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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27
Philosophy Of Manners.

IT'S a rule of manners to avoid exag.
geration. A lady loses as soon as she
admires too easily and too much. In man
or woman, the face and the person lose
power when they are on the strain to ex.
press admiration. A man makes his in
feriors his superiors by heat. Why need
you, who are not a gossip, talk as a Cos
sip, and tell eagerly what the nelghbors or
the journals say? State your opinion
without apology. The attitude is the main
point, assuring your companion that, come
good news or come bad, you remain in
good heart and good mind, which is the
best news you can possibly communicate.
Self-control is the rule. You have in you
there a noisy, sensual savage, which you
areto keep down and turn all your strength
to beauty. For example, what a seneschal
and detective is laughter! 1t seems to re-
train q s~queaking or a shouting habit out
of man. Sometimes, when in almost all
expressions the Choctaw and the slave
have been worked out of him, q coarse
nature still betrays itself in his confer pit.
Bile squeals 0 fjoy. The great gain is not
to shine, not to conquer your companion
then you learn nothing but conceit-but
to find a companion who knows what you
do not; to tilt with him and be over
thrown, horse and foot, with utter de-
struction of your logic and learning.
There is a defeat that is useful. Then
you can see the real and the counterfeit,
and will never accept the counterfeit
again. You will adopt the art of wal that
horsed on the very logic which you found
irresistible. You will accept the fertile
truth, instead of the solemn customary lie.
When people come to see us, we foolishly
prattle, lest we be inhospitable. But
things said for conversation are chalk
eggs. Don't say things. What you are
stands over you the while, and thunders
so that cannot hear what you say to the
contrary. A lady of my acquaintance
said: Il don't care so much for what they
say as l do for what makes them say it,"
The law OF the table is beauty-a respect
to the common soul Of all the guests.
Everything is unreasonable which is pri
vate TO W or three or any portion of the
company. Tact never violates for a mo-
ment this law; never intrudes the orders
of the house, the vices of the absent, OF a
tariff of expenses, or professional priva-
cies; as we say, we never talk shop"
before company. Lovers abstain from
caresscs, and haters from insults, while
they sit in one parlor with common
friends. Would we codify the laws that
should reign in households, and whose
daily transgression annoys and mortifes
us and degrades our household lifc-we
must learn to adorn every day with sacri-
fees. Good manner are made up of petty
sacrifices .-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27

scuxscx,s pu1xoro sr1ur, SRA WEED oN1
AND MANpRAKE PfLIs.lTheee deservedly cele-
brated and popular medicines have ensoteo 2 rev
olution in the healing art, and proved the ialiaSy
Of several maxims which have for many years 90
stracted the progress Of medical science. Ing
false supposition that " Consumption 10 insuraoie'
deferred PHYSICIANS from attempting TO fnd RENE.
dies for that disease, and patients afdicted with II
reconciled themselves to death without making an
eeort TO escape from q doom which they supposed
TO be unavoidable. 1t is now proved, however.
that Con sumption can Be cured, and that Il ~
BEEN cured in u very great number OF cases lsome
of them apparently desperate ooes) BY schencKs
Pulmonic Syrup alone; and in other cases oy she
.ame medicine in connection with Schencks sea
WeeC Tonic and Mandrake Pills, one OF both' &C
cording TO the requirements OF the case;
Dr Schenck himself, who enjoyed uninterrupted
GOOD health for more than forty years, was sup
posed. at one time, to be at the very gate OF dsa.n,
bis pbysicians having pronounced bis case nope
less and abandoned him to his fate. ne We
cured by the aforesaid medicines, and. since nis
recovery. many thousands similarly anected nave
used DR.. schenck's preparations with the same 70
markibIe success. -.u,. ~,
Fall directions ompan encn, making II nG.
absolutely necessary 70 personally see Ut; scnencz
nnless patients wish their lungs examined. aha
Sor this purpose he is professionally at hiS Priac'-
bal Office, corner Sixth and Arch streets, Pnliaaei-
phia. every Monday. where all letters Ior aoVice
must be addressed. ScheDcks meo1clnss NJ
sold BY all druggists.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27
III GOOD SHEPHERD.

