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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-11-27
The Duslnose Outlook, and
the eountU's Finances.

A manifest Improvement 10 notice.
able in every branch Of iodastry and
trade throughout tho country; but
ia view Of tho urgent demand for .
change 10 the fiscal policy OF the
government, it 10 hardly safe to A.
lcge that an immediate healthy con.
diticu Of affairs can obtain. Tbs is
true for the reason that whatever
changes, If any, in the VOLUME OF ma
tdre of the currency will be reflected
more or less in the trade and com.
merce of The country. An increase
in the volume Of currency would
have the effect to enhance the price
Of nearly or quite oil commodities,
aud apparent prosperity would attend
all branches OF business, but this
policy is hardly to DO expected, tor
the relief 10 be thus rendered would
at best DO but temporary, and public
sentiment has come to such a point
that resumption Of specie payment is
called for from every part OF the
country. The speculative interests
Of the country, aud the interests Of
the debtor class, which forms 20
Urge a portion Of our population,
would be iur,hernd by the imitation
Of the currency, which would en-.
nance prices unnaturally. But the
real business interests of the coun-
try seem to require resumption
Of specie payment, for 90 long as we
have an /" irredecmable currency" 50
long must business languish to that
extent that is duo to an unstable
currency. The gap between the
currency and gold dollar has become
80 narrow, that with the amount Of
gold now in the country, and still
lowing to our shores, resumption at
an early day seems possible, without
resulting in serious disaster TO any
class. So long ~ an irredeemable
currency" is tho circulating medium,
we cannot expect anything more
than au apparent prosperity. We
look Tor early Congressional action
regarding the country's finances, be-
l,eying that our industr es will thrive
better under . redeemable currency
than can be expected 80 long as we
haye legal tender currency which
government has persistently refused
to redeem. Should Congress at the
| coming session, fix upon o time wher
| the redemption ofgreen. backs would
be begun, the premium on gold would
gradually decline, tho creen.baci
dollar would gradually approach :
par value with gold, and the promise
Of government to pay to bearer
become "gilt edge" Any thin,
short Of this does not satisfy III
wants of tho country, and we conf
IDENTIFY look for some action on th,
part Of Congress that will poiut to I
redemption OF our national currency
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-11-27

The principal developments, dur
,nR The past week, in the difhcuIty
between Spain and the United States
occa.ioued by the capture OF the
v.rcinius and the subsequent slaugh
tor Of % large portion Of those on
board the steamer when captured
are such a. to justify tho belief that
the matter will be settled withou,
war. But whil6 no serious trouble
il anticipated, it Is tho policy 81 bur
government 70 demand reparation
tor the insult to the American flag,
add the bntchery Of American c'ti'
Rene; and that sny emergency may
be properly met, the work Of placing
men. df. war ia readiness goes on. Az
the facts arc ascertained, tho war-like
feeling IL iessening, but 1t is not to
be expected that the American gov
erumsht will accept an apology
for the injury done her BY the Span
iards 10 Cuba. This will be about
the FIRST subject for the consideration
OF Congress, which conycnes next
Monday, and much interest is cen
tered in the assembling OF that body
winch alone has the prerogative 70
declare war. It IL thought that Con
gress will require Spain to relinquish
her cliim upon Clba, which she has
proved herself unable to control !;
and in that event the island would
naturally seek admission to the Uni
ted States and become . very valha'
Lle acquisition to our territory. II
is not .: all improbable, that the mat
ter will BE- settled finally by arbitra-
ton, but whatever disposition is made
Of the case, it ID confidently expected
that Spain will no longer possess that
gem OF the Islands.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-11-27

The Iowa State Poultry Exhibi
tion" will be held in Cedar Rapids
Dec. 16 to 10, inclusive. Rev. A. B.
Kendlg is President of the Associa.
ton.
Judge Rothrock, IN Court At Gin
ton, tho other day, ruled that suits
brought by . wife, to recover DANA.
ges Of . saloon keeper tor liquor
sold to husband. In consequence Of
which the latter failed to provide for
bic family must be brought within
two years OF the time the liquor 10
stated to have been sold, otherwise
action il barred by statute limita.
lions.
Allen and Hogan pounded each
other in the western part OF the State
last week, in spite OF the measures
taken by the authorities to prevent
the :" mill" Allsn il accused Of play.
ing " foul" and Hogan presented the
appearance OF having been badly
stayed WITH"
According TO the State Re9istsr,
the new Jury system il not what
might be- desired. The New Co Do
does not permit the Sheriff TO gil
vacancies from Lystaaders % hereto.
fore. but . regular vssrs must bs
Issued and the substitutes must 10
summoned the same - though they
had been principals. -This provision
OF the Code, while i oats business Of
professional Or hangar.on Jurymen,
i i rather costly aud insonvsn,ent,
aud Ts R.yister suggests that this
part Of the Code viii need doctor.
ing"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-11-27

