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Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-03-11
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Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-03-11
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Matchmaker nnd .Lrnreler.

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Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-03-11

Now is the time to secure, and he approach
ing autumn 10 set out this choice. yet cheap
stock. Purchasers wanting any other Nur-
sery Products, can have them upon very
low terms, at the MA. Central Nursery -fsp
Knapp Toledo in the south part Of the
ofwn of Toledo. en- KNAPP.
toJuly 81. 1868. v2n3Otf
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-03-11

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Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-03-11

They also furnish WAGON MAKERS
kinds Of Wagon makers stock, ant
CARRIAGE BOLTS Of all descriptions
CAL and examine their stock
EADlE. GUILFORD & HOBBS.
Toledo, July "a, 1853 n29n
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-03-11


Rockford, III. Jan. II, 1869.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-03
Political.
Hard Times-Specie PAYMENTS.

nv 1NNNAA = ~ M AAFn
Business men everywhere complain of
"hard times" There is reason enough for
hard times. To is the settled and definite
policy of the federal government TO make
hard times. In other words, IL is the set.
tied and definite policy OF our rulers to
govern the country that every debtor shall
suffer for the benefit Of every creditor. The
whole people urc indebted to the bondhold-
ers in The sum of twenty-five hundred mil
lions, and tho western states are largely in
debtcd To- the eastern states. U is onsv to
see who arc the winners aud who are tho
losers in the grand game.
Gold is now at 26-thc lowest point since
October, 1862. In May Inst the highest
point was A. In June, 80. In July.
81. In August, 20. In September the ay-
orage was less than 36, and over 80. since
which time the decrease has been gradual
but regular. nll pointing TO the approach
Of specie payments. Now VIC arc edited
with rumors which portend the end. We
arc told that Grnnt-who ia the mere
mouth-picce Of more cunning mems in
favor Of an immediate return TO specie
payments, and that congress will probably
soon repeal the law requiring tho payment
Of duties in coin. We know further. that
the constitutionnlity ofthe legal tender act
has been argue. in the supreme coart Of
the United States, and that if the court
takes up that question in It's regular order.
its decision will be rendered in january,
and we may believe the allegations ofru-
NOR, again, that the court will defer It's de-
cisicn until the times arc Thought 70 he
ripe for n contamination Of the Washing
ton programme, when it will declare tho
legal tondcr Illegal from the very begin.
ming
Il moods no philosopher TO discover tho
plot or discern the result The practical
effect of return to specie payments ut
this time would be to compel every man
who owed ono dollar in May last 10 pny one
dollar and forty-ivo cents before he can
cancel tho debt. Moreover, Il practically
compeis tho people oFthe United States
TO payall their national debt, principal and
interest in coin-thus largely increasing
the amount Of the debt, aud securing 10
the boudholders at homo and abroad an
immense remuneration on their original
investment. Nor is this all. The process
going ON Is not only practically increasing
the pecuniary obligations Of all indebted
classes, hut il il depressing trade and cut
ting of he resources of business men,
thus doubling the difficulties under which
they labor.
Many are fearing n financial cmsh MS a
result Of the federal policy. This is not
the design. The operation ofour financial
system is no longer a matter of accident,
but ofsystom. Tho Secretary of tho Treas
ury ut Washington under this system holds
the end Of the lever. He lifts or lowers
the load at his pleasure. When the
weight bears too hard upon his victims n
panic is threatened he withdnws a fmc.
ton Of the pressure, and waits his oppor-
tunity.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-03
The Fifteenth Amendment Ohio and
New York.

Tho Legislature which sat in Ohio last
winter was q Democratic body. The leg.
%islaturc which sat in New York last winter
was a Republican body.
Tho so.cnllod fifteenth amendment ofthe
federal constitution was considered by the
Democratic Legislature of Ohio and re-
iectod, Tho so-cllled fitoouth amendment
of tho federal constitution was considered
by tho Republican Legislature OF New York
and ratified,
At the late election I'm Ohio q Republican
Legislature was elected TO supCrscde the
Democratic Legis lature of last winter Al
tho late election in Now York a Democratic
Legislature vas elected 10 supcrsedo Ia,
Republican Legislature Of last winter.
The Republicans claim that tho Ohio
Legislature can rcscind the action of IL
predecessor and mtify the so-callcd amend.
ment. The Republicans contend that the
New York Legislature cannot rescind the
action of its predecessor and reject the so.
called amendment.
Consistent Republicans
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-03
CnARInTTE TEMPLE.
The Grave OF the Too ConhdinE- Th'
Child and Its mOther-DcsecrattOn o
the Monument.

