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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-03-18

cision Is reported to have been unani-
NOUS. According to the Christian World
IN all the passages where the Greek is
in water" as distinguished from those
where the Greek is simply dative, and
may, therefore, he translated with
water, the company divided. A very
respectable minority of the English COM
pany, and majority, we are informed,
OF the American company, voted for
and, in the end, this rendering was put as
an alternative one in the margin. It is SUD.
ported, we need scarcely add, by the
vulgate and some other versions, and has
been warmly defended by Campbell and
Meyer.-Chrtstian at Work.
The Rev. DR.. CUNTS annual state
ment of the strength and condition of
the Congregational churches in this
country puts the membership of the de-.
nomination at $50, 500 net increase of
6.712. The larger gains were in New
York, Massachusetts,, Ohio, Michigan,
Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Minnesota
and Connecticut. There was a net loss
OF sos in Vermont, once a stronghold of
the denominations; of 113 in Illinois and
6S in New Hampshire. The net increase
In the membership was 40 per cent.
larger than that of the preceding year.
The number of new churches was 100;
the number dropped was So. Of the new
churches ~ were west of the Mississippi,
an evidence that home missions have
not been idle. The increase in the mem.
bership of Sabbath-schools has been
nearly $4,000; the falling off in contribu
tons for benevolent purposes about
$25, 1000.
From statistics furnished to the Ya!t
Courant it appears that of the graduates
of the academical department 146 have
been members of Congress, forty three
United States Senators, fifty-six college
Presidents, nine Bishops, fourteen
Ministers to foreign courts, thirty.two
Governors of States land one a Governor
of Prince Edwards Island), twenty-five
observation-disclosures of States land one
| Lieutenant-Go Governor of Nova Scotia)
143 Judges, including the present Chief
Justice of the United States, Chief
Justice of State Courts, Judges of Supe
rior, Supreme and United States Dislric
| Courts, and two provincial Judges Zone
in Bermuda Islands and the other in New
Brunswick), two Secretaries of War, two
Secretaries of State, one Secretary
OF the Treasury, one Secretary of the
Navy, one Attorney General, one Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury, one (Joh1
&. Calhoun) who held at various time
the offices of member of Congress
United States Senator, Secretary of War
Secretary OF State and Vice President 0
the United States. Probably this list i
incomplete.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-03-18
Industrial.

1t is stated by Gaudin that in repeat
ing the experiments of Touzet by the in
halation of mixture OF equal parts of
air and oxygen, he experienced an I'M
usually comfortable sensation, which so
far removed the disposition to continue
respiration that he could hold his nose
and close his mouth without any discom-
fort for five minutes-a fact which, he
suggests, may be of service to divers.
"A portable engine on a new plan has
recently been constructed in Paris. 1t
is mounted on two wheels only, with
springs, and can he readily drawn by
horses, shafts being attached to the
springs. When at the place where its
services are required, the wheels are
readily taken off, and the machine al
lowed to rest on its two bed-plates, in
which are holes for securing it to foun-
dation if necessary. The boiler is cylin.
drical in form and tubular. The fire
box, which is wholly within the shell of
the boiler, can be removed; the shafts
are then attached to move the engine
from place to place. An efficient super
heater is fixed at the upper part of the
boiler, the cylinder of the engine is
steam-j acketed, and the cutoff is con.
trolled by the governor. The feed water
is conveniently heated by an appliance
with the shell of the boiler.
The use of gas as fuel does not ap.
pear to have made any rapid satisfactory
progress. One reason of this lies, per-
haps, in the imperfection of the modes of
combustion, although something has
been done to remedy this. The syste m
has prevailed cor siderably in France, and
the average consumption of the cooking
stoves there used-consisting of a mix.
ture of gas and airs stated to he as
follows: For large fire, 26O litres per
hour; for moderate fire, 40 litres per
hour; and for small fire, fifty litres.
When the stove is used, what the French
call pot-au;teu, it is found that it is sui.
ficiens to keep up large fire for about
twenty minutes only, after which the gas
may be turned down and the operations
completed with a very small fire. The
cleanliness and hardness of gas as fuel
and the great economy arising from its
instantaneous lighting and extinction,
give it an undoubted advantage over
charcoal, with few of the Inconvenience
attending the latter.-N. Y. Sun.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-03-18

