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Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-06-04
Precautions Against Drought.

AS drought is one Of the greatest OBJ
sticles.with which the Southern farmer
has to contend, too much thought can
hardly be given to the subject, with
view to counteractingits disastrous effects.
We cannot, by any means now known.
prevent the dry and heated terms to
which our climate is subject and we
again call the attention of our readers to
the Importance of securing, SO far as pos
sible, such conditions of the soil as will
in the highest possible degree fit it for
the absorption and retention of moisture
Careful experiments should be made
with view to determine what are the
best means to enable our crops to resist
long continued dryness. Salt, as a top
s.dresaing on. dry sandy land, is one of the
means within our reach. to mitigate the
aridity. JaJ. .Mechi, speaking of the
value ofsalt as top dressing for such
land, says: "About FIVE o'clock one fine
summers morning, I noticed that where
the the salt had been sown the previous
day, every grain of salt had attracted to
itself the dew, and formed on the surface
of the ground wet spot about the size
of sixpence, the ground being generally
very dry" Rural Carolinian for June
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-06-04
Plaaesas Sweet Potatoes Slips, o,
"DraWg."

It's well to take advantage of rainy
day for planting if you can, but plant
.whetherit rains or not. We have plan.
tedin the midst of fsevsses. drought :,;thi ~,;;ttIi
the loss of very few plants. "Grout" the
the plants bp plunging the roots into a
batter composed of equal parts of fresh
cow-dung, wood ashes and vegetable
mould, mixed with water to the proper
consistency to adhere to them. This
will generally insure perfect "stand,'
and hasten the growth of the vines. A
good crop of potatoes will "help OUT
wonderfully, and there is no reasonable
excuse for not having an abundance of
them. Rural Carolinian for June.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-06-04


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Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-06-04


A small boy arose at Sunday school
concert and began quite glibly:-"A GER
tain man went down from Jerusalem, and
fell-and fell" there bis memory began
to fail him, "and-and-fell by the road
side, and the thorns sprang up and
choked him."
A would-be wit, strolling into bank
the other day, walked up to the counter
and addressed one of the spruce-looking
clerks:
"Are you the teller?"
eyes SIR"
Well, what do you .cll?"
II tell people who have no business
here TO clear out"
He cleared.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03
Cost Of Fences.

TAKING the returns of the National
Agricultural Department as our guide,
we find some curious items with regard
to fences and their cost From these re-
turns it would seem that the cost of our
fences is about the same as the amount
of our Understanding national debt;
that for each one hundred dollars in
vested in live stock we invest another
hundred In fences, either to keep them
in or out. The estimated annual cost of
repairs, with interest upon capital in.
vested in the fences, is estimated at
$sO0,0OO,OO0. In Pennsylvania the re-
turns indicate that each hundred acres
of inclosed land has an average of $50
rods of fence, at cost of $1.2O per rod,
or 81, 148. This, it must be remembered,
is only an average, and that in many por.
tions of the State the amount is much
greater. The cost per rod varies from
~ cents in Florida to 1920 in Rhode
Island. The amount to each 100 acres
varies from 400 rods in Minnesota, Ne.
'oNu GIN louIoluud " 1,VVV Ill lNuOuC
Island. In Pennsylvania it would seem
that of the fences 81 per cent. were
Virginia" worm fence, II post and rail.
IL of board, and 4 per cent. of "other
kinds" In the same State "a per cent.
of the openings are closed by gates and
rs per cent. by bars, and the average
cost of the former is $3.50. The returns
state: "The average proportion of bars
in the whole country is about 50 per
cent, of gaps 43-leaving per cent. of
openings for slip-gaps or other modes of
entrance" The report very truly says
with regard to the sum total of the cost
of fences: Experiment has proven
that at least half this expense is unnec-
cssary." The report furnishes material
for the careful consideration of farmers.
Country Gentleman.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03

