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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-03
Significance of Statutes.

THE New York JOurnul Of Com
merce gives, in reply to a correspon-
dent, the following interesting infor-
nation concerning saluteS by big
guns:
The National salute is determined by
the number of States composing the
Union, at the rate of one gun for each
State.
The Presidents and ex-Presidents of
the United States are alone entitled to
receive a salute of twenty-one guns,
except in the case of a visit from Il
foreign sovereign, or chief magistrate
of any foreign republic, who shall be
received with the same honors pre-
scribed for the President.
The Nice-President is entitled to
a salute of seventeen guns.
The heads of the Executive Depart
ments of the National Government,
Justices of the Supreme Court, the
General commanding the Army, the
Admiral of the Navy, and the Cover
nors of States and Territories. within
their respective Jurisdictions, are each
entitled to fifteen guns.
The Lieutenant-G General of the Army
and the Nice-Admiral of the Navy
also receive salute of fifteen guns.
A Major-General and Rear-Admiral
receive a thirteen-gun salute, and
a Brigadier-General and Commodore
carrying the broad pennant, eleven
guns. PSI =. e.-
Ministers of the United States to and
from foreign powers are to be saluted
with fifteen guns, and Charge DAT
fairies or Commissioner with thirteen
guns, When visiting port OF post of
the United States. In similar cases a
Consul-General receives nine and a
Consul seven guns.
Naval, military and civil officers of
foreign nations are received with the
salute prescribed for our own officers
OF the same rank. .
Any foreign vessel of war of a ma
ton in amity with us, on arriving at any
port in the United States, shall be sa-
luted gun for gun, the former taking
the initiative in firing. Return salutes
between officers of equafr:pk are CIV
en- gun for gun; when given by a SUI
perior or inferior officer, if the inferior
be Commodore with the broad pen
nant, eleven guns; if a Commodore
asingle vessel nineguns;
if Captain, @or 4ess,, seven sguns.
When several officers entitled to salutes
are assembled on board one vessel, a
single salute is fred. consisting of the
of guns helongingto the senior
officer in rank .u,I
:, Twenty-one' guns are also to be fired
On the 4tlfday of July and the ed day
Of February.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-03
s1ANY who are suffering yrcrn the effects


OF the warm weather and are debiltated are ad-
Vlsed by physicians to take moderate amounts Of
whisky two or three times during the day. In a
little while those who adopt this advice frequently
increase the number of drinks" and in time be
come confirmed inebriates. A beverage which
will not create thirst for intoxicating liquors and
which is intended especially for the benefit of de-
bilitated persons, whether at home or abroad is
DIR. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic Containing the
juices OF many medicinal herbs, this preparation
does not create an appetite for the Intoxicating
cup. The nourishing and the life supporting prop.
critics Of many valuable natural productions CON
tanned in it and well known to medica. men have
most Strengthening influence. single bottle Of
the Tonic will demonstrate its valuable qualities
For debility arising from sickness, over-exertion,
or from any cause whatever, a wineglassful of Sea
Weed Tonic taken after meals will strengthen the
stomach and create an appetite for wholesome
rood To all who are about leaving their homes
we desire to say that the excellent effects of Dr.
Schencks seasonable remedies-Sea Weed Tonic
ana Mandrake Pills-are particularly evident when
taken by those who are injuriopsly affected by a
change OF water and diet. No person should leave
home without taking a supply of these safeguards
along. For sale by all Druggists.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-03

almost head foremost, and rebOunded
several feet in the air. She was 50
terribly bruised that not even a moan
escaped from her lips. Then Ellen
Hooper, who died to save her compan-
ions, made the fatal leap. Though she
did not strike the. pavement with as
much force as did Miss Patterson, the
shock was terrible. She moaned pit
eously, but was unable to speak. Maria,
by means of rope, greatly lessened
the height of the leap, and escaped
with slight bruises, although she was
badly burned. Ellen Hoover died
while being placed in wagon to be
moved to a hospital. The brave
woman was thirty-three years of age,
married, and the mother and support
of seven children, her husband, a tan
ner, having been for a time incapable
for work. Ann Patterson was re-
moved to st. Mary's hospital, where
she died about noon in great agony
She was an unmarried woman of thir
ty-one years. Maria Hoover was
taken to st. Mary's hospital, and it i:
feared that her terrible injuries by firt
will prove fatal
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-03
that idea into so short space in an.
other way,

