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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-28

THE POULTRY ARaUs.-We invite Farm
ers, Mechanics, Breeders and Fanciers to inspect
this illustrated Monthly, one Of the best poultry
journals in America The January number con-
tains two full-page engravings-White Holland
Turkeys and Black Cochins. The table Of con-
tents shows an article on Pedigree Breeding" by
Wright, Of England, standard author the world
over; a prize essay on Feeding Poultry" by
DR.. VIM. Pitt, is begun, and F. J. Kinney tells of
the IS PROFITS of Poultry Breeding" Beside these
there are dozen other articles on Poultry topics
and news. Every number will be finely illus
trated with wood-cuts descriptive Of some lead
ing variety of fowls. Each number will be worth
the cost Of . years subscription. Subscribe
now. Liberal terms to agents. One dollar per
year. Send ten cents for sample copy. MfLLER
& CLINTON, Publishers. Polo, ILL.,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-28
Another Anecd0te Of tho Rail.

Some years ago there were engaged
upon the Boston & Providence Railroad
two men, as engineers, who are now en-
inent as master mechanics of railroads.
They were both skillful men. As they
ran regular trains, they each had loco
motive which they ran daily, and they
became as much attached to their ma
chimes as any gentleman will be to tine
horse. They could perform any task
with them, and obtain such speed out of
them as no other engineer could. One
of them, whom we will call Green, used
to say that he could stop his engine with.
in an inch of mark to be put up on the
track. In fact, he used to do it at the
Roxbury stop frequently when the old
mar" meaning the master mechanic, was
not a5oard) to his admiring associates.
The other man-Brown-was equally
proud of his machine. You would think
he had circus trick-horse to hear him
talk. These men of course had little
rivalry between them, which was always
encouraged by the other boys on the
road. Green stated one day that he would
hang up his gold watch ON the back of
Browns tender, and would run
fifteen hundred feet at full speed, and
stop with his draw-bar within one
inch Of the watch. He was dared to do
it. He accepted the challenge and
accomplished what he said he could.
Brown was astonished at the daring of
his associate and concluded that if he
did not take the wind out of his sails his
(Brown's) fame would be under cloud.
So he said that it was luck ON Green's
part; that he could not do it again;
would bet IS. The bet was accepted
and Green sailed back to the starting
point, and in due time came back at full
speed and went at Browns tender with
an awful whack. The watch was some
what enlarged specifically; it was quite
thin, and the crystal was in more than
one piece. As . time-keeper its avoca-
ton had ceased entirely. The reason of
the smash-up was, Brown had quietly
moved his machine several inches by
leaking steam into cylinders. This he
had managed to do unperceived by the
bystanders, who were very intently
watching Green's movements. The latter
was wonder.struck ut the failure of his
feat, but he never for . moment sup
posed that Brown had played him false.
He never tried the thing again. In sitter
years Brown presented him with val
liable watch, with due explanations,
which was to the receiver an astonishing
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-28
HAnrnR,s Bazaar tells us how to make

HARPER's Bazaar tells us how to make
rugs and mats of coffee sacks. It says:
+" Get those of even texture and work
in cross stitch, the same as on canvas,
with coarse Germantown wool. They
may be made with any design from the
very simple to the most elaborate, and
may be used for piano stools and covers
or other ornamental and useful purposes,
az for door and furniture rugs. The edge
can be fringed or trimmed with button
holed or even pinked edge border Of
cloth. For the latter use they may be
lined and wadded to give weight and
thickness" VI
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-28
The Manufacture Of Ornamental
Feathers.

