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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18

book, and gave the church credit as she
used any of them. "And do you say, my
dear brother" asked the Deacon, "that
you haze no knowledge of the particular
uses to which these tickets have been putt"
81 do say So" said the pastor. The Dea-
con breathed freer. He had cleared his
pastor, but have no doubt he prayed,
May the Lord have mercy on his poor
Wife" The wife was called, and her hus-
band said, "The Deacon wishes us to
give an account of the proceeds of the
contribution box" "Not exactly so, my
dear sister," said the Deacon; but 1 wish
to know for what purposes the liquor
tickets have been used" She compre-
hended the matter at once, and promptly
replied, "Why, Deacon, did you want
them? l never thought you were a drink
ing man. Now, as you didn't have the
tickets, will you share with us the pro-
ceeds? Let us all take drinkw She
rushed to her pantry, brought out a
pitcher, with tumblers, and it was filled
with-milk! In making the change with
her milkman his eyes had fallen upon
these tickets, and he said he could use
them. Thus throwing the liquor tickets
into the contribution-box was but repe-
tition of the old adage, EVIL, be thou
my good"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18

and young woman had come off the
mountain about noon, and, getting into
the carriage, had driven rapidly off in
the direction of Minot Station. Evans
would not believe that the conduct of
4" Blessie" and Bell was anything more
than a girlish prank, and was confident
that they would find them at home. On
reaching the farm they found that they
were still absent. Miss Peters fastened
to her room to hide her emotion. In
few minutes she sought and found Evans
walking in the yard, and placed a note in
his hand. 1t read as follows:
DEAR FRANK: So greatly do 1 love Mr.. Bell
| that have given up all for him. hope you will
| be brave enough to bear up, ard think OF me as
| the most cruel creature in the world. Tell Alva
l have not the courage to write to him nor to
father and mother. We are going to be married,
and intend to return to Eldred when the gossips
are through with US. Farewell, Frank. Bid
Alva farewell for me. hope he had learned to
| hate me before this. B.. c.
Evans coolly handed the note back to
Miss Peters, and remarked quietly:
6 am glad to have found the young
lady out before it was too late"
| The same evening he was driven to the
railroad and returned to Canada. The
farmers family took the matter very
calmly. Miss Peters, however, was found
lying in her bed, about seven O'Clock the
same evening, covered with blood. With
a small penknife she had severed the
large arteries of both arms, and was near
ly unconscious from loss of blood. But
for the timely discovery of her situation
she would soon have been past all aid
Her wounds were bound up, and doctor
summoned, who now has her in charge.
Her parents were sent for and arrived
here this morning. They will remove
their unfortunate daughter to her home as
soon as they can with safety.
"Blessie" Cookton has remarkable
history. She was found, in the summer
of 1860, on the doorstep of Farmer Cook
tons house, in a basket. Accompanying
the infant was note to the effect that the
mother of the child was gypsy who had
been converted to Christ and cannot
bear the thought of this innocent creature
growing in ignorance and vice. Is there
room for it here? Its little wings are
weary, and, like the dear Jesus, it has no
place to lay Its head. Turn it not away,
bat keep it, tor the love of Christ"
The child was bright little thing and
as the farmer had no children he and his
wife concluded to adopt it as their own.
1t came to be such asunshine in the house
that they gave it the name of " Blessing"
which was subsequently turned into "Bles-
sic. "-Eldred (Pa.) Cor ". Y. Herald.
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HindOo Girls.

The Hindoo girls are graceful and ey
quisitely formed. From their earliest
childhood they are accustomed to carry
burdens on their heads The water for
family use is always brought by the girls
in earthen jars, carefully poised in this
way. This exercise is said to strengthen
the muscles of the back, while the chest
is thrown forward. No crooked backs
are seen in Hindoostan. DR.. Henry Spry,
one of the company's medical officers,
says that this exercise of carrying small
vessels of water on the head might be ad.
vantageously introduced into our board
ing schools and private families, and that
it might entirely supersede the present
machinery Of dumb bells, back boards,
skipping-ropes, etc. The young lady
ought to be taught to carry the jar, as
these Hindoo women do, without ever
touching it with her hand" The same
practice of carrying water leads to pre-
clsely the same results in the south of
Spain and in the south of Italy as in India.
A Neapolitan female peasant will carry
on her head a vessel full of water to the
very brim over rough road and not spill
a drop of it, and the acquisition of this art
or knack gives her the same erect and
elastic gait, and the same expanded chest
and well-formed back and shoulders.
Home and School.
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The Small Capacity of Horses
Stomach.

