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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-15
The Horse.Eating Frenchmen.

Hippophagy is making rapid progress
in France on account of the scarcity of
beeves and the exorbitant prices now de-
manded for all sorts of meats. The con-
sumption of horsetlesh in Paris for public
Authorization is much greater than it has
ever been. Its use, except in the manu-
facture of the well-known Lyons sausage,
is of recent date. The first equine butch
cries were established in 1866. In 1867,
after trial of one year, 2, 152 horses were
butchered and sold for food. In 1869 the
number of horses, asses and mules
slaughtered reached 2,658, and the num-
Der was increased to 5,732 in 1872 In
1874 the figures rose to I, 1884, which gave,
net, 1896, $50 kilogrammes of meat-a
kilogramme being about two pounds. On
Jan. of the present year there were fifty
shops in Paris where horsefiesh was sold
to the public and there were five more
shops in the suburbs of the city. In the
provincial towns the progress has been
about the same. do not think that any
one really likes horse-flesh better than
beef, though some do prefer asses flesh
to beef; but it is sold at about one-half
the price of beef, and hence is used by
the poor for their bouillon and their pot
0u fen. The use of horse flesh in sausage
is now general in France, and it gives a
peculiar taste that is not unpalatable and
that peculiar reddish color of the Lyons
sausages. l need scarcely say that only
old and broken-down horses Of small val
ue are sent to the abattoir.-Paris Cor.
N. 7. Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-15
The Bad. Spelling-Fiend.

In these days of spelling matches it
would be good idea to secure among
the contestants, or at least the auditors,
some of our county officials. The SPELL
ing on some of the informations that
come before courts is only equaled by
the puzzles that appear in Corstables'
sales" notices and "Sherif1s' sale" an
nouncements. Among the latter docu-
ments on exhibition in the Sheritf's
office may be found the following: IL
kuntry weagen;" box at Sherif's sale
was labeled as containing exile grese"
instead of axle-grease. A Deputy Sheriff
put up bill of sale of a little boat
named the Maid of Erin" and he got it
off as the "Made of 1ron"- certainly
strong enough, but not according to the
authorities. Of dozen employees in a
prominent Office in the Courthouse on
Saturday, one, and only one, spelled the
word innuendo" correctly, yet it is in
use in the Court House daily. A Dep
uty Sheriff levied on the contents of
hardware store some time ago, and
among the assets noted SO ougrs and 2
bites" This is enough to knock "salid'
any day in the week.-Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-15
Spring Bonnets.

A Paris correspondent writes: "NOt-
withstanding the cold weather the spring
bonnets are out in full bloom and beauty.
They are very, ve'y pretty this season
and very becoming to almost any style
of feminine face. The old, graceful
gypsy shape, set rather on the back of
the head yet coming we'll forward and
fitting closely and snugly over the back
hair, is the most in vogue. The high
brim of the front stands up somewhat
too much above the head for actual
beauty, but when the space is filled in
with flowers the effect is good. Flowers
are to be worn in lavish profusion. Ev-
cry fashionable bonnet now looks like
perambulating bouquet. Flowers fill up
the brim, load the front, wreath the
crown and dang!e in long, dropping
sprays over the wearer's shoulders. Rice
straws and the coarser straws are in
great favor. A very beautiful bonnie:
which was shown me was made of rice
straw. The exterior disappeared COM
pletely under a wreath of wheat, oats
and peoples, and long sprays of oats
dropped at the back. The high brim
was lined with black velvet with a single
bow of poppy-colored silk set at one
side. Another was of black straw with
broad scarf of white matelasse Surah
tied around the crown and held down in
front by large cluster of tea-roses.
Over the crown was laid a row of
mingled white and black ostrich feath-
ers, ten being employed to form this gar
niture. A wreath of tea-roses inside the
brim and broad strings of white mate
lasse Surah completed the whole. A
delicate and graceful bonnet for young
girl was composed of rice straw, with a
wide puff of blue silk around the crown !;
the brim was lined with blue silk and
filled in with pale pink roscbuds. All
these were of the gypsy shape. Another
very pretty and youthful-looking bonnet
of rice straw had the wide brim that was
so popular last year; it was lined with
pale blue silk, the brim raised at one
side and confined with bow, and wreath
of forgct-me-nots cncircled the front;
the crown was shaded by two long and
very rich pale blue ostrich feathers. A
shape specially reserved for young girls
is somewhat like an inverted saucer,
which does not sound very effective but
which on the head is very stylish and
pretty"
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you give us the occurrences relating to
I Molly Darling"

