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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
The Moral Effects of Hurry.

To THE thoughtful, the moral conse-
ouences of tension and hurry are very
saddening; to the physician their re-
suits are matter of profound con-
Germ; their grave evils come under his
daily observation. No evolution OF
force can take place with undue
rapidity without damage to the ma
chine in which the transformation IS
effected. Express railway stock has
mucb shorter term of use than that re-
served for slower traffic. The law is
universal that intensity and duration
of action are inversely. proportioned.
1t is therefore no matter OF surprise to
find that the human nervous system Is
no exception to the law. The higher
salubrity of rural oyer urban life is
not entirely matter OF fresh ar and
exercise. Rural life involves leisure
and pause in work, which are very
essential to the maintenance OF the
nervous system in a state of due nutrl-
ton. Unremitting spasm soon ceases
altogether. The tension of life pro-
duces weakness at the very place
where strength is most needed. The
damage done to the health of the most
valuable part of the community, the
best trained thinkers, most useful
workers, is incalculable. Work and
worry, though not proportional, are
closely connected, and an excess OF
the former soon entails an increase in
the latter beyond the limits which the
nervous system can bear with impuni-
ty, especially under the conditions
under which work has to be DONE
London Lancet. tsE&
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
A Five ThOusand.DOlIar Turkey.

THE most expensive dinner served
on Thanksgiving Day was eaten at
San Francisco, If the ingenious Ne1cs
Letter be veracious. A rich citizen,
who had made a fortune as poultry
dealer, wished to send fine turkey to
his daughter and her young husband,
and at the same time to incloSe a little
souvenir. He placed certificate of
100 shares of Consolidated Virginia
mining stock in rich morocco pocket
book, hiding his gift inside Of therOyal
bird, near the heart. AS he joined the
young couple at dinner there was a
merry twinkle in his eye. Grace was
said, and the keen carving-knife cleft
the breast of the fowl. 1T tastes a
little leathery," remarked the young
wife. "Cut deeper" responded the
fond parent They cut and cut until
the last vestige of the stutfing, which
smelt like a collection of elegantly
bound books, was removed. There
lay soggy-looking pocket-book. The
India rubber band had dissolved, and
as it opened with the heat the sweet
Juices of the turkey had little by little
reduced the crisp certificate to boiled
pulp. With loud shrek the father
fell under the table. lie had forgotten
to take the number Of the certificate,
and they had been eating a turkey
worth $4,000.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
One of the Tragedies of the
Brooklyn Theater.

LAST Tuesday night Mr.. John Hen
fer, of Twelfth street, near Third
avenue, was suddenly seized with Il
desire to 90 to the Brooklyn Theater
to see the "Two Orphans. His wife
did not feel like going that evening,
and wanted to wait a day or two, es-
pecially as she had a little girl three
wears old whom she could not very
well take with her, and she urged this
as an objection. But her husband in
sisted on going, and proposed that the
child be left with a lady who lived In
the same house, and who had often
expressed willingness to do favor
of that kind. After much urging,
Mrs. Henfer finally consented to this
arrangement. Just as they were going
aWav the child ran after them, and,
with tears in her eyes begged them not
to leave her, the father replying play
fully: "Papa and mamma are going
away off, and are not coming back to
their little girl any more Mrs.
Henfer said it was shame to plague
the child, and, kissing her, they left,
never to return. The child has been
sent to some relatives of her father s
in New York.-N. Y. World.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28

81 know it." sobbed Ida; "and
I'm cured. never dreamed it sound
cd so horrible; and l ask everybody's
pardon for offending their ears. But,
papa" and she half smiled, 81 never
talked as you did. Why, where did
you learn so much slang?'
Il am sorry to say that hear it
from day to day among my clerks"
was the reply, land I have been al
most tempted to fine them. But when
l heard my daughter
80, papa, don'tp' cried Ida, putting
up both hands.
"Well, then, | won't" he respond
ed, laughing. Il think you have had
Il good lesson, and we will all resume
our company manners, which ought to
be everyday manners. We will let
the whole matter drop now, and not
even refer to it again.
l am happy to say that by this les
son Ida was completely cured.-Jef.
c. Harbour, IN Youths Companion.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
AiHoAn.

