oil
Tompkinsville and invited a party of
friends to 90 out and take sail. Before
the mainmast was hoisted for the first
trip, that sloop cost me $4,000. The
season ; sport as l thought It men, or
work, rs | am inclined now TO think 1t
was. stood me in IS. 900 more, or soclose
TO SO. 600 all told, it would make your
head swim "'What are some of che
expenses of keeping up goot sized
yacht?'' Exactly the same as eeping
up a good-sized house that is D say,
lust what the owner viii stand. If he
has $4,000 to spare, and is esy in
money matters and fond of company, a
season of Yachting viii cost him 80, 900.
If he is close, does things on small
scale and has little company, lie may
squeeze through on 3. 600. You an get
a sailing master ike a watch, fo most
any price. / pay mine $1,000 year,
and consider him cheap. | have had one
steward for four years at 500 a month
for the season. Champagne is preemi-
ncntly the yachtman's weakness, and
champagne costs money good cram
pagne. 4 man can drink twice as mich
without feeling any bad effects whenhe
is on the salt water as when he is asho'e-
Then, besides these bills, you have yolr
regular salary list, payable monthly
This varies in price with the size and
character of the Yacht. My list averages
over 5000 a month Some are more and
some are less. / need not mention the
trining matter of cigars. They must b
the best always, and cost nearly as mucl
rs the food
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A Cheap Grafton.

=
There IS yet living in Central MidI-
gan a lawyer who, some fifteen or siNten
years ago was waited upon by c'm
mittee from small village for the our-
pose of engaging him to deliver a Fourth
of July Grafton. When they askSd his
pricehe said that he considered twenty
i've dollars cheap en6ugh.
ssAIercv on rpeNplained The Chair
man, but we capt pay no such price as
that! That mus be regular Henry
/ CLAY oration.
Wei sss,fin re
fayoI,3;s1-1s ,ge can'i stst7Td i-We mus
10 - - cheaper one.
. How cheapa
Not over live dollars. Wen give
YOU five dollars, your dinner. and all the
lemonade YOU can drink for the cheapest
Grafton in your head"
I'm do itr replied the lawyer, and
the money was paid him on the spot
He was on hand on the glorious day,
and by and by the procession moved to
the grove. the orator took the stand and
was introduced, and without any fooling
around he walked to the front and said:
" Fellow-countryman: We whipped
England twice and Mexico once. We
are a free people. This IS the glorious
Fourth Give EN- Hail Columbia and
90 in for a good time the end. F"
He had given them tive-dollar ora
ton and every soul in the crowd except
one old woman was perfectly satisfied
She followed the orator around until she
had cornered him, and then expressed
her disgust by saying;
:. Seems to me that if you had really
desired to please the crowd you wouldn' I
have chopped that off without single
word about Noah 5 ark or the battle of
Bunker HilI?''-DetToit Free Press.
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The rneonselons in Education.

When a child is born we may imagine
that it tries to conceive what And OF
world it is about to enter. Myriads OF
kinds of worlds are possible or concely-
able. But which is to be the kind that
it is to enter? The child's nerve-par-
ticles are in perfect chaos, with not
nerve-process or an idea formed, pue
only a general disposition OF its nerve
particles, which is to modify the nerve
processes and the ideas that 1t IS 10
acquire, and to thus give 1t dlstlnct
individuality in addition to the lndlvldu-
alitv that the pecuiarity of its experience
will furnish. With this indifference TO
start from, the child receives impress
sions from the outer world with every
sensation that it feels. Every glance
shows it a multitude OF things Whlcn
might have been different tor all II
knows, but which, being as they are'
and the child having no different ex-
periences to compare them with, make
impressions upon its mind that are, 1of
the most part, received unconsciousiy
and without surprise. If the child had
any remembrance of any other kind OF
world with which to compare TINS, IL
would see much to wonder at, ana wouId
be conscious OF every new anu strange
eNOaripnce. But. as IL Is, nOlnlng Is new
or sfranoe to the child; everything makes
its irnpression on the mind; and, because
there are few contrasts, few ideas reach
consciousness. 1t is said that a child
learns much morein its first year than in
any other wear of its life, and almost al
that II then learns must be acquired un'
consciously. These, rather than any othel
impressions. are formed in the mind, ano
the mind receives them without challenge
or comparison. because it has none Other
10 compare them with. Consciousness:
is only possible in comparison. In this
unconscious way the child learns the
fundamental laws of the world and O
life. r. oets the ideas of this particular
world rather than of any other; it only
becomes conscious where it sees contrast
and makes comparisons; and this uncon
scious acquisition continues all through
life, learn to think this, rather thar
that but never thought that there coulC
be any ..that:n when became conscious
of a THAT. . [ become conscious of this. ;
Tins most of my unconscious knowledge
is a negative rather than positive gain
bv IT / am prevented from going in an,
one of an infinite number of ways excep
this one. My unconscious knowledg
Furnishes me with bounds within which
7 move which prevents my wandering
John Rascon1, in Education.
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1t a JustiIlabIe Practice.


