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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07
Three Children Burned.

rIrrsoN,, Pas May ss-,Ap italian board
ing house burned yesterday morning
Three children Of the proprietor, Chris.
topher Sarageni, pcrished and several men
were hurt, some fatally.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

MRS. WARREN. a Colorado cattle
queen. Is said to be the richest woman
west Of the Mississippi. Her fortune
Is estimated at $40, 900. 600 "in hard,
solid cash, every cent Of which she
made on cattle.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

IT Is said that Miss Annie McCor-
mick. charming young lady Of
Hawkinsville, Ca. can play tive pieces
on q piano and sing third at the
same time. Pity the neighborA
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

An Indiana lawyer says there are
eight hundred dead laws on the stat
ute books Of that State every one Of
which can be taken advantage Of by a
smart lawyer.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

MISS LINDA GILBERT has established
twenty-five libraries in the prisons oi
different States, and found employ
ment for 6, 900 ex-convicts.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07
COunterfeiters Sentenced.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June a.-Whliam
Balm and Amos Walker, two counterfeiters,
pleaded guilty Thursday. Balm was sen.
fenced to three years in the penitentiary,
but Walker, on account of his youth, was
let of with four months in the county Jail.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

GEORGE w. WESTINGHOUSE, who has
made fortune out of the air-brakc.
IL to build a$l. 600, 900 house at Lenox,
Mass
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

4 BOOK agent tried to sell Bill Nye
one of his own books the other day.
He escaped with his life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-28
An Insects Queer Oomicile.

Mrs Charles Parkhurst, Of Moheg an,
few miles below Nor wicl,. Conn.
has an insect Of q singularly regular
habit 1t is about half an inch in
length and straw.colorsd. 1t dwclls
in wcbbed and dusty crevice in the
inner part Of the large. old-fashions,l
clock in her kitchen. Once a day it
appears on the dial. in the early even
ing. when tho clock is being wound.
but never shows itself a. other times.
Tho moment that the crooked old
brass key is inserted into the kcyholc
and the first turn is ma 10 that starts
the leadcn weights rum bling up the
shafts on the sides tho bug capers out
Of it's hiding place and gambols over
tho cock face in apparent ecstasy.
and rs soon as the weights bump
against the wooden top of their cham.
bers it scurries back to its retreat Its
evening run apparently is its sole
its steady business is piled
among tho shaky clock wheels in
superintcndency Of tho fight of time.
Many attempts have been made to
catch the bug or track him 10 his lair,
and once Mrs Parkhurst had tho face
and some of tho vital organs of the
time-piece ovcd. but it could not
be found. It knew moro about the
interior of the clock than its pursuerx
-Boston Herald
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-28
COvINGTON PARISH SATURDAY, 49,
"And Adams gave up the bondsp"
.sOf conrsa He had buried a lot

':And Adams gave up the bOndsP"
'Of course He had buried lot
under . pile of manure. and what he
had left was hidden in ater-tight tin
cases in the Delaware river. The
bank lost about $50. 600. but its credit
was preserved. while the savings insti-
tuition. the Merchants and Farmers.
escaped positive ruin. The three
prisoners walked ont of their cells
free men. but Adams could not keep
still. SO he is as you see. again in
prison. tell you it pays 10 mako
big strike in crime. for then those who
are robbed will move Heaven and
earth 10 get back their property"
':And was the csc ape of these thieves
ever made public?"
''Of course Hot. Tho newspaper re.
pOrtcrs were given nice stories to
write. and then the case dropped out
of sight. / only remembered it on
seeing Charley pegging away at those
boots to-day"
The story was so remark able that I
have since Investigated it. and find
that all Of the facts except the release
of the cOunterfeiter and the bank
burglars arc among the official rec
Ortls. As curious bit Of secret police
history it shows how the law is some-
times used to defeat tho ends Of jus
tice.-M p. Cbr 81 Louis Globe
Democrat
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-28
WIT AND WISDOM.