e1,,. l,osE 1talyJ telegram of the 18th
ssnIJ: sII.Sss The appointment of Rev. John
5%o 5G[ag' ni OF Louisville, Ky, as Bishop
r rs i Diocese of Peoria, III.
w., W, B. {. BARBER, an accountant Of ,be
10 a ,-, VI Montreal, in Toronto, Canada,
,snr'esld I'S''ed on the 18Th, upon the charge
b a sn... u,e 18th, a Servian squad fired into
t,sml ,ulan steamer at Maros. Great cx.
l5on'4 ,l, was caused in both countries, and
o,oS sg31 n Prince Milan promptly disa.
taaa.. ule act, dismissed the ofIendinp
Ii, sn,i1 suu demanded the resignation of
.,raa u,I'e Cabinet, the excitement was no,
i,rS". w. up to the 2lst. It was feared that
ae;,o, complications of the Eastern
sum would ensue.
trgs, paALEs BRENT, the Louisville 1Kv,
Ss,s. ". was surrendered to the Tinted
b n. Millster aall by the British autborities
ayto, ysn' ,tl and left on the evening of that
Rpais -SNA S dispatch OF tae goth saws
ru5.s. :, had granted servia S,ooo, ,ooC
Inn = uie reorganization of her army
S. pe,. banking house Of Bairnabof. a,
Oufg' Russia, failed, on the 2lst
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
NDUSTRIAL. STATISTICAL
AND TECHNICAL.

TIE potato crop of Oregon is badly
affected by the rot, and it is feared
none can be Wintered.
THE Geological Museum at Warsaw
is exceedingly rich in the department
of higher animals. Its collections in
clude 514 species of mammals, 3,2l6 OF
birds and 400 of reptiles and amphib-
ians.
Two HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE
miners employed at Coal Creek, in An
derson County, Tenn. have struck for
an increase in wages of twenty-five per
cent. The proprietors, resisting the
demand, have shut down operations.
DIR. RoYsToN PIGOTT mentions a
couple of examples of extraordinary
acuteness of vision. In one case,
person unacquainted with the exist
ence of Jupiter's satellites detected
three of thom with the naked eye, and
their position, which he drew upon
paper, exactly corresponding with that
viewed through the telescope. In the
second instance, an individual distin-
guished, at distance exceeding half a
mile, two children ascending the sunny
side of hill, and was able to tell the
color of their jackets. A good opera
glass verified his sight. The same person
could see bullet marks at 500 yards.
A VERY novel and at the same time
interesting experiment, according to
the Lockport papers, is soon to be
attempted in that city by Mr.. Holly,
the successful water-Works pump IN
venter. This experiment is to heat
the whole city with steam, after the
same manner as it is lighted with gas.
Unfortunately the entire programme
is not published, as it would no doubt
be interesting reading. 1t is moi
thought feasible to have one boiler dc
the job, but the city is to be divided
into districts, and each districts to have
it's separate boiler. Mains from eacl
boiler are to run to the differen
houses, and all the occupant has to dt
is to turn on faucet and obtain al
the heat lie wants. Rochester nv. ".
Times.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28

precinct the voters were compeIled to mass
thelr tickets through window foot above
tnelr heads, and lost sight of them before
Iney were deposited in the box; that the
republican Supervisor was driven from
the room, and that votes were canyassed
Two miles from polling-places. The Com
hlltee also took the testimony of the Judge
Vi Manatee County, whose evidence was
ABOUT the same as before the House Com.
mlttee, and showed that the County Commits
sloners totally neglected to revise the regis
tration list, to appoint precincts or precinct
oIhcers, or give any notice of the election
a, small vote was cast, mostly Democratic.
There were many who refused to vote.
AT the session of the Senate Com
mlttce, on the 2lst, according to TalIahas
see special to the New York Times, further
testimony was taken concerning jackson
county to the effect that at the Campbelltown
Precinct Democrats and Republicans voted
alternate hours in the forenoon, and the
Republicans in the afternoon. When the
count was made at night, all the Republican
votes were found ON top to the number of
seVenty-seven, and all the rest-291-were
Democratic. 1t was in proof that MANY
more Republicans voted in the forenoon
tnan in the afternoon. At Friendship
Church 1T was sworn to that sixty-seyen
Republicans voted, and but forty-four Re-
publican votes were found in the box. There
was some testimony of Democratic repeat
ing A person who was sent to Manatee
County to get information as to the charac-
Ter OF the election in that county for the
Canvasslng Board, testified that he was
turned backed at Sumpterville under threat
that his life would be taken if he went
further; that they had got large Democratic
majority, and would not have veitinvestigated.
The House Committee had left Tallahassee.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28

the deficit being over 100000 rubles. A
stringent commercial crisis existed in
Southern Russia.
A PERA telegram Of the 22d says the
Sultan of Turkey was seriously i'll. His
condition was causing great uneasiness.
DURING a storm which prevailed along
the English and Scottish coast on the
10Th, Goth and 21st, large number of
vessels were destroyed and over sixty per-
sons persisted.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28