you give us the occurrences relating 70
Molly Darling"
The bright young man entered upon
the piece with alacrity.
Keep it up" said the Western editor,
casting despairing look at his manu-
script. Keep it up, my dear young
friend. Don't mind my absence. Practice,
practice-that leads to perfection. I
have to 60 now, but go on with the mu-
sic: By-bye."
He took his coat from the hook and
went out, pausing on the doorstep to re-
mark bitterly: "And this-this is satire.
1t would have done with book.canvasser
or an insurance agent. 1t would have
answered the purpose, am quite sure,
with the devil himself. But not with
the whistler-not with the great Ameri-
can whistler"
In the editorial room meanwhile the
whistling went on; but finally the mu-
sician paused, looked around with q
triumphant smile, and said hoarsely:
" And this Is satire. Yes, believe that's
what they call it. expect can whistle
in peace next time."-Rochester Democrat
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-15
Water and Health.

Water is never found pure in its nat
ural state. It has the most remarkable
powers as solvent, and readily takes
up and incorporates various foreign in
gradients, assuming their character in
proportion to the quantity present. In
this way we have hard, soft, mineral and
sea water. Soft water is that which is
free from minerals. Rain water caught
directly as it falls, in the country, is the
purest that nature affords. It is not
pure, however; as it falls it absorbs
different gases, and washes the air of i'm
purities. Hard water contains certain
mineral substances. 1t is made out of
soft water, as follows: The soil contains
$50 times as much carbonic acid as the
air. Rain water sinking into the soil
absorbs this acid, which increases great
ly its solvent power then sinking deeper,
this water passes through lime, magnesia,
soda, salt, iron, ETC., and, dissolving these
substances, it becomes hard water,
mineral water, or salt water, as the case
may be. The usual substances in hard
water are carbonate of lime and sulphate
by pure water, but it readily succumbs
to water that has absorbed a quantity
of carbonic acid. In other we'll
"Au oPAHS "o1ClS VIC Auu MoS-
nesia, soda, oxide of iron, etc.
The amount of these mineral matters
present varies greatly, owing to the con-
dition and quantity of substances through
which the water passes. Some water
contains as high as seveuty-five grains
per gallon. Limestone water contains
the greatest quantity of sulphate of lime,
and is generally unwholesome, deranging
the stomach and intestines by constant
use. In certain we'll the water con-
tanned fifty grains of mineral matters,
and was so injurious that it was aban.
doned. Sulphate of lime, particularly,
causes diarrhea. Water containing or
ganic impurities has even worse effect,
producing innumerable ills. Drinking
marsh water will produce malarial
levers, and typhoid and typhus fevers
have more than once been traced to
water as their origin. That terrible dis
ease, goitre, is held to arise from con-
slant drinking of water containing much
lime and magnesia, as it prevails in such
regions of country. There are, general.
ly, much more impurities in well water
than is generally supposed. They drain
a large area of ground, the deeper the
larger, and they receive vast amount OF
surface water. The impurities thus re.
ceived are organic, principally, and Their
rapid decay and decomposition in hot
| weather will 60 far toward solving the
problem of the great prevalence of diar
rheas and dysenteries during the hot
| seasOn.-Ohs0 Farmer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-15

