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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02

rnnrrntaa IprsN NA1ln rNoM kEA
WARM, 4 method III procuring fresh
Mltrr from sen water through tlla ai-
rcei nei!on ~ ihr suns rays IN alnung
III. foreign Inventions, TIN nrrnrn.
til rrnainls ~ II hns ~ Wupl ono Incl,
thick. about fourteen f.rt long, two
feei Vile. nnd IT IN average depth ID
uis inches, Ill" upper paft ~ lilo hox
IL elosrd Will ordinary alnaa, which
In ~ inclination uTut Incl. an,ln half.
Al ih. tower e,lrn III The s,lass there In
II reinl'alf,allar sllanhfi. destined ~
receive the fresh Wn'rr which IL con.
,ien.,ii uu he interior surface IL thu
Alnsa, The operation IL ontlni, slim.
i,le, I'lir a.ii Wntnr II III Info thu
hns fnf about III Inch In tlniah. nnh
" IA ihan rspnAni e. thn fnys NJ tho
sun. A .sly n.tin evaporation then
baains, hnd Il i isunI that ii square
mt'irn ~ gins VII eenasnse daily
tho amount ~ two gallons III pure
Mttttfr.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02


A fai,er faes than that possessed ~
EudociH yon Amhprs Il rei lam Haen, ~.
rIde henH leauiful. sl,r ~N. vary wealthy,
having Inherited Tie sari possession. VI h~s
deenn eeI pnrspfs sInea her nrplansxe, sh~
had l~sn tie ward II Jaserl, H.. kmr~ror
oi Germany.
of rear~~ there Msrs many snItora for
her hnnd, hll fl,apng ihan al were only
.wo uron when the fair Itniori~ locked
with any deR,ea or favor These two wers
hsrons. comparatively young, who had
~srseA With hsf father In ihe war against
ths Turks. 'l'ley ware TIN ilAron won
Ohernlprf. md iha t,aron von Frcbach.
The emperor, sn'pflMulnE Equal respect
for both tl,rae p,lilpl# knew mt how Ii 10.
eide between them, md lila maiden could
not rve him The l,snsft NJ hsr d.clsIon. In
this ,lilamma. Jpsaph snld The two hArona
that Tiny aIuoi nl"n equal lerms In hla ron.
tidsnre and rr,sr,n. h" eould eIve neither
the trefrr'ues over ihe olhar.AnI shsy must
decide the matter W THAR own prowessI
bui ~ IN dll no. Wish tlls mAitsr 10 l~ thu
raue y ',laad@l,sd. and perhaps II death,
~ mighl t,a she ease II offensive weapons
wsr~ t4s,l hp hnd ordered a large sAck 10
b~ provided. aud liz Win should liz Successes.
inl snonEl, 10 pat hIn rival Into ". shoul,l
have hi# fair wArd for wifs.
Tho suffers Ayrasd. aad this iudIarona
eosnha. took plsee In presence of The t,n.
lvrIAl eontt |. iAA.~d Almess N hour. Al
length. FrelAsh ~aa compelled 10 yteld,
and thr triumphant f,hrrndors, having
fore~d him lnio lhs sAch, look him WpoN
hls back. and laid him II ,hs feet of ths sia.
rsrcr. Within 4 w~rk TN fair kudoda
bseAnls it.luurrA ,nn OlmrtipIf,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02

II Ii rsiaiel TN GsorHr Cnrk, tho ecie.
bratai nesr, minstrel, thnt, helm. oxamin
III ~ i sisnass. hs WA severely interogas
ei w III. attorney. who wished ii
iroAk down his evidence, "You nm In
thu nsgro minstrel ia.ainess. bellcve r.
Inquired tho llwyar. Yea. sir" WA. ths
prompt rarly. Liant that rathor low
calling !" demanded I'll. la~yar II don !,
know but what " il. ~ir rerliod TIM min
atnl. hut II il - much better than ms
fathers that | ain rsihsr proud 1T H.
what WI. ynur. fnth.aa callin1f" Ill,
was = iae,er," repliui niark. In 4 tone III
regrei tlut r,it thu audience Inn roaf. ill.,
lawyer lrt him slanr.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02


