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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-12-26
SANDY IIISs GINS AND THE
WIDOW.

One day Sandy Higgins osme IN to my
Office and sat down without word. For
some minutes he sat still watching me IN.
tently, as il tryingto make out by the sound
Of my pen what was writing.
esquire he said at length, ''did ever
tell you about my scrape with the widow
Horny up here on the riyers'
"Never did" said l, laying down my pen;
"let's have it,"
They're curious creatures, widows 49,
said he in meditative tone, land the more
you study about 'em the more you don't
know anything about 'em. What was this
ching I've read about in Egypt, or some
other county, that nobody could unriddle Z. !.
"The Sphinx. probably" l replied.
"Well. that was a widow as sure as you
had a granny. Everything else in the earth
has been found out but them, end they're
as much mystery to-day as the length oi
the North Pole. You may read the his
torv Of the world from Genesis to Revela-
tions, and you'll find that widows have been
the bottom or top Of Eve quarters OF all the
deyilmont that has been cut up. Wasyou
ever in love with one 2"
"Lots Of them" said |.
"Youre a great gander-that's what you
are. A man that loves one and gets over
It won't never get bit by another, if he's got
as much sense as ground hog. don''
coneider that have got any sense at all
but I'm little too smart to let another
one get all the trumps on me. The widow
Horny that was speaking Of is little th'
handsomest woman, reckon, that everl
looked man into fits, and ! ought to be
Judge, for I've seen lots Of pretty women il
nv day.. She was about twenty-five year
| when i went up there to work, just IN tn
bloom Of her beauty, and as full OF deviltr
as three-year oldm colt. There was
ball over at Jenkins and Of course | wen
for / always go where there's any fun goin
on, and generally act the fool before &c
away. OF course the widow was ther
dressed as fine as Solomon's lilies, an
flying around as friskyas a young lamb in
rye patch. got introduced to her 40
a.ked her to dance with me, and when sh
flashed her eyes at me and said yes,
jumped up ike l had set down on ht
rriddls. You may talk about sensation
but when she took hold Of my hand an
sorter squeezed it, felt sensation as b
as a load of wood, and it kept running
and down my back Ikea squirrel with
. hawk after him. I'm very fond Of dancin
but I'll be handed if know whether e
joysd it that night or not, for every tin
she took hold of my hand I'd commen
feeling curious behind my ears aud up al
: down my back again, and then wouldI
know whether was on earth or in b
loon, or on comet, or anything about
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-12-26
CaptAih Ecry'm I.ottor1o Fsr,.,a.
don't Grnnts

When the news came fthe execution Of
Capt, Fry, 1t was stated that among the laat
iettHrs no wrote was ono TO President
Grant. We end 1t in the New York
Herald 8j
U. S, Grant, President Of tho United States
OF America
"MR. PREsiDESr-My resignation a.
Lieutenant in the United States navy, dated
January 2s, 1851, was accepted by the
Navy Department but no application for
the pay due me has ever been replied n.
Uuable to find employment in my native
land, was forced to accept the first Office
aud what leads to my death. The money
due me, am inclined TO believe, will be
paid to my family when it is known am
dead. viii you see to it2 ask II Of yeu
as brother officer. lfthe questions Of the
war had been left to the old officers Of the
army and navy there would have been no
war Cherish both arms Of the service for
they ore most free from the taint that cor
rupts the land. My field Of usefulness to
the country has been abridged by proscrip.
ton. The carpetbag policy is rninous to
the land, Let Louisiana govern herself
Her prosperity is that Of the whole country.
II is TREASON to do otherwise.
Respectfully,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-12-26


The decision in the great Credit Mobilize
suits Of the United States, Circuit Judges
Hunt and Shipman, at Hartford, on Friday,
is very important one. II is to be re-
GREETED that the law was found inadequate
to reach those who defruuded the govern
ment and the Pacific Railroad stock holders
through the well known Credit Mobilier
"ring." The decision sustains tho demurr,
which claimed that the damage to the gov.
ernment is too remote to be reached by the
process pursued or by Gny other, and that
the government has no pecnniary interest
to be rouched by the bill. 30, il may be
supposed, the case falls to the ground for
the present. The currupt Congress which
allowed the guilty among it's members in
this matter to escape will bear It's stigmain
history. 1t was the duty, Andin the power
Of Congress, TO have punished personally.
This was svaded in acowardly manner, and
now theiaw is iuadeeuate to reach even
the pockets of those who prospersd through
fraud The republican. party will keep all
this out Of sight il it cen at the next elec-
tion.-lN. Y. Herald.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-12-26

morning the Fortune left and proceeded to
report to Admiral Scott at Key West.
At four O'Clock in the afternoon the vir.
ginds and Dispatch arrived at 1'ortusas.
where they found the ossippse and coal
schoonet. When supplied with coal and
provisiohs the virginius will probabIyl be
sent TO Northern port.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-12-26

