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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-14

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hers fails to perform it's Office, the wnoie sys.
tenn is thrown into disorder. Mempels ~. ~
considered unassaiable break cow no unse' and
inter nrostration is the result. Reparatlon can
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work and the foul corruptions Wnlcn genu ,..
IN the blood. and rot out, as 1t were; tne ma,
chinery Of life, are gradually exReiie p; I'LL
the system. For this purpose pr fielees
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ence. Virulent blood poisous that iurk IN inc
system are by them robbed o. tneal %l ,ro.
and by their pcrseyering and somewhat PRO
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INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

A Hartford couple, over eighty
years old, were lately paralyzed on the
same day.
Mary Wood, Providence school
teacher, recently whipped little girl
with rattan on the ends Of her fingers
for whispering, injuring the nerves so
seriously as to catise paralysis.
"A discharge of buckshot from a
gun killed man in the Capital Thea
ter, Austin, Tex, and made hole in
the wall. The fresh plaster has
cracked in such way as to present the
outline of mans face-a likeness of
the murdered man, as some say.
Mrs. IdaF Hunt, of North Charles
town, N. H., young woman of
twenty-five, shot herself through the
heart, the other morning, while in a
somnamblistic state, with pistol
which her husband had given her to de-
fend herself with during his absence.
George Peckham, of Oswego, N.
Y, somnambulist. dreamed he was
on the cars, going to California to see
his son, and was suddenly awakened
by the jar of the train, wherehpon he
found himself, In the middle of the
night, in his night-shirt, standing Oh
the platform of car at the depot
A man in Dansville, N. Y, while
cutting into straw stack, drew forth
his knife stained with blood. A thrill
of horror shot through him as he
thought that he had killed some unfor-
tunate tramp who had burrowed into
the stack to sleep. An examination re-
vealed the fact that he had cut wood
chuck in two.
"A lady of Fitchburg, Mass, was
surprised, the other evening, at finding
a circular hole burned through cloak
which was hanging at some distance
from the fire. An examination re-
vealed the fact that during the after
noon stcreoscope had been left in such
a position that the rays of the sun
passed through the lens and came to a
focus upon the cloak.
The Stauntoh (Va.) Eindicator, in
an article on the opium habit, says:
One physician tells us of case in
which lady, confirmed opium eater,
sent two horses to a neighboring city
to sell, the proceeds of one to be in
vested in morphine. By some differ
ence in price the sale miscarried, and
in two or three days the man returned.
When she saw him coming down the
road leading both horses she fell to the
floor in an agony of disappointment and
died in few hours
Joseph Collins started from Nor
ristown, N. Y, recently, for Clayton, on
an ice-boat. After he passed Wells
Island, the wind blew a perfect gale.
He lost control of the rudder, and came
toward Clayton at the rate of mile a
minute. He struck the dock, back of
the Postoffice, with terrific force, COM
pletely splitting his body. His hip was
thrown out Of joint and his ankle
broken, in addition to this fearful rup-
ture sustained. The unfortunate man
lived through the night in unspeakable
agony, dying about eight o'clock next
morning
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The doctrine Of Chances

