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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-03-18
OUR REyoISDER.

W NL5oASDLNs
l. The sum total Of this para
graph is an appeal that we assume
that the writer Is honest, but pre-.
same that he Is ignorant.
Precisely the appeal that the
ouack i'm medicine, who has made the
mistake to administer fatal drug.
instead of Il harmeless remedy,
makes to the public.
2. The cutlery Of the ''seed scion,
bulb and plant dealers OF the Unit
ed States reached his ears and he
has agreed to reduce the postage TO
that class and charge it up to other
branches OF the mail service. His
remedy. is worse than the disease.
It simply shows Mr.. Wilson as he
is, always ready to legislate for 4
class aud against the great body OF
the people. The proposition In his
amended bill is to carry for the seed
men their bulbs, roots and plants for
eight cents pound and to charge
his neighbors thirty-two cents a
pound on such articles OF goods as
they may be unable to obtain in
their village store. The real reform
,, wanted, is for a general reduction on
this class OF matter, instead OF an
increase. Mr.. Wilson in his love for
the corporations, seems to ignore
the fact that our entire postal sys.
tenn is based upon the principle Of
convenience and accommodation to
the individual citizen.
3. 1t is Il little singular that one
So ignorant Of the public welfare
should be so intelligent as to the
interests OF the corporations. The
present rate OF postage on merchan-
disc which includes an innumerablr
LIST OF books, seeds, stereotype, cuts,
etc, is sixteen cents Il pound. Viii
son proposes to make it 81 cents n
pound. A four pound package by
mail from Chicago. st. Paul. Dubn-
que or Des Moines, to any place in
Iowa. or to the most remote Place
from the poiEt of mailing within TIE
United States. would be sl2s. The
express charges on the same pack
age on distances of two hundred
miles would range from % to 35 cts.
Consequently the express companies
would get all the short hanls at good
paving rates, while the mails would
get thu long hauls, because the ~x-
press charges would be more than
the postage. A resident OF Manitoba
could send for four pound package
OF merchandise to Montreal, and it
might gu more than 1000 miles
through the mails OF the United
Suites to reach there, the rate being
only 4 cents Il pound. Yet a citizen
or the United States residing near
the line between the L. S., ordering
four pound package from mer-
chant in st. Paul or from an alioin-
ing town might have his package in
the same mail, carried over part OF
the same route, and handled by the
same postal clerk, and the cost to
him would be under this proposed
law sl.2s, as against l6 cents to the
Manitoba resident.
Really, the sublime ignorance OF
Mr.. Wilson make it clear to us the
reason why the wicked Cakes Ames
got off a lot OF Credit Mobilier Stock
On this honest but ignorant legis-
lator.
4. Originally Mr.. Wilson's ex-
cuse for this outrage was TO increase
the postal receipts from this class,
when it il the only class that pays
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-03-18

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THURSDAY. MARCH. Is. 1856.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-03-18

CHICAGO, ILL
The ELDREDGE Sewing Machine here adyer.
tised we Will dispose Or as follows:
For TWO DOLLARS we will give i receipt fer
)ne years subscription to the PLAIN DEALER.
aud Ticket to the Drawing for the Machine
Only 80 tickets will he sold. Did as we'll as new
subscribers can buy tickets on these trims, II
Ill arrears TO the paper are patti. The sub
eruption provided for mus. be in sdyan nee
The drawing will occur when tic tickets are
-o.d. and viii he under he niau;s cement OF the
ticket holders,
sans WI. S.F.J, MEAD,
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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-11-06
THE HEARTS HOME.
rRy King Oscar, of Sweden-Translated by
Mary Howitt.l

