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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-05-13
A Dogs RemOrse.

The following interesting letter is pub
lished i'll the London Spectator:
Being accustomed to walk out before
breakfast with two Skye terriers, it was
my custom to wash their feet in tub,
kept for the purpose in the garden, when
ever the weather was wet. One morn.
ing, when | took up the dog to carry him
to the tub, he bit me so severely that
was obliged to let him go. No sooner
was the dog at liberty than he ran down
to the kitchen and hid himself. For
three days he refused food, declined to
go out with any of the family, and ap-
peared very detected, with a distressed
and unusual expression of countenance.
son the third morning, however, upon
returning with the other dog, l found
him sitting by the tub, and, upon com
ing toward him, he Immediately jumped
ilto it and sat down in the water After
pretending to wash his legs, he jumped
out as happy as possible, and from that
moment recovered his usual spirits.
There appears In this instance to have
been clear process of reasoning, ac-
companied by acute feeling, going OF in
the dogs mind from the moment he bit
me until he hit upon plan of showing
his regret and making Ieparation for his
fault. Ii evidently occurred to him that
l attached great importance to this foot.
bath, and if he could convince me that
his eontrition was sincere, and that he
was willing to submit to the process
without murmur, should be satisfied.
The dog, in this case, reasoned with per-
feet accuracy, and from his own prem
Uses deduced a legitimate conclusion
which the result justified"
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Alkali For an Old Apple Tree.

In considering the growth of organ
isms, the action of the alkalies is to be
looked upon as scarcely less important
than that of air and water. Lime is the
great animal alkali, and potash the
vegetable one; it's old name of vegeta
bic kali expressed that fact, and all the
potash of commerce is well known to be
derived from wood ashes The lmpor-
lance of potash as a manure has been
frequently overlooked by farmers, who
rarely know the large amount of this
material found in grass, grain crops,
leaves, barn-yard manure, roots and
fruits. How potash acts in plants, in
conjunction with carbon and slick, to
form woody fiber, starch, sugar and OIL
is yet unknown to chemical observers,
but the fact of its action is beyond a
doubt.
Licbig long since pointed out that the
chief cause of barrenness is the waste of
potash carried of by rich crops, espe-
cially tobacco, with no replacement of
proper manure. How many millions of
pounds of potash have been sent to Eu
rope from the forests of America, and in
the grain, tobacco and hemp! Luckily
one alkali may be replaced by another,
and We have received a considerable
quantity of soda from European sea-
weed and in the shape of salt. Latterly
nitrate of soda from natural deposits in
South America is brought to us at a cheap
price.
The point to which we now call atten-
ton is that our farmers and fruit growers
have ignored, or rather have been igno-
rant of, the Importance of wood ashes as
"a vegetable stimulant and as the leading
constituent of plants. Even coal ashes,
now thrown away as useless, have been
shown by experiment and analysis to
possess fair share of alkaline value
According to our observation, if the prac-
tice of putting mixture of wood and
coal ashes around the stems of fruit trees
and vines, particularly early in the
spring, were followed as a general rule
our crops of apples, grapes, peaches, etc,
would be greatly benefited in both quail
ity and quantity, and the trees and vines
would last onger.-Sc5entifc american.
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Mending Harness.

