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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-27
Trials OF a Prison Convict.

NEARLY nine years ago man named
Moses Wheeler was sentenced to the State
Prison for the crime of arson. The evil
dence against him was conclusive
Wheeler, however, protested his limo
cence, and declared that the testimony
against him was conspiracy to get rid OF
him, on account of a few dollars that were
in dispute. He also was prepared to
prove an abb, but for some unknown
reason his witnesses were not called by
the Government, and Wheeler was COM
pelled to go into State Prison. Not quite
year ago a woman, the wife of the man
who was Instrumental in getting Wheeler
into prison, the husband of the woman
having died in the meantime, confessed
on her bed, in the town of Wakefield, that
Wheeler was innocent of the charge upon
which he had been convicted. During the
eight years in which the man had been
Imprisoned he had endeavored to obtain
pardon, the authorities having been quite
satisfied that he was innocent. 1t was
upon this woman's testimony, more than
anything else, that he was convicted In
mcdiately following the death, bed CON
fession, which was duly made before a
Justice Of the Peace, poor Wheeler was
pardoned. And now he comes before the
Legislature and asks the State to rem-
burse him in the sum of $4,000, the
amount which he would probably have
earned had he lived as free man. The
committee on the subject, while admitting
the justice OF the petition, have given
Wheeler leave to Withdraw" on the
ground that the payment of such a sum to
him, under the circumstances, "would
establish an expensive precedent ~
Wheeler is not ire first citizen OF the
State who has done time" at Charles
town upon perjured evidence. Wheeler
feels the stigma of State Prison life cling.
ing to him, yet he has no means ofredress.
His present motto is, God Save the State
Of Massachusetts. And still hundreds
of guilty wretches are allowed to go free. -
Boston Cor. Chicago Journal.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-27
Suggestions for Moving.

ONE thing you can do. You can carry
a soft black pencil, or piece of chalk,
and even in the last moment can label as
you pack. lou need not mix the goods
beyond a certain limit, and you can try to
pack with some judgment. 1t will be
found an excellent plan to make some
good, strong, big bags for all kinds of
odds and ends, for soiled clothes, for
patches and bundles, for everything that
will go into bag, and to be sure to mark
them. For the kitchen articles, use bar
rels, and for books and breakables, boxes.
All of these mark plainly in this way:
KITCHEN, pats and frying pans"
KITCHEN, tins" SITTING ROOM, books
for large book case" etc.
OF course you will need boxes for
brackets, for ornaments of all kinds
these you have in your bureau drawers
Under clothes, and most of the ordinary
contents of bureau, you can make into
neat packages, and so save the drawers for
other uses. OF your books be careful If
you cannot box them, do not allow the
carmen to pile them loosely in the wagon
The china will generally go into washing
tubs and clothes baskets. Save old towels
and newspapers with a view to packing
the china. In one basket or tub ought to
be placed a complete service for the first
meal in the new house, Including knives :;
then another should have the provisions
and these should go by one of the first
loads. or course, meat ought to have
been roasted, ham boiled, coffee ground,
and milk and groceries secured. The first
days of moving give but little time for
cooking, and there is no ignoring the ap-
petite you will get, nor the strength you
will need.-Scribner for May.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-27

Ia been too often disappointed to feel
much encouraged. After searching some
time, he made another appeal to his
clerical father in-law in St. Louis, and the
old gentleman relented, and informed him
that the children had been placed in an
orphan asylum in Wisconsin. Thence he
proceeded, and by examining the register
of the various asylums, finally obtained
trace that led him to Delavan, where he
learned that Louisa had moved to Chi
cage, and was employed as domestic by
a lady who rents furnished rooms on
Clark street. within a short distance of
the Grand Pacific Hotel. fastening here
he found the place early yesterday morn
ing, and rapping at the sitting-room door
was confronted by his daughter. The
parents instinct led him to recognize his
child at once, and he clasped her to his
arms, greatly to her establishment, as she
had no idea who the handsome, elegantly
dressed, dark gentleman with the unfamil-
lar accent could be. He explained
that he was her father, but was CON-
PEELED to make other explanations
before he could convince her of the fact.
but once assured, the poor girls heart,
which had so long been deprived of the
living sympathy of parent, overlooked,
and she wept with joy. Louisa had often
remarked TO acquaintance that "some
day she would get pile of money or
some person would come and take her
away" but as she could give no reason
for her belief, except that she "felt it,"
no one paid any attention to her remarks,
and she passed in the house for a good
natured girl with secret history, no one
pretending to surmise what that history
might be. During all the years she has
had to toll for a living, she has lived
pure and honorable life, of which fact her
father took pains to inform himself. Then
he told her to make hasty preparations to
depart for Mobile, where he is possessed
of beautiful Southern home, prosper.
Gus business, and enough wealth to live
in elegance without being troubled with
the cares Of business should he choose to
relinquish it. The father and daughter
left for Wisconsin to get George, last
evening, and tonight they will pass
through the city, en- route for Mobile
Chtcaq0 J0urnal.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-27
NOTHING TO DO BUT TO 60.