rBy King Oscar, of Sweden-Translatedb by
Mary Howitt.l
This poem was translated at the request
of the Queen Dowager, and read before ne
Court, the English Language being grealiy
admired and studied in Sweden.
where ia thy home? Thus to my heart APP
IsppSe. Say, thou, who hast part
In all my inmost beings deepest telling.
Where ss.ls is thy proper home Ten me- my
Is it where peaceful groves invite to leisure1
And silvery brooklets, lapse IN every
No. no. nv heart responded-No!
Whore is thy honor Amid the tompest's
And torrents leaping wild from rock to
Where the bold hunter finds delight in
Aud bleeding victims fall beneath his
Or is it mid the artillery's laundering
Tho clash of swords, the roar and rush of
Calmly my heart made answer-No!
Where is thy home? Perchance where
tropic splehdor. .,.
In golden luxury of light, calls forth
The purple grape; porchance ma roses
Thou revelest in the beauty of the South.
Is that thy home beneath the paim-tfee
And ever.verdant summers tiowery
meadows,
Still, still my heart made answer-No.
Where is thy home? Is it mid icebergs
The crags and snow~helds of the Artic
strands,
l Where midsummer's midnlght sees lne
OF sunset and of sunrise, hand in hand
| Where, 'twixt the pine trees, CLEANS the
snowdrift's whiteness,
brightness
But still my whispering heart said-No!
Where is thy ho,ue? Is it within hel
Whose heart, responsive, pulses to tn,
Who taught of suffering the divines
Whom hope was dead in life's swee
myrtle grove?
Yes, of a truth, the shrine which none may
But mounfully, again my heart said-No
Where is thy homer Say if, perchance,
In that prefigurcd land of love and light
Whittier, aistS they say the SOUL eniranch ise''
When early bonds no longer check he
flight?
Is there shy I home9 Those unknown roalm
Which shine beyond the stars a hoavenI
vision?
Then, first, my heart made ansWer-1es.
. There is my home, it said, with quic
emotion;
NV primal home, to which am akin,
Though earthly fires may call forth m
devotion,
Yet I forget not heayens pure nam
= within,
Amid the ashes still spark survive.h,
Which ever yearned heavenwards eve
striveth
To be with God, WHO is my Home.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-11-06
wild Western Oratory.

Old Colonel Zslf, at the time when
Grant was up for tho Presidency, ana
when the Democratic watchword was
"Auything to beat Grant," was addres'
.inu an enthusiastic meeting OF Com
stock Republicans, when Democrat,
who was changing on to the verge OF
the crowd" sang out; -,
"It's easy talkin,' Colonel, but wen
show you something next Fall"
The Colonel was Southern Union
man of tho ultra school, and great
admirer O. Grant. He at once whee!-
cd about, and with uplited hands, hair
bristling, and eyes flashing hre, cried
out; ..,.
uBuild q worm fence around win
tor supply OF summer weather; SKIM
the clouds from the sky with teas
noon: catch thunderbolt In bladder
break q hurricane to harness; grouno
siuice an earthquake; bake hell In af
Icehouse; lasso an avalanche; fix clio.
on the crater OF an active volcanoi
hive all the stars in nail keg; hani
ont the ocean on grapevine to dry
mt the sky to soak in gourd; un
buckle the belly-band OF eternity, AM
paste, sTo Let on the sun and moon
but never, sir, never for a moment
delude Yourself with the idea that 20
can beat Grant"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-11-06
A LITTLE SHOP GIRL