The Grave OF the Too ~Conhding- The
child and its mothcr-DCsecratiOn OF
the Monument.
We believe II younger readers, as well
az those older ones to whom the story OF
Charlotte Temple is familiar, will be inter
ested in the following sketch from Apple
tons Journal:
Among the countless throngs who daily
pass and repass Trinity church, how many
know that within a few feet Of the crowded
thoroughfire of Broadway is a grave which
covers all that remains of q once beautiful
and fascinating woman, the record ofwLose
sorrows has dimmed the eyes of thousands
No date Of birth, no indication Of family,
and no date Of death appear on the stone
that covers the grave Of Charlotte Temple,
whose tragic story, once theme OF every
circle, is probably unknown to the greater
number OF young readers.
The most beautiful eirl in New York-so
IL is claimed she Attracted the attention Of
q young officer, q member Of one of En-
glands oldest and proudest iamilics, who,
with his regiment, entered the city when
the British occupied New York, after the
battle of Long Island. Charlotte then only
II, was woood aud won by the dashing
young officer. He deserted her, aud then
tho old story she soon after died Of q
broken heart A little daughter which she
ltft was teudcrly cared for, att proper age
taken TO England and q fortune of SlOO, 600
settled upon her by the head OF her fathers
family, the Earl OF Derby, groat-grdndiath-
er of the present Lord Stanley, She, like
u true daughter Of a true woman, returned
to Now York and erected the monument
that now marks the mothers grave. The
inscription uponit was engraved on O solid
tablet of brass, an inch in thickness, heav-
lis plated with silver, and th1s 1t read:-
Sacred to the memory of Charlotte STAN
Icy, aged 10 years." This flial duty per-
formed, she returned TO England and lived
a life OF unobtrusiye piety and usefulness.
The plate placed upon tho stone that
marks the grave was su posed tobo ofsolid
silver. and tempted the cupidity Of certain
vandals, who, with hammer aud chisels,
succeeded in pr, ing il from the slab. They
were never detected. Many years after
ward, some good Samaritan caused the sim
pie name of Charlotte Temple to be cut UNI
derncath the excavation. There it may be
seen, within . few feet Of Broadway, by any
one who will take the trouble to look
through the ircn railing. The last time
we glanced Mt the slab, now almost imbed-
ded in tho ground, we saw several sparrows
taking a bath in the water which had col
lected in the excavation from which the
villains removed the plate; and other little
feathered songsters were singing a requiem
over her gravo-near which we were graft
fed TO observe q forgot-me-uot, doubtless
planted there by some kind heart who, in
childhood, had wcpt over the sad aud TO-
mantle story of the blue.eypd Girl.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-03

Discoveries OF THE MICROSCOPE Lew,
onboeck tells us Of an insect seen with the
microscope, Of which twenty-seven mil
lions would only equal a mite. Insects of
various kinds may be seen in the cavities
of q common grain of sand. Mould is a
forest of beautiful trees, with tho branches,
leaves, flowers, and fruit. Butterflies are
fully ieathered. Hairs arc hollow tubes.
The surface of our bodies is covered with
scales like fish; a single grain of sand would
cover one hundred and fifty of these scales,
and yet a single scale covers five hundred
pores. Through these narrow openings the
sweat forces itself out like water through a
sieve. The mites make five hundred steps
a second. Each drop of stagnant water
contains a world of animated beings, swim
ming with as much liberty as whales in the
sea. Each leaf has n colony Of insects
grazing on it, like oxen on a meadow.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-03

