The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-11-19
greater strength and ability would fol-

greater strength and ability would fol-
low" i
The German daily papers of Cincin.
natl are discussing the question of the
length of the daily school sessions. One
suggests that for the winter the hours be
from eight to eleven, and from one to
three tor the smaller scholars, and to
four o'clock for the larger ones. Another
favors from half-past eight to half past
eleven, and from two to four
The plan of great union of all Pres
byterian bodies is maturing. This month
the Presbyterians of Great Britain have
a preliminary gathering for the purpose
of forwarding the object, and, month
later, the American brethren have like
meeting. 1.-THE great result" says the
Observer, twill be a congress of Presby-
terians from all countries, to take coun-
sci in regard to the interests of the
church. 1t may be two or three years
before the assembly is reached, but it
will be approached with such dclibcra-
ton as to make the success certain, and
of its vast usefulness there can be no
reasonable doubt.
two Chinese students were aa-
mitted recently to the Yale College
Scientific Department. They passed the
examination most creditably, and gave
promise of superior scholarship. There
are now sixty Chinese students supported
by their Government in Connecticut and
Massachusetts. Thirty came two years
ago, thirty arrived a year since, and
thirty more are soon expected. So far
their department has been excellent and
their progress quite remarkable. The
students are placed at first in families,
two in a place, where their first aim is
the mastery of our language. They are
all under strict supervision, and spend
each from two to four weeks year at
the headquarters" of the Chinese Edu-
catiOnal Commission in Hartford, where
they are carefully examined as to their
habits and progress. Scattered in some
twenty or thirty different towns, these
boys have everywhere been favOritcs
The kindness with which they have been
treated has been very gratifying to the
commission and to the Chinese Govern
ment at home.
Industrial.
The Boston Times says that the retail
trade of that city is now the best it has
been during the year.
Experiments have recently been
made at Liverpool with a new masthead
light, intended for ocean steamers. 1t
throws fine, brilliant, White light, and
can be seen distinctly five miles. The
light is made from a powder, and is
thrown through magnifying glass,
something on the magiclantcrn plan.
l,o 80 e a.,
pottery-tree. The trunk does not exceed
a foot in diameter, but it grows to
the height of 100 feet The chief
popularity, however, is in the nature of
the wood and bark, which contain SO
much silica that they are used in the
making of carthenware. The fresh bark
cuts like soft sandstone.
The yield of fruit in Rhode Island,
this year, surpasses that of almost any
other year ia it's history, and the people
have hopes that the State is regaining
the reputation for Embarrassing it once
had. Besides the larger fruits there is {.
considerable crop of cultivated cranber-
RES, the towns of Exeter and Richmond
alone yielding 5000 to 10000 bushels.
Lewiston, Me-, has ten cotton mills
and five wooden mills, with an estimated
capital of $7,750,00O, consuming $4,000
bales of cotton per year. employing !, "a
hands, and distributing over So, 900 ,OO(
per year, chiefly to labor, producing
35 100000 yards of goods and nearly
100000 grain bags. The total value OF
manufactures last year was $l1, 100000
The New York correspondent OF
the Boston Journal says: can investi
CATION in regard to manufacturing anC
business matters shows that the winter
outlook for the laboring class is very un
promising. One-third Of the unskillct
laborcrs in New York are idle. \ popu
lation of 10000 are really in want. The,
have had no employment for six months
and none is expected till spring, at soon
| est"
The consumption of osicrs for various
purposes in England is very great. Be
sides her own production, that countr,
imports more than 5000 tons, valued al
about 100000. About 300 varieties oil
Osiers are known, the most important
beds being situated near Nottingham
The home product being insufficient tC
meet the demand, great attention is be
ing paid to the cultivation of beds in
Australia, and considerable quantity Is
yearly produced in that country
The 7'ec1nologist describes an umbrel
la lately invented, which, by its simple
| and ingenious construction, can in ;
moments time when desired lie folded
up and packed in a valise or even carried
in the pocket. The ribs are cut in two
parts and secured together by means OF
| slide SO that when the umbrella i.
folded one section of the ribs slides alone
the side of the others, thus reducing tho
ribs to one-half their length. When tho
ribs are extended and ready for use they
are held in position by an extra set o1
! braces, which serve the double purpose
of holding the ribs at their full length
and giving extra strength to the umbrcl
la. The stick is jointed in the center by
link and slide ferule and is folded W
with the ribs.