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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11
A Little GirI's SOmnambuIistic Feat.

JENNIE LAWSON is a member Of the Sec
ond class in the Eighteenth street female
grammar school. Friday last a number Of
arithmetical examples were given ont for
solution, but three of them inper centage,
requiring long processes of division, re.
sisted all Jennie's efforts to secure the
correct answer. The circumstance seemed
to distress the child, and after working
through them again and again without
success, she went home, determined by
persistent efforts to find out where her
error was, and she continued to strive
until long after the rest Of the family had
retired. Towards midnight her mother,
who slept in an adjoining room, called TO
her daughter that she had better go to bed,
lest she should be late in rising the next
day. The girl at once retired, and in a
few moments was fast asleep, About an
hour atterward Mrs. Lawson was again
awakened by a noise in her daughters
bed chamber, which was then in entire
darkness. She called, but receiving no
answer, arose to see what was the matter.
Jennie was sitting at her desk, and had
apparently just completed some work OF
her slate, the noise having been made
by the falling of a ruler from the table
to the floor. The girl was fast asleep.
Mrs. Lawson did not wake her at that
time, and on the following day it was af-
rernoon before the girl could be reused
from the deep sleep ia which she seemed
to be. Upon awakening, Jennie spoke of
the problems, and expressed intention of
making a further trial at their solution.
Upon getting the slate she found them
completely solved in her own hand, each
line neatly ruled, and the figuring with
out the slightest error. At this she was
greatly surprised. Her last knowledge of
the puzzling examples was of leaving
them unsolved on the night before. Of
her performances in her sleep she knew
when awake absolutely nothing, and her
mother, net having mentioned the Incl
dent, left her the more b%ewildered. Yes
terday the girl brought the work to school
and related the incident attending it to her
teacher. The room was entirely dark,
the girl soundly asleep during the work
ing out of the test examples. She had
never before shown any symptoms of
sleep working, nor have any of her rela-
tives been so atfected.-N. Y. World.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11
Do Not Pull the Wool of Living
Sheep.

BEFORE boys or any other persons are
directed to handle sheep they should be
thoroughly impressed with the fact that
they must not hold the animals nor lift
them by the wool. A great many men
will seize the sheep by the wool on the
back, with both hands, and lift the animal
clear from the ground by the wool only.
Barbarous! Let some giant grasp you by
the hair of your head and lift you from
the ground by the hair onlyi Would you
not struggle and squirm worse than the
mute sheep does when lifted by the wool?
Would not there be a complaint of a sore
head for a week or two? If you do not
believe it try the experiment. We have
slaughtered a great many sheep in years
past, and when removing the pelts OF such
sheep as had been handled by their wool
we never failed to observe that beneath the
skin, wherever the animalhad been caught
by the wool, the blood had settled. In
many instances the skin had been separa-
ted from the body so that Inflammation
was apparent. We have known proprie-
tors of sheep to be so strict in regard to
handling them that they would order a
helper from the premises if he were to
catch a sheep by the wool on any part of
the tody. Some owners of sheep direct
their helpers thus: When about to catch
a sheep move carefully toward the one to
be taken, until you are sufficiently near to
spring quickly and seize the beast by the
neck with both hands. Then pass one
hand around the body, grasp the brisket,
and lift the sheep clear from the ground.
The wool must not be pulled. If the sheep
is a heavy one, let one hand and wrist be
put around the neck and the other pressed
against the rump." We have always
handled sheep in the way alluded to. We
never grasp the wool. Others seize the
sheep by a hind leg, then throw one arm
about the body and take hold of the bris-
ket with n hand. But ewes with lamb
should never be caught by the hind leg.
unless they are handled with extreme
care When sheep are handled roughly,
especially if their wool is pulled, the
small bruises and injuries will render
them more wild and more difficult to
handle. 1t is an excellent practice to pro-
vide a shepherds crook consisting of
a small metallic hook, inserted in the end
of a handle about as large as a broom
handle. The bow of the hook is made
just large enough to fit the neck of a
sheep,-N. Y. Herald.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11
Freiligrath's Popularity Among His
C%Ountrymen.

