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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06
The Predatory Mosquito.

On balmy wings of starry night, by
summer breezes blown, there comes a
voice no ear can slight; afeathery mono
tone of awful portent. Whirring round
our poor devoted ears, the echoes Of that
goddess sOun0 awaken all our fears, and
make us curse the summer night, with all
its shadows of delight. All useless fall
our vigorous blows to mash the sharp
intruder, for when we smite away he
goes beyond our reach. Seclude our
selves as best we may, or draw the net
ting close about us, the fiend is sure to
find a flaw through which to bite and
rout US from dreams that might be pass
ing sweet but for his guile and base
deceit.
For in the silence of the room he Silly
sits in waiting. He peers athwart the
lonely gloom, his secret soul initiating
with ghoulish dreams of human blood
He waits to hear our snoring; then goes
for his nocturnal food without delay
Exploring our poor prone bodies DER and
DER, he revels in prospective gore. At
last, with instinct sure as sin, he finds a
nice blue vein, and rips his little dagger
in and pulls it out again, until he gets his
baggy paunch as full as it can be. And
then he sits upon his haunch and
chuckles. Gayly he then squirts some
poison in the wound, the while the lula
bies resound. The pang goes shooting
through our nerves, till, Weakening with
a sense of pain, we seize the nearest
thing that serves, and seek the predator.
In vain! Upon the distant chimney-pot
he sits, serenely whetting his CORY bayo-
net red-hot for the next days blood.
letting, and gently croons an artful
chorus, to warn US that he means to bore
us.-Brooklyn Recieu.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06
Cleaning and Oiiinq Harness.

Our advice to those intending to clean
harness is, first to unbuckle all the
straps and remove all the metallic por-
tons possible without ripping the stitch
ing; then, if thick coating has formed
on any part where the harness came in
contact with the horse, remove it by
scraping it with wooden scraper; then
place the straps in water, and after they
have been well soaked lay them on a
board, and with soap and brush clean of
all superf1uous matter on the surface
they should then be allowed to, surface
dry, and if they we're hard before clean
ing, neatsfoot oil should be applied; this
will penetrate the leather and open the
pores.
As soon as the oil has entered the
leather apply coat of melted tallow,
thoroughly smearing all parts of the
strap; then lay all the straps out on a
board, and allow them to dry; as the
water dries out the oil and grease will
enter and fill the pores of the leather,
the one softening it, the other forming a
barrier against moisture from atmos-
pheric or other causes. After the moist
ure has dried out all the superfluous
grease on the surface may be removed
with cloth, and some varnish black be
applied if desired.
Leather will absorb moisture rapidly
unless the pores are well filed, and there
Is no grease SO well suited for this pur-
pose as tallow. It is the province of the
oil to soften the fiber, but in 60 doing it
opens the pores and renders the leather
extremely sensitive to moisture unless
they are we'll filled with grease. 3.
The durability Of harness depends
much upon the care taken to keep the
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06
Attacked by Mad Cow-Miracuious Es.
cape.

Mr.. E. w. RUTLAND, who is a herder
for Mr. X. F. Hall, dairyman who has
his stock in the suburbs of the city, had
a most wonderful escape from the at
tacks of mad cow recently, while at
tending to his duties as herdsman. When
in the act of driving his stock the COW
charged him, knocking him down, and
would have gored him to death but for
the human faithfulness of his herd, who,
seeing their friend and protector in dan
ger, themselves charged en- nsasse the mad
brute and saved their master. Mounting
his horse, Mr.. Rutland had occasion to
stop in small brook, whose ban6s were
about four feet above the level of the
water While in this position he wa
charged again by the COW, who, with
1oaming mouth and CLASSY eyes, plunged
down upon her victim, unhorsing HIM
ana aiighting herself upon the horse
pearing both upon the PROSTATE rider
nc morse, to all appearances, appeared
ueao' put the furious cow, although pros-
trate, was still intent upon her victim
Inc Ieeiings Of poor Rutland can hardly
DC surmlsed when finding himself thus
imprisoned, with the weight Of his fallen
horse upon his limbs and lower BODY
and the fore part Of a mad COW upon his
chest, striving with the desperate energy
OF madness to paw, to gore and To h;te
her helpless victim.
With the desperate energy Of a de-
spairing man Mr.. Rutland drew from his
pocket the smallest of penknives, whose
length Of blade does not exceed one and
three-quarter inches, and proceeded after
true Texan manner (being native Of
that State) to investigate the neck Of his
Infatuated enemy, and with this puny in
strument succeeded with . single blow
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06

