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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-16
Cundurango.

Several have asked US about this new
be classed among the humbugs. There
seems to be no doubt that there is in
South America plant bearing the
Indian name Cundurango. The Octo-
ber report Of the Department of Agri-
culture acknowledges the receipt Of
:" fruit and seed bearing capsules"
(nothing like accuracy in such matters,
and publishes all extract from letter of
the United States Consul at Guayaquil,
who says: DIR. Destrudge, of this
city, an excellent hotanist has classified
the vine hs belonging to the order Ascle
piddi9'-the Milk weed Family. On
the other hand, DR.. Carl Appern. in a
work upon Venezuela, etc., just pub.
lished in Germany, and quoted by the
scientific editor of Harper's Weekly,
says that Cundurango is the 4Nikania
gudco, which belongs to the Composite
family, and rs far removed from the
Asclebiads as need be. There is no GER
tainty as to what the plan: Is. As to
the humbug," we have no reason to
doubt that those who advertise the drug
will furnish what is known in South
America rs Cunhurango. As to the eff :
cacy Of the drug in cancer and the like,
that is another matter. We are accus-
toned to look to the medical profession,
and not to Vice Presidents, Secretaries
of State, aud United States consuls, for
information upon medical matters. The
Medical and Surgical Reporter, a care.
ful journal. in its issue of October l4th,
gives it opinion Of the persons who
claim the monopoly of that humbug
Candurango, the cancer plant, and offer
it to sufferers at 500 pound, G. o. d.
Quantities less than quarter of pound
(S25, c. o. d. not being sold. n
The plant is worthless, never having
currd a case Of cancer; and if it were a
cure, to put such price on it would be
a disgrace to humanity. y."-HearM and
Home.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-16
The Great Fires in the Northwest

For weeks past the papers have
brought us accounts of the fires raging in
the woods and on the prairies of the
Northwest. AS such fires are almost of
annual occurrence, these reports were
received as somewhat sensational mar
ratives OF series OF not very extraordi-
nary events; and, in the terrible news
Of the burning of Chicago. with the ex-
element ensuing, were almost over
looked
Day by day, however. has the evil
dence accumulated that Michigan and
Wisconsin are suffering to All unprece.
dented extent from these fires, that vast
amounts of property were consumed,
and many human lives destroyed, the
whole disaster assuming proportions
which far eclipse in extent the Chicago
calamity, and which call for the most
active sympathy and aid fro'. human
ity at large.
The timber which has been destroyed
was alone worth more than the entire
city of Chicago. 1t Is estimated that
not less than thirty thousand square
miles of heavily timbered pine land
have been swept over by the flames.
Thousands of farms with their stock
have been destroyed, villages have been
lick I'd up by the hungry flames, aud
hundreds, perhaps thousands, of human
lives lost.
This calamity following the great
Chicago catastrophe, and The many mi
nor accidents which have destroyed hu
man life by wholesale, will render the
present year memorial in the history OF
the country, as one Of Unprecedented
disaster. Taking up our files and
glancing over their contents, we shrink
horror struck from the fearful catalogue
Many Of these destructive events nigh,
have been prevented by the exercise ol
proper care, but human watchfuIness
cannot control the elemenes.
For long time, the region now suff.
ering in the Northwest, has been
parched with drruth, and becoming pre-
pared for this terrible visitation. The
fires must now have their own way. till
natural causes extinguish them. How
much farther they will ravage, or wher
| they will terminate, cannot be predic-
ted, although. in the ordinary course o
things, the fall rains must, ere long, pu
an end to them. There yet remain.
time, however, for extended devastation
and we m y expect, during the mex
fortnight, many additional details o
the advance Of the fire. the changing o
fair aud fruitful fields into deserts, an,
the flight Of the houseless, homeless
and hopeless. In wild abandonment q
| purpose, for some indefinite shelter
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-16
The Wisconsin Horror-Thirty-tw
Persons Drowned in Well.

