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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-01
An Almost Incredible Story.

The following heartrending particulars
of the treatment received by two helpless
children at the hands of woman, the
wife of painter, in whose care the chill
dren had been placed, is presented by the
Lancaster (Pa) IntelFgencer. Persons
who were eye and ear witnesses, and who
lived upon the spot, received the informa-
ton from the lips of one of the children :
"The children were confined for more
than year, for the most part in cellar,
where hogs were kept, and employed there
in doing work for their master; their only
food was piece Of bread day, without
even water to drink, they supplying that
want from the hogs trough. They had
not lain in bed during the whole time.
Their mistress, who practiced nursing,
used frequently, without any cause, to tie
them up by the hands, stretched out, to a
staple fixed in the ceiling, after stripping
them stark naked, and whip them till her
strength was exhausted, and they were
covered with wounds; after which she
fastened their bodices upon them, which
cleaving to their lacerated flesh, eat into
their bodies till the human tigress re-
newed her cruelties, which we may
naturally suppose were every time
more intolerable than the preceding The
eldest, who is seventeen years of age, she
sCOurged no less than six times the Friday
before the discovery, whereby, and by
her former usage, she vas one continued
sore, covered with gashes from head to
feet; her flesh seemed purified, and she
appeared rather as if cut with knifes than
whips; her head was swelled to an enor-
nous size, her eyes imperceptlble and her
speech gone. An iron collar that was put
about her neck had torn that and her
shoulders in terrible manner. The
youngest, who is thirteen years old, is
likewise a miserable spectacle. She de-
clared to an acquaintance Of the writer of
this that sometimes after they had been
whipped, the blood which streamed from
their wounds formed puddles underneath
them where they sat in the cellar. The
man is said not TO have whipped them,
but was only accessory as knowing and
permitting it. When the mistress went
away she caused them to be chained up in
that filthy place till her return, which
they dreaded more than death, which
would have put period to their suffering s.
The eldest son is said to have assisted the
mother in whipping and insulting them"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-01
How Little Boy Drowned His Big
Brother.

Mr.. ALEXANDER HEADLY. young man
about twenty-five years of age, who was
studying for the ministry, and was lately
married. and his brother, about twelve or
fourteen years old, were drowned last Thurs.
day, while crossing Sac River in bark
skif. They had stretched rope across
the creek by which to cross, and crossed
In safety several times. Alexander was
taking his brother across to herd some
cattle on the range on the opposite side
OF the creek from their farm, and in start
ing it seems limb caught the little fell
low and threw him out, and in trying to
climb back into the skiff he upset it and
threw his brother out. The elder brother
got the younger one on his back and told
him to sit quiet and he would swim safe
to shore with him, but the little fellow
was so excited that he climbed upon his
Drother's head and sunk him, both going
out OF slght.-G, eenield (Mo.) Vendette.
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Root Pruning Corn.

In report of experiments made at
Waisharum Farm, Mass, given in the
| Scientific Farmer, we find some remarks
on root pruning corn, which are quite at
variance with the belief held by maay Of
our practical farmers. Still we have
always commended that cultivating corn
late in the season was more beneficial than
| injurious, even if a few of the longer
roots were cut or broken off. But here is
what our scientists have TO say on the
subject:
With reference TO the corn crop, TO cul-
tivate well is TO cultivate close 10 the
growing crop, and this that We may cut
or sever the young rootlctS, cause them TO
branch, and thus more completely occupy
the interstices of the soil. When the root
of an apple tree is cut of, numerous
small roots are pushed from the buds
latent in the bark on the tree side, and in
the place of the removed root we have
soon developed numerous tbrous branch
es which proceed to extend their feeding
tbrils into the SOIL and we find an i'm
mense amount of fresh feeding surface oc-
cupying the place of the removed por-
tion whose functions had become inert
through age. In a similar manner with
the corn plant; the long. struggling roots
which occur in natural course through
the root pruning are caused 10 branch,
and thus offer larger feeding surface TO
the soil than they otherwise would.
That this is so we have reason to be-
lieve through a course of experiments on
plants growing in water, and in pots dur
ing the past winter, as well as from care
full observation in the field plants which
occupied last years corn held When
terminating corn was suspended over a
glass of water, the roots were perceived to
extend, without developing roothairs,
until the nutrimeut contained in the seed
had apparently been exhausted When
this period arrived, roothairs soon
showed themselves on the smooth, white
and cylindrical roots appearing first at
distance from the extremity, and develop
ing downward with the growth of the
root. When the extremity of the root
was nipped of, the effect was TO develop
the root-hairs on the remaining portion TO
large extent, and in many instances the
straight root became branched before the
experiment was closed, through an ina
bility from inexperience and want of the
proper facilities for continuing the growth
in properly fertilized media,
When the corn was planted in pots, the
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-01
Could Not Say Ii.

