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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-01-13
STEAM CULTIVATION ABROAD.

AS result after several years practi-
cal experience in steam cultivation. we
have report from Lord kinnaird in
Scotland, and Mr. Mech in England.
Lord kinnaird says he began in 1861
with clumsy contrivance, but he soon
became acquainted with John Fowler
who had devoted many years to this pro-
blem of steam.plowing. Being then in
poor health he came to stay, tor n
change of air, and he brought with him
q Ii horsepower engine, which on trial,
was attached to an anchor on the opposite
side OF field-while the tacker moved
PARALLEL with the engine. There were
several mino, ingenious devices which
helped wonderfully. However. Fowler
did not live to see his pillow brought to
perfection by the double engine system.
The Progress OF blowing by other power
than horses singularly enough origina-
ted in the use OF water power, and Fow-
Ter purchased patent that was so APP
piled. In 1864 Lord kinnaird purchas-
ed another IA horse power engine. and
with the other he has worked up TO the
present time on level ground and on hill
sides and across marshes. The expert.
ence leads to the positive conclusion
that all parts of an eogine need to be OF
the best and strongest material, and
every belt should be made OF steel or OF
high grade of iron. Cheap engines
are certain to be expensive. A set OF
engines should always be accompanied
by an experienced mechanic, that with
the aid OF country blacksmith repairs
may be quickly made. and small work
shop is important. In addition to the
pillow Lord kinnaird has brought into
use on his farm a combination Of har.
row and roller: and he expects 10 be
aole to turn out drain-plow TO cut 3 to
feet deep. The greatest advance,
made is in the purchase of two 20 horse
power engines tor the purpose of knitting
or subsoiling to the depth of two OF three
feet by which the soil is opened and
areated and the water is let off. while nc
subsoii is brought into the surface.
1t is thought that this process will in
time do away with the necessity for n
least half the drains. This work is done
at cost of about sl.25 an ac1e. The
crops are much better than when the
subsoil is brought up, aud perhaps W.
car understand now why farmers il
this country differ so deci tedly on tn.
subject Of deep blowing. for while il
some cases subsoiling is "a advantage
| in others it is so injurious that farmer
would not have the work done free: bu
no objection could be had to this system
OF '.kuiing-7 Lord kinnaird is NV
I convinced that the engines should be q
least 20 horsepower. With such
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-01-13
SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHERS IN TROUBLE
IN PARIS

Late foreign papers bring interesting
particulars relative to the recent i'm
prisonment in Paris of an American
photographer. Ii appears that the ed
itor OF the spiritualist paper. ~ Ley
marie. and a photographer. NJ. Bugnet.
made an alliance with an American
named Fifman, from whom they learned
the art OF persuading the people that they
could, ii persons only willed strong
enough, coniure in any photograph :
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-01-13

mild eyes looked deep into the great,
sad, and awful truths Of existence. To
her life is serious reality, and the gift
of gen Jus a grave responsibility. Home
Sketches IN France, by Mrs. Henry N.
Field.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-01-13
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Having the State agency tor the ESTEY Or
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strunents at prices leas than inferior instru
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stock of musical merchandise Of every descrip
ton, md all orders or inquiries sent by mail Of
otherwise will receive my promp. attention
Catalogues furnished free upon application
Al frcSsD
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-01-13
Saint PAUL svslNEss DIRECTORY,