From the 81. LOUIS RepubficdH.
"Among the notable physicians of this
country, DR.. r. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, n. T.,
stands deservedly high. He has obtained pro-
fessional eminence through strictly legitimate
means, and fully deserves the envable repu-
taton which he enjoys. A thorough and
careful preparation for his calling and extern
sive reading, during long and unusually
large practice, have made him extraordinarily
successful in his private practice, and gained
the commentator even OF his professional
brethren. By devoting his attention mainly
to certain speciaties he has been rewarded in
a very great degree, and in these lines is rec
ogniZed as leader. Not few of his prepa-
rations compounded for these special cases
have been adopted and are used in their
the country, and his pamphlets and larger
works upon these subjects have been wei
coined as valuable additions to medical litera-
ture, and placed among the regular books
of many medical schools. Acknowledge ment
of the services which he has performed for
medical science has been made by prcSenta-
lions of degrees from two of the first medical
institutions of the land, and by the translation
of several of his works into German, Spanish
and other foreign languages. The increasing
demand for his specifics some time since ne
cessitated the opening of a regular dispensary
for their preparation. and from small begin
ming the business of this establishment has
during the three months ending March 81,
1874, the sum expended for postage alone,
not to speak of that paid ON newspapers,
| amounted to s2,0S0.10. Over hundred persons
| are employed in the various departments and
corps of able and skilled physicians are re
| tanned as an advisory board in difficult cases
Elsewhere in to-day's Republican a whole page
| is devoted to a communication from Dr.
| Pierce setting forth something of the history
| and details of this vast establishment, which
| will be found not unintcrestng reading"
| If you would patronize Medicines scientif-
| cally prepared by a skilled Physician and
| Chemist-tlse DIR. Pierce's Family Medicines.
Golden Medical Discovery is nutritious, tonic,
| Alternative or blood cleansing, and an une-
| qualed cough remedy; Pleasant Purgativc
| Pellets, scarcely larger than mustard seed,
constitute an agreeable and reliable physic;
| Favoritc Prescription, an unequaled remedy
| for debiltated females; Extract of Smart
| weed, a magical remedy for Pain, Bowel
Complaints, and an unequaled Liniment for
| both human and horse flesh; while his DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy is known the world
! over as the greatest specific for Catarrh and
cold in Head" ever given to the public.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06
The King-Bird.

THE king-bird haz silvery gray plum
age and sharp song
They skream when they sing, and kan
outfoot, on the wing, most ov the birds.
They are CRATE thiefs amung the bunny
bees, and pix up thousands ov theze little
toilers, on their way home to their hives,
loaded with bunny.
This makes sweet mouthfull for the
king-bird
But thare IL one thing about the king
bird that puts them at the head ov all
things that fly, and that IL their fighting
qualitys.
They are the champions ov lite weights.
They are not over ten inches long, and
are not SO heavy az the robbin-redbre
but they will fight bald headed eagle, or
the deakon ov church in good standing,
if they cum near their nests.
They amt afraid to fife emmy thing, and
the same amount ov currage put into a
hen-hauk would make them a terror to
all things.
AAnAO Gil ~ DlIN, 1IOul tuC WITH u
the crate blak eagle, but what fears the
little king-bird, and will run for dear
life thru the heavens when they 60 for
them.
hav often watched theze termagants,
and even hav felt just as tho would like
to fife sumthing miself just twice mi size,
when / hav seen them pitch into fish.
hauk or lazy turkey buzzard.
l like pluk, but hain't got emmy ov it
to spare miself.
/ don't admire brutal outrage, that amt
happy until it sees the blood start, but |
luv the kind ov pluk that amt afrade ov
pound just bekauze it happens to be
only an ounce itself.
Pluk haz won much more in this world
than emmy other one thing that haz ever
appeared in it.
Next to mans honesty worship the
pluk that il in hin.-Josh Billings.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06

