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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02
A New York Cavern.

Says the Watertown On. W Times of
recent date: On Saturday evening, be-
tween nine and ten O'Clock, six young
men went into the Moulton street cave, on
the north side Of the river. This is the
same cave that was investigated by the
large party on Thursday afternoon. The
young men report substantially as follows:
They came out of the cave about 3 30
O'Clock the next morning, having been
underground about six hours. They took
with them nine balls of hemp Irvine, and
payed it all out before they started to re-
turn. They bore continually to the left,
seeking every opening on that side. They
reached limit after unwinding about
three balls Of Irvine, and this point was
very near the falls, as they could hear the
roar of the water in slightly inclined di-
rection above them. Before reaching this
limit they came to room ten or fifteen
feet high, containing remarkable curl
osity. The trunk of pine tree, two and
half feet in diameter, somewhat decayed
on the outside, passed through the room,
and the sections not visible were tightly
imbedded in the rock above and below.
They made another discovery which they
could not account for, near this tree. Mr..
Heath, the smallest one of the party, man.
aged with difficulty to crawl through a
hole, and there he found small, close
cavern, and through the rock above came
a perpendicular iron pipe about four and
half feet long, and at the end of this was
brass stopcock. Mr.. Heath turned the
cock and the water streamed through.
Some one in this city may be able to ex-
plain this arrangement, and if so we hope
to hear from him. The party returned
from the falls, winding up the Irvine, and
on the way noticed round hole which
had before escaped their observation, max
ing fork in the passage. Through this
they went on hands and feet, and soon
came to high rooms and passages. They
report one remarkable room, nearly half
as large as the public square, high and
handsome, with almost no distractions
except natural columns of rock at inter-
walls, extending from roof to roof. This
they considered the grand discovery of the
night. Beyond this they came to long,
high, dry passage, through which they
walked rapidly for long distance, and
then their Irvine gave out, and they had
to stop with that passage only partially ex-
plored. Their discoveries increase the
presumption that the cave is of very great
extent, with multitude of ramitications
and places of interest. At least one ortwo
entire days should be spent by we'll
equipped party in its further exploration.
The ice cave" in which the rooms and
passages are said to be higher than those
of the Moulton street cave, is to be inves
tigated very soon. There are indications
that this cave is connected with an under
ground lake.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02
The Petrifled Forest In Nevada.

From David Rideout, who has been en-
gagged in preparing section of petrified
tree for the Centennial Exhibition, we
learn the following relative to the petrifed
forest in the desert of Northwestern Hum
boldt: On the plain, about thirty miles
west of the Blackjack range of mountains,
stands one of the greatest natural curiOsi-
ties ever discovered in Nevada. 1t is a
petrified forest, in which the stumps of
many of the trees, now changed into solid
rock, are still standing. There are no
living trees or vegetation of any kind
other than stunted sage-brush in the vicin-
ity. Some of those ancient giants of a
forest which f1ourished perhaps thousands
of years ago, when the climate of Nevada
was undoubtedly more favorable for the
growth Of luxuriant vegetation than at
present, rival in size the big trees of Cal
ifornia. Stumps, transformed into solid
rock, stand in an upright position with
their roots imbedded in the soil as when
growing, measuring from fifteen to twenty
SIX feet in circumference; the ground in
the vicinity is strewn with trunks and
limbs, which retain their natural shape
and size. Mr.. Rideout, determined to Sc
cure a section of one of these trees for the
Centennial Exhibition, with two other
men spent twelve days in cutting it from
the stump. This was accomplished by
drilling all around the tree and separating
it with wedges. The specimen is three
feet high and eighteen feet in circum-
ference, and its estimated weight is three
tons. 1t stands on the stump from which
it was severed, ready to he loaded on a
wagon. Mr.. Rideout does not feel able to
incur the expense of bringing it by team
to the railroad, although he had once
made arrangements to do so. He is
anxious to call the attention of the Cen
tennial Commissioners to the matter, and
see if they will not furnish the means to
get it to the railroad. The country in
which it is situated is an inviting field for
biologists. - Winne'nucca (Neo.) Sigoer
State. I.-s
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02
Practical Hints.