"She's an old darling," said Grace
Craxall, sand mean to help all 1
can. I've got beautiful recipe for
making chocolairs, and on Friday
evening I'm going there to make up
all that can, so that the school chill.
dren will buy them on Saturday.
know how to make cinnamon apple
tarts, too, and lemon drops and
cocoanut balls"
"Grace, I do believe you have taken
leave of your Senses" said Medora
Nav. ssOne would think it was dis.
grace enough for Aunt Deborah-our
own mothers sister-to open horrid
little bucket shop, without mixing
ourselves up in the affair.""
Il uAunt Deborah must live, you
know" said Grace, who was perched,
kitten fashion, on the window Sill,
feeding the canary with bits of spark.
ling white sugar. "And Cousin
Nixon couldn't keep her any longer,
and her eyes are not strong enough
for fine needIework, and her education
has not fitted her to be a teacher, aud
her poor old rheumatic bones keep her
from going behind counter or enter
ing a factory. supposed you wouldn't
be willing to have her come and live
(, with you"
81 ~ cried Medora. "Do you sup
pose I want to proclaim to the whole
town that have such diiap,dated
old relation as that?"
"I would take her quick enough
said Grace, elf 1 didn't board witt
Mrs. Hewitt and share the little ul
stairs back room with the two chill
dren. just walt until / marry som'
rich man." she added, with sauc.
uplifting of her saucy brows, "ant
}, then see if / don't furnish statei.
apartment for Aunt Debby."
uDon't talk nonsense" said Medors
acidly. "Its very likely, isn't it, tina
factory girl like you is going to mai
ry rich man ?"
Grace Craxail laughed merrily. a
through life she and her cousin, Med
ora May, had agreed to differ on mos
points. Grace, seeing no other caret
before her, had on the death OF ht
last surviving rent, cheeriufly ente
ed a factory, while Medora, takln
her stand on the platform of a falls
yentility, had done fine sewing ar
silk embroidery son the sly" TO SUI
y. port herself, putting on all the airs OF
young lady of fashion the while. Al
now Aunt Deborah May, TO the i
finite disgust of the aristocratically i
clined niece, had actually opened a Il
tie low-windowed shop in a shat
,,, street Just out Of the main thoroug
fare, and, as Medora desparingly e
pressed it, "gone into trade"
81 don't know as am good for ar
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-11-06
CHANGES.

Like one who hears with sudden throb OF
The lingering cadsnces OF an old refrain,
Which wakes the echoes Oh soAio S"A'''
With tonder pain.
So stand now with mingled pain and
Aftsr pleons1sb eonR absence, at awell-known door,
Which guarded once my darling my he"'''s
In days of yoro.
Still bloom tho roses with thoir old'time
Round this doar cottage in my nativo
land; 90 a.. ...5
Trimmed il tho odge with "il its woh'e"
The old elms stand.
Still slopes tho lawn in beautiful gradasioh'
Like 4 soft carpet of the richest green;
Still leaps tho fountain with its ngh' P"i''-
Frightening tho scene.
Years have not changed "; now IS then the
Winds in the distance like silver streams r
Through the old orchard SILL 'hesun" e'"''
And brightly gloam.
| An but no voice Of sweetest mo dulation
Nor rippling laughter greets my listening 3
All tho bright scono but broathos its de"oia-
l tlOn,
"She il not here"
"Not here! not here" the murmuring einl
trees sigh 1t,
Tho rustling grass repeats 1t 'ne"'h NY
/ feet, ,,,;.
ii In odors sweet.
Der the soft lawn the shadows westw"re
cropping -. .,or
Dnrklv enfold me at tho rose-girt door,
. In deeper shadows lies my dear low
shopping,
~ boston Transcript.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-11-06
The Writing Of Novels.