FROM INC tOfrCbtl fa,t hepublican,
Rev. D., a Methodist Minister stationed
at headyille some years ago, one evening,
received a note stating that couple living
in the suburbs of tho city desired to be
united in the bonds of matrimony, and re-
questod his services at 0 o'clock in the
morning, At the proper time he went to
the house designated and entered. lie in
quirod ola young lady who wa busy wash
ing dishes, II there was a couple there
wishing TO be married. 81 am tho lady, Fl"
said she, blushing. 'John will be in in o
moment" The minister was surprised TO
see NO preparations, and stepped TO the
door TO view the surroundings. Two men
were hard at work grinding scythes in the
yard, and another, who proved 10 be the
John" was tending a COW and calf. The
young lady came to the door pretty soon,
and shouted, -"John, John, hurry up, the
preacher is herep p John ieaped the fence
and rushed 10 the house, the girl wiped her
hands on her apron, and after joining
hands, said they were ready. The minister
proceeded, and had just got through ques-
tioning the young man when the old lady
rushed into the room, shouting, John,
John, you didn't turn the COW away from
that calfr' He lot go his sweetheart's hand
instantly, and rushed into the barn-yard,
put the old COW through the bars, and then
returned TO the house. again took his posi-
ton, whom the balance of the ceremony
was gone through with. Tho minister went
ON his way, John went to the hay field,
and tho young lady resumed her dishwnsh-
ing.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-03

SAD END OF a LITERARY MAN. "A story
has been recently going the rounds Of The
papers to the glory Of u great publishing
house. An American author, 'brOken
down by II lifetime of literary drudgery, 81
fell into poverty ina foreign land. lilo was
hfty-aiX years of ago. Oue day a trouble
some malady soizsd him, and in vain do
his wife and son seek shelter for his head.
They were 'repulscd at each place, none
wanting n dying man on their hands" Al
last the Supreme Hand was kinder TO the
broken-hearted literary brother of ours
than the world had been, and took him
away-"poor, and in misery" His wife,
left penniless, wandered II little
further on her sad journey Of life,
and then she, too, laid herself
down 10 die. These Dro the tragedies
which fill tho pages of literary biography.
But il CHANGED that apassing stranger wrote
to an eminent firm in New York, doscrib-
ing the circumstances. The firm sent a
check to the traveller 10 cover the expenses
of a tombstone in the cemetery Mt Flor
ence. 1t will be an encouragement tc
American authors TO know that though
they may lack bread while living, theil
publishers will molly make them the pres
emit of a tombstone when they arc dead
The brains of writer's provide great nan
sionB and immense wealth for publishers,
but the fate of the author is too often tc
toll on in hopeless poverty. But then, it
he not the inferior being? N Y. Times.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-03
Rather ROugh-A Government Detec-
tive Badly Sold.

A few days since, q well dressed and dap
per little person was seen to manifest a very
inquisitive interest in the mandatory of
our ontcrprising young citizen Henry Bon
mabel, esq. He inspected internally with
n pencil. Was he n purchaser or n special
artist detailed 10 present to the public n
view of the mandatory of the bi-sulphate
o.. Inner Very soon this observant visitor
met the active proprietor, who was engaged
with some other gentlemen in making
some change IN his business arrangements.
With oil the dignity Of new clothes, the
visitor presented his card, the Hon. G.
Sneakem, detective extraordinary in the
service Of the internal revenue
"Aliow mo to inquire" asked he Of Mr..
Henry Bonnabol, 'are these whisky bar
rolls"
"'They were, sir"
"Will you allow me TO see your receipt
for the manufacture Of this whisky"
81 never made a gallon"
Then this is not a distillery2" observed
the detective, with n slight shade Of disap-
pointment.
"No, sir. II is a mandatory Of bisul.
phate of lime"
"Allow me TO inquire, sir, what is bisul.
phate Of liner asked the detective.
ut is a chemical preparation Of lime,
used by sugar planters to promote the
granulation and purity Of sugar"
The detective was not to be thus thrown
of the track Of a rich forfeiture. This
bisulphate was CANNON. II could not fool
q Now Yorker.
"Will you, persisted he, permit me to
have one OF these barrels opened2"
'Hero, Owenl' sung ont Mr.. Bonnabel,
knock the burg out of n barrel. This
gentleman says we are manufacturing wits
ky without paying license"
Owen was indignant that a 'thafo of q
gunger' should have crossed over from
Ireland to prosecute honest people; so he
struck o barrel such a vehement thumr
that the bung bounced out, and the detoc.
tive thrust his official nose into the open.
ing. The effect of the pont-up sulphuriC
vapor on the proboscis, lungs, and eye,
Of the dappor gentleman from New Yorl
was alike sudden and conclusive. He tum
bled over like n bedbug exposed TO zorro
sive suulimate. Il was only with the aid
of Owen and some other disinterested spect
atOrs that he was taken to his room, and i
is said to have been some days before b,
could leave his bed aud resume his "wilt
hunt" after whisky. Orleans Tribune
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-03

