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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-06


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mere Y g eseEsean NOV q barn, ascer-
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~ wv me number Of cubic feet OF set
yea nay Is takee g make ton.-10so0
otase negsssT.
Ito make beef tomato bic. take cold
roast beef cut in thin slices: ripe toma-
toes peeled and sliced. Line deem dish
with 4 light biscuit ernst mt laver Of
beef, then . layer Of tomatoes; salt, but
ter and pepper to taste. and 10 on until the
dish Is nearly full; put on the top crust,
cutlng gasn 10 me center. BAKE TWO
hours In SLOW oven.
To make cocoanut cake. take two ta-
bleepoOnfu1s of butter fvhita If Won have
i'll worked to q cream. one cup Of sugar !.
one-half cup Of sweet milk: whites 81
three eggs beaten to 4 froth: two and one
half tesspoonfuls baking now,ler in two
cups rounded full 81 siffed -four: bake in
three pic tins lined with creased white
paper. Mix some prepared cocoanut IN
soft frosting and spread between the law
ems; frost the top. then sprinkle cocoan1t
over it.-RuraI Neo York;.
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with various combinations Of vinegar. oil
and mustard-some using only a little
vinegar. others using no vinegar. but 4
combination Of oil anal mustard. A great
Improvement on anv Of these ia made by
using the Juice of lemon only: in this
way good tomatoes. skinned by putting
them in scaldidp water for a minute. al.
lowed to cool, cut into slices and q good
lemon squeezed over them, form one of
the most grateful and wholesome dishes
obtaiuable in summer.-London Garden.
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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-06

The old fashioned heartsease or pansy
has, of late years become so improved in
size, variety of color, delicacy of tints and
curious coloring, that they have got to be
much sought after by all classes. Indeed,
the ease with which they may be propa-
gated has enabled florists to sell them 50
cheap as to be within the reach of every
lover of flowers. As cheap, however, as
they are sold in cities, they are not there
BY available to those who live far removed
from urban life; and cheaply as they may
be bought of florists, they may be raised
still cheaper from seed.
It is true, named varieties originally &C.
lected from seedlings, cannot be had ex-
cept from florists, who, from hundreds Of
plants select q few which they consider
worthy Of propagation from cuttings;
still, the amateur may do the same with
choice seedlings, and thus propagate them
indefinitely. All that Is necessary is to
fill pan half full Of sharp sand, wet it
thoroughly, stick in the cuttings pretty
thick-the thicker the better so they do
not touch cover the whole with . light
Of glass, and keep the sand thoroughly
moist, tolerably warm-say at . tempera-
ture Of about 60 degrees Fahrenheit and
shaded, and they win root nicely. When
they have made roots half an inch in
Length, put them in 4 rich, light, friable
soil, say one-quarter sharp sand, one-half
good garden soil and one-quarfer thor
oughlv rotted leaf mold, we'll sifted to-
gether; or, If intended for the border,
place them there directly, water 1t the
roots, draw dry earth over the watering,
and shade them for : few days.
Rraf IL n NJ ra5ain9 them from Nef,d that
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-06

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they ete14 Tires DIeeeed hogxa, ~, 49,
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But ind shefe ~ any IA.
u, next week, Hed'e to sing
: WIN IL Mozart Clnb Ct Irving;
III manage. dear, to 90,
9he kates md weather serving
I don't want ma to kn0Wi
81; s,A
jon, loyers arc Z nulsancei
A solitaire, Ike 6unnnS;
1 II gave ne such : fright
cried and wouldn't wear Il:
( H0W, undef1eafh Tie sun,
Do girls cpntrfye 70 bear it,
This narrowing down TO onef
'.ss. sss,.5s. & i.
Poor George, IL fcolish fellow,
And turned q uite efeen and yelloW-.e
4 i hsto that sort Of thing.
Now, Ned Ii xlWays quiet;
i think his cool. frsy eve.
Would still IN Irish riot
Or make regiment ~.
Bat what's 60 very funny
About him-Ned, mean
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-06
Training Colts.

