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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-06
Schenck,s Sea Weed Tonic.

In the atmosphere experienced hete during the
summer months the lethargy produced by the heat
takes away the desire for wholesome food, and fire.
ouent preparations reduce bodily energy particu-
larly those suffering from the effects of facilitating
diseases In order TO keep natural healthiu activ-
ity of the system we must resort TO artificial
means. For this purpose Schenck's Sea Weed
Tonic is very ciIcCtual A few doses will create
an appetite and give fresh vigor to the enervatcd
body. For dyspepsia it is invaluable. Many emil
neut physicians have doubted whether dyspepsia
can be permanently cured by the drugs which are
generally employed for that purpose. The Sea
Weed Tonic in its nature, is totally different from
such drugs. 1t contains no corrosive minerals or
acids; in fact. it assists the regular operations of
nature and supplies her deficiencies. The Tonic in
its nature so much resembles the gastric Juice that
it is almost identical with that fluid. The gastric
juice is the natural solvent which, in a healthy
condition of the body, causes the food to be di-
gestcd and when this Juice is not exCreted in sui-
iicient quantities indigestion with all its distress
ing symptoms, follows The Sea Weed Tonic per-
forms the duty of the gastric juice when the latter
is deficient. Schencks Sea Weed Tonic sold by
all Druggists.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-06
The Old Time Spirit.

JOHN HOWE, of Marlborough, 1775.
Il quiet farming town, was cubbling ut
Il pair Of shoes which he had promised
should be done within an hour, when
he heard that the British We're march
ing to Concord. Being Il man of his
word, he kept at his work, n0twith-
standing the excitement, and the de-
parture of his townsmcn. He had lust
finished the job when Polly Smith. the
young woman who kept the house
where he boarded, ran into the shop.
"Jolm. John,' she cried with glow
ing cheeks and flashing eyes, "you
ought to have been off to Concord IN
hour ago. Every otherman in the vii
lage has got there by This timcw
''TWouldn' t be any use for me to 90.
anyhow. haven't got amy bullets"
said John.
Come into the house and run some.
then,' said Polly.
81 haven't anything to make EN-
Of
so, I'll find something for YOU to
make 'em off, and Polly dartcd into
the house.
Selling every spoon on the dresser,
she Immediately returned to him.
Here take these said she, "and
if you want more, I'll get EN- for
you"
In those days all the spoons in COM
mon use were made of pewter.
John was soon supplied balls. TAX
ing his old gun, he started on the long
walk of fourteen miles, through the
woods to Concord. Whenever he
passed house, the women and children
all chcered him.
Reaching Concord, he found the
British were just starting from what
is now the Agricultural Grounds, on
their retreat to Boston.
a wounded ''red-coat," lying beside
the road, begged John, as he passed by,
to put an end to his misery.
NO said John, II amt quite a
brute, but III Just change pieces with
you, and leave you to the women
Exchanging his old gun for. the
enemy's new musket and ammunition
he joined in the pursuit, and did good
service on the way to Charlestown
Neck.
John Howe enlisted at Cambridge
for the war, and fought at Bunker
HILL lie was in most of our import
ant battles of the seven years contest,
and never came home until the British
sailed for England. Being hardy, faith
ful and Jealous, he was frequently
chosen by Washington for dangerous
enterprises. He was one of the most
useful men in the army, and once saved
Washington's life. At the end of the
war it was Col. Howe who returned to
Marlborough. E#..
Polly Smith, during these years, had
been spinning, weaving and knitting
for the soldiers. She was the first
person Col Howe sought. When.
however, he returned her spoons, they
We're of silver, and marked "Polly
Howe"
The descendants Of John and Polly
are among the most highly honored in
our country. Youths Companion.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-06
viii cure hypochondria. 1t will cure

