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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18
About Her Ear.

THE Reese River RereiHe tells Of an
Austin man who was reading story to
his wife tie other night, and came to a
piece of " fine writing" in which the ear
of the heroine was compared to some
"creamy white, pink tinted shell Of
ocean" "By the way, dear" said the
husband, cutting short his reading, that
description of the ear reminds me of your
ear; you have an ear like she'll" 1t
was the first compliment she had received
from him since the early days of their
marriage, and blush OF pride sutfused
her face as she asked: "What kind of a
shell, darling?" "An abalone shell,' he
replied. She had never before heard of
nor seen an abalone shell, but she did not
want to display her ignorance; so she
made up her mind to hunt it up in the
Condensed Treatise of Conchology'' that
ornamented the center-table. Next morn
ing, the first thing she did after her hus-
band had left the house was to hunt up
the description of the abalone shell. She
found it. 1t was described as shell
about the size of an ordinary wagon
wheel. She nursed her wrath during that
day, and when her husband came home
that night she met him at the door with
the el-roller-and now his ear is as big
as an abalone shell, but it looks like a
piece of pounded beef.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18
INDUSTRIAL, STATISTICAL AND
TECHNICAL.

NEVER dilute varnish with turpentlne,
as it kills the gloss. If too thick, warm it
by the stove, or place the cup on warm
iron.
THE last car load of copper for this sea-
son left here on Wednesday last. About
1,750 tons Of copper have been brought to
this place on sleighs during the past win
| ter, and transported by rail to Eastern
markets. The value of the same at pres.
ent prices is about $S05, ,000.-L'Anse
Neps.
A GOOD bronze paint for iron is made of
ivory black, one ounce; chrome yellow,
one ounce; chrome green, two pounds.
Mix with raw linseed oil, adding little
japan to dry it. This gives a fine bronze
green. If desired, gold bronze may be
put on the prominent parts of the object
when the paint is not quite dry, the pow
der being rubbed in with a piece of
plush.
A BEAUTIFUL and easily produced exhi-
bition of crystal formation may be seen
under the microscope, as follows: Upon
a slip Of glass place drop of liquid
chloride Of gold or nitrate of silver, with
particle of zinc in the gold and copper in
the silver. A growth of exquisite gold or
silver ferns will spring up under the de-
lighted eye.
A NEW and simple blowpipe consists of
two large jars connected near the bottom
by piece Of rubber tubing. One is filled
with water and put on shelf above the
table on which the other stands The
water passes into the latter. and, in doing
so, forces the air out through a stopper
and piece of tubing into the blowpipe,
which is supported separately. With jars
of one gallon capacity and blowpipe
with an oritice of 0.016 inch, a steady air
current Of ten minutes duration is OBJ
tanned; and to keep it up, one has merely
TO transpOse the jars.-ScjelItifc AnaericaR.
FOREIGN TRADE.-The foreign trade of
the country has been made for the nine
months ending March 81, and shows a
continued diminution, and the balance
still tipping more heavily in our favor.
Total imports Tor that time, S365, 800 900,
as against $4l3, 800, 600, last year, and
$49S, 900, 900 in 1923 In three years,
in other words, imports have fallen off
over twenty-siX per cent. Total exports
for the same nine months, god value,
$44S 800, 900, against $455 $4,000, last
year. The excess of exports, this year, is
therefore $50, 100000, against $42 ,00O,0 900
laSt Vnor
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18
THE CENTENNIAL.
onen,nr Ceremo onie, at Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA was crowded with visitors
on the 10th, and the number Of people in at
tendance upon the opening ceremonies of
the Centennial Exposition is estimated to
have been in the neighborhood of 100000.
The streets of the city were all abaze with
flags, and the patriotic decorations we're nu-
merous. Public buildings, stores, churches,
colleges, railroad depots, parks and private
residences were literally covered with flags,
banners, statuary and devices. Flags of all
nations were floating in the breeze, but con
spicuous above them all waved the Star
spangled Banner.
At the Exposition grounds spacious plat
form had been erected at the side of Memo
rial Hall, north Of the center of the Main
Building, and seats were arranged on the
platform for official and other invited guests.
At eleven o'clock President Grant and his
party, accompanied by numerous Govern
ment officials and other prominent individu-
ais, proceeded to the platform, the President
having been escorted to the grounds by Gov.
Hartranft, with division Of the military.
At the right of the center Of the platform
were seated the President OF the United
States and the members Of the Cabinet, and
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18
THE EARLY DEAD.
"To boon southern country they have fed''
Matthew Arnold.

