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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-17
Dispensing Bores BY Electricity.

Mr.. John Kelly. the stage manager IF
the Academy of Music. has improvised
an ingenious arrangement for keeping
the stage entrance clear Of loungefs, who
are apt to cohgfegate In groups on the
prompter's side, fronting the passage,
which is the only means Of entrance and
exit available without crossing the stage.
The circumstance that during every per-
Torrance man is stationed at the cleo
trio apparatus to regulate the lights in the
auditorium has been utilized. bv directing
q wire from the battery to the floor Of the
passage, which is covered with zinc.
When several persons stop In the passage,
blocking 1t up, the man at the battery
touches knob, and instantly lively
current Of electricity is communicated to
the zinc, and as quick as lightning the
loungeB are bounced of, their ridiculous
antics resembling the jerky movements
Of one Of those wooden supple jacks that
children amuse themselves with. This
arrangement is found far more effective
than all the large posters that could be
hung up In case of fire it would bevery
advantageous. Inasmuch as number of
housekeepers AMI ladies who receive nu-
merous calls have had convex mirrors
placed outside of the second story window
so that they can tell who is at the door by
glancing at mirror, it would not be q
bad idea to have small electric battery
connected with strip of zinc fastened on
the doorstep. By such an arrangement,
book agents, soap peddlers and hucksters
could be disposed Of cffectually and with
out any annoyance. -Baltsmore A1nerican
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-17
Be Independent.
Yes. be independent.

i cS, DC independent.
Don't hang round and wait for some.
body else to 60 ahead. Break your own
path. Do what you want done yourself.
Don't put off to-day's work until to-mor-
row in the hope that it will be done for
you.
If you want to succeed, take off your
gloves and eallGus your own hands on the
pillow handles.
If you are a woman, and Bridget goes
off in huff, he independent, and wash
your own dishes, and scrub your own
floors, and laugh in her face when she
comes back, expectingt to be received with
open arms.
There is nothing like showing fate, even
if it be fate In the shape Of an ill.tem-
pered Bridget, that yon are independent
of it, and can get on without it.
When people find you don't want any
of their help they are always eager to
help you. Things that you do not stand
in need of, will be offered you freely.
When you see duty before you, do it,
and don't stand shivering on the brink,
for fear somebody will say something
about it. What matters it if Mrs. A says
you are fool, and Mrs. B expresses the
opinion that there is something wrong In
your upper stOryS What she says and
what he says does not alter it.
Don't ask everybody's advice about
everything. Have pluck enough to de-
eide for yourself. If you want to buy .
bushel Of corn, don't spend day rum
ming about asking <. Y. and 2 where you
had better buy it, or If you hadn't better
wait until grain falls.
Don't be slave to what anybody is 60
ing to say about you. II you have enc
mics, and of course you have, unless you
are born idiot, let them fling out at you.
Show the world by your daily life that
your enemies have lied. Live lying SLAM
ders down. Lift up your head and be in
dependent Of them. Have no confdants
and gO-betweens.
Mutual friends are disastrous failures
anywhere outside OF Charles Dickens
novels. If you have secret sorrows trust
them only to yoLr God, for He alone can
keep . secret.
In all matters Of right and wrong, Judge
for yourself; decide for yourself; stand
by yourself.
Bear in mind the solemn and stupendous
truth that you are preparing yourself for
eternity, and act in such way that you
may not fear to have the sunlight Of
eternity stream full upon all Of your I'm
ished deeds.
Be independent.
Do not cast your burdens upon others
Rest them betWeen yourself and Heaven
The tree which lifts It's rugged branches
to the sky, il the open field, stands trm
hsfore tho tempest, which viii aproot It's
hx11her in the thiekly grown midland. II
lsz.5s I.-.d =. ;.<eSj Tar ;t.oR II has
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-17
The Season Of Woman's supremacy.

