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North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-11
VOLUME XIII---NO. 46.
A Word to Women.

There are strifes and Inward warfare
in many, perhaps in most families, and
yet an impartial judge could seldom, if
ever, impute the whole offence to either
side; indeed, there may be no intentional
offensive act, but simply the friction Of
inharmonious natures, the greatest suffer-
or being not necessarily the woman, but
the one possessing the most sensitive
nlnDus organization. This is one cause
of the early fading out of our American
women-this and the burden of heavy
household duties, the multitude of family
cares. know it is sad to be young,
fresh, and attractive, and in few years
to be old, faded, and forlorn, with a
weight of care never lifted from aching
shoulders, and the duties of six pressing
upon one feeble pair of hands. 1t is sad
to see, inexpressibly more sad must it be
to experience. | recall dozen, at least,
of these hopeless women whom l once
knew as fresh young girls; and yet |
think of the husband of one Of these has
tening home from his desk and the long
column of vexatious fgurers to take the
ailing, fretful child from the arms of the
weary wife and mother.
Sometimes this fading Of a woman's
beauty is unavoidable. Poverty is hard to
to bear, but, after all, much is the result
of placing our standard in dress, and
living beyond our means; SO much, that
have sometimes thought the fixed classes
in the Old World, with their unalterable
customs and costumes, really blessed. o
sisters when will you learn that simple
dress of Inexpensive material, neatly fitted
home surroundings suited to your means
which your neighbors know as well as
yourselves-willd do more to win admira>
ton and respect, to say nothing of comfort
and happiness, than silks and satins,
! lvets and laces, in which you appear
simply out of character and i'll at ease?
This striving after the unattainable is
killing our women; living in houses be-
yond their means, poorly, If at all; SUP
piled with servants; buying the most
expensive materials; leavin, no surplus
sum to pay for the making of garments; ;
following the constant changes of fashion;
and when some one, with mercilul intent
provides a sewing-machine, filling the
leisure time it should have given with
endless tucking, rufling, and embroidery,
till what was intended as blessing has
become almost a curse. A woman should
devote reasonable amount of both time
and thought to her personal appearance.
But we destroy our charms in our over
efforts to enhance them. A little attention
to the blending of colors, to the style
prevailing, to the hang Of a garment, as
we women say, will do more to produce
the desired effect than any amount of ex-
pensiye material and trimming alone.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-11
Talent Appreciated. A

| Talent Appreciated
Not many months since lecturer,
we'll known at home, and exalted in his
own eyes, and in the opinion of a few
others whose taste resembled his, was
dilating on the unheard-of subject of
TEMPERANCE.
The hero, the most interesting to the
lecturer, was monkey, whose thrilling
adventures he related in style charac-
teristic of himself. gestures etc.
1t appeared that ':some very wicked
men or brutes in human form, once got
a poor, innocent, persevering, little mon
key drunk.
A brain-racking headache ensued.
The next day these same bad men
tried to induce this poor, innocent, per-
servering, little monkey to drink more
Of the headache-giving whiskey, but the
monkey refused
All! no. He knew we'll the agony it
had caused him. The men pressed him;
he ran out Of doors, and scrambling up
the posts of the piazza, got on the root.
Still his foes, those brutes of men, beset
him and tried to frighten him down.
But now he makes the chimney his re-
iuge, and here, my hearers centsnucd
the speaker, sis this prosecuted little
monkey forced, because he refused to
drink that bad whiskey.'
The speaker paused. A deathlike
silence for moment ensued, when a
ragged dirty faced little urchin from the
gallery, sang out, "Say mister, did that
monkey go round given Temperance
lectures Too"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-11

