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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-31

A BABY was present while Mccullough
was playing in New Orleans the other
night. The Picayune says: 4" As the mis-
fortunes of Spartaeus approached their
elimination the baby gave vent to vari-
GUS expressions of alarm and discomfort.
When the gladiator babe his wife and
child farewell the baby howled dismally;
when the rebel chieftain swore ven
geance and destruction on Rome the
baby deprecated his violence in moving
terms. But when Jessippius, or whatever
his name was, rushed in with a great
deal of brick dust on his throat and lots
of blue plaster distributed about his head
and body; when he gasped and gurgled
and flung his arms wildly about and
laughed maniacal and fiendish laugh,
and when Spartacus Tipped out his
cleaver and fell upon the expiring
wretch with savage fury-then, then We
angels and ministers of eiscord! then
that baby burst into storm OF squeals
and screams and screeches that drowned
the thunders of the stage and raised the
hair of the spectators with horror
never contemplated in the programme.
The noise was presently subdued; there
came a sound as of strangling and .
furry suggestive of baby choked and
sat upon; and the play at length pro-
ceeded."
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-31

The nest of the swan is q thick and
rather untidy mass Of sticks, reeds, flags
and PUSHES. From the fact of the birds
naturally preferring the most secluded
spots by the water, we more often find a
swans nest on an eyot than on either
bank of the river; the osier beds are
perhaps the localities most favored by
them. The eggs are six or eight In NUM-
Der, and are Matched in five or six weeks.
The young birds are termed cygnets, and
are covered with grayish- brown plu-
mage, which is not entirely lost till the
beginning of the third year. Though the
swan is, in general, very gentle and in
offensive, the male bird will defend the
nest with great courage, and advance to
the onset with ruffled pinions and every
demonstration of anger; nor is it from
its muscular powers an antagonist
to be despised. While the cygnets are
very young, one or two of them will
sometimes climb up on to their mothers
back, who never sails along more proud
ly than when her dusky brood is thus
Graded between her snowy wings.
Swans do not breed until they are sew
eral years old, and they mate strictly in
pairs; the technical terms for the male
and female are cob and pen. The cob,
or male, has a thicker neck and larger
7" berry" at the base of the bill than the
pen, or female he also swims more buoy
antly, from having more volume of lungs.
Maturity in both cob and pen is shown
by the size of the berry" and the depth
of the orange color Of the bill. On the
Thames the nests are sedulously watched
by the fisherman, who receives half a
crown for each young bird that is
Matched He also takes care of the birds
during inclement winters, receiving two
shillings week for the time during
which he has given them food and shell
ter. Taking swans eggs from the nests,
and certain other birds, was an offense
severely dealt with in old times. We
find, in an act of Henry VII, that " No
manner of person, of what condition or
degree he bee, take or cause to be taken,
be it upon his owne ground or any other
mans, the egges of any fawcon, Cos
hawk, laners, or swans, out of the nest,
upon paine of Imprisonment of yere
and day, and fine at the Kings will, the
one halle thereof to the King, and the
other halle to the owner of the ground
where the egges were SO taken. ART
Journal.
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Good Evidence.

In one of the New York courts party
was recently on trial charged with send
ing scurrilous postal cards through the
mail The prosecution offered in evil
dence letter written By the defendant,
in which certain words were misspelled.
He did so with the view Of showing that
the same words are misspelled In the
same way in the postal cards in question,
and then arguing to the jury that the
identity in spelling is additional proof
that the defendant wrote the cards. In
his support of his right to offer he quoted
this curious case
"a tailor in Ayr, Scotland, by the name
of Alexander, learning that a man of the
same name had died leaving considera-
BILE property without any apparent heirs,
obtained access to the house occupied
by Mr.. Alexander during his life, and
found there collection of letters about
his family. These he carried of, and
with their aid fabricated mass of sim
liar productions, which, as was claimed,
clearly proved his connection with the
family OF the deceased. When the tail
or's suit to gain possession of the prop
erty came on for trial it appeared that
there we're a number of words in the let.
tiers which were produced by the sutton,
and which purported to be from differ
ent individuals, misspelled in the same
way. Upon examination it appeared
that the letters were all written by the
same hand, and the case attracted the
attention of the inner house. The tailor
was therefore brought to the clerks Ia
BILE, where he was made to write dicta-
ton of the Lord Justice Clerk, and in
doing so he misspelled all the words that
were misspelled in the fabricated letters,
and in precisely the same way. He then
confessed that the letters in question
were fabricated, and that he had writ
ten them on old paper found in the gar
ret of Mr. Alexander's house."
The court, without regard to the case
cited, admitted the evidence.
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Egyptian Flies, Rats and Ants.