AN act of prayer is of itself a searching
test of ones thoughts and feelings, cspc.
ciallv SO when the very language of the
petition, as suggested by The Divine Spirit,
holds up mirror to the heart. The fol
lowing story well illustrates some of the
difficulties experienced by an intentional
sinner in repeating the Lords Prayer:
In the middle ages, when the great
lords and knights were always at war
with each other, one of them resolved to
avcnge himself upon a neighbor who had
offended him. 1t CHANGED that on the
very evening when he had made this re-
solve he heard that his enemy was to pass
near his castle with but a few men with
him. 1t was good opportunity TO take
his revenge, and he determined not to let
it pass. He spoke of this plan in the
presence of his Chaplain, who tried in
vain to persuade him to give it up. The
good man said great deal to the Duke
about the sin of what he was going to do,
but in vain. At length, seeing that his
words had no effect, he said: My Lord
since | cannot persuade you to give up
this plan of yours, will you at least con
sent to come with me to the chapel, that
we may pray together before you gon'
The Duke consented, ard the Chaplain
and he knclt down in prayer. Then the
mercy loving Christian said to the re-
vcngeful warrior, "Wili you repeat after
me, sentence by sentence, the prayer
which our Lord Jesus Christ taught to his
disciples %
~ will do it," replied the Duke.
He did accordingly. The Chaplain said
a sentence, and the Duke repeated it, till
he came to the petition, " Forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive them that tres
pass against u.s." There, the Duke was
silent
My Lord Duke, you are SILENT said
the chaplain. "Wil you be so good as
to continue and repeat the words after me,
if you dare do so? Forgive us our tres
passes as we forgive them that trespass
against us"
81 can not" replied the Duke.
well, God cannot forgive you, for He
has said so. He himself has given this
prayer. Therefore, you must either give
up your revenge, or give up saying this
prayer; for to ask God to pardon You as
you pardon others, is to ask him to take
vengeance on you for all your sins. Go,
now, my Lord, and meet your VICTIM
God will meet you at the great day of
judgment.
The iron will of the Duke was broken.
NO" said he" will finish my pray
er. My God, my Father, pardon me, For,
give me as l desire TO forgive him who
has offended me- Lead me not into temp
tation. but deliver me from evil"
"Amenr' said the Chaplain.
"Amenm repeated the Duke, who now
understood the Lords prayer better than
he had ever done before, since he had
learned to apply it to himselt.-BtdItcat
Treasury.
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Toy Making in Paris,

