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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-13
The Explosive Power OF Cum
powder.

AN explosion of the $50 tons OF
powder stored ON Ellis Island, III the
barbor. according to a calculation made
bv the Scientific american, would
shock buildings in the lower part OF
the city equal to a force OF twenty
hounds to the square foot OF exposed
surface. This would be the effect II
the entire quantity exploded at once;
but if only half detonated Slmultane-
ous1v. the force would be sufficient to
destroy the shipping in the harbor,
overturn steeples in the cities OF New
York, jersey City and Brooklyn, and
80 lar the buildings below City Hall
that they would probably have to be
taken down. Other effects are foretold
as follows: every church within
twenty-five miles would suffer from
cracked walls and windows; and If the
disaster occurred at night every gas
light in the cities of New York, Jer-
sey City and Brooklyn would be eNtm-
olished. The loss Of life due to fall
inc buildings would probably be great.
PEOPLE in the streets in the lower part
of the city would be thrown down, and
MANY rendered deaf. Far less extern
sive explosions have overthroWn horses
and ripped off their shoes, Il curious
result of the inertia due to the differ
ing specific GRANTEES of the animal and
the metal. 1t is likely that not bird
within fifteen miles radius would sur
vive. The iron water mains in the
part of the city below the city hal
would also be ruptuTed, as that effect
has followed less extensive explosions.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-13
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

CHOCOLATE FOR THE SICK.-When
an invalid uses chocolate, it should be
made in the ordinary way and then
suffered to stand until cold. The oily
parts collecting on the surface should
be taken off Then boil the liquid
again, and add sugar and milk as
usual.-Western Ralr0l.
KEEPING MEAT.-One Of the GIN
ci,qnati Gazettes correspondents says
this is a good way to keep meat after
it is smoked: Take one pint OF mo-
lasses, one-half pound black pepper,
and six eggs mix together and paste 1t
on the meat side. The above amount
will answer for eight or ten hams. We
fhave practiced this method seven or
eight Years and never failed to keep
our hams sweet and free from insects.
SPANISH CREAM.-The Christian
Unions recipe is this: One quart OF
milk, four eggs, one-half ounce gela-
tine, then add the other pint OF milk,
and stir it over the fire, in farlna
kettle. Beat the yelks of the eggs with
three tablespoons of sugar, and stir
into milk, Just before it boils. When
it comes to boil, take it off, stir into
it the whites of the eggs, beaten to a
stiff froth, with three tablespoons OF
sugar. Flavor with vanilla; pour into
molds. Use the next day.
CONCERNING the care of the feet the
Scientific american says: Many are
careless in the keeping of the feet. IL
they wash them once week they think
they are doing well. They do not con-
slider that the largest pores are located
in the bottom of the foot, and that the
most offensive matter is discharged
through the pores. They wear stock
ings from the beginning to the end OF
the week without change, which be-
come perfectly saturated with offensive
matter. Ill health is generated by such
treatment of the feet. The pores are
not only repellants but absorbents, and
fetid matter, to a greater or less eX-
tent, is taken back into the system.
| The feet should be washed every day
with pure water only, as well as the
armpits, from which an offensive odor
is also emitted, unless daily ablution is
practiced. Stockings should not be
worn more than a day OF two at a
time. They may be worn one day, and
then aired and summed, and worn an
other day if necessary.
PERSONS suffering from dyspepsia,
constipation, congestion OF brain and
other ills which attend on general de-
bility, are accustomed to apply to the
doctors for bitters for the stomach, ca
thartics for the bowels and iron for the
blood. But it is generally found that
the relief to the stomach and bowels
induced by medicine is temporary, and
when reaction takes place after stimu
lation, the vital organs are weaker ant
the patient is worse off in every re
spect than when he commenced the
use of medicine. / have a remedy t
suggest which, although it may not b'
of universal application, has in my
own case and that of many others wh'
at my suggestion have tried it, brough
relief after all drug remedies ha'
. failed. Apples are natural stimulan
to the stomach, bowels and kidneys
and unlike medicine, keep up whel
habitually eaten, a continued health.
action of these organs. Apples ar
not only cumulative, they are also nu
tritiye.--La1cs Of Life.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-13
sufficient nickel To encourage the forma-