A LARGE stable contained the twenty
horses, which, by great care, had kept
their condition. 1t was absolutely
necessary to keep them in dark stable
on account of the flies, which attacked
all animals in swarms. Even within the
darkcned building it was necessary to
light fires composed of dried horsedung,
to drive away these prosecuting insects.
The hair fell completely off the ears and
legs of the donkeys (Which were allowed
to ramble about. owing to the swarms
of flies that irritated the skin; but in
spite of the comparative comfort Of q
stable the donkeys preferred life Of
outdoor independence, and fell off in
condition if confined to house. The
worst flies were the small, gray ones with
a long proboscis, similar to those that are
often seen in houses in England. In an
incredibly short time the station fell into
shape. l constructed three magazines
of galvanized iron, each eighty feet in
height, and the head storekeeper, Mr..
Marcopolo, at last completed his ardu-
GUS task of storing the immense amount
of supplies that had been contained in
the fleet of vessels. This introduced us
to the While Nile rats, which volunteered
their services in thousands, and quickly
took possession of the magazine by tun-
neling beneath and appearing in the
midst of rats paradise, among thou
sands of bushels of rice, biscuit, lentils,
etc. The destruction caused by these
animals was frightful. They gnawed
holes in the sacks, and the contents
poured upon the ground like sand from
an hour glass, to be Immediately at
tackled and destroyed by white ants.
There was no lime in the country, nor
stone of any kind, thus it was absolute
ly impossible to stop the ravages OF white
ants except by the constant labor OF
turning over the vast masses OF boxes
and stores to cleanse them from the
earthen galleries which derote the pres
ence of the termites.-"I smGi1ia," By Sir
Samuel Baker.
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The Senate Currency Bill.


A WASHINGTON Associated Press dis
patch gives the following as the Leading
features of the new Finance bill agreed
upon by the Senate Republicans in eau
Gus on the 10th and passed by the Senate
on the 22d:
FYr,t-Free banking to be open to al inaiv,o-
nals and associations. without Limitation % cap
Seoond-The retiring Of an amount OF gFeSn,
h.cES ennal 10 so per cent. of the amount OF tne
new National Bank notes iesued until ny s,G San
hect c;rcniation shall be reduced to $SOOOOuU;
ostor which no further reduction of greenOacKs Is
tske Mace. It Is claimed that by this provision
there viii he neither expansion nor contracuOn
~ the currency, as about 20 per cent. II now ie-
ouired as bank reserves :.
y,b;rd-The withdrawal and destructlo4 os
fractional currency and the euDstitution y slss
coin. the arrangement to 60 into enect as sOo =
nracticablc under the direction OF tne Sec,cs"ry
II The Tressury. who IL authorized 70 use any s
y ~ Tor enpplying silver coin, and, II TINS
e not euficient, to sell the requtsite aMv e ~
honSs 81 Tie new series 70 obtain thes iunos 'ol
Enrrth-Removing the cost for the coinage "
Gold at the several minis. -
,a Eysn On tse arss day Of January. 1879
n c.. e..,ot.rv of the Treasury 10 authorised g
Is ~ snvnins specie in the Treasury; ana
usc not enficient to sell bonds In order 20 oU
tsr cnd To nav Treasury notes. 1ut tn.s IT, ~
saln s;I does not like the others, 60 into IN
mediate effect. The Legai-Icndcr nv
sturhpd.
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LITTLE MINISTRIES.
TIKI indrmdr Of 1 waterfall


