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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10
To Become IFuhappy,

In the first place, if You want to be
miserable, be selfish. Think all the time
of yourself, and of your own things
Don't care about anybody else. Have no
feelings for any one but yourself. New
er think Of enjoying the satisfaction of
seeing others happy; but the rather. if
you see smiling face, be jealous lest
another should enjoy what you have not.
Envy every one who is better off in any
respect than yourself; think unkindly
towards them and speak lightly of them
BE constantly afraid lest some one should
encroach upon your rights; be watchful
against it, and If any one comes near your
things snap at them like a mad dog
Contend earnestly for everything that is
your own, though it may not be worth a
pin; for your rights are just as much
concerned as if it were pound Of gold
Never yield a point. BE very sensitive
and take everything that is said to you
in playfulness in the most serious manner
BE jealous of your friends lest they
should not think enough of you. And
if at any time they should seem to neg
lect you, put the worst construction up
on their conduct you can.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10
Small Talk.

But of all the expedients to make the
heart lean, the brain ganzy, and to thin
life down into the consistency Of cam
bric kerchef the most successful is the
little talk and tattle which In some char
med circles, Is courteously styled conver-
sation. How human beings can live on
such meagre fare-how continue exist
ence on such famine of topics and on
such a short allowance Of sense--is
great question, if philosophy could only
search it out. Al we know il, that such
men and women there are, who will 20
on from fifteen to fourseore, and never ii
hint on their toombstones, that they died
at last of consumption Of the head and
marasmus Of the heart The whole uni
verse of God, speaking ont its splendors
and terrors, pleading for their attention,
and they wonder "where Mrs. Somebody
got that divine ribbon to her bonnet -
The whole world of literature, through
its thousand trumps of fame, adjuring
them to regard its garnered stores of emo
tion aud thought, and they think, 'It's
high time, if Josh intends to marry Jane,
for him to pop the question y When,
to be sure, this frippery is spiced with
little envy and malice, and prepares its
ANAL dishes of scandal aud nice bits Of
dotraction, it becomes endowed with a
slight venemous vitality, which does pret-
ty well, in the absence of soul, to carry
on the machinery of living, If not the re-
ality of life r. Whisp}e.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10
How Washington Behaved when he was
i'm the Wrong.

An incident in "The Virginian." rep
resentipg Washington as ready to accep
a challenge, has led Leslic's illustrated
Paper to reprint the following pertinen
anecdote from Weem's Gossiping Life O
Washington:
"When Washington was stationed a,
Alexandria with his regiment, the only
one in the colony, Of which he was Col,
there happened to be an election in the
town for members of the Assembly, and
the contest run high between Col. Geo.
Fairfax, and Mr.. Elzey A dispute Ia
king place at the Court house yard, Wash
ington, at that time not % years of age,
contrary to his usual manner, became ex
cited, and, what was still more uncom-
mon, said something that offended Mr..
Payne, whereupon the little gentleman,
who though but cub in size,' raised
his sturdy hickory, and by q single blow,
brought Washington to the ground.
"Several of Washington's officers be-
ing present, they whipped out their irons
in an instant, and it was supposed there
would be murder ofr-hand To make bad
worse, the members of the regiment hear
ing how their commander had been treat
ed, bolted out of the barracks, every
man with his weapon, threatening ven
eence on those who had dared to knock
down their beloved Colonel Happily
for Mr. Payne and his party, Washing
ton recovered in time enough to 90 out
and meet his enraged soldiers, and after
thanking them for their expression Of at
tachmcnt assured them that he was not
hurt in the least, and begged them as
they loved him and their duty, to return
to their borracks As to Washington
himself, he went to his room and finding
on mature reflection, that he had been
the aggressor, he determined to make
Mr.. Payne honorable reparation by ask
ing his pardon on the morrow No soon
er had he made this noble resolution
than he recovered bis natural oalmness
Of manner. dressed himself and went to
ball, behaving as if nothing had hap
pcncd.
The next day he went to tavern and
wrote polite note to Mr. Payne, reques-
ting to see him Mr.. Payne presumed
the import of it was challenge sor du-
el, and repaired to the place appointed
for the meeting, expecting to see pair
of pistols introduced. But conceive his
surprise on entering the chamber where
Washington was, he discovered decan-
ter of wine aud glasses upon the table,
and in a very friendly manner prcsen-
ted his hand saying:
"Mr. Payne, to err sometimes is ma
ture, to rectify error is always glory
find that was wrong in the affair yes
tcrday You have had, think, some
satisfaction, aud if you think that is suf-
ficient, here's my hand. Let us be
friends"
1t is only necessary to say, that from
that time, Mr.. Payne bacame ono Of
Washincton's most enthusiastic admi-
rcrs and friends. IF this conduct had
not been deemed in Washington to arise
from magnanimity, and not from fear,
then he could not have became the i'm
mortal hero he is regarded in history "
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10
CHAPTER 141.
An act providing for the publication Of certai