tJu,;.n Hawthorne in tho Cosmopolltah.l
snea,,iur generally, I should suppose
that the best novels are apt to be those
that have been longest in the novelisrs
mind before being committed TO paper;
and the best materials TO use, In the
,.av of character and scenery, ere those
that were studIed not less than seven
or eight wears previous to their repro.
duction. Thereby is attained that
quality in q story known as asatmospnerc
~ tone. perhaps the most valuable anu
| telling quality Of all. Occasionally.
| however. In the rare case OF story
that suddenly seIzes upon the writer's
imavinatlop and despotically "pos.
.eases,, him. the atmosphere is created
hv the very strength of the "posses'
sfon.u In the former instance, the
wrI,er ia thoroughly master OF his sub
;ect I'm the latter, tho subject thorH
nuo,,,v masters him and both amount
essentially TO the same thing, harmony
hetween subject and writer. Win
rosnect to style, there Is little TO be
saif without a good style no writer
cor do much; but IL i5 Impossible
raa,,v 10 create good style. A writer's
. stvIa was born at the same time, anu
"vder the same conditions that ne
himse,f was. The only rule that can
, be given him is to say what ne mas ,,,., 70
saw In tho clearest and most 1iiec'
way, using the most ht.lng anu oA'
; pressive words, but often' OF COURSE,
!. this advice is like that OF the uoc,ol
:. who counscls his patient tc !lee M n,s
:. mind from all care and worry, 10 .lve
lIuxuriousiy on the fat OF the 'anu, au. =.
!. to make a voyage round the woriu u
a private yacht. The patiens mas no
;, the means OF following the prescI,p
=. ton. A writer may improve hs.'v Y
= talent for style, but the talent i.selI d
:, must either have by nature or ioreve
," 90 without. And the style tnat Ii,.
for the height of genius Is ilke u, u.
~ phmnix there is hardly ever lho'
" than one example of 1t In an age'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-11-06

The Joking at the expense OF slow
travelling is new stock article, and
will soon belong 10 the order OF worm
eaten uchestnuts." Here is one OF the
latest: "Why, / paid you when 1 got
inio the tram !'' "Where did you got
on the tram? cat Fair Haven
That won't do,' said the conductor.
uWhen 1 IefA Fair Haven there was
only little boy in the cornef." eyes,
answered the old man, 81 know II.
was that little boy."-N. Y, Hera!d,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-11-06
go MONROE. LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER D. 1886
Bald up Small Industries.

The Augusta Chronicle says: 4t
wonld astonish our citizens 70 know
the vastuess OF the sum that Snnually
leaves Augusta for articles that might,
with comparatively small expendlc
fnre b made here, With few excep.
lions. we are dependent upon East AND
west for everything We eat, wear ano
use. East and West benedt by our
neulect of home Industries. This
ahould be remedied. There is 0nIy
one way to correct such an outflow OF
money, and that Is to make At nome
vhat we have been purchasing abroad.
Tho same thing IL true Of other
Southern cities, and most In q 0reatsf
degree. for Augusta Is already man.
ufscturinr centre. The South ts ntet.
alIv depondent upon the East and the
West, 90 the Chronicle says Augusta
| is. ssfor everythlng we eat, wear ana
usa.n II there were any necessity IoI
tor the slavery, .it could be endured,
mt there is none at all. North OF the
Ohio River, people who are able 70
wear broadcloth wear jeans. becauee
leans are made there, and they wish 70
sustaln home industry. In this region
people will actually buy Of Illinois ano
i xVWW WSAUt SAov NNeA
for less money.
| The cure is precisely that indicated
by the Chronicle: "to make 1t hom'
what we have been purchaslnt
, abroad,n It ID not necessary that ever,
man should make for himself. ba
he should buy at home. IT every maj
! of means In the South should delioera
, tely refuse to purchase anyth'ni
, abroad, and refuse to purchase 9
. home dealers any foreign produc
I which can be raised or made In IN
, South, how long would our sectio
D wear the Northern yoke? only ie
the towns and cities OF the South es'a
! blish small industries, make whatev
8 lis needed by the people, ana the
: would begin to know the blessing
\ prosperity In sense which they al
' scarcely able to comprehend now.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-11-06
Youry Mea should Not.
fBo.ton sunday.l

