davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-06
The Temples of Egypt.

IN the distribution Of the monuments
of Egypt, it is curious fact that the pyr-
amids are found only in Lower Egypt
! and the great temples only in Upper. 1t
! was not till we had been week on the
Nile that we had our first sight of the lat
Ter at Denderah, We have since spent
three days at rhebes, the great center Of
historical interest, and have made regu-
lar campaign of sightseeing, starting on
excursions every morning, and thus have
explored the ruins on both sides of the
river-for Thebes, like many other great
cities, like London and Paris-was built
on both sides of Il river, but one much
greater than the Thames or the Seine, yet
not so great but that it was spanned by
bridge, at least so it is inferred from some
ancient sepultures and Inscriptions, over
which poured population such as pourS
over London bridge to-day. The site
seems made for great capital for here
the mountains retire from the river,
sweeping round in a circuit of some fifty
miles, leaving a broad plain TO be filled
with human habitationS. Here 1900
years ago was built Il city greater than
that on the banks of the Tigri5 or the
Euphrates, than Nineveh or Babylon.
Here was the center of power and dorlin-
ion for two continents-not only for Africa
but for Asia-to which locked the multi
Mdinous nations of AsSyria and Arabia
and Persia, and the tarthest East, as well
as the tribes of Ethiopia-as 1000 years
later all the peoples of the earth 1ocked
TO Rome. 1t is easy, from historical rec
ords and monumental Inscriptions, to
form some idea of the glory of this CAPT.
tai of the ancient world. We can imagine
the tumult and the roar of this more an.
cent Rome, when the chariots of mighty
Kings, and the tread of armies returning
victorious from distant wars, Numbered
through her hundred gates
Then did the Kings Of Egypt rear tenn
pies and palaces and statues and obelisks
worthy of all that greatness. Then were
built the most gigantic temples ever
raised by the hand Of man-as much sur
passing in va,tness and grandeur those
reared centuries afterward by the Greeks,
as the latter surpass anything by the
moderns.
We have now been week-beginning |
with Notwithstanding these ruins, and |
may give certain general impressions. We
do not attempt any detailed description,
which must necessarily be inadequate,
since neither words nor figures convey |
any idea of them, any more than they do
Of the Alps. What would he thought
of an avenue nearly mile long lined
with over twelve hundred colossal
sphinxes? Yet such was the avenue from
Luxor to Karnae IAN approach worthy to
lead to the temple of the gods. What
can we say Of q forest OF columns, each
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-06

else no action on the growth CT plants'
and contribute nothing to their nutrltlon
but by the slow, though regular action OF
the frosts and the rain, the air and the
sunshine, insoluble and refractory COM
pousds are reduced to soluble state, ana
are appropriated and held on deposit by
the soil to the credit of the next
crop. This explains the well-known fac'
that soils, which have been cropped to
the very verge of barrenness, will recover
their fertility if allowed to remain long
enough under the action Of climatic In
auences to saturate the soil with the
necessary plant-food, which they have un
locked from their chemical combinations,
and given to the soil in a proper physical
condition. These changes are brought
about more rapidly when certain mechan
ical changes of condition are wrought up
on the soil.
Carbonic acid is one of the most active
of the agents employed in bringing the
insoluble organic matter in the soil into
that physical condition in which it be
comes available as plant-food. In ordel
that this acid may be formed, it is essen
tial that the carbonaceous matter IN TIT
soil should be brought into direct contac
with the atmosphere, from which the,
procure the oxygen necessary to CONVEX
them into carbonic acid. So long as stag
nant water remains in the soil, or so lonl
as the soil is in dense or very compac
condition, it is impossible for the carbon
to be converted into acid.-Journdt Q
| rbg,OjSiru
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-06
Mending rinware.

