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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-26
Religious Duty.


MANY persons have an idea that they
are free from religious duties until they
agree to be bound by them. They think
that attendance upon worship, the sup
port OF the church, the avoidance of I'M
profitable amusements, and the mainte-
nance Of high Christian character may be
binding upon the acknowledged Chris
tian, but they do not apply to the ire
ligious man-especially the avowed skep-
tic.
But moral obligation is not created by
contract, nor does it depend upon belief.
1t requires no contract to bring q man
within the range of Gods physical laws.
Disregard OF the laws of health is pun
ished, irrespective of the ignorance or
disbelief of him who disregards them.
Strychnine would kill, even though the
victim did not believe in the power of
poison or the fact of death; and so of the
civil laws. 1t requires no contract to OBJ
ligate man to obey the laws of the State
He may be ignorant of those laws, he
may refuse to obey them; he may deny
their existence; yet they bind him, and
for their violation he is Justly punished.
And so of the moral laws; it requires no
contract to bring man under their author
ity. By the very nature of his being he
is under their authority.
There can be no evasion of the laws by
which God carries on His moral govern
ment. They must be obeyed or dis
obeycd. Among those laws are the du-
ties pertaining to the Church of Christ.
That Church is q most important part of
that moral government. indeed, it is, on
earth, the very embodiment of that moral
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-26

nqcn talonein6 b cthef lhmilisa which
tfet Spo& 10 :fdt3l6 bSetle Mefq found.
but thus 81 TIT hav6 n6s piut6d . y
sullcfently nu1e1ou1 o. voFaci0uD 70
mako ny ,perueptibis aavunce e desnuc-
In We haSo fefEsod - these natural
enolniea a. the stenlineea's ii former
years, and now do 20 again because sev-
ef1i correspondent Of Iats have called
our attahtiOn to them, probably thinking
th6t NJ were lot aware Of their existence.
There afe severnl specics Of the Gladly
Bird (6secinelIo) which. attack the erubs
u tie potsto btct1s and suck out their
juicGs. There de ground beetles which
fsed 81 the}til coming out = night and
ascending tie stems, of the posatoSs to get
1t their Victims. There are also large
number Of the soldier bugs which feed on
them, and minute parasitic louise, which
infests the mature beetle; but all COM
bihed do not ksep thein IN chick. Hence
the necessity Of the cu1tivators of potatoes
to take hand in the great stuggle to
save one Of our most valuable farm crops
from destruction.-N. =. 6an.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-26
Fidelity to Trusts.

1t is not every man who is fit to take
care of other peoples property. And the
man himself ought to know his own weak
ness, and refuse trust that may tempt
him to wrong. But if he has become q
trustee, the vow is on him, the load is on
him, ard the LANCER is before him. Now
let him look about him and see that the
tsmpter is not allowed to come into the
secret chamber of his soul. The easiest
of all slides into sin is in the use of other
peoples money for the sake Of doing a
GOOD thing with it.
The trustees sees a chance to improve
the property in his hands by taking a
risk with it or he would build up his own
fortunes by the temporary use of the funds
In his hands, promising himself that he
will return them with large interest,
when he has gained his ends. Or he
would do friend good turn by letting
him have the use of the money just lit
tie while to get by tight place. And
then comes the slip-up, the disappoint-
ment, the failure, the fall, the defalca-
ton and the ruin. He meant well. His
motives were good. He would have
shrunk from stealing as he would from
touching the plague; but he has taken
another mans properly WltnOut MS con-
sent and cannot restore it. 1t is gone,
irretrievably gone, and with it peace, con-
fidence, honor, happiness-all gone; he
is an unfaithful trustee, and goes down
under cloud. He is to be intensely com.
miserated, and is to be taken by the hand,
and held up, if he laments his errors, and
seeks to regain his grounds, and to re-
store the property lost by his unfaithful-
ness. But NO pity, no help, will ever
heal the wound in his heart WHO has
wronged his fellow-men. The wrong was
done when the deed was done, not when
the disastrous consequences disclosed it.
The cashier who robs the safe with the
intention of returning the money when he
has made a successful speculation, was a
thief when he took the money, and no
more SO, and no worse, when he failed Of
his purpose and was detected. And the
guardian who puts his wards property
into danger for his own good, is unfaith-
full when he makes the venture, and not
more so when he and his confiding friends
are ruined 0ccidcnt.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-26

