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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
EARTHLY RICHES.
People Who Strive for the Things Of Thli
Earth Instead Of the JOYS Of Heaven.

People Who Strive for the Things Of This
Earth Instead of the Joys Of Heaven.
Thus do the Scriptures appropriately
characterize certain class. They are
men that set their affections on the
things of the world, and that live SUI
premely for them. They are of the earth,
earthly Though endowed with noble
powers, and capable of living for noble
objects, their aims are all earthward.
They disregard all appeals to wiser
and better course. They set out in life
to get the world in some of it's allnring
forms, and they diligently pursue this
object, through all its periods, to the
end Though often disappointed in their
endeavors, they renew the prXsuit with
increased diligence, never hating, never
giving way to encouragement.
1t would seem as though rational,
immortal man would seriously reflect,
and ask himself the question: "Will it
pay? WIN it be worth while to spend
all my life and all my energies in the
cndeavor to gain these sublunary
things?" But 40; these Men Of the
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

world become infatuated by their dcvo.
ton to these inferior objects; and the
longer they pursue them the more alb
sorbed are they in the pursuit.
Alas! What phantoms do they chase.
How unworthy of such devotion. Sup
pose that they gain the object in view:
how unsnbstantial! and how unsatisfy-
ing. 1t is their experience that they
have spent their money for that which
is not bread, and their labor for that
which satisfieth not. All has been
VANITY and vexation of spirit"
And then, If successful in seeking
the world, how brief is the time that
they can possess and enjoy it. How
transient are all earthly riches, and
honors, and pleasures. How soon do
their possessors pass away from them
all. to possess and to enjoy them no
more forever! The men of the world
have all their portion in this life. They
have sought it all here; and they have
it all here. They have not been care
full to lay up treasures in Heaven; and
they have none there. They have all
their good things in this life. Their
riches are riches that perish in the us
ing. Their pleasures are but for sea-
son, and that brief season. And their
honors are but for fleeing day. II
have seen the wicked in great power,
and spreading himself like green bay
tree. Yet he passed away: and, 10, he
was not: yea, | sought him, but he
could not be found" However exalted
they may have been, their names will
soon be forgotten. Their memory shall
have perished.-y. Y. Observer.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
SNAKE DOCTORS.
Holt entots Who Make = Business Of Cur
ing Snake Bites.

Holt entOts Who Make . Business OF Cur.
ing Snake Bites.
In some of the fine agricultural dis
tricts of South Africa. the wheat fields
abound with puff adders. Formerly.
when engaging the reapers-mostly
Hottentots-they would rarely consent
to begin work without ''snake doc
tor to accompany them to the fields.
All Hottentots are great smokers, but
the doctor" delights in short black
pipes, never cleaned. and SO impreg-
mated with nicotine no white man
could use them. Hergenerally amuses
himself hunting the reptiles for awhile,
then smokes and takes a nap till
wanted.
Should a reaper be bitten, the old fell
low rouses up at once, as he knows
quick work is everything in a snake
bite, and his reputation is at stake,
too. He applies ligature above and
below the wound. if possible, tighten
ing to strangulation of the parts, .
drop of nicotine is extracted from his
pipe, and after we'll scarifying the
wound, it is rubbed in. Another drop
is diluted and put in the patients
mouth, followed by continuous
draughts of fiery "brandwein" or Cape
brandy, when he is carried home, and
according to the constitution of the man
is the length of time he takes to recov-
er.-Scientific American.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

securing your treasure. In addition 70
your salary at the Office will pay you
well to look after my property, SO
think You can afford wife, grandmother
and ALL
Mr.. Mortimer soon made his peace
with Bella. and of course. the wedding
wasn't long in coming of. Incredible
though it may sound, the rich aunt, the
shabby grandmother and the young
couple all lived together as harmonious
ly rs doves.
And to think. said Mrs. Van
Duzener. that George was SO stupid as
not to know what my pride, about
which I've talked so much. really con-
sisted of. But perhaps it isn't SO odd
after all; there are SO many shoddy
sorts OF pride nowadays that the real,
honest kind is apt to be overlooked en-
tirely." --Josephine Gates, in N. Y.
Ledger
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
CHOICE EXTRACTS.

