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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-16

pLACK LACE SCARF5, Ties, Bows, N esi:
ID Ruing Ruchings, &c, in great variet 8, q,
FERGUSON 81 BkO.'S,.
nov3 Gti King ST. sr,t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-16

bunker HILL CHOW CHOW AND
~ TOMATO CATSUP by tho pint quart
or gallon, received and for sale low by
oc2j f. }. WILSON,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-16

KINGSFORDS PURE STARCH IN 1 Id
AZ boxes, better suited to tho family trade a.
lower figures them heretofore.
oct Ii GEO. McBURNE & Son.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-16

The October number of the Edinburgh Re.
view has been received from its American re
publishers, The Leonard Scott Publishing Co.,
of New York Its contents are: Torpedo War
fare; The Philosopher Choo Foo-Tse Souvenirs
of Countess d'Agoult; UlGlas. the Apostle OF
the Cloths; Prince Hardenberg's Memoirs; The
Order of the Golf; Anthony TrolIope's Novels;
Lste's Elton College; The Story of on Indian
Lite; The Russian Invasion of Turkey. The
first article is based on the experience Of officers
ia the Confederate States service.
Mrs. Eliza Miller, of New York. who claims
the John Young estate. consisting Of 10000
acres of land in Virginia, West Virginia and
Kentucky; also valuable property in Philadel-
phia aGd Alexandria. Va, valued at $50. 900, 900
by the estimate of Charles O'Conor, lawyer
appeared yesterday before the Commissioner of
Deeds and signed documents preparatory to
bringing suit in the Supreme Court for the re-
covery Of these lands, some of which are now
occupied by several large coal and iron com.
paucs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-16

The delegation of PoDca Indians, now here
on business with their great white father "
r. Is. H.. arc decidedly lions. Wherever they
move-and they arc constantly ''on the co.
crowds follow them, eager to get a sight at the
red warriors They 90 about in full costume,
each with his little hatchet, and don't ap
pear to be avcrsc to being gaZ ID At They are
rather good looking set. largo and snuage
looking.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-16

YEHE RATIONAL BROILEH is :ha best To-
Il stesks and oysters. For sale hv
McLEAN IL Ul!LE!:.
ocL Il lU1 King =.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-16

DRlED PEACHES, peeled and unpcoled. and
~ DRIED APPLES, received aud Tor sale by
f. j. DAVIDSUN,
oct Id La kiuu Strn.l
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-16

. = DOZ. BROOMj received and for sale
40 at extremely low prices by
+. j. DAVIDSON.
nov8 Il1 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-16

- r. GEORGE & CO.'S SUGAE-CURED
l. UNCANVASED HAMS and Breakfast
Pieces received to-day.
novS W. A. JOHNSON.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-01
Religious Reading.
STRENGTH FOR THE DAP.

srroxx.
TIE morning breaks IN clouds, The rein y falling,
Upon he 1ill0w Sin 1 nigh for ret
But vet / hear 60 many voices Ealing
IL work by which my hardened soul is pressed.
.strensth fox t6e daS.h
ri. mot prayer Of faith, butwsak repining,
For with the words there comes no hope, no
light;
In other lives . morning sun is shining,
While mine is but change frDm night to night.
Strength for the day"
For Il ia hard to work in constant shadow,
Climbing with tired feet an uphill road;
And 20, while my weak heart dreads eacn 70
And once more / lift my heavy load,
Dsponding still pray,
Strength for the day.
Now looking back 70 the long hour ne ended ds..
Each brought the strength on which Its task de-
And 50 my prayer was answered just the same.
Now with new faith pray,
Strength for each day
For in the one just closed I've learned how truly
Gods help is equal to our need;
Sufficient for each hour it cometh newly
If VIC but follow where its teachings lead,
Believing when we pray,
Strength for the day"
He who has felt the load which we are bearing. :,
Who walked each step along the path we tread
Is ever for His weary children caring. .;d
He'd give us all the way
Strength for the day."
Church Union.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-01
4 COMPLETE HARD WARE SAM
PLE.ROOM IN BOOK FORM.