Havana, that only % persons IroW
the Tirgin,us have been killed, and
that the report that City seven were
ehot on the 18th inst was untrue.
Since the elections Last fall, seven
Congressman have died, whose names
and politics are - follows: Am
brose r. Wright. Of the Eighth dis
trict Of Georgia who never took his
seat; Samuel II Peters, Republican,
Fourth District Of Louisiana; VIM.
Whiting. Republican, OF the Third
District Of Massachusetts,; Wilder
D. Foster, Republican, Of tho Fifth
District Of Michigan; James Brooks
Democrat. Of tho Sixth District Of
New York; Joseph G. Wilson, Re.
publican, Of Oregon, and Cakes Ames
OF Massachusetts.
The New York 7ri5ass thinks the
folio wing will -bs among the results
Of the Cuban troubles:
/. That our Government has de.
manded full reparation for the GU.
rage committed against our national
dignity.
2. That Spain cannot exert SUN
cient authority IN the Antilles to
satisfy our jues siqe,nds
the Spanish Government the Presi-
dent, under authority Of Congress,
will take the necessary measures to
vindicate our own rights in the mat
ter.
4. That, ~ a result Of that, Cubs
will cease to be . Spanish possession,
and will IN oil probability become a
part OF the United States.
Bishop Cummins, Of Kentucky,
has rendered his resignation to Bis
hop Smith, Of the Protestant Epls.
| copal Church in the Diocese Of Ken
lucky.
Hon. John p. Hale, who died q
Dover, New Hampshire, Wednes
day night Nov. 10, was one Of tn
| original champions OF tue anti-slavey
cause. He served in the Legislature
Of his native State IN. H. wa
elected to Congress aud afterwards
/ was elected 70 the Senate, and afel
serving one term he practiced law
few years. He was again electet
to tho U. 8. Senate in 1856 AM
served ten yeare, when he becam
the candidate of the Free Soil Part,
for President. He was appointe'
Minister to Spain by A. Lincoln il
1875. Mr.. Hale was . man Of con
siderable power as On orator,
shrewd politician, but always honor
able, and IN bis death another link Q
the cham !binding the present wit
the past has been severed.
| A Boston special TO tho Ch,cag,
Tribune says: The Atlantic Month,
Every Saturday and the Young Folk
." DosIvu 'n.6-1neA, 49,. f.u1ns'iiu
with Boston, have been sold by J. 4
Osgood 4 Co., and will henceforl
be claimed by New York. The a
lant,e Monthly and Every Saturday hav
been sold to Hurd & Aonghton, an
the Young Folks to Scr,bner, Arm
strong d Co., and will be merge
into the nov illustrated juven,l
magazine. st. Nicholas, and disappear
The Atlantic and Every Saturday wi
be printed here, aud published fror
here 1t the Riverside Press, whic
il Houghton's. The atlantic wi
continue to be edited by Mr.. How
ellis, and will show no change, it
understood, in styls or character. I
Il. Aldrich will continue - editor O
Erery Saturday.
| A poor man has been sued BY
Brooklyn IL. /. damsel for breac
Of promise. Plaintiff estimates tn
damage 10 her affections At go, 900
Brooklyn love is : precious articl,
or that sweet sixteen has set her fip
ures high
STATE NkW9.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-11-27
The Forty Third Congress.