A HORSE requires food in a much more
concentrated form than neat cattle and
sheep. Hence, if the meal that is de-
signed TO be fed to horse at one time, be
mingled with bushel of cut straw, the
animal will not be able to manage so
much bulk in order to obtain the desired
nourishment. Some writer, who has ex-
amined critically the stomach of horse,
states that stomach of horse of me-
dunn size has capacity of only about
sixteen quarts, while that of the OK has
two hundred fifty; in the intestines this
proportion is reversed, the horse having
capacity of one hundred and ninety
quarts, against one hundred of the OK.
The OK and most other animals have a
gall bladder for the retention of part of
the bile secreted in the intervals of digest
ion; the horse has none, and the bile
flows directly into the intestine as fast as
secreted. This construction of the diges-
tive apparatus indicates that the horse
was formed TO eat slowly and digest con-
tinually, bulky and innutritious food
When fed on hay it passes very rapidly
through the stomach into the intestine.
The horse can eat but about five pounds
of hay in an hour, which is charged dur
ing mastication with four times its weight
of saliva. Now the stomach, to digest
well, will contain but about ten quarts,
and when the animal eats one-third of his
daily ration, or seven pounds, in one and
one-half hours, he has swallowed at least
two stomachfuls of hay and saliva, one
of these having passed into the intestine.
Observation has shown that the food is
passed to the intestine by the stomach in
the order in which it is received. If we
feed horse six quarts of oats it will Just
about fill his stomach, and it, as soon as
he finishes this, we feed him the above
ration Of seven pounds of hay, he will eat
sufficient in three-quarters of an hour to
have forced the oats entirely out Of his
stomach into the intestine. AS it is the
Office of the stomach to digest the aitrog!
enous parts of the food, and as a stom-
ach full of oats contains four or five times
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The Offspring of Dyspepsia.


No class of invalids are more to be com
mlserated than the dyspePtic, since the NAL.
ady from which they suffer is the parent of
a more numerous offspring of tormenting
symptoms than any other disease On the
other hand, they are to be Congratulated
that there is a potent, safe and agreeable
botanic remedy for all the torture that thew
undergo. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters DOW
erfully invigoratcs the cellular tissue OF the
stomach, thus promoting an adequate score
ICES the shrunken and debilitated lining of
the stomach, directs the bile into III frne
channel, and stimulates the inactive bowels
and dormant liver. These radical effects are
accompanied with the restoration of anne.
tite, flesh and sound repose, and the removal
tions of the heart, vertigo, high colored and
scalding urine, water brash, headache. and
many other harrassing symptoms Of dys,
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

