The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-06-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
| REvoLyER-The earth.

STAGE-sTRUCK-The man who was
knocked over by an omnibus
"DEEDs are fruits, words are but
leaves" But then every tree has to pro-
duce leaves before fruit.
Wash fioor-cloths in clear, warm
water, then go over them again with
wash composed of an egg well beaten
and mixed with pint of warm, clear
water. This will give them a newness
which will be quite lasting.
THE luxury of calling lawyer a
shyster in St. Louis is so cheap that no
newspaper need practice selfdenial or
economy in this regard. The Republican
has just been assessed one cent damages
as the result of a protracted libel suit.
SOMEBODY is trying to precipitate a
panic in California by publishing the
statement that the savings banks of that
State owe their depositors $4,000, 900,
and have but S3,0Oo,000 of cash to pay
up with.
AN advocate in Paris appeared at the
bar wearing his mustache, and the Pres
ident called his attention to the fact that
mustaches were forbidden. "Well,"
said the advocate, 81 never knew be-
fore that the sword of justice was a
razor"
THE London Meas thinks that all this
discourse about chords of color, sympho-
mics of white and blue, sonorous spaces
of ultramarine and bright,hued pas
sages of music may remind the irrever-
ent OF Artemus Wards" Do my eyes
| deceive my earsight?"
THEY are telling some pretty huge sto-
ries about Tremor w. Park, of Benning-
ton, VT, these days, as that he has made
something like 81, 100000 by some
lucky mining speculations in California,
has an income from his mines of $15, 200
day, and is the fourth richest man in
the country.
81 WANT it nice and strong and snug
like" said the widow, exhuming fresh
pocket handkerchief and controlling her
sobs with difficulty. ooh, that's all
right, ma'am, that's all right" returned
the undertaken, tapping, the coffin mer-
rily, "he couldn't get out of it, ma'am, il
he had mind to-"
! JOHN CHINAMAN, when he wants to
hatch fish, after having collected the nee
essary spawn from the waters edge
places a certain quantity IN an empty
hens egg, which is sealed up with wax
and put under sitting hen. After some
days they break the egg, empty the fry
into water we'll warmed by the sun, and
there nurse them until they are suffi
GENTLY strong to be turned into lake OF
river.
IT is said that when Spaniard eats
fruit he always plants the seed thereof
for the benefit of posterity. AS a result
no country is SO beautifully blessed with
fruit as Spain. The Mayor of Topeka,
Kan, seems to be imbued with similar
unselfshness. One afternoon, lately, al
his request, all business was suspended
in the town and the whole population
went to work and planted in the town
about ,00C shade trees of several varie
ties.
A SUIT has been instituted in the Cir
cult Court of Kenton County, KY, by
Alexander Brown, colored man, who
was last winter employed as a roustabou
on the steamer Bodmann. On the colo
Saturday" Brown was ordered by the
mate to perform some duty on the boat
and was not allowed to approach the t1rt
to warm for the space Of three hours, il
consequence of which, as he alleges, his
hands were so badly frozen that the flesl
all dropped from his fingers, Gripping
him for life. He demands $4,000 dam
ages.
THE gender of the Frisco hoodlum il
not necessarily masculine. Recently {
burning his clothing and effects, accord
ing to custom. The rite was performed
on a street corner, near which lived ,
number of Irish women, whose delicat,
nostrils were offended by the fumes O
the burning articles. They gathered il
force and descended upon that Heath
en- Chinee," whom they picked up from
her seat on the curb-stone and set int
the midst of the fire. The miserabl,
creatures clothing was instantly il
flames, but her tormentors prevented he
from escaping for some time, when som'
men arrived upon the scene and rescued
the poor woman, who fed screaming t.
her home.