The younger the education Of any ami.
NAL commences the easier will its training
be, and its habits more certainly fixed. A
horse learns the greater part Of his good
or evil habits before he is three years old !;
for this reason, he should be well broken
before he arrives at that age. At the age
of one month, put on leather OF web
halter, without the hitching strap and let
it remain on, and you can have control
over him, when you wish to handle him.
To lead or tie him, have leather strap
with buckle or clasp on one end, to
fasten in the halter ring. A rope should
never be tied around the neck. After be.
coming somewhat accustomed to the
halter and to being led, etc., tie him be-
side his dam at feeding time, observing
him to prevent him pulling back at the
halter. BY kind, firm treatment, you can
accomplish more than by abuse Of any
kind to either dam or colt. AT the end Of
six or seven months the colt should be
weaned, using care to keep him out OF
sight and hearing of the dam for several
weeks. Give him plenty of clean hay and
q few bruised oats, or chopped carrots,
also fresh water daily-increase his feed
as he increases in size-strong feed and
good shelter will facilitate the forming Of
bone and muscle upon which his future
usefulness depends. A feed of cut straw
ana chopped stuff several times a week
will tend to keep his system cool and pre-
vent the lampas; should they appear, soft
feed and an occasional bran mash should
be given until the lampas disappear.
During winter nights, and on stormy
days at any season, the colt should have
shelter. A loose box or stable, in which
he can lie down without tying, is best; q
good wide stall, well lighted, drained
and ventilated. For tying, the best plan
is to have staple and ring attached to the
manager; pass the halter-strap through the
ring and tie small weight, heavy enough
to keep the strap always tight The strap
should be long enough for the colt to lie
down with his head fiat on the floor. The
stall should be well Uttered at night and
perfectly clean through the day. The lit
ter should be thrown out of the stable in
the morning, to dry before using at night.
A frequent sprinkle of the floor with some
good deodorizer will absorb and destroy
noxious gases and prevent their injurious
effects to the eyes and lungs. By frequent
ly putting on the harness, or saddle and
bride, and letting them remain for half
an hour, the COLLISION becomes accustomed
to them. 1t is better to train him to use
without binders on the bride, and with
out check rain. At the age of three, the
colt may be trained to light work for a few
hours day, though tits better to wait
few months longer. The subsequent train
ing depends upon the use the horse is in
tended for; many colts are spoilt in break
ing, that is, they are not half subdued,
hence they come up unsafe for the family
and should be placed in the army, or some
place where they cannot play of their
pr anks on the unsuspecting farmer or his
family. i. Herssy, in Kansas Farmer.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-06
RidIcnle and Reform in Spelling.

Ridicule is powerful weapon, and it is
as often used in a bad cause as good re.
volveris. Indeed the temptation to use it tC
further the ends of injustice is supreme
for derision will often serve to discredii
an experiment or an opinion where logic
would find no room to stand. Thus we
see it summoned to promote fraud, hunk
erism and retrogression. The Cincinnati
Commercial turns it against the commend.
able movement to reform the barbarous
spelling of the English language. Here
the weapon is. very effective, and is &c
simple that a child can fire it off. "What
can be thought of a mode ofspelling," says
the facetious Commercial, s'in which come
appears as KUN, and knowledge takes
the form of snolej?'" And the question
seems by the querist to be settled, and the
projected reform 1verthrown forever. The
Commercial reprnduces some specimens of
the proposed alphabets, applied to para
graph, in order to ridicule their grotesque-
ness. and this is aggravated by numerous
typographical errors, averaging about one
for each three words. The effect thus be.
comes very ludicrous indeed.
We are slaves of the eye. Mr.. Robert
Bonner recently said, with the sagacity
WAiCA HOS SANCu Ailu SuCCcSS, 1cOple
cannot bear to change their habits sudden
ly. For one issue Of paper to look diff
ferently from the preceding issue otfends
the readers-it seems like an intrusion
and an insult, and they resent it. Why,
sir, l wouldn't change the title of one Of
the departments of the Ledger, even for a
better one, for 81 ,0O0.p This characters
tic of the human mind is the chief foe of
all Improvements and all reforms, but pre-
eminently is it an obstruction to the pho
netic reform, which appeals to the preju-
dices of the conservative eye. The abom-
Unable and unreasonable "phthisic y
seems at sight better than 'tizik, p though
the former is wildly wrong and the latter
precisely right. But if it is true. and it
certainly seems to be, that if the language
were spelled as it is pronounced, every
child would save a year now wasted on
spelling. to apply it to valuable acquire
ments; and if it is true that the State
would save half the money now spent on
primary education, is it not worth thinking
about And is it quite the thing for intel
ligent journals to befog their readers by
ridicpling its-N. Y. GrapAic.
r. g.. -
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-06
The Morphine Man.

