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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-27

Richard Grant White notes the fact
that Shakpeare's plays contain only
one passage in praise of women, and
that one mentors her with no very
exalted feeling. Mr.. White attributes
it to the poets ill-fortune in his wife,
and afterwards in his mistress-that
beautiful dark woman whose infidelity
to MIN, with his best friend, he re-
proaches 50 bitterly in his sonnets.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-27

The marriage of the Bishop of Exeter
and the youngest daughtur of the Rt.
Hon. William Saunders Seabright
Lascelles took place in London Aug. "a.
The bridegroom is perhaps better
known in this country as DR.. Temple,
the former master of Rugby School,
than by his Episcopal title. He is now
SIS years Of age, but vigorous and in
excellent health.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-27

Since the passage of the act author
izing the redemption of the fractional
currency in subsidiary coins there has
been issued in silver coins Sis. 1856, 1856.
OF this amount there was issued to re-.
deem fractional currency $40, 91O, PAP,
and in exchange for legal tender notes
and checks S., 375, G43.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-27

The Servians are said to be tall,
finely proportional race of people and
often intellectual and chivalric. The
women are the more muscular, howev-
er, and many of them are able to s'set
their husbands in ORDER when they
need it, and do not scruple to do 50 up
on occasion.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-27

The Hon. Gideon Welles' second pa
per on President Lincoln in the Gal
axy tends to confirm the popular i'm.
preston of the latter as being a man
of surprising intellectual powers. The
drift of the article is toward the con-
clusion that Mr.. Lincoln was in fact,
as we'll as in name, the head of the
Administration, and not mere in
strument of Stewards or Stanton s
will.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-27

It is decided by the Attorney Gener-
al of the United States that a candidate
for Presidential Elector cannot hold
the Office of United States Commission
er, and that the same rule applies to
attorneys specially employed by the
Government to assist in the conduct of
cases.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-27

Personal, Impersonal and Political.
Ex.Secretary Bristow is stumping in
Indiana.
The Oregon legislature has elected
Gov. Grover to the United States Senate.
President Grant and family have left
Long Branch and gore to Philadelphia
Rear Admiral Pennock died Of appo.
plexy at Portsmouth, N. H., on the Goth.
Tilton publishes card emphatically
denying the sleeping car scandal concerning
him.
Mrs. 'sBrick' Pomeroy's debut will
be at the New York academy of music, Octo-
Der the Is, in a tragic role
Bishop James, one of the oldest Bish-
ops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died
in New York on the 18th inst.
Gen. Terry's campaign against the
Indians has fully closed, and he has returned
to his headquarters at st. Paul.
Ex-Secretary BristoW has leased the
residence of Hon. A. J. Ballard, of Louis
vile, and will occupy it with his family in a
few weeks.
Full returns from Vermont show
that the Republican majority for governor is
1921 for lieutenant governor, "a ,089; and
for state treasurer, "a, 200.
There was a serious disturbance at a
Republican meeting, in Cincinnati, on the
night of the 2lst, and Col. Carter, of Indiana,
and Lieut.. Gov. Young were rotten egged.
The State Greenback Convention, in
Iowa, has nominated the following ticket !:
Secretary Of state, A. McCrady; auditor,
Leonard Brown; treasurer, George C. Fry !;
electors at large, Porter Welch and A. NJ.
Dawley.
Gen. Conway, Of New York, wus at
Republican meeting in Toledo, O., the Esd
of Sept, but the meeting was broken up at
the beginning of his speech by a crowd Of $50
men antagonistic to Mr.. Conway's views,
principally Irish.
The Prince of Wales has quarreled
with young Earl. The trouble arose from
the action of the Prince at Cowes in ordering
the men on board the Earl's yacht, in the
absence OF their master, to race the royal
yacht. The principals met afterwards at the
Yacht Club, high words were exchanged, and
blows would have followed if bystanders had
not interfered.
A Fort Sully telegram says chief
Bull Eagle is reported, when called upon to
surrender his arms and ponies, to have sent
word to General Buell. at Cheyenne agency,
that he would do nothing of the kind, and
he wanted all the soldiers to cross the cas-.
bank of the river and keep their rations
The Indians would take care OF themselves
William S. Stokley, mayor of Phila
delphia, has began criminal action for libel
against Alexander X. Mcclure and Frank
Mclaughlin, editor and publisher of The
Philadelphia Times, for printing an interview
with DR.. John C. Buchanan, the bogus di.
ploma man, charging the mayor with receiv-
ing shares of go]d-mining stock as a bride
from DR.. Buchanan.
Ex-Secretary Of War Belknap has
sold his residence in Washington for $50, 900
Congressman Walker OF Virginia being the
purchaser. Belknap preferred to remain il
Washington but Mrs. Belknap having been :
| leader in society at the Capital is not content
to remain upon the scene Of their more pros
porous days, and they accordingly go to Cali
lorna fol a permanent residence.
Joshua Montgomery Sears. thu
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-27
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Crimes, Criminals and Casualties