N*Mft4 49, tMt Fs# - II
" f@A = ~ AAsw*# Ns#sAs ~
80 t*s e. s##SAAss
- sF*s
NFf @ #a '@*s sHa w.
- 49, $50
8+s y AgssAA = - @s*s3
fAF q tasse## So
- n NHt FAs~# e#s48ssA
resss ssstHe - as sTs s*sse ~ 80
- q
Iii il &C. II - @h*N
sh* sN*khse t#
'F#a Ns t'FA M Nf'e*@ss# ~
- go 60 Hssf Hsse eh**' $50 ~
49, AFA# fNta Fy#e fHsH T. S**sf
FAs*i'sFa NJ 49, As
49, h#Hs : H. u Il fNsfi -
f*sa sAFtA saA ~ 1873 ths ThETks ssF
'Afts VI It,
- fAfsas ~ ##@s ssa hs
sf'ssN essA "A Y " sAB44 tE $50 w.
~ f#FsAsa saafh ~hAs'a ~ 's#fa4s s~a Aissa
-
~ NJ Nfs4Aa ~ t#ttss ~fA ~
fsSesT''sF fHHi IT, fAseAs 'sfHr @ssha ~
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02


Ana ssAs ssHtsf re- 80 ~.
siu% fHs n v NWa ssi iA st48s Ats
la ita ,sanAftn faa ilttr tsnn nlsiHhs
rsiinsltf, nl~n NJ iFts sslA III ~hlth
IAas. srtslal'Y Il llain latihw Il
fas 1fssAi ti ii ntafesl as Ia 'hr
lwNn stts 81 t aA Il vhHfl at.
sAelstl II fhe aSlt II tsr ~ utHl "a
she mNiAr ~ lAeA. siuftns a
Antall letiaian " its nueail esltst,
'als% Ia thN sia9ilt lafA ta'i.fri titis
fnr II III. arfasf shlsi i#exIlssalss0lf ~
III lnistt II W. lleiHsisa tNH4sr .lttsia
The mixture Nj NlAns &C.. isttn4f n IA
the nissnfe raifAs .hr lA#fah tlp
Nassl uniii lhe ieftautt III tlie rNtura
nal nsmRalslirre fhg II lln .sIia.
alelt. ,i,ipnllua 4 expansion II aassH
tss hras at ttp Instant III tVmtsnatiHn.
In immediately followed III fettlfnsa.
,lph, anl Il Partial ,nfalnta IN The rsl.
inier, TlW utseAislr VT ths nsnn#.
phsfr ul~n the tffa'un rNA II down.
wafsl. nhti ihu ial ht', fti. rpaaain1
thc r,,g.wfrel. ilA.ulfs THE iurer ~
thr IL, uu.rl. I'll consumption II paa
IA nhuu. thitts.nine .ubio feet ter
holar low.r lhr hanr.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02
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sR* AsNaA Ase* Mwaa#A ttess - HssA as~A*ml
49, ts~Asssa. MNs ! 49, 80
se* *#~ uss& - ~ t#ss#s~A
~ - m#h ss4s As#s. 4s#*aA #
As# tssssssa ast ~ ~ sks4s4sa.
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At*# sse HHeA FssA ts#sfa sawssAa~e
Fasssss#s
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sA*ss ~ AeAe 50 A8ss ssa
tssvsa W s*vw4a assssAs " tsss#
~ a~ssss t#98s ~ t#sseR7sa NAA$
NHA sts# ss~s Fs#a Assa ~ 49,
A~a tm~sa - n At# feA#M s*ees&
Ans ~Aass t+ wesAA ssls aas seslss -.
iNsA @tse SO H. sssteasss es4tsts
A~a mh hMFs sa#sAfaA sAsN.
tt4as asst ~ q r8e4s i ~ ~ ssashsss
sTts slrAs tlsas ssAt4A ssvn - 4ssVN4n
w gss*sfsas fsss#s8h is aevMlHs stpaars
tsah tAtsssss tA4 a4seNA w8sA easAA VI asA4
tNas itshs w. ssfat ~ safsN aha FHaAs~
nns s~rss eauf ftsa SIss NNa laets
1hs. tasssh ess4s4 fusa ~~ss t8tl rv~,
I hstss esn Il sses hsasAs@~
I Part shs vstth, $50 rst hlut iie.@rn"
vs~fa -,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02

