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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-08-20
VOL. XIX---NO. 33.
Startling Depreciation In Value.

very intelligent old darkey was met
by an ante-bellum friend the oil,er day for
the first time since the war, and the old
mans delight in seeing one of Massu's
Ticker friends in old times was unbound
ed After hearty hand sinking and n
protracted laugh peculiar to the Southern
dnrkey, the gentleman asked:
"Well, Uncle Joe, how urer yon getting
along i'll the world 2"
"Sortcr slow, Marsc---. Been had rheu
matiz right smart lately, and things nint
gone Zactly right no how" replied the
darkey.
"A great many changes have tax en- placc
since l last saw you, Uncle Joe. Dcatl,
mas taken your. old master AWAY
'he family ale scattered about the four
Quarters OF the globe, the farm is divided
up ana strangers occupy the old house.
!, makes one feel right sad, Uncle Joe, to
tlilnk OF the changes Tint have he,,,
wrought by old Father Time"
laas, replied Uncle Joe. You mem
Der when was slave worked hard at
oaa Times, and made money huff to buy
myself. paid old massa 81 900 for NV
les, SAID Mr.. ~ remember it,"
wish had dat money now, Unused the
old darkey. ''''' v '"'
"Well, yes, replied Mr.. -; ait would
DC quite a fortune for you"
Lots o. fortune, Sar," said the old mun
mourniully; "and every time think about
II KINDER rue de bargain. Niger was
wult Thousand dollars then, but now he
am wuif cnss. Mighty changes in dis
world, massa"
How KID GLOVES ARE MApr-I, c.r-
tam parts Of Europe the rearing of kids
for the sake OF their skins is an Important
business, those which command the highest
prices, and are regarded as superior io nil
Others, being the French, called in the mar
ket Pedue natiOnales. By some the Ana
quality OF those skins is attributed TO n
peculiar virtue in the wild vines mon
which the young ones feed ia the nasturave
winch they frequent; this, however, being
a popular error, rs their value is simply
the result Of the care with which the little
animals are reared during their life of
Tour or hve weeks. They are not allowed
10 roam at large, as such a license would
lmperll the evenness of their skins, which
would become scratched by rubbing
against stones, Or passing through hedges.
They are, besides, deprived of ali food ex.
cept milk, as eating grass would tend to
make thelr skins course. Consequently
they are kept under wicker coop, from
which, ut regular hours they are led to
suckle the mother, and this continues un-
I'll they are killed, at the end of four or
1--WE weeks. The younger they are killed
the thinner the skin, but, of course, the
smaller 'hey are the less valuable, too, es-
pecially when they are only large enough
to allow of sinsle-buttoned gloves, while
the demand is all for two, three and four
buttoncd gloves. BY rearing the kids in
the manner just described, large skins arc
obtained, which are as fine and delicate as
those OF younger ones of other countries
where they roam at liberty. AS France pro-
duces the best skins, so Paris excels all
places in France where gloves are manu-
factured, and an adept in the trade can
select Paris glove from among hun
dreds made elsewhere.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-14
Care OF the Feet.

Concerning this subject, the Scie,,-
tfc Amer,can very truly says:
MANY are careless in the keeping of
the feet. If they wash them once a
week they think they are doing well.
They do not consider that the largest
pores arc loca'ed in he bottom of
the foot, and that the most offensive
matter is discharged through the
pores. They wear stockings from
the beginning TO the end of the week
without change, which become per-
fectly sal turated with offensive mat
ter. Ill health is generated by such
treatment of the feet. The pores are
not repellants, but absorbents. and
this fetId matter, to greater or less
extent, is taken back into the system.
The feet should be washed every
day with pure water only, as well as
the arlnpits, from which an offensive
odor is also emitted, unless daily
ablutlon Is practiced. Stockings
should not be worn more than day
or two at time. They may b-
worn one day, and then aired and
summed and worn another day, ii
necessary"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-14
The G. e. 4 w. Troubles.

