The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-04-06
A Railroad Across the Eastern CONT.
nent.

A Railroad Across the Eastern Contl
nent.
| The Cd World, not to be outdone
by the United Stats in the accom-
plishment Of the great feat Of connec'.
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by q
railroad across its western deserts, aud
through the Rocky Mountains, is con-
sidering the possibility of building q
road to connect the Atlantic and Pa
ci6c oceans, running through Central
Asia. As result OF = Conference
recently held ly scientific men, for
the purpose Of maturing a plan for
such an undertaking, it was proposed
that the road shall .tart from Mini
Novgorod, in Russia where is now the
extreme eastern station in the net
work Of European railroads, and run
thence through the Russian possessions
to the borders Of Chins,swhere it will.
cross the famous wall and wind its way
through the Great Empire to Pekin, a
distance Of 1850 miles from the start
ing point, 2 800 Of which will be
through Russian territory. Says the
Scientific American, Of the difficulties
to be encountered in this plan, they
dwindle down to nothing, when CON-
pared to those encountered in the
western section of our Pacific Rail-
road. The only serious difficulties lie
at the Chinese frontier, and they are
inferior to those overcome in the
Rocky Mountains and the Sierra
Nevada by the American engineers
Russia has raised in fifteen years more
than 1000 600 900 with which to con
struot $4,000 miles of railaoad, and
can easily 6ud 300, ,OOO, 900 or 400, 900,
900 to constructa lineof such value to
all the civilized world.
Scribner for April.
The history aud CHARACTERISTICS of
Yale College are sketched by Prof.
Beers quite fully 10 the leading article
Of Scribner for Ap.i:; and the illutra-
tions, over thirty in number, cover a
good deal Of ground. A curious ques.
ton is asked in another illu,rated
paper, namely: "Is there Subterra.
mean Outlet to the Upper Lake Re-
gion ?" In "Poe, Irving and naw.
thorns,"a comparative estimate of
these authors by George +. Lathrop,
sone hitherto unpublished details appear
with regard to tie ancestry and life of
Hawthorne. Two brief papers in this
number are of special interest, ,anely,
a revised translation of the Dies
I,@," by General Dix and hitherto
unpublished letter by Minister Everett
to John Quincy Adams, proposing 10
effect, that Spain should mortgage Cuba
to the United States, and thus settle a
vexed question for at least hundred
years Of "Grabriel Conroy" there are
fise chapters, certainly not lacking i'll
Incident or interest: and Edward
Hale's "Philip Nolan's Friends con.
tinues.
Among other "Topics" DR. Holland
discusses "Revivals and Evangelists,"
and the Old Cabinet contains brief
essays on George Washington, Bible.
Reading, etc. In the other Editorial
departments, Mr.. p. 7. Quinn contin-
ues his suggestions as to management
Of small places, number of receipts
are given for Centennial Cookery
Emerson,s last book is noticed, and
new inventions and methods are re-
corded. The metric system is adopted
for measurements 10 The Worlds
Work" this month, feet and inches
being given in brackets. l}ric-a Brac
contains an authentic account Of the
origen, rise and progress in America
Of the famous horse-car poetry Of the
period accompanied by the music to
which the song was first sung.
ST.. NICOLAS FOR APRIL "Opens
with an interesting article on Sir.
Joshua Reynolds painting Of the
"Strawberry GIRL" illustrated by an
admirable reproduction Of the painting
itself, which forms the trontispiece Of
the number.
Among the other contributions, the
most prominent, perhaps, are Charles
l.. Brace article on ''rhe Poor Boys
Astor House" which gives many anu
sing aud pathetic scenes from New
York ncwsboy's life, and is capi,aily ill.,
ustrated by NJ. Wolf and Frank R.
Stockton's paper on the coming Cen
tennial Exhibition, or "American's
Birthday Party" with pictures Of the
principal buildings
As ior stories, How Grizzly .reed
Obed Rollins" is narrative which,
with its excellent illustrations, is both.
exciting and amusing; "A Lake on
Fire The Ash Girl" &c
Mrs. Rebecca Harding Davis furn-
ishes capital biographical sketch Of
the famed painter "Gilbert Stuart"
with pitcure Of the stab!e-studio,
where he painted bis portrait Of Wash.
ingtou -.
The departments are crowded with
good things, and there is wedged in
among them, this month, fne music
page by F. Boot.
Mr. D. Goodner, OF Maine Prairie,
last Oct ober, thinking he could do bet.
ter than live in Minnesota, removed
with bis family to Wiuterset, Iowa.
After trying it for six months, with
sick ness, almost no work at any price,
poor water and mud knee deep every
where, he came back last Friday, to
stay satisfied that Minnesota is the
very best place yet.