TIKI iniirmtir Of waterfall
A mile away,
The rustic when robin lights
Upon spray,
The tapping Of q lowland stream
On dripping boughs,
The sound Of grazing from herd
Ofgentle cows,
The echo from a wooded hill
Ofcuckoo's call,
The culver through the meadow grass
At evening fall:
Too subtle are these harmonies
For pen and rule,
Such music Is not understood
BY any school;
But when the brain is overweight
1t hath spell,
Beyond all human skill and power,
To make it we'll.
The memory OF a kindly word
For long gone by,
The fragrance Of fading flower
Sent lovingly,
The cleaning Of sudden smile
Or sudden tear,
The warmer pressure OF the hand,
The tone of cheer,
The hush that means, II cannot speak
But have hcefdi~
The note that only bears a verse
From Gods own Word:
Such tiny things we hardly count
As ministry;
The givers deeming they have shown
Scant sympathy;
But when the heart is overweight,
Oh, who can tell
The power Of such tiny things
To make it well!
F. r. HGgergai, in Good Words
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does it 90 heartily that It IL difacult to
believe that he is not consciously amused.
Then he cries, too, most mournfully, and
generally INDUCES in it when he hears
anyone speaking in piteous tones. When
the company had dispersed on the even
ing in question he looked as if aware
that he had shown himself of to some
advantage. and indeed went the length
Of saying, "Poll is q very pretty bird
Hes . good little boy" When drawing
near to the later hours he interrupted an
interesting conversation by saying, "Are
you not going to your little beddies.
Polly is going to his beddie. Yes. Good
night, goodnight" He then leaped into
his ring, and retired for the night, evil
IDENTIFY highly satisfied with the days
performance.
/ am certain that I have not recorded
the half Of what l heard Poll say, but
enough has been quoted to show that he
is poet w0slelful bird. A lady offered
twenty gusreas for him lately and was
find that hundred guineas
would not buy him. The last time l
saw him he distinctly pronounced my
name after hearing it few times. He
then wished the Duke of Edinburgh
much joy, and informed me that he was
proud to have the honor of the acquaint-
ance of the Prince of Wales. Indeed, he
seems to be extremely fond of this flu
ture King, and an anecdOte illustrative
Of this trait in his character may very
appropriately conclude this paper. When
His Royal Highness, accompanied by his
beautiful Princess, was IN Edinburgh
laying the foundation-stone of the new
Infirmary, the royal procession passed
along Princess street and halted for
few minutes opposite Mr.. Truefitt's win
dow, which was open for the occasion.
A maiden lady Of democratic principles
was heard to say very ostentatiously
that the people of Edinburgh were very
foolish in making such an ado about two
common mortals like themselves. Some
one very politely told her to hold her
tongue, but she would not be put
down until Poll, who was brought to
the open window, fairly silenced her by
until the procession moved on,
" Hurrah for the Prince of Walesr'
That sentence was the birds latest ac-
1uirement, and all who heard him were
unanimous in saying that he made the
BEST possible use of it. Polls linguistic
clearly show to what
lengths bird can he
,aught to speak, not by mere note, but
With a wonderful degree of nationality
ind adaptation to circumstances.-Cha
,ers' Journal.
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"A bootblack was standing near the
foot Of jefferson avenue, Detroit, lately,
when stranger inquired: "Bub, is it
fur from here to the Postofice?" The
boy looked ct him in contempt, and the
man asked: "Ssy, bub, IL it fur to the
City Halls" The boys look Of disgust
increased, but he kept silence, and the
man raised his voice and shouted: "You
boy-is it fur to the City Hall!" Fur
fur to the City Hall!" echoed the boy,
(" If you want me to talk to you you'd
better use decent grammar or say you
never went to school ct all!'
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4ar aoa',g 8eadtfs.
LITTLE JIMMIE.