The leading millinen find the yellow
rough straw bonnets and thorough thread
ed gauzes very popular with their most
stylish customers. These take such new
departure from the smooth surfaces 60
long In vogue hat lovers Of novelty can
not resist them, yet 6ne French chip bon
nets and English split straws with plain
silk OF satin trimmings are by no means
abandoned AMong the most unique han
nets are thooe txinHed with beFries, eur
ranls, Or other small fruits, and the COM
binatiun Of colou On some Of these could
only have bo1n hkrnonfxed BY ~ artist
In colon. One from : famous French
house Is rustic straw capote, with the
crown banded win three kinda of satin
ribhon folded together, VIZ. bronze green,
Pale lueand cream cOipr, and 10 bfiehten
{ho6e nd shades aro clusters q large red
strawberries with some Of their white
blossouns a1d eresn lesvos. a second
rough 5l1sW bonnet of dark nayy blue
the truth upon Il IN larEe lunches a red
40 white cuEEanfss Craps g purple
and bruNn sbadee ~ uged y ne same
NeRson bI1ck lace holneb for elderly
laeles, ~ cheeries nd, black and vel.
low-ere 'etil pop9IGr u blsck chip and
rn2Gh stzaNs g cpeoraV White.
4 DuCne y1Ey d1sglX b6nBe e white chip
- oloWnlep W1ol I'M bou9lt but 1Fe
el!ec1yely tEtnmed ~ nllipI tbs csown
~. 1o0sfss lndne q d. rs sty1la1I
1elal15q1 - l4l ~ ~ ~
s2s4 fr 91ihos g ~
- @cl - = pink
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Earn Economy.
f -. i. z

At the present time, under the pre-.
vailing depressing circumstances affect
Ing all trades and business, 1t becomes
the farmer to practice economy in all
his farm operations. for upon the pros
perity Of farmers oil other branches Of
Industry are equally dependent. But it
well becomes us that we rightly con-
strue the meaning Of the term economy !:
it is too frequently construed as parsi-
mony. which is often very far from true
economy. NY idea of the meaning of
economy in connection with farm affairs
is something as follows: Judicious dis
position or arrangement of all our
work, yet liberal and frugal manage
ment of ali our affairs. am aware that
there il an apparent contradiction in
my definition, yet seeming one only,
when rightly construed. All necessary
labor should be arranged and systemai-
ically applied with the utmost frugal
liberality. While practicing liberality,
every item should be made to do execu-
ton" to tell" in common paTlance.
Taking this view, it would be false
economy not to provide sufficient and
suitable help to cultivate our lands and
do all necessary farm work, together
with making judicious permanent i'm
provements. To spend unnecessary time
and labor in accomplishing any given
result; to grow any crop without good
and thorough preparation, as well as
full culture; to allow our farms, from
any cause, to deteriorate In actual or
intrinsic value; to spend Unnecessary
time and labor in merely exterminating
weeds, while we should subdue them to
the extent Of their not subduing our crops
or their value; to curtail in the products Of
the farm in the aggregate, is not economy.
Rather, economy would teach US to ar
range for and SO cultivate our lands as to
produce the greatest amount of products
at the lowest possible cost of labor and
fertility. Increased products from the
minimum of previous cost must be the
rule in order to attain success in farm
ing. When farm products are low,
what is wanting in price must be made
up by economical culture and increased
products.
might add that economy would teach
us to provide good and suitable farm tools
and all implements of husbandry, fol-
without them labor cannot be economi-
cally applied. Only that stock should bt
kept which will produce the greatest
profit on the investment, and keep; non
productive stock and investments should
be kept down to the minimum rate OF
amount Deal literally with your stocl
and land, if you would have them dea
literally with you.-W. H. White, i,
| Country Gentleman.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-26
Trsjan's wall.