A STITCH in time" in the harness at
this season will probably save conSidera-
bly, more than the proVerbial "ninc"
when the busy season commences. To
mend harness the first thing needed is a
clamp for holding it. 4 very good
clamp may be made of a stave Of flour
barrel cut in two in the middle. A small
block with two sides beveled is fixed on
the top of larger block and the slaves
are screwed firmly to it. Screws are to be
preferred to nails, which would be liable
to split the slaves. The upper end OF
each stave is smoothed and beveled so
as to take an even and firm hold of the
leather when it is slipped between them.
Fine copper wire is a better material
with which to mend harness than thread
and is pIuch more convenient in use A
roll of this wire should be kept on hand.
Rivets and burrs should be used for
splicing traces or heavy parts of the har-
ness. A few of these with a punch and
light tack-hammer for clenching the
rivets should form part of the tools, and
a straight awl should be procured for
making holes in the leather when the
original holes have become filled up or
worn so as to be useless. A seat may
be made by fixing two legs to piece of
board about two feet long; the other end
will then rest upon the larger block when
it is in use. When not in use it may be
hung up on the wall of the Toulouse by
hole in the end. Such harness-mend-
ing apparatus, in lack of more costly
Il kit" of tools, ought to be kept in every
farm workshop. A strap may be mended
in two or three minutes for one cent that
would cost ten cents at the harness.
makers, and the loss of time.-American
Aqriculturtst.
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A Curious Sketch--.The Prisoner of
Sainte Peiasie.

TIE following pathetic little story
from the French of NM. Alhoy-Lurine
derives its interest from the fact that il
concerns an American Revolutionary
patriot and friend of Washington. The
acts OF bencyolence of the fine old soldier
are touching for their simplicity and
modesty, and sad indeed is the story of
his melancholy end: ~.
On the second story of the buildings
which were reserved for the debtors a
modestly-furnished cell was the abode
of an American Colonel named Swan
who, after long,litigation with French
man, had suffered Imprisonment foI
debt IN preference TO paying a sum
owe.
French law then permitted the pro.
visional arrest of a foreign debtor. And
= twenty years after the arrest he was still
aprisoner in Sainte Pelagie
Col. Swan, compatriot and friend
OF Washington, had served in the war of
American independence with Lafayette,
and the old French republican was often
seen to bow his white head under the
gate of the Jail which held his brother
IN arms.
His personal fortune, the assistance of
rich friends and perhaps bribery, or a
successful escape, could have restored
the American to liberty; but he was SO
accustomed to his punishment that one
could readily see that these thoughts
could not occur to him,
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Milk as an Economical Article of
Food.

MILK as a nutritive article of diet is
generally under-estimated. Its economic
value as compared with other articles of
animal food has been given by DR.. Wig
gins, of Providence, and is often quoted
to show that it should enter into more
general consumption among those of
limited means; while its healthfulness
and adaptation to the general taste
should recommend its extensive use
among all classes.
AS to its economy DR.. Virgins remarks
that the quantity of water in good milk
is IS TO 81 per cent, while round steak
contains rs per cent; in fatter beef
there is 60 per cent. and in eggs about
6S per cent. His deductions, from recent
analyses Of animal foods as compared
with milk, are that sirloin steak (recov-
ering loss from bone) at thirty-five cents
per pound is as dear as milk at twenty
four cents quart; round steak at
twenty cents a pound as dear as milk at
fourteen cents a quart; eggs at thirty
cents a dozen as dear as milk at twenty
cents quart and corned beef at seven
teen cents rs dear as milk at fifteen
cents. 1t must be inferred, therefore,
that milk at six to eight cents per quart
is the cheapest animal food that can be
used. But granting that all this may be
true there are some important consider
ations that. seem to be overlooked in
urging the substitution of milk for other
kinds of food. One of which is that all
foods of equal nutrition are not relished
alike, and that the natural appetite
must to some extent at least be gratified
in order to secure the proper digestion
and assimilation of foods.
Thus we have certain kinds of food
that, IN the common phrase, "set well
on the stomach" Of some, while they dis.
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Consumption,

the sconrge of the human family, may in its
early stages he promptly arrested and perma-
nently cured.
PAvESswooD, W. Va.
DR.. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y:
ST-For the last year | have been using
your Golden Medical Discovery. | owe my
life to it, having been afflicted for years. Did
not use it but short time before | was ben
Gifted; at that time | was very bad, not able
to sit up much, was suffering greatly with
my throat, was getting blind, had a dry
cough, ard much pain in my lungs. I have
used rTelve bottles Of the Discovery and am
almost we'll. KATE T. WARDNER.
A son of Mr.. J. II. MEsEcK, of Chatham
Four Corners, n. Y, has been cured of Con-
sumption by DR., Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery; so says Mr.. G. B. Garfield, editor Of
the Chatham Courier.
S K. EGLAR, druggist, of West Union, o.,
writes 10 state that DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery has effected wonderful cure
of Consumption in his neighborhood.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-05-13

