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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28
Where The Birds Go.

The prevailing decrease in the NUM-
Dor "a insectiyorous and other small
b;rds ;s an established fact. Various
causes may be assigned for the diminu-
ton. but it seems to me the grand one
4 the inevitable tendency OF civilization
- annihilate all forms IT wild lie. 1t
Is sometimes said that boys destroy
large numbers of birds. It is my OBJ
seryation. however, that boys wantonly
destroy very few birds. The inciplent
hunter. being anxious to attest his de-
structiye skill, will sometimes shoot .
bird. but the popular aisapprovai that
follows the act generally cures hlm OF
his ambition to destroy anything not
LEGITIMATE game. In some OF the Mid
dIe and Southern States large numbers
If robins and rice-birds (bobolinks)
are annually destroyed by hunters. In
these places such birds are game, Delng
captured and consumed with every
consideration of profit that attend the
killing of pigeons and partrldges;
am not aware that the general habits
of the community are anywhere direct
" opposed to the existence of common
song birds, and others not generally
regarded as proper objects for destruc-
t;on: the fact that certain varieties OF
these birds in a measure recognize man
as their natural protector weighs
against the proposition. The few bros
captured for scientific purposes hardly
affect the general number OF indivld-
nails. The indirect efforts of civil
ization are strongly prejudicial to the
existence and multiplication OF piros.
The destruction of forests deprives
birds of their natural haunts: the re-
lentless scythe, that searches out every
nook and corner of the grass lot,
friphtens them from our fields: the con
slant modification of physical relations,
effected by thorough tillage, destroys
the means of sustenance of certain va
rieties. In general terms, the earth,
to support more men, can sustain only
less birds. Strange as it may at first
seem, certain mechanical inventions are
eminently deadly to birds. The ten
dency of birds to dash into bright
light is well known. One morning,
this year, 143 dead birds were found
lodged upon lighthouse near New
Haven, Conn. We cannot tell how
many hundreds, after striking the light,
fell dead into the water that night.
Over 200 birds were also found one
morning this season on board pro.
peller in Long Island Sound, many, if
not all, of which were killed by flying
against the headlight and smoke-stacks.
More than these, the pilotof the steam
er Continental, at He'll Gate, found, one
night this season, the deck covered
with dead small birds. They were
swept off in heaps, and, in the morn
ing, over $50 were counted; and this
was only a part of them. Bird laws
win accomplish something in behalf OF
the harmless feathered tribes; but it
looks as if the time is coming when our
native song birds must be domesticated
to be preserved. Manchester (N H.
Mirror,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28
RELIGIOUS Reading.
LIrrzE cHR1s, LETTER 70 JESUS.

A posr,aAn food With puzzled brow,
And "a his hand turned DER and DER
A letter. with addrsn % Orange
Al he had never seen before.
The writing cznmped, the letteEs small,
And by boys rough hand enGrayen;
The worde nan thus. To Jesus Chris" !.
And underneath inscribed, In Heaven"
The postman paused; full well be knew
No mail ON earth this note could take,
And yet 'twas writ in childish faith,
And posted for the dear Lord . sake.
With careful hand be broke the seal,
And rev'rently the letter read;
Twas short, and very simple, too,
For this was all the writer said:
Ym.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28
The Right Education Of Youth.

WHAT is an education to the youth
without the pure teachings of religion
being intermingled, as surer and bet
ter guide to the youthful mind in its
pursuit for knowledge? What is a ship
at sea without chart or compass or
some one to guide its course Alright?
What is household without some one
to guide its multitudinous affairs in the
right way, and keep all things in order?
What is the formation of character
without some guiding hand to shape its
course and mold it Alright? l fear were
there not sustaining hand in shaping,
controlling and influencing the youthful
mind, that there would be more wrecks
of people about us than we now see. A
mothers influence, a fathers counsel,
the prayers of Christian people, help to
guide, and control, restrain, encourage
and improve the young. Review for
the moment the catalogue of names of
those who started life's voyage with
you, and see the result attained by
those who thought themselves COM
petent to manage themselves. What
do you see to flatter your conception of
human greatness? Go back to their
early homes and see what kind of train
ing they had. Were they there taught
obedience to their parents; and was
there mingled with their teaching
Biblical instruction? Were they taught
to venerate the Word of God, and re-
spect its teachings, and love its truths?
Is there not spirit of worship innate
in the human soul; and why should it
not be properly cultivated, instead of
being trampled upon and crushed out.
Should religion be one-day affair,
or should it enter into our everyday
affairs, and be as an aroma of sweet
scented herbs around about us,
sanctifying and making better our
everyday acts, and constantly purifying
the channels of work? A beautiful
character, or beautiful life, is the adj
miration of all. 1t may not show bold
and striking points, but it does show
consistent, salient and soul-stirring
points that are worthy of emulation.
It may not be the smartness that the
world admires, but it saves its possessor
from long abode in the Penitentiary,
or from life of reproach, and it af-
fords promise of a better home here
after. Let religion be taught at home
and in school, that the daily lives of
youth may have its elevating and refin-
ing influence. Where can we better 60
to derive that comfort which we need
than to the inspired teachings of the
BibleP Let its sacred truths be en-
graved on the tablets of the heart as
with pen of steel, that no future events
can wholly eradicate them. The plant
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28

