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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19
How Small Expenditures
Count. aa.

Five cents each morning. A mere
trifle. Thirty five cents per week.
not much. yet it would buy coffee or
sugar for a whole family; $1s,25 a
year. Aud this amount invested in
a. savings bank at the end Of each
year, and the interest thereon at six
per cent, computed annually, would
in twelve years amount to more than
$67O. Enough to buy a good farm
IN the West.
Five cents before breakfast, dinner
and supper; you hardly miss it, yet
'tis fifteen cents day; $l.05 per
week. Enough to buy wife or
daughter dress; $54. go a year.
Enough to buy small library Of
books. Invest this as before, aud in
twenty years you would have eyer
$2. 900; quite enough to buy a good
house and lot.
Ten cents each morning; hardly
worth second thought; yet with it
you can buy paper Of pins and spool
Of thread. Seventy cents per week;
'twould buy several yards Of muslin;
S36, 50 in che year. Deposit this
as before and you would have $1.34O
in 20 years; quite q snug little for
tune. Ten cents before each break.
fast. dinner and suppcr-thirty cents
a day; it would buy book for tho
children. s., 10 a week, enough t.
pay for years subscription to :
good newspaper. $lO9.20 cents !
year. With it you could buy goo,
melnde"n, on which your wife d
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19
Singular Dascoycvics ia Arl-.
iona.

Commissioner Wilson, Of the Gem
cral Land Office, has just received
returns Of the survey of the township
ane section lines Of five townships Of,
the Gila river, in southern Arizona,
containing l05, ,252 acres Of agricul-
tural and grazing Ia sds, bearing .cyi-
denee Of having been formerly under
high state Of cultivation for centu.
ries, and abounding in ruins Of clab-
crate and sometimes magnificent
structures, ogcther with relics Of ol-l
liberated races possessing considera-
b!e knowledge Of the arts and. nanu-
features, among the most extensive
of tho ruins being :hose Of Casa
Granda, about two miles southwest
Of the junction of the cast and: south
channels of the Gila river. These
townships embrace tho growing towLs
of Adamsvillo and Florence, on the
Fort Yuma and Fort Grant wagon!
0 d., as we'll as numerous produc-
i've farms and pastures, well stocked
With cattle and sheep. Washington
fTr0Di,Fp r#~ ". ~ )
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19
Origin OF the rooster in Poll.
tics.

The Cincinnati Enquirer explains
the origin Of "the rooster in poll
tics. 1t says: 1t was not until so
late period as 1910, the year Of the
"log cabin ..hard ciler,''. and
"coon skin campaign, which result
cd in the election of General Harri-
son, that he made Iis appearance.
Indiana then had her State elections
in August. The editor of our res
pectcd Democratic contemporary, the
indianapolis Sentinel, was John w.
Chapman. In those days locomotion
was slow, and it required days, and
even weeks, to get any returns from
the back counties. 1t so happened
that in some pcrtieular county in Iu-
diana the Democrats made a gain
over previous elections. An cnthu-
siastic Democrat wrote to a friend in
Indianapolis the news, and not know
ing Mr.. Chapman, the editor Of the
Sentinel, personally, requested his
friend to communicate the facts to
Chapman, adding these significant
words, Tell Chapman to crow.'
Catching the Inspiration of his Sec
ond-hand correspondent, Chapman
did "crow' in the Seutiacl, and as
the business of growing is usually
done by schanticlccr, he brought out
one of those fine, large Birds at the
head of its columns. That was the
first rooster ever placed in Demo-
cratic paper to rejoice over Demo-
cratic victory. AS the general re-
suits Of that election were against us
it was matter Of derision for the
Wing papers, when any Whig victory
was obtained, to add,s these words,
Tel Chapman to crow This as
siste1 to fix the matter in the popu
lar mind. and to nationalize the en-
blem. No better one could have
been adopted. The rooster is prc5a-
bly, the most gallant and bravest of
birds. He is never conquered as
long as he has life. Beaten to-day,
he is ever ready to renew the fight
with his conqucror to- morrow.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19
THE STORY OF LIFE.
BY John G.. SAKE.