If there is one season in the year that
knocks the socks off all others in present
ing woman in her most trauscendent state
of mental and physical activity, that sea-
son is house-cleaning time"
At such time woman fixes her eye,
mentally, upon an ideal household ar
rangement to be attained-the cOnsumma-
ton of weeks Of fofethought and general
working-up through series of Calcti1a-
tons intricate and diverse the
comprehension of masculine intellects,
which know nothing of the ways and
means of disposing of the contents of a
closet or trtihk, and are fit only for pas
sive stlbsertienEy to the dominant fsmi.
nine mind. Then it is she arrays herself
in calico and dust-pan. She gathers her
hair in marvellous twist beneath the
folds of towel. She assume 1.-THE express
sion of a martyr, and speaks with agita.
ton, but decision. She takes TO herself
SURPRISING care, but lets the regular meals
slide. She speaks with commanding tone
from the held of the Stairs, and her voice
is heard with alarm from the back steps.
She summons the children out of sight
with mastery tact, and anchors the baby
in a clothes basket, with that marvellous
adaptation of present means to an advan.
tageous use which only the great can COM
mand. She rises sublime above ordinary
daily cares, and all Insignificant duties
are merged In the one grand purpose of
renovatfng the ranch from turfet to foun-
dation-st
No man who has been subjected to the
discipline and suffered the privations of a
hotise-cleaning campaign; who has ham
mefed SCOT out of stovepipe with a
clothes stick, under the Nylant and criti-
cal gaze of the female eye; who has eaten
dinner off the top of wood box, goaded
to strangulation by exhortations to just
hurry up now, and come and pound that
carpet; who has, on dry bread and cold
coffee W thout milk. satisfied the craving
of stomach rendered rampant by miscel-
laneous stove-lifting and transporting of
trunks from the garnet to the back yard
grass plot; who has stretched" carpet
and tackled his fingers, while his wife,
majestic In greenwich turban and mop,
stood behind and issued orders--no man
who has suffered all this, and, while he
was likely to succumb, observed the for
titude with which his wife stood up and
incidentally whaled the children, or, with
vigor undated, reached for cobwebs,
would venture to doubt for moment the
supremacy of woman at this particular
season of the year.-Chicago Journal.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-17
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

"A recent storm at Charleston, S. c.,
frightened one of the lighthouse keepers
into state of insanity.
james M. Porter, of Newark, N. j.,
formerly a policeman, showed his excel
lent sense. Finding that he was going to
the bad very fast from drinking too often
and too much at time, in one of his
lucid moments he went before Justice
and asked to be sent up for thirty days.
The Judge granted his request.
Edward R. Hurst an engineer on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road, saw
child three years old on the track the
other day. Springing through the cab
window, he reached the pilot in time to
catch the chilli and throw it into the arms
of yard Waterman. A train passing the
other way struck Hurst's arm, breaking
it in three places, and necessitating ampu-
tation of the hand.
"A swarm of bees were dislodged from
under the clapboards of an old house at
Greenfield, Mass, lately, after they had
been three years there. The removal OF
the clapbOards disclosed solid mass of
honey extending up between the studding
seven feet and five inches high, two feet
wide and four inches thick. The honey,
which was Of the very hest quality,
weighed $50 pounds.
William Brooke, nineteen years old,
died in New York recently from the eff
fects of arsenic taken as "pick me-up"
after drunk. He was in the habit of
taking poison after his frequent debauckes
to destroy the effects of the liquor, so that
his friends would not know oe his dissipa-
ton. The Coroner's jury rendered YER
dict of death by arsenic, self administered,
but without suicidal intent.
Miss Sadie Bigelow, an actress in a
travelling company, showed remarkable
presence of mind lately at Nashua, N. H.
The long train of-hcr dress, coming in
contact with the burning gas of one OF the
footlights, caught ffre. Instantly grasp
ing the thin material she smothered the
flames with her hands before they were
noticed by many persona ip the audience,
and the play proceeded without any pause,
although the lady's facek showed that she
appreciated the situation.
Mr.. C. L. Crockett, Of Boston, de-
serves mention as the posseesor Of wonder
full GOODNESS and presence 81 mild. IA
few afternoons since, while attending q
funeral, the horses attached to his car
rage, in which were also three ladies, ran
away when the driver was of the box As
they ran, Mr.. Crockett got out Of the car
rage door, over the dashboard, and ON
the pole, along which he walked till he
reached the rings Of the saddle, where he
secured the reins, and going back to the
drivers seat, succeeded in getting the
frightened animals under control. No
one Was injured.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-17

placed on each seat, and . piece Of rope
hangs down like . stirrup to pat tn foot
in for support. Ladies' and gentlemen arc
to be seen ct any time Of the day out rid
ing ON these wheelbsrrows. and they are
much used by laboring men and women,
ID going to work or returning home. I
have ridden on them, and think them
quite comfortable. said they are cheap.
4 Chinaman pays about eighteen eash, or
one cent and half, to ride mile. A
foreigner must pay little more, about
two cents.
The wheelbarrows are also used for
wheeling burdens, and n is quite wonder
full how heavy burden one OF these
wheelbarrow-men can take on bis carriage.
---CAjidrW,'s Worktor Children.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-17