.IsMR. HuBBELL inP'' asked Mr.:
Cook Of his old friends wife, on whom
he called after they returned nom =
short residence in France. No, Mr..
Hrbbelp i ,soe in, y she replied. with
evident pique, but Mr.. Hoo-6ele is IN: "
every wen. ma'am rejoined the
caller, ssplease tell Mr.. Hoo-bete that
his old crony. Mr.. coo-Aodtb would like
TO see himp'
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28
Imperial Incomes in Germany.

The Berliners complain of the stingi-
ness of the Imperial Crown Prince and
Princess of Germany, and are specially
hard on the latter. They accuse her Of
making a purse for her younger chill
dren, as if that were a crime, and tell
how, at the seaside last year, she was
content to take half a house. As a
matter of fact, their Highnesses are
compelled to exercise the strictest
economy, and it is immensely to their
credit that they are able to make ends
meet on resources so limited. People
who sympathize with the Prince of
Wales by reason of his restricted in
come may be surprised to learn that
the "appanage"-that is, the allowance
from the State to the Imperial Crown
Princes just f7,500 year. The
Crown Princess has from England an
income of $4,000 a year, and the inter-
est on her dowry of ESQ. 900, say FL 500
a year more. So the income of the
couple is bare f15,000 year, plus
the little Schloss in Inter der Linden
and the villa at Potsdam rent free, as
also the right to give a certain number
of dinners annually in the ''White
Schloss' at the charges of the En-
peror. That illustrious monarch has a
civil list of about 100000 per annum,
and a private income from landed
property of about f260, 900 per annum
more. He, however, makes no allow
ance to his son, the Crown Prince. The
old gentleman does not believe in al
lowances. He is not stingy; Fritz can
have what he wants if he likes to ask
for it; only he must ask. Fritz has a
spirit of his own, and for many years
after his marriage the modest naenage
of the heir apparent was maintained
without indenting on the parental
funds; but of late years the expense en-
tailed by an increasing family has
forced the Crown Prince to ask subsi-
dies from his father. 1t is not gener-
ally known in this country that no
Prince of the Prussian blood-royal
draws the pay of any office he may
hold in the State, whether civil, mill
tary or naval. Pluracies in the Impe-
rial family are only honorary pluracies
London World.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28
DISCRIMINATING Rats and Mice.

