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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18

During the past year, the mendac-
ious republican press OF the country,
To justify the republican party In
til. numerous grants OF the public
domain to corporations, has con-
stantly stated that these grants were
commenced by the democratic party,
and continued us long as 1T Was In
power. These statements the PLAIN
DEALER has repeatedly corrected,
only to see them more prominently
paraded in the republican papers 10
originally charged. At no little
trouble we have taken time to ex-
anime the grants OF lands made for
various purposes W tn the present
date, from which orr readers will
| seq that the democratic party never
made "A grant oil lands 10 any
corporation for my the first
purpose whatever. July !, 1862,
il act we find granting lands
directly to a corporation, all grants
that had previously been made, hay-
ing been made directly To Tue state
for certain specific purposes.
Below tie reader will find Tie
dates OF the various grants, with
reference To tie page and volume
where the Law may be found, and III
no single instance was tue grant
made otherwise than VIC have re-
peatedly stated.
May ~. 1874, granting 10 feet right
Of way TO the state III Indiana, AMI
authorizing the construction Of a
road through the public lands In In
diana, Page ll6, vol !, 4. >. Land
Laws.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18

Republican Harmony" can be had
any where except in Iowa three for
IL dime" There is talk Of an extra
session OF the legislature to make
the price uniform, and to establish
harmony in Iowa. Pro-
hibition it is suspected is to be made
an outlaw. st. John to be bounced.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18

Gen. Grant declines to accept a
pension Of $4,000 a year it appears,
because he desired a better thing
being put on the retired list ut &c.
800 a year. Better retire the officers
which we have now. instead OF Great
ing any new ones. The most useless
creatures in a republic are the men
educated to cut other mems throats.
Retire the entire crew to some stone
quarry or wood ward.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18

The Chicago Sentinel still stands
at the front among the newspapers
currency reform. IL meas.
IRE Of more vital importance to the
laboring and industrial classes than
any and all others, in fact the key
that will give the solution to all these
reform measures.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18

The supreme court sustained the
decision IT Judge Hatch in the
ease Of Goodhue vs. Teetshorn. 1t
is perhaps emily justice to add that
Goodhue's attorneys fought the case
more to get settlements in other
similar cases, than with expectation
of d different result i'm this.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18

The Leroy Independent conGratu.
lates tho country that the reign OF
coaspirators against the business
prosperity and welfare Of tho
country is 10 terminate In about rs
DAYS,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18

The n. \. Witness pronounces the
editor OF the Toledo Blade fool or
a knave. II the witness was person
ally acquainted with its editor the
charge would be modified to COM
pound OF the two ingredients.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18
AYERS
Cherry Pectoral.

No other complaints are 30 insaious in their
attack - those affecting the throat and lungs,
Mons - tri.ed with BY the majority Of suffer.
En-. Tho ordinary cough or co.d, resulting
perhaps from tgiasng or unconscious CT.
Dos1rs. y often but the beginning Ct fatal
sicknass. AYERS CHERRY rgtfogaL les
vol proven Its efficacy In a forty years fight
with throat and lung diseases, AID should La
oAkes In all cases without delay.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18

Blaine's Second Volume Il Il said
will be after the style Of the book OF
Lamentations" emitting the chapter
pertaining to the sorrows OF the
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18

The advertiser having been permanently
cured OF that dread disease. Consumption by a
simple remedy, Ii anxious TO make known In
nis fellow sufferers the means OF cure. To all
who desire IL. he will send copy OF the pre-
1cT1ptiOn used. free or charge, with the diree-
lions for preparing and using the same, which
they will f1nd sure Care for Coughs, Colds,
Cessunpttoa. Asthma. Rroschitis. 81. Parties
wishing the prescription VIII nlease address.
Rev.E. A. WILSON, l9i Penn st. ,Nilliamshurgh,
New York. 3oyf
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18
4 Terrible Couer, curx,,.

In ie51 took 4 severe cid. which sfertea
my lungs. hai u t.rg4hi. cough aid passed
night after nigAt without sleep. Tic doctors
gave mo up. ] tried AgI.t's SHaHrl Irc-
ToRaL, which rsiissea ny lanrs, i.dneea
sleep, and afforded ZIG tie rest necessary
Tor The recovery of NY ssterash. fy l..e
asnt cure rss es.ct.a. | ala a9w q years
cid, hale and fearts, and ...a sat.z..el Year
ChkHAs IkcTaAs!+ arRsa .fse.
IaaasA IA.EnluTuLa."
Rockingham, W., Jn!y Il, let..
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18

N. Y. Truth preparatory to n
change In It's size and other improve.
ments, saspcnis for n few days to
appear enlarged aud improved.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18

Something Everybody Desires
is clear, pure and beautiful COM
ploxion, powders and other cosmetics
will not give 1t. but Pearls White
Glycerine, a perfectly harmless
toilet preparation. will every time.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18

The surplus can be distributed II
y worse way than in paying tbs
bonds.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18

20 days and then the rascal,
must 20.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18

4 long dry spell" Is expected to
. In en- ly IN Mach 10 repub-
Lean Office holding fraternity.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18
Jewelry.

