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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-11
Balky Men Make Balky Horses.

Few things are more provoking or
more disgraceful to driver than a
balky horse, or more amusing to the
spectators. Baking is so manifestly
the fault of the handling that the horse
has had. that the driver is outside of
sYmRsRS s Srss fsT hf horse delights in
using his strength, and it should be the
aim Of the driver to control him without
exciting his opposition.
Some men will get more work out of
horse than others, because, under
their management, he is allowed to put
his whole strength into his work, and
he is not irritated and harassed, and
perhaps exasperated, by jerking and
twitching of the lines, loud shouting,
and frequent swapping of and perhaps
cuts from the whip; instead of this
mode of treatment, he is encouraged
to do his work with cheerfulness, and
freedom of motion is encouraged;
whip, binders and checks are dis
pensed with. No more appropriate
names could be applied to the last
two articles of horse-gear than the
ones they have; one is check to am
bition, and the other is binding to the
eyes.
A whip is a source of needless irrita-
ton to horse; he seldom needs it un-
less he is lazy, and if he is lazy, he
had better be seen to, for laziness and
health seldom 60 together. 1t is quite
possible for horse to be SO free from
restraint that his work will be pleas
ant exercise. A restful state of mind
puts the body in good working condition
in beast as well as in man.
There is kind Of knack in conduct
ing the strength and energy of horse
along the channel which you would
have it flow, and that. too, so smoothly
that there will be no friction; it is usu-
ally the stream which flows quietly
! which goes with the most force.
Care should be taken to not give a
horse load too great for his strength,
for fear that he will be discouraged, or,
being baked by his load, will balk
against his master.
One manner of starting for teamsters
| is first cut with the whip, and the
| whip is sure to be a pretty severe one;
then a syank" on the lines; next comes
a course of shouting. This style of
treatment is kept up all day long on an
animal of flesh and blood, and of nerves
often more sensitive than his driver.
This is the way that the temper OF
many good horse is spoiled; his an
tagonism is aroused, and, instead OF
being docile and submissive, he be-
comes irritable and resentful.
Occasionally we see on our streets
actual fights between teamsters and
their horses; sometimes there is enough
strength wasted to do half days
work. Verify it would seem to be for
the interest of horse-owners to employ
| only such men for teamsters as under
stand their business. - Cor. Detroit Post
and Tribune.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-11
away. The nest was then pulled up
and partially DESTROYED, In the sprinc

away. The nest was then pulled up
and partially destroyed. In the spring
ct 1875 pair of robins came (and 1
doubt not but that they were the same),
examined the debris, which had been
pretty well settled during the winter
and commenced the construction of
another nest. This time they were un-
molested until after the eggs had been
deposited. l commenced to feel more
secure for my little neighbors, but my
qualification was of short duration.
About a week had elapsed when the
sparrows made another attack. finally
conquering their opponents and driv-
ing them away. They tore the nest
into one mass Of rubbish, when all but
one pair retired, which then worked
an entrance, and fitted it up, where
they remained until two broods were
hatched."
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-11

THE use of long words which we get
from other tongues not only makes our
thoughts and our speech dim and hazy,
but it has done somewhat to harm the
morals of our people. Crime some
times does not look like crime wLen.i it
is set before US in the many folds of a
long word. When q man steals and
we call it " defalcation, +" we are at q
loss to know if it is q blunder or a
crime. Il he does NOT tell the truth
and we are told that it is q case of pre-
varication, it takes rs some time to
know just what we should think Of it.
No man will ever cheat himself into
wrong doing, nor viii he be at loss
to judge Of others if he thinks and
speaks Of acts in clear, crisp English
terms. Erek0ngc.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-11
Sayings BY Josh Billings.

