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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-20
Religious Reading.
Ry rHY Cross AND PAssI0N.p

.Hr hath given mo rest BY his sorrow, and life
by His death-"-John BaSydRs
what hast Thou borne for mo, o mighty Friend,
who lowest to the end
Reveal ThyseH. that may now behold
Thy love unknown, untold SAe
Bearing the curse and made curse Tor me,
That blessed and made blessing might De.
oh Thou was crowned with thorns that might
A crown Of glory fairl
Exceeding sorowful, " that might be
Exceeding glad" In Thee;
Rejected and despised, that might stand,
Accepted and complete at Thy right hand
wounded for my tranegression, stricken sore,
That might !" sin no more;"
Weak. that might be always strong In Thee;
Bound that might be free;
Acotaint with grief, that might only know
Fuiness Of JOY in everlasting now
Thine was the chastisement with no release,
Tha. mine might be the peace;
The bruisine and the cruel stripes were Thine,
That healing might be mine;
Thine was the sentence and the condemnation.
Mine the acquittal and the full salvation.
For Thee revilings and the mocking throng,
For me the angels song;
For Thee the frown, the hiding Of Gods face,
For me His smile Of grace;
Sorrows Of hell and bitterest Death for Thee,
And Heaven and everlasting life for me.
"Thy Cross and Passion" and Thy precious
DEATH
While have mortal breath,
Shall be my spring of love and work and praise,
The fife Of all my days.
Sunday Magazine.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-20

ccnfIicts. and the whole plan was speedily
Abandoned in disgust The losses on the
| farm were constant; supplies were scanty
| OF forgotten, and had to be sent after; but
! : greater dif1culty lay in the neglect Of
many things the time for which Was lost
| il eoinr OF coming. There was also the
| los Of !" odd spells" in which one does
| Z multitude of things the moment he
| thinks ii them or sees the need OF their
being done, and it may be said that in
| this matter alone the success of farming
almost wholly depends, for herein the
polish and the perfection of farm work
and operations have their origin. Take
away from any we'll kept farm the multi
tude of little Jobs done at all hours put
ting up fences, repairing gates, pulling
weeds never ending work between
frost and rost-planting trees, hoeing and
trimming them, running few drain fur.
rows, sowing grass seed on bare places,
and you have place cherries enough.
As to society, education, and "privi-
leges" which village life is suppoJed to
bestow, it il an important question wheth-
er the family is in need of such things, or
is capable of acquiring them. The truth
is good many farmers are not fit to be
trusted away from home, nor are the
boys. The height OF enjoyment with
some is to sit around the grocery store
and tell stories or listen to them; If
liquor is free, it is not refused after
it is bought; the boys are certain to
find mischief, and the whole family hal
much better be out on farm half a mile
at least from any other house, and go to
bed at dark. Even ifthe father stays at
home and keeps the children at home, not
UGH cen be gained by living in village
that could not as well be gained by living
on the farm. For this whole question is
not connected with any social or business
organization, but it depends on the family
relation and the kind of intellectual and
moral culture established by the parents.
Farm life is said to be one of restraint,
which is true, and the best men and
women were restrained when young
were made to perform regular duties; they
learned what bread costs, what clothing
costs, and they came to realize that life
demands earnest and thorough work. Life
in village where privileges" are en-
Joyed besets the young with temptation;
then they learn to gamble and drink, and
in the whole population the worst men
and the worst boys exercise the strongest
intiuence.-N. 7. San.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-20
The Dutch Coney Island.

