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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-02-17

in vain sought "shine," his mind was
actively engaged in connecting some
plan whereby to raise the wind. AT
this juncture n young man appeared
on the scene, who was Immediately
dubbed by Copper rs Country" Ad,
vancing, he accosted him with:
"Shine your boots?'
Young man shook his head.
II won't charge you anything"
Young man looked incredulous.
Two of us have got a box of black
ing, and tn. one that uses his up first is
going to get new brush,' continued
the bootblack; and as the young man
made no resistance, he placed his foot
No. was under a fine polish.
There" said Copper, chats Wa
bash Avenue shine. Now shall black
the other?"
"Why, certainly, l want both black
ened now"
IAN right; I'll charge you for it,
thought
Charge! Why, amt you going to do
it for no,hing?"
This is different; this is the left boot,
you see; 'gainst our license to black left
bot for noting"
"Well, III have to pny you then"
very reluctantly.
Boothlack then commenced on the
other boot, and when the job was fin-
ished, demanded his pay, "ffty cents"
Hey exclaimed the young man,
very much surprised.
"F'ifty cents"
"You don't charge as much Al" that,
do you"
"Never charge less than fifty cents;
never since the Buffalo Convention"
Young man was about to demonstrate
further, when Copper called to another
bootblack:
Say, Patsy, here's another of them
sneaks, wot makes out he aint got any
stamps
Patsy was on hand at once, as were
u number of his fellows, and joined in
denouncing the unlucky fellow; now
telling him to pay Copper his fifty
cents,' and again affirming that they
"woull have charged q dollar etc.
BY this timo the young man found
himself the center of group, all
of whom seemed to think he
was trying to cheat n bootblack out
of his pay, 50 he quickly forked over
the fifty cents, which amount he made
up from several pockets, and walked
away, not Of necessity, but because he
wanted to get away from Chicago
bootblack. chicago Post.
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refused to entertain Mr.. Douglass on
account of his color. It Is the best hotel

refused to entertain Mr.. Douglass on
account of his color. It is the best hotel
in town-saying very little for it--and
is kept up principally by the patronage
of the Black Republicans who enfran-
chised the colorcd people. The conduct
of its manager created quite an excite.
ment hereabout, and the intelligent
people Of the community, Of all creeds
and parties, unite in condemning it as
unutterably contemplate. Mr.. Doug
lass says it is The second time he has
been so treated in many years-the first
time at Westchester. N. ", where the
ho,ei positively refused to receive him.
In times long gone by he was accustom-
ed to it, bnt the prejudice against him
had long since apparently disappeared,
and he was astonished to find it ram
pant in such State as this.
Mr.. Douglass lectures this week in
Peoria, Bloomington aud Chicago. His
lcctuie is fresh, auu cannot f,il to inter
est the most refined and cultivated audi
encc.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-02-17

THE indisputahle acme Of woman's
rights is attained by Mrs. Samuel Hart
ford, of Noorehead lake, Maine. She
kicks the beans at 80 pounds, avertiti-'
pois, cut u hundred cords Of wood for
KNITTING work." last winter, paddles
her own canoe, totes wood, builds win-
ter quarters, and indeed, shares equally
in all the labors and pursuits OF her
husband. She smokes tobacco inveteH.
ately, and only knits when the weather
is too stormy to fish with profit. She
has not discarded woman's garb, but
wears a heavy overcoat and oil tanned
boots in addition. Let Abby Kelly
Foster greet sister who can chop out
fishing holes through Maine ice for an
hour at time, without mittens on, and
the mercury fifteen degrees balow
zero.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-02-17
Iowa War Claims.

