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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-08-05

looked at its sides, its table, its ouses,
its lustrous varnish; has drawn the
bow across it; has said it was good!
Quickl Where are my strings? We will
see, we will see There is no bridge. That
is all right. The bridge would not have
answered. My Stainer bridge is whole
yet"
He was silent in long but hurried un-
rolling and fastening of strings, an end
less tuning and hearkening and tuning
were vibrant about them and Signor Paz
zani was playing on the little black fiddle :;
and the sweet, powerful sorority, the
suave, silvery, intense tone, the mellow
but majestic strength were ringing in
their ears like the humming of a swarm
of angels wings" said the signor, sud
denly leaving off, with his bow in the air.
"Ah, look at it, What grace in the
curves! how severe the volute how elias
tic and bounding the tone! and the color !!
How purple and rich and full of lusters it
will come out when l shall restore it! Oh,
| shall restore it.'' he cried, gayly, smiling
on them one and all. at will be mine :;
you will not think of keeping it; you can
none of you play on it," he began to i'm
plorc. "It's Guarnerius, the Giuseppe
del Jesus. 1t is worth money-it is worth
more; you shall have thousand, you
shall have fifteen hundred, you shall have
two thousand dollars for it,"
ooh, hush, indeedr" cried Jessie. "Of
course you shall have it, sir. 1t is value
less to US; it is yoursr'
"Stay, stay moment, Jessie" said her
father. "The little black fiddle is mine.
That poor old vagabond, fallen from his
high estate, gave it to me. 1t is a way
bread has of coming back upon the waters
after many days. If the signor wants to
pay me thousand dollars for it we will
compass the other five hundred by our
selves, and you shall go to Italy"
And the next morning Signor Pazzani
went off with the little black fiddle tucked
under his arm, and Mr.. Brooks went to
the city with him to secure Jessies pas
sage in the next steamer that sailed for
foreign shores. And the little fiddle had
some share in it, after all.-Harper's Ba-
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-08-05
GOOD-BY.

OPEN the easement, Roger,
Open it vide;
Let in the friendly voices
Of wind and tide;
Let in the golden sunbeams
On every side.
Raise me high on my pillow
Yes, that will do;
How is it, Roger, that no one
Lifts me like you?
Nobody's hands are SO tender,
Steady and true.
Just as you promised to hold me
When death is nigh,
In its old place on your shoulder
Let my head lie.
Now for one last look, Roger,
On ocean and sky.
All! how the white sails glisten
Out by the More!
Hark how the waters ripple
Down on the shore.
Gently the soft wind kisses
My cheek once more.
1onder the sllyery sea-blrds
Flutter and cry,
Under the band of purple and gold
In the western sky;
Fairest of earth's fair pictures,
Good-by! Good-by!
Roger, you know how often,
In my pain,
rve longed for glimpse of the shining Sc;
Yet once again:
Doubling, as days rolled onward,
My prayer was vain.
But the answer has come, and | see it
Stretching for miles,
With its murmuring, dancing waters,
Its changing smiles,
Whilst the clouds of evening gather
In FURNISHED piles.
X
I've said good-by, and Pm ready
Where's your dear hand?
And you'll hold me, won't you, Roger,
Until l stand
With the Fathers arms around me,
Safe in the Better Land?
T11a,7in,, JIJ,,pfr,fxJ No,,,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-08-05

He was ninety-fve and she was eighty
four They had patiently waited forty
five years for time to free them from their
matrimonial ties. BY that time they had
learned wisdom enough to be satisfied with
d wedding-ring obtained from a pawn.
broker but not sufficient to leave matri.
mony alone.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-08-05