An effort was made to exclude. the rep
resentative Of the Charleston News and
Courier from the South Carolina I.egisla.
ture for his comments on the robbers Of
that State. The resolution to expsl was
supported only by the colored msn who in
troduced il. as4
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-12-26

A Troy man is writing the biography u
Methaselah. He has been engaged ave
years on the work, and has just reached the
boyhOod days Of the patdarch. His de-
scription Of the athletic sports OF the young
lad at the age Of l2s years isI very enter
tainihg.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-12-26

Inls2T only three thiles of railway ex.
listed in the United States;in 1887, I43T;
in ls47, 1886; in 1869, 29,065i in 1861,
36,so6; and in s7S, 67,l94 miles, OF which
6427 were built within that year. I'll.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-12-26
VU5HFH 7 hI'
MConfedarate StatAa Navy

"P. s.-The Spanish officers are very
kind to mo, but the United States are weak
when vessel cdh be captured on the high
seas, with perfectly regular papers. and her
captain, crew aud passengers shot without
appeal to the protection Of the United
States. - ..ty .aa ra.., 10. FL
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-12-26

The farmer should SOW bis Ps, keep his
Us warm, hive bis BIS, kill off the Js. re-
member what he 0s, take care Of The VS.,
and pay oil he os, teach his wife not TO
rs, and take his Es. sao7 -' 'N5t
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-12-26

In despair St. Paul reporter put II ia
this way; a wish was an Indian, Mo-
doc or Ute. I'm tired Of hunting items
with the mud above ny boot sai ig'
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-12-26

We learn from the Hsudsboro Deno-
crat that company has been organised ia
Handsboro for the protection OF the com.
merce and welfare Of that eBterprisipg city
lin yigN u Spanish invasiuns
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-12-26

tT- ONE INCH OR LESS rs 4 SQUARE al
Rates OF Advertising by Month or Year.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-04-03

IS a daily train across this continent,
a steamer once in four weeks from
San Francisco 10 New Zealand, ieav
ing every fourth Wednesday, as
March Is, April %, June Is, etc. On
all the other routes the passages are
great deal more frequent than on
this last.
The route. by Japan varies from the
the Australian route between San
Francisco AID Calcutta, tae Paclii
Mail giving passage from San Fan
cisco TO Yokohama Japan 100
miles in % days; the same on ths
Peninsular & Oriental, from Yoke
hama TO Hong Kong, Gina, Loo
miles in six days; the Peninsnlar 4
Oriental from Hong Kong. China
$500 miles in 81 days. Thus Thu
route from San Francisco TO Calcutta
is $500 miles lorg, aud is travelled
in fifty days. VIII 10 ,hp Australian
route is 1892 milrs long, and is
travelled in sixty days. The iormet
ronlc around the world is thus !, Ol2
miles and ten days the shortest =
Railroad Gazette.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-04-03
Around the World.

Tickets around tho world-tor use,
not adver,ising-have been recently
issued by the Union and Cent? al
Pacific Railroad Companies, who
have made Mr.. w. g. Thompson,
Tor nearly two years past the assist
ant Of Mr.. Thomas l.. Kimball, the
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
OF the Union Pacific, their "General
Foreign Agent" aud sent him to
London to take charge OF the Europ.
can Business. winch has become con,
siderable, and seems capable OF con
siderabls extension.
The tickets around the world,
copies OF which we have been per-
mite TO examine, are in themselves
quite lesson in geography. There
are two forms, one by way at New
Zealand aud Australia, and the ether
~ Japan aud China. The one before
us is from the east westward, be.
ginning at New York. There are
eight rnpons, each little larger
than an ordinary bank note. bound
together in a thin volume, like a
music book, with paistboard covers.
The first covers the journey entirely
across the continent from New York
to San Francisco Like the rest OF
them, 1t is not itself a ticket, but is
exchangablc for one, by any of the
routs 10 Omaha, on presentation Of
the general agency Of the Union aud
Central Pacific line in New York
The second cupona Is addressed to
the agent Of the United States, New
Zealand d Australia Mail Steamship
Company ut San Francisco to Sydney,
Australia. The third capon, address
ed to the agent of the Peninsula &
Oriental Steam Nayig ation Company
at Sydney Is tor a ticket from sydney,
by way of Melbourne, Australia
and Poin, de Gale, Ceylon, to Cal
cutta, India--a pretty eireuitous
route, but the only one on which
steamers run regularly. The fourth
coupon is tor a ticket by the East
India Railway from Calcutta to Bonn
bay, India. Here a fifth coupon
secures the holder a passage in one
OF the Peninsula Il Oriental steam.
ers from Bombay VIA Suez, to
Brindisi, Italy, where a sixth coupon
delivers him to the Son,h Italian
Railroad Company, which provides
him with ticket to London. The
seventh coupon is tor a ticket from
London to Liverpool, over the Lon
don & Northwestern Railway,
while the eighth gives passage by a
Cunard steamer from Liverpool to
New York, completing the circuit
OF the glohe.
The coupons are good for one
year from date OF issue, and covers
the transportation of various
amounts OF baggage, on different
h".o $50 pounds from New York
to San Franc SEQ, 70 cubic feet from
San Francisco TO Aus ralia and from
Liverpool TO N. r., 1886 pounds from
Sidney to Calcutta and from Bombay
to Baindisi, about Sc pounds from
Calcutta to Bombay, 60 pounds from
Brindisi To London and 112 pounds
from London to Liverpool.
The cover OF the ticket book gives
the following table OF times and dis
tanceS.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-04-03

