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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07
Strange Cases.

A FEW years ago there was a pupil al
the institution for the Education of the
Blind, who was totally, and it was sup.
! posed irrecoverably, blind. She had been
blind from infancy, we believe. Her
mind was active, quick to grasp and ana
ly1e such subjects as were presented in
her various studies; all her faculties were
keen with the exception of the one great
afliction-sightless eyes.
She left the institution in due time, her
mind well developed by the course of in.
%struction received within its walls, and
returned to her home, somewhere in this
State, but to us unknown, her parents be
ing wellto-do and respectable people.
But now comes the strangest part of this
account.
On Thursday this young lady, for she is
now about twenty years of age returned
to the city, not as a blind girl, but to en-.
ter as a pupil the State Institution for Deaf
and Dumb. She has lost her sense OF
hearing aud also of speech, but has gained
partially the sense of seeing. This won.
derful transposition has not been the
growth of years, but nature has effected ii
within a comparatively brief period. Here
is certainly a strange case and challenges
the Investigation of medical and scientific
men. DR.: Gillett, Superintendent of the
Institution for Deaf and Dumb, is watch.
ing the case with great interest, but gives
no expression of opinion. as it was so re-
Gently brought under his notice. We
hope to publish his diagnosis of the case,
or at least his opinions concerning it, in
due time gnA5-
The sense Of sight, we all know, acts
strangely in individual cases. There
lives in this city a person who can see
we'll enough in daylight but as evening
approaches her sight grows rapidly dim,
until bynight it is lost entirely. 1t is said
that there is a boy living in Quincy who
cannot see at all in daytime, is blind in
fact, but as daylight fades into night his
vision becomes perfect and he can see
plainly in the dark where other persons
with good eyes cannot see OF all.-Jack-
sonuilb Qu.) Journal
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07
The Strange Disease.

LIKE the thief at night, it steals in upon
US unawares. The patients have pains
about the chest and sides, and sometimes in
the back. They feel dull and sleepy; the
morning. A sort OF sticky slime collects
about the teeth. The appetite is poor.
There is a feeling like a heavy load on the
stomach, sometimes a faint, all-gone sensa-
ton at the pit of the stomach, which food
does not satisfy. The eyes are sunken, the
hands and feet become cold and feel clam
my. After awhile a cough sets in, at first
dry, but after a few months it is attended
with grccnish-colored expcctoratiOn. The
patient feels tired all the while, and sleep
does not appear to afford any rest. After a
time he becomes nervous, irritable and
gloomy, and has evil forebodings. There is
a giddiness, a sort of whirling sensation in
the head when rising up suddenly. The
bowels become ~costive, the skin is dry and
hot at times. The blood becomes thick and
Stagnant, the whites of the eyes become
tinged with yellow, the urine Is scanty and
high-colOrcd, depoSiting a sediment after
standing. There is frequently a splitting up
of the food, sometimes with a sour taste
ana sometimes u SWcetish taste. This is
frequently attended with palpitation of the
heart. The vision becomes impaired with
spots before the eyes. There is a feeling of
great prostration and weakness. All Of
these symptoms do not make their appear
ance at one time, but during the various
stages they are in turn present. 1t is
thought that nearly one-third of our popu-
lation has this disease in some Of its varied
forms. 1t has been found that medical men
have mistaken the nature of this disease.
Some have treated it for liver complaint,
some for dyspepsia, others for kidney dis
ease, etc, etc, but none of these various
kinds Of treatment have been ATTENDED with
success 1t is found, however, that the
SHAKER EXTRACT OF Roofs (not a patent
medicine), when prepared properly, will re-
move the disease in all its stages. Care
should be taken to procure a good article.
Pearl street, N. Y. Agents wanted,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07
A Tragedy of the Sea.