! Here's more railroad trouble, and
The Chicago, Clinton and Western
Railway Company, the Iowa South
western Railway Construction Com
pany, and MrJ f.. Hinkley. are in it
up to their necks. Our Davenport
readers will regret this. Yester.
lav Wallbaum, Bridges & Co. filed,
I in the Dis'ricr Court for Scott Coun-
", mechanics lien on the above
named railroad, stating tina, since the
lst day Of January, 1875. they have
furnished and delivered materials,
work and labor, in gruhbing, grad.
ing, bridge building and track laying,
to the amount and value of 100000,
for and upon the railroad, and all the
cash they have received has been
elscep thousand FIRE hundred dollars,
leaving balance Of s4S.500 due to
said contractors. Aud SO they claim
a lien upon the premises and all
the property composing the CON-
paws line-commencing in Clinton
township, Clinton county, and run
ming south and southwest through
the townships Of Cliuton, Camanche
ami Eden, in that county; the town
ships Of Butler, Winfield, Aliens
Grove and Liberty, in the county OF
Scott; the townships of Inland and
Center, to the town of Upton, in Ce-
dar county. thence south and south
west through the counties Of c. dar
and Johnson to Iowa CRY, and
through the counri"s of Johnson, To-
wa. keolSuls, aud Mahaska, in Iowa,
and thence sonthwes'erly TO the city
of st Joseph, Missouri. This
description is somewhat impor-
tant as giving the proposed route Of
The line after leaving Iowa City.
And then another lien on the same
road, was flied at the same time by
Contractors Downev & Wright, who
claim pay for grading the road bed,
under Wallabanm, Bridges & Co.,
the sum of s.,95l63--lhey having
done work 10 the amount of So, ,40?.-
60, aud received si5l OF.
OF course these movements on The
part of the contractors have the ef-
feet Of retarding the work on the line.
In fact. we see it stated that work
has been suspended, that four hun
drea men have been discharged, and
that Mr.. Bridges says the work will
not be resumed until Mr.. Hinckley
caii al id>t Some difficulties he has
had with one Of the railroads with
which he is connected. Ii is very
likel y that nothing more will he done
uutlI spring. The track is laid for a
distance ol seventeen miles from
- Daea,oH Gazstte, lst
i9SS
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-14
4 frue Story OF Two Homes.

II is no 50 much the amount of
monev man earns, but the way he
| spends it, which solves the problem
as to whether he has happy home
or not. A and B have an equal SAL
airy of $3.50 per month. One has a
prettily furnished house, a comforta-
BILE table, bis wife and children ere
respectfully dressed, they all move
IN decent society, occupy pew IN
some church, and have monthly
credits with the merchants with
whom they trade. The other, with
his wife aud children. have uncom-
Portable quarters in some boarding
house; the wife is shut out from
society; she is not properly clothed
for the ditfereut seasons; she is never
seen al any place Of public amuse-
ment with the children; she rarely
vets 60 church, aod all rhe domestic
life OF the family is nothing more nor
less than miniature hell; and, in
numerous instances, strange as it
may seem, that one who suffers has
quite rs good canaeltieS as the one
who prospers. The whole secret of
the d ference Is the way they use
their money. For every cent that A
puts out he gets something for his
family. To illustrate: b spends
fifty cents a day for cigars aud to-
Daeco; fifty cents day for drinks,
aud fl y cents day for lunches,
billiards, car fare, etc. Then afer
he has paid his monthly board, wash
bills, etc, he hasn't got a cent left,
nor the slightest thing on earth to
show for his money. II lives for no
other purpose than TO distribute his
hard earned money in saloons, res
tanrants and to boarding house
keepers. Il is dreadful way of
spending ones life, but hundreds do
it. L is true that fifty cents will
buy FIVE cigars or ten glasses of beer.
1t will also buy two pairs of sfock-
ings, two linen collars. pair OF
gloves, TWO pairs of pocket handker-
Gib NhiIob5 pthtt Ahiu-S vic
wise man gets them; the fool goes
looking shabby. Fifty cents will
pay for two games OF billiards, and it
will buy quart of milk, a loaf OF
bread. poand OF sugar, quart Of
berries and quarter Of a pound of
butter. The fool plays Billiards, and |
the wise mars wife AMI baby have
q good breakfast. II hrraks i've
dollar bill in saloon, and before h..
can say Jack Il bins ,n every cent of
il is = ne somewhere, where he ctn't /
tell, but the most Of il IN treats 10 |
worthless companions. 4 takes his
FIVE dollars and gets his wife a pair
of slippers, a collar and pair Of I
cuffs, new summer dress, a few lit
tie ribbons. and pound Of candy
no man, hy the way, can expect to
be thoroughly happy unless he buys
his wife candy occasionally. We
have said enough t. illustrate how
napp pness comes from the proper use
of money, and how sure misery is 10
follow perverted use of it.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-14
american Cattle In london.