suthclent nickel to encourage the forma-
ito lof a company which has since had
Imhense success, and to-day the lucra-
tive returns of the nickel mines Canada
and Honaillon surpass the hopes of
their workers. Mr.. Higginson, who is
at the head of this affair, has shown
great enterprise and energy, and the
Government has certainly done wisely
III naturalizing him as French citi-
zen. He has been we'll seconded by an
Austrian named Hauckar, and between
them they have given an impulse to
the nickel mining which will probably
do much for the wealth of New Gale
donia. AT this moment three-mast
ship, LIE Bouffan, is on its way from
Numea to Havre, charged with 500
tons of mineral, the net value of which
IS estimated at 1850 francs ton, thus
giving the handsome return of more
than 100000 francs, which Mr.. Hig-
ginson will certainly think good profit
for time and trouble spent, and there is
little doubt that other enterprising men
will soon follow his example, and
largely contribute to the development
of this new and rich country.-Paris
Cor. Boston AdCertiser.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-13
Schenck,s Sea Weed Tonic.

IN the atmosphere experienced here during tbs
summer months the lethargy produced by the hea.
takes away the desire for wholesome food and fire.
quent preparations reduce bodily energy, particu-
larly those suffering from the effects of facilitating
diseases In order TO keep natural heaihfui activ
ity of the system we must resort to artificial
means. For this purpose Schencks Sea Weed
Tonic is very cffectual. few doses will create
an appetite and give fresh vigor to the enervated
body For dyspepsia it is invaluable. Many emf.
nent physicians have doubted whether dyspepsia
can be permanently cured by the drugs which are
generally employed for that purpose The Sea
Weed Tonic. in its nature, is totally different from
such drugs. 1t contains no corrosive minerals OF
acids; in fact it assists the regular operations OF
nature and supplies her deficiencies. The Tonic in
its nature much resembles the gastric juice that
it is almost identical with that fluid. The gastric
juice is the natural solvent which, in q healthy
condition of the body, causes the food to be di
gested; and, when this juice is not excreted in su
fcient quantities. indigestion, with all its distress
ing symptoms, follows. The Sea Weed Tonic per
forms the duty of the gastric juice when the latter
| is deficient. SChenCks Sea Weed Tonic sold by
| all DrNouiSts
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-13
The Wooden Interests.

ONE of those strange and I'M
necessary periodical panics, which so
seriously affect, and for a time pros
trate, the wool-growing and wooden
manufacturing interests, seems to be
approaching. The first symptoms Of
the outbreak are occurring in Califor-
mia, that home of alternate flush times
and panics-Of the most sanguine eN-
pectatiOns, or the most reckless hope
lessness. We read of tiocks being sold
for one dollar per head, or slaughtered
by the deluded owners for their pelts
and tallOw. 1t is to be hoped that this
absurd feeling may not spread. 1t is
the most ruinous thing i'll all our ag-
ricultural affairs, this eager haste to
abandon Il pursuit at the first fear Of u
falling off in profit; for there is no
question of any loss in the business.
Wool does not bring 50 good Il price as
formerly, and instead of taking the
bad seasons with the good, and await
ing the surely coming turn in bust
ness, farmers throw away their focks
and abandon strengthening. The con-
sequence will be, scarcity by and by,
and then the pressure will come upon
the manufacturers, who, from the lack
of material for their factories, will be
obliged to pay eXOrbitant prices, or
seek foreign markets. The high prices
will then put farmers in fever again,
and at length the usual revulsion
will come once more. So occurs
this childish or foolish alterna
ton, which brings disaster, and
prevents proper regard being given to
the improvement of our focks. Had
not a few men in Vermont preserved
the blood of our merinos pure, and
kept their flocks intact when others
slaughtered them for their pelts, where
to-day would have been the American
merinos? Extinct and all the labors
of those patriotic and thoughtful men
who first introduced the Spanish me-
rinoS into America would have been in
vain. Until this senseless and destruc-
tive habit can be cured, and farmers
learn to stick to Il chosen line of bust
ness, through fair weather and foul,
we can never hope to become indie
pendent of foreign nations, either for
our stock of for our wool. Neither
can our wooden manufacture become a
steady business, but will always be in
jured and discouraged by alternate
prosperity and reverses. Wool can be
grown at a profit for thirty cents a
pound, when mutton can be sold at
present prices, and where pastures are
so cheap or costless as in the Far
West, half this price will pay a fair
profit to the shepherd. Instead of
abandoning the pursuit it would be a
profitable thing to do to improve the
flock and make each sheep produce
more wool and mutton, which, if sold
for a less price, will bring just as much
money. Wool manufacturing will
then be put upon q steady basis, and
farmers can afford TO laugh at tariffs.
american Aqricaltu1ist.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-13
The Flying Bridges OF the Him.
aIaya.

