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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09
A Sewing.Machine Swindle.

A NUMBER of innocent and confiding
country-folk, and, doubtless, city.folk, too,
have been beguiled by New York gang
of swindlers into spending their money
in highly Improbable manner. A firm
calling itself the Hope Manufacturing
Company of New York; has been adver-
Using extensively the sale of new sewing
machine for ten dollars, guaranteeing that
it would do any work done by a sewing
machine, and canvassing for it in various
parts of the country. Postmaster Jones,
OF New York, has been placed in pos
session of number of letters, mainly
from people living in the West, complain
ing that money sent by them to the Hope
Sewing Machine Company must have mis-
carried, as no machines had been sent out
in return. The Government detectives
were put on the track and it was soon dis
covered that the company was myth and
that the money had gone into the hands of
swindler named Thompson. Police
surveillance upon this persons postoffice
box made his business so improbable that
he coolly notified the Postmaster that the
firm had suspended. Only one sewing
machine was ever sent in return for ten.
dollar bill, and that was a toy affair worth,
at generous estimate, fifty cents. How
ever, victims of the fraud will be pleased
to know that Mr.. Thompson has suspended.
Chicagoans who read the story will be apt
to exc1aim: "Tim Fuller is still alive and
prospering. "-Chieago Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09
One Secret of His Success.

A. T. Stewart, who has such large in
terests in Saratoga, is bound to make all
he can there and has just opened a dry
goods store. A letter to the Troy Times
tells this little story:
For instance-and guarantee the truth
of what l say-a lady in looking over
parasols in the establishment recently was
satisfied with only one, and that had al
ready been sold. She expressed regret
and started for tine door, saying she did
not care for any other style of sunshade.
AS she left, even before her back was
turned, MIR. Stewart quickly signaled to
the clerk who had been waiting on her.
The young man sprang to obey that mag.
netic forefnger:
"What did she want?"
"a parasol, slr.'
"And couldn't you suit her?''
"No, sir. She wanted one that Mrs.
- had already ordered-the only one of
the kind in the store"
"Call her back, quickly"
The clerk fastened to the door, for the
conversation had lasted but three seconds,
and requested the ladies to wait for mo-
ment A. T. himself came forward with
short, nervous steps, and said: "If you
will call to morrow morning we will give
you the parasol you ask for, without fail"
The same morning a telegram ordered q
supply from New York; before the store
opened in the morning the lady's order
was filled. This is the kind of man A.
T. Stewart is, and this is the secret of his
success and of his fortune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09
The Bank of California.

A San Francisco dispatch of Aug. 81
says: "The failure of the Bank of Cali
fornia, while Immediately caused by de.
positors' run, was directly the outcome of
a conflict between two classes of Calif0r-
mia spcculators-onc Of the Bank of Cali
fornia party, headed by Mr.. Ralston and
Mr.. Sharon, and the other headed by
Messrs. Flood, O'Brien and Hidenfeldt.
The latter party have established bank
in San Francisco called The Bank of
Nevada with cash capital of 5000 600
gold and the right to increase to $50, OOO,.
OOO Incidental to this fight there have
been the mining properties known as the
Savage, the Caledonia, the California. e
Ophir and the Consolidated Virginia. The
three latter are known as the Big Bonan.
"a Mime and the Bank of California party
obtained control of them. In getting this
control the stock Of the California was
run up from GO to 500, and was then
multiplied by five, which would
make the highest price 100. 1t
has since declined to SO. The Ophir
stock, while they were getting control,
advanced from so to 700, and was multi.
piled by five, making 700, representing
14O in new stock. 1t has since declined
to as. The Consolidated Virginia, dur.
ing the process of getting control, adj
vanccd from Sc to $50. 1t was yesterday
261. That the bank had been strained OF
late and pinchcd has been evident t.,
bankers here, who have Stunned their
bills from the fact that in the last sixty
days most of the bills offered in this mar.
ket have been those of other institutions
Endorsed by the Bank of California. The
inference has been that the Bank of Cali
fornia had hypothetical securities with
those who lent their bills, and that this
borrowed exchange was used to obtain
funds needed to carry on the large opera.
tions 6f the bank. The borrowed bills
which have so appeared were those of the
Bank Of British Columbia and the Bank
OF British North America"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09
A Curious Weapon.

