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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23
Why Wet Lands Should Be Drained.

FREE access of atmospheric air to
every part of the soil is of the utmost
Importance The air assists the various
processes of decomposition by which
dead animal and vegetable matter is
made to yield products of the highest
value as elements of the food of plants
If the soil is full of water of course the
air cannot get into the soil to perform
this office. Hence drains, by drawing
off the water from beneath, give the air
free admission to the soil, and each
shower Of rain, by displacing the air al
ready present, and then falling through
the soil and running away in the drains,
renews the supply of fresh air. In this
way drains are of the greatest benefit.
Drains actually diminish the loss of
plant food by washing away. Stagnant
water is injurious to the roots of plants
They will not grow in it. Draining re
moves this, and hence the plants send
down their roots deeper. Consequently
their capacity of absorbing nourishment
is greatly increased. 1t is this increased
depth Of the roots in well-drained soil
which renders the crops growing on them
less liable to suffer from drouth than
those on imperfectly-drained land.
Although rain washing the surface and
running oft by open channels may and
does dissolve and wash away consider
able quantity of nutritive matter, the
water which sinks into the land carries
these nutritive substances deeper down
into the soil and deposits them in the
lower portions where the roots of the
plants are to be found and where these
roots can seize and absorb these soluble
matters. Draining causes the rain to
sink through a considerable thickness of
soil before it runs off, and hence it causes
less loss of nutritive matter than is oc-
casioned by rain washing soil as it does
in undrained lands, carrying off to the
streams and rivers much of the valuable
nutritive matter that abounds on the
surface.-N. Y. Herald
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23
The Pest Of the Period.

THE pest of the period is beginning to
make himself felt. Once more life be-
comes a struggle with the common house
fly. HS-s With us late and early, tickes
us into evaporation at five O'clock in the
morning, and makes supper burden
Darkened rooms do much to mitigate
the evil, but the means of preventing the
growth of it are what chiefly deserves at
tention. Various efficient preparations
are sold at this time of year, with the
view of bringing these exasperating in
sects to an early grave, and were these
lethal appliances to be universally en-
ployed there can be no doubt that they
would have, in few years, a very per-
ceptible effect upon the nuisance. In
bars and sweet-stuff shops most of us
have observed myriads of flies lying dead
IN consequence of having imbibed the
poisonous preparations designed for them,
out SO many remain that it may seem to
some that the killing of few, compare
lively is Of slight Importance. It should
DC remembered, however, that the dead
ny cannot be the parent of hundreds of
o'ner mes which would otherwise have
"i,sen from 1t to modest poor humanity.
~ throughout the country, this fly-de-
struc!ion were to be steadily kent in view.
the flies would diminish. lust as venor,
Gus snakes have decreased in MN
Der where a reward has been set unon
their heads. Probably we shouls ~,
now be nearly SO much pestered as NJ
are with these odious insects but for m.
foolish custom Of destroying the spiders
80 obviously intended by Providence to
preserve us from an excess of flies. In
summer time, especially, spiders webs
should be sacred from the broom Of
Bridget, and even if it be necessary to
destroy these wonderful and exquisitely
constructed proofs of instinct, the spider
hOuI-. lie allowed to betake himself to
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23
Eternal Deselatien.