that idea into so short a space in any
other way.
But the question further suggests
itself whether, if the street is to be
made "walkable," it also needs to be
made 'drivable" and "ridable.' And
then number of questions would
spring up. First as to spelling; should
it be .'drivable" and ..ridable,' OF
"driveable" and '.rideable"? Then
comes the further question about hav-
ing such words at all. In all these
words the Latin ending stuck on to
the English root is always offensive as
long as the word is new; and that
caprice which rules so many things i'll
matters of language sometimes accepts
one word and rejects another which is
formed in exactly the same way.
Then again some draw a division be-
tween words which can be used in the
passive voice as they stand and those
which cannot except with the help OF
a proposition. There are those who
would admit "readable,' and reject
reliable" because,a book is "read'
while nobody is "relied, but only
"relied on" The word then should
not be reliable" but "relionable. y
The friends of "reliable" answer that
nobody quarrels with laughable,
which, by the same analogy, should be
laughatable.' To this it might again
be answered that, though We cannot
speak of Laughing II man. we can
speak of Laughing him down,
Laughing him to scorn, laughing
him out of a thing \ practically
better answer would be that no Other
word exactly expresses the meaning OF
laughable," while trustworthy
does perfectly well for reliable. .
! But the real difference doubtless is thai
"reliable" is still a word of yesterday
while laughable," which is recog
nized by johnson on the authority o
Dryden, has long got over any Difficult
ties which may have beset it when i
was new. " Walkable' may asser
itself that people do walk tn,
streets" while nobody "drives" o.
rides them. But "drivable' anC
"ridable" if they ever spring up, vii
take refuge under the shadow of ere
liable''-perhaps under that of laugh
able. '-P0U Mall Gazette.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-03
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

GRAHAM CAKEs.-Half a cup but
ter, one-half cup sugar, one egg, one
teacup sour milk, one-half teaspoon
soda. Make stiff batter.
PUFFs.-Two eggs beaten very
light, one cup of milk, one cup OF
flour and pinch of salt. The gems
should be heated while making the
puffs, which are then placed in aquick
oven.
AN eminent physician says that
sweet oil is not only an antidote to the
bite of rattlesnake, but Twill cure
poison of any kind, both on man and
beast" The patient must take a
spoonful of it internally, and battle the
wound. for cure. To cure a horse it
stake eight times as much as for man.
LEMON PIE.-Grate the rind of one
small lemon or half a large one; beat
the velks of two eggs four tablespoons
of sugar: beat all together; add to this
one-half pint cold water, with one and
one-half tablespoons of -four i'll it; rub
smooth, so there will be no humps
| beat the whites of two eggs to a stiff
froth: stir this in your pie-custard be-
fore you put it in the pan. Bake with
one crust, and bake slow.
| CoCoANUT PUDDING.-Grate the
meat of one cocoanut. Roll very fine,
and sift through Il coarse sieve five
Boston crackers; mix this with the
| grated cocoanut, add a pint and a halt
| of boiled milk and three tablespoonful
of butter, just softened enough to beat
or, instead, one pint of thick, sweet
cream. Beat six eggs-yelks and
whites separately; add cup of sugar
beat all well together; and bake like
custard. Eaten hot or cold.
| ORIENTAL DUMPLINGs.-TWo cup
fuls of sour milk, one Of cream, tea.
spoonful of soda dissolved in the milk
turn into your flour, and mix the same
as for biscuit; take the cores out OF
some nice pippin or greening apples,
fill the cavity with nutmeg and sugar
or marmalade, if you have it; roll out
the dough; have some nice knitted
cloths ready; wrap the dumplingS VI
in them: draw them tightly and hOi
one hour, or steam one hour and half
eat with hard sauce.
PINEAPPLE AND OTHER ICE-CREAMS
To make pineapple ice-cream the
juice Of large, ripe pineapple and ont
pound of sugar should be beaten into
a pint of rich cream and frozen quick
ly. The milk should not be heated fol-
the purpose, nor should the milk bt
heated for any of the berry ice-crcams
strawberry or raspberry. These are
made by MASKING and straining the
fruit, then adding the sugar to the
juice-part of the sugar should be put
with the whole fruit, and allowed t
stand little while, to hasten the eX
preston of the juice-stirring all into
the cream and freezing Immediately
To a quart of the cream allow quar-
of fruit and pound of sugar. But
to make ice-cream favored with cocoa
nut, almonds, pistactio nuts or coffee
the custard should be made after thu
regular rule. Coffee ice-cream SHOULD
be thickened with arrow-root rathe
than with eggs. The tiavoring for thu
almond cream should be prepared b,
pounding the kernels to a paste with ;
for thickening. For the cocoanut, tn,
grated nut is added to the cream anC
sugar with a little rose-water, ant
frozen Immediately.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-03