l have always noticed that those peo-
pie who have the most gravity have
the most need of it.
The best and most lasting things that
have ever been said in the world have
been said in the fewest words.
tits not the love of the law that makes
men obedient; it Is the fear Of it.
If we only knew how to enjoy what
we have got. most Of us would be COM
paratively happy.
do love live man; had rather
see him fail in every honest enterprise
he undertakes than to see him sit down
and get stupid and fat on s per cent.
interest.
Our own faults are the magnifying
glass through which we see more plain
" the faults Of others.
II mankind would always do as vel,
- they knew how, the angels would
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-11

in the Capitoline Museum, one is in the
.Odescalchi Palace, and the three found
in the time of Paul III. were removed
nearly q century ago, with other gems
of the Farnese collection of sculpture,
to the Museum at Naples. The pedes-
tails are supposed to have belonged to
the Portico of the Argonauts, which
stood in this locality. A gigantic frag-
ment of cornice and IN inscription re-
lating to Germanicus, regarding whom
inscriptions are very rare, have been
found. - London Times.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-11

almost have cause to be jealous Of
them.
Abuse has brought many person in
to favorable notice, whose virtues
would hardly have doae as much for
him.
There are but very few who know
how much they owe to good luck, and
there are less who would admit it if
they did.
What would mankind do If they
couldn't growlP They would be worse
OF than the dogs.-N 7. Weekly.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-11

Sow mortgages in about your
house. A summer cottage covered
with mortgages has . very striking
effect.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-11


The State Department at Washing
ton reports that at Mieron, on the Rio Grande,
. s Mesean ausnor,s'es rseeny' .,,, on 1h",r
Toxas o,rnors snd tool, stors 20 r,,,,;sb .ho
th;o~.a,
lhk ia'iures IN New AolA' uuilns
nlai., nul'oeleu .n.e, oe a,sn
eno.sea, naee,eS ainouh''n " '''-o' "u ~''0''
S'ao'o'off
AT Pawtucket, r. l., on the night of
the 5th. during the performance of a variety
company. Mile. yolante, a trapeze performer,
held an apple ON her head. which was to be
shot by Mrs. Jennie Fowler. known on the
stage as Franklin. The shooter stood with
her back to the mark. taking aim by reflection
in mirror. The rifle was discharged, and
Mile. Volante fell dead on the stage. shot
through the forehead Mrs. Franklin was
taken into custody by the police.
On the Jeb;ob Valley Railroad. near Stating,
ton. Pa. On the morninp Of the eth. exploding
the engine of The oil train and burning several
oil cars One man was Instantly killed. fifteen
were seriouslv and nrobablv fatally burned.
and about twentv-five other nersons were
slightly injured
Tnn No. urn.,..d No.hoa;s. ra,far
~" A "N ' ~.
enee, 81" ~ session al mes'neiu' Mass, on sne
u.1, ILL., 'o.oa no' " au'''i' ''''n''0'' - -1Die
VA. 1Fe 'o'ae'o
ACCOUNTS, received IN washington
on tne ath' from the Iexas ooroer snow .na'
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-11

SoME people are like eggs, too full ct
themselves to bold anything else.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-11

/
FOREIGN.
CoNsrANTINOPLE specials Of the Cd saw
the Russians had commenced . fresh move
ment toward Gallipoli, and were erecting forti-
ncations everywhere. The troops north Of the
Balkans had been ordered to take position
nearer the Danube.
-, TcHURNrTCH, q former President
Of the Ministerial Council Of Seryia. was ON
the "a, convicted OF treason for participating
In the military revolt Of last December. and
sentenced to be shot.
ON the morning of the I'd, in County
Derry, ireland, the Earl of Leitrim, hts clerk
and driver, were assassinatcd, presumably by
some OF his tenants eighty-fye Of whom had
been served with notice to quit.
The Admiral commanding the United
States squadron in Greek waters has sent the
sloop-of-war Marion to Volo, where, accord
ing to accounts received on the Sd, the mas
sacre and pillagc Of the inhabitants by the
Turks continued
OFFICIAL returns, published on the
3D., show that the Russians had SO. 600 sick in
Europe alone.
The trustees of the champion belt
nave decided that oLeary is entitled to take
II 10 America with him, and anybody chal-
ienging MN must go there, unless O'Leary
consent 10 compete IN England
CETTINJE adyices of the 4th state
that Russia had requested MONTENEGRO IN nra.
pare for the resumption of hostilities and
that warlike measures were bcnr rar;,,,,, -
fected.
SEVERAL persons have been arrested
in County Derry Jrc,ana for roo,,,,;a;.,.;..,.
late mur,ler of the Earl ~ a;tr;r, - 'n'
po U..,..> ..-,
~ 1''a'sl sPeciai oi the 4th
says hussis nau olierca 10 send an Ambassa-
uor 70 .nc vatican at once, IL the Pope would
accept Inc present condition OF the Church in
the Russian Empire.
On the 4th, the British House of
Commons adopted a resolution tavor,no ON
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-11
ior the election OF President ana wee -Presi-
dent BY direct vote Of the people