PULvER1zED anthracite coal, spread on
the soil to the depth of half an inch, is
said 10 have remarkable effect in bright
ening the colors of flowers of pottcd
plants.
G. @. W., WRITING from Council Bluffs,
Iowa, says: l notice in late issue OF the
weekly Inter- Ocean a sure cure for bo!ls
and carbuncles in the use Of lead boiled
in milk. Permit me to say that l once
tried that remedy, and the result was a
partial paralysis of the left side and serl-
Gus injury to the system generally. A tea
made from burdock roots did me much
good. Lead is poison.-Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
To Cook SPINAcH.-Wash and clean
the spinach thoroughly from grit, then
boil it in salt and water; press the water
entirely out of it and chop it as fine as
powder. A quarter Of an hour before
serving up put it into saucepan, with
piece of butter mixed with a tablespoonful
of flour and half tumblerful of boiling
water, some salt, pepper and little nut
meg, and let it simmer fifteen minutes.
Serve with hard boiled eggs on the top
Cor. N. Y. Times.
VERY durable and neat mats for floors
can be made from old coffee sacks. A
piece of the bagging of suitable size is
bound with some dark fabric and secured
| to frame of four laths. BY means Of
hook of wood or iron, like an enlarged
crochet needle, carpet-rags are carried
through the material so as to skip every
other thread and to leave loops half an
inch long, the ends, of course, being fast
ened. Ola red flannel can be used to
make tasteful borders.
If BRooMs are wet with boiling suds
once week, they will become very tough,
will not cut carpet, and will last much
| longer. A handful or so of salt sprinkled
on a carpet will carry the dust along with
it and make the carpet look bright and
clean. A very dusty carpet may be
cleaned by dipping the broom in cold
water, shaking off all the drops, and
sweeping yard or so at time. Wash
the broom and repeat until the entire
carpet has been swept.
| BEST FROsTING FOR CAKES.-Many
cooks are troubled to make good frosung
that will adhere to the cake and not crum-
BILE to pieces when cut. To all such
wish to recommend the following simple
method. It takes but few minutes to
make the frosting, and it is always good.
1t is much better than to beat the eggs to
a froth: For one large cake use pound
of pulverized sugar, rolled or sifted to
free it from Jumps, and the whites of two
eggs Sometimes the frosting stitlens up
so that l do not quite use all the sugar
Stir the sugar gradually into the whites
when nearly stiff enough squeeze in the
Juice of half lemon; when all the sugar
is in that is required, give it good stir
ring; put the frosting in the center of the
loaf of cake; dip broad bladed knife in
water, and spread the trosting, dipping
the knife in water often enough to pre-
vent sticking; when spread, put the cake
on the stove hearth or under the stove fol
half an hour, or Whereabouts, till it get
firm. The lemon juice gives it peasan
flavor, while the acid acts upon the frost
ing, making it winter and nicer to cut
| Cor. Ohio Farmer.
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The Buddha's Answer.

THERE came to the Buddha, one day, a
woman who had lost ner only child. She
was wild with grief, and with disconso-
late sobs and cries called frantically upon
the prophet to give back her little one to
life. The Buddha gazed on her long,
and, with that tender sympathy which
drew all hearts to him, replied, GO, my
daughter, bring me a mustard seed from
a house into which death has never en-
tered, and l will do as thou hast hidden"
The woman took up the dead child and
began her search. She went from house
to house, saying: "Give me mustard
seed, kind folks, a mustard seed for the
prophet to revive my child" And they
gave her what she desired. And when
she had taken it she inquired: They
are all gathered around the hearth here,
father, mother, and the children is it not
so? They are sound, in health's bloom?"
But the people would shake their heads
mournfully. And, far as she wandered,
through town and village, in the crowded
thoroughfare and by the lonely roadside,
she met the same experience still. There
was ever a vacant seat by the hearth,
which remained untitled though all were
gathered. Then gradually, as she went
on, the outbursts of her grief abated, and
the meaning of the Buddhas words
dawned upon her mind. Gradually, as
she learned to know the great sorrow of
the race everywhere around her, her
heart, ceasing to dwell on its own selfish
pang, went out in strong yearning to
the companions of her suffering. The
tears of her pity fell free and fast, passion
siO,oly melted aaoay in compassion. From
passive suffering she turned to active
helping, sought redemption by redeem
ing. She had learned the highest virtue
which the Buddha taught, maitri, the
consciousness of wide fellowship, the love
of mankind, the perfect remuneration of
self in behalf of the eternal interests.
Calm, answering self-control to avoid
pain, acts of sympathy to Tighten pain
such was the Buddha's answer to the
great question Of the origin and destruc-
ton of suffering. These were the two
solid pillars of his church. If he had
paused there he could have exhibited to
the world an example of combined sober
ness and enthusiastic idealism nowhere
transcribed in human history. But his
faith in the doctrine of the transmigration
compelled him to pass the limits which
his strong ethical sentiment seemed to
prescribe, into a nebulous beyond. This
present life of ours is but a link in the
great chain Of existence. OF what advan-
tage is it, therefore, to destroy the suffer.
ing Of to-day, if, in the ceaseless cycle OF
new births, that suffering is destined end
lcssly to recur? To be true deliverer,
the prophet said, I must free men from
the fear of resurrection, teach them to
battle fate. With the end of existence
alone Can come the end of pain. Hence
arose the mystic doctrine of Nirvana- the
third of the great principles on which the
Buddhist system rests.-Fr0m A PTOphel
Of the PeoDle, By Prof. AdIer, in ANantts
fin, ,Tune
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Management of Lawns.

