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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02
Read to the Children.

NEXT to a good story-teller, a bright
child delights in a good reader. This i'm
plies more in his estimation than perfect
elocution. His good reader is sharp TO
select those things in his book or paper
which a child delights to hear. He can
forgive very poor elocution SO the matter
is to his taste. A little boy was telling
me lately with much animation a curious
story he had heard the mother of a little
friend read out of the daily paper. She
was obliged to spell all the long words;
called a shark "a shurk," and stopped to
ask her learned husband if "a shurk
wasn't a small whale" But the boy did
not care for that. 1t wa the fact that he
was interested in.
There is nothing for which children so
hunger as new ideas. Nothing that will
keep them so well out of mischief as
finding them something pleasant and
profitable to think about and talk about
among themselves. The world is all so
new to them that what seem very COM
mon-place things to US will often be list
ened to with the keenest interest by chill
dren.
You may often prevent little "unpleas-
antnesses" in the family circle by giving
a new turn to the thoughts. A sensible
mother has often nipped in the bud small
disputes and disagreements by simply
telling or reading a little story, often as
for No ,,osgiH1n frn,, tho c,Iiapt pf tho die
pute. Something that will teach them a
lesson is more priced than a mere Jingle
or a trifing jest. Facts in art, science,
| discovery, natural history and the like are
always delightful to an intelligent child
whose taste has not been sadly perverted.
And such readings, connected with intel
ligent, pleasant conversation overthe sub
ject, will often give a turn for life to the
child's mind.
1t was Baron Cuvier's mother who made
him a great naturalist. The foundation
was laid in his earliest years, when her
loving lessons invested with interest every
little shell and insect which came under
his observation. 1t was she who first
taught him to read with delight the works
of Gesner and Button, to make copies OF
the different animals described, and super
intending his sketches. Little did she
imagine that the boy by her side would
one day be filling the chair of Button,
and receiving the highest honors a nation
could pay.
If children have moi read too many
mixed Sabbath-schOol books they will
love little stories illustrating Christian
principles and Bible truths. But the taste
may be very early perverted. l heard a
little girl who devours story-books say OF
one she had just read, that she "liked
those where the children were so wicked
a great deal better than she did those where
they were so awful good"
So, while the crystal is setting, see that
no ingredient falls in that shall MAJ its
purity. Do not sit down selfishly by the
home tireside and enjoy your good things
alone, but pick out the best and share
with the chiidren.-S. S. Times.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

will be found to possess those QUALITIES he1.s 1890
To the total eradication of all billous "'" "N
n,ompt to start the secretions OF the iver,
Give \ healthy tone to the entire system. lnoeea,
If is no ordinary discovery in medical scienoe "
have invented a remedy for these stubborn co"
nIaints, which develop all the results PRODUCED Dy
. heretofore free use Of calomel, q mineral Jus.'
dreaded by mankind, and acknowledged TO DC ue-
strnctiye in the extreme to the human system.
THAT the properties Of certain vegetables comprise
all tbe virtues of calomel without its injurious en-
denotes is now an admitted fact, rendered mus
putable by scientific researches; and those VIM
nse .be Mandrake Pills will be fully satisfied that
the hest medicines are those provided by nature III
the common herbs and roots of the fields.
These pills open the bowels and correct an on,
ions arrangements without salvation or any OF the
;u;nr;ous effects of calomel or other po1sons.
The secretion OF bile is promoted by these Pile, o.
will be seen by the altered color OF the st9ois u
disappearing Of the sallow complexion ana Cleans
ing Of the tongue o.,h hox IF
pills. ,,, 4 Com AZ their
nrincipaI office. corner Sixth and Arch streets'
Pbiladelphia. and for sale by all druggists and deal
ers Price 25 cents per box.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02
UnbOlted Wheat.