HOTELS.
MERcHASrs. a. Allen, Proprietor, cor. Third
and Jackson streets.
EXCHANGE, .'endrick & Leland, Proprietom.
corner Fourth and jackson Streets Best 6
per day House in the City
REVERE HOUSE, 50 per day, cor. 7th and Rob-
ert-sts, Hitchcock & Todd, Props.
ROGERS HOTEL, J. Rogers, Proprietor, 81 Rob-
er-st Prices reasonable.
AMERICAN House, cor 4th and Wabasha sts.
N. Pottgeiser, Proprietor.
SHERMAN HOUSE, Hassig & Slateler PROPS,
corner Fourth and Sibley streets.
INTERN ATIoNAL, Stratton 4 Co. Proprieton
cor. Jackson and Seventh.
EUROPEAN, R. E. Heckithier, Proprietor, f07
Third street.
Seventh-st., bet. Robert and Jackson
TERMS % per Day.
WHOLESALE HARDWARE.
Strong, Hackett & Chaplin, 1872 Z. Sd st.
WHOLESALE DRY GOODS.
WIN. Lee, SO and 65 E. Third st.
D. W. ln0ersoll 4 Co., cor. Third and Wabo:
sha streets.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
St Paul Harvester Works, IS w. Sd st.
WHOLESALE LIQUORS.
lsaacs 4 Orschall, p Robert st.
BOOKS AND CHURCH GOODS.
D. O'Halloran, 65 wabasha st.
TEAS AND COFFEES, WHOLE
SALE.
| Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., ak E. Third
street.
GUNS L. FISHING TACKLE.
W R. Burkhard, % z. Sd street.
N. F. Kennedy & Bro, 30 f. Sd street.
AUCTIONEERS.
R. 4 J. NJ. Warner, cor. Sd and Cedar St..
BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES.
r. L. Wharton, 106 Jackson st.
STOVES AND TIMERS STOCK
Strong, Hackett & Chaplin, 1872 3. I'd st.
UNDERWRITERS.
Stees Bros, 81 Z 81 st.
REAL ESTATE.
D. A. Robertson 4 Son, 10 Z. Sd st.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
James Smith, Jr., As E. Sd It,
G.. S. Bryant, "a Wabasha st.
FURNITURE, WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL.
Stees Bros, 81 E. I'D st.
ARCHITECTS AND SUPERIN.
TENDENTS.'
N. Shiere 4 Bro, l46 3. Fifth II.
| LIFE INSURANCE.
Union hutu.! Life, Otto W. Rimpler, Gsnasal
| Agent, 10 ". 3d st.
Continental Life, N. T., 3. W. Clifford, agsuE.
| St. Paul,
Life Association Of America, Eben Holmss.
| agent, st. Paul.
MARBLE GRANITE WORKS.
Thos. Bower, cor 7th and Cedar It.
DRUGGISTS, WHOLESALER
Noyes Bros. & Cutler. 20 & ~ Robert q.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-17

cealed by the falling STORM. Behind,
d few ragged, fading tracks showed
where man and horse had struggled
on in the drift.
Suddenly low and far-off moan
broke on the utter stiffness of the air.
Mont, scared and half delirious with
excitement and fatigue, looked up
toward the southern wall OF the deflle.
The mountain-top seemed to be I'M
loosed and falling over into the valley.
The whole side of the ridge appeared
broken off, and as it glided swiftly
down, Mont noted, with fascinated
minuteness of observation, that q
broad brown furrow showed behind it
where the earth was laid bare. Down
rushed the mighty avalanche. The
whole defile seemed to shut up like the
covers of book. In twinkllng the
three poor little cabins were wiped out
as with wet sponge. The palbd mass
swept on with roar, its huge arms
flying up toward llle SKIES. II WIS iio'
so much wall of snow as resistless
torrent, broad and deep. The young
man stood still, his heart ceased to
beat; yet he stood and gazed, unable to
flee. as the avalanche Numbered down
from bench to bench, struck the bot
tom of the canon, and spread out III a
confused mass of whiteness. In an
instant horse and man vanished Ill q
waste of snow. The narrow valley
was filled, and only here and there,
where an uprooted tree or a fragment
of wrecked cabin showed above the
surface, was there anything to break
the utter deSolation.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-17
INDUSTRIAL, STATISTICAL
AND TECHNICAL,

Dom PEDRO left orders for 50, O0o,-
900 worth of American machinery.
THE annual manufacture of agricul-
tural implements il the United States
amounts to $52, 100000.
TWELVE tons of currants have been
received by New York fruit dealer.
the yield of one Jersey farm.
ASIA, the country of the Orient, can
afford to lose few people by war.
She has population of 100, 900, 900.
COLORADO produces SIS, 900 in sill
yer, $4,000 in gold and 81, 900 in other
metals every twenty-four hours, or
$4,000 yearly.
The famous city of Sebastopol does
not now contain more than 1000 inhab-
itants, who vegetate in the midst of
crumbled walls, living by wretched
commerce, which hardly brings them
in bread.
PROF. HENRY says if the earth were
exposed in space without an envelope
of atmosphere and without receiving
any radiation of heat, it would sink
to 800 degrees below freezing, and no
vegetation or life could exist upon it.
WATERMELON sirup is now made
in Georgia. 1t is said to be of Il every
clear claret color, and while it is not
equal to that made from our sugar.
cane, IT IL far superior to our sorghum
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-17
Somebody's Mother.

