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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02
A Few Words to Feeble and Delicate
Women,

BY r. V. PIERCE. NJ. D., of the Worlds Dispen
sare, Buffalo. n. Y. Author of The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser etc, etc.
Knowing that you are subject to great
amount of suffering, that delicacy on your
part has a strong tendency to prolon% it, and
the longer it is neglected the more you have
to endure and the more difficult OF cure your
case becomes, |, as physician, who am
daily consulted by scores of your sex, desire
to say to you, that am constantly meeting
with those who have been treated for their
ailments for months without being benefited
in the least, until they have become perfect
" discouraged and have almost made up
their mind never to take another dose of
medicine, or be tortured by any further
treatment. They had rather die and have
their suifcrings ended than to live and suffer
as they have. They say they. are worn out
by suffering, and are only made worse by
treatment. Of anything more discouraging,
we certainly cannot conceive, and were there
no more successful mode of treating such
difficulties than that, the principles of which
teach the reducing and depicting of the vital
forces OF the system, when the indications
dictate a treatment directly the reverse of
the one adopted for them, their case would
be dcplorahlc indeed. But, lady sufferers,
there is better and far more successful
plan of treatment for you; one more in har
mony with the laws and requirements of
your system. harsh, irritating caustc
treatment and strong medicines will never
cure you. If you would use rational means,
such as comm0n-scnse should dictate to
every intelligent lady, take such medicines
as cmbody the very best invigorating tonics
and nervines, compounded with special ref
erence to your delicate system. Such hap
by combination you will find in my Favorite
Prescription, which has received the highest
praise from thousands of your sex. Those
languid, trCsomc sensations, causing you to
feel scarcely able to be on your feet or as
ccnd flight of stairs; that continual drain
that is sapping from your system all your
| former elasticity, and driving the bloom from
your checks; that continual strain upon
your vital forces that renders you irritable
and fretful-may all be overcome and sub
ducd by pcrsevering use of that marvellous
remedy Irregularities and distractions to
the proper working of your system are re-
ieved by this mild and safe means, while
| periodical pains, the existence of which is q
sure indication of serious disease that should
not be neglected, readily yield to it, and if
| its use be kept up fora reasonable length of
! time, the special cause of these pains is per-
manently removed. Further light on these
subjects may be obtained from "The Peo-
| pies Common Sense Medical Adviser" in
which | have devoted large space to the
| consideration of all forms of disease pecul-
| lar to your sex. This work will be sent
| (post-paid) to any address on receipt of
$50. My Fayorite Prescription is sold by
| druggists.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02
Applying Manures.

BY a series of experiments made some
years ago, in England, it was shown that
barnyard manures benefited crops most
the first season, when covered about two
inches deep with soil. This result appears
reasonable, but the question is, how can
farmers place their manures in the ground
at this depth? 1t is not practicable in any
case, but they can approximate to it in
some cases. When manure is plowed UNI
der in the ordinary way, some of it is COW
cred too deep to benefit the crop the same
season, and it is made available if the
land be plowed the second year. Some
farmers pillow their land, then spread on
the manure and harrow it in, but much of
it is left upon the surface, and is partially
lost, as the ammonia that goes off in the
atmosphere is the virtue of the manure
itself
1t is strange that we should find intel
ligcnt farmers, at this late day in agricul-
tural progress, who deny that barnyard
manure can be injured by exposure to the
air and sun; yet they do. exist! A few
years ago farmer in Central New York
wrote several articles for publication, in
which he attempted to prove that when
manure lies upon the surface of the land
and dries up, its fertility is still in it,
concentrated in the small crusts that re-
maini
Farmers, let me caution you against the
folly Of carting your manures upon youl
field and spreading them for week Oh
longer before you pillow them under. Il
this be done in the spring, with warm
sun and high, drying winds, large por
ton of them, or, rather, of their fertility
will pass off in the atmosphere. Don't
be deceived in this matter while your oil
factory nerves bear IA pungent evidence OF
the truth of what l say. You cannot
afford to work your farms on this wasting
principle. Manure is money, and if one
should see you scattering greenbacks'
over the field, on some windy day, the
evidence Of your insanity would be but a
little more tangible than when you spread
your manures and leave them to evaporate
in the sun and by the Winds" H., )" IN
N T. Observer
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02
What Disease Have II