enclosure was lath. From four to SIX
inches of gravelly sand was given
every two or three weeks and the old
removed. Grass was given as often as
it could be cut from small grass-plot.
Raw meat was given twice week.
Burnt clam shells, ashes and lime were
given as often as convenient, though
not as often as required. The house
was often white washed-the material
of the nests frequently changed and the
nests busted with sulphur. They were
fed upon the scrapings of the table
wheat, corn, oats. Water was given
| daily and oftener during hot weather.
An account was kept of the cost OF
these hens for the first year and the
| value of their eggs. We have lost this
account, and can only state our i'm
preston that it proved that hens can
be confined and remain healthy, too,
and that they can be made profitable
even in cities.
| w Z SuSStSl W bIlooI W ~ 1it'NS iNNtl
hens and chickens to part with every
one of them, and to thoroughly cleanse
the houses and yards in every part, ant
begin with fresh, pure lot. Those
who have had to do with poultry al
their lives may deem this shallow ad
| vice; but We know from what we SCI
that these shiftless, untidy, unkinC
modes of keeping fowls are hande'
down from father to son, and Cha
many farmers do not ever give a Seri
Gus thought to persistent cleanliness
Hens will, in manner, take care 0
themselves, and SO in a large MAORI
ty of cases they are left to do. Blu
the plan, viewed with an eye to profit
is "a penny wise and pound foolish
one, and, viewed with any other eye
it is a cruelty to nimals.-R'r = Neo
| Yorker.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-03
A Book Agent Nearly Hurt.

THE La Crosse Leader, exulting in
| the fancy that book agent is well
nigh invulnerable, declares that one
recently met with serious accident in
the suburbs of La Crosse. He was
walking along the railroad when a
freight train came along. The unfor-
tunate man was struck by the engine
and knocked directly across the track,
some tifty-three cars passing over him.
He was then tumbled down a bank
800 feet high, over stones and stumps,
and just as he got to the edge of the
river he struck against pile-driver
that was at work, and, his head laying
on the top of the pile for minute or
two, the ponderous hammer descended.
striking him on the cheek, bruising
his face somewhat. The shock rolled
him into the river just as an up-rivcr
packet was passing, and, by some mis-
hap, the unfortunate man was en-
tangled in one of the wheels, and
whirled round and round for an hour
and a half before he was discovered
and released. He was picked up near
ly senseless and removed to the cabin,
where his wants were supplied. After
he had eaten hearty meal he was ap-i
preached by the captain, who asked:
=" Is there anything you would like.
to have?' n
"No, no." replied the canvasser,
"there is nothing but this
What! whatP' calculated the cap
tain, "what is it?
The book agent smiled sweetly as
he produced a subscription list and
said:
Subscribe for that beautiful book
entitled THE Poisoned sGumrDrop, or
the Candy Woman's Revenge by the
author of Jones, the Button-Hole,
Maker ~
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-03
A Great Feat Accomplished,