NEAR the close of the last century, when
England and France were waging wal
with each other, the British Parliament
passed a law, to take effect for two years,
that the army at home should be supplied
with bread made from unbolted wheat
meal, solely for the purpose of making
the wheat go as far as possible. AT first
the soldiers were exceedingly dispIeascd
with this kind of bread and refused to eat
it, but after two or three weeks they pre-
fcrred it to fine flour bread. The result
Of the experiment was the health of the
soldiers improved so much and so mani
testify in the course Of a few months that
the officers and physicians of the army
publicly declared that the soldiers were
never before so healthy and robust, and
that diseases of many kinds had almost
entirely disappeared from the army. For
a while the use of this bread wds almost
universal in public institutions and in
private families, and it was pronounced by
civic physicians by far the most healthy
bread that could be eaten. The testimony
ofsea Captains and whalcmen is eQually in
favor of wheaton bread. THE coarser
the ship bread is the healthier is my
crew. said a very intelligent sea Captain
of thirty-seven years experience. The in
habitants of Wcstphalia, who are a hearty
and robust people, capable of enduring
the greatest fatigues, are aliving testimony
to the salutary effects of this sort of bread;
and it is remarkable that they are very
seldom attacked by acute fevers and those
other diseases which arise from bad hu-
mOrs. In fact the laboring class through
out Europe, Asia and Africa use bread
made out of the whole grain; happily for
them they cannot afford to buy fine flour.
The more intelligent class of people in
our large cities have bread made of un-
bolted wheat on their tables every day,
and depend upon it, but in country places
the idea prevails that it is cheap and
coarse, and that to feed a guest on Ora
ham bread would be inhospitable. Moth
ing can be farther from the truth. Our
tirst-class hotels have regularly on their
III vi hlt SIdtnSN IStit IIpillluN,
d" oatmeal mush - and some advanced
teachers of hygiene are beginning to
hope that the reign Of fine flour is pass
ing away. OF oatmeal as a diet one of
our writers says: Americans are grad
ually awakening up to the fact that oat-
meal is by no means an unimportant ar
ticle of diet. As a food, the merit O
which has stood the test of centuries, and
which is designed to promote the SANTA
ry condition of the nation, by laying the
foundation for more ready and vigorous
frames fog the coming generation, let US
regard It's adoption as an article of diet,
as nothing short of a national good. Its
phosphorus gives a healthtul impulse to
the brain, and on no other food can one
endure so great or so prolonged mental
labor as on oatmeal porridge.-N. Y.
TI1ibuue.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02
Salt and Ashes for Preserving Wood.

l KNOW of several instances where salt
and ashes have acted as preservatives of
wood in and above ground. In 1915 cir
cumstances required that l should build
a house as soon as practicable, and l set
about it with a will. Stones for building
purposes were obtained from a river bot
tom when the water was low, but when 1
wanted them the water was high. To
prevent delay l cut down white oaks from
fourteen to sixteen inches in diameter;
sawed them into blocks thirty inches long,
with 1H-inch auger-bored holes, six
inches deep, in the center of n end
and six inches from the other end cross
wise nearly through the block filled the
holes with salt, added a little water, and
plugged them up; set them in the ground,
which was a gravelly loan, a foot deep,
and built my house upon them, intending
to enlarge it when convenient. For i'm
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02
From the New York Tribune,
Mani SnnnIfed.