How often do we hear this question asked
by persons suffering from dizziness and pain
IN the head, with dull, stupid feeling, pain
in the side, back or shoulder, heavy load
on the stomach after eating, a faint, all-gone
sensation at the pit of the stomach that food
does not satisfy, cold, clammy feeling in
the hands and feet, with hot flashes at times,
bad taste in the mouth, with foul breath,
attended with great depression of the ncrv-
Gus system and evil forebodings, and with a
tired weakness that sleep don't relieve, urine
scanty at times, with a sediment after stand
ing. One physician calls the disease liver
complaint, another kidney disease, another
dyspepsia, and still another impurity of the
blood. But none succeed in effecting cure
The fact is that these symptoms Indicate
that all of these diseases are present to-
gethcr, and to remove these symptoms we
must take remedy that will act upon all of
these organs at once. The best article that
we know of is made by the Shakers, and is
called SHAKER EXTRACT OF RooTs, OR CURA-
TIVE SYRUP mot patent medicine). Sold
by Druggists and A. j. White, New York.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02
The Study of the English Language.

ONE may well ask, "What is the value
of an education that does not teach the
educated how to use their own language"
Failing of that, it is not only lamentably
defective, it certainly falls short of what
should be its primary purpose
Very few of our American schools land
the same is true of the British schools)
appear to think study of the English
tongue of any particular consequence
True, they do not object to it; indeed,
they make it generally one of the branches
of the course, though, ON the whole, it is
treated rather as incidental than essential.
In the public schools, mathematics is
usually chosen as the standard by which
to measure the capacity and progress of
the pupil, and very inaccurate, not to
say false, standard it is for general capac-
ity or progress. The boy or girl who shows
a special aptitude for mathematics seldom
has an aptitude for any study not of an
abstract nature. He or she is apt to pos
scss little imagination, slender apprecia-
ton of beauty, and marked indifference
to harmony or form. BY such a pupil,
language is either disregarded or de-
spised; the graces are neglected, and the
personal amenities disesteemed. AT the
end of the year, he who can demonstrate
with ease any theorem of Euclid, or who
has parabolas or asymptotes at his fingers
ends, is likely to be ignorant of history
and bellies lettres generally, and slow and
awkward of speech.
In our colleges, as everybody knows,
mathematics and Latin and Greek are
held to be all important, and everything
else as nothing or reyt TO nothing. 1t is
by no means uncommon for youth to
graduate with distinguished honors who
could not, for his soul, talk with ease
on any subject he might be familiar with.
What is the good of his knowledge (if he
happen to have it) of calculus, of Greek
roots, of the quantity of 4Eschylus, of the
best passages of Livy and Lucretius, if he
cannot use his native tongue to advantage?
1t were far better for him to have such
use than to have his head stuffed with any
quantity of unavailable lore.
This is practical age. Young men
do not earn their bread, nor rise to dis.
tinction, by repeating the odes of Horace
or by calculating the binomial theorem,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02
The Last Hours of Francis Deak.