There is in the possession of John Ende,
harness-maker, Clinton street, Buffalo,
one of the most ancient relics owned in
the city. 1t is an antique, twoedged
sword, made in 1865, 127 years before the
discovery OF America. The weapon is
about two and onc-half feet long, and ex-
ceedingly we'll preserved. The blade
tapers off to sharp point, and consists of
thick piece of well-tempered steel, about
an inch and half broad at its widest
part. Several devices and figures have
been cut into it, and they are nearly OBJ
scured by the stains of rust. The date,
however, is very distinct, being cut in
deep on both sides of the blade The
hiltis entirely of metal, and strengthened
by coils of copper wound tightly around
it. The hand is protected by a simple iron
cross piece. That the sword is genuine is
proved not only by its appearance but by
its history. 1t originally belonged to
Baron Won Liechtenstein, rich landed
proprietor in Saxony, and was given to
one of the ancestors Of its present owner
as pledge of patent right to sell salt
among the Raron's tenants. 1t has been in
his family for several generations, CON-
ing down from son to son with the privi-
lege which itspossession conferred When
MIR. Ende left his native country for
America he took the sword along with
him, and still retains it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09
The Great Swimming Feat.

Although the distance from Dover to
Calias is twenty-seven miles, Capt. Webb
undoubtedly swan a much greater dis
lance owing to the currents, which, it will
be remembered, carried Capt. Boyton far
out of his course. When to the actual dis
lance traversed we add the fact that Capt.
Webb was twenty.three hours in water so
cold that few men could have borne ex-
posture to it for one hour, we begin to com
prehend the extraordinary nature of his
feat. 1t is confessedly entirely without
parallel. Marvellous stories have been
told of the length of time that the South
Sea Islanders can sustain themselves in
the water, but the warmth of the Pacific
is so much greater than that of the British
Channel that no comparison can be made
between feats of swimming under such
different conditions. Capt. Webb is be
yond all question the ablest swimmer Of
whom there is any record, and
he has performed a feat which
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09
Resolutions Of the National Green.
back Convention.
The following is the platform adopted by
the recent National Greenback Mass Con-
YentiOn in session at Detroit.

The following is the platform adopted by
the recent National Greenback Mass Con-
vention, in session at Detroit:
RESOLVED, /. That the people owe to the Govern
ment at all times and in all emergencies loan Of
money adequate to its needs, at rate of interest
SO low as to be the least possible burden, and to
offer the least possible Compensation to private
enterprise
2. The Government owes to the people an abso-
lutely safe and uniform currency adapted to their
varying needs, in amount and of value not mate
rally different from that of other civilized nations
3. That the providing of currency for the peo-
pie is all attribute Of sovereignty, and we demand
that the Government of the United States shall per
form this duty in such manner as to furnish the
public an amount of currency adequate to the bust
ness requirements of the country and independent
Of the action of banks or other private corpora
tons.
4. That We are neither repudiationists nor inaa-
tionists. but the friends Of safe sound and rei-
abe currency; that we propose to redeem the
pleasure of the holders thereof, in bonds of the
United States bearing low rate of interest," con-
yertble at the pleasure of the holders into green
backs thus redeeming the original promise Of the
Government when it first issNad greenbacks, to
f.n d them when desired into interest paying
bonds.
States certificates or bonds bearing interest not
exceed 365 per cent. per annum, to an amount
equal to the whole Government debt, said bonds
bic with greenbacks at par on demand
6. That the legal money of the country should
be endowed with the power to pay all debts public
debtedness specifically made payable in coin.
Z. That as the enactment of the last Congress
providing for resumption of specie payments in
1879 is impracticabe and impossible Of execution,
and disastrous in its effects upon the business of
the country, we demand its immediate and uncon-
ditonal repeal
8. That the PLAN of Government currency pro-
posed by this convention would, in our opinion,
tend to render our Government and people indie
pendent financially of foreign influences or COM
to the disturbing control or influence Of foreign
countries
9. That we recommend the organization Of
the purpose of carrying out the principles and
measures set forth in the foregoing resolutions.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09
An English Strong Room.

