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North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-06-30

Wo" "DERs OF THE HEARTS AcTIoN.-The
effect of everything that touches the heart
is multiplied by the intensity of the hearts
own changes. Hence it is so sensitive
so true and so quick an index Of the body's
state. Hence, also, it is that it never
wearies. Let me remind you of the work
done by our hearts in day. A mans to-
tai outward work, his whole effect upon
the world, in twenty four hours, has been
reckoned at about three hundred and fifty
foot-tons. That may be taken as a good
"hard days work. During the same
time, the heart has been working at the
rare of one hundred aud twenty foot-tons.
That is to say, if all the pulses of day
and night could be concentrated and well
ded into one great throb, that throb would
be enough to throw a ton of iron one hun
dred and twenty feet into the air. And
yet the heart is never weary.
Many of US are tired after but feeble
labors; few of us can hold poker out at
arms length without. after few minutes,
dropping it. But a healthy heart, and
many an unsound heart, too-thou gb
sometimes you can tell in the evening,
by its stroke, that it has been vexed DUR
ing the day, that it has been thrown off
its balance by the turmoils and worries Of
life-goes on beating through the night
while we are asleep, and when we awake
in the morning we find it at work, fresh as
if it had only just begun to beat. 1t does
this because upon each stroke of work
there follows period, brief but real
period of rest; because the next stroke
which comes is but the natural sequence
of that rest, and made to match it; be-
cause, in fact, each beat is in force, in
scope, in character, III everything, the
simple expression of the hearts own en-
ergo and state.-Appleton' Journal.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-06-30

In New York city, on Wednesday last,
the Methodist churches chose trustees of
the camp>meeting, to be held at Sing Sing
next August. Women were allowed to
vote, though but few avaled themselves of
the privilege. A lady member of the
Allen street church observed her husband
coming to vote, and at once rushed over
to him and took the ticket out of his hand.
Having examined it carefully, she gave it
back to him and exclaimed: "You nav
vote that, dear; that's all right This
incident created considerable merriment.
Brother Barker remarked, That's what
we're coming to.'-Ecch.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-06-30
McGREG0R, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 80, 1869.
Origson OF Tariff.
What is the meaning of the word Tari #

Origson OF Tariff.
What is the meaning Of the word Tariff
1t has not the classical moduiation of the
Greek or Latin, nor the sturdy vigor and
bluntness of the Angle Saxon: but is q
sibilant, uncouth sound, as though it were
of barbarous origin. And so it is.
"If you turn" says Dean French, in
his "Study of Words" "to map of
Spain, you will take note, as in southern
point, and running in the Straits of Gib~
raltar, of promontory which, from its po.
sition, is admirably adapted for command
ing the entrance of the Mediterranean
Sea, and watching the exit and entrance of
all ships. A fortress stands on the prom
ontory, called now, as it was also called in
the times Of the Moorish denominations
in Spain, Tarifa. The name, indeed, is of
Moorish origin. It was the custom of the
Moors to watch from this point all mer.
chant ships going into or coming out of
the Mediterranean Sea and, issueing from
this stronghold, to levy duties according
to fixed scale on all merchandise passing
out Of the Straits, and this was called
from the place where it was levied 'tarifa'
or tariff, and this is the way we have ac-
quired the word.''
How pleasing to the pathological student
to find that this word "tarif., through all
old Moors, perched in their rocky eyrie,
from which they swooped down on the
commerce Of the world, has remained un-
changed in its meaning and significance
Nations may change, governments be
overturned and others founded on their
ruins, but the disposition of man to prey
upon the industry of his fellow-man,
changeth not Western Monthly.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-06-30

Lowry, who married Anna Suratt, has
been dismissed from the Surgson Gensr-
ais employ, BY order Of the Secretary of
War.
A Boston paper gives the dimensions of
parspa-Rosa's voice, as follows: $500
feet long, 800 feet vide, and az hish--a as
the Coliseum"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-06-30