HAVING read a communication in the
I5Hr"I upon this subject and, having had
some experience in the art, l give your
readers the benefit thereof.
One canvery easily learn to mend their
own tin, and u soldering iron is much bet
ter than a candle 20 do it with, as the
solder win adhere to the timed face of the
iron, and may be drawn along a crack or
seam, and spread or rubbed over hole.
II the solder is moi inclined to stick, a lit.
ucrubbing the place With the hot irouwjll
assist it to 90 so.
In order to brighten tin or soldering, it
should only DE scraped very lightly, that
the iron plate beneath may be exposed as
little as possible; for the reason that solder
does not readily adhere to an iron Or un
tuned surface, and if there are any spots
uncovered by the solder, the iron viii soon
COrrOde and make a new hole-and this is
the reason why have learned better than
to use acids or soldering fluid. They are
50 powerfully corrosive, as your cor
respondent says-that they set up an act
ion on the tin, especially if the iron is cX-
posed, and in q little while the whole spot
will be rusted ont. Ac5els are anAoUy m
necessary in soldering timed s,llfaces
Tinners do not use them in ordinary tin
work but they are useful for brass, cop
per, zinc, etc. A little rosin, put upon
the place with your solder, Is all that is
necessary, and is not corrosive If the
iron is heated too hot, 50 that it is red, the
timing upon it viii be destroyed, and at
the same time will eat cavities in it.,
making a rough face, i'll which case it may
he hammered down some, then filed
bright, and timed again, by heating it so
that ii will melt solder, and then rubbing
its bright face in the melted solder. with
rosin, on brick. The brick serves to
keep ii bright until the solder adhcrcs.-
HeU5ea dR2re,Cs, ia Rurm Neco Tdrher.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-06

WHEN Justice Potter reached his Office
yesterday morning man about forty
years old aud decidedly old-fashioued il
look was there waiting for him. Hi
talk ed about the weather for a while anG
then remarked:
"a man down here on Larned stree
sent me 10 you, saying that you could rec.
ommend me to some nice looking widow"
The court has become used to such ap,
plications, and without betraying any sur
prise he gave the stranger written direc-
tons to find widow who lives in the
northern part of the city. The man went
away, but returned in the course of two
hours, one Of his eyes growing black and
blue, scratch on his nose, torn coat
collar, and generally unsettled look He
sat down, pulled up his pant leg TO ex.
hibit the marks of dog-bite, pointed to
his eye and grimly observed:
&C believe you recommended me TO a
widow"
Yes"
!" But she didn't want 10 marry-didn't
seem 10 care anything about the holy
bonds of wedlockr'
81 didn't think she would" sighed
his Honor, as he turned to his law books
again.
The stranger looked at him for five or
six minutes, and then went out without
another word. -Detroit Free Press.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-06
Indians After an Honest Man

INDIANS may be treacherous, but they
can be just, and they can be honest, and
who shall say how far the dishonesty of
others has led to their treachery. They
know when they are cheated, as our
Government has found to its cost. An old
trader, who had established himself at
what happened to be a favorable locality
among the Northern Indians, tells good
story of his first trials with his red Gus
toners. Other traders had located in the
same place before, but had not remained
long. The Indians, who evidently wanted
goods, and had money and furs, tiocked
about the store of the new trader and care
fully examined his goods, but offered to
buy nothing. Finally their chief, with a
large number of their tribe visited him.
GLOW do, John 9'' said the chief
"Show me goods. Aha! I take that
blanket for me and that calico for squaw
three otter skins for blanket and one
for calico. Ugh! pay you BIN by-to-
morrow"
He received his goods and left. On the
next day he returned with a large part OF
his band, his blanket well stuffed with
skins of various kinds. "Now, John, |
pay"
And with this he drew an otter skin
from his blanket and laid it on the counter.
Then he drew second, a third and I,
fourth. A moments hesitation, as though
calculating, and he drew out fifth skin
- very rich and rare one, and passed il
over
"Thats right, john
The trader instantly pushed back the
last skin, with
You owe me but four. want only
my just dues"
The chief refused to take ii, and they
passed it several times back and forth,
each one asserting that it belonged to the
other. At length the dusky chicftain APP
peared to be satisfied. He gave the trader
a scrutinizing look, and put the skin back
into the blanket, Then he stepped to the
door, and gave yell and cried out to his
followers:
COme-COme and trade with the pale
face, John. He no cheat Indian. His
heart big"
Then turning to the trader, he said:
Suppose you take last skin, tell my
people ne trade with you. We drive of
others; but now you be Indians friend and
we be yours"
Before dark the trader was waist deep in
furs and loaded down with cash. He
! found that honesty had commercial value
with these Indians.-N. Y. Witness.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-06
The Absorptiye Power OF Soil.