An act providing for the publication of certain
laws in the several counties of the state.
SECTION |. BE It enacted by the Con
eral AssmMy cfhe State Of io,ca, That
the Secretary Of State shall as soon as
possible after the present session OF the
General Assembly, and within sixty days
from that date, forward to each county
judge in this State, copy of all the Gen
eral laws passed at said session. 1t shall
be sufficient compliance with the provis-
ions Of this section if the Secretary Of
state shall forward to each county Judge
newspapers printed at Des Moines City,
containing said laws printed by order
of the General Assembly.
s.. At each future session Of the
General Assembly, the Secretary Of State
shall procure from enc Of the newspapers
printed at Des Moincs City, in which the
General Assembly shall order any General
law to be printed, 50 many Of such news
papers or printed slips, containing such
laws, as shall be sufficient t. furnish wo
such newspapers or slips to each county
judge il the State, aud it shall also b.,
his duty as soon ~ possiIc, within sixty
days after the adjournment of each future
session. to furnish to each county Judge
one crpy OF all general laws not ordered
to be priS.cd iu the newspapers at Des
Moines City.
So. 1t shall be the duty Of the county
iiud go Of each county t. cause such Of said
General laws as he may consider Of inter
| est to the peDpic ttf this c0untv tn he ,4uh
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10
Mr.. Buchanan's Administration Tren.
Chantiy Criticised.


The Atlontic Monthiy for April contains
a powerfully written article, in which
Mr.. Buchanan's Administration is sub
jected to scathing but Just criticism
In the first place Mr.. Buchanan himsel
is described as only the respectable medi
ocrity which the whole country now
knows him to be, and as never having
done anything in his forty years of pub
lie life to entitle him to rank for a mo
ment with Clay, Calhoun, Webster and
Wright But his Administration i:
much less rcspectjble than his persona
character 1t 'has been a series of blum
dcrs, or worse: it has cyinced no mastery;
on the other hand, it may be arraigned
for Inconsistencies the most palpable, for
proceedings the most awkward, for . gen,
cral impotence which places it on levej
with that OF Tyler or Pierce, and for sig,
nal offences against the national sense OF
decorum and duty"
This indictment is fully sustained by
reference to Mr.. Buchanan's feeble
ness and indecision in the management
Of the Mormon difficulty and the nation
al finances; to the same impotence, ad-
ded to duplicity, which has marked his
course with regard to fllibusterism and
finally to his Kansas policy, wherein "the
before noted Deficiencies Of the Govern
ment have been combined with crimi-
nal disregard Of settled principles and al
most universal convictions"
The following is the summing up Of
the reviewer:
Looking at the administration of Mr..
Buchanan simply from the point of view
Of an enlightened craftsmanship, we find
nothing in it that is not contemplate ;
but when we regard it as the accredited
exponent Of the moral sense Of a majority
Of our people, it is saved from contempt,
indeed, but only saved because contempt
is merged into a deeper feeling Of humil-
iation and apprehension. Unparalleled as
The outragcs in Kansas, have been, We
regard them as insignificant in compari-
son with the deadlier fact that the Chief
Magistrate Of the Republic should strive
to defend them by the small wiles Of a
~Fiiiage attofhey,-that, Wheh the hohof
of a nation and the principle Of self gov
ernmeat are at stake, he should show
himself unconscious Of higher judica-
ture or a nobler style of pleading than
those which would serve for a case Of pet
ty Iarceny,--and that he should be abet-
ted by more than half the national repre-
sentatives, while he brings down a case Of
public conscience to the moral level of
those who are content with the maculate
safety which they cw" to flaw in an in
dictment, OF with the dingy innocence
which is certified to by the disagreement
of jury
We commend the entire article as en-
inently worthy of general porusal - CHI.
Press
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10
IeIegrap ph to Salt Lake.

