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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-05-11
Dangerous SOmnambulism.

AS the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS train en-
the Virginia Midland Road, due here at six
a. m, was approaching Charlottesville,
-lsst night - young man who had been
ssoun6iy siumbering in his seat was seen
suddenly to leap up, rush to the door of
the car and spring to the ground. Capt.
Peyton rang the bell, but as the train was
rushing along at the rate of thirty miles
an hour it had, gone Ia considerable dis
lance before it was brought to standstill.
1t was started back, and the young MAN
was met. running at full speed, and max
ing niS6t hideons with his SCREAMS TO
e Hdp 1aem cars He wes taken. aboard,
Radd an examination developed the fact that
his injuries amounted to nothing worse
than skinned nose and slight abrasion
upon his hip, caused by pistol in his
pccket, which. strange e say, had not
been dh1hsged shyshe. jace The yonnE
mans explanation was that he dreamed
there was collision, and he jumped off
u s<1e jAselE-lynchburg Hi,gsniaa.
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How To- Make Children Moral. 8.

I sometimes think that instead of be.
ginning, as we do. with whole heaven
and earth embracing theory Of dutyto;
God and man, it might DO better to adopt
with our children the method Of dealing
only with each particular instance Of
moral obligation. empirically g it occurs;
with each particular incident Of life, de-
tached, as It were, from the notion Of q
formal system, code, or theory Of relig-
ious belief, until the recurrence Of the same
rules of morality under the same govern
ing principle, invoked only IN immediate
applicstion.to some instance of conduct or
incident Of personal experience, built up
BY degrees . body Of precedent which
would have the force and efficacy OF law
before it was theoretically ,inculcated a.
SUCH. Whoever said that principles were
moral habits spoke, it, seems to me, o
.eoosnised or acted upon Il the tasH q
educatioa.AAArs. Kess5lH. e tASSnsie for
nay. .s's ~ ST.
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Monkey Sympathy.

Many cases Of sympathy in monkeys
might belgiven. shut 1 shall Qcontine my
self to stating one which I myself wit.
missed as4he z0oBgtcal Gardens. "A year
Or two ago there was an arabian balloon
and an An0bisn babeonr confined inv enc
cage, adjoining that which contained i
dog-headed baboon. The Anubis baboon
passed its hand through The. wires of the
partition, Ii order to Pur1cA a anE which
the large, dog headed baboon had left
within reach-expressly, I believe, that ii
might act a. abait. The Anubis baboon veEy
we'll knew the danger he run fer he
waited until his bulky neighbor had
turned his back upon the nut with the ap-
.bearance Of having forgotten all about IL:
The d0t:headed baboon, however, was all
the time slyly docking around with the
corner Of his eye. and 20 sooner was the
arm of his victim wef1 within his cage
than he sprang WITH i'd nishing rapidly
and caught the resreating hand in his
mouth. The erica Of the Annbis baboon
quickly brought, the keeper to the rescue,
when, BY diht of q good deal of physical
persuasfon,s the dog headed babOon was
induced ia lss go his hold. The Anubia
sbaboonA bWbretired.to the middle Of his
cage, moaning piteously, and holding the
injured hand against hts chest, while he
rubbed + .Hith, the otherE tfhn arabian
balloon now approached him from the
top part Of the cage, and while making
. soothing sound very expressive. Of SYM
patty, :, folded the sufferer in its, arms
exactly as mother would her child under
0tfnilar circumstances. It must be stated,
also, thst his e1ptession Of sympathy had
q decidedly quieti1G effect upon tho sui.
ferer, shis means becoming less .piteous 50
soon as he was EMBODIED IL the arms of his
comforter; and the manner in which he
laid his cheek upon the bosom Of. his
friend was as expressive as anything
e ssa1ie tiSs' sad wS|is &ate6ins Il fsit
that, even had it stood alone, 1t would in
itself have been sufficient to prove the es-
senti4 identity of some of the noblest
among human emotions with those Of the
lower animals. q. Roma1es, in Popular
4cience MonkAlV. : a. ..tGef.st2 - e-psst
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Al Esslish lfagisttste's Vengeance.

