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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-29
The Sad Results Of Crime.

Could persons who premeditate crime
foresee the sad results which are al
most certain to follow theinfringement
of the laws Of God and man, they would
hesitate ere plunging into the abyss of
ruin. Such hesitation would induce re-
Aection, and slumbering conscience
would assert its supremacy. Unfortu-
nately, he who lapses from rectitude is
seldom the only sufferer; the innocent
wife and children, in fact, all the menu
bers Of his family, feel the degradation
more keenly than the man whose evil
deeds have placed him within the clutch
of the law. Had VIM. G. Gilman re-
fected ere giving way to temptation
had he foreseen the deplorable conse-
quences of the forgery he was about to
commit--a shudder of horror would
have caused him to drop the forger's
pen, and, humbly falling on his knees,
he would have exclaimed: "Oh, God,
forgive me! My mother taught my
youthful lips to utter the Biblical COM
mand, Thou shalt not steal!' And
now, forgetting Gods injunction, my
mothers teachings and the duty ! owe
myself and my relatives, what was
about to dop Disgrace my innocent
family. doom myself to a convict's cell,
and by the same wretehed deed de.
throne the reason of my beloved wife!'
Now, when, it is too late, VIM. G. Gil
man bitterly realizes that all this has
come to pass. His; children are dis
graced, homeless and worse than
o..Io-crJ. IL <>.,o,,,,;r< a nOuvicfss rp1l
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ssThat's the Way Papa Does. >

A friend gave me lately the expert
ence Of skillful professional man in
about the following words: My early
practice said the doctor, was sue
cessful, and I soon attained an enviable
position. / married q lovely girl; two
children were born to us, and my do
mestic happiness was complete. But
I was invited often to social parties,
where wilie was freely circulated, and
i soon became slave to its power.
Before 1 was aware OF it | was drunk
ard Ny noble wifc never f0rsook me,
never tainted me with : bitter word,
never ceased 70 pray for my reformar
ton. We became wretchedly poor, &c
that my family were pinched for daily
bread. :.
q Ons bssutifpl ssbbath my wills wen
Is 81 church, and left me lying on q
lounge, sleeping on my previous nights
dalpeuch. f9was xroused ~ hearin&
something fall heavily on the door.
opened my eyes and s&w my little boy
| 81 - years eld tumbling uPon the oar
pet. His elder brpthe e61d "a hing
Now get up md fsli sins 3 ~ ~
Iway papa does; Iese j play ~ ~ dfankF
I;IWafched the child y BE pefS0netsQ lny
| besstiy movements 10 : way that wonls
Ihave done credit 10 An actor. atusl
and LOFT the house, grooming q Agony
Iand femoFse Z vailed o0 milee INT!
/ nsfi y I So "a s siss s1Sslspie 8 { ~ ssl
fy5S before nv children. 1 soJs1nl!!
8 q, - = axE, : n
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-29
Our Young Readers.
NILTLADES' WAR AGAINST TUR.
as KEY.

It was IIhanksgivine r night, and the clock in the
Had struck ten, ere Miltades peterkin Paul,
With exceeding reluctance, at length took a
And. bidding them all, for the third time, GOOD
Left tie sroom-but DELAYED going straight up to
And crepf slyly around to the pantry instead.
Fof, said he to himself. !. / may certainly say
That didn't set half enough turkey tod
| Then little Miltiades Peterkin Paul,
With great m labor, took down a huge plate which
That was left Of the dinner; and, falling to
Very qnickly had stuffed himself chuck full of
30 that when be got through pray believe it who
He was sevsn pounds heavier than when he
began!
right inst Kersl
But, then. Thanksgiving Day only comes once a
year"
In bis trundle-bed, some hours later, that night,
Young Miltiades suddenly started upright,
And beheld, looming up through the shadowy
Ayast, ehostly shape, that advanced cross the
With . step just halfway 'twirt a skip and a
While i uttered meanwhile most horrible
gobble.
"Oh, dear mer' gasped Miltiades Peterkin Paul,
" If here amt a turkey dozen feet tallF'
"Aye!,' the turkey began. with an unearthly
You are right s5 Mill Miltiadss Pc Psteskin Paul;
OF the one you deyoured short time ago.