TO down ana see the morphine Man
in the last cell but one on the left hand
side.n said MIR. Finn, of the Tombs corps,
this morning, when Telegram man asked
him if there was anything new. So the
reporter went to the indicated cell, was
admitted, and found himself alone with
the morphine man. A nice-iooking
young gentleman, although he covered
and shivered SO upon the bed that it was
hard to get square glance at him in the
feeble light of the damp apartment. He
sat on the foot of the bed, with checked
spread wrapped about him to that extent
that nothing but his naked feet and his
head were visible. A youthful face it
was, with theupper lip shaded by a brown
Toustache. The hair was parted in the
middle. Dressed up properly, rejoicing
in the strength of the manhood which he
had so sadly wasted, Henry L. Sanford
would be handsome individual. So
thought the reporter, as he stood in the
cell and saw the shuddering wretch at the
foot of the bed
It was almost impossible at the start to
obtain any information from Mr. Sanford
he had but one idea, and that was that lie
must have an injection Of morphine or
die. !" Are you the doctor!" was the first
question he asked, and /" Won't you send
for the doctorr' was the second. His re-
quest complied with, something like q
conversation was INDUCED En- Mr.. San
ford is in the Tombs, not for using NOR
phine, but for stealing, or attempting to
steal, black walnut box containing SIS
worth of surgical instruments, which
were at the time the property OF Maurice
b. Early. The theft, or alleged theft,
fo<Ak vA1ona r>v1f Iso mn n< I'll
ford called at DR.. Early's office. The
doctor was out. Servant girl knew San.
ford and admitted him. Subsequently
possession. He didn't tell this himself.
He hardly knew his own name when the
reporter called, and he certainly didn't
spoke at all it was in dreamy, far-away
style, and the remarks he made had no
relevancy to the subject in hand. Please
do send for the doctor" was the phrase
he used most frequently, and that was re-
peafed two or three times in minute.
It was possible, however, to construct
of his life. Mr.. Sanford was born in Dis
trict of Columbia, but he has been raised
In California, where he learned the occu-
patiUn Of q druggist. While handling the
seductive morphine in the way of bust
ness he came to use it. It was only an
experiment at first, but in little while ii
became habit. = am accustomed to
take sixty grains . day. said Mr. SAN
ford, and that is what makes me suffer
co. My God, where. is the doctor ~ sam
ford has been in PhiIadelphia since he
came from California. In this city be
.1ivF1 a fha Van nvk H0s1ao Ia Ii q
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-06
Mr.. Tompkins' Bad Umbrella Joke.