The Pail Man Gazette says: can inter
esting account of the manufacture of Or
namental feathers, an industry which
employs about 240 working women and
apprentices in Vienna, is given in the
'Translations of Official Austrian Re-
ports on the Universal Exhibition in that
city last year. The coloring is done by
men, the other processes mostly by
women. African ostrich feathers are
most usually manufactured. These are
white, black, gray and dappled, and are
classified according to quality as 'prima,
'secunda,' etc. Other feathers frequent
~ worked are those of the white heron,
bird of Paradise and marabou (there are
genuine marabou feathers and false.
The white prime ostrich featherjs the
finest of all. The feather is cleaned first
by q cold soap bath, well washed twice
or thrice, and then put into warm soap
baths, afterward well washed in cold
water, then blued little, pressed, and
swung to and fro in the air until the
hairs have spread and the feather is
quite dry. Next, with q small, sharp
knife, the strong rib at the back is cut
away. The feather loses its stiffness
and acquires pliability. With small
feathers this is obtained by scraping the
rib with glass. Then the hairs on each
side of the rib are made to curl in with
q blunt knife and the requisite uniform
ity of shape is given them by combing
them over slightly warmed iron. Next,
in order to hide the rib, the worker, with
blunt knife, twists here and there some
hairs of the feather spirally over the rib
until it is completely concealed by them.
The feather is then threaded with q wire,
folded in paper and so completed. The
same process is followed with gray and
black ostrich feathers, except that the
gray are generally and the blacks always
colored. White feathers are only colored
for some particular fashion of color, as
rose, violet, etc. If the hair on feath-
er is not dense enough, or the feather is
defective, then two or three feathers are
sewn together and curled. This is done
with both short and long feathers. Long
feathers are called leaf feathers, Am
azons;' short feathers generally three
of bundle are called 'panache. Single
and sewn feathers are distinguished in
both. The hair of the ostrich feather is
also much used for the manufacture of
fancy feathers-cockades, fringes, ETC.,
are made of these. The feathers are
twined by machine, and then joined to
the hairs of other feathers. These COM
binations are called 'p]eureuses,' and
pieces of ostrich feathers are sewn to-
gether to alength of some ellis, and called
sbordures,' and are used to decorate
dresses. There is an American ostrich
feather called 'vulture,' which is worked
like the African but is inferior to it in
quality. Tempting white feathers called
marabou are much worked. They are
used for fancy feathers; the points of
small white or colored pigeon feathers
and very small fragments of silk and the
like are Joined on to them. 'Bordures'
for ball dresses are made of them. 1t is
evident from this account that to show
the white feather is process which en-
tails some trouble and expense"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-28
6elatine.

The American trade in gelatine is said
to employ several million of dollars an
nually, and in Europe to be of still greater
value. The purest form of the article is
known as isinglass, which is prepared
from the il-bladders and sounds of sew
eral species of fish, especially of the stur-
geon. These tissues are cleansed and
dried, forming what is termed leaf
isinglass; or they are twisted into various
forms, called long and short staple; or
they are folded into packages, called
book-isinglass. The production of ISM
glass used to be limited to Russia !;
whereas now large quantities are pro-
duced in South America, the East Indies,
the Hudson's Bay Territory, New York
and Canada. The manufacture of the
Russian isinglass, which is still esteemed
the best in the market, is as follows:
The bladders are placed in hot water,
carefully cleared from adhering blood,
cut open longitudinally, and exposed to
the air with the inner delicate silvery
membrane upward. When dried, this
fine membrane is removed by beating
and rubbing, and the bladder is then
made into the forms desired.
Gelatine is prepared from variety of
animal substances, but chiefly from the
softer parts of the hides Of oxen and
calves and the skins of sheep, and also
from bones, ETC. The method of treat
ing skin.parings and hide-clippings is
first to wash the pieces carefully, and
then to cut them into small pieces and
put them into a weak, warm solution of
caugtic soda for week or ten days.
From this they are removed to an air.
tight chamber, where they are kept for
some time in . temperature of 20 deg.
Then follows cleansing process in cold
water, q bleaching in the fumes of sui
phur, and . final washing; after which
they are steamed in pots until the gela-
tine is dissolved, which is strained off
while hot and poured out in thin layers,
that, when sufficiently cooled, are
stretched out ON nets to dry. Machinery
is employed to cut the gelatine into the
delicate strips In which it is usually sold.
An inferior gelatine is made in France
from bones and other parts of animals.
1t is said that the enormous number of
rats which are killed in the sewers and
abattoirs of Paris, after their skins are
taken of, are wholly consumed by the
gelatine-makers. The French manu-
facturers have q superior art of clarity
ing these inferior gelatines, and, by col
oFing the thin, transparent plates, render
them very attractive and fine-looking
Their cost is much less than that of the
best qualities. Chicago Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-28

