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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-10-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.


K NEURALGIA REHED1:-Prepare horse
radish by grating and mixing in vinegar
the same as for table purposes, and apply
to the temple when the face or head is
affected, or the wrist when the pain Is In
The arm or shoulder.
REMEDY FOR CRouP.-Half teaspoon.
full of pulverizea alum in little
molasses. it's simple remedy, one al
most always at hand, and one dose sell
dom fails to give relief. If it should, re-
peat it after one hour.-Rurut Ness
Yorker
LEMON TARTLETs-Rub teacupful of
sugar in Jumps over the rind of fresh
lemon SO as to absorb all the essential
oil; squeeze the juice of the lemon over
the sugar; crush it fine with sponge;
add to it two eggs well beaten and two
tablespoonful of sweet butter; beat all
together and bake in little patty-pans,
lined with puff paste.
J., SUGAR SNAPs.-One cup of butter, two
cups of sugar, four cups Of flour, one egg;
stir sugar and butter to cream; add the
egg well beaten, and small teacupful OF
water with quarter of teacupful OF
soda dissolved in it; stir half spoonful OF
cream tartar into the flour; roll out very
thin, and bake in a moderate oven.
FLANNEL RoLLs.-One cup OF sweet
milk, whites of two eggs, two-thirds OF a
cup of butter, flour to make thick
batter, one-half of cup of yeast, two
tablespoonful of sugar. Raise over
night; add the butter and eggs in the
morning; work in some flour, making a
timber dough; form into rolls, and after
the second rising bake.
APPLE FLAP.-Prepare tart apple ready
for stewing; sprinkle with sugar. Then
lay over it a puff paste of one pint milk,
one or two eggs, one heaping teaspoonful
cream tartar, one-half teaspoonful OF
soda flour enough to make stiff paste so
as to drop from the spoon, enough water
to stew the apples soft. Keep the pot
covered tightly to prevent the contents
being heavy. Shake it, not stir, to keep
it from burning.
| A NICE PUDDING SAUCE-Mix one cup
sugar, four teaspoonfuls of corn starch
and just cold water enough to dissolve
thoroughly, then pour on cup of boil
ing water and let it boil twenty minutes
or half an hour Then add two table
spoonfuls of good cream. Flavor with
currant, strawberry or raspberry juice.
In making sauce if the flour and sugar
water boil good while the sauce looks
clearer and nicer; common white flour is
just as good as corn starch. Use little
more water than the recipe, so as to al
| low for boiling aWay
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importance of Clean and Early Seed.

TILLHRs of the soil may greatly in
crease the amount of their crops by using
clean seed and keeping the land free
from weeds. This is particularly the
case with wheat. 1t is nothing uncom-
mon for farmers having eight or ten
acres of wheat to have mixed with it ten
or fifteen bushels of cookie and chess. 1t
is believed that 200 bushels of cookie and
chess is small amount to Set down
against the town where the writer re.
sides per year. Allowing that other
towns in the county raise the same
amount each, it would give us about
1000 bushels in the county. Allowing
fifty wheat growing counties in the State
and we should have 100000 bushels
Now suppose that only ten times as
much wheat is grown in the United
States, equally foul, and we have 1000,
600 bushels. Every plant of cookie OIL
chess occupied as much ground and drew
as much fertility from the soil as wheat
plant would; hence it is plain that by
clean culture we can increase our wheat
crop largely. Cookie and chess are
nothing but weeds, and like all other
weeds they are hardy, withstandine
summers heat and winters cold.-N. Y.
Herald.
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A Pennsylvania Romance.

