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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-07
Putting Up Butter.

In packing butter it is essential that
it be well stamped together, leaving no
assures or air-cells. This can be well
done only when in a mellow condition,
and by putting in small quantities at
once and stroking it lightly a number of
times with ladle; never rub it but
give direct, positive impression at
| each stroke. The butter should never
be placed against the edge of the pack
age, but always in the center, and be
kept there all the time little the high
est. In this way there will always be
both a perpendicular and lateral pres
sure on it, which will exclude the air
and close up all assures. By so doing
the brine, OF excess moisture, will also
get to the edge of the package, where
it will finally be taken into and keep
filled the pores of the wood, thus rem
dering it constantly air-tight, and pre-
venting the butter from getting into
the wood, and so. causing it to adhere
to the package. If this is allowed to
be done there will be loss of a num-
Der of pounds to whoever undertakes
to use it by little that adheres and by
far more that is affected. On the other
hand, when the pores of the wood are
entirely closed with the salt from this
brine, not one particle of butter will be
either wasted or damaged; it will cleave
from the package perfectly clean and
sweet. Two pounds of butter wasted
is equivalent to one cent pound on
the whole package. Retailers and
consumers generally understand this;
and when they find package that re-
ally costs them two or three cents
POUND more than they expected, by
reason of wastage, they are very apt to
try another dairyman's butter, or if
they are compelled to buy more of the
same kind, to. do so at reduced price.
A poor churning of butter sandwiched
in between two good ones will condemn
package of butter in almost any mar
ket, and the whole package will bring
but very little if any more than if all
was equally poor as the. poorest in it;
or churning of good white butter be-
tween two of fine yellow, will detract
from the price fully as much as would
be equivalent to throwing the white
away altogether. 1t is, therefore, far
better to pack such churnings separate
ly or to use them up at the dairy while
they are new and in their. best condi-
ton. Such butter is useful if it is used
soon after it is made, while if kept short
time, it will become nearly worthless,
and SO detract from the good, which,
had it been packed by itself, would have
commanded good price. l have
known dairy of butter to bring more
money after throwing ont a whole
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-07
HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.

Nearly all farmers follow their vo-
cation as labor and not as study. It
is both.-Ezchanqe.
The object of the farmer should
be to raise, from given extent Of
land, the largest quantity of the most
valuable produce at the least cost, in
the shortest period of time, and with
the least permanent injury to the soil.
The Iowa Stale Register says q
farmer should throw so much intelli-
gence into all his operations as to al
most make the plowshare a living idea,
his hoe-handle calculator, and Undue
his spade with the spirit of philosophi-
cal investigation and research.
Yankee Cake.-One and one-half
cupfuls sugar; one egg; bit of butter
size of an egg; one cupful of sweet
milk; one teaspoonful of soda and two
of cream of tartar; one pint of -four,
flavor to taste. This cake / always
bake in a four-quart pan.
There is use in beauty 1t makes
home attractive, its exterior more re-
spectacle, our lives happier, our dispo-
sitions sweeter, and our social and do
nestle intercourse more refined. By
all means plant some little thing Of
grace to temper the rugged surround
ings of the front yard. State Req
lister.
Meat Pies.-A good very dry crust,
one pound of flour, half pound of but
ter, half pound of lard; after making
the paste, proceed in the usual way.
After rolling in the butter and lard
once, let it stand half hour; then roll
as above, and let it stand ten minutes
in a very cool place. Roll in the re-
mainder twice without letting it stand.
Wheat Griddle-C Cakes using
sour milk for griddle-cakes, care should
be taken to have the milk just "lop-
percd;'' if it is too old, the cakes will
be sticky in spite of all you can do; if
not sour enough the taste of the soda
will be perceptible before sufficient can
be put in to make the batter light. This
can be remedied by using a small guam
tity of cream of tartar, or, instead,
enough vinegar to counterfeit the effect
of the alkalf; it is better, however, to
have the milk just nicely " clabbered."
lutO quart OF C0lS SUI Inc same QudQ-
tity of sifted flour and a tablespoonful
of corn-meal; add salt to taste, and
mix all into smooth batter. Put in a
tablespoonful of melted butter, add two
tablespoonful of soda dissolved in a
little hot water. The mixture must be
beaten until it is perfectly smooth and
light, then dropped in spoonfuls on a
hot griddle, baked to beautiful golden
brown. and served Immediately. Two
eggs added to the above will make
them still nicer; the whites should be
beaten separately and stirred in the
last thing. Buttermilk can be used in
place of sour milk, in which case lit
tie more shortening will be needed to
make the cakes tender, and care must
be taken not to put in too much soda.
To use sweet milk, mix the batter in
the same proportions, but instead of
soda sift one teaspoonful of baking
powder with each cup of flour used,
and add two eggs for every quart of
milk.-PrGiTie Farmer.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-07

