Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-01-10
The HoIv Land

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The Holy Land
Col. j. r. Sanford, the distinguished
traveller and orator. has been prevailed
on. to visit Cedar Falls, thus affordins
our citizeta The opportunity o. listen
ing to his deeply interesting and In
|structive lectures On the Holy Land,
which have been greeted by crowded
houses everywhere that he has deliv-
cred them, We assure our citizens that
this Is n rare opportunity afforded them
of acquain;ing themselves with THE
history of those memorable spots famed
in song and story, aud il not improved
will be . life long loss.
These lectures will be given at the
Baptist Church, next week, Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings, at Z o'clock,
Jan. l4th and 18th. vi
The substance of the first, Lecture.
will embrace, London, Paris, Geneva,
Over the Alps, Turin, Genoa, Leghorn,
PISA, Florence, Rome, Naples, Pompeii.
Messina, Mt. Etna, Athens, Jaffa and
Jerusalem. & 8ER
SECoND.-In aid about Jerusalem,
River Jordon, Dead Sea, Bethlehem,
Hebron. Egypt, Cairo. Nile, Pyramids,
&C., and back to the Paris Exposition.
Admission-Single Tickets, so cents
For the course, 75cents. }l
p. S.-Those holding tickets will be
permitted on Wednesday afternoon to
examine HIS cabinet Of Quaint, rare and
wonderful specimens, ut the church.
His collection embraces ancient coins
from 1900 to 1000 years old; Serpent
tine Mosaics from the baths Of Cara.
Gala q string of beads froiti the Ara
bian Mecca; . dagger tip left by the
Crusaders In Palestine; an ancient
piece Of money picked up i'm the river
Jordan "a piece Of fiidftar from tile
walls Of the Great Pyramid; many
| Egyptian jewels taken from mummies !;
water from the Dead Sea, and many
other articles too numerous to mention.
will all be exhibited free of charge to
the holders OF Tickets rs above
Tickets for sale at the News Depot;
and at the door. % rt
THE DEAD-HEAD SYsTEM.-The dis
cussion of this question: among our ex-
changes 10 becoming quite general, and
for the good of the fraternity we wish
it might become more so, or what
woul be more desirable, we wish that
by Concurrent plan the system might
be entirely abolished and q more just
and remunerative policy be established.
One of our exchanges pointedly says
"The free tickets given to the press
for places Of public amusement, etc.,
are always paid for very literally. AS
q rule, those who issue--nCt those who
receive--these free tickets are the dead
heads, usually giving fifty cents or a
dollar for that which tive dollar bill
would adequately pay for. So long as
the newspaper editor Is expected to
give liberal notices of entertainments
before they occur, and then follow
these with general puff after the show
Is over, he certainly has no place In the
dead head Classification. Indeed In
nine cases out of ten, the editors would
be glad to receive half pay for their
work. and pay two prices for the free
ticket. They certainly would make
money In the operation.
| Aside from the benefit an abolish
ment of the system would be to the
proprietors of papers, 1t Is more to be
despised from the fact thdt these SO
called, complimentaries are given with
the view of securing a favorable men
ton of the entertainments. lecture, or
whatever IL may be. An editor of q
paper, who has paid Ave times the val
ne Of a fifty cent ticket by "puffs," Is
supposed to place himself under obli-
cations by the acceptance of that ticket,
and IL he does not put on smiling
countenance and call the entertain
ment highly instructive or entertain
ing, even though the audience may
pronounce It scarcely ordinary, he is
likely to catch - or he doomed to an
endless string of denunciations on ac-
count of his Observation-Disclosures.
If the "dead-headn system was abol-
ished, and just compensation given
for value received, editors might main
tain their self-respect without being
doomed tosevere and unkind criticisms.
We believe that editors and propfietors
of papers have rights which ought to
be respected, and 1t IL their duty to
maintain therff.
SETTLING AccouNTs.--An exchange
gives some sound advice In the follow.
ing when IL says: "Of all the duties
tina: devolve upon the farmer, and ey-
cry business man, at the commerce.
ment of new year, none are more i'm
portant than that of making settle
ments with all with whom he has
dealings. The. saying Of Poor Rich
ard, !" that ''short accounts make long
friends expressesa great deal In q few
words. III we would gain the confid-
ence and respect of the business COM
munity, we must have no long tangled
accounts. At least once q year the
books must be looked over and account
squared Oftener would, he better
while the transactions are fresh In the
memory. Those who Keep no accounts
or, keeping them, are always for put
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