The suit Of Morton and others Us. The State
of Nebraska, involving. the title to rich saline
beds mile from Lincoln, has been decided
in favor Of the State.
About 1890 on the morning Of the 4th
the Chicago express train collided with the
Pacific express train on the Chicago, Burling-
ton g. Quincy Railroad, near. Tyrone, lows.
Both engines and several cars were demol-
ished. II. L. Miller, conductor; G. M. Pickle
fireman, and WA. Gardner, express messen-
ger, were instantly killed, and several
other train employees were injured, some
fatally. One passenger was reported killed
and several wounded. The accident is said
to have been caused by the telegraph opera
tor at Tyrone neglecting his instructions to
hold the Chieago-bound train until the other
train had passed that point.
Yankton ID. T.) dispatch of the 4th an
nounces the arrival of two men, named
Owens, direct from the Black Hills, bringing
with them several nuggets and particles OF
gold which they took out with an ak. Be.
coming satisfied that gold existed in paying
quantities they left four of their number and
returned for provisions and tools.
A recent telegram from Key West, Fla,
says there had been four cases of yellow fever
there, but the disease had entirely disap.
peared.
The trial of John D. Lee and others al
Beaver, Utah, charged with participation in
the Mountain Meadow massacre, has beer
postponed.
Atwelve- year-old boy, son of Jacob Welkcr
of st. Paris, Ohio, was fatally burned on thu
5th by the explosion of coal-oil can while hi
was attempting to hurry up fire by pouring
oil upon it.
The case of George @. Cannon, for polyg
amy, has been appealed by the prosecution
to the Territorial Supreme Court, and bonds
of 5000 given for his appearance.
According to Detroit dispatch of the ST.
the Republican State ticket for Supreme
Court Judge and Regents of the State Uni
versity of Michigan had been elected by from
10000 to 49, 600 majority.
The election in Cincinnati on the 5th re
| suited in the success Of the Democratic mu
nicipal ticket by majorities ranging from
1000 to 1000, johnson, for Mayor, rcceivin;
the heaviest vote.
Gen. Sheridan was at New Orleans on tn
5th, probably (says telegram of that date
on account of the Mexico-Texa borde
troubles.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-15
The Great American Whistler,

The person who whistles may always
be sure of a warm reception in an edi-
torial room. This order of music is SO
rare in the United States of America that
it's incoming is invariably received with
shouts of joy. If perchance the person
can't whistle he can at least sing. He
can whistle, however. We are convinced
that there is no person born of re-
spectacle parents who can't whistle after
a proper course of instruction. 1t is an
art, to be sure; but only SO through cult
walton. The genius is invariably there
as starting-point, and no young man
need be in this country six months with
out being tolerably proficient. We often
think of the young man who made his
appearance in Western editorial room
one day whistling lively air: The
Western editor said to him: "Now, my
young friend, you can do much better
than that, you know. Let yourself out a
little and don't be bashful. We have
nothing in the world to do but listen to
you. Give US something from the 'Bo-
hemian GIRL"
He was bright young man and he let
himself out accordingly. Then the West.
ern editor led him gently on to another
experiment, and then another, and then
another, and then another, like the man
in the fable whose story was without
end, and the bright young man never
faltered. 1t was getting rather late in
the day and the Western editor began to
get nervous. He said to himself, how
ever: II have set out to show this
young man that he is bore and I shall
persevere." And he added encouraging.
ly: "Give us something regarding the
old folks at home"
Much practice had by this time made
the bright young man versatile, and he
wheeled without q break in his whistle,
rendering the facts regarding the Suwan.
nee River with exceeding excellence.
"Now, then" said the Western editor.
again glancing at his unfinished manu-
script, then rising and walking the floor
briskly, "suppose you give us that fine
extract from Norma I see'-and he
picked up chair and bringing it nerv-
Uusly down upon the floor shattered every
piece of timber in it-"I see you are
gaining every moment. my friend. l
think In due season you viii be the
champion whistler of the continent. Now
give us Old Hundred by way of variety"
The bright young man again turned
tAo Cu10Ae VI LIS MUSIC W1tUOut oCCl
dent, and the grand old piece was entered
upon. The Western editor resumed his
walk, tearing his hair, and occasionally
biting some new lead-pencils in two; but
he preserved his temper. "Ah," he said
finally, picking up his table and invert-
ing it on the floor, then butting his head
against the wall for few moments, and
tnrning . somersault from pure nervous
ness, though still preserving his temper,
6 most extraordinary whistle; never
beard anything like It. Suppose now
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-15
FOREIGN GOSSiD.