- AIAAH "a
Ii the South Carolina Democratic
iluse, on the 18th, sevcnty.nine Senators
representatives being present, bal
31aS taken for United States Senator,
'lcd resulted in the choice Of NJ. G..
laer, he receiving siXty-tour out Of the
1'nty'nne votes cast. In the Supreme
lF, United States Attorney Corbin
-a arcturn to the rule for contempt,
be Court also heard the argument in the
Ae Of the 1ilden rs. the HAYES Electors.
adjourned without taking any action.
The South Carolina Senate, by a strict
-ly vote, decided, on the goth, to ad-
Urn with the Republican House sine die
q the 22d. The Tax and Appropriation
- passed to a second reading. The
u levy aggregates seventeen mills.
4Iusive of local taxes, and calls
4 S2,OlO,OOO. In the Democratic
-oaSe, a resolution was adopted re-
-estlng Gov. Hampton to issue his
defamation calling upon all faithful.
'T'a0Idlng citizens to pay to the Gov
--'T Or some person appointed by him
receive 1t, sum equal to onc-fourth
1e State and county tax, to the end
-'' lie necessary expenses of the Gov
'-Ient may be paid.
according to a special telegram the
-s-ocFatic House, on the 21st, adopted a
solution instructing and admoDisbinp
-' taxpayers Of tie State not to pay the
-4's levied by the Republican House,
WI ooey any act, resolutions or procla-
a., ~''oaS passed by that body or issued
-. 'ne sad traitor, D. II. Chamberlain,
F... ~ a''eMpunS to usurp the Office Of
'o'eFnor Of So-th Carolina" D."
Al a meeting of Conservative taxpayers
r A." Ie'' at Charleston on the evening of
'5 y. same day, at which resolutions were
:, gP's0 recognizing Hampton and simp-
s~ %.. as lawfully elected, and pledging
',"' "'oFaI' financial and material aid.
Il, JoIumoia ~ dispatch of the e2d saws
= = democratic House had adjourned
g,' A. u's' This action leaves two State
r,.'..1 ,,.s51aents acting upon their own re-
raI rU''l.y' Chamberlain made a large
h, 's. VI. CI nominations for county off
= i, !, "nIch ". We're confirmed by the Sen,
..',.s m executive session. Hampton had
.1 I1nees OF his frieads, and was pro.
,s,,, ,,'s also to organize county govern.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
FLORIDA.

The Senate Committee had before
them. in secret session, on the 10th, VIII
nesses from Monroe, Manatec and jackson
COMMITTEES. The Secretary of State furnished
the committee tabulated statement OF the
vote for Presidential Electors on the taee M e7o 0I
and and Tilden. a,3i2. This, including return
No. i, from Baker County, which
was. by the unanimous action OF the
Roard rejected, and other returns subsu-
tnted giyes Tilden 119 majority. The inves-
tigation OF the Jackson County returns pro-
dnced evidence that at Friendship Shureh
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
SOUTH CAROLINA.

COmptroller-Gen. Dunn and Secre-
tary of State Hayne appeared before the
House Committee, on the 18th. From the
former the fact was ELECTED that the Elcc-
toral vote was canvassed by the State Board
of Canyassers, and was made up and
counted from the returns of the county can.
vassers, including the counties of Edgefeld
and Laurens, which were excluded in the
count for members of the Legislature.
Haynes testimony was unimportant. The
Senate Committee held a secret session,
hearing testimony in respect to the intimi-
dation of negroes. The House Committee
left in the evening for Charleston, to inquire
into negro intimidation in that and other
counties.
Both of the investigation commit
tees were taking testimony, at Columbia, on
the 21st. Sub-committees had been sent to
Charleston and Beaufort Counties, to obtain
the testimony Of witnesses there.
The Congressional Committee of
the House were at Charleston on the 22d,
taking testimony regarding intimidation in
the coast counties.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28

When a blear-eyed, bald-headed
weather prophet is asked whether 1t IS
going to be a hard winter, he shuts one
eve. looks at the sun with the other
dies up clump of grass, examines
the roots. and says, Il don't know.
He is generally correct.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28

THERE are thirty-one blast furnaces
and fourteen rolling-mills in Shenan-
go Valley, Pa. Most of them have
been idle for some time, and the work
men there are praying for better days.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
BE Kind to the Living.

