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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-20
FROM MICHIGAN.
The Fruit RegiOn--Where the
Pines GrOW.-.Lumbcr Pros.
poets - Manufacturing Inter.
esis, Towns. Newspapers, &C.,
&c.
Especial Correspondence

On a pleasant morning, the latter
part of July, as the eastern bound
express came rushing into one of the
flourishing towns of Cedar county,
your correspondent happened to be
at the depot, valise in hand, already
for tramp. In response to the "all
aboard" of the conductor he got on.
His destination was anywhere and
nowhere. Like the patriarch Of old
he "went out, not knowing whittier
he went" Rest and recreation were
the objects Of his search, but just
where and in what way they were to
be found the future could alone de-
termine. Priceless boon of health!
who would not search for it through
the whole earth?
OF the ride to Chicago or Of the
city itself, it is needless to speak.
All the routes between Iowa and the
garden city are beaten tracks and
there is scarcely citizen in the State
who has not with his own eyes seen
this wonder of wonders among cities.
The recent fire there, with its great
district of blackened walls and DESC
lated streets, would be worthy of
mention were it not for the still
greater one before it. Now its mar
vels would be stale. Just what we
can not get used to and which will
not even become commonplace is not
known and can not be imagined.
A humorist once wrote from some
one of the sea side watering places
that the biggest thing he saw there
was the pond in front of it. To me
the object Of greatest interest at
Chicago was Lake Michigan. The
cool breezes blowing off of it seemed
to contain the elixir of life and the
stately and elegant steamers on its
smooth surface seemed to invite the
traveller to safe and luxurious
journey.
NY preference was first to take a
run up the western shore and visi,
some of the interesting places and
good people Of the Badger State, but
satisfactory arrangements for that
could not be made. So took pas
sage for Grand Haven, Mich, and
was soon sailing away to the north.
east leaving behind the hurry and
racket and din of the busy city. Fol
q long time we could see her spire.
and domes and as evening settled
down upon her, the light from hel
furnaces and myriad Of gas jets. NJ
one who sees Chicago from such +,
position will deny that she sits {
queen.
Grand Haven is in the border o
the famous fruit region OF Michigan
All kinds of fruit grow in abundance
though the region is more particular
" celebrated for its peaches. hat
no extended opportunity of seein,
the orchards or Of conversing witt
the proprietors; but few large or
chards were visible from the car
after leaving the city and the tree
were generally well laden with fruit
Those better informed than mysel
say that the yield this year will b
at least fair. The trees have nc
fully recovered from the effects {
the excessive cold of winter befor
last; but that winter here, as i
Iowa, was an exception. The fruit
growers in Michigan are not di.
: coursged by it and they ought nc
to be in Iowa,
i From Grand Haven connectie
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-20
Somebody who knows whereof h.

Somebody who knows whereof he
writes sends us the following de-
scription of the model drummer:
An advertisement in your city pa
per. 1t has most OF the merits and
none of the vices of the ''traveling
man." besides many advantages that
are entirely its own.
1t travels in all directions at once.
1t visits your customers once a
week.
1t interests them in your own town
and is building up the general pros
perity while it is faithfully transact.
ing your particular business.
It talks with thousands of tongues
and has the confidence Of it's hearers
1t doesn't get drunk.
1t doesn't play faro.
| 1t doesn't lie-very much.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-20

Colonel Congreve, the celebrated
inventor Of the destructive Congreve
rocket, was musical amateur, and
one day accompanied Madame Yes
iris, the great singer, to view a mon
ument that had been erected to the
memory of Purcell, the composer.
The colonel read aloud the epitaph
with good emphasis and modulation:
"He is gone to that place where
alone his harmony can be exceeded" ]"
Vestris Immediately cried out,
"La, Colonel. the same epitaph will
serve for you by merely altering
one ,cord, thus, He is gone to that
place where alone his .,ire-,oorks can
be exceeded"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-20
Song or the Elail.
BY J. T. TRowBRID6E.