An ecclesiastical question Of some i'm
portance has been settled in Russia by tne
elevation Of a secular priest-whO had
been married--to the episcopate. BY an
Imperial decree the Arch-priest Marcel
Popiei, Of the United Greek Church, was
made Orthodox Bishop of Lublin upon h's
entry into the Russian Church.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-08-05
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK
LIVE STocK.-Beef fCattle-Sll.i5Olo.o'h' hose
Live, S7.5Olt7 .62t. Sheep-Ldve, $4'5og6bo
BREADsrUFFs.-Fiour-d 10 cuoroe' s''sJA
$50; white wheat extra, s6.501bN. Wheat-No.
. Chicago, N.JU0l.3a' NO. Noi'n"eo
ssz. Rve-Western and State, s1.121l.14 Bar.
lev-e1 2yGA1 40 COrn-Mixed Western, SEQ
aSc Oats-Mixed Western, 6o0s1c. 81
o'9. ppov,s,or. po,k-Mess. 400 75a21. 90. Lard
Prime steam, 1SX0l4c. Cheese-5Gn1c.
WooL.-Domestfc Fleece, 5o@ssc-
c.o,
srocu -Reeyes-ChoiCe, S5.9006.2 rs !;
LIVE sIock.-Deesee -,
good, So.fsSo.VV, a., ooa
ers stocA' ~ .ccas OK shasn--Good to
400. Aogs-Lse, S'''"W''o'' 0A'0f o'N
choice, sav"Ds'.s, n,,sr- Choice soas,c Fpps-
Fresh, 13N014c. Pork-Mess, SOi1W"' W.
Lard--S132 250lSW.
bREADsrurrs'-f1onr- oosr ~ Wha.t
e6.OoG7-50; spring extra. SoOogo''o. hoa' a
Spring, NO. z, N.lohWioN' e''A
110c Oats-No. y 5i@'iHc' Ve-'>"- g.
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CLEVELAND

bRsADsrurrs.-Wheat-N Red, $1s7H
0i''o; NO. Red, 31.s2h0 Corn-High
Mixed, 7S079c. Oats-No.1, /, 60061c
BUFFALO.
LIVE srocK.-Beeves = $50006 IS. Hogs
Live S7.5o0s25. Sheep-Live, s5.0O05.5O.
EAST LIBERTY.
LIVE STooK.-Beeves-Best, S6.7517.5O; me.
dunn, 452505.50. Hogs = Yorkers, n 7sON
$40; Philadelphia, Ss.25as.5O. Sheep-Best,
S5.OO65.25; medium, S45O1475
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-08-05

The psddle-wheeIs of large steamer
On the st. John River, in Florida, stopped
suddenly, few nights ago, and then came
crash after crash IN the woodwork. A
panic followed, everybody rolling out of
bunk and rushing for the deck, and it was
soon ascertained that a big alligator had
got entangIed in the revolving wheel,
where he was not enjoying life. .
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-08-05

Four THOUSAND sacks of grain were de-
stroyed by fire, July TO- on rancne IN
Butte County, Cal. The grain was IN
small lots, scattered over the field, when
hv some means unknown fire was started,
which spread with fearful rapidity, de-
stroying this amount of grain, some in
sacks and some standing.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-08-05

THE Colorado Agriculturist and Ltoe
Stock Journal Of Denver has been swal-
lowed up and its distinctive identity lost
in the Colorado Farmer Of the same place.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-08-05

BxxAn,rurry.-Wbeat-A Mich, &i.a6h
al 81. No. Red, 4l.S3n0l.A, Corn
Hiph Mixed. 76h07ac, Qats-No. =, 6e9tO57c.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-12-04
A Valuable Precedent

A measure Of no ordinary Importance,
whether viewed in respect to its Immediate
consequences or as precedent, has recent
" been approved by the Legislature OF
Prince Edward Island. 1t Is an act com
pelhng absentee proprietors Of large estates
to surrender their land at seven shillings
sterling per acre. The absentees who like
to enjoy their ease IN London and else
where, with money wrung from the sweat
Of their tenants in the colony, nov howl
about ''confiscation, ask what is going to
become Of the rights Of property, and call
upon the privy council to and them The
act in question aims at abolishlng feudal
tenures by splitting up the large estates
and converting the former tenants Into alb
solute owners of the soil " hIUl they cult
vate. Accordingly it provides that a pro-
prietor Ito come within the jurisdiction It
the act) shall be construed t. include and
extend to any person receiving, or entitled
to receive, the rents Of any lands exceeding
five hundred acres in the aggregate, leased
or Unbiased, occupied or unocupled- But
the most suggestive point m connection
with the measure Is that It is the result Il
years of agitation, during which large
number Of the tenants refused to pay any
rent. For the information IF the people
in Ireland, We may add that the absentee
propuetors of Prince Edwards Island,
thus dispsssessed, hold better titles than
one Irish landlord out OF every hundred
can produce. -Irish World.
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Where England's Beef Comes From.