At Banks & Son, a very fine as
sortment suitable for Christmas
presents.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18
Right and Left Hands.

The first difference noted in hands is
that they are right and left and tlat
they are not Except in the hands of
some infants and idiots) counterparts
one of the other. 1t is we'll known that
no two faces are alike. that no single
face is so perfectly balanced that one
side is an exact duplicate of the other
side. 1t 8 just as true that no two per-
sons have hanis alike, and Just as Ger
tain that no pair of hands are exact du-
plicates. The differences to be found
in that pair of hands which are most
alike are neither few nor doubtful. It
requires no expert to detect the varia-
tons. Any pair of hands viii exhibit
marked differences, which VIII, when
pointed out. be readily recognized by
one of ordinary perception.
Usually the hands differ in size-fre-
quently di ering in length and thick
ness. and in firmness and color. The
fingers are often,-generally-of differ
snt comparative lengths, and exhibit
also otter DIVER rent pecul art rs. which
will be readily noticed by any one who
reads and remembers what we shall
have to say about ii, ;ers further on.
A very slight examination Of any
pal of kands will show that the princi
pal ires even are not exactly alike in
lhs rigat and left hands. A careful OK.
animation will usually show that nc
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18
single line in one hand is exactly like ito
fellow in the other hand.

single line in one hand is exactly like ito
fellow in the other hand.
have frequently found two persons
in whom the right hand of one was al
most like the right hand OF the other,
and whose left hands were much alike;
but never q person whose right and left
hands were counterparts.
This difference between the hands
must be carefully noted, and the extent
and meaning OF the variation kept con-
stantly in mind while reading the per-
sonal peculiarities.
The left hand indexes the persons
natural emotions. intellectual peculiar
tiles and physical status.
The right hand points out the direc-
ton in which the individual is develop
ing. and the progress made in the mod
iication of the original possibilities in
to actual character.
In the case of ...left-handed'' people
this rule is reversed. In short, the
passive hand exhibits the inherited cap
ital of affection, thought and action.
while the active hand indexes the char
acter as developed.
The Astral palmists tell us That if the
lines are alike fair in both hands, they
show that the person resembles the
father as to physical form. and is like
the mother in mental and moral endow-
ments. The right hand being tho
clearer and fairer. shows that the in
dividual resembles the father in ply
sique, temper and mind; this resemblance
increases as the right hand is fairer and
clearer than the lett The left hand eI-
hibiting the fairer lines declares the
person TO be like the mother physically,
mentally and morally, the more SO as
the left hand is manifestly clearer than
the right.-R. a. Campbell, in 81. Louis
Republican,.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18
The Language Of Postage Stamps.

There is one of the sort of letters
that make me tired, absolutely so tired
that l can't even swear" remarked a
clerk at the post-office last night. in a
tone of deep disgust, as he tossed aside
pink envelope from pile of letters
on which he was canceling. the stamps.
The offending missive fell on corner
of the table among q dozen Others
which had all in a measure contributed
to the clerks ''fatigue," and after he
had concluded his task he reached over
and pulled the lot toward him.
'.Just see here" he said, continuing
his wall; ''not one of these letters is
properly stamped. Look at this, the
stamp on the upper left-hand corner,
aand this one is down at the bottom,
and this right in the center. with a
heart drawn around it. and, hang it!
why, here's a new racket, the stamp
stuck on the back" and as he ratified
on he gave each of the epistles a vicious
jab with the canceling stamp and then
tossed it into the mailbag.
''Do you run across many OF that
kind?"
..Do IP Well, I'm pretty good ma
tured. and you wouldn't hear me kick
Ing if it was only once in awhile; but
they come along by dozens. and, by
Jove! around Christmas and st. Valen-
tines Day about half the extra mail is
stamped in some awkward way"
"Who do it?''
swell, principally silly people who
are in love. fancy most of the letters
stamped in those queer ways are love
letters or valentines or Christmas cards.
Look at this" and be fished out the
pink envelope before mentioned. 1t
was directed in feminine hand to 3
man in Norristown, had the stamp in
the center, with convent onal heart
drawn around it. and smelt like cake
of hotel toilet soap. Snow, / must say
don't often get 'em that bad. II I
did I'd soon go crazy, for you don't
know how eyasperating il is to have to
stop and change your regular clock-like
work because one OF these things comes
along and breaks up your steady trot,
as it WERE"
perhaps there is some language of
postage stamps, and different positions
mean different sentiments" suggested
the reporter. "For Instance: Up in the
left corner, Il love;' in the lower left
corner. do you love?'
"Of course there is; and III tell you
Just how it goes. Whenever a stamp is
put anywhere but in the upper right
hand corner it means just this: The
man, woman or child who stamped the
letter is either fool, or crank, or an
idiot, or wants to be smart, or"
Here the conversation was cut off by the
irate clerk being called away, and the
scribe went out into the dark night
PHILADELPHIA Record.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18
How She Was lowered.