TBoston Sunday.3
There Ia habit common among
MANY Young mel, which q much more
daneerous than IL appears, and which
nav lead to results extremely disas.
trous-the habit Of borrowing money.
There are times when one friend asks s
another for q small sum OF money fot = s
day OF two, giving good reasons Why
the request IL made /; such borr0Wlpe
10 sometimes positively necessary, o0t
not by any means as often 90 y wouid
appear.
There are young men who never
.seem to have .. cent Of money! YET tney
earn fair salaries, and have no very
expensive habits. This class 90 nov
Know what anuiaance they are 90 snele
friends or what results their perpesuat
borrowing may lead TO.
II 10 o habit contracted Win G!eat
ease when once started. A few dollars
are borrowed to please some passing
fancy, with every intention q ret0en-
ing the loan Ia very short ttme. hut
the thoughtfllnees which caueed tne
purchase of an article beyond ones
means likewise allows the inteIval 20
lelapse without any provision navlng
been made TO meet tne opl!9Asiou.
Perhaps half the debt Is reaoy, Ous
more money 10 borrowed OF sec0n0
friend to complete the amount, an0 so
1t continues--the process 10 repeAssu
indefinitely.
thoughtfulness leads the young msn 90
Il a poeition where he can never be com.
tfortable. either Ia his own company or
that Of his friends. Hls many debts,
however small, haunt him and render
life 4 burden, or make him so cynical
and devoid Of coHscIence that ho goes
on from bad TO worse, striving only 10
. avoid the payment Of the sums OBJ
: tained.
A danger which reckless borrowing
Z NAV lead q young man into is that Of
, absolute dishonesty. He may leave the
clty. never to return, his chief motive
being to forever put behind him iacls
which have become unbearable, or ne
NAV quietly appropriate small sums OF
Il money passing through his hands ana
square himself with HE friends, sacri-
/, ficinu honesty aud principle Ia tho act.
; Tho evils Of the custom OF borrowing
lare many, aud readily occur to one
thinking Tor moment upon tho SUBJ
iect. Young men with small salaries
:, lshouldNvoid the habit az they would
$ more positive temptations. To DO g
win ueccssitate, perhaps, many sacri'
aces. but no dangers are run IN living
o within ones income. And, oesldes
@ the habits OF economy aud irugaittS
learned whom the income Is small, VII
ID haar fruit In abundance when Il
larger. The value Of money realized o,
Irving experiences will make the re
4, e,,ruu thcrefroln more ludIctOuS ant
n lasting when the dollar becomes 'not
plentiful. ,.. ).
10 never borrow nor lend. Shakespeare
words will bear serious thought ant
a; approval:
Naither n borrowc or nor a lendor be,
Sor inau oft loses both itself and friondi
And borrowing dulls the edge OF h"'
baudry. 4
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-11-06

At revival meeting in country
town. not long ago, young convert,
who was by business milkman, arose
to speak. Just at the moment ohe =, "
tie bretheren started IN WIN IN, III,
hymn. 'Shall We Gather t'he "'Ves,
! --Plck.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-11-06

The Empress OF Japan was recently
,na recinient of a set of diamond Jews
elrv from friends in Berlin, consisting
Of Of q necklace, diadem and bracelets.
Tn the diadem alone 6oOO brillian's
an,rkIe like 80 many splendid stars.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-11-06

About twenty five thousand patents
ar. issued each year In this country
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-03-17

Boycotts have funny turn now
and then. A New Haven Conneeti-
cut special says: At big cat show
at Bunnell's Museum yesterday af-
ternoon Manager Bunneli was to
have awarded S400 worth of silver
ware made by the Derby Silver
Company, as prizes. just before
noon he was notified by commit
tee that the goods Of the Derby
Silver Company are under national
boycott, and BunHell was told that
he must send them back to the
manufacturers or be boycotted. He
complied,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-03-17

The Chronicle states that in the
great telegraphers strike the
Knights of Labor have taken an
active hand. This is an error. The
Knights hearing Of the contem-
plated strike went to the Telegraph
ers Executive Committee explain
ing that it would be of great benefit
to them in this fight to belong to
the Knights. The telegraphers de-
clined to make the alliance, relying
too much on their own strength.
This is why they failed.