WHEN ANY ANTIDoTE or remedy for
any particular class OF disease obtains a
wide-spl eading notoriety, it is but rea'
sonab.e TO suppose that it must merit
the popularity it receives. 1t is with
in our province to mention that DIR. }.
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BIT
TIERS, SO long and favorably known as
the safest and most reliable remedial
agent for the cure of Liver, Kid
ney, Bladder and Glandular Diseases,
Mental and Physical Debility, and all
complaints emanating from corrupt
state of the blood, ETC., are in great de-
mand. SO satisfied are we Of the intrin-
sic worth of this medicine that we do
not hesitate to notice it in our columns.
1t is we'll to mention that this medicine
is compounded of roots, herbs and flow
ers of California, and has no fiery ma
terial or alcohol used in its preparation
We can add no better eulogium than tho
fact that we use it constantly in our OWL
family, and each member thereof par
takes of it, when necessary, according to
directions Ne,o York Paper. "a
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agree with others. You cannot always
dictate to the stomach what is best
adapted to it, for it has its likes and dis
! likes, which cannot be set aside without
serious trouble. 1t is known by ex-
perience that milk does not agree with
all persons. In some it produces head
ache and feverish symptoms, in others
gives rise to biliousness, while with
another class of persons milk is highly
relished and promotes the highest health
when used in judicious manner with
bread, oatmeal or other farinaceous
food. The reason why milk should be
used in connection with farinaceous
foods is thus explained by writer in a
magazine He says: Milk, after being
taken into the stomach, is converted
almost into solid curd by the heat and
the acid given OFF by that organ combin-
ing with potash and the soda which the
milk contained and which was neces-
sary to keep it in a state of solution.
The watery portion being separated and
absorbed, the gastric juice finds it diff
cult to penetrate and break down the re-
manning curd, which now acts as crude
and indigestible substance in the
stomach, giving rise by reflex &C.
ton to headache, and by its irritating
presence, interfering with the diges-
ton Of other substances that may be
going on. In consequence the contents
pass out of the stomach in an imperfect
ly-digested condition, and in their sub
sequent course through the system are
not properly assimilated; and on arriving
at the liver clog that great strainer of
the blood. The bile not being properly
poured out of this organ the blood in
passing through it becomes impregnated
with bilious matter, which is carried on
through the round of the circulation,
showing it's effect in the yellow tinge of
the eyes and skin and occasioning those
general unpleasant symptoms compre-
hendcd under the term of biliousness."
There. is no doubt milk can be en-
ployed as a healthful and economical
article of food for most people, when
cooked with rice and eggs or in various
kinds of buildings, bread toasts, or eaten
with bread or oatmeal properly pre-
pared. In this way it can be better sub
stituted for other animal food than to
use it as drink. Milk is very nutri-
tious article of diet, but many need to
know in what way it should be employed
so as not to derange health.-RuraI Neso
Yorker.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-05-13

THE PEOPLES FRIEND-lt Is susceptible
of easy proof that the sewing machine has
been a greater blessing to the masses Of
American people than any invention OF the
present century. Nothing else has done SO
much to save the lives and health of the wives
and mothers, the patient, overworked women
of the land, who, as class, most needed re-
lief from the burthens of everyday life
Every father and husband fails in his duty il
he neglects to eudow his home with such a
triumph of science as the Wilson shuttle sew
ing machine. Machines will be delivered at
any railroad station in this county, free Of
transportation charges, if ordered through
the cOmpany's branch house at 1877 State
street, Chicago. They send an elegant cata.
logue and chrome circular free on applica-
ton. This company want few more good
agents.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-05-13