for this article shall put it carefully
away and label it, "Change out Of G716
6s. ga. paid ON account of Kopp's Com
pany;" and If the reader, seized with .
at Of generosity At 1ncing himself saved
from similar experience, likes to for
ward in tangible form his thanks to
the editor, 10 doubt it viii be duly
handed over to the author of this brief
history.-CAoasbers' Journal. sae
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-28

WE were pleased to see, not long since, in
one of our exchanges, some pretty severe re-
marks addressed to several persons who, dur
ing the interesting lecture by Rev. Jno. 8. C.
Abbott, kept continuous coughing, which
prevented many from hearing. People who
cannot refrain from coughing had better stay
of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment with them.
THE importance of giving Sheridan's Cavalry
Condition, Powders to horses that have been
out in the rain, stood in cold wind, or drank
too much cold water cannot be over-esti-
mated; no man should be without them who
owns q good horse.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-28

W1LHoFT's FEVER AND AGUE ToNIC.-This
medicine is used by construction companies
for the benefit of their employees, when en-.
gagged in malarial districts. The highest tes-
timonials have been given by contractors and
by the Presidents of some OF the leading rail-
roads in the South and West. When men are
congregated in large numbers in the neigh
orhood of swamps and rivers, Wilhoft's
Tonic will prove a valuable addition to the
stock of medicines, and will amply reward
the company in the saving of time, labor and
money. Werecommend it TO all. WBEELocK,
FINLAY & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BIZ ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-28

The most stylish collar that is worn now is
the Improved Warwick. It fits better than
any other on low-cut shirt. All the edges
being folded, and the surface looking so much
like linen, we recommend all to try it. Ask
yonr gents furnisher for the Improved War
u;ok
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-28
Planes and Organs.
Fine new rosewood pianos for $500.
Fine walnut organs, six stops, $125.
Good second hand pianos, $50 to 500.
Reeds Temple Of Music. Chicago.

"A Southern paper, describing duel,
informs Its readers that one of the par
ties "was severely wounded in the
breast, while his opponent fred in the
air"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-28

STOP at the Sherman House when in
Chicago. With its superior advantages
and recent reduction of rates its claims
for public favor are unequaled.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-28

THR NORTHWESTERN AORSl-NAH Co.'S
= Finished " Nail Is the best in the world.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-28

riends hin to me, and more than
once he limited that he was much disap-
pointed at my not having found more
customers; but rs among my friends
there were none In business, or in diff
culties, to whom loan could be more
than q temporary staving-of of the evil
day, could not recommend that money
should be lent them even ON the chance
of their paying 20 Der cent.
At our first general meeting we made
out what we believed was very tolera-
BILE statement of accounts, and showed
that, although up to the present time we
had not actually made any profit, yet we
hoped shortly to be able to give more
favorable and satisfactory account of
our trust as directors. Unfortunately,
one of our shareholders was himself
money-lender, and he was unmerciful on
us. He spoke well, and he carried other
shareholders with him. He declared we
never ought to have commenced bust
ness on so small capital, that we had
actually done nothing, that the loans we
had made had been rashly granted, and
he voted for the winding-up of the COM
pany. Having several of our friends
present, we managed to outtalk him at
the meeting; but shortly afterward he
obtained an order for the winding-up,
and our books, ETC.. were handed to him,
as he was appointed official liquidator of
Kopp's Company uimited). My $500
worth of shares had not been handed
over to me; but as Kopp had promised
that this business should be all right l
ives not distressed or alarmed about it;
l knew / was qualified as director, and
so there was NO cause for anxiety.
About month after the affairs of the
company were taken out of my hands
received lawyers letter stating that
the sum of $500 was due from me for
shares in Kopp's Company fLimited), and
requesting that would at once pay the
money into the hands of the official
liquidator of the company. l took this
document to Kopp, who laughed at it,
and said it was mere form and that he
would see it was all right, and that moth.
L. In r0o0RunN
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-08-07
A chan the other day em