In recent article on "How London is
Fed, the London Daily Ne,cs says:
Comparatively few people are aware Il
the extent to which We now rely on foreign
graziers to furnish us with the Wanted
''roast beef of old England" How many
Of those who, living in the neighborhood OF
our great markets, hear without needing
the continuous lowing Of oxen and bleating
Of sheep that lasts from SATURDAY till Mon
day of every week, ever think how sparse
would be the population of those great
Yards if the Dutch and German contingent
were taken away Some idea If this
might be gained if they we're to visit Co
penhagen fields any time during Saturday
or Sunday, and watch train after tram
coming in, all laden heavily With foreign
beasts. Or still better Is visit to one OF
the great depots on the Thames where
these cattle are unshipped any placed IN
quarantine before being transferred t. the
trucks. There are two Of these stations On
the bier, at which immense numbers Of OK
en- and sheep are landed annually the one
at Blackwell, the other at Thames Haven.
Between these two the traffic il divided
pretty equally, and description Of one
may very well serve for the other also. Ii
must be understood that they are not
markets where the visitor would be placed
in the midst Of the multifarious life, and
brought into contract with the various
phases of character incidental to places
where huckstering goes on between 'pur-
veyors' and retailers They are simply
wharves where cattle are quietly landed,
and where provision has been made for
retaining them during the twelve hours If
their quarantine until the veterinary in-
spector furnishes the consignee with the
necessary prdtique The work that goes Oh
there every week, however, is not devoid
nf incidents nor of interest TO all who care
to inquire into this question Of feeding
London. At Thames Haven, the trade is
principally with the ports Of the German
ocean, but at certain times Of the year
SPAN also sends large contingent here.
The traffic with Holland is carried on all
through the year, while from Schleswig
Holstein the importatIons begin about
April and end in November. In 1874 six
hundred and thirty cargoes of live stock
were landed at this pier alone, consisting Of
81, 922 oxen and cows, q, 475 calves, 1874,
4S5 sleep and lambs; ~, lO8 pigs, and
few horses and goats. The number Of arri-
walls this year are propOrtionately greater.
In the month of July there were landed
I, 27S beasts--to use the name by which |
dealers designate all bullocks; 3.7O4 calves,
|, $40 pigs, 20, 8l8 sheep aud 32 horses as
cattle This last mysterious description Is
suggestive of experiments in hippophogy I; |
but the reader may be assured when told |
hat as cattle simply means that they are
sent here at the owners risk. If We
iouble these numbers twill represent ap-
the numbers Of foreign cattle
actually brought into London monthly
or July Is a. nearly as possible the average
month of the year, and about the same
numbers goto Blsckwall's as are landed at
Thames Haven.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-12-04
A Sad Staten mt.

We're We to publish a tithe Of the replies
received from many of our subscribers at
the present time, showing the deplorable
condition ~ large portion Of the indus
trial classes, many Of our readers would be
apt TO consider them pure Inventions hut
alas their statements are only too true. A
letter received from an old aud valued
agent Of THE ADVOCATE, near Berlin, Wis.
writes as follows
know my Indebtedness to you have
seen the time when ! could pay on demand
such an account; but. dear sir, when I say it
is impossible to do so, speak the simple
truth have hoped for better wages, at
least in money but it grows worse and worse.
| assure YOU a dollar day in store pay don't
get one meal day for three children and pay
the doctors bill will not feel hard, If Won
q. 10 -~,li me S,apers, as they are no.
mine. and will be as triel.siy as ever toward
vou Whenever get -, tnss IN he for
Won. except IA ease u preventing Starvation
"a nv family Your papers are eagerly read
in our camp Of forty men. Some Wouid onrn
them. but lock them up when 60 TO work.
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g The Cigar Makers Journal

We have received the first number Of
the Cigar Makers Journal published under
THE auspices vi Che n international Union,
ana edited uy the President, Mr. George
Hurst. III suHylj, Conn. II IS not what
NV would like to have seen VI, hut We sup
pose a good many allowances must ~ made
fara first Appearance we wish b an sue
cess.
The reports from the several local unions
under tn, jurisdiction of the International
Onion show the trade to b. III a very de-
PRESSED condition Danville an No 20.
aud st. Joseph Mo.) NJ. %, have been
reii stated
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the MINER

