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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-07-01
How Perley Got Even.

A party of rough miners near White
Pine, away out West, played rather
severe joke upon green hand, one d. w
Perley, and had afterward occasion to re-
greet their fun. Perley and the rest went
to "rodeO,'' or dance, and the boys, feel
ing rather we'll, concluded to duck Perley
in running brook. They soused' him
beneath the water, and when he came out
he was very cold and wet, indeed, SILVER
ing like cat pulled from WELL Perley
said little, but thought a great deal and
waited. The dance over, the party camped
out for the night, and then Perley rose for
revenge. He took the cook into his conf
dence, paying him for his assistance, and
then did some more waiting. Much whisky
had made the miners drowsy and they
were soon all lying on the ground Sleep
ing soundly. Then Perley and the cook
seized pick and shovel and went out into
the darkness. The former had matured
his plan for vengeance, and an admirable
plan it was, too. The design was to turn
the seething mountain torrent from its
natural channel and so divert it that it
would whelm the sleepers below. Up the
stream to the proper point went Perley
and the cook and fell to work. It was no
light task they had undertaken, but one
was laboring for money and the other for
revenge, and men do not mind fatigue
with such incentives. 1t was nearly
morning when the dam was completed
and all ready to let the water into the new
channel. The final blows were given and
the chatting stream escaped into the new
channel-a roaring torrent. 1t ragged
down upon the sleepers in the tent and
went over them as the waters did over
Pharaoh and his hosts. Tent, provisions
and tools went, and the miners, halt.
drowned, escaped to land with difficulty.
When daylight came Perley and the cook
were gone, and a. band of wet miners sat
upon the bank very melancholy and full
of sorrow at having paid so dearly for a
ruthless act Perley was more than even
with them.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-07-01
A Celestial Romance.

Virginia, New, has witnessed the ter.
minatiOn of romance of Cathay. Years
ago Chinaman named Chi Chow fell in
love. as even Cinnamon will, with
maiden of his own country, but was too
poor to marry her. Wives must be paid
for In China, and SO Chi Chow, unable to
buy his KY Slung, came to America TO
earn the money by washing shirts and
performing other labors of which China
men make specially. He did not pros
per exceedingly, and when, after his days
work was done, he dreamed of KY Slung,
it was somewhat hopelessly. Meanwhile
all had not gone we'll with Ky Slung in
far-off Asia. She had been sold to bad
trader and shipped to America. Her his.
tory up to q certain date after her arrival
in this country is wrapped in mystery.
Her master was a certain Chung Wan,
who brought her to Virginia Chung
Wan shot another Chinaman, and was
compelled to flee, leaving KY Slung be-
hind. She was Immediately seized by .
debtor of the fugitive and put upon the
market to satisfy the account. She found
. purchaser who puther to board until he
should be ready to. claim her. Poor Ky
Slung sat in her room looking across the
street when she saw somebody. That
somebody was Chi Chow! Nothing could
restrain her then. She escaped and threw
herself at the feet Of the one she had loved
beyond the ocean. A white man advised
Ky Slung and Chi Chow. They must be
married "alle sem Mclean man" so that
they could not be separated, and then they
must fee. Then the twain, Under the
name of All Too and Wan Ho, obtained
license and were married! They fled
together, and are doubtless happy some
where washing shirts together. It wasn't
romance in high life, but it was notable
because it's threads, widely divergent,
were united 50 many thousand miles from
the starting. place.-,St. Louis Republican.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-07-01
A Curious Medical Case.

Tho late reawakening Of interest in the
subject of the TRANSMISSION Of blood has
brought about singular experiment in
France, where Drs. Veuillot and Prestin-
Rivordin, both well-known physicians of
Lyons, have been seized with the enthu-
siasm Of science and devoted themselves
to it as other physicians had previously
done by inoculating themselves with virus
of various diseases. DR.. Prestin- Rivordin
is a small, thin, nervous man, and DR..
Veuillot is, or was, as the case may be,
very large and robust mantle very op-
posite in appearance of his friend. For
number Of years Prestin- Rivordin has
been ailing, not apparently from any Or
ganic disease but from slow wasting
away which threatened soon to carry him
off. Veuillot had not only strong per-
sonal liking for him, but he two had for
years experimental together and become
necessary to each other. In view of the
rapidly approaching dissolution of Pres
tin Rivordin it was agreed between the
two to try the efficacy of TRANSMISSION from
the veins of the strong man into those of
the weak. 1t was at first of doubtful sue
cess, as is usual, but after q while it
seemed to work better, and then with al
formations of seeming success and defeat.
"A result IOllOWeu WHICH SeSmS 10 COnuTn
the statement Of Huxley that the entire
substance of the body changes in much
less than seven years-probably in two, or
even less. All the material of the body
absolutely all of it-comes through the
blood, and after these repeated transfu.
sions the substance of Veuillot became that
of Prestin- kivordin, who seems now-or
would in ordinary conditions now seem
Ito be the subject of . delusion, which
consists in believing himself to be really
Veuillot. The doctors are somewhat
puzzled as to whether or not this is de.
fusion, for, physiologically speaking,
Prestin- Rivordin is, throughout his whole
body, what was once his friend. He re.
members things which certainly never
happened to him but which did happen to
the other, while his own past life seems
but dim dream. If he is then Prestin-
Rivordin, who then is Veuillot! Where
is he en- gfet? Who in the world is the real
Prestin- Rivordin? Where is his soulf
What moral relation has he to HIMSELF
The doctors are puzzled with the matter,
Briane de Brismont, the celebrated alien
list physician, deeming it perhaps the
most remarkable on record. Is it not so?
Paris Cor. N. Y. Graphic.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-07-01
1cebergs In the Antarctic Seas.