In the autumn, when the hollews
All are filled with dying leaves,
And the colonies OF swallows
Omit the quantity succeed caves,
And silver mantle glistens
Over all the misty vale,
Sits the little wife and listens
To the beating OF the fail,
To the pounding Of the fail
BY her cradle sits and listens
To the tapping Of the fail
The bright summer days are over.
And her eye no longer sees
The red bloom upon the clover,
The deep green upon the trees;
Hushed the songs of finch and robin,
With the whistle Of the quail;
But she hears the mellow throbbing
OF the thunder Of the fail,
The low thunder of the fail
Through the amber air the throbbing
And reverberating fiail.
In the barn the stout young thresher
Stooping stands with rolled-up sleeves,
Beating out his golden treasure
From theripped and rustliny sheaves
Oh, was ever knight in armor-
Warrior all in shining mail
Half 80 handsome as her farmer
As he plies the flying fail,
As he wields the flashing fiails-
The bare throated, brown young farmer.
AZ he swings the sounding hails
All the hopes that saw the sowing,
All the sweet desire Of gain,
All the joy that watched the growing
And the yellowing Of the grain,
And the love that went to WOO her,
And the faith that shall not fail
All are speaking softly to her
In the pulses Of the fail,
Of the palpitating fail
Past and future whisper to her
In the music Of the fail
In its crib their babe is slcening,
And the sunshine from the door
All the afternoon Is creeping
Slowly round upon the floor;
And the shadows soon will darken,
And the daylight soon must pale,
When the wife no more shall hcarken
To the tramping Of the fail,
To the dancing of the fail
When her heart no more shall hearken
To the football Of the fail
And the babe shall grow and strengthen,
Be maiden, be wife,
While the moving shadows lengthen
Round the dial Of their life;
Theirs the trust OF friend and neighbor,
And an age serene and hale,
When machines shall do the labor
OF the strong arm and the fail,
OF the stout heart and the fail
Great machines perform the labor
OF the good old fashioned fail
But when, blessed among women,
And when, honored among men,
They look round them ;can the brmming
OF their utmost wishes then
Give them happiness completers
And can ease and wealth avail
To make any music sweeter
Than the pounding Of the fail,
Oh, the sounding Of the fail
Never music can be swecter
Than the beating of the fail.
-Harper's Magazim.
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MILLER HOUSE.
MILLER HOUSE.

p. MILLER, Proprietor. first class
- stopping place for boarders or travel
ers will be found at this Hotel, on Cedar st.,
Upton, Iowa.
Hacks leave the House daily for Wilton,
and semi-weekly for Davenport.
(1OOd StRbltng attached. 6tf
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POST HOUSE.

DYE. f. POST, CLARENCE, IOWA. A
% new Hotel throughout, convenient to
the depot and kept with the utmost regard
TO the comfort, convenience and satisfaction
NJ customers. vl7nl2
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c. p. SHELDON.

JUSTICE or THE PEACE. Collections.
~ and other business, promptly attended
a0.-Onnce with COunty Superintendent In
easement Ut Court dOuno. AIMS
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Physicians.
s. ENSIGN. II. n.
c. L. CHAMRERS. ii. D..

DH YSICIAN AND SURGEON. has prac.
u t4ced twenty Ave years In this vicinity,
and need only ASK . continuance Ofthe pub
0c confidence hitherto shown.
Once In City Drug store. Residence ON
Cedar st., opposite Reformed church, Upton,
Iowa. v1Onl
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NEWCOMB HOUSE,

rORNER Main and Second Streets,
~ DAVENPORT, Iowa.
A nrst class Hotel, conveniently situated
In the heart OF the city. Free bus to all
trains and boats.
ely DANIEL GOULD, Proprietor.
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JAS. l.. ROWELL,

SAOs /s AoO ~ Os/ASs
IEWELER. Dealer In Clocks, Watches,
y yewelry. silver and Plated Ware. Books
and Stationery. Also News Depot. All the
tcAAlng AagAxlnss and Dailies kept con.
staatly on hand. Store ON Cedar street. one
ooor south Of City Hall. Upton. Iowa. ls-f
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PALMER HOu&E

AIRS. MARY PALMER, Proprieiress.
N Boarders and the Travelling Public
viii hnd everything for their com fort Mt this
House. Good meals. comfortable rooms
and beds. One block east Of north side
Monument Square. Upton, Iowa.
GOotl Stabling attached. Aft
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-05
Clothes on Fire.

