Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-05-02

Government with The Canadian Gov
ernment in the construction of the
Pacific Railway in Canada.
Chunks or Wisdom.
An average Honan'a weight in gold" is
about $50 600
The worst run hole in this city is direct
~ under on old toper's nose.
Travellers say that Russia is now more
like an immense clamp than a nation simply
considered on peace footing.
Florida is called by the World the Italy
! Of America--the same lively climate and
eyecratle hotel discom nodations,
Atkins, q Justice CT Little Rock, edver.
| tiscs to perform the marriage ceremony for
twenty Eve censs--wilowsrs one dime.
A cynical bachelor says that Tho earliest
| impre ssiou received by the feminine sou
| is Of her ultimate destiny IS somebody's
| wife
A Roman Catholic priest in Cincinnati
| has efused 10 accept ? contribution Of fifty
dollar: from one Of MS dock who is liz nor
dealer.
The overland telegraph il Australia now
extends 1900 miles north eff Melbourne,
and win be completed 10 the north coast in
four months.
Il new style Of ladies' jewslry is made
from Dead sea shells aud pebbles. How
,,uch Of it, from first to last, has been mad g
of Dead sea fruit?
Germany ana Austria are uniting 70 in
ducc emigration Of lahcrsra and skilled
W rknen from the former country to tie
latter, IN place Of to America.
Mr.. Y. Wjnkle having married Miss
Starr, in Ceory ga, recently, the Savanna
News epithalamizes the pair with II.
winkle, t. Winlle, little Starr"
The Saganah Mr.. informs correspond
ent that their usual price is eight dollars
line for inserting origiua. poetry, but they
will take his at seven dollars and hall.
One million aul C. half Of people in Ger
many are said to speak the English tongue;
bu. that is nothing to the number Of people
in the United States who sprachen Deutsch..
Krprp, the great gunmaker Of Germany
has lust cast STEEL cannon which weighs
1900 pounds. The broeeiiings to such
Yrupper as this must be of tremendous So
lidity.
All save one OF Queen victoria's ladies' II
waiting are widows. her cheiee since Prince
Albert diei. T4ay receive eight hundred
pounds per annum. ani are the widows Of
deceased psefs.
Tue Eorhi, commenting upon little
pamphlet entitled How TO Live on a Dime
aud a half Day. says: The theory
skelched by this doctor is sure p make the
baker and butcher swear"
An International Meteorological Con-
eress is 10 be held at Vienna the comisg
summer, at which lowering brows and
cloudea visayes, electrical disturbances and
thunder tones, viii be strictly in ..order in
debate.
picnic is being organized at Sidney,
Australia, to explore the coast and, if pos
s;ble. the interior Of New Guinea. About
200 have applied for permission to join,
but only 80 are allowed to 60. The tickets
are $500 each.
From the last Indian mail it appears that
six young Africans, who have been educat-
ed a. the Sahaianpur Orphanagc, near Bonn
bav, have volunteered to join the e1pedi.
t;oa in search OF Dr.. Livingston, and have
sailed fer Zanzibar.
In Wilmington, Delaware, some time sgo
an old man who was very feeble va:
helped across crowded street by you'll
of twenty. A month aftarward the old mar
died. and Is ar expression OF gratitude h'
left the youth $4,000.
The farmers of the Saguenay region, be-
low Quebec, Canada, are in great distress
ard relief by . loan is suggested, otherwise
they will be compelled 10 leave their farm
AMI come to s.the States Lucky for then
here are States TO come to.
rnever yet heard man or woman much
abused that was not inclined TO think the
better Of them, and transfer any suspicion
or dislike Of the person who appeared %
take y delight in pointing TO the defects OF
fellow creature. Il Jaae fas:e'.
New Hampshire man committed sui
eide las. week, at The age oft three score ana
ten. for the reason that he could moi reform
his dissipatea habits, and felt sure that
thoy would blast his career in life should
they become rooted by many years inau lg-
enee.
Here's solas poetry o. Cleopatra she
got y little p'isen snake, and hid it IL her
gown: ID gave its liitlo tail shake, and did
her Job up brown. She tumsled down upon
her bed. where she was wont to lie, remov-
ei her chignon from her her head, and fol
lowed Antony.
publisher sent to Norristown eoltol
the other day new song entitled @Wha'
Shall My Lover Wear The Norristown
maa regarded the question wholly IN Its
moral aspect, and sat down and wrote
, kind but firm article, recommending te
wear her clothes.
The Detroit Posi- begins an editorial ar
ticle thus: "Among the more recent use o
the recuperatiye elements which nature
consains as opposed to the specific remedies
| il that Of oxygen gas Drunk again, say:
the Coayisr-Joeradi,in il . paroxysm of totaiao
| stinencc indignation.
| A legislator in Missouri estimates th'
dog crop Of the United States at 2i,oo0,ooo
Each pnp he says. costs eight dollars, max
| ins 4 ,aia, of et6s, ,Go1. 600, which wcult
buy I,at4, ,ooe, ,o9o cock tails; or these, les
MA 90 mad annually AM, bite 10 900 reo