!. The sacredness Of "property'' III En-.
gland has just been asserted bB. q some
what novel method Of pnnis6meht Il
seems that acertain NK. .Wilherforce. in
whose veins It Is scarcely to- be imagined
EReshoped that the blood of the great
thilsAthfopist runs, has an estaee.b0u1ded
by hedges, and that beneath these hedges
rabbitA have made their burrows. 10 tie
English boy there afe few temptations 10
irresistible as that presented BIZ q rabbit
hole, especially IL furry white cony has
been sem 10 dart into u 81 Two quite
small lads one day experienced this sem
.sation in the vicinity Of Mr. Wilherfbrce' i
hedges and az ili.luck would shaxe IL Nere
caught by the dread landlord himself III
the net of digging up the, bmrox. The
father Of the two boys was Summoned,
and Mr. Wilbefforce, who Is I'm unpaid
magistrate, being unable to bring. the de.
father should chastiSe them b his pres.
sacss The father pleaded sore hand, but
agreed that Mr. Wilberf0rce should exer
else his own dire will, which he did
literally with q vengeance. The instru-
ment Of chastisement was q stout birch
rod; and 60 7efecfually were these TIVE
small boys whipped that the executioner
left their poor little backs dripping with
b1oUd Even the meek. father thought
that property had oser-aveDged itself, and
SO he brought an action of assault; where
upon the Justice decided that MI. W llber.
forces luxury was worth about ten pounds
sterling. 3. TINE 8
-. 1t then became q question whether q
man, even though he were 4 lord of the
manor and . co1aty magnate, who could
thus torture two poor little boys for a
very slight and thoroughly boyish tres
pass, was ftsb sit upon the bench as q
magistrate. He was finally allowed to re.
main, and will continue to dispense q
Justices justice peculiarly his own in, the
vicinity of Gragham. It is not too much
to say that England is the only, civilized
country where children SO young would
be treated with q cruelty so savage and
wanton, andfwhere the adisgraces Of rural
justice are SO mildly censured and so east
~ condoned. ICnriously enough, while
the Wilberforce affair was being talked
about, the House of Commons Mas ring.
ing with indignant speeches against the
naval commsSdefy IN bfeigh seas1 .fh13
livery statesmen, however, who 80 luridly
pictured the atrocity of delivering to
slavery again those Lunah' beilgs Who
|shad sought Freedom dad proteetio1 on En-.
glish men-of-war, had little or nothing to
SAY about the scandal of Justices Justice,
(which in many parts Of England has pro-
duced state OF terror among the humber
classes, and which certainly threatens
| more serious national results than the fail.
ure to always aid the liberty. Of slaves in
the antipodes::- ADpletons' Journal.
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Bret Harte is reported to have said Of
his stories: "Of course I am glad the
public appreciate my sketches of the odd
characters frequently met on, the, Pacific
slope; but you and I and every other
Californian know that I have not done half
justice to the subjects, considering the ma
terial at hand. have just stuck the pick
In and struck paying. pocket. Some
body else will come along and prospect
in the same hole and strike the true
vein" - 80 FygYay.
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THERE is an Indian woman at Fort
Dakota who understands wnpan's rights
as well as any Of her white sisters. She
set up q trading post in opposition to fhe
regular appointee. Orders from Wish
i6Ytoa to stop her were unavaiIinR,n She
could not speak English, but her Daughter
said she had been to Washington @ see
the Great Father, and had seen good
many white squaws selling goods to the
white people Il" the cities, and she refused
to admit that white women had any more
rights than she. They tAdTtA stop her,
but she became hostile" and they had
to let her alone. Thu old. 14utN. h@Yls
her own way, and trades chehumpa and
Gomez. TOR bcsverr 'peit 1nd paaanssd Sa1falo
robes.
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E:s sss asis ~ 81 = sssslSss 4.

. se11e usS "a cot ss ssss a., As
journey q 1908 Niles On foot, during
which, in spite of disease, bsfied toll and
-unFeasing dangers, he took nearly 5000
observations Of latitude. longitude and
elevation. These are now being computed
at the Greenwich Observatory, and they
are said to be elaborate and ACCURATE be-
yond those furnished BY any previous ex-
sprHenly RiNlhnas foas1eyd Lieut..
Chmefda lin g. highly cc6plihansaJy
speech, at the close of which he an
nounced that the SocietY's gold medal. for
EtheyeasRsbe be3Vea IN he ySung
explorer. II b Also fnhoudcef that the
latter will soon be promoted to the rank
of captain in the royal navy. For an En-
glishman of thirty.t two this is a distin-
guished yet wholly deserved success, and
we do not doubt that it will keep alive the
emulation in which humanity has an in
tefost keener than that of science The
complete exploration of Africa is the ex-
tinctionpfthySaave trsaess,and there rs no
iotlet wayto net eids sN r T,i5uss.