The editor of the Germantown Telegraph
very truly says that there are often float
ing about on the great sea of agricultural
literature many little hints which, if
gathered together, would make an ex-
tremely useful volume, and he proceeds
to dish up the following among others:
One person had a long pale fence,
which it was necessary to remove. The
posts had to be dug out; but to save them
couple of oxen were attached to lever,
which drew them out easily. The lever
in this case was simply chain, and the
prop short, thick log of wood inclined
at an angle toward the post to be lifted
and away from the oxen. The chain or
rope when attached to the bottem of the
post pulls it out easily when the oxen
draw the short block upright. There is .
useful hint in this, although as general
thing man with good lumber log lever
will easily draw out any ordinary post
Another person has had trouble with
the drawing out of staples from barn
doors and screws from hinges. He drove
pegs into the holes and put the irons in
again; but they would soon come out,
wooden pegs and all. Then he used
leather, which was better than wooden
pegs, but in time the latter got used to the
pressure and let the staples out. Then he
filled the holes tightly with cork, and put
in the screws and irons, and they have re-
manned in perfect condition to this day.
In connection with this matter of
staples is another hint from one who
wanted ring set into piece of stone.
He ran lead into the hole about the ring,
but in time it got loose and worked out.
Then he was told to melt birthstone and
run it in the place of lead, which he did,
and it has been sound and solid ever since.
There is nothing new in this; stone-cut-
tiers generally use sulphur for cementing
pieces together; but still the hint will be
valuable to those for whom the contrib
utor intended it.
And then here is one more before us,
which completes very good chapter of
little hints from one days reading. 1t is
in relation to garden dibbles The con-
tributor has to use one often, and he had
the upper part of the handle of an old
spade, as so many do, for that purpose.
He had it pointed with iron, which was
an improvement; but it still required
some force to press it into the ground, and
it was by no means easy work. Atlength
he had the point of the dibble made flat,
like wedge, and then pointed it with
iron, as before, and found after that that
dibbling was comparatively easy work to
what it had been before. He has "no
blisters on his hands now" for which he
may we'll be thankful.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02

"YoU see," said paper-carrier in San
Francisco, II don't take q back seat to
no man in this town in landin' paper
just where's it's wanted Up on Stockton
street there is little French woman who
hangs parrot out in cage from her win.
dow every afternoon, and when I sling
the paper up it falls on the ledge above
the cage, and the parrot grabs it with his
bcak. She can't read word of English.
but she takes the paper because she likes
to see me sling it around SO lively. l
never missed but once, and that was one
toggy day last winter, when l suppose
didn't make proper calculation for the
condition of the atmosphere" "Pshaw!
that amt nowhere" chimcd in another,
1--WE been serving q morning newspaper
all along to man who's never left his
bed for seven years. Got the rheumatic.
There's a hole busted in one of the win.
dows about two inches wide, and it's two
stories high. shoot it up through that
slit at twenty minutes past five every
mornin', and it strikes him in the face
and wakes him up. On these dark
mornin's, when there's high wind, it
takes some mighty lively calculation to
hit the place just right. One mornin'
dropped it on the foot of the bed and
didn't wake him, so he stopped the paper
next day."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02
THE FLOWERS CHOICE.

heard the flowers on day
Confess in tarn The fate which they
Would deem most blessed.
The timid Violet whispered: 81
Would choose to liye-I dare not die!
Let me be pressed" --
The Moss Rose rsised its dainty head,
And blushing: "Ah! what bliss, it said =,
"For aye to rest
On some fair maiden's bosom soft,
And with her loving fingers oft
To be caressed!"
The gaudy Peony declared,
As arrogant around it stared:
"To be admired
Issall I ask. And tits my due;
Ny loneliness leaves nothing new
To be desired
The modest Daisy said: 81 know,
Alas. am not tit to grow
Mid such as We;
Yet God has given to each place
To occupy little space,
Though mean he be.
Content with my estate, pray,
Where He has placed me, there to stay
Till life is done;
Enjoying warmth, enjoying light,
Until my everlasting night
Obscure the SUM-"
At last the Lily, fair and mild,
Spoke. signing: "Whcn a little child
Is snatched by Death,
I'd love to nestle pure and bright
Within its hands so cold and white;
Or in a wreath
"I'd Irvine me DER the collins lid,
Till from the mothers sight twas hid;
And would make
The hidcousness OF Death appear
Less foully hideous, almost fair,
For her poor sake"
The Lily spoke, and for space
The dewy tears were shed apace;
And all confessed
Who heard her gentle words that she,
So full of love and sympathy,
Had chosen best.
-Harper's Bazar. i.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02