Ero,n the DcS Mnincs Register, 9Th
Colonel j. y. Dewey, of this city, the
War Claim Commissioner chosen by
our State to settle the claims Of Iowa
against the General Government, for
expenses incurred in raising and equip
ping troops for the Federal service, re-
turned from Washington on Friday
evening, and yesterday presented the
Governor with a check on the Assistant
Treasurer at New York for $50, 5,070. ga,
the payment of that amount on the fifth
instailmeUt of our claims. This amount
will be gratifying to the people of our
State, the most of whom had supposed
that the collection of any further claims
was hopeless. But this is Colonel
Dcwey's way of bringing home glad
surprises. When he undertook the set
tlement Of the claims, the Impression
was general that it would be impossible
to collect them, not because they were
not just, but because they were in such
complicated shape, and so many other
States were passing unj juSt Gains, that
it was supposed the Government would
refuse to recognize the justice of the de-
mand. But here general impression
was wrong. Colonel Dewey, who had
been Chairman of the State Auditing
Board, had a thorough acquaintance
with the claims, aud in that position
had performed his duties so well that
despite the complications he had pre-
served the good proof of mnuuestion"hle
vouchers. For this reason, he com
menced his work as Commissioner with
a knowledge that no other person could
have gained, and this, added to hi, su-
pcrior ability for such work, has enabled
him TO prosecute the claims with a sue.
cess exceeding general expectation. The
$50 900 passed to the Treasury yesterday,
makes a total Of S952, al ~ of the claims
already recovered, leaving but $l3O,0oO
of them still in contest.
The $3.50 900 of claims still unpaid are
in process of settlement. but whether
the Colonel will succeed in unraveling
die complications in which they stand,
so that their justice may be clearly es
tablished, remains to be seen. Certain
it j., we can rest assured that the matter
will be attended to with industry and
abilitV
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-02-17

WHAT y PIANO IS MADE oF.-The
actual materials used in piano forte
may be worth stating.
In every instrument there are sixteen
kinds of wood, namely, pine, maple,
spruce, cherry, walnut, white-wood,
apple, Eastwood and birch, all of which
are Indigenous; and mahogony, ebony,
holy cedar, beech and rosewood fiom
Honduras, Ceylon, England, South
America and Germany. In this com
bination, elasticity, strength, pliability,
toughness, resonance, Iightness, dura-
bility and beauty are individual quail
ties, aud the general result is voice.
There are also used Of the metals, iron,
steel. brass, white-metal, gun metal and
lead. There are in the same instrument
of seven and Il half octaves, when COM
pleted, 2li strings, making total length
of 7S7 feet of steel wire, and 500 feet of
white tcovering) wire. Such piano
will weigh from 900 TO | 600 pounds, and
will last with constant use mot abuse
fifteen Or twenty years. The total man
ufacture Of pianos in New York alone,
averager $4,000 per annum.
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A "Trick of Trade"

Business is dull. And this depres-
sion of business extends to every trade.
1t is felt by the banker. and is the
cause of much hard talk among the
bootblacks. Hence the necessity of
pushing business. We give an in
stance:
Copper" one Of the last mentioned
fraternity, had taken his stand OIL the
Sherman House corner, and, having
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-02-17
The Tara Brooch.

A child playing near Droghsda, Ire
land, found a curious piece Of metal and
gave 1t up to an old woman; she took It
to dealer In old iron and marine stores
who allowed her shilling for her
"fnd." Examining little more close.
ly, he suspected he had prise; wonder
ful workmanship showed itself, aud ho
was shrewd enough to think that,
though the metal was not gold or silver,
the work was something uncommon.
Accordingly, he raised its price, and at
length parted with 1t for e. los. The
time came when f30O was offered sfDr It
by public museum, and $500 by .
private collector. ~sF
1t was the celebrated Tara brooch,
one of the most remarkable piecea Of
goldsmith's work known to exist. 1t 10
formed Of white bronge-this probably
saved it from the melting pot, to which
countless treasures of gold and silver
have been consignet!-the surface over
laid with gold tiIlagrae work OF surpris-
ing intrscacy and marvellous delicacy
OF execution. Such Is it's excellence
that one Of the most accom- plisiled living
gold-miths declared that he could not
find a workman, with every advantage
of modern knowledge and appliance,
to make such another. It 10
now deposited in the museum Of the
Royal Irish Academy, In Dublin.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-02-17

An astronomer predicts for this year
a comet Of such brilliancy, and so near
the earth, that our nights will be almost
as bright as our days.
What is the difference between a
twenty-five cent stamp and ride in a
Broadway stage" Fifteen cents.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-02-17

A little reconstructed Southern girl ).
five years old, asked 81 colored servant,
in the course of a theological examina-
ton, what the Fifteenth Commandment
was. The reply that there were only
ten Commandments was scornfu.ly re-
ceived, and the child gravely announc-
ed that the Fifteenth Commandment
was that the colored people should vote.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-02-17

a stcry comes frcsn Texas which
quite eclipse, the famous performance
accredited to William Tell. Some few
months since party of Texans were
when wager was proposed that piece
of silver should be placed on a cork, on
the head of one Of the number, aud the
cork shot cut, leaving the coin resting on
and at a distance of five PAGES the parties
were placed in position, the target ad-
justed, and the feat performed without
injury to the supporter of the target.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-02-17

