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AN ARGUMENT FOR MARRIAGE-Powers,
the sculptor, writing to a friend of what people
call the folly of marrying without the means to
support family, expresses frankly his own
fears when he found himself in this very posi-
ton but he adds, with characteristic candor:
10 tell the truth, however, family and poverty
have done more to support me than | have
done to support them. They have compelled
me to make exertiOns which | hardly thought
myself capable of; and often, when on the eve
of despairing, they have forced me, like
coward in corner, to fight like hero-not for
myself, but for my wife and little ones have
new as much work to do as | can execute, un-
less | can find some more assistance in the
marble; and | have prospect of further com
missions. The truth here expressed by the
gifted sculptor is like similar remark we heard
not long since by gentleman who tried matri-
mOny In the same way, and who found after
wards that the loose change in his pocket,
which he had before squandered in foolish
notions young mems whims, as he called
them-was enough to support prudent wife,
who, by we ell-regulated economy, has proved
fortune in herself and has saved snug sum
OF money for her once careless husband "a
wife to direct man toward proper ambition
and to general economy" he said, was like
timely succOr at sea to save him from destruc-
tlon on perlIous voyage"
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-28
A Bold Resolve in Dangerous Stu.
uatiOn.

A remarkable instance of presence Of
mind on the part of the Captain of man
of-war is related by the St. Petersburg pa
pers. About the end of last month the
Russian war friga:e Olaf, which had &C
companled the yacht of the Czarewitch to
Copenhagen, was lying at anchor among
hundreds of other ships in the harbor
when fire was discovered in a coal eel
lar below, which was only few feet from
the powder magazine. There was no
time to put out the fire before it could
reach the magazine, and an explosion of
the large stores of cartridges and gun
powder contained in it would probably
have destroyed not only the Olaf and the
surrounding ships, but part Of Copenhagen
itself. Capt Rehbinder, the commander
of the Olaf, saw at once that the only
thing to be done to prevent catastrophe
was to sink the ship. After sending away
the crew, with the ships papers, cash
boxes and most valuable instruments in
boats, he ordered the carpenters and engi-
neers to make leak in the vessel, and
half an hour afterward she sank in not
very deep water. Next day she was raised
again, and after some provisional repairs
was taken to Crcnstadt, where she is now
lying in dock pending her complete resto-
ration for service. The damage done is
stated to be comparatively trifling, and the
courtmartial held on the officers of the
vessel unanimously expressed the highest
praise of the conduct of the Captain and
his subordinates. The Emperor has ap-
pointed him his aide-de-camp, which is
one of the highest honors conferred on
Russian naval officers, and the officers and
men under him have received gratuities
from the Emperor's privy purse.-Pau
M0W Gazette
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-28
From the Arctic Regions.

NEW YORK, Oct. H.
A London special to the New York
Herald gives some interesting details of
the cruise of the Pandora to the Arctic
regions for the purpose of receiving dis
patches from the British expedition. The
steamer crossed the much-dreaded Mel
vile Bay without encountering ice. They
were disappointed in not finding Capt
Mares dispatches at Carey Island, and so
they steered on to Lancaster Sound. There
they encountered gigantic foes and navi-
gated with much difficulty. On reaching
Barron Straits they were enveloped in an
impenetrable fog. Beechy Island was
reached Aug. 25, and a strange discovery
was made They found the yacht Mary,
which had been drawn upon the beach by
Capt. Ross in 1850, still standing with her
masts upright.
Traces of bears were also found. The
headboards over the graves Of Sir John
Franklin's men were still standing up
right, and in good preservation.
The Pandora then sailed for Peel's
Strait, and was beset on the voyage by
vast fields Of ice. She passed the farthest
point reached by McClintock's expedi-
ton and reached King Williams Land,
thus navigating sea never sailed over
by any other vessel before except, per-
haps, Franklin's. She then steamed down
the west coast of Price of Wales Land.
Here delightful weather, soft, refreshing
atmosphere and open expanses Of water,
with warm-air currents, were enjoyed.
Officers were intensely excited and expect
ed important results; many believed they
would discover traces of Franklin's expe-
ditlon and some were hopeful that Sir
John Franklin's papers would be found,
and they would eventually make Behring's
Straits, but in this they were disappointed.
They encountered solid ice-fields at Rou-
quette Island, which etfectually blocked
the vessels further progress They stayed
there until Sept. 7, and then set out on
their return voyage. This was full OF
difficulties and many exciting scenes and
narrow escapes were experienced. At last
she reached Carey Island in safety, where
they found the long looked-for dispatches
from Captain Mares for the British Admi
rally. These were brought home to En-
GLAND
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-28
The Crops and Prices.