The snow was drifting DER the hills,
Fierce was the wind and loud,
While the Good Shepherd forward pressed,
His head in sorrow bowed:
70 Shepherd, rest, nor farther 90,
The tempest hath begun"
IL cannot stay, l must away
To seek My little one!'
A thorn-wreath bound the gentle brow
That beam'd with pity sweet,
And marks Of wounds were in His hands,
And scars upon His feet.
Again l said: 80 Shepherd, rest,
The tempest hath begun"
He murmur'd: Nay. | must away
To seek My little one.n
~ saw Thy flock at peace within
Thine own well-suarded fold;
o Shepherd, pause, for wild the gale
That RACES Der the world!"
mo one poor lamb hath gone astray,
And soon may be undone;
cannot stay, l must away
To seek My little onel"
But. since Thy flock are all secure,
Why to the height repair,
1T Thou hast ninety-nine at home
Why for a truant care?"
Bearer to me than all the rest
Is that poor struggling sonl
l cannot stay, 1 must away
To seek Ny little onel''
GOOD Shepherd, tell me. il his need
Should bring the wanderer home,
Wilt Thou not punish him with stripes,
Lest he again should roamg'
mo; ! would clasp him to Ny heart,
AS mother clasps her son.
l cannot stay, l must away
To seek My little oncl'
Even so, I thought, our gracious Lord
Hath in His heart divine
A wealth Of love for all His saints
For all the ninety-uineI
But most He loves and most He seeks
The soul by sin undone;
And still He signs: II must WAY
To seek My little one!'
u. H. d. A., in Scottish Guardian,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27
Sell or Fatten Old Cows.

IT costs no more to feed a COW that is
profitable to her owner for producing
milk and butter than to keep an inferior
animal that consumes a large quantity OF
feed while she yields but little milk. No
poor mixer should have a permanent
place in a herd which is kept, not for
show nor for breeding purposes solely,
but principally for the disposal of dairy
produce. To keep such a COW is simply
to lose money willfully, as the care and
trouble she occasions will amount to just
as much as that of the animal which gives
double her amount of milk. 1t may be
difficult to have every one first rate, yet
the herd may be so improved by judicious
selection as to have all good COWS. In a
stock of forty we shall suppose that there
are at present ten bad, OF at all events
indifferent, mixers. By testing the milk
of these cows carefully, and asccrtaining
the amount of produce in butter to be
under the average of whatmight be fairly
expected from the care and feed expended
on each, there is nothing more easy than
to dry off at the end of the season, stall
feed, and get rid of them without any fur
Their loss. To fill their places from twelve
to twenty heifers can be sent to the dairy,
ample margin being thus left to afford a
choice at the period of calving. BY per.
sisting for a few years in this course the
stock will not only become tirst-class
mixers and increase the profit of their
owners, but will gain character and rep
utation in the district for their good quail
tiles. If one proposes to rear his own
cows he can do much toward improving
his herd by rearing the heifer calves OF
those COWS which have proved themselves
to be tirst-class mixers, breeding, if pos
sible, for all permanent stock from those
only, and thus getting into a strain of
mixers. When a heifer is known to be
the descendant of a celebrated line of pail
filters, the probabilities are altogether in
her favor that she will possess in a high
degree the good qualities of her race.-N.
7. Herald.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27
Revealed Unto Babes.