Ex-Gov. MOSES, Of South Carolina
was arrested in New York City, on the niebt
OF the 7th, by Deputy Sheriff Of Charleston.
3. e. and locked up on charge Of having
Forged and passed a note for $3i6 The oh.
!ect IN arresting him was said to be TO Get
n'm back to South Carolina to have him tried
lC[ crimes alleged to have been committed
when In high official position.
REV. DIR. GEO. F. SEYMOUR, recent
~ elected Bishop Of tho new Episcopal Dio.
cese' OF Springfield, ILL.,, has declined to &C
cept the position
WILLIAM BRADY, Sheriff of Lincoln
County, New Mexico, was recently assassin
ated oy one OF the factions into which tho
people OF that section are said to be divided
United States Marshal Weidcrmanp and thrs.
associates have been arrested on the charge of
doing the shooting and taken to Fort Stanton
to await trial.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-11
Details OF the Terrible Catastrophe at
Bath, N. Y.

BATH, N. y, April 8.
The building of the Steuben County
Poor-House, burned Saturday night,
was brick, thirty by forty feet, two
stories high. Nearly all the windows
were grated, and there was but one
mode of egress from each story. No
night-watch.nan was employed about
the building, and there was no fire-ap-
paratus. The County House is two
miles from Bath, and the Fire Depart
ment did not go out. An insane epilep-
tic from Hornellsville, named Ford,
who was locked up in cell on the first
floor, set fire to his bed with match,
probably obtained from a fellow-pau-
per. All the partitions were of pitch
pine and burned like tinder. The cries
of Ford reused the other inmates only
after the building was filled with blind
ing smoke. An inmate who had Ford
in charge opened Ford's door. and the
flames burst out and ran along the par
titions and up the stovepipe-hole,
into the second story. Ford could
not be seen on account of the flames.
He had forced his head between
the bars of window, and, unable to
pull it back, was crying for help. The
flames poured out Of the window around
his head and he perished. The upper
story was occupied by twenty-five
women and children, and the lower
story by eighteen men. A majority
were idiotic, cripples, or very aged.
Five on the first floor and ten ON the
second were burned. At the first alarm
Eli Darlington, the keeper, rushed out
of the main building with an employe,
and knocked in door at the foot of the
stairs leading from the second story.
Eight or ten women were piled up at
the foot of the stairs, and cloud of
suffocating smoke rolled down. The
women were pulled out, and CARING
ton started upstairs, but was driven
back by the smoke. In five min
utes from the time of the alarm
the paupers ceased coming out, and
in half an hour the roof fell in. The
tirst-foor door, leading from the mems
department, was never locked, and no
one in the building was locked in a cell
except Ford. On Sunday the blackened
remains of five bodies were taken from
the ruins, and to-day about two-thirds
Of the debris were dug over, and more
remains were found. Altogether they
would about fill an ordinary-sized
coffin. Heads, legs and arms were en-
tirely burned of, and, in most cases,
but very small portion Of any body
can be found. No blame attaches to
any one, but the county is severely CEN
sured for providing such man-trapf0r
the occupation of its paupers. Before
the fire there were 140 paupers in the
County-H House.
Edward Hudson. aged fifty-six, .
paralytic, who crawled out of the
building with his clothes one mass Of
flames, died to-day.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-11
Ghs Eolsdo chronicle.

Tn c1nsmmz = pablishea at IL County ssat
= 1anA sae II he largest dchesk most central
md populous counties in Iowa tits ths oldest
pae~ y ~ County and o. a The oldest In the
Su1s--hsvlng been established In 10ue. It's cifcu-
laton being large and eonsta1tly inceasing, nakss
esods snd wares TO the noties q he people q
csatral iowa.
Advsrtising Rates made nswn % applicatien.
JOB PRINTING
OF svsy description sxscuted with nsasnsss an1
dispatch. Special attmtion paid 70
PRINTING IN COLORS.
Ten Avss earnestly solicitsl
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-11

TEE latest reports from St. Louis give the
following as the current prices for leading
staples: Flour-XXX, Fall, $5.25@5 40.
Wheat-No. 8 Red, Fall, s117(0l. Tx; No. 2
Spring, s1.l1@l.11H; Corn-No. Mixed,
S94@ 91Sc; Rye-No. ., 51@5l11c; Oats
6H a 251fc; Pork-s9S5 @t0.00; Lard
7@7Kc; Hogs ss.25@4.Oo; Cattle-sa25
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-06
Fhe King Texas Stockmcu.

