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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-09-03

and must run away Tor day or two and hide and
While these proceedings were pending. the
called upon him and upon Mr. Moulton to en-
To Mr. him.
he did not think that either he or the church were
justified IN endeavoring to reopen trouble
ha par afa TO- it, that ana sa BY
ssowed 'hs s''S ? s%s
M here e esed Sm Mr. II
toms interview with him did not satisfy but dis
turbed; but it was the same with Bell, who was
present: II tended directly to unsetting Your
gave confidence. This must be looked after II
Is vain to build If the foundation sinks under
- MI. Moulton here says the anxiety which Mr..
Beechcr felt about the stories aoat and the steps
he took to quiet them. together with the trust he
,sposed in him (M) and his ability to aid him in
letter of June =, 1873: -! have seen
n Howard from 'gssn eoad He t sss %kes6a
porting that view! I have told Claflin that you
would come with Carpenter If he could be found,
and ct any rate by nine tonight. to see Storrs,
Cleveland with my horse and buggy over to hunt
Carpenter. Will you put Carpenter on his guard
about making such statementss For these bear
the force of coming from headquarters."
Meanwhile (Mr. Moulton continues) Mr.. Halli.
day had had an interview with Tilton, the result
of which, as unsettling the matter between TiltOn
Beecher, who was quite anxious that Tilton
should take no steps by which the matter be-
tween them should get into the newspapers or
be made in any manner matter OF contro-
versy. With this view be stated the stu.
alton, ON the same night Of the interview Of HAL
liday and Tilton, in a letter, which is without
which he says: ~. The Eagle ought to have
nothing tonight. 1t is that medding which
stirs up our folks. Neither you nor Theodore
served 60 faithfully in public. 2. The Bea.
cons meeting, think, Is adjourned. saw
Bell. 1t was . friendly movement. .. The
Bradshaw and the poor dear child. II the papers
will hold of month we can ride out the gale and
make safe anchorage, and then when once we are
in deep and tranquil waters We will all join
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-09-03

