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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-09-30
Consumption Can BE Cured.

SSHENcK's Pulmonic Syrup, Schenck's Sea Weed
ID Schenck's Mandrake Pills, are the only
medicines that will cure Pulmonary Consumption.
Frequently medicines tina, will stop a cough will
occasion the death Of the patient: they lock up the
liver, stop the circulation of the blood, hemorThage
follows, and, in fact, they clog the action OF the
very organs that caused the cough.
Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia are the causes Of
two-thirds Of the cases of ConsumptioM Many
persons complain of a dull pain in the side, consii-
patton. coated tongue, pain in the shoulder blade,
feelings of drowsiness and restlessness, the food
lying heavily on the stomach, accompanied with
acidity and belching up of wind.
These symptoms usually originate from a disor-
dered condition Of the stomach or a torpid liver.
Persons so affected, if they take one Or two heavy
colds, and if the cough0 - these cases be suddenly
checked, will find the stomach and liver clogged,
remaining torpid and inactive, and, almost before
they are aware, the lungs are a mas. of sores and
liberated, the result of which is death.
Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup is an expectorant
which does not contain opium or anything calcu-
lated to check a cough suddenly.
Schencks Sea Weed Tonic d~issolves the food,
mixes with the gastric juices of the stomach, aids
digestion and creates a ravenous appetite.
When the bowels are ~costive, skins allow, or the
symptoms otherwise of a bilious tendency,
schenck's Mandrake Pills are required.
These medicines are prepared only by j. H.
ScHENcK & Son, N. Z. cor. 9Th and Arch-sts, Phil
ada, and are for sale by all druggists and dealers.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-09-30
The Strange Disease.

LIKE the thief at night, it steals in upon
Us unawares. TIL patients have pains
about the chest and sides, and sometimes in
the back. They feel dull and sleepy; the
mouth has a bad taste, especially in the
morning. A sort of sticky slime collects
about the teeth. The appetite is poor.
There is a feeling like a heavy load on the
stomach, sometimes a faint, alI-gone sensa-
ton at the pit of the stomach, which food
does not satisfy. The eyes are sunken, the
hands and feet become cold and feel clam
my. After awhile a cough sets in, at first
dry, but after a few months il is attended
with greenish-colored expectoration. The
patient feels tired all the while, and sleep
does not appear to afford any rest. After a
time he becomes nervous, irritable and
gloomy, and has evil forebodings. There is
a giddiness, a sort Of whirling sensation in
the head when rising up suddenly. The
bowels become %costive, the skin is dry and
hot at times. The blood becomes thick and
stagnant, the whites of the eyes become
tingcd with yellow, the urine is scanty and
high-colorcd, depositing a sediment after
standing. There is frequently a splitting mp
OF the food, sometimes with a sour taste
and sometimes a swedish taste. This is
frequently attended with palpitation of the
heart. The vision becomes impaired with
spots before the eyes. There Is a feeling of
great prostration and weakness. All of
these symptoms do not make their appear
ance at one time, but during the various
stages they are in turn present. 1t is
thought that nearly one-third of our p
lation has this disease in some Of its varied
forms. 1t has been found that medical men
have mistaken the nature of this disease.
Some have treated it for liver complaint,
some for dyspepsia, others for kidney dis
ease, etc, ETC., but hone Of these various
kinds of treatment have been attended with
success. 1t is found, however, that the
SHAKER EXTRACT OF RooTs (not a patent
medicine), when prepared properly, will re-
move the disease in all its stages: Care
should be taken to procure a good article.
Sold by A. J.. WHITE, General Agent. 3I9
Pearl street, N. Y. Agents wanted.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-09-30
1t viii Pay TO Mulch Trees.