The Washington Chronicle ga

The Washington Chronicle says
'lt is stated that by a under due
to the haste with which business was
transacted as the close oil the SEES
sion, Congress voted to the presilen,
the old sa'ary Of $4,000 and the
new one OF $4,000. 1t would he a
great stretch OF generosity for the
President to assume that the blundrr
was committed in the large appro
piiation, but he thinks that h. Will
try aid get along with one salary
until Congress can rectiiy is own
biunder."
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-04-03
The Bank Of Enpland covers Fl,

The Bank OF England covers five
acres OF ground aud employs 900
clerks. There are no windows on
the street. Light is admitted
Through open courts no mob could
take the Bank, therefore, withou,
cannon to batter the immense walls.
The clock ia the centre OF the Bank
has fifty dials ATTACHED to it, Large
clstsrns are aunk III the court, and
engines in perfect order are always
III readiness IN case OF fire. The
Bank Yas incorporated in 1901
Capital, $50, 100000.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-04-03
b, ia,ace sleeping cars, I'd and operated
- ing ms accompany all night trains.
Connections are A rollows


| Al BURLINGTON; with Chicago Bprl;.x.
ton { Quincy Railroad for Ch;.ase Peons.
oincl natl and Louisville, Kcokuk: Quincy
ana Kansas with Toledo, Peoria Il War.
saw hallway for Logansport, Columbus,
iit'sourg and st. Louis, via. Rock ford. Rock
Island 4 st. Louis Railroad; with Burline.
Ton q Missouri River Railroad for Ottumws
hea YAK, Nebraska and Kansas, and with
burlington u Southwestern for Farm Il gtoa
bloomheld, Missouri and Kansas.
AT COLUMBUS JUNCTION, with Gil.
cago Southwestern Railroad for Wash.
linton and Leavenworth.
AZ WEST LIBERTY, with Chicago. Rock
isiand Pacific Railroad, for Iowa City,
')es Moines and Dave port.
~ NICHOLS, with Muscatine Div. B.,
Z. r. & NJ, for Mdscatine.
:, AT CEDAR RAPIDS, with Chicago &
Northwestern Railway for Omaha, Counet.
nluus and Chicago, and with Dubuque &
SCUM western Railway fer Dubuque,
A. WATERLOO and CEDAR FALLS,
WIN Illinois Central Railroad for Ind open
City s' .A1 ~
A. NORA JUNCTION, with Milw.ut..
81. raul Railway, for Mason CITY and
4, AUsrlN, Win Milvauk.. 4 q. Pau,
'Anway, Tor all points in Minnesota,
A.oI; iAUL. for All points on Northern
scinc naliAay the great Lake Superior
e'on, and al points North and NORTH.
"'h. PETTIBONE, WIN. GREENE,
A 1M de2l SuPt. Gen'l Sup't.
:. LIVES, Gen'l Ticket Agent,
Cedar Rapids Iowa
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-04-03

A Kentucky editor received the
following SSte frsm a subscriber
asking that Z false nolics OF Is death
mIgh, b. corrected: "Slr neii. a few
errors in the obituary OF myself
which appeared IN your paper OF
last wednesday, was born in green.
up CO, net caldwell, and my retire
ment from bIsn0s in 1869 was not
OWN TO i'll hsllI. but tn little
trubls j lad in connection with a
horse, and the. cos Of my isth, was
not small pox, pleas make corrections
fer wich enclose so csnts.n
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-04-03

"What is your name?'' asked a
census taker. "John Corcoran. 6
" our ageM Twenty-one." WHAT
your Eatiyity2a swell, that's what
bothers me. I'll tell you, and may
be you can make it ont. My father
was Irish, but is now nalnralized
American citizen; my mother Eng
lish, and | was born on a Dutch
frigate, under the French flag in
Turkish waters. Now, how is IT.?
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-04-03

A few members Of the Forty.
Second Congress have returned their
-, 300 black pay" to the National
Treasury, their consciences not per.
hitting them to keep it. We have
not yet SEEN that any one Of the Iowa
delegation has refused to take the
money, or returned the amount due
him to the fund called conscience
money
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-04-03
Young Crimes.