IN the northwest corner Of San Der
nardino County, CAL, lying partly also in
Inyo County and by the newly-surveyed
line partly also in the State of Nevada,
is . region paralleled by few other spots
upon the face of the earth. We say the
world is instinct with life. Here, If the
phraseology may be pardoned, is place
instinct with death. A huge basin whose
rim is the ancient hills, stricken with the
barrenness of eternal desolation; whose
bosom. the blasted waste Of the desert
treeless, shrubless and waterless save
few bitter pools like the I've OF potash
water; surrounded by mountains that
tower thousands of feet above the sea-
level, itself lying 300 feet below the sea.
1t is a very Gehenna"-a place OF death
and bones Birds do not fly over it. An
;mals do not enter it. Vegetation cannot
eyist in it. The broad sands absorb the
heat, the bare mountains reflect it, the
unclouded sun daily adds to it. Ninety
degrees in the shade (artifcial shade,
there is no other), means winter. One
hundred and thirty and one hundred and
forty degrees, Nat is summer
The hot air grows hotter. waivers, trcm-
bles with heat until nature, goaded to
madness, can endure no more; and then
the burning blast rouses itself-rouses in
its might Arouses as an angry beast, with
hoarse, ominous roar; sweeps mile after
mile. on, ever on, over the broad reach of
the desert, bearing on its black, whirling
bOsom-black as the midnignt-dust,
sand, alkali and death. Sometimes a
murky cloud gathers upon the mountains
above; then there is rush-a warning
sigh on the winds-a low rumbling in the
air; the hills culver, the earth trembles,
bounds from the hills, leaps into the
desert, blowing chasms like river beds in
the loose sand The clouds scatter, the
sun comes again, the eternal thirst Of
ss'esertjs-1ot quenched. The raging river
"sas8shes. dream.
In the year 1849 party of emigrants
entered the basin. Day after day they
toiled on, thrsting, dying. The pitiless
mountains walled them in; no escape.
One by one they dropped and died A
few, abandoning everything, scaled the
mountains and escaped. The others lie
as they fell, dried to mummies-no birds
even to devour their flesh, no beasts to
prey upon them. Wagon-tires unrusted;
gun-barrels bright, untarnishcd. Such is
the place. Mile after mile silence reigns;
silence-and death-Oyerland Monthly
for Juiy
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23
A Suffering Story.

s. LIVED in an Eastern city; he slut.
tered awfully. R lived in the same
city. s kept corner grocery store
One day a countryman was driving down
the street, and seeing R, says he:
Do-do-do you wa-wa-want toto to buy
any whi-whi white be-bc-beans?"
R-No, sir, don't; but I'll tell you
where you can sell the whole lot. Do
you see that sign, SIS. Go up there
he is awful on beans.
Countryman-Ta-ta-t you.
Then he turned his horse and drove up
to the store. BY the time he reached
there r., with choice collection of
friends, occupied box seats at the side
door. The countryman entered, and it
didn't take long for each one to make up
his mind the other was hooking him.
The countryman spoke first.
Says he: !" Goo-goo-good mor-mor-morn-
ing, si-si-sir."
S.-Goo-goo good NOR NOR morning,
-your-se-se-self.
C.-Do-do-do you wa-wa-want to-to-to
buy buy-buy any whi-whi-white be-be-
beans?
S.-No-no-no, / do-do-dont. Who.who-
who you misunderstanding, si-si-sirs
C.-Who-who-who are you-you-you-
mono mocking yourseLsel-self?
S.-Ge-ge-get out Of my-my-my sto-sto-
store, yOu-you t-t-thunderin' o-o.old
scou-scou-scoundrel, you-you-you.
C-Im-Im-Pm goo-goo- good mimi
mind to-to-to kno-kno-knock your dar-
dar-darned o-O-old hea-hea-head of.
Here s. seized two pound weight
and rushed for him; but R and his
trends ran in and stopped fight. The
nadder suffering man gets the more
nc shutters, 80 you can imagine whore
'ne laugh comes in.-Neo York Gx~.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23

THROUGH ALL THE AGES of study and
investigation which have marked the
path of scientific discovery, one especial
ly alluring object has tempted the in
quiries and speculations of philosophers.
1t is what the wizards and witches of
olden time, the jugglers of India, sooth-
sayers Of Arabia, Magi of Egypt, NEGRO
mancers of Turkey and the Orient and
alchemists of civilized Europe have
sought, but sought in vain-a vegetable
non-poison0us Elirir, which, by cleansing
the blood, removing from the system all
impurities, strengthening the nerves, the
muscles and the brain, and vitalizing
every fiber of the system, should bid de-
fiance to the corroding hand of disease.
DR.. Walker, of California, discovered
an herb the properties of which, if they
do not entirely fulfill all the conditions
above mentioned, have at least proved
themselves efficacious in all of them
this herb Doctor Walker has made an in.
gredient in his famous VINEGAR B1TTERs,
which can be obtained of any wholesale
druggist throughout the country. A
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23

Permanent Lightning.-A chemical
experimenter in St. Petersburg has dis
covered a new and beautiful means of
popular illumination. Placing a pencil
of charcoal in glass tube not more than
six inches long, exhausting the air from
the tube, and Theoretically sealing the
latter, and then passing current of cleo
tricity through the charcoal, he produces
light at once brilliant and soft, which
will last for an indefinite period. AS the
charcoal is not perceptibly consumed in
the process, and two hundred tubes at
considerable distances apart can be kept
splendidly luminous by single electrical
machine, the discoverer thinks that he
can light whole city at fabulously small
cost
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23
Summer Planting of Strawberries.