CrlMeSs CRIMINALS and Casualties
The steamship Rebecca Clyde, was
wrecked of Cape Hatteras OH Sunday morn
ing, and twelve lives lost.
Louis Emerson, a young man who re-
sided in Chelmsford, Mass, died on Satur-
day of inflammation Of the brain, caused by
blow from baseball.
A party of four men entered the
house Of Patrick Cafferty, about twelve miles
from Watertown, Mimi, on the 12th inst,
took him out Of bed and, threatening to kill
him if he moved, demanded and obtained
about $420.
Four of the Mortified robbers were
captured near Madelia, on the afternoon of the
21st inst. One man was killed and the others
seriously wounded. Surgeon General Murphy
has ordered them taken to St. Paul for in
Identification. The wounded confess them
selves to be Cole, Frank and Jim Younger.
A curious accident occurred to Mr..
Charles Kremies, of Stevens Point, Wis, the
other ev"ning. While undressing tor bed
the hammer of a revolver which he carried in
his trousers pocket was in some way raised,
and falling, ball was sent into his right
breast between the fourth and fifth rib, one of
which was broken. He will recover.
Three Kaw Indians got drunk at Au-
gusta, Ram, the other day and scared the
people Of that village and vicinity nearly to
DEATH They visited the residence Of a lady
named Mrs. Harris, whose husband was away,
and upon being refused admittance, proceed
ed to batter down the door. A party Of neigh
bors came and drove them away, the inebri-
ated reds showing little or no fight.
Ferdinand Kip, confectioner, 4,0l3
Park avenue, St, Louis, quarrelled with Mrs.
Geo. PIT, wife of his partner, and shot her in
the abdomen, inflicting slight wound. He
then shot himself in the breast with der
ringer but not dying Immediately reloaded
the pistol, went up s-airs in search of Mrs.
PIT, but not finding her shot himself again
through the head and dropped dead on the
floor.
There was q general knock-doWn
among lawyers and officers in Waco, Texas,
court the other day. Says dispatch to the
Galveston News: Judge Gerald left the
bench, after repeated trials to bring them to
order, seized six-shooter, rushed into the
struggling crowd, and commanded peace,
which was finally restored. Maxy and Pearre
were fined $25 each; Haralston was fined
500. Some twenty or more pistols were
drawn by friends Of the party, but Judge
Gerald corraled the crowd.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
THE PRODJCAI.

1nhcritors of vast wealth are proverbially
spendthrifts. The golden ore is dug from
the mine refined and coined by the labor of
other hands and the sweat of other brows.
Like children playing with an expensive toy,
they can form no just estimate of its value.
hen the donor weighed it, he cast into the
balance so many days of unremitting and IA
tlgung toll, so many anxious and sleepless
nights, SO much selfdenial and so much care.
But the inheritor into his balance throws only
pleasure. The one values it by what it cost
him; the other, for what it will purchase.
Like the prodigal in the Scripture parable,
he thoughtlessly expends it to crafty the
caprice and cravings Of his nature. Then
comes the last scene-the misery, the re-
morse, and the long and wcarsome journey
back to the home of frugal industry. But
there are other prodigals. On her favorites
our bounteous parent, Nature, has lavished
her richest treasure-health. But the prodi-
gal values it lightly, for it cost him naught,
and recklessly squanders it in riotous living.
Present pleasure obscures future want. Soon
the curtain rises on the last scene. We see
him helpless, impoverished - the rich
treasures of body and mind all lost-in mis-
cry and despair. Remorseful Conscience
holds up to him the mirror of memory. In
his own reckless folly he pcrceives the cause
of his present pain. He resolves to return.
The journey is long and tedious, but if he
perseVeringly follows the right road, he will
at length see the haven of his hopes in the
distance, and Nature, seeing her invalid
child afar Off, will come out to meet him,
and receive him back with love and blessing.
To find the right road homeward, the suffer-
ing prodigsl should read 1.-THE Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser" Therein
1t is completely mapped out, its landmarks
all indicated and its milestones all num-
bered. Read it. Price Sl.50 postage pre-
paid. Address the author and publisher,
4. V. Pierce, NJ. D. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
A Valuable Medical Treatise.

