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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-09

THE DEVILS CHAIN. A Temperance Story.
By Edward jenkins, II. p, Author Of "0inx .
Baby" &c. With Tfontispisce By Ihomas
Mast. 19mo. Papsr. 80 cents; Cloth. - cents.
New York: Harper Bros. Chicago: Jansen,
HcCluFg Sc.
This is one Of the most startling and
powerful Temperance stories we have
read for long time startling in its Wv
idness and the awfulness of surroundings
portrayed, and powerful in its appeal to
the emotions and feelings to do every
thing possible to put down the crime of
intemperance. The author is well known
from his previous work, which met with
such an immense sale. There are some
readers who think that the scenes de-
picted in this work are overdrawn, but
we fail to find anything much stronger
than can be found in almost any daily
paper. 1t is q work, which when once
begun will hardly be laid down until
finished. 1t will no doubt find many
readers. Sent postpaid on receipt of the
price by the publishers.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-09

against Tho sacrilege Of Eads, the old
Democratic Superintendent of Public
Instruction of this State, who got away
with SO many thousands Of dollars of the
school fund year, ago. We hold him but
little better than the traitor Arnold, JEFF.
Davis, Judas Iscariot, OF any other great
scamp. About the only difference we can
see between this offence and those Of men
who control the public schools for the
benefit of their families or to strengthen
their local influence, is the disparity Of
magnitude.
The way 10 avoid these evils is very
simple. 1t is cert. inly most laudable
aspiration IN any young man or woman
to desire to engage in the high and i'm
portant calling of teacher in our public
schools. and such persons, if deserving,
should in our judgment be well paid and
most earnestly supported in their arduous
work. But let no such persons ever so
far sacrifice their own independence and
self-respect as to seek the position be-
cause their parents or other relatives in
the district have influence and power.
They cannot for themselves arrive at any
Just idea of their own merits until they
go out where they depend solely upon
their own qualifications. And the worst
feature of all this business, so far as
teachers themselves is concerned, is, that
q habit Of dependence once formed in
this way will be very apt to cling to them
during life. Every reader has of course
quite an acquaintance among school
teachers, but do you know of one single
one thus forced by their relatives into
our public schools who have ever after
ward amounted to anything?"
Now, more than ever before, when the
Roman Catholics are seeking TO uproot
our system of public schools-to which
every tax payer contributes, and in which
the rights of all should be equal-should
we aim to discard every idea of injustice,
oppression or favoritism. Let men wran-
gle and connive over the expenditure of
county. bridge, road Or State funds, or to
get into Office, as they will, but let
no dollar that we raise for the support OF
our pubic schools be paid to teachers
who are sustained by anything aside from
their own personal merits. We are sure
that the principles we thus indicate are
right and that they will be popular with
all just-minded men, who i'm to act up,
on the golden rule. Only those will be
opposed who believe that the school fund
is their legitimate plumber. We write
this article not to offend any man, or to
reflect upon any localities but in the hope
that the men recently elected as directors
will be devoted to the public good and
not turn our public schools into hospitals
for Anticipated nobodies of either sex
who carnot get employment Or be trusted
beyond the tether of their mothers apron
strings.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-09

THE LIFE OF JONATHAN SWIFT By John
Forster With Portrait and Fac-simies. In
Three volumes. Crown, 3vo. Cloth, price 81 SC
York: Harper Bros. Chicago: Jansen Nc.
Clurg b Co.
The province Of the true biographer
is to tell the story of the life of his sub
ject IN as true and candid manner as
possible, REFRESHING all tendencies to eu-
]ogizing or piaisng the character ard
also avoiding any bitterness or fauit-fnd-
ing. 1t is difficult and well nigh impossi-
bic to write reliable history of any, man
and especially public mans life, in the
age or generation in which he lived and
died. His friends will be prone to pass
by all his faults and magnify his virtues
and good qualities, while those unfriendy
to him will be just as apt to gravitate to
the other extreme.
The only objection which we have to
Mr.. Forstcr's biographies is their size and
prolixity, and yet these are very good
person can refer to almost any act Or
year of the persons life without reading
the whole volume or work This work
is, in fact. perfect Cyclopedia of the
life and services of Jonathan Swift. We
do not know whether Mr. Forster COM
pleted this work before his death or not,
but presume he did as we understand the
second volume is now in press, and the
third was partially if not wholly ready
for the printer.
This is one of the most valuable con.
tr.butions to biographical history which
has appeared for a long time and we are
pleased that it was published by the
Harpers for that is sufficient guarantee
Of its typographical excellence.
There have been many and various
lives written ef Dean Swift, and the es.
Inmates of his life and character have
been just about as various as his biogra-
pliers. The author of this work, writing
it at the expiration of almost two centur-
les from the time of the birth of his dis
tinguished subject, has sought to give as
true and correct story Of his life rs is
possible. To do this he has had put in
his possession many original letters and
papers which would give him much as
sistapce, and which previous btographers
had not enjoyed. This first volume is
divided into six books, for more conren-
lent reference.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-09
'Solne WOi ds About Our Public Schools.