Ak 1SarsinrA lltyir IN Ingenious
Ftsnrh slssire III renewing water
proanrni by the condensation ~
atcnn In pipes, u nmnnu the recent In.
.rn,ipna. uni, consists ~ nh entrance
pil., an osit rlne tar tho wn'cr, and
II finnt balanced hy n counter weight
anil resting IN thr surface ~ wnt"r
which accumlln,ea in tho lower rnrs
IN the srsasl. rhe action VI thu me-.
ohnnism IsrnNwi,nusnnntle An tho
ioat Ii raised ls the addition nf wnter,
u lininn on tie nhnfi. nn whlnh il@ rol
turns, engaging Iii q nek, elVyntcs q
sllslr valve. ntla ~ ol,una thu escape
otIlea. The water ,hen iln"a oui nn-
al tlc noni falls low enough e. shut
lilo waive oncv more, II Ia anGsns'ra
TINT il device of th's hiiNl. attached 10
the s,enm.hea'ing apparatus of u
building. would deub'lcss prevent Tint
tllsngrrnnhlr ela,lslng unl hammer
inu dn. 10 the water forming In tho
pipes, and tho consequent injury
~ the latter nrI-lng iron repeated
stratus,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02

tNnrnnfM Trirn"Arn lasps,
An improved m,ihud nf laying under.
ground telegraph lines II ,lic III thc
ingenuity IL Hoffman of Amsterdam,
Holland ills plan consists, sulntnn.
TALLY IN providing 4 eHsl Iron trough.
which II illlrtl With peculiar hii'tm.
ihnns Insulating compound, which IL
proved IL bu Aels rlifasiunl. Tho gut
ter reHtp In liz bottom II ditch In
the earth. The compound II put In
while Nnrm nud s.ni liquid, The telc-
rrnrh wlrea, innllnted With suita per-
cha. ure then eitmefRea. separately.
In Tho compound IN tho trough. and th"
latter II then slaNad hy cover nnd
the ditch llllesi With enrth, The com.
pound anan re,ls aud aolldiiiea. md
hollis the NifnH In perfect insulation,
unaffected hy moisture. temperature.
~ decay. 4 telegraph line III some
forty miles In length. neaf Amsterdam.
on the nhasc lilan. Inns proved an IN.
tlrr sifsta'e and although inii la hnd.
swunls aoil, III breaks hnsc co.
rufrrl.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02
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i#4sNg8sa4 fH#a4 III IT, AAsA aeess
Al - 49, #s4a ~ 44sssss sA
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n A. as.a st#* M Atss n
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n t~As
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tass fe* assAt Il A. e@s* Arse sAss mstt1t
,esasa, 49, ~ ts4As sN4Nsf y " ~ ~
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02