The facts in the case Of the mutiny On
the schooner Jefferson Borden, as brought
out in the trial now pending in the United
States District Court in this city, form an
exciting tale of p~erilous adventure on the
" dark blue sea" which lacks only the
element Of romance to be as thrilling and
fascinating as any in the books of Capt.
Marryau or Wayne Reid. The dark
browed and bl~oody-handed sailors who
killed the two mates of.the vessel in the
darkness of midnighta and threw them over.
board, and marked the Captain for slaugh-
ter, but dealt with him SO bungIingIy that
he suspected their intent and escaped their
deadly purpose, were apparently animated
only by brutal hate for their officers, who
had been forced to use hard measures to
suppress INSTRUMENTATION. They had for
a leader no hero of wickedness fired with
secret love for the Captains wife and a
poetlcal ambition to make her the queen
of some tropical island; nor was there
any maiden in captivity for them to re-
lease and make the idol of their savage
worship in the caves and Businesses of
some unfrequented coast; neither had
they a wild ambition to skirmish along
the Spanish Main as bold buccaneers.
plundering rich argosies that travel the
highways of the sea.
There is not a CLEAN of poetry or TO
nance about this dismal tragedy. The
vessel itself was a most unpoetlcal craft, a
schooner laden with cotton seed oil.cakes,
bound from New Orleans to London. She
was in charge Of Capt. William Patterson,
a part owner, whose brother was the first
mate. The Captains wife shared the dam
gers and hardships of the voyage, and
four seamen, the steward and a boy coMsti-
tuted the crew. Some of the men seem
to have been ugly specimens. Scarcely
had the schooner got out of the port of
New Orleans when they began to show
bad temper INT to exhibit a disposition
TO disobey orders and defy the authority
of the Captain. After a while one of
them was punished by being put in irons
for twenty-four hours IN spite of violent
resistance. From that time he seems to
cherished the purpose of revenge.
In the darkness of the night of April 20,
after the Jefferson Borden had been wan
on the Atlantic for more than six
weeks, and was about two.thirds the way
Capt. Patterson was awakened
from sleep by Miller, the ringleader of the
mutineers, who tried ia get him to 60 for.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07
Work Around the Barn.

The ground about barns and stables
should be graded in such a manner that
all manurial substances can be saved.
Hence, when small streams of water are
accustomed to flow into the yard, during
the fall of rain, or when now may be
melting, burrows should be plowed and
small ridges should be made to turn the
wafer away from the barn, and especially
from the manure yard. Eavetroughs
should be provided for every roof, so that
all the water collected on buildings may
be conducted away from the manure yard.
Now is the best time in all the year to at
ten to the jobs which should be per-
formed around the barn. While the full
value of manure Is admitted, how few
farmers have their yards so constructed as
to prepare and preserve the greatest
amoun of fertilizing compost. Instead
OF barn and stable yards made lowest in
the middle, to retain those liquids which
chemical analysis and actual experience
have shown to he more valuable and to
contain in a more concentrated form the
elements of vegetation than solid manure,
MI farm yards are on sloping ground,
as. if constructed purposcly for waste, and
not unfrequently with a rivulct near by,
to carry away all that may wash into it.
Instead of yards, in the fall of the year,
filled with compost from the swamp or
from bitches, to be converted into manure,
we see them empty; and usually provided
| with a ditch to carry off all moisture.
Farmers who mean to be economical,
who indulge in no unnecessary expense,
and who would hesitate to spend a shilling
for the qualification of adepraved appetite,
throw away dollars. Swamp mud, turf,
leaves, weeds and, in fine, all the refuse
of a farm, useless as manure in a natural
state, when placed in the barnyard or
pigsty, and thoroughly incorporated with
materials there, become the best manure,
amply repaying the farmer for the time
spent in collecting them. Whenever one
has access to cobble stones let the yard be
graded true and the surface paved with
cobbles. A cobble.stOne pavement will
keep live stock out Of the mud and will
| keep the manure up from the ground, SO
that it viii be less laboriOus to handle
with fOrks.-N. y. Herald.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07
To make limitation Ground rlass tina

To make limitation ground glass that
steam will not destroy, put a piece CT
putty in muslin, twist the fabric tight and
tie it into the shape of q pad; well clean
the glass first, and then pat it all over.
The putty will e2ude sufficiently through
the muslin to render the stain opaque.
Let it dry hard, and then varnish. If a
pattern is required, cut it out in paper as a
stencil, place it so as not to slip, and pro
coed as above, removing the stencil when
finished. Ii there should be any objec-
ton to the existence of the clear spaces,
cover with slightly Opaque varnish.-
Journal Of Chemistry.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07