"A contentcd spirit is the sweetness
If existence
Doubt is the vestibule which all
must pass before they can enter the
temple of wisdom.
1t is not by attending to our friends
in our way. but in theirs, that we can
really avail them.-AargGvet Fuller.
Some temperance men are so pune
tilious that they will never permit them
selves to appear in good spirits.
ton Post
III the regrets which too often lie
at the end Of life could be put into firm
resolutions at the beginning. they
would alter the affairs of life.
All the possible charities Of life
ought to be cultivated. and where we
can neither be brethren nor friends. let
us be kind neighbors and pleasant
acquaintances Burke.
Each man secs . truth for himself;
no two see it in precisely the same
way. The people who require absolute
uniformity can not get it without
change of human organization. United
Presbyterian
The good.mannered person does
not tell us our failings. does not lect-
ure us; he does not merely wear his
manners because they are becom-
ing or polite. but because he can no
more exist without them than without
air.
-Exaggcration, which often springs
from vanity and love of Importance.
soon breeds worse mischief. and should
be gravcly checked. Integrity in the
very smallest thing should be strictly
inculcated. 1t is the touchstone of man.
hood.
"A great deal Of sorrow and suffer
ing might be averted il the confidence
Of children continued through life to
run to their parents; il the time never
came when there were words and
deeds that they would not like mother
or father to know.
Conscience is too great . power in
the nature of man to be altogether SUBJ
ducd; it may for time be represscd
and kept dormant, but conjectures
there are in human life which awaken
it; and when once reawakcncd. it
flashes on the sinners mind with all
the horrors Of IN invisible ruler and
future judgment--Blaic.
When . great man dics-one who
has nobly fought the battle Of life.
who has been faithful to every trust.
and has uttered his highest. noblcst
thought-one who has stood proudly
by the right in spite Of jeer and taunt
neither stopped by foe nor swerved BY
friend-in honoring him. in speaking
words Of praise. and love above his
dust We pay tribute to ourselves
How poor this world would be without
its graves without the memories Of its
mighty dead Only the voiceless
speak forever. Intelligence, integrity
aud courage arc the great pillars that
suppo:. the State. e.---IHgerseH
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-28
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Life appears to mo to be too short
to be spent in nursing animosity OF
registering wrong.-CAarlotse Brosss.
If l can put one touch Of . rosy
sunset into the life Of any man or wo.
man. shall feel that ! have worked
with God.
The only way to shine. even in thia
false world. is to be modest and unas.
suming. Falsehood may be . thick
crust; but in the course Of time. truth
will find place to break through
bryant
The first great maxim Of human
conduct-that which it is all important
to impress on the undel standings oi
young men. and recommend to iheil
hearty adoption-is. above all things
in all circumstances, and under every
emergency. to preserve . clean heart
and an honest purpose.
Divine grace. even in the heart Of
weak and sinful man. is invinciblc.
Drown it in tho waters of adversely. il
rises more beautiful. as not being
drowned indeed. but only washed;
throw it into the furnace Of fiery trials.
it comes ont purer and loses nothing
but the drosa archbishop Leighton
Prejudice is the conjuror Of imag-
mary wrongs. strangling truth. over.
pOwering reason. making strong men
weak and weak men weaker. God
give US the largc-hearted charity which
beareth all things. believeth all
things. hopeth all things. endureth all
shings;" which. .'thinketh no evil -
J. X. Macdn6: D. d.
Good work. the best work. Is next
to impossible when a teacher is nerv.
ously anxious lest the opportunity Of
earning an honest professional living
be taken away at any election. There
ought to bc almost absolute security in
the teachers position in order to &c
the results to which the school is en-.
titled. What are we doing to make it
sccure?-Joursal Of Education.
This fact often causes other men
to be careless about the truth. and
sometimes, indeed, to look upon all
study of fundamental Biblical doctrine
as tending to bitterness. This OF
course. is - perversion. though half
cxcusable one. since there is nothing
SO unlovely rs the spectacle Of one
bludgeon of the truth of the
gospel. United Presbyterian.
To stand 'all the day idle" is to
spend ones time in meeting the de-
mands of selfism, in living to and for
ones self. and for the present life OK
An activity which has not
tho love Of Christ for its motive. anil
the fulfilment Of ones obligations to
God and man for its aim or end. is
spiritual idlcncsS Hence Christ Is
ever saying. even to busy men who ex-
cludc him from their activities. ''Why
stand We here all the day idler-I
Zi0n's Herald
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-28
THF SOLDIERS SCHOOL