In Paris there are about 5000 workmen
employed in the exclusive trade of toy man.
ufacture. The chief essential in this art
is the procuring of the substanccs-the
raw material-to be used, for unless these
can be obtained for next to nothing, the fin
ished work would have 10 be sold 100 dear
to allow Of its success. The barrels Of
sham guns, so dear to the warIike male
offspring ofthe modern Gaul, are wrought
up out of old sardine boxes. Dolls boots
are made Of the coverings of discarded
purses, and their dresses and trimmings
Of the old WORKOUT stage costumes Of
actresses, gathered from every theater,
great or small. AS for the wheels which
support the thousands movable creations
in which the infantine heart delights, they
would, Of course, even il constructed
even by toy wheelwrights, be an import
ant item Of expense IN the profession, Al
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new modes of production may be cited in

new modes of production may be cited in
what has been called " Lambeth Faience."
A most interesting collection of original
works in pottery, designed by the Direct
ors and students of the Lambeth School
OF Art, has been for some time on view at
Messrs. Howell & James's Gallery, in Re
gent street. The idea of educating the
students in designing pottery arose with
Messrs. Doulton, of Lambeth, Who admir-
ing the industry and talent OF the pupils
under the able tuition of Mr. Sparkes,
gave them free permission to visit their
pottery and watch the work from the time
it left the wheel till its final removal from
the kilns. The pupils eagerly awaited
themselves of this permission, and they
profited so thoroughly by the opportunity
that they now in their own kilns bake
The productions of their own hands as
skillfully as practiced workmen, and have
produced some vases, plaques, jugs and
ornaments that would not have disgraced
the best days of Derby or Chelsea. AT
this carefully managed school, in an OBJ
scure part of London, there has, indeed,
suddenly sprung up new and important
branch of art that will soon enable us to
claim rank among the inventors of
pottery and prevent the constant recur-
renee to the trte types of Henry II. and
Palsy. The French, who look on the
English workman as slow in receiving
new ideas, would be astonished to see
how quickly young, inexperienced girls
and rough workmen have learned the
difficult and tedious processes Of pottery.
A symptom of the improved state of art in
England may be discovered in the fact
that last year for the first time the Royal
Academy considered the works produced
by its students in competition for medals
and other rewards to be of such degree of
merit as to deserve public exhibition.
These WERE consequently, on view in the
galleries of the academy, and many were
of undoubted excellence. The Council,
always anxious to give encouragement to
rising talent, thought the statuette by MIR.
w. H. Thorncroft of A warrior beating
from the battlefield a wounded youth, to
which the gold medal was awarded, so
good that they have entered into negoti-
alton with the author for Its purchase, and
a reduced copy in bronze is being pre-
pared, and will be included in the list Of
prizes of a future year.
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Forests.