In the attempt to impose upon stran,
ger, you never know who has the best of
it till he goes away. Mr.. Tompkins
in state Of extravagant hilarity.
laughed, holding his sides. !" Oh, it was
so good. You see, this shower caught me
just as was coming down Beacon street,
to dodge up into portico before it
got ensconsed when saw man coming
brella--just my style and my need for the
occasion. Thinks I to myself, like q
flash, ] must get under that umbrella. So,
as he came along, l slipped down and
caught his arm.
had known him tor years, you're along
in just the nick of time. And, do you
know, was thinking of you this after
noon, and wondering where you were. /
intended to tell you about that horse of
Tom Hapgood's.'
"And then ratified on. When we
struck into fremont street I found him
going just my way-and so down Brom-
utlu lutO w dSuluSCOn; dHu men TlSnL
by our clubhouse door; and / kept my
tongue running the whole distance with
out giving him chance to put in word
-edgeways. Oh, what sell! And I kept
as dry as cracker. Upon my soul,
think he gave me more of the 'brella than
he took to himself / know he did And
of course he thinks that / was the victim
of great mistake-and he always will
think so. declare, almost wanted to
invite him in when ! found myself at our
door, but thought l wouldn't. / only
bid him good night and thanked him, and
then lodged in, dry and snug. Aha! Icall
it pretty good dodge all through. 1t
takes brass to do such thing, but fiatter
myself l did that pretty we'll. And, now,
who's for q gamer"
With this Tompkins put his hand to his
watch-pocket, it being cherished habit OF
his to consult that magnificent gold re-
peater whenever he was about to COM
mence new move. A gasp broke from
his lips, and he turned suddenly pale.
His watch was gone! He put his hand
upon his hip pocket. where he carried his
purse, and that was also empty.
With groan that came from the very
depths of his heart, Tompkins sank down
into great stuffed chair, and stared va
cantly at picture on the wall-stared as
though he were looking through and be-
yond the picture on the, wall upon a
young, well-dressed, accommodating man
upon the sidewalk, carrying big UNI
brellal All
Alas, poor Tompkins! He had, by the
merest chance in the world, picked up an
accomplished pickpocket under that um-
brella; and he did not now wonder that the
man had patiently listened, and willingly
given up more than half Of his protecting
canopy.-N. Y. LedOer,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-06
6aiant Trees In California.

California's Sequoia forest, composed
CT trees fabulous in dimensions, does not
appear in danger of extinction by any
otter means than the fire and the ak.
There are already half dozen mills at
work in the forests, and probably 10, 000,-
900 feet of lumber are annually cut from
the Sequoia, and half as much more is
destroyed from fires, the greater part of
which are kindled by reckless sheep herd
ers. The SeQu0ia has wonderful power
of perpetuation. 1t crowds out the fir
and sugar pine, and takes possession of q
given area to the exclusion of all other
large trees, or rather it dwarfs and subor-
climates all others, 60 that they cannot i'm
pede its growth, and the wonder is that
this belt has only extended about $50 miles
in length, and is nowhere more than q
few miles wide. The average diameter
Of the Sequoia is found to be about 20 feet,
and the height about 275 feet, although
specimens % feet in diameter and 800 feet
in height are not rare. Occasionally a
tree is found of 80 feet diameter; and one
stump was found measuring 30 feet and 8
inches within the bark, at distance of
feet from the ground. This tree must
have had q diameter when standing of
about 40 feet, as the bark could not have
been less than ~ feet in thickness. The
trees are kept well together; rarely is q
straggler found more than mile from
the main body. There are no old monu-
mental trees beyond well defined bounda.
ries, although the Sequoia must have a
longevity exceeding 3, 900 years. The an
tiquity Of the Sequoia is inferred by Muir
as antedating the post. glacial era, because
three remarkable gaps were found in the
Sequoia forests where all the conditions Of
soil and climate seemed favorable to the
growth of this tree. The first of these re-
markable gaps occurs in the San joaquin
and Kings River basins, gap nearly 40
miles wide, exactly in the pathway of a
vast mer de glace which once poured its
frozen fluid down on the plain. The Sec
ond gap is found in the pathway of an an
cient glacier in the valleys of the Kern
and Kings Rivers; and the third is found
in the Valley Of the MERGED. If these
glaciers plowed theirway through Sequoia
forests, or if they scooped out the soil SO
that for thousands Of years there could be
no hold for such tree, these gaps would
be accounted for in satisfactory way
San Francisco tCal.) Bulletin.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-06
Religious Honesty.