Those who visit the Antarctic seas aft
er having been in the Arctic are greatly
disappointed in the form of the icebergs,
for, while those Of the north assume every
fantastic shape that fancy can conceive,
the southern ones are nearly table-topped
Jumps of ice, precisely the same in form
as on the day they parted from their par
ent glacier; these more resemble huge
Twelfth cakes Invested of their ornaments
than anything else. In the warmer north
ern seas icebergs melt more quickly and
assume far more picturesque appearances;
but in the southern ocean the temperature
OF the water through which the icebergs
drift is below the freezing point of fresh
water, and therefore insufficient in heat to
melt the ice. 1t is only after they have
moved considerable way northward that
the regularity of their shape begins to be
interfered with. As the berg travels
from the pole it first reaches latitude
where the summer sun has the power
of heating the surface water slightly
above the freezing point without az
fecting that Immediately below it;
in the side of the berg all round it, and
just above the sea level; but this notch
was not observed to extend into the ice in
any case more than about thirty feet. As
the warm water becomes still warmer as
the berg floats further north, it has natu.
rally greater power, and deep caves or cav.
ems are formed, which offer increased IA
cillties for wave-wash;ng the larger they
become, until the mass, being weakened,
large pieces become detached. As this
alters the center of gravity the berg lurch-
es over and either forms slope or long
spur or tongue rises; aud thus the work
of destruction proceeds until the form of
the berg is altogether changed, and that
part which forms the tongue may become
its topmost pinnacle Hence the greater
variety OF form in the berg seen by ships
passing south on an arc of the great circle
in comparatively low ATTITUDES. The por-
tons that break away from the berg are
termed calves, and they are often Of far
greater danger to shipping than the bergs
themselves, for the latter have reflected
light that render them visible at little
distance on the darkest night, whereas the
calf, although it may be several hundred
tons in weight, is not perceptible, or, if so,
may readily be mistaken for the top of q
sea breaking.-Chambers' Journal
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-07-01
Advice to SchO0l.Ma'ams.

In an address to schoOlmistresses at
Cincinnati the Rev. Mr.. Mayo said:
If you would awaken the love of beauty
in your children, you must in some way
be beautiful yourself. And every true
woman knows she has it in her to be
supremely lovely to somebody. Children
90 deeper than the outer face or form,
and feel by subtle magnetism the child
like love, trust, and confidence in the
soul of their teacher. Thus your sch 'ol-
keeping may become the Hottest univer-
sity to you, for there you are compelled
to take yourself in hand and put your
self in communion with the heart and
mind of childhood as the prime condition
of success. 1t is true there are people,
who by nature are endowed with the gift
of being beautiful to children. "Oh,
what a lovely schoolma' am we've got!"
shouted little girl to me at noon Of the
first day of the new term. Pretty soon
along came the new angel, seeming
ly very plain young woman in curls,
till merry glance, launched from her
eye like q shaft of sunshine from loop
hole in a bastion of gray Clouds trans:
fixed her little admirer perched on the
garden wall and made one grave man
sigh for old days of school-life again.
The plain young school-ma'am in curls
had heart full of precious things for
little Nell and all the other little folks
over in the red school.house, and they
knew il by instinct. How often the
children will leave the parlor, with its
grand furnishings and polite company,
for the kitchen, to hang about the cook,
the manof.all work, or some old codger
of Sam Lawson who draws the chill,
dren of village after him like the train
of comet. They recognize the child.
like spirit under Bridgal's rough, red
arms and Sans dilapidated hat, and fol-
low it as the most beautiful thing they
know. You may not be gifted with this
attractive power, which lays hold on chill
dren in this irresistible way, but some
thing of it is given to the dullest soul
that is born into the flesh, and it is one
of the deep mysteries Of our spiritual
life that we all, BY toll and conservation,
and watching the ways Of Providence, 20
get into accord with nature and the
Holy Spirit that we may become recon
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-07-01
William Grimm's Counting.