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glide BY them Ill In dine r a q sv ~ The
death Of our dearest is got over like the
rest. What, then, is stable h this shifting
life If oursf Hope and lA4e. The hdpe
which brings men back from the supine
jRdolegce Of despair. INTO the healthy
activities of teueMed aenergy; othe love
which, without 5. heiags Nlse to- thA
past,. must have It's roots iilfmiS
planted and its s-doWer, blooming I'm fhe
present. If weAad ii hib36SS&&
:Ethe world wcsId ID Simpiy Il SSsd
grave, where would be nothing but the
ghost. II dead joy u Hw(lBnfI
/ Of sud hearts as tho never endlhe reddienr.
Despair makes . -despicable figure, =
says Collier, and descends from mean
original. Ills TIE .offap,ipe-oG faen II
laziness, aid impstienJef " HH3eSa des
feet of spirit and resoldtion, and often.
times of honesty, 100. I would not de.
spair,- unless I saw my mistoEtunes 10
andkdsin the book q fate, and signed and
sealed by necessity;" but 50 s.a"
Hope with goodly prospect 1seds the eye.
Shows from rising ground possession nigh;
Shortens the distance, or o'efl0oks Il QUITE:
Saeasy It's to travel with the sight," SEQ .'.,,,
and the knowledge that we shall get over
our present crisis IS but 3 form 81 hope,
and one Of the most seryiceable 1t COM
mand.-Homs Journal. sls y : ATS. 80, :.
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Thetriumphs Of human senius and in
allsts1 intacpeaceful ceAtest with natures
Sbstruc6veRessS TO maa'S. dominion ever
material things have ever proved the
,ctoENing glory Of nations by perpetual;
ing their fame sfter every other trace of
tkAat existence has disappeared Already
6e.ssAccessful completiou- : OF ths Suez
Canal is influencing the political and
social condition of the civilized world,
am Ne union of the waters Of the Red
Sea- the Med iterranean Isl cementing
notwithstanding alliances and sapping the
Of more than one European
throne. The Mont Gents tunnel, once re-
garded as an impossibility, now forms
closer bond between two peoples than all
tlte treaties chat were ever inscribed on
parchment, and busy brain, are engaged
in planning submarine line of commu-
nication between England and France, I'M
disnayed by the difficulties that will at
tend such stupenGOus undertaking. In
our own country immense results have
been and are about to be produced by
schemes for the tacilitation and develop
ment of commerce and manufactures.
The Erie Canal has made New York what
she is to-day-the commercial metropolis
of the North American continent. The
Pacific railroads tie the. East to the West,
as the Mississippi, ties the North to the
South, for the building of the former and
the improvement of the latter are cal
culated t. develop an immense area of
territory hitherto unoccupied and fill it
with busy cities and blooming fields.
Then, again, We look, at the speedy
attainment Of q navigable line of
inter-oceahic communication across the
10th nc ntryt IN Il
Che HrOmDim of our numerical Interests
IN tie Pacific. All these. 9fand undertak-
ings. either already accomplished or to be
$50 1{lhittfa Nasonable time, wilfAnable US
to Contemplate inteliigently and Set the
proper value on the magnificent scheme
recently proposed to the Russian Govern
ment by an eminent American engineer,
Mr.. Spalding, and which bids fair 10
eclipse all others in the magpitade' and
Importance of its results. 1t is nothing
less than the restoration of the arid plains
and valleys that surround the Caspian and
Sea OF Afal, in Western Asia, to their
original condition as the bed of vast in
land sea- and the rehabilitation of the
Barren steppes Of Russia by the healing
moisture that will fill the air, over what
is nov. . waste, bare of vegetation and
unit br occupation by man. This can
be accomplished by cutting canal from
the Black Sea eastward, toward the Cas-
plan, which is nearly 200 feet below the
former In level. The undertaking would
be similar in many respects to that OF the
Suez Canal, but, owing to the great fall
inland the work of excavation would
be largely performed by the inrushing
waters through the narrow cut first made
for ftbeir. admission. The glory of this
great conception, in allils details, belongs
to one of our own countrymen, and there
can be but little doubt as to the feasibility
oftorming great Asiatic sea by the pro-
posed plan, on the waters Of which navics
could, in the future, exercise the same in
tluence they now possess on the Mediter
ranean.-N. Y. Herald.
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Edacatlon II China.