The American mind is active. Ithas given
US books of fiction for the scntimcntalist,
learned books for the scholar and profess
sional student, but fer books for the people.
\ book for the people must relate to a sub
icct of universal interest. Such a subject
is the physical man, and such a book "THB
PEorLE's COMMON SENSE MEDICAL AD-
~vIsER," 4 copy Of which has been recently
laid on our table. The high professional at
tainmcnts of its author-Dr. r. V. Pierce, of
Buffalo, n. Y.-and the advantages derived
by him from an extensive practice would
alone insure for his work a cordial recep-
ton. But these are not the merits for which
it claims our attention. The author is a
nsa~ cfMe people. He sympathizcs with them
in all their Affections, efforts and attain
mcnts. He pcrceivGs their want-d knoWl-
edYe of MentSelees-and, believing that all
truth should be made as universal as Gods
own sunlight, from his fund Of learning and
experience he has produced a work in which
he gives them the benefits of his labors. In
it lie considers man in every phase of his eX-
~lstencc, from the moment he energies "from
a raylcss atom, too diminutive for the sight,
until he gradually evolves to the maturity
OF those Conscious pOmerS the exercise Of
which furnishes subjective evidence of Our
immortality.N Proceeding upon the theory
that every fact of mind has a physical ante
cedcnt, he has given an admirable treatise
on Cerebral Physiology, and shown the bear
ings Of the facts thus established upon iudi-
yidual and social welfare. The author be-
Hcvcs with Spencer that, "as vigorous
health and its accompanying high spirits are
larger clements Of happiness than any other
things whatever, the teaching how to main
tain them is a teaching that yields to no
other whatever" and accordingly has intro
duccd an extensive discussion of the meth
DDS by which we may preserve the integrity
of the system and Ofttimcs prevent the onset
of disease Domestic Remedies-their prep
~aration, uses and ciiects-form a prominent
feature of the work. The hygienic treat
mcnt, or nursing of the sick, is an important
subject, and receives attention commensu-
rate with its Importance. Nearly all diseases
ito which flesh is heir" are described, their
symptoms and causes explained and proper
domestic treatment suggested. To recipro-
cate the many favors bestowed upon him by
a generous public, the author offers his
book at a price (s1.5O) little exceeding the
cost of publication. Our readers can obtain
this practical and valuable work by address,
ing the author.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

SERVANT: 81 suppose, ma'sm, I shall
not have to wait at table:' Lady: "Oh,
no, | wan! a housemaid." Servant: -
suppose ma'am, l shall not have to make
the bcdsy' Lady surprised, but COM
posedly): Certainly not'' Servant (link-
ing the place will suit): And l suppose,
ma'am, I shall not be obliged to answer
the door?" Lady: "Of course noti The
fact is, | want a servant TO look at, and i
don't think you'll du!'-Punch.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02
American Affairs in London.

Kate Field says, in writing from Lon
don to the Louisville C0utCr-Jcurnal
There is nothing more entertaining to an
American than the accuracy with which
American affairs are discussed by English
writers. The last amusing paragraph ap-
pears in this weeks Hornet, which, al
ways ready to say kindly things Of Amer
leans, has most good-naturedly mixed up
more authors in less space than is dreamed
Of in your philosophy. "Since Hans
Brietmann wrote his famous Ballads, ,"
says the Hornet, THAT type of literature
has become at once popular and famous,
Some of the authors who distinguished
themselves in that line have since won
credit in other branches. No one more
30 than Bret Harte, whose play, THE
Gilded Age is one Of the greatest sue
cesses of the modern American stage.
This is due in part to the authors talent,
but no less to Mr.. John Raymnnd's excel
lent acting as Col. Sellers. Bret Harte has
now written his second novel, Gabriel
Conray,' which will be published here in
ScrSGner's Hagazine." Bret Harte will
be delighted TO hear that he owes his in
spiration to Hans Brietmann, that he
wrote the "Gilded Age" and that his in.
imitable stories are known as a first novel,
while Mark Twain will be amazed to find
that he never wrote his own play and the
publishers of Sc,idner's Hagdsine will be
dumbfounded to learn that their local
habitation is London.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02
pprN,r1rpE JosSOF THE HAIR, which is

PREMATURE LoSs~oF II HAIR, which Is
so Common nowadays, may be entirely pre-
vented by the use of BURNETT's COCAINE.
1t has been used in thousands of cases where
the hair was coming out in handfuls, and has
never failed to arrest its decay and to pro
mote IL healthy and vigorous growth. IL is
at the SAINT time unrlvalcd as a dressing
for the hair. A single application Will render
il soft and glossy for several days.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

PAPER.-The annOunccmcnt
Of the Toledo {O.) BLADE, published else
where, will be of especial interest to all low
ers of good literature. The BLADE has be-
como one of the standard weeklies, not only
of the West, but of the whole country, ana
as a family paper has no superior; Unusual
opportunities are offered for obtaining a
beautiful map of the United states, enli'i >
Rible Dictionary or"Webster's Unabridged"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