In the Senate, ON the 18th, conference
reports on the River aud Harbor, the Deficiency
and other appropriation bills were coneurfed N.
House bau making appropriation 70 pay the
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11

Women are more apt to keep old letters
than men are. For this reason do they
especially need advice upon this subject
Never keep letters of affection This is m
uncertain world. Hearts change: men
and women die, but the senSelcss ink and
paper, if not given to the flames, remain 10
confront, i'll the most unexpected moment,
those who have used them. A letter, full
of affection, or, still better, of love seems 50
much part Of the one who has written it
that to bnrn it seems like indifference or
cruelty. With what melancholy pleasure
do we, years after they are written, read
over old letters. How hard it is TO clean
out and "put to rights old cupbords,
closets and boxes in which are stored
letters from our dearest and best beloved,
some of whom the grave, cruel yet kind.
hold some sleep, perchancc. in oceans
depths, while some, alas are parted from
us forever by rcmorseless fate-more cruel
than grave or ocean wave. Yet, withal.
this is one of the pleasures that stern duty
calls upon us to forego. Loving words, the
first trembling hope, the last solemn
asseveration, the earnest protestation Of
unchanging affection, the piece of cossin
now seemingly harmless, should all be
given to the friendly fire. Their destruc.
ton will occasion few passing heartaches
but their preservation may cause pain and
modification unspeakable.
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11

The author Of this is not known, but hc
or she is certainly wise man or woman:
Would you show yourself really good 10
your daughters? Then be generous to
them in a truer sense than that of heapinc
trinkets on their ncckS. Train them for
independence first, and then labor to give
it to them. Let them, as soon as ever they
are grown up, have some little money, CT
means of making money, to be their owr,
and teach them how to deal with it, with
out needing every moment somebody to
help them. Calculate what you give them
or will bequcath to them, not, as is usually
done. on the chances of their making
rich marriage, but on the probability of
their remaining single, and according to
tho scale Of living to which YOU have
accustomed them. Suppress their luxury
now if need be, but do not loave them with
| scarcely bare necessaries hereafter, in strk,
ing contrast to their present home. Above
all, help them to help themselves. Fit
! them to be able to add to their own means
| rather than to be forever pinching and
economizing till their minds are narrowed
| and their hearts are sick. Give all the cu,
ture you can to every power which they
may possess. If they should marry after
all, they will be the happier and the better
for it. If they should remain among the
million of the unmarried, they will bless
you in your grave, and say of you, what
|
his surviving child, My father cared that
l should be happy after his death as well
as while was his pet and his toy"
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11

ingly. Is told that it is unfashionable to
feed himself with his knife, and buys silver
forks for great occasions.
1892. Builds a railroad and rides on it.
1898. Rubs the first friction match
then called Lucifer,' and afterwards " Lo-
CO Foco." Throws away the old tinder
box, with its flint and STEEL
1885. Invents the revolver, and sets
about supplying the world with it as a
peacemaker. Tries gold pen, butcannot
find good one yet, nor till 1874.
1887. Gets in panic and out again, af
ter free use of shinplasters."
1898. Adopts the new fashion of putting
his letters in envelopes ia fashion which
does not fairly prevail till seven years
later.)
1910. Sits for his daguerreotype, and
gets fearfully and wonderfully made pic
ture. Begins to blow himself up with
camphene" and burning fuid;" and
continues the process four years, with
change Of names of the active agents down
to and including "non-explosive kero-
senc."
1874. Sends his first message by the
electric telegraph.
1917. Buys his wife sewing machine
in the vain hope that somehow it will keep
the buttons on his shirt. Begins to receive
adyices from the esprit world"
1853 Begins to bore and be bored by
the IIoosac tunnel.
1888. Celebrates the laying Of the ocean
cable, and sends a friendly message toJohn
Bull. Next week begins to doubt whether
the cable has been laid at all.
1861. Goes South to help compose a
family quarrel. Takes to using paper
| money.
l6Gl-lSG2 Climbs the hill Difficulty
relieved of his pack after January, 1864
but loses Great Heart at the last April A.
1863. Gets the Atlantic cable in work
ing order at last, in season to send word to
his British cousins, who have been waiting
for an invitation to his funeral, that he
"lives yet"
lS65-IS75. Is reconstructing, and
talking about resumption. Sends his bov.
to the museum to see an old-fashioned sill
yer dollar. Finishes the IIoosac tunnel
Hartford Cotnu1,t
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11
WHOLE NO. 1859.

