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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-17
Food as Fuel.

EATING is heating. A dinner heats the
eater. True, it also satisfies the appetite;
but the appetite is only natures tell-tale,
calling attention to the fact that the body
needs more fuel-that is, more food.
When man has dined, it is sometimes
the case that for little while he will feel
chilly. This is due to the heat, previous
ly ditfused over the body, concentrating
itself in the workshop of the stomach.
There ii is busy in the work of digestion.
Digestion is the preparation and dissov
ing of food, so that it may enter into the
blood and become fuel. When the work
of digestion is well under way, the heat,
increased by the addition of more fuel or
food, again difiuses itself over the whole
body and the man is warmer than he
was before he dined.
If you did not eat you would grow cold !;
the fire would go out, and you would die.
You must keep warm in order to live.
The process by which food Is turned
into heat is called, in chemical phrase
ology, oxidation, which is equivalent to
combustion. It's singular combustion,
differing from all other burnings. The
fuel is wet The food must be thoroughly
soaked before it can be turned into fuel
for the body. The burning takes place
in water, that is, in the blood and muscles,
which contain great deal of water. 1t
gives out no light. 1t is not confined to Il
separate part of the body, but goes on
burning, bit by bit, the whole body. 1t
burns as long as there is life in the body.
The burning is called an oxidation, be-
cause it is due to a union of the carbon
and other combustible elements of the
food with the oxygen of the air. The
blood is furnished with COmbuStible ma
tcrials by the food, and gets oxygen from
the air of the lungs. Thus it carries TO
all parts of the body fuel to burn, and
oxygen to burn it with. Everywhere this
burning is going on, because the blood
goes everywhere. This is the reason why
the body is warm.
Several wholesome lessons may be
learned from these facts.
Eat only nutritious food and that in the
proper quantity. If the food is not nutri-
tious. that is, if it is wanting in carbon
and other elements of combustion, it will
not make fuel. 1t clogs the body and in
terteres with the working of the various
organs. If food is taker in too large a
quantity it is not consumed; the body
grows heavy and stout and cannot do its
work
The body requires pure air. To burn
its fuel thoroughly it must be duly sup
piled with oxygen. The purer the air,
and the more freely it Circulates, the
greater is the supply of oxygen. Nentila,
ton is not luxury, but necessity, If you
desire clear mind in a sound body.
The body must rid itself of the useless
products of combustion, the ashes and
clinkers that are in the way. Some of these
products are cast out through the pores OF
the skin. 1t, therefore, must be kept
clean. Inside and outside the body mus
| be washed, or there will be trouble.
Remember that food is turned into fuel
! by digestion; that poor digestion makes
bad fuel, and that what green wood OF
slaty coal is to a fire, bad fuel is to the
body .-Youth's Companion.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-17
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

