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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-01-13
How England Secured the s uez Cana;.

There is an amusing anecdote about the
manner in which Mr.. Disraeli made his
purchase of the Pasha of Egypt's 10000
shares in the Suez Canal. He was dining
with Baron Rothschild in London on the
25th CT November. While at the table
telegram arrived, which Rothschild
opened by permission from his guest. He
read it more than once, laid it down, and
said: "The Khedive has offered all his
Suez Canal shares to French firms in
Paris, and they decline to pay what he
asks. suppose he has no chance in
London, but I am desired to ascertain"
Disraeli asked: elbow many shares?
What's the price?" AS this was then not
exactly known, Rothschild telegraphed
back to Paris. The reply was: "About
176, 600 shares, at "a, DOC, 600 cash, and the
Khedive will pay per cent. on the pur-
chase money during the next nineteen
years, after which the shares will be free"
After few moments pause, Disraeli said:
1--WE can born ow four millions at per
cent, and gain 2 per cent. by the differ
ence. The Suez Canal commands the
sea-road to the East. suppose burning
to Rothschild) that you can let us have the
money ?" The answer was in the affirma-
tive. /" Telegraph back that England
buys, subject to the approval by Parlia-
ment, which will not be withheld, l am
sure, and add that the money can be paid
over by you when required" So, the re-
port runs, the purchase of the Khedive's
Suez Canal shares was rapidly made.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-01-13
Gambling for a Verdict.

The Bartlett Circuit Court Is carried on
in an old fashioned, free and easy style in
many respects. a few days since per-
son was placed on trial for assault and
battery with intent to kill. The jury re-
tired to their room, and, on ballot being
taken, stood eight tc: conviction and four
for acquittal. The Jurors were hard
headed farmers, who had made up their
minds, and neither side would yield. In
order to while away time and cool down,
game Of euchre was proposed. Some
suggested that the verdict be decided by
the cards. The four best players took
seats, and the agreement was to stake four
votes for acquittal against four votes for
conviction, and proceed until verdict was
reached, by means of the right and left
bower and ace, and the best two in three
were the terms. The four for acquittal
won, and the verdict then stood
eight for acqulttal and four for
conviction. The defeated then put up
three of their votes against three
of the winners votes and lost again,
which left only one man in favor OF con-
viction. Some one, discovering this
novel but illegal method of getting at a
compromise verdict, informed the Judge,
who called the jury into court and in
structed them that verdict obtained in
that manner would be illegal and would
have to be set aside, provided that it was
in favor of conviction. The jury re-
turned, and soon coming back into court
rendered u verdict of guilty of assault and
battery. The attorney tor the defense
asked that the jury be "polled, 'and each
Juror answered to his name and replied
aftirmatively to the question: Is this
your verdict?" until the last man was
reached, and he replied: "No, Judge, it
is not; voted for the assault, but not the
battery" The jury retired again, and after
while brought in an unanimous verdict
for assault and battery.-4yemphis (1enn.)
Led0er.
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Variability Of Instincts.

Though the instincts of animals appear
and disappear in such seasonable CORE
spondcnce with their own wants
and the wants of their offspring as to
be a standing subject of wonder, they
have by no means the fixed and unaltera
bic character by which some would dis
tinguish them from the higher faculties
OF the human race. They vary in the in
dividuals as does their physical structure.
Animals can learn what they did not
know by instinct and forget the instinct
I've knowledge which they never learned,
while their instincts will often accommo-
date themselves to considerable changes
in the order of external events. Every
body knows it to be a common practice to
hatch ducks eggs under the common hen,
though in such cases the hen has to sit a
week longer than on her own eggs. l
tried an experiment to ascertain how far
the time of sitting could I've intcrfcred with
in the opposite direction. Two hens be
came broody on the same day and set
them on dummies. On the third day.
put two chicks day old to one of the
hens. She pecked at them once or twice;
seemed rather tidgety, then took to them,
called them to her and entered on all the
cares of mother. The other hen was
similarly tried, but with very different
result. She pecked at the chickens vi
ciously, and both that day and the next
stubbornly refused to have anything to do
with them.-D. Il. Spalding, in Popular
Science Monthly.
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Activity Is Not Always Energy.