An eye witness of the recent devasta-
ting fires near Uniontown, Wisconsin,
relates an incident occurring during the
confiagration which is absolutely un-
PARALLEL in TIE history of all sinilar
horrors. He writes:
THE most horrible Of all was at
Boorman's well. Mr.. BOorman's house
was the largest of the village, and in
the center Of the yard. midway between
the house and barn, was large. but
shallow well. Several Of the neighbors
were supplied with water from this
fountain, and it is likely that in the
conflagration, when all hope was cut off,
the neighborhood, insane with terror,
thronged with one purpose to this well.
The ordinary chain and wheel pump
used in that place had been removed,
and the wretched people had leaped
into the well as the last refuge Boards
had been throw down to prevent them
being drowned; but evidently the relent-
less fury Of the fire drove them pellmell
into the pit to struggle with each other
and die. some by drowning and others
by fire and suffocation. None escaped.
Thirty-twO bodies were found there;
they were in every imaginable position,
hut the contortions Of their limbs and
he agonizng expression of their faces
told the awful tale
All the houses along the roads down
to Sturgeon bay were reduced to ashes,
and in them, or near by were the black.
ened corpses Of th" i'll fated residents.
Twelve only are as yet known to have
escaped. These ran to the lake and
plunged to their necks in the water.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-16
How Higgins Broke the News.

1t was simple creature named Hig-
gins that used to haul rock for old
Maltby. When the lamented Judge
Bagley tripped and fell down the court
house stairs and broke his neck, it was a
great question how to break the news to
poor Mrs. Bagley. But finally the body
was put into Higgins wagon and he
was instructed to take it to Mrs. b., but
to be very guarded and discreet in his
language, and not break the news to her
at once, but do it gradually and gently.
When Higgins got there with his sad
freight, he shouted till Mrs. Bagley
came to the door. Then he said;
Does the widder Bagley live here P"
"The widow Bagley? No, sir!'
"I'll bet she does"
Judge Bagley lives here" replied
the lady, with dignity; "he is at the
Court House at present, and won't be
home till dinner time"
I'm bet he will. The fact is, mad
anne, I've got the old Judge curled up out
here in my wagon, and when you see
him you'll agree that dinner'Il never be
ofany more use to linn. Where shall |
put him."
And that's the way Higgins broke
the news.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-16
The Two Great Tunnels.

The following statement of the di.
mensions, cost, etc, Of the two great
tunnels Of the world is interesting:
Mont Gents Tunnel-Iength, 1926
meters, or nearly 8 miles !; width, 26 feet
8 inches; hight, % feet; cost, $l3 200, 900;
time occupied in construction, 8 years !;
number Of men employed. about 1000
Hoosac Tunnel-Length, 26,O61 feet.
or about 3>4 miles "a feet wide; q
feet high cost, about So, 600 900; time IT
construction. when completed, nearly 20
years; number of workmen employed,
about 700 at present but much less dur.
ing most of the time tbs work has been
prosecuted.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-16
The Dead Letter.
BY JOHN G. SAKE.

And can 1t be? All, yes, l see,
IT'S thirty years and better
Since Mary Morgan sent to me
This musty, musky letter.
pretty hand (she couldn't spelD,
AS any man must vote IT.;
And twas as I remember well,
A pretty hand that wrote It!
How calmly now view 1t all,
AS memory back ward ranges
The talks, the walks, that I recall,
And then the postal changes!
How we'll loved her can guess
(Since cash is Cupid's hostage|-
Just one-8nd-sixpence-no less
This letter cost in postage!
The love that wrote Mt such rate
(By Jove! 1t was q steep oneD
Five hundred notes Il calculats)
Was certainly deep one;
And yet 1t died-of slow decline
Perhaps suspicion chilled it;
I've quite forgotten If twas mine
Or Mary's flirting killed 1t!
At last the fatal message came;
My letters-please return them;
And yours-of course you wish the same
I'll send them back or burn them."
Two precious fools. l must allow,
Whichever was the greater;
I wonder If I'm wiser now,
Some seven lustres later?
And this alone remains! All, well!
TIL ese words of warm affection,
The faded ink, the pungent smell,
Are food for deep reflection.
They tell of how the heart contrives
To change with fancy's fashion,
And how drop OF musk survives
The strongest human passion!
-Harpers Magazine for November.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-16

perhaps to be overtaken by the piti!ess
fame on the desolate plains, or to find a
grave In the bed Of some unfordable
stream.
Such has been the fate Of many un-
fortunates, and thousands who have es-
capped death are now totally destitute at
. time when the approaching Winter
renders their situation terrible indeed.
Appeals are made for contributions of
everything that can be directly or indi-
rectly useful in ameliorating the condi-
tion Of the sufferers. The noble gener-
osity that has been displayed toward
Chicago, will not, we are assured pause
In its benevolent work. The appeal
from the North west will not be made In
vain. In fact, 1t has been already re-
sponded to in many parts Of the coun.
try. and there will be no dearth Of con-
tributions as soon as the proper chan
nels, through which to send relief, are
indicated.
From the tangled mass of the reports
which crowd the daily journals, it is
next to impossible to form an idea of the
real extent Of the loss of life and dam
age to property. but time will undoubt-
edly prove this to be the most destruc-
tive fire on record. Scientific american.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-16