VIII cure hypochondria. 1t will cure
the blues. 1t will cure sorrOw. In
deed, we might make long list of
nervous maladies that sleep will cure.
The cure of sleeplessness, however,
Is not SO easy, particularly in those
who carry grave responsibilities The
habit of sleeping well is one which, if
broken up for any length of time, is
not easily regained Often a severe
illness treated by powerful drugs so
derangeS thenervous system that sleep
is never sweet after it. Or perhaps
lonS-continued watchfulness produces
the same effect, or hard study, OF too
little exercise of the muscular system,
or tea and whisky-drinkinS and tobac-
co-using. To break up the habits are
required:
y clean, good bed.
Sufficient exercise to produce weari-
ness; and pleasant occupation.
Good air and not too warm a room.
Freedom from too much care.
A clean stomach.
A clear conscience. .. ...--
Avoidance of stiInulants, narcotics.
For those who are over-Worked, bag
gard, nervous, who pass sleePlesS
nights, we commend the adoption Of
such habits as shall secure sleep; 9th
erwise life vii be short, and what
there is Of it sadly imperfect. Herald
Of He0lh.
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Killing Red Spiders in Hot-Beds.

4 CORRESPONDENT of the JoHHdt
Of HorticuttUre gives the following dl-
rections for killing the red spider either
in greenhouse or hot-beds:
one Of the best means Of Graduating
this pest. and one which l have sue
cessfully practiced for many years, Is
bv creating fumes of sulphur with the
aid of heated furnace shOvels. II the
operation is performed with due care,
every spider will be killed and not Il
leaf of either vines or cuCumberS will
be injured. If, however, the work is
loosely OF careleSsly done injury will
inevitably be committed. But of this
there is no real danger, for a safety
valve is always present. which if re-
car,Ied will lead to satisfactory results:
My mode is as follows:
On the evening of still day, and
after the house containing the spider
has been closed. secure the aid of two
assistants. One heats a shovel at the
fire, and runs with it to the door of the
winery. Here is placed a careful man
with pot of sulphur, which he
sprinkles very slightly on the shovel,
and the sulphur at first burns with Il
flame. That is the danger signal. In
Il few moments, however, the shovel
coolS and the sulphur smolders, show
ing no incandescence WhateVer-that
is the Safcty-valye. At that stage he
hands it to me inside the house, and |
sprinkle it freely, and continue to do
SO as long as fumes are emitted. In
the meantime other ShoVelS are being
hour | have a light blue atmosphere,
and us soon as my eyes commence
smarting leave the house.
In the morning [ have invariably
found every red spider dead, and every
leaf alive and uniniured. The slight
est incandcScence Of the sulphur inside
the house will cause injury to the foil
age. but | have never found the slight
est harm result if the precautions
named have been duly carried out. 1t
is Il matter on which none need err.
for it is easy to perceive when the sui
phur does not show Il fame outside.
and us easy to know when ones eyes
smart inside the house. | have prac-
tlced the plan for more than twenty
years, and always with the same result
of killing the spider and not injuring
the foliage of vines. cucImbers, or
melons.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-06

AN accident, described as being of
"a rather alarming character" occur
red on Thursday at Monkbridge Iron
works. 1t seems that diSuSed cannons
are purchased by the company to whom
the ironworks belong for the purpose
of being melted down. One of these
superannuatcd engines of war having
been put into the refinery it showed its
displeaSurc by going OFF, with noise
like thunder. 1t contained, in fact, no
fewer than four balls. each weighing
about ten pounds, and its explosion
under these circumstances was, how
ever inConvenient, not altogether mex
cusable. The gun having been placed
in the furnace perpendiclllarly the
charge assembled to agreat height, two
of the balls piercing and remaining in
Il large brick chimney about thirty
yards distant. Fortunately no one was
hurt by the salute the old cannon thus
fired in its own honor on the occasion
of its obsequies, but there is no saying
what mischief it might not have caused
had it "spit forth its iron Indignation
horizontally instead of perpendicularly.
AS the millennium gradually develops
itself a vast number of superfuous
cannon will no doubt be utilized for
affectionate purposes, and it would
really be advisable, as a matter of pru-
dence, to examine them thoroughly be-
fore melting them down in furnaces, as
otherwise the Inauguration of universal
peace will probably be attended by no
small amount of danger and death.
PdH IaU Gazette. I.r
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-06
What Sleep viii Cure.