Say what is life !? IT'S TO be born,
\ hopeless babe t. greet the light
With . sharp wall, as If the morn
Foretold n cloudy noon and night;
TO weep, to sleep, and weep again,
With sunny smiles between, and then !?
And then apacc the infant grows
To be laughing, sprightiy boy,
Happy, despite his little woes,
We're he but conscious of his JOY
To be, in short from two to ten,
A merry, moody child; and then
And then in coat and trowscrs clad
70 learn to say the Decalogue, ,,.r
And break it, an unthinking lad,
With mirth and mischief all agog,
A truant oft by field and fen e..
And capture BUTTERFLIES, and then
And then, increased in strocgth and size,
Re be anon, Youth full grown; -,
A hero in his mothers eyes,
n young fpr 10 in his Cwn;
TO immitatc the W ays of men
In fashionable sin. and then? ...r -
And then, at last, to be a man.
To fall in love to woo and wed
With scething brain to scheme and plan;
To gather gold, or toll for bread;
TO sue for fame with tongue or pen I?
And gain or lose the prize, and then!
And then in gray and wrinkled Ed
10 mourn the speed Of life's decline, -.
opraisc the scenes Of youth beheld,
And dwell in Elemo1y Of Lang Syne,
To dream awhiln with darkened. ken, -.
Then drop into his grave, and then
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

I QUEER DNEss.--John Nor
ton, a respectable Philadelphia Qua
ker, would have nothing to d, with
tire Continental money. because It
Was issued for war purposes. 1t was
however, made legal tender, and .
certain slippery debtor, who owed
him some ten thousand dollars, when
Continental money was worth about
one-half of its face, borrowed that
sum from friend. on a promise Of
returning it in two or three hours.
Taking with him witness, he eallad
and laid the amount on tho table Of
lis Quaker creditor. Looking up
from his writing, Morton quietly. op-
ened a large drawer, and, to the csn-
sternation Of the debtor sweeping tho
money into it. he shut and locked tho
drawer, saying, Anything from theo
Daniel-anything from thee! e!"-Ltfs-
iacou's Magazine for Norcns1Gr.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

General Don Piatt is not jubilant
over the republican success in Ohio.
He writes to his paper, the Cincin-
natl Commercial. that there never
was fight in Ohio so fcrcely con-
tested by the republicans as the last.
"Thc land rung with speakers aud
was flooded with documents. The
republican losses indicate coming de-
feat unless we take new departure.
As the fifteenth amcndmcdt takes the
negro out Of politics, the future is
sues will lie of financial sort. and
then where arc We? Put your house.
in order, my republican friend, for
tomorrow you die. -.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

ONLY CuRIsrIANs.-John Wesley
once was troubled in regard to the
disposition Of the various sects, and
the chance Of each in reference to fu-
ture happiness or punishment. A
dream one night transported him in
his uncertain vanderings to the gates
Of hell.
"Are there any Roman Catholics
herel' askad the thoughtful Wesley.
"Yes," was the reply. ~ 5.
"Any Presbyterians!' ,sscy ys
Eyes, again was the answer.
ANY Congregationalists?''
".Any Metbodists?" by way q clin,
cher. asked the I'iuos Wesley; ;ay
'Yes!" to . bis great Indignation
was answered.
In the mystic ways Of dreams a
sudden transitlon--and he stood be-
fore the gates of Heaven. Improving
his opportunity he again inquired:
''Are there any Roman Catholics
hcre?"
"No," was replied.
Amy Presbyterians?'
mo" Ha# s
"Any Congrsgationalisss?'' ~
| '"No." Hae.
:Any Mcthodists?"
ssNo."t @e
'sWell, then," he asked, lest i,
wonder. ''who are they inside?'
"rh:;s.iaas!'was the jubilan
answer.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

daughter could produce sweet must,
so pleasantly while the hours away.
And this amount; invested as before
would in forty years, produce the de.
sira bic amount Of S12 600.
Boys. learn lesson. If you would
be happy youth, lead a sober life,
and be wealthy and influential man.
Instead of squanderiug your extra
change, invest in . library or savings
bank.
If you would be miserable youth,
lead drunken life, abuse your child
rcn, grievc your wife, be a retched
and despicablc being while you live,
aud finally 60 down to a dishonored
grave, take your extra change and
invest it in drinking saloon. -
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

A chemist in England has discov-
cred a fluid preparation which he af-
firms will cause bodies plunged into it
to pctrifJ and become stonc within
five years time. The secret Of tho
process is known only to. himself. -
He throws out the suggestion that,
in time, if persons will only preserve
their relatives and friends with his
fluid, they will be. able to construct
dwellings, with them, and thus live III
residences surrounded by their an
ceStOrs. .,. ...I ..4 3, 81
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

Two friends, taking a walk on .
turnpike leading out from Baltimore.
were passing a milestone iuecribed,
80 NJ. to B.'
"Poor B." said enc of them;
"a queer place for a grave, aud :
mean sort of stone to mark it,"
"Why, it's milestone, man -
said the other, innocently.
''ls it. indeed? If 2 NJ don't
spell tomb should like to know what
it does spell.n
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19
------------------------
RgG GA The EGlif:,.

