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THE HERALD Advertising Medium IN OSKALOOSA, HAVING 2000 CIRCULATION. 2000 Moat of which ars to parsons in Mahaska county. ■ on facilitim fob Book and Job Work Ars as oosapl** offlos la tb« Slate. All the nan sty k* of type and FOUR JOS PRESSES. DENTISTRY. _ JJR. pTjTbLLSWORTIL Dentist. Oakalooaa, lowa. Ia the only Dentist lnthta city prepared to administer QAS for ex tracting teeth. R. M. L. JACKSON. Surgeon Dentist. _ Offlccln excbango block llljfli Obku i<■' <t J. • M 'TKHi. r dm* »lur<* ATTORNEYS. mTpbrdcil • Attorney at*Law. and Notary Public, Rose Hill. lowa 1^ TJLANCRARD A WILLIAMS, Attorneys-at-Law. Oakalooaa, lowa. Office over Green A Bentley’s drag store, rooms S and a. ynr JOHN M. HKBBON. Attorney-at-Law- Office over Beatty’s shoe store, north side of square, Oakalooaa, lowa. nlvtt fI LEA 80 N A HABKBLL. U Attorneys at*Law. Office In Phoenix Block. Oakalooaa, lowa. Busi ness promptly attended to. TohnaThoffman , Attorney-at-Law, apd Notary Public. Office over Levi’s Store, Oakalooaa. lowa. m * 'JOHN O. MALCOLM, J Attorney-at-Law. Collections promptly attended to. Office on north side, over Frankel’s bank. »» He. cuttsT" " • Attorney-at-Law, Offics In Oakaloosa National Bank Blook. up stairs, north--rest ooroer square. AFFKRTY A JOHNSON, Attorneys at-Law. Oakalooaa. lowa. Office over M. Wilson's store, north west corner square. mf Bolton a mocoy. Attorneys-at-Law. Oskalooaa. lowa. Office In Oakaloosa National Bank Block, over drug store. I» C. P. Searle. L. A. Soott SKA RLE A SCOTT, Attorneys-at-Law. And Notaries Public. Office first door west of Recorder's offloe. National Bank Building, Oska loosa, lowa. 21tf W. H N bkdham. D. C. WkQooiin. VTBBDHAM A WAGGONER, IN Attorneys-at-Law, And Collecting Agents. Office west side publlo square, Oakaloosa, lowa. tint W-. KBS WORTHY. ■ Attorneyat-Law. And Notary Public. Offloe over the New York store, west aide of the square,Oskalooaa. lowa. Depositions taken by abort-hand. nlOtt OC. G. PHILLIPS, • Attornayat-Law. Collecting. Insurance and Real Estate Agent, Oskalooaa, lowa. Office over B. Oppenbeltner A Co.’s boot and shoe store. l»tf JOHN ?. LACK Y. Attorneyat-Law. aad government claim agent. Offloe In Boyer A Barnes’ Blook. Oskalooaa, lowa. Prompt at tention given to collections. Probate business will receive oareful attention. Business attend ed to In the U. 8, and State oourta. R*f UOBKHT KISSICK. IV Attorneyat-Law. and Notary Public, Oskalooaa, lowa. Office In Centennial Blook, over Frenkel's clothing store, north side square. Will give apodal attention to collections, probate business and eonveyan oing. Practice In all the courts of the state. 18 C. P. Searle. L. A. SootL h 2 EARLE A SCOTT. 5 Attorneys-at-Law, Beal Estate and Insurance Agents, representing the best and strongest insurance oompanles in the world. We do the leading real estate busi ness la Southern lowa. We have many desir able bargains on our books, both In farms and farm property. Collections promptly amended to. Office first door west of Recorder’s offloe, in National Bank Building. 21tf )- J. A. L. Crookham. J. G. Crookham. C'IROOKHAM A CROOKHAM, J Attorney*-at-Law, Oskaloosa, lowa. Office over National State bank, south-west corner public square. Col lection* made and remitted promptly. Probate business and alt business in the state and U. 8. courts will reoelve oareful and prompt atten tion. Also bounty and pension claims prose cuted. Conveyancing done. Improved and unimproved land for sale. nltHf M JOSEPHINE TENNEY, M. D. • Physician and Burgaon. Office over Plunder Store, South side of public square. Oskaloosa, lowa. Night and country sails attended to promptly. »45 YTrs. J. 8. ELDER. M. D. Offloe south end Downing House block, up stairs. Offloe hours from Btolt a. m., from 2to 4p. m. Special attention given to renal dls sases. p4otf 80. i. TURNER. M. D.. Physician and Surgeon. Offloe on Market street, over Boyer & Barnes’ Store. Residence two blooks south and two blooks west of Postoffioo. 1U DR. W. M WELLS. Phvtleian- Office In Herald block over Whitaker A Shrlv er’s store, same floor of Telegraph office, south room. Office hours from 10 to Ha. m. and U 4 to 4 p.m. nitß DU. B. STAFFORD, Physician wui devote tali entire attention to the prao tloe of medicine. May be found at his residence ■rst door north of First M. B. church or at J W. Morgan’s drug store. 18tf U. D. A. HOFFMAN, Physician and Surgeon. Offloe over Levi’s clothing store, south-west oorner publlo square, Oskaloosa, lowa. Resi dence on Main street, three blocks east ol the public square. LbvT dTjohnson. m.d. Physician and Surgeon. Diseases of the Bye and Ear a specialty. Will treat diseases of the eye and ear, for countv pa tients free of charge. Offloe over Maya’ Dngr Store, West High Street. Residence corner Marlon and Liberty Bt. n4otf. R. V.PARDUN. Magnetic Healer- OSes at bis reeldenoe three blooks dtreotly south of Post-offioe. Is prepared to treat all dis eases sxeept deafness, with geoeral satisfac tion. Terms, $lO per month. He will always be found at home. 19 D. A. HLRST. M D. A.C. WILKINt, M. D. HURST A WILKINS, Physicians and Surgeons, Oskaloosa. lowa. Offloe in Phoenix Blook. south aide of public square. __ „ D. A. Hurst’s residence, one blook north of north-east oorner of the square. A. C. Wilkins’ residence, on Harrison street, opposite U. P. C’hureh. J. L. Corn*. W. F. David. COFFIN k DAVID, Homoeopathic Physicians $i Surgeons- Special attention given to diseases of women anil children; also to electric magnetic treat ment for neuralgia, rheumatism, cholera, paral ysis, epilepsy, diseases of the lungs, etc. Night aad oountry calls promptly attended to. Office north side of square over A. A. Kendig’s gro cery store. Residence east snd of Galt house. Country calls promptly attended to night or Amw DlStf Of Titles to Lands and Town Lots of lUhukt oountr. funlihed on short notice and on reasonable terms, by Conveyancing Neatly Oone. Office up stairs In I. Frsnkol A Co’s building, oo the west side of,the public square, Uska ioosa. lowa. I* Land Agency. I ha*e on ray books s large number of farms and bouses lo town; also many thousand acies of wild land. If you bave real estate to sell or wish to buy, give me a call. I pay lazes In any part of tbe state. Conveyancing done. Office in Boyer 4 Barnes’ block. Oekalooea. lowa. 100 dies building lots In Lacey’a addition to Oaka looaa. !»