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Adventure or Two Medical Students.

A COUPLE of medical students at Mid
dlepOrt, N. Y. went out to exhumea sub
ject few nights ago. Their purpose
seems to have been known to some of
their friends, and the outcome oil their ad-
venture was pretty bad scare. The Lock-
port Journal gives this account of the af-
fair: Arriving ct the burying- ground
the three watchers, provided with sheets,
etc., stationed themselves behind . clump
of bushes, waiting patiently for the body
snatchers to make their appearance. They
had not long to wait, for presently they
arrived and cautiously creeping over .
six foot fence commenced their opera
lions. After . dispute q to who should
do the first digging, one of them pulled
of his coat and commenced. All at once
they heard terrible groan, accompanied
by q shrek, together with the light caused
by burning alcohol. Looking around, they
were Mortified to see the dead. as they
supposed, arising from their graves. With
one bound they cleared six-foot wall,
never stopping for the coat and spade,
running ct the rate of asia, clearing
fences, jumping bitches and skipping
corn fields and other obstacles too mum er-
ous 10 mention. They finally arrived
home, one with q bullet-hole In his sleeve
and tie other minus coat and spade. In
the meanwhile their friends had arrived
home and made arrangements with the
village lawyer and Constable to give them
a scare. The next morning the young
n. DIS. proceeded to consult the village
lawyer, and he being we'll posted regard
ing the joke, advised them 10 leave town
for few months. Afterward one Of them
was seen TO- make tracks nm the Erie
Canal, taking . bee line for Canada. The
other one, mot quite 20 brave, made tracks
for his grandmofhsr's carrying small
contained dead mei's bones. At this
point, their friepds. thiaking re joke bad
been carried fer enough, politely told
'00nsidered . much II I joke everywhere.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-04

ar Truro, on Moo II, ~ Premier and
NJ. Bridges examii = llon that
seems to be Of grel SO an who
are Interested in 1e oon1lT11eioiI II rail.
roads. It is calIo0 = s1ed orging
ballast oar" III work krelhS 49, bal.
last from cars to1he md II nc0 lie by
hand. Ballast NAil63 4ye 10 Aded
by large gangt6 men no hl pvel
the ballast froR tke car ~ the ofdos of
the road, and then shovel q ever tn yoad.
bed. This, = ID well known 10 al railway
men, Is . SLOW and costl9 style of work.
Several attempts have bin made to
duce . car from which the ballast could be
discharged without this laborious shovel.
ing, but hitherto, We believe, none has
come up to the requirements Of railway
men. The invention now under notice
certainly ssems eDsapply the want 20 long
felt It may be best described - travel
ing platform, constructed like IN endless
belt When the ballast train arrives at
the place Wheze - hallaetig1gqul1eas th4
appar6tas b0et' u m6ol6n! The .endleue'
belt platfoe1 txsvelsl Dsward Win ~ Nd.
Of ballast and drops Il over the end 81
the CT, "a oAtfivanee called tspte444,
at the Ed u he car receive ih1h1lat
q It isdAeAd frh thefu0ihG plak
form and spreads p;yoSef M mod.
,Acar u discharged IA 6fteen seconds, and
Il q claimed that, with II aid, two men
viii do aDTauck work Q . hundred under
he present system. -Hellae Oase~yolS.
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Giant Trees IN California.

