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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-08-19
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hot springs-Jumping rope in Au-
gust.
An unsatisfactory find-fined S. and
costs.
ALI rowing races have their pull
backs.
An ioside dental expense-having a
tooth filled.
Chairmaness" is the latest develop
ment of feminine grammar.
California has less area of forest in
proportion to her farm lands than any
other State in the Union.
Two men recently burned to death in
Boston were sleeping with seventy -four
others in room eight feet by twenty
five.
"A San Francisco pugilist, who was
struck hard blow on his head in box;
ing match, became insane and died the
next day.
1T is now announced that in the course
of the next 10, 600 years the whole globe
will be covered with water to the depth of
thirty feet.
The Sptrit Of the Times has $25 900
libel suit to defend, and it refuses to settle
the same by handing the plaintiff twenty
five dollars.
There is faint hope that Donaldson
may be still alive, but it isn't enough to
encourage anybody to save up money to
buy balloon.
The peanut crop of the South was
never so large as is promised this year,
and every school girls face ought to smile
smile foot long. -. '.s-
Chicago doctors come right out like
men and say that cucumbers are healthy,
and then sit and watch and wait like vii.
lains for calls from collie patients.
"A French woman sixty.three years of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-08-19
Among the Animals.

A Paris correspondent writes: can i'm
portant parsonage has just departed this
life universally regretted, though scarcely
generally beloved or admired. I allude to
the giant spider in the Jardin des Plantes,
the only specimen of the great bird catch.
ing Mygale of South America, the largest
spider known that has even been exhibited
in Europe. He was very big and very
black and very hideous, all covered with
long, coarse, reddish hair, and, altogether,
he was far from being lovely creature B
look upon. The cold weather of the past
few weeks probably proved fatal to his
spidership. The Jardin d'Acclimitation
has just received fine pair Of walruses, or
sea-lions, animals which are common
enough at home, but which are very rare
in European exhibitions. The arrange
ments made for them in their new domain
are very beautiful and complete, including
a deep tank for them to swim "a, which is
kept constantly filled with sea-water, and
a rocky island whereon they can sit and
mediate. But the geological gardens o
Paris are not at all what they used to be
before the animals were all eaten up during
the siege. The present collections are far
inferior to those that existed prior 10 the
summer Of 1870. The ,carniyora 80. De
Jaruln des Plantes are but NANCY, shabby.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-08-19
A Train.Boy Goes Up Head.

A train-boy, named J. H. Murphy, has
done thing which ought to redeem his
whole class from the reproach of "rowdy-
ism," incivility," or whatever other
word may be hurled at them by travellers
to whom they are often disobligingly pert
and saucy. Murphy was train-boy on
train running in and out of Milwaukee.
He met S. c. Berry, tourist from Jersey
vile, Pa. Berry was an invalid, Journey
ing for the benefit of his health. He
wanted companion and care taker on
his travels, and asked Murphy if he would
60 along with him. His intention was to
travel north for awhile, and then strike
across the continent for San Francisco.
Murphy agreed to go, and began to take
care OF his new friend on the same train on
which he was train boy. Arrived at Ocon-
omowoc, Murphy saw that his friend was
growing rapidly worse, and that it was
necessary to, remove him to some
place where he could get medical aid.
They accordingly left the train and went
to the hotel. In a few hours Berry was
dead. Now, almost anyone, would sup
pose that train boy engaged under such
circumstances would leave the dead man
to be cared for by others-probably the
town authorities. Murphy did not do
that. He assumed all responsibilities,
provided a casket, accompanied the corpse
to the young mans home and delivered
it to his friends. This is one of the rare
acts of devotion to duty which forbid the
suspicion that any selfish motive had any
thing to do with prompting it. It con
firms ones belief in the integrity of
human nature, and makes one feel that
the world is worth living in even for it.
sell. We like to- be- reassured now and
then that life is not quite shadow, and
such disinterested acts are its substance
Even . train.boy. can teach his betters
how much there is to do, and how to do
it:-St Louis Republican,.
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age killed herself the other day because
her children said that she was too old to
marry. How sharper than serpent's
tooth it was.
Recently square in New Orleans,
owned by the city, was sold at, So, $50 at
Sherlf's sale to pay judgment against
the corporation. The price is said 10 be
ridiculously low.
A stonc-bruise on a bows foot will not
prevent him from walking around all day
If a circus is in town, but let his mother
ask him to bring in some wood and that
foot completely disables him.
On an average every Bostonian, man,
half gallons of icecream each season.
This fact accounts for the coiic-y style Of
the newspaper jokers of the Hub.
"A Western Judge has declared it to be
good ground of divorce for woman to
tie her husband to gate-post during a
violent thunder storm, with patent light
ning-rod hitched to his spinal column.
1t is noticed that Brigham Young's
paper, the Salt Lake Herald, avoids as
much as possible local and State news,
and quite abstains from referring to that
mythical Mountain Meadows massacre. -
While tunneling into the side of
Mount Mcclellan, Colorado, the miners
came upon solidly-frozen ground ninety
feet from the surface, and, as there is no
channel or crevice Though which the
frost could enter, it follows that the glaciers
did it.
"A father fearing an earthquake in the
region of his home sent his two boys to a
distant friends until the peril should be
over. A few weeks after the father re-
ceived this letter from his friend: "Please
take your boys home and send down the
earthquake"
"A couple, newly married, marched
into drug store and called for soda
water. The obliging clerk inquired what
sirup they would have in it, when the
swain, deliberately leaning over the
counter, replied: "Stranger, money is no
object to me; put sugar in it,
-" Window gardens are what the
poetical people call the rows of flower pots
that the poor girl keeps in the window OF
her hall room; but the person who has no
poetical fancies on the subject is the man
who had his skull cracked the other day
when one of the heaviest of these pots
came down.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-08-19
BlOOd-Drinkers.