There is scarcely another direction in
which people are so heavily taxed, as for
sthe support of our public schools And
there is scarcely another topic concern.
ing which more of hard feeling or dissat'
Jsfactiou, arises in communities, or in
the administration of local affairs. The
prolific source of all this trouble in our
judgment is largely traceable to favorit
ism in the selection of teachers-though
we should undoubtedly have better
schools were all to insist upon higher
grade Of qualification, and pay the really
efficient ani competent teachers better
salaries. But during recent years there
.i,as been growing tendency, on the
part Of many people who lay claim to in
.fluence or wealth, in far too many school
.districts-in towns as well as in the coun-
try-to foist their relatives into the
schools as teachers. We seem to have
no patent right" for this disgraceful in.
novation here in Iowa, for il is quite as
prevalent ia many other States. In many
aocalitiss-and possibly the intelligent,
>observant reader may know of more than
one instance that has come under his
own observation-th efficiency and utii.
lily Of schools have been entirely eaten
out and destroyed frolu this very cause.
A small nabob in the district-a big dog
who wears the brass co}lar-makes him
self Instrumental in fois:ing plant sub
director into his little t'bricf authority"
and the way is then open for the employ.
ment in the high and sacred vocation Of
4eachcr, Of tlie great man S son, or daugh.
ter, nephew, son-in-law, cousin, or some
thing else; when in all human probability
that pampered relative could not 60 out
among strangers. and on the test Of real
qualification, get into tie smallest school
in town or country. Once this example
Is se, and il proves contagious. II the
Smiths have their girl at the head Of the
school this Summer, the Nasbys must
have their big oEcr-grown boy in the
ssme place next Wintcr-and it soon
comes to this pass, that heteachers
sflaIl be selected from the pupils of the
district, and the favor passed around
IL the great man is not strong enough
to hold II for his family, for years, as
many are able to de! This way Of ''run-
ning' our public schools is grossly un.
lust, and not word csn be said in jus
tiHcatiou Of it. II fact, parties who thus
seek to prostitute our public schools to
private greed, manifest wonderful alac-
rity ia resenfing any word that may be
said or published agafnst firis cause, but
they seem to lnck the courage necessary
70 defend inch thing oyer their own
signssures In the public press. The
trouble u that II aamits u no possible
defence.
II there is fund which al men should
hold sacrrd--it is the school fund, We
Kc,ubliegns hafe pevc<ceasedto exc'slm
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-09
Chips from a German
Workshop.

By r MAX MULLER, n. A., Foreign Member Of
the French Institute. etc. Vol IV-Rsssys
chiefly on the Science Of Language, with Indel
to vols. III snd " One vol. Grown. evo
Cloth $50.
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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-09
Presidents.

The following table, prepared for ref
erence, shows the political sentiments
and the date of the Inauguration of each
President. the length Of time he lived
after that event, and his age at the time
OF his death:
l. Geo. Washington, Independent, inaugurated
1889 lived 10 years age, 6S.
,- z; J"hn "a adams. IndeRRendent inaugurated
Thomas Jefferson, Democrat, inaugurated
4. James Madison, Democrat, inaugurated
1909 lived ~ years age. IS.
5. James Monroe, Democrat, inaugurated 1871
lived u years age. r.
lived s = ee.s A ses Wing in.nsnr'ssd 1925
Z. Andrew jackson, Demooest, inaguratet
1929 lived 10 years age, IS.
8 Martin Van Buren,. Democrat, inasg1rsset
1887 lived % years age. 81.
:. . w. II. Harrison; Wing, inaugurated Is4i
lived month +, age, g.
10; John Tyler v. p. independent, inaugural
lS45; lived years age, y. .
lived lS months age, S6.
49, Willard Fillmore, v. p, Independent, in
augurated 1850 lived "a years age. "a
"A. Franklin Ptsrce, Democrat, tnauguratee
1853 lived l6 years age, s..
1857 lived II years age. n.
16, Abraham Lincoln, Republican. inaugural
cd 1861 ; lived years and III months age, Sc.
il. Andrew Johnston V. P, independent, in
aUgurated 1865 lived 10 years age 81.
IL. General Grant, Republican ,inauguratcd 1869
Tyler and Fillmore were elected Vict
Presidents us Wings, and Johnson as {
Republican. Their Independence" fol
lowed their inaupuration ne Presidents
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-09
The Chaldcan account Of
Genesis.