The following letter, from the Chair
man of the Forest Committee Of the
American Institute, was read before that
body a few days ago. The idea of having
frcproof homes for the mass of the pco-
pie seems to be a very practical turn to
give the forest question, now 50 general
ly being agitatcd in our country:
SEA GROVE, CAfEMAy Co., N. j., May 10, 1876.
Hon. n. G. Ely, President Farmers
Club, American Institute, n. Y.-DEAR
SIR: We believe the subject Of "Fireproof
Homes" is to be recognized us most es-
scntialiy practical one in the near future.
Independent of the humane and economic
issues directly involved, the reduction OF
drain on the forest wealth is very soon to
be recognized as an important matter. AL
ready our views expressed on this subject,
as set forth in our Paper, No. %, read be
fore your body, have been warmly com
mcndcd by some Of the first architects in
the country. We are confident some of
our friends will soon try the experiment
of erecting tirCprOOf cottages.
These cottages will be Il success, and by
their example spread the good and merci-
full work. That buildings literally fire
proof cannot he constructed, as suggested
by some, Is an architectural heresy. The
security which it is possible to realize in
the way of incOmbustibe structures had a
t0rCiblc Illustration in the great fire at the
Smithsonian Institution, at Washington,
y. G., few years ago. We saw this ter
riblC COntIagration raging for hours, and
almost moaned in spirit as we thought OF
the loss science would suffer in the de-
struction of the finest collection in point
of quality, OF natural history specimens on
the continent. The museum section OF
the building, however, was tircprOof.
When the smoke and flame cleared away
not feather of the rarest bird or gauze-
like wing of the most delicate insect had
the slightest appearance of fire upon it,.
Another point in construction, not sug-
gcsted in No. %, is chemical preparation
of material of such portions of buildings
for which wood is desirable, if not nee
cssary. Much has already been done, and
more will soon be done. tOrcndcr lgneous
portions of dwellings and other buildings
incombustihle Yours for the forests OF
our FathCrland, GEORGE MAY POWELL
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same effects appeared upon pruning the
roots. and likewise whenever the extend
ing roots came plump against the side OF
the pot. Upon washing the earth care
fully from the roots by means of gentle
stream of water, the influence of the prun-
ing in giving the roots fibrous character
was very perceptible.
1t was also matter of observation in
the field, that those portions which were
the best cultivated, produced the largest
crop; and careful examination of au-
thorites shows beyond question, that UNI
der iudicious practice, the nearer to the
plant and the deeper the cultivator stirs
the soil, the better the crop-provided
common sense is USE and the plant is not
killed through following the letter of the
law, or the maturity Of the crop delayed
by its unreasonable practice.
Strange as it may seem, we are unable
to find in any of the books and authOri
lies at our disposal, any reference to the
root pruning of annual plants, as bene
! fetal practice. The whole object of cul
| tivation is given as the stirring and aerat
ing Of the soil, ii pulverization, and DIES
truction of weeds. Indeed, the mention
is occasionally made of the root cutting
but it is propounded most sagely that The
benefits of tie tillage so far exceed the in
| Jury of the root cutting of the plants, tina
we must till, till, till-the more the bet
| ter. Yet the secret of the success Of tht
new husbandry as originated and prac
ticed by Jethro Lull, must be explained
by the root pruning-the success of TIT
Louis Wecden husbandry, in the hands o
its originator and his disciples; and it
failure when tried eXperimentally b,
MessrS. Lawes, must be explained by tn,
presence of root pruning in the one case
and its absence in the other. The profit
ableness Of drilling of wheat in England
over the broadcasting, and the fact tina
there appears to be no prominent differ
ence between these methods Of sowing il
ourcountry, may be legitimately ascribc
to the root pruning effected by the En-
glish method Of spring hocing. Whc1
we come to the practice of the florist an
the gardener, we find with them an Ell
pirical practice, which, in part, accom-
plishes the same result, and produce
their success. -RuraJ Ne,0 Yolker.
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ByR V. PIERCE. NJ. D., Author of " The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser
healthy liver sccrctes each day about
two and a half pounds of bile, which con-
tains q great amount of waste material taken
from the blood. When the liver becomes
torpid or cOngcstcd, it fails to eliminate this
vast amount of nOXiOuS substance, which,
therefore, remains to poison the blood, and
be conveyed to every part OF the system.
What must he the condition of the blood when
it is receiving and retaining each day two
and half pounds of poison? Nature tries to
work off this poison through other channels
and organs-thc kidneys, lungs, skin, ETC.,
hut these organs become OVVr-taNCd IN per-
forming this labor in addition to their nat
ural functions, and cannot long Withstand
| the pressure, but become variuuSy diseased.
The BRAIN which is the great electrical
center of all vitality, is unduly stimulated
| by the unhealthy blood which passes to it
| from the heart, and it fails to perform its
| office hralthily. Hence the symptoms of
bile poisoning, which are dizziness, headache,
incapacity to keep the mind on any subject,
/ impairment Of memory, dizzy, sleepy, or
nervous feelings, gloomy forcbodings,
and irritahility of temper. The blood
| itself being diseased, it forms
| the sweat upon the surface Of the
skin, it is SO irritating and poisonous that it
| produces discOlOrcd brown spots, pimplc>,
| blOtchcs, and other crupious, sores, hUils,
carbunclcs, and scrofulous tumors. The
| stomach, bowels, and other organs, cannot
| escape becoming affected, sooner or later,
| and we have, us the result, COstiNGnrss, piles,
| drOpsy, dyspepsia, diarrhna. Other symp-
| toms are common, aS bitter Or lad taste in
mouth, internal heat, papitntion, teas
ing cough, unsteady appetite, choking sen
sation in throat, hloathg of stomach, pain
| in sides or about shoulders or back, culdncss
| of CNtrCmitirs etc, etc. Only Il few Ol the
above symptoms are likely to he present III
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The Philosopher in the Detroit Police
Court.

