The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-04-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
COMMITTEE on ways and means
Wives.
SCOUTS OF THE PLAIN-Men who snee
at nomely women.
To MANY the path of life is nearly al
tunnels.-Danbry Ne,os.
AN enterprising tradesman and an ad
vertising one are synonymous terms.
How rapidly in winter the coal in tn,
bin becomes the coal that hath been!
! DoCToRs doubtless are the happies
when they see people get little ale in.
THE most aristocratic month in thu
calendar-March. 1t puts on more air.
than any other.
NINE. THEIRS says: "What makes
men SO unhappy is their inordinate thirs
for happiness"
ANOTHER New York modiste has come
to grief for smuggling feminine finery
A HORSE, with more appetite than
taste, ate up. a Chinaman's pig-tail in
San Francisco few days ago
In Alabama mustard is only three
cents pound, and yet a burglar worked
all night in store in Selma and all he
got was four.pound can of ground mus
tard
SIX ladies who were girls together
sixty years ago lately had tea party at
Burilville. N. Y. United years of the
revelers, 442-an average of about seventy
years.
HARRIET PRESCOTT SPoFFoRD says
"There are some men born to rule with
naughty, careless sweetness, and 9TH
ers born to die for them with stern and
dogged devotion" Harriet is right.
Sometimes they combine the two, like
the late Mr.. Vas4uez, of California His
sweetness was little too careless, but
his devotion was stern and dogged
enough.
How EASILY your New England man
blossoms into lecturer A tramp in a
New Haven lookup was recently over
heard describing to crowd of his breth-
rem the best places for lodgings and food
between New York and Boston, illus
trating his remarks with rough chart
which he had prepared as the result OF
his experience.
A WRITER in the Standard estimates the
amounts paid for the salaries of minis
ters by the different denominations, as
follows:
The Methodist Episcopal Church pays. $40, ,OOO, ,oOC
The Baptist Church at least S,0O0,NlC
The Congregational, say. so O,O0C
The Presbyterians. Observation-Disclosures. 5,O0U,0Q(
The Episcopal. .................. 5.000.00(
All other evangelical churches. ........ 5000, ,OOt
The Unitarians and Universalists 49,. 3,0OO.OO(
The Roman Catholics. $50. 100000
Total $49, 600, ,0G(
He thinks the ratio of total contribu.
tions to the church work is about foul
times the amount paid the ministers
which would make up the aggregate
amount of $500, ,OOO, 900 raised annually
in the United States for religious pur
poses.
A QUESTION in Hdrdacicke's Science Cos.
sup as to whether the popularity of "eyes
of different colors" was of frequent oc
~uiIonCo has Ual1cu vut Ia IoopvMs~ the
mention of numerous instances. Ont
correspondent states that he once owned
q perfectly white cat which had one
bright pink eye, while the other was 9
very dark blue. The animal was deaf
Another writer owned q cat with one
green or yellowish-gray eye, and the
other clear, pale blue. The green eye
was blind. Several cases of this phe
nomenon were brought forward but they
were not confined to the feline race
They were mentioned as occasionally oc
curing among dogs, horses and men
The case of boy with one "lovely vio
let eye, and the other rich chestnut,
was cited; as also the cases of two mer
having-the one yellow-gray eye, and 8
dull, deep-blue one; and the other rich
brown eye and grayish-blue one. In
these last instances the sight was perfect
1T was IN Paris. An elegant lady goes
out shopping. While she is engaged
there is heavy fan of rain. The streets
are flooded, and, to add to her distress
her carriage stands on the far side of 9
large, open square which has become 8
lake. She SIGNALS to the driver, but, hi
horses being young, will not face ths
water. She stands on the edge of the
curb, stamping her little feet and moi
knowing what to do. A gentleman
passes and takes the situation in at f.
glance. Throwing his cigar aside b,
steps up to the lady, seizes her by the
waist, delicately plunges into the tids
and lands her safely on the lower step o.
her carriage door. Recovering from hel
astonishment she turns around and NUT
ters: Insolent!" The gentleman lose.
no time, but steps back to the lady
seizes her by the waist delicately
plunges into the tide and lands hel
where she stood before. He then take
off his hat, bows politely and walk
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