in seyering the angular vein and efEectins
ouietus 10 her fnadnsse We have held
this tiny pearl-handled blade in our
hand and wondered at the fortunate cut,
and must confess that were we not stand
ing amid honorable men, the unfortunate
sufferer and his gentlemanly and ehicient
physician, DR. Cross, we could not real
ize the truth of the cutting without sui
fering some qualms of our most sensitive
judgment.
But the end Of poor Rutland S troubles
was not yet-he was still imprisoned, q
bruised, helpless man, covered with froth
and drenched with blood, under his tor
mentor, now more helpless than himself.
For more than an hour after the conflict
ended he lay, thinking no doubt Of the
horrible prospect of death, when a son
of Dr. Smith, neighbor, seeing blood in
the stream below him, followed the cur
rent and rescued the sufferer more dead
than alive.-Little Rock DIRK Republican.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06
Luck.

THERE are some people who are never
in luck. II they were not born under an
unlucky star it was because a wandering
comet, yet more baleful, was in the
ascendant. They made at the beginning
some one of those infinitesimal errors
which in the course of a lifelong calcu-
lation widen out into the logaritllmic
figures; they came into the world behind
time, and have always been in pursuit of
it, and never catching up; they were
born just too late for legacy, they die
just too late for the life-insurance, which
happens to expire first. Their piece of
bread is sure to fall, and always on tie
buttered side; their dear gaZelles are
sure to die; if they think they can play
comedy, a compelling fate thrusts them
into tragedy; they would like to write
poetry, but are obliged to make living
by plain prose; if they have a chance in
an oil well, it runs nothing but mud and
water; if they have silver mine it
turns out false lead; if they dabble in
stocks, it is only to burn their fingers; all
their bulls are beared, all their swans are
geese, there are seven Fridays in every
day of their lives, and all of them are
black Fridays, 50 black that they
are blue! On the wedding jour
neys of these worthless nobody has
a slipper to throw after them; horse
shoes never lie in their path; let them
get up never SO early in the morn
ing to catch their worm, an earlier bird
has been before them. The blind beggar
on the corner always sees them, when
their pockets are empty and a charming
girl is their companion, before he sees
anybody else; the confidence-man always
selects them for victims: if they travel.
they are the Jonahs of the journey; if
they stay at home, it is to see the folly
of not having gone abroad; their broth
ers never learn to SWIM and sail round
the world in safety; they learn every
trick of the water, to be drowned in their
own bath-tub; regardless of the econo-
mics, other people may put bacon in the
engine fires and sit on the valve, and
nothing happens; but these people will
not only be blown up by the steam of
their own tea-kettle, but will have to eat
their greens without bacon. No conta-
gious disease goes a-begging for the want
Of them to take it, and always at the
most inauspicious season; their good
crop and their neighbours famine never
come together; if they make corner in
cream, there is always thunderstorm
on hand to sour it; in short, whatever
they do, they will have reason to wish
they had done the other thing; they are
SO invariably out of joint with the times
and seasons of prosperity that if a fools
cap be thrown where they are, theirs is
the head it falls on, while they are lea to
declare that if they had been born hat
tiers other people would have been born
without heads; and they are thankful
for but one thing in the world, and that
is that they were not born pair of
twins.-Ha,per's Bozar.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06
Playful Kittens.

y Cats, or rather kittens-by which we
meaD>the ordinary felines all through
their adolescence are noted for their
playfulness. This sportiveness, which is
too frequently witnessed to need descrip-
ton, is sometimes carried beyond the
limits Of due discretion. l can never
forget scene Of this sort witnessed in
early life. A large semi-circle, composed
mostly Of young people in or under their
early tens, had gathered round . win
ter's fire at night for family worship.
During the reading Of the Scripture one
or two Of the youngsters, ordinarily very
decorous, INDUCED in an audible litter.
This brought forth . grave. reprs~ing
look from al the seniors and word Of
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06
See This Ere Ear!