THOSE who have the things OF God say.
ingly revealed TO them are called babes
(Matt. xi. 25). They are for the most part
babes in the worlds esteem. They are
despiseG by " the wise ald prudent; y and
it has been one rcproach constantly at.
tending the Gospel that but 1.-THE com
mon people" have thought it worth their
notice Mark xiii. 81; John vii. 4S, 49).
But more especially they are babes in
their own esteem. Not that some are
more humble than others by nature, and
that therefore the Lord gives them a pref.
erence on that account; by nature W.
are all alike, equally destitute of the
smallest good; but the expression teaches
pleased to reveal these things He first
empties and humbles, strips them of all
ground OF Boosting, and brings them to a
dependence on Himself. The true be-
lever is frequently compared to a little
child; and it is easy to trace an instructive
resemblance. l A child or babe has lit
tie knowledge, and its capacity and pow
ers are as yet very feeble. 2. A child
is teachable. B. A child is simple
and dependent. Here, then, is a proper
topic for self examination. Let each
one ask his heart: Have l this
simple, chlldlike disposition? If you
have, if it is the desire OF your soul to be
taught of God, if His Word is your rule, il
you depend on His Spirit to teach you all
things, and to lead you, as it were, by the
hand, sensible that unless you are thus
led and guided you shall certainly go
astray, be thankful for this, accept 1t as a
token for good. You are not always Sc
there was a time when you were wise in
your own eyes, and prudent in your own
sight. You have good warrant to hope
that the Lord, who has already taught you
to depend on Himself, will show you all
that is necessary for you to know. But II
this is not the case, if you lean to your
own understanding, what wonder is il
that you are still walking in darkness and
uncertaintys win you say, | have read
the Bible diligently; 1 have taken no
small pains to examine things, to see
which Of the many divisions that obtain
among Christians is possessed of the
truth, but l am still at a loss! l answer,
without distracting from your sagacity or
sincerity, if your inquiries are not con-
Quoted in humble dependence upon the
Spirit of God, you lack that childlike dis
position of the true believer. The Father
hides these things from the wise and
prudent, and reveals them unto babes. =
John Neaoton.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27
INDUSTRIAL, STATISTICAL AND
TECHNICAL.

THE timers of New Orleans recently
struck against a 40 per cent. reduction of
their pay.
THE New York Central & Hudson River
Railroad managers prohibit the shipment
of potatoes in barrel o bag.
By the suspension of 1870 collieries in
Pennsylvania, recently, about $4,000 per-
sons were throw u of employment.
Brass wire should be softened before
being used for rivets. To soften, heat and
allow to cool, or dip in water.-7rade
Journal.
IT is stated that over $4,000 tracts of
land, embracing $500, 900 acres, remain
unpatented In Pennsylvania, upon which
there is due the commonwealth $3.50, 900.
In a carefully-prepared paper on " The
Daily Newspaper Press" read by Mr..
Hubbard before the American Social
Science Association, at Boston, were
given the following interesting statistics
as to the circulation of daily newspapers
in various cities of the United States:
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27
Household COnvenienceS a Hundred
Years Ago.

In speaking OF the comparative COM
forts and conveniences enjoyed by u an
cestors in their homes of a hundred wears
ago, with their descendants of this genera
ton, DR.. Nichols, in the Boston Journal
Of Commerce, says: "Our fathers were
cropping in almost utter darkness, so far as
a knowledge of the sciences was con-
cerned, and but little progress had been
made in invention and the arts; scarcely
one of the modern c~ontrivances for cook
ing, and for warming and lighting dwell
ings, was known. Not a pound of coal
or a cubic foot of Illuminating gas had
been burned in the country. No iron
stoves were used, and no contrivances for
economizing heat were employed until
DR.. Franklin invented the iron frame fire
place which still bears his name. All
the cooking and warming, in town and
country, were done by the aid of fire kin
died upon the brick hearth or in the brick
oven. Pine knots or tallow candles fur
nlshed the light for the long winter even
ings, and sanded floors supplied the place
of rugs and carpets. The water used for
household purposes was drawn from deep
wells by the creaking "sweep," and it was
: ten at a long distance from the house.
No form of pump was used in this coun-
try, s far as we can learn, until after the
commencement of the present century.
There were no friction matches in those
early days, by the aid of which a fire
could be speedily kindled; and if the fire
went OUT on the hearth owe night, and
the finder was damp St that the spark
would not "catch," the alternative re-
manned OF wading through the sno a
mile or so to borrow a brand of a neigh
Dor. Only one room in any house was
warmed (~unless some of the family were
lily; in all the rest the temperature was at
zero during many nights in winter. The
men and women of a hundred years ago
undressed and retired to their beds at night
in an atmosphere colder than that of our
modern barns and WoodSheds, and they
never complained,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27
A Piece of Quaker Strategy.

