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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-03-10

ME. BEEcI'ER ON CANNIBALIsM.-
II were to take you to my house, aud
say that had nn eNquisiteiy fat man,
and wished you to join me in eating him
your Indignation could be restrained 10y
nothing. You would pronounce me to
be crazy. There is not in New York a
man SO mean that he would not put
down a man who should propose to
have Il banquet off from "a fellow man, /,
cutting steaks out o! him and eating
them. And that is nothing but feasting
on the human body while they all sit
down, aud take u mans soul, aud look
for the tenderloins, and invite their
! neighbors in to partake Of these llttle
tit-bits. They will take II mans hCnor
and name, and broil them over the
Goals OF their indignation, and fill the
whole room with the aroma thereof and
give their neighbor piece, and watch
him, aud wink as he tastes it. You all
eat men up, and yon are cannibals every
one of you--and worse. You will be
glad to get Off at Gods judgment seat
with the plea: II only ate the outside -
You ate the souls, the finest elements of
men. You are more than glad if you
can whisper word that is derogatory
to II neighbor or his Wife, or hi, daugh
ter. You have secret, but you do not
make J ourseif responsible Tor it. And
yet, by All ob!ique sentence, you leave
a.
person addressed, in respect 70 the suG-
ject of your criticism. "Ah.' he says,
II had not been intormed:' and he goes
to the next neighbor and says, MIR. So
sO.n And that neighbor says, Indeed,
and runs to his partner, and they both
run to their wives; and the thing goes
all over town. Every body becomes an
unpaid devils mail carrier, and goes
here aud there bearing internal messag-
es. And what is the rssull2 1t is dam
nation to some pocr creature who Is un-
conscious, or that is innocent, or that, if
guilty ought to be pitied and suceored,
rather than condemned. but, all. tire
morsel is too exquisite to be lost. Here
is the soul of a person, here is persons
hope for this world and the world to
come, and you have 1t Oh your fork, aud
you cannot refrain from tasting it, and
give it to some one else to taste. You
are cannibals, eating mems honor and
name, aud rejoicing in it-and that too,
when you did not always know that the
things charged against them are true;
when in ninety nine cases out of II hun
dred the probabilities are that they are
not true.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-03-10

CHINESE AS DISCOVERIES. The
visits of the Northmen to the American
continent have long been subject Of
controversy and speculation, but now
Mr.J. Hauley, n Chinese Interpreter In
san Francisco, attributes the discovery
OF America to the Celestials; chds
rescTblace between the inhabitants of
Central and south america and the
Chinese, and traces Il similarity in the
religion of the Aztecs and Buddhism
He says the discovery Ivy ths Chinese
was first made 400 years ago, the land
being called Fosany and that 500 years
ago some Buddhist priests visited the
country and carried dack to China the
news that they had found Buddhist
idols and religious writings. John
Chnaman has been a long time in
taking anything like possession of his
own, and he may find some difficulty
now in efiacing from most peoples
minds the well impressed formula that
Columbus discovered America.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-03-10

TURNING THE DEVIL TO GRAss.-So
rapid il their way of doing things In
Chicago. that when man makes up
his mind Ia reform rather tough job, ,
II becomes important To fix him prompt
ly. 1t is therefore necessary, at times,
to cut hole In the ice tn perform the
solemn ceremony of baptism. On one
Of these occasions n convert. who had
felt the necessity Of that rite. was inn
mersed, and on coming out was asked
10y the minister:
"Iow d" yor feel now. brother?"
Better" was the reply; put ,,te !h'
again.
The request was complied with aud
after the second dip, the question was
repeated:
"IIow do you feel no,c,'
Better bettcr,' was the response, III
a solemn tone of voice-"Mc derU n,ay
20 to grass no,cr'
Such is the pluckv spirit Of the Chi
cagO convert r. NiOr's dratccr IL, H1.-
pcr's Magr-iac for .Nrrch.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-03-10
Upton, IOWA, MARCH 10, 1870.