short letter which contains the following: MY
that have sympathiZed with your distress, but
Mrs. Beechcr and ], after full consideration are
Of one mind, that, under the present circum-
will be, in SO far are concerned, to leave to
time the rectifcation Of all the wrongs, whether
they prove real or imaginary"
name Of the young girl in tho expression by Miss
Morse that g Titon has sent -, with the others,
away" and adds that the reason why it was de.
given me by Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton, was this: She
had overheard conversation by them concerning
Mrs. Tilton's criminal intimacy with Beecher,
ana sne nad reported these conversations to
Of her prattling, it 'A seemed aSeap proper
for the safety of the two families that she should
cordingly done. She was sent to boarding school
in the West, and the expenses of her stay there
were probably paid through me BY Beecher, to
whom had stated the difficulty Of having the
girl remain in Brooklyn, and he agreed with us
that it was best that she should be removed, and
offered to bear the cost of her schooling. The
bills were sent to me- from time to time as they
ere ae given 'ht two s%o4i notes Mrs
IN Mrs: Tilton's handwriting. signed by
Ton f from P%rRorg s to Mr.
young lady, saying that Mrs. Tiltons mother had
repeatedly sought to hire her by Offering money
them stories Injurious to he character Of Mr. Mr. I'll
ton; that she had not, at the time OF this occur,
renee, thought Mr.. Tilton's caresses were for any
bad purpose, and that she did not want to be
used by Mrs. Morse or any one else to bring
trouble on her two best friends, Mr.. and Mrs.
Tilton She characterizes story that Tilton had
at one time used violence toward her for bad
purpose as q wicked lie.''
Mr.. Mouton says this young lady, while at
school, informed q friend Of Mrs. Tilton "a Mrs.
P Of the stories of the family relations and these
stories having come to the knowledge of his
(Moulton q friends, creating an impression upon
their minds unfavorable to Mr.. Triton, he took
pains to trace them back to the ono to whom the
girl had told them, and soon after received from
Mr.. Titon letter written by Mrs. Tilton to Mrs
r, IN which she says. II have mistakenly felt
Obliged to deceive -, these two years, that
me, which he never has to her or any one, in
order that he may not appear on his defense, thus
adding the terrible exposure Of q lawsuit. Will
you implore silence on her part against any in.
dignation which she may feel against him-for
the only ray Of light and hope in this midnight
gloom Is his entire sympathy and cooperation In
nv behalt:'
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-06
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the senate, on the 26th, house
amendments to the bill donating condemned
cannon to certain parties of the grand army Of
the republic were concurred in. House bill
10 provide the botter lsrotsetiou of frontier
settlements in Texas against IRdian depreda-
tions was passed "A bill was passed to pro
vide for the payment of postage on printed
matter and other purposes. 1t Is a copy Of
the bill recently reported from the house COM
mittee on postotfices and post roads. The
senate IesuIns the consideration of the def
cheney appropriation bill, which was further
amended and passed The centennial bill
was passed-20 to 17--with proviso that the
United States shall not be liable directly or
indirectly, for any expense attending such ex-
position, or by reason of the same, and the
senate adjourned.
In the house, on the 26th, the time
was taken up in considering the report on the
Sanborn contract, and the bill to amend the
customs and internal revenue laws.
In the senate, ON the 9th, bills were
passed: To extend time to pre-epptiors on
public land in Minnesota to mako final pay
ment; to prevent hazing at the mi ytary acad-
emy; amendatory of the act to reduce the
duties on imports, and 10 reduce internal tax
alton. -. The Alabama. contested election was
tBken up, and resolution offered declaring
Spencer not entitled TO a seat, and THAT it be
dWdIueO TO kSyhes. Pendfflg OfscflFEtOu tiers-
on the senate adjourned.
In the house, on the 27th, an amend
ment to the report on the sanborn contracts,
prohibiting any member of congress frora act
ing as agent or attorney for any person in con-
nection with the customs or revenue laws. was
adopted and the bill repeating the law on
which the Sanborn contracts were based was
passed, The bill removing the disabilities
of Raphael Semues of Alabama. was passed.
-. bill was passed-14dNto 67-proyiding
that all colored persons residing within the
limits OF the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations
at the time when the 18th amendment to the
constitution took effect, and the children are
decla' cd part of these nations with all rights
to hold Office. 10 send their Achildren to
public schools, and with all ot K rights and
privileges now enjoyed by thosS SIndians. and
providing that denial of such rights to colored
persons shall be msdemeanOr. A select
committee was appointed, under resolution, to
ascertain the facts in relation to the disturbed
condition OF government affairs in Arkansas
-. Committees reported adversely ON bills to
abolish capital punishment, and to define a
legal days work in certain cases.
In the senate, on the 2Sth, the bill to
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-06
Swimming fer Liberty.

The New York Herald publishes a
communication from Rochefort. He
says:
We had heard it said that sharks in
their hunger assembled ordinarily in
the neighborhood of the slaughter
houses, whicA are situated not far from
the peninsula, and that, feeding plen-
tifully upon the refuse from butchery,
it seldom happened that they would at
tack a man. Oliver Paine, who was lg-
norant of the first principles of swim
ming, went energetically to work, and
one month after my arrival became one
of the best swimmers OF the peninsula
We then familiarized ourselves with
dangers by swimming IN the sea for two
or three hours each day.
4 cafnoe give ttfH efie f,sss ss<'"AAfs VIII
out compromising certain brave people
who lent us their assistance. The TACT
is. that three prisoners, simply residents
of the place, Achille Balherce, Jourde
and Bastien Granthiele, negotiated with
the English Capt. Law, of the three
masted bark p. O. j.
Law. fully understanding the impor-
tance of the prisoners he was to take on
board consented to receive and conduct
MS to Australia. but the peninsula was
Guarded much too strictly to permit him
to approach, and all he dared promise
us was to receive us if we had some
means of boarding his ship, which was
at the end of the roads of New Caledo-
MIA. that is to say, more than three
hours rom our fortified place.
The tourney to the English ship was
dramatic episode in our escape, and
we should certainly have succumbed tc
fatigue if our friends of New Caledonif
has not saved us the longest part of the
journey in coming up to us on dari
night in a whale-hoat, which took us II
naked and all torn by the waves ane
rocks, which cut like razor.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-06

@Negro AEajori6es.
Lyric Expression.

