The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-12-04
NO. 40.
Advice to a Young Man.

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No, my son, the world does not owe you
a living. The world does not need you, just
yet; you need the world. II you can con-
vince the world that you are necessary to its
well being, its happiness, its pleasure, its
moral existence, then the world will begin
to claim you and make room for you in the
body pews, with the softest cushions and the
easiest foot stools. But don't fall into the
common error Of supposing shat the world
owes you living. 1t doesn't owe you any
thing of the kind. The world isn't respon.
siblr for your being. 1t didn't send for you;
it never asked you to come here; and in no
sense is it obliged to support you, now that
you are here. Your living is here; a good,
comfortable living. Plenty to eat, plenty
| to wear, an abundance OF good, healthfnl
hard work, ripples of laughter, sprinkles Of
tears, hours Of happiness and moments of
heartache; days of rest, duties to be perform
ed and rewards to be won !; it is all here, son
-disappo ntments, struggles, success and
bonors, but the world doesn't owe you one OF
them; not one. You can t collect your living
do yOu Wouiu QCDt9 Wy oIWRAJ PASoOhWA6
your bill ,or giving your lawyer the account to
sue. You have to work for 1t, son, and
work like Trojan. too. When you hear a
man say that the world owes him living,
and he is going to have it, make up your
mind that he is just making himself good
excuse for stealing living. The world
doesn't owe any man anything. son. 1t
will give you anything you earn, and you
Just look out over the world and know that
all the plumber you can gather by honest
work is yours, and no more. If you can't
get any. why none OF it is yours, and if you
can reach out and carry away ten times as
much as your neighbor, why that is all yours,
and he has no right to wait and whine over
his bad luck and want you to divide. And,
my son, in all human probability, you will
nos want to divide. I hope you may, but it
is very likely that you won't .-Burliagton
HoWkeye.
Cure for Diphtherla.
The following letter written by the Rus
sian Minister to the New York Herald, may
at some time prove valuable to some OF our
readers:
In view of the increase OF diphtheria- in
several places in the State of New York,
hasten to communicate to you for publicity
a very simple remedy, which, having been
used in Russia and Germany, may prove
effective here. Out Of several others, DR..
Leizerich, who made extensive experiments
kI,oo oAt 80 Inns
it in twenty seven cases, eight OF which were
of very serious nature, all of which had
favorable result except the one case, when
the child died from a complication OF dis
eases. For children of one year he preseribes
the remedy, for internal use every one or
two hours, as follows:
Natr. benzoic, pur. SO solv. in az. dstil.
lat sq., menth. piper. ana 400 syr. cort.
aur. 100
For children from one to three years old,
he prescribed it from seven to eight g rammes
for 100 grammes of distilled water, with
years old he prescribed ten or fifteen
grsmmes, and for grown persons from fif-
teen to twenty-five grammes for each 100
grAmmes. Besides this, he, uses also with
grfatsuccess the insuficatioR on the idiph-r
therial membrane through q glass tube in
serious cases every three hours, in light cases
three times day of the natr benzoic pulver.
For grown people he prescribes for gargling
dilution of ten grammes of this pulver for
200 grammes of water. ...its, .i
The effect of the remedy is rapid. After
twenty-four or thirty-six hours the feyerish
symptoms disappear completely, and the
temperature and pulse became normal. This
remedy was used also with the same success
by DR.. Braham Braun and Prof. Klebs, in
Prap; DR.. Senator, in Cassel, and several
others in Russia and Germany.
Hoping that the publication through your
widely-spread paper will prove beneficial in
the United States, remain yours, very truly,
.,4- .--. n. SHIsHKIN, -
Minister Of Russia to the United States.
i AN IMPORTANT CAsE.-The Washington