_ LAND. LOAN AND INdUHANCB AGENCY. I bave a large number of farms, and city property for sale and trade, among which are some rare bargains. Money loaned on farm and dty property at the lowest rate of In terest. If you want to sell, buy or trade for property, or wish to borrow money, please call and sue me. Office In I. Frankel A Go’s build low, oa the west side square, upstairs, Oskaloo aaTlowa nH*f Abstractor of Titles, 1 lantwowaaoMa nuof took* oontaln h tag title*to ail tbe Lend* and Town Lot* la Ma- R' kMkt count,, carefully gotten up from the re cord* eed oom pared, cod the two aeuoomparod wttk ccok other, eo that the, cuit be m Bear perfect u can be made. A betraot* furnished oo reasonable term*. Aiao title* perfooted for •mall oom peo*atloo. Money to Loan at 8 per cent. Principal payable In annual installments •50 a year and upwards to suit borrow* C. P. SEARLE 19 Com HaililßtoQ & Co., MMTilliiUou&guti oao* with Centra) lows Loan and Trust Com pany, contb aide public square, Oskalooaa, lowa. ▲l*o Baal Istate and Insurance Agents. Qatettae title* a specialty. Probate matters promptly attended to. We hare a oompieteaat of ahatraot* of title to all land* and towa lota la Mahaska County. Also a good line of In*ur nooecompanies, rate* reasonable Special at tentloo given to bnylngand selling land* on Coiaialmou. Moiey to Lota at a Low Rate of Interest 9 BI.ACKSMITHOfO, CHARLES GLOVER, Pint door east of Northeast Corner ef the Square. Smithing, Repairing, o*4 ell kind* OF SMITH WORK. UU f-V-“ - - . >. - ,* , v, M' ■ ■ '4-Ci ' - g&fafejf *-jg . fiffilmri - : 'w 18 BY FAR THE BEST MEDICAL. LAND AGENTS. ABSTRACTS R. DUMONT. JOHN F. LACBY’S JOHN P. HIATT. « The Weekly Oskaloosa Herald. VOL. 33, NUMBER 14. MUSIC. MISS LOUISB M. COGLEY, Teacher of Piano and Organ. Instruction given after the most approved methods of the best teachers. 18m8pd MRS. W. A. SEEVERS, Graduate of lowa Conservatory, will receive pupils for PIANO, OKU AN, VOICE, and THEORY lessons. Great care taken in giving studies for the DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUE, and In training pupils In correct manual po sition in touch, in time, and in distinctness of exeoutlon. All pupUs entitled to recitals. n4stf COMMISSION. W. T. KEBNAN. UtiADVOKD HAMOOCK. KEENAN A HANCOCK, Live stock commission merchants for the sale of Cattle, Hogs and Sheep, Room 24, Exchange Building, Union Stock Y'arda, Chicago, 111. References:—Union Stock Yards National Bank, First National Bank, and National Bank of Illinois, Chicago, 111. n2Byl BOOKSELLERS. Whitaker & Shriver, BOOK SELLERS, NEWB DEALERS, AND ST AT IONERS, Post Office and First Door East, Oakaloosa, lowa. HIDES. CHICAGO HIDE HOUSE. Oberne,Hosick &Co. SUCCESSORS TO Gegner Bros. Highest price paid for Hides, Wool, Tal low, Beeswax and Furs. mi BRICK. _ J BRICK, 100,000 BRICK. John Long & Son Will Contract for Buildings. have 100,000 good merchantable brick on bands and will sell at following prices: $4.50 per thousand for run of kiln; $5.00 per thousand for selected brick. We also bnve a large amount of DRAIN TILE From 2 lncb to 6 Inch, for sale at reasonable p riots. CALL AND SEE US. Yard and Kilns at crossing: of C. R, I* & P• and C.ofLR. R*s. lotf ' GROCERIES. SRilf DID Ml® Persons Who Love The very beat bread, pies, cakes, rolls, etc., will do well to call on ‘HARIY” the baker, Southeast corner of the square, where you will always find everything desirable In the way of all goods kept In a first-class Ba kery. I also have a full 11ns of STAPLE AND FANCY Groceries of all kinds. Call and see me at the a. B. oorner square. A. W. MARTINBTBIN. Minsgjr. PLASTERERS and MASONS. HenryW ailing: •F Dealer in *— w Building Material of all Kinds, and contractor of BRICK AND RUBLE STONE WORK. Cisterns, Flues and Cellars Built on abort notice. Also have good Brick for sale at lowest market price. Henry Walling:, n43tf Oskaloosalowa. WOOLandGRAIW. IF YOU WANT THE BEST FLOUR MANUFACTURED IN TUT? STATE, CALL FOR SIEBEL & CO’S at the Groceries. Made from Kansas fall and lowa spring wheat Every sack warranted. CASH for Wool, Wheat, and Corn, Grease and Tallow. n44tf COAL- ______ COAL! I have leased what is known as the OGDEN COAL BANK for a term of years, and am prepared to furnish GOOD COAL. in quantities to suit purchaser. It lights quicker, burns longer, and makes less cinders than any other coal in the market. Try it, and you will be oonvinoed that it la the l*est. Orders left at H. Howard A Son’s, A. A. Ken dig’s, and Wm. Matilson’s grocerhs will be promptly filled. W. F. UORAIIAN Oakaloosa, lowa, September 17,1881. n 4 POWDER! POWDER! H. I. LITTLE, AGENT FOB Laflin & Band Powder Go., Office with W. B. Bturgus.ln rear of Mitoh Wil aon’s store. Keep on band all kinds of Blasting Material and Sporting Powder. Operators of Coal Mines and all others deair log powder for any purpose will do well by leaving their orders with me. Orders may also be left with J. D. Guthrie, near mngailne. H*f H. I. LITTLK. GRAIN. SHEAK & SHARRA. DEALERS IN GRAIN, Pay the highest market price in CASH for all kinds of GRAIN. ELEVATOR on track of Central R. R., of lowa, West High Street, Oskaloosa, lowa. mr LIVERY. QUAKER LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLE. Full line of Livery Bigs. Also agents for the Celebrated United States Carriage 00. of Columbus, Ohio. n46yi LITTLE k WRIGHT. Hawkins Bros. & Johnson Pay the highest market prices in cash for Horses, Cattle and HOfifSy Heavy Horses and Mares wanted at all times. Offies and stables on High St,, one brack east of Dofth-ea corner of the public square. OQtttf FINANCIAL. ISRAEL M. GIBBS, BROKER. Loans of nil kinds negotiated. Mercantile pa per bought and sold. Room 8, over Farmers’and Traders’ hank, Oakaloosa, lowa, Wtf M.E. Cutts, Pres., M. T. William*, V-Pres. W. a.liiult, Cash. TUB OSKALOOSA National Bank, Of Oskaloosa, lowa. directors: M. E. Cdtts, M. T. Williams, J. H. Qkiei*, D. W, Losing, H. L. Spincbr, James McCulloch, M. L. Lkvi. CORRESPONDENTS: Amerioan National Bank, New York. lktf First National Bank, Chicago. John HIBBEL, L. O. Blanchard, President. Vice President. Harkt 8. Howard, Cashier. The Farmers’ and Traders’ Bank, Of Oskalooaa, lowa. (Organized under the State Laws.! Stockholders Liable for Double th 6 Amount of Capital Stook. Correspondence Solicited. Collections made and Remitted on day of Payment directors. JohrSiebxl, Peter Stcmps, T. J. Blackstonb, J. a. L. Crookham, P. W. Phillips, John H. Smith, L. C. Blanchard, G. B. MoFall, Mathew Pioken 19tf BANKING HOUSE OF FRANKEL, BACH & C 0„ Will receive deposits and transact a general banking, exchange and collection business, the same as an incorporated bank. Exchange on all the principal cities of the United States and all cities or Europe bought and sold at sums to suit the purchasers. Passage tickets to and from all points In Europe for sale at tne lowest rates. Collections will receive prompt attention. We do a strictly legitimate banking business and give the wants of oustomers special at tention. Correspondent*. Chase National Bank. New York. Kuhn, Loeb& Co., New York. International Bank. Chicago, ltttf Commercial Bank Keoknk. MACHINERY^^^ VERNON’S Machine Shops. I am now prepared to do all kinds of Job and Repair Work on short Notice, from the finest die work to the roughest boiler work. In fact any work in Iron, Steel or Brass. Miners’ Drills, Picks, and Hammers made to order. All work warranted to be first class. Give me a o&ll if In need of anything. nlOtf W. E. Vernon. BLOWSHOP. ___ STEAM PLOW SHOP. Home Made, Spring, Platform and Lumber Wagons. Also a full line of FARM TOOLS, as good as the market affords. Plow and Reaper Repairing a specialty. Goods warranted to give satis faction in all cases. Come and see ns and give us a trial. ( .» L. COOK & SON. First door north of Burnett House, in Red