IT is all very we'll to give men fine
funerals when they die, and to write
long obituary notices proving them
saints ImcanUniZed 1t is a good thing
to pauSe-We who must all die some
day-for little moment, to do honor
to the dust and ashes that were yes
terday man. Bat while we dc this,
can we not also give little kindness
to the living? Can we not be gener-
Gus and just and forgiving to those
who still have ears to hear and hearts
to throb with pain and anxiety?
How many hearts might have been
saved from breaking by perusal of
their obituary notices; how many
might have been cOmfOrted by ante
mOrtem perusal of the verses on their
tOmbstOneS, 1t is after he is dead
that we say of the man, "11e was
brave and good;" of the woman.
She was pure and pretty The
abuse, the sneer, the innuendo, the
malicious whisper, the coarse carlca-
ture-these are for living, breathing,
bleeding human bosOms. Any amount
of tombstone praise and funeral pa
geants that you like; but would it
harm us to be a little kinder to the
living ?-ChriStidn Standard.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28

TIE negro vote is a large factor h
elections. 1t was computed two years
ago at 7S1 $40, distributed as follows:
Alabama, O,4OO; Arkansas, II, 100;
California, $50; Connecticut, LEO;
Delaware, 4,2OO; Florida, 1900;
Georgia, LOO; Illinois, 5000; lndl-
ana, 4, POO; Iowa, 1, 100; Kansas, 3, 100;
Kentucky, 4O,400; Louisiana, 66,3OO;
Maine, 500; Maryland, 81 900; Massa-
chusetts, $500; Michigan, 2,1oo; Min
nesota, 40; Mississippi, S0,7oo; Mis-
souri,, 1900; Nebraska, 140; Nevada,
100: New Hampshire, 100; New
Jersey, 5000; New York, $500;
North Carolina, 79,200; Ohio, 1880;
Oregon, 60; Pennsylvania, 11,ooo;
Rhode Island, $50; South Car
olina, 1000; Tennessee, 5000; Texas,
1900; Vermont, 10; Virginia
%, 800; Wisconsin, 400; West Virginia.
3 300.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
We Toltdu Ghroniele.

THE CHRONICLE is published at the County seat
OF Tama one Of the largest, richest, most central
and populous counties in Iowa. tits the oldest
paper in the County and one of the Oldest in the
Srate--having been established in 1855. Its circu-
Iaton being large and constantly increasing, makes
ii very desirable advertising medium for business
men and manufacturers wishing to bring their
goods and wares to the notice of the people Of
Central Iowa. ...
Advertising rates made known on application.
JOB PRINTING
Of every description executed with neatness and
dispatch. Special attention paid to
PRINTING IN COLORS.
Your favors earnestly solicited.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28

An ostrich feather grows to Its
full size in six or eight months.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-01-09
Moral Courage.

All virtue, to have any real value,
must be u,.led with certain degree
OF coula ge. We must be bold and res.
olute, "a 20 what we think necessary
to be doic. Nay, mOre--we must be
bolt ena"gh 10 u INIT that we are only
what W re-! This calls for no small
share al nora! courage. Very few
men, in modern times, possess it.
There are very few honest enough to
admit that they cannot afford to do
whatever may be done by their neigh
bors. How seldom do we hear one
confess hi inability to bay this or in
dulge III that luxury. This miserable
cowardice, the sole progeny of vanity,
runs through the whole circle of socie-
ty. The miserable trinkets which
decorate our persons; the riotous and
lavish modes of living; the constant
changes of dress and furniture; the
costliness of the materials used for
both; these, with q thousand other
heads of expenditure, are almost uni
versal sins! The conceited husband
operates upon 'change, and fancles
that he is about to become the reclp-
lent of untold floods of treasure, sim.
ply because he nodded his head, or
raised his finger at the happy mo-
ment! The poor moral butterfly, his
wife, assumes that the flood is already
pouring in upon her; the son imme-
diately rates himself as the heir of a
millionaire; the daughter is proven
bial as the favorite of another and
what shall set limit to the money!
follies, and world-follies, and social
follies, and of all these parties? :? Moth
ing but the blight-as certain as frost
at the usual season-which nips the
root of all these precocious mush-
rooms, and consigns them to bank
ruptcy which brings with it no shame,
and to a poverty which finds them
without any preparation. The whole
life of such people is a leland must
continue hopeless lie, until they can
recover sufficient moral courage to act
out the truth and to appear the truth
only. But all these evils, the very
evils of vanity, arise from exaggera-
tions of trade; the illusions of which,
like those of oriental fable, beguile
and bewilder, until all the standards
of comparison, are utterly lost; and
the poor dreamer, like some painted
vessel, with flags flying, and all sails
spread, rushes on, unconscious, career
ing, proud, headlOng into the dismal
maelstrom, which is real vortex to
be found in every human sea.--NeW
AGe.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-01-09
GOLDEN GRAIN.

