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

It; not exercising meddling interfer-
ence. but inspiring confidence. 90 IS to
be able to cooperate, plan and watch
the result.
Now comes d scheme that Is Just
right. How can we teach boy bust.
ness habits better than by giving him
an opportunity to ''rhh" hennery Z
The account must BE- accurately kept;
there must be biiying and selling; there
must be bartering; there ought to be
profit. A miniature business springs
up. Inasmuch as it is real. why is it
not as good as business college? 1t
may be better; for it may prevent
spending time in the streets or away
from home, perhaps among questiona-
BILE companions. A love of home is
fostered by the ownership of flowers,
small fruits and poultry. A fondness
for the finest things produced by our
climate-to cultivate them, if belong
ing to the animals not only a
source of keen enjoyment, but indicates
good traits and q certain elevation Of
Character above that which is british.
Young people should be deity guided,
step BY step, through pleasant paths.
with here and there little job OF
earnest work, made easy by social
frolic and recreation, which come after
in their proper place. With q little
encouragement, boys may become
quite familiar with the points of excel
lence in high-class poultry, pigeons and
other pets and learn the best methods
of breeding and management.
They may learn when and where to
purchase supplies to the best advant-
age, and how to sell the surplus prod
ucts, SO S to give the most profit with
the least expense A pleasant self-re-
lance and good business habits may be
growing, and at the same time love
for Nature, for refinement and humani.
ty.-Poultry World.
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wh.t .hipk Won would be the result tne
e.rth sbould stop spinning around the suns
Wore YOU ever near large ana intIlea 49,, -.
,hsrs when one Of It's wheels became clogge0
- hroken-near enough to hear the gtlls}
Earring clash, the sudden, deaienmg cLsSn.
Astronomers assure US that pieclseiy sl.n5.,
effects. only on an inconceivaoly granoes
scsIe 1onId he nroduced If our earth-one p!
ne Wheels in the univefse-machine- sno9lo
s.,ddepIv cease rs revolutions. In other Woru1i
there w0uld be Z general clash and crash q
satellites. planets and systems: what We sSa la
financial crises are due to similar causes ~
Of the wheels in the finance machine Decomes
clopred Derhaps shattered. The ter1Dio
Waiistrect stcrash'' which follows Is com
municated to every part OF the financial Mecn !.
anism of the country. But anaioeics w ~ ~
stop here. There is that other mecnaMsIn' .ne
most intricate OF all--sometimes cailea ~ "
ranism because it generates its own Ioices
the human machine. When one OF its mem
bers fails to perform its office, the Wh0ie ~.
tenn ia thrown into disorder. Members before
considered unassaflable, break down under inc
unnatural pressure. The shock comes, anu
inter prostratiOn is the result keparation Gan
only be effected BY the restoration OF the nm
naired parts and the readjustment OF its lev.
ers-the physical forces. There Is one part Oh
the machine more liable to disorder than any
other-the liver--t the great balance wheel OF
the machine.
The liver being the great depurating OF
blood-cleansing organ OF the system, seL y :.
work and the foul corruptions which gender
in the blood and rot out as it were; the ma
ehinery Of life, are gradually expelled from
the system. For this purpose Dr. Pie1ee.s
Golden Medical Discovery, used daily, and II.
Pierceis Pleasant Purgatiye Pellets, taken IN
very small doses, are pre-eminently tne alu-
cles needed They cure every kind OF numor,
from the worst scrofula to the common pun
Die. blotch or eruption. Great, eating ulcers
kindly heal under their mighty curative lnnu-
ence. virulent blood poisous that Turk IN tne
system are by them robbed OF their terrors'
and by their perseyering and somewhat pro
completely renovated and built up anew. En-
larged glands, tumors and swellings dwindie
away and disappear under the influence OF
these great resolvents.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-14
The Minimum Christian.

The minimum Christian! And who is
he? 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.
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 foreignmissions 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 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 a Christian and
dance, or go to the opera. He knows
several excellent persons who do. Why
should not he? He stands SO close to
God and the world that it is hard to saw
on which side of it he is actually to be
found.
All, my brother, are you making this
attempt? Beware, lest you find at last
that, in trying to get into Heaven with
little religion, you miss it altogether;
lest, without gaining the whole world,
you lose your own soul. Pres6vtcrian
vt Work. <
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Mr.. Moody at Hartford.