Mach interest was created in the
live cattle market yesterday by the
presence of several salable fat be asts
from New York Considering they
had journeyed about 5000 miles by
sea, aid that on their reception al
the port OF London they were very
rudely treated, they were in mar.
vellously good condition. The cat
tie arrived in the docks on Monday
week, all sound, with the exception
of one which had suffered severe
battina and cruising. The inspector
declined 10 allow any of them to pass
until he had examined the one that
showed symptoms of injury. This
he did not do at once. He waited
until the following day, the result
being that the uninjnred thirty seven
(thirty-eight being landed) were
kept until Wednesday in space not
sufficient TO accommodate half tina,
number. Then it was v.terinarily
declared that the animal supposed to
be affected with chronic disease was
all right, and it was sent up to the
shambles to have the small offal con-
demned: the meat, however, being
passed, and the others permitted to
90 at loss to their owners Of q,
least a couple of pounds per head
Still they handled admirably, and the
prices realised showed that they
must have been extremely good ere
they started on their long and
"parlous" journey, a, they made
from f28 to e36 a head, good price
even in this day of "dear meat"
The great fact to be noted is this,
that animals can be brought long dis
tances by sea without suffering much
deterioration, in well appointed yes
sells. The question to be considered
is whether the freightage may not
absorb the proft.-Lonaon 4aoer-
tiser.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-14
The Thrilling Fix Of n Subma-
ritn Diver


A few da,s since there died in a
smaH house near the foot OF Fourth
street, San Francisco, a man named
William Cortigan. He was diver,
better known along the wharres as
"On Deck, a title given him from
u fashioa he bad Of using this ex-
preston when sup in the wini,' a
condition unhappily too frequent for
his own good The Ledger of that
city saws of him:
"On Deck has led an eventful life.
A sailor in youth, DIVER in manhood,
and "ne'er do-weei' il old age, he
saw more than falls to the lot Of most
men. He came u California IL early
times, and was the hero oi shark
story, remarkable as the ohly one
having truth Tor foundation native to
our harbor borne. In 1851, James
Carton, stevclore, while warping the
ship Grnesre t. berth off Market
street wharf, lost an anchor. "On
Deck was he only diver, except Bill
Ma the0s. then known in the city.
and was sent for 10 recover the an
chor.
'.On p cll" complied, and while SO
engaged noticed a shark lowering
few teet above hun, evidently OBJ
serving his movements. The fish
was st least eighteen feet long, and
WAS known as the bottle 'nose," one
of the most voacious 81 the shark
kind, The discovery ma uraily alarm
ed the diver. He had found the an
chor, made q cable fast TO it, and was
abou; ascending when the appear.
ance OF the shark made h m pause.
He had heard that sharks did not
modest men III armor. Hc doubted
this. and did not feel like risking the
experiment. He moved few PAGES
from he anchor~-the shark moved too.
He returned TO his former place
the shark followed. He was evident
ly, to use his own words "spotted by
the bottle.nos for his SUPPER and,
unless signally favored, would fall
victim to its voracltv. lie hardly
knew how TO act, when he thongh
Of the cut,le fish; how thai singular
creature often csc ,pes its enemies by
daikrHing the water with an inky
liquor elected from its body.
He accordingly stirred up the mud
at he bottom TIL the water darken-
ed around him, cast off his weights
aud signaled the men to haul him up
Immediately, but did not entirely es-
cape. The shark snapped at him as
he ascendea AMI three Of his toes
We're taken of. A little more and
his foot would have gone, stout
boot only saving it. The happy
thought of mnadying the wafer saw
ed b ! life.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-14
How II Will County Farmer
Answered a question.