According to Minnesota journals the
excitement over the recent gold discov-
cries at Winnepeg is on the increase.
This new FL Dorado is represented as
richer in gold than California or Aus.
tralia. The new field of wealth is but
short distance from Silver Islet, in
Lake Superior, one of the richest silver
regions in the world, about one hundred
and fifty miles from the copper mines of
Ontonagon, and four hundred miles
from Fort Garry, on the shores of Lake
Shabondawin. The early explorers of
this region found gold and silver.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-16

There has been no more beautiful
charity in connection with the Chicago
calamity than the eager bringing of
their little gifts by the children of our
public schools. We have no means of
estimating the amount, but they must
have reached an aggregate of several
thousand dollars. The schools of Gin.
cinnati have been opened to Chicago
children temporarily there, in conse-
quence Of the fire. The only college
that we have noticed as making con-
tribution for the sufferers is Rutgers
College; New Brunswick, N. j., where
the sum Of about 1915 was raised.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-16

a resolution was offered in the Upper
Iowa Conference, in session at Clinton q
few days ago, asking the Bishop to ap.
point no man to the office Of Presiding
Elder who was in the habit of che wing
tobacco. The subject was postponed for
one year, and the Presiding Elders of
that Conference turned loose with cud
of the tiIthiest weed in the world in
their mou ths, and instructed to 20 up
and down the world to whisper words
of temperance in the ears of the careless
and unconcerned. Perhaps We may
need the exhortation Of these men, but
if it shall be found necessary that any
Of them shall come to US with the words
of Christian counsel on their lips, we
trust that before they come they will do
us the favor to make their mouths less
filthy than bar:oom spittoon. We
don't like the gospel that comes to US
on the sickening breath of tobacco, and
have no faith in the better honesty of
those who preach temperance while
they practice intemperance. 1t may be
prejudice on our part,-we expect it is,
but it is prejudice of Christian privi-
lege-st!l we are free to say that we
think about as much of the minister
who carries flask of brandy in his
pocket rs we do of the preacher who
carries cui of tobacco in bis cheek
We could be convinced that the Lord
" calls" His men to the ministry, but
would accept the proposition with the
mental reservation that he did no,
"call" any to be the good shepherds o,
Israel's sheep who were not willing tc
give up tobacco along with the other un.
seemly indulgences of the nesh.-State
Register.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-16

This is, says Harpe,'s "Drawer,"
little close upon the Univetsalists but
they will relish it. A friend told his
neighbor that he had been to hear a
Universalist sermon.
"Well, what was the text:"
1t was this: How shall we escape,
II we neglect so great salvation :'n
And what did he do with thato"
"Well, first he told us something
about how great it was, and then he told
US how we are all going to escape, even
II We do neglect it,"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-16
THIS AND THAT.