How TO FIT A COLLAR TO A Horse.
oughly wet, then put it on the horse,
secure the names firmly, keeping u
there until 1t becomes dry. 1t is aff the
better If heavy loads are to bc drawn, ~
fitted to the neck and shoulder. If pos
sib!e, the collar should be kept on from
four to five hours, when it will be per-
fectly dry and retain the same shape
afterward, and a. it is exactly fitted to
the neck, will never produce chafes or
sores on the horses neck -Huyncss and
Carriage Joura1i.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-02-17

SEED CoRN.-It may be favor to re-
mind farmers, that there Is a probability
that they will have trouble with their
corn crop the coming season, II they do
not secure reliable seed. The spring aud
summer of 1886 was much like 1869, cool
and wet. Very little Of the small crop
which was planted ripened thoroughly;
consequently the next season from mat.
tention to securing good seed replanting
was necessary, and often there was an
entire failure. Let them be warned to
obtain perfect seed IN time. Igive them
sure criterion by which to judge Of
pure seed. "The chit or germ side Of
the kernel should be smooth, the germ
white, oily when crushed on the nail; II
iii yellow, dry and mea!y it is defe ctive..
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-02-17

She staid chatting half an hour longer
with her neighbor but she asked no
more questions, and to this day she has
not the remotest idea how Mrs. John
Smith makes her excellent cheese.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-02-17

a friend sat up with Il sick man at
Fond du Lac. the other night, to whom
he was to administer brandy at brief In
tervals. The friend took the brandy
himself, and the sick man recovered.
We often hear, and all of US frequent
ly quote with sign, how much nicer
everything and every body used to be in
"the good old times of u good allie ago
than they are now in these degenerate
days Of 1870. We notice in the New
York Tribune paragraph which by
the way is copied mainly from Adam
Clark's Commentary on Matt, Xxx: 2,)
from which it would appear that the
good old times were not worth recalling.
1t states that before the discovery Of
America money was SO scarce that the
price of a days work was fixed by act Of
the English Parlimcnt in 1851 at one
penny q day; al! in 1914 the allowance
of the chaplain Scotch bishops then in
prison in England was three haifpence
per day. At this time, "a eggs were
sold for II penny, pair of shoes for four
pence, a fat goose for q pence, hen for
u penny, wheat three pence per bushel,
and Il Fat OK for six shillings and eight
pence. So that, in those days, days
work would buy hen or two dozen
eggs; two days work would buy pair Of
shoes, and Il fat OK cost eighty days
work. On the whole, human labor
bought i'll the average about half as
much food aud perhaps one fourth as
much cloth or clothing as it now does.
We know Of no one who wants ~ work
Il whole day for Il fat hen cr two dozen
eggs.
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DR.. II. H. MAYNARD.

physician AND SURGEON, TIproN
i Iowa. Office and Residence opposite the
Buckeye House. nl3
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L. l.. SW EET.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Conveyancer, Insu-
"A rance and General Collecting Agent. Spe-
cial attention given to Probate Business. All
business promptly attended to. Charges rea
sonablc ONCE in basement OF Court House.
Upton, Iowa. 35:'69
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VIM. w. ALLEN,

ID EAL ESTATE AGENT, CONVEYANCER
II and Notary Public, will attend promptly
to all business entrusted to his care. Business
Rooms and Town Lots for sale.
Ohice in the Post Office, STANWOOD, Iowa. l6
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KISER HOUSE.
HOUSE.
WILSOW G, SCOTT.
r. D. STURDEVANT,

ID ESIbEST DENTIST, CLARENCE, Iowa
FIN Office over LiStenwalter' S City Drug Store
gHcjerences.--Revs Buchanan, Allen and Cor
riSn, Drs Y1'e and Coates
The Portland daily press., 1870-01-06
Standard Guaranteed by Prof Jackson, OF Boston,
Contains 10 per cent. Soluble PhospE,or.
fc Acid.
2 per cent. Ammonia.
NeaO England Office,
151 Commercial st, Portland. Me.
Samuel III. Robbins, General Ag't,
Box 6013 New York City.
vPrice $5S per Ton to Farmers.
discount to Dealers.
Agents Wanted.
sept 6dtfSN
sept 6dtfSN
Consumption.