We have upon our table handsomely -bound
book of COO pages, designed expressly Tor the
convenience of the retail hardware trade OF Tue
Northwest. It contains 2, 600 engravings OF all
the leading standard brands OF shelf and otner
lines of hardw& manufactured in our own
country and in Europe. The engravipgs are
made from photographs OF the stock 70 DC
seen in the large sample-rooms OF Messrs-
Markley, Alling u Co., wholesale deaiers IN
hardware, Lake street, Chicago. The engrav-
ings are fac-simile of all the best brands OF
hardware known to the markets OF the world,
thus for all practical purposes, placing IN the
hands of the retail hardware trade 1uli ana
complete sample-rooru, from which they are en-
abled to make an order IN their
at home, to better advantage and more satis-
factorily than they could were they to visit Chi
cago and spend several days In the sample
rooms of this enterprising firm
The work before us embraces a greater variety
of goods, than any similar book ever puoiisneo
in this country and is better adapted for the use
of the trade for whose benefit 1t is intended.
Nearly all illustrated works OF this character
have been published by manufacturers who con-
fine the illustrations mainly to the special Lines
of goods they make, and are designed more es-
pecially for the jobbng trade, while the book be
fore us groups together the products of all the
leading manufacturers 1t is eminently an en-
cyclopedia of the hardware trade Of the country,
and will be appreciated as most valuable book
by every retail dealer who may be 30 fortunate
asto secure q copy. This volume has been
recently published by the above firm. for the
convenience of their old customers, to whom
and to others who may favor them with ar or
der for goods, they furnish acopy free OF charge.
1t has been prepared and published at large
expenditure of tirne and money; and in order
that the trade generally may have an opportu-
nifty of availing themselves Of the book alarge
edition has been published. The actual cost is
IS per copy, which is charged to dealers who
may want it and not wish to send them an or
der for goods.-La,rence (Kan.) Daily Journal.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-01

Among Cabinet or Parlor Organs, those made
by the Mason 81 Hamlin Organ Co. stand indis-
putably highest, having a most remarkable
record. In its present form, this instrument
was introduced by these makers, seventeen
years since, and the almost universal result of
comparisons at competitive exhibitions, and
testimony Of musicians, is that the organs OF
their make are unequaled by any others. Such
reputation have they obtained in foreign coun-
tries that London alone has purchased more
than one thousand of them in single year.
At all the great Worlds Exhibitions for ten
years, at Paris, Vienna, Santiago and Phila-
delphia, they have carried off highest honors.
In the whole range of almost innumerable ar
ticles placed in competition in our great Cen
tennial Exhibition, last year, there is scarcely
one respecting which the report of the Jury is
SO emphatic in recognizing its superiority to all
competing articles. They unanimously assign
to these organs " the first rank in the several
requisites of the Glass; which is equivalent to
saying that they excel in all important quail
ties. Mr.. George F. Bristow, the distinguished
composer, of New York, who was one of the
examining jurors, writes that the Jury had no
difficulty in deciding which reed organs were
entitled to highest commendation; adding, 81
believe that every member of the Jury heartily
concHrred in assigning to those of your make,
and yours only, the first rank in all important
qualities of such Instruments
The Mason Il Hamlin Co. are offering, this
season, new and more attractive Organs than
ever before, and at lower prices. See their ad-
vertiSement in another column,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-01

Init the goodness of God has not boon
Confined 10 corner of the earth and 70
! noint in time, but it has stood fa1sn-
fully by the human race ana mas ~
all the millions down softly INTO Ine
last sleep. Attempting to make 1ne
world sweet for us, Offering US nome
and education, and beauty, and frleno-
ship, and all happiness, God completes
the tenderness BY bidding us die IN
neace. Making up the cradle OF OUT
Youth and building the home OF mddle
fife He comes back once more TO lay
No down at last to sleep. All along
the iourney. the death-bed has been one
of comnosi,re and beautiful resignatiQn.
An old physician in q large city ae-
cIares that he has seen but one dying
man who was not willing to sink into the
arms Of death. The Christian alone
may sing in rapture
Cease. fond Nature, cease thy strife, ~
Let me languish into life;
he may say, fa
Trembling. hDpiug, lingering, lying,
O the pain. the bliss of dying. .
Int the Love infinite remembers what
millions there are who have had no
MESSAGE of risen Lord, and even to
all these death comes as a sleep.
Behold in this kindness OF Nature
the evidence of personal God Inc
forces. chemical, or spontaneous, OF
unconscious, cannot explain the pne-
nomena of the hour. Let us cast ASIDE
science and throw ourselves anew upon
the assumptions of religion. A mighty
God. a friend of the human race, Is
moving along in the midst of this scene.
Let us not falter under the sorrow q q
moment, but let us behold that good
ness which Paul saw reaching out TO-
| ward Roman and Jew-a goodness
manifest indeed in Christ, but holding
all times and places in its embrace.
Let us not cast ourselves out OF lis
reach by unbelief or vice, but let us SO
live that in that goodness we shall pass
our days and die in its strong but KIND
|
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-01
Consulting a Physician.


