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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-24

the coach" Under Louis XIV. coaches
multiplied, and the need being great,
syringe were iflyehted-by the wife, It Is
said, Of 1 Chemist Ii the bt; ARtUifie sub
urb. As If by magic, coaches ceased to
be curious rooms upon wheels. with heavy
pillars and leather curtains, of which we
see pictures; they began to be much what
,hey we're till within the last fifty years
according 70 otif notions, but
gfahd With gilded leather, and polished
metai, and Safhished who'd: This was one
of the saddest times in Ffeneh History
the Grand Monarque's reign had clouded
over, his wars had failed, his peasantry
were starving, yet never Was there more
luxury in Paris. Fancy seventy -one gold
smiths shops in the island Of Notre
Dame alone. Many things. beside chill
dreh's fatttes, #erE made Of silver, for
which even tie ficheat people ate now
content with copper or blotftia. LUXURY
showed itself, too, in other ways. Even
plain citizen like Boileau had his bed COW
cred with red velvet trimmed with silver
lace, the bed-curtains being of cloth of
gold. Boule, ton, whom people will call
Bull, as if he had been German, y
famous upholsterer, brought in the inlay
ing that goes by his name brass in moth
er-of pearl and ebony:-Au-the- Year :
Rn,,ud
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-24
About the Return Of .Good Times"

Those who are anticipating sudden or
rapid revival of trade, industry and COM
merce, are destined to disappointment.
The process will, on the contrary, be
ssslow but sure' And the more that
every individual citizen shall do to pro-
duce mealth, by making or producing that
which he can exchange for money, the
sooner will the "hard times' disappear,
and the sooner will the country's general
condition be restored to prosperity and
thrift.
Confidence, as has been often said, Is
{" child of slow growth" Like tree
that has been abbreviated of its fair pro-
portions by the pruning knife and the
saw, it can oe restored to its former wide
spreading condition only by giving ittime
to draw from its roots the nourishment
necessary for new growth OF twigs and
branches; for the roots of public conf
dence, like those of the tree, are sunk in
the earth, and thence must come the need
ed nourishment for its development and
restoration. 1t must come of w15k, whence
comes all wealth, from the mines, the
titled fields, the factory and the workshop.
1t is not thing of chance or speculation,
or anything intangible or unreal "Good
times' will not come again without the
production and the diffusion of that
wealth which is the very basis of conf
dence and the very motive-powe OF trade
and commerce.
Hence we suggest to that large class
of easy going souls who are still hugging
the ragged edge of hope, expecting the
early return of the era of remunerative
speculation in real estate, stocks or pro-
duce, that they might as well abandon
their baseiess dreams first as last. The
trade and finances of the country-wc
may say of the entire civilized world
have reached "hard- d-pan"-the very bed
rock. The era of kite-fying, of lucky
ventures, of getting rich easily and sud-
denly; in short, the era of living by
ones wits, has departed, and every man
who expects to break the "hard tines"
either for himself or the general public,
must 90 to ,corE and produce his own
wealth, if wealth he aspires to. The
"games of chance" in the avenues of
trade are "played out" Every man
must henceforth earn his own prosperity
by honest effort, for he will not be able to
40 1t by luck. The sooner everybody
especially the great army Of hoping and
do-nothing adventurers and speculators-
shall see, understand and act upon this
stubborn and indubitable fact, the better
for themselves and the public generally.
|-ChIcG00 Journal
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-24
Mile. Georges and the Mouiiks.