The events now Transporting in the
neighborhood Of the Danube bring into
cufiors prominence the name Of the EN-.
poror Tfajan, the buttresses Of whose
bridge, we believe, still stand on opposite
banks of the Danube, and whose famous
wall seems to be the line along which the
tide Of war israpidly rolling The bridge
thrown over the danube by this great
monarch was, in some respects ct least,
the most remarkable Of all the structures
that successive belligerents have erected
for the passage Of their troops. It was
not mere floating bridge, but . perma-
nent structure, carried on piers $50 feet
high and sixty feet wide, and it comprised
twenty arches, extending altogether Over
1 span Of 4,77D R00an fest. This giant
structure, than which ancient history To-
cords nothing Of Tie kind equal to It,
seems to have been intended Is : fortress
8 We3las bridge. Standing eighty FEET
shove ne water, il u supp0sod 70 have
afforded the command If the Danube
navigation, B garrie0u posted on Il being,
sells passing under, while Ney would be
destroyed by Hsdrian, and il precise
pms. Ruins. which evidently might have
formed the bnttresses Of bridge, occur
Elsg 81 Ma Ene Of IN old Roman road,
eeenD = lestes littl6 fuon for
doubt. 1fajan,s Wallsh another relic Of
t4is terribly energetic old Roman. It's,
strictly speaking. 4 r4npaxt q easlh about
thirty-1ye or forty miles lQnes ID extends
from Rassoyas iust q the bad II he
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-26
Sunday-School Lessons.
Christian Associations.

THESE great national and international
gatherings of the disciples of Christ, re-
earded from every point of view are emit
tied to our full and cordial admiration.
They furnish one O. the most hopeful signs
Of the times in which we live. They do
inculcate good, not only because OF the
special religious influences exerted in the
several localities where they meet from
wear to year, but because of that new and
powerful demonstration of the essential
truth of the Gospel, and the spiritual one
ness of all Christ,s followers, which they
are more and more exhibiting to the world.
The people of the world have long clam
ored for this demonstration, have long de-
manded, in incredulity. this sign from
Heaven. They have turned away from
our several UNCONVENTIONAL churches. say
ing, You are divided, you are exclusive,
YOU are sectarian, you are cold, and formal
and aristocratic. Well, in these Christian
Associations, constituted, as they are. of
the most active and intelligent members
of all the great evangelical churches, and
held together by the attractive power of q
common salvation, that old objection ID
met and answered. The challenge of the
unbelieving world is accepted, and the
Church, acting through her own sons in
those Evangelical Alliances and Christian
Associations, shows herself not only ready,
but eager, to overleap al! the narrow in
closures of denominaticral interests, and
carry the Gospel through the streets and
lanes of every city, until every perishing
soul receives its glad tidings.
Is this the sort of Christianity that the
world wants and has SO often demanded
This is precisely the style of Christianity
embodied in the Young Mems Christian
Association. In other words, this is the
essential Christianity which the whole
Church of Jesus Christ is now giving to
the world through the agency, not merely
of her regularly ordained ministers, but
especially through her young men, her
consecrated women, her lay evangelists,
her Sabbath-School workers, her heroic
missionaries Of every name and every
order, who have at last resolved, in
| Christ's strength, that il the world will
not come to the Church for salvation,
they will carry both the Church and sal.
walton to the world.
This is the spirit in which the Young
Mems Christian Association had its orr.
gin more than twenty years ago. In this
spirit it has worked its way into the cor
dial confidence and admiration of every
evangelical church in Christendom, and
even to the favor of the world itself.
The Church of our times presents nc
sublimer aspect to the world than that ex.
hibited in these Young Mems and Other
similar Associations. 1t is the attitude oil
earnest endeavor to fulfill the Savior's
last great command to preach the gospe
to every creature. 1t is the attitude OIL
earnest desire to realize the fruition o.
His microscopy prayer, that "Ye all may
be one," and to obey His new command
ment that Eye love one another."-In
| terror
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-26