Total eclipses of the sun do not occur
oftener, on an average, than once in cen.
tury. Almanacs frequently mention a
partial eclipse of the sun this year" In
the.last lustrum, calendars have recorded
the coming Of two, Visible in America
Yet one of them was only partial.
The Brshmins appear to have been the
first astronome who attained the powe,
of calculating solar and lunar eclipses
In their great astronomical work, the
"Surya Siddhanta," it is stated that to-
tai eclipse of the sun occurred on the 18th
of February, B. G. 3lO2, and modern cal>
culations have proved the assertion true.
Next in order the Chinese calculated
eclipses, and based their entire chronolo.
Ky on their observations of thesc phe-
nomena, which date from the year o49O,
B. G..
The Babylonian register of eclipses
commenced in the year D. c. 1926. HAlss
says, I'm the age of Thslss, at least, the
elements of the calculations Of eclipses
were known in Greece for Herodotvs
says that he foretold to the Ionians the
year of the remarkable eclipse that put
an end to the battle between the Medes
and the Lydians.
We have compiled the following list of
total eclipses, and believe it contains quite
all that have occurred in the last twenty
five centuries. The FIRST four occurred be-
fore Christ, the remainder since the Chris
tian era began.
l. May II, COB, total eclipse, record
ed by the Persian histories.
2. May %. 5S4, a total eclipse, which
had been predicted by Thales, interrupts a
battle between the Medes and Lydians.
3. March IA, 40, the army of Xerxes
was alarmed by total solar eclipse.
4. In 500, Aug. Is, occurred the total
eclipse of Agathocles.
5. In A. D. SO, a total eclipse took
place at the death Of Agrippina.
6. May S, $40, a total eclipse occurs
at the death of Louis l., of France.
7. August 81, lO4O, toral eclipse
takes place during the battle of Stik-
lastadt.
s. ll40, total eclipse is visible in
England.
9. June %, l19l, a very remarkable
eclipse is visible in England.
10. In 1893, another, visible in the
British Isles.
ii. In 1898, visible as the last.
II. In 1862, visible in England.
l3. In l706, witnessed in the south OF
Europe.
IA. May 2, lis, total eclipse and tb.
stars are visible in London in day time
Is. In 1924, total eclipse of the sun
is visible in England.
Is. May 2, 1888, total and seen in the
north of Europe.
II. June l6, 1906, total eclipse is visi-
BILE in North America.
Is. July Z, 1912, total eclipse is vis'
ible in the south of Europe.
l9. On the eight Of August, 1850, a
total eclipse is observed by Mons
Kutesyeki in the Pacific Ocean.
| 20. Sept. 7, 1850, total eclipse is Wis
ible in South America, and observed by
order of the Brazilian government.
2l. July Is, 1850, total eclipse ii
visible in Spain.
%. In 1868, total eclipse, and observ
ed in Africa by astronomers from differ
| ent parts Of the world.
i 1Nl.o L. - lCe0
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-11

You,d better not call me Captain Boots,
I'ye grown too big for that;
II n tins that played with girls no mcrc,
And think that I'll drop the cat.
Old hen. ~ you snap your spurs at me,
Yov will have to stand a fight with three,
a couple of boots and man, do you sect
Ho pretty good boots! Ho high top boots,
Hoi gentlemans boots for me.
Stand ont of the way, Tn going to walk
I'll tread on somebody soon.
OH how they do squeakl Yes, how they do talk!
think IL is good as a tune.
They tie ii emselves without any strings,
They match lika a pair of angels wings.
New leather! hope yoN smell the things.
Ho pretty good boots! TIo! hightep boots,
Ho! geutleman's boots for me.
wish IL was Sunday to 90 to church,
wish it was Monday to play,
wish it was Tuesday to ride my horse,
I wish II was every day. N.
I wilt wear them to bed, for Uncle Jim
Might fill them with water mp to the brim,
As once Fl lied his boots for him.
Ho pretty good bootsl Ho! hightop boots,
Ho! gentlenans boots for me.
Hearth and Home.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-11

DR.. Chalmers beautifully says: "The
little that have seen in the world and
known of the history of mankind, teach
es me to look upon their errors in sor-
row, not in anger When take the
history of one poor heart that has sinn-
ed and suffered, and represent to myself
the struggles and temptations it passed
through-the brief pulsations of joy /;
the tears of regret; the fecbleness of
purpose the scorn of the world that
has little charity; the desolation of the
souls sanctuary, and threatening voices
within; health gone happiness gone
l would fain leave the erring soul Of my
fellow-ma with Him from whose hands
it came"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-11
TEN LITTLE lNJUNs.