RAtssa t;oSh,sas Many people seam N
W. unfortunate w rrttlhr rosinr~. when
" all ynnus raulss.. 'lr, are eaairr rsise,l
II We shly anus haw rinrs The shells III
rcn+~ ~rgs arr ihiek ahtl tough. and thr
rnfiad uf incubation lnnH. IA "a lseet II,
make the nrs, on The ground. ar riee plaen
inn|r' earth or snd~ underneath. aud furinf-
'ha lat two wesA- sprinkle daily with
terld ~as"r, W. prefer turhiu hens. Wit,
their ahnninn, fluffy fsn'hs,s for hAsrhlnr
and raising ros'tnys, III. greatest dan.
g~r Il when Just ont of the sheili they ar,
very weak and liable 10 hnys their "wind
choked III b. getting their necks under
the hen's loot. ~ avoid ,his, young wa.
t.r fowls should h. watched closely when
hAschsng, and removed M soon "A they
ars out VI The sheIl 10 warm quarters In tha
Kitchen. and wrapped In nann~l cioshs.
or made comfortably warm without
smoth~ring In tw.n,y.ionr hours thsy
gst s'rength 70 navigate. nnt hegsn 70 ss,
! and drink. and IL ths weather In favorabl~
sWsf ~ NVlWW WI WIN sHa WNWs u1Vt3k
iAksn the prersniion ~ keep III. strongest
one With hsr constantly willie on tha nest.
soprssnns hsr "Fnlns hauk' Oh her adopt.
I'll brood when tnk~n niF Drink should
10 provided IN shall,w dish tp,uldlo
water II considered bssll, 1'hs natural
feed far goslInxa II grass They con,-
msnce their hrr, mssl BY nlrping she fresh.
tender blades. and " small, tender .rAsa Or
cloyrr Il not 10 he had, le.turs Ia a good
Aul'~.itn.si one Or she ether In cons.an.
supply II essential 10 shsis growth anl
thrift, isrriisr rrren food. ,hsy xhonid bn
ted "iliiie and often" with senldsd msa!.
sllghtly ~nlied. Until tan dsy~ ~ Two
weeks Old. they nhonid b~ renn.d on fresh
grAsA. Al that aEs they may he allowed
10 range with Tho hen during TIN Iny and
housed NJ night. Al four wraks old they
will be faaiherai 10 turn rain storms. anil
no longer naedlns nr earring for mother.
may b. rut out 10 pasture and allowed 10
shirt for thsinaeis~1. except that they
should ~ given son fsed twIro \ day.
harley. Or aais and corn. ground ,ins, with
= portion ef miidIInHs mined In. and
srellad or rook.d, makes rooh fesd. /!
n we'll 10 feed Tho lsrvsr vsrs~.lea l,l~rAlly
when growing, by which N increase shsl,
siss AMI max. thu most ~ ihsm. - MloAl.
caa Mlrmer.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02

Tvs MlkaL, 81 japan II pua = III. hnai.
sss @ovsssiKns III TIN i~riad IT. iAka~ =
hand In tla Court Councils. alsanA# naval,
military anl educational liz lla,s. and Dig
nthss I'm assslng ri n rAnnpn ~ trial of :
tort,sdo boat with hIS roy.l presence, IL
srofts heavy m,,atsrhs AMI imperial. and
slaaads unbootsd Av~ feet seven inches,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02

First clnae work II lhe mnst reasonable
rates All work warranted. Any III ms
work failing 10 hr A represented can hn NJ
turned nj my expense, | have work In
Wlnneshlek. Fnyutte. Fillmore nnd iiuW.
nrh Counties. which will speak Tor itself.
10 which rrfcr you. Tall and examine
my work, and ret my prices before goIng
elsewhere
Ofllcc over cnwArh's store.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02

Charcoal should ~ f~a ID hogS In.
Qusntly, Keep rnprly hs them IL small
hossa, Nils font quarts II salt. t~n ounwH
of 4illrhur. and our bu.hal III wrul Aahes.
and krap constantly N ths rena III hoass,
II tends TO reduce feves. destroy worms
and AID digestion.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02

"FATnTs, ralI u ius...,,.., iio Nj. r....
nal guardian, aho IN The bal habit .f II.
ssTnAsins from rieiy I" profanity. u III
hnat ,ou ought 10 Mar lr',ina .. sweat
taG II don't 60. uh.at !"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02

1hs hest rsmaiy far f,,rfAni and gooa~.
berry worm. II rnwsl.rri white hsll~bov~.
obtninalls ~ my ifa.sin.'p. Dust ths
powder lightly ninn ,he hnahcs,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02

