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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-03-22
Political Notes.

Tnr Forty-serenth Congress i tic
late. hu, not lamcntel
ir now leaks out that twenty wears
ago Senator TimunaS. Of Vermont.
was President Of a baseball club. Tho
fact is IL 10 used as a In, with which In
knock his Presidential aspirations in tho
head.
STsslNunArs, of Missouri. who RI,
criycd two years salary for one days
service in the House, grumhles because
his hill Of 500 for stationery was nos
allowed, q Cheek, thy name is SEES
singhaas'
PRESIDENT ARTHUR las given John
Sherman to understand that he has na
influence Mt the White House. John
Sherman's hrogans made deep i'm.
preston on Mr.. Arthur's mind. though
the kicks were no, lodged in n region
supposed to he in close proximity to hii
lrains.
AFTER next July the postage on MI
domestic letters of enc-half ounce 81 less
will he reduced To two cents. Here il
a practical test of governmental man,
agement, With NIL tn. corruption and
thieyery III the postal sersice-the uatn-
raj outcome If the spoils ssst.m tho
postoflice last year came ont with Il
balance in its favor. The railroads and
the telegraph came out with balance
In their favor. too. But there il this
| difference: the balance from the post
office goes to the people, while the bal
ance resulting from the railroads aud
| telegraph goes into the pockets If cor
morants who have usurpedt the sovereign
| ts and stolen the lands ri ihe people
| irish lliotid.
THERE il no standard ala>n against
| which the Anti Monopolists have waged
more determined war than that If rail-
and State officials generally. Every
| feature of success, Therefore, il hailed
hy us with exceptional pleasure AZ an
assurance Of the healthy growth of
Autobiography principles, We there
fore take great pleasure in calling at
tentioa to the following action Of the
Pennsylvania House Of Representatives..
and We will call especial attention to
| the majority hy which the hill Wa
| placed upon the calendar: After a
warm fight la the PENNSYLVANIA IA use
of Representatives last might motion
to place OH the calendar the hill to for
bid all officials and emIioyes If the
State Government IL accept free passes
under penalty Of misdemeanor the bill
having been reported ady.rselyl was
carried, ayes $50. nays "a. "--jnsttce.
UNLESS the honest and honorable
men and women Of the world will agree
that dishonorahle wealth il wicked
wealt, and that the men WHO use their
strong and cunning brains TO rob thei,
weaker neighbors are no better than
the pirates on the seas, are TO lie hated
and despised iy all honest people, and
upon conviction are tn he punished,
then there il nothing 10 check the III
eyitable result, which will come II
good and bad, weak and strong alike
III the shape OF degradation and ruin. ---
Justice.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-03-22
POLITICAL.

The result If the late election for
county officers IN Falls county, rrN,, VAS
decided by the Notrs If seventeen natural.
iscd ch,nam.n, and nov the defeated canat.
dates are contrasting the election npun thu
ground that Il stat. law passed ia ista
limited the isSuanveof naturalization ranels
IL white foreigners, aud, II Il cained, lis
franchiscd Cinnamon who had already tahrn
out naturalization papers
A highsliccnse act has h,rn adopted
hy both houses oi the Missouri |. ri~a,urG
The New jersey Senate has passed IL
bin forhidaing the sale VI cigarettes or
tobacco IN any form To minors
4 bill prescribing thu whirpingpo>t
Us the penalty ier wiieshea,ing has passed
the Illinois House et Representatives
4 convention III Rhode l>lana m,le.
renaents assembled II Providence AMI Nom
mated ex-senator William srfagae Tor
Governor
toy, Butler, Of Massachusetts. W.
toed the hil making appropriations tar
charitable and retonmasesy institute ns IT
the State
The bill IL settle the r.ane tsee STATE
debt at u, cents, with j pcs cent, interest,
passed 10th branches II The Iegi~laturr
The PreSilea, has appointed A. y,
WNman, Assistant Treasurer II the tnl,cd
States, IL IL fna>,arr, vie lanes aal,illam
khoa, Island Republicans met in
convention al Providence AMI nomnna,.d A.
u Raurn. Tor Governor and u a Hathhan
Tor Lieutenant Governor
An encounter took place in the
Senate chamber ut Harrisburg, Ia, between
Senators Mcknight and Emory, III, latter
had accused the former at mi>prfesentng
his constituency the liz ws> passed, aaa an
eNehane. III blows followed ky>sanlerS
nssrierea and separated the h,lllgrsvnt
statesmen h.tore either had ~Aao,scSl al.t~
his antagonist
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-03-22