The edition for 1877 of the sterling Nedi.
cal Annual, Known as Hostetters Almanac,
Is now ready, and may be obtained, free OF
cost, Of druggists and general country deal
ers in all parts of the United States and
British America and indeed in every civil
lied portion of the Western Hemisphere.
This Almanac has been issued regularly at
the commencement of every year for over
One-tfth of century. 1t combines, with
the soundest practical advice for the preser-
walton and restoration Of health, large
amount of interesting and amusing light
reading and the calendar, astronomical cal
culations, chronological items, etc, are pre-
pared with great care, and will be found
entirely accurate. The issue of HOstetter's
Almanac for 1877 will probably be the larg-
est edition of a medical work ever published
in any country. The proprietors, Mcssrs.
Hostcttcr Il Smith, Pittsburgh, Pa, on re-
ccipt of a twO-cenJ stamp, will forward a
copy by mail to any person who cannot pro-
cure one in his neighborhood.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
Yule. Tracing the character of Christ

Yule. Tracing the character of Christ
and his apostles as they appear in many
marchen and legends, the conclusion
lies near that the people have, con-
sciously or not, transferred much that
was dear to them in the old gods to the
new deity, and thus, by sort of COM
promise between the old faith and the
new, have produce divine type which
is, at all events, sufficiently national to
appeal strongly to their Morse hearts.
This Matchmaking of ones divinity is,
of course, not peculiar to Norway; it
would have been more singular If
Norway had shown no trace OF it.
The preparations for the Yule-tide,
in the way of provisioning the house,
would, to American eyes, look perfect
ly enormous. Baking and brewing
and butchering keep the whole house
hold busy during the last three weeks
preceding the festival. And the fact
that the process is repeated year after
year probably proves that it is neces-
sary. Every man, woman, or child
who comes within a stones throw OF
the house during the holidays (Which
last until a week after New Year,
must be invited in and urged to eat
and drink without regard for comfort.
Even the birds are to have their share
of the Christmas joy. AS soon as the
church-bells have "rung in the feast
at five o'clock in the afternoon OF
Christmas Eve, the father of the house
takes his richest sheaf of oats or
barley and attaches it to the end of a
pole, which is nailed to the gable of
the barns or the store-houses. The
mother and children stand by enjoying
the sight of the happy birds fiuttering
around the sheaf, while the father will
perhaps quote the passage about Gods
care even for the sparrow, wherefore
it is right that the sparrow too should
rejoice on the day when Christ was
born.
Among the many evening visitors
which are sure to drop in to taste the
Christmas brew, some are apt to be
disguised by grotesque masks and
otherwise Enthusiastically accoutered.
These are called Yule-bucks, possibly
because the most common mask may
have been that of goat or some other
horned creature. AT present | do not
know that any special kind of disguise
is preferred. The rule seems to be,
the more grotesque, the better.
The German custom of having poor
children wander about on Christmas
Eve, carrying large lighted star of
canvas, representing the star of Bethle-
hem, prevails also in Norway. No
one can hear their shrill, tiny voices in
the snow under his window. singing
the dear familiar carols, and refuse
them their well-earned penny.-Scrib-
ner for january.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
Smoothing Bog Meadows.