Some people who write books never
marry. It's pity, because those who
write books are good folks. Jacob and
William Grimm, who wrote fairy stories,
were bachelors. They always lived to-
gether and worked together and wrote in
wonderfully contented way before either
had wife or children. At last they
thought it best that one of them should
marry. Neither wanted a wife bit.
which should it be-? - ii
After long waiting, Jacob, the older
brother, concluded to be generous and
self-forgetful, and relieve William of his
share of the difficulty by taking the bur-
den of wife upon himself So he select
ed handsome young lady, but there he
hesitated again and delayed, for he did not
like to do the counting. william thought
he would encourage him little by going
to see the young lady himself. He found
her so handsome and engaging that he
Immediately fell in love with her, and to
his surprise found counting the most
agreeable thing in the world. But the
lady was Jacobs by selection-now what
was to be done?,. Here was trouble again.
An old aunt went to Jacob, very kindly,
and said:
William is in love-he cannot wrong
you-what shall he do I" EF0.' ?. E.r- -
This is the most joyful tidings ever
heard" said Jacob. Let him have her
let him have her!',
And he packed his trunk and started
off for the HarN Mountains.
William married, and Jacob came to
live with him. In time he loved Williams
wife and little children very much. One
of these children became noble and use
full man. And the two brothers grew old
together, and when they were mot writing
books Of great learning they did that other
good thing-they' wrote fairy stories for
little children. IA ..s..
This story Of bachelor Jacob Grimm re.
minds me, though ! hardly know why, of
the crusty old bachelor who made q will
leaving his entire fortune to be divided
among the girls who had refused him.
For tosfhem, . he added, feelingly, 81
owe all my earthly happiness.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-07-01
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Gen. Sherman, it is now said, oFill
divide up the diamond necklace the Khe-
dive sent to his daughter, Mrs Fitch, Civ
ing one-fourth of it to each of his girls.
One of Tennyson's friends quoted one
of Tennyson's lines in the poets presence
as happy instance of the natural express
sion of spontaneous thought, and the
poet said: II smoked dozen cigars over
that line.''
They couldn't get along without Col.
Wheeler down at Charlotte, N. G. In
1885, forty years ago, he opened the branch
mint there, and now, in 1875, that the
thing is played out, he's there to close it
up again.
Ours is not the only language whose
reform is mooted. German, which is
pretty nearly phonetic already, is to be
made completely so by Prussian statute,
and Prof. Raumer, Of Erlangen, is at
work, under order of the Government, in
eliminating superfluous chs" and doing
what other small things may be needed.
When he has framed his rules they will be
adopted in the public schools.
-Erastus Wells, the Missouri NJ. c.,
used to be an omnibus driver, and the other
day when a team attached to st. Louis
street-car became risky he took the reins
from the drivers hands and guided the
coursing mules the rest of the way home,
minding the bell calls and talking about
the weather to the passengers on the front
platform with the easy manner OF prac-
ticed whip.
The widow of Samuel Williston,
Hampton, Mass, at the anniversary ofthe
S,Nn% sts1ty i, inst 10 rift nj
the Williston homestead of fifteen acres,
valued at $50, 600. The only conditions
attached were that the new library build
ing be placed upon the land, that she be
allowed to use the family mansion as her
be occupied as residence by the Princi-
pal of the seminary.
-Tragediennes are often tragic without
meaning to be. 1t is related that Miss
Charlotte Cushman was recently riding in
a Hartford horse-car, when, thinking she
had arrived at her destination, she turned
to her neighbor and asked in her deep
tone, in which there was more of Kath.
crime of England than is usually heard
on horse-cars: 'This is Pleasant street,
IS it not?" The lady addressed seized
her dramatic opportunity with equally
tragic effect, and replied: " 1t ts'' There
was a roar of merriment, in which Miss
Cushman Joined as heartily as any.
-Sheridan's B. Ride has thus been done
into poetry: The first that the General saw
was the groups of wedding guests, then
the presents in troops. What was done,
what to do, he knew like book, then
Selling her hand with lovingest look, he
marched down the room mid smothered
huzzas, and the friends on each side held
their breath then, because the words that
the priest spoke compelled them to pause.
With lace and with silk the fair lady was
gay; BY the flash of her eye and her fans
nervous play she seemed to the whole
smiling country to say: "The conqueror's
conquered, don'tyou see, 10! Sheridan here
surrenders to me.''
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-07-01
INelDENrs AM ACCIDENTS.