To a boon southern country they have fed
UattheW Arnold.
No PROCESS slow of dull decay
The fire of life abated,
With garlands fresh and dewy they
Its banquet left unsated.
They vanished in the midst of death
Ere o'er them fell shadow,
And now they draw immortal breath
In happy isle or meadow.
More blest than we, who mourned their fate
These guests who early hasted;
They fingered not like US too late,
But left the lees untas ted.
They quaffed the bubbles on the brim
From beakers full and flowing;
Our mirth was hushed, our eyes were dim
With tears, at their outgoing.
But soon we wiped our tears away;
Again the viol sounding
Bade joy resume its festal sway
And kept our pulses bounding.
Long since the noise of revel died,
Our pulses lost their madness,
And in the calm of eventide
We feel the touch OF sadness.
From that boon country in the South,
To which they sped before us,
Oft comes those long-lost mates ofyouth
In dreams, and hover DER us.
Our locks are gray; our hearts are worn;
Care e'en our sleep invadeth;
They come from bowers OF youth and morn,
Where leaf nor blossom fadeth.
They come with airs and scents of May,
These guests from Wales Elysian;
They shun the glare and din Of day,
But haunt the nightly vision.
Oh well for US that dreamland opes
At night its mystic portal,
Through which, rekindling faded hopes,
Glide ylsitants immortal!
B W. Ball, in atlantic Monthly.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18
A Romance of a Conductors Life
Stealing Rides.

On Saturday last Conductor Ben Cole
discovered crouched under one of the
seats in a smoking-car boy and girl.
Mister, is this the road to Haven ?"
said the boy, as he crawled out, and the
girl said, Mister, please don't put US of,
our folks live there, and we amt got any
father or mother, and here's letter." at
the same time driving from her faded
calico apron crumpled piece of paper
and handing it to Mr.. Cole. After look
ing at i. long time, for it was badly
written, badly spelled and blurred, he
made out this:
All good people: These children amt got
no father or mother. They died here in Feb
ruary, and Use been tending to 'em. They
amt got no folks here; and their folks live in
Haven, Conn. Use a poor niger woman,
and can't keep 'em no longer. Use got my
self to support, and theyse going back to
their folks. They is good children, and
don't do EN- no harm. JANE MAUPIN.
Mr.. Cole sat down by the side Of the
boy, who was about thirteen years of age,
and bright. He learned that in. the
spring .IotIn Howell, with his vile and
two children, left New Haven, Conn, for
the West, and arrived at Pueblo, but that
there both died, and during their sickness
the old negro, Jane Maupin, was the only
attendant at their bedside, and when the
children were thrown out upon the world,
orphans, frjendless and penniless, she
g., %b hn fp, har
children But having learned from the
father that they were from New Haven,
and that they had an uncle there by the
name of Martin Howell, she conceived
the idea that they ought to go back, and
she thought that the letter she wrote and
gave them would be passport to all the
world. They started three weeks ago,
taking the A. T. & S. F. train for Atchi-
son, and conductor had put them off
near Pueblo.
But they had started for New Haven,
and they resolved they would go. By
"stealing rides now in freight car,
now under the seats in the smoking car,
and now in the caboose among the piles
OF trunks and packages, and begging
their food, they reached Topeka, fifty
miles from Atchison. They wandered
around Topeka all day, and at night they
hid themselvesoin flat car laden with
building stone. In the gray dawn they
reached this city, begged breakfast and
dinner, and at two O'Clock hid themselves
updor tho Saat in tho Missouri pacific COR
where they were found by Mr.. Cole.
Mr. Cole took the children to Kansas
City, the end Of his "run," cared for
them there, telegraphed to Martin Howell
at New Haven, Conn, and received sn
answer to send the children in care of the
conductor to New Haven, and 10 draw
upon him for the expenses of the trip.
They are ON their way.-Atchfson tKan.)
P1fy10t
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18

