The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-18

being apprentices together seven years
before going into partnership.
Mrs: Mary Clemmer writes to the
1'adepenoent from Washington: "There,
on sofa, eat Bancroft, historian diplo-
mat ana publicist-sat as straight as one
OF the kaiseFs guard-ever SO much
straighter and more stately than I remem-
per him at the New York Academy of
Music ages ago in war days. Bearded
IKE the pard, 1t is sn0w-white as his full
crown OF hair. His black eyes are un.
dlmmed-full of force and fire, like a
man IN mis- prime. Looking into them it
man of nearly seventy.ive makes his
own fire at six in the morning. studies
TIL one and then starts for a horseback
ride"
Jennie June describes A. T. Stewart
as man OF seventy who looks not more
than nfty-very quiet in appearance and
rather slender, his gray eyes alone Quick
and clear, showing the power and habit
OF taking in details at a glance. He is
absolutely destitute of pretension, and
though fond of art and proud of his
pictures >deprecates being considered a
connolsseur. lie is very abstemious in
MS habits, eats cup of Indian meal
cruel the first thing in the morning,
toast and fresh egg for breakfast,
stewed chicken and rice pudding, made
without eggs, for dinner. These are his
favorite dishes the wear round. He
never eats at public dinners, preferring
to take his meals at home before going,
Industrial.
"A Philadelphia mandatory is lay
ing by something for rainy day. 1t
makes 5000 umbrellas day.
"A corner in hops may he expected,
Large shipments are made to Europe,
ano the price has gone up considerably.
Paper undergarments for women
have struck the Pacific coast from Japan,
and are likely to soon make their an,
pearance this way.
There are eight metals-indium, va
nahum, ruthenium. rhodium, palladium,
uranium osmlum and iridium-more
valuable than gold.
The people of the Pacific coast have
become thoroughly convinced that the
highest prosperity rests on manufactures
and are continually engaging in new en-
terprises of that kind.
-One hundred women engaged in a
rubber mandatory in New Jersey have
struck against reduction Of wages
They don't propose that even a rubber
manufacturer shall stretch his preroga-
tives too far.
"A couple of Bangor men have organ
lied quite a business in the manufacture
OF boot heels from scraps of leather pur-
| chased at the shoe factories. About 25,-
wv pairs OF heels are made annually, for
which four cents per pair are obtained.
1T is estimated that the granite, lime
and slate quarries of Maine, if thew were
fully worked, would sustain population
equal to the whole present population of
the State. There is enough slate to roof
over the whole State and have some left.
Foreign Gossip.
The Emperor of Russia was not over
pleased with his visit to England to see
his daughter, the Duchess of Edinburgh:
The imperial family rather look upon
the English treatment of their offspring
as cold and ever SO little snubby. The
RUSSIAN arlstocrats are peculiarly bitter
in the sentiments they entertain for
John Bull. The Crimea is a sore point,
and, besides, old Bulls ways don't in
spire them with sympathetic feelings.
Many Jews have purchased houses
in Rome confiscated from the church
and sold by Government at auction,
These houses have sold very cheap, as
the idea prevails that their tenure in
such manner from the Government. in
spite of the protest of the ecclesiastical
authorities, would be liable to contesta-
ton in the long run, in view of the ups
and downs to which the city has been
subject. The 1sraelites have never har-
bored any scruples and fears in the prem
lses, and accordingly have invested their
moneys largely in the confiscated prop
erty. Like true Romans they have al
| ready placarded their names and owner.
ship in marble slabs ON the purchased
dwellings.
The French say that calendar" for
Almanac is an improper term. 1t was
first applied to express the yearbook,
according to the old Romans, from their
word "Calendes," which signified Sc
RES OF days recurring each month IN the
nones and ides. The substituted appel
latlOn, yearbook, under the Revolution
OF l7o9, was very much ridiculed then
and since. Charles TX. was the sovereign
after the fall of the Roman Empire. who
took up notion to fix the beginning of
the year on the LIST of January-it pre-.
viously fell at Easter. The Revolution
lists fixed 1t in the spring, dropping from
their almanac the entire nomenclature
of Roman Catholic saints and festivals,
"A short time ago an extensive heap
OF refuse shells was discovered near
Athens, and supposed to be a kitchen
hidden. Subsequent investigation proved
that the heap consisted almost entirely
of species of murex and other shells
which yield the famous dye known as
the Tyrian purple. This fact induced
The conclusion that here was the site of
an ancient dyeing establishment. A sim
gle shell of the murex gives but dimin.
utlve drop OF The secretion, consequently
large numbers were consumed in the pro-
duction OF but small amount of dive,
which made it very precious In Cicero's
time pound of wool colored with this,
the only purple known to the ancients.
cost about $175. Because of its great
beauty and high cost purple came to be
the symbol of imperial power. Oranto,
the ancient Tarentum, was one of the great
murex-fisheries of the Romans, and a
large number of dyeing establishments
were loca'e ed there. For several centuries
after the fall of the Roman Empire and
the decline of the murex fisheries purple
was an unknown color in Europe.
Miscellaneous.
-Obliging-the New York, chap who
hung himself in a cemetery.
Dry goods clerks are paid the munifi-
cent sum Of three dollars per week in
Savannah.
Good looking lasses and good lookin'
glasses are not very far apari-generally.
st. J"seph (Mo) Herald.
Salem, Mass, is making a practical
experiment of lighting her street lamps
by electricity. It works well.
-Massachusett is to have an asylum