Upon inquiry at slaughter.houses it is
found that there are nearly 200 persons in
the city of New York who are in the habit
Of drinking blood flowing warmly from
oxen for strengthening purposes and for
the cure of certain diseases A lady is re.
ported to have spoken to an inquirer as
follows:
"Prof. Nalpeau, of Paris, prescribed
blood for me. was consumptive and
fastening to the grave. 1t has prolonged
my life fifteen years. I had the utmost re-
pugnancc for it at first, but now half
pint of hot blood from we'll conditioned
OK is the greatest luxury of my life. My
sisters baby, so far, has been preserved
and nourished with little else but blood. 1
know twenty persons who drink it in my
neighborhood to whom recommended it.
1t has extraordinary effects on some peo-
pie, especially women, but should not be
resOrted to unless there is absolute weak
ness of the system"
On visit of the inquirer to slaughter
house in Tenth avenue, near Forty-second
street, he found delicate-looking woman
with a sickly boy holding a glass to the
blood which ran from an OK with its throat
cut. Both drank two or three glasses in
turn, and departed with an appearance of
dNOcO NlSOI. Ouc VI Iuc UulCucTS was
asked if he ever drank blood, and is re-
ported to have replied to the following
effect:
"Shure an do, now; why not, now
Faith, an We couldn'ttell the differ betwixt
it an milk. IT'S just as swate, shure, an
in the whittier it's warrum an foine. Be-
dad, but It's stringthenin', shure! Hould
an I'll get ye a dhrap. IT'S best war
rum-runnin' right from the baste"
The proprietor said: "All last winter
we had men, women and children every
morning to drink blood. They always i'm
bibe beasts blood; never the blood of
sheep. Some of them vince bit at first;
but when you close your eyes, blood warm
from the beasts neck has just the same
taste as warm milk from the COW. We
don't charge tor the blood excepting when
we sell it to sugar refners.''
The blood of beeves is said to be more
efticacious for weak lungs than cod-liver
Oil.-Ihe Laboratory.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-08-19
The Missing Schooner Florinda.
Louisville. Kv Aupns