That ef War ~ Psseahas.
Though it Is impossible TO make the
young soldier. say Of two or three
years service. physically old; though
we can not give him tho hardened
muscles and the steady nerves which
he will have some six or seven years
later. we can to . certain extent mako
him . veteran BY giving him perpetual
practice in peace Of the work which
he will have to do in war. No doubt.
as ] well know BY my own unpleasant
experiences in the Franco o-German
war. the actual whis ting Of bulleta
the crashing of shells. and the sight Of
friends killed and wounded. have an
effect which can not be simulated in
peace; but It is certainly possible to
give the young soldier such in
struction shat all the phases Of
an action will be familiar TO
him, and that he will instinciively
know tho right course to pursue under
different circumstances So long as
fighting was conducted in stiff lines
or heavy columns. the regular drill.
which still goes ON in tho barrack
yard. was undoubtedly q very valua-
be training for war; but the case is
altered now. and We are handicapping
ourselves # We do not give TO the
young soldier constant instruction in
all those fighting exercises which haze
s~Envr sGn ~ a "a ~ eln se~ rc0,oA vnOv1n.
menis formerly in vogue. II tie chief
portion of his time is spent in the Orsli-
nary drills. whereas on tho field OF
battle those drills will absolutely dis.
appear We are no; training the man
for war. but. on the contrary. training
him for something different SO that
when he finds himself in the presence
Of an enemy every thing will he com
paraiively new to him To the
effect on the nerves produced
by the bullets and the sight Of
wonnIs and death. we deliberately
add the confusion which arises from
his having to perform movements to
which he is unaccusiomed. or at least
little accustomed; and by such train-
ing We are deliberately uniting him
to no steady on tho field of action 1t
is said with Justice that tho best train
ing for the soldier and that which
soonest changes him into n veteran.
is tho actual practice Of war. We
should therefore endc avor to make our
peace training as like that Of war as
possible. BY this means VIC shall
soonest ingraft the qualities Of old SOL
diers upon those Of young ones. and
shall have done all that in us lies to
obtain the steadiness Of the veteran in
com6ination with -she-AFe q youth
Ano her quality which may be inn
pressed upon the yourg soldier with
great advantage j. that strong esprit
de corps which gives much Of their
tone to soldiers old or younG. Fort.
nightly Rtriesc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-28
Why He Liked Chicago.

A Texas man started North ON his
bridal tour. and did not make mis- re.
appearance until eighteen months
from the date Of his departure. He
was met by . friend. who. after ex-
changing congratulations with him.
asked him what 20; ton Of the conn
try that he had visited during his trip
he Was most pleased with Hs an
swcred ':Illinoi&
'Ol what account" queried his
friend. for its natural its business or
its social atiraciions?'
..Neiiher; for its legal attractions.
Nv wife and ". re divorced there. -
7srGs Si0in2x ~a@,a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-28
CARVING ~ WOOD.


4 New - WA9sA Dsso4s H1ooty - Ooe-
lars - Hts Dsvos0sA
Wood carving is the newest fem.
ininc fad. Brass-hammering Is going
out wood-carving is coming in. In
stead Of punching plaques women arc
cutting wood panels Tho passion
for carved hall and dining-room fur.
niture. and for wood over.mantels has
something to do with starting the
craze Tho tools arc easily handled
also and require little muscular
strength. only a q nick eye. m artistic
feeling and steady hand 1t IL tho
proper thing to design and carve tho
two halves Of tho bellows for the open
fire; put = naked child on them. say.
blowing the red Goals in cave Of the
winds; or 10 cut orn aments for tho
great oak ches. that medieval mod.
crns are reviving 10 hold their ward.
ro.,c- There are several classes in
~ood-ca,--:".. snl many ladies' are
taking private lcs-cns There Is
niccc Of Charles Sumner ~ho became
quite an expert. but she has rooms in
q hotel and has given up her work be-
cause tho noise Of il disturbed
her neighbors A sistsr-in-law OF
Horace Greeley. a woman Of seventy.
is ono of tho enthusiasts. talking it mp
as Cato did Greek in hcr old age. Her
favorite piece Of work is carved se:.
tie for her hall. and she takes great
pride in it. Smaller pieces Of work
are the rule. panels and tiles for the
side of the mantel and the like. but
carved desks. sideboar,ls and dccora-
two pieces are not beyond the ambi.
ton Of tho more aspiring Oac Of tie
successful wOOi-carvcrs and designers
of the city has It in mind. ii possible.
to T. und . school for instruction In
d-carving. FIR the teaching u
young women especially. for whom he
believes there is an outlook f"r paying
work in this line. One Of his pupils.
indeed. q girl Of perseverance and
talent. supported herself comfortably
that winter by taking pupils herself.
and has developed So much orig nality
and Independents skill that she has oh.
tanned a good commission for carvings
and interior decorative wood work for
a number Of residences tn bc built by
rich NV Workers at Lenox. II tho
taste for wood.csrving continues to in-
crease It will supply an occupation in
which women who so into it for some.
thing more than amusement will find.
IL they are artists. ono moro welcome
resource. IN. y Ilorld and Express.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-28
ONLY DUST TO DUST.