COTTAGE PIE.-In the bottom of the
pie-dish put good layer OF nicely minced
mutton or beef, season to taste, add an
onion chopped fine, cover with mashed
potatoes, and bake in sharp oven half an
hour, or until the potatoes are well
Drowned.
For SCARLET FEvER.-An eminen-
physician of Chicago says he cures ninet
ty-nine out of every one hundred cases OF
scarlet fever by giving the patient warm
lemonade with gum arabic dissolved In
it. A cloth wrung out in hot water and
laid upon the stomach should be removed
as rapidly as it becomes cool.
MOTHS will work in carpets IN rooms
that are kept warm in winter, as well as
in summer. A sure method of removing
the pests is said to be to pour strong
alum water on the floor to the distance OF
half yard around the edges before laying
the carpets. Then, once or twice during
the season, sprinkle dry salt over the car
pet before sweeping. Insects do not like
salt, and sufficient adheres to the carpet
to prevent their allghting on it.
KIDNEYS WITH MACARoNI.-Cookt two
ounces of macaroni broken into conven-
| lent pieces, in boiling water; skin two OF
three mutton kidneys, remove the fat and
cut them into thin slices; season with salt
cayenne and finely minced herbs; Try
them on both sides in butter; then stew
them in half pint of gravy, well-tlavored
with fresh or canned tomatoes; dish with
layer Of the macaroni over them, the
gravy poured over; add pepper, salt and
some grated cheese; brown with sala
| mander.
GRILLED SLICES OF MUTToN. - Gu
some rather thick slices of under-dOne colo
| mutton, score them well, and rub in pler
tifully some common mustard, salt ano
cayenne pepper; then broil them over {
| clear fire, and serve with the following
sauce: Take one gill of good gravy, mix
with it one tablespoonful of mushroom
catsup, one of French mustard, a few
| ClOppcu tdpClS, d IitliS Si"'N' iNiiA'AA
peel; add thickening Of butter anc
-four and few drops of lemon,juice
simmer till quite hot; pour over the grill
and serve.
The Journal of Chemistry points out ;
| grave error IN measuring the feet o
women for boots. 1t says: Kid gloves
though worn continually, never caus'
| bunions, since the kid stretches to TIT
hand, but in the manufacture OF boots
especially ladies' boots, unyielding can
vas is used for lining, so that the leathe
is prevented from stretching and shown!
the true shape and size of the foot. Thu
foot enlarges when bearing the weight o
the body, and also toward evening; henc
a boot made from a measure taken whel
the foot is suspended in the air, and il
the morning, is too small for the foot il
the evening. Women's feet are gcnerall
measured in the air, but mems when the.
are standing on them. The high heels OF
ladies' boots, too, cause them to be al
ways walking down hill, however leve
the path may be, thus driving the foo
more and more to the front.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-17
Timber Waste a National Suicide.

CAT a meeting held this Goth day off
April 1880, in Breucklyn (Brooklyn),
Benjamin Van de Water, Joris Hansen,
John Garritse Dorlant' were chosen Off
GERS to consider the create inconvenience
and lose" that the inhabitants of the town
suffered because that unauthorized trades
men "doe fall and cut the best trees and
sully the best woods"
This appears to be the first step toward
the first law promulgated in this country
against the wasteful hcwing down of tim
Der trees, proceeding recognized as an
important waste, be it noticed, at a period
when vast forests stood on the sites of our
now most popular Western cities, and
when, so far as human knowledge of the
continent went, the supply of wood might
be ineXhaustible. Since the date of thi,
local ordinance, State Legislatures, and
the General Government have enacted laws
carrying with them penalties, apparently
of sufficient severity to deter the reckless
use of the axe. The United States statute
of March, 1915, imposes $500 fine or a
years Imprisonment for wanton destruc-
ton or injury to, or the unlawful cutting
of, any timber tree or any shade or or
namental tree, or any other kind of tree"
on national grounds; and 5000 fine, or six
months Imprisonment, for permitting
cattle to injure trees and hedges on SINH
lar territory. Despite, however, the strin-
gency of the various laws, their effect has
not been to stop the waste, and the denu-
dation of our timber lands continues at a
rate which may be well deemed a matter
of grave alarm.
In the very admirable statistical atlas
prepared by Gen. Francis A. Walker, Su-
perintendent of the last census, appears a
chart showing accurately the distribution
of forests throughout the country. 1t
seems to Us that the Government would do
a good work if it would Autograph this
map and scatter it broadcast, with copies
of the statutes forbidding the destruction
of forests, over the whole land for it GER
tainly shows, in 4 manner little less than
startling, how very small are the heavily
wooded tracts having $50 or more acres of
timber 10 the square mile OF the west
ern domain, Nevada has 70 such districts,
neither has Arizona, nor New Mexico, nor
Texas, nor Colorado, nor Dakota, nor Ne
braska, nor Kansas, nor the Indian Terri
tory. In fact, considering the whole face
OF the country, there is a patch OF heavy
forest in Maine and New Hampshire, a
small one in New York, large areas COW
ering half of Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Michigan; the largest tract of all is To-
Gated in the far northwest corner of the
country; and there are heavily-wooded
districts in Florida, Georgia, Alabama,
Tennessee, Virginia and the Carolinas.
After eliminating these widely separated
regions. the total area of which appears to
be about equal to that of the Atlantic
States, of the remainder of the country
fully four-fi fths of our whole territory,
one half has no timber at all; the map
shows uniform blank
Although there are no available statis-
tics to show the exact rsie of speed with
which we are using up our wood supply,
1t is easy 10 see that we are doing SO with
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-17
ScowIing.