A. WILSON, i'll his recently published
account of journey through the upper
valleys r7of the Himalaya, says that
these bridges are constructed of tWigs,
chiefly from birch trees or bushes
twisted together. Two thick ropes of
these twigs, about the size of Il man 5
thigh or little larger, are stretched
across the river at distance of from
four to six feet from each other. and
Il similar rope runs between them,
three or four feet lower. being con-
nected with the upper ropes by more
slender ropes running at an interval of
about five feet from each other. The
unpleaSantness OLA jhula is that the
passenger has no proper hold Of the
upper ropes, which are too thick and
rough to be grasped by the hand, and
that at the eXtremitieS they are 50 far
apart that it is difficult to have any
hold Of both at the same time, while
danger is incurred by the bend or hang
Of the jhula, which is much lower i'll
the middle than at it's ends. He has
also to stoop painfully to move along,
and it is seldom safe for him to rest his
feet on the lower rope, except where it
is supported by the transverse ends.
To fall into the raging torrent under
meath would be almost certain destruc-
ton. The high winds which prevail
in the Himalaya during the day makes
the whole structure swing frightfully.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-13
The Chinese Widow.

IF all widows could give as emphatic
proof of being incOnsolable as did a
certain Mrs. Cheng, in FoOchow, China,
the novelists would, perhaps, cease
their pleasantly, although many mid
dle-aged gentleman would lose a good
wife. Mrs. Cheng, it appears, had
ample opportunity to assuage her sor-
rows upon the bosom of a second
spouse, and might have DOTTED her
weeds for the red flowers and gilded
garments of native wedding. But
she was memorable. She not only told
the kindly match-makers around her
that nothing could compensate her for
the loss of the lately-departed Cheng,
but announced that she was no longer
fit for this world, and therefore inten-
ded straightway to follow Cheng to
another. Her method Of departure, as
expressed by herself, would have some
what puzzled a foreigner if he had
heard it; for she said that she would
"ascend to heaven on the back of a
stork." He would soon have learned,
however, that this was one of those
POLITICALLY metaphorical phases in which
the Oriental fancy abounds. TO go to
| heaven on the back of a stOrk means,
in our own prosy language, to be
| hanged. Mrs. Cheng awaited herself
of device borrowed from the bar
! barian West, to seek her Cheng i'll
realms yet more celestial than the
Celestial Land. And she was as good
as her word. The gallows which was
erected for her cheerful sacrifice is
described us having been very pretty
indeed. 1t was graced with flowers and
red cords, and was quite a fanciful and
| pleasing object to the eye. The widow,
on the last-in such case we hesitate
to say "fatal' '-morning, arrayed her
self in all the joyous tinery of colored
and gilt paper, with paper crown
upon her head and flowers pinned here
and there on her person. She entered
Il sedan-chair, and was conducted past
the house of her friends to the place OF
euthanasia.' 1t is gratifying to know
that on this final journey Mrs. Cheng
was not too absorbed in grief to keep d
too sober cOuntenance, or cOntemn the
everyday creature comforts to which
she had been wont. 1t is explicitly
declared that, as she made her progress
in the Sedan-chair, she distinctly anC
repeatedly smiled, and-Smoked a pipe
Ever and anon she would take the fra
grant bowl from her mouth to TASTE
the sWeetmeatS offered to her by hel
friends as she came to their houses
Several thousand people witnessed the
final scene, which seems to have beel
very far from tragic one. The gen
eral and freely-eXpreSSed opinion was
that the whole thing had gone off a.
pleasantly and gracefully and satisfac
torily us possible. Indeed, so very Ell
small Chinamn of eight who wit
messed her cheerful exit. that he los
no time in following her example, b,
Fastening to a neighboring mill anC
there hanging himself. Mrs. ChenG
clearly added "works'' to "faith, ,
and that she was really inconsolabl'
there can be no reasonable doubt
ADDlctOH'S JOniuQI
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-13
s,,.u that the poison Of