Poor Mrs. Farmer, of Teme Ilautc, who
had seen her two sons grow up and be sent
to the reform school, committed suicide
the other day." Thus says Western
paper. There are probable many poor Mrs.
Farmers in the country, who bear Their
sorrows in silence, and thus do not get
into the newspapers. They see their sons
growing up in idleness, ignorance and vice.
themselves apparently powerless to prevent
it. To the uninitiated, be they dwellers i'll
country or city, who see in walk Of FIVE
squares in this city twenty boys, between
the ages of u and 90, sitting on steps, eel
lar doors and old boxes, smoking, chewing,
swearing and commenting on passers-by
with most refreshing freedom, the question
comes with startling force: "What do
these boys do for a living?" Nothing,
probably. They now live upon indulgent
fathers and mothers, or upon contributions
from the public, levied in the shape 6
petty stealings; they will soon live at its
expense in the House of Refuge, House Of
Correction or prison. The only remedy
for this State Of affairs is finding these boy
and young men something to do, although,
perhaps, after this is done, it will be found
necessary to give them disposition to do.
They and their parents say that the rcgUla-
tions Of trades unions prevent them from
learning trades. This is not the place il
which to discuss the nature Of such regula
tiOns. Many trades are crowded now, and
those who have learned them find it hard
work to make good living These boys
should not stay i'll the city at all. Here
they are in idleness and poverty, while
farmers all over the country are complain.
| ing that they cannot get hands to DO their
work. If these boys and their parents
could be brought to sec the wisdom OF
getting them "placcs" on farms, wheio
there is always plenty to eat and drink,
where the work, although hard, is health
giving, and where, better than all, there is
plenty Of it, their poor mothers would les
| often have cause to contemplate following
Mrs. Farmers example on account of tho
general worthlessncss and viciousnc,s cf
their offspring.-Phi223cLphia Tines.
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11
SMYRNA, DEL, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,

otf-and, oh Mrs. Wellbeloved, goodbye,
goodbye, dear-say l forgive himp 4
"That's tho story of that 'ouse, sir. You
see why it amt at cheerful place for me
to look hat. x What became of
Bytheway? He was found, when the
spring came, ten miles, off in the woods,
where he had frozen to death, and hif
you go up there to our Orange all you'll
see one tomb beside it, the only tomb about
ere, an there the three lies. Dinners
ready, sir"
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11
It's a Hateful Business.

The Hon. Albert G. Brown, of Mississippi,
recently wrote letter to young friend,
wherein he laments that he ever made q
political speech or held an Office. Ex-
Governor Brown was for thirty y-three years,
previous to 1865, continually in high Off
cial and political station, and would there
fore, seem to have had as extensive and
favorable an experience as any of his con-
temporaries and associates. We quote as
follows:
True, as you say, | held many Offices.
Indeed, | may say that | never knew de
feat in any of my aspirations and it is
just because had success which people call
wonderful that feel competent to adj
minister u word Of "caution" to young
men of this generation. Ny young friend
do not be deceived by the glitter of office.
| am now past my three score years, and
am fast travelling into the ten. | have
almost held every office in the gift of the
people, and l can truly say with the
preacher, "it is all vanity and yexation of
spirit
Looking back over a long, and | hope
not unsuccessful life, can say with a clear
conscience, my greatest regret is that
ever made a political speech or held an
office.
There is a fascination in office which
beguiles men, but be assured, my young
friends, it is the facination of serpent,
or, to change the figure, it is the ;yuoS .ttuS
which coaxes you on to inevitable ruin.
speak of that which do know. Ifmv
young friends will be governed by advice
l have this to say, after all my success as a
public man, now when my head is bios
soming for the grave, feel that it would
have been better for me if had followed
the occupation Of my father, and been a
farmer.
The mechanic arts arcall honorable. To
be blacksmith, a carpenter, or an artisan
| Of any sort, is 10 discredit to any man
Better than be jacL-leg lawyer, 4 quacl,
doctor, countor-hopper, or, worse still, .
| seeker after office
OF all pursuits in life that Of farmer
is the most respectable. 1t may have it,
trials and its disappointments; so do al
others. The mechanic may lose the wage,
| Of his labor, the professional man his fees
the editor MAY weep over his delinquen
subscribers, but the honest, industrious
farmer is morally certain of fair return
for his labor.
True, Paul may plant and Apollo
water, but God must give the increase.
But where is the faithful cultivator of tn
soil, Gods heritage to man, who ever ye
suffered for bread?
Allow me again to caution my youn
friends against the beguiling inhunce c
Office, and to advise them most earnestly
stick to mother earth.
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11