You imagine, no doubt, It's n very small matter
platter.
Very vel; you shall see how much fun there is
/ will transform vou into a turkey this minutep p
The next instant, Miltiades Peterkin Paul.
Almost perished with fear, looking round. saw
that all
Had been suddenly changed by enchantment,
and ho
Was perched high on branch of the old orchard
With claws. tail and wattles and feathers full
As brave a young turkey as ever was known.
And On ..p opening his mouth, to cry out in a
shrill. prolonged gob0le was all he could utter.
Then little Miltiades Peterkin Paul IN
ALI at once saw John Henry Jack mount the
Directly beneath him -who cried out, $ Aha! ,,
And who, reaching far upward took firm hold of
And pulled poor Miltiades down from the limb;
When the inter, quite terrified, made no en-
To fly. but, instead, gobbled louder than ever.
And now a sad fate seemed about to befall
Poor little Miltiades Peterkin. Paul.
He was taken around to the wood-pie, and there
His head laid on the block, the rnisod in the
air,
And in one moment more its keen edge had de-
scended,
And our hero's young life had been then and
there ended,
But that he, with one desperate last effort broke
The dread spell that bound him. and straightway
auoke.
And little Miltiades Peterkin Paul
Found himself still in bed while the family all
(Who bad hurried upstairs in response to his
criee)
We're gathered about. He sat rubbing his eyes,
And feeling to see if his head was still on.
Ahe' he murmured. thought it was certainly
Well, III just tell you this; that as sure as I'm
living
One dinner II be all ! shall eat next Thanksgiv-
inQr'
John Br0wnjohn. In Wids-4cak
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they again settled down on their feed

| thoy again 6eJtleO OOWn on tnelr Ieed-
ing-ground.
There was pause for two or three
minutes, and then the same thing took
place again. A branch drifted down
with tho stream into the midst of the
ducks, and made. them take to tligh
once more. But when they found that
the bough had drifted by, and done no
harm. they flew down to the water a
before.
| After four or five boughs had drifted
by in this way, the ducks gave no heed
| to them, and hardly tried to fly out of
| their way on the stream, even when
they were near to being touched.
| The gentleman who had been observ-
ing all this now watched for the cause
of the drifting of the boughs. At
length he saw, higher up the bank of
the stream, fox, which, having set the
boughs adrift, was watching for the
moment when the ducks should cease
to be startled by them.
| This wise and clever fox at tlast seemed
| satisfied that the moment had come.
So what did he do but take larger
branch of spruce-fir than any he had
yet used, and, spreading himself down
on it SO as to be almost hidden from
sight, set it adrift as he had done the
others!
The ducks, now having ceased to fear
the boughs, hardly moved till the fox
was in the midst of them, when, making
rapid snaps right and left, he seized
two fine young ducks as his prey, and
fioated forward in triumph on his raft.
The ducks flew off in fright, and did
not come back.
That fox must have had fine dinner
that day, think. The gentleman who
saw the trick pitied the poor ducks, but
could not help laughing at the fox's
cunning. Nursery.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-29
j TIE sCsnvIction Of Robert L. Case.

As we read the reports of Robert l..
Cases conviction yesterday on charge
of perjury, and see him in imagina-
ton as he enters the City Prison to
await his sentence, an old man, long
an honored merchant of this city, now
bowed and broken under his crime and
his conviction-as we see him thus our
hearts are moved to pity, and truly
we may give him some part of our
pity as his dessert. We pity his condi-
ton and his sorrowful future; still
more we pity him for his guilt, which
is a heavier burden than any load of
punishment can be. He is wrecked
life, and worse still, it is life wrecked
in port after the voyage has been sue
cessfully made. 1t is sad spectacle
which we see, in whatever way we may
look at it. IT is sad to think that so
old and SO long honored q man must
20 to prison and wear the livery of
proved guilt, but it is infinitely sadder
to know that this old man, after lead
ing an honorable business life, passing
safely through all the temptations
which beset men in mid-career, and
arriving at time of life when the Sc
renee contemplation of the past ought
to have brought the richest content
ment, has deliberately fallen into sin
and made himself q felOn for gain
which he did not need.