But every season is beautiful in Its own
way. And the last days of May in New
England, when the apple-orchards are In
bloom, and the forest trees have fully
shaken out their fresh foliage, and the
bird-choruses are complete, are usually
more delightful than its beginning.
May fades into June, as the morning
star melts into dawn. Life is exchanged
for richer, warmer life, but nothing dies.
The violet goes back into her roots to
sleep the year out, with her baby-seeds re-
posing in the earth around her-leaving
the memory OF her fragrance wandering
like breeze among the flowers of sum-
mer. Even if frost should kill the vi.
olet, in the sweetness she has given to the
air, she will live on forever.
Children dear, when we are missed
from our places on earth, may it be as
the violet is missed and remembered
among the roses of June!-Lucy Larconl,
in st. Nicholas for May.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-17

cred the situation and sought short in
terview with Elder Bevan, to whom they
made suitable apology. They then pro.
|ceeded to the church across the road; but
Is they left the congregation smiled
|audibly over their mistake.-Scranton
[fPa.) ReDwblieoa.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-17

CONTRARY to general expectation, the
number of failures in the United States
fer the first three months of the present
year show q slight increase over those OF
the corresponding quarter of 1876, though
the amount of liabilities is somewhat
less. The quarterly circular of R. g.
Dun s. Co. furnishes the following COM
parisnns:
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-17

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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-17

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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-17

YEARS.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-17
First Quarter.

=
No. of amount Of Average
failures. liabilities. liabilities.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20

H EH - Es
The Dragon Esctos E. A. Cronin.
who has acquired national reputa-
ton, by having received the highest
number of votes IF any candidate for
elector on the Tilden ticket, aud there
fore the appointment of elector instead
Of a constitationally ineligible Republi-
can, passed through last evening home
ward bound. The examination To-
which he WAS subjected by Sitting Bull
Morton's committee had no apparent
effect ON him, nor did it change bis
opinion relative to the legality of his
vote He 10, since the decision of the
majority at the Presidential election,
caused the Republican press to cease
abusing and incorporating Tilden.
the worst villiied individual in the
United States.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20
August Flower.

The most miserable beings in the
world are those suffering from Dyspep-
STA and Liver Complaint.
More than seventy-five per cent of the
people in the United States are afflicted
with these two diseases and their
eff, cts; such as Sour Stomach, Sick
Headache, Habitual Costiveness, Palpi-
tation of the Heart. Heart Burn, Water
hrash. gnawing aud burning pains at
the pit of the Stomach. Yellow Skin,
Coated Tongue and disagreeable taste
in the mouth. coming up of food after
eating, low spirits, 40 Go to your
Druggist, and get rs cent Bottle
of AUGUST FLOWER or Sample Bottle
Cor 10 cents, Try 1.-TWO doses will
relieve you,
Agents Crane & Brigham, Wholesale
druggists San Francisco. jan2ly
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20


A British Consul in a Russian psft,.
describes discovery which will lie
hailed with de'ignt by persons affected
with badness. A servant of the con.
sui, prematureiy bald, whose duty it
was to trina lamps had a habit Of
wiping his petroleum besmeared hands
in his scanty locks, and after three
months expe rience, his habit procured
for hiul much finer head Of glossy
black hair, than he ever possessed
befor 3. Struck by this remarkable
occurrence the consul tried the remedy
on spaniels which had lost their hair,
WI tn wonderful success. His sxperi-
eI zee, therefore. induced him to suggest
tue remedy to the owners of horses
affected as above, and 10 every instance
it resulted in cure. The petroleum
should be of the best refined American
quality. and should be rubbed in yigor-
ously with the palm of the hand, and
applied at intervals of three DAYS, for
three or fonr weeks.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20

Last evening was one OF those small
social gatherings where everybody is
friendly and bent upon having good
time. In the neiehborhood Of twelve
couple were present aud they trlpped
the light fantastic until midnight's
wi,ching hour. when the happy throng
dispersed. Among the ladies' in at
tendance orr reporter observed Mrs.
Greenleaf, Misses Mollie Stockton,
Annie Munroe, Annie Lepper. Minnie
aud Sadie Bell, Ada aud Lizzie Zum-
walt. and Miss Gilman.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20
Plead Galley.