Except the corn and meat crops the
years harvest has generally been gath
cred and we have an approximately cor
rect idea of the result, and the corn crop
can now be estimated with good degree
of accuracy. Taken Is whole, the re-
suit of the years work in the West and
Northwest must be regarded as very fairly
satisfactory. Taking into full account the
losses by rains, by grasshoppers and UNI
timely frosts, losses which bear heavily on
certain localities, it still remains true that
the aggregate yields of the great staples
will be large, and, what is equally impor-
tant, at least fair prices are promised.
The hog crop is light. Prices are high.
While we believe it good policy to send
the hogs to market so soon as they are in
the best condition, it seems mistake to
forward so large numbers of inferior and
half -fatted hogs. Thus far choice hogs
have been in good demand. Corn is
worth good price but it will pay to feed
it until the hogs are in really good condi-
ton for the market.
The cattle market seems in singular
condition. The receipts at Chicago are
very large, which is not surprising, but
much the larger part of the cattle sent
forward are of poor quality These sell
at low prices-so low that it would seem
no profit can be afforded. With good
grass in many localities, abundant corn
fodder and, in many places, a prospect of
considerable soft corn which must be fed
this fall, it would seem advisable for farm
ers to purchase some of these stock cattle
which are selling at low prices. We ex-
pect good, although probably not high,
prices for all good beeves, after this glut
of poor stock is worked off.
Prices for grain still f1uctuate somewhat.
1t is impossible to predict with certainty
their future, but by those who do not ex-
pect to hold their crops until next spring
the probable effect OF the closing of water
transportation and the usual advance in
freight rates is worth thinking about. One
year with another, we believe the farmer
who sells his crops comparatively early
realizes fully as much as he who practices
the holding policy, and we see no reason
for advising general holding back of
any crop now.
We have no wish to paint rose-colored
pictures of a prosperity which does not
exist, but, while misfortunes and failures
have come to individuals: and to some To-
calities, 1t certainly is true that the West,
as whole, has reason to be thankful for
general fair crops and fair prices West
e1n Rural, Oct. 16.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-28
The strange Disease.

LIKE the thief at night, it steals in upon
us unawares. The patients have pains
about the. chest and sides, and sometimes in
the back. They feel dull and sleepy; the
morning: A sort of sticky slime collects
about the: teeth: The appetite is poor.
There is feeling like heavy load on the
stomach, sometimes faint, all-gone sensa-
ton at the pit Of the stomach, which food
does,not satisfy. The eyes are sunken, the
my. After awhile cough sets in, at first
dry, but after a few months it is attended
with greenish- colored expectoration. The
patient feels tired all the while, and sleep
does not appear to afford any rest. After
time he becomes nervous, irritable and
gloomy, and has evil forebodings- There is
a, giddiness, sort of whirling sensation in
bowels become costive, the skin is dry and
hot at times. The blood becomes thick and
stagnant, the whites of the eyes become
tingcd With yenQw, the urine is scanty and
high .co1ored, depositing a. sediment after
standing" There is frequently splitting up
of the food, sometimes with - sour taste
and sometimes q sweetish taste. This is
frequently attended with palpitation of the
heart. The vision becomes impaired with
spots before the eyes. There is a feeling of
great prostrat.Sl and weakness. All of
these symptoms don make their appear
stages they are in turn. present. 1t is
Thought hatnearly one-tMrd of tour, popu-
lation has this disease in some of its varied
forms. 1t has been found that medical men
have mistaken the nature of this disease.
Some have Treated It for liver complaint,
some. for dyspepsia, others for Kidney dis
ease, etc, etc, but none of these various
kinds of treatment have been attended with
success. It is found, however, that the
SHAKER EXTRACT OF Roors mot patent
medicine), when prepared properly, will IT,
Sold by A. j. WHITE, General Agent, 319
Pearl street, N. Y. Agents wanted.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-28
The Natives of Alaska.