SINCE his return from his summer resi-
lence in the Stadtweldchen, the park at
Pesth, he had become but rarely visible
for any but his most intimate friends and
relations, though, even in this state OF tor
por which had taken possession OF him,
whenever there came a moment OF tenn
porary relief the old elasticity of spirit
broke through, and the cold gentleman"
saw with pleasure the many friends who
came daily on the chance of seeing him.
As for years past, so on the last New
Years Day, the members of the party
that once bore his name, but who have
now coalesced with those who once so en-
ergetically opposed his policy, and form
the ruling great liberal party, had de
cided to 90 in a body to offer him theil
best wishes.
Though only just recovered from one
of those attacks Of suffocation which hao
become already alarminglv frequent, hi
insisted or seeing them. There he was
the strong man of former days, who hat
led, with clear intellect and firm hand, hi
willing and trusting followers, prostratet
in his arm chair, which he had scarcel.
left TOR the last year and a half, pale, will
sunken cheeks and half-clOsed eyes, whil'
| the representatives of the nation stoot
around him with mourning countenances
and when the chairman Of the party wen
up close TO his chair, and in subdue'
voice expressed the feelings of the hun
dreds who crowded the room, Deak raisc'
| for a moment his head toward the speaker
his eye revived and passed over thos
present, and the lips muttered faint.
some words of thanks.
With subducd steps, as if in a place Q
worship, oppressed with unspeakablc sol
row and the eyes moist with tears, ever
one withdrew. One long and sad look c
farewell was sent to the parting chief, an
a mute pressure of the hand, which wa
exchanged, expressed the general sad con
viction that we should see him no NOR
hungarian Cor. London Times.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02
i" Truth Stranger than Fiction. !"
THE BEST BORDER BOOK YET OUT.


The publishing house of J. c. McCurdy q
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Although sold for SO, it is equal in extent
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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02
WHAT HAST THOU DONEf

WHAT hast thou done to show thy love,
To Him who left His throne above;
His glorious throne In yondcr sky,
And came to earth for thee to die,
Tell me- my souli
What hast thou done IN all these years,
Since Christ in love dispclled thy fears,
And in their place gave peace Of mind,
And access to His throne to iindi
Tell me, my souli
Hast thou the world renounced entire;
And for its praise felt no desire!
From every folly turned away,
To seek for joys that last Away?
|... Tell me, my SOUL
Whenever brother in his need,
Appealed to thee to clothg or feed;
Did'st thou with generous soul reply,
And for Christ's sake myself denys
Tell me, my souli
Hast thou eer dried the widows tearl
Or sought the orphans path to cheeri
Hast thou e'er raised the fallen up,
And hidden him once more to hope?
Tell me, my souli
Or hast thou lived in selfish ease,
Seeking alone TnYsKLF to please.
Forgetful that thy God would claim
Thy service, If thou bear His name,
Tell me, my souli
Forget not, soul, that by-and-by,
A reckoning comes in yonder sky,
When Christ, as Judge, will ask Of thee,
80 SOUL WHAT HAST THOU DONE FOR ME-"
Remember, soull
: Tburrb YTninn
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02
Golden Trout.

J. NJ. UUTCHTNGs writes to the San
Francisco Post: While on a recent eX-
ploring ana Photographic trip among the
sublime scenery of the high Sierra, in
some laughing strcamlets of the Whitney
meadows and vicinity at the head waters
Of the Kern River, and at an altitude of
9, roo feet above the sea, we discovered
these beautiful fish. Their bright sides
were flashing and fitting through the
water like Jets of fire. Then, collected in
shoals beneath projecting rock or bank
they would light up those dark recesses
with their glittering sheen. Challenging
our admiration as they did, an effort was
needed to restrain our impatient eager
ness to clutch them. (What materialistic
creatures men are sOmctimesD Our
camping ground selected and animals I'M
packed, we set out to capture some with
our hands! Spirit of Walton, forgive US
this Dissertation of thine art. In the soil
tude of these mountain Businesses these
attractive creatures had not yet learned
mans wiles, and must | confess it, in a
few minutes we had caught over fifty.
While adopting the more scientific
method of hook and line to supply our
camp, DR.. A. Kellogg, botanist and nat
uralist of the expedition, made drawing,
and the following notes: The golden and
orange banded trout of Kern and Kings
River. Description: Trout four to eight
inches long; proportion thick, and motion
quiet. Ground color golden, lighter or
darker as they inhabit deeper, shadier OF
shallower and SUMMER streamlets. Back
dark, with large black spots; broad
longitudinal band of orange, red along the
lateral line of mucus glands, from head &c
tail, mostly vanishing near the posteriol
third, or final fin; transversely clouded
by ten large blotches. Belly, bright or.
ange from under the throat and operculal
fin, or respiratory gills, to back of dorsal
fin, and tail beautifully black spotted
also, a black bar running fore and aft
through the eye. All of the fins Except
the opercular) golden margined, with
"hllS. lCeH, iiSul odtuph. Ipuuu Ill
shallow streams of the higher meadows
and ravines of Kern River, 5000 to 10 SOC
feet above the sea level, where they dis
appear.
To this l may add that as each member
of our party of nine sat around the camp
fire, feasting on the sumptuous mountain
repast thus provided, the sentiment was
unanimously expressed that they were as
delicious in flavor as they were beautiful
in form and color We were anxious tc
bring some of them to civilization, but in
less than half mile of carriage seven OF
them were dead, proving the experiment
| impossible with the conveniences in oul
possession. Let us, however, hope that
the eggs of these elegant and delicate trout
may be successfully secured for our
brooks and aquariums. DR.. Kellogg pre-.
served few in brine, which, when dried
were sent to the Academy of Sciences in
San Francisco; but, alas! on their arrival
all their bright colors had become like
the baseless fabric of a vision"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02
A Lesson.