Cslifornia's Sequoia forest, composed
Of trees fabulous In dimensions, does not
appear in danger Of extinction By any
otter means than the fire and the az.
There ere already half dozen mills at
work in the forests, and probably 10, O0O,-
600 feet Of lumber ore annually cut from
the Sequoia, and half - much more il
destroyed from fires, the greater part Of
which are kindled by reckless sheep herd
eD. The SeQu0ia has wonderful power
of perpetua&ion. It crowds out the fir
and sugar pine, and takes possession Of .
given area TO the exclusion Of all other
large trees, or rather It dwarfs and subor.
climates all others, 90 that they cannot linz
pede its growth, aud the wonder il that
this belt has only extended about $50 miles
in length, and IL nowhere more than
few miles wide. The average diameter
of the SequOia is found to be about 30 feet.
and the height about 275 feet, although
specimens - feet in diameter and 800 feet
In height are not rare. Occasionally q
tree is found Of % feet diameter; and one
stump was found measuring So feet and s.
inches within tie bark, atte distance Of 4
feat from the gruund. This tree must
have had q diameter when standing If
about - fest, q the4 bark could. not have.
been leas than a. n feet in thickness. The
trees are kept wen together; rarely Is Z
s'raggler found more than Q mile from
the main body. There are NO old vmonu.
mental trees beyond well. defined bounda.
ries, although the Nequoia must have .
Mlgevity exceading Loo yean. The an-
tiq1ity Of the sequoia is inferred By Muir
g antedatt9g the post glacial err. pecapne
prsvN So =
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In 1876 Alabama exhumed s., 900 tons
of coal from her depths.
WHEN you draw on kid glove remem.
Der that to make it requires $3.50 stitches.
The Brookhaven (Miss.) Comet says
never glass of whisky has been sold in
the town limits of Brookhaven, though it
has population of 1900.
LAST year in England 1.249 persons
were killed on the railroads, while 1898
were killed by carriages and wagons. The
moral is obvious: Safer to ride ON the
cars than in a wagon.
THE Pennsylvania Railroad has issued
a ticket for 1000 miles and good for
year. There are l 200 o2e-mile coupons
attached to it. of which the conductor tears
off As many as the passenger travels miles.
ACCORDING to the Chairman OF the
Grand Trunk Railway that road has lost
"a, 750, 900 in two and quarter years from
competition. and railways in America
have lost al, goo 600 In the same time
from the same cause.
In the British Association, DR.. Farr,
perhaps the most eminent of living au.
thorities uponsvital statistics, has attacked
some positions which were held by NAL
thus in regard to certain laws of popula-
ton. Nautilus supposed that the world
was to be over-peopled, because popula-
ton increases in a geometrical and susie
nance only in mathematical ratio. He
calculated that England would double the
number of its inhabitants every twenty
nve years. IN regard 70 tne nlst suppoel.
ZION, Ut. farr SHOWS tnat tno present
oen9ency Is 70 increase suDslstence m0ie
IaPld1y IMAM men, anu :. PIese1 9 ~ wou ..a
JAKE Gngisnu nIty.Ive years ~ oouOle inc
NUMBER OF us people.
A NAN walks three miles an hour; .
lo~nr %~uc&c cn,,ov, /. .%on,,nhcn%o ~r,r o;~l
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-04
-Mr. George William Curtis writin,

Mr.. George William Curtis writing
of official precedence inhis EASY Chair"
says: "A Senator gave . dinner, and
when the moment arrived, he turned 10
the senior senator Of the United States,
who was present, and asked him to hand
out the lady of the house. But l see the
Secretary Of State replied the senior.
No guest in my house takes precedence
of the senior member of the body that
makes Secretaries Of State,' was the lofty
replv."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-04

"A Philadelphia grocer, being solicited
to contribute TO the building of church,
promptly subscribed his name to the pa
per In the following eccentric manner:
!" John Jones (the only place in town
where you can get eleven pounds Of sugar
for . dollar, twenty-five cents"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-04

TUE TURCOsRUSS1AN WAR.
A Pera dispatch of the 1eti says ihs
Russians had been dispossessed of the en-
tire Schipka Pass. From Russian sources
this report was denied, and the statement
yield up Fort stl Nicholas after having held
it for six hours. ~. .-,.4~, !,
A Tiflis telegram, received in Vienna,
ON the Is h, coutfadicts the reported evacta-
ton of Ardahan. in Asia Minor.
Two Russian gquboQsyiA the Kilix
mouth of the Danube were recently attacked
by Turkish iscn. clad, and oaetushoatwas
destroyed.
A London dispatch Of the 10th says the
Russians had apparently abandoned the idea
of capturing Pievna BY assault, but the
siege progressed BY sap and trench. Thirty
thousand mer had been sent to the assist
ance of Osman Pasha.
A Constantinople Telegram Of the 90th
says it was understood IN well.informed cir
clcs that the Porte would not accept media
ton while single Russian soldier re-
manned on Turkish coil, nor would It con-
sent to an armistice unless the bases Of sub
sequent peace proposals were at the same
time defined. 75S S+
A Bucharest dispatcA Of H. s1oth says
Osman Pasha had GG11inj4 aeSaecS4e to the
Russian proposition, for IN armistice 70 0a-
BILE them to- bury their dead in front Of
Pevna. .at.s aH.s gsa sh5s
A correspondent Aith the Russian Army
telegraphsd to the London ztSses. on the
2lst, that the Russians had resolved 5000
reinfOrcements since the last Battle Of
Pievna'' Every preparation was being made
for winter campaign.
The Greek Foreign Onice annoulaNA
ON the 2lst, thst,. three days before 06e
Bashi. Basouks Ind attacked he 0Ise Co..
sulate, at Lasissas ana vsss- sspslsea ~ the
Cousulsr Ouards. Styets bAd 1datsye1 n.
monstranceIto tAa' ~ :. $ ssljeet al
The .Mcntepsttipa haze eaptarad u
Zolosto and NQsd9ea loF1s,. aau6 lf1 u46les
go "a $50 aafs tfs7if* \. esnN : $50
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-04