TIE cry for rest has always been
louder than the cry for food Not that
it is more important, but it is often
harder to get. The best rest comes
from sound sleep. Of two men or
women, otherwise equal, the one who
sleeps best will be the most moral,
healthy and efficient.
Sleep will do much to cure irritable
ity Of temper, peevishness and umeasi-
ness. 1t will restore to vigor an over
worked brain. 1t will bind up and
make strong weary body. 1T will do
much to cure dyspepsia particularly
that variety known as nervous dyspep-
STA. 1t will relieve the languor and
prostrasiop felt by consumptives. 1t
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-06
Odd Patents.

THE whole examining force of the Pat
ent Office at Washington number about
one hundred, of which two are ladies.
Or course, among such a large number,
there are to be found men of every
kind. Some are so illibcral that they
will never grant a patent where they
can possibly refuse it; others 90 to the
opposite extreme. Each one having
his own idea of what constitutes an
invention, of what is useful, many
ridiculous patents have been granted.
One man obtained patent for com
bincd plow and cannon. The beam of
the plow was made of iron, and bored
out so as to form cannon. When
ever the farmer, while at work in the
field, saw savages or tramps approach
ing, he was to unhitch his team, so us
to get them from before the muzzle,
apply his match, and say his prayers,
for the farmer was good deal more
likely to be killed by the recoil, than
the saVa%eS by the shot. In case the
cannon went off while in use as
plow, it was unfortunate for both the
team and the farmer. A patent was
granted to another person for tying
brick to a cows tail, 50 us to prevent
her switching her tail in his eyes while
milking. Another received Patent
for placing a house on rollers, so that
in case of an earthquake the house
would not be shaken to pieces. Still
another received a patent for COM
bined trunk and house. The trunk is
made with triple walls, SO that by talk
ing the articles out of the trunk, and
extending the two extra walls, house
is formed. = Washington Chronicle.
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Madness Cured by Il Balloon.

HE late Augustus Hemenway, of
Boston, who died recently in Cuba, was
probably the wealthiest man in Amcri-
GU. lie began life as a shop-boy. and
ultimately established u business the
magnitude of which was astounding.
lie ilrst established himself in Valpa-
ralso, and laid the foundations of his
colossal fortune by buying hides, wool,
copper and all kinds of South Ameri-
can produce, sending them to the
United States and bringing back an as
sortment of American goods. His
business in few years had become so
great that he found it necessary to re-
turn TO Boston and establish a house
III that city. lie sent his brother,
Charles z. Hemenway, to South
America TO manage the house there,
and, remaining himself in Boston, en-
larged his operations until the magni-
ttde of them demanded every moment
of his time. He even built his own
ships, and made additional profits nv
carrying his own goods. He owned
sugar plantations in Cuba, copper
mines in South America, and had bust
ness relations with the Barings of such
magnitude as to astonish even that
colossal house, and the whole of this
immense business he managed him
self.
About fifteen years ago, however. he
discovered that his mind was affected.
and, after drawing up power of attor-
ney confiding the management of his
business to his brother and one or two
trusted friends, he went voluntarily in
to retirement, and placed himself I'M
der the care of an eminent medical man
at Litchfield, Conn. lie was moody
and brusque in manner and spoke
very seldom, but read the papers con-
tinually.
When, during the year 1878, the
for the Graphic transat-
lantic balloon experiment were going
on and the newspapers were full of in
formation and speculation on the sub I
ject, Mr.. Hemenway was observed to
show some interest in the matter.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-06
Old English Plate.