WE do not apprehend any danger from
recommending the practice of mulching
fruit trees, as a generous coat of mulch is
a great safeguard in our dry climate. In
deed, every tree should be kept mulched
for the tirstycar; that's, the ground should
Recovered about the tree as far as the roots
extend and u foot beyond with litter or
manure to the depth of several inches. Ii
preserves the moisture of the soil and an
even temperature that greatly modifies the
scorching influence of our hot sun and
facilitates the growth of new roots. We
speak from abundant experience on this
subject and might quote pages of in
stances of the good effects ii has produced.
Besides, it is actually a saver of labor; be-
cause, without mulching, the ground about
the trees, if we wish to see them live and
grow, must be kept clean and mellow.
Mulching prevents the necessity of this,
as it keeps down weeds and prevents the
possibility of the ground baking or crack
ing. Mulch your trees, then, by all means.
If a severe drought should ensue newly
planted trees in dry soils may require
watering. This will be easily ascertained
by the tagging and languishing of the
young shoots. In such cases the mulch
ing and a couple of inches of soil should
be removed and a liberal supply of water
be furnished. A pailful ortwoto a young
tree is little enough to do any good. In
deed, the water should be poured in slowly
until the ground for some distance from
the tree is thoroughly saturated. Then
replace the earth and mulching and that
will in nearly all cases be sufficient to
carry the tree outo of danger from drought.
We arc thus particular on this point be-
cause we hear so much said continually
about trees dying in dry weather, when a
little care of this sort would have saved
them and insured their prosperity. 1t is
really shameful that people should pur-
chase good trees, take pains in preparing
their ground and in planting, and then,
for the want of a little watching and care
afterward let theme die and throw the blame
upon the nurseryman, or the planter, or
one else who had nothing to do with
the cause of their failure.-N. Y. Herald.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-09-30

81 have no money!" the mortified
young man shouted, ready to sink intothe
earth, while the people all around him,
and especially the three girls he had
treated, were giggling and chuckiing
audibly.
"Owe money~ the cashier said, "of
course you do; $40"
IL can't payp' the youth screamed, and
by turning his pocket inside out and yell
ing his poverty to the heavens he finally
made the deaf man understand. And then
he had to shrek his full name three times,
while his ears fairly rang with the half
stifled laughter that was breaking out all
around him; and he had to scream out
where he worked. and roar when he would
pay, and he couldn't get the deaf man to
understand him until some of the church
members came up TO sec what the uproal
was, and, recognizing their young friend,
made it all right with the cashier. And
the young man went out into the night
and dubbed himself, and shred his locks
away until he was bald as an egg.-Bur
lington Halrk-Eye.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-09-30
English Rules for Preserving Fruits.

.r
THE London Garden gives the follow
ing as the rules of the Royal Horticultural
Society for the preservation of choice
fruits:
1. As the flavor of fruit is so easily af.
fected by heterogeneous odors, it is highly
desirable that apples and pear rooms should
be distinct.
2. The walls and the floor should be
annually washed with a solution of quick
lime.
3. The room should be perfectly dry,
with as uniform a temperature as practi.
cable, and be well ventilated; but there
should not be perfect draft.
4. Use the utmost care in gathering
fruit, handling as little as possible.
). For present use, fruit should be well
ripened; but if for long keeping, it is bet
ter, especially with pears. that it should
not have arrived at complete maturity.
This point, however, requires considerable
judgment.
6. No imperfect fruit should be stored
with that which is sound, and all more or
less decayed specimens should be immedi-
ately removed.
Z. If placed on shelves the fruit should
not lie more than two days, and no straw
should be used.
8. Where especially clear and beautiful
specimens are wanted they may be packet
carefully in dry bran, or in layers of per
fectly dry cotton or wool, either in closed
boxes or in large garden pots. Scentless
sawdust will answer the same purpose,
but pine sawdust is apt tocepmunieate an
unpleasant taste.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-09-30


