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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-02-25
Hours of Stady...A Hint to Teachers.

a very remarkable pamphlet has re.
Gently made its appearance in England,
containing statements of facts that ought
to command the attention of the civilized
world. The pamphlet is written by +.
Chadwick, Esq, G. B., and published
pursuant to an address Of tho House Of
Lords.
The subject of this pamphlet is educa.
tion, and it is devoted to the discussion
Of three matters:
The Organization of Schools;
The Hours of Study; and
Physical Training.
Our attention has been arrested by
Mr. Chadwick's statements of facts in
connection with the second Of these
three subjects--the hours of study
Struck by the frighteul disproportion be.
tween the poweas of childish attention
and the length of school hours, he has
directed questions to many distinguish
ed teachers. Mr.. Donaldson, head mas
ter Of the training college Of Glasgow,
states that the limits of voluntary and
intelligent attention are, with children
from five to seven years of age, about
fifteen minutes from seven to ten years
of age, about twenty minutes; from ten
to twelve years of age, about fifty FIVE
minutes; from twelve to sixteen or
eightee years of age, about eighty min.
utes ; and continues, Il have repeatedly
obtained bright, voluntary attention
froa1 each Of these classes for FIVE, or ten,
or fifteen minutes more. but observed it
was at the expense of the succeeding
esson.'
The Rev. J. H. Morrison, rector of the
same college, speaking on the same sub
ject, says: IL will undertake to teach
one hundred children, in three hours a
day, as much as they can by any posi-
bility receive; aud l hold it to be an
axiom in education, that no lesson has
been given till it has been received; as
soon, therefore, as the receiving power of
the children is exhausted, anything Civ
en- is useless, nay, injurious, inasmuch
as you thereby weaken instead of streng-
thea the receiving power. This ought
to be first principle in education. |
think it is seldom acted on"
Involved in this statement are princi-
pies not hitherto reduced so cleaaly to a
practical matter of fact. The statement
is based on organization, and is true, in
the main, though there may be excep-
tional instances. How absurd, then, to
send little children to school, and attempt
to keep them at their lessons. You may
imprison their bodies, but you can not
keep their minds on their lessons one,
two, or three hours in succession.
When lecturiug in the South, We we're
pleased to find that children from six to
ten years of age were permitted to "go
OUT into large Fairgrounds, connected
with each school house, as often as once
in fifteen minutes, during the session Of
from three to four hours only per day
A recess Of FIVE or ten minutes gave the
children an opportunity to straighteu
their little fragile limbs, to breathe pure
air, and to give free circulation to the
blood throughout the body and brain
Then they would return to their lesson
with bodies strengthened and minds in
vigorated.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-02-25
JOHN s. TUrIIIIl.,

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Notary Public,
- and INSURANCE AGENT Participating Poll.
cies issued on reasonable terms Office with
the County Treasurer, in the court house
Upton, Iowa, Sept. 10Th, 1868. [n36vloy"]
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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-02-25
A BaShful Virgin,