PERsoNAL.-Georye +. Gardner, South Vai-
Icjo, Cal.-"I used the SIMMONS LIVER
REGULATOR quite a while in Ohio, and
found it gave me much relief. Inowrequire
"a medicine of the same nature, but can find
nothing here that is us good"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

Two nests of "bumble-b bees" have re-
Gently been sent from England to Canter-
bury, New Zealand, to assist in the propa-
CATION of the common clover plant. Ex-
pertinent has proved that the honey bee,
owing to lack of strength and shortness of
proboscis, is unable to penetrate the
clover blossom far enough to deposit the
pollen grains Of one flower upon the
stigma Of another,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

WE have often wondered whether there is
a person in the country who docs not know
and appreciate the value of Joh"so"'s Ar
odyne Liptmcnt as a family medicine. 1t is
adapted to most ali purposes, and is the best
pain-dustroyer that can be used.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

GENTIAN was our grandmotilers' hobby for
a tonic. and no bitter would be considered
complete without it; hence it enters into
nearly all. But experience has proved that
it is injurious to the stomach If frequently
used. A far better tonic is found in Guarana
Ritters.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

and stock-raisers have frequent
" told us that they have seen very good re-
suits from giving Sheridan's Cavalry Con.
dition Powde5!s to cows and swine before and
after they drop their young. The powders
put them in good condition and give them
strength to care and provide for the suck
lingS.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

WHEN you 90 to Chicago stop at the
"Barncs House" corner Of Randolph and
Canal streets. The fare is excellent and eF-
erything in the house is new. Only Sl.N TO
800 per day for transient.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02
Rearing Ducks on Dry Land.

A WRITER in the Poultry World asks
the following question: HAS 1t ever oc-
CURED to readers that ducks can be raised
ad~vantageously upon premises where there
is neither pond nor stream for their amuse-
ment"
The prevailing opinion on this subject
is that, in order to raise ducks of any sort
with satisfactory success, a running stream
or a pond of water is indispensably requi-
site. Many years ago we were accustomed
to rear goodly numbers of excellent ducks
without the advantage of pond or stream
of Water yet the probability is that the
ducks thus produced would have been
larger if they could have had access to
water. As a substitute for a pond a long
trough was kept full of water, into which
the ducks could plunge at any time. At
one end there was a board, with cleats
nailed on the upper edge, to aid them in
getting out of the water. In addition to
our own experience, we have the assurance
Of a breeder in Massachusetts,, who has
tried the experiment for three successive
years, that this notion is altogether erro-
neous. Dur dcmesticated ducks, like the
wild ones, prefer a brook or lakclet to pass
their leisure in, and a swampy piece of
ground through which a river branch
sluggishly flows affords a good deal of an
imal food for this race, which helps to
keep through the summer. But the party
spoken of above has no open water on his
farm, and he has raised several scores of
common ducks in the past three seasons,
among his iocks of barn-yard fowls,
which have turned out as profitable, so
far as he can calculate, as the chickens he
has marketed in the fall and winter.
These web-footed birds have been fed
with the other poultry, and all the duck
lings are Matched and reared by hens. He
makes no distinction in feeding as to va
riety or kinds of food. All his poultry
are " in common and all have the same
chance at the grain, the grass and the
scraps from the house; but he has never
provided his ducks with any water except
what the fowls have at hand for drink, and
he says he knows no difference in their
thrift, from the shell upward 10 killing.
If the common mongrel duck will thus do
well without water to wash or swim in,
why may not the Pekin, the Aylesbury,
the Rouen duck be bred to similar advan-
tage? This kind of poultry is fully as
profitable as are hens, and, if it can be
raised without pond or stream on the
premises, why is not this experiment
worth the trial by others?-N. Y. Herald.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

0 HEARTS of love! 0 souls that turn,
Like sunfiowers, to the pure and best,
To you the truth is manifest.
For they the mind Of Christ discern
Who lean, like John, upon His breast.
u. T.. Whittier.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