CAN'T You LET HIM STARE. Not q hun
dred miles nom ChiooBU la tho. rural burg
of Dundee lives an ancient widow lady
who has q lout of a son, about twenty-four
years old who, like tho mans son, sis n
darnod smart boy, but don't know any
thing" Not long since the old lady was
taken sick and lay at the point Of death.
Feeling her end approaching she called her
sol to her bedside TO give him her parting
counsel. Abe stood with open mouth, ap-
parently swallowing every word, tho old
lady's words seeming 10 have n good effect
upon him.
"Abram, " said she, 'hero 1 lie with death
staring me in the face"
At this moment a knowing expression
passed over Abe's features and he broke
out, "Can't you let him stare ?"
The old dame thought it no use, and
speedily recovered.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-03
pOetru.
From All the Year Round.
A BLIND MANS F~IREsIDE.

|
Iaik 90 me. oh ye eloquent flames,
0ussips and comrades hnel
nobody tuowU mo, poor and blind,
That ait In your merry shiLc.
NYlDIy knows me hut my dog,
friend I've never seen,
rrt Uat ome to my call, and loves me
Dor tle tymplthiCs between.
.Is uI.asant 60 hear tn the cold, dark night
Mounting higher and higher,
Ihc cruckuuR, dhauCfiug, sputicrinfi spatioilhH
riIufa in tho wintry FIRE.
iff asIcJp In tlC corner,
IHHar vHu prattlU aud snap
..uUIE tU ME Hud Tiny,
IH r.E.a my Tap.
Won Hu.I With uCIuurricst laughter;
I.It.Ie,. ygu j,st, you sinF,
And au..,.tin ue wiutrv midnight
lie IayfUf coming 81 ring.
SCOT ..trfl. fufE or ilc rrirrr 81 thD cloud.
.urtht thrush on tHC hawthorn tuntli
..r.al.E .tu. moro pleasant 60 hc1r
#Ilufl. .Hr. you're t~nEirgrow.
tor QUO off -'.lu.ss;
TvUr fnHy ..tu tu s1g.
.U.FN I.Iuf... morning.
fffI fNU r.Hut.tur iay'
mortal l"rI..
...sF.U.H Vision gIt.fl
Hhf l.uI com E.U v.Hu tH. ut.t uI Hafht
..aa.. Do #. i.if HpI.lr'
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-03
Tie Moucycd OIigarcby.

Tho New York Herald, referring 10 a
combined movement of the National Banks
for legislation in their own interest says:
"They simply want the entire national
circulation, the control Of ul the money i'm
the country, tho enormous profits of forty
or fifty millions q year on their currency.
and the vast power all this would give
them over the government, politics and
tie material interests of the republic.
That is what this gigantic dangerous mon
opoly is aiming at. II will have, undoubt-
eddy n powerful influence in Congress, for
two-thirds of tho members, probably, are
interested directly or indirectly, in the ma
tional banking institutions. There is the
greatest necessity, therefore, that pubHc
opinion should be aroused 10 the threaten
ed evil There may be n great necessity
for arousinR public opmion TO the dangers
by tho strides Of this monoycd olignrchy,
but there is very little likelihood that the
people can DO moved to action in their
own interests. They have become 40 used
10 submission to cyory species Of robbery
through the forms and 10y the indirect
means Of cunningly devised laws have
their cars SO dcadened TO appeals in the
interest Of right and reason, that il is Np-
paronlly useless for any man or journal to
champion their cause and undertake Ia
lead thcm In resistance to the encroach-
meuts oftho money power. Perhaps the
best way 60 bring them TO n realizing sense
or thoir situation is ~ allow the present
Radical Congress Of the Bondholdors and
Bankers 10 run the length olthcirropo with
no opposition beyond % formal protest A
Democratic Congress Of tho people will be
likely 30 como sooner in this way than any
gtlpr
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-03

A s u it for SANDER las been commenced
in the Supreme Court of Oneida county,
New York by Mr., Paul Gerard, of Wash
ingtOn, ID. O., against James Gordon Ben
nett, JAS. Douglass, A Levan, Sam1 Glenn
and John Due, of the Evening Telegram OF
N. Y, laying the Damages at $40, 900.
The SANDER consisted in connecting him
disrespectfully with an octoroon named
Madamoiselle Belle, whom no alleges is his
a1lanced wife,
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-03

Accounts are given Of a new oil, made
from tho yOlks Of eggs, and said 10 be much
employed by the German oolOnists of South
Russia for curing cuts, bruises, nc, The
eggs are boiled hard, tho yolks removed
stance is on the point of catching fire, when
the oil separates and may be poured OIL.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-03
A Romance Of the War in Paraguay.