Two farmers living on adjoining farms
in Girard Township, Erie County, have
for years been unfriendly on account of
the disagreement about the line fences
which separated their lands, both claim
ing the ten feet which was formerly the
lane running between the two places.
Their children have grown up inheriting
their parents animosity, and their eldest
sons have several times been subpPnaed
as witnesses in lawsuits which have
grown out of this difficulty The case
had been a sort of suit in chancery, hav-
ing run on from year to year, both men
spending their money in lawyers fees
without any legal conclusion.
About Il year ago the two farmers
awoke one Monday morning to find that
each had lost child, one his youngest
son and the other his only daughter.
Like the houses of Montague and Capu-
let, in Romeo and juliet" the scions of
the two rival houses had secretly cher
ished fondness for one another, and,
knowing the feud between the families,
without divulging their passion or inten-
ton, they met clandestinely and carried
into effect the elopement
A week passed. at the end of which
the father Of the runaway daughter was
called on to go to Erie and attend again
to the everlasting lawsuit He went in
early to the office of the lawyer, and
taking up one of the weekly papers read
the marriage notice of Emma. 1t was a
terrible blow, and he went out into the
yard to try and walk off his excitement.
All that passed through the old gentle
mans mind is not known, but there
seemed to be desperate struggle within
which resulted in his returning to the
lawyers office and postponing the bust
ness. Then he drove directly to his
farm and had long private interview
with his wife; then he did what he had
not done for twenty ycars-went over
and called on his enemy He was found
sick, having been confined to his room
since the abandonment of his favorite
son. Both the two farmers met and
both for few minutes stood face to
face in profound silence.
At length the father of Emma spoke /:
81 have come to settle the dispute; let
the children have the lot on either side
of the lane, and I will build them a
house."
And / will furnish it." So the recre-
ant children were sent for and forgiven,
and came home to receive their parents
blessing. And now there are no more
lawyers for the two farmers, but each
has faithfully fulfilled his contract in re-
gard to the house and furniture.
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q WHAT rs TT ALL WHEN ALL ~
DONE"

..rHy sun goes up and the sun goes down,
And tbonsand wears are the same ae one;
The leaves grow green and the leaves grow brown
And what is il all when all is dones" .
Ave, what is it all, if this life be all,
But draught to its dregs of q cup Of gall,
bitter round of the rayless years,
saddening dole of NORWOOD tears,
sorrowful plant of the spirits thrall, $50
The grave. the shroud, the funeral pail
This is its sum, If this life be all.
But this is not all: beyond this shore
A sun goes up to go down NO more;
The leaves that grow green are green for aye,
And the flowers that bloom know not decay;
thousand years are, indeed, as one, e.
But of bitterness then the soul hath none:
And this is all when all is DONE
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IT is probably fact-whether possess
ing any special significance or net-that
the nations which subsist most largely
upon bread made from wheat flour are
the most refined, enlightened, enter
prising and intellectual. A scientific
journal carries this analysis of the infiu-
cnce of food upon human development
still farther, and declares that in any
given community the class who eat the
most wheat bread are the most literally
endowed with brains. 1t argues that
wheat is q great promoter of intellectual
vigor, and maintains it to be we'll
established fact that tire great bread
eaters are the great thinkers, or that the
phosphorus which wheat contains in
the outer. kernel, Immediately beneath
the husk, is the feeder of brains, and the
material substance which provokes to
thought, study, reason and all the forms
of nervous energy" We are not pre-
pared to dispute the souDdness of this
theory, which has doubtless valid foun-
dation in the laws of physical science,
and moreover agrees with common OBJ
servation, so far as it goes. Neither
would we discourage the adoption of
wheat bread as leading article of diet,
and in fact as the !" staff of lifc," of which
title there is no danger of its being dis
possessed in any civilized country. But
the Scriptural injunction that "man
shall not live by bread alone' is not
only a spiritual but plain physiolog-
ical law. AS we have remarked in
former discussions of this topic,
there must be bulk as well as nutriment
in any properly-constituted system OF
diet. Vegetables, fruit, and the coarse
and wholesome dishes which the poor
would gladly yet mistakenly exchange
for the indigestible luxuries of the rich
are imperatively demanded by the stom-
ach as part of its daily supplies; it can
not perform its duties and keep its asso-
ciated and dependent organs in proper
condition upon concentrated forms of food
alone, such as the bread made from
finely ground wheat flour And whatever
special virtue such food may have in
nourishing the brain, there will be no ef-
fective brain-work done except in brief
| and spasmodic efforts, unless the body
also is BEAUTIFULLY fed. Let no one,
therefore, try the experiment of nourish-
ing the brain at the expense of the other
less esteemed but not less essen
tial organs, by adopting exclusively a
diet (which provokes to thought, study,
reason, and all the forms of nervous
energy That way dyspepsia lies. Bal
ance the feeding Of the brain with the
nourishment of the flesh and bear in
mind that the faculty of thinking can
only be sustained in permanent vigor by
an equally faithful culture of the fac.
ulties of sleeping, of physical labor and
exercise, of recreation and of ali the
functions, the result of whose harmoni
Gus activity is a sound mind in a sound
ody."-Mecldnical Neaos.
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Let the People Speak.