IN Scrtbner for February, in his New
York in the Revolution" Mr.. John f.
Mines gives the following account of the
way Putnam escaped from Howe when
the British captured the city in 1716:
Neither soldier nor fugitive knew how
narrow had been the escape of Putnam's
army that day. When Sir William Howe,
accompanied by Clinton and Tryon, had
landed at kip's Bay with the main body
OF the British army, they struck across to
the Middle Road, intending to make their
camp OF the heights of I~nclenburg, mid
way between New York and Harlem.
They reached the road at a point just OPP
posite to where Putnam was stealing
along, under cover of the woods that
skirted the Hudson, 10 rejoin Washing
ton. There was a house near by, from
whose upper windows they might easily
have discovered the dust created by the
rapid march of the rebels" and from
its cupola the CLEAN of bayonets would
have been plainly visible. The Amer1-
cans were not distant, indeed, but there
was another and more insidlous foe near
at hand. Close to the Middle Road, at a
point o designated by the corporation
as Fifth avenue and Thirty seventh street,
stood the unpretcntious but exceedingly
comfortable mansion of Robert Murray, a
Quaker merchant of approved loyalty to
the crown, as well as of large wealth.
Fortunately the shrewd merchant could
not control the feelings of his household,
and his wife and daughters were ardent
patriots. When Lord Howe and his staff
reached the edge of the Quaker's gardens
they were enraptHred to find Mrs. Murray
and her beautiful daughters ready to
greet them with a warm welcome. The
parties had once met in more peaceful
days.
"William," said The fair Quaker ma
iron, will thee alight and refresh thy
self at II housc?"
81 thank you, Mrs. Murray" said the
pleasure-lovihg commander, "but | must
first catch that rascally Yankee Putnam"
The Yankee General was not to be
caught this time, if woman's wit could
save him, even if the truth must be tor
turcd into a shape that should deceive in
order to save life. Very demurely the
lady rcjoincd, in that plain language of
her sect which always carries with itsuch
an emphasis of truth:
"Didst thou not hear that Putnam had
gone? 1t is late to try to catch him.
Thee had better come in and dine"
The invitation was seconded by the
brightest smiles of the daughters, and
Howe wavered. Promising to pursue the
hated Yankees after he had dincd, the
British commander alighted and entered
the house, where the destinations of his
charming hostesses made him forget for
hours the object Of his expedition. Put
nam meanwhile was flying up the Bloom
ingdale road, never daring to draw breath
until he caught sight of Washington's
tents. Thacher, in his Military Jour
nal," writes that it became a common
saying among the American officers that
Mrs. Murray had saved Putnam's divis-
ion.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27

A NEW process for preserving wood
from fire and decay has been invented.
1t consists first in kiln-drying the wood,
which deprlves it of all moisture and
much of its volatile turpentine and other
in1ammable matters. 1t is then put into
suitable cylinders, in which lime and
water, with sulphurous acid gas, are
forced into the pores OF the wood under
considerable pressure. The wood is re-
moved, dried, and is then ready for use.
The chemistry Of the process consists in
the formation of a soluble sulphate of
and the lime; this crystallizes as a bisulph-
lite, which oXidizes and is converted into
the sulphatc of lime or gypsum. As this
is an exceedingly insoluble salt, it is not
easily removed from the pores of the
wood, and not only by its presence pro-
tects it as a non-Conductor of heat, but
dcoXidiZes all matters which are likely to
prove Objectionable as fermcnts.-N. Y.
Tribune.
OUR native walnut wood is, according
to the Cabinet- Maker, one of the best ma
terials in the world for furniture-when
oiled, approaching very near the color OF
dark old oak, and finishingmuch finer. The
American walnut, however, requires the
grain to be well filled with a composition
to resist the action Of the heat in most
dwellings, and to this effect mere oiling is
not adequate, as it leaves the pores of the
wood so open hat it absorbs the heat;
thus, in a room al a temperature of some
seventy-tive degrees, the oiled walnut will
absorb the heat to within five degrees of
the heat of the room, while vanished oak
will reflect the heat and will not reach
over forty-tive TO fifty degrees. On this
account the wood should be well seasoned
and the grain filled with shellac or other
material, to prevent the shrlnkage. Lin
seed oil hardenS wood, and well-made
walnut work, finished with it and shellac,
will in a few years acquire a polish al
most like bronze and, it may be added, as
beautiful in appearance.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27
Inflammation . symptom or other Dis
cases.

