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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-25
An Adroit Shirt Thief.

The Berlin correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Gazette writes: "A fastidious
rogue not long since finding his wardrobe
rncomfoItably short in that pride of q
mans heart, . well-fitting shirt, entered
a store on Frederic street and asked to
look at y variety of the above useful and
necessary article. Several qualities were
spread before him by the obliging shop
girl. and after thorough examination
Of the stock he selected dozen of the
finest and asked to have them put up, at the
same time taking from his purse fifty
thaler bill and laying it on the counter.
While the young lady was in the set of
enveloping the shirts in spotless piece
of paper the would.be purchaser remem
bered that he was exceedingly particular
about the fit of, the yoke, and q sudden
doubt seized him as to the proportions.
Would the young lady, heaDaid, tbe 20
good As to put one over her shoulders
that he might see it more perfectly?
The obliging girl complied with the de-
sire of her fastidious customer. The
rogue was delighted with the cut. and
even stepped behind the counter to ad.
mire closely it's beauties. Expressing his
satisfaction he turned, and gathering up
the eleven shirts and the twenty-thaler
note he ran out of the store and disap.
peared, while the frightened girl. scream
ing at the top Of her voice, strove In vain
to release herself from the shirt that the
thief had securely pinned to her back
while sdmiring its fair proportions. The
proprietors rushed from an adjoining
room to the rescue, but no trace of the
thief was to be seen, and he must now
console himself with the thought that
the rogue's set Of shirts was incom-
plete.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-25
The Roads OF Switzerland.

The roads of Switzerland are . per.
petuxl wonder to US. remember in
Wales we were amazed at the well-made,
well-kept roads of that wild, desolate
region; but here It il something almost
miraculous. This little Republic, with a
surface like the sea in . tempest, keeps
her roads 80 hard and smooth and level
that one glides over them as easily az q
ship ON summer sea. Not only must
they be built with tremendous labor, but
they must be yearly repaired and often
rebuilt for miles. The wild storms Of
winter, the resistless svalanches, the
swollen torrents, oil beat upon them and
overwhelm them and undermine them
until long reaches of solid masonry are
swept away like hay-stack In spring
food. Year sitter year certain portions
Of these roads are demolished, and year
after year patiently rebuilt. The engi-
neering il . work Of genius. Sowetimes
torrents are bridged over, sometimes
tunneled under. Avalanches are out
wittsd by covered galleries, over which
they slide harmlessly end plunge into the
abyss below. Every foothold on the
face Of the rocks II seized upon and
msde to help support the road. All Of
this must be at An enormous expense,
and the little Republic asks no toll Cor.
Hartford Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-25

The House Civil Rights bill was reported nom
the Judiciary Committee without amendment
....A bill was introduced and referred to
seeare depositon IN the Efeedmen's Savings
and Trust Company from ultimate loss. ]. The
bill to provide . government for the District Of
Columbia was taken up and laid ON the table
to 2S.t9 take up 9e resolution for the admission
resolution was advocated b. Mr.. Norton. "A
ing the death Of Representative Hooper, and It
was resolved to attend the funeral OF, the 18th,
and an adjournment was had out of respect to the
memory Of the deceased.
In the House, on the 10Th, several bills
Of private character were introduced and re-
ferred, a. was also bill to amend the charter Of
the Freedmen's Bureau and continue the same
THE Texas Indemnity Bond bill was passed,
g e. Wa also the Senate bill 70 allow Thomas W.
Fitch. Engineer in the navy, to accept the wedding
present sent to his wife By the Khedive OF Egypt
Announcement was made Of the death Of
Representative Hooper, of Massachusetts,, and q
committee Of seven was appointed to superin.
tend the funeral ceremonies in the hall Of the
House on the 16th and, ont Of respect for the de.
ceased, the House then adjourned.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-25

the click Of the weapon he slid
down the. stairs on his back and hid
behind the staircase. During this scene
the Duke and Duchess of Northun,ber-
land, who are regular attendants at the
church, left their seats. The Duchess
tainted and was carried from the church
by her attendants. Capt. Symes had
now full possession of the pulpit, and,
striking the sword on the Bible, he pro-
ceeded in loud tone to deliver what he
termed his message, amidst the scream
ing of the females and vociferous calls to
scOme down Of the males. The off,
cials Of the church had by this time
armed themselves with long poles, and
with these they went into the pulpit, and
after q tremendous scufile succeeded in
knocking the sword and revolver out of
the hands of the Captain. As the Cap
tain violently resisted, rope was pro.
cured, and with it he was bound hand
and foot and tied to one Of the pillars OF
the building. He was subsequently
given in charge TO the police, and ON the
following day he was brought before a
magistrate. On the certificates of two
surgeons he was removed to q lunatic
QsYlum,"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-25
Eeonomizing Heat in Animals.