The Military Committee of the Senate
have reported bill authorizing tie Sec,
retary of War, to contract for the i'm.
mediate erection of Magnetic Tele,
graph to Salt Lake, in order that the
Government may have at its command
ready means of prompt communication
with the Army of Utah. The bill pro-
vidos for no monopoly, but leaves the
Executive to make the best contract he
can with parties who are competent to
do the desired work. 1t is said that there
are parties ready to have the line in ae-
tive operation in less than FIVE months
from the day the contract is made.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10
General Intelligence,

The Belfast (Ireland) Banner states
that the ensuing season 10 expected to
be less favorable for emigration than any
for several years past, owing to the un-
promising condition of commerce and
manufactures in the United States. -
Within the last six months more persons
have returned to Belfast from New York
than sailed from the former direct for the
latter during 1857. There are but two
veasels on berth at present for America
one for New York and the other for Que
bee. \ few years since there would have
been score at the corresponding date.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10
Spirit of the Lecompton Combatants.
A Washington correspondent of the N

Y. Times, writes:
There is marked bitterness on the
part of the Southern Democrats towards
Douglas. They have transferred their
hatred of the Republicans to him, and
their chief anxiety now is, that he shall
not reap the reward of his "treachory.'
| have very little doubt that if compelled
to chose between Douglas and Seward fot
President, the whole band of pro-slavery
hre-eaters, with Toombs at their head,
would vote for the latter. Mr.. Douglas,
on his part, is by no means mealy mouth
ed or over fastidious in his expressions
Of opinion At an carly stage of his
detection, while he was having inter-
views with the President, in the hope
that they might come to some agreement
the latter remarked to him that it was
very perilous for public man to put
himself in opposition to his party, and
that he must take the liberty of remind
ing him of the fate of Rives and Tai
madge, who rebelled AGAINST the policy of
General Jackson. 1" Permit me, Mr..
PRESIDENT Mr.. Douglas replied, "per-
ne to remind you that Gen Jackson is
dead. - This is very much the tone which
the Illinois Senator has taken throughout
this contest, and it must be confessed that
It is not em.rentIy concilia.ory.
The following is from the Globe:
During the protracted session of the
Senate, forced by Senator Green, last
week, Senator Clark having the floor, had
hard time of it, Having spoken from
1 } to = clock, he said If il be the
pleasure of the Senate to adjourn now,
willit be very agreeable to me. I have had
nothing 10 eat since clock, neither
bread nor anything else. But the Sem
ate wouldn't adjourn, and he proceeded
until $ clock, when, during an expIa-
nation by Mr., Green, having spoken over
three hours and a half, he availcd himself
of the opportunity to indulge in that be-
vera-c which "cheers but not inebriates,"
with accompanying mullins and sandwich
es, which gave his desk the social as pect
Of a cosy tea table The honorable Sen
ator retained his right TO .he floor, with
a cup OF hot tea in one hand and huge
sandwich in the other. The scene vas
novel; but twelve hours fast had crea-
ted an inexorablo stomach BY the call
Of the yeas and nays he was afforded am
pie time to finish his repsst.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10
Echo is the shadow Of a sound.

1LtAO IiC sLdIUN vi Il SOUND.
Reason Is the flower Of spirit and its
! fragrance Is liberty and knowledge.
The best way to expand the chest
is to have a large heart inside of it.
Let your communications with the
world be marked with truth and honesty.
In private, we must watch our thougts;
in the family our tsmpers; in company,
cur tongues.
When man owns himself in error, he
but tells you in other words he il wiser
than he was
Nothing can be a real blessing or cure
70 the human soul but what is made BY it's
own appreciation.
He canntt be an unhappy man who has
the love and smiles of woman to accom- pany
him in every department OF life
rride, though it cannot prevent the
holy affections of nature from being felt,
may prevent them from being shown.
Moral repugance is important as NOR
al cnthusiasm-two polar forces cannot be
Of equal strength.
The virtue which parleys is sure to sur
render; moral strength gives negative at
once,
An inventor has recently pa.ep.ed
the ART OF making mats from "sentiu ents
truly JeH'
s@a'Nlt is said by curious oversight
as the Constitution Of Minnesota now
reads, the members of the present Legis-
iature hold Their office Tor lie.
II; nat all inv which ,roJ,ooe I,,,o,
ter. the greatest engagements ara sar;on.
Thn nlo.Snrn of lovn o2,h;,;nn or a,.ar;aa
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10