nected of course, that the POISON OF
the scorpion would have kiilea the
mouse but he didn't seem a DIT the
worse for it. When | examined MN
the next morning he was quite H'eiy
and well, and had nearly eaten up 'ne
whole of the scorpion for MS break
fast. OF course rewarded the mouse
for his plucky conduct by giving nm
come milk. and by letting him go IN a
,1.ce where it was not likely the cat
would find him.
"scorpions are inhabitants OF not
climates: they live among stones, logs
&c wood, etc, in such places, III TACT,
&C those inhabited in England by wood
lice and centipedes, etc. They are
said to attain the length of twelve
inches in Batavia; and along the Gold
Coast have heard Cbut hardly elieVeltJ
tbev are found as big as a good-slzeo
lobster; the general size is about three
inches long. 1t not unfrequently hap
pens that scorpions are brought to En-
GLAND in timber ships, ETC., and nave
received more than one scorpion tllC'S
brought over
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-13
Farm Implements.

IT is penny wise and pound fool
ish" to buy poor implements because
they can be had at low price. Such
implements cost great deal of time
and patience, and no little money to
keep them in working order, and then
will not give satisfaction. There is a
great deal of pleasure in using a machine
or simple tool of the best make; not
because it is expensive, but because it
does the work in the best manner, and
in the long run is the cheapest.
At ten per cent, the interest on an
implement costing ten dollars is only
one dollar, while it is fifty cents on one
costing five dollars. Very often the
ten-dollar implement will save fifty
cents a day over the five-dollar one, by
it's superior work and saving of man
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When a good nipple

and team power. When q good lnpie-
ment is procured let it be taken car
of, Before Using it, put 1t IN co.ipie'e
order. If it is a mower, the knives
shou7d be well ground, the wneeis'
Joints and bearings well oiled, anu 'he
gearing put into perfect trim. otliei-
wise # will get out of order, somethihs
will break, time and patience VIII NC
lost and work will be UNSATISFACTORY
The same is true of all tools OF ma
chimes used on the farm or III the +shop'
To-day we saw plow standing III
the furrow, and yesterday we saw one
thrown up by the fence where the
blowing ended last spring. Last winter
we saw cultivators and horse-rakes
dragged up in corner OF the heid
among the bushes. We have seen eX-
pensive horse-powers left out IN tne
weather from one season to another.
implements so used seldom have the
iron oiled to prevent rust, OF the WOOD
painted to prevent rot. 1t is the testl-
mopv of all good farmers that time anu
money spent in painting is much more
than repaid in increased durability.
Very few farmers can afford to have
such large holes in their pockets as this
carelessness makes. If it is true, as
often declared, that farming does not
pay over five per cent. on the capital
invested. we cannot see how any one
can afford such expensive habits; be-
sides, such style of living eXerts a
bad influence on ones family, and IN
deed on the neighborhood in which he
lives.-J. ". Czingaaa, in ohio Farmer.
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Fight Between a Mouse and a
Scorpion.

THAT indefatigable naturalist, Mr..
Frank Buckland, has recently published
the following account of a fight be-
tween mouse and scorpion:
In February, 1868, receiveda box
by post containg two live scorpions.
kindly presented to me by my friend,
the late lamented J. keast Lord. who
had caught them under stone at He
liopolis, in Egypt. Wishing to test
the power of the scorpions sting, | got
a glass globe and turned in one of the
scorpions. A mouse having been
caught in the trap, thought 1 might
just as well let the scorpion try his pow
ers upon it as the cat. therefore shook
the mouse into the glass with the scor-
pion. The scorpion, an average-sized
one, Immediately resisted the affront
and the mouse, who had never evident
ly seen scorpion before, did not know
whether he was his friend OF his enc
my. Not liking the continued jump
lngs OF the mouse, the scorpion twist
ed and began brandishing about his
sting. The mouse shortly crossed his
path. The scorpion instantly lunged
his sting into him. This challenge
woke up the mouse, who began to
jump up and down like jack in the
box. When he became quiet, the scor-
plon again attacked the enemy, with
his claws extended like the pictures of
The scorpion in the zodiac. He made
another shot at the mouse, but missed
HIM. | then called Timer to give
both combatants a rest. When the
mouse had got his wind, l stirred ND
the scorpion once more, and, as .tbe
fancy say, 'he came up smiling The
mouse during the interval had evident
ly made up his mind that he would
have to fight, aud not strike his col
ors to scorpion, as he would
to a cat. When, therefore, the scor-
plon came within range, the mouse
gave a squeak and bit him on the
back; the scorpion at the same time
planted his sting well between the
mouse's ears on the top of his head.
The scorpion then tried to retreat, but
could not, for one claw had 90 en-
tangled in the fur of the mouse. The
mouse and scorpion then closed. and
rolled over each other like two cats
lighting, the scorpion continually stab
plng the mouse with his sting, his tail
going with the velocity of needle in
a sewing machine. When the scorpion
got tired, the mouse got hold of his tail
with his teeth and gave it sharp min
The mouse seized the opportunity, and
Immediately bit off two of the scor-
plon's side legs. He then retired, and
began to wash his face. | had ex-
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Mr.. Stephens Penmanship.