Among the astonishing discoveries
Of science is that of the immense pc
riods which have passed in the gradu
al formation Of the earth. SO vast
were the cycles Of the time prcccd-
ing even the appearance of man on
the surface Of our globe, that our Pc
riod seems as yesterday compared to
the epochs that have gone before it,
Had we only the evidence of the de-
posit of rocks Lcapcd on each other
in regular strata by the slow accumu-
lation Of materials, they alone would
convince US of the long and slow ma
turing of Gods work on earth; but
when we add to these the successive
population Of whose life the world
has been theatre and whose remains
are hidden in the rocks into which
the mud, or sand, or soil Of whatever
kind or. which they have lived, has
hardened in the course of time-or
the enormous changes Of mountains
whose upheaval divided those periods
of quiet accumulation by great con-
yulsions-or the changes of "a differ
cnt nature in the confirmation Of our
globe. .>..,,s. Nsa 49,.
Beneath tho ocean, or the gradual
rising of continents or islands above,
or the slow growth Of the coral reefs,
those wonderful sea walks, raised by
the little ocean architects. whose
bodies furnish both the building stone
and cement that binds them together,
and who worked SO busily during the
long centuries, that there are are cx-
tensiye countries, mountain chains,
islands aud long lines of coasts, con
sisting solely Of their remains OR
the countless forests; that have grown
up, Aourished and decayed, to fill the
storehouse of coal that feeds the fire
of the human 'race-if we consider
these, all records Of the past, the in
tellect fails to grasp a chronology of
which our experience furnishes'no da
ta, and time that lies beyond us
seems as much in eternity to our con
ception, as the future that stretches
out indefinitely before us.-Ayassiz
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

It was ina Massachusetts village
that an old scissors-grindcr, calling
on minister, made the usual query,
" Any scissors to grind?"
Receiving a negative answer, it
was the minister's turn, which he
took by asking, ''Are you q man Of
God?" .'''''
II do not understand you. - i.a'
care you prepared to die!'' ~
The question struck home. Gath
ering up his kit and serambling for
the door, he exclaimed tcrror-strick-
en-:
80 Lord o Lord you ain II 90.
ing to kill me, are you?'
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

The darkies Of Rickmond, Virgin
ia, had a grand parade and ball, .
few days since. When tho dancing
grew ''red hot" the floor gave way,
and the whclc party fell into the eel
lar. One cid darkey afterwards sta
ted that while the. others were rub-
'ing their shins, he picked up half .
/ 'shelof dollar jewelry, and nearly
a oarrcl Of .'affectionaries.'
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

A bashful young man escorted an
equally tashful young lady. As they
approached the dwelling Of the dam.
sci, she entreatingly said ~ ekiel,
dent tell anybody you bcau'di me
home.' l.'Sary,', said he, emphat-
ically. don't you mind. I'm ~
much ashamed of il. as you are.''
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

The following slandcrous para graph
goes unrebuked: "a wag has in-
vented a new telegraph. He propo-
scs to place a line of women fifty
steps apart, and commit the news to
the first of them as a secret -f.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

A pious old lady was asked. Why,
she named her dog Moreover. -
why, - said the old lady putting
on her spcctaclcs to find the place il =
her Bible, ''its hiblc name. Here;
Moreover, the dog came and licked
his sore.''' ...-. -.,...
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

Mrs. Partington has been reading
the health officers weekly reports and
thinks total must be an awful ma
lignsnt disease since as many die Of
it as of all the rest put together. III
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

Ata New Hampshire 1Teachcrs'
Institute, recently in sessions. Pro-
fcssor Crittenden, OF New York, toakli.
strong ground against the premature
development Of the memorizing facsl- ),
ty, and affirmed his belief that IN en- !
tai arithmetic" killed off mere child
rem than did any of the diseases Of 7
childhood. .'...s7 .,t ,o&,ss.sr 5s.,.v,s.e !
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19
Timber For Sale.