Next Monday 10 the day for the
assembling Of Congress, and an unu-
susl interest attaches to the coming
session because # the impol tant mat
tiers that will come up tor considera-
ton. The FIRST aud most important
question, important because il 10 both
rational and inter national in its ~.
tuts, u that Of : settlement OF tho
dificulties now between this and the
Spanish government. To adjust and
ssvt snv 'sbMny"o 66Bgqels' ID bl
calm and consiierate, and yet justly
stern in demand ng restitution at the
hands Of Spain, for the inhumani.y
shown III the slaughter OF American
citizens after the insult to our nation
81 dag.
The second question Of importance
il that OF cheaper transportation,
whether that mean legislative 70
striction Of railway charges, con.
struction OF government railway
from the east TO the west or the i'm.
provsnent Of our rivers and the con-
stsuction Of canals, thus opening up
new routes to the .eaboard markets.
This il a question tina. is by no means
ephcmcral in its nature; it has be-
come The ruling thought Of the
American people. and 20 long Is tho
east and west arc so dependent upon
each other for cereals and manuiac.
tured articles, SO long will the cry
b for E:cans of eifecting an ex-
change OF products Of the different
parts OF the country, at what seems
10 be reasonable cost.
A third and important question 10
that OF the nations finances. This
subject Was brought prominently be-
fore the people BY the failure Of Jay
Cooke 4 Co., and the financial crisis
that followed which Temporarily par
a!isei oil branches Of industry,
s.used Z heavy shading in prices OF
oil commodities. and which has been
characterised by on almost unvrece-
dsnted suspension OF business
throughout the country.
These question: are OF like i'm
postAncs TO American citizens, ir.
respective OF political shades of opin.
ton, but Il may not be saying too
much TO allegs that Republicans are
Dpscially interested in these qacs
ions, because We Look t. Republi
psa Congress for . solution ofthese
questions.
But amid these grave questions We
10 not expect to lose sight 81 such
luestions - are Of special interest to
10 Republican party, ssch As the
'speal Of that portion of the Back
Pay" steal bill, which increased the
alarios Of Congressman and Sens
orr. Republican members will b
vstched more closely than ever in
ons Of these matters that are Of
pecfh interest 10 the party, and
pom their record derend largely
Aeir chances for 70 election.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-11-27
Our Postal Service.

The question Of making the Post.
Office Department selt.sustaiuing has
long been one Of importance, but the
solution Of the problem has not been
effected, At least the expenses annu.
ally exceed tho receipts from 81 900,
600 to 100000. Cheap postage
has been secured, and with the re.
duc,ion IN postage has como } CON-
mensurate increase OF mail mstter,
and still the department has no. be.
como self.sus,aining, whereas, ii
should be . source of revenue. The
annual report of the Post Master
General, presented TO the Cabinet
last Friday, showed the following
figures for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1873.
Ordinary revenues Of Dept $3.50 6.Y4l
Expenditures Of al kinds 2o,O84, 94j
Excess Of expenditures over or
binary revenues, $6,l78,204
These figures are not a. favorable
20 were those for the fiscal year end
in2 June 80, 1872, which were ~ iol.
lows:
Ordinary revenues Of Dept $2l.9l5.426
Expenditures OF all kinds 26,658, 1872
Excess Of expenditures over or
binary revenues 81, i42. 766
A comparison with tho report OF
tho fiscal year ending June 80, 1871
is equ,lly unfavorable, showing that
the expenses Of the department are
annually increasing moro rapidly
than are the receipts, which condition
Of affairs is rather deplorable. We
were OF opinion at the timc the pos
tai cards were introduced, that the
revenue would be cut down by their
use, out as the cards were in use but
) short time during the latter part OF
The last fiscal year, il Is impossible to
Lell yet what effect this feature will
have upon the income OF the Post.
Office Department. 4 very large |
portion Of the correspondence Is Of
business character, Snd such too, that
he postage has not been sach a. to
prevent to . great extent. Such
correspondence 10 now largely done
y the use Of postal cards, which are
lsed not only for their chcspness,
mt for their conveniencs - well.
We look forward with hope to the
inc when the telegraph will b. in
he possession Of the government,
ID when We shall soc . postal tcl..
rsph system 10 fall operation 10 the
'nite | States
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-11-27
vICk'9
FLORAL GUIDE
FOR 1874.

200 pages 500 engravings, and colorcd
plate. Published quarterly, at Is cents .
year. First No. for 1874 just issued. A
German edition 1t same price. Address
JAMES WICK. Rochester, N, Y.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-11-27

Robert Croker. Of Leaveuworth,
Ksnsas, has bssn app ,atsd By Gov.
srnos Osborn to Gil the Caldwell ~
Aancy 10 the u. s. 6tDatc. The
appointment 10 regarded ~ ! Calj-
we'll victory. and much dissat,siactioD
- szpsssss1 with the appointments.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-12-10
Newspapers.