Both the Packer boys. Robert and
Harry, were treated like equals by their
father and mother. In the little village
where this good old man lived there
was summer hotel, which was patron
ICED considerably during the season,
young Harry Packer bitten taking his
meals there. A young girl named
Lockwood, the daughter of respecta-
BILE citizen living near the village, came
in to assist waiting on the table. The
frequency of Harry Packers meals at
the hotel attracted some attention, and
his brother Robert, or Bob" as he was
fam;liarly and affectionately called by
almost all who ever knew him, said one
day before the father and Harry at the
breakfast table that Harry was sweet on
little girl down at the hotel. and that
was the reason he did not come to his
meals regularly. Harry colored up a
little, and after they had finished sheir
breakfast the old Judge seated himself
on the front porch, which overlooks
Mauch Chunk and gives such mag
nificent view of the Lehgh Valley, the
moving boats and trains which his own
industry had created and brought to-
gether. The old gentleman said: 'IIar-
ry, who is this girl Robe refers to-"
miss Lockwood, father, the daugh-
ter of a man you know very we'll"
care you going to marry her, Har7y"'
said the Judge.
Il have some notion of it, father, ="
said Harry.
well, wait till 1 60 down and see
her." said the Judge; and, picking up
his old white hat and cane, the Judge
quietly amhIed down to the hotel and
asked for Miss Lockwood She limo.
Gently came IN the once of the hotel,
with her dining-roou apron on, and
seated herself beside the Judge. Jus,
what he said to her. or she to him, will
never bs exactly known. unless she tells
it, but when the Judge came out, he
was smiling: and appeared mighty vel
pleased. He went home and found
Harry still sitting on the porch where
he had left him. By this time the
Judges face had resumed its usua
grave but kind expression. "Well,
Harry" he said, that is a very nice
girl down there, but she has no money
We must raise her some"
The old Judge put down his memo
randa for $J0,OOO the mother and 9th
ers LOT S25. 900 each, and this $50, 0Ol
was placed in the bank to the exclusive
! and immediate credit of Miss Lockwood
| the engagement was announced, the
wedding day fixed, the marriage tool
place, and Harry Packer got the girl b
liked.-Ptasourgh Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18
Curiosity Of japanese Women.

In the country house of q ruined
siaimio where we obtained lodging and
ente tainment, writes an Eng ish lady
travelling in Japan, was a cause of
much amusement. A number of ladies'
we're in, tied to meet me a. afternoon
nice (the name for dinner. They sat
ON their heels around tue little ta1le
which / used as q char. My feet were
stretched out before me. The hostess
with, as took it, many apo.og es. be-
gan to inspect my boots. AS her curl
osity was ke n. drew them of. All
the ladies pou ced NJ on them, and
some of them asked leave to fit them
on. Before doing this, they caused
lows of no; water to be fetched,
washed their feet carefully and dried
EN- by tanning them, which made e
wet evaporste quickly. A they all had
Chi DIR ms feet, my boots were awk-
wardly big and more ridiculous than L
csn say The ladies next handl my
kirt and corsage, and, to o6lige them,
/ took them off. The petticOats had
their turn, then my stockings. which
they did not laugh at: after them nv
buckled elastic carriers, and last my
St3VS. JdpducSc pOiiIcnCSs hOtO ~
down. Every one shook and
cried with laughter IN looking at
the STAYS. Cne of the ladies
had picked up some french at Osaka
"a treaty port), and explained to me
that the Others wished to know whether
the stays had been invented tn serve as
a cuirass to protect fair EurOpea IS from
rude men, or was it worn as peniten-
tial garment to expiate sns? i said:
mo. but to beautify the figure" This
answer convulsed them. A stayed-up
woman affected their impressionable
and wei educated eye a, something
monstrousIy ugly and absurd. Japanese
dress is beaut full, and so easy. Ihere
was yet another question to he answered.
4 here a e, so far as l know. neither
cows nor goats in Japan. Children are
not, therefore, wean until they are
nearly big enough to 60 to school. 1
had noticed that poor Little Miss Mite
WIS an object of general mimi era
ton. did not know why. The reason
came out when my stays were icing
examined. They were barrier be-
tween the mother and the child, which
was cut of by tnem from its tactical
rights. told them that we delegated
the nursing dltes to poor women and
COWS. / am afraid was imperfectiy
translated. for saw that l was for .
moment an object of horror.-A
nonan's Letter in London Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18