ONE of the best times in all the year
to work on bog meadow, to cut off
the boys and to smooth the surface of
the ground, is during the winter
months, when the boys are frozen.
The large boys, which in vulgar par
lance are spoken of as "nigger-heads,"
when frozen can be cut off with less
labor than when they are not frozen.
We have had a man working on our
bog meadow for several weeks. A
strong and sharp bog hoe was procured,
with which he cut off every bog, large
and small, even with the surface of the
ground. The boys were then pitched
on wagons and drawn to the upland,
and scattered around fruit trees. BY
allowing the boys to remain on the
surface of the ground during freezing
weather, so that they will freeze and
thaw several times before spring, the
vitality of the roots of the bog-grass
will be so nearly destroyed that the
grass will give no trouble the next
season. Next spring or summer those
boys will be plowed uLder. When
partially covered with moist dirt they
will decay rapidly, and furnish an i'm
mense amount of humus and vegeta-
BILE matter to the soil. After the bogs
are drawn off the meadow, the surface
will be so smooth that a moving ma
chine can be driven over it in any di-
rection. Early in the spring we pro-
pose to SOW red top grass seed on all
the bare places. Before cold weather
came on we had large bitches cut to
carry off all the surplus water. AS
there was but little descent from one
side of the meadow to the other, a
ditch about five feet broad and three
feet deep, with sloping sides, was cut
in the lowest place directly through the
meadow, thus securing an outlet of
large capacity. Such ditch furnished
great many wagon-loads of muck.
Branch bitches were then cut from this
main ditch to the dry ground. As the
bottom is so soft in many places that a
digger would sink into the plastic
muck out of sight, the bitches will have
to be kept open. But such large bitches
yield immense quantities of excellent
muck, which is hauled to the upland
and spread without mourning the labor
and expense of hauling it over and over
again when the muck is mingled with
stable manure in a compost heap. By
putting on india-rubber boots, a
ditcher can cut such bitches in cold
weather, when the surface is frozen
but little, quite as well as to defer such
labor until warm weather. Muck is
an excellent fertilizer about fruit trees
of all sorts.-N. Y. Herald.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
Shelter for Live Stock.

In the care of domestic animals
during their winter months their COM
fort, from an economical standpoint,
is too often overlooked, Warm shelter
is exceedingly important. Exposure
to low temperature makes demand
for larger amount of food to keep
the animal warm than is required
where comfortable shelter is provided;
the draft upon the system to keep up
animal heat is increased greatly when
the animal stands out in the weather,
OF, at least, is kept in leaky sheds, or
is obliged to SILVER on the lee side of
a straw stack. Either an increased
amount Of food must be given to sup
ply the starchy elements which under
such circumstances are constantly and
rapidly depleted, or the animal will
decline in flesh and vigor, requiring
thereafter greater amount of food
to restore it to its former condition,
as well as loss of time. 1t cannot
be denied that this is a grievous fault
among farmers everywhere in this
country, especially in the Western
and Southwestern States. There are
exceptions, it is true. but not one far
mer in dozen supplies as comfortable
winter quarters for his live stock as
might and ought to be provided. A
comfortable and cheap structure is
possible in nearly all cases, and will
more than pay It's cost. The fact is
overlooked that by allowing stock to
retrograde in condition serious ,oss
is entailed, and the value of the AMI
NAL is deprecated, and that to what
ever degree this depreciation extends,
the loss can only be regained at a cost
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
The " OFF, Side.

ode family dat 1 b'longs to never
axes dare" explained colored man
at the Central Market, when a STALL
keeper offered to bet him a quarter
that he wouldn't take off his boots and
run to the City Hall and back.
The money was put up in the hands
of Brother Gardner, the colored phil
osopher; boots and stockings came off.
and away the man trotted in the snow.
81 believe I takes dat currency"
he remarked, as he returned in gallant
style.
ode stakeholder desires to call the
attenshun of dis crowd to de followin'
paragraph in de daily paper re-
marked Brother Gardner, exhibiting a
paper, and placing his finger on the
statement that John Morrissey had de-
clared all bets off.
"Dat settles dis queshun to once"
he continued. 81 returns all de money
'cept three per cent, and de case is
Just de same as afore Mr.. Jackson
hoofed it aroun' in de snow Detroit
Free Press.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
Pray for Your Children,