the Description Of the Creation. the
Fall Of Man, the Deluge, the Tower Of Babel the
Times Of the Patriarchs and Nlmrod Baby
lOnian Fables and Legends Of the Gods. from
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deals with those parts Of the Bible which have
been most subjected 10 modern scientific critic
ism and which have been OF late years consider
ed In less literal aspect than formerly"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-09
Poe's Poems,
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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-09

We have received the annual Catalogue
of Vegetable, Agricultural and Flower
Seeds issued by Mr.. A. L. Moore, propri-
etor of the MarshaItown Seed Store. He
has large stock of seeds and makes q
specially of everything pertaining to that
misunderstanding at all times full as
sortment of Flower Pots, Brackets, Flower
Stands, and every thing wanted in the
Conservatory, the green house or the
| flower garden. Any Of our friends wish
ing anything in this line will do we'll to
call on or send to A. L. Moore, Marshall.
town. His store is on Main ST., East OF
] the Farmers National Bank building
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-09
Scbocl Report.

( A summary report of the Toledo Public
/ Schools for the month ending Friday Mar.
4th, 1873.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-09

Nothing more contemplate could be imag-
ined than the efforts of Boutwell, and Richard
son to sneak out of the responsibility for H.
legally awarding the Alaska seal contract,
They now assert that the clause of the sue
cessful bid which, according to law and com.
mon honesty, should have vitiated it, was APP
proved by Mr.. Hoar, then Attorney General.
What Hoar will say, remains to be seen; but
the only honest and truthful thing for all of
the parties to the scandslous job to say would
be that it was an utterly indefsnsible piece of
favoritism. Chicago Times
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-09

The Republican party is party that exists
simply on its hates. II hates the white people
Of the South. It hates foreign. born citizens.
It hates Catholics. It hates skeptics in re-
ligion. It hates everybody who doesn't keep
Sunday and tails to regulate his diet according
to its ideas. It hates Dem ocracy. It has
some loves, but they are all connected with
ITSELF It loves Office. It loves fraud. 1t
loves population and it loves stealing. By
the Republican party in this we mean the
average Republican politician, and not the
manly Republican voter, who is honest but
misguided Cincinnati Enquirer.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-09
GRANTS INTIMIDATION SCHEME.
noBEsoN IN DANGER AND HIS WIFE ACCUSE
OF CoMPLICITH.
Especial to the st. Louis Times.]

Especial to the st. Louis Times.]
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The order of the
President to prosecute Marsh is universally
condemned by everybody. Republicans, as
we'll as Democrats, say that the country will
instantly construe such prosecution as an
q attempt to intimidate other parties from ma
king exposures and giving testimony against
other thieves in the Cabinet.
SECRETARY RoREs0N
is especially interested in preventing further
exposures. Unless the policy OF intimidation
succeeds. it can be shown that certain party
in this city receives large sum OF money
every month in trust for Mrs. Robson from
an individual who has an immense contract
with the NAVY Department for furnishing lum-
Der. There is q paymaster now serving on
board vessel in the China squadron who
knows all about the live oak contracts. and he
has been ordered home by Geographic sum-
mons from the Naval Committee of the House.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-09
The Memphis appeal on the last fall"

The Memphis Appeal on the last "fall"
"This is the last Of series Of damning in
famies that have sunk our country in the eyes
Of the world, cheapened our government and
stamped us as q nation of imbeciles, governed
by thieves. We sink sectionalism and parti-
sanship out Of sight, and as citizens anxious
for the good name Of the country, deplore the
fall of Secretary Belknap as national dis
grace disgrace that even his life could not
atone for-an infamy without parallel, and
one that cannot fail to decide the whole coun-
try as to the necessity for change. Nothing
more can be asked for to prove that the Re-
publican party is no longer worthy of public
confidence, and that We have had Just four
years too much Of Grant and those who sur
round him."
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-09
II the people Of the country had not il 4

the people Of the country had not in the
autumn Of 1874 declared their detestation of
Gra4n. and elected House of Represep-
tatives unAlterably opposed to Grant and all
his works, Belknap would still be Secretary
Of War and still be selling offices. He would
have been as secure from punishment as
Robson was when his illegal and corrupt
payment Of $4,000 to Secor was ex osed.
We are only beginning to gather the whole-
tome fruits Of that moral revolution.-N Y.
S9fu
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-09
Table d Rates II Domestic Psstae1.

