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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-06-21

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| thought, and went to examine. A few
| minutes sufiiced to convince me that III
stove had been moved out, and the elbow
Of the pipe removed. / repeated the proc
ess, to find roll OF fiv6-hundred dollar
notes and small note book with the
name, Rufus Markham, on the frst page
replaced everything carefully and came
home. Now, Mr.. Potter, he must be taken
by surprise, or he may say Fred put the
notes there
You are brave girli', cried The old
man. looking with admiration NJ the
beautiful, animated face, and Fred will
owe you more than his life"
He can repay me BY coming to tell me
the good news when he Is clear
| Eight was striking by the city clocks
when Doctor Graham Arnold, dressed Ia
the latest fashion, and with . fragrant IA.
vans between his lips, stTolled leisurely
into his own room.
He had been in the parlor IL his board
ing house for an hour, watching Mr.. Pot
ter with some anxiety, but wholly unaware
ofthe Hhlo party 0f four who, In Mr.. Pot.
ter's temporary apartment, awaited his 10
turn to his own room.
Once inside the door, the nonekalapt
look left Tie handsome face cf tho young
man, and he muttered 6ercely:
/ must get out Of hist p6tter suspecto
NJ, and may yet communists bis ouspl,
cio1s % NJ. Markham. VIII Be ulf3D-
niGkt = eoon e. the house isouiet.'' q
He opepsd small tssSsline eachsl =
~ nptke, ard was rapidly Alli1G Il with
noceasaris fora jouTuey, wbon e. Ms a.
tsEfuptsd ~ knock 8 he door,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-22
Gambling as q Trade.


Chamberlain, the great gambler, has
failed, and failed badly. His debts are
astounding. Ten thousand for meat;
ten thousand for liquors; six thousand
for clothes. The fact is, Chamberlain's
business, as the colored people sing, is
sometimes up and sometimes down."
One night his bank is loaded down with
gold the next night he could not buy a
box of cigars. Yet the glitter, glare and
glow of the institution, the fine furni-
ture, the clink of the gold, and the
sumptuous tables, free as a hydrant, do
their work on the unwary as really as If
gambling was paying business. There
are men in New York, however, who fol-
low gambling as trade-have done so
for years, and have made money by it.
Not one in ten thousand could initiate
them. These men live in fine style in
fashionable New York. Their houses
are elegantly furnished and their tables
sumptuously supplied. Their business
is unknown, and they pass as brokers.
Their families move in good society, and
occupy a high-priced pew in fashionable
church. These men act on a rigid rule,
from which they never depart. They do
not drink; they smoke sparingly, keep
their heads clear, and have command over
their nerves. They play while they win,
If it is until daylight. They limit their
losses. They can lose fifty dollars, one
hundred dollars, three hundred dollars,
and not feel it. Blow high or blow low,
they never go beyond this. They believe
in luck, and when luck is against them
they retire. Out Of the thousands of
gamblers not ten have made money over
the q green cloth"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-22
The Discovery OF the Ohio.
TGIeyaIand HaraId


