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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-09-18


The Balloon enterprise, so widely ad-
vertised and SO muca discussed, has At
last come to a most ridiculous end.
The disgraceful quarrel between Prot.
Wise and Donaldson threatened to de-
feat it's success, but now the balloon
itself has stopped all controversy, for
time ut least. The following, spec
ial from the Inter- Ocean OF Sept. 18th
tells the story:
IAN immense crowd visited the
Capitoline grounds in Brooklyn this
afternoon, to witness the departure of
the big balloon for Europe. The pro-
cess Of imitation commenced at an
early hour this morning, and contin-
ued steadily uAtil ten minutes past 1.
when the balloon suddenly swayed to
the north, ripped half way round
with great tearing sound. and fell
fiat to the ground. The immense vol
ume Of gas WI ich had been pumped
into it, nearly 400. 900 feet, escaped 1t
the same moment, nearly suffocating
those who stood on the inside. In
spector Falk, Mr.. Goodall, and police
Commissioner Briggs had but instant
before shifted their positions to the
eastward, and thus escaped being
buried In the netting and canvas.
The crowd made general rush over
the ropes with the intention Of tear
ing up the canvas in small pieces aud
carrying them off a. mementoes, but
the strong force Of police on the
ground charged and drove them back.
Mr.. Stiner, who had contracted to fill
the balloon, said that 1t would be all
folly to attempt another imitation, ~
the bag was not made Of the proper
material. So the enterprise ia aband-
0nad for the present.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-09-18

Good goods aud low prices ct Per
4ion Deans.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-09-18

The largest stock Of prints and nice
styles at Perrieo Deans.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-09-18

To-day. Thursday, the third and
greatest day Of the exhibition. the fol-
lowing 10 tho order, unless changed
by the weather or other considerations
unforeseen Ut the time Of this writing:
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-09-18
RIGGS COMPOUND
H0arhOund Cough Syrup,

the best m edicine In use for Coughs. Colds
and hoArseness, &c.
Everything usually kept In . nrst class
Drug Store will always be found on hand:
all OF which will be sold
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-09-18
WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW.
Upton Market.

TIProN. Sept. IL. 1873.
GRAIN ANN ST1rY
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03
The Oldest City in the World.

Damascus is the oldest city in the
world. Tyre and Sidon have crumbled
on tile shore. Baalbec is ruin; Pal
myra is buried in a desert lNineYeh
and Babylon have disappeared from
the Tigris and the Euphrates. DamasA
Gus remains what it was before the days
of Abraham center of trade and
travel-an island of verdure in the des-
iert ga presidential capital, with mar
tifl and sacred associations extending
through thirty centuries. 1t was near
Damascus that Saul of Tarsus saw the
light above the brightness of the sun ;
the street, which is called Strait, in
which it was said :: he prayed" still
runs through the. city. The caravan
comes and goes as it did thousand
years ago; there is still. the shefk,p the
ass, and the water-yheel the merchants
of the Euphrates and the Mediterra-
mean still OCCUPY" these "with the
multitude of their wares" The city
which Mohammed surveyed from a
neighboring height, and was afraid to
enter, " because it was given to. man to
have but one paradise, and for his part,
he was resolved not to have it in this
world, ''sis to day what Julian called the
:" eye, of the East, :" as it was, lin the
time of Isaiah, s' the head of Syria. 7
It is still city of flowers the streams
of Lebanon and the "silk of gold still
murmer and sparkle in the wilderness
of the Syrian gardens a3t1' .tif
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03
Poor lack.

"A correspondent writes from Boyle's
camp: "Capt. Jack was grievously
disappointed that Gen. Davis did not
meet him ON equal terms, when his ten
mile ride brought him to headquarters.
He thought himself a great chief, and
expected the commander of the opposing
forces to meet him and have a talk.
Talk goes great way with an Indian,
and he supplements his defeats and his
Victories, and introduces all his great
movements and transactions, with an
interminable amount of talk. Gen.
Davis is not much on that layout and and,
to tell the truth, he doesn't understand
the Indian traits and hobbies well
eno ough to get the truth out of them
when they do talk to; him.. The most
u11kindest cut of all was when the Cen
eral returned, TO Jacks protestations
that he should never try to run away,
answer that he had found him out to be
such liar that he. wouldn't beheve him
If he swore by the four Modoc lakes.
Poor Jack, now vert thou indeed fallen
and treated despitefully p -....
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03
Animal and. Vegetable Life at the
iiHt % fiNOrfh TOig..i.,s -

