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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14
FACTS AND FIGURES.

OVER half a million scholars in the
schools of Illinois.
The total number of railroad employees
In Great Britain is about 2S5, 600.
APHENoMENON is reported from Naples,
Italy. 1t is that for three whole days in
one week there were no births out of q
population Of SOC, 900 souls.
CARELESS and indiscrimlnate fishing is
gradually reducing the supply of she'll
fish on the coast of England, which
draws from Norway about GOO, 900 Holsters
u year, and from France about 200, 900.
RUSSIA has more horses than all the re-
mainder Of Europe put together. She has
16, 16O, 600 or 227 .05 for every 1000 of
population. 1t would seem that she should
never be at loss for cavalry.
THE Bureau of Statistics furnishes the
following table showing the exports of
bacon, ham and cheese from the ports OF
New York, Boston. Baltimore and Pnila-
delphia during April: Bacon and ham,
from New York, q, $40 800 pounds; from
Boston, 1853, 1856: from Baltimore, DID,
962; from Philadelphia. 4. SIS, O37. Cheese,
from New York, 1908, 3O1 pounds; Bos-
ton, $3.50; Baltimore, 1911; Philadel.
phia, OO9
ACCORDING to q writer in Blackseood's
Magazine, the French regular army num-
bers ass, 900 men, most of whom have al
ready seen four years. service, while the
reserve of the active army amounts to
about 02O, 900 men. Then there is ter
ritorial army, which is set down at $780,
600 men, rather more than half of whom
are old soldiers of the active army. The
total force is placed at 1 800, 900, of which
~, 900 are really educated soldiers, and
ABOUT 30O, 600 have had six months drill
ing.
LONDON, England, covers an area of
7S, $50 acres, or 122 square miles. When
the census was taken last year, there were
1900 miles of streets, 1000 miles of sew
ers, AT 1857 Inhabited houses, and pop
ulatiOn of 3, 4SO, 428. The inclusion of
fifteen miles around makes the population
,206 COZ. There are over 1OO, 900 profess
sional men, 211 !, 900 of the commercial class,
sos 900 mechanics, 5000 labOrers, and
IS 600 whose occupation is underlined.
There are 1855, 221 males, and ,866, 2C7
females. Of the women, 500 ,130 are mar
rieG, anG zee, OO6 are domestic servants.
There are Is 900 tailoresses, *, 900 MILL
ners and dressmakers, % 600 seamstresses
and shirtmakers, and 1900 laundresses.
Twenty nine thousand are returned as
gentlewomen. The number of children
reported as attending school is $4,000.
London, though much larger in popula-
ton than New York, is not as densely
packed as the latter. New York, in 1870,
with a population Of 942, 292, had only
GA, OA dwelling houses, and the average
number of persons to dwelling was
14.72. In London, the average last year
was 8.33, and this was smaller than the
average, according to the census of 1870,
In ai,her. Brook lynn Boston. Cinci..ssi nr
JERSEY CITY.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14
The Peruvian Earthquake Of 1885,
The Recent Tidal Wave.

WHILE we wait for the details of the
Peruvian earthquake, and the tidal wave
that destroyed the Town of africa, on the
10th inst, it may be interesting to look
back ct the similar catastrophe that befell
Peru ON the 18th of August, 1868. The
center of that shock was about latitude
II degrees south, and the damage
done in the inland towns was great,
though far less than on the ocean shore.
Mount Misti, quiescent volcano, became
active, and threw out lava, smoke and an
immense food of mud. In the City Of
Arequipa 600 persons lost their lives. A
dozen towns in the neighborhood were de-
strUyed. The seapOrts from Callao to
Iquique, . distance of 1000 miles, suf-
ifered greatly. At I3uique the sea receded
and then rushed in with . wave forty feet
high, that washed away houses, carried
ships far inland, and drowned many per
sons who had not fled when they saw the
weter run out; but the people generally
knew what to expect, and had escaped to
HIGHER land.
Numerous shocks, many of them severe,
followed during period of three days,
and they did some damage ON land, but
the sea remained quiet. On the 14.h, a
heavy earthquake visited Talcahuano, in
latitude SO degrees. and ON the 10th
a..other and the most destructive of the &C.
ries visited Quito, under theequator. The
field of disturbance extended along the
Andes for 2, 400 miles.
The tidal wave was observed along the
western coast of America from the Co.
lumbia River to the Straits Of Magellan
$500 miles it ran across the Pacific
ct the rate of 600 miles an hour. At the
Sandwich Islands o few natives, seeing
the sea receding suddenly to point far
below the line Of low tide, ran down to OBJ
serve the new places exposed to view, and
were caught in the swift returning wave.
We believe that the wave of 1858, a. OBJ
served On the coast of California, did not
anywhere show greater fluctuation than
on the 10th inst, At Anaheim, where
there was = rise OF twelve feet in . few
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14

The peasantry in France form q class
world by themselves, full of prejudices
devoid of culture and very independent in
their tone of feeling. The French peasan,
is inconceivably ignorant, and yet very in
telligent; his manners are good, and ht
can talk well; but he can neither read MOI
write, and his knowledge of geography Il
50 small that he cannot comprehend what
France is. much less any foreign State.
Freed from the grinding expressions Of
the past, he is still under bondage to the
iron slavery of custom. Every other
Frenchman may dress as he chooses, but
the peasant must always wear q blue
blcwse, brownish gray cloak, and hal
of a peculiar shape. Custom also pre-
scribes to him the furniture of his house
he must have linen press, . clock and q
bed, and these must be all of walnut wood.
Cookery, which Is the national talent, par
eccelleaee, does not exist for him. In the
morning he has soup, cheaply COM
pounded of hot water, in which float q
few scraps of rusty bacon, . handful or
two of pease, and = few potatoes; and If
there is not enough Of soup to satisfy his
hunger, he finishes his meal with dry
bread and cold water al li6itsm. At noon
he dimes on potatoes, followed las IN Oc-
casional variety in his perennial dietl
either with q pancake, salad, or clotted
milk. He never tastes wine or meat, ex-
cept during hay-making and harvest,
when he has little bit Of salt pork and
. modest allowance of wine with liberal
admixture of water. Among the peasantry
many Of the old superstitions are still
prevalent. Between husband and wife
there is little love, but there ID also little
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14
Drugs and Enterprise.