You may have children who are
wanderers from home. Well, you can
reach them by way Of the Throne.
There was an old Scotchman who
wrote us letter asking us to look out
for his lost son Willie, who had run
away from home, and l was very
deeply touched by his case, for that is
the name of my own son. So I told
Mr.. Sawyer to watch for him, and for
six months he did so, but all in vain;
we could not find him. All this time
that old Scotch father and mother
were praying for the lost boy; and last
Monday, at the experimenting
among the men who rose for prayer
was that same lost Willie. He told
us his sad experience; said he had Just
galloped on to destruction; but now
the Lord has saved him. Oh, how
happy those parents will be to hear
the good news. And shall we not all
believe that God hears the prayers of
parents for their wandering sons?
Take your children to God and pray
for them. Pray for them by name.
Ask God to bless John and help him
to be good boy amongst his play
mates. Ask God to bless Mary and
help her to overcome her faults. En-
courage your children to tell their
troubles, and to pray for help to bear
them, for the troubles of the children
are just as hard for them as your
troubles are for you.
Do not let all the religion be outside
of the family; take it into the home.
Religion was in the home a thousand
years before it was ever established in
a church or place of public worship.
Read the Word of God: have the chill
dren recite verses from it; study the
Sunday-schOol lesson at morning pray
ers; speak well of the minister, and,
instead of finding fault with his
preaching, cut the same meat up
little finer for the children, and they
will be sure to enjoy it. Make the
Sabbath the pleasantest day of the
week, and give the family worship
the best hour of the day. e., the
morning hour.-From One Of Mr..
Moody's Recent Sermons.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
Some Scholarly Answers.

AT a recent opening of the medical
session of Glasgow University, Prof.
Mccall Anderson said few could doubt
that preliminary examination OF can
didates for admission to the classes
was called for, but if proof were re-
uuired it might be found in the an
swers given to the following questions
submitted to candidates by one of the
examining boards:
Question-What is meant by the an
tiquity of man? Answer-The wick
edness of man.
O.-The letters of Junius? A
Letters written in the month OF
June.
O,-The Crusades? "A war
against the Roman Catholics during
the last century.
O.-The first meridian? A.-The
first hour of the day.
Q.-To speak ironically? A.-To
speak about iron.
"a Gordian knot? A.-The arms
of the Gordon family.
Q.-The Star Chamber? A.-Place
for viewing the stars.
O.-TO sit on the wOolsack? A
TO be seated on sack of wool.
GA solecism? A book on
the sun.
@. The year of jubilee? A.-LeaI
year.
They could, the Professor added,
have appreciated this last answer al
the more heartily had it emanated
from one of the female medical stu
dents,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28
Odd Chinese Custom.

THE Chinese have some old customs
in connection with death. When a
person is dying they hasten to dress
him in his best clothes, that he may
meet better reception in the next
world. He must be removed from the
kong (brick bed lest his spirits should
enter therein and haunt it. When a
man is dead he is supposed to be COM
PEELED to cross over deep abyss, walk
ing upon very slender thread. This
is exceedingly dangerous, and he is
liable to be precipitated into fearful
flames. In Shanghai member of the
Episcopal Church died. His wife was
a heather. Some of the assistants, in
dressing him, wished to put on pair
of boots with leather soles. "No,"
said the wife, "they are so slick he
would fall off the bridge"
When the funeral is near at hand, a
tent of mating is erected at the street
door of the house in which lies the
dead body. This tent is furnished
with benches and table or two, and
is for the convenience of the hired
musicians. For two or three days
and nights, the music GU goes on at
intervals, to foreign ears making day
wearisome, and night hideous with
the din. To the natives it is a real
festival, even more jolly in appear
ance than a wedding. Friends
and relatives come dressed in white.
Even little boys are clothed in
this way. They generally look par
ticularly happy on such occasions.
The firing of pop-crackers adds to the
solemnity of the scene! The day Of
the funeral is the gayest Of all. The
coffin is placed on a bier covered with
cloth, which really looks quite hand
some. A number of ragamuffinS,
picked up anywhere, wearing the
shabbiest Of old clothes, and the most
comical of clowns hats, have been
hired to carry red banners, which add
to the magnificence of the occasion.
When all is ready to start to the grave.
some pieces of mating are spread out
on the street. The ladies of the family
dressed in white, some of the younger
ones with their faces painted and look
ing quite pretty, come out and throw
themselves on the mating, with their
faces to the ground, and weep most
bitterly. They seem to think it is
delightful. They hardly ever get out
side of their own door, and now to be
taking prominent part in such fes-
tiyities is really charming. The young
ladies look as coquettish as any Fifth
avenue bell, and evidently enjoy the
admiration they excite. When the
funeral moves away the ladies retire,
no doubt very sorry that the fun is
over. --Kind Words.