The London Daily Ne,os gives the fol.
lowing description Of the new premises of
the Safe Deposit Company in Fuckers
bury, London: "The building, roughly
speaking, is divided into two divisions,
namely: office and safe. There are in the
building four tiers of safes, and, as tenders
to them, four tiers of offices. These two
divisions are separated by brick wall
eight feet thick, through which there is
only one entrance on each floor, such en-
trance being a massive, corrugated iron
door that has stood the test of two DAYS
fire without flinching. The "safe" di.
vision Of the building contains thirty-two
distinct chambers, and each chamber con-
tains many hundreds of compartments,
great and small, for the deposit of papers,
etc. The walls of this gigantic safe are
Staffordshire brick, with an exterior of
fire-bricks, and inside there is an armor-
plating four inches thick, cast on a
wrought-iron gridiron, that is calculated
to make entrance doubly impossible
Around this parent safe there is clearly.
defined passage, which will be patrolled
night and day. TO each department of
I this 81 gantic depository there is a door
NOL1lJOSCN VI G"CAFC LII IulChuCSS vi
solid steel, slid into grooves by hydraulic
machinery, behind which there is a per-
petual pressure of 100 tons. These doors
are composed Of steel so tempered that
the greatest expert who could be found in
the country after drilling vigorously for a
week found that he had progressed only
half an inch, and retired disheartened.
To guard against nefarious entrance to the
premises by boring from below there is,
as final floor to the building, a tank of
eight feet of water, to reach which an en-
terprising burglar would have to engineer
his way through forty-five feet of concrete
for the mere pleasure of finding himself
drowned like a rat in hole. The water
in this tank is used for a variety of pur-
poses, being ultimately sent with rush
to the top Of the building. The steam en-
gines, boilers and all the machinery are
duplicate, so that one set failing the con-
Germ will not be brought to standstill."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09
Typhoid from ROOf.Tanks.

A San Francisco paper has the follow
ing: "A gentleman Of this city was re-
Gently Frustrated by typhoid fever, caused,
as investigation by his physician proved,
BY putrid water from the tank on the roof
OF his house. A heavy deposit of the
green, vegetable slime which SO rapidly
accumulates in all of these tanks was
found in this case. The gentleman's doc
tor informed him that he had previously
attended several cases of typhoid fever
produced in the same way. Doctors have
several times warned householders of the
danger to health from vegetable putres-
cence in water-tanks. These tanks are
frequently not cleaned out for years, and
are then found to be lined on the sides and
covered on the top with a heavy coating
Of green scum, which is nearly as poison.
GUS and injurious to the quality of the
water as the discharge into it of the leak
age from water.closet would be. All of
these tanks should be cleaned out monthly
or quarterly. A few pounds of clean char.
coal in net bag left in them would tend
to check vegetable decomposition"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09
lot one man in thousand be-

not one man in thousand be-
lieved to be possible. If his success will
only have the effect of inducing our young
men to devote to swimming some of the
energy which they now give to baseball
and boating, Capt. Webb will have been
a benefactor to his race. 1t ought to be
held disgraceful for any man to be igno.
rant OF swimming, and those who can
already swim ought to be no longer con-
tented with the ability to sustain them
selves for short time in the water, but
should emulate to some extent the won
derful endurance of the conqueror of the
British Channel.-Ne,c York Graphic,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09
Coaching.