A German paper relates a pleasing an
ecdote of the late Ferdinand Freiligrath.
The poet had a passion for visiting mer-
chant vessels, and while in a Belgian sea-
port, in company with a friend, went on
board a stately ship which was about to
sail for Canton. The boatswain conduct
ed the two strangers about the deck, but
stated that as the C.ptain was entertain
ing company he could not take them into
the cabin. AT this moment the cabin
door opened and the Captain came forth.
Freiligrath and his friend ~apologized,
whereupon the former politely insisted
that they should take a look at his quar-
tiers. They entered, and found, among
other things, a select little library con-
tanning the complete edition of Freili-
grath's poems. Isn't it pleasant to
think that your poems are going around
the wsrld J" asked the friend. "Nhat
do you mean?" said the Captain. "This,"
the former replied, sis the author of these
volumes" WHAT the poet Freili-
grath2" Thereupon the Captain rushed
on deck, ordered the vessel to be dressed
with flags, the crew to prepare for parade,
and, after entertaining the poet and his
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11
Restoring the Caspian Sea.

MAN is making the world over a good
deal faster than is generally supposed.
The Suez Canal, which is beginning to
have a marked influence on commerce in
Europe and Asia, is only one of a series
OF works which is practically readiusting
the globe to the needs and ambitions of
civilized man The change in the course
of the Chicago River, turning its waters
downward TO the Mississippi and the
Gulf, is another of these reconstructive
enterprises. A few months ago a French
commission recommended the construc-
ton of an inland sea in Algeria by turn
ing the waters of the Mediterranean into
a comparatively barren basin; and the
possibility Of flooding the great desert of
Sahara through the Suez Canal has been
asserted by English engineers.
The latest and most striking project of
this kind has been started by Mr.. Spaul-
ding, an American engineer, who has
planned a method for arresting the process
which is filling and drying up the Cas-
plan Sea, and consequently impairing the
fertility and productiveness of a vast re-
gion of Central Asia by cutting off the
rain supply and draining the moisture
out of the air. The Volga and Ural and
other rivers have poured their earth depos-
its into this greatsea for ages, until portions
of it are no longer navigable and its area
is largely reduced, and the surrounding
district is becoming little other than a
desert from drought. But this sea is con-
siderably lower than the Black and the
Mediterranean, and by cutting a broad,
deep channel from the Black 10 the Cas-
plan the flow of water can be reversed
and the Caspian raised to its former level.
The advantages of the proposed work,
both commercial and agricultural, would
be very great, and the e%nterprising en-
gineer maintains that in twenty years the
volume of water flowing through the arti-
fetal channel would widen it to such an
extent that it world make it Of the great.
est commercial value, while a commercial
city Of great importance would soon be
built on the shores of the Caspian. 1t is
only necessary to study the geography of
Western Asia to see the magnitude of the
interests involved in the proposed plan;
and, considering what has already been
done in the way of physical improvement,
it is not too much to anticipate that even
this enterprise may be undertaken. 1t is
almost painful to reflect that the whole
-.-.- ..axl- .~,,ll L., l4nl e.
two-thirds Of the money wasted on the
worse than useless and wicked Crimean
War.-N. I. Graphic.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11
Prayers Value.

If there be spiritual life in you, you
cannot help praying any more than a rose
can help eXhaling its fragrance. The
child does not sit dumb in the presence
Of father and mother, because it knows
the love and care of his do not depend
on regular asking for them. The child
.heart seeks rest and love in the parent
heart, and naturally pOurs out its
thoughts, hopes, fears and wishes into the
sympathetic ears. But if the child be a
wise one, he does not expect to make his
wishes prevail against higher and better
wishes. And yet the prayer may be a
very vital thing in the matter Of our char
aCter and relation to God. What does
compliance with divine conditions do in
nature Simply this: 1t does not change
any single law or force-it only sets us
in new relations to them. GravitatiOn
will hold me firmly on my feet, or it will
fling me down an abyss, according to the
relation in which l stand to it. When l
obey them, laws help me; when J DISC
hey, they hurt me. So prayer may set
me in new and higher relations to God,
so as utterly to change, and grandly to
elevate, my character. When, by spirit
ual, aspiring prayer, 1 reach out after
God, l comply with the conditions of
spiritual health and strength. If l open
my shutters toward the east, the morning
sun will shine in. 1t will shine, any way,
but will do me Nc good unless | obey the
conditions of its shining on me. So, if l
open the windows of my soul toward God,
the light of His divine truth and life will
shine in. In His spiritual realm it is
knowledge and obedience to divine laws
and conditions, precisely the same as in
the material. 1t is one God and one or
der in both. Study and work, then, are
material prayer; and prayer IS spiritual
study and work. 81 will, therefore, that
all men pray everywhere"
For what are men better than sheep and goats,
That nourish a blind life within the brain.
If. having hands. they lift them not in prayer
Both for themselves and those that call them
friends?
For so the whole round earth is everywhere
Bound by gold chains about the feet of God
III. j. SaUage.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11
n;oht matpS certain fixed PRAYERS