say at this time. They are never
thrown out Of employment; they are
never forced to close up their farm. like
blast-furnace, because it does not
yield them living; they are never
Compelled to accumulate one crop after
another because there is no sale for
them. They know nothing of these
harassing incidents of mercantile ex-
perience. The farmer may be COM
PEELED to retrench at times, but he does
not impair his credit nor degrade his
social position thereby. His farm may
be made to increase in value with every
crop taken from it; his orchards grow
and their fruit ripens while he sleeps;
and if he only has the good sense to
keep out Of debt, and avoid numbering
himself with superiuous land that he
cannot cultivate, he may bid defiance
to the panics and monetary disturb
ances that bring wreck and ruin to the
cities and towns. $50. Lostis Republican.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-07
THE KERAMIcAL KRAzE.

OF all the diseases that ever were known
Hince Noah's unfortunate days.
The strangest that yet has afflicted mankind
Is the present keramikal kIaze-
Kera-mi-kal-
Oh, yes; the keramikal kraze!
You may spell it ceramical craze, if you choose
To follow illiterate ways;
But modern Kultcha commands that it should
Be spelled keramikal kraze-.
Ke-ra-mi-kal-
You know-the keramikal kraze.
Whoever is seized with this kurious complaint
Very soon all the symptoms betrays-
And, by gum, every pot, mug and jug in tn
house
With birds, bugs and japanese blaze!
Ke-ra-mi-kal-
For such is keramikal kraze.
By-and-by, when this kueer epidemic is DER
The ashman will stand in amaze
To find all the barrels 20 full of :" ould pots,-
The remains of keramical HazeE
Ke-ra-mi-kal-
Then adieu to keramikal kraze!
Boston Commercial BuZ(effn
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-07
The Safety Of Farming.

Farming was the first vocation in this
country to feel the effects of the causes
that produced the prostration of 1878.
The shadow of that day fell on it first,
and the murmurs of agricultural dis
content were the premonitions of the
hard times through which the country
is now passing. When the farmers be-
gan to suffer in the decline of prices of
all kinds of farm produce, they imag-
ined they were the special victims of
misgovernment They thought they
alone were to be sufferers. and that the
cities were to escape-that farming was
a poor business, and that those classes
in cities and towns who were engaged
in railroading, manufacturing. mer-
chandising and specializing had an easy
time of it. But they must think differ
emily as they look to the cities now,
and see the topping of old firms, and
the crash of banks, insurance ccmpa-
MES, railroad companies and manufac-
turing houses before the storm. The
havoc is greatest in those cities where
wealth and luxury made the most os-
tentatious display. What were sup
posed to be colossal fortunes are seen
to shrivel up as in q confagration;
stocks, bonds and securities which
were once valued at millions. are
turned into worthless bits of paper; and
dividends vanish like a morning mist.
During the year 1877 there were 1872
mercantile failures in the country, in
volving liabilities of 4190, 669, 900, and
during the four years from 1874 to 1877
inclusive there we're 31,534 failures,
with aggregate liabilities of 97S8, 065,-
GOO.
In the presence of the mercantile
disasters indicated by these figures,
farmers may read the superiority Of
their vocation. They are not bound to
take the hazards which every merchant
and manufacturer must face. They
can keep out of debt if they want to-
and even when they incur debt, they
are not compelled to pay on sgiven
day on pain Of being sold out. When
times are prosperous, they share the
prosperity in good prices tor their
crops; when times are adverse, they
can, at least, make Hving-which Il
more than one out of ten merchants
and manufacturers Of the country can
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-07
laundering In California.