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. Nov. 29-There is a
strife among the coal mine-owners here
which Is likely T. be Of benefit to the peo-
pie, even II the operators and miners lose
The Co-Operatives Coal Mining COMPANY
on this morning offered 10 sell coal for five
cents at the mine or seven cents delivered
to any part Of the city. On to-day tw
other shafts offered to supply consumers
at four cents at the mine and six deliy-
sFel.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. y. Information
was received to-day from the west that
the coal miners strike ~ Carbon and Rock
Springs had been squelched Gov. Thay-
er, Of Wyoming, took four companies Of
United States troops to the mines t. pro
tect the works and the 100 Cinnamon hired
by the Union Pacific Only AZ " the
whole force At both mines have been re-
employed. The rest have been offered
passes to Omaha or Ogden, aud are leaving
the country. Forty-One u them arrived
here to-day The Union Pacific com
Pany intend to nil the complement Of the
working force with Cinnamon.
| 1t is well known fact that the Moshan.
non valley comprises one ~ the richest min
| eral regions IN Clearteld and Centre counties
but above Osceola the Moshannon coal fields
remain wholly undeveloped. Parties who
own the property along this stream are wait
ing for railroad, and until a road IL made
the mineral wealth will remain undevel,ped
There can be no doubt that A narrow gauge
road along the upper Moahannun. having II.
outlet at Tyrone or Upton, would do All i'm
mense business, and pay a large dividend
besides opening a rich territory, hitherto ru
tirely out OF the reach Of any market. ~ III,
route across the mountain should he obiec
tlOnable, good water grade down the Mo
shannon would Connect with tie branch
rad at Beaver run, but all the freight w0ui,
have 70 be carried in the wrong direction
and after reaching this place would have 3,
be drawn MP grade on the Tyrone and Clear
field branch before it could reach the mali
line. The route across the mountain from
the head Of the M0shannon, is decidedly th
best, and would reach the main coal fields a
distances ranging from ten H. fourteen miles
starting from the main line at Upton Thl
road will undoubtedly be made at some fu
ture period. aud we see no reason why i
should not be commenced IN time Tor th
present generation to derive a share u It
benefits. -OsceoId Rerieiie
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-12-04

Each Of these pound sterllngs Of paper
money were different from the English
pound sterling, although they we're each
derived from It, and they compared, as
above given, with the Spanish milled dol
ar Now this commission, instead Of
adopting the Spanish dollar, created new
dollar worth somewhat less as the stand
ard # our American money Of account. Z"
The silver ~ The Spanish dollar he'd no
more effect IN determining this matter
than the paper in the Continental State
rag shinpiasters. Il Vas the money Of
account that determined the value Of this
original dollar We now have seven legal
dollars, namely
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m ,neytd corp ora .iOns, aud their vigorous en-
forcement.
Therefore we invite all legal voters 81 the
UuIted States who lndorse tine above preAIn-
bic and resolutions TO meet in delegate con-
vention in the city u Indianapolis, on We'd
nesdAy, May IL, 1876, to put in nomination
one candidate for the office Of President and
one candidate for the office Of Vice President
Of the United States.
). NJ SMITH, Chairman.
T. b BUCHANAN, Secretary
Chairmen Of State Committees were APP
pointed an follows:
Minnesota Ebenezef Ayers, Cottage Grove
Wisconsin William Oileridge, kenosha
Ilhnois-James N. Allen, Geneseo.
Kentucky. NJ. Wood, LOUISVILLE
New Jercey-Beniamin Urner, Elizabeth
New York-SAmuel Leavitt. New York
City.
! Massachusetts M. Chamberlin, Boston
Ohlo-Robert Shilling, Cleveland
| Michigan Moses w Field, Detroit.
Indiana-E. A. Ollemann, Indianapolis.
Tennessee +. Brooks, Nashville.
Iowa-Samuel SInnett, Muscatine.
KansAs-Henry Bronson, Mound City.
North Carolina-J. r. Winston, Caswell
county.
West Virglnla-John A. Thompson, sum
init Point.
Missouri Warner st. John, Carthage
Pennsylvania-E NJ Davis, Philadelphia
The tllowing resolution was adopted
fesoired. That each Greenback Club shall
forward to the Chairman Of the State Cen
trail COMMITTEES not less than one cent mOntl
per member, who shall forward 20 per cent
to the Chairman Of the National Committee
The committee then adjourned, subject u
the call Of the Chairman and Secretary.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-12-04
Greenbacks in Detroit