One Sabbath evening, at a Sunday
school concert, the pastor Of popular
church said "Boys, when ! heard your
beauti iul songs tonight, had hard work
to keep my feet still. What do you sup,
pose is the trouble with them?" ''Chil.
blains, sir" said little six,year old boy,
and the answer, notwithstanding the
'solemnity of the occasion, set the whole
audience in roar.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-06-30

A Texas paper says that though court
ing can still SO on, getting married is
"played out" there being no one author
ized to perform the ceremony.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-06-30

A Traveller, in Pennsylvania, asked the
landlord if they had any cases Of sun
stroke in that town. ''No, sir" said the
landlord, sIf man gets drunk here, we
say hs is drunk, ana never call i by any
other nams,"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-06-30

- KNF'N
TO WET To whit! To whee
viii you listen to me,
And the nice nest / nladei
! Not I, said the COW, Moo ool
Such thing I'D never do,
/ gave you wisp OF hay.
But didn't take your nest away.
Such thing I'd never do.
TO whit, To whit, To wheel
Will yOu listen to mel
And the nice nest l mades
.,sse- s,-.- a.r.
Bob-a- -linkl Bob-a-link
Now what do Won tbinkf
From the nluml-,ree to-day.
&
Not I. said the dog Row WOW.
wuuld MT h, 40 n can. I VOW
But the nest I did not take
Not I. said the dog Bow wUwi
would MT be 30 mean, VOW.
s2s-
TO whit To whit To wheel
win you listen to met
And the nice nest I nader
Coo COO! Coo cool Coo cool
Let me speak word, too.
From little yellow breastf
Not l. said the sheen oh no.
would MT treat poor bird go.
But tle nest was none of mine.
Baa bsal said the sheep, oh no,
would MT treat poor bird so.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-06-30

|SPECIAL attention paid to the nnfacture OF
y Blank Books for Counties, Banks, Merchants, etc
Music, Magazines, Periodicals, e., &C., Bound with
neat mes a nd dispatch.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-06-30
MURRAY HOUSE,

Main Street, McGr9gor. Iowa. A desirable home 70
the travelling public. with good barns and Sheds a
tached for the safe protection VI horses and wagons
442 VI. MURRAY, Proprietor.
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never is mans, it always belongs to God,
and he can take the weak things of the
world to confound the mighty, and he does
it, that we may learn that the excellency of
the power is not of man but of God.
The grandest mistake which churches
make in these days, is in imagining that
they must have man of wondrous strength
of intellect and with brilliance of oratory
and rhetoric, inferior only to the biggest
star in the atricalfrmament, in order to
be able to draw. The sooner they get rid
of this notion, and learn to depend on the
power of divine grace and truth, and to
look for divine blessings upon faithful pas
toral effort in the bible class and in family
visitation, as well as upon earnest, pungent
preaching of the gospel; the sooner they
lay aside that trusting in man upon which
the Lords curse is denounced and in hum
BILE faith look for one who will know moth
ing but Jesus Christ ard him crucified, the
better will they be prepared for the very
blessings which attended the ministry OF
Christ's own apostles. Ifthe object of all
ministrations of the preacher is to educate
men and women and children for heaven
if the church is the school which is to pre-
pare disciples for the glory that shall be
revealed, and for the grandest service in
another world, then, by hemercies of God
they should be implored not to imagine
that the design of the church as divine
institution is to furnish people with amuse-
ment on the Lords day. When christian,
are anxious to know the truth of the Holy
Scriptures and take delight in learning it
they soon grow into a spiritual temple
which is filled with the presence and bless
! ing of the Lord"
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Disowninq the Savior.

