The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-01-13
THE CURE FOR GOSSIP,

ply culture. There Is great deal G
gossip that has no malingity in il
Good-natured people talk about thei
neighbors because, and only because
they have nothing else to talk about
As we write, there comes to US til
picture Of a family Of young ladies
We have seen them at home, we hav
met them in galleries Of art we hav
caught glimpses Of them going frou
a bookstore, or library, with tresl
volume in their hands. When W
meet them, they are full Of what the,
have seen aud read. They are brim
ming with questions. One topic o
conversation is dropped only to Civ
place to another, in which they arr
interested. We have left them, afte
a delightful hour, stimulated and re
treshed j.; and puring the whole hou'
not neighbor's garment was soilee
by 60 much as touch. They hat
something to talk about They knew
something and wanted to know more
They could listen as we'll as they coulc
talk. To speak freely of a neighbor's
doings and belongings would have
seemed and impertinence to them, and
of course, an improperly, They had
no temptation to gossip, because the
doings Of their neighbors formed sui
ject very much less interesting than
those which grew out Of their knowl.
edge and their culture,
And this tells the whole story
The confirmed gossip is either malic.
ious or ignorant. The one variety
needs change of heart and the other
a change of pasture. Gossip is always
a personal confession either of malice
or imbecility. and the young should
not only shun it, but by the most
thorough culture relieve themselves
from all temptation to indulge in it.
1t is low, frivolous, and too often a
dirty business. There are country
neighborhoods IN which it RACES like a
pest. Churches are split in pieces by
it. Neighbors are made enemies by it
for life. In many persons it degener-
ates into a chronic disease, which is
practically incurable. Let the young
cure it while they may d. G.
Holland; ScriLner for January.
The LONGEST STEEL RAILS EVER
RoLLED.-The Edgar Thompson steel
works Of Pittsburgh, have just rolled
and delivered to the Pittsburgh, Gin.
cinnati T. St. Louis Railroad Company
4 large order of steel rails Of sixty feet
in length each. These are the first
rails OF this length ever rolled in this
country, and the first steel rails of
sixty feet in length ever rolled in any
part of the world. Iron rails of about
sixty feet were successfully rolled in
England some time ago, and mention
was made Of the fact in the London
Times as a remarkable event in the
manufacture of railro ID iron. The
difficulty attending the production of
rails Of moro than thirty feet in length
is that of handling the mass of steel to
be rolled. A thirty foot rail weighs
six hundred and fifty pounds, and a
sixty-foot rail is thirteen hundred
pounds in weight. In bulk this is an
unwieldly mass, and hitherto it has
been found imprac1icable to manipu-
late it with the machinery in use in
rolling mills.
MOORE BLOOD SHED IN MISSISSIPPI
"A special dispatch from Vicksburg,
Miss to the Memphis Appeal of the
31st, SAYS: Another difficulty arose
yesterday at clinton between the black
and whites The two Caldwell broth
ers (colored) went on the streets intox
icated and challenged the whole town
to fight them. About sundown Charles
Caldwell, an ex State Senator, appear
ed on the streets much intoxicated
and declared himself afraid Of no man
A pistol was accidentally fired in the
rear of store which Caldwell entered
and he ran into the cellar. AS tht
citizens rushed into the store, Caldwell
began firing, and the second fire, D.
E. G. Banks fell, seriously wounded ii
the knee. The citizens returned tn,
fire, mortally wounding Caldwell
Fearing further trouble, the mayor
telegraphed to the mayor Of Vicksburs
for assistance, and at nine o'clock las
night hundred men left that city b,
special train. No further trouble
however is DOW apprehended.
It is a remarkable illustration of tn
growth of the Church in this country
that last week minister of the Meth
dist Episcopal Church died (Rev
Father Boehm). who was born min
years before the separate organization
Of that Church, and only seven year
after the dedication of the John stree
church, the first Methodist churc1
built in the United States. At tn
time Of his birth there were 19 preach
ers in the denomination, and 4,92
members. At the time of his deaf
the Methodist churches in the North
ern branch alone numbered about II,
OG0, the preachers more than 81 ,O0(
and the church members 100000
The Southern and other branches Q
the Methodist Episcopal Church wou!
increase these numbers by about one
third. I'D. ..... -.. .....
! The money alone which yearly find
its way into the Dead Letter ofic
ranges from $4,000 to 100000
During the last fiscal year the amoun
received was ST, 1876, Of whic
$5l537.17 was returned to the for
warders, and 81, 2,62949 remained j
the hands of the department June 81
1872. Some idea Of the articles acct
mulated may be gained when it is sta
ed that the lise embraces 2 ,219 misce
laneous articles, (including wearin
apparel Of al kinds): 1,585 book.
treating on almost every subject ; 26
} cbromos, Eli pieces Of sheet must,