LOUISVILLE, KY, August z.
Some weeks since an article from a
New Orleans paper was published ex-
tensively throughout the country to the
effect that the crew of the schooner Flo
rinda, which sailed for California from
New Orleans in 1849 and was supposed to
have been lost with all on board, had been
discovered on an island in the Southern
Pacific by an English vessel which had
been driven thither by continued storms.
The crew stated that the Florinda had
been wrecked on this uninhabitable island
twenty.six years ago, and that in the in
terval they had not seen a human face.
They declined, however, to vacate the
island, having established themselves in
comparative comfort. The narrative was
said to have created a great sensation
among the surviving relatives of the crew,
and an effort was stated to be on foot to
man vessel which should visit the island.
The Co1rser-J Journal will publish an inter-
view with gentleman tomorrow, who
was living in Valparaiso, Chilli, in 1e49. He
states that the Florinda put into Port
Famine, at that time a Chilian penal set
tlement; that the convicts boarded her,
massacred all the crew, except young
man named Marcum, and made sail for
the mainland. On her way she was re-
captured by Chilian war-vessel and
brought into Valparaiso, where the
Courier Journal informant got the above
details from Marcum's own lips. Marcum,
whose parents are still living in Versailles,
KY, proceeded to California, where he
soon after died of smallpox, at Placer
vile, in that State. The British steamer
Thetis had first seen the Florinda after
her capture by the convicts, and gave the
information to the Gillian authorities,
which led them to. send out the vessel
which brought her back into port A
revolution was in progress at the time, and
the records Of the event may be lost, but
the full details were on the log-book of the
Thetis, which may be examined in the
Office Of the British Admiralty.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-08-19
A Faithful Dog.

Among the most interesting entries at
the Maryland State Fair was handsome
setter dog named "Jack," that was owned
and entered by a gentleman of Baltimore
County. There is nothing peculiar in
Jacks" general appearance, but his
sagacity is really wonderful. His owner
has large number Of sheep, and "Jack'
was almost raised with them He became
very much attached to the sheep, and was
used in driving and watching them. He
would follow them to pasture in the morn
ing and remain with them during the en-
tire day, with the exception of short time
near noon, when he would return to the
farm house, and after getting his dinner
would return again at once to his charge.
He followed the routine alike in good and
bad weather, and even when the sheep were
brought home in the evening and penned
he would sleep with them.
On one occasion the flock was left in
charge of Jack in field on a distant
part of the farm, and they were allowed to
remain there during the night, but he did
not offer to leave, and was found with
them on the following morning. During
the early part of last spring he was left in
charge of flock of about eighty sheep,
and during the day two strange dogs made
their appearance in the field and COM
menced killing the sheep. "Jack" at
once attempted to drive the intruders from
the field, but they turned on him and a
desperate fight ensued. During the battle
one of the strange dogs was killed, and
the other so badly hurt that he could not
climb the fence to escape. The faithful
protector of the sheep was 80 much in
jured in the fight that lie did not recover
for several weeks. The sheep seemed to
recognize the faithfulncss of Jack" as
when hired man visited the field in the
evening he found the flock standing in a
circle around their protector, who was
unable TO move. Two of the sheep were
killed by the strange dogs, and the remain
ing dog that had been unable to escape
was killed by the man who visited the
field.-TNe Field.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-08-19
A Joke at Long Range.

Denver, Col, gives an instance of joke
being carried too far. 1t was perpetrated
years ago, but only lately came to light in
public dress. Some time after the Atlantic
cable had been established telegraph
operator at Denver sent the following dis
patch:
" TO the Emperor Napoleon, Garden of the Tuil-
cries, Paris, France:
"Gov. Gilpin will not accede to the ces-
sion of Italy to France. Please let
Bohemia alone"
The operator supposed it would make
some fun in the Omaha Office, and stop
there, as the station agents had q general
understanding in regard to each others
jokes. By some hook or crook the dis
patch went on, and dived under the ocean
and came up smiling in the Garden OF the
Tuileries, in France. The manner of its
reception by Napoleon has been lost to
history. All that is known is the Emperor
did not pay for it, and the facetious opera
tor was hunted up and obliged to pay
bill of $187 so in gold for his little joke.
That operator was entirely satisfied with
the result Of Sedan Virginia (Ner) En-
terDriSe
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-08-19
A Rough Joke