THE scarcity of plants and the exceed
ing demand for them last spring, owing
to winter killing, destruction by the grub
and various other causes that seem to
have conspired to injnre the beds, ought
to admonish those who did not succeed
in renewing their plantations last spring
to try summer planting after the runners
are well rooted, which would be by the
first to the middle of August We have
never advised this course for general
planting, and do not propose to do so
now, but for home use where needed it
should be done by all means, where
enough were not planted last spring for
the next years crop.
By this means fair crop of excellent
berries may be secured next season, and
the bed will be in perfection for the sue
ceeding year. AS soon as the runners
are well rooted, having prepared
the land in the best possible manner,
take up the rooted plants with as much
earth as possible, and plant them as in
GAC OAuAAuAy Vuy at q ulSIduCC Vi tWclSc
to sixteen inches apart, the distance be-
tween the rows being two and half or
three feet, leaving depression about the
plants. Let an assistant follow and give
each from pint to quart of water.
When this is settled away draw the dry
earth over to cover the plants well up to
the crown. The principal point in plant
ing is to press the earth firmly about the
roots.
All this having been properly done
and it is not slow process, by any
means, if judgment be used in organic.
ing the labor-there will be but little
moisture lost by evaporation before alb
sorption can take place by the root, since
the dry earth prevents undue heating by
the sun, and must itself become saturat-
ed before the moisture can be passed
into the air. Then if you cover each
plant with leaf Of burdock or rhubarb,
or any other large leaf; or II you cover
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23

WILHoFT's ANTI PERIODIC OR FEVER AND
AGUE ToNIc.-This invaluable and standard
family medicine is now household word and
maintains its reputation unimpaired. 1t is in.
dorsed by the medical profession, and pre-.
scribed daily in the Charity Hospital and
other Hospitals in New Orleans. Wilhoft's
Tonic is thus highly recommended by the
leading medical men of the country, and is
worthy Of such Endorsement WHEELocK
FINLAY 4 Co., Proprictors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23

Not Quite So Fast, MIR. Jones!-A horse
doctor in Philadelphia was caught changing the ceie
brated Mexican Mustang Liniment into other bottles
and using it his recipe Honesty is always the
best policy. These medicine men like to follow up
such fellows 1t cured the lame horse all the same
but it damaged the Doctors reputation, and benefited
the proprietor in proportion. We have heard OF SO
many Rheumatic persons and lame horses being cured
by the Mustang Liniment that advise every house,
keeper veryman and planter to invest in Scot or
BOTTLE against accident Beware of counterfeits.
1t is wrapped in u steel engraving, signed &c. w.
Westbrook, Chemist"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23

DIR. j. Walkers California VIM
agar BitterS are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma.
tive herbs found on the lower ranges ct
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. Tho question is almoA~
daily asked, "What is the cause OF the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIZ
TERsg" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life giving principle,
a perfect Renovation and Invigoratot
Of the system Never before iE thS
history of the world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are gentle Purgative as well as Tonic.
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and Visceral Organs, IN Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BIrrERs are Aperent, Dlaphoretic,
Carminatve Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedative, Counter Irritant, Sudorihc, Alterar
tire, and Anti Rilioos'
II. HI. MCDONALD & CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Agts, San Francisco. California
and cor. of Washington and Charlton SITS, N. Y.
Sold by all Druggists nd Dealers.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23

4Rs. WrNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP Ii tho prescrip.
ton Of of the best Female Physicians and Nurses
In the United States and has been used for thirty
years with neverfaiing safety and success BY mill
Of week old to the adult 1t corrects acidity Of
the stomach relieves wind colic regulates the bow
els and gives rest health and comfort to mother and
child We believe it to be the Best and Surest Rene
dy in the World in all cases of DYSENTERY and
DIARRH0sA IN CHILDREN, whether 1t arises frou
Tsething or from any other cause. Full directions
for Using will accompany each bottle. None Genuine
unless the fac-simile OF CURTIS 4 PERKINS IL on
the outside wrapper.
SOLD BY ALI MEDICINE DRALxRs.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23