A row OF little faces by the bed
A row OF little hands upon the SPREAD
A row Of little roguish eyes all closed
A row of little naked feet exposed.
A gentle mother leads them in their praise,
Teaching their feet to tread in heavenly ways,
And takes this lull in childhood's tiny tide,
The little errors of the day to ehide.
Then, tumbling headlong into waiting beds.
Beneath the sheets they hide their tinlid heads
Till slumber steals away their idle fears
And like peeping bud each face appears
Dressed like angels in their gowns of white,
They're waited to the skies in dreams of night:
And heaven viii sparkle in their eyes at morn
And stolen graces all their ways adorn
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10
4 Spiritual Wonder.

In Green Township, Ohio, spiritual
ism reports its greatest wonder. A cir
aged five years, daughter of Mrs. Charles
was recently summoned to heaven by al
angel, who came visibly from the sky
and spoke to her face to face The moth
er heard the ohild's story. and also saw
and converscd with the angel Th'
child died as the angel had predicted
and the smallest details Of its prophecy
were fulfilled
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10
Senator Hammond.

A correspondent, speaking of Senator
Hammond, of South Carolina, and the
northern States and their people, their
white slaves, &C., says:
II knew his father, who was true
Yankee from Massachusetts. He then
resided in Lexington District, South Car
olina, and was the owner Of saw mill
He had previously carried on the bust
ness of butcher, at Columbia His chief
pride seemed to be centered in his son,
James, whom he trained from childhood
in oratorial excersises The mother Of
James was, | think, the daughter of an
Englishmsn, named Fox So the aristo-
cratic Senator is hale Yankee and half
Boil. His Yankee father gruaged no
sacrifice to make him an orator, and fit
for public Efe, not expecting that he
would distinguish himself chiefly against
the land Of his fathers -
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10

The Dayton (Ohio) Empire denouncss
Hon. II. b. Payne as "about as bowling
a Black Republican as can be found in
the State Of Ohio and that he is "now
where he naturally belongs--abolition
ism being bred in his bones This il
the II. b. Payne who was the Democrat,
ic candidate for Governor Of Ohio las,
fall. So they 60
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10

Backsliders.-A temperance man Sill
ding into the gutter, too drunk to stand
up.
Perhaps so.--It is to be feared that
they who marry when they do not love,
will love when they do not marry.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10

Nor TO BE OUTDoNE An Englshman
and a Yankee were recently disputing,
when the former sneeringly remarked,
" Fortunately ly the Americans could 90 no
further than the Pacific shore Yankee
scratched his prolific brain for an instant,
aud thus triumphantIy replied: " Why
good gracious! they're already levelling
the Rocky Mountains, and carting the
dirt out West | had a letter last week
from my cousin who is living POO miles
west of the Pacific shore--on made land"
The Englshman rave in,
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10
A Man Killed by his Negroes.

A Mr.. james Maxwell, of Spencer Co.
KY, was murdered on the 18th inst, by
his negroes. He had whipped two Of
his negro women in the afternoon--went
to neighbor's in the evening, and on
his way home was met by three of his
negro men, and attacked with clubs and
killed The negroes have been arrested
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10
An Extensive Libel Su;t.

The n. \ HeraR states that x-Ma-
yor Wood intends to bring libel suit
against the proprjetors Of the n Y. T,T-
bune based on articles published dorihg
the last four years, which will embrace
no less than screen hundred and fifty dis
tinct libels. If such suit be brought it
will furnish fine picking for the lawyers,
but it will not be likely to yield much
peeuniary satisfaction to the sggrievsd
cx Mayor
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10
A New Territory in the North west.