Ten little Injuns standing in line,
One toddled home and then there we're nine,
Nine little lnjuns swinging on gate,
One tumbed off, and then there were eight.
Eight little Injuns never heard of heaven,
One kicked the bucket, and then there were seven
Seven little Ihjuns cutting up tricks,
One broke his neck, and then there were six.
Six little Injuns kicking all alive,
One went to bed. and then there were five,
Five little lnjuns on a cellar door,
One tumbled In, and then there were four.
-Four little Injnns out on a spree, ntT
One got drunk, and then there were three.
Three little Injnns out in "A canoe,
One tnmbled over board and then there were two
Two little fnjuns foolin' with q gun,
One shot tother, and then there one.
One little lnjun liyin' all alone,
He got married and then there was mono.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-11

The MISSING SrEAMsHlP,-The New
York Herald of Saturday says of the mis-
sing steamship United Kingdom:
We have refrained from making any re-
marks on this subject in the hope that the
worst fears might prove to be groundless,
and that something might yet be heard Of
the missing vessel, her passengers and
crew. 1t is now, however, SO long since
the 18th Of April, when the United King
dom left this port, that, as We have heard
nothing of her in the interval, with the
single exception that she was spoken on
the 10th Of April some one hundred and
fifty miles from Sandy Hook, we begin to
think that all hope must be abandoned.
The conclusion is now irresistible that the
ill-fated vessel, with her unfortunate pass
engers and crew, has gone down, and that
the hungry waves have closed over all the
agony with which her last moments must
haye been connected.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-11
Lodges and their Appoint m tents.

The Dunkirk On. ~ Journal, in speak
ing of the Masonic Hall in that village,
says:
1T is one of the largest, as in all its
surroundings it is certainly one of the
most elegant rooms of its kind in the Uni
ted States. The cost of the new furniture
recently placed in the hall will fall little
short of $4,000. This amount includes
81 800 for the carpeting, $500 for the Off
rers' chairs. the Canopy Of the East, 5000,
&C., The entire suite of rooms is fitted
up regardless of cost, and especially in
the evening presents rich and msgnifi-
cent appearance.
The object Of Masonry, as we under>
stand it, is to cherish larger generosity,
create wider range of fraternity, and,
above all other things, to assist INDECENT
and disabled Masons, and alleviate the
wants Of their widows and orphans.
These are sacred and solemn duties, not
t be overlooked or lightly regarded. and
e near and dear to the heart Of every
true Mason. Now, if all our Lodge rooms
are to be elegantly furnished at large
cost-if "suppers' and reunions are to
pe paid for as they are sometimes out ol
the respective treasures of the several
Lodges-the ability to assist our brethern,
as well as to relieve the needs of their
widows and orphans when they are taken
away from this world, will be materially
affected, and many dollar that mi ght be
applied to better purpose will so to buy
cushions, and carpets, and adornments
and all that. 1t is great mistake, this
uxurance in furnishing Lodge rooms
The original temple Of all was simple, and
unornamented, and plain; and it is trav-
cling far wide of the ancient landmark
of the Order to indulge in extravaganza
not to use mider expression. Already
heavy rents, increased expenses, etc., arr
affecting the ability of the Brotherhood il
heir charitable endeayors, and it wer.
wise to stop and thiuk to what extent w
al embarrassed in our desire to do all W,
ought to SO far as those are concerned wht
have inviolate and sacred claims upon us
We know that it is matter Of pride
for members Of Lodge to enter thei
room and find it brilliant and beautiful
with soft, yielding carpets, luxurious
chairs, and the costly appointments Incl
dental to modern furnishing; but the wild
ows and orphans Of our deceased brother'
do not repose on beds of down, nor ar'
the viands they eat exquisite, palatable
and pleasant. Let our good brother
think Of this, and pattern as near as cal
be to that original Lodge room wher'
neither carpets or cushioned chairs wer
ever known.
The above we clip from that super-ex
cellent paper, "The New York sunda.
Times"
We beg to inquire if modern churcl
buildings are not running away from
ancient siuplicity. Is it right to beg pen
nies Of little children for the '.distan
heathen" while thousands are elaboratet
in church 0rnamention? We like to se
handsome churches but we do not lik
to hear sermons in them begging none,
for the far-of semi humans Of Asia.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-11