THE young ladies of Benicia semina-
ry recently played practical joke which
throws into the shade everything in SIM
liar line which we ever heard of. 1t
seems number Of gay young Vallejoites
have been in the habit Of driving over to
our sister city Sunday afternoons and
hanging around the female seminaries, en-
deavoring to communicate with the young
lady pupils, and displaying the utmost
audacity despite protestations and threats
Of the principals and teachers, male and
female. On recent occasion they even
went so far as to organize mock prayer
meeting under the seminary windows, and
prayed for the "little lambs" and asked
especially that they might be protected
from 1.-the old he wolf and she WOLF"
meaning, we suppose, the principal and
the estimable matron. The matron was at
her wits end to know what to do about
the nuisance, when the young ladies vol
untecred to take measures themselves
which would cause 1t to be abated, which
arrangement was assented to. The
very next Sunday the young men
came again, and proceeded to repeat
the praycr-meeting scene, which they
apparently considered a great joke.
Pretty soon they heard one of the
blinds in the second story cautiously
opened a little way, and also a slight
cough as if to attract attention Looking
up, they saw little, white object, apparent
ly note, hanging by string. The note
was slowly lowered. One Of the young
men ran forward to get it, standing on tip
toe, and reaching up in eager expe Clancy.
1t came down almost within reach, the
string being apparently a little short. The
young man strained himself to reach it,
opening his mouth as he did so with the
excess OF exertion. Just as he touched the
note with the tips of his fingers the blind
was thrown violently open, pail APP
peared, which was turned bottom side up
as quick as flash, and a deluge of Stops
fell on the young man. 1t wetted him
from head to foot, including his gorgeous
shirt-front, and poured into his mouth,
eyes and ears. Instantly whole row of
blinds were thrown open, and at every
window appeared group of giggling
girls. That prayer-mecting broke up with
out benediction, and the young men re-
turned to Vallejo by the most direct route
known to Vallejo (Cal) Chronicle.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-08-19
The Noble Briten and the Nut-Brown
Maid.

The Baltimore Gazette o. recent date
contains an account of the marriage Of an
English doctor to lady Of color, and
saws: "The bridegroom has flowing
through his veins what Is known in En-
gland as blue blood His father, who
is half.pay Colonel in the English army,
is married to a lady of title, and is him.
self in the direct succession to a ducal
coronet The gentleman who on Monday
allied himself in matrimony with a woman
of color was educated at the Blue-C Coat
School in London, and after finishing his
course there was sent to Oxford, where he
subsequently graduated with honors. His
parents then determined that he should
follow the medical profession, and entered
him in the Middlesex Hospital, and after
walking that institution for the pre-
scribed time he passed the necessary ex-
aminations and was subsequently given
the degree of F. r. g. s. Becoming tired
of the medical profession he desired to
join the British army, and owing to the
influence of his mother probably more
than his father he obtained a commission
in the First Life Guards. In this regl-
ment he served through the Crimean war
with credit, and subsequently took part in
the war for the overturning of the Sepoy
rebellion In luUla uuucT I1dVelOCk. 11clc
he committed an otfense against the rules
of the British service, and after being con-
demned to death was sentenced to fifteen
years Punishment from the British En-
pire or its provinces. Under this sentence
he came to this country and shortly after
entered the Confederate service, conduct
ing himself with much proves and at
tanning the rank of Colonel. Since the
close of the war he has at different times
followed the profession of civil engineer
and at others the practice of medicine.
He is about forty-six years of age, six feet
two inches high, and shows in his car
riage the advantage of military training.
Some idea of the rank of his father may
be found in the fact that when the Princess
Louise was married to the Marquis of
Lorne the newly-married couple spent
their bridal night at one of his parents
country seats. The family to which the
bridegroom of the dusky maiden belongs
is in full succession from the Plantagenets
Some few years ago, when the dissipation
Of the Prince of Wales made him unpopu-
lar throughout Great Britain, movement
was set on foot to establish the Plantagenet
family on the throne, and had this move
ment succeeded the Colonel-decto would
have been in the regular succession. His
marriage to this colorcd lady will cause
more surprise among the mol ility En-
gland than even in this city
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-08-19
Women Firemen.