A chap the other day employed a
novel way for raising the wind. lie
would step into a business place hur-
riedIy, and ask the loan of two cents,
to add to three which he already had,
for the stated purpose of getting boy
to assist in carrying a box from the de-
pot. He became indebted to quite a
number of our citizens in the sum of
two cents, and as he failed to refund,
we presume he is now engaged in hunt
ing up the boy. Next.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-08-07
- The State elections occur this
year in the following order


Mr. r. Swartz, Il retired farmer and mer.
chant, attempted to commit suicide at KIRK.
wood, N y, on Friday morning of last week.
by swallowing about quarter OF pound OF
Paris green. lie had been sImmOned 10 Az
pear at court NJ Bhphanpton for examination
concerning the whereabouts OF ms property
to ,tisfy Judgment, aud shortly before Time
for The tfaiu he was found by his daughter III
the barn in a prostrated condition from reich.
Ing caused by the poison he mad taken. 1t is
Thought he will recover.
--Readiugs death roll from January st 10
July 29th il 4ig.
Tho state Teachers Association Will con.
vene in Music liall, Wilkes Barre, August 10th,
flthand l2th %
The state Board of Pardons met at Harris.
burg ON Monday ana will cOndnue in session
several days. The list OF applications is very
large.
A few days ago Il snake got into the cradle of
an infant OF Mrs, Lewis l.. Raker, OF Upper
Paxton township, Dauphi county. When the
mother discovered II Its head was sticking up
and the enid was pattlng IT. MTs Raker
grasped the llttle one and rushed TO the door to
call her husband TO dispatch tho visitor. shortly
@ the SNAKE crawed out oi Us lar and made on
turned again. He killed the reptile. wnch was
about two feet long and OF the striped species
commonly ca led the hOuse.snake
For the detection of the scOundrels who de.
faced the Donaldson monument at Pottsyiile
the other day, 5000 reward rs offered.
The Fan meeting of the Loo Par1 Assocla-
tiOn, Wilkes Barre, will take place August 25th,
@plu' eur anu lht pIeiuluuls oHelCu tnls year
amount to $3.50
Mr. Emanuel David, brakeman on the Le.
high Valley Railroad, while coupling cara AZ
south l;ast0n Monday evenin & met with very
painful accident by getting ais arm between
the bumpers as ihey colhded
The recent storms in Central Illinois have
done Immense damage TO crops. bridges aud
railroads. The loss Is estimates at 81 10000.
Tho Board of Pardons has recommended the
respite OF Barney McCue. fenced TO be nHng-
ed Z MilliamspOrt, August 9th, TO allow an ap
phcation iOr cOmmutltlOn 90 Imprisonment for
life. The application win be heard at the Sep
tember session.
The camp meeting of the EastOn District OF
the East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evan
gelical Association, VIII be he'd IN Apples
Grove, Blngen Northampton county. common.
cling August 2jth and continuing till septem-
Der LIST.
AT meeting OF the directors Of the Pa. r.
H. Co., dividend OF two per cent. Tor the last
Two months, payable August IN was declared
The stockholders of the suspended Ashland
Sohuylkfl county Banking Company met re-
eently, pursuant TO the call. Mr., James W.
Maggie, OF Poltsville was appointed trustee, TO
convert the bonds and Otner securities OF the
bank. The liabilities OF the concern foot up
some sb5 IOl and the assests Omethlng IN the
ne,ghborhoOd Of $40 0O0. DepOsltOrs will Ue
paid IN full, ami the only question is one OF
time, The stockholders aOne will suffer loss II
there should prove TO be any loss
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-08-07