Front Building. GROCERIES. NEW Cash Store. H. SNYDER & SON. We will sell you GROCERIES AS CHEAP As any other bouse this side of Leadvllle. So oall and see and Examine our Stock & Prices- Our stock is all NEW AND FRESH, and price the same. I want all my old custom ers to CALL ON ME And buy If my prices suit them, which I think lean make satisfactory i9tf H. SNYDER & SON. PHOTOGRAPHY. FOR GOOD Photographs Or the Prettiest Picture Frames, MATTS, &C., For Framing Photographs, oall at WARRINGTON’S, West High Street, Oskaloosa, lowa. nl» TINWARE. Wells Bros. Dealers In STOVBS, And manufacturers of Galvanized Iron Cornice and Window Cape. Tin, Copper, and Sheet Ironware. Cornice Roofing. Bpouting and all kinds of Job Work a Specialty. Agents for the celebrated Mansard Cook and Washington Cook Store. Pleats oall and in us before purchasing else where. First door west of Wm. Matttson’ grooery nit Oo Early to W. S. MATS’ And select Tour HOUDAT PRESENTS. OSKALOOSA, MAHASKA COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1881. LUMBER* ►a era So cr _ <3 < 5* 2 QD (6 5 IP?! 2 I jJT CD £3 E» 2P ■■■ * » © p- p “■ * os. = s m _ s*» « r > o g « CD J? & JJ Ob - s g 25 I “ °-tg co 5 • o g. M. 0° _ •» w S.O E rt o ® s g c VJ s o -o ® 2 30 E < ® O [D ■■ IS n f 1 : ~ ¥ ? •-.ts er too. |_| OH n oo • H L u ® j !>£, r S P q * H ■ GQ t H S? 1 s 88 IB ?!6 giS §1? Do°tH«sß *s« , , SB S i?: h a Ss* |* o |_| * g* M IS * > g=r CD ? a |> <—> P B tasj g g S to g 5- -s=° O co R g “ p 5 Q Tl Oi f ■ w i g. .»=<? § fZJ t> : e=> tfl l_ S w o a c? t . H I l ' h S R Uo C O f- 5 i g "n a pn ® co > 2 c o* t=s —n d @ 5 B era V? E; s 03 I —’ L V- Kj S' |^P a > gaa l* B FURNITURE. J, B. McCurdy & Co,. FURNITURE. • | North-East ■ Corner of the W Public Square. The Boss W FarniinreDealers And <H UNDERTAKERS m Invite everybody to call ULJ and see their W New Stock. Cj Nicest Goods W S And H p Greatest Variety * Ever brought to Oskaloo sa for the money. nl9 __ SADDLERY. R. WILSON, Wholesale and Retail Dealer In Saddles, Harness, Collars, Whips, AND Saddlery Hardware Is Offering Extremely Low Prices On all goods id his line. A full stock of Brushes Combs, Leather, Belting. Lace Leather, Carriage Goods, Turf Goods, Pure Neatsfoot Harness Oil, By quart or gallon, very cheap, eto., eto. Will not be Undersold. Persona needing anything in my line will find as large and complete a stock to select from as can be found in central lowa. Repairing Neatly. Quickly and Cheaply done. Bememl>er tbe place, Phoenix Block, south side, Oskaloosa, lowa. n36t FINE FARM FOR SALE. John Moore, of Hose Hill, now offers Ills magnificent STOCK, GRAIN, and FRUIT FARM for sale very cheap. All underlaid with coal. The proprietor Isold and cannot manage so large a farm Is tbe only reason for putting t his farm on tbe market. Inquire of O. C. O. Phil lips, Oskaloosa, lowa, or John Moore at Koso mu. nWtf JEWELRY. ATTRACTION AT GEO. GUTHRIE’S, No. 206 West High Street, Next door to J. H. Green & Co.’s Agricultural Warehouse. The Mysterious Clock, The Electric Clock, The Cuckoo Clock. have Just fitted up a new show window with good display of Watches and Clocks, Atgreatly reduced prices. Watches from $2 to SIOO Each. Having had 25 years experience in watch work 1 am prepared to Co all kinds of fine work in watches, clock, Jewelry and optical goods. Western Agent for the Lancaster Watches, Lan caster, Pa. Remember the plaot, CEORCE GUTHRIE, piii 206 West High Street —The celebrated lowa barb wire cases will come up January 3, In the United States circuit court at Keokuk. A full bench will be present, Judge Mc- Crary presiding. B. F. Butler of Mass achusetts, and C. C. Cole, of Des Moines will appear.for the farmers. —Talmage thinks that if Christ were ort earth to-day lie w’ould “tackle mod ern problems, not ancient. lie w ould tell us how to rid American politics of their incubus, and would draw all Ilis illustrations from the State of New North Side York.” JEWELRY AT THE Jewelry Store. LARGEST BTOCK OF WATCHES, CLOCKS, SILVERWARE AND JEWELRY In Mahaska County. Call and see for Yourselves. L BLACK & SPECTACLE L™ 7“ IBDIOATOE. J xed for each eye. I Spectacles Are a Specialty, and always a good stock on hand All Repairing: done in the Rest Possi ble Manner. Don’t forget to call whether you wish to buy or uot. C. H. Tew. Henry Price. Jg i ’oM $ t d It has been sometime 6lnce I have advertised my business in the papers, and now stnee I have added so largely to ray heretofore GOOD SUPPLY OF GrOOIDS, Must say I would like you to call and see my display of Ladies’ Gold Watches, Gents’ Gold & Silver Watches, Fine Plated Ware, Jewelry, AND ESPECIALLY Spectacles. These 1 have always made a specialty of, and have them in greater variety now than ever. The shove Instrument is a valuable aid in suit ing Difficult Cases, and Is the invention of the JOHNSTON OPTICAL CO., Whose tine good* I soil. I have them In Gold, Silver, Steel, Nickel, and Rubber Frames at any price from the highest to the lowest, and it Is no trouble to show the goods. Henry Price. n6mC MEDICAL. TUTTS PILLS INDORBED BY PHYSICIANS, CLERGYMEN, AND THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE. 1 THE GREATEST MEDICAL TRIUMPH OF THE AGE. SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. , Loss of appetite.Nausea,bowela costive, Pai ril nthe He ad, wi th a d uirsensation in the back part, Pain under the shoulder blade, fullness after eating, with a disin clination to exertion of body or mTnd, Irritability of temper. Low spirits, Loss of memory, with a fueling of having nag ledfd Fluttering of the Heart, Dots oefore the ’ eye« 7 Yeilowfekin.iTeadaclie.Hestleas neßsat night, highly colored Urine. 8 IF THESE WARNINGS ABE UNHEEDED, SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED. TUTTS PILLS are especially adapted to ' such CHNFN,oiie done effect* nichßchAnge of feeling as to astonish the sufferer, i. They Increase the Appetite, and cause the body to Take on Hah. thus the system la nourished, and by thetrTonle Aetlonon the Digestive Organa. Bantlar atools are pro * duced. Price 2ft cent*. S» Murray at., Jf.Y. TUTT’S HAIR DYE. Oa*v II air or Whisk ns changed to a Gi/wst Black by a ilni(le application of this Dyl It Impart* a natural color, acta 1 nstantaneooaly. hold byDrugyUtr.or wwt by *ipr*»»on rec.ipt of ft. Office, 30 Murrey 8t„ New York d Dr TI TT* imu if hhnuUw u 4 | \l Hhl lUMIyU will b. uIM IRK* wi •ridUAtUa.P mo TIIADE.