II is an important discovery OF recent
date, that soils have the power Of separ
| ating not only ammonia, but other bases
also, from their solutions, and of holding
them with great tenscity after their al,
sorption. Thus 100 grains of clay soil
taken from the plastic clay formation OF
England, absorbed 1 $50 grains Of potash
from solution of caustic potash contain
ing one per cent. Of the alkali. 1t is inter
esting to observe that The liquid was rot,
in this case, filtered through the SOIL but
the cold solution was merely left in con-
tact with ii for twelve hours.
1t has been further shown that soils
have the ability to separate the alkaline
bases from the acids with which they are
combined. When saline solutions are
slowly filtered through soils five or six
inches deep, the liquids which passed
through were deprived of their alkaline
bases, as potash, soda, ammonia and
magnesia, and only the acids were TO be
found in combination with some other
base. Thus, when muriatc of ammonia
was filtered through the soil the am
monia was removed, and correspond
ing quantity of lime, in combination with
murlatic acid, was found in the filtered
liquid. In the same way sulphate of
potash was deprived of its base, and the
liquid collected gave sulphate of lime.
Those soils which have the greatest
amount of capillary porosity will con-
dense the greatest amount of manurial
substances on their internal surfaces, will
retain them longest against the adverse
solvent action of water, and will give
them out most readily to the rootlets OF
the growing plant.
a mass of adhesive clay will absorb but
very slight amount Of available manure :;
but if this same mass is rendered friable,
by mechanical processes, its power of alb
sorption is amazingly increased. In view
of what has been stated, it is very clear
that one way in which blowing increases
the fertility of land is by increasing its
porosity by puiverization.
Again, many manurial substances exist
in the soil, which, being insoluhle, exer.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-06
The Elects OF Different Foods,

How DIFFERENT foods differently affect
animal growth is surely an interesting
subject, ana especially in the relation,
more or less near or remote which food
has to the cure or development of disease.
Some OF the facts here reported are gath
cred from the relations Of individual ex-
pericnce, and some from the memory of
what have read. Few, if any, of them
are new, and few of much importance. ex-
cept IN the connection referred to above.
Perhaps no animals show the influence Of
food on their flesh so quickly and so dis
uhctty as swine; and What is true OF their
flesh is also, in all reasonable probability,
true OF the rest of The body-bones, blood,
Viscera, etc Thus an accomplished and
experienced butcher will tell with almost
absolute certainty how dressed hog has
been fed by the kind and measure of re.
sistance offered to the knife in the cutting
up. II fed Stop in excess, or butchers
ohal exclusively, the cellular tissues will
be much increased in substance, and the
fatty part, having larger portion of
oI|ILLC Lidh cNSai iht, Will DC SplttI anu
more spongy, and in cutting up offer less
resistance to the knife The carcass of
the hog fed and finally fatted on beech
nuts will, when hung up and cold, drop
oil for days; and the clear sides, when
sailed and smoked, will become translu-
cent. The fat, packing part of the corn
fed swine, at q temperature not above |
sixty Or sixty-fve degrees, is harder and
firmer, and offers more resistance to the |
knife than that OF swine fed on more al
luminous food, and will keep quito as
well, if not better, in cool ATTITUDES, be-
cause the fat has more stearine than
oleine; but in the case of high tempera-
ture, with heat enough to soften or melt
the stearine, corn-fed pork is quite out of
he question, European and Continental
governments rejecting American pork
for ships destined for the tropics
and for expeditions bound to low
latitudcs. There is another illustration
OF how food affects cellular tissue, in
the fact that corn-fed American clear pork
cannot be used for lardsng, sinceit is quite
100 tender 10 be cut into strings and then
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-06
Gravel Stones.

