The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-01-28

climax.
ITEMS Of INTEREST.
SoFT.soAP should be kept in dry
place in cellar, and should not be used
for three months after it is made.
REV. CYRUS w. OLIVER, of Jersey City
pointed at two of his lady listeners,
called them by name and pronounced
them the black sheep of Israel, lost in
the mountains of sin. And they had
him arrested for defamation of charac-
| ter.
HOWEVER rich q man may be, however
titled, however proud, let him 60 his
way with humility, remembering that he
IS only about the two-billionth part OF
the population of the world and that he
will some day die and be missed by men
Just about as much as q mashed grass
hopper is missed by his swarm.
A RECENT number of the Sunnyside,
an English paper, contains, under the
head of Wants." the following: "a
first class teacher for the Northam School,
Lot 13. A male teacher preferred; i;
one little ordinary, SO that he may not
attract the attention of female scholars" !"
Those English people are foolish.
A SYRACUSE girl declined to engage
herself to the object of her affections
until his father had given her written
guarantee that his son was not only sound
"in wind and limb, " but of good morals,
gentle, and warranted to behave both in
"single and double harness" That girl
did not intend to be seen in o divorce
court.
A SINGULAR case of death from fright
occurred recently at Lerwick, Scotland.
A young woman who was employed to
watch with sick woman was found one
morning dead in chair by the bed, on
which lay the corpse of the invalid. The
medical opinion was that, the patient
having died in the night, the shock killed
the watcher.
SARAH YATES, of Abingdon, Mass,
has always been strong-minded girl and
opposed to matrimony. Recently, how
ever, she received an excellent offer of
marriage, and compromised with her
principles in this style: "Mr. Bates, !
have reflected on your proposition, and
have concluded to submit to the humili-
ating sacrifice you demand"
A Boston girl, sixteen and pretty, ad-
vertlses that she will marry any man
who will pay for her education, and will
fulfill the contract on the day she gradu-
ates. In her view, therefore, education
is happiness and marriage a secondary
consideration. One can scarcely call
this wisdom; and yet it is more or less
characteristic of Boston.
Mr.. SUMMERS pictures, which were re-
Gently sold at auction in Boston, did not
bring SO much as it was expected they
would. About 5000 was realized from
the sale. Some of them were very fine
as works of art, but the great Senator
thought quite as much of the sentiment
of a picture as its artistic merits, and
often the former made him exceedingly
tolerant of artistic defects.
A BosroN merchant failed lately OWING
over $4,000. When q committee Of
creditors waited upon him to investigate
his affairs, in reply to their request fol
his books and papers, they were politely
informed that he had never kept any
books, but if they desired list of the
persons owing him he thought he could
easily furnish list from memory-s
statement which afterward proved to be
true.
"a NAN sent word to me last night,
said the Hon. Sheridan Shook, yesterday
"that he wanted to see me privately.
came out of the theater and took him in
10 my Office. You have lost your watch,
said he. Yes said I. There it is,
said he, handing it to me. ANY ex
penses.' said I. 'None,' said he. vii
you explains said I. No. said he
you have the watch and that's enough
IN. Y. Sun.
| FoR number Of years various de
serving charities of London and othel
parts of England have received anony
nous gifts Of 81, 900 at time, which, i
is needless to say, have been Of great as
sistance in their works. Efforts to flint
the giver have been fruitless, although
now and then pretender has aspired T.
the honor. Recently, at Chestnut, il
.he diocese Of Rochester, Mr.. Atwood
a somewhat eccentric old bachelor, died
and his books show that he was the mys
terious benefactor. His gifts altogethc
amounted to nearly e85O,O0O or ncarl..
q, O00, 900, and during the past year b
, has gwen away nearly $SJO, 900.
Il In an inland town Of California il a
, | individual who seems to have secre
| cure for diphtheris, to the sale Of whic
/ he devotes his energies. The man latel
professed to have become religious. A
/ . church meeting he is reported to hav
J made speech, . follows: IT h&v
! made up my mind to give my propert
!. TO the service Of the Lord. l have sey
! eral thousand dollars in money, al Q
which bestow on the church. / hav
I some fine bloodcd stock, especially som
!. Black Hawk horses, all Of which I Civ
> to the church. have also lot Q
|, grain and farm produce, which in lik
| manner bestow on the church. TheT
| | u but ono thing IN all my poesessiou
j | which / reserve Tor myself, ard that
: my celebrated medicine for ths csre 9