The Troy IN. W Times of recent date
says: At the recent contlagration which
destroyed large number of buildings at
Grown Point Center, where the whole
people had to become a selfcOnstituted
fire department., several ladies distin-
guished themselves by deeds of the SUBJ
FINEST courage. In the bucketline to the
creek, sisters and brothers, ladies and low
ers, were side by side passing the rapid
flowing stream of buckets to the fire. In
the hottest of the fight a cry came from
the roof of the Bascom Office, more
water, quick ~ when fair miss of mod
est mien and trim figure caught two pals
Of water, and with catlike agility ascend
ed the ladder 10 the very roof and sup
piled the needed aid. Then comprehend
ing her ludicrors situation she exclaimed,
with merry laugh, Good lorty ! how
shall l get down?' In another instant she
had darted back to the earth and was still
pressing the fight unconscious of any
thing but the conflict with the burning
flames. In clearing store lady who is
Just large enough to make model mill
liner went to work saving goods. She car
ried great loads of crockery across the
way. Then she caught up barrel of
flour, carried it out and rolled it off. As
she ran out with chest of tea the village
dominic sought to relieve her, exclaiming:
"Why, Mrs. H., that is too heavy for
you % and indeed it was a ponderous bur
den, too heavy for his professional hands,
for it dropped to the earth instantly as he
tried to lift it. A very sprightly young
wife displayed much GOODNESS in standing
upon the counter and taking goods from
the shelves of fancy store, directing the
hurrying throng with all the wonanly
dignity she ever displayed in the school
room. And nothing but the scorching
flames drove her from her post. A frail
girl, of slight figure and pale countenance,
tore up carpets in the houses, removed
furniture and displayed considerable mus
Gle in bringing heavy trunk Of clothing
downstairs. Others were equally cour-
ageous. >so@
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-08-19
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Tom Thumb plays base ball. He is
said to be a good short stop.
Commodore Vanderbilt's heirs think
they see signs of weakness in him, but
they don't see his ducats yet.
Mrs. Helmbold, wife of the buchu
man, blazes with diamonds at the Branch
Her husband has Just Joined her there,
poor as the traditional church-mouse.
= The latest novelty in scientific book
making is treatise on all the woods or
forest trees of Europe, illustrated by $50
specimens sawed in sections of the woods
themselves.
Very kindly Miss Marston, of Cali
fornia, stood up and read two patriotic
poems at the Fourth of July celebration
in San Francisco. And now she presents
her bill for $3.50.
1T is remarkable fact that, while not
one ex- President is living, the wives of
five of them survive-Mrs. Polk, Mrs.
Fillmore, Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Lincoln and
Mrs. johnson. OF these ladies one is in
sane and another at the point of death.
90 Mark Twain" has declined to en-
gage in the coming winter lecture cam
paign. He says he prefers to remain at
home wild, wintry nights and great drunk
drunk over the thought that some other
poor dog of a lecturer is out in the storm.
-Four of the editors of the Vicksburg
Herald have been killed within as many
months; but the Herald says this is moth
ing compared with the mortality on the
Vicksburg Sentinel, which lost five editors
and then died itself. journalism in Vicks-
burg is rather exhilarating profession.
General and Senator Burnside is try
ing to relieve himself of the cramped feel
ing that everyone experiences when in Lit
tie Rhody by visit to Long Branch. In
reply to a remark that the place seemed to
agree with him, the General replied: "Oh,
yes. feel a sense of freedom here that is
perfectly delightful The fact of tits, al
ways like to get out of Rhode Island. l
like to be where can stretch my legs
without being sued by my neighbor for
trespass."
A correspondent says that A. r. Stew
art bid in the Grand Union Hotel at Sara
toga to save $4,000 owed to him by the
elder Lelands. He extended it to keep
pace with the new United States. Having
about 800, 900 in hard money on the spot,
he opened store in his hotel. James
Breslin keeps the Grand Union for Stew
art, this year, at salary of $4,000 for
four months work The house must clear
$4,000 to pay interest.
1T is very curious that Jackson
Louisville's respectable defaulter-kept in
his desk regular account of his robberies
Two full sets of his monthly accounts
were found one set was a copy of the
fraudulent reports sent to Washington
the other set containing the exact amount
of his stealings. This looked as if he felt
it necessary to keep an account of stock
in order to know the exact amount of his
prosperity in stealing. This amount cor
responds to cent with that which the
Investigations of the Treasury officials dis
covered in the accounts of the Office.