A writer in the Galaxy says: "Ev-
cry art has limits, in endeavoring TO
pass which it becomes not only power
less but ridiculous; but within those
lin its it admits no rival, no co-worker.
Hence it is that great music is not writ
ten to great poetry, that music is not
married to immortal verse. A beauti
full song, like one of those which
Shakespeare has scattered through his
plays, needs no music. BY its inherent
quality it attains its end. In itself it is
a song. II sings itself, and is both
words and music. What would Take,
o take those lips away gain by being
sung to any music? If the music We're
great the poetic value of the thoughts
would be lost, or sink out of sight for
the time if the music were inferior to
the words it could only provoke the re-
sentiment of impertinence. Hence 1t is
that lyric writing not of the highest
order-that which embodies the pleas
ant suggestion OF emotion in flowing
rhythm, without much strength or
beauty of expression--is most frequent
ly made the vehicle of fine musical
thought. The composer expresses
that which the song has suggested to
him. His is the passion, bis perfect
utterance. Lyric expression may come
from one soul, not from two. Words
written for music should merely minis
ter to occasion, and be the ISmbIe, IN
seen nucleus of beauty, likth blade of
grass made splendid By the jewels of
the morning.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-06

Ihe journal des Debats and the Jour.
nal de Paris say that the Spanish crown was
hrst offered to the Duke Mont Penzile who re-
fused it. Negotiations looking to the eandi-
dacy of German prince then began.
Several Madrid newspapers are accus-
ing Cushing the american ministerAof being
present at banquet given by the position
deputies, including Figeraus and astellar.
Ihe editorssuggest tliat Gushing must be ig-
horant OF European diplomatic usages as wen
as the significance of certain names.
1t now appears that the Russian
Grand Duke Constantine's son Nicholas gave
diamonds belonging to his mother to a Miss
Fenix or Phoenix, beautiful American. The
circumstances OF the theft, together with the
fact that he had deposited large sums of
money with his bankers to make provision. as
he says, against necessities OF old age. led TO
the belief that Nicholas was insane
In the house of commons last week
the proposition to raise the salary of the |
British minister at Washington 50. 600 WAS ou-
posed, on the ground that Thornton's resi- I
dence had been series of diplomat ies disas-
indorse IN dis sutsta1tiaIs raaISrlers = The ur,-
der-secretary explained that Thornton was
not responsible for the results OF Geneva, and
the increase was demanded by the high cost
Of living at Washington.
The Republique Franchise, a Paris
newspaper, considers the arrival Of the en-
peror Of Russia in London as a great event
and says the motive Of the ears journey was
not simply to see his daughter. Again, the
Republique Franchise believes his object is to
bring about understanding between Eng
land and Russia directed to the maintainance |
of the peace. Europe" it continues, "wil
rejoice at such taeit treaty Of alliance and
protection it will afford those menaced by I'M
brdled ambition. The great policy OF the
European balance of power still finds defend
ersr
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-06
Different Kinds of Eyes.