It is an indubitable result of the the
DRY of probabilities that every gambler.
if he continues long enough, must ulti-
mately be ruined. Suppose he tries
the martingale, which some believe in
fallible, and which is, as / am in
formed, disall0wed in the gambling
houses. In this method Of playing, he
first bets say 81; if he loses it he bets
81; if he loses that, he bets "a; If he
loses that, he bets %; II he then gains.
he has lost + 3 -4=7, and he has
gained 81 more, and no matter how
many bets he loses, the first one he
gains viii make him 81 richer than he
was in the beginning. In that way, he
will probably gain at first, but at last,
the time will come when the run OF
luck is 30 against him that he will not
have money enough to double. and
must therefore let his bet go. This
win probably happen before he has
won as much as he had in the first
place, SO that this run against him will
leave him poorer than he began; some
time or other it will be sure to happen.
It is true that there is always posi-
bility of his winning any sum that the
bank can pay, and we thus come Upon
a celebrated paradox that, though he
is certain to be ruined, the value of his
expectation calculated according to the
usual rules (Which omit this considers
tion) is large. But, whether gambler
plays in this way or any other, the
same thing is true, namely, that if he
plays long enough he will be sure some
time to have such run against him as
to exhaust his entire fortune.
The same thing is true Of an insur-
ance company. Let the directors take
the utmost pains to be independent of
great CONGREGATIONS and pestilences,
their actuaries can tell them that, ac-
cording to the doctrine of chances, the
time must come, at last, when their
losses will bring them to stop. They
may tide over such crisis by extra
ordinary means, but then they will
start again in a weakened state, and
the same thing will happen again all
the sooner. An actuary might be in
clined to deny this, because he knows
that the expectation of his company is
large, or perhaps (neglecting the in
-terest upon money! is infinite. But
calculations Of expectations leave out
of account the circumstances now I'M
der consideration, which reverses the
whole thing. However, must not be
understood as saying that insurance
is on this account unsound, more than
other kinds of business. All human
affairs rest upon probabilities, and the
same thing is true everywhere. If
man were immortal he could be per-
fectly sure OF seeing the day when ev-
erything in which he had trusted
should betray his trust, and, in short,
of coming eventually to hopeless mis-
ery. He would break down, at last, as
every great fortune, as every dynasty,
as every civilization does. In place Of
this we have ath.-Popular Science
M097fhLu
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Humming-Birds.

Mr.. Wallace, the. distinguished nat
uralist, writes in the Fortnightly ReUiev
as follows:
1.-THE humming-tirds form one COM
pact family. named 1rochttsdg. They
are small birds, the largest known be-
ing about the size of a swallow, while
the smallest are minute creatures whose
bodies are hardly larger than humble
bee. Their distinguishing features are
excessively short legs and feet, very
long and pointed wings, long and
slender bill, and a long, extensible
tubular tongue; and these characters
tics are found combined in no other
birds. The feet are exceedingly small
and delicate, often beautifully tufted
with down, and SO short as to be hard
ly visible beyond the plumage. The
toes are placed as In most birds, three
in front and one behind, and have very
strong and sharply-curyed claws, and
the feet serve probably to cling to their
perch rather than to support the weight
of the body. The wings are long and
narrow, but strongly formed, and the
first quill is the longest, popularity
found in hardly any other birds but a
few of the swift. The bill varies great
ly in length, but is always long, slender
and pointed, the upper mandible being
the widest and tapping over the lower
at each side, thus affording complete
protection to the delicate tongue, the
perfect action of which is essential to
the birds existence. The humming
birds tongue is very long, and is capa-
BILE of being greatly extended beyond
the beak and rapidly drawn back by
means of muscles which are attached
to the hyoid or tongue bones, and bend
round over the back and top of the
head to the very forehead, just as in the
woodpecker's The two blades or
lamine, of which the tongues of birds
usually seem to be formed, are here
greatly heightened, broadened out, and
each rolled up, so as to form complete
double tube, connected down the mid
die, and with the outer edges in con-
tact, but not united. The extremities
of the tubes are, however, fiat and
fibrous. This tubular and retractile
tongue enables the bird to suck up
honey from the hectares of flowers,
and also to capture small insects; but
whether the latter pass down the tubes
or are entangled in the fibrous tips,
and thus drawn back into the gullet, is
not known. The only other birds with
tubular tongue are the sun-birds OF
the East, which, however, have no
affinity whatever with the humming-
birds.
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Mr.. Moody at Hartford.