"A UaSniul tugins
After long and amusing conversation
with Rumanika in the morning, l called
on one of his sistcr.iu, laws, married to
an elder brother, who was born before
Dagara ascended the throne. She was
another of those wonders Of obesity, un-
able to stand excepting on all fours. l
was desirous to obtain good view of
her, and actually to measure her, and in
duced her to give me facilities for doing
so by Offering In return to show her bit
of my naked leg and arm. The bait took
as wished it, aud after getting her to
sdle and wriggle into the middle of the
hut, did as promised, aud then took
her dimensions as noted, round the arm,
one foot eleven inches; chest, four feet
four inches; thigh, two feet seven inches;
calf, one foot eight inches; height, FIVE
feet eight inches. All Of these are exact
except the height, and l believe I could
have got this more accurately if I could
have had her laid on the floor. Not know
ing what difficulties l should have to
contend with in such piece of engineer
ing, tried to get her height by raising
her up. This after infinite exertions on
the part of us both, was accomplished,
when she sank down cgain fainting, for
her blood had rushed into her head
Meanwhile the daughter, lass of six.
teen, sat stark naked before US, sucking
at milk pot, on which the father kept
her at work BY holding rod in his hand,
for as fattening is the first duty of
fashionable female life, it must be duly
enforced by the rod, if necessary. got
up bit Of filtration with missy, aud in
duccd her to rise and shake hands with
me Her features were lovely, but her
body was as round as ball Captain
Speke's African Journal
A RoMANcE-One of the returned
soldiers of Beverly, says the Salem Ga.
aette, who has just re enlisted for the
war, was coming to the city with pock
ct full of money, when he made the ac-
Yuaintance, in the car, Of good looking
girl from the same place. Her dress,
however, was to his mind not exactly the
thing, and he made bold to ask her why
she did not wear a better one. "For the
very good reason,' - said she, "that ! have
none"
GLOW would you like to have a new
fit out, miss?'
"Nothing would suit me better,' was
the reply.
"Come, then, with me- said our kind
nenrtod colder as he handed her from the
cars
Suiting the action to the ord, he tool
her to various shops and gave her tn
choice of the best fabrics for dresses, II
then purchased for her nice Fashionable
cloak and hat, and, not satisfied will
that, crowned his generosity by buying
for her gold watch and chain. "And
now said he, 81 want you to become
my wife?"
OF course she would-who would not!
and away went the happy pair to be
united in the close bonds of wedlock -
The service was speedily performed, and
the unexpended balance of our SOL
der's bounty safely invested for the ben
eft of his new and youthful bride.
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A Nice assortment of Steel Plate En- grav inx.,
"A L,tho osraphs, plain and co'nred, for sale at
Il. Is. Simmons Sky. Light GALLERY.
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In the midst Of an inclement winter
and in view Of the extortionate prices of
wollen goods aud Canton flannel, one
cannot help thinking how pleasant it
would be to change ones coat free of
cost, with the change Of temperature,
like the beaver, the sable, the otter, the
marten, the Arctic fox, and other furry
creatures. Nature when she undertakes
to do thing generally does it well No
loom can manufacture such garments as
she provides for the winter wear of these
animals. Gradually as the cold strength.
ens she Increases the thickness and fine
ness OF the fabrics in which they are en-
veloped, until she makes them frost proof,
while we, with all the light of reason and
experience to guide us, cannot so adapt
our artificial coverings to the exigepcies
Of the season as to escape beirg chilled to
very marrow by the Arctic blasts. In
vain do We steal the peltry from the backs
Of northern animals, in the hope Of OBJ
tanning from them the comfort they i'm.
parted to their original wearers Fur
collars, fur lined overcoats, fur mutfs
and fur cloaks, don't answer tho purpose
of flameutal covering growing out of
the skin. Dead furs are simply non.
conductors Of heat-they do not ventilate;
aud heat without ventilation is the pro.
creant cause Of pulmonary disease. Vol.
lens of delicate fibre and loosely woven,
through which the pores can breathe, are
infinitely preferable to the skins of the
fur bearing animals as a means of keep.
ing the body warm in cold weather. They
come nearest IN fact to natural coating
of fur or wool, because while they are
sufficiently perfect non conductors Of
heat, they permit the superficial vessels
to perform their Offices of evaporation and
absorption unobstructedly. If you would
escape coughs, colds, and the more fatal
maladies to which they lead, wear no
clothing that does not combine vcntila.
tion with warmth.
AFTER THE WAR.-At the conclusion
of the war probably three. .fourths of the
federal army will be promptly disbauded,
and certain moralists and philosophers
among US are much exercised in spirit
as to the future of the gallant fellows,
and the effect of their return upon soci.
ETY. at large. These worthy causists are
troubling themselves without reason. .-
The army now in the lield for the Union
is the most respectable and intelligent
military body ever organized. It is no,
. vast assemblage OF mercenaries fighting
for pay, provant and plunder, but grand
gathering Of sturdy patriots, who esti
mate at their true value the glorious in.
stitutions they have enlisted to maintain
and who believe that their highest inte
rests as citizens are involved in their
success as soldiers. The men who risked
their lives to asset the supremacy Of the
laws, when the republic was in peril, will
be the last, we think, to violate them when
poace ia rosfored
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]. Il. KENNEDY.