1t wuld be no justification OF such
praeties, even il it were true that the
Demeratic party in other days resorted
+ to I'll matchmaking methods now prac-
ticeS bv the Republicans, to take a
gigatic campaign fund from the Treas
ury through the employees OF the Gov
erTnent. Nor is it pertinent to say
tbs. if in power, the Democrats would
nov do the same thing. The fact IS the
Dmocrats did not do it. The farther
tnth is that on very recent occasion,
4 vhen they had control OF the House Of
Representatives. the proposition to as
ess the employees of the House was
! alphabetically rejected. There is nothing
/ analogous in the history of Democratic
/ party management TO the Standard
/ deliver eXactions of the party now in
power. There is no good reason for
the collection of any such sums OF money
as are now demanded. That Is, there IS
no reason consistent with honesty and
purity in elections The profession
that the funds are required to furnish
the people with information is a sub
terfuge. The information necessary to
the complete understanding of every
question is furnished the people through
the local and metropolitan press OF
the country much in advance of
that afforded by the campaign
committees. As a matter of fact,
the money extorted from Government
employees is not used for any such
purpose Certainly not much of it Is
so used. A large portion of this ex-
torted money goes on its mission in a
much more direct channel. The feeble
and the doubtful, the INDECENT and the
mercenary, are piled with arguments
much more persuasive than are found
in political tracts The evidence of
this has been presented in overwhelm-
1 inc force There are numerous dis
tricts and some States where "a very
small per cent. of change turns the
scale of victory. This money finds its
wav into these localities and is placed
where it will do the most good. y
I What with the personal efforts of all
! the postmasters, post-oflice clerks, let
/ iter-carriers, mail-agents, Internal Rev.
enue agents, officers and clerks. Pen
sion agents and clerks. special Mar
lshals and the money which each is
forced TO contribute, the party in power
tands on coigne of vantage which
makes their overthrow a Herculean
ask, even though the reasons for a
dhange of Administration may be inn
/ prtant and urgent The temptation
fr the leaders of party thus fortified
| toabuse their trusts and enrich them
sehes at the public expense, and to
buid up and foster great abuses, is so
i str0g as to demand the greatest vigil
anceand the most stubborn resistance
by he people of every encroachment
uponthe guarantees and safeguards OF
the laws and of the customs and tradi-
tions f the better and simpler days OF
the GGernment.=.St. Louis Republican.
-Tlsre is to be daily Chinese news
paper sarted in Hong Kong. the first
sentureof the kind the Chinese have
taken. If the editor doesn't say in his
salutatoy that the paper is started to
=. fill l1g-felt want he will manifest
very littA ability for the position. and
neglect asplendid opportunity to get of
something original-in China Norris
! s..,.., Uo,I6
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French Assurance.

Under the heading of Un Pickpocke,
Distingue" the French journals publish
the following story: ''At the Chateau
reux races a skillful pickpocket, with an
open countenance. whipped from the
hand of lady richly-embroidered
nloichoir which she was carrying. The
victim was unconscious of the robbery.
but some persons who were standing
close to her saw the deed committed. and
raised the usual cry of ..Au roleur =
which is equivalent to our Stop thief .
Our hero, instead of levantin9 like a
vulgar rascal, remained upon the spot
calm and immovable. After casting a
glance of superb disdain upon his would
be pursuers. he used the dainty handker-
chief several times with as much yipor
as dignity; then, with a iaunty. air.
rendered the lady her nsouchoir, saving:
Madam, a thousand pardons. !. 1 came
out without a pocket-handkerchief. and
nothing is more ineonvenient. / thank
YOU The astonishment this act created
was SO overwhelming that no one thought
of arresting the impudent thief, who was
soon lost in the crowd. -
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Three Vicious ROYs.