IT has been a remarkable sight, some
thing never before witnessed in Hart
ford, to see such great audiences as
sembled two or three times day 10
listen to the Scripture teachings OF an
anlettered man, whose strength IS 10
be found in his plainness of speech and
his earnestness. While there are some
who question the methods employed,
as working rather on the emotions than
on the intellect, those who have attend
ed the meetings must agree that the
general result is good. Mr.. Moody 8
Stronghold is the Bible. In every adj
dress he has brought the great truths
of the Bible home to the hearts OF his
hearers in q manner to make them
feel that it is the book OF books Tor
EVERYDAY life. There is no fear that
such teaching can do any harm. On
the contrary, it has doubtless accom-
plished great good in quickening the
faith of protested Christians. and in
leading many others to accept the
Bible as their guide. He has not en-
deavored to teach faith in any particu-
lar creed or to upbuild any sect, but to
preach Christianity as the faith to live
and to die by. He has spoken earnest
words against all dishonesty or
sham, in business or in morals,
and by sndeavoring to lead men
to live Christian lives has done
a great work for the benefit of
society at large, by encouragement to
lives of honesty, temperance and un.
selfishness. There is always need OF
such work as this In this world, where
the contest between good and evil is so
often an unequal one. The good re-
suit of his work is not to be measured
alone by the number of new members
that may be added to our churches.
This is indeed a secondary matter. 1t
is rather to be found in the number OF
those who have switched off from the
downward grade and are making hon
est efforts, with Divine assistance, to
lead better lives. There are doubtless
many men in this city who have hon
estly desired, for the sake of themselves
and their families, if for no higher rea-
son, to abandon evil habits, but have
been waiting for a convenient season.
1t is always easier to keep on down-hill
than to turn resolutely around. To
some of these the present offers an OPP
portunity when they can find tide
setting in the right direction, and it is
less difficult to begin the work of re-
form. The work accomplished in this
way is of inestimable value, and has,
we doubt not, brought joy to many
homes. And this of itself is a gain for
which all good people will be grateful
that the Gospel meetings have been
held.-Hartford Daily Coura,at.
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It il one Of the most promising In
dications Of character when boys show
. disposition to earn something. This
desire to hold something in fee simple
Is the very opposite of transpisnp-
Among boys. the enjoyment Of own
ing, buying and selling Is very keen.
and Is often grstified in the getting q
knives, old watches and trinkets. and
making exchanges with each other:
Who does not remember the wonderful
dicker. and trade Of lis boyh0odP
Il was only the beginning Of devel-
ment, or. rather, elf-education. This
matter should pot be permitted 70 60
without some guidance. Parents and
guardians should take an interest n
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The Minimum Christian.

The minimum Christian! And who is
hep The Christian who is going to be
saved at the cheapest rate possible; the
Christian who intends to get all the
world he can, and not meet the world
ling's doom; the Christian who aims to
have as little religion as he may, with
out lacking it altogether.
The minimum Christian goes to
church in the morning, and in the aft
ernoon also, unless it rains, or is too
warm, or too cold or he is too sleepy,
or has headache from eating too
much dinner. He listens most respect
fully to the preacher, and joins in the
prayer and praise. He applies the truth
very NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to himself,
often to his neighbors. iao ~.
The minimum Christian is very
friendly to all good works. He wishes
them well; but it is not in his power to
do much for them. The Sabbath-School
he looks upon as an admirable institu-
ton, especially for the neglected and
the ignorant. 1t is not convenient,
however, for him to take class. His
business engagements are SO pressing
during the week that he needs Sunday
as day of rest; nor does he think him
self qualified to act as teacher. There
are so many persons better prepared for
this important duty, that he must beg
to be excused. He is very friendly to
home and foreigRmissions and colport-
age, and gives his mite. He thinks
there are too many appeals, but he
gives, if not enough to save his reputa-
ton, pretty near it; at all events he
aims to-.
The minimum Christian is not clear
on a number of points. The opera and
dancing, the theater and card playing,
and large, fashionable parties, give him
much trouble. He cannot see the harm
in this or that or the other popular
amusement. There is nothing in the
Bible against it. He does not see but
that man may be Christian and
dance, or go to the opera. He knows
several excellent persons who do. Why
should not hep He stands SO close to
the dividing lin. l. .t--eoa tho people or
God and the world that it is hard to say
on which side of it he is actually to be
found. SD
All, my brother, are you making this
attemptp Beware, lest you find at last
that, in trying to get into Heaven with
a little religion, you miss it altogether;
lest, without gaining the whole world,
you lose your own soul.--Presbytcrian
at Work. lf ~
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4 BABrS sNILE.