among the bills introduced wsre-to establish a
new boundary line between the States of Mis-.
eouri ana Kansas south of the Missouri River >.
onarteflng passenger and freight railroad from
'ne southeast Atlantic to Lake Michigan: TO pro.
Siae lof the repeal of all taxes on bank cspitsl
anu deposits. The bill to authorize the i.sue of
.nFer com TO the extent Of St0,0Oo,O0O in e1
LOT egal-teRders, to be reissued only after
'ne destruction of an equal amount Of fractional
currency was defeated-yeas, 135, nays, 7s-less
man tWo-tfirds in the Affirmative The bill to
a.oW MRS: Minnie Sherman Fitch to recsive, free
oiaalies' her wedding present from the Khediye
Of Egypt, was passed
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18
NUMBER 21.

ligious chieftain, wears a green turhan,
the green being the Prophets color, and
in his left hand holds book, from which
detaches itself the word Al-Koran :"
In the other hand he grasps the bare
blade Of his scimeter. Between him and
the symbolic horse-tailed crescent of the
God of Mecca is the inscription: "Great
is Allah, and Mahomet is his Prophet" :"
Africa (black) is represented by the
figure of a young slave girl offering a
waiter on which is served coffee. This
trophy is almost exclusively Egyptian,
and the play of colors is arch9ologically
explained. The otos plant expands at the
top, just at the feet of the female figme.
In the middle is the "Black Scarabee, I"
the symbol of immortality, its feet sup
porting the sun, where the fancy of the
artist has placed the head of a camel.
The two figures, each wearing a diadem
adorned with snake and feathers, repre-
sent Rameses and Sesostris, the founders
of two Of the most importGnt dynasties of
remote times. They are sitting, their feet
resting on the heads of sphynxes. The
names of these sovereigns are engraved
underneath. From a frame showing the
profile of door the word Africa detaches
itself
America (red) is represented by the
figure of an Indian girl holding in one
hand a cornstalk and in the other horn
filled with liquor. She rests on an anvil
and a cog-wheel, emblematic of the in
dustrial genius of America. From the
middle of the wheel the head of a buffalo
projects. The figures of Washington and
Franklin crown the pediment. Franklin
explains his electrical discoveries, refer
ring to the kite under his arm. The print
ing-press behind him recalls his early
career. Washington holds in one hand
his sword and in the other the Constitu-
ton. Back OF him is Bible, embematic
of religious freedom.-PhtladaLDhia Cor.
a.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18

Hohen- Plaster was not the street on
with struggle, but emphatically, that it
| was.
The three men of the implicated name
were confronted with Ruprecht, but he
was now so far gone that he could not
open his eyes. The brothers spoke to
him, and manifested much feeling
Schmidt of the Hohen-P Plaster, on the
other hand, was uneasy and silent.
Suspicion now fastened on the latter
On searching his premises, the handle of
his ak was found to be bloody. He was
known TO be disreputable character
But on examination, though inconsistent
in his statements, he succeeded in estab-
fishing an unimpeachable aiibi. He,
moreover, accounted for the blood on the
ak entirely to the satisfaction of the judge :;
when the brothers were once more bro ugh
up, they, too, proved alibis which could
not be shaken.
Then 1t was discovered that there were
two other wood cutters named Schmidt,
who lived in the suburbs. One of these
was employed by Ruprecht's brother-in-
law, Berenger. Here seemed the ex-
PLANTATION of Ruprecht's calling out, "My
daughter! My daughter" 1t now ap-
peared that Berenger and his wife lived
unhappily together, that Ruprecht had re-
Gently threatened tomake will excluding
Berenger from any control over his prop
erty, and that Berenger, on hearing of the
assault, did not seem in the least surprised
or moved. Other things seemed to bear
against the son-in-law. But he, too,
showed conclusively that he was, at the
moment of the murder, in the parlor of an
inn some miles away; and the two sub
urban woOd-cutters were equally fortunate
in proving alibis on the best possible evil.
dence. Ruprecht soon died without again
opening his lips; and the mystery which
so severely perplexed the judges as to
who killed him lis a mystery SILL.
Ge0rge II. .Toaole, in Appletons' Journal.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18
An Authors AnnOyances.