white lives were lost, had the effect Of
causing the next Virginia Legislature
to consider bill for the gradual cman-
cipation Of the slaves, which was lost
by only two votes.
Ossawatoniie's counsel finally pre-
vailed. and the only favor, besides mon i.
ey and advice, that he asked Of his De-
troit friends, was to furnish him one
man, which they did--a Chathamite.
The news Of the disturbance at Harper's
Ferry, which took the nation 50 much
by surprise, was perfectly understood by
the colored people Of this city. They
were anticipating the event, since one
Foster had divulged in Washington the
plans Of Brown, who. in consequence,
was obliged either to abandon his enter
prise or precipitate matters, even If at
fearful odds. He chose the latter al
tentative.
The sequel is sufficiently well known.
These facts, however, have been kept
by sworn secrecy, until lately, by the
colored men Of Detroit. The particulars
have never been published. 1t may
only be necessary to add that subsequent
to the meeting at Webb's on Congress
street, a meeting was held in Chatham,
at which the "cap shear was put on the
plan. Now that the negroes nre equal,
politically, before the law, they have no
fear in letting their connection with the
affair be known. They glory in it
Detroit Post.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-03-10
Secret History Of the John Brown
Raid on Harper's Ferry.

Brown and five Of his men arrived in
Detroit with fourteen slaves from Mis-
souri,, in the summer of 1853. One Of
the slaves gave birth to male child on
the way. The boy was named John
Brown, and now lives in Windsor. BY
a strange coincident, Fred Douglass
happened to be lscturing in this city
the same evening Brown arrived. At
ter the lecture the leaders Of the insur-
rectionary movement got together in
the house of VIM. Webb, on Congress
street, near Antoine street, and ar
ranged the plan for the raid on the
South, which broke out prematurely at
Harper's Ferry. Mr.. Webb was for
years manager of the plug tobacco fac
tory on Jefferson avenue, and was a
highly respected man. He is now dead.
The leading colored people of Detroit
and Chatham Were also present at the
plan, which originally was to make
raids on single plantations until he had
collected a force of about 1,OJ) slaves,
and then swoop down on the big towns
and cities, collecting force and material
as he progressed. Brown grew wrathy
and asked Douglass if he was coward,
rnd referred to his success in Kansas as
an augury Of the Virginia campaign.
Douglass replied that he was not cow
ard, aud would give material aid to the
plan if he did not approve of it, or did
not go himself. George De Baptiste
also disapproved .he plan, but proposed
gunpowder plot, by which some fif-
teen Of the largest churches in the
South would be blown down upon a
fixed Sunday. Brown objected to that
plan upon the score of humanity, assert
ing that by his plan not hundred lives
would be lost; his intentions being not
to shed blood unless it became absolute
ly necessary. De Baptiste still urged
radical measures, declaring that
Browns plan would fail, and perhaps
cause the loss of million of lives before
the trouble likely to ensue would be
ended. He cited in support of his prop
osition the fact that the Nat Turner in
surrection, in 1881, by which ffty-three
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-03-10
This animal Is furnished with eight

This animal Is furnished with eight
cutting teeth In the lower jaw; at the
age of ten months the two miidle-m
OF these fall out, and are replaced by
others that are not so white, but broader;
at the aye Of sixteen months the two
next milk k-white teeth fall out likewise,
and others come up in their room; thus
at the end Of every six months the
creature loses and gains, till at the age
ofthree years all the cutting teeth ara
renewed, aud tlten they are long, pretty
white, and equal; but in proportion ~
the animal advances in years they be-
come irregular and black, their inequal-
tiles become smoother and the animal
less capable of chewing its food. Thus
a COW often declines from this single
cause; for rs it is obliged to eat good
deal to support life, and ~ the smooth
ness of the teeth makes the difficulty OF
chewing great, a sufficient quantity Of
food cannot be supplied to the stomach.
The horns are another aud snrer
method Of determining the animals
age. AT three years old, very slight
external shell coating falls off at the
places where the horns are about aris-
ing. At four years of age the cow has
small, pointed, neat, smooth horns.
thickest near the head; mt Ave tho horns
become larger, and are marked around
with the former years growth. Thus,
while the animal continues to live the
horns continue to lengthen, and every
year new ring il added II the root; go
that allowing three years tor their APP
pearance. and then reckoning the num-
her Of rings. we have i'm both together,
the animals age exactly.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-03-10

SURE CURE FOR TIE BITE OF A RAT
TLE-sStlSE.-Ah old lady sends the
following remedy to the Chicago 7ri6-
me, having herself seen it tried with
euccess: Take equal quantities II
onion tobacco, and salt; make poui-
tice; and apply t. the wound at the
saem time tie a cord tightly around the
Ii very severe case, the poultice
should be renewed every ten or fifteen
minutes till the poison j. all extracted.
The same remedy has been known to
cure the bite of Il mad dog
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-03-10