The London Economist gives the follow
ing description of Scheveningen, which
may be called the Coney Island OF The
Hague:
Can immense stretch of sea, line of
straight coast, without a creek, running
nearly directly north and south, an end
less expanse of fine white sand, most ex-
ccllent for the spades and buckets of ten
der youth, and a series of terraces in the
dunes, each of which terraces has its spe-
cial character.
"The highest is an enormous cafe. Tho
system of yellow tables and yellow chairs
reaches here its apotheosis. At hundreds
of tables contemplative Holland drinks its
coffee and its schiedam, gazing over the
ininity of waters, full to the west, and In
creasing every hour in subtlety and deli
cacy of color. He possibly remembers
that off this very shore, in sight of the
fishermen of the ScheveDingen of those
primitive days, the gallant De Ruyter de-
feated the combined navies of England
and France.
at is more likely that Mynheer, who
has lately arrived with portly Mevrouw
on his arm, Is more occupied with recon-
noitering the crowd, In order not to fail
III uOWluS, Will wave VI tuc uht, "
every stray acquaintance. As to Mejuf-
vrouw, their daughter, in the ringlet curls,
there is no doubt what she is thinking
about. Now pensive, now playful, she
acts an innocent part with infinite trans
parence; but fails entirely to win the eye
of her brothers friend, the exquisite in
new black cavalry dress, whose crimson
facings and wonderful white streamers
give him such mountebank air.
+" We turn from Mejufvrouw, with her
Brussels fashions, to the servant girls and
peasant women that throng the prone
made, and to the startling children that
hover from table to table, pouncing upon
deserted Jumps of sugar. These girls,
with their stiff lilac gowns, clapping
shoes, and shrewd brown faces, would be
odd enough without the inexpressible
strangeness of their head gear. Here are
strangers from Rotterdam and Zealand,
with their great spiral horns of gold, like
the antlers of some African antelope, pro-
jecting on each side of their head; here
are the true Hague women, with shell
Of silver or mother-o f-pearl rounded to fit
each side of the head, and over hair and
all lace cap drawn tightly; two little
flaps, like butterflies, of gold or filigree,
dart from behind each ear. But rare
visitor or two, from Friesland, outdoes
these local ladies, and with her head
girdled with barbaric gold and pearl, and
even with diamonds, carries her dowry
with her in her headdress."
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HONE, FARx AND GARDEN.

Wait until after sunset to water fow-
cr beds; thsn do not content yourself With
slight sprinkling. This will only make
the surface of the grounC 80 dry and hard
as to exclude the moisture. Thoroughly
soak with water, wait while and wet
again.
-Bneaf CUoties Very Good One
CLIP batter, tvs Of sugar, three eggs, five
CUPS flour, two tablespoonfuls OF sotir
milk Tor if sweet milk, add two teaspoon
fuls cream tartar siftbd In the fUtr), one
small tedsp0ohful soda, and spice to suit
the taste. Bake Quick.
To cook summer squash: Unless very
young, pare them and lake ont the seeds.
Cut in pieces and boil in sailed water un-
til tender. Press out all Of the water and
mash smooth. Season, with butter, pep
bef and salt, and tablespoon OF cream ;
put into flying pah and let SIMMER for
ten minutes or longer; serve hot.
The following bits of agricultural
wisdem are taken from the IONA State
Register.
Good stock only pays in keeping it
well.
Not more than twenty five hens should
be kept In flock to do well.
The tramps have one parallel of beauty.
They are like the lilies of the valley they
toll not.
If vuu cannot possibly pillow the stubb]e
fields before the seeds Of weeds ripen, go
over it with a moving machine.
Traditional errors in farming are numer-
GUS and unreasonable and are the most diff
ficult to contend against.
hail n n q nd having 0Var
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-20
THE TEN LITTLE GRAssE0PPERs

Ten little grasshoppers
Sitting on vine,
One ate too much green corn
Then there were but nine.
Nine little grasshoppers
just the size Tor bait,
A little boy went fishing
Then there were but ei9h..
Eight little grasshoppers
Stayed out after 'leven,
A white frost nipped one
Then there were seven.
Seven little grasshoppers
Lived between two bricks,
The came hurricane
Then there were six.
Six little grasshoppers
Found an old bee hive,
One found humble. bee
Then there were five.
Five little grasshoppers
hopping ON the floor,
Pussy took one for mouse
Then there were four.
-Four little grasshoppers
Found green pea,
Had fight about it
Then there were three.
Three little grasshoppers,
Sighed for pastures new,
Tried to cross the river
Then there were two.
Two little grasshoppers
Sitting on stone,
A turkey gobbler passed that way
Then there was one.
One little grasshopper
Chirped good-by at the door,
Said he'd come next summer,
With nine millions more.
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lNC1DknIs AND ACClDxHTb.