The man who has no Joy in giving
has no JOY in anything. -Chicago Stand
ard.
We show the strength of our con-
victions more by our actions than by the
vehement words we utter. - United
Presbyterian.
Sorrow itself is not so hard to bear
as the thought of sorrow coming. Airy
ghosts that work no harm do tcrrify US
more than men in steel with bloody
purposes.-T Il. Aldl'ich.
Faith and works are as necessary to
our spiritual life as Christians, as soul
and body are to our natural life rs men:
for faith is the soul OF religion, and
works, the body.-St. Louis Christian
Advocate.
Everyone who lives in this world is
more or less tax upon the industry of
others; and hence everyone should, at
the very least, seek to contribute to the
world as much as it takes to get him
through it. If he does less than this he
dies at last in debt to mankind.
cago Standard.
Character without conduct is like
the lips without the trumpet, whose
whispers die upon themselves and d"
not stir the world. Conduct without
character is like the trumpet hung up
in the wind, which whistles through 1t
and means nothing.-Christian at Work.
"A great scientist has said that the
kingdom of science, like that of Heaven,
is open only to the childlike spirit; If
one is willing to humbly stoop in order
to enter the gateway to human knowl-
edge, is it unreasonable to expect that
one should reach the higher wisdom
through the portal pointed out by the
Saviour: IF any man willeth to do His
will he shall know?"-Golden Rule.
"A free expression of personal feel
ing is the natural impulse Of some;
while the close repression of such feel
ing is the natural instinct of Others
Neither the instict nor the impulse is a.
ways safe guide. 1t is duty to give
sufficient expression to feeling, and to
have a fitting measure Of its repression.
Not what we want to do, but what W.
| ought, shall be our standard in this
Spheres. s. Timea
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
NERVE TONES.
Tho Proper Way to Build Up Wasted
Nerves and Muscles.

Tho Proper Way to Build Up Wasted
Nerves and Muscles.
Medicines do not act as nerve to,,ics
unless we understand "A tonic to be
whip. A whip makes a horse lively for
the time but it does not make his mus
cles any stronger. 1t is impossible for
medicine to increase the strength Of
mans nerves or muscles. TONES and
narcotics have their proper use in emer-
gencics, but they are foolers for the
most part. They make man feel com
Portable when he is uncomfortable;
they make him unconscious of pain
when he is full of pain. What is needed
is little physiological treatment. The
nervousness needs to be relieved by
having better nerves built up: the liver
needs to be relieved by being made
over; the muscular system must be
renovated and strengthened through the
use of proper food AMI exercise. Acute
diseases may be lilened to a circle
which will bring one round to the start
ing point, physically, when they have
run their course unless they terminate
fatally before the circle is completed.
Chronic diseases are on tangent which
tends further and further from the
starting point of health. There is no
such thing as disposition to return.
The only thing which can be done is to
turn around and slowly retrace the dis
lance by having the vital organs recon-
structed. A person of average size has
ten and half pounds of blood. The
life of blood corpuscle is six weeks
The blood is renewed then every six
weeks and the quality of the blood may
be improved with each renewal by using
better diet and encouraging digestion.
With better blood we have better nerves
and brain and muscles and better di-
gestive organs. In this way the vital
status can be gradually raised and the
body educated out of disease.
Getting well is really a process of
growth. There is no antidote for dis
ease. Restoration to health is a process
of training and education. The invalids
who want to Swallow something" and
get well i'm a minute should be made to
understand that physiological treat
ment is the only kind which will avail
and that it is necessarily slow. 1t is
nature who does the work. A doctor
can do something in removing obstacles
and assisting her in her task. The rate
of progress must depend upon the
amount of vital capital remaining in
each individual case.-Dr. J. Ii. kellogg.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
JUST THOUGHTS.
No Structure Of just Deeds Possible with
out Them.