The former director of one of the Paris
theaters is contributing to the Figaro a
series of stage anecdotes. Referring to
the French theaters at Constantinople and
St. Petersburg, and discussing the proba.
biIity of their remaining open or Of their
being closed while war is in progress, the
writer relates what took place in the latter
city when the French army was marching
upon Moscow.
Mile Georges. of the Comedie Fran
Petersburg play -gOers, and, though the
city, she continued to play, by order Of
the Emperor, but not without some ap.
prehension as to the results in consequence
Of the growing hatred of the populace
against the French. After having ap-
peared every evening for two OF three
weeks, she Was informed, whom about 70
start for the theater In the court carriage.
which was always placed at her disposal.
that band Of moujiks, armed with thick
sticks, had collected untside of the theater
and appeared intent upon procuring adj
mission. 1t was with great difficulty that
one Of the actors who played with her
could persuade her to 90 to the theater,
and she was BY no means reasslred BY the
savage appearance Of the men who glared
at her as she got out of the carriage.
Count Narischkine, the superintendent
of the Imperial Theaters, endeayored to
allay her fears, bat she felt more emotion
as the curtain rose than upon that memor-
able night when she played before : par
tsrre Of Kings, and. on looking round the
theater. which was filed from top 10 hotr
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
.o,Iearym made &1u. O0u b

-O'Leary made $40, ,O0O in his last walk
Gen. Beauregard, who lives in New
Orleans, has become very poor.
1t is said that a man in. Boston who
was converted under the preaching Of Mr..
Moody has made restitution of $4,000
which be stole several years ago.
I'm the recent great walking match at
London, from constantly walking in one
direction around the hall O'Leary the
pedestrian had the muscles of one leg con-
tracted, and the shoulder on the same side
dropped about three inches. This was the
result of waking five hundred and twenty
miles, with twenty-six abrupt turns to
each mile. always in the same direction.
Nevada may furnish oneof the heroes
Of the Eastern war. He has been acting
IS waiter in restaurant at Eureka, where
his education and intelligence were known,
but not his rank Now it appears that he
is Count Alexander HUM. who killed his
antagonist in . duel and fed flom Russia
after being disowned by his family. Very
recently he vas informed Of his pardon
and restoration TO bis rank Of Colonel n
the Chasseurs Of The Grenadiers. he has
received letter from the Russian Conspl
At San Francisco, who hai orders % pro
vide the Count with the receesaEy funds
and transportation for biz homeward 5onr-
ney, and he will take The field:
Mr. Henry Sawyer, tl,c United States
Com vi at 6u1in4m, Bouth AmGtce. Whose
death has been announced, had held the
position siDce thu days Of President
Pierce. During The Rebelllon he did Al
ii his power 70 assist he Union cause
Hia 1rlt vt ~ to tender r. 6e Goyc.n.
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Training q Trick Mule.

A reporter of the american strolled
down yesterday to Wooten's stables, where
the anirlals of the Great Metropolitan
Olympiad are quartered. When he en-
tered that part Of the establishment con-
taining the training ring he beheld the
manner in which mule, said to be the
most stubborn animal in existence, is
trained to perform teats before delighted
audiences. Two stalwart men were in the
ring, one of whom carried in his right
hand the inevitable whip of the ring
master. The animals task was to jump
over a hurdle and mule of smaller pro-
portions than himself. He leaped over
them very successfully two or three times,
and then baked, after which there was
plenty of work for the ring-master and
his assistant to do. They started the beast
again with the crack of the whip, follow
ing that up with whoa, who a." He
ran at full speed until he rot close against
the hurdle and stopped. Nothing daunted
at the failure, but wonderfully patient,
the trainers sent him around again with
whip and stave, while they filled the air
with g who as" but the animal still re-
fused to jump They then took away the
other mule and left the hurdle. On the
second trial the mule leaped over the hur-
ole with the greatest ease and he was then
allowed to 90 and MUNICH his corn. n.-Ndsh-
piHe AMericdn.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-24
A Letter Puzzle.