It is useless to tell victim to do this
or do that, or call for water. In fact, it
is generally best not to say a word, but
to seize blanket or any woolen fabric
If none is at hand, take any woelen
material hold the corners as far apart
as you can, stretch them out higher
than your head, and running bodily to
the person, make motion of clasping
in the arms, mostly about the shoulders.
This instantly smothers the fire and saves
the face. The next instant immerse
the burnt part in cold water, and all
pain will cease with the rapidity OF
lightning. Next get some -four If pos.
sible put the patient in bed, and do all
that is possible to soothe until the ply
sician arrives. Let the -four remain
until it falls off itself, when beautiful
new skin can be found. Unless the
burns are deep, no other applications
are needed. The dry -four for burns
is the most admirable remedy ever pro-
posed, and the information ought to be
impaired to all. The principal Of its
action is that, like the water, it causes
instant and perfect relief from pain by
totally excluding the air from the in
jured parts. r., y.r ..
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-05
Will Wonders Never Cease ?

When DIR. Walker proclaimed that
he had produced fir m the medicinal
herbs of California an Elixir that would
regenerate the sinking system and cure
every form of disease not organic, the
incredulous shook their heads. Yet his
VINEGAR BIrTERs is now the Standard
Restorative OF the Western World. Un-
der the operation of the new remedy,
Dyspeptics regain their health /; the
Bilious and Constipated are relieved OF
every distressing symptom the Con-
sumptive and Rheumatic rapidly re-
cover; Intermittent and Remittent
Fevers are broken the hereditary taint
of Scrofula is eradicated Skepticism
is routed, and this wonderful prepara-
ton is to-day the most popular Tonic,
Alternative, and Blood Depurent ever
advertised in America. We don't sell
Rum under the guise Of medicine. We
advertise and sell a pure medicine
which will stand analysis by any chemist
in the country.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-05
A Very Valuable Work.

History Of the Grange Movement, or the
Farmers War against Monopolies." Being
full and authentic account Of the strug-
giles of the American farmers against the
extortions Of the Railroad Companies.
With History Of the Rise and Progress OF
the Order of Patrons Of Husbandry. Pub
lished by the NATIONAL PUBLISHING Co,
Philadelphia.
The most remarkable and powerful
movement of the present day is, un-
questionably, the War which the Farm
ers are waging against the Monopo-
lies of all kinds that have for 30 long
been robbing the people and expressing
the toiling portion of our community.
The work begins with the causes
which have aroused the American peo-
pie against the monopolists, and treats
of the railroad system Of the country,
it's growth, actual condition and pros
poets. It then shows how this noble
system has been perverted to further
the ends of selfish capitalists and rail
road directors, who seek to gain at the
expense of the community; and we are
given terrible and thrilling account
of the crimes and frauds of the railroad
corporations of to-day. The author
wields fearless and vigorous pen, and
points out the evils Nhich this selfish
greed has entailed upon us. He shows
how the great corporations have been
able to control the whole country how
they have robbed the nation, and cor
rupted our Congress, State Legisla-
tures, and Courts of Justice.
Passing from the Monopolists and
their outrages, the author tales up the
cause of the wrouged and oppressed
farmers, and gives us detailed state
ment of these evils from which the farm
ing class is suffering. He analyzes
skillfully the causes of the evils, and
shows how and by whom the farmers
are robbed.
A considerable portion of the work is
devoted to history of the Order Of
Patrons of Husbandry. A complete &C.
count OF the organization and objects of
the order is given; its laws and mode OF
procedure are stated; and each feature
is explained at length.
It is decidedly the most interesting
and useful volume of the day, and as it
comes at O time when the whole country
is suffering intensely from the effects of
the evils it denounces, cannot fail to
have a tremendous sale. It is an ably
written book, and bold and vigorous
plea in behalf of the farmers and all
who are oppressed and robbed by the
grasping Monopolies which are causing
so much trouble.
The book is sold by subscription only,
and the publishers wantagents in every
county. See advertisement in another
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-05
A Good Thing.