4 c :sssss !ss e s s s.; s:ssss pcs
I9slk - et hoesshold ssOup
II nstaa !. politely bind,
BsE g noss : 80 thsss.
Mr. snlsn ~ a bsbyhoodl
8he doen NOT oddly walt
To nsk about nv hank-acpount,
Or binds, OF reel estate;
With s9al sgft fnce against the pane
6he bscipns with her dainty kand,
And answen hack my smile.
Ghs d0es net scorn my glance because
Hhc nevsr heard my name;
Nor query of my social place,
Mr. question whence came:
NJ tedious rule of etiquetto
or chill IS 's ~innne f ssmiis th.t light.
Her lovely wild-fiowsr face.
Th.e ~isd Pu 9 sxsss ct. and ni9 fns, 's
Which tebies have, ere time has spoiled
g Their Innocence divine;
2.t.t.ange, unelrinR magnetism
Which some kind angel Benfis,
By which all slnless things perceive -
And recognize their friends;
w fsss ss s.d Ss y sfsfe Ell: f. my hand.
Ny friendly window. sill = f
The silent sympathy which makes
The homeless dog Inject
Foekct his hungry 1onesomeneas
) TO fawn about my feet
All, though the world seems full, sometimes.
OF darkness and of dust
The soul d not quite de<olate
Life is not all wildeEness,
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Religious Reading.
! SABBATH HYMN

How swrtr 10 me the chime
~ Ssb6ath bells-whose chaunf1n9 !ein
~ ,ert from toll. and earth's turmoil
Guerd0n of holy time:
idriak the blessed air,
That seems to be as pure and free
A. fhst which played in Eden's snade,
Ere ain breefhed venom there.
No sound afilicts the calm; -
Rnt voice Of birds, and lowing herds,
10 INV worn heart glad peace impart'
And to its woes sweet balm.
Idrive the world away;
bid its gains-its joys and pains
Disturb me not; and these forgot
Welcome the Sabbath day.
Vouchsafe, o God! pray,
Upon nv head, Thy love to shed.
And to my heart Thy grace impart,
That joy may crown tins cav
And when the Sabbath chime
Ceases on earth, may new birth
NV soul prepare, to breathe the ar
III Heaven 8 pure Sabbath CLINE!
= William C.. Richards. in Chicago Ss0nddra.
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A Martyr to Trust.

In the little Village of Dexter, in
Maine, there is small savings institu-
ton In which the poor people living
thersabout have been accustomed to
put the hard earnings gathered by pa
tient toll and laid by under a sacred
trust against the time of need. The
cashier of this bank was one j. w. Bar
ron, a person unknown outside of the
little community in which he lived.
Last Friday, at q time when others were
enjoying a holiday, he went to the
bank to perform some duties of his Of
flee. While there be was attacked by
burglars, who in some way had gained
admission to the building. Refusing to
open the safe, he was gagged and
strangled time after time. Probably
we cannot conceive of the physical and
mental torment that this man resisted.
He knew that he faced death. He had
on the one side happy life, the re-
sponsibility for wife and child, the ties
of family love, the consciousness that
if he yielded men would extenuate an
act forced from him by pain which few
men have the fortitude to endure. On
f fRea .fh xfSd That idea an abstraction
called duty. But he saw that duty as
plainly Is most men see the substance
of things. He resisted torment until
his thwarted prosecutors, incensed by
his refusal, struck him upon the head
and threw him senseless into the vault,
closed the doors and left him in the
n0is0me air there, where his friends
found him still insensible hours after
ward, the rope with which he had been
strangled still around his rasped and
bruised neck. Hewas taken out, and,
without even recovering consciousness,
he died.
This is tho plain but sublime story Of
. simple minded martyr to duty. He
was not one whose education and sur
roundings were those that led up to
the character that We call heroic. His
life had been among associations that
were commonplace and almost humble.
He Wa n0t one Who had been used 10
the martial achievements Of the camps,
or who had felt the stirring cali to
bravery, which prompts the warrior to
was not one performed before the case
Qf crowds, Or one which was to be
Fng BY poets or repeated BY wonder
~ philosopher. II was heruiGm 81
the daxk. With only itseh = = reward
Ket tegtod By the average Of human
pakneGe, or human strength. meoe-
| I'd BY the traits which Distinguish |
- conE4Go ftom mere brute resist |
1Ls->tOW q oSoecaGte the bost deeds Of |
y -AWknm f1ofDr1nna hnva unsfa |
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Graphing for a Lost Cable.