There are some men whose failure to
succeed in life is problem to others, as
we'll as to themselves. They are indus
trious, prudent and economical; yet, after
long life of striving, old age finds them
still poor. They complain of ill-luck. They
say fate is always against them. But the
fact is that they mlscarry because they
have mistaken mere activity for energy.
Confounding two things essentially differ
ent they have supposed that, if they were
always busy, they would be certain to be
advancing their fortunes. They have for
gotten that misdirected labor is but
waste Of activity. The person who would
succeed in life is like marksman firing
at target; if his shots miss the mark
they are waste of powder. So in the
great game of life, what a man does must
be made to count, or it might almost as
we'll have been left undone. Everybody
knows some one in his circle of friends
who, though always active, has this want
of energy The distemner, if we may
call it such, exhibits itself in various
ways. In some cases the man has merely
an executive faculty, when he should
have directive one; in other language,
he makes capital clerk for himself,
when he ought to do the thinking of the
business. In other cases what is done is
not done either at the right time or in the
right way. Energy, correctly understood,
is activity proportional to the end.-Scsen-
tlfc american.
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Boy Heroes Of q Dog Story.

Last Friday night a man, whose name
Is not known, threw small dog into the
river from the railroad bridge. Instead
of passing over the falls, as was expected,
the dog reached large piece OF ice close
to the brink. He was seen there Satur-
day, Sunday and Monday, but no one
ventured to rescue him. An attempt was
made to induce him to jump into the river
by throwing stones at him, but it failed.
The moaning of the dog during the night
was painful to listen to. About noon
Tuesday two small boys passed over the
bridge and, seeing the dog, determined to
rescue him. Neither one of them would
20 alone, but each challenged the other to
20 with him. They started, walked through
the cold water to where a single misstep
would have sent them to their death be-
low the falls. picked up the poor dog
and regained the bridge in safety to re-
ceive the hearty compliments of those who
had witnessed their daring adventure.
The dog when rescued had been Oh the
ice just above the brink of the falls for
four days, and was so weak that he could
not stand up. 1t would afford great deal
Of satisfaction to many that witnessed the
dogs misery to see the man who threw
him into the river properly punishei L.
Rochester IN. " Democrat.
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Remarkable RainfallS.

Mr. J. Pickle writes to Nature that he
once registered at Bangalore, in the
Mysore Province, in India, an inch and a
quarter of rain that fell in twenty minutes.
He also states that seven and eight and
even more inches have been gagged in
that district in a rain of twenty four hours.
About the year 1856, when particularly
disastrous floods occurred IN India, Mr..
Puckle declares that, at Madras, more than
twenty three inches Of rain fell in twenty
four hours! and that more than seven
inches fell within six hours. This was
gagged at the Madras Observatory, and
registered every hour. "a coffee planter
on the Western Ghauts of Mysore," con-
tinues Mr.. Puckle, "told me that, at
Hoolikul, he had gagged in August,
1874, thirteen and three quarters inches in
one day and ten and one.quarter the next.
He described it as a sullen, intermittent,
continuous downpour, the monotony of
which was very depressing. At Ma
hablesbwar, on the same line of Ghauts,
the average fall is 240 inches, chiefly in
the four or five months from May to Sep
TENDER inclusive; while at the Cherra-
poorji Hills, not very far from Calcutta,
the average fall is over 600 inches, or
(say) seventeen yards of rain!''
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which he saii contained 900 in gold, and
which he wished to ship from New York to
Liverpool. Inspection was demanded, but
he refused to open the box and the company
refused to insure. The suspicion had been
raised that he was privy to the loss of the
steamer City Of Boston in January, 1870. The
police believed his accomplices were yet liv-
ing in Liverpool, and that they stu had pos
session Of his appliances.
THE French Assembly was prorogued on
the S1st ult. until March 8, 1876, when the
new Chambers are to meet.
APosEN dispatch of the S1st ult. announces
the arrest and imprisonment of the Bishop of
Posen, who was lately convicted of a viola
ton of the Ecclesiastical laws and con-
demned to six months imprisonment
THE sale in Germany of bogus American
medical diplomas has been interdicted by
the Government.
THE British steamer Dante collided in st.
Georges Channel, on the 31st ult., with the
steamer Gronsaver. The latter sank shortly
after, and twenty-three persons were
drowned.
THE Spanish Cabinet he's Issued decree
CouNohlnS ZIG OoEIeS 10 cOnSluer CuDan
affairs.
BERLIN special of the Sd says Arch
bishop Ledochowsky's term of Imprisonment
would terminate on the Sd of February next
and that the Catholics throughout Germany
proposed to celebrate the event in an appro-
pirate and imposing manner.
ARoHDuKE RUDoLPHE, Prince Imperial of
Ayrc fuso No. - =
July.
A BRUSSELS telegram of the Sd says dis
turbances had broken out among the strik-
ing miners in the Louviere district, and de-
tachment from the garrison at Mems had
been sent to quell the disorders.
SERIOUS disagreements between the Khe-
dive of Egypt and Mr.. Care, the British
Commissioner are reported
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INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

