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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04
Will lie Pocket The 81, 900?

When Gen. John Alexander Logan
congratulated the Illinois Legislature
on its choice OF Senator, he mod
estly expressed himself as follows:
hope have so acted and deported myself In
myself, state ana country, and my past history
Is the only guarantee can give OF my future
course.
Since Gen. Logan asks for a ver-
diet on his public career, we are OBJ
liged to say that there is at least one
important matter that needs clearing
up.
Gen. Logan's last term as United
States Senator did not expire until
the 4th OF last March. He left Wash
ington on the 4th of January, and
did not return. For q period Of ex-
actly two months he not only neg
lected but wholly abandoned his
duties us Senator, and gave his en-
tire time and undivided attention to
electioneering in Springfield and in
Chicago, his only object being the
promotion Of his own political for
tunes.
What we should like to know, be-
fore acceding to Gen. Logan's ex-
pressed belief that he had done
nothing discreditable, is whether he
has refused to draw his salary as
Senator for two wonths between Jan.
4 and March 4 Of the present Year,
or il having drawn the money mad
veriently, he intends to cover it back
into the Treasury, or to contribute 1t
~ fh0 nanSs.ianaa f,an12
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04

A correspondent Of the Boston
Transcript writes thus from Paris:
When We had been there . week ~
naturally expected clean sheets on our
beds, but We found il WAS tho custom
Of the house TO change the sheets only
once . MONTH / have since heard that
il 10 the usual custom in France even
IN nice houses. Descendants Of Puri-
tan great-grand-mothers, can you b.
lieve it, We submitted, however. We
also refrained from reproach when
Amelia, smilingly and innocent of harm,
after depositing on the table our bowls
Of chocolate, proceeded TO draw our
breakfast rolls from her pocket. Il
was better TO conform TO the custom Of
the country If possible, and when We
tried very hard, rs In this instance, We
found we could. There was line
Of forbearance, however beyond which
I could not 20 / imagined Amelie say
ing to herself. .Yes yes, wash, scrub.
scour, and rinse! is madame already
m angel that slo must have every thing
about her perfectly clean and pure?s
u it possible that Americans have finer
senses than their French sisters?
Madame protested that everything in
my room was 40 c'eAn as it could he;
and found dirt in all the creases of
crockery. Amel.e brought me the slop
pail in triumph Of success III deodor-
ixation; il was simply nauseous. The
table was exoollent in its.wns, French
way, Of course and breakfast and dinner
were much alike. "A fon !, two kinds Of
A<>k ~,A<nAkAl.1Ac cal.tI 1 rAoA 0nh
cheese sometimes pulling or custard,
fruit but not in abundance, wine, but
NO ice water-always always those
dreadful little @biscuit," dry Is chip
and . resting place for flies oil through
the early part Of the meal When the
hot weather came on we longed for tho
cool chicken salads, cake, lemonade,
and ice-cream lunches Of home. had
no idea that the French were 30 fond
Of sausage, which We associate with the
Germans; rather but / think we had
H1em IN some form almost every day.
We endured the tough, close breath OF
England in the patient hope Of better
things whom We should reach France.
The Partisan bread that was set before
N had > crust . thick and almost a.
hard % N oyster shell, and il / say as
airty, toa shall NOT much exaggerate
inside il vas full Of large holes and had
mere or less sour flavor. BY inquir:
ing and persistent research We found ut
some Of the bakers shops kind 81
small cubical lost, that was,-as one Of
our party expressed it,-"much less in
delicatAs Strange to say, this wa
called Englisk bread. We have come
10 the conclusion that French rolls. %
we'll - French roll pans are . Yankee
invention:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04