on the criilssa IN @
OF my st4dy -d(e& &
A lust1Ous moth ss
POidd, statueeQue.
Wers Bngnt ifmbss shaped '''--- --'
And i'm scales Of gold
IT. body was dfaped;
While ite delicate wings
Were net ed and veined
with silvery strings
Or photographed,
Through whose 1lmy maze
In tfemulous flight
Danced Quivering rays
s~wOf ~ N1aAssme hghs. - s's -,
On the desk close by
A taper burned,
Toward which the eye
Of the insect turned.
III ITO vague little mind
A faint deeirY
Rose underlined
For the beautiful fire.
Lightly 1t spread
Each silken van,
Then away It sped
For . moments epan;
And etsange delight
Lured ON Its course, ....s
With resistlees might,
Toward the central source.
Ard It followed the spell
Through an eddying maze,
Till II staggered and fell
In the deadly blaze. -.-f
Dazxled and stunned
By the scalding pain,
One moment 1t swOoned,
Then rose again;
And again the Are
Drew it on with its charms
To a living pyre
In Its awful arms;
And now It lies
On the table hero
Before my eyes,
All shrfveled and sere.
Az sit and muse ..
On its fiery fate,
What themes abstruse
Might / meditatci
For the pangs that thrilled
Through its delicate frame,
AS Its senses were filed
" 1Uu tu0 V1VuAHk 1A81A40
A riddle inclose
That, living or dead,
In rhyme or In prose,
No seer has read.
But q moth" you cry,
- II thing 20 smalli''
All, yesi but why
Should Il euffer at al?
Why should . sob
For the vagueet smart
Ono moment thrOb
Through the tiniest heart
Why, in the whole
Wide universe,
Should single soul
Feel that primal curse?
Not all the thrOes
OF mightieet mind,
Nor the heaviest woes
OF humankind,
Are Of deeper weight
In the riddle Of things
Than this insects fate
With the mangled wings.
But II only /,
In my simple song,
Could tell you the sChy
OF that one little wrong,
could tell you more
THAI the deepest page
OF ss,ntlieet lore,
Or Of wiseet sage
For never a. yet
In ite worldly strife .s..
Could Philosophy get
AZ the import Of life;
And The0loRy's saws
Have sill to explain
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,.-waf y I 81 sis ~
.S6METr = \>KE2H'
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-04
FACTS AND FIGURES.

I. Grant Alien. In Popular Science Monthly
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:EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed felegraphic News.
eNT pAmAGwSpvsa

Le Vcrrfcr, the celebrated French as.
tronomcr. Is dead. ,grrg,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-04

s.. .*sss y 4, .irs AN
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-04

The New Jersey State Democratic Con.
vcntion met at Trenton, on the 10th, and
nominated Gen. George B. Mcclellan for
Governor. Resolutions were adopted re-
affirming the National Democratic platform
Of 1876: declaring that President Hayes
was placed in his present position
by fraud; congratulating the country
that he has found it necessary, "in
order to receive the respect and support
of any portion Of the American people, to
adopt the Democratic policy of local self
government, aud abandon all further de-
vices to per?etuate sectional jealousies;" OPP
posing special legislation for corporate or
individual interests at the expense of the
people, ETC., etc. ,..-.tg EfE
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-04

A schooner recently arrived at San
Francisco from the Arctic regions, brings
the intelligence that, of the seventy men left
by the abandoned whaling fleet last year,
all but two had probably persisted in the ice
pack, the two survivors having reached
Point Barrow
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-04

Prince Louis Napoleon has arrived at
Belgium, with view, it is stated, Of being
convenient to France, to take advantage of q
complication expected to arise out of the
result of the coming elections.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-04