A FEW days since, when visiting an ex-
ensive bed of iron ore, we noticed three
workmen toiling together to break of a
portion of ore from rocky mass. One
sat patiently holding an iron bar in an
excavation, while the others were striking
it alternately with a heavy hammer.
Slow, very slow, seemed the process as
the sluggish blows fell in monotonous al
formation, with no impression perceptible
to the looker-on. Butts nothing effected !?
A glance around shows that If much re-
mains to be done, much has already been
accomplished. A considerable portion of
the hill from which the ore is taken has
been removed by the same patient labor
carried on for many years, and large an
nual profit results from all this toll. A
single blow of the hammer or stroke of
the pick seems to effect nothing, but often
repeated it removes rocky hill. Is there
not here lesson for the ministry and all
Christian workers? The work of Christ
seems at times to make little progress
in our hands, or particular efforts to
fail. Then must the attempt be repeated,
if possible, and the labor 60 patiently on.
The task of reaching the hearts of men is
one that needs the perscvering application
of the bar, the hammer and the pick, so
to speak, or whatsoever implements God
has given lis. The towering mountain
which doomed up before the Apostles, has
certainly been much diminished in its
proportions during these long centuries.
Much, very much, precious metal has
been dug out of the hard rock of sin in
which it lay imbedded, and has in its turn
been made the instrument Of developing
the resources of Christ's kingdom. More
precious, infinitely, than iron is this treas
ure thus secured, nay, its worth excels
that of silver or gold. Surely, then, we
may be content to labor on in faith and
hope, trusting at last to see great treasures
stored in Gods treasure house through our
patient toll, carried on day by day in His
name and strength. Union.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02

ST. LOUIS MARKETS. latest reports
from St Louis give the following as the
current prices for leading staples
Flour, unchanged; XXX fall, 5000
$50. Wheat-No. 2 red winter, $1.50@
1.5O1s, cash: April options, $1.55H; No. 8
red winter, $1.37. Corn-No. 2 mixed,
3S1a@3Sa4c, cash; March options, $500
39c; April options, 401s@41c. Oats
No. 2, BIC, cash. Barley-Dull. Rye
67@6sc. Pork-$22 00@22.25. Lard
$12.70@12.75. Shoulders-S4c. Cattle
Fair to prime natives, $4.35@5. 90;
pony steers, $3.75@4.25; native cows,
$3.o0@4.00; feeders, s4.O0@425. Hogs
Workers, $7.s5@s.15; packing, $1,000
$685. Philadelphias, $S.400S,50,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02
Reconstruction will save money nv ns;,

EcoNoMY.-You will save money by using
Proctor d Candles Original Notified German
Soap. 1t will not waste nor become soft
ike ordinary yellow soap when used in warm
water, nor is it chcapened with articles in, d.
rious to clothes. Remember, you obtain full
one-pound bar if you purchase their brand.
To protect their brand from imitators
Proctor u Gamble patented It, and the patent
was sustained iii the United States Courts.
Examine The stamp the bars ulisn you
bun Take their Soar only
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02