the night, makes certain fixed prayers
which are considered necessary, and has
a dream appropriate to the occasion,
which he explains on the following day
The test of a dream is nearly always re-
sorted to in cases where a person wishes
to join a religious community. Such a
person presents himself to the pr, or
leader, and asks to be a member. He
that night ~recites the fstakhars prayers,
and in the morning relates to the par his
dream, in accordance with the character
of which he will be received into the
| community, or rejected"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11
To ALL, particularly invalids, spring is

To ALL, particularly inValids, spring is
a trying season Indications Of sickness should
at once be attended to. Fatal diseases may be
caused by allowing the bowels to become consti-
pated and the system to remain in a disordered
condition until the disorder has time to develop
itself. An ounce of prevention is worth a pourd
Of cure, is an old and truthful saying. Therefore,
we advise all who are troubled with the complaints
now very Observation-Disclosures, indigestion, disor-
de-ed liver. want OF appetite, nausea. or feverish
skin-to take, without delay, Schenck's Mandrake
Pills. We know Of no remedy SO harmless and
decisive in fts action. 1t at once strikes at the
root of the disease and produces a healthy tone to
the system. People never need suffer from any
disease arising from a dt"ordered condition Of the
liver if they would take this excellent medicine
when they feel the first indications OF the malacy.
Families leaving home for the summer months
should take three or four boxes of these pills with
them. They have an almost instantaneous effect
They will relieve the patient OF headache in one or
two hours. and will rapidly cleanse the liver OF
surrounding bile, and will efectually prevent a
bilious attack. They are sold by all druggists.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11
A Brafn.Soothins Remedy.

The ~wondrous organ that crowns the ed}
fee of man is not only the seat of reflection
and the home of Ideally, but it is the gov
erning center Of the nervous system. When
1t is overweight, unduly excited, or af-
fected by irregularities of those bodily. or.
gans with which it most closely sympathizes
all the nerves suffer, and the general health
is impaired. The reason why Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters exercise such a soothing in
fluence upon the brain is, that they emove
those digestive and bilious arrangements
which react iniuriously upon it and that In
relieving irritation or weakness OF the grea'
sympathetic nerve which connects the stom'
ach and the brain, they benehcially ahect lhe
latter organ as well as the former. Sound
sleep, clearness of mind, easy digestion and
freedom from biliousnes are insured by thli
nrime regulatiYe tonic and neryine.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11
care perfection" l replied.

care perfection" / replied.
The proof l sent away that afternoon, a
dissertation On Darwin and his peculiar
theories" was returned to me with the
question, "Whs the deuce do you mean
by placing Ellis Yorke's name as author
of this article instead of DR.. Mega TIE.
Riuno's%,
THE END OF IT.
Married, April Both, by the Rev. A. +. Geese,
Ellis Yorke to Hugh Basset.
-Waryaret Eytsnge, IN Detroit Free Press.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11