Three little boys yesterday broke into
car OF the Reading Railroad, which
was standing outside the depot at Broad
and Callowhill Streets, and committed
sad havoc among its contents. With a
couplin-pln they smashed in the head of
a barrel OF crackers, and, after eating
several quarts. strewed the floor of the
car with some more and executed war
dance IN honor of their achievements.
They next attacked keg of apple but
ter, which they absolutely wallowed in.
After that they opened barrel of eggs
and filed baskets with them to take
home Ihe rest they churned with an
iron bar Harold Mclaughlin, aged
seven, was captured by Detective r. H.
Gray and taken to- the Superintendent's
Office, where numerous confessions were
extorted. He admitted that the other
two marauders We're his brother Lewis,
aged nine' and boy named Aiken Be
ing asked what he would do if let 90, he
replied: Come back and cet some
more eggs and things Detective GRAY
says that these depredations by small
children are of frequent occurrence
that when he prosecutes he is laughed
out of court on account of their tender
age, and they know this and become
reckless Philadelphia Times.
When they want to be a little utter
in Key West they have turtle eoo socials
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RoW TIE WIND BLoWs.
One night little Annie kept Watching tn,

One night little Annie kept watching the
clock,
Wcsca;,erssrid waiting for some one to knock:
Bat when Willy stood ON the kitchen loor,
She was far more busy than ever before
She had not a moment in which to talk,
And she did not care for moonlight walk;
The milk was tostIain. little ANNE said,
And the yesist to set for to-morrow's bread.
But Love is so blind, and Will wouldn't sec
That Annie was cold Us girl could be:
He had come TO WOO, and he wished To stay,
Though Annie was wishing him far away
So he lingeredo on till young Robin came;
Little Annie b1ushed when she heard his name.
She bid him come I'm, with a smile and sigh; p;
She glanced at him oft with kindly eye.
Asshe checrfulIy hurried with hands and feet,
She asked him after his sheep and his wheat;
And many and sweet were the words she said,
As she strained the milk and leavened the
bread.
Then Willie saw things IN a clearer light;
He watched them awhile, and said: Good
For well he knew that feather viii show
a sensible man how the lEtnd doth blow.
>zseazo tsrnssa-e - z<<ra,. =, 80,
BY a glance or step, II she loves YOU well;
A glance or a step. il n man isn't blind,
is the straw IN the wind of woman's mind
And in life, as in love, its the same, say
Trifies hold the key, and they point the way;
For feather Will show what wind doth blow,
Or a straw, if the tide doth ebb or How.
-Hdrper's IYeelfly.
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I'm memory Of his only daughter.
who died in Paris last winter, Mr.. Charles
g e Francklyn intends to open Memo
rial Home for Friendless Children at Long
Rranch. For this purpose he has pur-
chased the Fitzpatrick residence, short
distance west of the station OF Alberon.
The institution will be opened shortly.
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shad on the Northern Pacific Coast.

On Monday last r. Look, whom we
have noticed heretofore as engaged in
fishing, caught in his weirs on the east
side of the bay two shad, one two-thirds
grown and the other full grown. They
were examined by Captain Hale and 9th
er Down casters, Mr. Look being an old
fisherman himself, and there was no
question as to their being shad. These
are the first of these fish caught north of
the Columbia River, and the first full
grown one we have ever heard of on the
coast. Five years ago the eggs We're sent
from the Atlantic BY the United States
fish commission. and put in the Saera-
mento River, and young ones have oeca-
siOnally been caught in Monterey, San
Francisco and Humboldt bays since that
time. Two years ago one or two were
caught in the Columbia. and quite num-
Der last year. Now they have reached
Puget Sound, but probably in small num-
bers. We do not doubt that in q few
years they will be plenty. They are a
delicious fish, scarcely, if any, inferior
to the salmon for the table. On the At
lantic coast the arrival of shad is noted
as much as any event of the season. I'm
like salmon, they migrate from the South
in the spring and go North, first being
heard from on the Florida coast, and
their presence is reckoned to a day when
they will reach the various points north
until the provinces. 1t would seem that
they are traversing this coast in the same
manner and in a few years, when we
hear of them being caught at Monterey
bay, our fishermen will tell US what day
afterward we will have shad for din
ner.- olympia Washington Territory
| TRANSCRIPT
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-07-21