Some experiments have been made,
recently, in England with an apparatus
termed the aerophore. This invention,
it is claimed, will enable miner to
penetrate at once, and to a great dis
tance, into pit filled with chokedamp.
to remain there several hours, to carry
his lamp with him without danger, and
without depriving him of the free use
of his arms. To prove these positive
assertions the inventor, armed with his
apparatus, entered small hut which
had been filled with q mixture of sui.
phurons and carbonic acid gases, and
remained there about twenty minutes.
While in the hut he constructed box,
to show the freedom of the arms. II
was claimed that it would have been q
good box if the hammer used had not
been spoiled by the excessive amount
of sulphur.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-05
A Kings Household.

The King of the Ashantees, CORE
spondent says, possesses numerous
harem, like the sable monarch of Da.
honey. He is privileged to marry as
many as he pleases; for even in Asian
tee the King can do no wrong or tres
pass on any law. L should fear to say
how many wives he has married, for we
shall probably know the exact number
by and by +; but he can take his pick out
of the noblest, the fairest and best in
the land, after which it is certain death
for any other man in Ashantee to look
on her face, for she is the Kings. The
harem is iealously guarded in a quarter
of the palace overlooking the palace
gardens by a body of $50 eunuchs. II
must not be supposed, however, that
the rights of ordinary women are cur.
tailed thus in the households OF all
but the King the women are at liberty
to stare and be stared at, to talk with
any man or be talked with.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-05
The Arms Of tn Ashantees.

The arms of the Ashantee soldiers,
now at war with England, consist Of
long five foot Danish guns (fint locks),
though many are also found with blum
derbusses. The cartridge boxes serve
as girdles, the leather or wooden cups
into which the powder is poured being
seyed on a belt, the two ends of which
are either tied with leather thong or
buckled in front. The bullets or iron
slugs are in small leather pouch, slung
over the shoulder. This pouch, some
times found on the dead Ashantees, is
generally found to contain as miscel-
]aneous set of articles as may be seen
in any Jack Tar's box or bag. Bark
thread, bark waste probably for wad-
ding, dark, queer-looking stones, an
assortment of dark-colored beans, a
stale piece of yam or manioc, piece of
chew-stick, a handful or so of small
shells, and other extraordinary articles,
represent what an AshaAtee's pouch
contains on the battle field. Any OF
your readers who may have seen a Greek
brigand's, an Albanian's, a Kurd's, or a
Bedouin's cartridge box may guess at
once what kind of a cartridge box the
Ashantees use. They undoubtedly
derive their notions of the utility Of
such thing from the trading Tuaregs
of Timbuctoo. You need not wonder,
then, at the very few severe wounds in
ficted upon the English despite the
very many splendid opportunities the
ambushed Ashantees have had to infict
Instantaneous death. The powder is
thrown loosely into the barrel, and, be-
ing often withous wadding material, the
bullets or slugs of iron, or handfuls of
snail shells, or n piece Of unsmelted
iron ore, are dropped on the loose pow.
der, and the loose charge is thus fired
when only few feet from their foes.
Hence We need not wonder that so few
fatal wounds have been received by the
English.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-05
The Cost of a Congressman's Death.

The death of member is something
of n perquisite, custom having estab-
lished the usage of maintaining sort
of professional mourning on the part
of the House, something after the style
of the hired mourners of England and
Scotland. If member dies at Wash
ington, the Sergeant-at-Arms may pay
the landlord of his hotel 800 for hav-
ing granted the privilege of death in
his house. Six stalwart men must
then watch, with two reliefs, by his
bed during the period that the body is
in the custody of the house. Better
for some of the dead that they had been
more closely watched before they left
the legislative halls. Deputies must
attend the body to its destination in
the State of the deceased, unless the
friends claim the right of burial IN the
Congressional Burying ground. Alto
gether, and / have definite case II
mind, it costs about 81, 200 to bury c
Congressman decently who dies ir
Washington. The funeral expenses
cost little more than the back-pay
for one year. Perhaps the back-pay
will serve as funeral expenses for some
without the benefit of clergy. Gentle
men, watch-dogs of the Treasury
anxious to practice economy, would dc
their constituency and the country 6
service by dying at home.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-05
A Catastrophe.