THE ENORMOUS WASTAGE Of grain, 50 mf'Hlo'
trlh ether styles of Threshers, can be sAlkp ~ @'
Improved Machine, sufficient, on erery job, 10 n0'f nh
pay all expenses of threshing.
FLAX, TIMOTHY, MILLET, HUNGARIAN ana
like seeds are threshed, separated, cleaned ana 'Gls-
as easily and perfectly as Wheat, Oats Rye or D"''',
AN EXTRA PRICE is usually paid for gram All
seeds cleaned by this machine, for extra Cleanliness
IN THE WET GRAIN of 1876, these were .n,'taa.
TALLY the ONLY MACHINES that could run WIZ T'UE'
or economy, doing fast, thorough and perfect '"'
:chsn others utterly failed.
ALL GRAIN, TINE and MONEY wasting compass
tions, such as Endless Aprons, "Raddles, ,De'FE
"Pickers," etc, are entirely dispensed rHf; !y, ".
onehalf the usual Gears. Belts, Boxes, ana 'OLIaa+'
easier managed; more durable light running y ~,
ly repairs; no dust; no litteIings TO clean up ~
troubled by adverse winds, rain or storms ,
FARMERS and GRAIN RAISERs who are IN ~.
IN the large saving made by it will not ehlPO! s ~.
rior and wasteful machines, but Will nS'" !" "
improved Thresher doing their work.
FOUR SIZES made for 6, S, 10 and Il nnI
Powers. Also a speciality of sEPARAToEs' 3e"s-
and made EXPRESSLY FOR STEAM POWER .
TWO STYLES OF HORSE POWERS, W. w V WE j
proved Triple Gear" and our spur sPtSH WV
bury Style, both Mounted - on to"' Wheels IT,,
IF INTERESTED in Threshing or Gram n ha y
apply to our nearest Dealer, or write 10 Us vi aF STs
ted Circular (sent free, giving full parhcu@l'"
Styles, Prices, Terms, etc.
Nichols, Shepard d Co,
p.rrr L CREEK. NICE
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11

Gushing idiot-How sublime this
rinking is! By Jove, I could rink with
YOU as partner through life-could yous
Young lady-Well, I don't know; you
GEE II all depends on your rinkome!
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11
A PRAYER,

o Lord. forgive me, for l trust
Entir0ly to Thee,
What I have done and said and thought
All my perversity.
Q keep me, in temptations hour,
From every shameful sin,
D,sr God, without Thy loving aid
No soul can enter in.
Sin i. so strong, and we are weak,
And Ihaye sithless grown
o Lord, in my extreme distress,
Icling 10 Thee alone.
From the ProU<1t1l.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11
You will save money by using

ECoNoMY.-You will save money py using
Proctor d Gambie's Original Notified German
Soap. 1t will not waste nor become sol1
like ordinary yellow soap when used in warm
wate-, nor is it cheapened will articles inju-
rious 10 clothes. Remember. you obtain a fun
one p0Lua bar if you purchase their brand,
To protect their brand from imltatnrt
Proctor & Gamble patented it, and the patent
was sustained in the United States Courts.
E1amia. the Stnmp on the bars when uou
juU, Take their SJdD onlH
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11

-"Shall not the Erie Canal be deep
ened?" asks Gov. Tilden; to which his
Canal Commissioners reply: THAT will
: depend much upon whether New York
State can stand an expense of "a, 500, 900
in that line"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11
International Sunday.SchoOl Lessons.
SECOND 1876,

Nav RI Christian Fellowship. ...... Acts 4:23-s7
NAV D Living Unto todd. Acts Sill
June A The 4Dostles in Prison ....ACts s: 2-@6
june 1.-THE A p,stis before the C'ncil Acts 52T-42
lime is The Seven Chosen. .... ... Acts Glib
june p. Review; or q Lesson selected by the
school,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11

friend with the best his larder and locker
contained, dismissed them with all the
state and ceremony reserved for crowned
heads.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11

-Brading, in the Isle of Wight, is a
remarkable locality. 1t has a town hall
10xe, and levies taxes to pay the expense
of lighting the town with nine oil lamps.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11

MIsTRusT the nan who finds everything
good, the man who finds everything evil,
and still more, the man who is Indifferent
to everything.-Lapdter.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11

GODS grapes OF blessing are not gath
cred from the thorns OF wrong, nor the
figs of his abiding peace from the thistles
nf evil - -
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11

The Bible is q window in this prison of
hope, through which we look into eter'
nity.-DpiQM.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11

PRuss1SG's White Wine Vinegar is for sale
by all grocers throughout the United States
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11
Large Furniture Trade.