WE can trace most of the JOY and sor-
row in this world right back TO woman.
An enemy that fears you is not very
dangerous one.
The very height Of human Intelligence
is to know just what things are actually
worth
The worst man TO convince is the one
who says Eyes" to every thing you say.
There is nothing on earth so empty as
head without any brains in it; it is
worse than 4 pail with the bottom knocked
out.
1t amt every man that Providence con.
siders worthy of being tried by adversely
The man who CANDLES OF drinks whisky
can't choose his associates
| have always noticed that those who
have the most Of gravity, have the least oI
anything else.
The man who can't learn anything
from his failures is past all hope.
Men Of the greatest genius have the
most simplicity and reverence.
The road to ruin is down hill, and al
ways macadamized at that.
There is no room in a small head fol-
| anything else but cunning.
have seen men so lazy that they woulC
tire the tools all out that they WORKED
with.
| Passion neutralizcs both strength anc
reason.
True liberty is the result of judiciou:
restraint
Envy and avarice can't be satisfied
after they have cat up everything eIs'
thcy viii commence feeding on them
! selves.
Truth don't alter Or grow old; two ant
two made four when Adam was boy
and ii amounts to the same to-day.
| never have seen an angel yet, ant
don't think l want to; l shouldn't know
how to behave in the presence Of one
The man who can't amuse himself can
amnse others.
Everybody praises competency, bu
everybody in digging in for some more
[ 1t is a fearful condition to get into to b.
dependent upon others for our pleasures
Great sensitiveness is not a relative evi
dence of merit; 1t is often the mere resul
of ennui or pride.
Anticipations of the future form thu
| pleasures of youth, reflections of the pas
those of old age.
! AS long as the molasses holds ont you
will find flies plenty-thus it is with mos
of the friendships of life.
The hardest sinner in the whole lot tc
convert is the one who spends one half hi:
time in SHINING and the other half in re
pentance.
A golden key will pick almost any lock
josh. Billings, in n. Y. Weekly.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-06
DIR. Schenck,s Standard Remedies.

The standard remedies for all diseases of the
lungs are SCHEHCK's PrLAoHIc SYRUP. ScHrNcr's
SEA WEED Toxic and SCuESCK's MANDRAKE
Pitts, and if taken before the lungs destroyed
a speedy cure is effected
To these three medicines Or. j. II. Schenck OF
Fhiladephia. owes his unrivaled success in the
treatment Of pulmonary diseases.
The Pnlmonic Syrup ripena the morbid matter
in the lungs; nature throws it off by an easy ex-
Pectoration. for when the phlegm matter is ripe
slight cough will throw it Off the patient has rest
ana the lungs begin 10 heal
To enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do this.
Scbencks Mandrake Pills and Schencks Sea
Weed Tonic must be freely used to cleanse the
stomach and liver. SChcnGk's Mandrake Pills act
on the liver. removing all distractions relax the
gaIl'badder, the bile starts freely and the liver is
soon relieved.
Schencks Sea Weed Tonic il a gentle stimUlant
and alternative; the alkal of which il is composed
mixes with the food and prevents souring 1t as
hcnithy condition. so that the food and the Pull
monte syrup will make good blood; then the lungs
heal. and the patient win surely get well if care il
taken to prevent fresh cod.
All who wish to consult DIR. Schenck either per-
son1iy or by letter, do so at his principal Of
fee, corner Of SIXTH and ARCH Srs., Philadelphia
every Monday.
Schencks medicines sold by all druggists
throughout the country.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-06
A Singular Trade.

THERE is singular trade in Paris.
All boarding schools here are extremely
DESTROYS TO have among their pupils the
highest prize man. There is an annual
examination Of all the school-bovs Of a
given standing in Paris. One Of them is
TIC highest prize man, To have trained
The highest prize man is the best possible
advertisement of Il school. Boarding
school masters are consequently always
ON the lookout for boys who promise to
carry Off this distinction. Their parents
hold a sort Of auction of the bright boy
and conttde him to the boarding school
master who bids highest for him. A
hopeful candidate for the Derby is not
more scdulously watched and trained.
AN the masters take the utmost pains
with him. He is drilled, and crammed,
and examined, in school hours and out of
school hours. He is made to feel night
as well as day, that he was born, fed and
educated for no other purpose but to carry
off this great prize. He leads the life of
the Srasburg goose, whose liver is TO
have the honor of entering pate dc tote
gGs.-Scrtdacr for dprI.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-06
A Dog that Plays Ball.