A San Francisco correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, who has been to
Alaska, writes concerning the natives of
that territory: If they were suddenly
transported to Kentucky and given their
whisky in the State. Can they eat? Why,
that which would disgust an ostrich is
their best suit. A sea-gull, with hide
tougher than sole-leather trunk, is del
icacy. They have pictures of deer and Of
bears that once lived on the islands, but
at this time one would waste the price of
either in shoe-leather looking for them.
The great reliance of the inhabitants of
Kodiack is in the silver-gray foxes, and
the salmon fisheries. The first are not in
great numbers, but by diligcnt hunting the
natives manage to secure enough skins to
procure for them, by barter with the
traders, almost all such commodities Of
life as are necessary for their existence.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-28
Mental Discipline.

Upon the subject of mental discipline
A. G.: Merwin says In Popular Science
Nomthly:
Again, mental discipline is mental
habit How do we form habits that are
desirable? Not by seeking some course
of activity that shall create the habit, but
trying to do something that is desirable.
Useful habits are incidental results of do.
ing useful work. The mechanic does not
use extra care that he may form habits of
accuracy, but that he may produce better
work. The astronomer does not make his
observations with a view of forming
habits, but to learn the phenomena of the
heavens; and if he be called upon to OBJ
serve some phenomenon that occurs but
once in lifetime, he will hardly think Of
seeking that special discipline which the
observation may require by studying the
conjunction of the Greek verb.
think we meet this fact everywhere
out of the schools-that discipline is not
sought as an end. The idea Of discipline
for its own sake was an asceticism in re-
ligion. Men sought moral excellence by
retiring from the world and contemplating
the things within them. The same idea
of discipline led men to look for knowl-
edge within themselves, instead of seek
ing IL ny OUScrVlnS tnlugS dTOunu Lucll
But the system failed in religion and
morals, as it failed in discovering truth
and educating the intellect. We see why
it must fail; it wastes the energies of the
individual in acting upon his own powers
What is progress in its last analysis? Is
it not change of relation? We are supe
rior to our savage ancestors, because our
relations to society and the forces of ma
ture differ from theirs. What is knowl-
edge but mental accumulation of true
relations? What is reason but the power
to compare relations; and what is wis
dom but the ability to perceive true rela-
tons and direct our actions in accordance
with them? Discipline, habit and char
acter appear to be actively crystallized in
seeking adaptation to our environments.
What is the truth that stands out in relief?
Clearly that character, habit and disci-
pline are the reflex upon ourselves of
activity, moral, mental Or physical.
Whence it seems to follow that useless or
vicious activity will appear as useless or
vicious character and discipline. On the
other hand we may be sure that the study
of those things which it is most important
we should know, and the activities which
it is most important we should pursue,
will give the best discipline, the most val
liable habits and the most excellent char
acter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-28
PERSONAL AND LITERARY;


I The last Surviving Child Of John c..
Calhoun died in South Carolina not long
ago. II W. - 4
Donaldson, the lost -aeronaut; had ar
ranged to lecture on aerial navigation thfs
winter.
Young Fitch, the husband of the
daughter Of Gen. Sherman, has rendered
his resignation and will leave the naval
service at the end Of the year. He, is zen:
gagged in the banking business at st.
Louis.
Gov. Ingersoll, of Connecticut, has
appointed a commission consisting of
eminent philologists "to examine into
the propriety of adopting an amended
photography of the public documents
hereafter to be printed in the State" =.
Capt. John Norris, OF Petersburg, KY,
is the sole survivor of the American par
Elephants in Perry's victory on Lake Erie
in 1918. He is now eighty -four years old
and hale, hearty and active. In 1860 the
Kentucky Legislature voted him a. gold
medal. :
When Prof. Watson, of Michigan
University, was in Egypt recently, the
Khedive asked him to ascertain the height
of the great pyramid of Ghizeh, and so
well satisfied was he with the result that
he sent the professor up the Nile in one
of his special steamboats, and conferred
on him lofty Egyptian title.
William Cullen Bryant denies the
current gossip that his Thanatopsis''
was written as college exercise at Will
JAMESTOWN, Mass, or that he was expelled
for not submitting it to the President for
revision. The poem was written at Can
nington and the poet received an honor
able dismissal from the institution when
he left.
"A Cumberland (Md.) paper says that
Miss Nancy Valentine, who lives near
that city, attained her oDe-hundredth year
last August, and through all her long life
has never had occasion to use spectacles
can thread needle as easily as when she
was sixteen years old; does her own cook.
ing and occupies her spare time by knit.
ting stockings for sale, first spinning the
wool herself.
The Liverpool Post is authority for the
statement that Carlyle declines with scorn
the degree recently conferred on him, by
Harvard University. He says that to be
asked to "join in heading your long line
of DDS and LLD.'s-a line of pompous
little fellows hobbling down to posterity
on the crutches of two or three letters OF
the alphabet, passing on into the oblivion
of all universities and small potatoes'-is
more than he can bear.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-28
The King of Sweden.