His case is q tragical one, and we can
well afford to pity him, but it will not
do to forget that some pity is due also
to the victims of his crime. 1t will not
4 k<~ hat IN %hn o., n$ fo1ura
swearing he has added an attempt, by
false swearing, to delude men to the
ruin of their wives and children, to in
duce men to place the money that they
can lay aside for the support of their
widows and orphan children in the keep
ing of rotten and dishonesty managed
corporation.
He has not only attested false state
ment under oath; that only is the of
fense for which the law Furnishes him,
but that is not all of his offense. He
! has betrayed one of the most sacred
trusts that it is possible for man to as
sume in business. He has lent himself
to scheme to deprive widows and
orphans of their substance. His moral
crime is a crime against society, and
his punishment is not only deserved,
but necessary In this matter of life
insurance even more than in other
business affairs, integrity, frankness
and truthfulness are necessary to the
well-being of the community; and in
their stead falsehood has been put for
ward SO frequently Of late that rigor-
GUS enforcement Of the law is peremp-
torily necessary We are sorry for
Robert L. Case because he must suffer:
we are sorry that he has forfeited his
reputation and his liberty; but we sor-
row more for innocent women and
children who must suffer through the
wrong-doing Of such men as he, and we
rejoice to know that offenses like his
can be sternly punished by the courts.
IN. Y. Eueaiaag Post.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-29
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The father of Charley Ross having
expended his fortune-some 100000
in search of his lost boy, is at present
earning living as travelling salesman
for an Eastern house.
The Centennial poet. Sidney Lanier,
has written an "Ode to Wagner of
which the st. Louis Republican re-
marks: 'This makes Wagner's visit to
America certainty. He will come if
for no other purpose than to kill
Lanier."
Mr.. Voorhees,, the new Senator
from Indiana, has yellow hair and a
heavy red moustache and imperial. He
has rosy face and large body more
than six feet high. which has given him
the title of the "Tall Sycamore of the
Wabash
Senator Blaine's daughter Alice,
who was shot in the forehead by the ac-
cidental discharge Of small pistol re
Gently, will be disfgured for life when
the ball is extracted, as it lies between
the eyes at the junction of the nose and
forehead.
The assertion that ex-Gov. Coburn,
VI MdlHc, Is tHc ldIScse idHu-oWucl III
the United States is disputed in favor
of Wilson Waddingham, of New York,
who owns 665, 900 acres in one lot on
the Canadian River, in New Mexico,
and enough more in other parts of the
same Territory to make a total of
1,256, 900 acres, or more than twice as
many as are claimed for Mr.. Coburn.
Mr.. Conger, the witty Congre IS
man from Michigan, has love history
which is quite remarkable. His pres
ent wife was his first love, but they
quarreled and each married. Twenty
years afterward, he widower, was in
Congress, and she, widow, sat in the
gallery and listened to him speaking.
It was the first time they had met since
they had their lovers quarrel. She
sent her card and invited him to call
ON her, which he promised to do if
he might visit her as he used in the
days Of their youth. Her consent was
easily obtained, the old love revived, and
they were soon married. Chicago
Tribune
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renewed vigor; then the mule would
put on another squirt; until, at last, it
became entirely demoralized by the ex-
plosion Of q ten-inch shell almost under
its belly. Every glass in the squadron
was leveled at the spectacle. The driver
got of his seat, took the animal by the
head, whirled it around once or twice
and started it up the beach once more.
Fort Sumter flashed and famed, Bat
terry Wagner belched and thundered,
and still that daring driver urged his
mule along, though the way was swept
by at least thirty guns. 5 s.