Three Of the persons accused of dis
furbing the pence at the Jubilee Sing
ers performance the ether evening
plead guilty to the charge yesterday
before Justice Davis, and were fined
S25 each. One of them at least is
heartily sorry for having been impli-
Gated in the affair. which he had no
idea would be carried TO such an ex
leut by those engaged ia it.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20

Judge Berry who has beea rastieat-
irg in California for the last three or
fonr weeks arrived ut home to day.
l.. w. Greenwich Superintendent of the
Rye Patch Mine, came up to see the
sights to day, D. II Haskell. Town.
site agent passed East to-day. and
upon his return tomorrow will remain
over to attend to basiCess.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20
Deep snow.

The snow storm which continued
undated all day yesterday was the
heaviest ever experienced in these
parts. 1t measured on the level six
teen inches in depth. Between Col
conda aud Battle Mountain it was
twenty one inches deep, and in the
streets OF Trnckee il was over six feet.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20
COUSIN JACK IN COURT.


The Gold Hill News gives the evil
dence of a Cornishman in an assault
and Battery case. as follows: "A fight
took place in saloon on the Virginia
Barbary Coast between two women, on
Thursday night. They were both ar
rested and the case came up for trial
before Judge Moses on Saturday af.
ternoon. One of the witnesses was o
fresh looking Cornishman, who seemed
to be in high state of excitement
over the unusual experience of b4ibg in
court. When he was sworn the Dis.
trict Attorney asked the customary
question;
What's your nanea"
William Smith, look see.
Attorney-Are Jon an Englishman2
Witness-No, you; I'm Cudden
Jack.
Attorney-Mr. Smith will you be
good enough to state to the jury what
you know about this affair?
Witness-Ay, course. 'Zaetly as
got 10th | seed Molly Ann and up a
tumbler an she sead ia ane widen
feer in the muddaek an Acatten 10th
on the plauchion, zacly same as she'd
drop 'ot scowler. That all / know
bout it, you.
MIR. Smith became quite indignant
when the lawyer requested the Court
to send ont for an interpreter.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20
AN APPEAL yD TUE COURT.
By ONE WHO HEARD IT.

Have you anything to say why
sentence should not be pronounced
upon you in accordance with law?"
said Justice Davis to the gentlemen
from the Black Hills whose pyrotechnic
display before the Jubilee Singers ere
ated such CONSERVATION.
Your Honor" said the Deadwooder.
at is with fe elings of righteous indig-'
nation that my untainted lips attempt
TO relieve the pent-up emotions of this
double-breasted American bosom. /
am astounded beyond the domain of
disentangled logic by the high handed
outrage which has been perpetrated
upon my person and apparel. Z plur-
ibus onions, pull up your socks! Scan
closely the tail of my coat and behold
the dire catastrophe inflicted thereon
by the magazine of comhustibles which
gang of unprincipled bnll-dosers at
tached thereto. Judge. this dilapidatsd
garment cost me 80 cents in Chicago,
and no inhabitant of this mundane
sphere can exhilerate the chaotic state
produced in my appearance by its dem
clifton. Sic semper Maginnis tyrannus
My affections suffer uncomfortable an
guish when the fond hopes of my pat
riotic ambition are thus ruthlessly cast
into oblivion, There's gnawing at
my gizzard which the relentless march
of time. or link of bologna sausage,
alone can assaugs. Give me liberty or
an electoral votsl l have sealed the
jagged peaks of the pinnacle of fame
ana boldly nailed the glorious emblem
of freedom to the mast, to the chagrin
OF the British lion and Grants bull
pups, while admiring multitudes made
the blue dome culver with their tumul
tuous approvals. In view of these
self-s vident. though slightly melan..
choly, facts Iplead for. may, ] demand,
in the name of Zach. Chandler, that
my rights aud liberties as free born
scion of nobility be entrusted to that
immaculate tribunal of justice from
whose DEGREES there is no appeal and
within the Jurisprudence Of which no
grille can exist, namely; \ Returning
Boprd-~for adjudicstioni Nahum i'll
cornu! vox populi suprema est iex!"
Wiping his moistened eyes, the
Judge briefly respouded; The court
leonly appreciates your patriotism and
eloquence. You have spoken wisely
aud we'll. Humboldt County needs
$500; if yon amt got the scads, free
hoard will be furnished you in the
restaurant down stairs for the next
fifty days"
Cicero accepted the latter alternative
and is now q protected martyr, hst
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20
Toubic Head erz.