a Dickens concordance Is in press. r.
Germany has ninetecis female editors.
Printers Justification by
faith.
A wretched Kansas village is named
DEVILS Delight"
Philadelphia has one hundred and
sixty citizen millionaires.
st. Louis has extended her hospitality
to 10000 fugitive Chicagoans.
Germany has ut present 1888 book
stores and 500 publishing houoes.
A Texas paper publishes marriage no.
tices under the head of Lost"
A Colorado store keeper solaces his
customers with FyNeKUT 2bak o.
A hair dye man has made two millions
in five years, and wholly by advertis.
ing.
In Lowell it is stilted' to say gen
tlemen boarders." They are called
mealers."
Iu Vienna it is forbidden to publish
matrimonial advertisements in the
newspapers.
Ninety thousand emigrants came into
the United States last year from British
America.
Piano making at present takes the
third rank among the manufacturing
;.,to rr A.
A baker has invented a new kind of
yeast. 1t makes bread SO light that a
pound of it weighs only twelve ounces.
The tobacco manufactures Of the Uni
ted States number ,O23, of which North
Carolina has 2O5, Virginia 1856, and Mis-
souri, 1O2.
The oldest newspaper in Edinburgh
is the COurdnt, established in 1905, and
edited until ITO by no less IA writer thar
Daniel Detoe.
A large number Of refugee lads from
Chicago have arrived at the Newsboys'
home, in Park Place, where they are
Hospitality cared for.
A prominent journalist in New York,
who is perfectly bald has offered re.
ward Of 81 900 for a tale that will make
his hair stand on end.
Alexander II. Stephens says he never
yet has seen a single article of his repub-
lished in single opposition paper N
Bills articles average five columns
A Richmond merchant, on being
asked how large an adver!is ement he
wanted in the Enquirer, replied that
they might put in about three pints of
type.
This advertisement is from the Allan
ia Sun. Who can explain it? Notice
Il hereby consent for my wife to be n
free trader from this date. J. NJ. Nab
bett.'
The Government has received one
hundred samples of paper manufactured
in Japan, mostly of the rice fibre. 1t
will be deposited in the Patent Office.
A gentleman once met a very quiet
newsboy selling newspapers. is there
any news:" inquired the gentleman.
Z" Lots O. news" replied the boy, "but
nothin' to holler."
Pittsburgh has four hundred and sew
enty five manufactures, which if placed
in q continuous line would extend dis
tance of fifty five miles. And its news
papers.
Under the head of How we can
Assist the Devil" religious paper
says: 1--WE consume millions of gal
Ions of distilled spirits yearly The
editor must be making money.
The women who never owned a bible
supposed she was quoting from it when
she greeted her son, who came home to
keep thanksgiving, in the following
words: Here comes the fa.teu calf'
A country editors sole editorial, one
week, was: eff anything will make
man feel juicy about the heart, it is to
talk velvet to a pair of sky colored eyes
by moonlight in clover field"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-16

FIsHY.-1t Is announced that an
indianapolis doctor treated boy for
catarrh, and consequent bad breath, !"
a week before he discovered that his
disease was nothing but a craw fish
the patient had unthoughtfully left in
his pocket after fishing frolic about
two weeks before.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-16

A love letter, picked up in Spring
neid' ILL.,, had the following paragraph
my best loved one, I chawed the post
age stamp on your last letter all to
thunder, because I knew you licked it
on,u
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Justices.
l.. l., SWEET.
Conveyancer.
ABE ADLER.

CONVEY ANGER. will examine Land Titles.
~ pay Taxes draw Plats, SC. Office with the
County Recorder, TIPToN, Iowa. German
spoken. Refercnces.-J w Bull. Attorney; Jes-
se James. Recorder; f II Pound, Treas. m6n2
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-16
Hotels.
POST HOUSE,
MILLER HOUSE.

StanXvood, Iowa.
V1NIE PROPRIETOR of this House will spare
no pains to make his guests comfortable;
and in doing SO hopes to merit the custom of
the public generally. Hacks leave this house
daily (Sundays excepted), for Upton, and re-
turn. Also, in connection will be found a
good Livery. Home custom and farmers Will
be furnished meals at reduced rates.
42tf u. n. MILLER, Proprietor.
Rock Island Argus., 1871-07-13
ghe 1arien Expedition.

The government Rokno Wedges that it has
90 knowledge whether the Darieu 1psdi
zion has or has not succeeded in what j, set
out to do. The sokuowled gment shows q,
leAst how far the expedition hss penetrated
beyond any recognized routes of human
traffic or communication into he uniuhAbi
table wilderness of Central America. The
fate of Strains party shows the difficulties
present attempt, and seems also to have
fnreshown its defeat But the results rf q
ship-cAnGl across the is.hmus are sotsngibe,
80 certain, and so splendid that if the latest
expedition has failed the successor of il will
soon be ready. Every man who loses his
life in the morssses or the jungles of DRrien
is contributing to the prosperity of this con
tnent. II government ex peditions were az
as well directed as this one there would be
on excuse for the interference of govern.
ment in what it is clearly not the proper
province of government to undertake. But
when 8 government sends one expedition to
the equator and one to the pole, at an equal
cost of money and risk Of life, and the lsiter
is shown to be worthless for any important
public purpose, the strong presumption is
that, for all the government knew or cared.
the other WAS worthless too, aud that the
govern ment is ready TO grant its money 10
q ny importunate man, whether he proposes
to change the currents Of commerce of the
world, or only to crafty his personal ouFi
osity about the relics Of the late Sir John
Franklin.
Rock Island Argus., 1871-07-13
sPnoxAE Noxxuzs.
KEEP TRE BLOOD Pure