CLOSE, sheath like shirts are such a de-
Cided feature of imported costumes for
autumn that furnishing-houses are hav-
ing their wire lay figures made smaller,
in order to display properly the various
dresses. All bustles and crinoline are dis
carded by French ladies, and instead of
the b0uttant %tournures in favor here their
sheath overskirts have no more f~ullness
behind than in front. The careless-look
ing drapery of these close overskirts is ar
ranged in irregular folds that are grace
| full, classic and far more pleasing to artis-
tic tastes than the fashion of having the
| overdress more voluminous than the lower
skirt.
The clinging walking skirt does not
measure three yards around the foot. 1t
is made with one front gore, a narrow
gore on each side and a straight back,
which consists of a single breadth of wide
goods, or else two widths of narrow ma
terial.
The sheath overskirt is made of light
brown Russia cloth or figured camel's
hair. The designs made up of scrolls,
palm leaves and arabesques, mingled in
confusion, are considered more elegant
than those with stripes or bars, yet the
latter are used. This overskirt consists of
one long breadth Of the enormously-wide
cloth, to which on the left side is added a
triangular piece which scarcely deserves
to be called a gore.
The double-breasted jacket is a shapely
garment that displays fine figures admifa-
bly,. 1t fits as smoothly as a basque, but
as it is meant for the street as well as the
house it has an interlining OF flannel be-
tween its cloth outside and its lining OF
farmers satin, makingit heavy enough to
wear in the autumn until fur wraps are
used. "a
The waists Of basques and wraps are
very long at present; merchants say SIX
teen of'seventeen inches is the standard
length of waists of outer garments that
formerly measured only fifteen inches
The long side.hsdy beginning in the
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07
HINTS.

CH1oRoFoRM which has undergone de-
composition by exposure can be easily
purified by shaking it up with a few frag-
ments of caustic soda.
A LOT of peaches were shipped to Eu
rope, the other day, dipped in melted par.
afne. By this process the fruit is covered
with a coating impervious to water, air or
acids, and, it is claimed will keep for
several weeks.
To DRY TOMATOES O WINTER
Small-sized but perfectly ripe tomatoes,
washed, scalded and peeled, and some OF
the juice squeezed or drained from them.
Slice and dry them in an oven, just as you
would pumpkin, etc. For use, soak awhile,
Their stew and cook as you would fresh
tomatoes.
Milk BrsCUIT.-One cents worth OF
yeast, one pint of milk, ureups of flour,
with a little salt, set to raise aboat tour
hours; then add one tablespoonful OF
white sugar, one cup of lard or butter and
flour enough to make up in a loaf; set to
raise again, and, when light, roll out; cut
in cakes and set to raise in the pans;
when very light bake in a quick oven.
TOMATO VINEGAR.-Take one bushel of
the ripe fruit, wash and throw them into
a tub; add one quart of heavy. Orleans
molasses, mix and wash well, and let 1t
stand several days, stirring frequently
When a strong vinegar odor is given of
strain the juice off and put it into casks
and let it stand until the process is com
pleted. Vinegar made in this way is
equal to the best, and to succeed in its
manufacture it is only necessary to faith,
fully follow out the above simple dlrec-
tions.-American Farm Journal.
To MAKE CREAM CHFEsE.-Skim a pan
of milk which is only slightly sour and
setting the cream in a COO place, put the
milk in the oven to curd as soon as the
whey forms around the curd, and before
the curd really hardens, pour into acoarSt
linen bag and allow the whey to drip until
the curd is quite separated; then mash it
salt it slightly, mix he cream through the
mass and place in cups to form. 1t viii
turn out quite solidly and, if the milk Il
not more than twcnty-fOur hours old, vii
have all the flavor of the famous Swiss
cream cheese.
PRESSED FERNS are very easily pre-
served in any unused books or papers, anc
are always ready for any ornamental pur
pose. Three or four of these, of ditteren
sizes, are very pretty fastened to the wal
under a picture, or over a bracket, or at
tachcd to the cords by which pictures arr
suspended. They simulate the living
green vines so desirable to have, bu
which many who can get the ferns would
find it difficult to procure. They are alst
very pretty put up in little groups in dr..
moss placed in Sea-shells or tiny willow
baskets. They retain their bright, greer
color reasonably we'll when pressed, ant
are beautiful, arranged with autumn
leaves, for winter bouquets; quite larg'
ones can be used for this purpose.
"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07

