The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-09

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"Nog' cries paterfamilias, loud
enough to be heard outside. " Tell hin
| to belOf with his trash p
s' Ny dear, !" the lady urges, serious
| ", having dismissed the children first
~ do wish yon would not be 20 ilnpo
lite in your manner to tramps and ped
dlers. It is their only way of earning
Ia livelihood, and / think Christians
ought to be kind to them" ssFs
Ifnlly agrce with, you. Your SEN
l'timentssand mine precisely correspond
but your patience is greater than mine
you see. How You endure it, staying
here all day, too, is quite beyond me Z
comprehend. believe in politeness II
one 8 equals and superiors- but I won,
take my hat off to interiors. y
g A tramp is not necessarily your in
ferior, my friend" observed the Philos
opher, who happcned to be staying q
the house, and who was giving lectures
inlthe lyceum course. II have hearg
of tramps who had at one time beer
millionaires, and of others who hat
received the education Of q university =
II shouldn't wonder, " said Madame
meditatively balancing her spoon on thl
transparent edge of her Sevres teacul
- shouldn't wonder if you called
Homer tramp. or Diogenes, if eithel
Of them were living now"
"Very likely" replied Monsieur
taking up the newspaper. to find on
whether our Representative in Congress!
had been giving any more National OBJ
ject-lessons on good manners. AnG
then the talk drifted to the affairs of the
day, what engagements each had, what
visits were TO be made, what shopping
done, which closets cleaned, ETC., etc
One person only remembered the
mornings discussion, and sat down te
think upon this matter of courtesy
And she came to the conclusion that
courtesy is word of very wide mean.
ing. IT is an index finger to character.
You observe true lady, true gentle
man. anywhere. They cannot commit
rudeness. It would hurt them and
jar them to wound the feelings of the
lowest and the farthest below them. Te
be truly polite implies that one shall be
thoughtful of the feelings of everybody
and Of interiors most Of all.
When are we to begin our training in
this regarde
With our little children, at orce. Dc
not permit Susy or Jennie, unreproyed,
to bother or tease or annoy Bridget in
the kitchen. Never let them allude to
her as the g seryant-girl, or speak Of
" servant-girls' in her presence. The
phrase may define her position, but she
does not like to hear it, and it takes of
the bloom Of their refinement every
time they use it. Do not jump to pick
up your own thimble which has rolled
away when Charlie is in the room. Let
him bring it to you. and say Thank
you'' to him for the kindness.
Do not encouragein yourself the hab-
it of criticising and commenting upon
the foibles or faults of any member OF
your own family. There is nothing
gained by it, and a great deal is lost.
Love itself is often choked back and
hindered in its growth by the rank stur-
diness of weeds which spring up against
it, unchecked, in houses where people
say all manner of ungentle speeches to
each other.
If you want to cultivate real happi-
ness, cultivate goodness. Think more
of others excellent qualities than of
their failings, and be gentle and amia-
BILE to ALL Christiam at Work.
Jack was in the woods, on his way
home from the sap trees. where he had
been boiling maple sugar. 1t was a
mild day in March. The snow was six
feet deep, and the warm spring air had
softened the surface so that no one
could walk on it without snow-skoes, a
pair of which Jack had on his feet.
He was unarmed. As he walked on,
he came to a fallen tree directly in his
way. He stepped upon it, but as he
did so, large bear rose up behind il
and rushed at him with open paws.
The warm air had reused the creature
from her winter sleep and she was furi-
GUS with hunger. ie' g sa
Taken wholly by surprise, Jack gave
a tremendous leap which carried him a
distance of ten feet from the trunk Of
the tree. But he sank deeply into the
snow, and the bear was upon him be-
fore he could extricate himself.
Then the battle began, man and
beast rolling over and over each other
in desperate struggle. As often as
the bear tried to seize him with her
teeth, or overpower him with the fatal
hug, Jack would save himself by kick.
ing her on the nose with his snow.
shoes. 5e
Finally, with one fierce plunge oi
claws and teeth, the brute fastened
upon Jack. and falling to hold him
tore off almost all his clothing at 9
single sweep.
Fortunately Just at this moment he
hit the top of her nose powerful kick
A blow on the end of the nose causes
pain so acute as to disable bear for {
time. and it had the effect in this case
The brute gave back a little, and
while she was wincing under the pain
Jack regained his feet and got severa
steps away.
but the snow was 30 soft she almos
buried herself at every step, while Jacl
walked on the surface and escaped. 81
his snow-shoes, which rendered him .
clumsy fighter, finally saved his life.-
Forest and Stream.
A Prarie-Dog Village.
Four hundred and thirty-fiye mile
west of Omaha is situated the grea
Prairie.Dog City, one Of the largest set
Elements on the line of the Union Pa
cific Railroad. Several hundred acres
each side Of the track, have been takel
up by the sagacious little prairie-dogs
and there they have made their homes
and that without buying one lot from
| the company, or as much as sayini
I" by your leave.'' The dwellings, con
sist Of little mounds, from foot +
eighteen inches in height, raised by tn