WE published last week short article
on the economy of heat in the human
body, a subject which is worthy of
special attention in cold weather. This
subject, in its application to animals, is
taken up by correspondent of the Ne,o
England Farmer, who Justly criticises
remark ny correspondent of the Coua.
try Gentleman, that "rain does strong.
healthy sheep good" The farmer makes
out clear case against the latter as fol.
lows:
"These longwooled sheep shear a
fleece which weighs all the way from six
to sixteen pounds. Now we have in No
vember and December very cold rains,
succeeded by very low temperature.
The lightest clad Of these sheep will
have upon them at this season fleece
which will weigh three pounds; now let
us imagine this fleece first saturated with
water and then frozen. Now bear in
mind that it takes 40 degrees of heat to
dissolve the ice thus formed on the wool,
and after it is thus converted into water
it takes $50 degrees of heat to convert
that water into vapor, or in other words to
dry it. Then, again, consider that the
only source of heat is the food eaten by
the animal and burnt in its system.
Then, again, consider this taking place
not only during the winter months, but
in March and April, when the fleece is
double the weight it is IN the fall. Now
remember this is exact science; the
amount of heat required for the purpose
described is always the same, though the
sources whence it is derived may differ.
In the months of May, June, July, August
and September the sun aids in drying
the wool, but remember in these months
the fleece is light. 1t is when the fleece
is the heaviest that nearly all the heat
for drying the fleece is absorbed from
the body; and remember the tempera-
ture of that body is to be kept up to 90
deg. 1t is an exact science, and it re-
quires an exact amount of food to fur
nish this heat; and if the food is not
furnished the animal must fall back upon
its own resources, the fat accumulated
in its cells; or, if none is so stored, its
muscles must be sacrificed or the animal
must ie."-N. Y. Observer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-25
The Chinese Theatricals.

A newly-imported troupe of Chinese
actors and gymnasts opened season at
the theater on Jackson street last even
ing, and met with flattering reception.
The theater was crowded in every part,
the dress-clrcle and third tier being filled
with the elite of the heather society, and
the beauty and fashion of Chinatown in
its most gorgeous array. The orchestra
was augmented on the occasion by the
addition of halfa-dozen gongs and tom
toms, and developed much power in the
execution of the latest airs from the
Chinese opera. The piece presented was
evidently in the low comedy line, judg-
ing from the great merriment of the au-
dience, excited by the dialogue; but the
leading features were the grand military
spectacles, jugglery and acrobatic per-
formances. At different times Chinese
soldiers of the old style appeared upon
the stage to the number of forty or fifty,
and exhibited their mode of warfare with
spears and other ancient weapons. The
fencing exercises and combats with
the double swords displayed marvel
Gus dexterity and agility, and demon.
strate that the Chinaman on his ma.
tive heath, and with his own style of
weapons, is dangerous antagonist. The
mode of combat with hatchets and meat
chopper, and the utility of the cumber-
some bamboo shield, is also displayed.
The jugglery, which consists of running
each other through with swords and
spears, Draining one another with meat
axes, etc. =, is thrilling, but rather ghast-
ly in its effect, and most wonderfully
deceptive. The blood is seen streaming
down the naked bodies of the apparent
Gims IN aFta that ha, is G"ond
slain in one of the terrific combats, it is
quite surprising to observe the deceased
arise again and go prancing off the stage
with q meatcleaver stuck in his skull.
As with most Chinese performances,
however, there is little regard for the
tastes or feelings of the fastidious from
q civilized point of view, and the Jack
son Street Theater is not likely to be-
come popular resort outside the heather
circles Of society.-San Francisco CaN.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-25

