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.U;Il1YIT7dl

Very few escape this affection. The symptoms
arc dizziness; sick headache; costiyencss; belch-
Ing np OF food loss Of appetlte aversion 70 cxerfion
Of body or mind; highly colored urine; heartburn,
cold extrcmities and low spirits.
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A DOCTORS OPINION

DR.. |. Guy Lewis, OF Fulton, Ark, writes :
lone year ago i was taken sick, a friend
argued 50 strongly In favor Of Tut Pills that
1 was induced 70 use them. Never did medi-
cine have o happier effect than In my case:
After practice Of q quarter OF \ century,
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READER. ARE YOU AFFLICTED 2

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Restless nights, broken sleep, nightmare,
dreams, palpitatlon of the heart, dizziness
In the head, dimness of sight, aud other
Respondent symptoms
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THOUSANDS SUFFER

from these various diseased conditions,
who, from neglect or the want of knowl-
edge of the proper means OF cure, often pro-
long their sutferings. Why, then, further
neglect subject so productive of health
and happiness, when there Is at hand
means of restoration
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-11-01
HOW TO DECEIVE.

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be Instantly changed to a beautiful black by
TUFTS Hair bye, and deceive the closest OBJ
server. This article possesses qualities never
known before. sold by all druggists.
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PUlvERMACHER'S
ELECTRIC BELTS AND BANDS

cure these various diseased conditions,
after all other means fail, and we offer the
most convincing testimony direct nom
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estion and yigor to body and mind.
Rev, X. l.. Simpson. Louisville, KY, says:
% Tuff's RUS are worth their sceiDht IN
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-10-03
NoTlcE:

Having established q PURCHASING.
HAGkNCY, Mr.. L. Bien will give his per-
sonal attention to all orders Of any kind, such
as Boots and Shoes, Furniture, Crockery, Carr
pets, Millinery Goods, Groceries, ETC., etc.
Being in constant business relations and
having thorough Acquaintance with all the
leading houses. ladies ordering through Mn
Bien will receive the full benefit of his ex.
perience and find it more advantageous, thaA
doing their own shopping.
Address letters p. o. Box Aa0,
Aug.ls-7Sth
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-21
Choosing a wife by Proxy.

The following occurred on the Atch-
ison, Topeka & Santa Fe Road: A gen
tleman travelling between Pueblo and
Kansas City was engaged in converse
ton by a very intelligent but rough
looking miner, who had been for four
years an auriferous adventurer in the
San Juan country, and who had struck
it rich" He made no secretof the fact
that his visit to a certain town in Mich
igan was for the purpose of marrying
the girl he left behind him. for
whose future comfort he had built and
furnished a house high up among
the snow-capped mountains of Col
orado. But this does not interest
the reader as will the balance of the
story He left in San Juan a partner,
whom he describes " as square man
as ever struck drill,' with whom he
had constantly labored three long years
as mere ''prospectors," and with whom
he now jointly held one of tho most
valuable properties in their district.
Jim. too. desired to go East, but their
interests made it impossible; he
didn't know any one in particular East,
but then he wanted to go. Jim was
rather bashful, reticent man, and did
not like to tell even his partner the real
purpose of his coveted visit; but upon
the eve of the departure of the latter,
the purpose of whose visit was known,
Jim made the request, in dead earnest,
that he bring him wife. "Will you
do it?'' he was asked. "Do it, you
bstr' "Had he any instructions to give
in regard to the selectionp' "Yes;"
he said, Harry, bring me good,
honest, sensible girl, what there's no
foolishness or show about-a girl what IL
make an honest man an honest wife, )
and that's just the kind O. woman Pn
take out, and the one that'll be jim s
wife" While this manner of choosing
a wife is a somewhat novel one, it
must be confessed that ,Jim's ideas of
the woman best calculated to make with
him the journey of life was good one.
-Dencer (Coll Tribune.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-21
IOWA STATE NEWS.

The following were the Postofice changes In
Iowa during the week ending March Q: Es-
tablished-East Export, Clayton County,
John CARRIER, Postmaster; Osterdock, Clay
ton County, Samuel W. Shafer.' Discontinued
Ben Lomond, Pocahontas County; Selma,
Wayne County. Postmasters Appointed
Eugene, Ringgold County, George Swain;
Onslow, Jones County, H. v. Van Duzen.
AT Croton, on the 18th, Charles Crow was
shot and fatally wounded by Cornelius
Thorpe. The difficulty grew out Of a lawsuit,
in which Thorpe was witness. Subsequently
Crow succeeded in getting Thorpe indicted in
the District Court for perjury. He gave bail
and returned home, and, meeting Grow, drew
pistol and fired, the ball entering the fore
head and coming out at the back of the head
Thorpe escaped into Missouri.
The latest reports from st. Louis give the
following as the current prices for leadin z
staples: Flour-XXX, Fall. $540@5.6O.
Wheat-No. Red, Fail, s1.O901. OK; No. 2
Spring, $1.02s<@1. LOB; Corn-No. Mixed,
391g@a0c: Rye-No. Q, 53@531Sc; Oats
2711@275sc; Pork - 50. 75@9. 80; Lard
7M@7Hc; Hogs-$3OO@4.1 10; Cattle-$225
05.4O.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-21
Fall Of q Mountain PrOmOntOry.

