The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-02-09
NO. 6
A Golden Shroud.

A Golden shroud.
In = recent communication TO the Ma
,ioaal In,elligsncer. Mr.. Thomas Ew-
bank, late commissioner Of patents, gives
some important information in regard ,o
the discoveries made in Peruvian tombs
and tumuli. The information - derived
from ". w. Evans. Esq, gentleman
OF strong antiquarian predictions, and
now engineer Of the africa and Tacna
Railroad, in Peru Mr.. Evans states
tha. in making excavations for tie rail-
road al africa, hundreds Of graves are
demolished. in which are numerous In.
dian relics. The excavations are seven-
" fr,t deer, and ~ the soil 10 loose sand,
- the work proceeds everything from the
top comes sliding down-- dead Indians,
pots. kettles. arrow heads, &c Among
o,her mor,uary relics. On ls,dlan was
started out of his resting place rolled up
IN sh'oud Of god. Before Mr.. Evans
lad knowledge oi the incident. The work.
meo had cu. this magn,fc. nt winding
sheet aLd divided II among th~ms~lses.
With some difficulty Mr.. Evans Obtained
q fragmen, aud dispatched il to Mr.. Ew.
bank. Mr.. Evans notices remarkable
fact, that IN hundreds Of Indian .kulls
which ae has examined, not one has con.
tAsaed dccayed tooth. Mr.. Evans thinks
tina, the weight oil the entire sht oud must
have teen eight or nine pounds. aud had
II been preserved would .avs been the
hnest specimen OF sheet gold tha, We
t.nN h..ss rA II 81. a .E
Spanish conqass, In some sloqucu, rc.
marks upon .he presersat,oa Of souteu-
.rs CT the departed, and the fu,ilty .f al
tempting to securete e great dead from
con,ac. with ,Aer native earth, Mr.. Ew-
bank says It il the form Or featurss. and
not the body cr substance OF ,ae dead
tina, should be preserved, and adds -
The mumm,es Of Egyp, are quarried
tor fuel, and, whether taose ot The pha.
raohs their wives, tier priests. OF tleir
slaves. are split open and chopped up
with the same indifference - 80 many
pine logs. The gums and Lnlsars used
IN embal'ning them have made then .
good substitute for bnuminous coal; and
tnus the very eans employed TO pre-.
serve them have become ,hriac,ive agents
Of their dissipation. So il 70 when the
materials OF the coffin have Q high mark
ed value; thsy are then seized as con-
ccaled treasure, and their confexty cast
out ~ rubbish. Like heroes in the East.
ern hemisphere, the drsc-ndan, Of Man-
co and CsPec wsse sometimes, Il nss al
ways. ~n,o,nbed ia such, and ~.lh con-
siderable treasures hcAides III yrssels Of
gold and silver; hence we learn how the
spanish couquerors sough, for, often
found, and as often plundered rich Incan
sspuichres.
Potent .M.Iici"es. The following Ger
tificate to the efficacy Of patent pills 10
taken from the Philadelphia Mercury:
4, John Labberlie, was supposed 10
be III the last Stage Of consumption in
the year $40, suffering At the same time
= severe attack Of rheumatism, lver con-
plant, dropsy, gravel, and cholera ,nor-
bus simultaneously, also, | took the
smal! pox. The latter assumed . chronic
form, completely destroyed my lungs,
liver. spinal marrow, nervous system,
and the entire contents OF my cranium.
60, 20 low | did no, know my broth.
erin. law when he came 10 borrow mon.
ey. For three months swallow ed moth
ing bu. twenty packages Of kunk'eLau-
sens Pills, which effected an iminedi-
ate relief in Two weeks. Sworn and
subscribed, &c.
p. S. My uLcle, Bacchus Pot,inger, i,
was afflicted SO long with the gou,, (eon-
trac,ed by living too much on bear .
meat and alliga,or's eggs. tia, III. 5e-
came a burden to him. lie only took
four boxes of said Pills, anil lis he wa
a burden 10 him no longer.