Their value is by no means appreci
ated, but the rapidity with which
people are waking up to their ncces
sity and usefulness is one Of tho sig
nidcant signs oftbe times. Few fam,
lilies are now confetti with one news,
paper. The thirst for knowledge Il
not easily satisfied, and books, though
useful, yea, absolutely necessary In
their place, failto meet the demand,
Of youth or ago. Our country news.
paper is eagerly sought and its con.
tents as eagerly devourcd; then comes
the demand for the city news, national
and foreign news. Next TO tho politi.
cal como the literary and scientific
journals. Lastly, and above all, come
the moral and religious Journals. ;. AN
these are demanded TO satisfy the
cravings Of the active mind.
Newspapers are also valuable to
material prosperity. They advertise
the village, county and locality. They
spread before the reader map on
which may be traced character, design
and progress. Ifa stranger calls at a
hotel he first inquiries for the village
newspaper; if friend comes from a
distance the very next thing after
family greetings, he inquiries for your
village or county newspaper, and you
feel discomforted if you are unable to
find q late COPY, and confounded il
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-12-10
10000 Miles Of Telegraph Wire

The Western Union Telegraph Com
paDy are having another wire put NJ
from Harrisburg to Philadelphia by
way of Reading, which will mako The
eleventh connecting the two cites
Tho number Of wires from Harrisburg
TO Pittsburgh is eleven and direct tC
New York via Allentown four. Tn,
Western Union Telegraph Company
now have a capital of sl1, ,673,4 ,410, Of
which 81 ,295, ,235 are owned by the
company. The debt of the company
is s6,03S,4l0. The gross receipts for
the past year from pll sources were
50 1888, ,0lS; gross expenses, s6,575,O55
net earning, s2,757, ,962. This amount
has been applied to the construction
of new lines, the purchase of stocks
of telegraph companies, etc. The
number OF messages transmitted dur.
ing the past year was 1885, 1872, be.
ing an increase of 2,0l2,335, or about
16.l per cent. The average tolls col.
lccted upon each message for the last
year was sixty.onc cents, tho average
cost of transmission forty-two cents,
and the average profits per message
nineteen cents. During the past year
S706,7S were expended for repairs OF
the line, and s632, 1853 for reconstruc-
tion. The net profits of the company
for seven years, from July /, 1866, to
Juno 10, 1873, have been $40, 0,3l2,61S.
OF this sum 1885,, ,2S9 have been dis
tributed in dividends 10 stockholders
and s2,2l6,l9i paid for interest on the
company's bonds. The Western Union
have purchased during the last year
the control of the International Ocean
Telegraph Company, whose lines OK
tend from Lake City, Florida, to Ha.
vana, Cuba, at a cost of 81, ,03s, ,40g.--
They have also secured n majority OF
the stock Of the Pacific and Atlantic
Telegraph Company. Tboy are now
operating moro than l50, 900 miles Of
wire, and during the past two years
have extended at tho rate of 10000
miles of wire per annum. They have
expended, up to July last, on the new
building, corner of Broadway and
Dey street, New York, the sum Of
s1,224,9S1.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-12-10
How to Clean Pictures.

A new process of cleaning pictures
has recently been discovered. The
great difficulty has always been to get
off the old varnish, which, by length
Of time has become almost incorpor-
ated with the color underneath, 80
that any method employed to remove
tho upper surface is pretty certain to
carry of with it the delicate lines be-
low. Some picture. dealers use cor
rosivo suJstances, which make the
matter worse. An ingenious system
has been discovered at Amsterdam,
which consists in simply spreading q
coating Of copaiba balsam on the oil
painting and then keeping it face
downward over dish of the same sizo
filed with cold alcohol at an altitude
Of about three feet. The vapors Of
the liquid impart to the copaiba de-
gree Of somi.auidty, in which state II
easily anna lgamatos with the varnish
it covers. Thus the original briliancy
and transparency arc regaincd with
out injuring the oil paintings; and
when the picture is hung up in its
place again, two or three days nfter,
II looks ag IL It had been vanished
afresh. The inventors have given the
public tho benefit of their discovery.
The process has the merit Of being a
short ono as compared With tho old
methods. VIZ r ~
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-12-10