On the southeastern coast of Tex
as, not a great way from Corpus
Christi, is the stock ranch of Captain
RUFUS King, who is, indeed, the
STOCK King "a the United States. His
ranch IS most beautifully and favor
s'4y located on a stream called the
Santa Gertrudes. Capt. King has
under fence about two hundred
thousand acres of pasture land, upon
which the finest and most nutritious
grasses grow. Besides that portion
of his estate enclosed, a vast domain
of territory owned by him lies open.
This monarch in his business .esti-
mates that he owns twenty-five
thousand horses and fifty thousand
sheep. AS to the number of cattle
in his possession there are no ppSS9>
Bile means of even safely eonIeetur-
ing. His residence is large and ele-
CANT, and nothing, the absence of
which would detract from hepleas-
ure and comforts of his home, is
wanting. Being near the Mexican
border, he has found it necessary to
resort to an unusually forcible
method of guarding his interests
! from the encroachments of maraud-
ing parties. He not only keeps a
strong standing army of drilled en-
ployes about his premises, but also
has five large cannon, two rifle and
three smoOth-bored, mounted and
ready for action at any moment.
4 couple of artillery regiments
would find it no easy task to Gust
this monarch from his throne and
rob it of its Valuables. King has ac-
quired his wealth in TeXas'as a stock
man. What his fortune amounts to
in the aggregate, no man can tell,
though its value would run far into
! the millions.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-06
AReautifuI sentiment.

Shortly before his departure for
India the lamented Heber preached
"a sermon, which contained this
beautiful sentiment:
Life bears us on like the stream
of a mighty river. Our boat glides
down the narrow channel through
the playful murmering of the little
brook, and the winding of its grassy
borders. The trees shed their bios
SONS over our young heads, the
flowers on the brink seem to offer
themselves to our young hands.
We are happy in hope and grasp
eagerly the beauties around us-but
the stream hurries on, and still our
hands are empty. Our course in
youth and manhood is along a
wilder flood amid objects more
striking and magnificent. We are
animated at the moving pictures OF
enjoyment and industry passing us,
are excited at short lived diSap-
pointment. The stream bears us on
and our joys and griefs are alike left
behind us. We may be shipwrek-
ed, we cannot be delayed, whether
rough or smooth the river haStens
to its home, till the roar of the
ocean is in our ears, and the tossing
of the waves beneath our feet, and
tine land lessons from our eyes, and
the floods are lifted around us, and
we take our leave of earth and its
inhabitants, until our further voy-
age there is no witness save the In
finite and Eternal"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-06
Advertising i'm pul, Times

a F.
The Augusta COnstitutiOnaTfSt and
Sentinel says that the most SagaeiOus
merchants in that part Of the Union
advertise, if anything, more freely
and literally when times are dull
than when they are brisk. This is
founded upon the shrewd and ra-
tiOnaR idea that, when purchasers
iare laggard, they most require stir
ring up, and that the ONLY way to
create the necessary agitation is
through the medium of a WIDELY
circulated public press. There l.
another reason why merchants aad
Others should proclaim in the papers
what they have to sell, and that is
the inevitable dispersion thereby. of
the very dizziness conARlained' of.
We venture to say shat FREQUENT.
telling, live advert iSingWiil wake up
the sleepy comnanitV, and that ali
business men who practice this true
business precept will infallibly reap
the reward OF their superior enter
prise. A Mobile contemporary puts
the case piyhily thus: every man,
in any business, who does not take
the trouble to tell the public what
he has for sale, will soon find that
the public does not take the trouble
TO Inquire for itself. He will find
l--as some are finding TODAY,
whether they confess it or not-that
his reticence is practically putting
up his blinds for him and that his
clerks might as well go fishing as
tumble over goods that they do not
sell Neither Dand sc,ob ~o4;ao,,4
merchant wander greatly WHY
people pass hiS store and 90 in
next door. For human nature has
much of the bun in it, and will run
AFTER a highly cOlOred announce
ment, as the taurine will after a red
flag. Only the kind of red flag it
does not run after, worth speaking
is apt to follow too long and toO
persistently folding of ones AaEads
in Ohe's-lap." ~ : -. ~ -
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-06
UuderscOring.