The list might be extended, show
ing similar of affairs throughout
the entire navy. It is, OF course, to
be expected that war ships will need
freq uent repairs, and sometimes
costly ones, but it Is singular fact
that in the case Of the vessels re-
paired under Robson and Chandler
the greater part of them were prac-
tically less serviceable after the
repairs" than they were before. The
hundreds OF millions spent by the
government for these repairs result
ed in nothing. John Roach and the
various iobbers at the navy yards
were given opportunities to get rich,
but the government got no navy.
The sO-called Robson monitors
now on the stocks, on which millions
have been spent and work on which
was suspended by act OF Congress,
can never be Of service. They are
huge :ron monsters set up for the
purpose OF spending money aud
never intended to float. Good judges
pronounce them valneless. No
greater crime against the govern
mcnt has been committed since the
close of the rebellion than this
maladministration in the Navy De-
partment. 1t is more than theft, be-
cause ii has weakened. disgraccd
and endangered the republic.
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being paid this winter.

being paid this winter.
For about ten years after ! came
to this country II was the general
opinion OF the south and east that
Minnesota was to cold for corn"
But multiplied millions Of bushels
or Minnesota corn are now annually
heaped on the grave Of that mistake.
Then, after over twenty years OF
wasteful. slip-shod habits OF wheat
farming, to which the northwest had
been addicted, It came to be said
that the soil up here was becoming
too much exhausted for wheat pro-
duction. Minnesota, finding her
reputation at stake, replies In 1884
with more millions OF bushels and .
large an average per acre as IN any
single year since the state was set
tied.
We next hear that India and the
Soudan and all the rest Of the world
are on the way with their soft wheat
to extinguish our mo hard" But,
as in the past, this year with it, low
prices will also 60, and be followed
by Q lessened acreage OF wheat cul-
ture on lands which can grow only
the softer, cheaper varieties, and the
low-priced lands OF the northwest,
where the high priced No. l hard
wheat is at home, will again come to
the front, and the wheat belt will
move on till 1t passes into and be-
yond tho valley OF the Saskatche.
wan and reaches al last the line
where frosty summers put their ban
on its further progress. But the
great-grandchildren Of this gener-
alton will all be dead before wheat
raising ceases to be profitable, even
in the farthest rear Of this great
procession. The old battle Of the
Survival OF the fittest" may and
doubtless will have to be fought
over again on these northwestern
prairics, but we have o corner on
tn best whe at Of the world up here,
and when 1t comes to the survival
we are not ct all alarmed about who
will be the "f1ttest.s
D. s. B. JOHNSTON.
st. Paul, Mimi. January
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04
PLAIN DEALER,
". r. MEAD, Editor.
THURSDAY. JUNE i, 1856.

The revocation OF the appointment
OF c. L. Williams, as Marshall OF the
second district, was q very com.
mendable thing for the President to
do, then giving the Office to Ed
Campbell. Like consideration Tor
the demands Of the West, will restore
business prosperity through the
agricultural districts OF the country,
crippling Wall street and the nation
al banks only so for as will be FOL
the public good.
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For Sale

A good house with . good rooms,
with one lot or three, good celler,
15O hi. cistern, and best well in the
county, best locotion in Cresco.
Come and see this valuable prop
erty.
Also, five good lots, all within two
blocks Of the Court House square.
Another. Dwelling house and
three good lots fronting on two
streets. Two Of the lots are covered
with fine grove of timber, This
property is situated near the fine
residence OF w. N. Kellow, for sale
cheap.
Come again and look at q brick
yard of about five acres, with all the
implements for making brick. And
one Of the best OF machines capable
Of making 10000 brick per day.
Large deposit OF clay for brick or
tile, good well, kiln walls, q dwelling
house and lot near the yard, for sale
at bargain.
A farm Of 16S acres,lgood house,
small barn, granaly, ETC., q never
failing well OF good water, 1876 acros
seeded down to timothy, no waste
land and one OF the best stock farms
in the County. should you want
such place don't forget to call on
me.
And lastly. The Roller Rink and
two lots near the Court House. ffThis
buinding is 15Ox5O, with a good hard
maple floor, well stocked with 100
pairs Of the Vineyard skates. we'll
lighted with the best Chicago cleo
trio lamps. Three good piastsred
rooms in the front. good well Of
water on these lots, and doing q
good business. this property will be
sold at great bargain. Call on
i n. R WHEELER.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04