The following ars the rates Of postage q D.
nestle Mail Natter Of the different classes:
Note-AH domestic man matter tsxcsps nsws.
naners. magazines and periodicals. cent to astaaE
gubscribers from known ONCE Of publiaafaoa)
must be prepaid BY postage stampA
A letter on which one full rate OF postage =
prepaid, but on which further postage = dhazge.
able. win be forwarded, whom deposited = .
post-oface, charged with the unpaid postage =
be collected on delivery. II the postage y IN
wholly unpaid, or is prepaid less than one mn
rate, it will be held for postage and sent g -
Dead Letter Office. Should it reach it, dsstanar
ton by inadvertence, however, it will be charged
with double postage on delivery. "One fua
rate" means, in the case Of mail letters q oeho9
arst class matter, three cents.
In large cities and adjacent districts Of hxgo
population, having two or more postofices vli1p
in distance Of three miles Of each other. anyJsf
ter posted at one ofsuch Offices, and addressed -
. locality within the delivery Of another Of suaD
Offices, which shall have been inadvertently Pr.
paid at the drop" or local letter rate Of postage
only. may be forwarded to it's destination through
the proper Office charged with the amount II II
deficient postage, to be collected on delivery.
II articles chargeable with different ratoD q
postage are sent together in ono packages IL
higher rate must be paid on the entire packages
but two or more different articles, both charge.
sble with the same rate Of postage. may b seae
in one package on payment Of that rate o. IL
whole package.
The following articles are excluded nom ~
mails Liquids, Poisons, Glass, Explosive n.
terials, Books, Pamphlets, Pictures and otheE
publications of an obscene or indecent charactegs
al letters upon the envelopes Of which. and pa.
tai cards upon which, scurrilous epithets a8o
written or printed or engraved, or disloyA a.
vices printed or engraved; and all articles whtab
from their form or nature are liable to Destroy
deface or injure the contents Of mail bags OF tho
person Of any one engaged in the postal services
fostmasters are not allowed to give credit Soe
postage, nor to deliver any nail matter untA 81
postage due thereon has been paid.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-09

TTaE NEW ORLEANS INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW ORLEANS LA,
Corner Of Camp and Canal StreetA
ESTABLISHED IN 1905.
Assets December 81, Is74..............e,5s56 $50 g.
The Company nsuros Fire, Marine and River
Risks Issues Marine Policies payable in London in
oase Of less- NV. HINCKS, Secretary.
AID. SCHREIBER, Vice President
J. TUYES, President.
nMECTORS:
W. B. Schmidt A. n Bckham
Piacids Forstan. Ad Schneider,
II. Gally, Jules Tuyes
Charles Laftte W. A. Bell,
W. Van Benthnysen, D. Tatic,
Emile B,uny. D. D. EoSsss- les J.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-09

Ben Butler, who knows all 'the ways that
are dark" insists that Gen Fremont has
given the House committee investigating FL
Paso list of members of the Foty-First
Congress who received money on its account
Morton, Fremont's confidential agent, has
testified that to his personal knowledge
$3.50. 900 were spent by Fremont. The last
out Of her own funds. A singular fatality
has overtaken several important witnesses in
this case. Richarch O. Parsons, who is sup
posed to have been the disbursing agent has
found it necessary to spend year in Europe.
Paige, Washington lawyer, connected with
it, has gone to Europe to join Parsons, and
II. n. Corwine, another Washington lawyer
whose name has been mentioned as an attor-
ney Of Fremont, can not be found.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-09

Advert sements in the Want and Rent column in
tie BULLETIN, not exceeding one square. inserted
tor fity cents each.
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A correspondent Of the AMenGun writes /:
"Last year subscription was started in
Rome with view to putting the tomb Of
Keats, who lies in the Protestant cemetery,
into better repair. The sculptor, Mr.. War
rington Wood, generously offered to make q
medallion bust Of the poet from the mask in
the possession Of Keats's friend, Mr.. Severn,
who is still living, demanding only in return
for his time and labor that the expenses OF
the marble should be covered. For this q
subscription was raised. Meanwhile the tomb
was put into repair, q new bed of daisies and
violets planted over the grave, and young
stone pine planted ct its head. The clay me-
dalton is now ready to be transferred to the
marble, and Mr.. Wood expresses the generous
desire to bear the whole expense, in order
that the money subscribed may go toward a
bust Of Keats, which Lord Houghton has Of
fered to exert his efforts to get placed in West.
minister Abbey. About half the sum sufi-
Gent has been subscribed, and for the rest
donations are solicited from the numerous
admirers Of the poet, whose epitaph reads as
o sad and bitter taunt "Hare lies one whose
name was writ in water"
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-TRUSTEES-
A. j. Aiken, j. Davidson Hill,
S. D. Autey, M johnson,
Hugh Allison, J. S. Lanphier
Isaac Bloom, Robert L. Moore
J. A. Braselman, H. J. Mullen.
w. T. Blakemore John Myers,
G. H. G. Brown, Edward Nalle
<. B. Briggs, Edward c. Payne,
Samuel Boyd, George w. SenteE,
John D. Cobb, w. B. Thompson,
j. E. Campbell, Frederick Wing.
W. L. Cushing c. W. Wood,
Benjamin Gerson, T. s. Waterman,
P. G Gilbert, IF. Wyche,
G. A. Green, Lloyd r. Coleman,
G. P. Harrison. oil cod If