Mr.. EDITOR: In every city, town and
hamlet in the land may be found some feeble
person unable to perform hard labor; some
man or woman that delights in visiting the
sick and ministering to their wants, some
local preacher not fully occupied, or some
unoccupicd person who would like to add a
little to their present income-and | want
some such person in every place where |
have no agent to sell a Medicinal Extract
made by the Shakers, which has proved Of
such signal service in the cure of those long
standing diseases that prevail in all parts of
our country, and which have heretofore re-
sisted all kinds of medical treatment. Your
columns for October contained Il very ~tiattcr-
ing notice of the Shaker Extract of Roots, I'M
der the head of "1he Strange Disease" to
which | would like to call the attention of
your readers. Please induce some such per-
son as | have described to accept this agency.
There can be no risk on the part of the
agent, as no capital is required where they
can furnish evidence of their honesty. Let
your readers send for a circular and learn
full particulars about the agency. Yours re-
spectfully, A. J. WHITE,
40 pnnr1 Straat Na,, VnrI
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02
THE CHEAPEST, THE LARGEST, THE BEST.

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What more can be desireds When OBJ
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ptospcctus of Demorest's Monthly Magazine,
to be found in our advertising columns, of.
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premiums that are valuable beyond prece-
dent.
This magazine claims the attention of
every household for its valuable and varied
contents.
Do not fail to observe the extraordinary
offer OF the value OF SD to each subscriber
as a premium.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

We recommend The School Of Itdi"id~al IN
StrNction, Evanston, H., where each scholar
advances according to talent and application
and is not tied to classes. Opens Dec. 9.
Kansas has thousands of bushels of
potatoes which will not be dugon account
of their cheapness, In the East there are
thousands of people who will suffer dur
ing the winter for want of sufficient food.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

They had a snow-storm with their
voting among the Northern Berkshire
Hills, in Massachusetts, on the I'd of No
vember, when the ground was covered
ten or twelve inches on a level. At one
place, a few miles from Adams, the coun-
ty road was so blocked that teams had to
turn out into the lots and lection night
the messenger who promised to collect
the returns from Clarksburg and Florida
could not cross the mountain to the latter
town on account of the wind and snow.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02
POULTRY ARGUs.-This old reliah

POULTRY ARGUs.-This old, reliable
poultry journal is now the leading journal of its
class in the West. II you want to make 200 per
cent. on an investment of $1.0), subscribe for the
ARGUS. 1t will give you in each number practical
advice and relative to breeding and
rearing poultry worth ten times the subscription
price. 1t has absorbed the North Western and the
fdncier's Gazette, and gives more reading matter
Tor the money than any journal published. Each
number Is finely illustrated with splendid engray-
ings OF the most popular breeds Of poultry. No
one who has a dozen fowls can afford to do with
out it. A sample copy will only cost you ten
cents. Send for it at once; it will pay you. No
attention paid to postal-cards requesting sample
copies, Subscription price only $1.Oo per year.
Address MILLER g. CLINTON, Polo, LII.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

PHILADELPHIA is getting ready to lodge
and feed all creation mex year. 1t cal
eulates that at least 1875, 000 people can be
comfortably lodged-that is, 30, 900 in the
hotels and 90, 600 in private houses. AS
to feeding, n restaurant promises so, 900
meals a day, and Others carry up the total
to 200, 900. A company has invested
$500, 900 in poultry, packed frozen in a
White Mountain s%torehouse and to be sent
on in attachments by refriger1:ors next
summer. Another firm has 5 $4,000 hams
in store for the summer raid. The way
the Philadelphians figure it is this: 90
600 fresh arrivals every day during the
show; each one to stay ten days and spend
five dollars a day-this makes 81 900, 900 a
day, or $500, o0O,0 900 for the whole season.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

IeIvE you my word Ior 1t, The cross o.
Christ is not SO evil as they cal. ii; il Is
sweet. light, comfortable -Rptterfora,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

The physicians of Denver have been
holding a long and careful inquest over a
man who, it seemed to them, had died
very mystcriously. After using the seal
pei until their patience was exhausted
without finding anything that in their
minds could reasonably cause death, they
came to the conclusion that it might have
resulted from some chronic disorder
which they could not discover, added to
thirty Or forty bullets with which his
body was perforated. A healthy Denver
man who can't hold that amount of lead
with comfort doesn't amount to much.