The Augusta (Ga) Chronicle in
dulges in the following bit of facetious-
nesss
The Darien Timber Gazette says:
"Mr. Stephens is daily improving in
health. He is now able to write"
This is not true. If we did not know
the editor of the Darien Timber Gazette
to be conscientious and Woodworking
Journalist, We should say that he had
been vaccinated with the virus of An
nanias and Sapphira. Mr.. Stephens is
not cable to write" He never was
able to write, and he never will be able
to write. If the editor of the Darien
Timber Gazette had ever received let
ter from the Georgia Commoner he
would never have made such an auda-
cious statement; if the compositors in
his office had ever set up any of the
Commoner's manuscript they would
have insisted upon either strike or a
retraction. Mr.. Stephens does not
write He doesn't understand the
first principles of the art. He has
never learned a single rule of chirogra-
ply; or, if he has, scorns the knowl-
edge as hungry horse does bag of
buck-shot. When he feels like CORE
spending with any one of his numerous
friends and admirers, he simply dips
his pen in the ink-barrel, puts a gal
vanic battery in communication with
his elbow, and turns the crank. The
result is a scrawl which, by COMPARE
son, would make Horace Greeley a
writing-master, and convert the manu-
script of Bloss into copper-plate. The
famous diplomat, Talleyrand, asserted
that speech was made to conceal
thought. Mr.. Stephens takes issue
with the French statesman, and says
that writing was invented to conceal
| thought. So far as his individual eX
| perience is concerned, Mr.. Stephens is
| eminently correct. No man has ever
been able to use one of his letters
| against him, because no one has ever
been able to read them. He might
write letter tomorrow recommend
ing the assassination of Queen Victo-
ria, and prove upon the trial of the
case that the missive was an essay
upon the proper observance of the
Fourth of July. We beg again to re-
mind the editor Of the Timber Gazette
that Mr. Stephens is not now, never
was and never will be liable to write. -
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Crook has heretofore borne the reputa-
ton of being gallant and skillfu1 In
dian-fghtef. How an officer so well
! acquainted with Indians and their man
! ner of warfare could have made such
a mistake as to send a cavalry force
into ravine, the bluffs of which were
swarming with Indians, who, every
time they retired, could take still high
er positions, is singular, to say the
least. That Gen, Crook should be I'M
able to follow up the Sioux and have
to fall back for reinforcements when
his ammunition was only half exhaust
ed, is tantamount to an acknowledg-
ment of defeat That he should have
lost such gallant scouts as the Crows
appear to have been is deplorable.-
Chicago Tribune, June 81.
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Reyiye The DroOpIng Energies.

When the physical energies droop, revive
them with that safest and most active of
tonics, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. By a
timely use of this salutary and agreeable
medicine you will save yourself from posi-
tive disease; for, be assured that the languor
and loss of strength and appetite which
troubles you is in fact the precursor OF some
malady Of, perhaps, serious nature. APP
petite, tranquility of the nervous system,
and pristine vigor, will assuredly be restored
if the Bitters are used Systematically, and
the alimentary disturbance, which in nine
cases out of ten gives rise to debility and
nervousness, be entirely removed. Eegu-
larity of the bowels, active hillary secretion,
the expulsion of impurities from the blood
through the kidneys, are also among tue
beneficent effects of this admirable restora-