Holton d HfIdreth, 225 and 227 State street,
Chicago, are doing the largest furniture
trade in the city. Good goods and low prices
have made them the leading house. A visit
will convince Won
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11

For Chills and Fever, IIofmann's Hop
Pills are the best and never fail to cure.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11
THE VIBRATOR"

1000 SOLD LAST SEASON
WITHOUT ONE FAILURE OR REJECTION
This is the famous ThrcshinE machine ina Ms
Swept the field and created such a reYoLutioah@'
trade, by its MATCHLEss C'4IS-SAyISG AND lINE+A"
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The daily gazette., 1876-06-22
A WONDERFUL DIsCOyERy

Our invariable rule is never to en-
dorse anything in the line of a remedy,
an idea or an invention till we know it to
be good. Some months since we were
asked to speak favorably of IIolman's
Fever and Ague and Liver Pad, ::and de-
clined doing SO till we had seen it tested
and could be convinced that it was really
good. We have tried one of them in our
family, and found that this little bag full,
OF herbs, and weighing but an ounce or
two, worn next the skin over the pit Of
the stomach, has in four weeks done for
person what n half dozen physicians
and several thousands of dollars ex
pended has failed to accomplish. It is a
remedy Tor fever and ague, torpidity of
the liver, sluggishness of the blood. and
that train of evils following such con-
ditlon OF things. After wearing one of
these pads for four weeks, the patient
was III better health than before. for fiy e
years. 1t is u remedy that is fast SUPER
seding the use of quinine and other
drugs taken internally, and operates by
absorption. We consider it one of the
most valuable OF all the medical dis
coverics ever shade. The remedy is to
the Liver what the proper external ap-
plication is to u burn. 1t draws out the
fever, gives tone to the stomach. and
thus follows, life to the blood. "-Er-
change.
The daily gazette., 1876-06-22
SPECIAL NOTICES.
THE GREAT DISCOVERY!

r.. hUNKEL'S BITTER WINE OF
2yN For the cure of weak stomach gener-
ttbility Indigestion, disease OF The nervous
Nam, constipation, aoidity OF the stomach,
ad al cases requiring tonic
Tie vine includes the most asreeaole anu
autnt salt OF Iron we possess: Clwate Oh
lHtic oxide, combined with the most en-
,geut Of ycge table tonics-1 GLOW felu-
Nln Bark
The eject in many cases OF debility, loss o
iFtN and general prostration, OF an EN-
enI salt Of Iron combined Win our valuaDle
ave, Is most happy II augments the anpe
s ralses the pulse, takes on muscular haJ.
Altss, removes tho pallor OF debility, and
ues dotd ylgor to the cOuntenance.
Do you want lomething to strengthen you
h you want good appetite? DO you want
tlud up YOUR constitutions DO you want
. .isel welli DO you want to get rid OF ner-
srsnesss DO you want energy! 10 you
ut 10 sleep We'll? DO you want brisk anu
,luOus ieelings? II you do, try hunkefs
ne Of Iron.
lihy tested by all clsss OF the communi-
h lhat 1t is now deemed indispensable as q
Inc med cine, 1t costs but little purihes
AbOCd aod gives tone to the stomach, rem
fs,et The system and prolongs lie.
now only ask q trial OF this valuable Tonic
ho Il per bottle. r.. +. KUNkEL, Sole
'eptetol, Philadelphia, Pa. ASK your
|aggtt FOR Kukeps Bitter W inc Of Iron, and
At no other II axe. cod only In 81 botties'
" others are counterfeit 30 beware OF them.
Tape Worm.
llrely removed with purely vegetable
.sticme, passing from the system ahye. nc
4 until the head passes. Come and reiei
PATENTS treated. Dr. e. f. KUNktL, NO
Y North Ninth St., Philadelphia AdVice
ne Seat, Pin and Stomach W orms also re-
sstd, Ask your druggist for kUNkEL's
'ORM SYRUP, Price, $l per bottle. Send
a circular, may1d&wlm