DR.. B. E. Getting, of Boston, told, al
recent gathering of doctors, the fol-
lowing anecdote, which shows that
self-sacrifice has been part of his per
sonal experience:
4 had been in practice year or two
when prominent family, old friends
of my parents, sent for me. They had
sickness; and their family physician
had become so decrepid by age and in
firmities as to be unable to attend them
any longer. In those days it was a
very serious thing to change family
physician. 1t was an affair to be
talked over and well considered by the
whole family. Nowadays, you know,
it is quite different. A family now
may even have at the same time sew
eral physicians in occasional attendance;
and, for merest whims, dismiss and re-
call them.
They cast off their doctors as huntsman his
pack. Fl
For they know, i they wish il, they can whisss
Well, my friends were compelled to
elect new family physician, and after
due deliberation, they had sent for me !,
The family were assembled, and / was
before them. They told me that they
had known me from youth, that they
had watched my progress through col
lege and through the Medical School.
that they had heard good accounts from
my teachers, and knew of my acquire
ments and satisfactory position in the
profession. They felt, they said, that
was trustworthy; and that, putting
great confidence in me, they had sent
for me in their trials to tell them whom
they had better have for family ply
stefan!
| endeavored to be equal to the occs-
sion, and at once named practitioner
whom ! would send for il i'll myself
They thanked me; said that they knew
would give them good advice, and let
me depart They sent for the physi-
clan named, and he and his successors
have ever since attended the family.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-01
An italian Love Story.

Not apocryphal, but just as it really
happened twenty years ago, you shall
have the story. Near Spezzia, on the
Mediterranean coast there lived an
Italian family, not very wealthy but in
comfortable circumstances. The family
was composed of gentleman and lady,
and their daughter. The latter, when
she had reached her sixteenth year
(twenty years ago) fell deeply and
passionately in love with o young Off
Ger who requited her love. But the
parents of the damsel disapproved of
the match, and, alarmed at the progress
of this attachment, they used their in
fiuence to the utmost, and contrived to
marry their. daughter to a Count, a
wealthy man, clever, well-informed,
and very anxious for the match, though
many years older than the young girl.
- marriage took place, though the
Count was fully aware of previous at
tachment Probably he thought it
merely a young girls fancy, and the
parents did their best to make him be-
lieve that it was So Unfortunately,
the result proved their mistake. The
young girl dropped and pined- never
smiled, and could not be persuaded to
forget the past. Her husband fell into
The mistake of taking her to his house,
near her home, near all the associations
which he should most have dreaded
md avoided. He became more and
more devoted to her she turned from
'im with ever-increasing dislike At
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-01
How Great Men Escaped.

Coma warns oro a 1-,,,ypor man hold
;,r s,,Iord;nafa os;t;ar n tha Ea,t
InSS;a Connamn s p sarv;na tw;oo 90
tamm,od 70 da,,r;yo h;mso,f of 1;fo nv
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Eaah -; ~ ,s;s.pi s,;ssad e.
f.;and n,.to,.;r II 49, -, shnn.,,, af+a.
,xard no ran,;ostod hin 20 t;ra Il ont
tha w;ndo,v 7. than wont Of without
VIZ. a;as",,It,. C.t;Sfa5 ~. az m.nous
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t;,u u ,,,an;o,,s had hoo" ,'nnarost -,
h iint tbnn u Th.t vn,,n% pp nan aftor
,'s ~ III &c.,, , anJ G,;na 'n" "''
paoon tha so,,i, n 80. ,.on .ondor
hoD ~ &C. raars IL, , sa,I ;nta ,; 49, ~
10y =. Nv. yoa,s 5 o,u, .en IN, my p..I.
zap 10 D1ae a ;',st " oatof;n ,s4 III
aua nj ohsow uH tha Jusf h GI han 'ne
wv, WI ~ Oi;ra. % ". ~ n n.o 80 ;f.
nsh 800 notahnd h;m, 90 49, aa IN I IL
IL o Hs s ';.i. IL, IL I'm n.s
window. and ran along the leads Of the
house. The utmost alarm was excited
amono the inmates. and varions devices
were used to rescue the child from tbe
Guardianship of his newly-found nro-
tector. All was unayailino. his would-
be rescuers had lost COURAGE. and were
n DESPAIR Of ever SEEING t6e babv alive
again. when the monkey Quietly re-
traced his stems and denosited it's burden
safel, upon the bed On a subsequent
occasion the water had welllnioh
quenched his Unsuitable ambition. He
fell into a deem pond from drownipc in
which CLERGYMAN was the sole insfru-
ment of his rescue.
Doddridoe. when born was 50 weak
" an infant he was believed to be dead.
< nurse standing by fancied She saw
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-01