: A marked tendency to greater fullness
is noticeable in all skirts, and, as nee
essary adjunct comes back the hustle,
to be followed, probably, another season
by the full-hooped petticoat. Uhdesir-
able as this il, it cannot well be avoided,
If more breadths are added to the al
ready-shffcient expanss Of dresses.
In the matter Of trimming there is lit
tie new, Ali heavy. vorsted goods de-
mand folds, piped bands, large CORDS
and worsted fringes, such full trimmings
as are needed being generally side
plated, while on silk are seen an infinite
number Of knife plaitings, passemen-
terie lace, and fringe, plain and jet
wrought. The ornamentation, compare
lively simple in design, is none the less
costly; Indeed, the quantities Of get and
blue steel beads used on all garments
render them foolishly, because needless
ly, expensive.
The metelasse silk so much mentioned
nowadays is very thick material
stamped or woven in raised designs,
quite resembling the old-fashioned pique
of which petticoats were formally made.
1t is employed in MANY dark colors in
conjunction with silk and velvet. 1t is,
however, clumsy, not especially pretty,
not very wide, very dear (ranging from
$3.50 to $500 yard, and, we dare be-
lieve, would not be fashionable were it
not a novelty.
The fraise proper is altogether gone by.
The favorite neck finishes arc collars
more or less military in aspect. First,
there is the standing collar pure and
simple, which Is little more than a
straight stiff band occasionally quilted
lengthwise. Then there is the standing
collar with points turned over in front ;
again, the standing flaring collar running
down to point in front; next the collar
standing and fiaring in the back of the
neck, and turning back in two narrow
revers on the bosom. There are many
variations, but these form the basis of all.
Now and then appears neck trimming
plated in the back and forming revers in
front although a plain collar of some
kind is the greater novelty.-Scrs6ner's
Monthly for December.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03
WORK.

STRONG gales keep the clouds from raining;
Work lulls the sad hearts complaining;
Through the task and the toll runs the yearning
ache,
Yet Duty grows dear for her own grave sake,
And muscles are stronger for straining.
Each life has some prize for gaining;
Each woe has balm in its paining;
So we seek for it long in faith and prayer,
For the finger Of God is everywhere,
While the days are dawning and waning.
Though the mildew its bloom is staining,
The rose has some scent remaining:
Through the darkest hour, still trust in the light;
What the hand has to do, let it do with its might
Strong gales keep the clouds from raining.
-Tinsiey's Magazine.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03

On account of the popularity Of the
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machines, PAT
ties have been largely engaged in pur-
chasing old and second hand machines OF
that make, and imposed upon the public
by selling them as new machines. The
Wheeler & Wilson Company begs to i'd
wise the public that any one desiring to
buy their second hand machines can be
supplied by that Company direct, on bet.
ter terms than others can afford them,
and be assured of what they are buying.
Address
WHEELER & WILSON MFG CO.,
6o5 BROADWAY, Nsw York.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03

SAFE, PERMANENT AND CoMPLETE!-Wil-
hofts Tonic cures Chills and Fever, Dumb
Chills and Bilious Fevers-those Titans that
kill their thousand where this remedy is un-
known. 1t cures Enlargement of the Spleen
1t cures Hypcrtrophy Of the Liver. 1t hurts
no one. It cures all types of Malarial Fevers
and is perfectly protective in all Its effects
Try Wilhoft's Tonic, the great irfallible Chill
Cure. WHEELocK, FINLAY L Co., Proprie-
tors, New Orleans.
Eop SAFE ny All DRrccISTS
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03
The Management of Milk.

