The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-10

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IVAN TINE TERRIBLE.
PnrCusx1Y 1t what time the faithful
and aAectionate subjects Of His Majesty
Ivan w., Gear of al the Russias, con-
ferred upon him his pet name. The Ter
rible," history neglects to inform us, but
we are left to no uncertain.y as to the
entire appropriateness Of the title, which
is now inseparably linked with HE bap-
tisnal name. He inherited the throne at
the age Of three yeAfs, and his early edu-
cation was carefully attended to by his
faithful guardians, who snubbed and
scared him, in the hope that they might
20 fer weaken his intellect as to secure
= permanent control over him, and
through him govern Russia as they
pleased. They made footstool Of him
sometimes, and football At others, and,
under their system II training, the de-
velopment OF those qualities Of mind
and heart ltr which he is celebrated was
remarkably rapid. He was always Ivan
hn &ov hn ho
terrible before he was old enough to
have played reasonably good game Of
marbles or to have become tolerably
expert in the art Of mumbling the peg.
lAdeed, It would seem that the young
GraAd Prince was wholly insensible to
tAe toys of these and the other excellent
sports in which ordinary youth delight,
and, being of an ingenious turn of mind,
he invented others better suited to his
tastes and character. One of these
pastimes-perhaps the first and simplest
one devised by the youthful senius-con.
sisted in the dropping Of cats, dogs, and
other domestic aslmnls from the top OF
the palace to TIE pavement below, and
sentimental historians have construed
these interesting experiments upon the
law Of gravitation into cruelty. Another
OF the young Glars amusemepts was T.
turn half.f~mished pet bears loose upon
passing pedestrians, and it is the part Of
charity to suppose that his purpose In
This was to study the psychological and
physiognomical phenomena of fear. A
less profitable way he had of accomplish
ing the same thing was by throwing, or,
rs youthful Americans phrase it, " shy
ing" stones at passers-by, concealing
himself meanwhile behind a screen. He
cultivated his skill in horsemanship by
riding over elderly people, cripples and
children. In short, his boyish sports were
Ill of an original and highly interesting
sort.
Up to the age of thirteen Ivan was up-
der the tutelage of q council, Of which
the Prince Shuisky was chief, and it was
this Prince who domineered over the boy
and made q foots:ool and football of
his body. At that age Ivan asserted his
independence in very positive and en-
phatic way, which even the Prince
6huisky could not misapprehend. The
young Car was out hunting, accom-
panied by Shuisky and other Princes and
boyards, among whom was Prince Gluis-
Ky, rival Of ahuisky's, who was preju-
diced against that excellent gentleman.
AT his suggestion, Ivan address his
guardian Shuisky in language which the
latter deemed insolent. Shuisky replied
angerly, and Ivan requested his dogs to
zenonstrate with the Prince, which they
did by tearing him limb from limb.
Having thus silenced the dictation Of
Shuisky, the young Prince became the
ward of the no less excellent Gluisky
and was carefully taught that the only
way in which he could efectually assert
authority was by punishment It was
made clear to his budding intellect, too
that the shortest, simplest and altogether
the best way to get rid of disagreeablt
people was to put them to death, anc
throughout his life Ivan never forgot thi.
lesson for = single moment. Power, hi
was told, was worthless unless it wa.
used, and the only way in which it coulo
be really used was by oppression. Fol
three years no pains were spared te
teach him this system of ethics and poll
tics, and the young Prince, in his anxiety
to perfect himself in the art Of govern
ing, diligently practiced all these pre-
cepts.
When he was seventeen years of age
he was formally crowned Gear. The cit
liens, ignorant of the truths of political
economy and the principles of govern.
mental science underlying the young
Cars system, became alarmed and fired
the city one night. When Ivan awoke
he was terrified, being of an alb
normally nervous temperament, and the
apparition of warning monk, together
with the influence of Anastatia, the
young Czarina, led the Gar to abandon
the simple and Straightforward methods
Of government in which he had beer
bred, and for thirteen years, under the
dictation of Alexis Adascheff and the
monk Sylvester, Ivan devoted himself to
the commonplace employments Of de.
vcloping Russia politically and socially
He dismissed his Ministers and put 9th.
ers in their places. He reorganizcd the
army. revised the code in the interest oil
abstract justice; equalized assessments;
subdued the Tartars; established forts
for the protection of the frontiers; laid
the foundation for the future greatness
of his empire; began the work which
was completed so grandly under Pete,
the Great; introduced printing into Rus
STA; added greatly to her possessions
checked the abuses of her clergy; brought
artists from Western Europe, and in a
hundred ways made himself famous by
doing those things which historians love
to chronicle.
Meanwhile, his genius for governing
upon the Gluiskan system lay dormant
1t was not dead, but slept, and after its
nap OF thirteen years it awoke one day,
refreshed. Anastatia, the beautiful Queen
whose influence had been supreme for SO
long time, died, and Ivan was free
again. He recalled an old Bishop who
had been banished for his crimes, and
consulted him as to his future course.
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