ID Wong Chin Foo, the. Chinese lecturer
was present at the Teachers' Institute 81
Anams County, Pa, not long ago, and
delfvered- an Interesting address ON, the
subject Of education Tin China. Hb said
that the fTss lessons .incylcated in Chi,
pese eohoa4 att phd1encS M reverence;
Tor parents andTlsDedc fokx hors. He
claimed that III no Country in tho world
isseducation so general ~ liz Chiha, and
that In NO other country are intelligence
and moral worth So promptly and 90 lib
orally rewarded by the Government. He
also alluded to the Great Wall Of China,
the immense number apd- sizeof It's walled
cities, its talacd sanA AHurn ne sgt, itssca'
mails and Usher Public IMPROVEMENTS, Its
wars and its civilization, its geography
and historyka6d IFS ssystems. ofEeiQ Hon;
He. closed with q Demonstration of the
Chinese nethsd ST computation, which,
was truly xa46N ff iaaaity and ~
shespsrformed the most difficult operations
most dispatch CHI and o' cjsecsnsssSs shr3x ling NJ
the these e s |6a sEss 4ss 9sssss, 81
described the manaer ana -tissoms 81 iii
people, using good English, and speaking
with but slight accent. We quote his
Language, as reported in Hons and SoAoOl:
"The capitals of thediffereAt divisions of
the empire are I'll walled cities. There
are u, 0O0. of these, walled cities in;
China. The material in these, walls
is sufficient, in the aggregate, to
construct wall thirty feet high and twen-'
ty feet thick entirely round the world,
and leave brick and stone enough to build
all the houses in the United States be.
side. This may seem wonderful, but Il
is true. III China everything is done in .
different way from what it is done in this
country. The manners and customs 0f
the people are different. in this county
when q gentleman enters parlor or
drawing room, or goes into! society. he il
expected to remove his hat; IN ours, hs T.
expected to keep it on. In China it 10
considered very, rude, and unciyil to 60
intaseompany with; the head uncovered.
I6:EAtr county, when. friends aud &C.
qunlotances meet, they seize and shake
each other by the hand with US, when
friends meet, each clasps his own hands
and shakes them to his satisfaction, ct the
same time giving expression to his feel
ings in suitable manner. You read and
write from left to fight; we from right 70
left. This is altogether a. habit and efia.
cation, and one method is Just g good as
another, provided one understands it.
With you, black is the prevailing color of
mourning; with US, white serves tn. same.
purpose. Your young people, previous b
marriage, usually spend much time cult.
waiting each other, and trying to ascertain
their mutual adaptability and congeniali-;
ty; we leave the matter in the hands of our
parents, who manage our matrimonial
affairs in a way, Vt once satisfactory to
themselves and to us. And I am free to-
say you will find as much conjugal happi-
ness among afgiven number Of families in
China as you will lind in any other couu.
krv of the world ,,
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PORTLAND cement takes its name from
its rHutblane 10 thea9lshrueH R1HS
land soAe, quauied ene Portland 1slahd,
I England It is used in the construction
Of piefs, docks, cassi0,lnis fact, nUthing
can take its place in underwater masonry.
We import annually from England and
Germany over 1,000,0 900 barrels of this
cement.
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Is the great variety of costumes that meet
the eye. Accustomed to q country like
0ur own, where one style of dress pfe.
walls from Maine to California, the Amer
lean or English traveller cannot fail to be
amused by This diversity in the matter of
toilets. Every district in Germany has
/ It's own costume, SO that one familiar
with the country need only to look at the
dress Of a;peasant to know to what region
he or she belongs. Some of these cos
TUNES are pretty and graceful, others have
no claim to notice save their oddity.
One that strikes the visitor with sense
of amazement to behold its pecu1iaritv
ana the discomfort attendant upon wear
ing it is the costume of the women of
Dachau, in Bavaria. 1t consists of a
heavy skirt of black broadcloth, gathered
in pleats sometimes six inches deep. and
depending straight from the waist to the
ankles. The weight of such q garment
can, be easily estimated, and it would
seem as if such a BURDEN could not be
supported without injury to the health 81
the .wearer. Yet the Qachau~ female
peasant aderns hen1lf In j robd HI dis
description oa.all festive eccasiont[ hen
ever they may occur, either in the depths
of winter or thsshEat II Hmmer TAev
are also wornb ~ youdg children, and the
straps by which they are supported some
times render the shoulders callous by
their friction and weight. A family Of
mpor0gs will often possessqnite q mum.