NO Drancn1 o. s5ieuee mas '1eeu illUl =,
thoroughly mastered than optics. The
principle of vision must be essentially
the same in all eyes, but they differ re-
markably according to the habits of the
animal Birds of lofty flight, as the
condors, eagles, vr.ltures and carrion-
seeking providers of the feathered race,
have telescope visions, and thus they
are enabled to look down and discover
their unsuspecting victims. As they
approach noiselesslY from above, the
axis of vision changes shortening, so
that they can see as distinctly within
one foot of the ground as when at an
elevation of one mile In the air.
This fact explains the balancing of
the fish hawk on its pinions, half mile
above a still pond watching for fish.
When oneSis selected down the savage
hunter plunges, the focal axis varying
ALWAYS to the square view of his intend
ed prev. As they ascend, the axis is
elongated bv a curious muscular ar
rangement. so as to see far off again.
Snails have their keen eyes at the ex-
tremitv of flexible horns, which they
can protrude or draw in at pleasure. By
winding the instrument around the edge
of a leaf or stalk, they can see how mat
ters stand on the opposite side.
The hammer headed shark has its
wicked-looking eyes nearly two feet
apart. By will or effort they can bend
the thin edges of the head, on which the
organs are located, so as to examine the
sides of an object the size of full
sized Goldfish.
Flies have immovable eyes. They
stand out from the head like half an
apple, exceedingly prominent. Instead
of smooth hemispheres, they have an
immense number of facets, resembling
old-fashioned glass watch seals, each
one directing the light directly to the
optic retina. That explains why they
cannot be approached in any direction
without seeing what is coming.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-06

Reports from the west and south,
which are generally regarded as trust
worthy, do not indicate favorable crops:
The area of cotton Is not only less, but
the planter has suffered from frost, Hood
an / lice. To considerable extent re-
planting has taken place, but not under
circumstances that encourage hope: In
western barley the falling off is sad 70
amount to fully ten per cent, while the
reduction of acreage planted IN spring
rye is fully six and one-fourth per cent.
The wheat prospects, however, are re-
ported to be hattering, although from
some localities come complaints of pad
weather. This is especially true Oh
southern Illinois and the corresponding
belt of country. 1t would be more
gratifying, however, TO know what Is the
condition of crops abroad. II they are
likely 70 be short the United States wlh
be the gamer, for we can sell with a
profit and employ our ships to advan-
tage. If, on the other hand, they are
abundant we may again see the meian,
choIy spectacle of corn burned as fuel
and the smaller grain entombed IN store
honaaa
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The saratoga Mnoument.

The Saratogian says of the monu-
ment for which New York state has ap-
propriated $50, 900, TO be erected at Sar-
atoga in commemoration of Burgoyne's
surrender: ~"The plinth is seventy five
feet square the shaft at the base is
forty feet square, exclusive of the apex
eight feet. The gable inches will have
representations of the three generals,
Schuyler, Gates, and Morgan, with their
accessories, the fourth being vacant,
with the yord Arnold inscribed under
meath. Within the monument, the first
story is one room twenty-five feet square,
the second story seventeen feet, the
third fifteen feet. These will have
historic tablets, memorials, cases, etc.
On the.four corners of the platform are
to be mounted four bronze guns taken
from the English at the surrender.
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HEST