"W ould you sell your farm. now
worth $4,000 n paper currency, for
$4,000 in gold, if you could get it"'
asked soft money inhstionist Of a
hard money farmer of Will county,
the other day
If the $4,000 in gold would have
The same purchasing value as the
$4,000 in paper-curreucy. | certain
ly would" was the farmers reply.
That Is, he went on ia saw. "if 81
in gold will purchase the same guam
titv OF groceries. cloth or other nee.
essary commodity as So paper curren-
cy would purchase, | don't see why
the one gold dollar isn't worth ex.
actly as much as the pieces Of paper
that are called two dollars
"ies, but there is an If there"
said the mii.tlonist. "lou say It
the gold dollar was worth AS much as
The paper dollars; but it isn't. you
know"
True, it isn't-but ] merely an,
swered your quest on, responded the
farmer. AT the same time there is
no II in the fact that a gold dollar is
to-day worth /. cents more than
greenback dellar, a',d if you persist
IN increasing The volume Of our pa
per currency aud running i, without
bringing 10 goli basis, which is the
only true basi., Of money and the
only real standard OF value the who'e
world over, it will be no fault Of
yours if in time the purchasing pow
er of $4,000 IN paper money does
not become equal to that OF s., 900 in
specie. The thlng is as plain as that
wart on your nose, that the more Of
this irrrdeemable currency YOU issue,
the less it will be worth. The green
back is good as far as it goes, but
base II upon gold and make it equal
to gold III value, as gradually we can
dc, wouldn't it be much better?
What is he use OF insisting upon
having a appreciated currency when
it is possible aud desirable TO make
the same currency worth par 7 1t
isn't the gold itself that we want, bur
a currency that is as good as the
gold"
"Well," muttered the inaatjorist,
lust wait I'LL you hear from the
Ohio election
Il think" concluded the farmer.
whipping mp his horses, "Yoa won't
hear that kind Of news from Ohio |
that you expect; at all events. don't
sec how that could change the fact |
that the greenbacl dollar Of to-day
should he made worth as much as
4 gold dollar just as soon as
possible. U,der your ptper-mouey
imitation theory il never would and |
nev should be worth as much.'
The Wills county farmer was ev,-
lenlly thinking man, and knew
what he was talking about Chicago |
Journal. /
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-14
The Death Of American ss;ri.

The New York Uerald Of Sunday
has the following telegram from Ell.
mira, giving the particulars Of the
death at that place Saturday, Of the
famous ,rotrer American Gsrl:
The famous troslps mare Ameri-
can Girl fell dead this afternoon in
the first heat Of the 'Hree for all race, +"
on the Elmira Driving PaE She
was driven by John l.. D Is ana APP
peared at the stat to be in the very
best condition. The horses were
scored number ot times before they
got the word. Tie Girl ut the first
turn was well in front, but here her
driver noticed ths, She seemed to be
giving out and let her head loose.
She kept staggering for an eiyhth Of
mile, and Al the quar- er pole fell
aud died instantly without struggle.
She dropped to the ground very
easily, with her shoulder against the
fence. The incident cxcited a great
deal Of sympathy, rs the mare was h
tavorlte hero, al bad been the chief
attraction for ,he races to-day. 4
singular Circumstance in the matter
was that from the grand stand a
rainbow could be seen, the end of
which appeared as if it fell upon be
head Of he dying horse. The band
played a funeral dirge as soon as the
dealh was made known.
American Girl was owned by VIII
liam Lowell, of New York, ana was
valued at $4,000, which sum hal
been offered for Ter OILY last week.
Ben Made,-lt IS said, was this morn
ing willing to give $4,000 for her,
which sum was refused. She was a
handsome bay, with black points, by
Ca,sias NJ. Clay, Jr. and - years
old. Her races have been without
number, and. when in condition, she
was always dangerous to The best,
and not until within very few
wears did she have anv superior. OF
quite fine form and l6 hands high,
The Girl always commanded attcn-
ton For long time she has been
troubled with SPAWN, but, being re,
peatedly fred and blistcred, it was
! honght that this year she was as
good as ever. The turf, in the deaf h
of the Gill, loses one of ITS best per
formers.
The Elmira Driving Pak A<socla-
tion propose, should the body be left
there, 10 erect 81 600 monument to
the memory of American Girl.
There was 10 insufa ance on the mare.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-14
TWO FACES.

BY MRS. r. 4. FERCr.
Ihave SO strange thing to tell.
Tou hardly will believe 1t;
But - II Is the very truth
Ihope you'll so receive it.
It's Of little girl know
Who has two different faces,
And yet they'r not, as you might think,
In two quite separate places.
No, both Of them are In one place,
Quite close to one another;
But still when one Of them you see
You cannot see the other
by some strange trick this little lass
Keeps one face always hidden,
And only that ono comes In sight
Which by her will is bidien.
There's one Of them that aeems TO me
The loveliest Of faces;
IT'S beautiful to loe 4 upon
And full Of charming sraees,
So fair and sweet and kind it is,
So cheerful, bright and sunny,
lwould not sell that precious face
For whole world Of money
This face my lassie wears
When she Is good and pleasant;
And oh! how glad always am
When that dear face is present
Such delightful thing il is,
Iwish 'twould stay forever.
And then the other face she has
Would come before me never
For that's the face we always see
When she IL cross and fretful;
And when Of all her pleasant looks
She seems to be forgetful,
And bids the naughty face appear,
So dark and so uncheerful;
So puckcred up with scowis and frown.,
To LOOK at 1t Is fearful
Ohl how wish this gloomy face
She could keep always hidden,
And that for 1t to come to sight
Would be thing forbiddenl.
All! then should not care 50 much,
Though she did have two faces,
II never Of the ugly one
Could see any traces.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-14
The English Agricultural Gazette
SAYS: "a Journey across England a,