THOMAS MCCLUMI, landscape gardener
of Hartford, Conn, says of the manage
ment Of lawns in America, that
/. The drer climate of AmercareQuires
a deeper and richer soil than England, to
maintain a continued green through the
heat of the summer.
2. Terraces are properly objected to and
denounced, as being unnatural and dis
cordant with true taste
3. Sewers, where necessary, and un-
derdrains, are the first requirements when
a lawn is intended.
4. The reasons for drainage are, access
to the air, and the admission of the rains
to pass through it, so that it is treated
like dirty garment, and is washed, aired
and Cried"
5. Deep tillage and manuring are the
foundation of success with American
lawns-the soil to be uniform in texture
and quality, to prevent spots-and trench
ing, keeping the rich soil at the surface,
being essential.
g. Sow in freshly mellowed soil; and if
there are many annual weeds, SOW in
autumn, that the winter may kill them
but if there has been much grading and
filling, SOW in spring after the settled sur
face has been smoothed. Steep hillsides
are recommended to be sown in summer,
to prevent washing; but we suggest a bet
ter way to secure the surface by the roots
of thin crop of rye sown the previous
autumn, and then sow the grass among
this crop in spring, cutting the rye away
as soon as the glass is well established.
7. Roll in spring old or new lawns, to
smooth the surface, and tiller the grass.
8. Avoid coarse or lumpy manure, and
apply as a surface dressing either finely
pulverized compost, or mixture of guano
and superphosphate of lime.
8. Keep the grass cut short from the
first, to cause it to grow thick and form a
dense CARPET.
10. Never adopt the absurd practice of
allowing the grass to grow tall, to cut for
hay.
II. After many trials, the selection of
grass for each acre is narrowed down to
Kentucky blue grass, two bushels; red
top, one and half bushels; white clover,
two to four pounds. For dry and gravelly
ground, increase the white clover, and de-
pend less on the grasses. Sow the clover
and grass seed separately, as the latter is
lighter and cannot be thrown so far.
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,.rt,cr,ar,v ,nvalids, spring Is

To ALL, particularly invalids' spring Is
. irving season Indications Of sickness should
At once be attended to. Fstal diseases may b
caused BY allowing the bowels to Become consti-
lpsted and the system to remain in di'ordersd
condition until the disorder has time to Develop
itself An ounce of prevention is worth pourd
NJ cure is an old and truthful saying. Therefore,
wa advise all who are troubled with the complaints
now very prevalent-headache, indigestion, disof-
dered liver want Of appetite, nausea, or feverlsn
.kin-to take, without delay, Schenck's Mandrake
pills. We know Of no remedy SO harmless and
decisive in its action. 1t at once strikes AT inc
root Of the disease and produces healthy tone 70
the system. People never need suffer from any
disease arising from d;sordered condition OF the
liver If they would take this excellent medicae
when they feel the first indications of the maiady
Families leaving home for tho summer months
should take three or four boxes Of these pills with
them. They have an almost instantaneous erect
They will relieve the patient Of headache In one OF
two hours and will rapidly cleanse the liver Oh
surrounding bile, and will effectually prevent
bilious attack. They are sold by all druggists.
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Keely touched with his foot a wrought