fornapS Cno DeSG eXUeTIuludGOT OI
rats and mice is screeching old win
ter like thatof 1874-'75, which occurred
at the termination of the droughty
period, and beginning as far back as
1870. Unlike cats, dogs, wolves, foxes,
squirrels, rabbits, etc., rats and mice
will not stand great degree of cold
for any considerable length of time,
whether their nests are disturbed and
broken up or not; and the ultimate
consequence was, that after the conclu-
sion of the series of cold winters which
ended in the first quarter of 1875, rats
and mice had become comparatively
scarce article in the farming districts Of
the Northwest. But since that date,
there have been two warm winters and
only one moderately cold, and at the
present time, rats and mice swarm in
stacks, corn-shocks and corn-cribs-
about, in, and under barns, sheds, sta
bles, cellars and dwelling-houses, and
so far during the mild weather of this
winter have done an immense amount
of destruction to corn in shock standing
in the field.
Since they can easily and readily be
got at and comprised when nesting in,
or burrowing under corn-stocks, an ac-
tive terrier-dog, and an equally active
man with spade and club, will, when
working together and with good mu-
tual understanding, make away with
them rapidly. The same manner of
destroying them is good one, too.
where they gather in woodpiles, heaps
of brush or rubbish, or heaps or stacks
of grain or hay, and is far preferable to
attempts at either poisoning or trap
ping them; neither of which methods
is likely to succeed except in the hands
of an expert. For ages rats have pitted
all their wit and all their cunning
against small portion only of those
two qualities belonging to man-and up
to this time the advantage in the contest
has been on their side.
But for the protection of houses and
cellars, barns, sheds and outhouses, to
say nothing of stacks and corn-cribs,
from the depredations and intrusions of
these vermin, there is nothing equal to
the employment of their natural enemy,
the cat-one, two or three male cats,
according to the size of the premises
and work to be done care being taken
to procure the kittens of large and
healthy mothers, and frinq them early
in life, SO they will stay at home and
attend to their business.
There are, to be sure, few cats, how
ever large and vigorous they may be,
willing to attack full-grown rat when
they can avoid the contact; but they
hunt and destroy the young ones all the
more actively, TOR the reason, perhaps,
that they have 60 strong dislike for
their PARENTS
Very little success usually attends at
tempts to trap OF poison them in the
usual way. Traps, the whole crew OF
one or two have been caught or injured;
and after the first or second dose OF
poison has been swallowed, it is rarely
third will be taken; and after short
time the trapper and the poisoner is
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-Thirty-odd years ago a child was
born in Welsh Poor-House. A few
days ago the charity-boy, since the hero
of many strange adventures and vicis-
STUDIES, dined with the Prince of Wales
and received an ovation from the
Royal Geographical Society. Was there
ever any wilder rom ance than the life
of Stanley?
1t is told of the late Chief Justice
Chase that Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines
(who is much older than she looks)
assured him one day that she should
plead before the bar until she was $50
years old. "And to think, madam,
that this is to be kept up 1875 years long
en-" said the gallant Chief-Justice, as
he bowed to the widow.
The father of Charlie Ross said to
q reporter: "This makes 375 boys l
have been called on to see, or have
been written about, and my hundreds
Of failures to identify each waif as my
own have taught me to entertain no
sanguine hope. suppose I shall con-
tinue going to see boys till I die; but 1
don't expect to find Charlie in any of
them"
While the Presidents son, Webb
C. Hayes, was on the way to Canada
with the Earl of Dufferin, before leav-
ing Albany wag telegraphed to Sche-
nectady that the President was ON the
train and would address the people at
the station. On the way he went
through the train, excepting the car in
which young Hayes was, and told the
passengers the same story, advising
them to get out at Schenectady and
help swell the crowd. When the train
arrived there was crowd at the sta
ton, which the passengers joined only
to realize, after few moments, that
they had been deceived.
Gen. John Palmer thus describes
the appearance of Stonewall jackson
when he went to West Point, as q
"Piebe": sHe was dressed in suit
of jeans-blue trousers and vest and q
cut-away coat of brown. He wore q
tile and shoes. Boots would have
been expensive for him in his town.
In his long arms, his shambling gait
and his general appearance was some
thing so ludicrous that shout went up
from the assembled. things as he ap-
peared on the ground for his first dri1l.
But with this osstre appearance he had
q good. well-shaped head. full, broad
forehead, large, full and expressive
brown eyes, good mouth which. when
smiling, gave an expression Of great
good nature rs well as intelligence"
The New York Tribune says: 1.-THE
former Private Secretary of President
Polk has been discovered, old and poor,
in Santa Fe. He knew Andrew Jack
SON, and describes an incident that
happened while he was staying at the
Generals house, after the death of Mrs.
jackson. One morning he arose very
early and started to walk toward the
old family cemetery. He approached
rather close to the grave Of Mrs. Jack
son, and was surprised to find the Gem
eral himself kneeling over it. He re-
traced his footsteps Is soon as possible,
but not too soon for the quick eye of
the old soldier to see him. Afterward
be spoke to his visitor about the mat
ter, and said that the oct in which he
had bcheld him was no uncommon one.
Every morning, he said, he went to the
grave, for he thought it the proper
place for him to conduct his religious
dsvotions."
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28

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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28
THE managers Of a few creameries
in New York have adopted q new

The managers of q few creameries
in New York have adopted . new
method in management of their milk:
AS the new milk is received, night and
morning, at the creamery, it is rum into
large watts, and at once heated to l4O
degrees or above, by driving steam into
the milk. This drives the odors out
and enables them to keep the milk
twelve to twenty-four hours longer
than it would without heating. As
soon as the heating is done, cold water
is run around the milk and through it
by ! series Of horizontal tubes in the
middle Of the milk, the top tube being
Just below the cream, to be out OF the
way Of skimming. Thus BY cooling the
milk at the outside and the middle, It
is rapidly done and the cream hurried
to the surface.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28
How to Visit the Paris Exposition.