FROM the peculiar nature of milk, and
its extreme sensitiveness to external in
fuences, the Importance of the utmost
care in its management must be apparent;
and this care must begin from the mo-
ment when it leaves the udder, espe-
cially if it is to be made into butter. In
this case it would be better, if it were
convenient, to keep the different kinds of
milk of the same milking by themselves
that which comes first from the udder
and that which is drawn last; and if the
first third could be set by itself, and the
second and the third parts by themselves,
the time required to raise the cream of
each part would doubtless be consider
ably less than it is where the different
elements of the milk are so intimately
mixed together in the process of milk
ing, after being once partially separated,
as they are before they leave the udder
The details of management will, of
course, depend largely on the final object
of the dairy, whether it be the manufac-
ture and sale of milk as such, as pur-
sued in the vicinity of large towns and
cities, or the making of butter or cheese,
as pursued in more remote districts If
the object be simply to get the largest
quantity of milk to sell as such, as upon
a dairy farm in the neighborhood of a
city, the management to attain this end
will be very simple, and limited chiefly to
the selection, care and management of
COWS best adapted to this purpose. The
leading idea of course will consist in
feeding grains regularly with due pro-
portion Of succulent food, to milk rcgu-
larly, and to make the most of the
manure, in order to keep up a full sue
ccssion Of grass and hay Milk, as sold
in most large cities, is often adulterated
to great extent, but most frequently
with water. Not unfrequently, too, a
part of the cream is first taken off and
water afterward added; in which case
the use of burnt sugar is very common
for coloring milk, the blueness of which
would otherwise lead to detection. The
adulteration of pure milk from the
healthy COW by water, though dishonest
and objectionable in the highest degree,
is far less Ubiquitous in its consequences
than the nefarious traffic in " swill- milk"
or milk produced from cows fed entirely
on still-slops," from which they soon
become diseased, after which the milk
contains subtle poison, which is as diff
ficult Of detection by any known process
OF chemistry as the miasma of an at
mosphcrc tainted with yellow fever or
the cholera. The simple fact is suf-
ficiently palpable, that no pure and
healthy milk can be produced by an un-
healthy and diseased animal; and that
no animal can long remain healthy that
is fed on an unnatural food and treated
in the manner too common around the
distilleries of many large cities.-Nassa-
chusetts Ploughman.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03

THE Sherman House, Chicago, recognizing
the necessity for retrenchment these close
times, has made material reduction in its
rates. But there has been no reduction in its
merits as a frst.class hotel.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03

LET Us CoNsrDER.-Since the introduc-
ton of distilled spirits in the sixteenth
century they have been habitually pre-
scribed as remedies. We know that al
cohol, in all its forms, is pe,micious to
health. Knowing these things and that,
under the system of treatment which in
cludes their use, the mortality among
the sick is and ever has been enormous,
is it not worth while to try the effect of
a remedy which combines in their high
est excellence the qualities of Tonic,
an Alternative and Regulator; contains
no mineral bane or murderous alkaloid
or alcoholic poison; does its curative
Office without pain and with uniform GER
tainty? DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR BTTTERs
fulfills all these conditions, and is now
effecting the most extraordinary cures in
cases where every specific of the fac
ulty has ANONYMOUSLY failed. Consider,
in view Of these facts, whether any sick
person is justified by reason and COM
non sense in declining to test the virtues
of this undefiled and irresistible remedy.
II
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03


RV. PIERCE, NJ. D., Buffalo, n: T.: wish
TO add my testimony to the wonderful cura-
tive properties Of ygur Alt. Ext, or Goioeh
Medical Discovery. have taken great m,
terest In this medicine SINCE first used II; l
was badly afflicted with dyspepsia, liver de.
ranged and an almost perfect prostratlon "a
the nervous system. so rapid and compie,.es
did the Discovery effect perise. cute anas
to myself, and since that time we have never
been without bottle Of the Discovery and
Purgative Pellets in the house. They are
solid. sound family physician in the house,
and ready at all tunes to fly to the relief OF
sickness-without charse. We have never
had a doctor in the house since we hfst pc
gan the use of your Pellets and Discovery:
have recommended the use OF these medicines
in several severe and complicated eases arls-
ing from, as thought, an impure state OF the
blood, and in no one case have they falied
to more than accomplish all they are claimed
to do, will only mention one as remarka-
BILE Though coula give you dozens: Henry
Roster, furniture dealer, OF this place, who
his face swollen out of shape, scales and erup-
tons without end, extending to his body,
which was completely covered with blotches
and scales. Nothing that he took seemed to
affect it particle. / finally induced him
to try few bottles of the Golden Medical
Discovery, with daily use OF the Pellets,
assuring him it would surely cure him.
He coiiimeiicea Its use some six weeks
since taking two Pelists eaeh. night for a
week, then one each night, and the Discovery
as directed The result is, to-day his skin is
perfectly smooth and the scaly cruptions are
gone. He has taken some seven or eight bot
ties in ALL and considers himself cured. This
case had baffled the skill of our best ply
sicians. Messrs. Dunsford 4 Co, druggists,
Of this place, are selling largely Of your med.
icines and the demand steadily increases, and
they give perfect satisfaction In every case.
Respectfully. w. H. CHAMPLIN,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03