The following. extract from the report
of the Polaris investigation will be found
interesting
On board the Polaris are specimens of
drift-wood picked up on or near the
shores of Newman's Bay and Polaris
Bay, among which Mr.. Myers thought he
recognized the walnut, the ash; and the
pine. Among numerous facts that ap-
pear to be shown by the testimony
ELECTED ON the examination, we may
mention as one of much interest, that
! the dip of the needle amounted to 45
deg, and its deviation 90 deg, being
less than at Port Fr1lke and Rensselaer,
Harbor, as given by DIR. Kane and DIR.
Hayes. The rise and fail off tides was
| carefully observed, the average being
about five and one-half feet. The
| greatest depth of water noted was about
| loo fathoms. The existence of a con-
stant current southwark was noticed by
the expedition, it's rapidity varying with
the season and locality, The winter
| temperature was found to be much
| being 80 degrees below zero IN january,
although March proved to be the cold-y
est month. The prevailing winds were
| northeast, although there were occa-
| sional tempests from the southwest.
High winds were noticed, however, from
! all points of the compass. Rain was
occasionally. observed, only on land,
however, the precipitation presenting
I itself over the lee in the form of snow.
During the summer, the extent of both.
lands and ELEVATIONS was bare of .snow
and ice, excepting patches here : and
there IN the Shade Of the rocks. The
soil during TINS period was covered with
a more or less dense vegetation of mossG
with which, several arctic plants were
] interspersed, Some of them of consider
able beauty, but entirely without scent,
many small willows scarcely reach
ing the dignity of, shrubs. The
rocks noticed were of a schistose or
slate nature, and in some instances con-
TAXED fossil plants, specimens of which
were collected. Distinct. evidences of
former glaciers were seen in localities
now bare of ice, these Indications con-
i sisting in the occurrence of terminal and
lateral moraines Animal life was found
to abound, musk oxen being shot at
intervals throughout the winter. Geese,
and duck and other water fowls, includ
ing plovers and other wading birds,
abounded during the summer, although
4 species of land birds were comparative
" few. No fish were seen, although
nets and lines were frequently called
into play in obtaining them. The wa
tiers, however, were found filled to an
extraordinary degree with marine
invertebrates, including jelly fish and
shrlmps. Seals were very abundant.
Numerous insects were observed also,
especially several species of butterflies.
Also flies, bees, and insects of like
character.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03
Stannering.

. s. HH
One who was stammerer for years,
writes: t" No stammering person ever
found any difficulty in singing. The
reason of this is that by observing the
measure of the music, by keeping time,
the organs of speech are kept in such
position that enunciation is easy. Ap-
ply the same rule to reading or speech
and the same result viii follow. Let
the stammerer take a sentence -say
this one: tLeander SWAN the Helles-
pont, and pronounce it by syllables,
scan it, keeping time with the finger if
necessary, letting each syllable occupy
the same time, thus - -'Le-an-der-swam-
the e-Hel-les-pont,' and he viii not stam-
mer. let him pronounce slowly at first,
then faster, but still keeping time
keeping time with words instead of syl-
1ables, and he viii be surprised to find
that, by aa very little practice, he viii
read without stammering, and nearly as
rapidly as persons ordinarily talk or
read. Then practice this in reading and
conversation until the habit is broken
up. Perseverance is all that is necessa-
~ to perform perfect cure"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03
on. the Girls !!

The girls IN the principal cities in
this country are, noted as follows GSi
Baltimore, the handsomest-
Boston, the most intellectual.
New York, the gayest and most ex-
pensiye in dress. sos
Washington, the most airy and super
fetal.
. Philadelphia, the most refined and
ladyl1ke.,
Chicago, the fastest and most dissipa-
ted. ,,.s lG a@
st. Louis, the most reckless. .,e,F
New Orleans, the most truthful.
Cincinnati, the sweetest and most
amiable. -.- 80.
~ Louisville, the proudest.
!, Detroit, the widest. i7a.t-t @-5
Cleveland, the most graceful and en-
tertaining in conversation.
San Francisco, the most indifferent.
Richmond, the most anxious to be
loved. K 80 ~
Mobile, the most liberal entertainers.
Hartford, the best musicians.
yg Buffalo, the dullest.
Rochester, the longest hair.
p The girl in the country as making
the best wife.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03
THE DREAMING BEECH.