BY following the directions this curious
combination Of letters may afford some
puzzling amusement for the little ones.
Tell some one to think of word or
name. Then ask if the first letter of the
word thought of is on the first line, then
If on the second, third, fourth and fifth.
Add together the figures at the top of each
line in which the letter Is said 70 be found,
and tile total will be the nuMber OF the
letter in tue alphabet counting from the
beginning Then do the same for the
second letter. and so on.
Thus: if the word thought Of is Home,
the first letter Fl is on the fourth line, and
the figure at the top is =, and Il is the
eighth letter of the alphabet.
II is on the - 9Th letter, II.
o is on the l, 2, 4, 8 - 18th letter, o.
M is on the l, 4, 8 - 18th letter, NJ.
E is on the l, - 9Th letter, T..
--ChIistian Union.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-24

Mr.. Sawyer hired all the scows, punts and
boats in the hsrbor, 60 that the Confederate
Captain was obliged to use his own boats
to coal with. This detained the Sumter
for upward Of week. In the meantime
Mr.. Sawyer had dispatched message to
United States steamer at Cayenne, which
could have captured Seinmes but for the
cowardicc or treachefy of the Command.
ef, who was cashiered for his conduct. =
N. Y. kcening Post.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-24
POLITICAL.


IT was reported from Washington, on
the 18th, that the collections of internal rev.
enue for the fiscal year, to that date, were
$l03, COX, ,U9S. Commissioner Raum enter
tanned the opinion that tho aggregate returns
for the fiscal year would be fully up to the es-
timate-s12D J, ,O00.0 COO.
THE Attorney General of the United
States has decided that it is lawful for the
Secretary of War to instruct Paymasters of
the Army to indorse upon officers vouchers
for pay the words, the within account is
believed to be correct, and would be paid by
me if had public funds available for that
purpose"
SECRETARY SHERMAN has recently stated
that whatever is done under the Resumption
act will be communicated first of all to the
public. Nothing is to be done until after
the most careful consideration, and with the
sanction Of the President.
On the 10Th, the South Carolina Legis-
latune balloted for Chief-Justice of the
State, and elected Associate-Justice A. J..
Willard, giving him eighty-six out Of 1928
votes. Col. Henry McIvor, nominated by
Democratic caucus on the 18th, has been
elected to succeed Mr.. Willard rs Associate
Justice.
A New York dispatch of the Goth
states that, under instructions from the Gus
tom House Investigating Committee, fifty
clerks in various divisions Of the Custom
House were already marked for dismissal,
and heads Of departments had besn In
structed to report how many can be dis
pensed with in their departments.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-24
THr Gener.l A.semblv q the pr,.h,

THE General Assembly Of the Presby4
terisn Church Of the United etates met Il
Chicago, on the nth. A large delegation was
present. The opening sermon was preached by
Rev. Dr.. VsuDyke, the outgoing Moderator.
Lev. D.. James Eeils, Of San Francisco, was
chosen Moderator for the ensuing year. It
was thought the session would last about two
weeks.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the nth
says the redemption Of National Bank notes
BY the Redemption Agency during April was
nearly $34, 800 600 The ccuntcrfeits rejected
since the organic Aon Of the agency amount
ed to nearly ti4,0O0, and the stolen and other
notes rejected to nearly 81, 900.
Ar the instance Of the Boston Board Of
Health, five prominent manufacturers have
been indicted for the adultcration Of candies
with poisonous ingredients, and on the I7th
they gave bonds in $6 900 each.
AT Cleveland, on the evening of the
18th, woman named Mrs. Donovan, after
quarreling with her husband, took her two
children, one eight months, and the other
two years old, and jumped into the river, all
three of them being drowned.
THE forty seventh call for the redemp.
tion Of $40 bonds Of 1855 and consols
sam year was issued, on the 2lst, being for
s6,000,000 coupon and a ,0OO, 900 registered
bonds, the principal and accrued interest to
be paid on the 21st of August, interest to
cease ON that day.
"A SPECIAL from Norfolk, Va, on the
21st, says the town Of Creswell, N. c., was
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-24
Marvels OF Man.

