The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-20
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A PETRIFIED GIRL isn't OF much ac-
count, but they have recently found one
in an Arkansas cave.
MANY men and some women mistake
the won't power for strength of will and
sheer ugliness for tirmness.
THE first man to die natural death in
the Black Hills was Mr.. Hollenbeck
His remains have arrived at Cheyenne.
AN author says that one of the uses Of
adversely is to bring us out. This is
true-partlcularly at the knees and elbows
THE saying that there IS more pleas.
ure in giving than receiving" is supposed
to apply chiefly to kicks, medicine and
advice"
WHEN William and Susan begin by
chilling" in public the chances are ten
to one that ere the close of six months
they will wind up by "suing."
"a VIOLENT and uncomfortable tenn.
per-" was the reason assigned by juror
at Boston for declining to serve. After
careful investigation the Court excused
him.
LITTLE Willie F'eatherston, of Ridge
way, Ca, was eating an apple, and in cut
ting the core toward him the knife came
through and penetrated his breast, destroy
ing life instantly.
The London Builder speaks of a
"bricken" house. Very well; but ii
ought to have rocken foundation, be
built on a sanden shore, and equipped
with zinken pipes.
at doesn't take me long to make up
my mind, can tell your said conceited
fop. Its always so where the stock OF
material to make up is SMALL" quietly re-
marked young lady.
THERE was a hard-up man in Louisville
the other day, says the Courier-Journat,
irving to sell, as a valuable relic, three
cent postage stamp which he declared was
from one of Paul's letters to the Corin-
thians.
SMyTHE was telling some friends about
a wonderful parrot. "Why," said he,
"that parrot cries stop thief so naturally
that every time hear it / always stop.
Now, hang it, what are you all laughing
about!"
THE first celebration of an historic event
during the year will be at Boston on the
18th of March, which will be the cen
tennial of the evacuation of that city by
the British. 1t will be made the occasion
of some noise and parade.
IT is. ID that some counties in New
Jersey, which have been accustomed to
export several thousand bushels of pota-
toes, are now obliged to purchase that i'm
portant esculent, so great were the raVages
of the potato bug last season.
A YOUNG man IN San Francisco, shoe
maker named E. Remer, who had been
rejected by the girl he loved, put an end
to his life by swallowing quantity OF
laudanum. He fled to poppy when she
declined to refer him to pappy.
ALAD named James McCullar, aged
fifteen, was tossing up penny piece and
catching it in his mouth, at Wolverhamp-
ton, in England, the other day, when the
coin slipped down his throat. He was
taken to the hospital and, after lingering
for two nights, the lad died in great pain
In New York and vicinity there are up
ward of 500 florists, with an aggregate In
vested capital of $4,000, 900, including
real estate. Ten have capital of $50, ,OOC
to $4,000. One firm that employs fifty
hands is now growing more plants than
all the florists of New York did thirty
years ago.
THE winding up of the going part OF
the great clock at Westminster, London,
the weight of whose pendulum is gu
pounds, takes ten minutes, but the wind
ing up of the striking parts-the quarter
part and the hour part-takes five hours
each, and this has to be done twice
week. The contract cost of winding up
the clock is e10O year. The error Of the
clock amounts to only about one second
for eighty three days in the year, and there
is no other clock in the world Of which the
same can be said.
Ina crowded horse-car on the Sixth
avenue, the other evening (says the New
York Sum, a gentleman who was seated
resigned his place in favor of pale
slender woman, who carried large chilc
in her arms, and was being jostled this
way and that with the motion of the car
To the gentleman's surprise, burly in
dividual took the seat before the lady
could reach it. 81 meant this lady tt
have my seat" said The gentleman, angri
ly. "Vell," replied the other, settlin!
comfortably back in his seat, " dat lad.
ish my wlfew t..
"ATLAs," in his notes in the Londoi
World, says: "a friend who was or
board the Poonah on her last outward
voyage informs me that Blondin, who wa
among the passengers on his way to Mel
bourne, created immense excitement b.
performing feat hitherto unattemptet
even by him. The hero of Niagara
walked along rope stretched from TIN
main to the mizzen mast, 100 feet long, a
height of sixty feet. The motion of TIL
engine and the swaying of the vesse
made this difficult operation, especial.
as the rolling at that great height wa
much more perceptible than on deck
When Blondin descended to receive tn
congratulations of those who saw hin
perform this unique feat, he was quiver
ing and perspiring from sheer excitement
and his face was deadly pale. He ex
claimed: well, I've done tt knew
was to be done, but have never attempte'
anything like it beforer "
MRS. MACIvoR was bitten by tarantul
the other day, and at last accounts wa
threatened with real case Of tarantism
which is commonly regarded as fabulou
disease. The lady lives with her husband
and children in an old adobe house, al
order of architecture which is gradual.
giving place to brick and stone in Pueblo
Mrs. MacIvor, in putting on an undergar
ment which had been hanging on nail
scared tarantula out of its folds, whicl
tumbled into her bosom, where it burie
its venomous fangs in her flesh. Th
breast began swelling almost immediate
ly, and with distressing pains throughou
the body the unfortunate woman soon bt
came delirious. A physician administere
large quantities of whisky, which faile
of intoxicating effect. Other remedies
however, proved more effective, and th
patient is now likely 10 recover. Th