Honey r.he One cupful honey,
one and one-half cupsful sugar, one Of
butter, five Of lour, three Of eggs, one
teaspoonful soda.
.-Cott.ce p,,,,airc One cupful Of
mill. ,ors b.It c,rfnl of sncar one
mint mint, - A.. 49, ecos two snoonfuls
rr ..s - t.rts In md e 6ne ~ soda added
fe d, b.t =. - - -
cUl' " ames.-slse osss' vne qua. :
u e,l slk, Two spoonus sIss, 1919 ILL., or
. 4S.s ,'t ~ anu W lst - hanrs hsfr-s
needed. then bake in q waffie-iron.
Earmor. ,,;le the fat onto the hocs
now hefo-s IL cold DAYS and n;ohfs
come when ~ 20, much adinose matter
has to go IT,, =, teen;nc the an;mals warm.
II costs ,nnch faas r. fatten 4 MIC ~
warn u.o'y weather than n cold
- :, M-r.. "a ~
. deen S S;s, mt 1avar Of ovstars at
~ "e Sp.t t,sn pus ,r;th hits ii h,,ttor
sH Ds eoaso s..~,. ~ tha, 1a'.as .s
@ss' pSpp ~. 90 cdrt;nue until tha
J;a 49,; = s ylu 80, 4, tha str.;nad ;n;ao
a.aa = nou; P .sas.-v 10 Ia.v;r~ , a., ona u
;pr in tho corfoT IN allow the steam tn
60. =. ''-e s - 49,
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new uoIk Uose,ce., .ae 'sue .s''soh a aol
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alscoss. u y 1919 ~ VI. , =, dn -,
peyohu Inc ueau par, .ne .ausv VIZ ap-
pear; Dy caIsiH op.n .nG SILL -
~ WIZ NC loulu nynu"' melo sn1n "
s salh' ~ MniIn vii NC TIE rheo0 n'.'ad. ;o
nesn-coioreu "rlm III ,':n III Sheuy - AZ
na nan II, Is On an p'is n'eo o'"no''e'
anu XII 'iie "orin'
The following bits of agricultural
and domestic wisdom are taken from
the IowG State Register:
Cows at any time should never lack
full supply of food and water.
Patching hogs should be pushed as
fast as possible before cold weather.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-01


DAYS. Il was before there was such .
time about high-bloods, records, Pedi-
grees, and all that sort OF talk that
makes 80 many folk foolish and unrea-
sonable. Well. mother said she thought
she could pick out good cow, and It
would cost no more to keep good one
than 3 poor one; SO, after looking
through several yards and milking
onite 4 number and testing the milk,
She found one that pleased her. 1t was
4 trim, cherry-red COW, with dark
face, short horns, and rather small IN
size, five years old; and mother paid
twelve dollars for her. .
In those days, village people turned
their cows into the road, or t" long pas
tu;re,'' as they called it; SO there was no
expense for summer keeping; but they
always kept them either inthe stable or
ward over night. It was the 10th OF
August that we drove that little COW
home. / saw some of the men wink
knowingly as we passed, and one of the
neiphbors said he hoped we hadn't got
cheated; another said, at was just as
much as a woman knew about cows"
We put her into box-stall, and mother
and / held q council while we leaned
over the gate and contemplated our
property. 81 will do the milking, for
Won cannot milk as fast as can, and a
COW needs to be MIXED as quick as pos
sible: and YOU must take the rest of the
care Of her, said mother, who was
over fifty-eight years OF age, while |
was only nineteen. 90 we settled 1t,
and that little COW became part of our
domestic arrangements, and her COM
fort was my special care.
She was one of the most gentle, do
Gle, loving animals that ever saw;
she lust acted as though she reasoned
matters in her own wise head. She
was a pattern for regularity. She al
WAYS announced her return home by a
low, pleasant call. Wepetted, and fed
her by no rule or stint. She had her
pail Of Stops regularly, night and morn
ing. We bought two tons of hay for
her, and that, with corn-fodder, pota-
toes and Stops, with four bushels OF
wheat middlings and bran mixed, car
ried her through winter.
Now, as it is fashionable to keep rec
ords of profit and loss, l am going to
conform to the fashion, because think
that can tell as big story as anyone,
and, moreover, that l have no favorite
breed to advertise or talk about. l
think cow that is carefully and kind
" treated and messed, will bring ample
returns; but you do not want more than
one COW to pet at time. We kept our
.. Bossy' four years, and she never
went dry day. We fattened four
calves, and here stands the account, as
my mother kept it over forty years ago:
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-01
Our Cow.