While the gastric juice has mild,
bland, sweetish taste, it possesses the
power of dissolving the hardest food that
can be swallowed; it has no influence
whatever on the soft and delicate fibers of
the living stomach, nor upon the living
hand, but, at the moment of death, it be-
gins to eat them away with the power of
the strongest acids.
There is dust on sea, on land in the
valley, and on the mountain top; there is
dust always and everywhere; the atmos-
phere is full of it; it penetrates the moi
some dungeon, and visits the deepest,
darkest caves Of the earth; no palace door
can shut it out, no drawer 80 secret as to
escape its presence; every breath of wind
dashes it upon the open eye, and yet that
eye is not blinded because there is fOun-
tain of the blandest fluid in Nature in
cessantly emptying itself under the eye
lid, which spreads it over the surface of
the ball at every winking, and washes ev-
ory atom of dust away. But this liquid,
so mild, and so well adapted to the eye it.
self, has some acridity, which, under cir
cumstances, becomes 50 decided as to be
scalding to the skin, and would rot away
the eyelid, were it not that along the
edges of them there are little oil manu-
factories, which spread over their sur
face coating, Us impervi0us to the liq-
uids necessary for keeping the eyeball
washed clean as the best varnish is imper-
vio1s to water.
The breath which leaves the lungs has
been 80 perfectly divested of its life giving
properties that to rebreathe it, unmixed
with other air, the moment it escapes
from the mouth, would cause immediate
death by suffocation; while il it hOvered
about us, more or less destructive iniiu-
ence over health and life would be 0cca-
stoned; but 1t is made of nature so much
lighter than the common ar that the in
stant it escapes the lips and nOstrils it as
cends to the higher regions, above the
breathing point, there to be rectined, rem
ovated and sent back again, replete with
purity and life. How rapidly 1t assends
is beautifully exhibited every frosty morn
But foul and deadly a the expired air
is, Nature, wisely economical ia all her
works and ways, turns It to good account
in its outward passage through the organs
of voice, and makes Of it the whisper Of
love, the spft words OF affection, the tender
tones Of human sympathy, the sweetest
strains Of ravishing music, the persuaoive
eloquence of the finished orator
If well-made man BE- extended on the
ground, his arms It right angles with the
body, = circle, making the navel lis cen
ter, will Just take in the head, the finger
ends and FEET.
The distance from top 70 too is precisely
the same = that between the tipS OF the
fingers when the arms are extended.
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or course Sarah was perfectly delighted,
and you mat well imagine that after that
she rather neglected her old piano and the
musical education of her dolls.
But although she is now young lady
and gives real music lessons, she some-
times steals up to the barn-attic and runs
her fingers tenderly over the old board
piano keys for the sake of old times-the
dear old times when it was so easy to
make believe snd be bappy.-Youth's
Con. .pGni0n.
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Our Young Readers.
RED RrDING-H0oD.