Lands bought and sold on commission. Some
of the most desirable Lands in Howard county
for sale at very low figures. and on easy terms.
Improved farms rented for non residents.
Any business inirusted To my care will receive
prompt attention. 1874
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-03-22

A WOODEN mill al Mexico, Mo, was
swept away by tire Loss ssNoos iasar-
anee, sa.sa
The burning al tho Miami dis,illerv
AT HAMILTON Ohio, casailea a loss III siee.
~
William Keys, farmer If Green.
neid, ahie as<asea ssaNtaa aud John Tas-
lef> soa~ ~ ncsghher, al stealing ;rem hsm
4 ngAs ca>aesa mSea kess shot stanton
laslr shrvayh the heart aud Nartally
Wounded lohn TAYLOR,
The cut II legS In Northern and Cen.
tral WISCONSIN Ter thu ~sasaa ,a>, closing
Will aecossas IL careful estimates, hr
am uniting IN tie aggregate 10 something
ltk. |, ,sssssa0oA feet.
The white lead works n, Washington,
Ia, We're burned causing \ loss Of sasesA
While She Vas kneellng in ,,raSer. a
| spark fell u,Nan and lgut,ea the slr,esS IL Mrs
Ann Roland, NJ bridgeport, Conn, and sAe
was - hasiss burned that She aiea the sol.
/ lowing menlag,
Benjamin Bates, granddaughter of
Edward naseS Attorney Gvaelal under
/ l1eSaen, lincoln. committed suicide Al,
/ Richmond, Va
Concerted action against the anareh.
i lists l. said To hc contemplated hy the
! Governments O, Great Britain, Russia,
France and Germany,
/ l.ora nanrsscn has a plan for the
4
ers aud tos tie prevention o. the recurrence
OF distress in ireland which h. viii present
during the present session ii, Parliament In
The form ~ a bill
LAZY Florence Dixie, Who's. efforts
u raise funds ter the destitute people a
Ireland have given hvr Prominence, and
who reseasly nahilshed charges that tao
Leaders If The Irish land League hal SD,
ifaau.a the peasants out II large sum ii
money contributed tnr their aid. Mas. ~.
casssing To londan dispatches. til, victim nj
nm assault under MYSTERIOUS circumstances
She reports tia, While walking ia In,
forest ut Mlaasar IA. Mas an
preached by two men Ia fsanaae attir.
Who, after asking Ter tie time III aag
attacked her VITA dagger Lady nxis
sN"ensd, aaa when ~. recovered con,
!, seriousness the men Lad disappeared. hay
tng ho.sn taGght at, ~ Sire believes Nv hai
larrr naStis all ras>h'R alarmed l,v t4s
, allrutseh @g 81 ,@Ft Her ,1ty~~ wg4s ga il
several places "a. tlasnss al a ,aes ~ l.aHan.
. hssn paired by 81 "arses st.,@, l&8s I.x3.G
. stay va related =, Intervals 81 .sfa,,tsssr,
danHs nervous g, trataaa brought "a i,
IA. sdseAtsas
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-03-22

This werd a applied 10 our name il moi con-
lined TO any Class or calling, II recognizes labor
a. the source oi all wealth. and all VINO produce
wealth or add TO the prosperity and happiness
ct wealth producers as lahorers. Unjust or nn-
wise laws divide citizens uf the same Govern
nent into classes. such laws III this country
have created al untaxed and idle class here i,
docs not follow. however. that Others should he
given privileges not granted Ia all. Our paris
demands the passaGeof just ana wise laws which
will i'lac. ~ on All equality before the Law
The relation which now exists between mones
and lahur IL tn~spatahle.
In the DAYS ~ harharism money was un
known, because commodities were then On
changed directly between those Who proauces
them.
L. the days of semi harlarisfn, VIII n the Inf,
OF nations depended au the caprice OF conquer
j "rs. Notwithstanding money Was deemed indis
gcnsahle.
Bat that time L. iiast in this country where al
tiassss require more or icAs money In Thea
daily transactions: aud the lite Of the nation
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London Letter to Philadelphia Pressl