—Wo have several new sewing X maohluea to trade for ooal or wood. 2 llkbauu Printing Co, PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. -Ex-Congressman Oliver, of Onawa, has resolved to plant 100 bushels of walnuts during each remaining year of his life. —lt pays to labor and to waite! The working editor of the Burlington Hawk eye, J. W. Waite, has been made post master of that village—a deserved pro motion. —The government sold, last year, nearly eleven millions acres of its pub lic lands, but has plenty left to give every man a farm. But it would be a very poor one—mainly rock or sand. —Here are two good Sam Clarkon ian epigrams: “The Democratic is a vocationless party with a genius for deviilry; the Greenback is a party which having a vocation is far gone in lunacy.” —The tenth census of the United States will be completed in a few days. The disbursements for the work of making the census have been $3,860,068 so far. Congress will be asked for $540,000 additional. —The question whether an Indian will stop lighting and take to agricul ture or not, says the Philadelphia News, depends on whether he has enough squaws to do the work. That is about the naked truth of it. —The official vote for State Treasurer in Pennsylvania is: Bailey (Republican) 265,295; Noble (Democrat), 258,431; Wolfe (Independent), 49,983. Plurality for Bailey, 6,864. Wolfe was the anti- Cameron racer and his wind was bro ken. —From May 19 to June 30 there was handled by the Treasury authorities $226,000,000 worth of United States 5 per cent bonds for redemption and con tinuance at 3J4 l ,er cent. This is the largest amount ever handled by the Treasury officials in a like period. —The Cincinnati Enquirer notes “with alarm a tendency on the part of the present administration to get along without the Ohio man. This, of course, is a grave error on the part of the ad ministration. All Ohio men will admit it, and what is admitted by all Ohio men is true.” —Governor-elect .Sherman gave a re ception to the Dubuquers on his recent brief visit to that city. Those who em braced the opportunity of forming his acquaintance were well pleased with the new Governor of lowa, The Du buquers did the “handsome,” as they always do, and vow they like Buren right smartly. —The Chicago Herald is of the opin- ion that the lion. W. D. Kelly should be the Republican nominee for Speaker of the House of Representatives. He could undoubtedly command the votes of enough independents to make his election a certainty “by a large major ity.” The Herald is intensely pro-tariff and does not take kindly to the lowa candidate, Mr. Kasson. —lf the next lowa Senate does not re-elect Father Schreiner, of Mt. Pleas ant, to any position he asks, we shall sell out our interest in it to the Utes, and let ’em scalp it. The fact is “Pap” is nothing but an old Dutchman, but, bless him I—he has a heart that is all gold—and kraut! We are for Father Schreiner all the time, and until his end comes, which we hope will not be for the next forty years. —The Chicago Inter-Ocean asks are we not building too many railroads, and will not the result of enormous in vestments that are being made in this direction cause another panic like that of 1873 ? When the bonds are all sold and the money all spent who will pay the interest? Certainly the earnings of the roads and the sales of their lands cannot do it. The country was never CD o E e-r so prosperous, and at the same time so extravagant, as now. Men are making money and spending money fast; but the far-sighted see a point where it must stop. —Our active young friend, Briney Lucas, of the Mason City Republican, recently happily married, finds his dear little heart wicked enough to utter the following: “Al. Swalm, of the Oska loosa Herald, has a pretty way of patting a brother editor on the back providing the said b. e. says something flattering of one of Swalm’s pet candi dates for U. S. Senator, Speaker of the House, Warden, etc., which we judge might be very nice to take. But, if you don’t, oh my, he’ll make such a face at you that you will feel like you had dropped a nickel through a crack in the sidewalk.” —Touching one of the phases of the Senatorial discussion now going on|in the lowa press, the Atlantic Telegraph , aptly remarks: “The question very naturally arises: Are all the contests of the future to be based on the con tests of June, 1880? We certainly be- lieve Unit such should not be the case, and we also believe that any attempt to keep up the factional difference is for the selfish purpose of the politicians who make the attempt. Certain edi tors are discontented and unhappy be cause a great Senatorial contest has been fought and won by Mr. Wilson without their help. A boom has pre vailed which they did not boss. Hence they die hard.” —The Mason City Republican started a boom for James O. Stewart—better known as “Jim, of the Clarksville Star’ —as chief Clerk of the House, and it has grown like a young pumpkin vine. It can be said of Mr. Stewart that he “was one of the bravest of the Ist lowa In fantry’s brave men who fought so gal lantly at Wilson’s Creek where Lyon fell. He re-enlisted in the 20th lowa and served until the close of the war, rising from the ranks to be Captain of his company. lowa Republicans do not overlook valiant service for our country in time of peril, and when a veteran of the war, like Capt. Stewart, possesses every requisite for a position, and is qualified and fitted in every es sential point for chief clerk, as all ad mit Capt Stewart to be, why we think he is not going to find his dish empty at the banquet” Never give up. If you are suffering with low and de pressed spirits, loss of appetite, gener al debility, disordered blood, weak con stitution, headache, or any disease of a bilious nature, by all means procure a liottle of Electric Bitters. You will be Srised to see the rapid improvement will follow; you will be inspired with new life; strength and activity will return; pain and misery will cease, and henceforth you will rejoice in the praise of Electric Bitters, odd at fifty cents a bottle, by all druggists, 8 Educational Department. HOMER H. SEERLEY, Superintendent of Oskaloosa City Schools, Established and continued for the advance ment of the educational interests of Mahaska county. All persons Interested in education are Invited to write for tills department. Address all com munications to the editor. Josiah Gilbert Holland was Ixirn in Belchertown, Massachusetts, July 24, 1819, and died in New York city, Octo ber 12,1881. About his boyhood life we know nothing. He studied medicine and practiced for three years, and after ward edited a literary journal for a few months in Springfield, Massachus etts; he then passed a year in Vicks burg, Mississippi, as superintendent of public schools. In May, 1849, he became associated editor of the “Springfield Republican," and two years afterward one of the proprietors of that journal, in which connection he remained until 1866. Since 1870, he has been the conduct or of “Scribner’s Monthly," a well known magazine published in New York. In 1873, he was elected presi dent of the New York city school board. He has for many years been a public lecturer on social and literary topics, and has written many books, those of a didactic character, under the sobri quet of “Timothy Titcomb.” In this series we have “Letters to the Y oung,” (New York, 1858), “Gold Foil”, (1859), “Lessons in Life,” (1861); “Letters to the Joneses,” (1863). His other publications are: “Histo ry of Western Massachusetts,” (2 vol. Springfield, 1855); “The Bay Path,” a novel, (New York, 4857); “Bitter Sweet” —a poem—(1858); “Miss Gilbert’s Ca reer,” (1860); “Plain Talks on Familiar Subjects,” (1865); “Kathrina,” (a poem, New York, 1868.) In 1872 appeared what we shall call his best novel, the title of which is “Arthur