Old Grimes 10 deai-that good old man,
We ne'er shall see him more;
Blu, lie has left son whs bears
The name that old Grimes bore.
lie wears coat Of The lateet cut.
Ills h il 10 new and gay,
He eannol bear to view distress,
So lie turns from it away.
His pants aud gate Sitting snug
Ger patent leather shoes,
His hair is by barber cnrlsd-
lie smokes cigaes and chews.
A chain Of massive gold il borne
Above his .fashy vest
IIs slothes are better every day
Than we're old Grimes best.
II fashions court he constant walks,
Where 10 delight doth she'd;
HE hands are white and very soft,
Blu. softer is his head.
He's six feet tall-no post more straight
His teeth are pearly white;
In habits he is sometimes loose,
And sometimes very tight.
His manners arc Of sweetest grace,
His voice of sweetest tone;
His diamond pins the very one
That old Grimes used to own.
His r,us,ache adorns his face,
His neck scarf o. blue;
lie sometimes goes 10 church FOR change,
And sleeps in Chimes pew.
lie sports tile fastest "cAb' in town,
Il always quick to bet,
lie never knows who's President,
But thinks sold Tips ~ yet"
He has drank wines Of every kind,
And liquors cold and bot,
Young Griues, in short. is just ut sort
or man-Old Grimes was not.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-04-03

This shows an average progress OF
about 264 miles day, or just II
miles per hour, which il not putting
a girdIe around the earth in forty
minutes, it is true, but is yet a mar
vcllous Improvement on the POSSIBLE
tiles 81 few years ago. The IN.
proyement, however, is much greater
10 the comfort and certainty OF the
journey than in its speed. The most
notable thing is that there are rcgu.
lar lines on al the routes by which
these tickets are given, forming .
complete circuit Of the globe. There
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-04-03

a German preacher near Dayton,
who objects to his congregation
chewing tobacco in church, requested
them to leave their "cuds' "out of
doors on Hat rail, in fensa corner
under the steps-anyw where, for there
would be no danger of the birds,
geess, hoss, or ANYTHING eating j, or
carrying 1t away"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-04-03
oSE'he Rcisnger Sash I4ock and support IL
s ASTEN YOUR WINDOW.

No spring to break, no Cutting Of sash,
cheap, durable, very easily applied; holds
sash atany place desi Ell, aud self fast
ener when the sash is down. Send stamp
forctrctlar. Circular and six copper brona-
ed locks sent 10 any address in the u 5.
POSTPAID, on receipt Of 80 cts. Liberal i'm
ducemenis to the trade. AGENTS wanted
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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-04-03

A Gsrman psychologist has dis
covered that tobacco.smoking by
beys, "intertcrss with the moecula,
changes co lnsli snt with the devel
opment Of tissues. and makes the
blood corpuscles oval and irregular
at the edge" Any parent can thu.
ascertain ii his boy smokes by merely
taking out handful of his blood
corpnscles and observing the edges
-DanJury News.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-04-03

The GoLD IN THE WoRLD.-A COZ
respondent OF the Rutland Herald,
who has recently consulted Hon,
Amasa Walker Oh the above topic,
gives his answer. There have been
no extra data OF the annual gold sup
ply, except the year 1913, when lhr
California discoveries were made -
Previous 20 that time Humboldt esti
mated the worlds stock Of gold AZ
$4,000, 1000, 900, although the author.
tiles widely differed on the subject
The gold product from 1919 down to
the present Tune appears . have
hnnn na fallowS.
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Tofal..." ................... -, ADD, oSJ, 900
Mr.. Walker says that the amounts
not reported would bring the total,
in his opinion, fully up TO $1,000, 900,
COO. The proportion OF the metal
which has been used in the arts can.
not be determined with any certain
ty, but it has been vastly greater
since the discoveries in California and
Australia than before. On the other
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referred to in all the countries Of
Chlistendom. He thinks that about
81 100000 900 have been added to
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The ounce weight is 1870 grains,
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