lbohuph LSilti W IhldhclpHid Ecsn
The echoes of the Bright celebration are
still reverbera,ng throughout the world.
Mr.. Bright looked anxious and worn. His
portraits well represent his face, and the
deep lines one sees in these, indicating age
and hard work, are only too true to life. He
is OF medium high, inclined to the rotund
in form, with massive head, whose great
weight seems to have forced it forward from
his shoulders, giving him, when in repose,
slightly stoopy appearance. iis white
hair falling gracefully back from dome-likc
forehead, seems to have been specially grown
bv nature to set of those grand features,
and, indeed, his whole makeup is such that
the most casual observer could have no diff
Guilty in s!ngling him out as great man from
among thousands. The eyes that used to
sparkle are now dull with age, but you can
See that there are slumbering fires in them,
and occasionally, as he speaks, they light up
as of yore. In his voice great
change is Observable. The clear, mu-
sical tones of this organ have been
of his oratory. The only otuer English
speaker who has borne any comparison with
him in the spell he has been able TO throw
over audiences by the magic OF the human
voice, has been MIR. Spurgeon. The latter,
being only in the prime of life, still wields
his scepter of power unimpaired, whereas
just enough of it remains in the grasp of the
former to remind one Of what he must have
been before the blight of advanced years
settled on his faculties. But in the othei
qualities which have combined to make
him the greatest orat t)r OF the age Mr.
Bright is still himself. He uses the SAINT
strong Saxon speech. He still draws his illus
tra,ions from common life. The soul of con
viction still shines through his utterances
He is still transparently sincere aud beanti
fully simple in what he says, and all the ole
power of humor and irony remains Above
all does the listener still see behind The
spoken words and towering transcendcntly
above them the noble character Of the man
Now, as always, this is the great secret OF
his power to thrill and move his country.
mcu, and it was to this quality more than ,t
any other that the mammoth gathering ol
%, 900 paid lis Tribute of enthusiasm ant
love on last Wednesday evening.
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a sad smile, "Wo live upon aims all that
we possess is taken from us by" Here
his holiness checked himself as il about to
utter too hitter word. Then resuming with
energy, as II thinking too loud, "Oh, these
prosecutions. You send them to purify us,
even rs the leaven is pure" | see Inn still
as he stood-the blue sky for his back
ground, the palms and the magnolas around
him. Then he added, | have read IN the
papers that, in spite Of political disturbances,
the Irish churches arc filled with worship
pcrs, especially during Holy Week. God
be praised. May prayers bring peace to a
troubled people, 1t was on my lips to say,
"But, Holy Father, what time have you to
read newspapers" ?" but did not.
The time OF our audience was ended.
Those who were with me rose from their
knees. Before went he blessed me, and
never was greater grandeur united to more
simplify. To continue the routine of the
day. AT four o'clock again commenced the
official audiences. OF course these arrange
mcnls vary with the seasons am speaking
of the autumn and carly spring, and it is
quite seven o'clock before his holiness has
any repose OF body or of mind. Then comes
the Office of evening prayer, and a laborious
solitude until half-past eight. Then sup
per, as frugal as the dinner. Yet in spite Of
these well-tillcd hours, the illustrious Pontifr
steals time from the night TO study the
erudite books and to minutcly examine all
the new works on theology sent 10 him by the
different nuncios; and this life he has led for
five years without interruption.
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men corresponded in cipher OF lsome kind
or another, habit which has been mistaken
for evidence Of craft, when, in fact, it
was merely desire to render cor
rcspondence private. As the system of pos
tai service was, it was so superior to the
facilities for travelling that few were dispos.
ed TO complain. In those days the man
who, for any purpose, attempted to start on
journey from Virginia to Massachusetts,,
cllled his friends together, gave them fare
well dinner, made lis will, had prayers for
his safety offered up in the church, and made
his general arrangements as a man now would
If intending TO go to India or Africa for q
term of years. In Washinoton's time
two stages carried oil the travel
between New York and Boston, post
ing eighteen hours of each day and reach
ing their destination in only six days.
When the stage stuck In the mud all the
passengers turned out as they do now out of
a street car, got rails and helped the driver.
When New York was 10 sight the wrctched
passengers were sometimes compelled to wait
for len days, if there chanced to be wind,
before they could cross the river aud not in-
frequently, when ice was running, ferry
boat would be crushed in the foes and the
passengers forced to Chamber out on the
cakes, where they would float for hours at
the imminent danger of being carried out to
sea.-C0r. 81. Louis Globe Democrat.
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SOME TRAVELLING COsTUMEs.
What TO Wear ~ One Desires to Look
Neat and Keep Cool.