A resolution was introduced into the
Wisconsin Legislature few days since.
proposing to code back to the General
Government all that part of the State w.
north of the third correction line, rrovi-
ded Michigan will cede back that part of
her State north and west Of Lake Michi-
gan, for the purpose Of forming new
Territory.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10

The people of st. Paul have just voted
to raise loan of 100000 to complete
the bridge now being constructed over
the Mississippi at that point. The esti-
mated cost Ii $40, 900 1t is intended
that the structure shall be completed
some time during the coming summer.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10

| iesdiI oh Tue IL ol NOVempcr following
was III pounds of sugar of yellowisb
brown color, and as dry as I'd quality
Cuba with Il gallons of molasses. This,
it will be recollected, was the result of
ZoV feet of cane, set in rows four feet
apart, and the canes six or seven inches
! distant from each other.
In an experiment made after this, Mr..
Lowering let the juice stand too long be-
fore sugarlng off, and lost the whole, it
having become very acid, and too far
gone in fermentation.
In the next experiment, which was
made with the canes cut the I'd Novem-
Der, Mr.. Lowering dispensed with the
ivory black and fltering, cltting and
grinding only the six or seven lower
joints Of each cane; 100 canes, the pro-
duce Of 5s feet of row, produced ten
gallons of juice, weighing 100 of the
sacoharOneter. The acid was neutralizcd
with tie milk Of line first, the juice was
then clarified with eggs at once, and pas
scd through 81 feet cf bone black, and it
was then boiled to 234o f.; after stand
ing an hour the crystals were large and
sharp, but not abundant, owing to the
fact that 234o was not high enough; en-.
other lot trcatcd in same maancr, and
boiled to 23S0 was crystalizcd easily
The whole put in molds, and allowed to
stand for seven days to drain
From results like these, it appears that
232 feet of canes yielded l9f pounds of
sugar, 254 pounds of molasses. This is
at the rate of 92s pounds Of sugar and
" gallons of molasses per acre.
Mr.. Lowering observes that the sugar
made in the last mentioned wav, was per
tcctly dry, and works without the slight
est difficulty in any stage Of the process.
There are details of other experiments
after the cane had been thawed out bv the
!,
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'"'' '"'' o"' ""'e" on'y
show that the quality of the juice was de-
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meats:
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'0' sugar "'aA'ns Inc point OF season l
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80 ""' ''0S'' u e''' ''a'o i''e|''e'
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- '"''''''' "'"'''''
a'''' '"' ''''' anu nara 'reezlns' does
" '''" very p'''ciia'y' a"o reduce
0o'" 4u'''''y ana 4uali'y'
'u "a' il ''' cane Is cut ana houSeo'
VI SnoeAeo "hen III us most favorable
'oha'''on' 1t WI" prooaO'y Keep ahchang-
eo 'oi " IonS 'i'ne'
f'h' iha' "heh the juice IL obtained
Tic process ShouIa proceed continuously
ana without delay
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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10

A gentleman presented lace collar
to the object of his alteration, and in a
jocular way, said, Don't let any one else
rumple it "No dear said the LADY,
IL win take it uT
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10

In recent speech at Columbus, Ohio,
Mr.. Mathews, Douglas bolter says:
"There is no use to brave it out any
longer The history Of Kansas, it must
be admitted, from the beginning TO tie
present time, has been a usurpation"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-10

Never lose an opportunity Of seeing
anything beautiful. Beauty is God :
handwriting--a way side sacrament; wei
come it incvcry fair sky, every fair 4 Jwcr,
and thank Him for it, the fountain Of
all loyeliness, aud drink it simply, and
earnestly, with all your eyes; tic Il char
med draught, cup of blessing.
seS~ 4 curious difference is pointe out
by witty writer, between the Admnis-
tration of Mr.. Buchanan and certain
Pharaoh, the latter had cora in the na-
tionGl crib, the former only cobb
a Wicked cotempoary says no la
dies visit him, because they cannot get
through his door without undressing.
The cradle is woman's b4llot-box
Yes, and some of them deposit in it two
ballots st once Now isn't that illegal
One of the most certain and iulall-
bic cures for the gout is to board with
an eLitor few weeks
A person with i bad name is plready
halt hanged