Here our woven lives must part;
Long Eve known il would be %;
Joy 50 dear will find its woe:
Love so full Its wounded heart
Thou wilt stay. but depart
Hence. aye. hence from friend and foe !:
Where the spirts are. Igo.
Thus our woven lives must part
Thou wilt mourn for our lost days
From the dawn 10 set OF sun:
And thy tirelcss thought will run
On and on through mystic ways:
Skyward thou wilt gaze and gaze,
Musing with thysclf as one
From the shadowy realms outspun,
Doomed to mourn for our lost days
Shall I see thee, who can say.
God knows, faith alone can SEQ
In the vailed eternity,
And would not blind its way
shall hist - hear thee pray;
HAPPY heN . song from thee,
Dwelling by thy lapd-locked sea:
Shall know thee, who can says
Quickiy-likc q sudden thought
]. spirit, winged may fly
Outward, onward through the sky:
Hear thee saying-overwrought:
"Allhis love is turned tn nought;"
Hear thy troubled bosom sigh;
"All is lost since he must die,-
Leaving memory distraught"
] shall answer from the skies;
"All his love is turned to fire
Burning purcr, deeper. higher,
Far than thine; thy laden sighs-
For thy murmurs-can not rise,
Lo. how foolish thy desire
Clings to earth 10 faint and tire"'
Thou wilt hear me from the skies.
Vex thee not Of sdust TO DUST
Nothingness! nay, do notread
Life in such barren creed.
Life is neither dust nor lus.:
'Dust TO DUST" not soul to dust:
- Frailest thought and lightest deed,
Heavenly born, shall Godward lead;
Only earth is ''dust to DUST
-Napasa Henry 7hayer, in " y Observer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-28
CRIMINAL INDIFFERENCE.


Native Americans who Are . DisSsaeo
to the Nasioa.
A well-educated and wealthy resi-
dent Of Chicago was asked. few days
sncc. to name his choice for Prcsi.
dent He replied that he was not
enough interested in politics 10 have
one; and. further. that he would not
walk 10 Lincoln Park il ho could
choose the next President Of tho
United States Another well known
resident stated that he never voted. as
his name being on tho registration
list rendered him liable for Jury duty.
1t seems scarcely credible that ma
tive Americana and property y-owners
at that. could show such lack Of in-
tcrcst in public affairs 1t ID no won.
der that politics are rotten when the
only men who could improve tho con-
dition of tho political system show
such . criminal apathy in re.
gard 10 public matters. These
very men are the ones who most voc.f-
erously cry out against the evils
which exist and sneeringly s!,rug
their shoulders at the Nero mention Of
the name politician" They 60
abroad and decry rcpublicanism in
foreign countries They toady to
aristocracy and pride themselves that
they have never soiled their hands in
tho political mirc. Many Of them
fsign disgust at political jobbcrv. and
look upon politician with n loathing
which conveys the idea that they are
better than he. because they have not
frcqucn.ed ward cancuscs and have
not been associated with tho common
people," They build themselves a
pin n naclc of eSoiism upon which they
pose as gentlemen. From of their
naughty perch they gazs upon the
,urging plcLian mass and inwar,lly
congratulate themselves that they
havo never been polluted by contact
with the hoi poioi
These men call themselves Amer.
leans They are 10 be found every
wherc-more often in the capitals and
watering-places of Europe than on
their native shores They arc glad
enough. when involved in any trouble.
to seek tho protection OF the Uaite I
Statos; they arc willing enough 10
amass their fortunes in this country.
but they endure tn, country Of their
nativity rs a necessary evil. and flock
abroad to loll about the courts Of
Europe and seek. BY fair and foul
MEANS to snatch the sop Of reeog-
milton from spme rotten scion Of .
polluted aristocracy. Such mon exist.
and are not only tolerated. bat form .
goodly portion Of what is termed So
ciety.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-28