BIRDs>NEsT PuDDTNe.-Pare and core
six rich, tart apples. Set them in a pud.
ding dish, filing the cavity of each with
bIanChcd |raisins, two blanched almonds,
and a ~teaspoonful of sugar. Then pour
over it tapioca, prepared by soaking for
three hours, one cup in two cups Of boil.
ing water, and two cups stewed apples,
sweetened. Bake until the apples are
tnpdnr .-.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07

No ANIMAL commands so much atten-
ton as a horse standing in a gutter pud,
die. As he watts his hoofs about in the
cooling ooze passers-by, though they may
be no judges Of horse flesh, gaze upon
him with much interest as long as they
arc in range, and feel a deep solicitude if
he seems bothered by the pesky flies.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07
THE new fan-cnalu is now universally

The new fan-chain is now universally
adopted, 1t consists OF a long chain with
fiat, square links, which is worn around
the waist, not tightly clasped, after the
fashion OF a belt, but loosely Topped and
hanging down at one side after the
fashion Of the jeweled girdles of the
chatelaines of the Middle Ages. sloping
over the tight, smooth, 1Aclosely-ftting
cuirass corsages tho effect is extremely
picturesque. The fan is attached to- an
end of chain which falls from the sloping
side.-Pdris Co~rrespondence. y
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07

IT appears by the lastreport of the Board
of Trade of Great Britain that the United
States supply about 60 per cent, of all the
wheat and flour consumed in the British
isles above the home production.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07

PERsoNAL.-. p. Shiuers-"1 have had
DroPsy and Liver disease for many years, and
found no relief until I used SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR, and was then entirely
cured-the Dropsy having disappeared"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07

ADVERTISEMENT from q Washington
paper: Wanted, a well-rested youth in
my Office. Preference given to one who
has not forgotten more than an employer
knows, Address" etc,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07

SCHENCK's Pulmonic Syrup, Schenck's Sea Weed
Tonic, Schenck's Mandrake Pills, are the only
medicines that will cure Pulmonary Consumption
Frequently medicines that will stop a cough viii
occasion the death of the patient; they lock up The
liver, stop the circulation Of the blood, hemorrha"t
follows, and. in fact. they clog the action Of the
very organs that caused the cough
Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia are the causes Of
two-thirds OF the cases of Consumption. Many
persons complain Of a dull pain in the side, consli
patton. coated tongue, pain in the shoulder-blade
feelings of drowsiness and restlessness, the fOot
lying heavily on the stomach, accompanied with
acidity and belching up of wind.
These symptoms usually originate from a disor
dered condition of the stomach or a torpid liver
Persons so affected, if they take one Or two heavy
colds, and if the cough in these cases be suddenly
checked, will find the stomach and liver clogged
remaining torpid and inactive, and, almost before
they are aware, the lungs are a mass Of sores and
liberated, the result of which is death.
schenck's Pulmonic Syrup il an expectoran'
which does not contain opium or anything calcu
lated to check a cough suddenly.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic dissolves the food
mikes with the gastric juices Of the stomach, aids
digestion and creates a ~ravenous appetite.
When the bowels are ~costive, skin sallow. or the
symptoms otherwise of q bilious tendency
schenck's Mandrake Pills are required.
These medicines are prepared only by j. II
ScHENcK s. Son, N 3. cor. 9Th and Arch-sts. Phil
ada, and are for sale BY all druggists and dealers
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07