~Who = this MunroY I aGked o. a.
Of the Scribners IN 1877, about the time
the first number Of The Seaside Il
brary came out Hes On intrusive and
impudent meddler,s was the reply.
sfooling with things he doesn't undef.
stand Now, seven years latee.
George Munro j. worth not les than
5000, 900, and be has made every cent
Of it from The Preside Companion and
The Seaside Library. "Nova Scotia
has produced some Of your best iourn-
alists," said . Halifax editor 70 me this
summer. @There's Habberton (Sam
Slick, bennett, of The Chicago Times,
Robert Bonner, and George Munro"
So tho other day called on the lattss.
/ passed through the chatter Of . hun
dred presses and found him ct the top
Of his enormous brick and iron build
ing him - m editor, for The Seaside
Library issues one number on every
morning the year round, and % j. req
ognized and circulated by the postofRce
department as - daily newspaper
Indeed there are people who subscribe
to it by the year. ~ they do any other
daily, and have . new number chucksd
into their doors every time they eat
. breakfast! They have their hands
full. should think. The building i,
Ibelieve, the largest printing establish
ment in the world. except Harper's.
One entire floor is filed with Burr type
setting and distributing machines. each
Of which does the work Of ten compost
tors. In the two presa-rooms, web
presses feed OF from their huge rolls
5000 Seaside sheets m hour. Tho
Publisher has staf Of 100 regularly
employed writerA Mr.. Munro has .
pleasant face completely framed in hair
and beard, now turning gray. ] said ]
had heard he was in favor OF copy
right law.
Why, yes he said; II have always
bean. I earnestly hope the authors'
copyright law, - il stood Last wintsE.
win pass next winter. Il i just thaS
authors should b paid for their brain
work, and have done - much . any.
body toward paying them. When !
PEE an English novel generally send
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04

Nothing IL clearer than the fact
that Gen. Logan has no maral right
TO take the peoples money in pay
ment for work which he has not per-
formed. That Is not all. He has no
legal right to his salary for the month
OF January and February. His
case is covered by section A Of the
Revised Statutes.
The Secretary OF the Senate shall deduct from
the monthly payments Of each member the
amount OF hts salary for each day that he has
been absent from the Senate. un less SUCH mem.
Der assigns as the reason for such absence the
sickness or himself or OF some member OF his
family.
And section Al further provides:
When any member withdraws from his seat
and does not return before the adjournment OF
Congress he shall, In addition TO the sum de.
amount which he would have been allowed for
hts travelling expenses in returning homo.
Gen. Logan's salary, allowances, and
mileage for the period during which
he has deprived the Government OF
the United States OF his valuable
service amount to 81 900. We do not
believe that Logan would steal 81 600
directly out Of the Treasury. What
We want to know is whether he has
drawn and intends to keep this ST.
600, to which he has no moral or eq-
uitable claim, and which is expressly
withheld from him by the laws that
he has sworn to obey.--N. \. Sun.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04

A mixed currency-gold and paper
morey-is one OF the superstitions
that has been handed own to us from
i remote past. We bave been taught
to venerate 1t because Of its antiquity.
It is moss back delusion, therefore
We must coddle It, and nurse It, and
keep it alive. A gold basis Is =
mighty uncertain quantity. When
everybody wants it it is not to be
had. The reason Is obvious. You
cont redeem three dollars Of paper
with one dollar Of gold. The bankers
tell us that It is feasible and practic.
able, but 1t has never been done. A
mixed currency had the seeds Of
failure planted in its composition
from the very start. IL you want to
build up something that will tear it
self to PIECES, In short meter, let 1t be
. mixed currency. -yidette.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04
TpE Greenba.k par,v Ia a pa,ty OF the