The following account of tho sufferings
of q Cerrentino lady during the war in
Paraguay, appears in q Buenos Ayres pa
per:
"Dona Cannon NJ. do Pavon wa torn
from the midst Of her family on the 9TH Of
June, 1865, by order Of Commander Mar
tinez, q Paroguayan officer, and brutnlly
dragged by tho soldiers to tho Battery
Prison, where she was locked up with sen.
tries to keep watch over her. On the morn
ing of the Sth she was sent on board q war
steamer, and on coming to herself found
that she was surrounded by soldiers with
loaded arms. She thought her last mo-
ments had arrived, and implored them TO
tell her if she we're about 70 suffer death.
"For three days she was left in this state
Of uncertainty, until the vessel arrived at
Villa Franco, when she was banded over
to the commander of the garrison, who
placed her with n family Us a prisoner, Civ
ing strict orders that she should not be al
lowed to communicate with any one.
Five months passed thus, when Providence
sent in her way n man OF the noblest senti-
ments, who afterwards fell o victim to the
ferocity of Lopez.
Zone morning he called ut the house
where she was stopping, and, having asked
her II she were n Correntino, said, on her
replying in the affirmative, hat he had
heard of her capture and imprisonment,
aud had come 10 see il lac could serve her
in any way. He told her that he well I'M
derstood her sad situation, rs no had been
himself n prisoner in Humaita, and had
only just been set nj liberty, being now on
his why 10 Asuncion.
'Ho continued My name is Ramon Cap.
doyila. am IN Argentine, your country
man, aud if you will toll me what you want,
] win sond It to You from Asuncion. The
poor captive would only accept u pair OF
boots, aud on her telling him that there
wclc other ladies prisoners in tho place, he
sid he would find them ont and send them
some comforts.
"He pressed into her hand, when leaving,
notes for forty dollars, which he told hor
were all he had, but that he would send her
more on his arrival. Truo to his prom
Use, every month OF two 8ho afterwards re-
coiyed clothes and money through ono of
his friends in the town, until on ono fatal
morning the new reached her that Ramon
Capdevila had been shot by order of Lopez.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-03

"A fashionable woman in Paris said 10
a reporter: ~ do not object to your speak
ing Of me in the papers, but do it as my
maid arranges my deccollette dresses
show only a little, and leave tho rost to the
imagination"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-03

The following was found in tho Office of
an editor hy the county sheriff:
Editing n paper is very pleasant business.
If it contains too much political matter
people won't have il.
II it contains too little they won't have
it.
1.-THE typo is large it don't contain enough
reading matter,
If the type is small they can't read it.
II we publish telegraph reports, folks say
they are nothing but lies.
If we omit them, they say VIC have no
enterprise, or suppress them for political
effect,
If we have in a few jokes folks say VIC
arc nothing but q mttlo-hoad.
If we omit jokes they say wo are nm old
fossil.
II We publish original matter they damn
us for not giving selections.
If We publish selection folks say we are
lazy for not writing more, and giving them
what they have not read Ia some other pa
per.
If We give a man complimentary notices
we are censured for being partial.
If we do not all hands say We are n great
hog.
II we insert an article which pleases the
ladies mon become jealous.
If we do not cater to their wishes the
paper is not a fit one to have in THEN
houses.
If We attend church, they say it is only
for effect.
If we do not, they denounce us as deceit.
ful and desperately wicked.
If we speak well of any act of tho Presi,
dent folks say we dare not do otherwise.
If We censure, they call us a traitor.
If we remain in our office and attend e
business folks say we are too proud tC
mingle with our fellows.
If We go out, they say We rover attend
TO Guinness.
If we do not pay all bills promptly folki
say we are not to be trusted.
II we do pay promptly they say w stolc
the money.-Erehdnge.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-03

In Bridgeport, Conn, they are onforc.
ing the law forbidding boys TO jump on
Railroad trains when in motion.