DIR. WILHorT's ANTI-PERIoDIC OR FEvED
AND AGUE ToNIC!--Wilhoft's Tonic has estah
lished itself as the real infalliblc Chill cure
1t is universally admitted to be the only re
liable and harmless Chill medicine now in use
Its efficacy is confirmed by thousands of Ger
tifcates of the very best people from all paris
of the country. 1t cures mdlarious diseases
of every type, from the shaking agues of the
lakes and valley to the raging fevcrs of thu
torrid zone. Try it! It has never been known
to fail. WHEELoCK, FINLAY Il Co., Propri
etors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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WE should not hesitate to recommend to
any friend of ours Parsons Rurgatiys Pills !.
they are scientifically prepared, and are
adapted TO all the purposes of q good purga-
five medicine =
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DECIDEDLY the best remedy that has ever
been discovered for rheumatism, swollen or
stiff joints, flesh wounds, sprsins, bruises,
cuts and burns is JohnSon's Anodyne Lini
ment. We use it, and always recommend it
to our friends
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-05-13

ELECTRICITY Is LIFE.-All nervous disor
ders, chronic diseases of the chest, head, livel
stomach, kidneys and blood, aches and pains
nervous and general debility, etc, quick
cured after drugs fail by wearing Volta's Eiec
tro Belts and Bands. Valuable book free, b
Volta Belt Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Two BROTHERS named Calf have estab-
lished mammoth hennery in Colorado,
ten miles from Denver. 1t covers about
four acres, which is laid out like vii
lage, with streets and avenues, along
which are built long rows of houses of
various designs. Regular families OF
hens are assigned to these houses, and it
is found that they quickly domesticate
themselves without troubling their neigh
bors. The population of the village is
1000, divided closely into social cliques OF
Bralmas, Cochins, Shanghaes and Dork-
ings, and the chief products are eggs and
spring chickens. Sundays included, the
industrious matrons of the village turn
out daily from forty to fifty dozen of
eggs, which are sold in Denver from
thirty to fifty cents dozen. The broth
ers Gatf express but single regret, and
that is they did not found their colony
fifteen years ago, when eggs brought five
dollars dozen and spring chicken was
worth pennyweight of gold dust.
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"WIFE, don't see, for my part, how
they send letters on them ere wires with.
out tearin' 'em all to bits" La, me they
don't send the paper, they just send the
writing in a fluid state"
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BURNETT's CoCoAINEi is the best and cheap
est hair dressing in the world.
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Philadelphia brags of having the most
eleanly servant girls. They always hire
out with the understanding that the mis-.
tress is to do the dirty work
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Garden hats are Marie Antoinette nats
of Leghorn braid or of chip, with very
wide, flat brim, of equal width all around
but curved to droop in front and pack'
Those of Leghorn are trimmed Win
black velvet and ostrich plumes, either
black or white, or perhaps both together.
Black chip flats have full ruches OF PINK
gros grain around the brim and under 1t,
and sometimes there are wreaths OF
small flowers mingled with the ruches.
The sailor hat Will return to favor
when the warm days come. 1t is the
most girlish of all the shapes and most
generally becoming to round young faces.
Those of brown, black or white split
straw are trimmed with wide gros grain
ribbon, either blue, black or brown, and
fastened by silver filigree buckles. The
English walking hat, the Derby, and the
new toque with dropping front and
turned up back are all worn. The most
coquettish hats are those with faring
brims caught up on one side by rose.
Full wreaths and clusters of flowers in
side the brim give mature look to
young faces.-Harper's Bdzdr.
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= Aprll 10 lS,o.-DR DODGE: SU-Your prescription
Is 70 hand We commence its once but we fear
~ II VOC iate. Mrs Mann is very low Your articles
on Gafdlac or Heart Disease raised her homes very
high but medical agree that her heart ia pea
" covered with water. . AErl I9-Nrs Mann
appears still on the verge of the grave April
eel are warmer the limbs not lifeless bre;thnn
mol SO short and worried; instructions closely fnI
bnStsr Thai MAY 5mDear Doctor, wife is much
SINKING away, is disappearing: the circulation ~
blood s, improves in The limbs and less blood rnshes
10 nge hsn sl May DEAR Doctor yours To
now lree and easy. and satisfies her which IL has not
done for years before. There has been IN
on the skin over the region OF the heart
june ll-Dcar Doctor. all the friends have nov, yrea;
hopes that you may succeed in nv wifc's ease IL ~
We sta regard 1t as almost miracle after so many
ehiI ~ medical gentlemen have failed. Jnne
lear Doctor, your fresh supply of remedies is m
nam m: We sun have great hopes. The smCtheripr
sn SINKING away shortness of BREATH weight
neau' cold feet and limbs are all much better Wv
Au S i,-pear Doctor. we consider Mrs Mann abon,
,rhn sis Nus great strength and good health for
praise ana recommend you (Seyeral of our
VII! write You this week. y - ~ ieishooIs
VIE was often troubled with Eryspelas eleven
}ac s,ce when disappeared suddenly from the snr
ee anu medical men said that 1t struck tn her near,
Hm ,, ,, very low and was given up to die at thai
die aa mas neen very low ever since and no rem
lour remedies helped almost from the first Ana ~
po US ne Efyslpelas broke out on the surface n,i
ed and reoyed tbc IN every particular treat
cgspeas ms we think the key TO your snrcs.s 'is
A. e. MANN, Louisville, Ky ~ '"'eos''
DE- Dodges articles ON Cardiac or ueart n,.o.,,
' J%nsa inserted for SOME time TO come
aoi wishing consultation may inclose fes AZ ,
uoiisss 70 DIR; NATHANIEL s. noDG t. u TWO
esfe Fsincr House. chleaso, III,
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Ia Powder free Palmer, Albers & Co.. ST. Lot