IEtIty
people and for the IL pc
The old ,aries :vo in name, but one il,
thought ana acfaI ar. Of the bondholtt.
ore and shyloek IL general. and for tho
shyl0cks and ..,nn.sho ,ier- in 1, neral.
The Greenhaca kar:s believes III nll
wealth belonging to these who produce il
or render just equivalent therefor.
The old parties believe in all wealth be-
lcnginR 70 those who. hv trickcry, can steal
It aEay from those who produce it.
The GreenAack l'ayty believes in overy
man earning his wealth.
The old parties believe in every man
stealing what wealth he can.
Therefore. their belief, and interests arc
opposite, and il you arc worker vote the
Greenback ticket: il You are lrone and .
natural-bo thief. then vote either Of tho
old-party tickets. Chicago Sentinel.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04

country to uphold legislation In its
interest. at the Sacrifices Of the inter-
ests Of the people.
Thc result. Is political democrat
ization, tending to the decay and
death Of the republic and republican
institutions. These monopolies being
immortal, by their establishment
and endowment we have virtually
accepted the laws Of primogeniture
and become the voluntary .yassais
Of = class OF feudal barOns more
lmperious than the founders OF
European dynasties. Chicago Ex-
nrNAa
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04

When the Ed. Of the Howard Co.,
Times says that he believes that h.
]. McHugh, w. 81. Alleman John E.
Peck or the Hon. II. A. Goodrich
would place themselves in q position
to be sent to the penitentary in order
to replace man like p. nj. Beadle
it would seem to US that desp GRAFTON
had made him mad.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04
Whst D. - Chinsss Eat1

When i W. s Lake view II August
lest, at the New England Assembly,
and having . real nice time telling
tho children about China in tho head.
quarters Of the G. Y. +. r. u, one day
i was accosted By . bright little girl
Who wished TO know what people ate
n China, and whether those dreadful
stories shout eating rats were true
! answered q we'll . . few words
would serve me, but did not satisfy the
curiosity Of the eager inquirer. Later
/ devoted half hour 10 talking about
the sDaily Food Of the Chinese to
Some forty boys and girls, and here /
repeat tho matter for the sake Of others
curious to learn the truth-trusting .
little natural indignation and plain
speaking may Be excused ma
Americans are fond Of wonderful
stories. Nothing pleases them more
than TO hear something revolving or
strange about other people. Nations
and races who resemble themselves are
not worth attention. Hence travellers
moving fellows, Ill Of them-possi-
bly, find il profitable to startle them.
with accounts - marvellous IS they are
falsc. Not that these accounts arc ar
vsys wholly untrue, but that solitary
iuafances and oceurrences are magni-
fied 60 represent habits and cu5toms Of
: whole people. Belonging 10 this
class Of accounts arc those rslaAivs %
tho MSS - food in China Of certain ami
mala I find that Americans believe
that dog soup, at fricassee, and rat .
"a mode are dishes 70 be found daily
on every table in the Empire. The
fast j. that there are some peculiar Pso-
pie II China a. elsewhere, credulous.
superstitious, and some Of those believe
that the flesh Of those animals ! have
lnsntioned possess medical properties
For instance, some silly women believe
that the Asah Of rats restores the hair.
Some belisve that dog.meat and also
cat-meat rsnews the blood, and quacks
often prescribe Il. Then It = also that
thene AFe very poor people who have no
money 10 bpy proper food. and thsrs-
lore subsist on w6at they nan get ra4h-
Or than starve. But ! haye lived A.
teen years Of my life IN China and
havs had experience q public han
gusts. social dinners, and ordinary
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04
UESSERI;
Pumpkin Pie and Cheese,
Pctits Fours,
Cafe Noir, etc, etc.
How Ro;er Saved the Cows.

"A gentleman who lives among the
Catskills owns bright and powerful
Newfoundland dog called Rover. OF
large and commanding stature, Rover
has kindly eye and IS one OF the most
intelligent beasts in the country. One
Sunday last winter, when the family 10
turned from Deckertown, where they
had been attending c,nrch, Rover did
not greet them as was his invariablo
custom. Tho member, OF the family
were quick 10 notice his absence. After
they had been but 81 II time in tho
house. they were startled by the low
baying Of Rover: anil, on opening the
door. the dog rushed in on them, and,
going over to where Mr.. Ellsworth
stood, lie looked mp appeal;ngly in his
lace, and gave utterance to low sounds
Of distress and tngged ut his masters
coat. At Mrs. Titsworth's suggestion.
. lantern Was procured and Rover was
followed to the stables. where five COWS
had been yokel together in their stalls.
A heavy beam had fallen out OF its
sockets; and the cows, when found,
were all prostrated with this beam over
their necks. A few hours more. and
the whole number would have persisted.
They we're speedily liberated from
their petilous condition. -.l,a0,a
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A Leaf from the RObes0nian
Record.