OF all the faults committed by
amateur newspaper correspondents,
none is more common or more in
eXcusable than that of understanding.
Some persons seem to think that it
is necessary that every leading word
should be underscored in order that
the editor may get the true mean
ing, but the fact is, in ninety-nine
cases out of one hundred there is no
necessity for the emphasis indicated
by the line drawn under the words
and phrases by the correspondent.
On the other hand it is confusing
and annoying. Werecently received
a communication for the News,
which covered only about two pages
of letter paper, in which we counted
one hundred and seventy-siX under
scored words. If the editor had not
instructed the printer to disre-
gard all these marks, the article
would have appeared ridiculous in
print. 1t would have been con-
glomeration of italics, small and
large capitals, with only here and
there sprinkle of Roman letters.
We only refer to this to impress up
on all who write for the paper the
Importance of leaving off all unnec-
essary flourishes and marks. If
you write good English, it will need
no underscOring.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-06
The Gaines Suits.
New Orleans Picayune.l


Yesterday Judge Billings render
ed an exceedingly able opinion on
the reports of the Master in Chan
Gerry as to the questions of fruits and
revenues due by the various defend
ants, and as to the amount due by
Mrs Gaines should she elect to keep
the Improvements placed upon the
properties.
The Judgment holds that the de-
PENDANTS are responsible, not only
for such revenues as they may have
obtained, but such as they might
have derived. AS toimprovements,
Mrs. Gains is to have the election
ofeither, requiring their removal or
to keep them at the price which
their cost or the enhanced value
which they may have given to the
property, valuing the naked lots at
the price they were formerly worth
with their value and improvements
az the present time, the difference
to be allowed the defendants.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-06
F,ln in the witnc..-nox.

In a recent trial at Winchester, a
witness, falling to make his version
Of conversation Ineligible by
reason Of his fondness for tssays u
and Hsays he, WAS taken i'm hand
by Baron Martin with thefollowing
result: My man, tell as now ex-
actly what passed" "Yes, my
lord, / said / would not have the
pig" "And what was his answer?'2
@He said he had been keeping it for
me, and that he" "NO, no: he
could not have said that; he spoke
in the first person. mo, my lord,
was the first person that spoke. /"
ttI mean, don't bring in the third
person; repeat his exact words. !"
s'There was no third person, my
lord, only him and me. I" 'sMy good
fellow, he did not say he had been
Keeping the pig he said Il have
been keeping it.J'' "I assure YOU,
my lord, there was no mention of
your iordship at all. We are on
different stories. There was no
third person there, and if anything
had been said about Your lordship
I must have heard it.'' The baron
gave in. Nothing pleases your fun
loving Irishman better than to
bother a lawyer, and the Hish
courts have known many a Dialogue
like this: "You are Roman Cath
olic?'' fam / ?'' ssAre you not ?''
"YOu say am.;y "Come sir; what's
your religion pr teThe true reIfg-
fon." What religions that77 "My
religion 'sAnd what is your re
Hgi0a?''T "My mothers religion. !"
F"What was your mothers religion?"
"She tux whisky in her tay." "YOu
bless yourself, don't you ?'' "When
Pm done with you / will.' "What
place of worship do you go to?"
''AIy persuasion is that you won't
find out" "What is yonr belief?''
'That you are puzzled" ''Do you
confess?" mot to yOu." "WhO
would you write to if you were
| likely to die?" &The doctor.p 81
insist upon your answering me, sir /;
are you a Roman Catholic?" 81
I1am." "And why didn't you say so
at once ," "Youf never axed me.
You said Twas great many things,
! but you never axed me; you were
adFivin' cross words and crooked
questions at nae, and j thought it
was manners to cut my behavior on
your own pattern"