As we returned to the western front of
the palace the King and some Of his
friends were standing in the porch. He
recognized Mr.. Damfeldt from across the
wide graveled walk by lifting his hat to
him; whereupon Mr. D. excused himself
to us and proceeded to pay his respects to
the King. The King in sensible and
friendly way extended his hand cordially
to his " Superintendent of Agriculture and
Commissioner to the American EXPOSE
ton" They conversed for. little time,
when the two descended the stairway and
beckoned US to approach. What! was the
King going to greet us strangers? He
shook hands with US in the same cordial
way that Gov. Taylor would greet a citi-
zen of Wisconsin calling upon him at the
Capitol. He speaks English fuently, and
asked how We were pleased with our jour-
ney in Sweden, etc. Replying to his in
quiries 1 took an early opportunity to
thank him for the part his Government
was taking in our Centennial Exposition
He replied that in consideration of the
number of Swedes who had gone to
America and the friendship borne our
Government it was but proper that Sweden
should take part in the Exposition. I
said to him that his personal presence in
America would be cordially welcomed by
our people. He replied that that time
could not now be, and expressed regret
that in his earlier life he had not accepted
the opportunity of visiting the New World.
But he intimated that it was possible that
he might send one of his sons. Thus our
conversation ran on, when he said
May have the pleasure of introducing
you to the Queen?" Certainly. Why
not? Being here at the Kings palace at
Drottingholm on this exquisite afternoon,
and upon the invitation of the King him
self, why not be introduced to the Queen ?
The King leads the way through the pal
ace from its west front to the lawn upon
the east front where the royal family and
their guests are enjoying themselves in
the shade of the palace. The King di-
reefs servant to invite the Queen to join
him, when sweetfaced woman, dressed
with charming taste, approaches, and we
are introduced to the Queen of Sweden.
She could speak English, though not as
we'll as the King. She and my wife held
some conversation, while the King brought
his Minister 10 Washington, Mr.. Steven
son (at present spending some time in
Sweden), and introduced him.
Oscar H., the present King of Sweden,
is the grandson of Bernadotte, and has
been upon the throne but three or four
years. He is man about forty-six or
torty-seven years of age; is tall and we'll
formed. He is represented as very alb
stemious and temperate man in his habits
setting an excellent example for his sub
jects in his private character. So far as I
can judge his reign gives satisfaction to
the people, and all goes we'll here in
Sweden so far as the Government is con-
cerned. There are four sons, and the
Crown Prince is now boy of some seven
teen years Of age. d. Holtvn's Letter
to Miioaukee Wisconsin.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-28
The German -SOlffer.


The Countess Won Bothmer writes:
Men in Germany are rarely seen out Of
uniform; when they are it is greatly to
sistency of human. nature that nothing
affords young officer so much delight as
to .elude the vigilance; Of HIS ,Vorgesetzten
and appear at picnic or an excursion
IN csoil. In. Germany, where every one
is soldier first and man afterward
livery much afterward(, the freedom grant
ed to our plungers and friskers to prone
made along Picadilly or down the shady
sideof Rail Mall in gasmenss eloquent Of
Poole is unknown. The most audacious
Of Meltke's heroes would scarcely dare to
pass under the nose Of his superior officer
in non-military garments. 6ooth to say,
the travesty is not telling, The young
mans legs, which look straight in uni
form, appear stiff now; yAis-waist, which
is accustomed to the belted sword, seems
wanting in balance and compression; his
wellsquaed shoulders appear clamorIy
for his epaulets; his hand gropes for the
sword-hilt.. He can scarcely be expected
to carry an umbrella THAT weapon SO dear
to the heart of the Britonk !s1d his swag-
ger seems Inappropriate 'shorn of saber
and stock. On the whole he has Very
much the appearance Of petit eptetsr s's-
dinanche. The clothes, being only taken
out at rare and distant intervals, usually
belong to past fashion, and being worn
surrePtitiously, with frequent glancings
round corners lest Generals should be ly-
ing in ambush with three days Zimmsr-
esTsst for the youthful irregularity Of cos
tune, there is want Of ease and dignity
disastrous to the effect Of the young mans
conquering charms. He was very hand.
some in his uniform. Why didn't he stay
in it?, - - 81 .sa-Er.n