Nearly every resident of Montana has
either seen or heard of the famous Bear
Tooth Mountain, the most prominent
landmark in Northern Montana. 1t is
visible from different points at distances
ranging from forty to sixty miles, and
is in full view from Helena and the sur
rounding country. The mountain is
distant thirty miles from Helena, and
stands like a grim and mighty sentinel
at the end of the canyon known as the
Gate of the Mountains through which
flows the Missouri River. The Bear
Tooth was fully described as wonder
full landmark of the early explorers
of Lewis and Clarke. In all photo
graphs of the northern country the two
tusks, rising black and grim hundreds
of feet above the mountain, are the
prominent objects. The main tusk re-
mains, looking lonely and isolated in
its grandeur. Recently a party Of
hunters who were chasing game several
miles north of the Bear Tooth, observed
rumbling sound and quaking OF the
earth, and supposing it was an earth,
quake, and not noticing repetition o.
it, they soon forgot the occurrence ano
continued their chase until they reached
the Bear Tooth. Here they were as.
tonished BY the disappearance OF the
eastern tusk. This was a perpendicu
lar mass of rock and earth, fully 5O(
feet high, 800 feet in circumference q
its base, and about one hundred ane
fifty feet at the top. This immense
mass had become dislodged, and com
ing down with the speed OF an ava
lanche had swept through forest Q
large timber for quarter OF mile
entirely leveling it. The country
around is now covered with grea
mass Of broken trees and tons upol
| tons Of rocks, many of.them g large .!
an ordinary house. - Montana Independ
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-21
TOLEDO COUNTY. THURSDAY

ing the common eleven years cycle
was Is per cent. greater during the
maximum years of the common cycle
than during the two minimum ones.
The insurance of the commerce of all
Nations will reckon hereafter with the
sun spots as with winter and summer.
Coincident with the cycle of maximum
sun spots is the maximum flow of
water in the great rivers of the globe,
and probably in the fluctuations of the
great Laurentian Lakes.
Along with the cycle of marine cas-
ualties runs step by step the cycle Of
tropical rainfall. which has itself por-
tentous coincidence with the cycle of
Indian famine, so that the speculations
of obscure Herr Schwabe and the sta
tistics of Mr.. w. w. Hunter have been
the prime causes of that success with
which Lord Lytton, the Viceroy of
India, measured and mitigated the APP
palling calamities of the last famine.
So that hereafter the cyclic character of
the tropical rainfall will be regarded
duly in the greatest problem of Indian
administration-tbe outstanding and
distributing of the water supply, so as
to insure continuous food supply for
the people of that crowded peninsula.
These are but few slight indications
of consequences already visible from
the discovery of this new law, yet
they are of wide reach and deep mo-
ment. 1t is probable that still vaster
consequences to the happiness of man.
kind will attend upon the further I'M
folding of these concurrent phenomena
in earth and sun, this eleven-year
rhythm in the outpour of solar force
N Y Sam
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-21
Fighting a Flood.

Such storm as ragged in Sacramento
on Wednesday and Wednesday night
was never experienced before, and moth
ing but a change of wind prevented an
overflow from the south side. The
scene on the R-street levee, yesterday
afternoon. was grand one. The wind
whistled and Missed, the waves roared
and dashed and leaped upon the soil in
glee, as if laughing at the impotence of
mans work when the elementary
legions sounded the charge. The foam
and spray sprang upon the railroad and
rolled back again to join the invading
force. The pitiless rain came down in
torrents, beating in the faces of those
who marched out to the rescue. The
water leaping on the track, aided by the
torrents of rain, had made it so slip
perry that it was difficult to obtain a
foothold, and the wind, rushing vio-
lently through the open space south
and coming with such tremendous
force, made it difficult walking.
In the face of this binding storm the
citizens turned out nobly to the rescue.
Bankers, doctors, lawyers, brokers,
JOuiutllotS, tlc WCditlif tuu OlC pof-
erty-stricken. some in elegant suits and
others almost in rags, with one COM
mon impulse, worked like beavers in a
common cause. The water dashed
around and over them, and the rain
ceased not in force, the wind blew in
heavy gales, and slush and filth were
ankle deep. clothes were ruined, arms
tired and stomachs hungry, but still
they worked on side by side; The sit
angry waves were eating slowly but
surely into the earth, as if anxious to
tear out the very heart of the levee.
Men were ankle deep-some waist deep
in water, while the storm never
ceased and the waves still dashed on.
Shovels were piled with astonishing
rapidity, and sacks filled almost as soon
as found. The wealth and cream of
the city shoveled dirt for the poor to
carry. or stood in the storm and slush
while some poor fellow, almost in rags,
filled the sack ne held and conveyed it
to the weak spot. From one until after
seven o'clock they stood at their posts
in all the rain and slush and storm, and
only left when all was safe and the
danger ended.-Sacramersto (Cal.) Bee.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-21
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