MANHATTAN. Kan, Aprio, 1918.
r. v. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. T.:
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nearly two bottles and has felt better the past
two weeks than at any time in the past two
years. No more periodical pains; none OF
that aching back or dragging sensation in
her stomach she has been accustomed to for
several years. I have so much confidence in
it that would be perfectly willing to warrant
to certain customers of ours who would be
glad to get hold Of relief at any expense.
have tried many Patent Medicines, but never
had any occasion to extol one.before. Very
truly yours, GEO. B. WHITING.
Mrs Z. r. DAILY, Metropolis, ILL.,, writes
Jan. 9, 1873:
"Dr. R. V. PIERCE-My sister is using the
Favorite Prescription with great benefit"
MARY ANN FRIsBIE, Lehman, Pa, writes
May 90, 1872:
CDR. R. v. PIERcE-What l have taken Of
your medicine has been of more benefit to mt
than all others and hundreds OF doctors
bills"
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The Increased Use of the Members.

WE doubt if the human body has ever
in any instance attained the acme of its
possible development; and by this we
mean that while certain sets of muscles
or organs have, in individual cases, be
come subjected to- the will 50 as to per
! form feats impossible save through edu
cation, we do not believe that the being
ever lived who could control every mem
Der SO as to cause it to operate to the ex-
tent of its capabilities. Whether in flu
ture ages such a condition will mark a
higher stage in the development of the
| race; whether, as the human mind ex-
pauds, or, as the saying is, the "world
grows wiser it is reserved for physical
| culture to keep pace with such mental
growth, is a subject for speculation,
which, in view of the doctrines of evolu-
ton and the constant 4Eproach of or
ganic species toward more perfect indi-
vidualism, is by no means devoid Of
present interest
We have discussed at some length the
question of the use of the left hand, and
we have pointed out that, by mistaken
notion, children are taught to discard the
use of the member, and hence to lose
half the powers which nature intended
they should have when she formed the
body as it is. We have also suggested
that, so far from restraining the infant
from using its left hand, its ten.
dency to employ both members in
discriminatory should be encouraged.
Now, we propose to advance a
step further, and to ask why should not
a child be taught to utilize both hands
It SAoAAAnd at different occupations.
The idea may seem somewhat chimerical
atfirst, butitis not without the bounds.
Of possibility. The reader has doubtless
seen jugglers who, in performing their
'dexterous feats, become SO expert that.
without any apparent difficulty, they can
keep half dozen knives or balls con-
stantly in the air or on each hand. Tie
falling and rising of theseobjects are not
uniform, and hense tosa all intents the
performer accompanies totally differ
ent result with each member. In SINH
faE manner great pianists-Rubinstein is
very striking example in ipoint..use
either hand upon the keys with equal
dexterity. and heth together In playing
music OF tremendous difficulty, which re-
quires aPewer efperception and d ,c5s,,-,
trolef the muscles q cach individual
fpger which is simply wonderful
sKgaid, alf. organist, IN performing upon 4
grand insttunent. has several things to
think Of It once; both hands onIAne 1sys
board, both feet on the pedals. with stops.
~ either side, coupleTs md separate
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devices for the crescendo and other acci-
dental effects are to be looked after.
Here are four members Of the body act
ing different parts at the same time
We could multiply instances Of this
kind with little trouble. all going to show
than even when advanced in life it is
possible to educate certain set or even
sets of muscles to perform hitherto un-
natural work. Cases there are where
men, on being disabled in the arms, have
had recourse to their toes, and used
those members for writing and even
handling tools. We have. visited the
studio of quite celebrated French
artist whose exquisite paintings were en-
tirely produced with brushes handled in
the above manner. But while an in
dividual member of even the body may
be educated to perform feats apparently
impossible, it requires higher order Of
training to compel the members to per
form different operations at once-a
training, we think, only to be fully i'm
parted in beginning at the earliest years,
but still fully possible. With our dual
brains the right lobe is now the most de-
veloped, and with it the dexter side of
the body. Let means be taken to develop
the left side equally, and the body is
symmetrical in its powers. Each side,
governed by both brains, will be capable
of work for which now, when controlled
by, say, three-quarters of the brain pow
er, it is inadequate.
We need not point out the advantages
to a person who can thus use both hands
in connection with the brain. We have
known an artist who could draw two diff
ferent pictures at once; and a very emf
ncnt professor Of natural history, while
watching specimen through a micro
scope, sketches with one hand while
writing with the other. Now, if a per.
| son advanced in life can become so edu-
Gated, how much easier it would be to
impress the same on the plastic mind of
child! Once taught the person could
write upon two different subjects at once
could make two copies at the same time,
could write up two sets OF books, could
make stcnographic notes and write them
out in long hand simultaneously, and
! perform in brief a variety of operations
| productive of lucrative results. More.
over he could do each understandingly
and not semi-automatically with one
hand. Nine-tenths of ordinary pianists
who have to "learn piece" play the
treble with their brains and the bass
with their muscles. The left hand learns
certain fixed skips and jumps by prac
tice and performs them automatically a,
certain times, while the right hand car.
ries the expression as well as the air OF
the composition, and is much more di
rectly under the control of the per
| former.-Scientifc american.
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EHE FITTED CIEE