COFFEE CAKE.-One cup each of sugar,
molasses and butter, four and one-third
cups of flour, two cups of chopped raj
sins, one cup Of strong coffee poured on
the butter, and when cold add the sugar,
ETC., three eggs, one teaspoonful each of
cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg, one-fourth
Of pound of citron, one teaspoonful Of
soda, and one-half teaspoonful Of cream Of
tartar.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02

If you would lessen the work of iron.
ing, fold your clothes the night before and
lay them upon a table piled on one an
other, covered with the ironing blanket,
and they will be much smoother; sprin-
kle them in the morning, roll them up
tight until you are ready to iron them, and
the work will be pastime. Some wash
erwomen, after taking them from the
line, throw them into the basket heller -skel-
ter, all crumpled up, wrinkled and harder
to iron
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02

BAKED F1sH.-Take a middling- sized
fish or very large blackfsh, make a
stufting of bread, little pork chopped
fine, sweet herbs, an onion, salt and pep
per; place the fish in bake pan with q
little water, sufficient to keep it moist;
add little vinegar, and little flour and
butter. Mem Yorker.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02

A FRENCH statistician estimates that
from the beginning of the present century
more than 1000 persons have persisted by
fires in theaters, while the pecuniary loss
by the same class of contlagrations amounts
to about 1000 600.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02

The New STYLE OF SCHOOL, by Prof. W. p.
Jones, Evanston, ILL.,, where common school,
business and early college studies aretaught
In the tndiyidual method sastead Of IN classes,
receives the approval Of business men and
the best teachers. Next term opens Dec. g.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02

LAKE PoNTcHARTRA1N, in Louisiana,
is filling up, and it is predicted that in
ten years, If nothing is done to prevent
the deposit of sediment, it will become a
"nasty, Shiny, muddy, malarious alligator
swamp" .,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02

The Pawnee Indians, some 100 souls
in all, have gone from Nebraska to their
new reservation in the Indian Territory.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02
What l Have Seen.

Some one who has seen goodly share
of the world tells some things he has
seen:
/ have seen a young man sell good
farm, turn merchant, and die in an insane
asylum. il. a. 3 =,
I have seen a farmer travel about so
much that there was nothing at home
worth looking after.
have seen a man spend more money in
folly than would support his family in
comfort and independence.
] have seen a young girl marry young
man of dissolute habits and repent it as
long as she lived.
have seen a man depart from truth
where candor and veracity would have
served him to much better purpose.
have seen the extravaganza and folly
of children bring their parents to poverty
and want, and themselves to disgrace.
/ have seen prudent and industrious
wife retrieve the fortunes of family when
her husband pulled at the other end of the
rope. 4fA
/ have seen young man who despised
the counsels of the wise and advice Of the
good, and his career ended in poverty and
Wretchedness. Il
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02

women to beware of the Dead Letter
Office. Few of the clerks 6mployedthere,
male or female, ever marry, or die, or re-
sign. The division is asort of mausoleum
of buried afections,-a place not gov
erned by natural laws.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02
PATENTS

Id NEW YORK WE WEE XII NV" WyT TSiEss
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02

Perhaps, owing to this, his name de-
generated from Bebb into Blubber, and
several times my mother herself narrowly
escaped addressing him as such, so per-
sistently was he called it behind his back.
d1s dead pS Re h s'y % nssn , found
vised to go down to see the likeness,
which, from my partially for Blubber, my
sister felt sure would be interesting to me.
I am ashamed to confess that I. had not
the moral courage to refute those un-
called calumnies; these incessant,
cruel taunts were enough for me; and
when did receive proposal of mar
riage from Capt. Bebb my answer may be
imagined. refused him, and cried my
self to sleep for many nights afterward.
But the deed was done, and Capt. Bebb
was not che one to ask again, and heard
soon afterward that he had left Norton
Folgate. -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02