fSs tj,s g,de ls,-,, u. .rcv t.v deem
p;as..1 - ~ LII ,,,s,,v M 4 Ay5ffea kerr.
Ths S;rd - thst tj,,rr,I the ,,;ne-tree. suns
~ ,.lsd oir, ~, ehs tos.ed and swunc:
H.a;nst the .nn,et nurpIe-barred.
~ s.v the .omher CROW tlan by. !.
TIE hawk's INV aeck along the sky.
~ cyssted SIueL iav fiittine witt.
I'm sr,,,;,,et so;,,rs m the drift.
Ererf sIerf IA fIick sf;ev fsiI
81 4, tbe n6ifh S;;;1d fki .r;4
With fiattened fnce against the giass,
And eyes ia which the tender dew
OF pity shone, stood gazing through
The saErow space her rosy lips
Had melted from tbe frost's eciipse;
Oh; see, she srieds TIE poor blue-jsys!
What = i that the black crow ssss9
The s4ulfrei Hits his httle legs
Because ne has no neuds, aqd begs;
He's asking Tor my nuts, 1 Knc~i
May not feed them on the snow!"
naif ioet witnin neI pooes, ner neao
Marm-snelsered IN neI noo1 OF seu,
Gs. ..saa-.d -. e., , - tse ,s;ntry ,r lawn.
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Five children Of Frank Dunnegal, .
broad emrloye at Little Hook, Cortland
punty, N. Y, were burned to death on the
th. The eldest was nine years old. Mr..
RDnegal and his sife were short distance
pm the house when they discovered the fire,
ID made every effort to rescue the children,
kt the flames had gained too mucn headway.
be cries Of the little ones calling for help
|uld be distinctly heard BY the parents.
(THE forest fires prevailing in New
Vermont. Northern New York
"a portions Of Canada, were reported, on
e 18th, to be making terrible havoc, de-
Foying villages, timoer, railroa6 tracks,
fdges, etc. The people in many portions
Clinton County, ". T., were fleeing for
eir lives, hundreds being rendered homc-
Ps. At Center Valley, twenty seven dwell
gs, with barns attached to most Of them,
saw-mills, two stores and ono church
re swept away. At Clinton Mills, $780,
worth Of property -including mills,
Fellings, merchandise, livestock, lumber.
I, was destroyed. Nearly the whole side
the White Mountains, from Lancaster,
% county,4p the Crawford House and
eyan Honsas caz1cll County, \. r, wss
FIRE. !: Z. : .;., 81 s. &
b he explosion Of ! Kerosene ssove IL
.cago, on The morninG u ~ ieth. 8 Nh.
loerg was seriously. and psFhsps fstel'y,
nAr nsnasd 1fIehssl ponanus lled
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IT is said ex.Gov. Tilden declined an
invitation to attend the New York Chamber
of Commerce banquet, at which President
Hayes was guest
THE ceremony of unveiling the statue
OF Fitz- Greene Halleck, in Central Park, New
York, took place on the afternoon of the 18th,
before large assembly, including the Presi-
dent Of the United States and distinguished
company Of invited guests. The presentation
was made by President Hayes, in few ap-
propriate remarks, which was responded to
by Mayor Ely on behalf of the city.
A MERIDIAN (Miss.) dispatch of the 18th
states that Miss Cornelia Chisolm, wounded
in the Kemper County affray, had died of
gangrene Of the arm, resulting from lack of
prompt surgical attention.
CHAs. Fl. BRYAN, ex-Judge of the Cali
fornia Supreme Court, was strangled to
death by piece of meat at Carson, New, on
the 18th, while eating his dinner.
PRESIDENT GRANT and family left
Philadelphia for Europe on the 18th. They
took passage on the steamship Indiana for
Liverpool. Their departure was the occasion
people Of Philadelphia. Among the ep sodes
OF the occasion were the good-wishes of
President and Mrs. Hayes, conveyed by tele-
graph, and a response by Gen. Grant return
ing the greetings, and expressing the hope
that upon returning he would find the coun-
try prosperous in business, and with cordial
feeling restored between all sections.
Ex-Gov. CHAMBERLAIN has been re-
Gently admitted to the New York bar.
Con-. EDWARD W. CARPENTER, United
States Navy, died at Shrewsbury, N. j., ON
the 10th, aged eighty-one.
IT is stated that Secretary Sherman re-
Gently rendered the appointment Of Solicitor
Of the Treasury to Gov. Chamberlain, at the
instance Of the President, who also urged its
acceptance. The Governor declined, how
ever, on account of professional engage
ments regarded more advantageous profess
sionalfy and pecuniarily.
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Forewarned.


The indications are that Mr.. Hayes is
to have an organized opposition in his own
party, to any measures he may attempt of
a conciliatOry character towards the South.
This is shown by the conduct of the Meth
odist clergy of New England, the course
of Blaine in Congress, the tone of the ~
T. Times, and of the Wendell Phillips
school of politicians. These are all utterly
implacable, and mean to continue the iron
rule of Grant, Morton and Cameron, if
possible. The army is to be an important
factor still in Republican administration,
if yengeful policy shall prevail. Mr..
Hayes is plastic, and whatever he might
do, if left to himself, it will not be hard
thing to persuade him to different course
and pretexts will not be wanting by de-
signing men on which to base these per-
suasions. Let the House therefore take
warning, and prohibit by the severest
penalties the use of the military power for
factious purposes, or else reduce the army
to the lowest practicable numbers. There
really is no need of it, and fit is to be EN-.
ployed against the liberties of the people,
under the false pretext of maintaining or
der, withhold the appropriation altogether.
This is absolutely demanded if popular
liberty is to be secured.