PRUssING's White Wine Vinegar, warrante,
pure and to preserve pickles. A superb article
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which is given above), is on every package.
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| gee A WEEK TO AGENTS everywhere
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Fortify the body against disCa,
sscrOfula. or Kings Evil, vi

Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipea$. Nwrtl"d Ao&I
Goitre, ScrofulouS Intiunmaji"ns. ludo.et.
Inhammatious, MercuriaI Affections, OtI
Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore Ewes, eteI
In these, as in all other constitutional Dr.
eases, WALKERS VINEGAR BIrTERS have
shown their great curative powers in th
most nhstlnatn and Mtractahle cases.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-27
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Los Angeles Lodge NO. So, L. .. .. +.

,A.ss... Regular meeting held on WE'D
4AkE NESDAY EVENING ofeach week
SEsss at "a O'Clock. Soiourning breth-
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invited. II. WARTENBURG, N. u.
A FRANK r. =.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-27
REMOVAL
Assessment Notice.
ruE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Co

THE SOU1HERN CAEIFU UKNIA 20
Operative Ware-H House and Shipping AS
sociation wilmington, California.-Noticeis Is
hereby given that at u meeting of the Direct
ors held on the lst day OF November, 1875, an
assessment OF ten Q0l per cent. per share was
levied upon the capital stock OF the Corpora
lion. payable on the 5th day OF December en-
suing, to the Treasurer at Wilmington. Any
stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 5th day OfDecemb Der, will
he delinduent and advertised for sale at pub
lie acution, and unless payment is made be-
fore. will be sold on the 5th day of December
to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with cost of advertising and expenses OF sale.
ID. w. ALEXANDER, Sec,
uoy3 4w Wilmington, Cal.