More than hundred years have passed
since it was struck by lightning and split
from top to bottom, and the pillow has
well furrowed the place where it grew.
Before that time the mighty old beech
tree stood, some hundred yards from the
first houses of the village, on a grassy
mound, tree such as one never sees in
these days, because animals, plants,
trees, and men are becoming small and
mean.
The peasants said the tree dated from
the early Christian era, and that a holy
apostle had been massacred beneath. it
by the false heather that the roots of
the tree had drunk up the apostles
blood, which, rising through the trunk
and branches, had made them SO large
and strong. Who knows if the legend
he true Anyhow, there was certainly
one curious fact concerning the tree,
and everybody In the village knew about
it, small and great. Whoever fell asleep
under the tree and dreamt dream, that
dream would surely come true. So,
from time. .in1memoriaI, it was called the
Dreaming Beech, and no one knew it
by any ether name. There was, how
ever, peculiar condition attached to
the dreaming, and If anybody lay down
under the beech with the idea of dream
ing of some one particular thing, then
the dream was sure to be nothing but
confusion and rubbish and nonsense of
all sorts, of which no one could make
either head or tail. Now this was as
suredly rather a difficult stipulation, be-
cause most people are SO very likely to
think of what lies nearest the heart |;
consequently, at the time this story
commences not man or woman had
ever tried the plan with success. Still,
for all that, it was not to be denied but
that the tradition of the Dreaming Beech
was true. @--.S ~
One hot. summer day; when not q
breath of air stirred, a poor journeyman
came wandering along 9l1e road. Things
had gone very badly with him for many
years in foreign parts. When, he
reached the evIlage he turned his pockets
inside cut for the last time, but, alas
they We're empty. =
''What am to do ?'' he thought to
himself. 81 am tired to death, but no
is hard to beg" just then his eyes fell
upon the noble beech tree. ON the green
grassy slope and as it stood only few
yards from the road, he laid himself
down under it to rest. A gentle breeze
sprung up and : rustled among the
branches, whilst here and there a CLEAN
of glittering sunshine fell as the leaves
were moved, disclosing glimpses of the
deep blue sky beyond. Then the tired
wanderer closed his eyes and slept.
Whilst he was thus soundly sleeping, q
branch dropped from the beech tree,
with three leaves on it, which fell Just
on his breast He dreamt that he sat al
a table, in most cozy room and the
table was his own, and the room, and
indeed the whole house. At the table
leaning on it.with both hands, stood q
young woman, looking lovingly at him
and that was his wife. On his knees sal
child, whom he was feeding with soup
and because the soup was too hot, he
blew upon the spoon to cool it. Then
his wife cried out, laughingly, "What 6
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03

WHAT CoNsuMPTIvEs NEED.-The late
DIR. Marshall Hall, of England, said ::
=" If I were seriously i'll of consumption,
I would live out doors day and night,
except in rainy weather or mid-winter !;
then would sleep in an upholstered
Lighthouse. Physie has no nutriment,
gasping for air cannot cure you,
monkey-capers in gymnasium cannot
cure you, and stimulants cannot cure.
you. What consnmptives want is air, not
physic-pure air, not medicated air
plenty of meat and bread.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03
APArRoNyM1o ROMANCE. Thirty years

APATRoNYMIcR ROMANCE. Thirty years
ago, young man entered the city of New
Yorkin almost pennilesss condition, and
without a single acquaintance in the
great wilderness of houses. To-day his
name is known wherever humanity
breathes. It is spoken in every hamlet,
is heard in every city, and is as familiar
to the worker in the mines as to his
brother in the mills, and wherever Ian
guage is known and ideas expressed the
name of this penniless, unknown, and
uncouth lad of thirty years ago is ut
tered. 1t was John Smith. .r ,-
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03

A CURIOUS CLIMATE. The climate of
Peru is set forth by a correspondent as
Exceedingly peculiar and strange. It
never rains there, we are told, but dur
zing certain seasons, and when the at
mosphere is fiHedwith clouds az dew
falls so thick, heavy, and continuous
that twill saturate the heaviest clothing
in less than half an hour The scoms
ing and going of the clouds that distin
this .iseanother strange thing con
nected with Peru. The changes are re-
ported so rapid and violent as to startle
the stranger.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03