STATE FAIR GRoUNDs.--The COM
mittee to prepare grounds at Keokuk for
the State Fair have been actively at
work The Society has a little over 6S
acres. The Gate City tells something
of what is going on inside the inclosure.
1t says the fine arts hall is large build
ing, well lighted and substantially built,
3OxlO5 feet in each extension, devoted
to the graces of civilization and the la
dies, and it is hoped that the latter will
richly fih it and decorate it with the
products of their skilled and tasteful in
dustry A short distance from the hall
are two long buildings, the one for fruits,
flowers, the other for vegetables. Each
of these buildings is 30x25. The
richness of Iowa's harvest may here
find ample room for exhibition. Be-
tween Fine Arts Hall and Floral Hall,
and towards the amphitheatre, is the
Secretary's Office, where j. NJ. will lxu-
riate. This building, so central in con-
nection with the others that the secreta-
ry can easily gravitate in all directions,
is l9x46. The amphitheatre is to have
an addition, and will altogether hold
over five thousand people.
Water is the main necessity. In this
particular the grounds are well equipped,
There are two immense artificial ponds,
containing water for the cattle upon a
thousand hills, with the horses, sheep
and pigs to boot. There are two wells,
three cisterns and fine spring of living
water which has never been exhausted
and has no idea of being.
There are 1S7 horse stalls, 40 cattle
stalls, 100 sheep pens, l25 pig pens,
and plenty of arrangements for poultry.
The power and machine halls are ample.
The driving track is unsurpassed.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-11

A few days since, gentleman in Wor-
cester county, who employs several Irish>
men in cultivating his grounds, ordered
one of his men to put horse into the
wagon. After short absence, Pat re-
turned, exclaiming, 'I've got him in, SIR,
but it was mighty hard job though b T.
This answer somewhat puzzled the gen.
tleman, who upon going into the yard,
found his horse actually standing up in
tho wagon, trembling with fear at his ele-
waited position. After getting the horse
down upon terra irna, the gentleman in.
structsd Pat as to the proper manner ol
"putting horse into wagon"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-11

Bobby Rob's Little Sermon.
Yesterday morning Bobby Rob climbed
up into his grandmothers arm. chair, and
preached his little sermon to the children
in the nursery.
Beloved Hearers and Chil'ren: I'm a
goin' to preach to you about shoes. It
was what my aunty told me onct, and
it is true. Every mornin', beloved hear
ers and chil'ren, there's two pair of shoes
standin' by every boys and girls bed
not bv the cradles, COZ babies don't know
enoagh. Well, one pair of these shoes is
nice, and makes you good .natured and
pleasant; and the other pair is all wrong,
and makes you just as cross as tigers. If
you put on the good pair, you'll walk
through the day just as good and cheer
full as birdy- bird, and every body III like
to hear you comm, and your step III be
just like the music of a beautiful hand
organ with little men and women all dan.
cling round and round and everywheres
you go things will seem all right and nice,
and you won't even mind havin' your face
washed, nor your hair curled if they don't
pull too awful. But if you put on the
other pair. you won't have any comfort,
and nobody won't want you, and every
thing will kind o. creak. Now, my hear
ers and chil'ren, 70 Mary Ann! Mamma
said you mustn't jump your witch~box
while any Of us was a preachin y Now,
my hearers 'emember these two kind O
shoes is by every body's bed every morn
ing. You can't see 'em but they're there,
and all you've got to do is to say. III put
my feet in the good natured shoes, and
wear 'em all day, and not forget it, and
you'll do bully. But just as sure as you
don't. your feet II slip into the bad shoes
afore you know it; and then look out.
Snow, my hearers and chilren, must
get down. The breakfas- bell is a ringin'.
want you all to 'emember what just
said to you-and another thing: if you've
got on your good -natured shoes this morn
ing, you'll wait for me till get my hair
brushed, coz I've been preachin', an we
all ought to start fair if there's griddle-
cakes" ."--Hedrh and Home.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-11
PLArrokx.-We publish the text of the