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- curs sieepis.snuas, notAhk d IT.
~ 49, axercise u - en- IL. Avoid
~ m6tec1s of controysa8 before rstiring
= I'D, = coatsstod subjects leave 8
afifaain upoa IT, Hegvcs.-kaNs1s
-byspepsaa = cured 3 musssiar snsr-
e no5 e sssd Y sas ss s W 4ss. .'
ssssis ss 81 Z iS t5ausl & 81 dsn n
ma mScEise. N \ dsiy csn msfe Il
-Aslsrioat Gsltssaicr.
=Mh66 ieEEsohis n feSsfish md thlfsty
beyond what i natural, one Of the best
cooIers, " internal or external, Is to take
. lemon, cut OF the top, sprinkle over il
some loaf sugar, working it downward
into the lemon, and then suck it slowly;
6queseing the lefidn and adding sdgaf q
the acidity increases.
Curfant Ice.-Pick sufllciency of rire
cuErAnts ffom their stems; then squeeze
the currnpts through bag, and to each
quart Of juice allow pound OF loaf
sugar mix them together, and when the
sugar b dissolved; put Il into B ffee1er and
freeze the same Is lce-cream. It will be
found Refreshing in hot weather.
Destroying Mites Oh Gsnaries.-fakS
SOME cafbolic acid aid pnt just eiiotgh
watef To make : liquid, and after cleaning
your cage with hot water, put on the
carbolic acid with paint brush, both On
the inside and outside of the cage; let it
dry in the sun, and it will be sure cure,
and no injury to the bird.-Ruras NeD
Yorker.
TO Destroy Vermin. Crotch bugs
and red ants can be driven off by sprink-
ling the floor with pulverized borax, and
leaving Q place for them to get out to
kill them, min bofa1 with sugar, 50 they
will eat it. For afah or other vermin,
wash the shelves with strong solution of
borax mixed with sugar. When white
washing your rpoih, add tablespoonful
Of pulveriaed borax to each pailful of
lime.
Vines ana Bugs.-The advance of the
insects upon the vines and plants Of the
garden is not As slow as that of the Rus
sian Army. You get up In the morning
and 60 out to hoe the cabbage before
breakfast, and find that the cut-worms
have saved you the trouble, and at night
you return to find your cucumber, melon
Co. H,,t,7r.js 80 -,,,-,nd;as ...d .,vos,o,t
ives have been prop0sed-coal tar, kero-
sens' seaP suds' ame, s asnes' snu1, e" a.
Iasn u ., wnl.i has has l,eai g ~. III sns
aasel siugglsn pugs anu wolMs no'n M,
s s e ~ a wei. wen ~ nanu-p'Salng; Inc ne
ssgs " ue sauasn pug ale a y, o,' IN
Ie un9el sue Oh tee Ieaves nese snoulu
| lar niecaS of naroar with holes emf in the
csnse s Win 81. Guy 'n.u , Iii o ~, c
cuMielence. sa.uls.eu WIN cval "a 1il anu
| snPPeu arounu eacn linnl, VIII a1u Ma.e
rally IN Protecung lhem. - fraessc0s
FARMER.
| Treating Aching Teeth. -RemUve, if
you can, all foreign matter from the cav
ity, thoroughly washing it with tepid wa
ter, and get an opening into the pulp
chamber. This alone will often cure it.
Paint the gums freely all around the tooth
with strong tincture Of iodine, first drying
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81
-" eerendiplty, = shs IsoAdup i sltsx1
Rsejeo ays. helna ta6 ability, b b1i
fuat h 4 a sshiRg Jod nay happen
Jcseph PODS, y Justice Of he ver-
Dont HuDguue Cpuxt, IN been adiudeed
q honkrupt, with liabilities amounsfng "a
olco, go nore than NJ e15(k.
-3lls. Nichols 6thilk, tofmeriy Mir
Ida 4f1Eltgs ~ ! son two monfhs old.
H b named Horace Greeley, his parenta
~ ing: We have NO right to make
smff6 tenliw hr1H0lnee gfeeleyto dr.
through the world. !"
Tho richest married LADY d NeMboft,
the wife Of Prot; QAmwelll 81 brown Uni.
ycrsisy ma The daughter d the late Mr..
Ives Of PfovidenEs, u % strict ~ obserKei
Of ehndAY that ~ rill nd hate her horse1
Anf1esleu ~ taet day.
Jo1no Grant writes to boy-friend
that he has had . miserable time In Lon.
don, where he has been required ~ attend
banqucts, make speEhes, associate with
the ifi4tocfA6y, And be Ia every other re-
lreet The embodiment Of dignifed dull
ness.
Mr.. i3urdett. the famous funny mar
Of he Burlington Qowa) Hank Ere, has
wife who Is IN invalid, requiriHg nis con
tinued attention. He has beeH lief NUTS.
fof years, writing his FUNNY paragraphs q
home, and visiting the Hack xyv ofiic>
on.y for N hour Or two in the day.
M. Redneld, who accompanied thl
Presidential party to boSi6n, writes: IS
could bit notice through al the week o.
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American Gentlemen.