The "Great Eastern was htted out
with apparatus, which may be likened
to an enormous flshlng-hook ana line,
and was sent to the spot where the
treasure had been lost. The line was
of hemp interviewer with wire. twice
the cable was seized and brought almost
to the surface. Twice 1t shipped from
the disappointed fishermen, but the
third time 1t was secured IL was tnen
united with the cable on board, whlch
was "paid out" until the great steam
er again reached Newfoundland, ana
second telegraph-wlre united the TWO
continents. :.
The scene on board as the black line
appeared above water was exciting be-
yond description. 1t was hrst taken 10
the testing-room, and a signal intended
whether or not it was perfect through
out its whole length. If it had proved
to be imperfect, all the labor spent up
on it would have been lost. The cleo
tricians waited breathlessly for an an
swer. The clerk in the signal-house at
Valentia was drowsy when their mes
sage came, and disbelieved his ears.
Many disinterested people, and even
not think # POSSIBLE to recover a wire
that had SINK in thousands OF fathoms
Of water Bnt the clerk in the little
station connected with the sbore-end of
tbe cable of 1865 suddenly found him
self in communication with a vessel
Situated in the middle of the Atlantic.
The delay aggravated the anxious
watchers On the shin. and a second
signal was sent. How astonished that
s;mnle.m;nded Irish telecraph- generator
wasi Five minutes nassed. and then
the answer came. The chief electrician
cave q lomd cheer which was repeated
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VEGETINE
70. Kidney Complaint and Nervous Debility.

- I.-.-- BLESBORO, ME-, Dec. g. 1877.
MR. STEVENS
Dear Sir-I had had COUGH for eighteen years. when
commenced taking the VEGETINE- was very low,
ny system debtated by disease. had the KIDNEY
COMPLAINT and was very nerDotis-COUGH bad, and
Lungs sore. When had taken one bottle ! found It
was helping me; 1t has helped my cough, and It
strengthens me. / am able to do my work. Never
have found anything like the vEGETINE know it is
everything 1t Is recommended to be.
MRS. A. j. PENDLETON
vEGETINE is nourishing and Strengthening puriaes
the blood regulates the bowels quiets the nervous
system acts directly upon the secretions and
the whole system to action.
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vEGETINE.

DoCtor'0 HeDort.
DR. CHARLES NJ DUDDENHAUSEN. Apothecsrv N.
ansville, Ind.
The Doctor writes ii,.sfsi
1 have large number Of good customers who taks
VEGETINE They all speak well Of II 1 know II d
good medicine for the complaints for which it Is
Dec q, 1877.
vEGETINE is great panacea for our ,eei f.thsv,
and mothers, for 1t gives them strength quIets eir
nerves, and gives them Natures sweet sloep, =
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-14

s THE number Of National Banks that
failed up to the 10th Of December, 1877,
was 50, covering capital to the amount
1t e1S, $50, 100. The amount Of claims
proved against them aggregated $780,
016, 922. To the same time 200 have
gone into voluntary liquidation, COW
sring eSo. S6s. 100 Of capital and H.
ia, 5o6 q girculation.
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"DuHng's Rheumatic Remedy" the great In
tsynal Medicine, will positively cnss any clss u
fheumatism on the facs of the earth. Price u q
bottle Sold By all Druegista. Send foe circular
= Hslphenstine 4 Brntley, Washington. D. q