IMITAToRs should never be encouraged.
Their goods are always inferior in quality and
intended to deceive. Buy the genuine Elm
wood Collar. 1t has all the edges folded SO
that they will not turn out.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23

The best cure for hydrophobia is said
to be the sulphate of canine, which is
warranted to contain all the strength Of
the original bark,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23

Fame doesn't spoil Collins Graves.
He has rescued his potatoes from the
hungry bugs, and is calmly hoeing the
fruit.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23

ECONOMY, comfort, looks, all combine to
make SILVER-TIPPED Shoes indispensable
for children. Try them. Never wear through
ct the toe.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23

The nine savings banks Of Chicago
s snow = total deposit account Of es,419,-
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23

The Ladies, Sorosis Club, of New York, re.
Gently changed their discussions from Woma-s sur
frage to Hair Preparations and Pmple banishers.
They declared that where nature had not endowed
them with beauty it their rightyea, their duty
to seek 1t where they could. So they all voted that
Magnolia Balm overcame Sallowness, Rough Skin ana
Ringmarks. and gave to the complexion most as
nngue (Sorosian) and marbelike appearance danger
GUS to men, no doubt); and that Lyons katharon
made the hair grow thick soft and awful pretty, ana
moreover prevented from turning gray II the pro-
preors of these articles did send the sisters an IN
voice, they are not smart.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23

The Grand Revolution IN MEDICAL TREAT
MENT, which was commenced in 1860 is sti In prog.
ress Nothing can stopit. for 1t Is founded on the
principle. now universally acknowledged that physi-
cal yigor the most formidable antagonist of all hui
man ailmeGts. and experience has shown that PLAN
TArioN BtrTuss is peerless invigurant. well as
The best possible safeguard aIIist epidemic diseases.
II ASTHMA can be cured. See Hursts advertise
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23
A Mann IN 9th Establishment and III,
Enterprising Proprietor.

The fo1ioming extract as from an Edtorit 4i'-
ticie uhih appeared IN the BHfolo I" -NeUs" q
Mays, 1874:
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tNhEn WAITING to ADV kkTl>Eks,
w pleas. aay you saw the advertisements
In this paper.
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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-06-16
Comm unlcated.I
CongI Iessman-FOurth District.

Ed. Exsmner
As the time is rapidly approaching
when the people OF this District will
be called upon to elect some one to
represent them in the next Congress,
had they not best be on the look out,
80 as to be able to act with discretion
and not in too great haste respecting
matter of such great Importance to
them :? In the first place, can we find
q more suitable man than the present
incumbent? Is there any fault to
find in his case Has he been faith,
full and honest in his trust? Ii 30,
can we do better than to re-elect him
for q second term? There are none,
l presume, who will be so reckless as
to doubt the ability and integrity OF
r. q. Mills? lie is too well known
for that. Can there be anything
gained to the people of Texas by
changing a tried, trne and faithful
public servant, for one we know not
of, in these particulars? There are
ambitious aspirants by the hundred,
who are willing to make the sacrifice,
in order to serve their country in the
national councils. Possibly some of
these were not so willing to serve
their country few years since in the
field. Can the people afford to make
the sacrifice III sending such now to
represent them? Besides, is there
good sense and policy, 30 Tar as the
interests OF the people of the State are
concerned, IN working these constant
changes? We send a man to Cons
gress for two years; by the time he
qualities himself to do good, by be-
coming thoroughly acquainted with
the workings OF the National Legisla>
ture and the influences used to effect
any purpose beneficial to his peculiar
section, his time is up, and a new
man must be put in his stead, whose
presence there Tor SO short time
amounts to but little, SO far as the in
terests of our State are concerned.
The North has pursued a different
and wiser policy and in looking over
the list oil their Congressional dele>
gates, many names appear, who have
been in Congress Tor half dozen
times or more in succession. Let us
do likewise, though it should tail to
meet the approval of numerous office
seekers. hope this District will en-.
dorse the course of our distinguished
representative, Hon. X. @. Mills, ~
re- electing HIM TO Congress for the
second term. VOTER.