A CORRESPONDENT of the Practical
FARMER says: 81 have known many
men, and women, too, who from various
causes have become so, much affected
with nervousness that =. when they
stretched out their hands they shook
like aspen leaves on windy days !; and by
a daily, moderate use of the blanched
footstalks of celery leaves as salad,
they become strong and steady in limbs
as other people. I have known others
so very nervous that the least annoyance
put them in state of agitation-and
they were in almost constant perplexity
and fear-who were effectively cured by
daily moderate use Of blanched celery
as a salad at meal times. i have known
others cured by using celery for palpita-
tion of the heart"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03

A HEN SWALLOWS AN EAGLE.-As Mis-
souri, paper wants its readers to believe
that gold dollar was found in the crop
of a hen, which the misguided fowl had
swallowed before the firing upon Fort
Sumter. She failed TO make a "cors
ner" on her gold deposit, and finally
lost her life in trying to resume specie
payment.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03

il INFLUENCE, OF Sex ON CRIME.-An in,
vestigation into the nature aud cause of
crimes in Massachusetts has developed
the rather unpleasant; fact that q little
over seventy per cent. of the females ar
restedor imprisoned are guilty Of offences
against, morality, and that for every
100 men who have been sent to prison
1872 times, 100 females have been sent
there 342 times. The other day, wo-;
man was sent for the tenth time to the
House of Correction and one of the
Boston judges knows woman, a good
tailoress, who has been drunk nearly all
the time during the past fifteen years,
excepting during the months she was in
limbo. Woman should take her sex
bodily in hand and raise her in the social
scale. Perhaps the chief fault lies in
women, who are more susceptible to
temptation than men.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03
. RAIN AND SHINE.


Rain, rain rain, -
Ne sunFto be for many long day, l.r='t It.s
The fields Z erfect mortar, mire the highway,
Noehance for n crop OF rye,.wheet cornpr hay--
1t is rain, rain, nothing but rain
What will the poor former do 2ffi IL : Z
Why, sit the in house and sigh and repines
And pour out impatiehtl line upon line
OF prospective woes, should the sun not soon shine
That's what he's likely to do. 80
Shine, shine, shine,
No cloud to be seen for many long day, ~
The fields hard and dry the dusty highway,
No chance for a crop Of rye, wheat corn or hay
- 5 1t is shine, shine, nothing but shine! a.
What will the poor farmer do .f.-. 4
Why. wander about and moan and complain v &c
That work and no work are equally vain 80. = :,
Unless we have good shower Of rain-Jtt y ,
That's what he's likely to do. !;
Rain o shine, -----
We hear from too many the Ead, sad strain,
1t is nothing but shine nothing but rain, =
Roth equally death to the life of the grain,
.f And the cause of many whine. 5t-V i}s
What should the poor farmer do
Why smile when it shines and smile when tt rains,
And take il for granted from all his past gains,
That God knows what's best forall kinds Of grains
That's what he could and should do.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03

"A MAINE court has lately decided that
a railroad ticket is good for six years if
not used before the expiration of that
time,
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03

ONE of Byron's sons has turned up in
New York.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03

trate the strictness with which the
Cunard Steamship Line is managed:
The captain of one of their New York
ships having lately married, asked leave
to take his wife with him on one voyage.
This was granted, but, on going to take
command when the ship was ready for
sea, he found one of his brother captains
on board, from whom he learned that,
though the company had no objections
to his taking his wife to America, they
were not willing to trust him with the
ship, too.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-27
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.

Winter Arrangement, Commencing Dec.
,, 1S12.
Trains leave Portland for Bangor
Houton, Calais and st. John at Il rs
E-nIIu.1a. m. Qsleeping and day cars on this
train)
For Bath, Lewiston, Rockland and Augusta at 100
a. m.
For Bath, Lewiston, Rockland, Augusta, Readfield
Winthrop, Skowhegan Belfast, Bangor, st. John and
Halifax at 100 p. m.
For Lewiston, Bath and Augusta at 80 p. m
For Lewiston VIA Danvie at s rs p. m.
Trains are Due Mt Portland.
From Augusta. Bath and Lewiston at 9:45 a. M.
From st. John, Bangor, and North and East at
3:12 p. m.
From Augusta and Lewiston at 8 :35 p. m.
From St. John, Bangor, &C., at 20 a. m.
Through Tickets are sold in Portland and baggage
checked through to Houlton, Calais, st. John, Hall
fax, Dover, Foxcroft, Rockland, Sc.
L. L. LINCOLN, Acting Superintendent
Augusta, Nov 30. 1872. dec3tf
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-27
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA.
ALTERATION OF TRAINS.
WINTER GEMENT.