THERE is nothing like leather Shoes with a
SILVER TIP for children. Try them. They
never wear through at the toes. For sale by
all dealers
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03

THE NORTHWESTERN HORSE NAIL Col
!" Finishedn Nail is the best in the world
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03

"A Boston merchant attended a mes
meric entertainment in Beethoven Hall
and laughed SO immoderately that the
operator was annoyed. The merchant
was requested to be quiet, but he was
unable to stop snickering and conse.
quently was elected. Being wealthy and
obstinate, he will test in the courts the
question whether proprietor of place
Of amusement can at will exclude per-
sons who have bought tickets and taken
their seats. III SCI nfs
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03

The Rochester Chronicle asks: ]" What
shall We do with the dead leaves Of this
country" Leave 'em alone sss
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03

The Prsttiest Woman In New York, Miss
K, wen known in our fashionable society for her
Dubuque appearance and beautiful complexion, was
once sallow, roushskinned girl, chagrined at her
red freckled face She pitched into Hagans Magnolia
Balm. and u now as pretty in complexion as she is
charming in manners. This article overcomes freckes
tan, sallowness mothpatches, ringmarks, ETC., and
makes one look ten years younger than they Mag
nolia Balm for atransparent complexion. and Lyons
Katharon to make the hair plentiful, luxuriant soft
and delicate. have rivals The Ksthairon prevents
the hair from turning gray. eradcates dandru and il
the best and cheapest dressing in the world.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03
Run Away With a Girl Named Sarah.

HES scootcd with another woman"
exclaimed corpulent female, affected
with asthma, as she pulled herself
through the door of the Central Station
yesterday forenoon.
The police Scrgeants are never hasty
about expressing their opinion, and the
one in charge of the station looked at
the woman and didn't even nod his head
for her to go on. The woman took a
chair, or nearly two chairs, pulled away
like hack-horsc for several minutes,
and then, as the tears came into her eyes,
she exclaimed:
"Pll never forgive him, and if he's
caught you may sentence him for life!
To think that after we've lived together
these five years and better he should de-
sert his own true love and run away with
a girl named Sarah"
You refer to your husband, I sup
pose" said the Sergeant, cautiously.
"What other woman's husband would
be referring to-" she demanded. "Of
course it's my husband John Henry
Polk"
And / infer that he has deserted
your"
"Thats what he's done-descrted me
and run off with gal named Sarah
something or other, and I'm left here
without fricndw
He shouldn't have done thatr' re-
marked the Sergeant after long pause
"No, he shouldn't" she replied.
" What was he when l married him?
Didn't take him when he was a good
for-nothing. insignificant whitfet of six
teen and bring him up to be what he is?
And now this is my return"
She sobbed away for while, and then
went on.
"fc called me his darling-his dear
gazele-and he said that | was sugar
melted over, and all that, and believed
it-ycs, believed it, like the fool am"
"And he's gone, CHI"
Gone! Didn't I say he'd gone?
can hardly believe it, though, when l
AOUh ONCI tHC lcllcIS uC WIOtc Tic, ANU
see how he called me his shining angel,
his MONDAY star. I can hardly realize
that he has left me and taken up with
freckled-nosed girl" serE
g It's sad-very sad," sighed the Ser
geant.
You don't know my feelings" she re-
piled; don't begin to realize how this
heart of mine is wrenched and upset. |
wish you'd catch him, sir. wish you'd
bring him here and stand him over there
and leave me over here, and lock the
doors for about two minutcs?"
Be calm, madam" replied the Ser
geant.
".Carm How can be earn? When
! think Of John Henry, and Sarah, and
dear gaelic. and shining angel and noon
day star, can bid my heart be carm?"
She left her husbands description and
went away, and the police will catch
him IL they can-Defy0if Free Press
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03
Tonic and Rec.perant Plantation Bit

ters.-The conttanty-increasing patronage which It
receives has, 1t is true excited the petty envy OF GER
tain splenetic advertisers Of pnchbeck panaceas who
hope to make market for their own stagnant, watery
wares by decrying all sprituous medicinal prepara-
tons. But the public stomach neither their argu.
ments their potations and reject these
very weak limitations enemy as entirely too thin
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03