HONESTY is virtue of such great ex.
cellence that it is in itself religious, and
we should be slow and sorry to say of
any sort of honesty that it is sfrelsgtous.
1t may, indeed, exist and be practiced
by those who are net consciously, not pro
fessedly religious people. They may and
do pride themselves upon the exercise OF
an uncompromising honesty in their rela-
tions TO men and the world, and make of
this their religion in avOwed distinction
from the professed Christianity of their
neighb0rs. In doing this they find net q
little sanction and sustenance in the
wretched inconsistencies of church-mem-
bers. whose profession is that they are
sinners saved only by the grace Of Christ.
This is melancholy statement to make,
but we are compelled to acknowledge its
force, and we would fain make use Of it to
"point a moral"
We proposed in writing the title of
these observations to strike blow at the
honesty" of many avowedly religious
people in the immediate sphere of their
religious life and duty. There is a very
large number, OF which no human census
takes cognizance, but which is registered,
beyond doubt, in the Book of Eternity!
Ia very large class of church members
who maintain in their public and business
relations creditable measure of integrity T:
who do not cheat their grocer, their butcher,
their tailor; who pay their bills with rea-,
sOnable prOmptness; whodo not repudiate
their subscriptions-made on !" Change. j"
or upon the street, or in social gatherings
for business or social purposes, who are.
in the worlds code and estimation, up-
right people quite on par with men
of the world as moralists. Against these
we have to bring bill Of indictment
land we wish we could think and write
their numbers much fewer than we dol
for the utter neglect and subversion of
their ordinary principles and practices Of
honesty in their church relations. Can it
be possible, we pause to ask, that these
persons think their religious profession of
salcation 1N grace, /" exempts them from
the claims of morality in their church life
while yet binding them in their worldly
affairs? We.are startled at the question
we raise but really it seems to have force.
Perhaps they dol Perhaps they have 30
mislearned Christ that they think thew
have no need to practice worldly honesty
in the church, and so their relsojous hon
esty is something quite the reverse Of what
they do on the street.
Are we rOmancing here, or are there
really church members who would be in
dignant at the imputation of dishonesty il
their transactions with men of the world.
but who make nothing Of neelectinr and
even Of repudiating their church :. prom
ises to pay" Their pew-rent il lett m
paid for months, their subscriptions to the
PASTORS salary are dishOnored. their
pledges to the Treasurer Of the church are
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-06
" One. two. three,
The humble bee,
The rooeters crow
And away I CO.

d
t,,,oxed Inv the souse tall over UNDER
I've did not notice contradictions in terms
IN tboae daysl. as the descent was maze
into The h;c bay of clover and timothy be-
oesth And what fun it was when Ike
and Iohn had zone out after another load,
tn % tread down. its fragrant pillows ana
catch erasshoppers and make them give
vo,, n,olassesn before you'd let them go.
Mavhe von,re ashamed of it all now, big,
hairy man that you are, and won't &C.
Lnow,edce that YOU got tired and fell
asleen 70 the chirp Of the cricket and the
sonc Of the katydid just outside IN the
erase and while watching the sunbeams
Coming in asIant through the holes in the
roof and wondering why they all turned
round "a thew came down, although the
ch;nks were square. Perhaps none OF you
care to own. now that you are grown up,
that Won ever. on rainy dayswhen the Darn
was nearlv full to the ridge and the swallow
nests al most within reach, made q pile OF nay
and climed up on it till you could touch the
nest and Their. notwithstanding the "Quit,
nnit onit.it. ouit-iti'' of the gentlemanly
1 nronrietor. who wore blue swallow.tail
coat end pcarly vest every day, ana olo
not like your intrusion at all, took oui
SOmetnlDS oil Douy, os'u -
form or comeliness: something with 9
peep" in it, but which no more resem-
bled a bird than human does an angel;
All these and thousand more kindred
memories followed that load OF nay
through the street, although it was baled
and bound and did not at all resemble thu
fluffy jags OF thirty years ago. But tht
perfume was just the same as it must have
been when Ruth CLEANED after Boaz ane
his reapcrs, and certainly was when INT
writer "raked after" as the load wa
made from the winrow in the meadow
back of the barn. There was one thing
however, which was wanting, and mos
sadly missed. If in some manner 9 bob
olinkn could have been improvised. O
there could have beenteleph0ned along witt
that load the IS whewty- whew, tinkle-ton
kle, javy- peevy, calico breaches, upside
down, upside down, hold-slack-six-feet
seven inches. stand back. Stephen, ward-a
link " of his song, SO that it could hav'
been heard, that load Of hay would hav
been worth 800 per ion, just for keep
sake and as reminder Haysnsa (Neo.
Entesprfse.