No Structure Of just Deeds Possible with
out Them.
Justice 10 usually thought to apply to
conduct, especially that which is shown
in the relations between man and man.
To be just in this sense is to give every
one his due, to discharge the obligations
which fall upon us, to preserve strict
integrity in all our dealings, and to be
not only honest, but honorable in every
transaction. But, while just conduct
rightly occupies prominent place in
all moral and ethical life, and while we
cannot too strongly emphasize its les
sons of duty, there is another depart.
mcnt Of justice which receives less at
tention than it deserves-i. O., just
thoughts. There is popular fallacy
that, while we can help what we do or
omit doing. we cannot help what we
think. Yet thought lies at the founda~
ton of action. and no structure of just
deeds can ever be safely built unless
the substratum of just thought be
sound and firm. 1t is both rare and q
difficult thing to think justly; it is, in-
deed. largely an intellectual virtue, to
be attained even in measure only by
careful culture and persistent effort,
and in its perfection never by imperfect
beings. Nevertheless, every one who
desires it and endeavors to develop it
within himself can succeed to agreat
degree; and the habit OF thinking just
ly. like every other habit, increases
with every exercise. Perhaps nothing
SO greatly tends to just thinking as the
practice of suspending the Judgment
until we have full means Of testing it.
This is often an irksome task. A state
of uncertainty or suspense is SO disa-
greeable to many persons that, to
avoid it, they will hastily make up
their minds on mooted points, imagining
that thus they have forever settled the
matter. Opinions thus formed have no
value and can carry no weight. Yet.
having once pronounced them, people
feel bound to uphold and stand by them,
and they are very unwilling to hear
them questioned or opposed. Much of
the useless controversy which wastes
the time and exhausts the energies OF
thousands, without eliciting any truth,
springs from no other source than this.
The fact is that, upon vast number OF
subjects, suspense of Judgment is the
only mental condition which Is at all
likely to lead to truth. A more modest
and correct estimate of our own powers
would of itself suggest this course.
Surely. unless we are well informed on
the subject, and fully able to analyze
the facts, to weigh the probable causes
and to put aside all prejudice and pre-
possessions. we are not in condition
to pronounce with certainty upon any
question a, issue; therefore we can
have no assurance that hasty conclu-
sions are either just or e.-Philadel.
mia LEDGER
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
A Chicken of Many Springs.

plymouth Rox is awfully mad be-
cause you awarded only honorable
mention to that spring chicken OF his
up at the poultry show
What does he want, anyhow? That
hen has taken first prize every year,
now, for five years. He ought to b
satisfied. Puck
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
Worthy Of One Moro Learned.

Fond Father Ito Bobby, aged five)-
Now, Bobby, what is the hardest stone
in the world?
Bobby-Don't know.
Fond Father-Can't you think?
Bobby-Yeth, thir; but can't thiuk
hard enough.-Jewelers' Weekly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
A Confusion of Professions.

Tom-What are you driving at now
Jack?
jack am studying in the Office o
Rleedem IL killem.
Tom-Oh! Going to be lawyer
Jack-No. Doctor.-West Shore.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
WHAT THEY OWE RELIGION.

Infidelity Indebted to Christianity for the
Pleasures and Comforts Of the World.
Infidelity does not acknowledge its
Indebtedness to Christianity. The ex-
cellent character of many skeptics is
often referred to as a refutation of the
charge that irreligion tends to immor-
atty, but the fact that these skeptics
commonly have had their character
formed in godly families, and under the
influence of the Christian life, is quite
overlooked. or ignored. The following
from Mr.. Lowell puts the case forcibly:
when skepticism has found place on
this planet ten miles square, where
decent man can live in de.
cency, comfort and security, sup.
porting and educating his chill
dren unspoiled and unpolluted, a place
where age is reverenccd. infancy cared
for and protected, manhood respected.
womanhood honored, and human life
held in due regard; when slSeptics can
find such place where the Gospel OF
God has not gone and cleared the way.
and laid foundations and made deccncy
and security possible, it will then be in
order for them to move there and
ventilate their views. But SO long a.
these very men are dependent on the
religion they discard for every privilege
they enjoy, they may well hesitate te
rob the Christian of his hope. and hu.
manity of its faith in that Saviour who
has given to man that hope of eternal
life which makes life toierable, society
possible, and robs death of it's terrors.
and the grave of its gloom.
PRESBYTERIAN,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
He MistOok the Father of His Girl for Il
Collector for the Transfer Company.