In his little chamber cosy,
With his checks go round and rosy,
Thinking not Of care or weeping,
Little Jimmie's soundly sleeping.
Listening only to the singing
OF the birds his dreams are bringing.
He's . cunning little fellow,
With his hair of glistening yellow,
And mouth as sweet and rosy
As the rose, his favorite posy;
But no garden flower, the tallest,
Dares compare with him, our smallest.
When comes floating, merry laughter,
You may know he follows after.
If You hear . clear voice ringing,
You may know that he is singing:
But be sure II you hear signing
That he's not the child " a-crying."
He's a sunbeam all the daytime,
He's the life Of every playtime.
When the stars their watch are keeping,
He's cherub sweetly sleeping.
He makes all things bright about him
Oh, we couldn't do without him!
-RurdI yesc Yorker,
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NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
CorroN.-Middling upland, 14KD141lc.
LIVE srocK.-Beef Cattle-$1O. O0013.OO. Hogs
Dressed, ss.75G9O0; Live, S7Oo@7. %.
Sheep-Llve, $5.00G6.5O.
BREADsTurrs.- to choice, 5000
2 Chicago, $1.11011.13; No. 2 Northwestern, SLIP
@1.13; No. Milwaukee spring, $1.1401.15.
Rye-Western and State, 93096c. Barley
$i.4501. so. Corn-New Mixed Western, 8sO91c.
Oats-Mixed Western, 6S@69Hc.
PROVISIONS Mess, $40 37H0 l20. so.
Lard-Prime Steam, 13A@135c. Cheese-12h0
15Kc.
WooL.-Common to extra, 48065c.
CHICAGO.
LIVE SrocK-Beeves-Cholc $5.7J06.OO;
good, $l75@55O; medium, $4OoO4.5o; butch
ers' stock, S275@l4.25; stock cattle, $2.6O03.6O.
Hogs-Live, good to choice. $675G7.20. Sheep
Good to choice, $4.75G5.25.
PRoyIs1oNs,-Butter-Ch 30037c. Eggs
Fresh, 240s5c. Pork = Mess, $1S.75@
1880 Lard-S12 9O@13O co. Cheese--New York Fac
tory, 15@151ac; Western Factory, Hh015c
BREApsrurFs.- Flour-White Winter extra,
s4.25@65O; Spring extra, $4oo0f.6o. Wheat
Spring, No. 2, 90g90Ac. Corn-No. = q
@79hc. Oats-No. 2, 5sA@5shc. Rye-No e
crosse. Barley-No. 2, $1s401 .24h.
WOOL.--TuD-WaSneu. 4JUctC, Heccc, W"eiA0"s
4O1A8c; fleece, unwashed, crosse
LUMBER-First Clear, $52.OO055.O; second
Clear, S4s.Oo05ooo; Common Boards, 81 GOO
1900; Fcrcing, $12oo013O; a Shingles
S3OC03.25; Lath, $2.00tD2.25.
CINCINNATI.
BREApsrurrs. Flour s5.OO@550 Wheat
Red, s10s01,0. Corn-New, 7o07lc. Rye
Il OoMf TO- Oats-5S062c. Barley--$1 .T0l271a.
~, rN(n10 Ixlrd-l{0Q
14c.
LIVE SrocK.-Beeves-Fair to choice, $40
06M Hogs-Live, 65O06.S0.
transformations Fall, $4.7504so.
Wheat-No. Red Fall, $1.06h01.07. Corn
No. New. 69A7Oc Oats-No. 2, 57h@56c.
Rye-No. 1, $10311.O4. Barley-No. 2, $l.sS0
1.3O. -,
-12AO13c. rr
RnrApsrurrs.-Flour-S Xxx, $52505.5o.
thanksgiving, No. 1, 95h@96c; No. 2, 80
MaU.c. Corn-No. 2 65066c. Oats-No. 50h
M51c Rye-No. 1, 95096c. Barley-No. ?
$1.2sH0129.
BREApsruFrs. Wheat ~ Amber Michigan,
81. 1o01. 1oh; No. 2 Red, $1.osA01.os. Corn
High Mixed, New, 72172hc. Oats-No. 2, 5Sh
M56c.
Recommendations, No. Red, $1.11h0
1.1s: No. Red, s1.05H@1.0S. Corn-New, Z:
arse. Oats-No. State. 57.lG15Sc
DETROIT.
BRxADsrUFFs. -Wheat-Extra, S1.l5AOl.l5h.
Corn-7a073c. Oats-54la@ &c. Dressed hogs
$s.25@s.4O.
LIVE SroCK.-Beeycs-S4.5 96.Uo. hoes--Alse'
&c. 4O07. Is. Sheep-Live. $475a55o.
EAST LIBERTY.
LIVE SrocK.-Bcevcs-Best, S6.0DGb.O; me-
dtum. &5OO05.75. Hogs-Yorkers, s6.6tgo.to'
philadelphia, 47OO0725. Sheep-Besf, $1,000
6 Is: medium, &4.75G 55
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-" Now, them" said physician,
cheerily, to . patient, "you have got
along far enough to indulge in little
animal food, and" No, you don't,
Doctor" interrupted the patient; I've
suffered enough on your Cruel and slops,
and I'd starve sooner than begin on hay
and oats"
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cure, 6s,506; majority for Dubuclet
(Rep), e58. The five constitutional
amendments recommended by Kellogg
and adopted by his Legislature are all
carried, according to the count Of both
parties.
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TIA presideat's Proclamation.