"A double suicide occurred the other
night at Los Angeles. E. G.. Foster and
Celia TOOle, married the previous even
ing, were found dead in each others arms
on public street. Strychnine. Another
man had claimed the woman as his wife,
causing the act. The woman had a sis
ter in New York.
On recent morning Mr.. Minister,
employed in the Office of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in
New York, while lying in bed, shot and
instantly killed his wife and child and
then fatally wounded himself. 1t was
thought that poverty and disappointment
prompted the crime.
There were two Chinese shops at
Rowland Flat, Sierra County, Cal. a few
days ago, but one of the merchants LACED
q tcn-pound cartridge under the estab-
ishment of his rival and now enjoys a
monopoly of the trade. The dozen or
more Cinnamon in the store at the time of
the explosion came down again with the
debris, and none were killed outright.
"A horrible and -loathsome death &C.
Cured a. Lansingville, n. Y, a few morn
ings ago. The victim was William p.
Baker, we'll wagon maker of that
village. He was missed some time dur
ing the forenoon and search was made,
when he was found in the hog pen dead,
with his bowels torn out. How he came
to be in the pen is not known, but it is
supposed he was attending the pig when
he tainted, and the animal attacked and
killed him. There we're marks on his
face where the voracious animal had bit.
ten him. as
One of the men employed at the Con-
solidated Virginia works had most dis
agreeable adventure on yesterday, and the
works themselves were in some danger.
lie was engaged in painting one of the
moke-stacks-eighty -four feet in height
with an intlammable mixture of asphal-
tum, turpentine,, etc. His perch was a
board, on which he was pulled up or let
down by block and halyard. 1t occur
ring to him that smoke would be COM
Portable thing, he lighted his pipe and
dropped the burning paper with which he
had lit it into the large can of paint hang
ing by his side, and it blazed up at once.
He called out for some one below to
loosen the tackle by which it was sus.
pended. The first man who came to the
rope did not know how to unite it, and
the roasting individual above was just
in the act Of cutting the rope when a
handy man arrived and let the flaming
pot down to the ground. Even then the
mischief was not all over, for bucket of
water thrown over it produced an explo-
sion which scattered names in all direc-
tons, without, however, setting fire to
anything Virginia (Neo.) Chronicss.
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A City Under the Sea.

A correspondent of the Buffalo Courier
writes as follows:
"In the latter end of the last century
old Port. Royal disappeared beneath the
waves in an earthquake, leaving no other
memorial behind than these few patches
of reefs. In calm and clear evenings you
may look down into fifteen fathoms OF
water and see submerged houses, towers
and churches, with sharks swimming
quietly in and out Of the open windows
OF the belfries. The work of centuries
was destroyed in few moments by one
single, convulsive throb of the thin film
on which man had lived and speculated
for ages past An American diving CON-
pany, instIgated in their enterprise by
tales Of untold wealth buried beneath the
sea by this sudden shock, rescued no
treasures but the big bell suspended still
in the tower, and donated the same to the
museum of the island, where 1t may be
seen with many puzzling Inscriptions
upon it which nobody has, as yet, been
able to decipher."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-01-13
WEST AND SOUTH.