John Allen, the wickcdest, has gone
to the dogs His dance house has been
closed, it is true, bat Allen has not re-
formed. and even at the height of the
prayer meeting movement, lac did not
abandon II single one of his vicious
habits. He j. now keeping grocery
in Roosevelt street, his old place Of resort
having become too hot for him. He is
quite wealthy, and is s'tieyed to own
property to .he value of forty or fifty
thousand dollars
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-03-10

At the town where the farmer met
Tom, he conducted him to shop, ard
had him rugged out In handsome suit
of clothes, and then paid him in addi.
ton for all the work he had performed.
Toms amazement at this proceeding
we would not attempt to describe, but it
did not abate in the least when the
farmer said
"Yod will now 60 with me to the
town where you were known as sot.
I shall call you Mr.. Brown.
"Why sir ?" ventured Tom, his eyes
full of tears.
"You will see when you get there-be
a stranger to everybody returned the
farmer.
Anything you So, SIR" more deep
ly amazed than he had yet been.
Arriving at the village, Mr.. Brown
was introduced to the principal citizens
The farmer was generally known and
respected. Mr.. Brown was we'll dressed
and made fine appearance. He was
invited with the farmer to dine with
the magistrate. man before whom he
had been arraigned As drunken va
grant. Had he been suddenly trans
ported to the moon, to Venus, to Mars,
he would not have been more profound
ly astonished. He knew nearly every
body; why did nobody know him: Be-
cause Mr.. Brown was no more like
Tom Toperly than we'll dressed tenn
perance man is like ragged, bloated
street drunkard.
II believe it is about year since
poor drunken fellow. named Toperly,
disappeared from the village. Has there
ever been any tidings from him?"
"Nota word' said the magistrate at
is strange; Tom was good fellow, but
he would do nothing but drink gin;
when he could, he begged it, and he
never worked only to get money to buy
it."
During this speech Browns face
passed through multitude of singular
expressions. The farmer, watching
him, replied to the magistrate
He was at my house after he left
here, as fond of drink as ever"
"Tll warrant it," returned the magis-
trate; "rve no doubt he died like
beast in the ditch"
Mr. Brown could endure it no longer.
Jumping up, to the CONSERVATION of the
magistrate, nearly throwing the table
over, he cried
mo, he didn't! Here he is. am
Tom ToperIy. Don't Mr.. Brown me any
more! You kicked and cuffed ME about
this town, and was going to send me to
the work house. and called me nothing
but drunken Tom! but this farmer
made me think l was something of "a
man, and now I'm not ragged and
bloated, but have got good clothes to
wear, and money in my pocket, know
how to earn more, aud you have taken
me for II gentleman!'
"Glad of it Tom-glad Of it! We are
having temperance meetings, and you
shall give us aspeech-tell them your
story, Tom. You are a gentleman, and
you shall stay in my hous. as long as
you are in town." exclaimed the magis-
trate, shaking him by the hand until
his shoulder ached.
"Make a man think he is somebody if
you have to lock him up to do it; that is
the way to REFORM cried Tom. "The
farmers confidence in my simple word,
made the man Of me that am now"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-03-10

It Is related of Il centenarian who died
the other day that he learned to use
tobacco at the age of fifty, but abandon.
ed it at eighty seven, having discovered
that it made his hand little unsteady.
His nerves improved. he said, very.
much after that.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-03-10

They have a cat in Augusta, Maine,
knobs, and, moreover, frequently with
her paws wipes moisture from the
windows or scratches of the ice, to
enable her to look out and see what is
going on.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-03-10

\ Nautical instrument maker OF San
Francisco has made Il telescope for the
Merchants Exchange OF that city, by
which the names and signals OF vessels
can be distinguished fifteen miles at sea.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-03-10

Henry Ward Beecher says -
heartily believe in judieious tagellat!on:
but lie considers the rod 'eholce
dainty, and, like kissing, to be used
rarely, and then heartily laid on.'
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-03-10

How 70 TELL A Cows AGE.-The
teeth and horns of COW furnish evi-
dences of its age. Tho Prairie Farmer
thus states how the years of acow's life
may be estimated:
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-03-10

1t is estimated that there are three
hundred thousand women in the Stat
of New York with no prosl ect Of n
ing off-not rsen enough to 60 aroY
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r. d. STURDEVANT.