IT has been remarkable sight, some
thing never before witnessed in Hart
ford, to see such great audiences as
sembled two or three times day to
listen to the Scripture teachings OF an
lnlettered man, whose strength is to
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's
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 manner to make them
feel that it is the book of books for
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 professed 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 endeavoring 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 UNI
selfshness. 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 gain for
which all good people will be grateful
that the Gospel meetings have been
held.-Hartford Datly COura,,t.
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Humming.Blrds.

Mr.. Wallace, the. distinguished nat
uralist, writes in the Fortnghtly ReUieD
as follows:
"The humming-tirds form one COM
pact family. named Irochilidy. They
are small birds, the largest known be-
ing about the size of 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, a long and
slender bill. and long, extensible
tubular tongue; and these characters
ties 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-curved 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-
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4 BABYs sNILE.


A. tl1esh - hsy s1reel pass.
1 ~ $50 - iou.shpld sroup
3 3D. = WfndDt1zpanc:
IL nseAm = poaitsly bird,
b% e 1ote : 6hy thsse.
Desr inlen ~ q hakyhood!
Ghe dom not codly -wsSt
TUAnk obUuf nv bank-acpOunt
. Oh b1ndn, OF rial estnte;
With a.aA scft face sgnin.t The pane.
And dOve-Eke COO the while.
6he bechpns with her dainty hend,
And ansWcn back my smile.
8he does mel suum ny glance because
bhe nevsf heard my name;
Nor query of my social place,
NJ QUESTION whence came;
NJ tediDu8 rule of etiquefte
heattnins her lowing gr1ce,
Or chills tie winning smile tint liehn
Her lovely wid-foxsr face.
She knows me hy that nameless sense,
Th.t Window sweet and Tine,
Which iabies have ere time has spoiled
Their innocence divine;
= H. o1EnnRo. uneKYiuR mAQuefIm
Which some kind angel sends,
BY which all sinless thmgs perceive
And recognize their friends:
W Fs9 es and i1s Dfefin ati f my hand
Which makss the social sparrows crowd
Ny friendly window sill -
The silent sympathy which makes
Tbs homeless dog meet
Foexet his hungry 1onesomeneB
To lawn about my feet
All, though the world seems full, sometimes,
OF darkness and of dust,
The soul u not quite defolate
44 Which hirr}G and hmhSea tr1,et. t ~ ~
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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
Ifallible, and which is, as / am in
formed. disallowed in the gambling
houses. In this method of playing, he
first bets say 81; if he loses it he bets
%; if he loses that, he bets "a; if he
loses that, he bets e8; II he then gains.
he has lost - At, 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 ruin of
luck is SO against him that he viii not
have money enough to double. and
must therefore let his bet go. This
viii 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.
1t is true that there is always a posi-
bility of his winning any sum that the
bank can pay, and we thus come upon
celebrated paradox that, though he
is certain to be ruined, the value of his
expectation calculated according to the
usual rules (Which omit this considera-
tion) is large. But, whether a 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 a 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, l 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-
etything in which he had trusted
should betray his trust, and, in short,
of coming eventually to hopeless mis-
cry. He would break down, at last, as
every great fortune, as every dynasty,
as every civilization does. In place of
this We have death.-Popular Science
Monthly.
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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 a little girl
with rattan on the ends Of her fingers
for whispering, injuring the nerves so
seriously as to cause paralysis.
"A discharge of buckshot from a
gun killed a 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, a somnambulist. dreamed he was
on the cars, going to California to see
his son, and was suddenly awakened
by the jar of the train, whereupon he
found himself, In the middle of the
night, in his night-shirt, standing on
the platform of car at the depot.
"A man III 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-
yealed the fact that during the after
noon stereoscope 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 Staunton (Va.) Vindicator, in
an article on the opium habit, says:
+" One physician tells us of a case in
which lady, a confirmed opium-eater,
sent two horses to 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 perfect gale.
He lost control of the rudder, and came
toward Clayton at the rate Of mile
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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|phisk + aers1 annihi1 3lso
E6sps1s fs6S 8 ssockisr, ssze f5s -
bY, which DE fo0k enter3 Il Anniese
| fz3f ing6Fs, fhat only wr0t6 poetry -
der compulsion, eeemed 20 lnxuriste' ID
~ co1pottfca q bFptko5 md soups
ard tell{cs; md neyef, thought tke In
valid, did they appear to such advan-
taRe g when plying round that pro-
voking faucet with which they dUcked
his rSilOns Of chnmpakno.
And then, while the fFesh ali IF the
spring time stole III through The fow-
Els that Annie had placed In the win
dow, and Mr.. HGovern lol1ed upon
the sofa in all the enjoyment of vale
tudinarian luxury, . great strife arose
in his mind. He was thinking of
Annies No; of Mrs. Gibson. Could
he, could hes the blood Of the M Gov
erns!
But when Annie came once more,
and her little hands were busy around
his refractory pillows, he found he
could; and he did.
:. Annie, Annie, / love you"
And Arabella?''
It was cruel blow, and the spirit of
the invalid was reused. Excitement
began to CLEAN in the great hollow
eyes, and he had Just time to calculate
Confound herr when Annie's small
Eond was over his mouth, and ANNIE
soft voice reitern;ed the DOCTORS In
junction to keep very quiet" Then,
in a meek voice, "Say yes; won't you,
AnhieY'
II haven't been asked any thing"
Then put your arm tihdef my head,
and let me 60 to sleep. Ii you don't,
I'll go into q rage, and make myself
sick.'
Annie did as she was bid.
Some two hours afterward, when Mr..
M'Govern condescended tc awake, his
first distinct articulation was, "And,
Annie, a-a-about- your-your motherp"
Annie withdrew her arm, and began
to look severe. Mot o word about
mother. There isn't such cook in the
universe"
"No; that is true.'' And sundry
visions of the days when he had an
appetite began to rise before Mr..
M'Govern's eyes. Annie. you are
right. She shall live with us. -
And Annie. who remembered what
she had suffered from Arabella, re-
placed her arm. and, like q true
woman, answered, "Of course. y
Hdrper's Weekly.
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Graphing for a Lost Cable.


