The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-10-12

The coins lately found near Jerusa-
lem are sbekeis aud half shekels OF
Judea. silver, with . cup Of mamma on
one side and on the other the budding
rod. The date l. IA yean B. c.
A society Il being organized in Lon
don for the purpre Of stocking unin-
habited islands with pig and rabbits,
% thu. shfpwrecked sailors who hap
pen to reach such spots may end an
abundance Of food awaiting them
The printers hand takes up and sets
down LOO letters per day, and as-un-
| ing that his hand moves the distance
Of two feet to and from his stick, 1t
travels Is ,0S feet each day, or nearly
ten miles. or from here to Europe ev-
cry year.
There are seventeen school slate
manufactures along the Delaware be-
tween Ezsson and the Delaware Wa
ter Gap, and Ave along the Lehigh in
the vicinity Of Slafington, manufac-
turing sixty thousand cases Of school
slate- per annum.
:. r. Gilmore Of EscAnaba, Mich,
ADVERTISE . reward Of s3G for his run
away wife. who took with her their
little boy. The advertisement con-
elude~: The reward named viii be
paid for the recovery Of the boy-and
the woman can GO To thunder.
A DISPATCH from Rome via Lon
don announces the critical illne-- OF
the Pope and his senior Cardinal, An
toneili. Being very old and infirrn.
the announcement of the death Of
either or both. at any moment, would
not surprise the Catholic world.
A Wisconsin school teacher had re-
yenge when the board cut her salary
down. She licked every scholar in
school, DESTROYED four maps, carried
of the keys. and in the lawsuit which
followed she beat the board sky high.
A North Carolina gentleman" on
trial for fraud and POPULATION. was
fortionate enough to find his daugh-
ter's beau was on the jury. The
young man stood ii out for a disagree
ment to the very last, and 10 the old
man escaped.
Two young women who went from
East to teach school in California,
but failing to find employment in that
capacity, have started 8 chicken
ranch, from which they are making
money at q rapid rate. The market
price Of eggs in their locality ranges
3 cents to 81 80 dozen.
A water nymph, by the name Ida
Steel, Of Bloomington, Ill, has ehal-
lenged her SEX generally for ten mile
swim down the Mississippi River. A
Miss Pauling has accepted the chal-
lenged, and 20 has third young lady
and the match. 1t il stated. will Ger
tsinly come of 1t an early date.
The love Of liberty. which is con.id-
cred An American Characteristic, finds
full expression in the nomenclature of
our towns. Missouri has twenty-one
towns named Liberty. Ohio twenty
four, Indiana eighteen, Iowa sixteen
and Arkan.a. seven. This IL very pa
triotic but 1t bothers the po-tmasters.
A calculation has been made Of the
average contribution per member in
the leading denominations Of this
country for foreign missions. The
MethOdists give forty-three cents
member, the Presbyterians a little
more, the Baptists little less, and the
Episeopalians thiry-eight cents.
A farmer residing near Newcastle.
Penn. recently discovered number
Of boys helping themselves to apples
in his orchard. He Immediately I'M
loo-ed large bulldog and set the
brute after the boys. The savage
animal caught one Of the youths by
the throat, and i'm q moment tore out
the boys wind-pipe and severed his
jugular vein, causing death in very
few minutes.
To give an idea Of the superior econ
omy Of narrow gauge over broad gauge
railroads, 1t Is stated that since the
Delaware, Lackawanna 4 Western
Road has been reduced I'm guage two
or three cars are lded to every freight
and coal train, without adding to the
expense for fuel The locomotives are
able to draw larger and heavier trains
now than ever before, without burning
. poun more Of coal.-Syrdcusc Cstr-
ier.
The great hold that the Mohammo-
dan religion has upon the true believ-
ers is found in the fact that in their
heaven they are to he served with
goblets and beakers and cups Of flow
ing wine; their heads shall not ache
by drinking the same, neither shall
their reasons be disturbed
Wherever you find many men, you
find many minds, exclaimed q pub
lie speaker. "'Tain't 10, by jingo?"
responded one Of the auditors. IF
you'd only ask this whole crowd out
to take a drink, you'd find 'em all Of
one mind"
A telegram from Faribault, October
2, says the two Misses Younger, and
, big, burly fellow, who looks ~ il he