Damned By Faint Praise.-Jas. Beekmsn
Clergyman, of New York, was recently badly kicked
by horse and was speedily cured by using the cele
brated Mexican Mustang Hniment. When the pro-
prietor asked him for certificate he replied that he
considered it q remarkable article. but it wouldn't
answer for him to indorse remedy in print" Here's
consistency. But we didn't kick him. as the horse
did. The world knows that for rheumatism, Bruises,
Swellings, SPAWN. Scratches, Inflammation, Lame
ness. or any fesh bone or muscle ailment upon man
or animal there IL nothing the Mustang Liniment
1t costs but 50 cts and 81 90 per bottle and should be
IN every family. 1t Is wrapped in q fine steel.plate
lsbel, and signed !" G. W. Westbrook. Chemist
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03

The Nantucket Rtciew says that the
schooner Oliver Cromwell, while on her
mackerel cruise, had curious incident
befall her. The seine being out, school
suddenly turned, and max
ing for the seine took it down. A vessel
in the neighborhood Immediately an
swered call for assistance, and swept
her seine under that of the Oliver Crom-
wells. Twenty-three hundred dollars
worth of mackerel were secured, the two
vessels dividing the catch, the fish selling
On an average Vi nine cents each. The
bunt Of the seine belonging to the Oliver
Cromwell was badly rent by the sudden
rush of the fish, or more would have been
secured. This is the second time the
seine of the Oliver Cromwell has expert
enccd similar treatment, losing all the
fsh It thsfrsts OF zaccount OF TIE Zine
giviBgsway and there beiig no help near
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03

Vegetable Pulmonary Balsaml Most ap-
proved, reliable and we-known remedy for Coughs
Colds and Consumption Get the Genuine. Price u
mall SOC. CUTLER BROS. & Co., Boston.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03
arifrand Tra nsportation Charges.

TIE TEIBvNE viii advocate The ndOpi0h OF SUVN
measures az will cheaper transportation and reduce
the taxes on goods The ligtest tariff winch VIII pro
vide the Government with necessary funds 10 carry
i, an and maintain its credit should only be imposed
on IMPORTS and the national highways should be I'M
proved stronger competition "ilh the rail-
road nonorGiies, which Will compel them 10 lower
their tariff of charges.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03
The Currency.

Plenty of currency for all the legitimate wants o.
the country with Elasticity 10 quantity, ana STA
bilitv value by convertibity into coin I'm Chd
should be put to the continual fluctuations IN The value
of tie Currency which in1cts ncacuahic INJURY on
industry and enterprise il introduces an element OF
doubt and uncertainty into all Transactions, ana makes
business little better than gambling. Ii Is Alti9iai
disgrace well evil for the monetary stHaaa 81
values be Kept in such vacilldting ana chanseapc
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03
No Reputliation.

TIVE TRIBUNE will stcrniy combat reputation OF
public obligations in the form ~ watcringa aud debastnG
the currency or any other guisc IL NAV assume. t"r
every dollar ugit Of which the public creditors may be
cheated any form srtfcncy dilutln or fCPttt-
ton the people viii suffer the loss Of hundred Wt
will result from the destruction ut ctea THAR VIII ilii
ike blight on State and Municipal Cover nlnenis rs
well as on corporations and individuals iliH li4 @3i!
credit must lie maintained pure and un$uitled nld.
like The virtue OF Caesars wife, above SUSPICION.
More s,.;,si,.jcs oy f.ou-sfipS,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03

SEND your name and address to DR.. c. Il. Blackal
81 Washington street, Chicago and receive his Bull
letin and Catalogue of new books free.
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Reduction OF state ana t4ocal Taxes.

The utmost reduction of all direct aN"s must ne IN
sisted upon by the people. Within few years county
township and municipal taxation has enormous! u
creased and become almost beyond enduIHiiG" turoash
ont hc western states. steps must be taken I" re-
trench these expenditures well rs those t the NJ
tional Governments. and choke down the insatianle
greed of the local taNcater. before al the surplus
earnings of the industrious classes conscated bJ
IL. -1l.t.L1i,