Much dissatisfaction exists in Massa.
chusetts with the working of the CON-
mon school system in that State The
results of the system are said to be in nc
sense commensurate with the amount OF
money expended, and reorganization is
asked for; and it is suggested that less
money be expended upon fine school
houses and more devoted to the employ
ment of better teachers-a suggestion, by
the way, as good for colleges as for pub
lie schools. Y. Independent
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02

The TACT that the medical profession rec.
ognlze and use Forest Tar as a standard
remedy, is proof that it is not one Of the
humougs now so numerous. g. Fl. Barker
M. d., of Wayne, Me-, writes as follows.
. Am :, using your Tar in a case of Congestion
following an attack of acute Pnenmon;a
with marked improvement, and am hoping
great things from it." If your druggist is
out OF it write to The Forest Tar Co =,
Portland, Me-, and they will tell Won where
to find it.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02

ONE of the most agreeable materials for
curtaining windows is coarse, unbleached
cotton. The irregularity of the thread
and the roughness of the surface gives its
soft folds much the charm of Russian
crash, and Its hue warns the light of
cool, north windows almost to the glow Of
sunshine,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02

The Nagasaki Rising Sun says the
Buddhist religion is fast declining. In
Yamashima Ken alone it is said that
seventy one Buddhist temples have been
turned into dwelling-houses and made use
of in other ways since 1878, and during
the last six years between 600 and 200
temples have been converted to other pur
poses than those for which they were
originally intended.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02

come nicely into play for summer food in
connection with the above slop, as DO
Observation-Disclosures, etc.-Amertcan
S,cine and Poultry Journal.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02

A NEGRO was scalded 10 death from
boiler explosion, and on his tombstone
they chiseled deeply: Sacred 70 the
memory Of our steamed fficnd.''
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02

CHRISTIAN, remember that the consis
tency of your life is the measure Of the in
tiuence that the words you speak for Jesus
will exert.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02

UPWARD of 100000 cinchona trees
have been planted out in India during the
past five years, and there are SOC, 900 plants
in the nursery beds.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02
International Sunday.SchOol Lessons.

FIRST QUARTER OF 1875.
Mar. II Absalom's Rebellion. =. 2 Sam. XIV lit
Mar. 10 AbsalOm's Death. 49,. 2 Sam. xviii. 24-3l
Mar 26 Review Northumberland.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02

PRUssING's celebrated White Wine Vinegar
has been before the public twenty seven years,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02

EVERY lover of flowers and of q garden
should read adv. Cali About Gardening -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-18
Peace society.

MYsTIc, Conn, August 49,
The Connecticut Peace Society res
olutions oppose the return of the
Indian bureau to the War Depart
ment and denounce the invasion of
the Black Hills. They charge that
the wal was forced upon the In
diars to prevent a reduction Of the
army, demand an Investigation Of
the many enumerated outrages by
the military on the Indians, declare
that General Clusters death was a
Just retribution for the slaughter Of
friendly Indians, urge universal
amnesty to x-Conlederates and the
removal Of the army from the In.
dian country. Zachariah Crouch
is president Of the society.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-18
81. LOUIS.
PoIIne.-Murderous AssnuIts.

POIIucs-Murderous Assaults.
ST. LOUIS, August lS.-The Re-
publicans of the Sixth district of
this State nominated II. E. Harris
for Congress.
A drunken, worthless fellow,
named Arey, made a murderous
assault upon a highly respectable
farmer named Joseph Parker, at
Warsaw, Mo-, yesterday and thrust
a large pocket knife into his arm
pit, inhicting a mortal wound. The
citizens threatened to lynch Arey
and he was placed under a strong
guard.
q. NJ. Bradbury, in Jail at Mar
stall, Mo-, charged with forgery,
attacked jailer Drummiller yester-
day with an iron bar, inhicting
several dangerous wounds upon his
head during the assault. Drummil-
Ter put a pistol-ball into Bradbury'f
abdomen and it is thought he will
die.