THE Detroit Free Press tells how a
Withholding man, with his hat in his
hand and blood running down his Shout
der from a badlybitten ear, called on
the Mayor of that city. Is this the
Mayor of the town." he screamed "See
this ere ear' The official looked and
replied that it was sad-looking. Eyes,
and it was did right in this DOWNRIGHT
down here not forty rods away Is this
one-hoss town whar they jump from
behind the door and grab mans ear, or
is it big town, whar they Strike from
the shoulder? This is the way fight"
and he unbuttoned his jacket and danced
around, shooting out with his right and
then with his left, and then getting
away" from blow on the nasal. The
Mayor was kept lodging to avoid sore
eye, and he hastily promised to have the
police look into the matter. "Perlicem
shouted the man" who said perlice?
What l want is for 'em to stand up square
and come for me so-and so-and som
And he jumped this way and that, ducked
his head, and kicked higher than the
Mayors nose. Then he squared off in
front of the hat-rack and knocked the
hats right and left" No, sir, l hain't no
chicken! l want square shake and no
more! Let 'em climb on to me by the
front door and they gifts it in this way
and that way-and so-and under the
chin-and on top of the head-and in
the stomach His kicks and blows
drove the official into corner to avoid
accident, and the man was promised that
hereafter he should have square show
according to the latest rules of the P. r.
That's biz, that isw he replied, getting
ready to walk out, land now l know this
hain't one hoss town. Let 'em climb
on to me now-let 'em come in front and
on both sides, and all around, and if old
Trenton don't flop her wings and crow
then I'm a red dog under a meat wagon"
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a Tossh Story.

WE had travelled about $50 miles. II
was about six o'clock in the morning
was lying in a hammock suspended tar
above the ground watching night De-
tween parrot and an oriole in the Top
most branches of the tree. Il nave
omitted to mention that l had removed
my hammock about a quarter OF . nihe
from our encampment.) While ! vas
watching the fight between the bras ,
heard shutting noise beneatn ne' "n
looking down beheld large MAZE hah-
CARGO. l don't think l ever Sd" :"
snecimen of the animal before.
Aware of the shy disposition OF KAN
garoos generally took care 70 remain
1T. discovered had neither my
aun nor knife with me. knew that to
shout to my companions would spoil all
homes Of capturing the beast. Revolving
in INV mind all the hunting lodges" |
could failed to unearth a suitable one
for the occasion until all at once con-
cluded to drop on the animal, and posi-
bly, my fall might throw him down and
break some of his long and slender
limbs Accordingly 1 crept out of my
hammock and, being directly over him.
let myself drop and alighted astride of
his back.
The jump which the frightened animal
gave when dropped on him nearly un-
seated me.
Before could draw breath we were
off and going along the Liverpool plains
at the rate of-well, l dare say-thirty-
five miles an hour!
On! on! we went-never Stacking up,
and your correspondent holding on for
dear life!
We had gone, / should think, about
fifty miles, when we passed drove OF
sheep with their shepherds, and as we
dashed by the latter gave US volley
from their guns, thereby adding to the
excitement.
Away we flew, until we began to sight
Mount Limesday, where hoped to have
a rest, but my horse changed his mind,
as he turned to the northwest and made
Tor reel river.
Inow began to enjoy the ride.
But it was rather uncomfortable the
sharp backbone of the kangaroo was not
an easy seat.
We had travelled now over $50 miles
and were still going.
The kangaroo kept along the river
banks until we came to that of the
Barwan, into which he suddenly jumped.
This was too much for me and rolled
off, receiving as parting salute kick
in the eyes from the hind foot of the
animal
After a good deal of hard swimming /
reached the bank, and taking off my
clothes allowed them to dry. afterward
started for the nearest village, Bancker,
distant some thirty miles, and reached
there the next day and met my friends,
who had given me up for lost.-Aastro-
Ian Cor. Ddabury Nems.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06