IT is not SO very long ago since two
English country gentlemen entered in.
to an angry alteration as to the com
parative Importance of their families,
i'll Which one of them rested his claim
to superiority on his sideboard of plate.
We have no wish to depreciate the
merits of that splendid array, which
no doubt fully deserved all the venera-
ton with which its worthy owner re-
garled it: all we wish to observe is, as
we are about to write on English plate,
and on ancient English plate in partic-
ular-that if any of the medieval an
ceStors of the contending parties could
have looked down ON the sideboard in
question, they would i'll all probability
not have exhibited such admiration of
its quantity and quality as its fortunate
owner evidently entertained: the fact
being that what we in these degenerate
days would call a fine collection of
plate would have seemed to English
lords and knights and squires of the
fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries rather an insignificant
amount of paltry pieces. If our read
er desires proof Of this. let him turn to
the inventory of Sir John Fastolr S
plate, that old soldier of Henry
VS. wars, who, after his re-
tirement to his native Norfolk,
figures as close-hsted landowner
in the "Paston Letters" There he
will find page after page Of great pieces
weighed by the pound, and clearly of a
form and fashion never seen on a mod
ern sideboard The inventories of
Kings and Dukes, as those of France
and Burgundy, we purposely set aside
Us exceptional; but the centuries we
have named, and to them we might
have added the seventeenth, on the
authority OF Pepys' Diary" were
cmphatically plate-buying and plate
giving times; all who had any money
W INV SJ i'iltl III OiiU Ill llldll uldcluTtS OF
silver and gold, so that the schedule Of
the effects left behind him by any per-
son of rank or station teens with
white plate, or parcel-gilt, or whole
gilt plate. in thousands of ounces.
Such schedule may still be seen an
neXed in the Depository of London
Wills to the will of Nicholas Bacon,
Queen Elizabeth's fat and witty Lord
Keeper, a self-made man, who. beside
being the father of Francis Bacon.
built Gorlambury, and left fine es-
tate both i'll land and chattels to his
heirs. Nor were the collections of
church and college plate less import
ant; the treasures of great abbeys
and monasterics We're stored with
plate; us that of the Shrine of Beckett,
at Canterbury, carried away in huge
chests, and the plate at Westminster
Abbey, of which the inventory still eX-
lists, to make collectors mouths water
at its weight and beauty.
quarterly Recie1c.
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SOME of the Philadelphia merchants
were highly complimented few days
since by the press of that city on their
hberallty in announcing that they
would give their employees fifty cents
md half day Saturday for two OF
three weeks to enable them to see the
Exposition. 1t turns out, however,
that the liberal merchants, to make up
for their liberality, have decided to de-
priye their employees of their usual fort
nights vacation; and the papers are
debating whether the compliment shall
be recalled or not.
TIE Philadelphia correspondent of
the Boston Jou7noI says: LET it be
recorded as one of the great benefits
accruing from the international Exhi-
bition of 1876 that it taught the masses
OF the American people much reverence
for art, gave them ideas of schools and
methods, and awakened their sense of
beauty. l will venture to say that the
worhnen who have seen the beautiful
samples of house decoration exhibited
here will not much longer be satisfied
with plain and barren walls, with
sharp angles, and with atrociouS cOlors.
The era of reform has arrived"
PRESIDENT WELSH, of the Centen-
NAL Board of Finance, prints card in
regard to the conflict OF authority be
tween the Board and the Commission.
in which he says: II regret that any
public reference has been made to this
subject The Commission and the
Board Of Finance are controlled by
men WHO have common purpose, and
the public may rest assured that har-
mony of action is paramount with
them, and will overcome any differ
enccs of opinion growing out of the
obscurity of the acts of Congress which
have heretofore arisen on may here
after arise. The Centennial celebr;l-
ton must be glorious in al its feat
Wes. Not one of them will he marred
by the action Of its managers"
TIE Iowa exhibit is one of which
that ilourishing State may well feel
proud. When you get into the Agri-
cultural Building you are bewiIdered
by the vast display of productions in
that wonderfully interesting depart
ment of the exhibition. You are so
dazed by the rich and novel displays
of everything in general that for the
moment you feel ut loss to know
where to find anything III particular
But notice the figures and letters Oh
the upright pillars Of the huge build
ing, follow them up until You find col
umn c, No. 10, and there YOU will be
hold the space filled by Iowa products.
The collection comprises specimens of
soil from thirty-tive different counties
of the State Marshall County being
the ccnter), and numerous varieties
of wood, fruits and cereals. The
specimens of soil are incloSed in large
glass tubes, six feet long, showing the
soil for that depth below the surface,
and giving almost every conceivable
hue and shade which mother earth is
capable Of assuming. The fruits,
which are arranged in adnirableo
and with excellent taste, comprise 800
different varieties Of apples. and TWEEN
ty of pcarS-no peaches, as the peach
crop was failure last season. Then
there are forty varieties Of corn, seven
ty of wheat, oats and rye. and other re-
reals, and 100 varieties of wood. Tor.
Chicdgo youlH0l
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-06
The Way to Cut Flowers.