The three Remedies, "SCHENCK'S PULMONIt
SYRUP," for the cure of Coughs Colds, Bronchitis
and every form of Consumption. The peculiar &C
ton OF this medicine rpens the ulcers in the lungs
promotes the discharge OF the corrupt matter by ex
pectoraton, purif the blood, and thus cures con-
SUMPTION, when every other remedy fails
"SCHENCK'S SEA-WEED TONIC" for the chr,
of Dyspepsia or Indigestion and all diseases arisins
from debility. This tonic invIgorates the digestive
organs supplies the place Of the gastric juice wher
that is deficient, and then enables the patient &c
digest the most nutritious food. 1t is a sovereign
remedy for all cases Of indigestion.
''SCHENCK'S MANDRAKE PILLS." one of the
vegetable substitute Tor calomel, AMI having all the
useful properties ascrioed to that mineral without
producing any OF its injurious effects.
To these three medicines DIR. s.G. IT, Schpnck nj
Philadelphia, owes his unrivalled success in the
treatment OF Pumonic Consumption. The PuImo-
mic Syrup ripens the morbid matter, discharge, If
and purfes the blood. The Mandrake Pills act
upon the liver, remove all obstructions tberefrom
give the organ a healthy tone, and cure Liver Com
plant, which is one of the prominent causes of
Consumption. The Sea-Wee1 Tonic invgorates The
powers OF The stomach, and by strengthening the
digestion and bringing it to a normal and healthy
condition improves the quality of the blood by
which means the formation of ulcers or tubercles in
the lungs becomes impos ible. The combined action
OF these medicines, as thus explained, will cure
every case OF consumption it the remedies are used
iu time, and the use of them is perseyered in sut
fcenty to bring the case to favorable termination
DR. Schenck's Almanac containing a fnII trest,se
on the various forms of disease his mode of treat
ment and general directions how to use his med
icine can be- had gratis sent by mail by address
ing his Principal Office, No. Is North Sixth street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Price of the Pulmonic Syrup and Seaweed Tonic
each ST. 30 per bottle, 81 so a half dozen. Man.
drake Pills, % cents per box.
Wholesale agents. For sale by all druggists.
ia11sN1y
The Portland daily press., 1870-01-06
Review of Portland Mnrkc,.


| "Hhn GNpINt JaDs D, 1870,
| Inc movements in the merchandise markets. III.
past week have been very limited, but not.more Sc
Than was anticipated by jobbers who do not look fo
great revival OF business until the Spring trade
opens The business OF the past year. if it has moi
Deem done with SO much nominal profit as in former
years. has been done oil a safer foundation and 4,
VIII be found that the bad 6ebts do not tell I'm so
| largely.
As general thing the changes in prices of mer-
chandise are very few, but prices favor purchasers
especially those With cash. In the present unsettled
state OF the money market there is no disposition TO
make large purchases, either for consumption or
speculation.
God has ruled quite steady since our last report at
1l9tg12o. The highest point reached was 1904 and
the lowest 119s. On Wednesday 9Th it opened at
1l9a and was steady at 1199120 throughout the dav
ARPLES-Goo1 fruit is plenty and prices yarv
from 81 00a5 80 per Dbl for choice Cooking apnles
are selling at 81 5093 co. There is MOI inquiry for
dried apples and prices vary from 1S@15c per h.
BEANS-Ths market is dull but there is no
quotable change in prices. Marrow and pea
beans are selling at SO 00a3 % and blue pods and
yellow eyes at 81 50l2 rs.
BOX SHOOKS---Prces are nominal at 6C6D7Ocs
mi nHre are very few coming and the market j.
ity at &C., 'S S"ie Vi siaii io' VI ihiefior quai
rrbo nE.AD-Ihe demand for hard breads is LIGHT
'Ae IL no change in quotations,
The Portland daily press., 1870-01-06