The public had hoped that by the
disagreement of the jury there would
be an end to the Beecher-Tilton scan
dial but such does not appear to be the
case. On Monday afternoon last no ,.
tice from Mr.. Tilton's attorneys was
served on Mr.. Beecher's attorneys, in
which it is stated
THAT the issue OF fact N tho above action
will be brought ON for trial, ana inquest taken
therein At tho next term Of thn Citv Court OF
Broodlyn, on the first Monday OF september
next" .tH
Itappears from this that we are to
have @ rehash of this pestilental sore.
1t may afford some food for idle gossip
crs, but the moral disposed people have
had feast of the matter, and desire
the whole subject consigned to the
{, tomb of the Capplets."
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-08-07

The troubles of Tweed hang about
him like the visage of Hamlet's ghost.
That SO, 900, 900 bail appears to be a
eIicker. On Saturday last, Judge Bar
rett rendered decision, on the motion
TO vacate the order of ARE st on the suit
against Tweed for $4,000, 900, or re-
duce the bail from $S,00O,000 to a rea-
sonable amount. lie declines to vacate
the order of arrest, as the plaintiffs are
entitled TO as many provisional reme--
dies as they can make out case for un-
til their claim is secured. AS to the
branch of motion, he says the general
rulo is to require the defendant arreS-
led in civil action for fraud to furnish
bail in sum sufficient to cover plain
tiff's claim. More than that is excess
slve, less, generally insufficient and
for this reason he declines to reduce the
bail, and denies the motion, with $40
costs.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-08-07
THE NEXT GOVERNOR.

The different parties in this State are
marshalling their forces for the coming
fall campaign, and from present APP
pearances quite an animated canvass
may be anticipated.
The Republicans have already named
their mau, and placed him squarely
before the people. The leaders are
quite sangulne of success, and no doubt
honest in their logical reasoning why
Coy. IIartranft should occupy the chair
of State another term.
The Democratic Convention is not
far in the distance. Quite a number Of
very able names have already been
suggested, and We have no doubt there
are many others still to come. Present
indications appear to favor the nomina.
ton of Ex-Governor William Blgler,
although in these days of political in
trigueing there might be an unlucky
."slip betwixt the cup and the lip"
His friends are urging his claims with
much confidence, and point with pride
TO the purity and hone sty of his previ-
GUS administration. Mr. Bigler is a
fine scholar, chaste aid popular ora
tor, and his perfect knowledge of our
political organizations will make him
quite formidable competitor for the
honor at stake.
The Temperance men have given us
their man, and are working with some
earnest.
With these three great parties in the
field we can readily anticipate an ex-
cited campaign when the "ball fairly
opens" We bespeak moderation and
fair play. Those, however, who do not
wish to- get their corns squeezed had
better keep out of the crowd.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-08-07

CAMP MEETING.-A camp meeting
under the auspices of the NJ. e. Church
commenced on Wednesday of last week,
in fine grove near Germansvil'e, Le-
high county. 1t was largely attended
during the week, and on Sunday it Is
estimated there were about ten thous-
and persons present. I he utmost sys-
TEN and regularity prevails, and we
understand many conversions have been
obtained. 1t is located about seven
miles back of Slatington, on the Berks
County Il. Il, and is accessible by rail
from almost every direction.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-08-07

- II some of the counties are mo.
dest in their desire for State officers,
Lehigh can't be classed among that en-
viable number. They appear to have
the material to Gil all the, elective State
offices this fall, and they are not back
ward in proclaiming the fact. Hon.
John D. Stiles, of Allentown, is sug-
gested for Governor. and NJ. II. Horn,
of Catasauqua, and Jos Ballet, of Al
lentown, for State Treasurer. PrOba-
bly, our neighbors are operating on the
principle that by striking at the head
they may perchance lay hold of the
tail.
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Plymouth Church appears

- Plymouth Church appears to be
in a quandary as to the means of raj
sing the s70, ,0G0 of the hundred thou
sand recently eushingly voted to nelp
Beecher pecuniarly. A proposition is
made to issue scrip secured by future
rents, but, as these would be worthless
in case of Beecher's death, O difficulty
is met at the outset. Another mortgage
on the church is suggested. The sus-
pension of bis publishers is followed by
news from Leipsic, the great book mart
of Germany that the trial has complete
ly destroyed the sale of his Life of
Christ" aud its publication has been
suspended.