The alarming extent Of chronic rheuma-
tism in the country has led to persistent IN,
vestigation. 1t has lately been a,Ser!a onm.
ni;cated diseases of the liver, kidneys, pan
creas, blood, a~bsorbents, etc. In othe II
words, that rheumatism is o symptom: ~
is also found that, by the removal OF the
complicated disease, the rheumatism disap,
pears. as o result which seems TO substantlate
the theory. We all know, to u sorrow,
how f~ruitless the ordinary treatment OF TINS
disease has been, and we now hail Win Joy
the dawn of this new discovery. we an
know that the symptoms OF these diseases
are generally present in cases OF CHROME
rheumatism, but few have supposed the
disease to be an effect
To remove these diseases the surest remedy
can be found in the SHAKER EXTRACT OF
Roofs OR CURATIVE SYRUP; IL appear W
be working many cures. We refer 10 the
article sold BY Druggists and A. J. White
New York.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27

EctyoMY.-You will save money by using
Proctor d CANDLES Original Motted German
Soon II will not waste nor become soft
like ordinary yellow soap when used In warm
water, Lor is it cheapened with articles inJq,,
rious to clothes. Remember, you obtain a 1ul
onr.pouud bar if you purchase their brand.
To pro,ect their brand from imitators
Proctor & Gamble patented it, and the patent
was sustained in the United States Courts.
EraD,ime the stamp on the ba.s Dhen you
buy. Take their SOAP ONLY.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27

DR., P1ERcE's PLEASANT PURaATIvE PEIs
LETS are so compounded from concentrates
principles, extracted from roots ana helps'
as to Combine in each small %granule, scarce
In LARGER than a mustard seed, as much ca
thartic power as is contained In any larger
Mills for sale in drug stores. They are not
only pleasant to take, but their operation Is
easyEunattended with any gripping pain.
They operate without producing any CON
stitutional disturbance. Unlike o1her ca
thortics. they do not render the bowels cos
tive after operation, but, on the contrary,
they establish a permanently healthy action.
Beng entirely vegetable, no particular care Is
required while using them
$500 Repard is offered by the proprietor to
anyone who will detect in these Pellets any
caiomel or other form OF mercury, mlnerai
poison or injurious drug
They are sold by Druggists.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27

fore a single stranger formal and dlgnifed
silence. In conversation Dante ives tact
turn and satirical. Gray and Alfieri sell
dom talked or smiled. Rousseau was re-
markably tame in conversation, without
a word of fancy or eloquence in his
speech. Milton was unsocial and sar-
castle when much pressed by strangers.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27
The Common.sense School.

AS newspapers call Prof. Jones' School Of
industrial instruction, at Evanston, H.,
grows in numbers every week. Chicago
papers report fifteen accessions from other
schools Jan. 8, seven on Jan. 10, and twelve
on Jan. II. Students now at other institu-
LIONS are engaging rooms for next term.
Think of teachers spending all their time
IN teaching scholars, one by one, instead of
nearing Rotations. Think of scholars adj
vancing independently, instead of like
c~hain-gangs! Thisis common sense.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27

EVERY housekeeper should have a tool
box containing hammer, nails, Ratchet,
screws, gimlets, a saw, Irvine, wire, scrap
tin, and other articles for an emergency.
Such an outfit may be bought for two or
three dollars and it will be found inval-
liable in a great many ways.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27

PERFECT cleanliness should be the rule
in all stables, pens and sheds. Filth is
the most frequent cause of disease. Too
much warmth is not healthful. Pure air,
dry beds and clean skins will keep well
fed animals in sleek condition.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27

SHE wanted her better-half to step into
the store and "take just n little peep al
that lovely sealskin sacque." He hest
tated and was lost. When they came out
she was radiant in the new garment, and
his face was as long as your arm.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27

AN establishment has been built near
Jacksonville, Fla, for the manufacture of
marmalade OF sour oranges. BY some
strange combination of circumstances this
business has heretofore been confined al.
mos exclusively to Scotland. The Gulf
coast could supply both the raw material
and the manufactured article to the whole
world, if the necessary effort were made.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27
LARGE guns which when condem,

LARGE guns, which, when condemned,
were formerly broken up by the tedious
process of the hammer, are now subjected
to the force of explosion with the same re-
suit. A charge of dynamite is placed
within the lower end of the bore, which
is then filled with water. An explosion of
the charge breaks the iron into small frag-
ments, in which state it is ready for the
smelling OF repeating furnace.