Don't scowl; it spoils faces. Before
you know it your forehead will resemble
small railroad way. There is a grand
trunk line now from your cowlick TO the
bridge of your nose, intersectGd by parallel
lines running east and west, with curves
arching your eyebrows; and OH! how
much older you look for it! Scowling is a
habit that seals upon us unawares. We
frown when the light is too strong, and
when il is too weak We tie our brows
into knot when we are thinking, and
knit them even more tightly when We can
not think. There is no denying there are
plenty of things to scowl about. The baby
in the cradle trowns when something fails
TO suit" constitutional scowl," We say.
The little toddler who likes sugar on his
bread and butter tells his troubles in the
same way when you leave the sugar OFT.
Cross, we say about the children, and
folks, and as for ourselves, we can't help
it. But we must Its reflex influences
make others unhappy; for face answercth
unto face in life as well as in water. 1t
bellies our religion. We should possess
our souls in such peace that it will reflect
itself in placid countenances. If your fore
head is rigid with wrinkles before forty
what will it be at seventy? There is one
consoling thou.h hit about these marks of
time and troube-the death angel almost
always grasses them. Even the extremely
aged in death often wear a smooth and
peaceful brow, thus leaving our last mem
cries of them calm and tranquil. But our
business is with life Scowling is kind
of silent scolling II shows that our souls
need sweetening. For PHYS sake. let lis
take Il sad-iron or a glad-iron, or smooth
ing tool of some sort, and straighten these
creases out of our faces before they become
indelibly engraved upon our visase.-
Christian ut Work
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-17
rroot ron;d;tv TAKING the lapitimata

great rapidity. Taking the legitimate
use of lumber alone, industries based on
its manufacture constitute the second in
point of magnitude in the country, and
are only exceeded by the iron interest.
About 1900 persons are employed in
producing sawn lumber alone; $143, $780,
600 are invested therein, and 1 ,295, 900, 900
laths, 1926, 100000 shingles, and 12,756,-
600, 900 feet of timber are yearly manu-
featured. Considering next in order the
secondary industries based on the use of
lumb Der as raw material, carpentry, cab
met making ship-building, and so on
through all wood workers, we shall find
millions of our people employed. Now
add to this Prof. Brewers assertion that
wood forms the fuel of two-thirds the
population, and the partial fuel of nine
tenths the remaining third, and some gen
eral idea will be obtained of the enormous
drain upon our forests that is constantly
in progress. If we restricted our use of
wood to manufactures and its limited en-
ployment as fuel; in other words, if we
rigidly cut off every source of waste, did
not burn forests to render the land fit for
agriculture, and took proper measures to
prevent those forest fires of unknown orr
gin, which, just at present, are colossal
source of waste, and if we constantly
planted trees, the timber yield would,
without doubt, be practically sufficient
for our needs for some long period to
come. But this is exactly what we are
not doing, and as a result we are drifting
to condition which few adequately real
ize.
With these considerations before us, II
is easy to foresee that, with the disap-
pearance of the forests, the conditions OF
all our territories will change, and that
eventually, when the land will no longer
become suited to the needs of our de-
scendants, then gradually, but surely
they will abandon it. 1t may take cen
turtles for this to be brought about, butnol
many, if the present rate of waste be main
tanned; and thus we are led to face the
fact that period so near as to be prac
tically tomorrow, as compared with the
history of the race, is at hand when oul
existence as nation will end.-Scientift
| american.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-17
Intelligence of Bees.