"A Memphis doctor treated q patient
for asthma wien his disease was kidney
complaint. A jury has put a 81, 500 plas.
ter on those fortunate glands.
"A New Jersey paper says that when
ever IN old pioneer Of that State is found
frozen to death in the road bottle of
whisky may be found not far away. 4
Mrs. Gardner, of Alabama, had 2S7
hoop skirts among her effects when she
died recently, and there were over fifty
calico dresses which she had never worn.
The wind event west" from Chicago
the other day at the rate of $50 miles Der
hour. Even Mr.. Greeley would have
been satisfied with this rate of going
West.
"A Cleveland artist painted little
negro boys nose bright red, one day
recently, and being sued for damages
800.
Boston has established new char.
ity which it calls diet kitchens. The food
given out Is meant for the sick only, and
tickets are distributed by the dispensary
physician.
The Danville (Ky.) Adoocate says
An interesting little daughter of Prof.
g, of this city, last summer, in eat
ing watermelon, got one Of the seeds
lodged in her windpipe. The effort was
made to dislodge it, but proved ineffect-
va, and 1t was thought that the child
would have to be taken to one of the
large cities to have an operation per-
formed by a skil:ful surgeon. To this
she was decidly opposed, and pleaded
with her mamma to tell her if there was
M other wav If relief F;no11v IN ordo,
to quiet her childish fears, her Christian
mother told her to ask God to help her.
The little one went into an adjoining
room, and shortly thereafter came run
ming to her mamma with the seed in hel
hand and her beautiful and intelligent
face lighted up with Joy. In response
to the eager inquiry of the mother the
little one said she had asked God to HELM
her, and while she was praying she was
taken with severe cough, in which she
threw up the seed"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-25
Imitation Cashmere Manufactures.

IT is an acknowledged fact to the pres.
ent day that Notwithstanding the we'll
nigh perfection of skill and mechanism
now applied to the production of every
class and variety Of textile fabrics, no
art has yet proved equal to that by
which the shawls of Cashmere are made
to possess such singular putty, beauty
and value. The French approximate
nearest, perhaps, of any people in insur-
ing these qualities to the imitation prod
ucts. which they call by the same name,
the Cashmere wool being imported d.
rect from Thibet, and wrought into
shawls in the factories of Paris, Lyons,
Nismes, etc. The Paris shawls are Of the
kind known as French Cashmere, in
which, by the aid of the draw-loom and
of the jacquard, surface is given which,
so far as appearance goes, is precisely
similar to that of the Oriental article;
both the warp and the welt are the Yarn
of pure Cashmere down, the figures and
colors OF the Eastern shawl are faithfully
copied, and the deception would be COM
plete did not the reverse side show the
cut ends.
But, as already remarked, the genuine
Oriental shawl is yet without rival in
its absolute beauty and perfection, and
no attempts are made or needed in the
way of Improvements. The wool, the
choicest raised in Tibet and Tartary, is
first bleached to rid it of a grayish hue
which naturally belongs to it, then spun
into yarn and dyed of various colors.
The manufacture of remarkably fine
and elaborate shawl will sometimes &C.
cupy shop for whole year, two or
three, perhaps four, persons being con-
stantly engaged on it. In some of the
richest specimens scarcely quarter of
an inch is completed by three persons in
one day. Sometimes, in order to hasten
the process, shawl is made in separate
pieces at different looms, and the pieces
are afterward sewed together, this latter
being done with such dexterity that it is
not Immediately detected. The shawls
are exquisitely soft and warm, surpass-
ing in these respects every other cloth
ing material. Louis Republican.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-25
A Lunatic In Q Pulpit.

