The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-07-05

Every box has been in 'efIect
condition when it came into my
hands. and the contents have given
complete satisfaction. 1t IL an act Of
justice, and also a pleasure, to recon-
mend it unqualifedly to American
housewives. MARION HARLAND,
Brooklyn, n. T., Nov. 80, 1887"
COAMENCENENT ESSAY.
Read at the Cresco High School Commencement,
June ID, 1858.
OUR COUNTRY'S PALLADIUM.
BIZ WALTER b. EVANS.
Among the ancient Greeks and Ro-
mans there was an image Of Pallas,
who was generally identified with
Athene. This image was called the
Palladium. 1t is particularly cele-
brated, for according to the current
myth, it was thrown down from
Heaven by Zeus, and fell on the plain
of Troy, where it was picked by Illus,
the founder of that city; by him 1t
was thought to be divine assurance
Of the prosperity Of that city.
In course Of time the belief was
spread that the loss Of It would be
followed by the loss Of that city. 1t
was, therefore, stolen by Odysseus
and Diolnedes. Several cities after
ward boosted OF possessing It, pArtic.
ularly Argos and Athens; but other
accounts affirm that It was carried
into Italy by Aneas. BY the Romans
it was believed that upon the care.
ful keeping Of it In . sanctuary the
public welfare depended, and II wal
preserved in the temple Of yesta 20
secretly that even the Pontifex Max.
linus might not behold 1t.
The safeguards, or the Palladiumi
Of Russia, Germany and other coun.
tries, are their large standing armies
and upon these, alone, does the safe.
ty of these countries depend.
Upon what does our country de-
pend for her safety Does It depend
upon our protecting some image!
Does she need to support . large
standing army to protect her rights,
to check internal strife, and to CON-
mand the respect Of other nations!
II not, upon what does she depend
for her safety and stability
The government Of the United
States is q government for the peo-
pie and by the people; that IL, the
people have voice in the making Of
their own laws, and as every upright
and intelligent person knows what .
good law is, and why he should obey
it: SO the safety and stability Of this
government depends upon fine integ-
rity and intelligence Of It's people.
Whatever improves these qualities In
q people insures . better and more
stable government. This promotion
Of the integrity and intelligence Of .
people takes place only by the de-
velopment Of the faculties Of the In
tellect, and training them into har-
monious action in obedience to the
laws Of reason and morality.
1t does not seem human to want
faith in the power Of education, since
to improve is the law OF nature.
The cultivated intellect IL not slow
in making itself manifest. In every
undertaking 1t shows it, influence.
1t is one Of the most important ele.
ments in the efficiency Of labor. For
all proper industry begins with .
mental movement, and the physical
effort only gives form and effect to
what the mind had already shaped
in idea. Some knowledge Of natures
laws must be obtained before We may
gain the mastery Of her forces, and
the proper use Of her materials.
The persons who have learned to
read and write have increased their
capacity to learn and use trade. to
think for themselves, and with little
superintendent to strike for the OBJ
ject aimed at in their labor, and at
the same time to exercise their inven-
tive genius to devise new means for
increasing the efficiency Of their
work.
A persons instincts are hereditary,
and by coming in contact and becoin-
ing familiar with organized industry,
he unconsciously gains good and COR
rect ideas Of performing his work.
In the association Of good workmen.
. boy grows into habits Of quick OBJ
servation and manual dexterity, 90
learning the best part Of his trade be.
fore he begins his regular appren.
ticeship.
In the higher technical schools In
which practice shops exist, it d found
that the students already welltrained
in mathematics and drawing learn
the trade in much less time than or.
binary apprentices. 1t cannot be
doubted that much Of the abundant
inventive genius OF the American me-
chanic is due to the general educa-
ton diffused among the people.
The general intelligence Of the peo-
pie OF the United States is superior to !!
that OF the people Of other countries.
It has been stated and found to be 80
by actual experiment, that II the
workmen of a manufacturing estab-
lishment In the United States were to
20 out On . strike, the managers
could engage other worknen not
skilled In that kind Of work, and In .
few days the work would be ~ well
done as before. But II the exper-
lment was tried in another country,
the result would be the total ruin Of
The machinery Of the establishment.
A. applied to tbs mind, tho source