A WRITER in the London Spectator
vouches for the truth of the following
story, which certainly shows that bees
have the power of communicating with
each other, and also of concerning sa-
gacious and successful plan of action
y boy, amusing himself with pet jack
daw in the garden one evening, ap-
preached an aviary, and the bird hoped
on the platform in front of one of the
hives. The bees had nearly all come home
from their days labor, but the few lag
CARDS lowering about their door as Jack
stood beside it were instantly snapped up
by him. The massacre had continued for
minute or so, when some bees issued
from the door of the hive as if to recon-
noiter They were dispatched like the
rest, and then there came an ominous
pause No bee made himself visible, but
there was loud angry hum of ex-
Sitement within the hive. Presently
there poured from the outlet of the cita-
del a swift, strong, unbrokeu stream of
bees aimed directly at the offending
iackdaw. He was attacked on every side,
and, overpowered by numbers, fled at
once; but rapidly as he shot away he
could but keep neck and neck with his
pursuers that like cloud enveloped him
for the distance of nearly mile. He
then fell tiuttering to the earth, and the
boy picked him up with his eyes closed
and his head swollen to twice its natural
size.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-17

all purposes. Nursery-men use II exten-
sively for nearly all indoor plants, ana III
greater proportion than most gardeners
do; vet, where do we find such healthy
stock speedily got up? For mixing WIN
loans for potting l prefer peat to leaf-
mold not used in lumpy state, however,
but thoroughly broken up and rubbed
through sieve, fiber and all Composts
for potting or any other purpose should
always be thoroughly mixed, and this can
only be done by first reducing the differ
ent materials to as fine condition as pos
sible by chopping them with the spade
and putting them through a screen, or
teasing them out any way most conven-
lent. Lumpy composts never are, and
never can be, mixed as they ought to
be for the roots of plants to lay
hold of. One important quality OF
peat is, that it not only encourages the
| multiplication of roots, but preserves
them better than any other soil. For
this reason it is sometimes used for winter
| cucumbers along with loan, healthy
root action being of most Importance
| in the winter culture of these. Peat soils
| differ widely in different localities, and
some people are very particular III the
kind they use; but | have used it OF all
dissertations, and have found all excellent
for my purposes, only using more or less
sand, according to the character OF the
peat. Of course l always selected the
most fibry kind. AS rule, peat is better
mixed with other soils than by itself.
Turfy peat retains water like sponge,
and, when used by itself for peat-loving
subjects, if not mixed with good proper
ton of sand and we'll drained, it is apt to
oct sour with few waterings; while
on the other hand plants firmly potted in
it, if allowed to get thoroughly dry at the
root, can only be again soaked by steep
ing. In potting heaths and such things
the utmost care should be taken to sec
that the ball is moist before pOtting, as, II
dry. no amount of waterings Will soak
the old ball. Peat should not be used fol
potting purposes until the fiber is partial
ly rotted 1t then chops up easily, or may
be rubbed through sieve without loss
and is then in the very best condition fol
using. l always procure the sods wher
in a moist state, and lay them up in
heap under shelter for a few months. Thi:
kills the grass roots, and the soil nevel
gets too dry, whereas peat got in after {
period of dry weather is often parched
and, when used, is hard and knotty.-J
s.. in ". Y " 0rld.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-17
PRrssING's White Wine Vinegar Works, es
tablish ed in 1S4S, are the largest in the word

A FOND father on North Hill sent his
young hopeful of four into an adjoining
room to get book. The boy came back
and said il wasn't there. Eyes 1t is my
son." said the father. cts on the
stand" The boy went back and reported
again, no book there. The father got i'm
patient and sent another child for the
book. and in the meanwhile the mother
brought the book from different room
with the remark, "Here's your book, pa.
IT was ON the mantel." The gentleman
composed himself to read and about ten
minutes afterward discovered young hope
full still standing by his chair and regard
i. ing him intentIy. As he raised his eyes
the boy broke out solemnly. Father,
there's lie out somewhere; and l didn't
tell it," There wasn't dry eye in the
wigwam. Huntington Hdwk-Eye.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-17
Jesus Said3

ONLY believe.
My burden is light
Because live, We shall live also.
am the resurrection and the life.
am the good shepherd and know my
sheep.
If man love nc, he will keep my
words.
Neither do l condemn thee; go, and sin
no more.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they
shall see God.
If any man thirst, let him come unto me
and drink.
Herein is my Father glorified, that you
i bear much fruit
These things which are impossible with
men, are possible with God.
Your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye
have need of all these things.
Come unto me, all We that labor and
are heavy laden, and l will give you
rest.
Blessed are those servants whom the
| Lord, when he cometh, shall find watch
| ing.
In the world ye shall haye tribulation
be of good cheer, l have overcome the
| world.
Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name,
| that will do, that the Father may be
glorified in the Son.
| give unto them eternal life, and they
shall never perish, neither shall any man
pluck them out of my hand.
Whosocver shall do the will of my
Father which is in Heaven. the same is
my brother, and my sister, and my
| mother.
There is no man that hath left house OF
parents, or brethren, or wife, or children,
| for the kingdom of Gods sake, who shall
| not receive manifold more in this present
time and in the world to come, life ever
lasting.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-17
The Young Lawyer.