DHYSlCIAN AND SURGEON, TIrroN, Iowa.
L Office, first door west of Reigart AcSa.
mara's drug store; Residence, two doors north
of the steam mill. ll0n161
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~ NJ. ELLIOTT,

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE and General Col
81 lectng Agent. Apple made for
Back Pay, Bounty and Pensions
of discharged soldiers. or for the heirs Of de-
ceased soldiers. No charge made unless the
applicat is successful. Office in the base
mcnt Of the Court House, TlPToN, Iowa. May i
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-02
The Rebel sprIog CampnIen.

One Of the New York papers has dis.
patch from Washington, which alleges tAat
important plans are preparing at Rich
mond for the spring campaign. Kentucky,
Maryland, and PennsylVsnia, the dispatch
says, are again 10 be invaded, and Lees
army is being rapidly recruited for des-
perste struggle.
Ninety thousand men are to be put into
Virginia alone. Immense defensive works
are being constructed along the Rapidan.
The works on that line, although Of not a
very formidable character, are, however,
Of sufficient strength to Protrsct our sd-
vance in that direction and render the
march to Richmond dangerous to our
troops.
The rebels are now building in that To-
eslity three military rosds-one between
Mine Run and Orange Court House, the
other on the Orange pike, and third be
tween the two named. These roads are
constructed Of plsnks obtained from the
saw. mills located in the vicinity, and oc-
cupy already an extent Of about fifteen
miles in length. Once finished, they will
cover q space Of about sixty miles, and
will add great deal to the rspidity Of the
rebel movements within the line they have
selected for defensive operstionE.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-02
FRulI NRW YORK.

NV YORK, March 1.
The Tribune special from Washington, Febru-
airy Goth, says:
Latest information from the army is to 10
O'Clock Monday morning, No battle had occur
red between the opposing forces.
There was some sEirmishing on our right on
Sdudsy, but nothing Of any account. It IS evi-
dent Lee does not intend to leave his entrenched
positions to fight unless compelled by Meade to
do so.
Stirring news may be expected perhaps to-
morrow.
A Tribune's Washington letter Of February
18th states that General LQganis cavalry from
Huntsville joined Sherman at Selma.
The Richmond Examiner Of the eth SAYS
General Taliferro LEFT Savannah on the 22d TO
assume command OF all the forces in Florida.
General Bragg is assigned TO duty in Rich
mond, and under the direction of JEFF Davis IS
charged with the conduct Of military operations
In the armies Of the Confederacy.
The Richmond Examiner saws now that Shar-
mans force is dispersed or weakened, there ap-
pears but little anxiety as to anything Farragut
may accomplish.
Details are published Of the late battleiu Flor
lds. Our forces was 4, 800 infantry, EOOO cavalry
and 20 cannon TheIsnsmy is reported IL, 900
strong. posted between sWamps SSHscted by
earthEorks and rife pits. The reeoft that no
skirmishers were thrown cut is untrue.
Aiter our defeat we retrested IN coed order
The rebels we're commanded BY General Gard
neT, Of Port Hudson lame.
General Yodges had arrived at Jacksonville,
aud Would take charge Of the defenses there
There is NO combination OF the reported ar
rest OF General Seymour. 1t is probably untrue.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-02
FORBIGNNEWs.

NEW YORK, March !.
The steamer Bohemia, from Southampton the
18th ult,, arrived here at o'clock.
The Canada arrived out on the 18th.
The City of New York and Limerick arrived
out on the 18th.
The seizure of the Tuscaloosa at the Cape of
Good Hope is confirmed.
DENMARK-The Revolutionists have expelled
the Danish officials from ToDning Tonden, and
Austenburg proclaimed.
Copenhagen journals say that the German &C.
count Of the BilskHWa engagement is untrue.
The Danes had only 5000 men. No fighting took
place at Flensburg.
The Privy couacil had resolved to devote the
whole national strength to the recovery Of
sehlesWig.
The Pruss!ans will not consent to leave Alsen
TO the Danes.
The Allies attacked the Danish Entertainments
ct DupPel. Mortars were placed to shell the
Danes.
The Prussians occupy Fredsrick's Fort, a
Kiel.
In the Federal Diet, the Olden6urg represen-
tative protested against the march OF the Prus-
SLAMS through Subbisk.
lAustsnbuFR had proclaimed at Appensads.
A PrussiAn battsry Of heavy artillery had gone
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-02
yesterday Afternoons Dispatches
SOUTHERN NEWS.