1t is not yet certainly known who dis
covered the Ohio River, or when the dis
cOvery was effected. BY many histo-
rians credit sgiven to Robert Cavalier,
generally called La Sale, for making
this discovery in 1869 or 1870, but other
historians deny him the credit of this
exploit. His claims rest principally
upon the recital, by an unknown party,
of a conversation held with La Sale
some time prior to 1878. If his claim
is not good, we are lost without direct
information by whom this river was first
explored or when. 1t is one of the won
ders of modern investigation that such
an important question remains un-
settled.
This obscurity is partly due to quar-
rel in the Romish Church between the
Rec0llets and the Jesuits. The Recol-
lets began missions in Canada while
Champlain was pushing his discoveries
on the Northern Lakes from 1909 to
1882. When the Jesuits came to occupy
the same field the RecOllets say they
gave them welcome to one-half their
house, and the company of Jesus soon
crowded them out of the other half.
LoyOla probably never imagined that
the severe devotion of his Order would
be supplanted by an organized band of
detectives and spies in later times. La
Sale had been destined for Jesuit, and
had studied under their teachings.
Whenhewas about twenty-five years
of age, in 1865, he left them and soon
came to Canada as an explorer. At that
time the Jesuits may be said to have
ruled Europe. The Vatican was the
headquarters of the police of Cristendom.
1t had its spies in every court, which
gave to Rome more full reports of the
lives, characters, and plans of the Kings,
Mobiles, and Ministers of the Continent
than any other of them had in their own
land. This explains the overshadowing
temporal power which the Pope then ex-
ercised. His espionage extended to
every one who held power or influence.
The wives and mistresses of monarchs,
who are generally very piOus persons,
were in direct intercourse with the
Jesuits, with religious power capable of
extorting at the confession any secret or
information they required.
In Canada they undertook to dissect
the policy of the Government, which
sometimes deiied them. Their bitter
ness toward La Sale was such that his
name is not mentioned in their published
letters or reports during the twenty
years he was in Canada. 1t is presuma-
BILE that they had the means of causing
his letters and reports to be suppressed.
During nearly three years, when his
riends claim he was exploring the Ohio
Valley, from 1910 to 1914, nothing has
been found in France coming direct from
him. The Jesuits were also discoveries.
1t is not claimed that they were on the
waters of the Ohio during those years,
but from some source maps were made
EN- bracing what is now the State of Ohio,
which those who favor La Sale attribute
to him. The maps of that era are now
being thoroughly investigated by the
secretary of our historical society, as
the last hope of clearing up the mystery
which envelops La Salle's operations
south of Lake Erie.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-22
A Strange Epidemic.

A strange epidemic among horses has
made its appearance in some parts of
Scotland, and there are, tits stated, more
than five hundred horses at the present
moment suffering from its effects in
Edinburgh. The disease commences with
great weakness and swelling of the eyes
and limbs, the left eye, in the
majority of cases, being affected more
than the right. There is also frequently
intestinal disorder, and spots appear on
the tongue as though from blood poison.
The attack lasts on the average from five
to twelve days. Opinions appear to
differ as to whether it is infectious or
not; at any rate, it is spreading rapidly,
and affects horses indiscriminately in all
classes of stables. One case has occurred
of a COW suffering from it, and, as the
animal was stalled beside pony which
had also suffered from it, there seems
reason to fear that the disease must be
infectious. On the other hand instances
are mentioned of horses escaping the dis
ease altogether, although occupying
stables where several other horses were
attacked. The dampness Of the atmos-
phere which has lately prevailed is sup
posed to have originated the epidemic,
and indeed the abnormal condition of
the weather during the last six weeks is
quite sufficient to account for any amount
of sickness, not only in the stable, but
also in the kennel.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-22
Experiments with Eucalyptus Trees.

The Sacramento (Cal.) Record Union,
in late issue, published the following
important piece of news: The Central
Pacific Railroad Company have arranged
to have forty thousand eucalyptus trees
set out along five hundred miles OF the
right of way of the COMPANY. 1t should
not be understood that thatis the whole
number of trees to be set out. 1t is but
the first installment, and is for COM
mencing the work. The object Of this
plan is to note what effect the planting of
trees will have upon the climate. 1t is
the theory that large numbers of them
will increase the humidity of the atmos-
phere and lessen the liability to
droughts. The denudipg of hills of
their timber and the clearing away of
forests has direct effect upon the eli
mate, as is we'll established, and the
intention now is to see how far artificial
means will be effective in restoring the
balance believed to have been lost by
the clearing out of our forests, as well as
the scattered groups of forests trees. In
this connection it is to be noted that the
Directory of the Good Templars' Home
for Orphans, at Vallejo, has now in pro-
gress the work of setting out three thou
sand of the eucalyptus globulus upon the
grounds of the Home, which will make
quite a forest when the trees shall be
fairly grown.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-22
A MYsteriOuS Pit.