- 'S''~ S''~-s
He Mi.took the Father of His Girl for the
Collector for the Transfer Company.
A young gentleman had an engage
ment with the daughter of prosperous
citizen to attend the theater. The young
lady suggested that they use the family
carriage, and the gallant was too polite
to decline. On the morning of the en-
gagement the young lady asked her
father to please stop in Mr.. IS Office
and inquire where he wanted the ear
riage to call for him. The kindly old
gentlemen did SO. lie stepped in the
office and, calling to the young man,
said
Il want I, see about that carriage
s'Wait moment" said the youth,
evidently agitated. He lail down his
pen and, coming from behind the desk.
led his visitor into far corner, and
continued: II cant settle that right
now. as am decidedly hard up. I'll fix
it by the middle of next month dead
sure"
What do you mean?' said the old
gentleman.
''Why. amt you the collector for the
Gouge EN- Transfer company"
mo, I'm not. I'm Miss lsondholder's
father. and want to know where my
carriage is to be sent for you to-night?'
| He went to the theater in the evening
but he did not enjoy it much.-Louis-
vile Times.
Curious Facts About Easter.
The fact that Easter fell on very
early date this year March 29) has
caused friend of facts and figures" to
collect some curious statistics. In 1883
he says Easter fell on March %. and it
will only once again this century name
~, in 1894, fall on so early date. In
three following centuries it will DC.
cur only eight times on the same date
namely, in 1851, 2035, 20i6, 205., al03,
2ll4. 2l25 and 2l9s. The earliest date
On which Easter can fall is on March -
and this only in case the moon is full on
March Fl, when this date happens to fall
on Saturday. This combination OF
circumstances is extremely rare: it oc
Cured in 1923, 1901 and 1917. and will
happen again in 1890. a016. and al44
while during the three following centur
les it is not once ION the books" at this
early date. On the other hand Easter
never falls later that April %: this was
the case in 1866, 1874 and 1856, and vii
only happen once in the next century
namely, l943.-Boston Journal
| A Confusion of Professions.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
Comfort Provided

Comfort is one great theme of the
Bible. The Heavenly Father provides
it for His children VIXEN they need it.
just as lie provides food for them when
they are hungry. lie does not put the
food in their mouths without any exer-
ton on their own part. nor does He give
them comfort apart from the use of
means. He employs many agencies in
comforting the mourning-the blessed
promises of the Word, the sweet COM
munications of the Holy Spirit, the
gentle ministries of the angels, the low
ing tone and touch of human friends.
We may not expect to be comforted las
one whom his mother comforteth,' un-
less we welcome and use the means
which have been appointed for this end.
limited PRESBYTERIAN,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30


glish duchess, a great winner, both on
the race course and in the matrimonial
stakes and also winning largely here.
To-day | see my winners in an entirely
different character. They are losers,
heavy losers. The marquis will not take
a chair even, he has nothing left to
stake. Bismarck is reduced to risking
an occasional fiye-franc piece at roulette:
as for the duchess, follow her to the
little window where foreign money is
exchanged and hear her ask them to
cash her a cheque: of course the request
is refused and then in furious indigna-
ton she declares that she is the ''Duch-
ess of X" They tell her blandly, "Ah,
madame, there are SO many duchesses
here.'
Well for these cleaned out aristocrats
If they desist while entirely unshorn.
Some players play on to their bottom
dollar, and then it is hushed-up story,
another suicide, or one OF ''those who
know" everything and everybody will
point to a seedy, slip shod wretch mood
ily taking the air by the sea and tell
you, ''So-and-so. do You see? Lost ev-
cry sixpence at the tables, lives now,
I'm told, ON a pension from NJ Blanc. +"
There is no "betting even" with the
tables. Those who are judicious cow
ards, who fight and win and run away,
will in nearly every case return to have
another try. The tables can wait; they
never forget, never forgive. While life
is left they still count OH recovering
what they have lost.
The story goes that some one CON-
niserated with the old Mr.. Blanc when
the tables had lost very large sum to
a Monsieur Chose. What! is he dead"'
No need for pity while the winner lives.
And yet one player there was who beat
the tables, If an old and pensioned
croupier who lived near Wilhemshoe is
to be believed.
They came and told him that the EN-.
peror Napoleon had been made prisoner
at Sedan. What Napoleon? Louis
He was at Baden in Island won. lie
owes the tables $4,000 francs" Poor
Napoleon ILL.,; he never paid that debt
but he lost much more in another way.
IN. Y. Home journal.
Tombstone daily prospector., 1891-02-18
Opposed to FAls. Teeth.