A wANDIRER I've been, and have travelled for
years,
BY the stage coach, the steamboat, the train;
have known joyful meetings, have shed parting
tears,
With friends / might ne'er meet again,
And I've learped-let my farewells be joyous or
sad
No haste nor distraction to show:
But, with baggage prechecked and with pass age
prepaid,
To have nothing TO do but to go.
The loi.erer, when the iron clad track
The train ia heard coming apace,
For his ticket will clamor and urge for his check
In whirl OF impatient distress.
While others, more timeful, with undsturbed
mien,
Will composedly pace to and fro,
Or, quietly seated, will wait for the train,
With nothing to do but to go.
Oh! thus-I have thought-when we're called to
depart
For the land whence we never return.
May we feel we are fully prepared for the start
When the death sounding note we discern.
With our ticket secured and our cares all at rest,
No disqueting thoughts may we know;
But TRANQUILITY waiting. be found at the last
With nothing to do but to 60
Thomas u. James, in Presbyterian.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-27
disappointed Adventists.

WE have hitherto limited that there were
in this city group of Adventists whose
religious creed is singular. They believe
in laying on of hands" and in gifts OF
healing. They employ no physicians,
but they believe in thaumaturgy. They
seek to receive the gifts" with which
Christianity in action first endowed it's
Jealous apostles. They believe that what
powers and gifts God bestowed upon Hi,
early apostles He will bestow upon His
later disciples. They believe in the beau
titul rites which the Lord ins ttuted be-
fore His crucifixion- notably in that acl
by which Jesus forever incarnated tina,
central truth Of his kingdom: He thai
is greatest among you, let him be your
servant Hence they practice as rite
that gracious act of humility, washing
one another's feet, which John, in the
sacred biography. describes. But the
most peculiar characteristic of his Bibli
cal Interpretation is seen when the AID
ventist comes to prophecy. The mystic
rious words of Daniel and the allegorical
beasts and elders of the Revelator shine
with significance to the Adventist We
have had these prophecies more or less
accurately translated from the language
OF allegory and ecstacy to that of arith-
metic; we have had ascension days fixed
and certain. The second coming of the
Lord as the thief in the night has of1eu
been confidently anticipated. A COM
pany of Lewiston Adventists year since,
under the lead of Elder Thurman,
devoted disciple, fixed on definite day
for the end of the world; but as the
world did not see fit to end at that time,
he felt called upon to make a more
careful inspection of his figures and his
principles of Interpretation. Having done
this, Elder Thurman discovered that he
had made mistake of one year in his
reckoning. Fortunately, that year was in
our favor, and in accordance with his in
vestigations he guardedly informed his
flock that the night for the second coming
of the Savior would in all probability
prove to be the night of April Z, 1876.
Accordingly, quietly and transformations
ly, the devout flock on Friday made ready
for the sacred event. Wakefield Hall, a
little nook in Central Block, was made
ready for the occasion. There is gallery
room for a few spectators. The faithful
the main floor. The visitor to
,he hall was courteously shown seat in |
he gallery-only this caveat was entered,
hat no one should enter who came to |
make sport. There were about thirty |
,crsons present-all with dcvout and !
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-27
The DenOuement Of Dumb Court
ship.

