The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-03-28

ask God far daily bread, it is certainly
right to pray for love to feed the hungry
heart.
Evils Of Gossip.
have known country society which
withered away all to nothing under the
dry rot tofgossip only. Friendships, once
as firm as granite, dissolved to jelly, and
then run away to water, only because Of
this; love, that promised future as en-
during as heaven and as stable as truth,
evaporated into days long tears, only
because of this; father and son were
set foot to foot with the fiery breath Of
an anger that would never cool again
between them, only because of this; and
a husband and his young wife, each
straining at the heated leash, which, in
the beginning, had been the golden
bondage Of q God-blessed love, sat
mournfully by the side of the grave
where all their Joy lay buried, and only
because of this. have seen faith trans
formed to mean doubt, hope give place
to grim despair, and charity take on
itself the features of black malevolence,
all because of the spell words Of scandal
and the magic muttcrings Of gossip
Great crimes work great wrong, and the
deeper tragedies of human life spring
from its larger passions; but woeful and
most mQurnful are the nnc??tnIoaned ira
gedies that issue from gossip and detrac-
ton most mournful the shipwreck Oft
en- made ofnoble natures and lovely lives
by the bitter winds and dead salt waters
Of slander. So easy to say, yet SO hard
to disprove-throwing OH the innocent
all the burden and the strain Of demon
strating their innocence, and Furnishing
them as guilty if unable to pluck out the
stings they never see, and to silence
words they never hear-gossip and
slander arc the deadliest and the cruel
est weapons man has ever forged for his
brothers. hurt.-AN the Year Round.
PREMIUMS FOR GRAPE-GROWERS.-
| The "I.ongworth Wine House" at Gin
cinnati ofies three premiums for supe.
riority in grape-growing as follows: A
silver pitcher, two goblets andwai ter, to
cost not less one hundred and fifty dol
lars, as the first premium; q silver cup
to cost not less than one hundred dol
lars, rs a second premium; and q silver
cup to cost not less than fifty dollars as
the third premium. The first premium
to be given to the best general wine
grapes Of the whole country. The sec.
ond premium is to be given to the best
| iofx Of srro for ya.tn0 in
the State of Ohio, provided it Is moi
awarded to the grape that receives the
first premium, in which case it will be
given to the second best wine grape in
the country. The third premium to be
given to the best table grape in the cOun
try. The fruit is to be exhibited at the
coming fall consolidated exhibition o
the American Wine-Growers' Associa
ton Of Ohio and Cincinnati Horticultu
raj Society, in quantities of ten pounds
or more, with samples of the wines from
the competitors for the first two pre-
miums, if practicable.
Personal Habits of the Famous
Jugglers.
The Philadelphia Bulletin has New
York correspondent who has seen the
japanese acrobats. He says:
"They are small of stature, of sal
low complexion, with high cheek bones
and almond shaped eyes, and wear thei
hair after the manner Of those who
accompanied the embassy to this coun
try in 1860. There are about twenty
four in the troupe, among them three
females, all of whom are said to b.
expert jugglers. They wear cottol
clothes with wooden clogs for shoes
Their beds, of blue cotton cloth, stufie,
about as thick as chair cushions, ar,
spread upon the floor, and each on
rolls himself in his blanket to suit him
self. Upon the walls of their sleepin,
apartments is hung tin case, contain
ing three cards with Japanese charac
, ters OH each, the whole affair resem
bling one Of our perpetual calenders
found in every counting room. Befor
this they fall down and worship, or a
least pay their morning devotions reg,,
larly. The Chinese jugglers remem
,, Der, carried their gods along with them
but if there is any "Josh" along will
the Japs failed to discover him. The,
, are very polite-much more SO thar
their American visitors. They appea
to be very clean, and like plenty 0
: fresh air, persisting in keeping thei
! windows open, though shivering will
; cold in their cotton dresses. The frs
thing they inquired for after landin
was bathing house.
This anecdote of John G.. Whittier
told by New England exchange: @