The production of lumber is an i'm
portant industry in California, and. in
fact, on the Pacific coast For the past
year there has been an over-production
and the demand has fallen off. There
are too many mills and there has been
great disposition to cut under in
prices. The redwood lumber in Cali
fornia comes principally from Hum
boldt, Mendocina and Del Norte Coun-
ties. For hundreds of miles the slopes
of the Sierras are covered with immense
forests of sugar pine, spruce and fir.
The best timber is found at an altitude
of from $500 to 5000 feet, up to the
snow line. These vast timber resources
are being utilized by a company whose
operations are of stupendous magni-
tude, and on scale probably unparal-
leled in this country. Their property
in mills and other equipments is worth
over $2,0O0,O00. Most OF their mills
are located in the mountains, and num-
Der nearly dozen. They operate over
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-07
The Alphabet Of the Future.

that is, the proposition to change the
spelling of the English language so as
to make it conform to the current pro-
nunclation-is certainly making pro-
gress. whether it is destined ever to be
realized or not. The National Spelling
Reform Association has been for sew
eral days past holding the sessions of its
annual Convention in Cincinnati, and
its debates attract wide and respectful
attention. OF course, the scheme has
not quite emerged from the derision
stage, for the curious and even gro
tesque changes proposed make it pecul-
iarly subject to ridicule; but it has ar
/ rived at point where it receives pro-
found and serious consideration. Much
weight is given to 1t ON account OF its
distinguished advocates, also, who num-
Der such men as Max Muller, Prof.
Whitney. the London School Board,
and the American Pathological Society.
To change the present alphabet so
that it would conform to the number OF
recognized consonants and vowel
sounds, would require some forty signs
In all, or seventeen more than are con-
tanned in our present alphabet &c, q and
having no sound value), and this
would imply change In the appear
ance OF printed language SO great as to
make its general acceptance almost i'm
possible. The human eye is very con-
sentative, and it will tolerate pro-
longed evil rather than suffer the tenn
porary Inconvenience OF adapting itself
to new forms. That the phonetic re-
form would De an admirable thing, II
once established, there is no denial. 1t
would save one or two years to every
child. 1t would enable millions OF for
eigners to acquire the language, who
now Will never read line. 1t would
reduce the expense OF our schools in
calculably. ltwould Introduce infancy
to the higher studies, inste ad OF keep
ing children laundering for years in
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-07
Apples Of Gold In pictures of silver.

"a word fifty spoken is like apples of gold
in pictures OF silver" When the body be-
comes diseased, the mind is thereby necessa-
rily Influenced. National wars, State dissen-
sions, .neighborhood broils, and family differ
ences, are more frequently than otherwise the
result OF diseased and disordered constitu-
tions. When the body is suffering, the mind
acting in sympathy, will become irritated and
perpiexed. When the physical system Is in
health, the mind perceives things in their true
light, and the disposition assumes very diff
ferent phase. Nothing more directly tends to
destroy the happy, cheerful disposition OF q
woman; and render her peevish, nervous and
fretful, than constant endurance OF uterine
disorders. The diseases peculiar to woman
take away the elasticity and buoyancy of
health and reduce her body and mind to a
mere wreck. DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton is a real peacemahcr in family. No
woman suffering from uterine disorders can
afford to be without this remedy. The Favor
tie Prescription saves unnecessary doctor bills,
prevents divorces. wards off suicides, brings
back buoyant, joyous feelings, restores the
woman to health and her family to happiness.
It is sold by all druggists
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-07
The Fish Torpedo.