Bonnieastle.” In 1873, his political works were pub ished in one book, called Garnered Sheaves. His last novel “Nicholas Minturn,” appeared in 1878 and in this work the author deals with the labor question-, as it will be remembered, that, at the time this novel was written, “ tramps ” were numerous throughout the U. S. “The Marble Prophecy,” “The Mis tress of the Manse,” and “Seven Oaks,” are three of Holland’s works; the last two are novels and the first a poem, but the date of their publications we cannot give. As a delineator of character, Holland was most excellent. Even in Dicken’s works we can scarcely find a character more ridiculous than “Jim Fenton,” (one of the characters of Seven Oaks) whose har always riz when he was ex cited, and when he and little Miss Butterworth stood up to be joined in the holy bonds of matrimony, and the minister commenced the ceremony with: James Fenton, will you take this woman—Jim interrupted him with: “Jist call me Jim, Par’sn,” and when the minister had concluded with: “to be your wedded wife, to live to gether, etc.,” and waited for Jim’s as sent, honest Jim started the guests with a hearty: “That’s what I’m here for, par’sn.” In the novel entitled Nicholas Min turn, we have a most ludicrous charac ter in the irrepressible Mrs. Coats, a most sensible one in her daughter Jen ny, and a very lovely one in Miss Lar kin, who was an invalid. The following is some of the language she used in a conversation with Nicholas, just after they had started on their voyage: “I love to think of our wonderful cargo,— the cargo that pays no tariff—the dreams, the memories, the plans, the aspirations, that trail behind us like a cloud, or fly before us like a pillar of fire, or pile themselves up to heaven itself. The sun is but a mere speck, I suppose upon the ocean of light that radiates from it; and if we could only see what goes out from our little steam er, on ten thousand lines, it would seem like a star traveling through the heav ens—a million times greater in its emanations than in itself.” “Arthur Bonnicastle” is a novel con taining rich thoughts, which are ex pressed in noble language. All teach ers should read this work for the sake of learning about the “Bird’s Nest” school, and the model teacher—Mr. Bird,—who won the affections of his pupils so entirely, and inspired his boys with such a degree of self honor, that they governed themselves, —or rather that they governed one another; for if several of them became mischievous and were disorderly, the others as soon as they had the opportunity would re prove them, and tell them that they should be aslfhmed to act so badly, and injure the reputation of their school. In this novel we admire the family pride, which was shown by little Milly, when Arthur spoke to her of her aunt “Fleck,” (who was always contrary with every one) and said: “I think your aunt must be a very disagreeable per son to have in your home.” “No; she is’nt at all,” retorted Milly, “papa and I understand aunt Fleck.” We remember of finding a bit of sen timent on one of the pages of this nov el which we thought very superior; it was as nearly as we remember it the following: He was guided by that Providence, which every morning un rolls the great scroll of the heavens and folds it up at night written with the designs and plans of men. The following quotation from “Gold Foil” is full of thought and wisdom: “So it is that each man has bread to eat that the world knows not of. So it is that each man is richer than the world estimates him to be.” The sentiment of the poem, Kathrina, is very fine. The arguments used are very strong. The style of the conver sational parts is delightful. The fig ures used are beautiful. In truth “Kathrina” is a rare poem; and the character Kathrina, is a rare one, a pe culiarly beautiful one. Just before Paul entered the room where his wife—-Kathrina,—lay dying the words of his mother came vividly to memory,—the words which she had so prophetically uttered when he was a boy, just after he had returned from chasing the lamb which had broken loose from him, —the lamb with the scarlet ribbon about its neck—which he had followed away up the moun tain hight, where he received the in spiration, and felt that he was called to be a poet; and these his mother’s words: “My Paul lias climbed the noblest mountain height In all his little world, and gazed on scenes As beautiful as rest beneath the nun. I trust he will remember all his life That to his best achievement, and the spot Nearest to heaven his youthful feet have trod. He has beeu guided by a guileless lamb. It is an omen which his mother’s heart Will treasure with her Jewels.’’ As Paul thought of his dying wife KDITOH.: The Late J. G. Holland. BY KATHARINA. and recalled his mothers words, he reasoned thus with himself: “Had her tongue Been moved to prophecy? Omen of what? Of a new height of life to be achieved By my lamb's leading? Ay, it seemed like this: An answer to a thousand prayers, upbreathed By her whom I had lost, repeated long By her whom 1 was losing? Was It this?'’ Then the verse proceeds as follows: “Thus charged with premonition,when I stepped Into the shaded room, my cheeks were pale, And every nerve was quivering with the stress, Of uncontrolled emotion. Ah I my lamb! How white I How innocent! My lamb, my lamb! Even the scarlet ribbon which adorned The lambkin of my chase was at her throat, Repeated In a bright geranium flower!” No other writer has ever paid higher tribute to the sisterhood of the race than Holland; if you doubt the asser tion, read the following quotation from him: “O! woman—mother! Woman—wife! The sweetest names that language knows! Thy breast with holy motions rife, With hollests affection glows, Thou queen, thou angel of my life.” Noble and fine in his degree Is the best man my heart receives, And this my hearts supremest plea For him; he feels, acts, lives, believes, And seems, and is the most like thee. “Not many friends my life has made; Few have I loved, and few are they Who in my hand their hearts have laid; And these were women. lam gray, But never have I ttcen betrayed. Report of Mahaska county pupils attending Eddy ville public school, dur ing the two months ending November 4, 1881: Total enrollment from first of year, 52;total enrollment during month, 52; average belonging, 48; average daily attendance, 45; number of cases of tar diness, 9; per cent of attendance, 97: per cent of punctuality, 98. Names of pupils neither absent nor tardy: May Mobley, Katy Fitzgerald, Louis Lutz, Hattie Lutz, Minnie llargesheimer, Jessie Williams, Addie Fais, Mary Sul livan, Jennie Shea, Louisa Bacher, Lenn Hargeslicimer, Mabel Pickens, Willie Lutz, Frank Sullivan. W. 11. Fleck. Principal. The Roman Pronunciation of Latin is now used by the following leading colleges and universities: Princeton, Columbia, Vassar, William and Mary, Harvard, Cornell, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins’, and the State Universities of California, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Miss issippi, Missouri, Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Yale