SUCH wild eyes, Such matted hair ..
Such strange thoughts as came to her
half-craZed brain as she staggered
through the streets. A drunken man
is an object of pity-a drunken wom-
an is terrible sight. She loses every
good emotion, every womanly feeling,
and her eyes look 50 much like the eyes
of mad wolf that passers give her
the walk and shudder us they meet
her. This woman muttered her wild
thoughts as she staggered along. and
she clutched the air as if she saw
enemies on every side. BY and by
she fell down beside the fence, groaned
and mumbled and muttered, and then
ceased further effort to regain her feet
Children gathered around her-nOt to
| torment her-not to make sport of her
condition, but to feel awed and mvSti-
fled at the shocking sight. They We're
like shadows dancing before her
| blurred vision, and she held out her
arms and muttered:
"Iou wouldn't hurt an old woman,
would your
81 wouldn't dare hurt YOU" replied
a lad of eight or nine. "You are some
body's mother-you may have a boy
just as big as mer'
"Mother-boy?" she muttered, try
ing to steady her gaze. $50 l have
got bOy-so | have"
''And won't he be afraid when the
dark comes" innocently asked the lad.
His words seemed to touch a chord
in her heart. She drew herself up,
reached out trembling hand to the
children, and there were tears in her
eyes as she whispered:
I'D forgotten that l had boy. He
will be waiting at the gate. I'm going
right home"
Her step was still unsteady, but she
did not fall again; and as her form
was lost i'll the twilight the children
sat on the grass and whispered to each
other:
'What will her boy say ?"-Detroit
Free Press.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-17
Tying Animals in Stables.

IT is a good plan to have animals
securely tied in the barn at any and all
times when it is desirable to have them
fastened there at all. Cattle often IN
lure themselves and each other very
seriously when they get loose at night
or when there is no one around to see
to them. Cases are not very rare IN
which cows have got to the barrel and
ate enough meal to kill them, and once
in a while we hear of cows being bad
" hooked by one which had got I'M
tied in the stable while the others were
fastened. But while it is very impor-
tant that animals should be secured SO
that they cannot loosen themselves OF
each other, it is also very desirable that
they should be fastened in such a man
ner that their owner can readily unite
them when he wants to. The latter
NAV seem to some readers to be need
less caution, but some farmers need ii
and ought to give heed to its teachings.
Last week the barn belonging to one
of my neighbors was struck by light
ming and burned. The owner saw the
flash and went at once to the burning
building to get out his horse and COW
which were tied in their stables. He
got to the horse but was not able tt
unfasten the rope with which he was
tied, had no knife with which to cut
it, and was obliged to leave his horse
to perish in the flames. Now. do moi
set myself up for a model farmer by
any means, but always tie my horses
i'll such a manner that, while perfectly
secured from getting loose themselves
can unite them in two seconds.
! tie with a "half bow knot" and draw
the end of the rope through the lool
thus made. Besides this, l Away:
carry jack knife in my pocket. II
these respects think my example i:
worthy of imitation. al animals tina
are fastened in barns or anywhere else
should be secured in such a name
that i'll case of fire they can be readil,
set at liberty. This is the teachin.
not only of self-interest on the part o
farmers, but also of common human
ity.-Ohio Farmer.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-17

With such hurtful drugs as qLininc, Gallo
mel, or blue pills, but take instead that safe,
prompt and agreeable substitute, Hostel
ter's Stomach Bittcrs, which, whether it is
used to remedy or prevent malarial fevers,
overcome general debility, or to correct tor
pidity of the liver and bowels, will in every
case be found fully adequate TO the wants
of the sick and feeble. it entirely removes
dyspcptic symptoms, and by stimulating the
fow Of gastric juice, facilitates digestion
and insures the conversion of food into
blood, whereby the system is efficiently
nourished and regains its lost riTor. This
yrest vegetable restorative has received the
Endorsement of men OF science, the press
has repeatedly borne voluntary 'imony TO
its excellence, and the public has long since
given it the preference to every MEDICINE OF
its kind
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-17
that was brought into use in this eet,n.