"A ladies' sewing society, Of SulleId,
Or. $500 s WSaneis ~ oehsr dsy'
ossr rs iis'Esof a. is7Iy Is hsss - az
insas ~. n resuIf W. that the lsds
ard dog Vese finally left sloee IN ia
w6e(N nd even bloWss I.
whose entife family Wa pfuetfafed by
sichnese. were likeli Is Is iosk fof ws6i
Of gathering, Tia GOOD Ttmptats, male and
female, Of DtakrSei1le. s. c., to the number
Of eiKhty, turned ont, and BY working hard
an entire day saved the product.
"A stove dealer IN Hartford. Conn. has
died Of : slirht cut made n csse III hia
fInrers by & olern Hf Nrdinayv oxidized
sleet EihG. ne zinc infiicted I noison-
ous wound that IS 4 few hours affectetl Ire
whole circulation. and banned the efTorts
Of phvniciane Who were tbep sugnrnone.i
Oxfdixed sinc. which 4 fD,ihd Is Eiimtbr.
less hotlscs, shoitlH Be- handled a care
fully Hs HUorafa xrf6As al foisbhki Chi
hess aaggefs.
The Baltimore SIN sAvs that ON Va.
cent afternuoA az old gentleman from the
ecentrv had hfs new nat STOLEN FINN ~
head In that city. and Shocking bad one
substituted ii is stead. by shrewl thief.
While looking In the shorp Window. soine
ONE come m behind him and rave hin hal
. tilt, a he thought. and he paid NO atten.
tioh 10 the fhdehess. He strolled down to
the Postoflice, and there discovered. to his
surprise, that his own hat was zone. and
thai he had Oh his head tiilabidated tile.
The police could not find the fellow who
made the exchange,
"A man and wife had ;ourneved
shronch life for trantv- sve veers Al IN
valid son had heen their care FL, e;chteen
wears. Yet thew had manaced 70 Iay nv .
Competency to sustain themselves when
they would be older. This treasure they
had laid Dy In the State Savings Bank.
The wife and mother said to a Times re-.
porter, on Yesterday. that all was gone :
the invalid boy needed medicine, there
was only a part of a sack of flour in the
house. and q handful of coal. A more
perfect picture of despair could not be
drawn than was depicted on the woman's
face As she told her story CHICAGO Times.
a bravo l;.t,a woman IN no Vast
s;da lono;no ~ v;s,t ! rar;div fa;1;r" oiS
mother in Roston daterm;n.3 to aar1 ~ TIC .
money tn o. 10 her Early and late hoe
she n,ile.l with the needle WORKING awav
nltil finally she had the necessary ounf
Her treaenre mac loo nrecions !, he evan
tr,,etad r. har q Z !, b eap;n, !, WI ;la nov f,noi
nrrnarations wore heinz made and + WAC
confided n The State SAVINGS Rank sne
expecting to draw II Yesterday and start
Last 1870. S1,o 49,, t. oh.rdo..oJ -,
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VIII De Worn WIN me most appIoprla.e
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CAT ARRH.
YEARS or SUFFERING