The Republican candidates for the As.
sembly in France had published q manifes-
to in reply to the recent manifesto of Pres
ident MacMahon. Nf,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-04

United States Senator Bogy, of Mis-
souri,, died at st. Louis, on the 20th, of
malarial fever contracted in Washington.
lie was sixty-four years old.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-04

The Pennsylvania Greenback State
Convention met at Williamsport, on the 18th,
ard nominated Benz. 8. Bently for Supreme
Judge; J. f. Emerson for Auditor-General
and j. l.. Wright for State Treasurer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-04

A gre ut demonstration Of wOrkingmen
in honor of ex-Fresident Grant, was held at
Newcastle, Eng, ON the AFTERNOON Of the
NJ
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-04

The following statement viii show the
receipts from Internal Revenue from the
several States and Territories during the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1871. The re-
ceipts from the sale of adhesive stampe
are not included, for the reason that those
receipts cannot be apportioned among the
0A~H>. o~A Ny~,-sAn>3rn.
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sscsacf w itG19t a Doctor.

Though we wouIbv no means be under
stood as deprecatf. but rather as recon-
~mending, profcssiQl aid in disease, there
are multitades OF itances when it is nell
ther necessary or " to obtain. \ family
provided with q ctprehensiVe household
specific like Hostct,s Stomach Bitters, is
possessed of q nIcdi,aI resource adequate
TO lnost emergcncidn which medical ad-
vice would be otlieise needful, That stcrl
ing tonic ard corrsive invariably RENE
dies, and is autllontively recommended
for debility, indigeSn, urinary and ute
rine troubles, %incilnt rheumatism and
govt. and many othtailments Of frequent
occurrence. It cradles and prevents,inter
mittent and rem~ittetevers. relieves men-
tai dependency. cllks premature decay,
and lnvigoratcs the ,rvous and muscular
TISSUES. Sleep, diGcstl and appetite, are
promoted by 1t, and rs extremely useful
Ill overcoming the etlts Of exhaustion and
exposure.
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farmer, interrupt trade and com
merce, and perhaps give us an
other Constitution that will not i'm
prove matters much.
Let us try the present,undel
the direction of honest officers
tor a couple of years and learn
from experience what is real de-
flciencles are and then ut the end
of the Terms of the present State
officers hold a Convention if deem
ell eNpedient and wise, three
years hence. The idea of a new
convention is suited to the objects
of POLITICIANS and seekers after of
ice, it is repugnant to the mass
OF men who desire to pursue their
own business in peace aud qulet.
These are two prominent stand
points FROM which to discuss this
question. Three years hence will
be soon enough for a new Consti-
tuition.
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@~N1-e-@

CoNVENTION.-T1a There is consid
cradle discussion going on among
the newspapers in Louisiana III
regard to another Convention to
form u new Constitution for this
state. y large majority of the
papers advocate the holding
OF such a convention at once.
Undoubtedly, there are many
things in our present constitution
that could be improved, especial
ly in the judiciary system SO far
as criminal processes are concern.
ed, and iii reduction of some Of
the salaries paid to. portion of
the public officers.
The simple question is whether
it would pay to have an early con
%vention,
Ii their is any thing with which
the Industrious, quiet of Louisla-
Ma are disgnsted, it is politics and
political agitation. They are sat
lsIed with their gallant and hon
est Governor who they elected
Tor a term of four Years and they
WISH hlnf to serve out that Period.
After ten years OF better political
strife and constant annoyance. i'll
1eeilng, and dissatisfaction they
want peaceandtranquillity. Anew
convention n~ecessitates a new
election, to be followed byanother
Tor the offices created by a new
Constitution. Which will rekind!e
tue snionide'lng fires of preju-
oice ana spite, now dieing out,
interfere with the iabors of the
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The said Board was directed to meet on
every Monday at two O'Clock P. NJ, to exa
mine male applicants, and OF every We'd
,nesday at two O'Clock p. NJ, to examine fe
male applicants.
The following claims were presented {:
p. f. LoriO for one Record book $500
$. L. Grisamore stationery g. postage 2.85
Thibodaux SENTINEL printing 400
blank warrants in books 1900
Total : $l7.S5
On motion an appropriation of seventeen
dollars and eighty five cents was made to
pay the above claims.
The Board then adjourned subject to
call of the President.
Il. j. PERKINS,
President.
A true cop from the minutes.
ST GRISAMORE,
Secretary.
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REVIVING OLD TIMES.