Some miscreant is f6And to have sawed
almost y two the ladder leading into, the
deepest pArtGf a silver mine near Eureka,
New. y IS supposed HAT the object of Tie
aeeQ was revenge for past bad treatment
Mrs. Rose, of Connecticut, said she
would hang herself if Rose wasn't home at
eight o'clock. When he came in at night
she was suspended to beam, cold and
dead, and he rubbed his hands and whis-
pered: There's a woman who couldn't
tell lie!''
Mfs. Harriet Hubbard, a woman over
fifty years old, was sentenced to nav fine
of fifty dollars and costs and to be i'm.
prisoned six months, at Hartford, Conn. a
few days ago, for stealing flowers from the
cemeteries u spractice which has been
very prevalent in that city Of late.
I. "A Bridgeport Comm druggist has
adopted popular mode of advertising.
He placed globe full of pills in his win
dow, and offered 100 soda-water tickets to
the person guessing nearest the number of
pills 1t contained. Some 1900 tried, the
estimates varying from eighty-seven to
1000.
"A storekeeper in Portland, Oregon,
has clerk who is base ballist. On a
recent Saturday the clerk had an engage
ment to play in game, and the boss had
business out of the city. The boss called
the clerk and asked if he might take the
trip: The clerk said he might if he
wished; he was going to play ball himself
and he did not like to interfere with his
employers engagements; the affair could
be accommodated by closing the store.
The boss remained at home that day.
"A man named Frederick Bates, a
brakeman, fell from q wood pile four feet
high, recently, at Worcester, Mass. He
had just picked up handful of wood and
was turning to throw it into the locomo.
tive tender, when he reeled and fell head
foremost into the space between the engine
and wood-pile, striking on the back OF his
head and then falling on his back He
was taken up in an unconscious condition,
and physician, who was instantly called,
found the vertebra dislocated at the base
Of the brain, the bone projecting and
forming lump as large as walnut. No
hopes were entertained of his recovery,
and it was expected that death would re.
suit in short time. Although Bates was
unconscious, he was constantly swinging
his head from side to side. He was taken
to the city hospital, where every effort was
made to reduce the dislocation and restore
the vertebra to its natural position. While
these efforts were being made the patients
eyes became fixed, pu1sation ceased, and
he was to all appearances breathing his
last. Soon afterward he was seized with
violent vomiting, but there was no appar-
ent improvement in his condition, and his
death was looked for at any moment. A
few hours afterward a friend of Bates
called at the hospital, and the attendant
who conducted him to the room where the
supposed dying man<hy was surprised to
find the dislocation reduced, and in the
course Of few hours the man got up ap-
parentlY as we'll as ever.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-07-01
A Great Collection of Birds.

Paris correspondence of the Philadel-
phia Press: had the pleasure, the other
day, of inspecting the curious and ivalu-
able collection Of birds belonging to our
celebrated compatriot, DR.. Thomas W.
Evans, who is devoted to his feathered
pets, and has lodged them in q most
sumptuous manner. Not penned in sti-
fling cages but in large Enclosures of
wire-work out of doors, the beautiful
creatures enjoy all the privileges of free
dom and all the protection of captivity.
The collection is no ordinary one, but
comprises several remarkable rarities.
Gold and silver pheasants, parrots and
paroquets, lovely white peacOcks, and
others Of the more-easily domesticated
foreign birds abound. The curiosities
comprise, first, superb specimen of the
gorgeous lopophore :esplepdissoa be-
lieve that is the technical name for the
lovely creature), radiant to behold in gold.
colored and velvet-brown plumage, pen
ciled with white; Lady Amherst pheas.
ant, said to be the most beautiful of that
beautiful tribe, with silver penciled plum
age falling over ground of glossy
black; apair of rare tropical pea-fowls,
with collars and crests seemingly in
black velvet, and far richer in plum
age than our soberly- attired birds Of
the same race; and lastly the greatest
rarity of all, pair Of the original breed
of chickens from India, samples of the
race from which all our domestic hens
and roosters. have sprung. The plain,
brown little hen, sitting so contentedly on
her comfortable perch, has been brought
successfully through the ordeal of Euro
pean winter, an almost unheard-of
triumph, and she is now worth 10000
francs $4,000. The doctor, however, re-
fuses to part with the gem Of his collec-
ton, even on these terms. Should she
ever lay an egg her possessor would be-
come entitled to prize of 500 francs, but
as yet she has neglected that obvious duty
of hens. Perhaps so high.priced bird
feels it beneath her dignity to attend to
such commonplace affairs. The collection
finds home in the spacious garden at
tached to the residence of DR.. Evans, on
the Avenue depImperatrice. The rarer
species of small birds are even more
lodged indoors, in an ele-
giant aviary. The center of the garden is
taken up with Enclosures for Waterfowl,
which are furnished with paved basins for
their aquatic frolics, while the large wired
Enclosures extend around the .outermost
limits of the grounds. Rare ducks and
fowl disport themselves at will around the
shrubbery,. while a stately demoiselle
crane, tame as chicken and solemn as q
Judge, marches around In solitary tlifni.
ty, condescending TO- accept food and ca.
resses only from his masters hand.