Nearly fourteen miles on almost
direct line southwest from Bowling
Green, KY, there is singular and
mysterious pit in the ground. 1t is sit
uated on high bluff in a wild, finty
locality, tangled with vines, bramble,
briers, bushes, trees and shrubbery on
the waters OF Brakes Creek, below the
mouth of Trammol. The aperture is
dark gaping hole, cleft through the
stony crags as though the bluff had at
some time cracked and split. The open
ing is some ten feet long and four feet
wide at the widest part, its rocky,
yawning lips being spread something in
the shape of hOrse-cOllar, the apex, 80
to speak, pointing westward. BY some
of the people in that region it is known
as "Hell Hole," while others call it
"Indian Pit"
One remarkable feature of this abyss
is that there issues from its depths,
ceaseless as the rounds of the seasons, a
volume of misty vapOr, which, espe-
cially on crisp, frosty mornings, can be
seen ascending above the tree tops and
floating off on the air, whitened with
rays of the rising sun. Flint, boulder
obdpCu oVOuCoJ duu OthCio WViu Wy UuO
friction of time to perfect r0undness,
are scattered profusely all about the
place, as though tn rown highly some
unknown upheaval and showered back
like rattling hailstones of all sizes and
dimensions. In the fall and winter this
fog volume is warmer than the cutting
blasts that sweep along the deep gorge
In summer the mist is cooler and not SO
dense. The pit widens from the top in
its downward course, and woe be to any
living thing once swallowed through its
dark mouth. Throw a boulder or stone
into it and not the faintest echo ever
reaches the ear as to whittier it went.
Some seasons since a party of persons
assembled at the pit, determined to
fathom its hidden bottom. They were
provided with strong cord over six hun
dred feet long, to which was attached
steelyard weight. They dropped the
weight into the hole and laid out the
line. Down, down, and down went the
weight till not a foot of cord was left,
while not a sound came to tell the tsle
of its subteranean passage. No bottom
was reached, and the weight was with
drawn damp and unsoiled, as though it
touched nothing but darkness on its
soundings.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-22
Volcanoes OF the Moon.

The most prominent instance cf sup
posed lunar change on the surface of the
moon, says the Popular Science Monthly,
is that of the crater Lime. On
the northwest quadrant OF the
moon, near the center of level
tract about 430 miles in diameter, there
is bright crater called Bessel, nearly
IA miles in diameter, with a circular
wall rising 1000 feet above the interior,
and about !, 900 feet above the surround
ing plain. Scattered over this plain are a
few small craters, some two and half
miles in diameter, with walls about three
hundred feet high. Near its eastern
center an eminent selenographer named
Lohrman placed distinct, bright crater
about five miles in diameter, which he
described as being after Bessel the most
conspicuous object on this great tract of
level ground. Ten years later, our
greatest selenographer, Baron Won
Nader, confirmed Lohrman's observa-
tions, and made this crater a subject OF
special study, naming IL Lime. In the
drawings of Schmidt, who was about
this time making lunar observations OF
this particular part of the moon, Lime
is shown rs deep crater corresponding
with the descriptions of Lohrman and
Nader.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-22
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ENGLISH papers ANNOUNCE the uedtn OF
Captain J. E. Davis, a well-known ex-
plorer in the Arctic and Antarctic re-
gions. He was master of the Terror
during Ross s expedition of 1839-43, and
for many years one of the editors of the
Geographical Magazine.
Won MoLTKE was originally in the
Danish army. He asked for three years
leave of absence to 60 on the Continent
and there study military science for the
good of his country. This request was
granted, but the Count asked to have
his pay 60 on, which was refused, and he
resigned. Then he entered the Russian
army.
CONCERNING the rumor that the heir
at-law of all of Lord Macaulay's landed
property had been discovered in a VEN
erable citizen of Illinois, the Liverpool
Mercury observes that Lord Macaulay
had no landed property, and that such
property as he had was left to his
near relative, his nephew, Mr.. G. o.
Trevelyan.
The work of preparing to contest
Commodore Vanderbilts will goes on.
The principal contestant is Cornelius
Vanderbilt, the son, who, out of al
estate probably valued at one hundred
million, is allowed the interest of two
hundred thousand dollars only. Col.
Ethan Allen, Jere. Black and ID. ID.
Field are mentioned as young Wander
bilt's lawyers.
The young Napoleon was drafted for
the French army lately, but pleaded
that he was the only son and sole support
of his widowed mother, Eugene, and
was let off. The ex.Empress has vast
property, and it is funny to think how
the young Prince must have to scratch
around and sell papers and black boots
and sweep out offices and drop corn at
twenty-five cents per day to support her.
"IN personal appearance" says the
Washington Star, I" Associate Justice
Bradley, the Presidential Warwick,
strikingly resembles the late President
johnson. His face, however, is cast
in a finer mold, the features, especially
the nose, being smaller than those of
Mr.. johnson. Nevertheless, a side view
of his face at once recalls the familiar
countenance of Andy, the obstinate. He
wears the same sharp pointed standing
collar and black silk stock, while his
iron-gray hair is brushed down smooth,
after the manner of Mr.. johnson"
A TURNER'S Falls Mass. schoolma am,
according to the local paper, keeps
constantly on hand a stock of drugs
which she administers for the offense of
whispering. One drug is a liquid, known
among the pupils as horse liniment,
which is given in such generous doses
that it caused one little fellow to vomit
on the schoolroom floor, while another
was ill for several days. One of the
drugs is very bitter root, which also
makes the "patient" sick, and is ad-
ministered as punishment of the milder
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-22
New Industries.