The English agricultural Gazette
SAYS: "a journey across England a,
two points, up and down almost its
entire length, during the past fort
night, confirm the returns before re-
ceived in regard to the crops. There
can be no doubt that the principal
grain crop Of this country is this
year considerably below an average.
A dirtier 10, of wheat fields, more
knocked about and laid, dusky,
stsined, and often prema,urely dead,
than are to be seen just now all
through Staffordshire and Warwick
shire. SO far as they are commanded
by the lines OF railway, are rarely
witnessed. The returns from south
ern counties do not describe a much
better fortune there. o. the returns,
upon the whole, 36 per cent. declare
wheat to be an average crop; 57&
per cent. put it below al average"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-14
The Country the Place for Me-
ctianics.

The demand for mechanics in
country places is always growing.
i Is q mistake 10 suppose that car
pen,ers, brick.iayers, and masons
need to crowd into city to find em.
ployment. Ia the country, where q
mechanic can have few acres of
land, upon which he may spenl part
Of his time not otherwise occupied,
he need never be short of work. He
can keep horse, and ride to his
work, losing less time in doing SO
than if he lived in a city. He can
keep a cow, some pigs, and fowls,
and raise, with the help of his chill
areo, a large share Of his supplies.
III family will have better health,
AID enjoy themselves much more
thai IN the crowded city, having
flowers and garden To amuse
them, They may dress less ex-
gcnsiycly, Will wear out fewer clothes,
and the rent will not have to be pro-
viied for every month, or if it does,
il will be bat a triile compared with
city rents. Farmers everywhere are
improving their buildings, putting
mp better barns and fences, aud com
petent country mechanics can pro-
cure prof able Jobs, and do the work
al much cheaper rates than in cities.
Oae well-hnished job brings others;
for nothing IS 50 catching as improve
ment, aud our experience has been
hat m'ny farmers do without new
barns or houses, because of the diff
hcaIty ot procuring competent me-
chaujes at a reasonable price. There
are very few good farmers now, in
the east or the west. who are not
able to have good farm buildings;
and at the present time village me-
chlnics have more steady employ
mnn', ana can save more money, il
they earn less, than those who work
in the citics.-1mtrican dQricnk
tYri2t
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-14

A slab of quartz rock was recently
shipped from the Green mine, New,
contsining more than two square
feet, through which there was .
streak abont four inches wide that
was nearly or quite one-half gold.
The piece WAS estimated to be worth
at leasf 81 800. az
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-14

The Eastern Iowa Horticultural
Society will hold its annual meeting
At Clinton, on the first Thursday in
December, and continue three days
Many eminent horticulturists have
consented 10 be with and read all
essay at the meeting.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-14

Nitro g ycerine is formed by the
action OF nitric acid upon qlycerne at
low temperature. The process cun-
ssts essentially in the slow mixture
of glecerine with the acid, every.
thing being packed In ice thro lghout
the operation, and ,hen in washing
the nitro glycerine from the excess of
acid with water. During the pro-
cess, irritating fumes are given oft il
large quantities. tThe workman re-
semble skeletons, they are SO un-
healthy.) When it is at last washed
and ready for use, nitro glycerine is
an oily liquid having a specific grav-
ity of 6. Freshly made it is creamy
white and Opaque. After prolonged
contact with the atmosphere it clears
and becomes Of a transparent amber
color. II has sweet aromatic taste,
and produces a violent headache il
placed upon the tongue or even al
lowed 10 touch the skin, though
workmen and miners who are con-
stanrly using it soon get rid OF this.
Al 800 to 400 Fahrenheit it freezes
to white crystalline mass. When
frozen it cannot be fired, and it is
only safe during transportation when
frozen.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-14
G. Z. CHAuDERs. m. D..

DHYslC1AN AND sURGEON, has prac-
is heedtwenty-1yey yeAn In this vicinity,
and need OILY ask a continuance OF the pub
nc Hcc0nndence hitherto shown.
once In City Drug Store. Residence on
Cedar st.. opposite Reformed church, Tiptou,
Iowa. v9Jnl