THE trout is, compared TO every other
English river fish, exceedingly swift and
keen-sightcd, and this peculiarly is
shown in its mode of seizing its prey.
The so-called coarse fish, the dace, roach
and club, hang about in shoals in mid
water, or nearer the top than the bottom
of the river, and when they feed on lilies
they lift themselves in a somewhat leisure
ly and, as it were, meditative waytot the sur
face, and suck in the insect in a particularly
sure and deadly way. If that fly happens
to be artificial and to conceal a barbed
hook, the very determined manner in
which it is seized, and in which the fish
slowly turns and sinks below the surface,
insures its being firmly implanted in the
leathery jaws of the dace, club or roach.
1t is hardly necessary for the angler to
strike-to give that slight Il of the
wrist on which SO much depends in fly
fishing for trout. Very different is it with
the rout. He seldom disports himself in
mid water. He is serious, and not like
the so-called coarse fish," Il gregarious
animal. He loves concealmcnt, and he
loves solitude. He turks at the bottom,
in the shelter of some tree-root or great
stone, or hides in the deep shadow of a
hollow bank. He loves the rush and
swirl of a strong current; and his strength
will hold him poised with hardly a move
ment of his muscular tail-fin in Il moment.
In such haunts he waits and watches for
his prey as it comes hurrying past him in
the running water. Heis not particular as
to what it is, provided only it be animal
food; he prefers it if it have life and
movement in it; he finds his prey among
the teeming insect life of the river itself,
among the larvae of the innumerable kinds
of Ephemerida and Phryganidp, the
crecpers and water-crickets, and among
the May-fiics and stone-fies into which
these creatures develop. He devours the
loach and the builhead and the minnow,
the young of every fish that swims, the
iresh-water shrimps and even the water
beetles; nor does he neglect the waits and
strays of his native stream, its varied jet
sam and f1otsam, the catcrpillars and tree
insects that are shaken by the wind off the
tree-branches On the bank, and the worms
and slugs that are swept down in flood
time from the meadows. From his hiding
place his keen glance catches sight of
every insect swept past him in the eddy,
of the tiniest minnow swimming through
the broken water; and he darts with a
rush too quick, sometimes, for the human
eye to follow, often through several yards
of water, to seize his prey. His rush is
impetuous, and his haste will sometimes
cause him, when he has detected the arti-
fetal nature of the bait, to strike against
it and become pierced with the hook-to
be hooked FOUL" as anglers say. Oftener
he stops in time and refuses to take the
bait. This keen sight of the trout, and
the distance from which his rush is often
made, are one of the first lessons the an
gler has to learn .-NeU Quarterly Maya
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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-09-30
One Way to Get Even.

LEWIS DARBY and Charles Blackney
were twelve years ago good boys at school
in Gowanda, Cataraugus County, N. Y.
They were great friends and c%ronies, near
the same age, about fifteen. One day they
had a dispute over some game they were
playing, and, fighting it out, Blackncy
came of victor. Darby felt his disgrace
keenly, but said he would get ever if he
had to wait twenty years. The boys grew
to be men and were on apparently friend
ly terms. B~lackncy became a lawyer and
politician and Darby a real state dealer,
who sometimes employed Blackney in
law business. But Darby never forgot
the disgraceful school incident, and of late
saying he would get even with Blackney
yet. 1t appears to have been a shadow
that followed him up from his school
days and would not get out of his sight.
A few days ago Darby called at Black
ney's Office and employed him to make
out some papers and serve them on par.
ties a mile from Gowanda. Blackney
started with the papers at the time ap-
pointed and did not return to his Office
any more. Darby was also absent from
his home and usual haunts. A search
for the two men resulted in finding the
body of Blackncy by the roadside, with
four bullet holes in il, the head much
bruised and battered, and u bloody club
lying near. Further search discovered
the dead body of Darby with the head
nearly severed from the trunk, and one
hand still grasping a bloody razor. Oar
by had evidently got even with Blackney
at last, and both were equal now. They
were both prominent citizens of Gowanda,
and the tragedy made a great excitement.
The jury said that Darby had killed
Blackney and then cut his own throat. He
had also got clear away from the shadow
that had followed him up from his school
days.-St. Louis Republican.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-09-30
Vegetable Gum and Gluten.

GLUTEN is one Of the most nutritious of
vegetable substances; and wheat yves its
superiority to all other grains in a grea
degree to its containing this substance in
larger proportions. 1t has a gray color, is
elastic, ductilc and tenacious, 0 decom-
posing when kept in contact with air, and
emitting an offensive odor, similar to that
Of putrid animal matter. 1t is readily OBJ
tanned from wheat or -four through the
agency of cold water and pressing out the
starch. Gelatin is an animal substance
nearly identical with gluten, which enters
largely into the composition of bones,
horns, hoofs, etc. Isinglass and glue are
formed of gelatin, and when the lime is
dissolved out Of bones by means Of sui
phuric acid this substance remains in
nearly a pure state. Vegetable gum is
analogous to animal mucus. Gum is the
substance which cXudes from certain trees
1t appears in the form of a thick fluid, but
0 hardens in the air, when it becomes
nearly white and somewhat brittle. It's
characteristic properties are easy soluble
iy in water and insolubility in alcohol.
Its composition is carbon, 43; oxygen, 81;
hydrogen, 6, in 100 parts and all varieties
are nutritious as food. Mucus, or the an.
imal counterpart of gum, is a secretion
found on the surface Of the lining mem
brane Of the intestines, and possesses the
same characteristics and nearly the same
composition. 1t may be obtained by evap-
Grating the saliva to dryness, and is then
similar TO gum-arabic in appearance, but
rather more Opaque. The fluid found in
the shell of an oyster, when evaporated,
produces this substance. Sugar is essen
tally the same, whether derived from the
maplc-tree, the cane, the beet or the milk
of animals. In the last-named substance
it constitutes about one-third of the whole
solid matter. Its composition is nearly
identical with that of gum.-N. Y. Herald.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-09-30
HINTS.