| Most of the Chinese who arrive in Nam Wow,
are deserters from Cuban Coolie ships
The profits the Massachusetts State priso,
LOT the past three years were $78,538.
oo Two tires in Philadelphia, Tuesday, DESTROYED
So, 900 worth of property. "
Ground was broken Tuesday in BROOKLYN FL,
bridge across the East River.
Brigham Young, as well as the Pone !,
| troubled by schismatists who deny his infalli.
blllty and that is the reason of the present dis.
turbances in his domains
The Light House Board has under consider.
atlon plan for establishing, at House Island
IN HPortland harbor, depot for coal. snare
buoys, and other supplies.
The Japan correspondent of the N. Y. World
writes that Russia has seized some of the
northern islands of the Japanese Empire. and
tnat the belief prevails that 1T is the intention
country.
Letters from President Cespedes state that
the Spaniards will make Herculean effort to
crush the rebellion by pouring in some eighty
thousand troops before winter closes bpt the
Cubans are ready for them. The Cubans are
now manufacturing their own powder.
During the past year there were erected in
Boston forty stone buildings, at an aggregate
cost of 81, 351, 600; of brick buildings 529 Cost
ing 1867, 300; and of wooden structnres 742.
costing So, 568 100 Total number of BUILDINGS
1911, costing $11,956,400.
A document has been printed in New York
,or circulation throughout st. Domingo, de-
s,Giuncing Baez for selling SANTANA Bay, and
mayenaz that sale as the first step of
ca If sarI 10 sell the whole country to Ameri-
treateS I IiS me people of the Island will be
South and a ule 9thhreGonstructed people of the
strike against such az nominicans to be ready to
ohnoe ~ musician in Boston thot ,roo,
about playing dance music at ' nr;,,, mat goes
VINO early in the evening has Ss; rate houses,
ana calls on the hostess for something turn
nam See sG bs od brandy preferred katber
me hostess sets it out and usually the ..,nred,
'ecur often during the evening As he ia sns
ect to such attacks, it is suggested that he bad
better carry some cordials with him. in Iittia
,arrel, as the army vivandiers do, to be used in
Extremity as theirs is. Wv" Al
The Portland daily press., 1870-01-06

GREAT FLOODS IN ENGLAND.-The LON
don Times of December q states that heavy
rains which had prevailed for several days had
caused great floods in many parts of England.
In the midland counties they were very de-
structive, and in the Vale of Trent thous apds
Of acres were submerged. At nottingham
the water in the river reached within a foot
and half of the highest point ever known.
Many buildings were flooded. At Derby the
De- went overfowed its banks and did an i'm
men ;e amount OF damage. The water was
I'VE feet deep in large number of dwellings
and warehouses, and st. Paul's church was
blocked up" with water so that no service
could be beld on Sunday. In Shropshire and
North Wales the rains produced foods al
most unprecedented in the present century.
Al shrewsbury, where the rivers Severn and
IVES Joln, the water submerged vast number
OF houses. Boats, cabs, wagons and rats wero
in constant requisition to convey The neonIc
from tue Suburbs to the centre of the town
An immense amount OF damage was done to
stock and property. At Melverly, low Iyino
district, the cottagers were entirely driven
from their homes, and the land for miles pre-
sented friehtful waste OF waters, with only
the tops of trees here and there interspersed.
The injury caused by the floods is estimated
at $2,000,000.
The Portland daily press., 1870-01-06
Shes'if's Safe.

CUMBERLAND ss
fE'AhEN on execution and will be sold at Public
L Auction. on Saturday, the filth day of Febru-
ary A. d. 1870, at ten o'clock in the forenoon az the
SheIih's Office, 10 the CITY of Portlsnd In said
county, all the right In equity which Isaac Over of
Portland, in said county, has had on the twenty
third day OF September, A. ID. 1867, at six O'Clock
and ten minutes in the afternoon, being the time OF
the attachment of the same on the original writ in
the action on which said ecuton was obtained, to
redeem the following described mortgaeed Real
Estate. viz: certain tract and parcel OF land
situated ia Baldwin, IN said county, and bounded as
follows, to witt
Beginning at Quaker Brook and running north
west by land owned by the late Joshua Cbadbourne:
west by the land owned by Noses Goodwin; south
west by Saco River Southwest by land owned by
Ebenezer Sawyer northeast by land owned BY AL
bert Rounds; east running TO county road leading
from Portland to Fryeburg; northerIy on said road
to Quaker Brook; westerly to the first mentioned
bounds
Particularly about 40 acres more or less. Also.
another parcel OF land with the buildings thereon
situated In said town of Baldwin: Beginning at,
Baldwin Corner, near said Dyers dwelling house
and running northery on the Bndgton road to a
certain line; thence westerly by land owned by
Ebenezer Flint one hundred and sixty rods 10 the
county road leading from FTyeburg to Portland
easterly on said road to bounds first mentioned,
Rickerl containing ABOUT seventy-ve acres more or
less. The above named lots being subject to mort
gage to VIM. ii. Morton, (Treasurerl OF Rolnsfo ford,
county OF 81 raford and State of New Hampshire to
secure the payment of $500.
Dated at Portland, tins thirty-frst day OF Deem
er ID. 1869.
1-3w M. ADAMS, DEPUTY Sheriff