The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12
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A granddaughter Of Charles Dick
ems is now 4 typewriter, and copies
MSS. for !. living.
Sydney Smith said: There arc two
questions to be asked respecting every
new publication. Is it worth buying? Is
it worth borrowings
Rev. DR.. Bartol SAYS Of the late
A. Bronson Alcott: Were it pos
siblc. he was courteous TO excess. lie
would have been polite to satan.
Mr. Gladstone always speaks of
.an union" and an European.
His enemies claim that this is an in
,lefcnsiblc misapplication Of certain ar
ticles.
OF the literary men who died dur
ing 1887, the ages of one hundred and
twenty are recorded in the Literary
World Taking them rs basis the
average age Of literary men is found
to be seventy years.
The youngest woman in the news
paper business heard from up to date
is Miss Agnes McMellan. the l cal ed
itor of the Seward Democrat Of Nebras-
ka- She is but fifteen years old, and IN
excellent news gathcrer.
The story Of the deep sea is an ex-
pcnsivc one. The cost of compiling
and publishing the reports Of the Chal-
lenger expedition is said 10 have NJ
ready exceeded two hundred thousand
pounds, the work being still uniin-
ished.
ID. w. c. Throop. editor Of the
Mount Pleasant la.) Free Press, was
writing a few days ago an article on
the lesson Of Tom potter's death from
ovcrworh. Suddenly he paused. put
his hand to his heart, and fell 10 the
floor corpse.
-. Buffalo Bill is to try his luck
as an author. lie will write book
which treats of the reclamation from
the Indians of the vast domain which
lies west Of the Alleghcnics. The vol
ume will recount the exploits of many
famous frontiersmcn.
One of George Bancroft's most
cherished possessions is the three
quarter length lifc-size portrait in oil.
Of the late Emperor Of Germany,
which the Emperor himself presented
to MI. Bancroft when the latter took
| leave of him as American Minister to
Berlin.
| Jennie June. who recently became
| proprietor Of Godey's Ludys Book. be-
| gan her literary caree: at Rockford,
Ill. For some time she and her hus-
band, Mr.. Croly, edited weekly pa
| per there. They failed to make the
venture pay and returned to the East.
Queen Victoria recently commits
! stoned one of her loyal subjects in
Washington to procure for her IN auto
graph of General Jackson, whom she
much admired. The messenger secured
letter written to member Of the
House, in which the President said he
hoped Congress would pass bill pro-
hibiting the delivery of mails Sunday.
The United States is the only coun-
try in the civilized world that does not
protect literary mans property in
his book as mneh rs it protects his
property in his boots. And yet .good
citizens and otherwise respectable
men have grown gray defending this
iniquity rs patriotic. and got rich APP
propriating foreigners productions!
If the poor woman be an English wom-
an any thief may steal her story. rob
her of her twenty-five dollars, and she
can not get copyright for it SO rs to
protect her against the plunderers.