THE tie which bound certain Detroit
youth to lawyers Office was severed yes
terdav, and his parents were happy. They
wanted the boy to make great lawyer,
but he was getting along too fast. He
pursued his studies with an ardor which
cast judicial shadow DER the household
and created considerable neighborhoOd
talk. He got trusted for candy and re-
pudiatcd the bill on the ground that he
was minor lie bought a dog and went
into bankruptcy. He borrowed pair of
skates and defied the owner to get out q
writ of replevin. He borrowed fifty cents
and then made the lender his assignee.
But the worst of it was in the family.
He had legal name for almost every
thing, and his desire was to prove to his
parents that he was just absorbing dead
loads of law. If he wanted a potato at the
dinner-table he would remark:
Father, file my claim against that
baked potato and I'll prove the indebted
ness this afternoon"
If he wanted bread he said: Mother,
get me out a writ Of attachment for a piece
of bread"
1t was expected of him that he would
build the morning fires, but no sooner mad
he gained an insight into law than he said
TO his father:
I'm going to move for change of
venue unless some other arrangement is
made"
He moved tor a stay of proceedings
when asked 10 90 to the grocery, and ii
chided for being out nights he replied:
File your declaration and give me a
chance for a jury trial"
When he was in good humor he would
sit and regale his mother with stories
about how Ola Chancery was going up
town one night and met Old Equity and
asked HIM how Decree was getting along
Old Pleadings and Exceptions came along
Just then, and there was a big fight, and
the young lawyer would slap his leg and
add
eff Indictment had only been there he'd
have whaled the whole crowdn'
The other day the long suffering father
severed the tie. He was trying to bcal
up, hoping for reform, but as he sat dowr
to the tea table his son frightened up anG
remarked
The defendant will now take the stanC
and be sworn. Now, sir, did you or die
you not come out of a Griswold street sa-
loon at eleven O'Clock this morning, wip'
ing your mouth on the back of YOU
hand: Tell the jury all about it, sirr'
1t was little too much, and the boy
doesn't study law any more. He plays
with a wood pile in the back yard.-De
| trost Free Press
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-17
Peat.

PROPERLY speaking, peat comes under
the head of soils, but it is frequently used
as manure, and often enough employed
as substitute for leaf-mould In many
parts of the country it is more plentiful and
easier procured than the latter, and
have known it applied with excellent eff
feet to heavy soils for potato crops. 1t is
one of the hest amelioraters of strong soils
generally that can be used. and if laid up
first as compost with lime and other re-
fuse for few months it becomes highly
nourishing manure. Carrots thrive amaz-
ingly in it, and all kinds of vegetables
root quickly amongst it. Many plants
which naturally grow in loamy soils will
thrive in peat alone. The pineapple is
not unfrequently grown most successfully
in pure peat and sand. Plenty of people
who cannot get leaf.mold can get peat,
aud they may use il instead Of mold for
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-17
THE BOLTED DOOR.


Con is knocking,
Ever knocking,
At the hearts thrice bolted door,
Viii h we're locking,
Ever locking,
As we oft have done before,
And we hear. yet hearing, heed MOI.
While we fasten close the door.
He is calling,
Ever calling.
In soft and gentle tone,
To the fallen
And the falling,
To the weary and the lone;
Still they answer not the summons,
Till the spirit voice has flown.
He's entreatng,
Fer entreatiug,
By His mercy, by His care,
Knocking, knocking,
And repeating,
Calling, calling, this His prayer:
Let me enter!" Hear it. mortal
Open wide the sin-lockcd portal;
Hear it, mortal; open quickly;
God is waiting at the door.