Three new industrial enterprises are
struggling for existence and awaiting
recognition in this country:
l. The fax industry, by which some
$25, 100000 annually could be saved,
which is now paid to Europe. We have
all the fertile soil, and our people are
waiting to raise the fiber. Who will see
to it that this industry has helping
hand2
2. The sugar beet industry, by which
we could easily save another $25, ,000, 900,
which is now paid to assist slaveholding
Spain. There are successful mills in
California and one in Illinois. Our
farmers want the employment, and will
not some one give this industry lift?
3. The alpaca industry is apparently
more firmly established than either of
the others, and it is more hopeful of sue
cess The mohair is raised to a consid-
erable extent in Georgia, Kansas and
Nebraska, and more largely still in Cali
fornia and Oregon. Three factories are
already in existence-one at jamestown,
New York; one at Chicopee Falls, Mas
sachusetts, and one (the Oldest and most
successfully at Holyoke, Massachusetts,.
These industries are justly part of the
pursuits Of our people and should be en-
couraged until firmly established. 1t
cannot be said that encouragement to
these industries is encouragement of mo-
nopolies. The farmer must raise the beet,
the fax and the mohair, then the
machinist must furnish the machinery,
the lumberman and brickmaker the
building materials, and the laborer and
the operatives must be employed in all
its branches to do the work. In the beet
there will be food for cattle and fertilizers
left from the product of sugar; in the
fax there is seed and tow as we'll as
fiber, and in the mohair the goat fur
nishes meat, enriches poor soil, and the
pelts are so valuable that these animals
are raised in one section of California for
their pelts alone, for mats, mittens, etc.
Shall we have these three additional
sources of wealth established?
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-22
1T is said that several congregations in

1T is said that several congregations in
Chicago are considering plan for provid-
ing churches with music which ia some
what novel. A musical director in that
city proposes to organize in every church
a choral union, which will be placed un-
der the direction of a sub conductor.
These choral unions will meet once a
week for drill and instruction, and the
musical curriculum which they will be
required to 60 through will be the high
est grade. The practice of the choir in
hymns will be confided wholly to the care
of the sub-director. By this means every
person will receive gratuitously the very
best vocal instruction and the churches
be supplied with good singers among
themselves. The choral voices in con-
gregation would take the lead, and some
hearty and well-timed congregational
music be the result.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-22
JacksOn's Duel with Dickson.
New York Tribune.l