The graduation of a Japanese young
woman at Vassar is an event of Unusual
significance
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Has it ever occurred to baseball
men that a milk pitcher is generally .
good fly catcherP
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The Pennsylvania Platform.
The late Pennsylvania State Demo-
cratic Convention adopted the following
platform of principles:

The late Pennsylvania State Demo-
cratic Convention adopted the following
platform Of principles:
The Dem cratic patty OF Pennsylvania,
holding fast To the faith that all power not del
eglted by the Constitution is reserved to the
states and tn p1Op-e; upholding the sanctity
of personal liberty. the security of private
property. and the right of local self-govern-
ment: demanding honesty and economy in the
adm inisrration OF the Govern ment. and en-
f0rccment of al provisions Of the COnstitu-
ton by the Legislature and Courts of the Com.
monwealth: dsc.aring against n2nopoles and
in sym afhy with labor seeking its protection,
and in favor of the industrial interests of
Pennsylvania. at this time do solemnly protest
against the evils Waich he policy and practices
Of the Republican purity and the insolence of
its lOng possession o4 Office have thus brought
upon the county; fherefore,
]. We do protest against what = called the
ssbossT system. aud also the piundering of
icehoiders by assessments of money for po-
iiticaI purposes. Public Offices are the prop
erty of no party, hi! are open TO every citizen,
tiOn-qualificat ions which Jefferson declared
were requisi ties for Office.
.. We protest aga nst the spoils system. II
is prostitution of the on res OF the people so
that they become mere perquisites of poll
ticians.
b We denounce all reputation, State and
Federal because it Is dishonest and destruc-
tive of that public morality upon which are
founded the existence and perpetulty OF our
free institutions. 1t should be made odious,
and the political party that aids It and abets II
with office deserves public condemnation
T. We denounce the spoiiation of the State
Treasury and immunity by pardon of those
convicted of crimes whose acts were Migrant
subversions of official trusts and wrongs done
the people.
). we b eIieve the Republican party, as now
organized and controlled is based on fraud
force and corruption. and there can be no hope
of true reform except by force of the ballot
box. excluding il from place and power
g. The Democratic party demands Legislative
and honest. just and true apportionment.
Z. Upon these declarations we invite the co
operation of all houe citizens who, with US
desire the re-ostablishment of honest govern
ment
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A Somerville young lady has the
happy faculty of being able to combine
business with pleasure. w hen she S.i'n- u
ers autumn leaves she sews them into
the waist of the dress she wears on the
ni0ht her sweetheart visits her. and thus
she oets them pressed without trouble
to herself. - SOnserUilLe journal.
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Boston complains of the .'earthy
TASTE of the city water, and the New
Haven Register wants to know If the
Boston people must have a heavenly ma
vor added to their water before they will
drink it contenaedly.
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The London Standard says that the
dominant influences of the day are uni
formly hostile to copious, and not too
friendly to moderate drinking. There
are few English refreshment rooms in
places of public resort where milk IS not
largely in demand. The amount OF
wine drunk at dinner parties IS much
smaller than of yore. Many drink none
and others largely dilute it. This arises
from the action of the teetotal societies,
whose sobering influences have spread
upward
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The first Napoleon had an amazing
memory for figures. He remembered
the respective produce of all taxes
through every year of his administra-
ton. and could repeat them even to the
centimes. Running over an account of
expenditures. he noted the rations of a
battalion charged on a certain day at
Besancon. THAT battalion was not
there. said he The Minister, know
inc that the Emperor had been out of
France at the time, submitted that ne
thought it must have been there. lG
turned out that Napoleon was rlght'
and that a fraud had been committed
The peculator WAS dismissed, and the
anecdote went through the army, m
spring a wholesome alarm ~ I. sun
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An old Scotchman attributes the dis
appearance of ghosts from the Scottish
moors to the custom of tea-drinking at
social meetings. Itrequires Scotch whls-
ky on top of old ale to enable man to
see q ghost really worth talking about
IN. Y. Post.
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w hen they want to be little utter
in Key W est they have turtle egg socials