IhlcaSO ucIaW
1t cannot be denied that the gov
eminent Is giving the long-sufIering
John Roach plenty Of trials. His
latest contribution the collection Of
patched-up old lumber and iron
know as the United States navy Is to
be given a fourth opportunity next
week to show that she has been built
according to the specifications Of the
contract. II the Dolphin makes .
failure on this occasion it IL probable
that no more eSperim ents will be
made until the builder has made
alterations aud improvements 4: his
own expense which will render 1t
possible to hope for better perform
ances in the future.
1t is already clear that the Dolphin
will never be Of much account In the
avy,but this much has been gained
by the rigid inspection to which she
has been subjected: Whatever re-
pairs are necessary to make 1t ca
pable Of sea voyage will have to be
made by Roach. Since the piratical
Robson undertook the job Of demol-
ishing the navy it his been custom
ary to accept anything that Roach
saw ut to turn out, and then repair
it at the expense Of the government.
Many OF the vessels thus repaired
were ruined, and thus millions Of
dollars have been worse than wasted.
The mere statement Of the fact
that $500, 000, 900 has been expended
on our navy since 1865, the close Of
the war, and that the navy has been
continually growing poorer until now
there is but one first-class vessel In
it, is Of itself enough to show the
necessity for the adoption OF new
methods. How this royal bounty Of
the people has been squandered Is
shown by a feY figures:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04

To destroy money monopoly-Let the
Government Issue all money and abol-
ish all laws for the collection of debts.
To destroy land monopoly-Put q
graduated tax on land and abolish all
laws for the collection of rents.
TO destroy railroad mono,,oly-Let
the Government assert lis right Of emf,
nent domain. let il make the railroads
in fact public highways. and let it fur
nish transportation, a. it furnishes
postal facilities, at cost. .-Erchd9.Qe.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04

The constitution confers upon con-
gress the power to provide re venue
and the first purpose 20 which the
constitution directs that the reve
nue. shall be applied ITO PAY DEBrs!'
Why does not congress do as the
constitution requires, and PAY DEBTS
with the surplus" revenue? Are
bankers superior to the constitution !
Shareholders once bulldozcd this
country In much the same way that
bankers now do. They caused blood.
shed. Bankers may do the same.
God will not always be mocked!s
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04

The National banks are In . bad
way about q bottom. The steady
reduction OF the public debt 1ills them
With alarm about their bottom. Like
q ship without q bottom. the banks
must surrender and 60 down when
the bonded debt is paid. They are
bottomed on debt, and the payment
OF the debt knocks the bottom out
from under them. 1.-THE best banking
system the world ever saw" is no
great sh ucks after all.-[Vidette.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04

A New Orleans paper refers edi-
torially to the wonderful restoration
to health o. Mr.. T. Posy, druggist,
225 Canal street, that city, who
some time ago was Frustrated by an
excruciating attack Of sciatica.
After much suffering his wife applied
st. Jacobs Oil, which cured him
promptly and entirely.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04

If there is no honest money except that
which represents coin, how is it that tho
banks are able to lend at this time two
thousand millions Ct money? There is noa
TINT much mn: ,s coin a tsa Have .., they
"coin" their credit into money, why can.
not the Government COIN" its better creiib
into money?-cAicago Express.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04

.nuhun,,o Aoraid .avs

IT, Dubuque Herald says: Demo.
cratic ,n;on --'diels. who have been
ostracised for twenty years, are -
be given preference over republican
ex.soldiers. That Is exactly the way
to put it.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04

The ashes of an imperial Caesar, who
was kiln-dried more their eighteen hun.
dred years ago, were used y. washer.
woman recently in -. manufacture
Of soft soap. It take long while
sometimes to find out what o man il
good for.