Long years ago forty At the least
my mother and were keeping house
in one Of the quiet New England vii
lagos that are nestled down among the
Green Mountains. After much DELHI
Grafton and planning Of ways and
means, we decided TO keep COW. It
would add to our comfort, and provide
= market for vegetables, corn-fodder,
and small potatoes. We had an acre
Of land, aud there was, 81 course, !
good deal Of garden refuse that was Of
Alter deciding to have COW, de
next step was 70 choose ono to suit,
Cows were plentiful and cheap u those
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ces. For twenty years this has gone
oHs They live in an ideal villa on
I'LL overlooking the Gulf Of Spezzia,
IN old place it really is, with handsome,
loftY r0om1, and outside you could want
nothipe more lovely than the groves Of
olive and the vineyards. The Count
spares no money to please the poor
woman in his charge, but his care is
poorly requited. for her madness has
taken the form of loathing his very
presence, and no reason can now dis
simulate the feeling which has made her
. wreck. He. takes refuge in his books,
lives like a hermit, spouts Latin and
Greek poetry in his solitude, is devoted
to astronomy, and has an excellent tel
ses6ppe. But his life scarcely de-
serves the name. dined once with
the miserable couple. She came in
running when he rang the bell. and sat
down, without noticing anyone, at the
head Of the table. She had strange
way Of dipping her hands in the soup
which was distressing. But her hus-
band will not live apart from her, even
watching her at night and sleeping in
her room. But it was terrible to note
the shrinking whenever he approached
her like nameless horror coming over
her, and at the same time the cunning
of madness makes her dissemble, so
that she will look at you, hooking him
behind his back. He seems to have &C
cepted this torture as a species of expi-
alton for having forced her inclination
long ago, but does not seem to realize
the folly of persisting in system Of
treatment which does does not anchor
ate her condition in the least. You see
her taking daily drive in a coach
lined with white satin, sne had once ex-
pressed wish to drive. She speaks to
! the servants, but never notices her hus-
band nor answers him when he address
es her. This is romance Of real life.
While the mad woman is enjoying good
health, her poor, voluntary keeper is
slowly growing thinner, paler-wear-
ing away. But your readers will COM
plain Of this dismal ditty,'' though it
proves that Italy has still some roman
tic corners Florence Cor. Philadelphia
Telegraph.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-01
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

B George Bancroft viii winter in
Washington,
Ex-senator Boutwelrs edition Of
Tie Revised Statutes win be ready BY
Jan. 1.
Mr.. Tweed is mentioned by the
Rfehmond E84eirey - the Colossus Of
Rognes.
The grave Of Gen. Israel Putnam in
Brookline, Conn.,, is marked only by .
fallen stOne..
Gen. Hood, the exc Confederate, has
. family Of nine children, including
three pairs of twins, all born within
eight years.
George Eliot considered Hays
Jem Bludsoe' one Of the finest Jems
in the English language, according to
the testimony of Col. Knox.
Gen. Lew Wallace has preferred a
claim for &l25, 900 against the Mexican
Government for services rendered dur
ing the reign of Macmillan.
The estate of Peter B. Brigham, the
Boston restaurant-keeper, who died q
few months ago, as shown by an in
ventory, amounts to $l.282.O00.
Nathan Minard, of Salem, Conn.,, a
man ninety years old, and a rich miser,
has had his coffin in his room for
twenty years, and has dug his own
grave to save expense.
"A Londor correspondent reports
that Mr.. James Gordon Bennett has
leased the buildings formerly used by
the Echo, and is about to start new
journal there on the American plan.
Some ladies went up close to M.
Theirs one day in the Champs Elysees
in order to have good look at him.
As they passed one said to the other:
How small he isr' Theirs, smiling,
replied: "Yes, madam; but / am big
ger further off,"
Some of the friends of the Rev.
Joseph Cook have observed that in one
of his recent discourses he laid peculiar
stress upon the sentence, There is a
distinction between family wages and
bachelor wages He was married
about two months ago.
The story that Mr.. E. L. Daven-
ports death was caused by malpractice
of a Boston quack doctor is emphati-
cally denied. Mr.. Davenport, while at
Nahant, Mass, was treated for acute
rheumatism by regular Boston phys
ician, and was for time relieved.
Harriet Martineau wrote with sin
gular facility, and never corrected her
manuscript. She had no sympathy
with Horace's plan of laying it by for