Quite the prettiest and coolest II travelling
dresses. are composed of spotted foulards--
dots in two sizes-msie with pleatcd skirt or
chemse,te of plain foulari on the ground
color and with a plain flchu trimmed with
lace. The hat is OF straw the shade OF the
silk and is trimmed with cross folds or half
handkerchief of the dotted fabric. Other
very good designs are in plain wool. dark
gray, navy blue, or biscuit brown, made
with jersey bcdces, tine jacket form outlined
with velvet and velvet upon the apron front,
the bonnet oi black or wild blackberries.
Linens are not much used, not even as
busters They yield so readily to the action
of moisture and look SO limp and despairins
when rainpd upon, that the effect Is depress.
ing Then the color OF the natural flax is not
bee )miug aud although linen bleaches beau.
liluly, il does not dye success fully. fho
Inca houses have imported some braided
ROBES this season, the Recommendation ex, cut
ei in colors, which are rather snowy but
look VERY we'll while new. But experienced
women are shy ot them, and they are not
sought for.
Fine checked SumHcr silks and louisines
arc iash!onably used for travelling and arc
oftcn accompanied by busters and bonuets to
match. The bonuet is the capote, and it con-
ssts simply OF a 5, fl crown and gathered or
pulled brim, with little wreath OF mustard
or cress in the fold. The black aud white
checks mc worn with black jerseys or Jersey
bodiceS. Flannel for travelling or for the
seaside appears more frequently in navy
blue and gray than in any other color, and is
always made up with close sleeves and close
fitting jersey bodice The long Swcck gloves,
the Ruy Bias hat, with its aigrette of feath-
era the soft leather satchel and slender nm
l...h N. oh - t,.tl lat Gi
with natural wood handle, are features OF the
toilet.
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them a golden brown. They can be ar
ranged round the haddock and n sauce
made as follows, either poured over the
whole or served separately: Take one
ounce of butter and a tablespoonful of
flour and stir together in saucepan
when mixed add half pint of boiling
water, n little pepper and salt and table
spoonful OF anchovy sauce, and let it sim
mer for ten minutes.
Salmon, either fresh or canned, may be
made delicious dish if fresh, boil the
fish i'll salted water until it is tender, then
put layer of bread or cracker crumbs in
the bottom of II pudding dish, then lay
cr of fish season with pepper and salt !;
fill the dish with alternate layers of fish
and crumbs; wet the bread crumbs with
milk, or, if this is too rich to suit your
taste, use hot water. Bake for long
hour, and have the top well Drowned.
This is Il dish especially designed for sup
per.
One reason why corn bread is SO often
unsuccessful is that the batter is too
thick !; it should be thinncrthan for John
ny.cake, MS the flour helps to thickeu it.
Then one ought not to rely too implicitly
on receipts some kinds Of flour and
meal thicken more than others, SO it is
well to observe carefully the first time
you use Hour or meal from new sack
On account of this difference many cooks
prefer to purchase flour by the barrel,
even for very small family.
Red raspberry pudding is made in this
way: To two ounces Of butter allow
three ounces each of sugar and flour
h,nt tp., IL Al
sugar then add the flour and the butter,
which You have warmed so that it will
mix readily ; little salt aud grated nut
meg muy then be stirred in. Butter some
coffee cups, and in the bottom Of each
one put tablespoonful IA large one-of
jam, or two tablespoonfuls of fresh ber-
ries then pour the pudding mixture over
them. Leave space at the top so that
the pudding may rise little Bake for
half an hour, and serve with cream and
sugar, or with wine sauce.
A very agreeable dish for dinner: is
made by cutting up some lamb in pieces
the size you would serve on each plate n,
the table put them in n saucepan witt
a large lump of butter, and cook until
both sides are brown; theu pour over hot
water enough to cover the meat let this
cook slowly for an hour, then remove the
meat from the stew pan make rcl
gravy, adding to the water in the pan al
onion sliced thin, plenty of pepper anC
salt, any herb you like, or in place of til,
onion, and before putting in The -four tC
thicken the gravy. put in II quart of greer
peas, and cook them for from fifteen t,
twenty minutes skim them out, thicker
the gravy, and serve meat and peas an,
gravy all in one deep platter
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HOW WE PROGRESS.
The Mails ~ They Were Run During
tho Last Century.