That's my uncle over there" said
fast young man to his last companion;
'.we're pretty near broke, and I'll
strike him for raise. He won't 90
back on me. Bet you the drinks l II
strike him for ten and getit. The bet
was made and tie young man ''struck"
his uncle. A long conversation ensued.
Finally the young man returned. his
face flushed with triumph and some
bills in his hands. 81 told you I'd make
it'll said; may be we can make q
hit on roulette with this" Then his
companion looked at the bills, and there
were only two one-dollar notes. "But
you didn't get ten dollars, did your" he
inquired. Yes I did," replied the
nephew, as his tone changed to one Of
sadness. .-only had to take the other
eight dollars out in good kdvice."-
Chicago Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18

City. it is great act he is performing,
and let the passengers on the poop
la Oh as they may, and the q . ter
ma ter rail as he chooses, the pilg i'm
cares little. Whatever is to be will be;
and Inshal ah!- so long as he gets
to Mecca and safe home again. the ret
OF the world may go whe e it pie ses.
Phil. Robinson, in Harper Weekly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18

wAny person who takes the paper regu
Aarly from the postofRce, whether directed T.
esis name or whether he IL a subscriber or not
Us responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing b
take newspapers from the post-ofice. or n
ulima facin evidence of INTENTIONAL FRAur
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18
ALPS PUNISHMENT.

n
Ian Ben Achmet, from his tent.
Looked out upon the ornament -
He saw the wonder Of the skies
And watched the pallid moon arise;
And unused upon the promise made
by Allah's angel, FIRE arrayed.
Who, In a dream long years ago.
Had ST oxen 10 him soft and low:
THY deeds of good have won this grace
That some day thou shalt see my face.
Ask not when this reward shat! be,
But some day will come to thee;
BE ready to receive, therefore,
Great Allahs angel at thy door.
Long years had passed Ger Airs head,
Since those first words OF hope were sald;
But eyerynight before his door
An had placed from out his store
Half his supply of dates and bread,
And mhk, and rich pomegranates reo'
And watched. TO guard them from the Gluten
OF hungry hand profaning touch.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18

According to the directory there
are more George Browns than John
Smiths in DECENTRALIZATION Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18

Idaho has . moun'ain range bearing
The name '.SdnEy Indian"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18

and Syria-all the countries and islands
where Islam has its followers-crowd
together at the seaport nearest Mecca,
and for weeks the ships have been busy
di-charging and embarking their motley
freights.
Some: mes the pilgr ms have to take
passage by We sells not intended solely
for their benefit an this D. ase of their
Journey has heref re bec me familiar
to us. With gravity and pers ence
that mott ing will disturb, the deTout
Mohanmedans attempt all day and
niSh to take advantage If the conven-
iences and comforts designed for the
tetter-paying class oil pass myers, en-
croach on parts Ct the sh p sacred to
EuropeanS or the officers, sOlemnly
sprt adm their pra er care TO the
di turban.e o the greater number
ha gng up their clothe, to dry on all
the rones that o rgbt to be least inter
fer d with, and coDgregating, smoking,
and cooking always to the windward-
| These man uyres exaspe rate the sh p s
Off ers, crew and passen rers alike; but
the mper urbable Moslem ontinues in
his CO ..rse, ioftiy di regarding all
minor con -idera 'ons in the one gre {
fact that he is on the way himse I to
certain and eternal paradise. there
is. how yer, an aspect of this pilgrim
life on board q passenger steamer that
appeals strongly to Western magma
ton Life is with most of US term
OF hurry and hustle. marked here and
there with certa chic events; but to
those NOLAN nedans, black and brown,
crou hing together on the forecastie
of the steamer life grows up to ana
sinks down fr m one great central IN +
d pts-the crisis of their Ii es-the pill
grimaee to Ne CO. When he pilgrim
= on his way to and from the Holy
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-24

A J. HarEis near Lake CITY hg for sale 20
head Of High-grade Hereford and GanorAys-
from monrns 10 one year old He WHEEL
FOR either this fan OF next sprinz delivery "a
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-24
John Fralieh.

JRconnected on the left
shoulder. Some branded
on the right shoulder.
Range west Cedar creek
miles west OF Medicine
Lodge. Il. d. Medicine
Loo3e, nan. 0-3m
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-24

Anywhere on animal
on odd cattle. Ranch
on Medicine river. I'VE
miles northwest Of the
Lodge. p. o. Medicine
Lodge. Horse brand
eamc as cattle.