4 cents. WEEKLY WITNESS till LIST Jan.
Id uary. Office, Spruce street, New York.
National Republican., 1875-11-22

little District and its splendid improve
menis, or the whisky rings ofIthe Western
cities, or the managers Of the Erie canal,
which has thus far preserved the Western
trade for the mart of New York, by this
Detective Press. The great railway lines
centering there may. rob the people of mil
lions annually in the shape of exorbitant
freights and fares, and fail to pay their in
ternal revenue taxes; the great coal monop.
olies may combine to keep up the prices of
fuel TO freezing rates upon the starving
poor, and not word of exposure or con-
demnation comes from this pure and unde-
filed press. The spectators in sugar and
molasses may cry out for crushing OF the
struggling patriots of Cuba, and they are at
once seconded by the entire Detective Press
of N ew York, who point with pride to the
millions of revenue which the Treasury is
annually receiving from this trade as
though they were not all squeezed from the
oppressed and over. burdened consumers OF
this country, and we are coolly told that If
the moral force of this great nation is
thrown in favor of a recognition of Cuban
independence, we shall not only lose this
revenue but have war with Spain on our
hands
Does this press suppose that the people
of the United States can be hoodwinked by
such stuff as thisf Does it imagine that
the intelligence of this land does not COM
prehend the fact that the revenue of the
country derived. from importations is an in
direct tax upon the supplies consumed by
the labor ofdhe country3 Or does it for
moment suppose that the same intelligence
cannot discern the difference between the
recognition of a republic and casus belti?
1t is about time that the Detective Press
of New York should pay little attention
to the real rascalities that are constantly
being perpetrated in its midst and under its
own nose in New York, instead Of drawing
upon its gossi p-mongers of other places for
sensational reports of corruptions and. rob-
berries, most of which it is totally unable to
substantiate. The thefts from the revenue
in New York alone are greater annually
than in all the other cities of the country
combined. As they are committed under
the guise and in the name of commerce, the
Detective Press appears to overlook or
justify them. This thing is getting to be
well understood, and it must have an end.
When Secretary Bristow opens his guns on
tie corruptions and revenue stealings Of
New York, we predict there will be such
bowling of the Detective Press, large
portion of which is now loud in his praise,
as was Shylock of the wise young judge of
Venice, as has not been heard since the
days of the New York whisky war of 1867.
The Detective Press was then as dumb as
an oyster over the exposures and seizures
of the metropolitan board until it finally
crushed out the investigations and sent
McHenry to prison and Bailey to exile.
But the great distillers and rectifiers went
unwhipt of justice, as did also the corrupt
revenue agents. They will not come off SO
well with the present Administration. The
day of reckoning is in the near future. Let
the Detective Press watch for it.
National Republican., 1875-11-22

DANA, the Ishmaelite. is doing all he can
to inspire the natural breyado of Spain and
stimulate her to insult and provocation of
war by belittling our navy and abusing
Secretary Robson, Admiral Porter and
Chief Constructor Hanscom. 1t is hardly
to be expected that these gentlemen and
their skillful subordinates can possibly
know as much of the capacity and efficiency
of naval feet as q newspaper editor who
has been engaged forty years in slandering
his fellow men, with a view of converting
them to the doctrines of Fourier. This
great philosopher was eminenuy man of
peace, but his New York apostle has always
q voice for war. Having once been for
short time tolerated in the War Office here
by the great War Minister of Lincoln, he
mastered the arts of land and naval warfare
completely, and is now an acknowledged
authority upon these matters the world
over. Listen to him.
National Republican., 1875-11-22