THE poet Longfellow, although natural
ly of most amiable disposition, especial
ly under the assaults made upon his time
and his privacy by simple curiosity and
literary-lion hunters who have no possible
claim upon him, would be little short of a
saint if he were not sometimes annoyed
by the pertinacity of uninvited guests.
Take for illustration two instances:
Three ladies, two from Chicago and one
from Milwaukee, entirely unknown to the
poet, send in their cards. They are cour-
teously received by him in reception
room. Would he be good enough to let
them see his library? The request is ac-
quiesced in and the library undergoes in
spection.
"Oh, it's lovely" so NICE" and now
'mayn't we see the dining -room?"
The cloth for dinner was laid and the
hour for that meal close at hand, but nev-
ertheless the ladies carried their point;
but, when it came to wishing to be shown
the kitchen, the host was fain to ring for
servant lest further examination might
extend to cellar or attic. .
Another amusing instance, also related
to us by friend, was that of an English
man who, like Sir Charles Coldstream,
had travelled everywhere, seen every
thing, and done everything" and yet was
terribly ennuied. --
Haw! yes, Mr.. Longfellow, thought I
ought to see the great American poet, m
sent in ma card"
The poet asked the visitor to be seated,
when he resumed: gsa
eyes, see Mr.. Longfcllow: I've been
great traveller, sir; been all over the Con-
tinent, been to Iceland, Sweden, Nor
way" -n..,s
"Indeed, you must have found much
to interest you"
"Well, something but it's getting to be
an awful bwar. I've just come from
Egypt, old country-antiquities, you
know"
EYES," replied the poet; "many inter.
esting remains of past ages"
"Ah, yes-just so, exactly; heaps Of
old ruins. like ruins. Now, every
things new here in America. you know
can't find any old ruins--so thought ia
come an 700 you, "-Boston Commercial
Bulletin,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18
The Religion of Japan.

THE Paris Reoue d6s Deur Mondes, in a
late number, throws flood of light on
the obscure question of the religion of
Japan. There is story told about an
eminent student of manners who, meeting
japanese gentleman in England, tried
to get him to explain the creed of his
countrymen. The japanese was so re-
served that his questioner thought he con-
cealed his knowledge, like Herodotus,
" for a certain mystic reason" In a few
months, however, he received courteous
letter from the foreigner, saying that he
himself had paid no attention to the relig-
ion of his country, but that friend of his
had arrived in England who had made
quite study Of the matter. This seems
to show that education israther goddess"
in Japan but, in point of fact, the people
enjoy two main forms of belief. One is
Buddhism; the other, and far the more
ancient, is "Shinto." Shinto, being in
terpreted, means "the path of the gods"
and has an immense system of doctrine,
with cosmogony on the usual type of
savage theories of the beginning ofthings.
Generation after generation of pure spirits
lived in infinite space and at last evolved
a race Of gods, which again became the
fathers of the kami, or halfdivine heroic
fathers Of humanity. Shinto," as a
practical religion, partly holds of the wor-
ship of the elementary forces of Nature,
and partly of the worship of ancestors.
The Mikado's ancestors were high gods;
the grandees trace their pedigree, as the
Egyptians traced that of Hccatpus, to
deties of lower rank among the kamis.
Every kami has his saints day, when his
chapel, or mya, is frcquentcd by the peo-
pie. In the temple are no idols, only a
mirror and some scraps of paper. Many
of the kamis are deifed men, others are
myths, others distractions; and, in short,
" Sbinto' is SO promisCuous a faith that
the japanese who knew little about it was
perhaps no exceptional person in his own
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18

The honest agriculturists are crum-
bling bits of clod in their horny fingers,
wondering if they contain anything over
5000 grasshoppers' eggs to the peck. No
alarming discoveries have been made in
Iowa, but in Kansas they are, tossing
nickels, where they have nickels, to see
VIII ether they will flee from the 'hoppers
to come, or stick by their farms and trust
to Providence and the relief societies.
-Burltngton Hapk-Eye. .t,.sss
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18

"A Western journalist says that the
girl of the period prides herself on " being
no larger round than a candle" What
he means is that she wants a taper
walst.-R0cheste;' ErpreSS.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18