Men never gossip. Oh, mol Their
Webstcrian intellects," as Mr.. Nasty
would say, are entirely above such a
frivolous and foolish way of spending time.
They leave this employment to women,
and thus are able to discourse, with owl
like gravity, upon the fondncss of tho Sex
| for tall<-cspecially about the affairs of their
ncighbors Let any one woman or man (if
| he be sufficiently unprejudiced to form his
opinions from actual observation, who be-
| icves this, let her or him move into a small
town, rent rooms over a grocery store or
bar-room and live there few months.
| These are the favorite evening resorts of
| villagers and in many communities of neigh.
boring farmers. Here they come to retail
the news, and if the investigator after
listening to them for o few months does not
know all the affairs of the neighborhood,
the financial condition of the men, the dis.
positions of the women, especially THEN
extravaganza, shrewishness and other bad
qualities, it will be the fault Of her or his
memory and not Of their tongues. In tho
city the club house is the favoritc place fol
the masculine mind to acquire, and the
masculine tongue to spread personal " in
formation. Woe betide the unfortunate
woman who becomes, through some sligh
, imprudence, the subject of discourse here
In short time she perceives that he
female friends do not invite her to thei
3 houses; if she calls they are "not at home.
r If she ever discovers the cause of all this,
will be that she has surely been doing som
dreadful thing, for "my husband heard
at the club" Happy husband, useful club
: What should wo do without them in tn
" great work of preserving society from col
e tamination?
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11

OUR NATIONAL SONGs.-The indianapolis
.Jo"toM deems it a singular fact that few
Americans know the words of our national
songs. 1t particularizcs thus: at is safe
to say that score of parties in this vicinity
tried yesterday (the 5th) to sing "The
Star Spangled Banner" and failed because
no one knew the words. All knew the
tune, but nobody the text They could
talk about it, give the key, start it, and
keep it up for a line or two, but nobody
knew the words or could lead off in the
beautiful and patriotic song. 1t is peculiar
to the American people, and not specially
creditable. Every Frenchman can sing the
Marsellaisc. Every German knows his
national song, and so of other people. Only
the Americans are deficient in this respect
who, of all others, ought to be posted. II
ought to be made a regular duty in every
common school OF the land to memorize
and sing THE Star Spangled Banner" II
is good poetry, good music, and GOOD
politics. 1t cannot be learned too soor
nor repeated too often. The words are
simple, the melody beautiful, and tn,
history easily explained. 1t is the NOS
characteristic of our national songs, anC
everybody ought to have it at his tongue
end"
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11

\ minister and lawyer were riding to-
gethcr. Said the minister to the lawyer:
" Sir, do you ever make mistakes in plead
ing?" 81 do" said the lawyer. "And
what do you do with mistakes?" inquired
the minister. "Why, sir, if large ones, l
mend them if small ones, let them CO."
said the lawyer. "And pray, sir" CON
tinued he, g. do you ever make mistakes in
preaching ?" "Yes, sir, do" "And what
do you do with the mistakes?" "Why, sir,
| dispose of them in the same manner as
you do; rectiIy the large ones and pass
the small ones. Not long SINCE" con.
tinued he, Gas was preaching, meant to
observe that the evil one was the father OF
liars, but made mistake, and said the
father of lawyers. The mistake was sc
small that let it CO."
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11
POetrY.
ANOTHER.