prefers the English, and so also does Dartmouth, Amherst, Bowdoin, Trinity, Brown, Williams’ University of the South, of South Carolina, of Vermont, and of lowa. Report of the lied Independent school, for the term ending November 17: Number of days taught, 40; number of pupils enrolled, 33; number of pupils belonging, 28%; average daily attend ance, 25)^. J uddie Reynolds, neither absent nor tardy. Carrie Row, Cassie Switzer, Minnid Switzer, present every day dur ing the term. Oskaloosa District Convention of the W. F. M. S. The W. F. M. S. of the Oskaloosa District, held an interesting session in this city, November 8,10. The Dis trict was well represented from nearly all auxiliaries. There was much to en courage those who have labored so long and faithfully to establish this mission work in every Pastoral charge. The reports from all parts of the work were most promising. Mrs. Mary C.Ninde, President of the Western Branch, was present during the entire session of the Convention, addressing the Convention two even ings, in her fervent mission spirit. Mr. S. P. Craver, returned mission ary from Mexico, addressed the Con vention, on the manners and habits of Mexicans, also an account of his work among them as a missionary. During the address he exhibited some Mexi can costumes, articles of household use and implements of labor. Mrs. S. O. Kemble read a very inter esting paper, subject, “Opportunities and Obligations of Christian workers of our day.” The paper showed much thought and was well received by an attentive audience. The discussions were highly inter esting and of much merit. A better and more interesting program never came before any association. There was marked interest and zeal on the part of all in attendance. With the cordial entertainment given the Con vention by the good people of Oska loosa, there was passed a pleasant and it is to be hoped profitable session. A number of valuable resolutions were endorsed by the Convention, and it is to be hoped they will receive the hearty approval of every Auxiliary in the Oskaloosa District. Secretary. The Irish Peasant GirL Extract from a Naxhy Letter. The Irish girl is always comely, and, jroperly clothed and fed, would be jeautiful. Still she is comely, Irish landlordism has not been sufficient to destroy her beauty, though it has done its best. But she has no gown of woolen stuff; a cotton slip without underclothing of any kind makes up her costume. The comfortable stock ings and stout shoes, and the red ker chief about her neck, are so many libels upon Irish landlordism. Were My Lord’s agent to see such clothing upon a girl, he would immediately raise the rent upon her father, and confiscate those clothes. And he would keep on raising the rent till he was certain that shoes and stockings would be forever impossible. Neither does she dance Pat down at rustic balls, for a most ex cellent reason: there are no balls; and, besides, when she has cut and dried a donkey-load of peat, and walked beside that donkey bare-footed in the cold mud twelve miles and back again, and sold that peat for sixpence, she is not very much in the humor for dancing down any one. On the contrary, she is mighty glad to get into her wretched b»u of dried leaves and pull over her the potato-sack which constitutes her sole covering, and, soothed to sleep by the gruntings of the pigs in the wretched cabin, forget landlords and rent, and go off into the land of happi ness, which to her is America. Sne finds in sleep surcease of sorrow; and, besides, it refreshes her to the degree of walking bare-footed through the mud twenty-four miles on the morrow, to sell another load of peat for six pence, that she may pay more money to My Lord, whose town-house in Lon don and whose mistresses in Paris re quire a great deal of money. Cham pagne and the delicacies of the season are always expensive; and My Lord’s appetite, and tne appetite of his wife and mistresses, and his children, legiti mate and illegitimate, are delicate. Clearly Katy is in no humor for danc ing. She has her share to contribute to all these objects. And so she eats her meal of potatos or stirabout (she never lias both at once), and goes into sleep and dreams. Some of the Illinois and Michigan apple packers have adopted a good plan in marking each barrel with the follow ing printed notice placed inside: “No tice. If this barrel of apples is not found honestly and evenly packed, and ] of good quality , please send me this slip with explanation of defects.”— With the further note of number, sta tion, packer and orchard. This is the way to make a dealer’s work popular. Let English buyers know by this way that this man packs only good fruit in good condition, and it follows naturally that that man's work will always be in demand. ESTABLISHED 1850. WHAT SHE SHOULD DO. A Few Suggestions of Im portance on a Subject of Interest to the Ladies. And Certain Facts Which Should be Known by All 'Women. Form the Home Journal, New York A short time since an article appear ed in the columns of this paper, being a synopsis of a lecture delivered by a prominent woman before a well-known New England society. This article dealt so directly with the needs of wo man, and contained so many hints which were valuable, that it naturally attracted no little attention, and has, we learn, been a subject of comment in social circles in nearly every part of the land. Realizing that no subject can be of more vital importance, as well as interest to all readers, than the con dition of the woman of America, we have collected and prepared with con siderable care, additional facts bearing upon the same subject. The ladies of this country have been more observed and talked about than those of any other land, and Europ eans always notice their characteristics —usually with admiration. Sara Bernhardt declared she did not see how any one could resist falling in love with “those pretty American ladies.” She might have added, that even her far famed French nation would find it difficult to equal, much less excel, Am erican women in quickness of percep tion and brilliancy of intellect. The minds and manners of American wo men are all that can be desired; but it is a lamentable fact that their physical frames are far inferior in comparison with their social and mental character isticts. The women of England are noted for their florid health; those of Germany for their strong constitutions, and the ladies of France for their ex uberance of spirits; but the American women possess no one of these qualit ies in any prominence, and all of them only in a slight degree. The reason for this must be plain to every careful ob server. Sedentary ways, devotion to fashion—but above all and more than all, carelessness and indifference to daily habits and duties, have rendered the women of this land far less strong and healthy than it is either their duty or privilege to be. This irregular and indifferent manner of living brings about the most serious results and is both directly and indirectly of untold injury to the race, The cause, there fore, being manifestly under the con trol of the women themselves, the