a writer in the Christian at Hork puts
the sin of not confessing Christ in this ,tri-
king way:
Some years ago l met somewhere the
statement Of the case of daughter who
was unwilling to confess that her mother
was her mother, which is in point here.
When the daughter was an infant. the
mother was obliged on certain occasion
to leave her children at home while she
went to her neighbor's for some necessary
purpose. As, however she returned, she
saw on approaching the house, that flames
were bursting forth from the doors and
windows. She hurried to the house and
found from the bystanders that her infant
child was yet within. She Immediately
started to enter, but the persons standing
near prevented her. telling her that certain
death would be the consequence. But she
escaped from their hands and rushed into
the door, and soon found her child on the
bed where she had placed it. She wound
it up in q covering and in few moments
the little one was safe, but the mother was
most shockingly burned. For many months
she yibrated between life and death, and
at last her vital power Overcame the effects
of her injuries and she was restored. but
an object terrible to look upon. Twenty
years after this, the infant, then a young
woman, was asked one day by a stranger
who that person was who was so terribly
! deformed? But the daughter was ashamed
to confess that it was her mother Was
her unwillingness to confess, nothing
Was it not crime against her mother and
her mothers love?
There is something similar to this in the
manner in which men are disposed to treat
Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world
Thousands who confess that he is the great
benefactor of man, and that there is moth
ing that has so blessed the world as hi;
religion, are unwilling to enroll themselve.
as his followers, and acknowledge him a.
one whom they are bound to honor anC
adore. As the young woman to whom W.
have referred was unwilling to say, "Thi
is my mother" so they are unwilling t.
say of him who hung upon the cross. anC
whose "visage was so married more thar
any man, "This is my Redeemer and m,
King, and | will serve and adore Him for
over -
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The Sounds of Labor.

love the sound of the woodlands axe,
As it falls on the sturdy oak;
And the sound of the fail on the threshins fool
Ere the sound has fairly broke;
The cheerful smack of the transfers whip,
By the heavily laden vain;
And the mingled sounds of the harvest field.
As pass down the old green lane.
For they tell how thought and toll combined
Can aid Creations plan,
And multiply the wondrOus gifts
The soil bestows on man.
love the clack of the merry mill wheel;
The sound of the hammers fall;
The ring of the shivering trowel, struck
By the hand that rears the wall;
The duh, dead sound of the paviors blow;
! She rush of the passing train;
And the sailors cry of "YO, heave, ho!"
Coming DER the surging main.
For they tell how thought and toll combined
Can aid Creations plan,
And multiply the wondrous gifts
The soil bestows ON man.
love the sturdy golfers cry,
The roar of furnace strong;
The click of type On the printers stick,
And the shouts of the toiling throng;
The sound of the perilous grinders stone;
The jack of the knitter's frame;
The spinning lathe, and the smelter's blast,
With its bursting sheet of fame.
For they tell how thought and toll combined
Can aid Creations plan,
And multiply the wondrous gifts
The soil bestows on man.
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Many Ways of Denying Christ.

Bishop Heber said: 1T i, a fatal mis-
take to suppose that there can be no apos-
ta,y from Christ where we are not abso-
lutely called on to deny his name, or to
burn incense to an idol We deny our
Lord whenever, like Dcmas, we through
love Of this present world forsake the
course of duty which Christ has SO plainly
pointed out to us, We deny our LORD
whenever wclend the sanction of our coun.
tenance, our praise, or even our silence, tC
measures or opinions which may be popu
lar or fashionable, but which we ourselve,
believe TO be sinful in themselves as tend
ing to sin. We deny our Lord whcnevel
we forsake a good man in affection and re
fuse to give eountenancc, encouragement
and support to those who, for Gods SAX,
and for the faithful discharge Of their duty
are exposed to persecution and SANDER
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What is to be Done in Heaven.

The Rev Henry Ward Beecher ridicules
the popular idea that the inmates of heav-
en- do nothing but stand around great
white throne, with harps in their hands,
and sing psalms. Mr.. Beecher, it seems to
Us, has the right of the matter. There is
no scriptural ground for limiting the activ-
tiles and employment of immortal beings
to a monotonous physical exercise; and it
is wonder that the absurdity of doing so
had not been perceived long ago. 1t is
much more sensible to suppose that people
in the other life enjoy social and intellect
ual delights and have varying occupations
according to their respective capacities,
similar to those which are enjoyed by the
good on earth, only more perfect in quality
and degree. Death takes from us nothing
but the body of flesh and blood, leaving
the constitution aud requirements of oui
souls without radical change. Whatever
therefore, above mere corporal pleasures
rightfully renders us happy here, will like
wise render US happy there, and as no man
however piOus, would like to spend his
whole life on earth singing, it is not likely
he will be compelled to do it hereafter
~ Y. San.
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TattIers and SIanderers.