I never reflect upon the breadth and
generosity of the underlying idea of our
system of government, with all Its manly
equities, its constant demand upon its cit
liens for the most elevated sentiments
known to our nature, and the opportuni.
ties afforded for their exercise, that it does
not appear to me more and more, and be-
y0nd all other forms of government yet
devised. the most favorable theater for the
exercise of all the qualities that dignity
and adorn mankind, and that, if pene-
trated with q true sense of the part
which each man among us should bear
in such plan, an American citizen ought
to be in the best sense of the word q gem
tleman
have had good reason TO realize the
exacting nature of the toll and varied oc-
cupatiOn of our busy struggle in Ameri-
can life, and amid what rush OF events
we have been carving civilization out Of
the wilderness, emulating with hot ifnpa.
thence the results and accumulations Of
centuries of work and thought in the old
er nations. Tho graces of life-thOse
fruits Of repose and well-carned wealth
and leisure-are of gradual growth, and
have been necessarily postponed until our
temple of civil and religious liberty was
erected upon secure foundations and our
grand experiment of self-control by q free
people shall have been we'll tested. Art,
its studies and higher influences, do not
underrate, and the great advantages it can
impart to its disciples; but personal con.
tact has taught me how much OF that true
refinement, delicacy of sentiment and SEN
sitive consideration for the feelings of 9TH
ers which we Justly regard az the hest
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stamng vs.. Education.

II lew weeks slnce we al were shocked
by the suicide of young man at one of
Our most aspiring colleges, whose ambi-
ton had prompted him to over-work his
nervous organization in an attempt to
excel his competitors at q certain examina-
ton or exhibition. such ambition was
not cuipable, but the reverse, and quite
probably, with stronger physique, the
unfortunate victim might have borne with
impunity the severe strain upon his nerv-
Gus system, involved in accomplishing
the object of his very earnest aspiration.
But the sad fact remains that, filed with
dependency at the feebleness of the bod
lily organization, which could not respond
to the demands Of his will, the disap-
pointed aspirant now fills a suicides
grave. and society has lost member
Whose promise of future usefulness was
sihgularly excellent.
Not week since, the writer Of this read
joyous letter from young girl, student
at the same institution, gladly reporting
her recent recovery from severe sickness
of several weeks, and proudly adding
that, by weeks almost incessant deve-
ton TO her Studies, she had caught up
with her class" Three days later, her
friends received telegram that she was
at the point of death, and then came the
sad intelligence that she was dead.
One of the most distinguished among
the present editors of our New York daily
pHpers, when q student at Harvard, not
satisfied with the iabors of the prescribed
course, determined to do double work.
His physical constitution and powers of
endurance were exceptionally excellent,
and neither Intellectual paralysis nor sui
cidal dependency resulted, but he was
stricken with blindness, and was fortunate
in being able to go to work again after
the loss of much more time, through en-
forced inactivity, than he had gained by
mis- overwork, and also mourning debt
for treatment and personal expenses which
at the time II seemed impossible to pay.
The full record of such experiences
would show that similar victims of stuff
ing as contrasted with education are num-
bered by thousands perhaps tens Of thou
sands. We say stuffing as contrasted with
education, since everyone at all familiar
with our schools knows that immense
power of the memory in recitation of
rules, or glibiy rehearsing passages Of the
classics, as contrasted with full power to
analyze the same, goes far in most cases
to insure liberal honors at examinations
and commandments. That the tendency
of our educators Is to more thorough
culture we do not deny, and we are not
sure that now current proposition to for
bid verbatim recitation of rules, substitute
ing the students own statement, would
not be good regulation to adopt and rig
idly enforce. But, in the meantime, what
is to become of the brightest students. who
are permitted, if not encouraged, to out
kt.n.~ ~ clucy
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llY nsG81nf, doe>cr. Gko61d thes6
be kU11R oeNeiopmeneG II fhfa cnae. VIII
yoa repoet d. * ~ tensAt r
Aye 'skA E1s5r1e1, Is Qkidsep
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n.Ie.sou. coolxerv.

The most delicious, light, white and whole
some biscuits, rolls, mullins, wafiies, corn
bread, cake, etc, are possible to every table
by using the celebrated DooLEY's YEAST
POWDER. It is absolutely pure, ana VIII go
mnch further in n sc than other kinds OF baking
powder. It is impossible to fail with it in
baking. Ask your grocer for it, and do not
be put off with any other.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-26

KINGsFoRD's OswEGo Corn STARCH, for
purity, strength and delicacy, has no equal.
Physicians recommend it as very nutritious
for infants and invalids.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-26

Don't fail to procure Mrs. WINsLow's SooTH-
ING SYRUP for all diseases of teething in chill
dren 1t relieves the child from pain. cures wind
collie, regulates the bowels, and, by giving relief
and health to the child. gives rest to the mother.