and ROOD health will follow. Independent of
IN. dsn. or to life and the misery scrofuA brings
on posterity, how many suffer the foul ts'nt to
rem ain in the system for : life time Ulcers aud
sores that are eating away the very fountain Of
ife are also allowed to go on. PimPlss, Bloteh-
90 asd fet ters also dishgure the faces OF Ihous-
lands. There is no necessity for all this l,men
table condition, as few bottles of the Samar :
tans Root and Herb Juices will eradicate the
foul taint and leave the blood pure and healthy
But some will say they have besn trying In vain ,
both Doctors and medicines for the cure oi
Scrofzla and given up all hopes o. even rsiiei'
To such we say the Root and Herb Jnice' IL
positive cure and we will furnish it free OF charge
until azure is affected, thus providing beyond a
doubt thai all can can be cured. Pimpies snd
blotches removed thereby saving many unpleas,
ant remarks.
Ladies who desire brilliant complexion with
fresh aud rosy cheeks should use the Root and
aerb Juices. All who desire the medicine on
the above terms will please send reference that
thew will pay when cured. Root and Hert
Juices 81 25 per bottle
DEsM 0ED d co. PrOp'rs.
9l5 Race street. PhiladelphiA, Pc
Rock Island Argus., 1871-07-13

STATE OF ILLINOIS, kOck Island County,
eB.
IL the Circuit Court Of the September Term, d. d.
1871.
Henry Swift, James N Swift, and Louis Dow
lev. partners, dc. Benry Swift Co. rs.
Graybii Bard.-AttAchment.
Notice is hereby given to the said defendant,
Grs sbiil K Bard, that the above entitled cause
is now pending in said county, and that writ Of
attachment was issusd therein from said Court
on the twentieth day of Nay, D 1871, at the
suit of said plaintiffs, Henry Swift, James Il
Swift an Louis d Owley ,pArtn era trading under
the firm, naUe and style of Henry Swift Co.
against the estate of the said Grsybill K Bard,
f. r the sum of one hundred and thirty eight dol
lars and thirty four cents, with interest thereon
from the nth day Of February, p 1871, and
two dollars and twenty sipe cents protest tees,
which has been returnedlevie upon the estate OF
the said Graybih Bard, and unless the said
Graybill Bard shall appear, give bsil and
plead on the first dsy ofIhe next term Of said
Court to be holden st the Court q ouss in the city
OF Rock Island, in said county, on the first Mon
day of September next. judgms ut will be entered
against him. the said Grsybill 4 Bard, in favor
Of the said plaintiffs, and the estate attached will
be sold.
Dated this oath day Of June, A D 1871.
SAMUEL P HODGES
Clerk of the said Court.
CoNEELLY MCNRAL,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs. lez4f4W
Rock Island Argus., 1871-07-13

STATE OF ILLINOIS, Rock Island County,
Ia the Circuit Court eftEe September Term, I'D.
1871.
wiIford Pitman and Edgar L. Vance, part
ners, dc, Pitnsn Vance, VS.. Graybill K. Bard
Notice is hereby given TO said ds'end ndsnt, that
the above entitled cause is row pending In said
Court and that o writ Of attachment Was issued
therein from said court on the twentieth day Of
May, A D 1871, at the suit of tie said plaintiffs
Wilford PituA an snd Edjsr L.Vancs, partners ira
ding under the firm name and style of Pitman
Vance, against the estate of the said Graybill
Bard, for the sum of fifty six dollars, which has
been returned levied upon the estate of the IGid
Grsybill K Bard, and unless Il e said Grsybill
Z. Bard shal! appear, give bail and plead on the
hrst day Of the next term Of said court, 70 he
holden at the Court House, in the sitg Of Rock
Island in said county, on the first Monday Of
September next, judgment will be entered
against him the said GRAY bill K. Bard, in fsv.r
of the said plaintiffs, and the estate attached
will be sold.
Dated this Path day Of June, A. p. 1871.
SAMUEL HODGES,
CLERK Of the said Court.
C0NNELLY 4 McEEAL,
A'torr eys for Plaintiffs.