If IT WAS any Of our fight, or if we sup =
posed that an opinion of this journal would
60 for'anything with Democratic House,
it might be deemed advisable to give it = In
that event, of all those named for Speaker,
Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania, would be our
first choice, for the reason that we consider
him an able, high-minded, honorable gen.
tleman, of large experience in legislative af-
fairs, who wo1ld reflect credit upon the posi-
ton. In politics we are enemies, of course,
and we have always found in Mr.. Randall,
politically, an honest, firm and relentless
foe. We should as soon expect political
favor from Ben Hill as from Randall. He
is an uncompromising partisan, who has
exemplifed his ability as an organizer. by
the manner in which he has held his dis
trict during so many years. His personal
popularity is largely in his favor. If the
House would oblige us by the selection
of the Speaker of our choice, the one which
would succeed in disintegrating the
strength and unity of the Democratic party,
e will elect Mr.. Kerr. While his record
presents absolutely nothing in his favor, his
natural cynicism will be pretty certain, ia
the event of his election, to lead him to
offend three-fourths of his colleagues before
the Christmas holidays are over. This
would be to our advantage. Consequently
from that standpoint Kerr IS our choice.
His imitation speech don't hurt him bit.
As the Speaker of the Forty-Fourth Con-
gress will be termed the Centennial
Speaker, there would seem to be an appro-
pirate fitness of things in having one from
Philadelphia. However, this does not
count for much. What there is of it is in
RandalPs favor.
National Republican., 1875-11-22
THE FRAUDS ON THE REVENUE.

It is most refreshing to see the remark
able unanimity with which the Metropeli-
tan Detective Press condemns all frauds
upon the revenue which occur outside of
Wall street influences. Its scent is of the
keenest for anything true or false which
can be imagined elsewhere: but when frauds
are run into the New York custom house,
e.S traced to the importing merchants, there
is no abuse too gross for this Detective Press
to heap upon the devoted heads of the Of
fcers who may have reported the facts to
the Treasury, and no praise too fulsome for
it to lavish upon wealthy smugglers who
occupy front seats in the temple Of the New
York Chamber of Commerce. An Irish
chief of st. Tammany, or Revenue thief
of St Louis, or Chicago or Cincinnati, is
Just the game which the New York De-
tective press delights in hunting. 1t has an
ever-ready cry of 'fStop thief for any and
everything outside of the city of New York.
That great den of neral and political turpi-
tude is the ''holy ofholies" in the eyes ofthe
Detective Press. Let the great railway and
banking companies, whose financial head
quarters are in Wall street, rob and plunder
and steal as much as they please by keep
ing back the revenues due the Treasury;
let the merchants and manufacturers enter
and run through the custom-house foreign
goods at undervaluation or disguised as
free goods, and it is all right with this De-
tective Press. 1t leaps to their defense
with all the alacrity and avidity that char
acterizes Toombs shysters when they
would demonstrate the innocence and re-
spectability of the most daring burglar who
is able 10 reward them with liberal cash
retainer lacked by the promises of cash
contingent fee.
It is within the recollection of our readers
that this Detective Press put forth its her
culean efforts to paralyze the hands Of JUS
tice two years ago when the Treasury
made the attempt to expose and punish the
gigantic frauds of some New York import
ers aha compel restitution of their i'll gotten
gains No evidence, however positive,
could convince it that New York import
ing merchant could do anything dishonor-
able, or,that soulless railway or banking
or insurance corporation could possibly
have kept back.iany portion of the dues law.
fully belonging to the peoples Treasury.
Anything which had money and stocks in
Wall street or goods in the public ware
houses under the control:of the custom
house was morally certain of the defense
of al the pens of the immaculate Detective
Press Of that metropolitan city. Millions
upon millions might be stolen with i'm
punity If they were only divided with
the endless corps of writers who entertain
the public with daily homilies upon the
frauds of Tammany, the terrific corruptions
Of the Tweed combination, or the Kelly
ope-man press -defying power. Column
after column could be hurled against this
National Republican., 1875-11-22

naval craft at that port are under orders to
be in readiness to sail at a moments warn
ing. This looks as if the Government in
tended to be in readiness for any emergency
which may arise in the West Indies or the
Gulf There is no harm in being ready.
Spanish promises are more likely to be re-
spected by Vslmaseda If there are iron
clads within call.