FoRTREss MoNRoE, Feb. 29
The Richmond Enquirer of the 2Sth has tho
following:
srAzKsvILLE, MISS, Feb. 22.-There was heaIy
fighting all day yesterday at Poniotoc. Our loss
is not known. Colonel Forrest was killed and
Colonel Barsdale was badly wounded. The bot
tie was closed by 3 charge Of the enemy's eaVal-
ry, which was repulssd.
ATLANTA, GA, Feb. 2sth.-The Yankees have
left Pontotoc. We have lost many officers and
men.
sherman's advance has reached Pearly Pear.
DALTox, GA, Feb 26th.-The enemy have dis;
appeared from our front, retFeating towards
Chattanooga. General Wheeler is in pursuit.
General Longstreet has Withdrawn his force to a
point not prudent to mention. The enemy has
not yet crossed the Holstein.
General Buckner has been assigned to the
command efGeneral Hoods division.
GAzESTILLE, Tenn, Feb. 27.-General Jones
captured $50 Of the enemy and Is negroes i've
miles east Of Cumberland Gap.
Two Yankee mounted regiments, supported
by 6 division Of infantry, attempted to flank our
left and occupy the Gap three miles from Dali
ton on the night Of the 25th. Smiths Texas
brigade drove them out Our loss in wounded
is i5O including General Ourtiss Of the 4lst Geor
ga Ten were killed Thursday the 25th. The
enemy fell back two miles and will not probably
make stand this side OF Chiekamsuga- All
signs # 9 general engagement hsTe fsiled.
Governor Brown OF Georgia issued proelama-
ton conVening special session Of the Legisla-
ture the 10th Of March.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-02
FROM MEMPHIS.

MEAPHI1y FeDFuAry Il.
Diaries of officers attached to General Grer-
sons column sndGsnersl Smiths eaYalry expe-
dition, furnish little OF i'm portancs beyond ahat
has been previously reported.
Our loss in the attack on the enemy ct West
Point was 40 killed and wounded. We drove the
rebels out, and destroyed number of cars, cul-
Verts, and several miles Of railroad track. We
also destroyed large amount Of cotton and
corn.
In the attack by Forrest on our resr at Okalo-
na, the Sd Tennessee Cavalry broke at the first
FIRE, running six Of our small guns into the
ditch, breaking their carriages. The guns were
spiked and abandoned.
In this fight our loss was about one hundred,
mostly prisoners. Our total less during the ex-
petition was about $50.
This column burned about 5000 bales OF Con.
federate cotton over million bushels fcorn aad
captured 100 prisoners, over 900 mules, mul.
titude Of negroes. Owing to = large portion o.
our force being required 20 guard train, captured
property and negroes, smith vas greatly out
numbered at 0AkRlona BY Forest, whose effect.
i've force was over 5000 strong.
Cotton is dull and lower. Sales at class fol
good middlinR
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-02
LEADER
MORNING, MAR. 1864
saBmHrino FIrIne-.-RemsrkabIs RxpeTI-
lnnnrn