DESIDENT DENTIST, CLARENCE, Iowa.
III Office over Listenwaters City Drug store.
Rcferences.-Revs. Buchanan, Allen and Cor
don, Drs. Yule and Coates.
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-06-11

Everybody should live on the sunny
side of their houses as much rs possi>
BILE, and allow the suns genial rays TO
penetrate the rooms. Darkened par
lors are fashionable evils. True, it Is
gloomy enough TO be uyhered into the
tomb like apartment, where one can
scarcely grope his way to scat, and to
discover. when he is accustomed to the
dim light, that every chair and sofa
has on its lined "duster" apparently
equipped for travelling TO some unknown
land. But Indies must have their ear
pets kept bright aud fresh, even if their
cheeks are paler for it. And SO the
shutters are tightly closed and the
curtains drawn. But for the sake Of
health and beauty, ladies', let this be
done only in the best parlor, if il must
be done at all. Let the rooms W here
family live be cheerful and sunny.
No lady would expect her house plants
to send forth full. brilliant blossoms,
unless she placed them at the window
where the sunshine would invigorate
them. No more should she expect her
children to show fresh, rosy complex
ions or developed genial dispositions
unless they live in light, sunny, airy
rooms. ft
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-06-11

A LARGE CANNON. smart YAM
kee was one evening seated in bar
room of country tavern in Canada,
whiting with jack knife. There
were assembled several Englishmen,
discussing various matters connected
with the pomp and circumstance Of
war. In the course of his remarks,
one of them stated that the British
government possessed the largest cam
non in the worl !, and gave the dimen.
sions of one he had seen. The Yankee
would not let such base assertion pass
uncontradicted. 'Poh gentlemen"
said he. Il won't deny that it is fair
sized cannon; but you are leetle mis-
taken in supposing it to be named the
same minute with onesof our Yankee
guns which saw in Charleston last
year. Why sir, it was SO large that
the soldiers were obliged to employ a
yoke OF oxen to draw in the ball r.
"And pray" exclaimed one Of his hear
ers, with smile of triumph, lean you
tell us how they got the oxen out
again z" stf]f course i ean," returned
Yankee, "they unyoked 'em and drove
'em through the touch -hole p
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-06-11
TelegrapIlic summary.

= ; S -
CHICAGO, june 4.-Cox's amend
ment, reducing the income tax TO 3
per cent, was adopted by ia to II.
Hale's amendment, making an ex-
emption OF 1000, was adopted by 138
to So.
Judd's amendment, to confine the
tax to invested capital, and Potter's
amendment that income tax cease after
1870, were rejected.
Fenkieburg's amendment adopted,
limiting allowance for house rent to
$500. Several minor amendments
were adopted.
MeCarthy's amendment, to strike
out all Of the section in relation to in
come, was rejected.
NEW York. June 3.-The Herald
publishes the forthcoming report of
the House Foreign Affairs Committee
on Cuba. The report is very long, and
petitions are in circulation in behalf OF
Cuba, signed by $4,000 people of the
United States.
The same dispatch states that Spain
seeks to reinforce her naval and war
supplies from the United States while
the CubaDs appeal to our people for
sympathy. therefore the Cuban aues>
ton becomes an American question.
WASHINGTON. June 3.-The re
ceipts of internal revenue to day were
g. .000, 900.
Seheucks new tariff Lill, which he
proposes to offer "a an amendment TO
the general bill, taxes teas 24e, coiT. e
lc, chocolate &c, raw sugar &c, clari.
fed u and refined &c, .molasses sc,
wines in casks Doe per gallon, bottles
s2 per dozen quarts, and ST per dozen
pints, champagne and other sparkling
wines S6 per dozen, quarts, and SO per
dozen pints. brandy and other spirits
not otherwise provided for 81 bitters,
etc. 81 per gallon, unblesched cottons
DC per square yard, b1cached Sc with
10 per cent. adYalorem, colored Sc With
20 per cent. advalorem, hemp---unman
afac' urcd d-s4e per ton, FAX not hack
led s20---hackled $40 per ton. Iron
-pig 81, scrap So. SteeI--railway
bars I1lc ~ ID. Nickle 4oc IL ID,
alloy Of nickels with copper and nick,
els adobe soc ~ ID. Live animals 80
per cent. advaiorem. Furs cut from
skin 10 por cent adyalorem dressed
20 per cent. adyalorem. Linseed OF
flax seed 20 cts per bushel of sc lbs,
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-06-11
DALLAS. OREGON. SATURDAY. JUNE II. 1870.