4 respondent writing from Detroit,
under cate 1t Nov 80 says
Our Grecuback Club Is Ia a thriving con
ditipn ana We are circulating a petition her.
asking Congress "a repeal the Resumption
act. Advocates Of bullion principles are IN
vited o. our ciuh-rooms. to present their
views The members think they have alto
gether the best u, the argument, so far
Gen ii ;. Williams. who s the member
elect to the House # Repr, seutatives from
this district, has publicly Announced his 10 i
tion ou tie currency question TO be in favor
OF hard money and Of course all that the
term implies What Of that? He As banks
81 Inns own, ard vas the bondholdeis' and
coupon clip ers candidate What Does he
care about cur mechanics aud manufacturers.
50 long he and his particular friends get
their per cent gold interest regularly!
Wages are beInl con tautlv cut down; at
We must spgfr and be content, you know be-
cause We shall al be 50 happy just as sno.i as
We " resume, touch bottom" and e to
" hard pan
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The Five Twenty Bonds

-N ueu ,nr bali Vas % lis passage. the
.lu. -tl.u vas "a yre,~l, asAed"i th4 Chairman
w -Hg Committee NJ May, and Means, and
~ expressly answered uy hum THAT ouiy the
Iu,erys. .A- pa,aYl, "a ara. -IHtppEvs
~T-stN~
..It ,l. riui- holder refuses to take the
same s,.l - muut, WI-h winch lie bought the
pu.I., He ny WV rNr.ruouer ami yudia-
tur I.uN ~uEkNN>
eve should du t,u injustice 10 the Gov
eminent lui tn tht people "A tne United
~ta.,S ..t.t Ur l.Nr >.lt these bonds ~ Al
a,rr,-. ltr u1, ul.rr than SIXTY cents MI the
u.l.f. r.V W. I..pu>t w make a new cnL-
tr.,.t t.. J4, u..eu. ND the holders -uLlv r.
e. M....N
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-12-04

Granny Coupons, of New England, goes
round humming this tune in our ears
daily. Old Granny Coupons, Of New
England, is a stupid old Ounce, or he is
determined villain, who is striving to plum
der the poor operatives that create the
wealth Of New England Of their hard
earnings, and like all other villains, is a
common enemy Of our country ana Of man
l..
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-12-04

always captured a party when they could
agree. When they did agree, then concert
81 act o aas manifested III ahat x ci.i. a
a political ~ tidal ,oaUe. They did not
agree this autumn, and there was no
tidal wave They are now organizing
themselves into Greenback Clubs all
over the United States, and he predicted
the next tidal wave" would he a green
back wave!
Much enthusiasm was manifested during
the address. A Greenback Club was then
organized, and the meeting adjourned
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-12-04

SINCE the establishment Of national
banks, thirteen years ago, the government
has paid them about $500, 600. 700 in
bonds deposited by them as security for
the redemption Of their currency, and fur
nished them with about $3.50. ono 600 of
currency which the banks have used \.
money What, in rstLrn for all this. have
the banks done or given Dubuque Tele-
graph
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-12-04

These are all legal dollars. most Of them
are counted by the buliionlsts as real
money, whereas, in reality, the greenback
is the real and III fact the only standard
dollar in America; it is actually worth 100
cents on a dollar, although We have quot
Ell It above after the bullion method Of cal
culation
One point more. The greenback to-day
embodies all If the elements which Mr..
Jones recommends that it be given. A
few days since We received some new green
backs from the national depository in this
city. The parties to whom they
were paid redeemed some Of these
greenbacks the same afternoon. That
evening the baker and grocer redeemed
them again and SO they are being redeem
ed all the time, whenever a person buys
anything and pays for il. They are re-
deemable in' f,Od. clothing, cnaI, labor,
hing which men want or can deslre.
can Asnhre our friend that the green
BACK theofs = not dsl~.ian. even : aid
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-12-04

Nt Dam, missed several e our labor ex-
chances lately What has Become ~