REvIvING OLD TIMES. "A
tramp came down the dusty road
and sat down to rest on the steps
OF a house in a quiet village
street. Through the windows the
voices OF a man and wife in violent
alteration were heard, and the
tramp listened intently. Angry
words, and occasionally a sound
of something thrown, came to his
ears: and he could hardly sit still.
AT last. evidently, the wife had
taken a broom, and the blows
fell fast furious. Our tramp could
stand it no longer, but, rushing
around to the side door, darted
in, and, stepping between the
loving pair, cried in a husky
voice ''Give us a clip or two
with the broom. old woman ut
seems just like the old times,n No
matters how much we wander.
the old home feeling will get us
once i'll a while.
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The Press I'll lou. siana is pret
~ generally in favor; of a Press
Convention. What the objects 70
Re gained are, does not appear so
clear i'll the discussions. If the oh
Ject Is to establish an association
and rules by which the Editors
are to be found or to form
other combination that will result
m a permanent benefit to the
press those obiets are not plainly
specified SO far as are obseryati,n
extends. Every local newspaper in
the state must make use of its
own surrounding TO sustain itself
i,nti no association c;,i, -s,o.
nl'sh rules Tor any one paper.
Ii It IS to rect together in conn
Ell and let the Various Editors
,ulngle together aud become ne.
qua'nted, aud, promised to admit
III more abuse OF each ether in.
sneir columns, nor allow any of
Their private difficulties to oct
lato their weekly ISSUES then il
Would bean excellent idea 10 l,ave
Press Convention.
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E4eteGE f.. s. EEossr1aa.
HOuMA La. }
September 6, 1877.


Huston Davis. click Cooper,
Dennis BARROW and Tom Harden.
were arrested and locked in the
pailsh prison. Oh the charge of
"throwing brickbats, clods Of
Dart and other hard substances"
against the house Of lIutson II.
Boyer. on the night Of the 2inst.,
near Chacahoula bayou.
ACCIDENT.-Mr, Arthur Kel-
ly, merchant living OF lower
Ierrebonme, met with a serious ac
cidcnt. caused by a run away
mule. 1t appears that Mr.. Kelly
had borrowed IA mule from a
ncighhor, and gone OFT IA short
distance to procure medical as
sistance tor his wife who wi,s
then very II. When about
halfway the mule ran off and
threw Mr.. Kelly out of the buggy
the wheels passing across his
face, and dislocate1 the jaw in
sevcfa! places, besides knocking
out seven teeth. We are inform
ed that the unfortunate man il
rapidly recovering.
BALL.-The Temperance Socie
ty will give grand fancy dress
and calico ball on Saturday the
20 inst. The ball is given for the
benefit Of the Hall find of that
society, and we sincerely hope
that it will be literally patronized
by the citizens of this parish.
Respectfully
COLO"
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How SAMPSON SLEW THE PHI
LIsTINEs.-When [ travelled, in
lo71,i in Palestine an old servant
from the monastery of Ramleh,
about fifty miles west OF Jerusa>
lem, me the supposed place where
Samson killed 1000 Philistines
with the jawbOne of an ass. When
l expressed my doubts as to the
length and strngth of a jawbone,
considering the great number Of
surrounding enemies, the good
man explained the case in the fol,
lowing manner: "Well, he toobl
hold of the ass by the tall am
swung the animal against If
Phlllstlne i'll such a manner TIT
only his head,..and OF this especial
~ the jawbone, struck the pt1is-
tines. keeping OFT in this wayfhe
surrounding warriors. and giing
the blow the necessary fore to
XIII. I'affirm that in this miner
Samson could have slain a yllion
fhilhstlnes, provided the hil of
the ass did not break. Paera-
4aeat0 JonYssgI.
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Lovers of bottled beer should
read the advertisement of l.. G.
Army in another column. Not
M'ly docs he claim to have a srpc
r'or article of Beer but keeps al
so Cider, Porter. Ale and Mjnera,
waters. A depot Of these cool be
verages in which they can be
found pure and unadnlturated is
lust what is required
MIR. Arny's Office is at 20, %
and 80 Bienville street where vi
s'tors TO New Orleans can ALWAYS
be able to. Eli their orders with
Hratness and dispatch.