pow er to remove it must naturally be un der their control also. American wo man can possess just as charmed lives as though they lived in Europe or any foreign land, if they only desire and determine to do so. The primary cause of suffering from disease is impure blood. The perform ance of the natural functions of wo manhood and motherhood is not a dis ease, nor should it be treated as such, and to maintain one’s health, the organs which make and purify the blood must be preserved in, or restored to their normal condition. These organs are the kidneys and liver. It is the oflice of the kidneys to take from the blood the poisonious matter which has qeen collected from all parts of the body and pass it off from the system. If they are impared in their action they cannot do this W’ork, the poison accumulates, all the organs in the body which are sustained oy the blood are weakened and give way, and linally the kidneys and contiguous or gans become the source of great pain, and without prompt relief death is certain. It is the oflice of the liver to extract other impurities from the blood and utilize a portion of them for digestion. If the liver is disordered all forms of dyspepsia occur, the bowels cannot ex pel the waste matter and the most dis tressing inconveniences follow. This is especially true in the case of women. And if the bowels are thus inactive and overloaded the neighboring organs, which are particularly dependent for their right action upon the state of the liver, bowels and kidneys, become dis placed, and the consequence which en sue are too well known to require re statement in a suggestive article of this kind. The secret, however, of pre venting these manifold disorders is to keep the kidneys and liver in perfect working condition. This is reason, this is science, and it appeals with force to the suffering women of Ameri ca. When the body is in a healthy condi tion then come beauty of complexion, elasticity of step, hopefulness of dispo sition and comfort and happiness in the duties and responsibilities of a family. There is; therefore, every in centive to secure and preserve buoyant health. Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy described in the lect ure to which reference has already been made, is receiving, as it certainly merits, the most careful attention and the trial of the women of the land. It is a pure and simple vegetable remedy which is now doing more to bring health and strength to the American women than any one thing which has ever been discovered. It acts directly upon the liver, kidneys and adjacent organs, soothes any inflammation, al lays all pain and places these organs in a condition to bring health to the body and happiness to the life. The manu facturers of this great remedy, as we learn from the lecture; have the written thanks of thousands of women —many of them of great prominence—but these letters are very properly regarded as too sacred for publication. No true woman is pleased to have her physical troubles daunted in the eyes of the world. The uuquestionable value of War ner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure is all the more manifest from the fact that heretofore no adequate remedy for the ills of women has ever been discovered; nor have the medical profession ever been able to assist woman in her troub les as she deserves. This is, perhaps, largely due to the presence of so much bigotry and intolerance in that pro fession. The history of medicine is a history which illustrates to the fullest the blighting effect of bigotry and in tolerance. Harvey, who discovered the circulation of the blood, was driven out of England. Jennet, the father of vaccination, was oppressed and scoffed at. Thompson, the founder of the Thompsonian theory, was the victim of a hateful conspiracy. Morton, in Massachusetts, who introduced the use ether in surgical operations, was charg ed with witchcraft, and yet the dis coveries of these men are to-day re cognized as of infinite benefit to the race. It is the solemn duty of every physician in the land to take advantage of every opportunity which is within his reach; not to promote the interests of this or that school, but to heal the people of their infirmities. All have witnessed death-bed scenes and felt that if skill were equal to disease death might have been postponed many years ago—that science (if use were made of all the agencies she has revealed) was equal to a cure. How many a time in the experience of all has this been illustrated! A cold is contracted, it refuses to yield to a fixed form of treatment, the physician may not be tandid enough to call in the aid of other schools, or of independent agencies, and the dear one dies because the doctor will not exhaust entry expe dient known to the world for relief! If he have the courage of his convict ions and employs outside agencies he is visited with expulsion from the society of his fellows, and, forsooth, becomes what they choose to call a •‘quack." When they have exhausted all the agencies approved by their schools they “shirk the of the death of their patient by advising a trip to Colorado or Florida or a voyage to Eu rope! Such treatment may he in ac cordance with the “code of ethics,” but in the view of the unprejudiced public it is downright cruelty, if it may not be even more strangly characterized. There is no reason, however, why the women in this land should not i>ossess the best of health and spirits. The character of the country, the activity of her surroundings and the opportu nities afforded for recovering lost health and retaining the same are S eater than those of any other land on l e face of the globe, By a careful ob servance of the plain and simple laws of health; by a watchful care over daily habits and duties, and by a regulation of the life with the remedy above named, which has become so prominent OPR ADVERTISING RATES. M 2 ja J= 3 “ 5 - S* ® O O O © >* * ► a a as a Frof.card. 100 160 300 260 300 400 Fob 2 Inches . 1 00 3 60 3 so 5 00| 650 8 00 1250 % column gBO 300 600 8 00(10 60 18 00 25 00 34 column. |U 600 7 50 12 £0 16 60 27 50 50 00 H column. ~00 750 00 20 00 87 60 50*00 75 00 1 column 10 0° 15 00 Local*.... 10 20 40 60 80 160 280 Notice* in Lott, Found and Wanted 6 cent* per line each week; no Insertion for less than 25 cents. Editorial notice* of business nature, 30 cent* per line. Marriage notices SI.OO. Obituaries free. Churoh notices free. Plate advertisements must be all metal) or no contract will be made. fc pedal rates for weekly change* and choice of location. and valuable, there is no reason why all the desirable things we have men tioned may not be secured in their high est degree. It is therefore a matter of importance that all women give this subject the attention which it deserves, and the care which they are able to be stow, conscious that their efforts are certain to bring them perfect health and long and happy lives. Temperance Department. EDITED BY THE Woman's Christian Temperance Union Under the charge of Mrs. M. G. Davenport. Temperance Address of the People of lowa. Rooms of State Committee, ) Cresco, lowa, Oct., 31. 