Keely touched with his foot wrought
iron pipe foot in diameter and three
inches in thickness, which enclosed,
loosely, smaller pipe, "cannot do
much harm if it bursts, as theouter casing
prevents the pieces flying Here is one
we split" and he placed his hands upon
a huge "valve" that had been riven like
a reed. "The material we now use al
most entirely is of steel, forged in solid
masses and bored out. The COMPRISING
cocks which are attached to that
cylinder are my own invention.
Understand what we are fighing
against is thirty tons to the square
inch. This machine will develop
$500 horse-power-enough to run
all the cars in Philadelphia and New
York put together-and can be charged
with seventy gallons of pure vapor per
minute. We have about fifty men en-
ployed, all told, the work generally is
done outside by /. P. Morris and Morris &
Tasker, and simply put up inside. Yes,
that patch in the wall is where bolt, that
blew out, went through a short time ago.
The greatest care is needed, and yet some
of our appliances appear very fragile.
This copper tube, which you see is not
much thicker than lead pencil, and has
a passage not larger than pipe-stem, will
stand pressure of 100000 pounds to the
square inch. A magnificent motor is
being put together by Messrs. Sargent 4
Cunningworth, in New York; it is, OF
course, for our company" Mr.. Keely then
conducted the reporter to his model room,
where number of delicately- constructed
specimens of 'iliputian motors and ma
chimes invited inspection. "There are 50
many points about the invention that it
would take me three or fourdays to describe
them, and your paper far more room than
It could spare in a year to publish them.
The present century has given birth to
many marvels, steam, biography, etc,
and we are going to astonish the world in
greater measure than even great scien-
fists can imagine. You may tell the read
ers of the Times that barring accidents,
the motor will be in working order by the
Fourth of July" The interview then ter
minated. -PhILadelphta Times.
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as much of these as the same amount OF
hay, it is certain that either the stomach
must secrete the gastric juice five times az
fast, which is hardly possible, or it must
retain this food five times as long. by
feeding the oats first it can only be re-
tanned long enough for the proper dlges-
ton of hay, consequently it seems logl-
cal, when feeding a concentrated food like
oats with bulky one like hay, to feed the
latter first.-N. Y. Herald.
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I HEARD the words Of the preacher,
As he read that hymn so dear,
Which mother sang at our cradle
To the ancient tune of Near.
And felt her angel presence,
As sung were those blessed words
My heart was with rapture filling
As sweet as the song of birds.
longed for the land of Summer,
LIES River, with waters clear,
For the calm, sweet eyes of mother,
Who sang the old tune of Near.
o tale Of the shepherds watching
Over their flocks in the night
OF the dear Lord, sending angels
Enshrouded in glory bright
o story! told in the Orient
To each wandering shepherds ear
That story, sung by my mother
To the hallowed tune Of Near.
o pure white babe Of the mangeri
Thy story shall ever run,
Till redempton's work is finished,
All souls to Gods kingdom won!
To-day that e'er welcome cadence
OF song floated back to me;
Over the paths of my childhood
1t lovingly came, all free.
thank the good, kind All-Father
For this memory, brightly clear:
The sanity smile Of my mother,
And her low voice singing Near.
All me! the father has rested
Many and many year.
The mother, who sang by our cradle,
Has gone to a higher sphere.
Brothers and sisters have parted;
Some live in the Better Land,
And some are waiting their summons,
Sojourners yet on life's strand;
feel whom we meet up yonder,
Where cometh no sigh nor tear,
Our mother will softly sing us
The grand old tune of Near.
Hartford Tin,
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,sSHEPAaDs g. AZ" VIBRATOR

THE ENORMOUS WASTAGE of grain. so fasrg,M,
Tih other styles of Threshcrs, can be SAVED Nv thu
Improved Machine, sufficient, on every job, 10 more la,
pay al expenses of threshing
FLAX, TIMOTHY, MILLET, HUNGARIAN and
like seeds threshcd, separated cleaned and saved
as easily and perfectly Wheat, Oats, Rye or Barley
AN EXTRA PRICE is usually paid for grain .i
Seeds cleaned by this machine, for extra cleanliness
IN THE WET GRAIN of 1875 these were suls,an.
TALLY the ONLY MACHINES that could run with prof,
or economy, doing fast, thorough and perfect work
1phen Others utterly failed.
ALL GRAIN, TINE and MONEY wasting comPla
tlons, such Endless Apron" "Raddles, "BeGeB"
"Pickers" etc, are entirely dispensed rah; less than
one-haf the usual Gears, Belts Boxes, and Journals
easier managed more durable light running no cost
ly repairs; dust; no lttcrings to clean up not
troubled by adverse winds, rain or storms
FARMERS and GRAIN RAISERS who are posted
In the large saving made by 1t will not employ inis.
rior and waatefu machines, but will nasa on this
improved Thresher doing their work.
FOUR SIZES made for 6, s, 10 and 70 Horse
Powers Also a speciality of SEPARATIONS, designed
and made EXPRESSLY FOR STEAM POWER
TWO STYLES OF HORSE POWERS, viz: our I'm.
proved "Triple Gear" and our spur Speed" (WOcl
bury Style, both Mounted on toHr wheels.
IF INTERESTED in Threshing or Grain Raising
apply to our nearest Dealer or write to for Illus
ted Circular (sent free giving full particulars Of Sizes
Styles, Prices, Terms, etc.
Nichols, Shepard Dc Co.,
BATTLE CREEK, MICH