'ber !yofSthe se garments, which, iii some
cases, are heavily embroidered with gold
braid. They differ in size, and the chill.
dren, as they grow from sgitlhoode to
womanhood, wear first one ahda then an.
other in regular stages of progression
Like old lace and India scarfs among .an-
other class, these cumbrouss robes are a
family inheritance, passing from genera
ton to generation-an~ eyideuce.- Of re-
spectability 10 the posseSsdr. Thc cos.
tunes of the men are less picturesque
than those of the women, but not less dis.
tinctive. A peasant would no sooner
think of wearing the costume of another
district than a soldier would adopt for
eign uniform.
The German fair, like our own, offers a
great opportunity to the Snowman. Jug
glers, exhibitions of learned animals,
pantOmimes, and the ubiquitous Punch.
together with his faithful though. sonely.
abused Judy, are always on hand for the
entertainment of the youthful sight seers.
To the young ones, as we'll as to their
elders, in Germantown, fair-time is the
grea. event of the year-an occasion of
merry-making to be anticipated through
all the dullness of ordinary working DAYS.
-H1rDer'S Weeklu
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!, II1sass..Es.C

|cSelfy Agricultural pstherinas brinc
Epsobis together from ali psrts 81 the al
.iseent connirv~ rBnt in germany the the Oh Oh
iect IL not 6SreE Fl exhihiffoS Of ~
resulta of different industries " The
articIes ara sxnoeed With &, viaw IN s.le.
busineaa IA combined With bleasnrr The
co.conrse az neople attracted incindino
many Who LOOK n onfie.fAir saaasnssndFe'
tunity for purchssinv NHatetr, Mex Nav
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In the United States are nearly 5000 es-
Adjustments (which mems clothing is
made. These employ $1,000 males above
sixteen, 5000 females above fifteen, and
~. 1EsosPXShess ages; in ALL
- 80 A. I
operation in the United States 81, 900 miles
Of telggrapns witch destroyed IN their
construction 2, SOC, 900 trees for poles, while
the annual repairs must call for some $780,
900 more.
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Ing account Of aGIiIsin the Hills. >, Hssays,
many miners, including himself, had deserted,
thatSregion altar becoming convinced. that'
gold had not been diseovsreGinpSyiae guam
titles, OF, II it had been, that the danger from
the Indians was too great to tempt any of
them to 10 where IL wss. to be found.
1t was NOT often that any, one WA
found who had been lucky enough to
pick up = nugget Of any value. He says -four
was twenty cents . pound gold; suSars
nifty cents a:epound, and other sthiags
I'll proportion. A largo number OF those
Who'had rushed to the. Hills lived entirely
upon game, which xas fortunately plenty, :,
FouREEEs prisoners escaped trom the eli.
cago Jail on the morning Of The Sdth ult. II
seems one Of the prisoners WHO Vas serving
out brief sentence, and to whom vas A.
signed the duty Of sweeping out the Office
occupied by the Waterman, ovefpowered the
latter, and, with the aid of another pris6o1dr,
bound and gagged him, secured the keys to
the cells, and liberated those who escaped.
The seventeenth delegated General Con-
ference of the Methodist sBpiscopal Church
assembled in Baltimore ON the 1st Bishop
Ames made the welcoming address, and
Bishop James responded. 4 resolution was
adopted rstifying and confirming sthe action
whereby the place. of holding. the present
General Conference was changed from st.
Louis to Baltimore. Geo. w. Woodruff was
chosen Secretary, and Rev. Israel Pershing,
Of Pittsburgh. Assistant Secretary.
In Chicago, on the LIST, springfield, No.
2 closed at 97]1@9Sc cash-A GssA. corn
closed at45Hc for No. 2. Cash oats No. 2, sold
at 30@so1c; June options were sold
At so>sc. Rye No. {. ss@esc. PsF9ey, No. p
.6s@6sc. Cash mesf pork closed 1t 1904
.@05o. Lard, sM1@ls.5o. ~&ood t6
choice beeves brought $4.3o@5.35; medium
grades, s40O@425; butchers stock, $500
400; stock cattle, etc., $S.50@4.0O. Hogs
brought s7.40@7.90 for good to choice.
Sheep sold at $5.oo@6s5 for good to
choice. r. a 80 g. !! ~
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-Pickpockets gather crowds only to
dispurse them.
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we had got over it at the last, with more
OF less difficulty and more or less gallant
ly, but-got over it! Sorrow and disap-
pointmept, exposure and despair, we
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IN iaV0f Of MI. lie MOyn0, and the
porting the claims Of Mr.. Farwell.

A BILL was introduced in the Senate on
the list, and referred authorizing the Secretary Of
the Treasury to renew the issue Of fractional cur