1881.) In behalf of the State Temperance Committee, the undersigned deem it proper and fitting to congratulate the friends of Constitutional Prohibition on the sure and certain progress their cause is making with the patriotic masses of the people of luwa. The right of this commonwealth to thus change its organic law was settled by the action of the Legislature two years ago, when it passed the following Sec., No 26: No person shall manufacture for sale, sell, or keep for sale as a bever age, any intoxicating liquors whatever, including ale, wine and beer. The General Assembly shall, by law, pre scribed regulations for the enforce ment of the provisions herein contain ed, and shall thereby provide suitable penalties for violations of the provis ions hereof. After two years of discussion and debate, the pulse of the voters of lowa is felt in the recent election of a new Legislature, largely in favor of re affirming the action of its immediate predecessor. This amendment, which, f adopted by the people, will vitally change the entire public policy of this State, in its treatment of the commerce in alcohol as a beverage, for all time to come, practically stands to-day at the threshold of every voter, and demands of that voter his intelligent and con scientious verdict. After an immense sacrifice of blood and treasure on the altar of country and liberty, slavery was swept from our domain, and an Amendment to the constitution of the United States was adopted, which wrote the final doom by the American people of that “sum of villanies.” The wrongs inflicted iqe on every material interest of the State by the “drink traffic” are admitted by candid persons of all parties and de nominations, and what shall be the remedy is commanding the solicitous attention and consideration of the pa triotic, religious and moral in every section of our country. License for a century has lieen tried, and proved to bean impotent power to stay its deadly ravages. Prohibition, in whatever form, al ways invites the fiercest opposition of those interested in the business; for it, in a large measure, is a formidable barrier and protection to society against the curse of alcohol; and those plying the traffic never cease their as saults until the prohibitory statutes are emasculated to suit their demands and interest. The history of prohibi tion in this State is an illustration of this truth. This amendment places the matter of prohibition beyond the pow er of legislative pleasure, and makes it Sermanently the settled policy of the tate, free from mere partisan bias or favor. It is the State of lowa, doing within its jurisdiction, for the com merce in alcohol as a beverage, what the United States government did with slavery. Your committee inquire, Will the voters adopt this amendment? If the power of money can prevent them, they never will, for the millions of wealth employed by the manufac turers and dealers in intoxicating liquors will be concentrated within this State to prevent lowa from following the' example, as fatal to the traffic, grandly and successfully inaugurated by her younger sister State of Kansas, that of constitutional prohibition.— But against this money power there is love of home, of country, of religious and moral life, and of good government, that is certain to array itself in favor of the amendment. The friends of tills J measure depend for its success upon its merits alone and coiirt the fullest J and freest discussion. Your committee ■ earnestly urge upon all the friends of 1 the amendment in every precinct and | home within the State, the necessity / and importance of immediate steps for a thorough and systematic organization for our forces, by public speaking, es- 1 tablishment of reading rooms, distribu tion of public documents bearing upon the matter in issue, circulation of tem perance newspapers, and convening together in public assemblies for con sultation. We most respectfully ask the ministry of the State to make this a special subject of consideration dur ing the w’eek of prayer. The local press should be utilized in favor of the amendment, and all the proceedings of public gatherings written up and re ported in the daily press. For the purpose of effecting local or ganization, this committee request that in each county of the State there shall be held on the 7th day of December, a county delegated convention, of the various temperance and religious socie ties of each county, favorable to the adoption of the amendment. We recommend to said several con ventions when assembled to consider: / 1. How to provide for classifying the voters of your county, so that it shall be known at once how many vo ters are already for the amendment, how many against it and liow r many doubtful. 2. How r to secure a thorough presen tation of the merits of this measure by | public addresses in each school district «! of your county. 3. How temperance campaign litera ture shall be thoroughly distributed in your county. 4. How your county shall provide its proper amount of money for your county work, and to furnish the State organization with funds for the State work. 5. To elect not less than three and not more than five delegates to repre sent your county in a State convention to be held at l)es Moines, which will lie called by this committee to meet some time in January. 6. Where counties are not already organized, to perfect a thorough organ ization therein, of live, active, energetic workers, who will see that work for tiie amendment is "well done” in every portion of your county. Also to ap point an executive committee of three persons as a county central committee, one of whom shall act as treasurer, as provided in by-law of state organiza ion. 7. To designate some one to act as county secretary and secretary of execu tive committee, who will make to the state committee monthly reports of the condition and progress of the work in your county. 8. To formulate by resolutions all these and other steps deemed wise by your conventions in promoting that public sentiment, essential to the adop tion of this amendment to the constitu tion of lowa, which so many believe will be a blessing to the people of our commonwealth. - B. F. Whight, .Secretary. People should iuind how they ex press themselves at public dinners. We read, the other day, that the build er of a new church in course of erec tion, when the toast of his health was given, rather enigmatically replied that he was “more fitted for the scaf fold than for public speaking.” In the Pyrenees.—A guide is showing off a remarkable echo to a band of tourists; “You will observe, ladies and gentleman,” he says with rapture, “how the sound is repeated from rock to rock, from crag to crag, and especial ly how beyond the frontier the echo re- Slies with a perfectly distinguishable panish accent!” llow quickly we forget the rules «a arithmetic as learned in school is shown in the fact that a prominent dry g***" merchant in Boston worked half an hour on the following proposition: « four men build a wail nve feet high four days, how long will Jt men to build a wall eight feet high m i A. Kimball, President.