Every community is cursed by the pres
ence Of class of people who make it their
concern to attend to every body's business
but their own. These people are the mean
est specimens of humanity which Proyi-
dence permits to live. 1t is known that
large class of persons are disposed to speak
i'll of Others, and tattling is a sin from
which few can claim to be entirely exempt !;
but there is a distinct class of tattlers who
make tale-bearing the constant aim of their
lives. They pry into the private affairs of
every family in the neighborhood they
know the exact state Of a neighbours feel
ings toward another; they understand
every body's faults; no blunder or impro-
priety escapes their vigilant watchfulness.
They are particularly posted up in every
thing connected with cOurtship and matri-
mOny-know who are to marry, and can
guess the exact time when it will take
place. They watch every movement of
persons suspected of matrimonial inten-
tions; if there is the slightest chance to
create a disturbance, excite jealousy, or
break up Il match, they take immediate adj
vantage of it, and do all in their power to
keep people in constant vexation They
go from gentleman to lady, from mother
to daughter, from father to son; and il
the ears of all they pour black and bitter
whispers Of Islander and abuse, and at til,
same time pretend to be the sincere friends
of those they talk to. Their black anC
nauseous pills Of malicious SANDER art
coated with smiles and professions of love
Tattlers are confined to no particular elias
of society. They belong to all classes an,
operate in all. We have them among tn
rich and among the poor-the upper ten
and Clover million"-in the Church an,
out oft. They are people who have IL
higher ambition than to be well informe
in regard to other peoples business; to re
tail scandal to the neighbors, and exult i
fiendish triumphs over the bruised hear
and wounded feelings of victim. Con
tempt Of such graceless creatures shoul
know no bounds, and no words can expires
its infnity. What punishment they de
serve We cannot know, but surely they vii
receive retribution in proportion to tn
magnitude of their oflenses against the la,
of God and the interests of injured human
| itI- $500 (,grglOiBo,c,, fbrggjlIS
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ReViVaIs.

Above all let Us remember that reyivals
are not machine work. ''They are not
worked up nor worked down" They come
often after patient and fearful labor, on the
part of pastor and people; or they come af-
ter the long and agonizing prayers and
preaching of the pastor alone or they come
in answer to the prayer of the poorest wild
ow in the valley, or Of the humblest child
in the village; or they come in a manner
unexpected to every one. All this, howev-
er, does not ignore or preclude the most
assiduous labor, on the part of the preach
er and people, for the descent of the Holy
Ghost. We cannot determine the time
we cannot judge the manner; we cannot
always relyupon the visible manifestation
but we can every one improve our spiritual
state. by a hearty and aII-consecrated devo.
ton to the work of advancing the cause OF
which we profess to be disciples. And any
who stand aloof from the work, and refuse
to cooperate, must pay the penalty of bar
renness and GOODNESS of SOUL Uester,
| Christian Adr0cdte
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How to Produce Sexes at Viii,