General w. G. Harding, of Tennessee,
says that on one occasion, visiting Gen.
jackson, he asked the gruff old soldier in
the course of conversation if brave men
were ever frightened, adding: "The
world, and especially those who know
you best, accord you as much courage as
belongs to man." Gen. Jackson replied
eff that be 80, sir, would say that /
have been as badly frightened as any
man ought ever to be. 1t was, cir, when
l fought the duel with Mr.. Dickinson.
In the first place, sir, l had no unkind
feeling against Mr.. Dickinson, and no
disposition to injure hair of his head.
/ had gone as far as an honorable man
could go to avoid the difficulty with
Dickinson; he had not injured me, and
therefore had no ground of complaint
against him my quarrel had been with
his father-in-law, Col. Erwin. l knew
Dickinson to be q brave, honorable
gentleman, and the best shot with the
pistol ever saw-far better than my
self, for was never an expert with that
weapon. / knew that he could shoot
quicker and truer than could. / there
fore went upon the ground expecting to
be killed, and l owe the preservation of
my life on that occasion to the fashions
of the day, for wore coat with rolling
collar and very full breasted but fortu-
nately for me, sir, / was organized with a
very narrow chest. Dickinson's ball
struck very near the center of my coat,
and, while it scraped the breast t-bone, it
did not enter the cavity of the chest. In
an instant, under the impression that |
was perhaps mortally wounded, and upon
the impulse of the moment, l fired and
my antagonist fell-and no event of my
life, sir, have regretted so much. My
determination before and after taking
position was to discharge my pistol in the
air, but because / felt the effect of his
shot fred at him. Just here, sir, lie.
me add that the world has done me great
injustice, for am charged with having
brought on the difficulty, and with hav.
ing fixed the terms so as to reserve my
fire and advance; and it charges me
with having advanced upon Dickinson
and shot him when was within a few
feet of him-all of which is false, sir.
fired instantly after receiving his shot
and from my position; and Dickinson
stood in his position and received my
fire like brave man as he was"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-22
Incident of RistOri's Detroit Engage.
ment.
[ Detroit Free Press.

DttTOit TTeeb'J
An incident is called up by the Ristori
of last Sunday, which it
may not be out of place to relate. The
story was told by Chatham (Ont.)
paper at the time, and many in this city
are cognizant of the facts in the case. A
little Italian boy who earned pre-
carious living with his harp in and
around the town of Chatham, heard that
his country woman was soon to act in
Detroit. BY dint of careful saving he
accumulated from his scanty earnings a
sum sufficient to secure his admission to
the gallery. He had made diligent in
auiries around the town as to the scale
of prices, and was told that the lowest
would probably be about $3.50. He
hoped at first to get enough to pay his
fare on the railroad to Detroit, but the
time appeared and found him with only
81. 80 which he sewed in the hem of his
tattered vest and sh0uldering his harp
started down the river road on foot for
Detroit. He played along the route at
houses where he thought there was a
chance of getting food, but notwithstand-
ing the solicitations of many who
offered him money he steadfastly re-
fused to tune up his harp unless COM
pelled by hunger, 30 anxious was he to
reach the end of his journey. Manfully
the little fellow trudged along, sleeping
in barns by night, until after two days
and half on the road he came in sight
of the city. The ferry boat landed him
in Detroit with his boarded wealth
untouched, and that afternoon he slept
of his weariness in shed near one of
the wharves. As soon as the doors were
opened he presented a grim looking
cOuntenance and 81 so at the box Office,
but imagine his dismay when he learned
that the lowest price was 80. Here for
the first time the little Italian broke
down, when, fortunately for him, his
anguish attracted the attention of
Manager Hough. After the young
foreigner had told his story Mr.. Hough
refused to take his money, but gave him
place in the gallery gratis, and it is
doubtful if any one in that audience en-
joyed Ristori's acting more than the
little minstrel boy who walked nearly
fifty miles to see her.