"A printer in Wellsville, N. Y, who
has been deaf for many years, was
placed in highly-heated room last
week, to help him out of case of the
chills. He was seized with sharp pains
in the head, and fell down insensible.
The whistle of locomotive woke him
next morning, and he has since been
able to hear well, and speech, which
had also about left him, has returned.
The Edenburg (Penn.) Herald re-
lates story about commercial drum
mer from Pittsburgh, who, consider
ably under the influence of liquor,
mistook his route and drove his team
upon the trestle-work of the Edenburg,
Summit & Clarion Railroad, supposing
it to be the wagon road. The trestle-
bridge is sixty feet up from the ground,
and about the same length, but the
horses made the crossing, feeling their
way in the darkness, step by step,
every foot striking a tie securely, until
the distance was traversed and they
stood in safety on the other side; and
Just in the nick Of time, too, as the
night express came laundering by in
five minutes after the team had left the
track.
For some weeks Mr.. Pierce, who
lives in an old brick house near the
canal in Georgetown, has heard q
peculiar noise at night, and discovered
the gradual loss of chickens. He came
tost6e conclusion that it must be made
~ rats. Friday night he and his wife
were awakened by = sharp cry Of dis
tress from the crib adjoining their bed,
in which their two year old infant was
sleeping. Mr.. Pierce Immediately
sprsng out and discovered . weasel at
his child's throat. Catching the ami
NAL with bis hand he threw It to the
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-21

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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-21
PERSONAL And LITERARY.

The Kentucky House of Represent
atives has voted $4,000 to build mon
ument to Breckenridge.
Peter Royal, of Lee, Me-, is ITO
years old, has daughter who is eighty
four, and two sons, one eighty-two and
one eighty.
Senator Withers' son, of Virginia,
is the first victim of baseball this
year, having been struck on the head
with bat slung by a player who was
in hurry to make first, receiving Sc
rious and probably fatal injuries.
Mr.. L. w. Coe, one of the menu
bers of the Connecticut Senate, allowed
himself to be elected with the odd pro-
viso that whenever his business de-
manded his time he should be given
leave of absence. He has accordingly
Withdrawn from the Senate and will
sail for Europe ina few days.-N. Y.
Evenisg Post.
George Ladd, mathematical
prodigy whose performances have for
years excited the wonder of the citizens
of Brattleboro, VT, died recently at the
Poorhouse in that place. If given, for
instance, the number of miles from
Brattleboro to- Washington or any other
point, he would Immediately and accu-
rately give the number of feet and
inches. He had never received even a
common school education.
AT South Hadley, Mass. the fol-
lowing story is told of Senator Kellogg,
of Louisiana, of what happened years
ago when he was working at his trade
there: He belonged to a militia COM
pany, good many members of which
had become very tired of drilling.
Various plans were suggested of get
ting rid Of the duty, and finally the sug-
gestion of Kellogg that everybody
chosen to Office at the approaching
election should decline was thought to
be just the thing. But when the time
came and almost everybody had re-
fused the Captaincy and Kellogg had
been chosen, he very coolly accepted
the unexpected honor with thanks.
The little brown cottage in Spring
field, ILL.,, in which Mr.. Lincoln lived
before he went to Washington, still re-
mains almost as he left it, furniture
and all. 1t is related that it had at
first but one story, and that Mrs. Lin
coin for many years unavailingly leased
her husband to raise the roof. At
length she seized an opportunity when
he was attending court in an adjoining
town to employ workmen and have the
half-story added, windows put in, paint
put on, all comprehensive payment
1. 1
the street, he comprehended the situa-
ton at glance, but, feigning bewilder-
ment, and pretending not to recognize
the old place, he walked past as if
searching for home, till his wife-who
was watching behind the shutters
called after him: "Abrim! Abrimp'
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-21
Sun Spots and Their Effects.