A singular runaway is reported from South Brooklyn n, N. Y. A woman named Giidersleeve, who had lived with her husband for over thirty years and had borne him four sons, some of whom have attained manhood. has left her nome because, as she states in a letter, her husband had not furnished her means to properly clothe herself and had refused to give her the money to have her teeth attended to. She there lore secured a position a. sI4 month and with her earnings for q year she said that she proposed to: have her teeth properly cared for, and with the balance to buy clothes to last her during life. Then, if her husband would receive her. she intended to return to him, as she loved him. Mir. Gildersieeve has searched in vain for his wife: says he provided liberally for her and furnished her horse, but did not approve of her having false teeth.
Tombstone daily prospector., 1891-02-18
High License.

Arizona does not want any higher license law than the one in force now. There can be no sound argument ad- vanced in favor Cf such d law, except that 1t creates mOnOpolies in the sale or ardent spirits. IL does not decrease the amount consumed, but confines
 the sale 10 favored few. Where A score Of people now make a lining by this traffic, and add to the revenue of
 the country. the number would be re- duced to one, but that one would dis pense just as much liqu"r as the twenty d. now, while the revenues would not nearly aggregate what they do at present. We have no apologies to make for the business and no plea for il, but simply take the ground that prohibitorv measure should not Ie enacted, that prohibits the poor man from seliing it while permitting z his richer neighbor to do so, and not only shat, but creates 8 monopoly for him. The argument used in favor of high license in the older States, where there are large cities with their low doggeries ard dens of vice and schools of crime. is not applicable in Arizona
 We have no large cities, and in towns the size of those in this Territory pub lie sentiment will always prevent the growth of such places as are only found in large cities. So that moral i;y or temperance gains nothing by high license. while the Territory lose. its revenue.-l Prescott Journal Miner
Tombstone daily prospector., 1891-02-18
l.OnD Eelf Wanl.

Major Llewellyn, live stock agent or the Santa Fe road, passed through Santa Fe last week with s train of cattle from Deming. The Major told the New Mexico Stock Grower, "that the Santa Fe company have arranged to ship cattle through from Deming to St. Louis in Palace stock cars, without stopping 10 feed or water on the route -the cars being provided for such emergencies. The run from Deming to St Louis is abou' 100 miles, and the train that passed through will make passenger time and is the first of a series of fast stock trains. The cattle are from the Columbia Cattle company, F. ". Smith, general man. aser. and they will have three train loads more. The trains will average eighteen cars. each car holding an av- craze of twenty-fonI head of cattle. The Major reports everything in first class shape at Deming, the cattlemen feeling happy and stock in good shape and comparatively fat.
Tombstone daily prospector., 1891-02-18
M CT ( V | ..

We desire 10 say to our citizs ns that for years we have been selling Dr Kings New Discovery for Consump tion, Dr. Kings New Life Pills, Buck lens Aruica Sslye and Electric Bit ters, and have never handled remedies that sell as well, or tLat have given such universal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to guarantee them every inc, and VIZ stand ready to refund the purchase price, if satisfactory results do not follow their use. These rems- dies have won their great popularity purely on tEeir merits. J. Yourge Druggist.