that was brought into use in this eeuna
try during the war;
A PITTSBURGH inventor is reported
to have made remarkable discovery
IN the tempering of glass by which it
is rendered as tough as india-rubber.
Using one of his patent rtitilieys as a
hammer he drives tenpenny nails into
a two and a half inch plank without
making flaw in the glass.
The total male population of Turkey
e, Guiding the vassal States, as also the
islands, but including the district of
Constantinople, is, according to the
official slmanars, 1876, 900, or, in
FOUND numbers, about 100000. AS
suming that the sexes are as nearly
equal as in other countries, the popu-
lation would thus somewhat exceed
100000.
THE late Sultan of Turkey had twen-
ty-one palaces in which 400 porters
and watchmen were employed, at an
annual cost of 71,GOO. The Sultan
cuisine was particularly expensive.
The fuel alone cost 1888, 900 a year,
and $4,000 worth of sugar was used
annually, while 10000 sheep and goats
were consumed. In the kitchen $50
servants were employed and in the
whole establishment total of 6,5O5
servants and parasites were fed. In
the imperial treasure chamber were
many costly jewels from which neck
laces and bracelets were made for the
favorites of Abdul Aziz.
THE industrial value of sandal-wood
appears to have largely increased dur
ing the last few years, this being par
ticularly the case in the manufacture
of fans from the wood, on account of
its peculiar odor. The heart wood is
hard and heavy. The best parts are
used for carving boxes, album covers,
desks and other useful and ornamental
articles. The roots, which are the
richest in oil, and the chips, go to the
still; and, either in powder, or rubbed
up into paste, the wood is employed
by all Brahmins in the pigments used
in their distinguishing caste marks.
The oil forms the basis of many scents,
and is sometimes used for impregnat-
ing with its odOr articles which are
carved from common wood, but passed
off as true sandal.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-17
A SnOW-Slide in the Sierras

The following piece of vivid descrip-
ton is taken from the story of 1.-The
Boy Emigrants' in the August num-
Der of st. Nicholas. Mont, one of the
boy eMigrants, has been to the nearest
trading-post, and is on his way home
ward with the supplies which he has
purchased strapped to the back of his
horse jim. Beyond this, the extract
needs no explanation:
Next day, after Jim had browsed
among the bushes, and Mont had swal-
lowed a little hot coffee, they strug-
gled on together, though the horse was
now obliged to wade in deep mass of
snow, and Mont desperately kept up by
his side.
Passing laboriously through the
round valley where he had made his
first nights camp, Mont entered the
rocky jaws of Scotchman's Valley.
The day was well advanced, but the
sky was dark with storm. Overhead
the air was thick as with drifting
Whirl of snow. The black-green trees
by the trail were half-hidden and
loaded with the snow. All trace
OF the route had vanished from
the ground, and only a few landmarks,
which Mont's practiced eye had
noted as he rode down the trail. served
to show the way in which he should
go. There was the high, steep south
ern wall of the canon, and there were
the cabins on the bench below the up
per edge. Poor Mont noted in the
binding storm the blue smoke curling
from the chimneys of the cabins, and
he longed to be by the cheerful fireside
which he pictured to himself was
within. Like showers of feathers.
moist and large, the flakes fell, and
fell continually. Mont's feet were
wet and sore and lame. Once and
again, he paused in his struggles and
eyed the dismal sight around him.
half-Wondering if he should ever get
through. The hapless horse painted
beneath his burden, groaning as his
master dragged him on through the
drifts. Once, Mont, with numb
fingers, united the thongs that bound
part OF the load; then, passionately
crying aloud, "No! no! l can't lose
these provisionsp' he made them fast
again and labored onward.
lie was now well up the canon.
Just opposite him Were the cabins
and, as he looked up at them, the air
began to clear. The snow fell only in
scattered flakes, and the clouds showed
signs OF breaking away. Before him
however, the way looked even more
hopeless than when it had been con.
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ercise lot alone, that can take the
place and make good the absence OF
NATURES liberty. In it the colt can
run and jump and race, and double
this way and that, and check himself
as only a colt can when in full career,
to his hearts content. Every owner
of a colt should have an exercise lot.
It costs little to make one, and Will
paw for itself fifty times over in two
| x-o,rs GoI1e,3 RIIp
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-17
Another Skeleton Of a MastOdon