On and after Monday, Nov. 4th
sss. seaaas sseaaS Trains will run as follows:
ssr|-NW1 Passenger train for South Paris at
80 A. M; for Island Pond, Quebec
Montreal and the west at 13O P. NJ. Stopping at ali
stations.
Mail train stopping at all statious) for Island
Pond connecting with night mail train for Quebec
Montreal and the West.
Accommodation for South Paris and intermediate
stations at 500 p. NJ.
From Montreal, Quebec, Island Pond, Gorham
and South Paris at 2,5O P. NJ.
From So. Paris at 8. 20 A. NJ,
Pullman Palace Drawing Room and Sleeping Cars
are attached to the Mail Trains between Portland and
Montreal
Express trains run through to Montreal without
change Of cars al Island Pond.
The Company are not responsible for baggage to
any amount exceeding $50 value and that person-
aD unless notice is gven and paid for at the rate Of
one passenger tor every $500 additional value.
c. j. BRIDGES, Managing Director.
H. BAILEY. Local Superintendent.
Portland, June 20 1872. jun21tf
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-27
EASTERN AND PORTLAND, SACO, &
PORTSMOUTH r. r.
WINTER ARRANGEMEN ENT.
Commencing Monday, Dec. I'd, 1879.
Passenger trains leave Portland dali
for Portsmouth and Boston, Sun

ssssssaessssesfly for Portsmouth and Boston, Sun
E.Xrast-Wu5days exceptedl at *1.3O A. VI. TOO A.
NJ, 9.55 A. NJ, 1921 P. NJ, 6.45 P.
Leave Boston for Portsmouth and Portland at IL 80
A: NJ, 1880 A. NJ tl23OP. NJ, t3.l5P. NJ, As0oP. NJ.
Leave Portsmouth for Portland at 1000 A. Nj, ti0.
So A. NJ, 1870 p. NJ, f5.40 P. NJ, *1O05 p. NJ.
Leave Biddeford for Portland at sOOA. NJ, return
ing at 4.35 P. NJ.
*Pullman sleeping car express tram. n. 3. This
train runs Sunday Morning. does not run Monday
morning.
Accommodation train.
fast Express.
b5 The Pullman Sleeping Car Express Train ar
rives at and departs from the Depot of the Maine
Central Railroad in Portland
N. u. The 100 A. NJ, and 3.20, P. NJ. trains
from Portland, Liake close connections 10 New
York by one or other of -the routes from Boston,
Passengers ticketed through by either route
F. CHASE,
no30tf Supt. Portland Division.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-27
MEDICAL.
HEART -.
DISEASE

Is becoming very common IN every community and
the sudden deaths resul ing warn us to seek some re-
lief. The disease as une> many different firms
among viii We notice Polpitdtion' EniGraemenf.
Spasnls Ossifcdtion or Bong Formation ofihe Heart
rheumatism, General Ne6iiity, Vatei about he
Heart, Sinking ofthe Spirits Pains in the Side or
Chest Dilzzin SIS, Sluggish Circulation Of the blood
and Ifon,entaryS Stoppdge ofthe Actioa of the Heart
These forms of Heart Disease have been cured by
DIR. Graves Heart Regulator. and we do not
hesitate to say il will them again. Any form of
Heart Disease viii readily yield 10 its use, and we
have yet to learn of any where the Heart kegu-
ator has been taken properly and the party not re-
ceved marked benefit.
''ur agen', on application, will furnist, you wit
our crcnlar, giving full de escription Of the disease
and also a number OF testimonials of es; and II
you would like further proof fIom the parties who
have given the testimonials, write them and sec what
they say.
. We have sold many thousand bottles of the Heart
Regulator, and the demand is still increasing We
are confident We are doing the public benefit, and
ton.
The price Of the Heart Regulator is ONE DOL
LAR per Bottle and eau be obtained of any
DRUGGIST
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