A correspondent of the London Datzy
Nesos writes to that journal, Jan. 20:
i" On Sunday morning the service at the
Irvingite Cathedral, at Albury, nesr
Guilford-a building which was erected
att . cost Of $4,000 by the late Mr..
Henry Drunmond-was Interrupted in .
somewhat alarming manner. The service
had proceeded to the reading of the
prayers, when Capt. Symes, . member
of the congregation, was observed to
leave his seat. He at once ascended
the stairs and entered the pulpit. Clos
Ing the door, he stretched forth his
hands and addressed the congregation.
He said he was commissioned by God
to deliver message, which would not
be heard with favor. At this juncture
several of the church officials rushed
up the pulpit stairs and begged the gal
liant Captain to desist. The request was
met by the Captain drawing . sword
from . sheath which was concealed
under his cost, and, waving it. above
his head, he said that If any person in
terfered with him in the delivery of
his message he would run him through
to the heart. A precipitate retreat was
made by the officials and in the mean.
time Capt. Symes proceeded to address
the congregation, warning them that it
was his duty to tell them that perdition
was their fate II they continued In their
present faith. Mr.. Armstrong, q barris-
ter-at-law and an intimate friend Of Capt.
Symes, left his seat, and, running up the
pulpit stairs, begged him to come down.
The Captain raised His sword. and, strik-
Ing Mr.. Armstrong across the hand, near.
y cut OF one Of his fingers. The alarm
caused by this extraordinary conduct
was very great. The ladies Of the con-
gregation screamed, and many Of them
tainted. The male portion Of the con-
gregation left their seats, and, assem-.
bling In knots In the aislee Of the church,
called TO Capt 6ymes to come down.
One gentlemAn, undeterred b. the injury
indicted on Mr.. Armstrong, asccnded the
pulpit stairs to expostulate with tho
,Captain. The only reply he re-
eeived Was the presentation ct HE
head Of loaded revolyer. Hearing
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-25

Somebody called French officer a
fool, half witted fellow and fop. The
Court of Appeals has decided that the
first two forms of abuse are only gross
insults, for which there is no legal RENE
dy, but that the correctional tribunals
can deal with the third, because it con-
tains 1.-THE imputation of special vice."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-25

The Burgomaster of Amsterdam has
been to Paris, where he ordered for him
self six dozen gloves, as to which there
is nothing remarkable except the size of
the gloves Within the memory of man,
or woman either, the city of Paris has
never seen such hands. Number ten is
the largest size made in Paris for coach
mems gloves, but the Burgomaster
troubled eleven and quarter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-25
West and South.

The National Grange has adopted resolu-
ton declaring the existing Patent laws OPP
pressive, and requesting Congress to grant no
more extensions and to amend the Patent
laws so as to allow any person to use or man.
ufacture any patented article on the payment
of reasonable royalty. The choice Of the
next place for the meeting Of the National
Grange is left with the Executive Committee.
A loan has been agreed upon to each State
Grange of $3.50 for each subordinate Grange
in the State.
Mardi Gras celebrations occurred on the
9th at Louisville, KY, Memphis, Tenn, Lit
tie Rock, Ark, Terre Haute, Ind, and Fort
Madison, Iowa. 81
The Indiana State Board Of Agriculture
have decided to hold an exposition at Indian
apolis this year, to begin Sept and con-
tnue twenty days.
A Little Rock (Ark.) telegram Of the 10th
says the report OF the Arkansas Investigating
Committee and the subsequent message Of
the President had created considerable ex-
element there, and business was very much
depressed on account Of the unsettled cordi.
ton Of affairs at Washington.
Thirty-four States and three Territories
were represented In the National Grange 1t
ts recent session in Charleston, 8. c.
A Conservative proposition for compro-
mise of the Louisiana dihsculties, submitted
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-25
FOreign 6OsSip,

The Spanish court physician, with
faith in simple remedies, presented to Al
phonso dose of castor oil for his bill
iousness, but the young monarch cast a
royal glance of contempt at the medicine
and preferred the bile.
IN. Muller, . member of the Russian
expedition to Siberia, has made q tremen.
dous discovery, and has communicated
it forthwith with great circumstance to
the st. Petersburg Geographical Society.
1t is that the North Pole ID not an. iso.
lated point, but territory of q certain
extent" And he il going to explore it.
As showing the uncertainty of
little village in the southwest of France,
ing an entire night filed and excited
occurred at Paris. The villagers all
up ON its legs and kicked things over.
can favor they could not learn. On the
subsequent morning 800 persons gathered
around the Paris train ON its arrival to
read of revolutionary exploits. A hoax
~ "00y 0A4O SAVA4 uVAA4AtAVA AV0A1A0 - w
q general change vanished. Even French
villagers like novelties, and can't put
up with humdrum all the time.
AT Puteaux, France, . party of chill.
dren playing in the suburbs discovered
floating in the air and partly entangled
in the branches of . tree white parcel
upborne by number Of toy-balloons.
The police secured the package, which
was found to contain the corpse of new.
born babe. Inquiry brought out the fact
that It was the child Of = poor toy maker,
who had suddenly died just after the
confinement Of his wife. The household
and its chattels had been seized for rent,
and, driven mad by this accumulation Of
misfortunes, the widowed woman killed
her babe, and then threw herself into the
river. She left letter telling her in.
tention, and saying that she "bad gotten
her baby all ready to 60 up to heaven"
"A Paris letter says: Here is true
and curious dog story: The other even
ing a reporter for the Gaulois was going
home late at night in the midst Of the
most horrible weather, when he over
took drunken man trying to climb the
Rue de Rome. He was followed by .
mongrel cur, who kept at his heels and
seemed to stagger like his master. The
drunken man stopped and the dog began
to bite at his legs. Let me alone, will
youl" cried the drunkard. I'm going
ON after q rest but the dog continued
to tug at his trousers. The reporter
stopped to see the end of this curious
scene. There, therer cried the man q
length, I'm going On. You'll tear the
breaches off me- He started and the
dog trotted at his heels. After . few
yards tho drunksrd again stopped and
the same scene occurred, the dog growl-
ing and swapping until his master began
to 90 forward. The reporter went mile
out Of his way to see this Intelligent dog
take his mater home and saw him wag
his tail with evident Subtraction 90 the
drunkard reeled over his threshold"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-25