Many plans have been suggested, and
perhaps some of them have not received
the attention they merit. Some physiOlo-
gists have supposed that one ovary produ
ces males and the other females. A more
plausible theory is that of NJ. Thury, Pro-
fessor in the Academy of Geneva. He OBJ
served that the queen bee lays female eggs
at the first, and male eggs afterwards; that
with hens, the first laid eggs give female,
the last male products; that young bulls,
who meet the female at the first signs of
heat, generate heifers more frequently than
old bulls, who are exhausted and do ser
vice later; that mares shown the stallion
late in their period, drop horse colts rather
than tillies He formulated this law for
stock raisers: If you wish to produce fe
males, give the male at the first sign of
heat; if you wish males, give him at the
/ end of heat" We have before us the GER
tifcate of a Swiss stock grower, son Of the
president Of Swiss Agricultural Society
Canton de Vaud, signed in February of the
present year, 1S67) which says, speaking
of the accuracy of the law: " In the first
place, on twenty two successive occasions
desired to have heifers. My COWS were of
Schwitz breed and my bull pure Durham.
| succeeded in these cases. Having bought
a pure Durham COW, it was very important
to have new bull to supersede the one |
had bought at great expense, without leav-
ing to chance the production Of a male
SO | followed accordingly the directions of
Prof Thury, and the success has proved
once more the truth Of the law | have
obtained from my Durham bull six more
bulls, Schwitz Durham cows for field
work, and, having chosen COWS Of the same
color and height, l obtained perfect match
es of oxen, my herd amounting to forty
cows of every age-in short, have made
in all, twenty nine experiments after the
new method, and in every one | succeeded
in the production of what | was looking
f0r-male or female. had not one single
failure All the experiments have been
made by myself, without any other per.
sons Intervention; consequently, | do de
clare that consider as real and certainly
perfect the method of Prof. Thury." II
August, 1868, NJ Thury submitted his plan
to the Academy Of Science at Paris; it wa
tried, on the recommendation of that body
on the EmPeror's farms with, it is alleged
the most uuyaryinP success -.Nfr1ic,Ti Re
porter.
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Valuable ReCjpeS.

NEW MARKING INK FOR LINEN-One
part of hypophosphite of soda and two
parts Of gum arabic are dissolved in six
teen parts of distilled water The tissue,
linen, or cotton to Remarked is thoroughly
moistened with this liquid, and then left to
dry. After having become well dried, the
liquid, composed of one part Of nitrate Of
silver, and six parts of gum dissolved in
six parts of distilled water, is used as mark
ing ink with quill pen. The mixtures
here described are stated to yield an indcl-
IDLE and very deep, black colored ink
TOOTH CEMENT.-Into a clean oil flask
place one ounce of gum mastic and one
ounce and a half, fluid measure, of rectifed
alcohol. Now put the flask into hot water,
and let it remain until the gum is dissol-
we'd; then add four ounces of balsam of
tolu, and again warm the flask till all the
materials are united. It can then be pour
ed into a jar for future use. In winter this
cement will be hard, and will require to be
warmed before applying it. In summer it
will be soft, and can De used with cotton.
1t becomes hard, however, in the mouth,
as the saliva removes the spirit
TRANSPARENT SoAP.-Shavei in thin sill
ces one pound of brown bar soap, and put
it in junk bottle with half a pint of al
cohol. Without corking the bottle, place
it in basin containing water, put the ba-
sin on the stove and boil ten minutes; then
remove the bottle from the water, and turn
out the liquid to cool. Before cold, add a
few drops of oil of bergamot or lemon to
scent
To PREVENT THE HAIR FROM FALL
ING.-Boil very slowly, in gallon ofmilk,
two pounds of honey, handful of rose
mary, and twelve handfuls of curlings or
tendrils of grape vines. When boiled
down to two quarts and allowed to cool, the
liquid is ready for use. A small quantity
rubbed every morning into the roots of the
hair prevents it from falling out, and also
strengthens it.
BURNs.-The following is said to be an
excellent remedy for burn. Take a tart
apple and simmer in lard until it forms
salve; it will heal a burn quickly, and al
most without scar.
New ENGLAND HOME PUDDING.-Six
crackers powdered fine, one quart boiling
milk, one spoonful of flour, one cup brown
| sugar, six eggs, raisins, currants and mixed
spices to taste. Bake and serve with sauce
LINEN.-To impart to collars and cuff
that firmness and satiny look that gooC
washerwoman gives them, the following i
a good plan: Boil an ordinary quantity OF
starch, and throw in at boiling point, A
grains of stearic acid. Mix well befor
using.