AT the time that Francis |. of France
was taken prisoner at the battle of Pavia,
one Of his officers, the valorous Chevalier
Beauregard, smtten by the charms of an
Italian lady Of noble family named Azure
liza, declared TO her his passion. Azure
la, though flaltered by the declaration of
the gallant soldier, refused his suit on
the ground of the levity of the French
character and the natural indiscretion of
that people. But Beauregard was not to
be put off so easily The depth and fer
vor Of his love led him to propose to the
lady to put his consistency to any proof
she might think proper. Aurelia atlength
accepted the terms of the proposition and
agreed to marry him if for the space of
six months he would remain utterly and
entirely dumb.
The chevalier promised, and then, with
q silent bow, withdrew from the lady's
presence, and from that moment he
opened rot his lips with the sound of
human speech. He returned to Paris,
where his friends and relatives were
stricken with sorrow at the terrible in
FIRMLY which had fallen upon him--for
his had been a voice musical and enter
tanning. Beauregard expressed all his
wants by dumb signs, and seldom smiled.
The best physicians were sent for, but he
refused to see them
The captive King was at length set free
and restored to his people; but his joy on
his return to his capital was diminished
by the sad misfortune which had befallen
the chevalier, who had been the monarch's
chief favorite. Francis sent his best
doctors to the stricken soldier, who, out of
respect for his royal master, took the
medicines prescribed, but with no effect
The King even went 50 far as to employ
the charlatans and necromancers, who
then, as now, professed to hold specifics
for all sorts of diseases
The news spread abroad and great was
the sorrow. The court and the people
had become hopeless of his cure, when a
fair Italian maiden, protesting to be a
fortune-teller, appeared before the King
and informed him that she would under
take to restore the chevalier to his speech
The King would not cast away an oppor
tunity. He summoned Beauregard t. his
presence, and told him that physician
had come who promised to cure him; but
the chevalier bowed low in silent dis
credit. The King nodded to the fair
stranger, and asked her what she would
do.
Beauregard, my tried and cherished, )"
she said, turning to the chevalier, this
must endure no longer. Speak to men'
The chevalier instantly recognized his
beloved Aurelia, who had truly loved
him, and whose heart had been deeply
touched by the proof Of his consistency and
devotion, and lie pronounced her name in
rapturous tones as he flew to take her out
stretched hand.
Francis was sensibly affected by the TO-
mantle event, and he presented his re-
stored favorite with rich estate at his
marriage.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-27
To ALL, particularly invalids, spring

To ALL, particularly invalids, spring is
a trying season. Indications of sickness should
al once be attended to. Fatal diseases may be
caused by allowing the bowels to become consti-
pated and the system to remain in disordered
condition until the disorder has time to develop
itself An ounce Of prevention is worth pound
of cure is an old and truthful saying. Therefore
we advise all who are troubled with the complaints
now very Observation-Disclosures, indigestion, disor-
dered liver. want of appetite, nausea, or feVersh
skin-to take, without delay, Schenck's Mandrake
Pills We know of no remedy 80 harmless and
decisive in its action. 1t at once strikes at the
root Of the disease and produces a healthy tone tic
the system. People never need suffer from any
disease arising from disordered condition OF the
liver if they would take this excellent medicine
when they feel the first indications of the malady
Families leaving home for the summer months
should take three or four boxes Of these pills will
them. They have an almost instantaneous effect
They will relieve the patient Of headache in one oil
two hours and will rapidly cleanse the liver OF
surrounding bile, and will etfectuslly prevent a
billions attack They are sold by all druggists
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-27
A Race With an Avalanche.

IT was four years ago last winter. !
was coming down with a train loaded
with cattle The weather had been bad
for weeks and the snow lay deep, but
was melting off fast in the warm weather
that had lasted nearly week. The
things looked shaky on the mountain. l
was feeling my way along carefully, think
ing the track might spring, as the bed was
wet and sloppy, when, just as got around
the point of this ridge, looked up, and
it seemed to me that the whole noun
tain above me had broken loose. For
hundreds of feet wide the hillside was in
motion, and charging down on me. The
slide started 100 yards above the track,
and was com ing right down on me like
lightning. Rocks, trees and snow-dritts
plunged down the face of the mountain
with laundering roar, and seemed bent
on overwhelming us and burylng us in
the canon thousands of feet below. Twas
never so close to death before, although l
have had my share OF perils on the road.
For a moment | was stupefied, the danger
was so great and escape so hopeless, but
only for moment. | determined not to
die without an effort, but clappcd on all
steam, while the brakes were thrown off
at the same time. You can see for your
self that the grade is heavy here, and
can believe that we made fast time
The engine seemed to know her dan
ger, aud to gather herself for an ef-
fort. She leaped, quivering and snort
ing down the grade in the maddcst
race ever saw. Down came tie ava
lanche like lightning directly upon US,
throwing up clouds of flying snow and
splinters and rock, and away flew the old
engine like thing Of life and beauty, as
she was dragging the cars like the wind
down the grade after her, abreast the
slide. But it seemed doomed to be all in
moment. 1t was almost upon us. The
rocks began to bound against the cars and
over them, and the train was hidden in
cloud of snow But we were flying
through the air now; the wheels seemed
never to touch the rail, and just as l was
giving up hope, the engine rushed past
that little point of land just back there
where the little ravine comes down. This
turned the current Of the slide, so to
speak, a little, and was our salvation.
The engine rushed past the point just as
the slide reached the track, and a big
pine, uprooted in the edge of the ava
lanChe, fell across the next car to the last
one and crushed it. The track was swept
away like cobweb in d gale, the coup
lings of the cars broke, and the cars fell off
into the chasm left in the wake of the
slide and were carried coSn to the river a
thousand yards below. What there is
left of them lies there yet. The jerk
made the engine and train Jump the track,
but she kept on her feet, and we got off
with few bruises. That | account one
of the greatest dangers 1 ever met in my
twenty years Of railroading San Fran
cisco Chronicle
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-27