The "Great Eastern was ftted out
with apparatus, which may be iIkened
to an enormous flshing-hook and hne'
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 slipped from
the disappointed fishermen, but the
third time 1t was secured: 1t was then
united with the cable on board, which
was "pald on" until the great steam
er again reached Newfoundland; and a
second teiegraph-wlre united the two
continents
The scene on board as the black line
appeared above water was exciting be-
yond description. 1t was flrst taken to
the testing-room, and a signal Intended
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Early Vegetables.

No farmers garden should be with
out liberal supply of good vegetables.
Almost every farmer raises few; but
they are too often started late and left
to grow without proper attention. The
| idea is to have the plants-especially
of the early cabbage and tomato-weil
grown before the season out of doors
begins. Those who are so situated that
it IS announcement to obtain supply of
plants from a nursery can grow the
plant for themselves, with very little
extra trouble. A good plan is to have
hot bed, and no farmer but that, with
little patience, an old window-sash
and few common boards, can make
one. From the middle to the last of
February is the time to start it. The
boards are to be nailed together in the
form of box, from ten to twelve
inches deep, the right size for the sash,
and with the back some six or eight
inches higher than the front. Dig a
shallow pit, little smaller than the
frame and about foot deep, setting the
frame over it. Fill in with from twelve
to fifteen inches of horse-manure, free
from long straw, and top off with two
or three inches of garden-soil, made
fine. Sow the seed for cabbage and
tomatoes in rows from six to eight
inches apart, and over the whole put
the sash. When the plants are an inch
or two out of ground, thin out, leaving
some two inches between each plant.
The bed should be kept moist by fire.
quent sprinklings of tepid water. When
the plants have obtained a vigorous
growth, it is better to thin again, tax
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vEGETINE
For Sick Headache,

=. -, EVANSVILLE, IND, Jan. !, 1878.
Dear Sir-I have used your vEGETINE for SICK
HEADACHE and been greatly benefited thereby have
every reason to believe it to be good medicine
Yours. very respectfully,
MRS. JAMES CONNER, Ali Third street
HEADACHE vEGETINE can be said to be a sure
remedy for the many kinds Of Headache as 1t acts d.
recty upon the various causes of this complant-Nery
business, Indigestion, Costveness Rheumatism Neural
gia. Biliousness. etc. Try the vEGETNE You win
never regret It. - ts-- :
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VEGETINE
For Kidney Complain. and Nervous Debility.

IsLEsBoRo, Me, Dec %, 1877.
Dear Sh-I had had COUGH for eighteen years. when
commenced taking the VEGETINE. l was very low.
ny system was debiitated by disease. had the KIDNEY
COMPLAINT and was very neTr0ts-COuGH bad and
LUNGS sore. When had taken one bottle found il
was helping me; 1t has helped my cough and il
strengthens me. am now able to do my work Never
have found anything like the yEGETINE know it is
everything it is recommended to be.
MRS A. J. PENDLEToN
yEGETINE is nourishing and strengthening purifes
the blood regulates the bowels quiets the nervous
system acts directly upon the secretons and arouses
the whole system to action.