WHAT BREAKS Down YouNd
MEN.-Tho Scientific Anaeriean of a
recent date, has the following:
It is commonly received notion
that hard study is the unhealthy Gle.
ment of college life But from the
tables of mortality of Harvard Uniyer
sity, collected by Prot. Pierce, from the
last triennial catalogue, it is clearly de-
monstrated that the excess of death for
the first ten years after graduation, Is
found in that portion of each class OF
inferior scholarship. Every one who
has seen the curriculem knows that
where Eschylus and political economy
iniure one, late hours and dissipation
use up dozen. Dissipation is sure
destroyer. and every young man who
follows it is as the early flower exposed
to untimely frost. Those who have
been inyegled into the path of vice are
named Legion. A few hours sleep
each night, high living and plenty oi
''smashes,' make war upon every fuuc>
ton of the body. The brains, the
heart, the lungs, the liver, the spine,
the limbs, the bones, the flesh, every
part and faculty are overtasked and
weakened by the terrific energy OF
passions loosened from restraint until,
like dilapidated mansion, the "earth-
ly house of this tabernacle" falls into
rhinous decay. Fast young men, righ'
about!
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-06-11
Masonic Lodge of sorrow--Interesting
Ceremonies.

The Supreme Council of the Thirty
third Degree of the United States, in
session at Baltimore last week, held a
"Lodge of Sorrow" in the Masonic
Temple. The San of that city says
of the ceremonies:
The hall was in complete mourning,
the walls on each s de being festooned
with glazed black muslin, which, with
the brilliant light from hundreds of gas
jets, had fine effect. In front of the
stand was placed a cushioned table, on
which was an open Bible and immedi-
ately in front of this an elaborately
finished burial case, surrounded by u
guard of honor, and on which lay the
numerous insignia Of the Order, an
open Bible, and several beautiful boz
quets. On temporary altar large wax
candles were burning, whilst suspended
in front of the organ were the escutch>
cons of the deceased members. The
organ is O fine instrument OF twenty
five stops, twenty>six feet high by four
teen feet wide, from the manufactory of
Mr.. A. Pomplitz. and was presided
over by Professor George Walter. The
vocal music was under the immediate
direction of Messrs. Joseph Burke and
Henry T.. Loane, both members of the
order. The music was of high char
acter, the members of the Germania
Maunechnor having volunteered for
the occasion. Owing TO the inclement
weather. the Supreme Council did not
assemble at the hall on the corner OF
Baltimore and Holiday streets, as pre-
yiously arranged, but met in one of the
upper rooms of the Temple and march,
ed into the hall under escort of the
members of the four Baltimore COM
mandaries of knights Templar, appar-
eled in the rich and imposing uniform
of the order. The seats Immediately
in front Of the platform were occupied
by the members of the Supreme Coun-
Gil and their escaEt, whilst the officers,
the orators and the choir occupied the
stage. The solemn and imposing cere-
m0ny for the burial of the dead was
read by General Albert Pike, and the
responses made by the Senior and Ja.
nior Warden and by other officers OF
the Lodge Of Sorrow Near che close
of the solemn service the members oil
Council proceeded from the platform
and passed around the coffin several
times in procession. the organ during
the time pealing forth soft and mourn
ful dirge. The entire service was in.
tesperscd with Impressive music and
anthems~by the choir.
The burial service having closed, ar
address was delivered by the Supreme
Minister of State of the Supreme
Council, Giles NJ. Hillycr. of Mississip
pi. He spoke at considerable length
on the beauties of Masonry and The
virtues of the deceased brothers. il
whose smemory the Lodge of Sorrow
was held. Eulogies were then deliver
ed Of the deceased members-thc lat,
Hon. Howell Cobb ,and William s
Rockwell. of Georgia by A. G. Mitch
ell, Eof that State; on Edward Hall
GilI,.EdwardiRutledge Ives, Willis p
Coleman, Joseph Francois, Louis Ia
mare and Thomas Ross by members o
the Council from q their respective
States. The ceremonies lasted unit
near midnight, although the create
part of the audience left before tha
time.
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-06-11

The meanest man in Iowa when last
heard from was in Decatur county,
where he stole the hinges from the gate
t, the cemetery of III, town Of Garden
Grove. Stealing the hinges off of the
gatewaylto the grave il somewhat bol>
der and q little :meaner than stealing
coppers off o dead nigger's eyes; but
after all We caD console ourselves with
the certain fact that the grave wiz. have
d vietoryorer this individual which the
deceased person OF eslor will lllnever have
over the rascal that robbed him.