Gen. Custar is organizing a military
expedition to the Black hills in Dakotab. the
tabled site OF rich gold mines. A host of ad.
Yenturers viii follow in his wake.
In 1878 there were FIVE Masonic lodges
IN Indiana There are now 421. with an aver
age membership of ffty-fve each. The Ma
Sous count one to every. seyenty-two Of ropu-
lation
The small pox has been introduced
into Eiko, New, by italian emigrants. and i
spreading very rapidly The Indians have
the disease and the people are fleeing from
the town
A dispatch from Camp Warner, Ore
gon, says tina. the inhabitants of that locality
are much excited about a threatened Indian
outbreak by the Ochoes band, aud have al
ready sought protection from the small gar
risOn at Fort Warner.
The Chicago Times Publishes several
columns OF crop reports from xarior,.. ..,,s.s.-
rnrougnour che Atates OF Illinois, Iowa, Wis
corsin, Indiana, Missouri, Minnesota and
Kansas, from which it appears that on an av-
erage the acreage of wheat sown Is muchin ex-
cess Of that Of last year, and that the yield
promises to be quite up to the average. In
corn, oats and barley, fully the average
amount Of land has been seeded, and the
crop viii be large. Fruits Of all descrip-
tions never looked better In several coun-
ties in Iowa. Kansas and Missouri the grass
hoppers and chinch bugs have made their sp-
pearance.
Last night as the Atlantic express,
which leaves Chicago at 5:15 was, passing be-
tween New Buffalo and Niles, two unknown
men pried open the front door of the express
car and knocked down S. B. Heath. the mes
senger, who was sorting his money packages
for different stations. One OF them grabbed
packages containing - 700. jumped from ihe
car and escaped, leaving the other robber
struggling with Heath for the mastery in the |
darkness, the candle having become extin-
guished. Heath finally drew his pistol and !
shot the scoundrel, and then he himself fell |
insensible from his injuries. As the train was !
approaching Niles he recovered sufficiently to |
call for help. but was unable to rise. The |
robber lived only few seconds after being |
taken from the car
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-06
Alligators as Pets.


Absurd as the alligator may seem for
a pet, it so happens that we once had
some of them, and very pleasant little
pets they proved to be. 1t was during
a residence, not far from the bayOus,
where alligators, great and small, are
to be had by the hundred thousand.
Instead of going in person to catch the
little fellows. we secured the services of
an aged American citizen of African de
scent, who knew more than we did about
keeping ont of the way of the parent
alligators. He scooped up dozen or
two of baby gators, tnd brought them
in, his face ornamented with a broad
grin of delight, in anticipation OF the
dollar he had been promised for catch
ing them.
For several months a number of these
lively little fellows occupied neat
aquarium tank IN the library window,
where the sun shone on them. They
we're as lively as little cats, and quite
as playful. Equally happy in the water
and out of it, they would frisk about
like so many monkeys when they felt so
disposed, and when they felt lazy (tor
alligators, like other folks, are subject
to attacks of laziness) they would stretch
themselves out, or lie in heap, one on
the other, and bask in the sunshine.
They had habit of eating almost any
eatable thing that was given to them,
their principal luxury being live flies;
In catching these insects they exhibited
great dexterity. Large beetle cock
reaches also afforded them much pleas
ure. There was an abundance of these
in the house, and the alligators consid-
erably reduced the stock. These ALI,
gators we're in their first summer, and
were only few inches long, They would
run over peoples hands and clothes, and
climb upon shoulders with great livel1,
ness. We gave some of them away, ano
the rest. probably pampered by pettine
and over-feeding, died.
We once owned an alligator which
was six feet lo1g. But he frightened al
old lady out of her wits, and so we gave
him away. He was too large for pet
But. in their first or second year, gators
are pleasant pets, and no more danger
! GUS than kittens.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-06
Deterioration Of Coffee.

More than one hundred millions OF
people are habitual coffee drinkers, ana
amorg them not a few OF our readers.
The new way of preparing the berry
for market by which it passes through
a pulping, steaming and washing ma
chine. Yields a clearer and brighter
bean, popular with dealers. but IN a, I
considerable degree damaged as 70 tno
strength of the coffee. While the ave, W.
rage price of the article has advance
from so to 100 per cent. its value ~ nns
beverage has been reduced aDou, S1I ite
half. Tea and common sirnP AZ r1nbal
as much injured by art ana on'
manipulations.
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no top-knot on her head, or false fix
ings to present, but stood in the maies-
tic beauty of created intelligence that
would not yield to the despotic dictates
of frivolous fashion. It has been
long time since We gazed upon such
sight. The young men crowded around
her wagon with curiosity in their eyes
and admiration in their hearts. Tie
old men wept for Joy that there w2s one
who had not bowed to Baal She sold
her country produce, went home,
milked the cows, cooked supper for ten
farm laborers, AID went to church that
night with her sweetheart q"