The results Of these experiments rink
into comparative insignifcsnce before
those obtained from the Armstrong I10.
FOUNDER gun, fred under somewhat SINH
lar conditions. On the 10Th Of June, 1852,
the gun Was placed on q platform erected
on the beach, in such position that when
the tide rose it vas submerged to the depth
Of six feet. when the tide was out, 1t was
loeded with servics charges and service
shot, The powder being enclosed in blsd-
der. When the gun was entirely subnerg-
cd to the above depth, it was discharged,
by means ofs fuse, ct q submerged target,
distant twenty ave feet from the musxle.
The pFpjectile, during the first few rounds
consisted Of the ordinary Armstrong seq
ment shell, charged sometimes with sand
sometimes with twelve pounds Of powder
These missiles proved ct frat to be very
ineffcscient, the resistance Of the water
apparently breaking them mp soon after
they Quilted the gun. After q while, care
was taken to exclude water from the bore
Of the gun, by covering the muzzle with
an old drum head and canvass, well luted
with white lead. The result obtsined was
decisive. 10 the language Of the official
report the shell, an empty one, struck
the butt two feet below the point aimed at,
cutting through 8 pile 1S4 inches thick,
and was picked up three feet from the op-
posite side. The next round but one CON.
sisted of q solid shot, II pound charge.
Shot strucHssix inches to the left Rf the
point aimed st, four feet six inches below
the surface Of the water, and passed through
q butt consisting Of I34 inch piles with
Eve inch eak plank bolted on in front.
Shot could not be found, having prObsbly
sunk to q considerable depth in the soft
mud
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-02
FROM COLUMBUS.
Especial to the Cleveland Leader.l


COLUMBUS, OHIO, Mach l.
In the Senate the Military Committee re-
ported bill amendatOry to the Militia
Jaw. 1t abolishes enrolled militia and pro-
Vides for the continuance Of volunteer or
carnations, which are to be called Ohio
State Guards. Every person subject TO
Military duty shall join volunteer cOmpa-
nies or else pay into the county treasury
three dollars per snnum.
In the House Mr.. Kellogg introduced 9
resolution in favor of an amendment to
the United States Constitution abOlisLing
slavery.
Mr.. EVerstfs bill for new deaf and
dumb asylum buildings was passed.
The bill to give railroad companies two
years longer in which to fence their roads,
was bitterly opposed. Lockwood made 9
strong argument against it. Several
amendments were voted down and the bill
ordered to be engrOssed.
Mrs. F. D. Gage is lecturing to large
audience in the Hall Of the House this
evening in aid Of the operatiOnE Of the
Freedmen's Association.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-02
MIR. LrncOIn Ip rbs Ohio Legislature.

uAEs LAuCOlH II Aup OhhO Lc&lslAtuHCs
As partisan dispatches have been sent
east and west, calculated to distract from
the force of this action, as an expression
Of the views of the Union members of the
General Assembly, we have made psrtic
ulsr inquiry regarding the matter, and
are unable to learn Of q single Chase man,
who, on account Of that preference, stayed
sway from that convention during tho
evening. Nor can we learn that num-
Der equal to one-tenth Of the Union mem
bers Of both houses supports Mr.. Chase
not more than two in the House, both Of
sOhom sOsrs present and participated in the
meeting, and perhaps four or five Sena-
tors, all Of whom were there st some time
during the evening, have at any time de-
clared for Mr.. Chase. OF even this small
number we have not heard single one
express the opinion that the people Of
Ohio, or any considerable portion Of them,
desire or expect the nomination Of any
other than Mr.. Linsel4.--StGts Journal.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-02

The Union League in the United States
numbers more than 800,OO0 members, who
who are not only unoonditionslly for the
preservation Of the Union, but they are al
most unanimously in favor Of continuing
Mr.. Lincoln in the presidential Office four
year longer, in order 10 finish up the re-
bellion, perfect the work of Reconstruction,
and hand over to his successor a 6nien
without rebel and without slave. Tho
Union League is 3 nut that Greeley and
Pomeroy will essay in vain to crack. They
are Old Abe's friends and baokers, and in
tend to stick to him till they see this war
through. They have stood by him in the
storm and are not going to desert him in
the sunshine.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-02

NV YORK March 7.
The Worlds special from Washington, Feb. 29ih,
says
News has reached the War Department that
during the latter part Of January, tive French
overhaul everything, threatening to bombsrd
the town il resistance was offered. They exam
med all the American vessels in port and caused
much constern alton among other neutrals.
Accounts via Panama, state that French frig-
ate is keeping strict blockade at Acapulco. and
has seized quantity OF contrabands Of war.
The United States frigate Lancaster and Sagi-
nav are there.
The former would leave for Panama on the
arrival OF the French Admiral. The French will
then take possession Of the town. Probably
without resistance.
Washington specials Of to-day, say it is ex-
pected that the three most important MISSOURI
election cases Will be decided BY the Committee
tomorrow.