Speaking of coaching in England Dom
Piatt writes to the Washington Capital:
The eventful morning when we found our
self looking at London from the top of the
Bath Hotel we saw down in Piccadiliy in
front of Matchetts Hotel and booking
office, coach after coach driven up, filled
with passengers, or, rather, filled on with
passengers-for the coach is all outside
and go dashing off from before an admir-
ing crowd. The points that struck us
werc-first, that the horses were evidently
thoroughbrcds, beautifully groomed, and
harnesscd in a way that would have filled
Norfleet's soul with delight. And then,
secondly, that the drivers were singularly
we'll gotten up in person and apparel, and
that they were helped to their seats, rib
bons and whips by servants in livery. We
made inquiry as to this mystery, and were
told by policeman that these same
drivers were "nobs' and the "'osscs'
their own. The thing seemed so wild and
improbable that we did not put the same
to record at the time, fearing sell. Later
inquiry, however, vindicates the communi-
cativc conservator of the peace. These
coach routes from London, some of them
extending fifty miles in the country, are
equipped by the noble gentlemen who,
rain or shine, warm or cold, serve as
coachmcn. When we remember that
horses are changed every stage of ten
miles we can realize what a neat sum is
required to execute this within of the noble
mind. And to see one of these coaches
threading its way at swinging trot
through such crowded street as Piccadil
lyor Regent, while the rich and well-born
coachman toots his horn or tlourishes
long, slender whip, one realizes what
courage, nerve and practice the successful
training calls for. 1t is playing at coach,
however. The passengers are generally,
like the driver, gentle folk, who take this
mode of conveyance in preference to cars,
because it is the fashion at this time so to
do We confess to the weakness of ride
on the outside of one of these elegantly
equipped leathern conveniences. We paid
our way like any other common pas senger.
We wanted to look closer into this eccen-
tricity, and then it was something to he
driven by a gentleman who claimed to
have ancestors who came in with William
the Conqueror. The female mind, that
made up the larger half of our assert
ment, seemed to be moved by the same
motives. These female passengers are
mostly handsome blondes Of tender age,
having bloomed into the early adipose Of
womanhood so peculiar to the British fe-
male. What an odd lot of humanity!
Here is an aristocracy Of high culture,
unquestioned position, and unbounded
wealth, driving, or rather being driven,
by within, 10 acting as common coach
men. From like within we find them
fighting the eternal SHOWS and ice of the
North Pole, or clambering, at the risk of
their precious necks, inaccessible mount
aims.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09

BISMARCK wouldn't 60 rod to see the
best game of baseball ever played, but let
circus come into town and he jumps for
his hat and shouts for the children to
come on.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09

A BUTCHER in recent bankruptcy case
put in his claim strongly. He said that
the bankrupt owed him for the very flesh
on his bones. 1t is no recommendation
for your meat, seeing how thin my client
u.s." said the defending counsel.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09

PEOPLE who have been mourning over
the painful announcement that marble-top
tables are unhealthy will rejoice to learn
that mosquito bites, according to Ger.
man chemist are healthy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09

Yes, that's SO. Take care Of the sense
and the dollars will take care of them.
selves. 1-a-s- ,-lsE
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09

A BALTIMORE doctor in using camel's-
hair brush to cleanse the throat of a little
scarlatina patient dropped it into the
child's windpipe, causing death by suffo-
cation. In making out certificate of
death he gave scarlatina as the cause.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09

The futter of the financial pulse of
London has subsidized.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09

A PHOTOGRAPHER in San Francisco
made likeness for q man who refused to
take the picture, claiming that it did not
correctly represent him. He thought it
made him uglier than the reality. The
maker sued to recover the pay, and in the
trial the picture was put in evidence and
shown to the jury: The jury, by their YER
dict, decided that the defendant was as
ugly as the photograph.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09
WEST AND SOUTH.