A writer in the Chicago Tribune
gives the following advice to those in
tending to visit the Paris Exposition:
Leave all your best clothes at home,
they will be useless to you. Take
plenty of warm, rough clothing to wear
on the steamship. Your watch, starched
linen and fine hat had better remain
packed. Upon landing, go to some in
land English town-say Manchester,
Exeter or Nottingham-and arrange to
stay week or so, during which time
get travelling suit made, and buy
underwear, etc., complete. Demand in
all cases their lowest prices for cash.
You are now un-Americanized, and
ready for London and the Continent.
Don't buy in Paris until after you have
been there several weeks, then make
your purchases according to your tastes
and the length of your purse. You
will find the hotel rates, and prices of
everything you buy in Paris, and in
deed everywhere you GO. upon the Con-
tinent, to be rs to so per cent. lower, if
you can successfully pass yourself off
for anything but an American.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28
.some. sweet Home.

There's no place like it, especially II the
breakfast-biscuits or bread and the tea-rolls or
mullins are nice, light and enjoyable. Always
use DooLEY's YEAST POWDER in the produc-
ton of these articles, and, other things being
equal, home will always be sweet and happy.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28
Sunday school Lessons.

FIRST QUARTER 1873.
Mch. 3.--Ahaz' Persist'n Wick
edness..... ............. 2Chron. % 10 q.
Mch. 10-Hez' kiah's Good Reign. Chron.29: ILL.
Mich. H.-Hezekiah and the
Assyrians. .................-.2 ChrOn .3Z: 9-N.
Repentance 2 Chron.s3: GIG.
Mch 3l,-Reyiew of the Lessons for the Quarter.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28

THE Hartford Post says that the
Comptroller Of Connecticut has made q
very interesting report to the Legisla-
ture ON the indebtedness Of the coun-
ties and municipalities of the State.
Adding the Indebtedness Of the State
Government, the total indebtedness is
ga, 1O8, 927.28. The items that make
mn this sum are as follows:
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28

THERE is tendency at this season to
feed too much grain and get the horses
too fat. This is done at the expense of
muscle, because an animal kept cont
stantly at work will not get "hog-fat !"
the food going to furnish tissue and
muscle used up and destroyed. Not so
with an animal kept in stall and given
no exercise, except perhaps, that OBJ
tanned while being led to water. The
amount of grain fed should be reduced,
and plentiful supply of hay kept in
the racks at all times. When possible,
the horses should be given the free run
of the yard every day. If only given
their liberty occasionally, they are too
apt to run and jump to an excess.
Many valuable animals have been lost
by rupture or fall obtained through
giving exercise to exuberant animal
spirits. Chicago Tribune.
4
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28

THERE are no less than 124 foreign
entries in the i've great races Of 1873
in England, and among these arc five
American horses.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28

LAsr yeer Illinois had 2,50O, 900 hoes,
and poeked 2,ll3.64b about one-half
q ~ fhsf were packed IN tho United
States,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-28
READER, ARE YOU AFFLICTED

and wish to recover the same degree of
health, strength, and energy as experienced
in former years? Do any OF the following
symptoms or class of symptoms meet your
diseased condition? Are you suffering from
ill-health in any of its many and muItifari-
GUS forms, consequent upon a lingering nerv-
Gus, chronic or functional disease? Do Won
feel nervous, debilitated, fretful, timid and
lack the power of will and action !? Are Won
subject TO loss of memory, have spells of faint
ing, fullness of blood in the head feel Iistless
moping, unfit for business or pleasure and
subject to fits OF melancholy? Are YOUR 4 "a
neys, stomach, or blood, In q disOrdered con-
dition? Do you suffer from rheumatism
neuralgia or aches and pains? Have Won
been indiscreet in early years and lind your
self harassed with multitude Of gloomy
symptoms? Are you timid, nervous, and
iorgetfui, and your mind continually dwell
Ing ON the subject? Have you lost confidence
In yourself and energy for business pursuits
Are you subject to any of the following symp-
toms: RESTLESS nights, broken sleep, night
mare, dreams, palpitation of the heart, basin
iulhess, CONFUSION OF IDEAS, aversion to society
dizziness In the head, dimness Of sight. Dim
pies ana biotches on the face and back. and
other respondent symptoms? Thousands or
young men, the middle-aged, and even the
oId, suffer from nervous and physical debil-
lty. thousands of females, too, are broken
uown In health and spirits from disorder
peculiar 10 their sex, and who. from faIse
Mv0aesty or neglect prolong their sufferinQs
Mny, then, further neglect o subject SO nm
uuctive 81 health and happiness when there
Is al nanu means of restoration?
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The French Life-Boat Society saved
fifty-fivc persons in 1877.