-. : s ? -
"A DIsPlATCH reaches tssto-day that
the work of cutting through the San
Fernando tunnel, on the Southern Pa
cifie Railroad, has, been completed.
This is oneof the greatest achieve
ments in railroad construction accom-
plished on the Pacific coast. The
length of this tunnel, cut through the
San Fernando Mountains, is G, 966 feet,
or one mile and 1,9S6 feet. With the
completion Of this work, the South
ern Pacific Railroad between San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles will soon be
opened for traffic. There have been
some remarkable specimens Of engi-
neering skill in building this road.
The tunnel through the Tehachipe
Pass is unique, from the fact that in
the windings of the tunnel one part
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-03

Need not be endured, although what cant
must be. Among the bodily ills susceptible
of complete removal by that benign tonic
and Alternative, HOstcttcr's Stomach Bittcrs,
are general debility, malarial fcvers, consti-
patton, dyspepsia, liver disorder, and ner-
vousness. Its remedial capabilities are,
however, by no means limited to these mala-
dies. Its properties as a blood dcpurcnt
render it extremely seryiceable in eXpclling
the acrid impurities which produce those
painful disorders, rheumatism and govt,
and its i1vigOrating and mildly stimulating
effect upon the kidneys and bladder consti-
tute it useful medicine for impelling those
organs to a complete performance of their
functions when they are weak and inactive.
In fact, there is scarcely any disease of which
weakness is an accompaniment, in which
this admirable medicine cannot be used with
advantage.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-03
The Pest of the Henuery.

WE believe that most of the ills with
which hens are afflicted are caused bv
lice, and that if the houses were peri
odlcally whitewashed and the nests
sprinkled with sulphur, snuff, tobacco.
ashes, helleboro, OF any other substance
dlstasteful to these vermin and harm
less to the hens, diseases would prove
the rare exception and not the rule.
The rule is for farmers to neglect their
hens until they are stupid with lice.
and go about with their feathers rutfied
up as If 1t were, as, indeed, probably it
Is, misery to moye, before any meas
ures of relief are deemed necessary
The Old adage that prevention is bet
ter than cure. or,sa stitch in time, etc,
is here especially applicable. 1t is an
easy matter to prevent lice, but a very
difficult matter to exterminate them.
Even when by the use of insecticides
and other applications the hens are
somewhat relieved, constant care is
afterward requisite to prevent, by the
rapid increase of the vermin that re-
main. the return of consequent disord-
erS. eE
Poultry alive with vermin are pitt
full sights, and reflect anything but
credit upon those whose duty5it is to
look. after them. The chicks raised nv
unclean mothers suffer from the dav Of
their birth till that of their death. They
are never sprightly and healthy: thew
are always the first to be taken down
with heprevailingendemic or epidem-
lc; they, therefore, need great deal
more more care, and, finally, are less profit
able than those which live in clean
houses and lay and sit in tidy nests.
The question as to whether hens will
thrive when shut up, and the sub
sldIary one as to how many NAV be
confined in given space, cannot be
answered except, in the experiments
the hens be kept pure-for freedom to
infested fowls is theirsole chance of life
The writer confined from nine to six-
teen hens in a city enclosure, twenty
by four, $50 So. ft.) for two years with
out the loss of hen, and with very lit
tie sickness SIC The house was six nv
four, ventilated at the bottom only and
othefrrWlse closely boarded, securing
warmth in winter and, sheltered from
the sun by a grapevine, comparative
coolness in summer. The rest of the
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-03
Turning of the Philadelphia
ShOddy Mill.