u
class in all sections of the country are inter-
ested, discussing them with view to secur-
Ing the best permanent prosperity of the ag-
ricultural interest in all its phases, and hence
the prosperity of the nation. In accordance
with this design the approaching ses-
sion will mainly be devoted to addresses and
discussions on political economy in its special
relations to agriculture-the production and
distribution of agricultural products; edu-
cation, organization, cooperation, and legis.
lation for, by, or concerning farmers and
agriculture; transportation, finance, and tax
alton as affecting agricultural prosperity. y
1t is urged that all organizations labor.
ing for the good of agriculture be represent.
ed by delegates. agricultural and Horti.
cultural Societies, State, District and County
Agricultural Colleges, Oranges and Farmers
Clubs and other agricultural associations can
meet here in an organization designed to ad.
vance the common interest without antaeo.
nizing any association engaged in kindred
work."
THE Republican State Convention of Mis-.
sissippi, at Jackson on the 2eth, nominated
Geo. NJ. Buchanan for State Treasurer.
The Republican State Central Committee
of Minnesota met at st. Paul on the 25th and
accepted the declination of Charles A. Gil.
man as candidate for Railroad Commissioner,
and selected in his stead ex-Gov. VIM. r
Marshall.
The Bank OF California, the heaviest insti.
tuition Of the kind on the Pacific coast, closed
Its doors in San Francisco on the 26th. 1t
had paid out, during the day, about $l,4oo,.
OOo IN gold. President Ralston stated that
there was no doubt the bank would be able
TO meet all obligations, but business would
not De resumed. The liabilities were esti.
mated at many millions of dollars. The ex-
element in San Francisco over this failure
was intense. A run was made on the Nation
al Gold Bank and Trust Company, but it con.
tinued paying out during business hours.
A SPECIAL from Macon, Miss, to the Vicks.
burg Herald of the 26th reports a riot at New
Hope Church, in which eight negroes were
killed and several wounded. The cause Of
the riot was quarrel between a white man
and a negro about drum beating.
THE fifth annual convention Of the Iowa
State Woman Suffrage Association was re-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09

great pain and very uneasy. She has
now begun to feed again and seems likely
to recover the use of her trunk as the
wound is not inflamed much and is
gradually healing over.
"A correspondent writes to Nature of a
strange case of what he considers heredi.
tary affection among brutes which has
come under his notice. He says: II have
reared fine mastiff. He is now three
and half years old. While he was a
puppy he and kitten evinced strong
liking for each other. The kitten, when
able to leave her mother, fixed her resi-
dence in the dogs kennel, and never
seemed happy when away from her large
friend. She ate her breakfast out of the
dogs bowl and slept in his kennel, with
his paws around her. She used to catch
mice and young rats and carry them to
him, and seemed pleased when he accept
ed friendships offering. One morning /
observed the cat preparing bed with
straw in the corner of the kennel-an or
binary wooden one. four feet by two and
a half feet. I thought she intended
making the kennel her nursery, and Cato
(the dog) her head nurse. Such proved
to be the case. She had five kittens, and
there they lay for some time. The mother
went away Tor hours, leaving
the dog to look after ner family. I many
times stopped down to examine them, and
Cato stood by my side, very proud of his
charge. The poor cat came to an untime-
ly end eighteen months ago, but the only
surviving kitten of tie five named above
is as fond of the dog as her mother was.
She brings mice, young rats and rabbits,
and lays them down before Cato and looks
beseechingly till he takes them. She con-
stantly plays with him and gets on her
hind legs to look fondly into his face,
while he puts his paws around her as he
used to do to her mother. She must have
inherited this affection from her mother,
as she was too young to have initiated her
mothers actions at the time Of her DEATH"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-07
The New Post,sICord-

The rev postal cards Will be unlike those
~" III use. he color will be violet blue,
re pof"er ard all directions as to where
dispensed with. A monogram formed -" &c
the letters - U. s." will be printed nm tho u
card in black ink. This will be on the
upper leii-hand corner, across which will ha
The words Postal Card" The yignetta"
Liberty with her luauriant tresses banp;ng
down her back and confined bv csnS
ad":ns the upper lett hand corner The
rev cards will be identical in size with rho
o'd "pes; They will cost Si39 TO maunfac.
the middle of April "'0'
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-07
A PETITION TO TIMk.

Touch us gently, Time!
Let us glide SHOWN thy stream
Gentfy-as We sometimes glide
Through quiet dreami
Humble vOysyers are we.
Husband, wife. and children three
Zone is l0tt-an angrl, fled
To the azure. overhead1
Touch US gently. Timel
We've not proud nor soaring wings,
Our ambition, our content,
Lies iu simple things
Humble voyagers are we.
Der Life's DIM, unsOundod sea.
Seeking only some calm cline
Touch us gently, gentle Timei