GRAHAM MUFFNs.-One quart OF sour
milk, II half cup Of melted butter, three
eggs-two will do-a little sugar or mo-
lasses, one teaspoonful of saleratus and
Graham flour enough to make a stiff bat
ter. Bake in a hot oven about twenty
minutes.
DELICIOUS APPLE PUDDMG.-Pare and
chop six large apples, butter a pudding
dish, put in a layer half an inch thick OF
grated bread, add bits of butter, then a
layer of chopped apples, with sugar and
nutmeg; repeat till the dish is full, pour
over it a teacup of cold water and bake.
TOMATO MARMALADE.-TO two pounds
of tomatoes allow two pounds of sugar
and the juice and grated rind of one
lemon. Scald and skin the tomatoes, add
the sugar and boil slowly for an hour,
stirring and skimming; add the grated
lemon and boil half an hour, or till 1t is a
thick, smooth mass.
TOMATO CATsUP.-To half a bushel of
skinned tomatoes add n quart best vim
egar, one pound of salt, one-quarter
pound of black pepper, two ounces cayenne
pepper, one-quarter pound of allspice, six
onions (omit at p~leasure), n ounce OF
cloves and two pounds of brown sugar.
Boil this mass for three hours, stirring it
constantly. When cool, strain 1t through
a fine sieve or coarse cloth, bottle and
seal.
TOMATO HoNEY.-To each pound of to.
mato allow the grated peel of a cmon and
six fresh peach-leaves. Boil them slowly
till they are all to pieces, then squeeze
them through a bag. To each pound OF
liquid allow a pound of sugar and the
Juice of one lemon. Boil them together
half an hour, or until they become athick
jelly. Then put them into glasses and lay
double tissue-paper the top. 1t will
scarcely be distinguished from real honey.
THE following rule for boiling fruit
in cans Will doubtless prove useful: The
first figure after the name OF the fruit re-
fers to time of boiling in minutes, the
second to ounces of sugar to the quart
Cherries, 5, g.; raspberries, 6, A.; black.
berries, 6, g.; ~gooseberries, s, 8; %currants,
G., 8; grapes, 10, s; plums, 10, s; peaches
(whole), Is, 4; peaches (halves), 8, 4;
pears (whole), 80, s; crab apples, %, 8;
ounces (sliced), Is, 10; tomatoes, 30,
none; beans and peas, three to four hours.
Scientific american.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-09-30
Use Of Fall-SOwn Rye.

If 1t were generally known that rye is
one of the most valuable crops which can
be produced in any country, it would find
at least a limited place upon nearly every
farm in the country. When we say crop
we mean to take it at every stage of its
growth, and to include every part of it,
from the tiny roots to the straw that goes
into the thatch upon the roof.
1t must be planted when there is but lit
tie other work to do, and at a time when,
in the preparation of the ground, all grow.
ing weeds are destroyed before their seeds
mature. The rapid and vigorous growth
of the rye does not leave a place to be oc-
cupied by the little weeds, which are
ready at all times to spring up and choke
out most other crops. When sown early
In September, and followed with enough
rain to give it a start, rye will produce a
large ampunt of fall pasture for stock.
Cows love it and double the profits of the
dairy when transferred from the bare past.
ures of autumn to feast upon its rich yer.
dure. Young stock grow rapidly upon it,
and get into such condition as to be able
to go through the winter in a much bet
ter shape than those with sides less extend.
cd with tullness of flesh to carry them
through the pinching times of dry food.
If managed in this way and turned un-
der as Il green crop for corn in the spring,
rye is a wonderful fertilizer. Its fine,
Throne rlnjc pprrnpota tho uroupJ in
every direction, and draw down through
the blades tcftilizing qualities from the
atmosphere, combining such qualities in
the soil as to bring immediate results in
large crops. 1tprotects and thoroughly dis,
integrates the soil, and if plowed up and
put 10 corn late in May it will afford con.
siderable pasture early in spring when il
is the most needed.
If desired to produce a crop, the fall
pasturage if not too severe does not or
dinarily hurt it. The straw, long and
straight, is excellent for matching roofs,
or if cut before too ripe makes good food
for stock.
For hogs, the grain if ground and fed
in small quantities to supplement corn is
excellent. For a sure crop without much
labor nothing surpasses it. When it fails
this is known in time to substitute another
in its place with the probability that
enough more will be secured from the
second planting, from the better condition
of the ground, than to pay for all the labor
incurred. Will the farmers who do not
recognize the rotation of crops, clover and
the grasses, but continue to run hard the
resources of the soil in the production of
the grains, try a crop of rye for the uses
indicated above and report results? p
Western Rural.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-09-30
A Curious Globe.