SOME three or four weeks ago a
farmer by the name of Charles Dennis,
whose farm is quarter of mile east
by north of the village of Pike, Wyo-
ming County, while digging a ditch,
found two great ribs of an unknown
animal. Subsequently committee
from the village went to work, and al
most the first thing discovered were
two mammoth tusks, which, being re-
moved, measured over nine feet, the
bases of which were as large as sew
en-inch stovepipe, gradually tapering
to the point of the ivory, about two
inches in diameter. The animal was
found nearly on its back. In digging
beneath the tusks in order to remove
them as nearly whole as possible, as
the earth was removed that supported
them one of them broke into three
pieces and the other into two. The
next remains discovered were seven
teeth, several bones of the spine, the
collar bone, the scapula or shoulder
blade, portions of the cervical and
caudal vertebra, and fragmentary
portions of the head and submaxillary
bones, all of which were in more or
less perfect state Of preservation. The
teeth are perfectly sound, the enamel
being as perfectly polished as when
the mastodon was alive and grazing
on the hills and in the valley of Wyo-
ming centuries ago. So, ,too,. are the
outward tips of the tlisks, which for
a distance of more than two feet are
as solid and sound as they ever were.
The scapula, the spinous processes and
sections of the sternum are tolerably
well preserved.
Judging from the dimensions of the
tusks and the enormous size of the
the cervical and dorsal verte-
br2, the mastodon must have stood,
when alive, twelve feet high and tif-
teen feet long from the head to the
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-17
MANY who are SUFFERING .-cr,o the effects


of the warm weather and are debilitated are ad-
vised by physicians to take moderate amounts OF
whisky two or three times during the day. In
little while those who adopt this advice frequently
increase the number Of drinks and in time be
come confirmed inebriates. beverage which
will not create thirst for Intoxicating liquors and
which is intended especially for the benefit of de-
bilitated persons, whether at home or abroad, is
Dr. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic. Containing the
juices OF many medicinal herbs, this prepar- ion
does not create an appetite for the intoxicating
cup. The noUrishing and the Incorporating prop
critics of many valuable natural productions con
tanned in it and well known to medica, men have
a most Strengthening influence. single bottle OF
the Tonic will demonstrate its valuable qualities
For debility arising from sickness, over exertion.
or from any cause whatever, q winegassful of Sea
Weed Tonic taken after meal. will strengthen the
stomach and create an appetite for wholesome
food. TO all who are about leaving their homes
we desire to say that the excellent effects of Or.
Schcncks seasOnahlc remedies-SCa W eed Tonic
and Mandrake Pills--are particularly evident when
taken By those who are injurioRsly affected by a
change of water and diet. No person should leave
home without taking supply OF these safeguards
along. For sale By al DrI.vists.
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base of the tail. 1t is curiosity
well worthy the investigation of scien-
tifc men. The most singular feature
of the tusks, their wonderful curva-
ture, forming almost conn., ,;uo,o
allies the animal No" l.. H.,
i,io'h 'h'' :. any mastodon heretofore
discovered, either in this country or
Europe. The teeth, however, if there
were no other data, demonstrates the
class to which this specimen belongs,
viz, that of the mastodon. One of
these teeth, which is found separated
from the rest, weighs four pounds and
measures six inches one way by four
the other. The size and shape of the
molars differ as they are approximate
to, or remote from, the anterior part
of the mouth. The ribs found, or
what remains of them, are about thir-
| ty inches long. The collar bone meas
ures perpendicularly thirty-three inch
es transversely, twenty-eight inches
breadth of socket, seven inche:s, one
way and nine the otter. One of the
bones of t.n.le Spine measures twenty
I, Two inches. In the jaws of the masto-
don there is found, besides the upper
tusks, inferior mandibular tusks- a
characteristic not known in the anato-
my of the elephant. The specimens
found in this collection correspond so
perfectly with the accounts given by
DR.. John C. Warren in his able work
on the Mastodon Giganteus of North
America, and also with the anatomy
of the skeleton now at Cambridge, that
it places the question of the identity of
the remains found at Pike beyond the
possibility of doubt. There is a
marked difference however, touching
the shape of the tusks. Those found
at Pike, as said before, form almost a
complete circle instead of slight
curvature downward and outward, as
represented by the cut in DR.. Warren S
admirable treatises on the Cambridge
skeleton, which was found in New
burgh in 1915. The tusks of the Pike
mastodon must have curved upward
and outward from the socket. The
detection of the points outwardly
could not have been less than eighteen
inches from the base line.-Rochester
N. ~ EapresS.