Death cannot come untimely to him
who is ready to die.-Milman.
In the death of good man, eterni-
ty is seen looking through time
Goethe.
The grave is not deep; it is the shin
ing tread of an angel that seeks u.s.
Richter.
1t is infamy to die and not be missed.
Wiicor.
80, lonely tomb in Moab's land!
U, dark Bethpeoi's hill!
Speak to these curious hearts OF ours,
And teach them to be STILL
God hath his mysteries OF grace,
Ways that we cannot tell;
He hides them deep, like the sacred sleep
OF him He loved so we'll"
God has no need of falsehoOd; but
falsehood very often has need of God,
and it is never so potent as when it is
set forth in his name.-Pere Hya-
cintee.
The rays of happiness, like those Of
light, are colorless when unbroken.
The Chinese have proverb which
contains world of wisdom. 1t is
this: ga falsehood has no feet, and
cannot stand; but it has wings, and
can fly far" That suggests one of
similar import-"A falsehood will go
around the world while truth is put
ting on its boots" Another Chinese
proverb contains moral lecture on
the difference of dreaming and doing:
"Great souls have wills; feeble ones
have only wishes"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-01-09
Rest.

The great beauty-the chief attrac-
tion of religion is the rest it promises
and gives. Many who would disre-
gard her calls did she tell of only tan
gible blessings to be obtained by life
of righteousness, hearken to the voice
which tells Of rest from WEAKNESS, sor-
row, and pain. 1t needs no promise
Of manifold happiness and pleasures
indeed, such things are almost too
good to be thought of or believed upon
the simple cessation of suffering is
sufficient. If loss of dear ones grieve
us, it Is consolation to think that,
even if We do not meet them again,
there will come time when we can
see and rejoice that their departure
saved them many bitter sorrows; if a
burden of pain, remorse, or regret
weigh us down, the thought ofthe ex-
treme oppOsite>-of luxurious co mfort
and beauty, weighs us down, u nd we
gladly turn from the conception to
that of simple relaxation-freedom,
which is far more pleasant. God knew
our natures-our short-lived strength
and need of time in which 10 forget
fatigue, and He brings in good time,
ways and means OF rest for our enjoy
ment. And when the Blessed said,
II will give you rest,n He knew the
promise would be more potent in
turning our minds and hearts Heaven
ward than any other could be.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-01-09
caniata OF Esther,

The music lovers of this city are
soon to enjoy rich treat. Prof. Hakes
the popular author and conductor, has
arrived in this city, and last evening
gave his first rehearsal of this cele-
brated Oratorio. He will be assisted
by our local talent, and he requests us
to say to those ladies who We're unable
to attend last evening, that he will be
happy TO meet them at Turn -Verein
Hall on Monday evening. Professor
Hakes and wife are both accomplished
vocalists and this Cantata is their spe-
cialty. We have before us large
number of complimentary notices of
their musical performances clipped
from Eastern papers which warrant
us in promising a first-class musical
entertainment.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-01-09
SUNDAY READING.
Selected for Sundays HERALD.
HOME OF THE SOUL.

will sing you Il song of that beautiful land
The far-away home of the soul.
Where no storms ever beat on the glittering
strand,
While the yeais of eternity roll.
o, that home of the soul! in my visions aud
dreams
Its bright jasper walls can see,
TIL | fancy but thinly the vale intervenes
Between the fair city and me.
There the great trees Of life in their beauty do
grow,
And the river OF life fioweth by;
SO no death ney er enters that city, you know,
And nothing that maketh a lie.
That Interchangeable home Is for you and for
me
There Jesus OF Nazareth stands;
The King OF all Kingdoms forever Is he,
And he holdeth our crowns In his hands.
o, how sweet 1t will be in that beautiful
land
So free from temptation and PAIN
With songs on our lips, and with harps in our
hands,
To meet one another again!
Phillip Phillips.