THE Rainbow Fire Company's large
white spaniel, " Rainey," is probably one
of the most expert dogs at ball-catching
in the country. He is a heavy, well built
animal, white, shaggy coat, sharp, yellow
eyes, long ears, intelligent expression,
and passionately fond of lively fun.
Among the animals specialties is ball
catching, day or night. An exhibition
was given recently of his remarkable act
ivity, instinct and experiences. A person
stood off twenty yards, threw up ball,
and the dog caught it in his mouth as it
came down. This was repeated num-
her Of times with equal success. Then
the ball was thrown with force so as to
strike the ground and bound. 1t was
then picked up by the dog in his teeth on
the short bound, and promptly returned
10 the person who threw it,
Chasing hard thrown bal in the night
and finding it in the dark is an accom-,
plisbment the dog is well up in. At
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-06

times he is thwarted for several minutes,
but he goes over the ground thoroughly
and never gives up until he finds the ball.
The ball is then placed on his back. One,
two are counted, and instead of three,
four, six, eight or ten are substituted, but
the dog won't jump and catch the ball as
it rolls off his back until the word three
is pronounced. Quick as thought he will
jump around and grab the object firmly
in his teeth. Sometimes he will muff a
ball the same as the best of men playing,
and none are so good but they'll dror
them sometimes. When the dog mis-.
judges a ball it generally comes down
square on his nose. He never gets tired
but will keep on PLAYING as longas there is
anybody to keep up the sport with him.
Reading (Pa.) Ea9le.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-06
Pasturing VI eadoWS.

IL tell you, says ). j. WooIcy, in the
Ohio Farmer, that pasturing your mead
ows viii make them more productive,
you may doubt it. But such is the fact.
in many cases. 1t is my experience that
this is the only way that very many
meadows can be brought to full product
iycneSs. But it must be done ia the pr0p-
er manner and at the right time. Do
not pasture your meadows in the sprin g
and expect them to produce a full crop
neither should you pasture off the after
math too close. Nearly all of our mead
oWS have failed to produce mere than
half crop after from five to eight years,
and after pasturing them one season, the
| next year they would produce good
crop. In one particular instance ! rent
ed meadow to man for q pasture: 1t
had only produced half crop of hay for
two or more years previous. lie put
about three times as much stock on it as
should have been it was grazed close to
the ground all summer. ! concluded
that ii would not amount to ANYTHING for
meadow or pasture atterward any more
but the next spring it looked so strong
and vigorous that l let it alone, and it pro-
duccd a full crop. j have never seen this
accounted for, or seen anything in print in
reference to it. but have no doubt that the
experience OF others will coincide with
my own. can account for it only in the
following manner; 1t is well-knoWn
fact that many old meadows are so full of
worms that they cut nearly all the grass
roots off, and in places you can roll the
sod back like fleece of wool. The worms
are so near the surface that the crows and
the rcd-headed woodpeckers destroy great
quantities Of them the flicker or yellow
hammer mostly lives on them also. If the
meadows are tramped all over with farm
stock, these worms will all be tramped to
Ipoth
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-06

Two Important Discoveries. The dis
cOvcry Of America by Columbus, ind DR..
Picrcc's Golden Medical Discovery; the one
opening up to mankind new continent, the
other Il fountain of health, which is indis-
pcnsahlc to the full enjoyment of life and
lis dressings In response to the ahose sen
tincnt come the unsolicited attcstations OF
tens Of thousands Of grateful patients, who
have been relieved of chronic ailments
through its fundamentally. Those voices
arr limited TO no one locality, but from
every city, village, ana hamlet, in our bl Dad
domain, as well as from other climes, and in
the strange uttcranccs OF foreign tongues,
like the confused murmur of many waters.
come unfcigncd and hearty Communications,
1t is, in combination with the Pleasant Eur
gntiyc Pellets, the great depurator of the
aye. Under its benign action crUptions dis
appear, excessive waste is checked, the
nerves are strengthened, and health, long
banisHcd from the system, resumes her
reign and re-establishcs her roseate throne
upon the check. All who have thoroughly
tested its virtues in the diseases for which it
is recommended unite in pronouncing it the
great Medical Discovery of the age.