The newspapers and the inventions for
transmitting mails and intelligence have
worked marvellous change, among other
things, in letter writing. Few men have now
time or inclination to carry on correspondence
with their friends in distant cities, and when
they do write their letters treat Of some mat
ter which is disposed of in tho fewest possible
words. Then ii was different and the men
who had fought together At Brandywine
who had stood shoulder to shoulder at Tren-
ton and Germantown, and had shared each
others rags at Valley Forge, took pleasure in
communicating with each other as often as
possible. Their letters contained many items
which are now found in the papers under the
head OF general news. The prices of various
articles of USE the cost of living, the last cleo
ton, the current opinions of the day, were all
found in letters simply because they could be
gathered from no other source. Practically
there was no such thing as mail Less than
Two hundred years ago patent was issued
creating the office of Postmaster for the
colonies of America, but nothing came of it,
because there were not enough letters mailed
TO jnstify the establishment of q service.
About 1920 u line of riders extended from
Philadelphia TO several points IN Virginia,
but the service was extremely irregular, be-
caus the post rider was never sent out with
Il mail until enough letters had been gathered
to pay the expense Of the trip, aud no one
could therefore, tell when his missve would
be forwarded. The speed was usually
about thirty miles day, and when, at the
first OF this century, the rider, by changing
horses, made 100 miles in the twenty.f ouI
hours, the achievement was marveled at
More mails are now received in single de-
In New York than were then in six months
and more letters there In one day than then
in the whole country during wear. Th'
mail then between New York and Boston
was carried in single pair of saddle-bags
and when the quantity increased 20 that 1--WE
! pairs had to be used, the carriers remon
strated so loudly that the matter became Of
: considerable consequence.
; To receive letter then was great even
in neighborhood, since years sometime
. passed without letter being brought to
country town, and when one came, it was
| signal for all the neighbors TO come in an
; hear 1t read. Letters often took six week
to go from Philadelphia to the country town
| OF Massachusetts, and during this time th
, carriers had abund9nce of leisure to rea
! them and get their contents by heart, a
opportunity they were not slow to ust
; There was no law forbidding them to
, this, and as they enjoyed telling the new
they bore, and the people liked to listen
them, this arrangement was very satisfactor,
This practice, so abOminable to those VIII
0 corresponded, continued for many yeal
= until the number Of letters aud great,
4 expedition 10 their carriage prevente
+ this reason the majority OF the publ
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The Potter.

watched potter at his wheel one day,
For he was making pitchers out of clay.
The feet OF beggars aud the head OF kings,
Dust. blown from old dead cities far away.
Not heaven itself more splendid is and high,
Tnan was this palace, when its kings went by,
Kace after race. The turtle sits here now,
"Where7 where ?" she cries. But there Is no re-
ply.
They who endowed with wisdom are like light,
Torches, to guide their followers feet arighi,
Ihey have not taken yet one step beyond
This night OF mystery-ths awful night.
Speak OF these wise ones, then, with bated breath
Ihe most that OF the wisest wisdom saith
Is: They bequeathed you fables nothing more
Before returning to The sleep OF death.
The great wheels OF the heavens will still go round
, At once creating life, conspirlng death
win death anu life inexorably bound.
Come sit upon the grass and drink your wine,
And quickly, while the suns OF summer shine
For other grass than that you sit upon
WIl soon be sprlnging from your dust and mine.
When you and are gone, for We must CO.,
'Ihey wi raise bricks above us, and KNOW
Tnat other bricks for other tonlbs than ours
VIII out OF us be nodded. BE II 30.
] do not fear the world. do not fear
The leaving II, though confess 1t dear,
We should fear notl ing but not living well
In the only life and world We know OF, Here.
But come, my friend, since we must pass away
since all we are goes back again to clay.
what does II IN tier whether we remain
A hundred years or but single day
BE 1t our care, since pitchers we began,
To hold the hearts good wine long US we can,
Before the potter mods our dust again
Into new shapes that are no longer man,
"A Strain from the Oriental Mvstics.