"Mariah." said Bilkina dolefully,
"you lcf: my Sunday coat out on the
porch last night. A shower came
up and it got soaked through and
through"
"well. l guess it can stand it."
"What do you mean? That coat
cost forty.ive dollars when II was
ncw."
"Ye. but you have soaked il often
enough by this time for it to be used
I" little sprinkle uks thai" "--ke,.
ctJHs 5rareiee.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-28
NATIONAL DEBTS.


4 0o0ooeaooo D. which th0 U1ooo0 0oDeo0
Hsguros Haaaso0oav.
While the United States have paid
OF In ten years 81. OO& 900. 900 Of public
debt and in ten years more will hsve
reduced II 10 insignificant proportions.
the eight chief European nations owed
between them in 1880 E3 967 600 600.
or nearly L 900 millions sterling; and
this debt has increased bv 81. $50. 600. /.
900 between 1865 and 1880. or nearly
50 per cent 1t Is scarcely necessary
to point ont the serious effect which
the payment Of interest ON this enor.
nous debt must have upon the Euro.
pean nations to say nothing Of repay.
ment Of capital At 5 per cent only
tho interest amounts to El20. 600 600
per annun,. and much Of it is charge
able with considerably higher interest
It is possible to argue thst the inter-
est Is paid in the main to members Of
the several nations concerned. and
therefore can not impoverish them;
but in any case it comes out OF tho
pockets Of tho workers. and keeps In
idleness a whole army OF drones. who
for the most part impoverish the na-
tion instead Of adding to ITS wealth.
A closer comparison may perhaps
be made by comparing England and
France taken together (whose popu.
lations now exceed that Of the United
States by about q rer cenD with tho
United States. England and Franco
together pay ESl. 500 000 a year on
their public deb. and E68. 800 600 for
army and navy, and give up $50. 600
able bodied men to the army. Es'i-
mating their useful labor at only E20
per annum each. we have . further cx-
pense Of El4. 600 600 yearly. Thus the
cost To Franco and England together:
Of army and navy and debts can not
be put down at les' than El64 500. 600
per annum. Even during the present
period Of enormous repayments the
United e'ates Is only paying fl9. 0O0..
900 . year on tho debt and its total
expenditure on war. debt and men Is
less than ESQ. 500. 900; leaving ElSS-
800. 600 as somewhat about the cost Of
tbs English and French war system to
those nations over and above the cost
OF the Uni,ed s ates system OF
course il We consider the amount per
head. the United States figures still
better England and France spend
$40 IS per head. or 354 per family OF
five persons; the United States less
than - Is per hsad-in fact. about
elAA6 per family Of fve.-0 T.
Belanv. in Cbsesmporary Revier.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-28
.".Havcn't YOU

-''Haven't you got any more fg.
gers in marble?' asked old Mrs Bent.
cy Of the attendant at the Museum Of
Art. '.No. mum; these are all il
here any one you are looking afterg
Yes; 1want 10 SEQ the statue Of limi.
atoms I've heard John read - wvc.
tout" "-JMdye.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-28

1t is said BY an eminent phy ysician
that half Of tho supposed mad dogs
havc nothing the matter with them bus
Tho toothachA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-28

kansas has 1000. 600 mich cows
an.l with butter profit Of 80 pc:
COW. ilev would represent clea
rr,.dt VI t2S 00Q. 0QG