1t is rarely a man in descending q
back stairway with an armful of things,
and having to open door at the foot,
leans against the door while doing it.
The performance is so devoid of inter
est as to not admit of repetition, but it
sometimes happens, and this was the
case on Friday with Mr.. Briggs, of Elm
street. He had had little social
gathering the night before, and was
now returning few articles borrowed
from the family on the first floor below.
He had tin pail full of goblets and
preserve dishes and one armful Of
plates. He set the pail on the stairs to
free one of his hands, and pressed his
knees against it to keep it from sliding
of. This movement caused him to
press rather heavily against the door,
but he either did not notice it. or believed
that he was leaning against the wall.
So in this ignorance or confidence he
raised the latch, and Immediately went
plunging down two steps and into the
room below, dragging the crockery and
glass ware after him, and making the
most frantic but hopeless efforts to
catch himself. 1t unfortunately hap
pened at this juncture that the down
stairs lady was in the act of crossing
the room with a pot of coffee and q
platter of buekwheat cakes, and had
Just time to incline her head toward
the opening door when the catastrophe
was upon her, and she went down in
heap, covering herself with hot buck
wheat cakes, and her unfortunate caller
with hot coffee. The terrible crash
brought every other occupant OF the
house to the rescue, but they were not
needed. The temperature of the cakes
and coffee was of such degree as to
stimulate the unfortunates to help
themselves, and they were on their feet
in an instant. The lady was led into
another room and had her head rubbed,
while Mr.. Briggs, declining the con-
ISOLATION of a quart bottle Of camphor,
most admirable remedy in case of
scald, and the advice of his wife's
mother to let her see where he was
hurt, at once shot into the cellar, and
barring the door behind him, remained
there in gloomy contemplation for two
whole hours, despite the warnings Of
his wife through the key-hole that he
would catch his death of cold.-Dan-
6t,y NelUS.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-05
Heroic Women.

The London Times mentions that
two remarkable cases of courage and
presence of mind on the part of girls
have just been brought before the Royal
Humane Society. The first case was
that of Miss Olivia Georgiana E. Maude.
She saved lhe life of a girl named Adele
Greaven, who sank while bathing at Sea
Point, Mouktown, under the following
circumstances Miss Maude and her
sister, who had themselves been bath
ing, were dressed and sitting on the
rocks watching the other bathers, when
their attention was aroused by an alarm
ing outcry-a girl had disappeared in
deep water. No assistance was at hand.
no boat or ropes, and even the usual
attendants were absent or otherwise
engaged. The child soon rose to the
surface, but, unable to swim, sank
again. She rose q second time, and
the bystanders and bathing women,
thoroughly alarmed and crying for as
sistance, were shocked at perceiving
that the child's bathing dress had got
over her face and head, and that her
arms were entangled in it. At this
moment Miss Maude leaped into the
deep water, dressed as she was, with
out even taking time to remove her
watch, caught the child as she was dis
appearing the third time, and took her
safely to shore. The other case was
that of Miss Mary Kerridge, who saved
a lad of fifteen named Stewart, who
sank while bathing at Wentworth, New
South Wales. The boy had gone with
q companion to bathe in the River Dar-
ling, and was carried by a strong cur
rent into deep water. Neither he nor
his companion could swim, and he cried
loudly for help. Miss Kerridge was
about one hundred yards off, and,
hearing the boys cries, run as fast as
she could to the spot, plunged into the
river with all her clothes on and caught
the lad as he rose the third time. After
considerable difficulty, owing to the
rapidity of the'current, having only one
hand at liberty, and her efforts being
impeded by the weight of her clothes,
she ultimately succeeded in placing the
lad in safety. The Royal Humane So
ciety bestowed medals for saving life,
with suitable testimonials, on each OF
the young ladies.