esi SO Fssnsf Ks%ps cd foils Concert Tsoap sss
fsr,cr siaGsr, 1eook seysre cold and was laid up
s g "a cstsrris. Which Ssifisd Win every Known
@medv for four weeks without avail and was finally
rhiised 70 Give up mose desifnble position and re-
SSrs Rom unable 70 sing note. For three yean
<sSsvsxSsrds Wa unable to sing ct all The Afst a.
~ IT. Cstsrrh had left my nasal organs and throat
= the elightest cold yegld bring ons
Seesn attack, 1gAyin9 ne proesrated. n 0Is way
consinScd 10 su6efs Tho last attack, the seysrest
Syer hsd Wa terrible 1su1ered the most exerucat-
In pain n my head, Wa q koarss q TO Pc scarcely
III "a speek. and coughed fhessaatly: thought
~ soing into quick consumptiosf and armly BE-
;:eve fhaf had these symptons confessed without re-
W. Sen IL this Undressing condition, comenced tho
confess, o had tiled all the advertised
Without bcnent. The FIRST dose Of this Won.
asrfrI medicine gave me the greatest relief. il
Ssriv nossible for ono whose head hes eyes ache
Who San scarcely articulatc distinctly on account Il
the chokn9 accumulations in his throat to realize
how much relief obtained from the rst application
~ aANYORDso RADICAL CURE. Under Its Influence,
koth Internal and external, rapidly recovered. and
Nv an occasional Of the remedy since have been
Entirely free from Catarrh for the first time in twelve
years. Respectfully y Sn " NO, ppoov
wAIruAx, Mass. Jan. Q. 1876.
Each package contains DR.. sanford's Improved In
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Price. 500. For sale by all Wholesale and Retail
DruuRists throughout the United states: WEEKS
POTTER General Agents and Wholesale Druggists,
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IN EARTH AND HEAVEN.

You pity me, sitting lonely
In the dusk Of the Summer day,
When home to your happy hearthstone
The children come from play.
feel y0ur eyes upon me,
As you stroke the curly heads,
And get the darlings ready
For their coy little beds.
But ap not go lonely,
For Years and years ago,
before my brow was Yrinkled
Or my hair was full OF snow,
a baby lay on my bosom
WinsOme as these you kiss
And learned, in one brief Summer,
Whats mothers Heaven is.
Since he died have not forgotten,
Though my arms will ache to hold
Again to my heart the baby
With hair of mornings gold,
That | am an angels mother.
And so, when your babes you kiss,
kiss my child who is waiting
In another world than this.
Boston TrdnscriDf.
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DOLCE FAR NTENrE.
The round full. moon sheds forth Its mellow light,
The peaceful river glides in calm repose;
The tr0pic, odor-laden air Of night
Against my boats white bulwark gently blows.
Far from the uproar Of the noisy town
1 DRIFT upon the tranquil stream at ease;
Ny meerechanm slowly colors cloudy brown,
The Spanish weed perfumes the gentle breeze;
The lazy motion OF my drifting boat,
The balmy sweetness Of the tropic air,
With every care from4his fair scene remote,
Combine to form n Joy divine and rare.
'Tis hours like these which light lfe's devious
ways
And cast glory DER the coming days.
Eliot Ryder
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An Aged Tortoise.

In the hall of the Episcopal Palace of
Peterborough there is preserved under a
glass the shell of large tortoise, which
appears to have been double " centena-
rian." Beside the shell, there. lies the
following description of this remarkable
animal: The Peterborough Tortoise. .
:" 1t is well ascertained that this tortoise
must have lived about 220 years. Bishop
Parsons had remembered it for more than
sixty years, and had not recognized in it
any visible change Bishop Marsh lin
whose time it died) was the seventh who
had worn the inter during its sojourn
here. Its shell was perforated Gas is SEEM
in order to attach it to tree, to keep it
from, or rather to limit its ravages,
excessively fond. It ate all kinds of fruit
and sometimes pint of gooseberries at a
time, but it made the greatest havoc
among the strawberries. 1t knew the
gardeners well (of whom it had seen
many, and would always keep near
them when they were gathering fruit,
etc. It could bear almost any weight;
sometimes as much as eighteen stone was
laid upon its back. About October it
used to bury itself, in a particular spot
CO The garden, at the depth of one or two
feet, according to The severity Of the ap-
preaching season, where it would re-
main without food until the following
April, when it would again emerge from
its hiding-place.
Palace, Peterborough, March, 1912.
" The Bishops during whose time it
lived were:
1. John Thomas, 1747-175;.
Q. Richard rerrick, 1857.
8. Robert Lamb. 1894.
4. John Hinchcliffe, 1869.
s. Spencer MADAM, 1874.
8. John Parsons. 1918.
Z. Herbert Marsh, 1619-1639. "-Aon-
treal Witness.
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"a WONDERFUL REMEDY