VANASAA UVcOAPe
Russia has peasant nine feet tall.
Victoria and Eugene have been swap
ping biographies of their husbands. How
wildly interesting to both of them!
Waste-paper is cheaper in England than
in the States.
The surplus of the State revenue in
Sweden in 1874 was Ii, $40, 600 crowns. 1t
is stated that the financial condition of
that country has never been more brill
liant than at this moment.
The Canadian Government is about
to withdraw its twenty. cent pieces from
circulation. The resemblance of the
coin to twenty-five-cent pieces has been
costly to many people.
"A girl was killed in Manchester, En-
gland, by falling over backward while
rocking herself. The Coroner's jury CEN
sured the manufacturers for making
rockers of such dangerous pattern.
Five shots from his revolver reso-
lutte gentleman of Paris, intent on sui
eide, fred into his head; but being una
BILE to find his brains with that num-
Der he gave It up and went to the hos
pital. ::
Paris is excited over the exhibition
of genuine Cyclops, who has but one
eye, and that in the center of his forehead.
He is native of the Australian bush.
His name is PiperWilson; his age twen-
ty-two -.-. ~.
lin London lately . man ate q whole
newspaper in one beer.shop and q raw
herring In another, and on account of
this eccentricity in diet he was fined ten
shillings. Yet they talk of British free
dom. &37~
The postal routes across the Alps
have suffered greater and more frequent
interruption this winter than for years.
Sixteen and eighteen feet of solid snow
has been the level average on the St.
Gothard route.
If "high interest means poor securi-
ty" the French 1mperialists have but
small chance In the future, % they are
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-15

horse is again brought into service, and
the spoilers are homeward bound.
And out into the snowy night
That jolly load did 70 forth,
And roar the songs of Lily Dale"
"Old Uncle Ned" and so forth.
These were the boys and girls of
twenty and thirty years ago. Are there
still such? We are not sure, but the
mania for spelling matches which is now
abroad brings up good many recollee
lions, and has, no doubt, caused many a
father and mother to prick up their ears,
refresh their memories, and indulge in
old-time "reminiscences,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-15

"A box marked for Iowa to . grass
hopper relief committee was broken open
at the Central depot, the other day, and
the contents were found to consist Of
old boots and frozen potatoes. On the
side Of the box were the words: +" The
Lord loveth cheerful giver." Chicago
1TtbNn1, 4-.. Pr, E.+ s.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-15
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents and Accidents.

Patrick Laugbran, while oiling the
shafting in No. 2 mill at Natick, Mass,
the other morning, was caught by the
shaft and instantly killed.
"A Nantucketer, q few mornings
since, on going out to feed his biddies,
found crow with the flock, who re-
manned to breakfast with them.
Mrs. Joseph Searles, of Perkins
Plantation, r. l., has boarded and
shingled the frame of her house since
last summer, besides doing all her farm
work.
"A man committed suicide the other
day in Boston by jumping into the
machinery of planning mill. He felt
cut up about something and evidently
wanted to try the homeopathic method
of cure.
"A child of John Bristow, of Port
land, Me-, just old enough to 60 alone,
amused himself, recently, by punching
his brother, three years old, in the eye
with poker, nearly red-hot, and the
sight of that eye is destroyed.
MIR. Abraham Andrews, of West
Fryeburg, Me-, had his eye put out by q
nail few mornings ago. His son was
attempting to drive the nail while his
I A0VASA ASAu WIG OOokus AC u0AlS ny AuS1
struck the eye, causing it to run out.
IN. A. Christianson, a German of
Minneapolis, acted strangely the other
day, and at night became so violent that
he was obliged to be locked up. Accord
ingly he was placed in q cell in the sta
tien-house. Next day he was removed
to the residence of DR.. Richter, who
seemed to be the only man who had any
control over him. Here he acted SO
strangely that the officers removed him
to his cell again, where he remained,
stark naked, refusing to keep his clothes
on. He was pronounced insane day OF
two after, and officers visited his cell to
bring him out and start for the asylum
with him. Stepping out few moments
dead, his head jammed into a hole in
the privy scat. 1t is thought that while
in paroxysm he fell and thus caught
his head, strangling him.
An at1ecious tragedy was recently
committed in Toquerville, Utah. Rich
ard Fryer, who has lately labored under
the hallucination that he was a second
Jesus Christ, entered his house in the
friend of the family, lighting fire in
the crate. Believing that Batty was an
emissary of the devil, who was trying tc
burn his premises, the lunatic rushed
for pistol and shot HIM through the
head. Mrs. Fryer, paralyzed with fear
crouched in corner, and was shot
through the heart by her demoniac hus
band. The next thing he did was to &C
to cradle where his infant child wa
lying asleep, and deliberately blow it,
brains out This was the crOWning &C
of the almost unparalleled tragedy
Fryer then sailed forth into the village
armed with a revolver and a gun, pro
claiming himself the Lord, and saying
that he had slain the devil and severa
of his imps. The Sheriff, being unable
, to arrest Fryer, and fearing that still
other lives might be sacrificed, kille'
him with shot from navy revolver
Batty, Mrs. Fryer, the babe, and tn
slayer of them all were buried on tn
same day from the same house.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-15
Religious and Educational.

