The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-02-19
; Miscellaneous.

"A legal -tendsr-A lawyer mindina
his baby.
--It isgenerally believed in New York
that Sharkey paid q, 600 to secure his es
cape, and that he is in Europe:
The suggestion of femininity in the
name of the great river Mississippi ID
clearly miss-n0mer; since tits ASCERTAIN
ed thait will cost e10 oO,00 TO open
her mouth. $50 ''=''
-"Who goes a borrowin' goes sorrow.
in'.". More, often It bs.the other wayup."
Who goes q lendinf too often goes q ~sor.
rowin', while who goes borrowin' moi
upfrequently gees on his way rejoicing p
his dextefity. ~ .; - - ::
| When taken in considerable quantities
tor long time, alcohol is apt to produce
deposit of fat and fatty degeneration OF
organs, rendering person not only less
capable of work, but liable to succumb to
disease.-Eretange. "
"A comparison of death rates in twelve
States shows that Indiana is the healthiest,
then Vermont, Ohio, Rhode Island I'LL
nols, New aamPshire, Virginia, Pennsyl-
vania, New York, California, Massachu-
sets aud Louisiana.
"A man in Fayette county, Penn, read
in an almanac that his feet could be kept
warm by lining his boots with Cayenne
ing, now, but he says he would like ITO
find the men what PVT tkssirshe almanac"
Dim writing nearly eaaced by age
may be restored ny the application: of a
solution of prussiate of potash in water.
Wash the parts witif-a hair pencil, and
the writing will appear if the paper has
not beSd deatroyed.--4cieStQs Anertoen.
TIE Duluth Herald says it is useless
to attempt to gloss over the truth as to the
pitiable condition of the Vermillion Lake
Indians. 1.-THE fact is that these Indians
are and have been for weeks, suffering
for The necessities Of life. An Indian, as
is we'll known, loves his dog, and every
dog at Xetmillion Lake has been eaten.
That tells the whole story without any
"A merry wiis Of Jsffersonvilh,s No,
formed lay figure sy .stufang puit OF
her husbands clothes and ntnppedsit at q
portico doof, so as. to give the appearance
of aburglar effectipg an entrance. The
good man, coming home late, discovered
the tgure, and, to prove tea burglarious
world that he did not care a fig for the
life of.a craeksmaa, he fred six shots into
the efigy and then waded into the bunch
OF rags with knife. 49,.
The tower to be erected in the Cen
tenhial buildifgat Pliladelphia. will be
one thousand feet high. A central tube
thirty feet in diameter, extending the en-
tire heigth, will be occupied by four ele-
vators for the transportation of visitors
Around this tube winds spiral staircase
for those who prefer to walk. While to
ascend by the latter will require steady
head, a stout heart will be necessary to
those who undertake a trip, with its risks,
by the former.
The power of prime movers is meas
ured by horse power. Watt found that
the strongest London draft horse4 were
capable Of doing work equivalent to rails
ing $4,000 pounds one foot high per min
ute, and he took this as the unit of power
for the steam engine. The horse is not
usually capable Of doing so great a qlan.
tity of,work. Rapkine gave $4,000 foot
pounds rs the figure for a meanof several
experiments, and it is probable that 25,-
600 foot pounds is fair minutes average
work for good animal 1t would re-
quire five or six men to do. the work of a
strong horse. Watts estimate has be-
come, by general consent among engi.
neers, the power of standard measure
ment for all purposes.-,ScientJfc Aneri-
cIn.