At last he reached his destination,
but he could not stay there, and in
moment he was turned around, and ex-
horting that animal to do its level best,
The mule did not need to be told to
step out, for in its rear there was roar
and racket, and about its ears were fly
! ing sand and scrap-iron, which seemed
to stimulate its, fieetness. Down that
hard beach few the mule, the light
cart bobbing and swaying, and the
driver arm rising and falling as he
dealt out lash after lash. At last they
neared the friendly shelter Of thesand
hills. In another minute they would be
safe, but just as they near the place to
turn aside. shell came screaming
from Sumter. Everybody could see
the huge mass of iron as it roared
through the air. It struck the beach
directly in the rear Of the mule. and
with bound it overlook it and ex-
ploded with terrific violence. A gen.
eral exclamation was heard from Dahl
gren's flagship, where the Admiral
and his staff were earnestly gazing at
the adventurous mule and his daring
driver. Fort Sumter's ramparts were
black with men, they, too, willing wit
nesses of Yankee pluck. Along the
swell of Morris Island, and covering
every eley alton, could be seen the Union
soldiers, who stood with bated breath,
anxious and full Of suspense, and every
eye intently taking in the scene. When
the shell exploded a circle of smoke
hid the mule for q moment, but when
the smoke cleared away MIR. Mule had
his ears laid back, and, with head
down and legs lashing wildly out, he
was making kindling-wood of the cart,
which had been badly demoralized by
fragment of the shell. Presently the
driver was seen limping to the mule; in a
second the mule was free from the cart,
and, with the driver on his back, and
farewell whisk Of his tail, disappeared
behind the cover of the hills. VA
The thousands of boys in blue united
in long and hearty hurrah; the sailors
waved their hats and shouted themselves
hoarse, and, hark! the Confederates
caught the infection and were cheering
too Hartford Conn., Times.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-29
Vitality Of Ants.

The proceedings Of the Academy of
Natural Science at Philadelphia con-
tain some interesting observations of
the Rev. H. G. McCook on the power
of enduring heat and cold possessed by
ants. A nest OF ants CT. Pcniasytuaaai-
cay established on an oak-bough was
exposed to the cold of mountain
winter without destroying the in
luatos. A nnrnhar of the little crea-
lures were dropped upon ice, and were
found alive at the end of forty-eight
hours-the body of each having made
slight depression in the ice by its
heat. The species r. rufa was active
in its formicary with the thermometer
at "a deg. F., and sluggish at 30 deg.
The F. Penmsyluanica did not suffer
from the heat of the stones walling a
campfire, to which they had been driv-
en- from their position in a burning
stump.
The late DIR. Lincecum, who made
many original observations upon the
Agricultural Ants ON. molefaciens) in
Texas, relates that a fire was built, for
heating wagon-tires, upon one OF their
mounds. Before the fire was extinct,
the ants were at work clearing away
the entrance to their city. They quick
ly exhibited an entire knowledge OF the
situation, and worked among the dying
embers without injury.
Mr.. McCook once.noted a mass OF
Mason Ants (F. ruta) which had been
accidentally flooded with inches OF
| water. Their bodies floated about on
the fluid, apparently lifeless, for several
hours; but were finally almost all re-
stored to animation. DIR. Lincecum
observed that the Agricultural Ants
were often seen floating, clinging In
masses as large as an orange, on the
surface of wells. After remaining in
this situation a day or two, on being
drawn up by bucket, all proved to be
alive. Ants will drown after sub
mergence of six minutes in water, ano
the insects composing these masses
must have kept alive by the bail revoly
/ ing continually with the struggles O
the individuals, or by an instructive
and orderly movement of the outel
tier.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-29
Eme's Thanksgiving.

81 GUESS I'll have Sanksgiving
dinner of my very own" said little Ef-
fie Ahgell.
She had been watching with great
interest the preparations for the grand
dinner at home; the chickens and tur-
keys, the puddings and pies, and the
beautiful red cranberry sauce, all at
tracted her attention, and filed her
with wish to have dinner for her
own family.
Her family was made up of dolls, a
poodle and kitten, and r very nice
family it was. The dolls were all well
behaved and quiet; the kitten was good
tempered, and the poodle was very
bright and loving, and was always neat
ly dressed in white wool.
81 want my Sanksgiving before you
have YOURS" Effie said to her mother,
"'cause then you'll be SO busy that you
can't help me-
Every well," said Mrs. Angel;
'.you can have it to-day; and | will
give you some cold chicken and cur
rant jelly and frosted cake. But who
are You going to have for guestsP"
"Why, Snowflake and Whitenose
and all the dollies. of COURSE.
And no little girl or boy?'
"Why, mamma, would youp | didn't
think of that.
81 think it would be nice plan to
set your dinner on the little wooden
table that stands in my room and in
vite somebody to eat it with you.'