TIE florists employ Il pair Of scissors
with which the stems are severed, But
a writer in the AmtIic0n G0rden saws
that flowers should never be pulled off.
nor should the stems be severed with
scissors. but cut off with a sharp knife.
The best time for cutting flowers is I'M
medlately after SmdOwm-unleSS to
preserve them from a storm, which
would otherwise destroy or prevent
their being cut in the evening. On
cloudy days the time of cutting is a
matter of much less difference. The
explanation of these rules as to the
proper time for cutting is found in the
state of the sap at different times of
the day and night. From the earliest
dawn until shutdown the leaves are ac-
lively drawing upon the roots and the
sap is flowing freely. After that time
the leaves are nearly dormant till
morning. The plant is then resting
is asleep. A flower cut in the sunshine
VIII wilt at once, and if not put into
water will quickly perish, whereas if
cut at sunset it will remain fresh all
night. In a cool place it will not ap-
pear to change for long time, even if
not put III water; yet in close. hot
room it will fade in an hour. The
usual manner is to cut all flowers with
u long stem. Unnatural as it may
seem, the true way for the greater
part OF our flOWers) is to remove them
without Il stem. Roses of all kinds
should be cut with u long stem. the
longer the better, provided other buds
are not destroyed. The carnation and
all plants that bear their flowers in
clusters should be removed without
stems. The heliotrope should be al
lowed very short stem, and the ver-
bena should only be cut as far down as
the first leaf. a bit of wire or a match
stuck viii serve for a stem, if it is de-
sired to make of these stemless flowers
Il bouquet. If they are to be placed in
shallow dishes-the best way to DISPLAY
them-Stems are of no consequence.
DO not collect flowers in large bundles
OF tie them together, as these processes
also hasten decay. Y. Herald.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-06
though he never spoke Of it. When,
finally the ascension was made and the

though he never spoke of it. When,
finally the ascension was made and the
air currents carried the balloon not out
over the ocean but over Connecticut,
it passed close by Litchfeld, and when
some persons near the cottage where
Nh. Hemenway resided made remarks
about the balloon, he threw down the
periodical he was reading, and eXclaim-
ing in great excitement, 'By gracious!
l must see that balloon" rushed out
of doors to behold the magnificent
aerostat sailing grandly through the
skies.
The intense and sudden excitement
cured him of his mental malady, and the
next day his friends were aStoniShed
at receiving Il telegram worded thus,
bring on your trial balance-Augus-
tus Hemenway. The brother tele-
graphed to the physician and received
for answer, "Patient perfectly recov-
cred" Mr.. Hemenway received his
brother with his former urbane and
polite manners, and examined the bal
ance-sheet with his usual business sa-
gacity. A few days afterward he
walked into his counting-room in Bos-
ton, and quietly resumed his accus-
toned employments. His business
had enormously increased during his
thirteen years of self-imposed retire
ment, and he took up the management
Of the different branches with his ac-
customed energy and marvellous sue
cess, and when he died he was proba-
bly, one of the wealthiest men in the
world.
Mr.. HemenWay made no secret of
the cause of his restoration to complete
mental health, and | understand that
Mrs. LcOnowens, the well-known au-
thor of in interesting book on Siam,
when on visit at Mr.. Hemenway's a
few months after his return to bust
ness, heard the whole story from his
lips at the dinner-table one day.-Cor.
". y. Graphic.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-06

THE New York Sllrrogate's Court
had novel and rather nice question
before it. for determination recently
in regard to the estate of a deceased
woman, The woman's husband, who
is physician and who is also his late
wife's executor, made u claim against
her estate for professional services in
attending upon her during her last i'll
ness and for money paid another ply
stefan, who had also attended profess
sionally upon deceased. The whole
amount claimed was 81, 900. The Sur
rogate held that the law in relation to
married women owning separate es-
tates has in no way changed the COM
mon law rule that q husband, as such,
is bound to Discharge all the Just debts
of a wife. He therefore disallcwed
the claim