1t is at Fiume, on the Adriatic, that
Mr.. Whitehead, the well-known in
ventor of the fish torpedo, has his prin-
cipal factory. Scores of skilled labor
ers work there night and day at the
manufacture of these terrible engines
of destruction; and under his immediate
supervision and continual experiment.
ing this deadly weapon (Which in the
opinion of many scientific men will in
time totally supersede naval artillery
is daily undergoing notifications and
Improvements, which render it as
nearly life-like in its attributes SIS it is
in appearance when seen in motion
under water. So much does the fish
torpedo resemble porpoise or dolphin
when self-propelled through the water
at little depth below the surface that
on one occasion, when Mr.. Whitehead
first began experimenting with them at
Fiume, native sportsman who hap
pened to be on the beach, probably on
the lookout for wild fowl, fired at one
which was being tried at long range,
but in a direction parallel with the
shore. At another time Mr.. White
head lost torpedo, which, after a
lapse of more than year, he recov-
cred, through some accidental casts of
fishermen's nets, and which proved a
valuable haul to them eventually, when
they took it to its original owner, al
though they were at first disappointed
to find that the fish was a metal one.
Some of the lookers-on, who had seen
the haul at distance, reported the
capture of an enormous monster to the
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-07

derstood that this permission will not
be given when the object is of great
value or especially interesting, as illus
trating the history of any period of art
or past civilization Itwas even pro-
posed by some of the more jealous
lovers of archaeology, in the Senate, to
prohibit private individuals from sell
ing objects of this kind belonging to
them, but this was considered an in
fringement of the right Of property
and was not passed.
They are required, however, to first
give notice of their intention of selling
to the Minister of Public instruction,
and heavy tax is laid upon such ex-
ports. The care of the monuments
and antiquities is confided to the differ
ent towns and cities where they exist,
with the supervision of the Govern
r.ent. This is the most effectual way
of securing their preservation, as the
towns not only regard these museums
and ruins with great pride. but draw
from them part Of their income.
The Mayor of country town is almost
invariably an arch@ologist, and guards
the excavations like three-headed
Cerberus. He gathers the bits of
broken vases found in the tombs to-
gether and matches their pictures in
his own sanctum. He conducts visit
ors of the town to the museum and
grows enthusiastic over the last sarco-
phagus discovered or the largest and
most beautiful Grecian or Etruscan
vase with black or red pictures. He
will even write guide-book and histo-
ry of his town from the most ancient
days to the present and describe the
ruined city as well as the existing one.
Some of the most interesting museums
in Italy are found in these country
towns, out of the ordinary route Of
travel. One of these is Chiusi, an
GENTLY one of the twelve cities of the
Etruscan Confederation; but the town
is now so small that there is not even
hotel where travellers may pass the
night.
A beautiful Etruscan sarcophagus,
found recently near Chiusi, was re-
claimed, the other day, under the law
just passed in the Senate. Mr. Helbig,
Vice. President of the Prussian Arch@o-
logical Society, had purchased it for
the Museum of Berlin, but as it was an
important illustration of the history of
Etruscan art, he was not permitted to
send it out of the country.
The sarcophagus represents an Etrus-
can lady of about the year 2l7 B. G..
The name written upon it was "Lartia
Seianti," and the figure reclining on
the lid was probably an exact portrait
of her and of her dress and ornaments.
Grecian figures of terra Gotta or marble
are more beautiful than the Etruscan,
but the last are faithful to nature, and
consequently very useful to the arche-
ologist.-Rome Cor. Cincinnati Gazette.
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Mothers Vacant Chair.