PLArroRx.-We publish the text of the
platform at the recent Democratic State
Convention held at Des Moines. The
Plaindealer, as il well known, is not a
political paper; it pins itself to the coat
tail of no political party. Nevertheless il
sees a great deal to admire in this "dec-
laration of faith" by our democratic
friends. 1t is clear, forcible, and bears
evidence of fixed principles. We like the
pluck of the party. "Good grit is .
quality to be admired, and we advise
Democrats in Cass county, to Ego in" on
it, win or lose.- Cdss Co., Plaindealer.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-11

FAST GIRL.-The Omaha papers are
greatly astonished at the fact that Miss
Ruhame McCollum, pretty, talkative,
laughing, bright-eyed brunette of girl
from Guthrie county, Of this State, in
vaded that city one evening, was intro
duced to young man next morning,
went to a picnic with him that day,
and brought him back and married him
before supper. That was fixing out a
young Omahawer in fine shape and
lightning-like hurry, and if he lives on
at that rate till death, he'll die soon
says the State REGISTER.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-11


There ale certain things which can nsv-
er be accurately described-things so
shadowy, so ftful, SO dependent on the
mood Of the moment, both in the audience
and the actor, that analysis and represen-
tation are equally at fault. And flirting
is one Of them. What is flirting? Who
can define or determine 1t is more
serious than talking nonsense, and not so
serious rs making love il; is not nonsense,
and it is not feeling it means something
more than Indifference, and yet something
less than affection it binds no one, it
COMMITS no one, it only raises expectations
in the individual, and sets spciety on the
lookout for results it is plaything in
the hands of the inexperienced, but a
deadly weapon against the breast of the
unwary and it is thing so vague, so
protean. that the most accurate measurer
of moral values would be puzzled to say
where it exactly ends and where serious
intentions begin. But again we ask, what
is flirting? What constitutes its essence ?
What makes the difference between it and
nonsense on the one hand, and it and
love making on the other? Has it cum
ulat;ve power, and, according to the old
saying of many little making mickle,
does a long series of small A:rtings make
up IL concrete whole of love? or is it like
an snmortared heap of bricks, possbili-
ties of utility if conditions were changed,
but valueless as things are? The man who
would be able to reduce flirting to a
definite science, who could analyze its
elements and codify its laws, would be
doing infinite service to lis generation !;
but we fear that this would be as difficult
as finding the pot of gold under the end of
a rainbow. or catching small birds with a
pinch of salt. Every one has his or her
own ideas of what constitutes flirting
Consequently every one judges of that
pleasant exercise according to individual
temperament and experience. Faded
flowers, who see impropriety in everything
they are no longer able to enjoy, say, with
more or less severity that Henry and
Angelina are flirting, if they are laughing
and whispering in an alcove together.
probably at the most innocent nonsense in
the world but the fact that they are en-
joving themselves in their own way, albeit
q silly one, is enough for the faded h.wer
to think they are after mischief, flirting
being to her mind about the worst piece
mischief that fallen humanity can perpe-
trate. The world would be very dull
without that innocent kind of nonsense
which often goes by the name of flirting
that pleasant something which is more
than mere acquaintanceship and less than
formal loverhood-that bright and ani
mated Intercourse, which makes the hours
pass SO easily, yet which leaves no bitter
pang Of self>reproach t at indefinite and
undefnable interest by which the one man
or the one woman becomes a kind Il
microcosm for the time. the epitome of all
that is pleasant and all that is lovely. II e
only caution to be observed is not to 20
too far.-Erch.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-11

A negro Senator, in South Carolina,
recently told a large assembly of his
constituents (blacks): "The white peo-
pie say they are going to bring coolies
and white emigrants to this country
But this country is ours we've got the
legislature and we won't allow it--and
we won't. Wen put the white man
ten feet under ground, and as to the
coolies we'll put them twenty feet
This is about the shortest solution Of
the Chinese question We have yet heard.