what we object to--two hours of the
evening spent in pleasant and instructive
entertainment BY the family circle is
worth all the dark hours of all the early
risers combined. There would be fewer
complaints of the children leaving the
farm if there was more rational enjoy
ment of life at the old homestead and
less Of this everlasting Early to bed
and early to rise" There is such thing
as too much Of good thing. Journal
Of Horticulture. -sa@
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06

leather soft and impervious to moisture,
and harness manufacturers who desire
to maintain good reputation should
caution their customers against follow
ing the advice of those who have no
knowledge of the subject on which they
treat, and as a safeguard should print
upon their business cards some simple
and correct instructions for the preser-
walton of leather.-Carrsage Journal.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06
A Cure for ChiIIs and Fever.

SEVERAL years ago l was travelling
with xer..aptelligent Kansas stock
dealer In Mhe course of conversation
he remarked that in the early settlement
of that State he had suffered much, as
all early settlers always do in the West,
from this disease. He had used the or
binary remedies, largely composed of
quinine, with the usual results-curing
for the time being, to return again in a
week or two.
Being among some of the Indians
south of that State he came across a
Frenchman who called himself doctor.
This man advised him to get an ounce of
camphor, all in one piece, if possible,
sewing it up in small cloth bag, hang
ing it round his neck with tape, so it
would come at the bottom of the sternum
or breast bone, and securing it there with
another tape round the body, to keep it
in place. This, he said, would all
evaporate in a week or ten days, when
he must get another and use it in the
same way. Two ounces thus used, cost
ing twenty cents, would cure, he de-
clared, the worst case of ague so it
would never come back. The Kansas
man declared that he had tried this rem
edy in hundreds of cases and had never
known it to fail. Since obtaining this
information have tried it many times,
with same results. So simple and harm
less remedy ought to be in general use.
1t is fact that nearly all diseases or
pains which intermit, or come and 90,
are agues of various forms. ! recently
had occasion to try this on young lady
suffering severely from toothache for
several mon his, and who was going to
have all the teeth on one side pulled out.
An examination satisfied me that it was
a case of neuralgia, or ague in the face,
and that pulling all the teeth would do
no good. The camphor was applied only
once. In three days all the distressing
pain was gone, and has since continued
to stay away-Cor. Prairie Farmer.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06

THE National Life Insurance Company of
the United States of America had, on the 1st
day of July, 1886 SSS in good and available
assets, while its total liabilities at the same
date were S2,123,269. The loans secured by
first mortgages amount to considerably more
than the total liabilities. The low rates, the
large capital, the definite contracts and the
liberal policies of the National render it es-
pecially worthy the confidence and the pat
ronage of the public. 1t is National COM
pany, chartered by Congress. The business
is done at the principal branch office, Chica-
go, Ill. John V. Farwell, President APP
plications for insurance can be made through
any of the agents. Applications for agencies
should be made to the Chicago office.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06

The Ladies' Sorosis Club, OF New York, lie.
Gently changed their discussions from Woman's 4.
frage to Hair Preparations and Pimpe Banishe, g.
They declared that where nature had not endoW ed
them with beauty, it was their rightyea their dut-
to seek it where they could. So they all voted that
Magnolia Balm overcame Sallowness, Rough Skin and
Rlngnarks, and gave to the complexion q most dis.
angue Sorosian) and marblelike appearance (darger
Gus to men, no doubt); and that Lyons Kathalron
made the hair thick soft and awful pretty, and
moreover prevented 1t from turning gray II thepro-
pretors of these articles did not send the sisters
voice, they are not smart.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06

To cleanse comfort, tie it up loose
ly and plunge it in scalding water for an
hour or two, then spread it on the grass
and let the rain fall on it till it is thor
oughly rinsed, and dry in the sun, turn
ing it two or three times day. Blank
cts are far more wholesome than COM
forts and can be cleaned much more
readily
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-06

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