"A Worcester man was wandering
from paint-shop to paint-shop the other
day, asking for striped paint" with
which to paint barber-pole.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18

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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18

/ bbna pefor and Empress of Brazil
IIsana alaaelphia on the 18th for New
B,e saa nual meeting of the American
The Tvs,e'y ,,,I was held in New York oitv
,ss s5ss 'ss ", year were s5s7,1ss; iexpendi.
Id " iS'1,'Eol' W including the balance on
,aI,nas M Nay, 1875. There remains still
n ,Se srs ,eo ., $3.50 on hand. During the
di',tv di,,.inDii,b Bibles wereprinted, and $50,
BibaiDu'ed. Bib1e % The society circulated
,bs ~ WI, IN twenty foreign countries dur.
man: year. e., and had it printed in nearly
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The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-04
The Trail of the Serpent.

The Washington correspondent OF the
\. Y. Herald says that "the Southern
" troubles will come up in force In Con
gress after the holidays. Senator
" Morton is determined to investigate
g Mississippi, and number of Ames
men are here to prompt him. lie
I" means to carry his resolution for an
" investigating committee through the
:. Senate, etc., etc.
Whoever before heard of a Governor
of one of these States organizing con-
spiracy against its peace and integrity,
and deliberately plotting to set aside its
election by federal interference because
it did not happen to result favorably to
his party? Suppose Gov. Allen, of
Ohio, after his defeat, had turned his
face to Washington and put on foot a
similar scheme with reference to the
Ohio election, how loud and deep would
have been the curses heaped upon his
head? To what an eminence of infamy
he would have been hoisted
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-04

so H important feature of the great Re
i0,iu movement which eliminated in tho
81 victory of November. was the
AP"yerS Convention, and its address
- oanu"ry' 1875; the Radical Legisla-
:. .u'e 'nen IN session paid but little heed
tb ~ ', ~. recommendations and appeals of
h.ns s"Apayers' who took the matter in
, ,laliu ana elected a body pledged to the
r;m S 'ney advised. The Legislature
Will assemble to-day, and we have reDro-
ooIn, -. our present number for the
N-'i" consideration of its members
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-04

THE LEGISL AZURE.

The assembling of the Legislature to
day, (the 4th, and the Installation o
the new county officers on yesterday, (tht
Sd, mark new era in the history o.
Mississippi 1t is an occasion of genu
inc thanksgiving. The condition of her
people in the light of these memorable
events, may be likened to the experience
of the mariner who lands safely on
hospitable shores amid the greetings of
friends, after having encountered the
perils of darkness and storms and ship
wreck.
1t is no vain boast to say that the Leg
islature now assembled has never been
surpassed in the qualities of integrity,
capacity and patriotism, by any similar
deliberative body which has ever before
assembled within the walls of the Cap
itol. Its opportunities for service to the
people are great. They are eommensu-
rate with the evils which unexampled NAL
administration has brought upon the State.
That the Legislature will conscientiously
address itself to the important work,
there need be no apprehension. That it
will be faithful in redeeming its promises,
there need be no doubt. The scalpel
will be applied with no trembling hand
to the excrescences which require to be
Topped off from the body polite, before
there can be healthy recuperation and
development of the system. 1t will be
Just in its actions. The evil-doers
and adventures in office who have
abused their trusts, will be held to
strict accountability. The colored peo-
Die, who have been deluded by. the false
Try that Democratic and Conservative
'lctory meant legislation unfriendly to,
nd discriminating against, their race
will be undeceived. The very corner
tone of the Democratic creed IS equalitu
ciuiI and political rights to all men of eue1y
ace, color, chime and nativity.
The Auditor of Public Accounts in his
eport to the Legislature of January 1st,
074, bore terrible witness to the folly
Radical misrule when he reminded
hat body that in no year, since recon
truction, had the receipts (notwithstand-
lg exorbitant taxation) reached the .
preparations, but that, on the contrary. 3
the appropriations had far exceeded I
the receipts, so that year by year b
debt of considerable magnitude has been T
accumulating." The miserable legacy +
eated by this vicious and profigate sys- d
m of legislation, has been left on the p
'nds of the present Legislature, and
IL ""1'ire to be dealt with. God speed =
EN- In the important mission when y
ey have been called to fulfill. b