A PHILADELPHIA special telegram
to the Chicago Times gives the follow
ing particulars of the loss of life by the
recent fire in Philadelphia:
Five of the women were at work in
the fourth story sorting rags; one wo-
man was in the third story or storage
room, and the remaining woman, FL
len Hoover, with the three men were
in the ground store, where the carding
was done. The employees had been at
+. work about three quarters of an hour
when the fire broke out in the picker
room. Some iron substance struck the
revolving machinery used to reduce
the rags to particles, and by spark
ignited the mass of rags. The greasy
rags and floors soaked with oil fed the
flames at lightning speed, and inside of
five minutes the entire building was in
blaze. The only escape, the stairs,
were quickly destroyed, but not before
Ellen had rushed up to the third and
fourth stairs and sounded the alarm
an act of heroism that cost her life.
The women hurried down to the second
story, only to find themselves in sea of
fire; four of the women (Matty Haven,
Cornelia Peterson, Maggie Sheridan
and Maggie Sweeney ran through the
flames to the seeond-story window,
and by means of an old shed reached
the ground in safety, although each
received bad scorching. The other
women, Ellen Hoover, Ann Patterson
and Maria Hoover, tried to follow their
companions, but the fierce flames
drove them back Step by step the
fire drove them back to the fourth
story, they all the time utter
ing frantic cries for help. An
excited crowd had collected in front of
the building and shouted to the poor
women, now driven to the upper win
dows by the heat: !" Jump, jump, or
you will get burned to deathW The |
crowd of lookers-on seemed demented, |
and while some placed bales of rags
and shoddy beneath the windows, 9TH
ers insanely dragged them away to
save. the worthless stuff from the
flames. Ann Patterson, at the ex-
IRENE northern window in the fourth
story, first made the leap for life. She
struck the hard pavement with thud
that wrung a cry of agony from the
crowd. She came down
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-03
Additions to the English Lam
guage. a

ri = 81.
The English Language was, a day or
two back, enriched by new adjective
at the hands of correspondent of the
Times. The wish was, expressed that
a certains Street in London might be-
come "wa1kable." Tt might be dam
gerois to afTnf tlra the word walk
ablea has never been used before; but
it certainly sounds strange even to ears
which are quite used to ''passable"
and "'laughable," ard to which re
LIABLE if it has a grievous sound, has
mot Cal newsonea $40 "makeSa street
"walkable'' seems to mean to put it
into such a state that people may walk
along it with safety and comfort. And
it certainly would not be easy to put
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-03
Only His Habit.

a WOODWARD avenue drug store
hired soda-fountain boy the other
day, and after the boy had been in
structed how to work the apparatus the
proprietor added:
NOW, you see this faucet up here %
Well, there is brandy behind that. and
when a man comes in and winks, and
SAYS he'll take little ho-hum in his,
YOU will know that he means BRAN
dy.'
Everything worked all right until
about noon yesterday. Several men
dropped in, said ho-hum," got their
brandy and soda, and the boy saw nc
cloud in his horizon. At noon the
brandy bottle was empty, the drug
store man at his dinner, and it didn't
do any good to :: ho-hum" around that
fountain. Along came a man who
had perspired until all the color in his
Suspenders could be seen ON his linen
coat, and as he stood before the foun-
tain waiting his turn, he winked at the
boy. He had a habit of winking his
left eye, and he winked at the fountain
as much as he did at the boy. The lad,
however, called out:
"Havn't any brandy left-have to
take sirup.'
The man was a good man. He
winked again in his amazement, and
the boy replied
Didn't 1 tell you we hadn't any
brandy left? Dye suppose I'd lie
about it,"
"My-my son-you-you shouldn't
-shouldn't-' stammered the good
man as he looked at him, and 10. in his
embarrassment he winked again.
"Can | make brandy out of sarsa-
pariila and pineapple sirup?" yelled
the boy. Il tell you you've got to
take plain soda till the boss comes
back"
IL didn't want any brandy" IT,
piled the man.
Well, We don't keep anything
stronger in the fountain, and couldn' t
tell whisky from arnica if / was to
look on the shelvesr' growled the boy.
" You'll find what you want in the sa-
loon around the corner"
The winker winked all around the
crowd, tried to explain his position,
and then hustled out and boarded a
street-car.-DetrOit Free Press.
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