A SAN DIEGO (Cal.) dispatch received in
San Francisco on the 10Th says almost the
entire Mexican population in the vicinity of
Campo were implicated in the recent raid
Tuscon news received on the same day re-
ports fight between the State and revolu-
tonary forces, twenty five miles south of the
line, in which the former were defeated, with
ten killed and a number wounded and taken
prisoners. The revolutionists were marching
on Hermossllo. Most of the Americans at
San Francisco sympathize with the revolu-
tionists, considering that they represent the
better class of Sonora.
SEVERAL whisky distilleries and rectifying
establishments in Chicago were seized by Gov
eminent officers on the Goth, the proprietors
being charged with revenue frauds.
THE residence of Mrs. Rachel Gordon, ten
miles west of Rising Sun, Ind, was burned
on Christmas night, and the next morning
the remains of Mrs. G. and her three chill
dren, aged eight, ten and twelve years, were
found in the ruins. 1t is supposed by some
that they were murdered and the house set
on fire.
"A CALL has been issued for State Conven-
Iou VI enc AuOcpcuucuI party VI AilnolS, 10
meet at Decatur Feb. 10, to nominate candi-
dates for State officers and to eelect delegates
to the National Independent, Convention
called to meet in Indianapolis May II, 1876
THE Spencer Investigating Committee
made an unanimous report to the Alabama
State Senate on the Goth ult., to the effect that
fraud and bribery were used by Mr.. Spencer
to secure his reelection to the United States
Senate. Other charges Of official corruption
and misconduct were made against him
The report was received and ordered printed,
with the evidence, and the committee was
given time to prepare memorial to the
United States Senate against Mr.. Spencer's
further occupancy Of the seat in that body.
COLLECTOR sHAUGHNEssY, Of Mississippi
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THE legal nomenclature, as well as the

THE legal nomenclature, as we'll as the
legal practice, of England will suffer Sc
rious change on the 1st prox. "Attor-
neys' and "proctors' will no longer busy
themselves in term" as the " sitting in
each court will be attended only by " So
licitors.'' There will be no " SUITS" but,
in their lieu, factions" The "bill" be-
comes statement of claim" and the
declaration Statement Of CON-
plant" Replication" is simplified to
"reply," and for "plea' and "answer"
is substituted "defense." The places in
legal cap that knew "bllls of exceptions"
proceedings in error" ''plcas in abate-
ment'' and new assignments will now
know them again no more, though ode
murrers" and motions for new trials"
are-very naturally-retained. Them
ton for Judgment replaces the motion
for decree. in equity. All the changes
are in the direction Of simplicity and most
of them have already been adopted in the
colonies. Paper
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-01-13

The disagreement of the jury in the
trial of Thomas w. Piper for murder at
Boston was caused by the ingenious plea
of the counsel for the defense. In orler
to show the liability to error Of judgments
formed on circumstantial evidence, he re-
cited number OF circumstances pointing
to the guilt Of one of the witnesses. The
appeal to the jury on this point was very
strong, and serious suspicious of the wit.
ness referred to are now entertained.
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Prev. George c. Porteous, clergyman

29.-Rev. George c. Porteous, clergyman
and lecturer. y s"F
OCTOBER.
-7-Rev. Thomas Ryder, Of Nottingham,
England, Baptist clergyman. Col. Thomas
Jefferson Jefferson Randolph, grandson of Thomas
jefferson, and author Of his Life"
=. n:IJeaa Baptiste Carpeaux, sculptor, for
ty-cight, Paris.
2O:-Charlcs Whcatstone, British scientist,
seventy-thrce, France. Rev. Walter +. Hook,
autnor, seventy seven, Englnd
21.-Fredcric Hudson, journalist. ffty. six.
Concord, Mass.
A.--Uri eCarruth, Journalist, -vineland,
New Jersey.
29.-Amasa Walker, political economist.
seventy six, Woodstock, Conn.
:. NOVEMBER. &C.,.
4.-Thomas A. Jenckes, ex-member OF
Congress-, tifty-seven, Cumberland, X. 1.
Thomas L. Jewett, railroad manager, New
York.
9-Isaac P Ticc, inventor, forty 1.-TWO, New
York: George Be1more, actor, forty-seven,
New York.
17.-Samucl V. Farwell, railroad director,
East Saginaw, Mich.
2l.-Orris s. Ferry, United States Senator
for Connecticut, tifty-two, Norwalk, Conn.
Francis, x-Duke of Modena, Austria.
22-Hcnry Wilson, Vice-Prcsidcnt of the
United States, sixty-threc, Washington.
2.-William B. Astor, rcal-estate owner,
eighty-four, New York.
-.-Benjamin P. Avery, United States Min
lister to China.
3o.-Thomas Heuitt Key, philologist, Lon
don.
DECEMBER.
1.-Pauline Virgirie Dejazct, actress,
Paris.
2-Ira Harris, cx-United States Senator,
scvcnty-thrce, Albany, N. Y.
~. Ross Browne, traveller and author,
ffty-cight, Oakland, Cal. Rev. Dr. Smith
Payne, Protestant Episcopal clergyman, New
York. Sir Houston Stewart, ViccAdmiral
British Navy, cighty-four, England.
1S.-Brig. Gen. Charles II. Morgan, United
States Army, Alcatraz Island, Cal.
22.-Thc Rev. d. Ives, D. d., Baptist pas
tor, scycnty-one, Conway, Mass.
25.-Earl Of Stanhopc, author, seventy,
England.
CIV. 3. Whitson, Associate Justice Of
the Supreme Court, Idaho, thirty-cight,
Omaha. William A. Richardson, ex-Unitcd
States Senator, Quincy, III.
29.--Thc Rev. Henry Bochm, Methodist
minister, lOl, Richmond Staten Island.
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Mr.. JAMES T. FIELDS visited Pomeroy,
the boy murderer, in Jail recently, and
learned from him that he had been q
great reader of blood and thunder stories.
He had read sixty dime novels, all about
scalping and other bloody performances,
and he had no doubt these books had put
the horrible thoughts into his mind which
led to his murderous acts.
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A GastrOnomic Curiosity.