"What, have real dinner, and moi
play eat! Why, mamma, l think that
would be splendid; but who shall | in
viteP''
"Whom would you like to invite?'
There is Clara Weston
"She has enough to eat at home y
"Why, of course she has, mamma.
"Can't You think of some little CIR
who is often hungry, because hel
mamma is poor?'
"Let me see-yes, there is Mamie
Hart and Johnny. They don't bring
ANYTHING to school for lunch but littl'
thin slice of bread, and sometimes I
herring; and they look SO pale ant
poor, mamma"
"Then suppose you invite Mamie ant
Johnny. Twill see that youhaye enough
for them to eat"
Effie was delighted with the idea; AM
putting on her little jacket and her new
hat with the scarlet wing, she hurried
to Mrs. Hart's.
4 The children's eyes sparkled with jo.
when Ef1ie told her errand, and Mrs
Hart promised that they should atten'
the dinner in good season.
Then Efie ran home and began he
preparations.
Her mamma gave her her little tea
plates, and the smallest knives an
J forks that she possessed. She had pref
| ty white mugs for drinking cups, an
milk in q tiny white pitcher with gol
bands.
i Mrs. Angel cutup the smallest chicl
en- she had, and put it all on the ts
BILE. She sliced . plateful OF fres
bread, and brought ont of her store {
preserves two glasses of lovely currar
ielly. / cannot tell you how pretty tn
table looked when it was all set, and
bouquet Of roses and geranium leave
put in the center.
Mamie and johnny came at the exa'
| time. Snowflake, the poodle, an
!, Whitenose, the kitty, had napkin
pinned around their necks, and wei
put into chairs, by the side Of chairf'
Of dolls.
/ must say that the dollies behave
best, though the poodle and the kite
did very we'll, considering that thisw'
. their first Thanksgiving dinner.
= Masnin and Johnny ate all the chlCke
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The Loss Of the United States War.
Steamer Huron.

"a a .
The following account of the wreck
of the United States man-of-war Huron
off the coast of North Carolina, at l 20
Oh Saturday morning, is made up from
special dispatches to the Chicago Times
Of Nov. 25 and 26: tH t l.f III
The disaster occurred during the ter
rife storm which ragged along the east
ern Atlantic coast on Friday night.
The vessel was driven on a point of
rock known as the Nagshead, an ugly
reef, that crops up some two miles out
at sea, off Kitty Hawk beach. AS
nearly as could be learned, about 100
officers and men lost their lives in the
shipwreck. Thirty-four were reported
saved. t,
Various theories are advanced to ac-
count for the sad occurrence, but none
Of them are wholly satisfactory. The
Huron left Hampton Roads for the sur
vey of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico,
on Friday, in defiance of the reports of
impending rough weather made by the
Signal Office. That night the most ter
rife storm experienced on the Atlantic
coast for years came tearing along. Its
fury was felt as far from the coast as
Washington. 1t struck the Huron, and
drove her wildly from her course. Some
are of opinion that she lost her reckon
ing, owing to the eccentric influence OF
the iron Of the ship and guns on the
compasses. Another theory is that in
the storm the engines gave out and she
was driven a helpless thing before the
winds.
The Nagshead is an ugly. reef, for
some unexplained reason left without
a light. Attention has often been
called to the danger Of this neglect, but
no official action was ever taken con-
cerning it. ,s ~ 80 r. -...5, q.
Reports of particulars Of the wreck
were quite meager. The coast at that
point is very tllinly settled, the nearest
telegraph station to the scene of the
disaster being eight miles distant, the
only means Of communication being bya
footpath. As soon as morning broke,
the wreck was discovered, and as rap
idly as possible word was sent to Wash
| ington. The naval authorities there at
once gave orders for assistance, and the
wrecking steamer Resdute was sent
| from Norfolk, and the United States
steamer Swatara and the tug Fortune
from Hampton Roads, to render what
aid they could in picking up the fortu-
| nate men who might have escaped with
their lives from the Huron. The Cho-
wan was also sent from Norfolk with
supplies and medical aid for the sur
vivors. 5.s5,., 4ass
But four officers and thirty men were
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