The INyINcIBLE ScHooL MARIN
Ladies travelling through Canada by
rail are often greatly annoyed by hav.
ing their luggage unnecessarily search.
cd, but ono of the officials recently
got his deserts. il happened that q
Yankee scbool-teacher, on her way
from Kansas to Vermont, passed
through the Dominion, with a trunk
packed to bursting with nothing con.
iraband. When The officer demanded
her key she begged him not to open
it, assuring him that it had come
through from Kansas, contained sim.
ply clothes and books, and was so full
that IL would be very troublesome 10
repack it, But he sternly demanded
the key, and maliciously pulled every.
thing out 10 the very bottom then
finding her assertions true-he re-
turned the key and addressed her TO
"hurry up and get the traps back os
tho train would soon move. "W hat
is that TO me Z" said The quick wittcd
woman; III have q check for that
trunk, and hold the Grand Trunk
Railway responsible for its safe delIv-
cry. ! will not take the key, and you
may do as you please with the trunk"
Report says that official was very
weary and red in the face and rather
profano ere he fnised packing ;rhat
trunk.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-12-10
Handling the Reins

Most drivers overdrivc, says Mr.
Murray, in his book called "The per.
feet Horse" They attempt too much,
and, in so doing, distract or hamper
the horse. Now and then you find q
horse with such vicious gait that his
speed is got from him by the most ar
tiicial process; but such horses are
fortunately rare, and hence tho style
Of management required cannot bc-
come general. The true way is to LET
the horse drive himself, the driver
but directing him, and giving him
that confidence which a horse alone
gets in himself when he feels that q
guide and friend is back of him.
Tho most vicious and incxcusable
style Of driving is that which 90 many
drivers adopt, viz, wrapping the lines
around either hand, and pulling the
horse backwards with all their might
and main, so that the horse, in point
of fact, pulls the weight back of him
with his mouth, and not with his
breast and shoulders. This they do
under the impression that such dead
pull is needed in order 10 steady the
horse. This method of driving | ro.
gard as radically and superlatively
wrong. 1t would tax the ingenuity
of hundred fools to invent a worse
ono. The fact is, with rare excep-
lions, there should never bo any pull
upon the horse NJ all. A steady pres.
sure is allowable, probably advisable ;
but anything beyond this has no JUS
tiication in nature or reason for ma
ture suggests the utmost possible free.
dom of action and head, body and
limbs, in order that the body may at
tain the highest rate of speed and
reason certainly forbds the supposi-
ticn that by bits, and not by the breast
collar, the horse is TO draw the weight
attached to it.
In speeding my horses, | very sci
dom grasp the lines with both hands
when the road Is straight and free
from Instructions. The lines are
rarely steadily taut, but held in easy
pliancy, and used chiefly to shift the
bit in tho animals mouth, and by this
motion communicate courage and con-
iidence to him. ! find that, by this
method, my horses break less, and 90
much faster, than when driven BY
men who put the old fashioned steady
pull upon them.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-12-10
Finding a Bootjaok.

A housekeeper writes the following
plant TO the Cleveland Leader:
When the average husband Of the
period wants TO find bootjack he
steps to the buttery door, and leaning
against the doorway with his hands
in his pockets, whistles meditatively
as his eyes wander along the upper
shelves. When break in the tune
occurs, you may know he has found
the cake, which he devours absently
still looking for the bootjack. Being
now deprived of that aid to reflection
-whistliDg, he executes a waltz ia
slow movement, sustained by a large
piece of cake in one hand, and a siza.
bic pickle in the other. After while
as the bootjack does not make its ap,
pearance the husband does, at the
door Of the room, where you are get.
ting the baby to sleep, and shouts
".ane," at the top of his voice, under
the impression that you are up stairs
an impression speedily removed. To
cover the confusion of his retreat, he
steps on the dogs tail and bumps the
bird-cage with his head, then wants
to know what you have done with
that bootack, and why il is that you
never keep things in their place. II
you are wise, and simply and calmly
point, like Columbia, to the object in
question hanging on its accustomed
nail, he seizes upon IL wrathfully, with
the solemn vow that it was not thoro
when he went through the eroom before
The offending boots are finally left
in the doorway where il is convenient
to trip over them, and serenity trans
pires, unless you have occasion TO 20
around them, when you will at once
See their value as a natural means OF
obstructing a passageway. 1t is esti-
mated that one pair of boots judicious-
ly disposed about an apartment Of
medium size, will prevent either a
well.disposed person or professional
burglar from quietly making his way
about il.
At tea time the average husband
docs not care about any cake; it isn't
much like that bis mother used TO
make.