IT is seldom that philosopher gets
drunk, or it might he safer to say that ii
is seldom philosopher is arrested for be
ing drunk. The officers got hold of one
yesterday. Long hair, seedy clothes, one
boot and one shoe, no collar and a pro
found look. When Bijah opened the door
of his cell and beckoned him out, the
philosopher inquired:
"Why do men degrade themselves to
the level of the brute creation?'
Don't ask me any conundrums, y
gasped the old janitor, wiping the sweat
from his face. Here I've worked like a
nox all the morning, and now I've got to
fool around for an hour with you drunk
ards"
1.-The human body is said to be ma
chine" continued the old man, "but-''
But Bljah walked HIM out.
Been to the Centennial?" asked his
Honor.
"What has the Centennial to do with
transmigration:" inquired the philoso-
pher.
That's where he had the Court on the
hip.
Fermented liquor is said to degrade a
person." continued the philosopher, OPEN
| ing his hands. They say so because it
stupeties the brain, unstrings the nerves
| and relaxes the muscles. Doesn't death
nrnInPa tba of,
drunkenness is death, and death is drunk
enness.n
81 understand" observed his Honor.
You intend to put in the plea that you
were dead instead of drunk"
Perfectly, perfectly" bowed the old
man.
"Well, the law covers both cases. If
you were drunk it is a punishable offense :;
if you were dead, | can legally dispose of
the body. What do you say to sixty days
in the morgue:"
The human system is made up of
bones, muscles, carriages, lime, salt,
leather, iron and several other articles, :"
replied the philosopher, avoiding reply
to the question.
Your system was mostly made up of
whisky last night" answered the court,
land having danced you must now pay
the fiddler"
Theoretically, practically, virtually
and directly, I'll not pay any fiddler one
red c"nt!" bluntly exclaimed the philoso-
pher.
"Ah! you jump from philosophy to
sass" remarked thecourt. Even ifyou
were philosopher should send YOU up.
There's more philosophy than clean shirts
nowadays, and it is my candid opinion
that good smoked ham will outweigh all
the philosophy from Newton's time down
to yours. make it sixty days in the ice.
house for you"
Speaking of ice." slowly answered
the old man, "cau you inform me wbv
the act of freezing purifies waterr,
81 can inform you that you had better
go into the corridor and take a seat - was
the decisive answer, and the philosopber
was seen astride Of the blue saw horse
Free Press.
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of being endowed with it herself. And
yet she need not be instructed that she has
no force of character. When she must
help or protect herself, she should know
that she has reserved forces that are al
ways to be in waiting for the time Of ne
cessity.
In the family circle the mother is con-
stantly in possession of opportunities for
bringing out and perfecting the manliness
of her boys and the womanliness of her
girls; and she can and ought to commence
this instruction just as soon as they can
understand her words.-1He Metropolitan.
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Rc1uJate the Bodily Functions.

This advice should he especially needed
BY those who suffer from an irregular habit
of body or disorders of the bladder or kid
news. Inactivity of the bowels, or of the
urinary organs, is speedily rcctticd by that
wholesome apericut and sterling invigora-
tive durctic, Hostctter's Stomach Bittcrs;
and, as all affections of the organs OF dis
charge have strong tendency to become
chronic, and that very rapidly, the use the
Btters should rot be delayed a moment
longer than is necessary. The action OF TINS
inestimable corrective upon the bowels
differs widely from that of a drastic purga-
tive, since it is never violent or abrupt, but
always gentle and natural, and its effects
upon the bladder and kidneys arc strength
cning rs well S mildly stimulatiyc. The
hcalthful impetus which it gives to diges-
ton also renders it most desirable general
tonic.
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probably contain opium. which is n somewhat
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