TIE DOMESTIC COOK, made by Tibbals
shirk & Whitehead, Chicago, is the best
stove made for coal or wood.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07

If you want to keep posted as TO the value Of
your insurance, subscribe for THE HERALD,
published by Geo J. Yeager, 9O2 La Sale St.,
Chicago, at $3.50 per annum, in advance. Send
rs cents for sample copy.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07

WILHoFT's ANTI-PERIoDIC OR FEVER AND
AGUE ToNIC.-This invaluable and standard
and maintains its reputation unimpaired. 1t
is Endorsed by the medical profession, and
prescribed daily in the Charity Hospital and
other hospitals in New Orleans. Wilhoft's
Tonic is thus highly recommended by the
leading medical men of the country, and is
worthy of such Endorsement. WHEELoCK,
FINLAY & Co, Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE 81 ALL DKUGaIsTs.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07

WHEN you 20 to Chicago stop at the
BARNES House," corner Of Randolph and
Canal streets. The fare Is excellent and ey.
erything In the house is new. Only S1.5O to
S2.00 per dav for transient.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07

THERE 10 no disease flesh is heir to mors
troublesome to manage than rheumatism.
1t comes when you least expect 1t, and gen.
orally remains till it gets ready to go away.
The most conspicuous remedy for this com.
plant is JohnsOn's Anodyne Liniment. 4
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07

Two OR three doses of Sheridan's Cacalrg
Condition POWDERS win cure a horse of any
common cough or cold, and the very worst
cases may be cured in a few weeks. We
know this from experience. u.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07

FIRST Grand Exposition Of the Tradesmen's
Oct.7, closes Nov.6. Address Al. Nellis, Pres
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07

PRUssING's celebrated White Wine Vinegar
has been before the public twenty. seyen years.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07
,oona ,vss iotoly nresent,

A. FINE scene was lately presented or .
farm in Clackamas County, Ore. A
large separator was at work; threshing
wheat, and about it were gathered, all at
work, Mr.. Garrett Palmateer, six stalwart
sons, seven grandsons, with Grandmother
Palmateer holding the sacks.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07
IOWA A NEWS.

. THE State Register thinks that capital
punishment will be restored in Iowa.
THE State Centenary Committee is col
Letting samples of soil from different por-
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-12-18

LOSING BUTToN.-Sir Walter Scott
tells story of boy who was with him
in school who always stood at the head
of the class. 1t WAS the custom of the
scholars to change places in their classes,
according TO failure or success in recita-
ton, but though Walter was number
two, he could not get to the head, because
the other boy never missed. But Walter
noticed that he bad habit, when puz-
zled by hard question, Of twirling but
ton on his jacket, and this seemed to help
him to think out n right answer.
Walter, more through mischief than
any worse motive, cut off the button sly
ly one day, te see if it would make any
difference. The lesson was a speling-
lesson, and several boys at the foot miss
ed a hard word. 1t came around to the
head. The boy instinctively put his hand
to the button. 1t was gone. Iie looked
down to find il, grew confused, missed
the word, and Walter went above him.
The boy never got TO the head again,
seemed to lose his ambition, settled down
into secondrate scholar, and never ac-
complohed much in life. Scott often de-
clared that he often felt a sharp remorse
at the thought that he possibly spoiled
the boy for school and for life by cutting
Off the button that had done such good
service.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-12-18

MEsMERIsM. An experiment which it
may amuse the boys to repeat, has been
described and yOuched for by II popular
science journal. Place rooster upon
table or board, holding his wings close
down TO his sides, let second person
bend dowd his head until his beuk touches
the board on which he lies, and draw
line Of white chalk straight out from the
beak. This done, tho bird may be re-
leased from all restraint, and hc will not
stir 50 much as feather. d" Nay, fur
ther," writes one, 'you may clap your
hands or shout close to him, without rous-
ing him from his lethargy, from which,
however, he will ultimately recover. -
Another expcrimcnter writes 81 have
seen a row of fowls rendered quite sense
less by drawing chalk line beginning
at the top Of the bcak) slowly across II
table, and | have successfully performed
the experiment. The binds ase simply
mesmerized."