Ton elegant Sheets of Choice Music nr.
ranged Tor the Piano Forte will be sent
By mall on reccips Of ons dollar, postpaid j
o. single copies Al IN cents zach.
Thuy oNM ALSO be ordered through ANY
kswsAealcr Iii the United States.
Happier Daya. Instrumental Tom Drown
WY ean / nsl Forget clarIbel.
Par Der TIN Waves MAylath,
High lifc--Wnltf Strauss.
Down whore ths violrts Grow. Me.tcrns.
when Old jackson had his Day Wcateras
The NrAnA Old FArm ttublee
Ths COLLEGE Qnlckatsp stoddarti
There's Letter In thu Candle Gocic.
DO foa Really Think he Did
Address orders 10 DsnJ, W, Hitchcock,
rshliacsr, 3Ah Third Avenue, N. \. tlntl
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02

Tasan ~ sohoo pending Arri,saAsaD
fes j~hsn,s n shr pension nfsiea.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02
WIN. BALLARD,

yxTM. BALLARD,
ckEsCO, Iowa.
VIII repair CLOCKS, and guarantees
! eAlisfHrtjnn. Every clock WnrrAnlrslto run.
llrIng along your defective clockA ~ hIa
rskdcnoc, md 10 will sct them right.
(1lArgvs reasonable.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02
TN. CHAMBERLAIN,

permanently located III crvHeu, for
The practice ~ his profession All call
promptly attended IL. Night calr III III.
worth Huusei oillcc NJ Awcnson Il Lowry i
drug ator0.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02
r. MITCHELL
AuCTIONEHR.

NuW Vt6ksHts SUW0t
VIII cry auction aslsn In any part of tho
country, and guarantee satisfaction 0r no
lMy. Terms reasonable. ]stf
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02
AIT(yTI(DNEEl1.

VIII H'll goods n auction In Howard and
adjoining counties, on eliort notice and
| rcsronaliu tsrnls Satisfaction guaranteed
III IN ray. FIR terms. u,idWss or leave
word nl this uiAru ihinn
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02
TN. II. FELLOWS,

PHYSICIAN ANN rrMNRON,
Nickvitlv vsOnlN Iowa.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02
+ sliARi.EB cRAi'SEn
AtsdTioskgn.

Will give prompt md satisfactory A.
luntion II sales OF rcAl 0r pcrMsnal property
In town or country. Satisfaction g.iArran-.
tced 0r no iMy,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-02

&5 J 800 sss",..: ss.r q. .s.,,s q !, n1%:, s.:.
stiAsox 4 Co. Portland, Maine. s0N
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lin kipps oid siors. Market st. trcsto,
Where may always he found fresh and
salt meats, flsh, Poultry tame. &c. ~,
O,lr motto Il small profits. and ready pay
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27
Mothers Boy.

Gilbert CROPsEY is his mothers pet.
He coaxes and scolds her as the whim
takes him. He disobeys her, says saucy
words to her, and, as she often says, vcXes
her almost to death. Still she loves
him fondly and calls him "mother's
pet"
Edward Heck is the son of poor
widow, who calls him mothers COM
fort" He tries his very best to make his
mother happy in spite of her poverty.
One day he went to market fDr her, and
as he staggered homeward under a very
heavy load of potatoes a gentleman said
to him:
MY son, that basket is too heavy for
you to carry"
Edward looked in the gentleman's face
with a good naturcd smile and replied:
"It is heavy, sir, but I would rather
carry it myself than my mother should
carry it"
Now, as you see, both these boys were
their mothers pets. Which of them,
think you, was the real mothers boy?
Surely Ebert, the selfish, was not. The
love was all on the mothers side. But
the grateful Edward returned love for
love. The noble fellow bore his mothers
burdens, and was the real, true mothers
boy. Don't you think so? If you do, l
want you to show it by bearing your
mothers burdens. Will you ?-ScloOI,
Church and Home
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27
The Chinese Language.