We dare say that there are great many
people who, if asked whether they could
or would partake of so toothsome dish
as broiled quail on toast once day for
month would stare at the ques,ioner in
establishment and express an earnest de-
sire to be afforded the opportunity. And
yet we can positively venture the assertion
that not one person out of thousand
would continue the diet for fortnight.
This is not because of the quantity of
meat, because anyone's ordinary dinner
aggregates an immensely larger amount,
nor is it due to surfeit of one particular
kind of food, for roast beef ght lie eaten
every day for year with relish. The
difficulty lies in the flavor of the meat.
Delicious as it is as an occasional deli
cacy, if it be eaten daily for ten days or
Whereabouts it becomes excessively nau-
seating. The flesh seems to acquire a rank
and bitter flavor; and if the diet be per-
sisted in the stomach revolts and rejects
the food. Why this should be so we
have never heard scientifically explained;
but it is probably due to some medicinal
effect of the meat which shows its results,
through regular dosing, just as do some
kinds of plysic, which, if taken once or
twice in small quantities, are impercepti-
BILE to the system, but which, if admins
tered regularly in the same amounts for
lengthy periods, act powerfully on the
constitution.
Be this as it may. an individual named
O'Donnell, who lives in Madison, Ind,
has brought himself into notice by &C
complishing the hitherto unparalleled
feat ION wager of eating thirty quails in
as many consecutive days, and this with
out any inconvenience or disgust. The
case has attracted some attention from the
medical fraternity, and sundry individuals
are making Mr.. O'Donnell's marvellous
stomach the subject of extensive bets. It
is now reported that he is to undertake
the delectable task of repeated and pro-
longed meals of raw oysters and brown
sugar; a process which might fifty termi-
nate in gastric malady which would
annihilate the much abused stomach and
its owner at the same time.-Scientyfc
american.
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A New Years Diary.

A large number of the young men Of
Detroit will to-day purchase diaries for
1875, and tomorrow they will take up
their pencils with firm determination to
keep track of every day in the year.
Every young man should keep a diary.
When he is old and gray his grandchildren
will fish it out of the rag bag and find 1t
more valuable than gold or silver. There
is no set style of jotaing down thoughts
and events, but perhaps it may be well to
give the record of 1876 as taken from
the pocketdiary Of an average young
man:
Jan. Went to see my girl. Shall
leave off swearing, drinking, euchre,
smoking, chewing, being out nights, bet
ting, going to the opera, and shall try to
save $40, 900 this year" ng.-.s. s.:g
Jan. 7.-Went to see my girl. Lost a
box of cigars somewhere"
Feb. 1.-Won $25 betting on a dog
fight. That's the way to scoop 'em. Am
trying to get along on fifteen cigars per
day. Went to see my girl. She says I
shouldn't swear"
april 20.-Went to see my girl. Moth
ing new"
"July 4.-This is the glorious Fourth. !"
"Sept. Went to see my girl.'
"Nov. 11.-Glorious weather. Went
to see my girl"
DEC. This is the LIST of Decem-
ber."
Dec. 25.-This is Christmas.
Dec. 3I-This is the last day of the
year. must commence to- morrow to
save money and break off my bad habits.
Went to see my girl last night, and made
her happy by telling her that was going
to save SIC, GOO next year. - Detroit Free
Preee.
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CHARLIE, !" .said little Annie, looking
at a picture Of Santa Claus. :" i shouldn't
think hecould waddle in so many clothes. -
And then you know, Annie, every time
he goes down chimney he gets fresh
SCOT. ~ tncsnnGti Times.