In the new Victor Emmanuel Library
says the Journal de Florence, which Is
formed with the books of the suppressed
converts, there may be seen q curiosity
worthy of especial notice. 1t consists OF
two globes-the one terrestrial the other
celestial-standing upon ~trestles about a
yard in diameter. Globes of this sort are
by no means rare in old libraries. The
globes in question were given to some
monastic library by the Cardinal Caesar
distress, the Ambassador of Louis XIV.
to the Holy See. They bear the date Of
1888, and were made at Venice by Padre
Coronelli, who was famous for works of
this sort. There is an inscription to this
effect, inclosed in an elegant case, in the
style of the time, and placed in the center
of the Pacific Ocean. 1t is very curious
10 examine these globes, the terrestrial
one more especially. This latter gives us
the latest record of the geographical dis.
c~oyeries and legends of the seventeenth
century. The seas and continents are
painted in bright 7~colors; TO read the
names of mountains, rivers and towns a
lens is required; but, with patience, they
may all be discovered. The good Padre
Coronelli carefully depicted the vegcta-
ton, the architecture, the animals and
even the Il and customs OF each
country. In mid-ocean and also near the
ports there are barks, galleys of divers
kinds, manned by soldiers and sailors in
extravagant dress, and carrying superb
sails. In the ocean there are marine
monsters, in the continents wild deer.
els, a true caravan, a train of elephants
bearing a princess and her court, pago-
das containing gigantic idols and their
worshipers. There are also Catholic
churches raised by missionaries. In our
days great trouble is taken to discover the
center of Africa, but Padre Coronelli has
depicted it readily enough on his globes.
There are negroes in forests of palm trees,
crocodiles and rhinoceroses (~?hippopota-
mil are seen in the rivers, giraffes and
camels III the GASES, ostriches in the des-
ert hunted by mounted Arabs, etc. In
short this magnificent globe gives US O
specimen of the romances, as it were, Of
geography. 1t is thus that the worldap-
peared to the learned men of the seven
teenth century-to Cardinal d'Estrees, for
example, to whom this globe Is dedicated;
and their error was not very great. Since
the Italian Government has gone so far as
to preserve this curiosity it ought also to
repair it, for the globes are in cork and
the cork has been in several parts eaten
into by the mice. Venice also in that age
was capable of producing these superb
instruments. The name of the maker was
Francesca MoraZini. There is an inscrip
ton which is very curious and worthy Of
publication; it may give rise in Venice to
some learned research. 1t runs thus in
Italian: Genius and virtue commend
to eternity the name of Cesar, the most
eminent Cardinal d'Estrees, Duke and
Peer of France, Ambassador for Louis the
Great. ... These two great globes, made
by Padre CofOnelli, on The idea of which
he aftcrward discoursed for the Cosmo-
graphical Academy of the Argonautes in
the year 1858 at Venice"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-09-30

o. With care, early apples may be kept
till Christmas; while many kinds may be
preserved in perfection to a second year.
The rules given by American fruit-grow-
ers agree very well with the above, but
make especial mention that fruitrooms
for slow ripening should be nearly dark,
and the temperature low. Light and heat
hasten maturity, and next, Of course, de-
c~omDOsition,