8A1D Jack to Tom, one summer day,
You're getting IN baddish way;
Your breath is short, your breast lie nat;
4 You used to weigh = dozen stone,
And row you' re only skin and bone,
y Why. you're as lean as l am fat
Come out with me, my farm ID near,
Ikpow you'll like our country cheer;
Ny fruit is ripe, my eggs are;new;
I've clarct, too, your favorite brand;
Come out now, come ;say Yes of-hand;
I'll kill the fatted calf for you.''
THAT last remark of yours, dear Jack,
Though meant in kindness, holds me back
81 don't see why, though" Tom replica.
1.-THE fatted calf-to take its life
Think of your children and your wife,
And yoa committing suicide!"
--Scyibner's Honthly.
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The railways get about IS OOO, 900 a
year for transporting mail matter.

VINEGAR Buffers THE GREATEST YET.
"A few doses stir the life-current; slug
gishness departs, pain vanishes, and af-
ter continued use OF the remedy the
whole body glows with new energy and
a new being Purge the blood and every
organ will perform its function perfectly.
The stomach will be no longer tortured
with Dyspepsia; the lungs will be free
from Consumption, the liver active, the
heart healthy, the brain clear, the nerves
braced, and the mind elastic. Use the
" VINEGAR BITTERs," and purge your
blood. Whether the disease be Fecer,
Consumption, Dyspepsia, affection Of the
Liper or Kidneys, Dropsy, Cntarrh, Rheu-
matism, Govt, or pains and aches Of any
kind, attack it in its stronghold, the
blOod-the fountain Of lne-and it viii
soon surrender and abandon the outpQ(S
To do this you must have the . VINR1kR
BITTERs;" there is no complaint to VI ch
the human system is liable that will bot
yield to its influence, and therd IRE
thousands whichno other remedial INT
will remove. IN
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Wrongfully Accused.