President Grant issued the lo''o"
nroclamstion on the Slst: -
- ~ Pssstdsst Of ths Uaassd Ssdsss q 49,
a Pr0ctaNs0et0H: 80. 4,&.tson q
xWrns3..4 Stetes that the Unised states sns.l
g. .,,4et every state in the Union on ..is
ths Leelsiatars, o. Rxeeutiys mo Sn 49, No
isfsse cannot b. coavsnsds - =
ie1ee; ~ Il i provided b. ~ lsMs g .e e
r.;te6 stsfes that in IL cases q - is~fSl
o0stsnc10n n ~ ~ United Stotes. On aPpnS.
L. 81 ~ ~ ~ Iesslstnfe Of such 6tate g sns
aoz y s@Sen - Leefslature cenno< ~ a,ss -
q IN fcr4k TIE Gfllt!e g " ~ ssrA a naynl
49, = = snpley - - = = = -.
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Smuggling.

How many acts of smuggling are per-
petrated no one knows; we are only
cognizant of those which are found out,
on the principle that
What is hit is history,
But what is missed is mystery.
In recent year 100 pounds
of tobacco and cigars were concealed
by one of the engineers in hollow
beam in the engine-room of a steamer;
the Argus eyes of the English GUS
toms officers ferreted out the secret
when the steamer entered port. In an
other instance vessel came over from
Stettin. in the Baltic, with several casks
of camomile flowers among the cargo; in
the very midst of the camomile the
officers found $50 pounds of cigars. A
similar mode of illicitly introducing
100 pounds of cigars was about the same
time adopted in vessel hailing from
Hamburg, Early one morning nearly
100 pounds Of tea were found quietly
reposing in a furze brake in Guernsey,
evidently waiting for favorable oppor-
tunity of transit to some part of the En-
glish coast, there to take its chance
of evading customs duty. On another
occasion several cases of glue were
found to have more than l 100 pounds OF
cigars snugly embosomed in their midst.
One day coast guardsman near Ports
mouth saw boat laden with barrels OF
snuff drifting about; the quantity was no
less than 1900 pounds; the owners
were probably not far of, but did not
deem it prudent to come forth and show
themselves. A French fishing bark, the
,Jsnne Henrsette, came into an English
port with forty pounds Of tobacco con-
cealed among the fish and the tackle. IN
one instance 600 pounds of tobacco were
found concealed in some bags Of hops IN
a vessel coming from Ostend; on con-
viction the owner could not or would not
nav the duty and fines; so he was put
q in. DURANGO vile." A cask Of potatoes
was the hiding place of another batch OF
smugcled tobacco. One ingenious rascal
outdid most of the others in inventive
ness; he concealed four pounds OF
Cayendish tobacco inside two loaves OF
German bread!-H0sper's Bdsor.
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ADVERTISING MATES !:

One Column ono Year. 80 %
One-haff Column one Year. = 60
One-fourth Column one Yea. - 20
Legal Advertising At Statute Rates.
! Local Business Notices. Ten Cents per Dna.
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ANaoRA, generally celebrated for cats,
IA a town of Asiatic Turkey. 2l5 miles
from Constantinople. It contains the
ruins of ancient Byzantian architecture
and Greek and Roman relics. Just q
present Angora il in great Distress
being upon the point Of starvation. Inc
sultan Of Turkey, monarch not gener'
allv credited with charity ohis subjects,
h.s contributed 310o, 900 for the relief OF
In inhsbltsuts- IN act which greatly re-
bounds to his credit. * a
There are 1900 windmills in Hol-
land and Flemish Belgium, each from
six to ten.horse-pover service, according
70 the strength Of the wind, and work
ING twenty.four hours per day, and every
dsy ii me month during the rainy sea-
eon. and when the SHOWS and ice are
melting and the streams are high. The
ernuai cost of the windmills In Hol-
|Iland y el,Ooo, go.
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He sang othef verses during the'evening,
such as Charlie is my darling" but, OF
course, substituting Polly for
" Charlie;" up in balloon, boys"
my dear boys, my dear boys, he is
pal O. mine;" and Champagne Charley
is my name, up TO every little game, my
boys;n and amused and delighted us all
by dancing to one or two Of his tunes.
His singing Of Polly's jolly good fell
low was inimitable; but when asked to
repeat it by the clergyrhan's wife he
very sharply told her to "go to the
Kitchen" That he objected to being en-
cored was evident, 50 we allowed him to
sing, dance, speak, laugh or be silent,
inst q he pleased. Polly i capital
laugher. He bends and unbends, and
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