1t wrinkles from zenith to nadir, and
the minute one lets go the little tab be-
hind it flies around sideways, as if it was
mad. The ruff in the neck interferes
with our ears, and the seam in the
sleeve meanders like the River Raisin,
and stops at last on the back of the hand.
We are behind in our house cleaning;
there's new crow foot between our eyes :;
our dearest friend has cut US because we
were "not at home" we have lost the
thread of the post-trader literature, and
there, for recompense, hangs that bottle
green thing of twists and wrinkles which
shall never drape this human form-never
if we go to the poor-house-unless some
wretch puts us in it after we are dead
E. G. T., IN Detroit Free Press.
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becoming behavior. The ceremony was
solemn and impressive. One of their
number states that more would have been
present but for bad travelling. None were
admitted to the hall after Z 80 o'clock A
table covered with snowy-white linen was
spread in the hall, on which the tokens of
the eucharist were spread. The bread
was unleavened and seven days old. The
table was surrounded by settees. Elder
Thurman presided and conducted the
service. Scripture was read; hymn was
sung, and the Elder gave directions to
the flock. The settees were first turned
back to the table. The sisters occupied
one bench, the brethren another, sitting
back to them on the opposite side Of the
table. Following the example of Jesus, the
Elder removed his coat and eirt himself
with linen towel. He then poured water
into basin and washed the feet of one of
the disciples. Then the disciples washed
one another's feet-the sisters performing
the rite one for another. Then the Pass
over supper was eaten An interesting
social service followed the supper. which
ended at ten O'Clock. Each person related
his experience, his hope ard his faith, as
any Christian might. 1t was now well
along in the evening, and no sign ap-
peared to confirm the Elders prediction.
Yet the good Advent people waited on the
Lord, waited to see Him coming in the
clouds Of heaven. The clock in the
neighboring bell-tower strikes one short
of midnight. Elder Humans faith wa
vers. At II 80 the lights are extinguished
and the faithful ones go home. As ever,
true to the almanac, old Sol broke over
the world this morning. And the time is
not yet! Elder Thurman, on being con-
suited on Saturday, confessed that the fail
ure of several appointed dates for the final
catastrophe has somewhat weakened his
confidence in his arithmetic; but of this
he is positive, that the second coming Of
the Lord will Occur on Passover Day. The
Elder has carefully prepared chronology
of the world, and has felt that if this last
appointment was not success, he should
leave the date with the Lord altogether
He is constrained to see that he is in error,
and he frankly confesses that he cannot
set any further time for the above named
catastrophe. He takes his figures from
Daniel. The world, he says, was created,
in his view, 5000 years ago, about this
time Of yaar-Le1istOn (Ne.) Journal.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-27
Thanks "From the Depths OF the

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Six months ago no one thought that could
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Removing Lire,s He.xI..t n.-a

To remove the burden of disease N.
heaviest that poor humanity is compelled to
bear, is certainly grand object, a glorious
mission. Assuredly the discoverer Of a rem
edy which accompanies this result is enti-
Tied to the gratitudeand respect of mankind.
Such remedy is Hostctter's Stomach Bit
ters, whose great success is attributable to
debilitatcd and disordered system is in ac-
cordance with the principles of common
sense. 1t invigorates the sick, and, MS their
strength increases, the burden Of disease
grows lighter. 1t reforms those physical IT.
regularities which render weakness chronic.
and thus eradicates the evil at its very
source. Liver complaint, malarious fcvers
constipation, urinary troubles, uterine weak.
ness, and many other causes of general de-
bility and i'll health, are completely removed
BY the combined tonic and Alternative opera.
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According to experiments by NJ.
Rudorf, on cold produced by solution of
twenty different salts, the two which give
the greatest lowering of temperature were
sulphuretted cyanide Of ammonium and
sulphuretted cyanide of potassium: 1O5
parts of the former dissolved in 100 parts
water, produce lowering of temperature
OF 3l'20; and 100 parts of the latter, in
100 parts of water, as much as 34.5e.