She has the most alluring eyes,
A little Grecian nose;
She wears the most bewitching guiSe.
And parti-eOlOred hose
Her touch can thrill one strangely when
One classes her in the dance;
At least, they tell me so-but then,
never had the chance!
Her melting tones, so people say,
IntoXicate the brain,
And have, when she has gone away,
y joy akin to pain.
Her voice is like sweet music when
Its strains are soft and low;
So those whO've heard it say-but then
never did, you know.
She makes the most superb ragOut-
Knits Stockins by the scOre
Knows Latin, and Italian too,
Greek, French. and plenty morei
She's just the girl to Swceten life
Adorable divine!
In short she is perfect wife!
But then she isn't mine.
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11

Question No. 81 have three lots of
land, the perimeters of which are all equal
to each other. The first is an equilateral
triangle, the perimeter Of which is seventy.
two rodsi the second, an irregular triangle,
one side of which is equal to q side of the
first; the third is parallelogram. Re.
quired the Dimensions of each, and the
whole area, when it is the greatest possible
r. r.
BLAcKIsToN's ID ROADS, KENT co., Del,
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11

Gov Fenton, of New York, talks thus of
Senator Bayard, of Delaware:
g lie has narrow, opinionated mind,
with little apparent knowledge of the
country at large in its needs and views"
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11

The couple married in balloon to adver.
tise Barnum's show didn't live together
three weeks,-Erchange, Another instance
of the result of injudicious advertising.
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11

A HARD HIT.-Talking about upsetting
slelghs' gentleman remarked to young
lady he was taking out for drive: +" I
always pick out the esoftest place can when
upset my sleight." She replied: "Why,
should think it would become monotonons
to be always falling on your head"
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11

"Get out of the way what are you good
for? said cross old man to little bright
eyed urchin, who happened to stand in his
way. The little fellow, as he stepped one
side, replied very gently: They make
men of such things as we are"
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11

New USE FOR WIFE.-The friends of a
wit expressed some surprise that, with his
age and fondness for the bottle, he should
have thought it worth while to marry. "a
wife was necessary" he said. "They began
to say of me that drank too much for a
single MANI
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11

A farmer in Charlton found way to
make ballIy horse go. He took him to a
strange town and put him up at auction,
He went for $S5.
Smyrna times., 1875-08-11

The man who called the strinad c,oa,,o4
stocking barber pole hose has had his
hair pulled.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-02
LOCAL IMPROVEMENT IN GER.
MANY.

A German correspondent of the Pail
Mall Gazette writes: Two years ago Herr
LaskeT boosted at Frankfort that Germany
would possess in a very short time such
laws with reference to local selfg0vern-
ment, that even England and the United
States would have good reason to
envy her. 4 case, which occurred only
a few DAYS ago, shows how mis-
taken Herr Lasker was in his prophecy,
and that neither England nor America
has any reason as yet 10 desire "LI ibeFte
CONNIE en- 1llemGgHe.' An election Of
Mayor took place last week in the good
town Of Bonn On-the- Rhine, and the citizens
unanimously reelected their former BurgO-
master Her Leopold Kaufman, who has
held this Office Of trust for the last twenty
four years. Herr Kaufman is very pop
ular among his fellOw.citizens; there
is not the slightest stain on his private
character, and no complaint was ever made
against him in his official capacity. But
the BuTgOmaster elect is a good Roman
Catholic, and the P. ian Government,
who have q veto on tl.c Lection Of Mayors
in large towns, refuse to confirm him in
his office. Before the "Oberpraesident7
(GOvernOr) Of the Rhine Province refused
to confirm the new Mayor he sent for him,
and asked him whether he would
execute the so-Called Falck laws,
should a religious case be brought before
him as Chief Magistrate of Bonn. Herr
Kaufman replied that he knew we'll
enough the Importance of his oath Of Office,
and that he certainly would comply with
all the laws Of the land, though he hap
pened to be a Roman Catholic, aud did not
approve Of the new ecclesiastical laws. The
OberpTaesident, thus hatiled, askedhim then
whether he would gladly (gerne) execute
these laws. This question the BurgOmas-
ter-elect declined to answer, and the
Oberpraesidens therefore refused to confirm
him. Herr Kaufman will certainly be re-
elected, and the government will, after two
more elections, be entitled to send a Royal
COmmissary as acting Mayor to Bonn. A
great town Is therefore deprived of its
aud right to elect its Mayor
because the man who is chief of all parties
in the town happens to be Of a different
opinion about religious matters from the
government.