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think REQUIRE another Plaster for my right side; |
am so much improved that can walk and stand but
before got your Plaster was unable 10 Walk or
stand hsspec'luiis SoMSIiH Mrs. RICHARD GoRMAN.
Lynchburg. va. July q, is.s.
ps.-since finished my letter some CT my neigh.
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Sr,snds Please send me six OF your COLLINS Vol,
AAAo Mrs. GoRMAS.
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cents for one 81 for six, or gas for twelve, By
WEEKS & POTTER, Propretors. Boston.
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How no START FLOWER EEEDs.-Pro-
cure block four inches long, three inches
wide, and two inches thick. Take strong
paper-a -four sack-cut it the length Of
the block, and wide enough to reach
around 1t with an inch to spare. Prepare
four paste, set it down with your Lap.
board, and paste the paper around the
block lengthwise; then draw it down far
enough to paste over one end slip it from
the block and you have q box. Ask Mr..
Caudle to make you two or three shallow
boxes ofold boards, in which to set these
PAPER boxes. Write the name Of the seed
you intend 70 plant on each box, I'LL with
dne, rich earth, and little sand put 4
few seeds II each one. keep moist with
warm water, cover with flannel and set ii
warm place. Thus plants can be grown.
RMrdl Nep Yorksr.
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Researches Among the American In
dams.

All who take an interest in the progress
of scientific research in our country will
rejoice to hear of the arrangement which
Maj. j. w. Powell, Prof f. v. Hayden
and Lieut.. George M. Wheeler, Chiefs of
our Government SURVEYS, are making to
gather up anthropological material during
the summer. Each of the parties will
have trained psychologists and philolo.
gists to cooperate with it while in the
field, and in utilizing the fruits of their
research.
On the Goth of December, 1875, Mai. J.
W. Powell read before the American Geo.
graphical Society paper on the philoso-
ply OF the North American Indians, pref
acing his remarks by statement of the
difficulties encountered in getting ones
self on a level with the savage mind. !.
Dafy down dilly
Has come to town,
With green patticoat
And q blue gown
is entirely too elaborate for them. They
do not discriminate between the petticoat
and the gown, and, moreover, they cannot
distinguish blue from green. Yet they
are not devoid of relish for such things. as
the following lines testify:
e The little red ant
That lives under the hill
The little red ant
That lives under the hill,
Has only one arrow
In his quiver."
With the Indian everything is explica-
bic. There are no mysteries in nature.
Within the last year or two no spot on
the American Continent has furnished
such an amount and variety Of arch@olog.
zeal material as the Santa Barbara Islands
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F0nGETFULNESs.
Bling poppiee-that may forgeti
Bring peoples that may not Learnt
Bat bid the audacious cum to set,
And bid the peaceful starlight burn
Der buried memories and regret.
Then shall the slumberous grasses grow
Above the bed where sleep,
While winds I love shall softly blow
And dews love shall softly weep
O'6 perfect rest that's hid below.
-Htfi0m Winter.
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'BRfLxK16iI1s.

Eein and pleasure al my llfs,
woven eech 70 each " strife,
For Re l1lp Il 11ntir.
1eetex p411 I'm vain ro0rot
Beetcr 1ttu = ~ fbsRef
NoDler M and 1tter.
B0stO4 Tfune1jpf.
QLUEP.
Beantlfnlup fFem tie dssps 81 The solemn sea
gon1eth sweet sleep 10 me;
Up NON the silent deepe,
Weere NO one Wnits and weeps:
come1h. - one who dteametk.
With slowly waylng hands;
And the sound q the raiment seemeth
Like waves on the level sands.
There 4 rest for all mankind.
40 her elo~ winge stir the wind,
with lullaby the drowey waters creep
To kiss the feet Of Sleep.
-Btdckrood's Xdgasjas.
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COLLINS -
v0LTAIC
PLASIERS

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