The United Presbyterian mission
aries in Egypt and Syria have provided
q metrical version of the Psalms in
Arabic, for singing in their public wor-
ship.
In 1850 the Presbyterian Church of
England contained about seventy-eight
congregations; in 1860 it had risen to
ninety five; in 1870 it had reached III,
and in 1874 the number is reported at
147.
"A Boston correspondent says the
School Committee of that city are con-
sidering the subject of increasing the
minimum age at which children may at
tend primary schools from five years to
six.
"A Methodist minister preaching in
Protestant Episcopal pulpit and noble
collection of 81 900 for the benefit of de-
serving and needy brother ministers
were among the incidents of the late
session of the Baltimore Conference.
Some of the Presbyterian papers arc
advocating the Introduction of the re-
sponsive use of the Psalms in their
church worship; and they repudiate the
idea that there is anything in such re-
sponsive services that belongs exclusive
ly to Epjscopacy or any other form of
church government.
in the late Baltimore Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church the
Stewards reported the amount received
for disabled preachers and their widows
and children to be sufficient to enable
them to pay 100 per cent. on the dollar
This is said to be the first time in the his
tory of the church that this has been
done.
Since the Day of Prayer for Colleges
there has been a deep religious interest
at Dartmouth College. The daily prayer
meetings have been largely attended,
many of the students are greatly i'm
pressed and a number have been con-
verted. A powerful revival is also in
progress among the students of Hamil.
ton College.
- The Year Book and Register of Trim
ity Church, New York, for the present
year, shows that there are seven churches
comprised within the Trinity Parish, sup
piled by sixteen clergymen, of whom
Drs. Dix, Haight Swope, Mulchahey and
Ogilby are best known. The corporation,
leaving out churches and cemeteries as
unproductive property, is worth seven or
eight millions, and has an annual income
of $500, OGO.
Rev. Mr.. Higgins, atravcling preach
er in the Methodist Church, gives as a
reason for not filling the Allegheny cir
cult, to which he was appointed by the
conference, that he could find no place
to live, and nothing to live ON, and the
travelling exceedingly difficult, as in
going to some of the appointments he
was compelled to ford streams eighteen
or nineteen times. His reasons were
deemed satisfactory and he was excused
for declining the work.
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Miscellaneous.


The father of all corns-pop corn.
"A Louisiana editor uses 81" instead
of 1--WE" in his editorials with rather
curious effect.
Mrs. Swisshelm lays down this broad
principle regarding the male portion of
the human race: "Only in his coffin is
it safe for a woman to kiss any one man
in thousand"
"A rascally but ingenious Virginia dis
tiller lately converted cave and hol-
low tree growing over it to his purpose
of defraudlng the revenue, the tree serv-
ing as a concealed chimney.
Take life easy and don't always be
trying to beat the sun up. You may win
for while, but in the long run you are
sure to be beaten, and some morning it
will rise when you don't.
"A few of his parishioncrs handed
one of Boston's esteemed clergyDen
friendly offering in the shape Of check
for $14 900 on a recent Sunday morning,
just enough to pay off the mortgage on
his house.
An English country paper records
the following fact: "A cow on the farm
of Mr.. Wilson, in Barrowdale, Cumbcr-
land, recently broke her leg. 1t was am
putated and wooden leg supplied, and
she is now st.mping about and doing
WE'LL"