The undersigned has few acres oi
choice young timber for sale, cheap for
cash. For particulars call upon, or all.
dress ElIJAH MURRAY.
All New Oregon, yowa
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

5. 4. Stone. =.
For mills, or rights Of manufacturing,
for Town, County, or Safe. apply to-.
w. F. DANIELS,
Lime Springs Station,
Howard Co., Iowa.
Nssy B. Chaplin will receive orders for
the above mill 1T his store in cresco. %
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19
BAN KING.

BANKING. .
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
DEcoRAH, Iowa.
$4,000, CapitaE
7-30 U. s. Notes and all other Govern.
ment Bonds bought and sold, also County
Warrants, Notes, Mortgages and other Sc
curitics.-DRAFTS on all points bought
! and sold.-MONEY deposited for six
moths or longer will draw six per cent in
tcrcst. @--~- -''"e-"@
-DIRECTORs-
hLoSzo HRApIsH, c. T.. D,cEERMAN,
JAS II. EAsToH. s. W. MATrEsoN,&
.tF .. = F. c. n. GODDARD. -. 81. :
JAS. II. EAsroN, T. W. BURDICK,
President Cashier
y1n3 ... June 4 1866.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

An ill-bred man is said to be like
lightning, because he does not knew
hcw to conduct himself. .a4#4a
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

1t is said tie ..sl salt" (isorie J
left tn" cabinet fer r!>aror s..'oiling the
fresh Fish tncrcin. t,E .4.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-19

An "Old Sore The national dcLt.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-02
Wrong End up.

We have here in the city one of the mos
learned professors in the ancient languages
that perhaps there is in the whole country.
He has quite a large class Of intelligent
gentlemen studying Hebrew, there being
quite commendable desire, it appears, on
the part of many to acquaint themselves
with the lore of that honored and ancient
language. One of these students, who is
very intelligent gentleman by the way, has
only been taking lessons about ten days.
For the time he thought he was making
fine headway. On Tuesday his preceptor
gave him his lesson. He returned to his
study, He laid the book on the table.
The mystic characters were all a puzzle.
In vain he scratched his head in vain he
racked his brain. Not a word eould he
make out. 1t was the hardest lesson that
had been given. He took cup of fragrant
tea and rested from his labOrs. At night
he lit his taper and returned vigorously to
his task. Till far into night he pored over
the page. 1t was no go. Not syllable
could he make out Yesterday in despair
he returned to his teacher with his book
the numbers of the pages of which had
been obliterated), and told him he could
not get that lesson. The learned Pro
fess0r took the volume, glanced at the page,
then looking up at his pupil, he said :
MY fjieHd y0u hare yOlT book arr071g end
Up.'
The Joke was too good to keep and the
gentleman tells it on himself as a warning
to young beginners in Hebraie characters
TO be careful of the number of the pages Of
their lessons
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-02
THE SOURCE OF TIE NILE.

1t is not very pleasant to think that,
after all the African explorations of the
last hundred years, we are no nearer the
source of the Nile than men were in the
time of Ptolemy. DR.. Livingstone
leaves us as much puzzled as ever, and,
indeed, intimates as much as that it has
no source at all! For he says it has
probably ''twenty sources" which, of
course, makes the source as much of a
mystery as ever, and it is very likely that
people will never come to any agreement
on the subject. Perhaps nature herself,
in the midst of so many springs, lakes and
water courses, would be puzzled to say
what or where it is. The chief knowledge
We have gained from Livingstone con-
corning that secluded African region is,
that it is a wonderful kind of rainy upper
country, draw ing down the clouds into a
thousand rushing streams, one of which
may possibly he considered the source of
the Nile.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-02
Banning's IRA es.