THIS morning in the South Side Police
Court case OF larceny was on trial that
brought to light facts of more than ordi.
nary interest, and which illustrated that
one cannot be too careful in charging
crime upon suspected party In this
case it was discovered that an innocent
woman has for over a year rested under
the stigma and disgrace of a thief
About one year ago Mrs Herrick, a lady
residing at 961 Prairie avenue, was the
possessor of finger ring of unique pat
tern, which she had obtained while trav-
cling abroad. This ring was stolen from
her about the time mentioned above.
and. suspecting servant girl in her en-
ploy, the girl was arraigncd before her
mistress and accused Of the theft. She
strongly denied the accusation and siren
uously declared her innocence. The
ring was never found, and finally, after
the lapse OF over a year, the afTairfwas
entirely forgotten. Some few weeks ago
Mrs. Herrick carried her watch, worth
about $3.50, to L IS. Wlmott, jeweler ON
| Twenty second street, to have it repaired.
On leaving it with Wilmott she received a
check for it. A week or two after this
| incident seamstress who was in the
| employ OF Mrs. Herrick at the time the
ring was stolen, and who up to a few
days ago was continued in her employ.
called at Wilmott's and stated that Mrs.
Hcrrick had sent her for the watch, and
informed him that the check had been
lost. The jeweler supposed from her
appearance that she was lady, and, -af-
ter some hesitancy, gave her the watch,
and she departed with it. Last Friday
Mrs. Herrick called for her watch. WIZ
mott was astonished, but not. SO much so
as the lady when she received the intelli-
gence that he had surrendered the time
piece to Miss Ferguson. On the parties
discovering The dishonesty of the seam
stress, search.warrant was taken out
and her room searched. On going
through her trunk the ringstolen over
twelve months ago was found. The
watch, however, had been disposed .of.
and was not recovered. The woman was
arrested land this morning brought be-
fore Justice Boyden to stand her prelim-
mary Investigation on the charge ofgfar-
ceny. She was held to the Criminal
Court in bonds. Of $500. This woman il
thirty-five years of age, isquite prepos.
sessing, and bears the appearance Of .
lady. Her consciencemsT1e uasyelas-
tic and her heart hardened TO the suffer
ings OF others, as Is evidenced from the
fact that she stood guiltily BY ana Oh
served the notification and disgrace Of
an innocent woman-the domestic
charged with the theft of the ring of her.l
mistress when she (the seamstress) then
had the article concealed in. her dresy
pocket; she saw. the poor woman,
srdfned IND tnrasd: out 81 house and.|
heqsTwith ~ brand II 4hief upoK
hex TO 60 forth with hessy-hesss t6
seek employment. from. cold and nm
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kept by them. The pens should be kept
clean and dry; to do this they must be
cleaned and new bedding put in every
day. The calves you saw when in our
place show the success of our plan OF
feeding. When eleven weeks old their
average weight was $50 pounds.
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will give 500 for any

Revvard.-I will give 500 for any case o.
flesh bone or muscle ailment like rheumatism, Bruse
SPAWN Strain or Lameness, upon either man or AM
NAL which the Mexican Mustang liniment Will moi
cure when used according to directions Near Syearf
has proved il to be the most wonderful remedy iof
Neuralgia Burns, Swellings, Enlarged joints, Hoo'
All, Screw Worm Sting, Caked Breasts ETC., ever dis
covered Who will let horse limp when Mustang
Lniment will cure it? Who will lei child cry ana
suffer from bruises or chilblans when the Mustang
will prevent it Who will pay large doctors bills when
they can buy Mexican Lniment for so cts. and FL o
II is wrapped in steel-plate label. signed u. W
Westbrook Chemist" VIM. E. Eyerson, Agent.
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DREKAs DICTIONARY BLoTTER is convenient
blott.r PORTFOLIO with the addition and novelty of
very full list of words likely to be used by writer's
who to get the correct spelling Of them, may often
gladly avail themselves of this handy and ingenious
assistant A dictionary Of synonyms, common Chris
tan Names brief list of geographical names, and
perpetual calendar are added.
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!. AT a school near Wallsend, Newcas-
tie, England, the master asked class of
boys the meaning of the word 8 '"appe-
tise, " when, after a short pause, one lit
tie boy said: /" l know, sir. When I'm
eatih' I'm 'appy, and when I'm done I'm
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THE LITTLE CoRPORAL.-The October
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monthly visitor. A beautiful chrome is given to
each subscriber at S1.50 wear. Several choice
premiums are offered to getters-up of clubs. Sin
gle numbers Is cents each. Published by JOHN
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