THE Chinese language is one of the
monosyllabic class of Asiatic languages of
which each word uttered by a single artic-
ulation of speech expresses in itself an
entire idea or thing. All Chinese words
terminate either in vowel, a diphthong,
or nasal, and of such simple roots there
are about $50, although by the four or five
different ways in which they may be
spoken, thus producing corresponding
variety of significance, the number OF
simple words or roots may be increased to
about 1900. Chinese words possess no
modification of form, since by having no
distinctive parts of speech, and no recog-
nized principles Of infection, the relations
of words are only ascertained by their
position in a sentence; hence, Chinese
grammar is solely syntax. The purest
Chinese is spoken at Nankin, but the
same idiom, called the language of the
Mandarins, is spoken by the educated in
all parts of the Empire.
In Chinese the written character, gener-
ally speaking, does not indicate the sound
of the word, but gives kind of hero
glyphic or pictorial representation Of the
idea or thing to be expressed. Hence
there are required as many OF these char
acters OF symbols as there are ideas to be
represented. In writing and printing the
characters are arranged in perpendicular
columns, which follow one another from
right to left.--Star. t4a
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27

EXACTLY as there is nothing new under
the sun, so, we may take it for granted,
there is nothing uncommon or rare, and
where Thomassen attempted and failed
other men have attempted and have sue
ceeded. 1t is very likely that, as has now
been suggested in more than one quarter,
the City of Boston was destroyed in some
such diabolical manner. 1t is seldom
that an Atlantic liner leaves absolutely no
trace of her loss, and Of the City of Bos-
ton not boat or a plank has ever been
picked up. Anyway it is tolerably GER
tain that of the many vessels that are
written of as lost with all hands not few
are destroyed by foul means. Anyone
who has been to sea only for a short voy-
age must know how very unlikely it is
that good ship properly handled should
founder in mid-ocean. A vessel of 1000
tons, if her cargo is rightly slowed, ought
to be able, and for all practical purposes
may be assumed to be able, to ride out a
hurricane. OF course ships may, and
often do, go ashore, but that is the fault
or, it may be, misfortune of the Captain,
not the fault of the ship. When, how
ever, we find, as we do, that quite as many
vessels go down bodily at sea as are
wrecked on the shore, it is impossible not
to suspect treachery. Of course a miss
ing vessel may have been run down by
another, or may have come in collision
al. 80 a,n4
wreck. So, TOO, for all that anybody
knows, she may have been taken by
pirates; and practically there is almost as
much chance of one catastrophe as q the
other. Icebergs and floating wreckage
are more common objects at sea than are
pirates; but, in known cases, they have
seldom destroyed a vessel without leaving
abundant traces OF her to be atterward
picked up.-London Examiner.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27

Without any food at all?" asked
Willie.
For six or seven months, Will, it con-
tinues without food or motion, until the
genial sun of spring wakes it up and ex-
cites its activity
Mot much activity about these chaps"
laughingly replied Jamie.
Very true; for we often compare slow
ness to a snail. However, it usually
comes forth in its own fashion on the first
warm days in April. Breaks open its
own door and sallies forth to seek nour-
ishment. At first it is not very particu-
lar in the choice of its food; almost any
vegetable that seems green is welcome;
but the succulent plants of the garden are
chiefly grateful; and the various kinds of
pulse, at some seasons, are almost wholly
destroyed by them if appearing in num-
bers.
"a wet season is generally favorable
to their production for this animal cannot
bear very dry seasons or dry places, as
they cause too great a consumption of
their slime, without plenty of which they
cannot subsist in health and vigor. One
thing more l must tell you about the
snail. 1t produces a great number of
small, round, white eggs, covered with a
sort Of soft shell. By an impcrceptible
slime they are stuck to each other like a
bunch Of grapes, the whole about the size
Of pea"
"Just as spiders have their eggs in
sort of silky web?' asked Will.
Somewhat like it, Will. But the snail
does not, like the spider, leave its eggs
exposed. With the greatest industry and
solicitude they are hid in the earth until
the warm spring sun WHITES them, when
the snails creep forth. l believe l have
now told you all l can remember about
the snail You sec, dear boys, our Heaven
ly Father erdows each animal with pecul-
lar instincts of its own, and they prove
His watchful, loving care over all created
things"
Willie and Jamie Stewart had listened
with much interest to their father while
giving his account of these little creatures,
and after thanking him for it they ran off
to see if they could not find their snail
with its head sticking out Of its curious
shell l-house.-Josie Keen, in NY. Otser.er