That sufferers from vocal, spinal, Iii
gestive, female and hernial weaknesses, may
duly estimate DR.. Bannings promise to re
heve them by his braces, we give the fol
lowing from a distinguished physician and
scholar of London Some of our foremost
physicians here have spoken in the highest
terms of the effect Of these braces in their
practice and upon themselves:
sc WIMPoLE ST., CAvENDIsH SQUARE,
LONDON, Nov. %, 1866 DR.. Z. p Ban
ming ] have been slowly studying and
practicing upon your articles on uterine
displacements, etc, as published in the
Medical and Surgical Reporter, and you
will allow me to say, with no sense of COM
plimenting you, that the unexpected light
you have already given to my mind is i'm
mense, not only on disease and treatment,
but also on the very nature of the will,
which is the actuating force of the whole
muscular envelope of the body, and conse-
ouentlv of the mind and constitution.
Since | translated 'Swedenborg's Animal
Kingdom, have read nc such bits OF
physiology as yours. There is life in
will flow ont of the practical applica.
ton of your thoughts. Until ! read you,
the t1ue qdtiOHaIc of uterine gravitatiou
was profoundly unknown to me, and now
feel as if l must soon visit New York and
become personally acquainted with you and
yuur methods. the extreme value of which
my practice bears out So. thank yOu. my
friend, for these great, good truths.
Yours, faithfully,
u. j. q. WILKINSON, NJ. ID. '.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-02
NEW AdYertIsements.

Attention is directed to the prospectus
Of the daily and weekly Chattanooga Enter
Uyisc. which enjoys large circulation IN
lover East Tennessee, and surrounding
country. 1t is a we'll conducted paper, and
We commend its columns to our business
men.
In inviting attention to the card OF
Messrs. Bate & Frizzen, real estate and IN
surance agents, Pulaski, we can cordially
commend them as prompt, energetic and
reliable. Business placed In their hand'
will be well attended to.
Dealers in search of cheap goods WI
find them by attending Yeatman, Shields d
Co. s closing only sale this morning:
Mrs. A. NJ Jones, having qualified a
administrators of the estate of q. L. Jones
deceased. notifies the public to come for
ward for settlement.
See called meeting of the Hibernian 80
ciety this evening.
The Talisman leaves on the Sd INST. 10
New Orleans and all intermediate points
FurnFure, bedroom, parlor, dining
room. etc, of the St Cloud Hotel, will b
sold on Friday, commencing at 10 A. N
Also carpets, oil cloths, Office desks, etc.
etc Look out for bargains.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-02

IIn TlIIOWing iOipT1OpOig ward D1lla Al
u,o Cit,, Con, ate,-,, f,r the mouth ,,C No,a,,,
her en1inn Tresdav fbe @0tb
v.urTrs
Mrs PorterfeId Nov > aporIexv 2,
Years
Infant dan.bter of Wm SIovIev Nov .
teetbino
n L. Allen. Nov consumption 81
wears.
DaIvoro Ford Nov LilIad Nv, troi,,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-02
KILLED.

From the November mortuary report of
interments at the city cemetery, it will be
seen that three persons were inferred dur
ing the month who were accidently killed.
and that all three were young men Of use
fulneSS and promise. Delware Ford, Il
young man Of energy, activity and general
usefulness, and who was connected in the
highest responsibility in this city, and who
was torn and lacerated by railroad train
at Johnsonville, was one; Green Hagerman,
who was also a useful and industrious young
man, recently killed and mangled at the
Chattanooga depot, was another, and the
gifted young Herrick, who was recently
accidently shot while on a hunting excur-
sion near Edgefeld, was the third. These
fatal and painful accidents are suggestive
of the utmost precaution by those con-
nected with railroad trains and those hand
ling firearms. 1t is frequently the case that
the most experienced in the one and the
most skillful experts in the other, are the
most liable TO accident, their very expert
ence making them recklessly self reliant
and less guarded than they otherwise would
be
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-02
ACOURT SCENE.
A ..Harrisrer,, knocked Down.


Yesterday evening the usual monotony
Of one of the Magistrates Courts was some
what enlivened, and for few minutes the
austere dignity of the presiding Justice dis
turbed and his equanimity considerably IN
settled. A case was up in which an individ-
nal bearing the,euphonious title of English
Barrister, " for the prosecution, was chal-
lenged by the counsel for the defense with
a request that the eminent barrister atore-
said produce his license as practicing at
torney. To this he raised objections, and
endeavored to evade it by the use Of Ian
guage ill-chosen and abusive. This so
wrought upon the feelings of the counsel
for the defense that, disregarding the time
and place, or the dignity Of the court, he
rushed upon the eminent ''barrister, and
seizing him by the throat, hurled him to
the floor. The crest-fallen barrister re-
gained his feet and humbly apologized. as
suaging his wounded honor 10y various
manipulatory motions Of the parts effected
by the rough handling, while the court sus-
tanned its dignity by fine of $40 imposed
upon the aggressor.