by purchasing pigs teet at the slaughter
house for $1.26 per hundred and then
turning them into souse, for which he
has q large and growing custom. ~
y 81 :. st5i}
Personal and Literary.
I Charles Reade calls an English edit
or !" q liar, q coward and BLACKBOARD. !"
Why, Charles!
! Mrs. elizabeth Etheridge, the ven
cradle mother of Hon. Emerson Ether
ridge, died al Dresden, Tenn, recently,
at the advanced age of 102 years.
One sof "George Eliot's" filings at
the lords of creation: +" I'm not denyin'
the women are foolish. God Almighty
made 'em to match the men," s-}' IL
Laura Fair is described as mounting
the witness-stand with 1.-THE gleeful skip
of school girl" She skipped" . rope
she had earned with equal agility some
time since. "
-Vasquez, the California bandit, has
been convicted of thirty-seven murders.
If punished for each offense it would
take about seven hours for him to stran'
gle at twelve minutes . hang. 2, I'd
Tho I" beautiful Canadian Celini, the
champion female, skater of the world,
who has been cutting capers on the ice
in the Chicago West Side Rink, turns
out to be young boy named Johnny
Cook.
-Gov. English, Of Connecticut, has
designed monument to be erected to
him after death, which will be granite
obelisk, the largest in the country, and
has 1t already In process OF completion.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-14

Tar DCxs SpEAK.-One year So,
this month young lady of Alexsn
dria daughter ofpoliceman Christophs,
Lyies, suddenly, and without any app
rent reason, lost her voice. and remain,
ed dumb until week ago. when, hayin,
received potion from man In Nes
foF< TO vhom her condition had haa,
reported, She took it ono night, lust h.
fore retiring, and it acted like a charm
f0r when she awoke the following morn
ing her long lost voice had returned with
mere than its former sweetness, and 90
delighted is she in consequence tha, sls
has been singing almost ever since
q t.asls. ! "A -
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-14
A Breathing Cave.

In the range OF mountains in Western
North Carolina known as the "Fox
Range" most singular phenomenon
exists. At 10 -.breathing cave" In
the summer months a current of air
comes from'it so strongly that person
caift walk against it, while Ia the win-
ter the suction is just as great The
cool air from the mountains in summer
Is felt for miles in direct line from the
cave. AT times most unpleasant odor
is emitted upon the current from dead
carcasses OF animals sucked In and kill
ed by the violence. The loss of cattle
and stock in that section in the winter
IS accounted for in this way They
range too near the mouth of the cave
and the current carries them in. at
times when the change from inhalation
begins, the air is filed with various hairs
otanlmals; not unfrequently bones and
whole carcasses are found miles from
the place. The air has been known to
change materially in temperature during
eShala'ion from quite cool to unpleas-
antiy hot, whitening vegetation within
reach, and accompanied by q terrible
roaring gurgling sound. as of pot boil
ing. il 10 unaccounted for by scientific
men who have examined it, though no
exploration can take place. IL is fear
ed by many that volcanic eruption may
break forth theve some time. Such
things have occurred in places az little
unexpected.