During the last half century there
has been observed, formulated and veri-
fed by accurate prediction, one of those
uniformities of change, called laws,
that may deserve to rank in human in
terest next after those two most obvious
and momentous changes that men
know, viz: The rotation of the earth
apparent in the recurrence of light and
dark, and the revolution of the earth
apparent in the unceasing succession of
the stars.
An obscure German astronomer
Hofrath Schwabe, of Dessau--began in
1926, at first with his naked eyes, to
count, measure and record the spots
upon the sun, if any, every day its face
could be seen, SO as perchance, to discern
any ebb or flow at the fountain of all
terrestrial energy. II went out like
Saul,n he afterward said, to seek my
fathers asses, and, 10! l found king
domr' For twelve years, daily, Herr
Schwabe was on hand to confront the
rising orb. and then for three times
twelve years more Herr Schwabe daily
rose to put his finger, slowly stiffening
with age, upon the very pulse Of solar
energy. In twelve years he had dis
covered a high tide and low tide in
the solar spots. and suspected their
periodicity. In twenty-one years more
he had completed. the observation Of
three eleven-year cycles of spot fire.
quency.
But now the astronomers of the
world, some physicists of England,
Germany and the United States, and
one eminent statistician of India, gath
ering to his support with an induction
from which separated but convergine
series of facts, have transformed the
suspicion Of an eleven years cycle
common to the phenomena Of the eartt
and the sun, into demonstrated fact
The years of maximum sun spots arr
the years of maximum magnetic storms
and telegraphic enterprise must make
account Of them. The temperature
Of the globe are probably higher in TIL
| years Of minimum sun spots, and soms
day agriculture may well arrange it
seifto suit the event. The hurricanes
of the West Indies, the cyclones Of tn
Indian Ocean, and the wind disturb
ances on all sides Of the globe rise witt
| the increasing and sall with the de-
| creasing sun spots; and Lloyd 9 recort
Of marine casualties shows that tn
] percentage Of losses on the total dur
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-21
A Sham Ghost Captured.

Several times during the past month
two young ladies living in the western
part of the city have been startled
while on their way home from work,
just at dusk, by the sudden appearance
of a tall figure enveloped in white and
giving utterance to what were intended
for soul-harrowing groans as it stalked
up the street ahead of them, to sudden
ly disappear in the darkness of va
cant lot. The young ladies, not being
OF a. particularly timid disposition and
not at all superstitious, resolved to cap
ture the '.ghost," having suspicion
that they knew the shadowy party.
Tuesday evening they started for home
about an hour earlier than usual. ac-
companied by two other young lady
friends. Arriving at the place where
the ghost usually put in an appear
ance. two of the girls secreted them
selves at the point where he always dis
appeared, while the other girls went
back and waited, so that they might
appear at the usual hour. Promptly
on time, no sooner had they turned the
corner than out from the alley ahead
of them walked the party in white,
who, as before, marched along slowly
and with groans.
Instead of following at a respectful
distance the girls tip-toed rapidly to
within about ten feet of the "ghost,"
when hearing their hurried steps he
looked back over his shoulder and
started on lively run for the hole in
the fence. The girls at this point
braced themselves for the climax, and
when he jumped through he was seized
and firmly held until the four girls had
him completely at their mercy, stripped
of his white sheet and paper hat, and
recognized as youth about eighteen
years old, with whom they were all
well acquainted. In payment for his
silly trick the girls tore the sheet into
shreds, tied his hands behind him, tied
his paper hat firmly on his head, and
with well-twisted cotton leading
string about his neck, pulled and drove
him distance of about seven squares,
the last half of the parade being
through comparatively public street.
where the "ghost'' received the full
benefit of his makeup in the de-
rision he excited among passers-by.-
Detroit Free Press.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-21
Initiating a Green Hand.

The WATERFOWL IN. " Times tells
this story: "a rather ludicrous sight
was witnessed, while ago, on the top
of an incoming freight train. The con-
ductor of the train had ordered brake
man, very green hand, to the head of
the train, there to repeat all signals to
the engineer as given by him (the con-
ductor) to the brakeman on the back OF
the train. The last brakeman was a
comical genius, so he determined to
have some fun with greeny.' The first
few signals necessary to the running OF
the train were all right, but soon the
end brakeman commenced his fun. he
lay down on the top of the car and
rolled over, 'Greeny,' on the other
end of the train, thinking it was sig
nal, did likewise. The end brakeman's
leg went up in the air, then the other
leg went up, then both legs together,
then yell, then both legs commenced
to kick. and grand kicking match
commenced. .Grceny' took all this
maneuvering of the end brakeman as
signaling, and repeated accordingly.
Thus they were drawn into town, HAT
on their backs and kicking in the air"