GO little farther on in your house
and | find the mothers chair. 1t is
very apt to be rocking-chair. She
had SO many cares and troubles to
soothe, that it must have rockers. l
remember it well. TWAS an old chair.
and the rockers were almost worn out;
for was the youngest, and the chair
had rocked the whole family. It made
creaking noise as it moved, but there
was music in the sound. It was lust
high enough to allow us children to put
our heads into her lap. That was the
bank where we deposited all our hurts
and worries. Oh, what chair that
was! Itwas different from the fathers
chair-it was entirely different. You
ask me howp | cannot tell, but we all
felt it was different. Perhaps there was
about this chair more gentleness, more
tenderness, more grief when we had
done wrong. When we were wayard.
father scolded, but mother cried. II
was very wakeful chair. In the sick
day of children, other chairs could not
keep awake; that chair always kept
awake-kept easily awake. That chair
knew all the old lullabies, and all those
worthless songs which mothers sing to
their sick children-songs in which all
pity and compassion and sympathetic
influences are combined. That old
chair has stopped rocking for . good
many years. It may be set up in the
loft or the garnet, but it holds queen
ly power yet. When at midnight Won
went into that grog-shop to get the in
toxicating draught. did You not hear .
voice that said. my son, why 20
in therep" and q louder than tie
boisterous encore Of the theater. :
voice Saying, My SON what do Won
herep'' And when you went into tie
house Of sin, . voice saying, .sWhat
would your mother do if she knew YOU
were herer' and you were provoked
at yourself. and you charged yourself
with superstition and fanaticism, and
your head got hot with your own
thoughts, and you went home, and You
went to bed, and no sooner had you
touched the Bad than voice said.
What prayerless pillowl'' Man!
what IL the matterf This. You are.
too near your mothers rocking chair.
"oh, pshawl'' ron ny, " there moth
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-07
Sunday.SchoOl Lessons.
FIRST QUARTER. 1873.

FIRST QUARTER. 1873.
Feb. 10.-Jehosaphat Helped of 90
God ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2 ChrOn.lOI4 "a
Temple ................ -. -, 2 Chron "a: Alb
ished ....:......... -. 2 Chron.96:ls g.
Mch. 3.--Ahaz Persist mt Wick
edness. ............... 2Chron. % "a
Mch. l0-Hez kiah's Good Reign. 2 Chron29: ILL
Mch. T.-Hezekiah and the
Assyrians ............... 2 Chron 80: 9 q.
Mch. A.-Manasseh Brought to
Repentance ............... p Chron 50: o l6
Mch. 3l.-Review of the Lessons for the Quarter.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-07

CoNsUMPTIoN.-For the cure of this distress.
ing disease there has been no medicine yet dis
covered that can show more evidence of real
merit than Aliens Lung Balsam. This une.
qualed expectorant for curing consumption,
and all diseases leading to it, such as affections
of the throat, lungs, and all diseases of the
pulmonary organs, is introduced to the suffer
ing public after its merits for the cure of such
diseases have been fully tested by the medical
faculty. The Balsam is, consequently, recon-
mended by physicians who have become ac-
quainted with its great success.
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our D.,lv mre.a.

We claim that there is greater certainty and
uniformity in the production of good bread,
biscuits, cake, ETC., in the use Of DooLEY's
YEAST POWDER, and that the articles made
with it are more wholesome and digestible than
If made with any other kind of yeast or baking
powder. Test 1t by the only reliable and truth
full test, trial by the oven. We claim also
that it is just as represented and just what the
public expect 1t to be by the name under which
Il ia sold
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LET no one hereafter insinuate that
Teachers Institutes produce no good.
At the late Bucks County Institute q
fair-haired, blue-eyed darling Of y
teacher of the female persuasion forever
demolished the base insinuation by the
following conundrum: How do you
make = Maltese crossp Answer Tread
on her tail.
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