All the trains which left here yester-
day were drawn by two engines. The
snow impeded their progress consd-
er.by. aud made il more difficult for
two engines 10 move them than it or
dinarily would be for one.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20
THE EVENT OF THE SEASON
The Paradssers M king Arrange :
rnents to Celebrate the announce :
menG OF TiIden's Election.

The Paradtsers M king Arrange =
ments to Celebrate the nnouncs =
menG of TiIden's Election.
On the second Wednesday in Fe b.
ruary, the Senate and House of Rep re-
sentatives will meet in joint convent ION
to count the electoral vote for P'1esi-
dent. In anticipation of the annor .nce-
ment of Tilden's election by both
Houses, the people of Paradise Valley
are making preparations for general
celebration ON the 14th of Fe bruary,
the day on which they expect to bear
the result. Anvils have been engaged
and powder and whisky order ed, for an
old-fashioned Publication. Many Re-
publicans, who do not believe ia the
counting sin and ont" process of the
returning boards of the Southern
States and believe that Tilsien is legally
elected President, have sienjfied their
intention to join with the Democrats
in celebrating the announcement of
his election. 1t would dampen their
erdor materially ii Hayes should be
counted in. but that they do not con
slider that probable.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20
cattle shipse,,.

The Evans Brothers shipped from
Iron Point to San Francisco Yesterday
twelve car loads of fat steers. The
uncertainty Of getting over the Sierra
during the prevalence OF the storm has
deferred shippers from sending any
from here fer the last two days.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20
-ocAL INTELLIGENCE.


A cloudless sky aud bright Sunshine
to day, aud the mountains covered
from base TO sommit with snow look
dHzzlingy whit. not even rock being
visible above tile snow.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20
Hoang Ladies'

shouId cast aside their barber pole
socks while the present deep snow re-
mains, as the snow-water causes the
colors TO fade and penetrate the flesh.
poisoning their dsinty feet aud ankles.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

The co-partnership heretofore existing be-
tween F. W. Johnson \ Il. ReinhaTt is this
day dissolved bysmutual consent. The bust
ness is discontinued. All accounts must be
settled immediately Ut the office of Il. Rein,
hardt L Co. p. w. JOHNSON,
E. REMNANT,
wINSENUccA, Jap, Is, 1871.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20

BEAuTrFY the Complexion, and
remove pimples, spots, burns. scalds,
stinss, ohapped lips, prickly heat and
all irritation of the skin by using
Glenn's Sulphur Soap. In cases of
Gout and Rheumatism it is also very
efacacious,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-20

In 1865, freighter named Rallou,
whose teams were loaded with mer-
chandise for j S. Luff, who was at the
time engaged in the mercantile husi-
ness at Star City. was attacked by In
diaus near Antelope Springs. on the
old Humboldt and Honey Lake Valley
road, Ballou was murdered by the red
devils, who were then on the war path.
the teams were stolen and the goods
and wagons burned The loss was Sc
vereiy felt by Luif. as the greater part
of his means had been invested in
the purchase. and he had TO abandon
The business in which be Was engaged
In const queuce threeof. A bill. based
upon claim allowed him by the In.
dian Bureau, MAS recently introduced
IN Congress to remnnerate Mr.. Lufi for
tie loss be sustained ut the hands of
the Indians neatly dozs II years ago.
Il has passed the House OF Represents
tlves and ought TO become law, as IL
is bat simple justice that our worthy
townsman should be reeompensed for
a loss which every old resident Of the
county knows he sustained from the
wards o. the nation.''
REIIaIous.--Thrges will be Divine