1T is solemn fact that the average drug
gist is solemn man, and that the averag,
drugstore is so arranged as to make itsel
form the happy medium between an un
dertaker's Office and fortune-teller's bacl
room. Solemn old signs of "poison +" ar,
pasted on bottles and drawers, sad look
ing sponges hang in strings, and the boy
who calls for five cents worth of pare
goric, gets five dollars worth of awe ani
OdOrs.
An old newspaper man from Ohio start
ed in the drug business in this city, few
days ago, and from the innovations he i.
making, there can be no doubt that hi
will either he q millionaire during the
next three years or bust" in less than
six months. His store is very cheerful
Skulls, crutches, forceps, chromos, bones
false teeth, almanacs. parrots and sticks
of licorice are scattered around in delight
full prOfusion, and there isn't drawer OF
bottle without an original label. On one
drawer he has: "Glue-She sticks right
by you, no matter what the weather." On
another: C0pperas-Eat slowly aud
chew fine." On another: "Paris green
Sure in its operation-lasting in its eff.
fects." The label ON one of the bottles
reads: buy some of me and stop thai
blamed cough" On another: "I'm salt
petre-who are your On another
Prussic acid-Don't fool around with q
revolver"
Hanging against the wall is beautiful
sign: which reads: -.
comb, Just point your finger at met"
At the back end of the store is q still
larger sign, and it bears the tender sen.
timent:
"There is no flock without its missing
lamb. Sometimes you find him in the
bedstead. keep the stuff to make him
weary OF life. Don't ask for bed-bue
poison, but call it The Lost Lamb Re.
st0rative.' shall know what you mean. F"
The front of the store bears several hap.
py thoughts. Among them is one read.
ing: walk right in here if you had
buckwheat for breakfast last winter. 81
Another says: 81 can cure that red nose
in just fourteen days." A third reads
" You man with the catarrh-please step
this way"
As limited at the outset, the thing is an
experiment as yet, but from the way the
arsenic, sulphur, fine combs and pimple
cures have gone of during the past week
the ex. Journalist believes there is healthy
reward in store for him. He hasn't fin.
ished his designs yet, but was yesterday
planning the largest sign Of all, which
will read;
"Walk in here for your nice spruce
gum, clean, tidy strychnine, magnificent
bottles of Croton oil, superbly. decorated
cod-liver oil, and ell the various other
dainties usually kept in foundry of this
sort. "-DetrOit Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14
A Novel Bat Hunt.

The large double building on the north
side of M street, between Third and
Fourth, owned by E. Torrey, and occu-
pied as q boarding house, fns Of late ap-
peared to be the headquarters of q vast
number of bats, which managed to get in
between the ceiling and roof through
small apertures alongside the water spout.
They became great nuisance, and Mr..
Tnrrey concluded to make an effort to get
rid of them. With this end in view he
procured . five gallon coal oil can, and ar
ranged it something like q rat trap, so
that the bats might enter it readily, but
could not get out. A number of small
holes were also punched in the can to ad-
NIT light. The trap was ON Thursday
placed in such position as to completely
cover the opening through which the AMI
mails passed in and out of the building.
The result was that q short time after
dark 1t was filled with the little pests, who
made great scratching and squealing.
The remainder of the bats, finding their
usual place of exit stopped up, looked
about for another. and discovered small
hole in the plastering of the ceiling.
Through this they made their way in great
numbers, and found themselves prisoners
in the sleeping apartment of two young
women. The latter, aroused from their
slumbers by mysterious noise, and feel
ing their faces famed by invisible wings,
became alarmed and sprang from the bed,
but their feet came down upon q mass of
squirming, scratching and biting some
things, while other something's struck
them in the face and ON the head and
body, chartered viciously, and having a
disagreeably cold and damp feeling. The
girls opened the door and fastened into
the hall, calling for assistance, and close
ly followed by their torment0rs. Other
occupants of the house, alarmed at the
noise, opened their doors to see what the
trouble was, but were glad to close them
again to keep out the bats and to gain op-
pOrtunity to put on little substantial raj.
ment. Some of the boarders desired to
60 down. stairs, but every step was q bat
roost, and they had to get out upon the
balconies. After much hard work, which
lasted nearly until daylight, the animals
were driven or swept from the upper
story down into the basement, where they
they were gathered into heap so far Is
possible and killed by the application OF
boiling water.
Those thus killed numbered by actual
count 700, ana the girls subsequently
killed four more in their rooms. The trap
was placed in q washtub filled with water
and its occupants drowned. There being
number of bats q 'fve-gallon measure
could hold, they were counted and
amounted to 228! The claim, all told,
filed four buckets, and their remains can
now be seen in the street near the house.
Sacramento Record and Union.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14

As dandy was vending his Wv
through . narrow. passage e the top Of
Charlotte street, Glasgow, he met ! pretty
girl, and said to her: "Pray, INV dear.
what do you call this passsge!" "Ba.
laam's passage" she replied. "Ah.
thcn," said he, Elm like Balaam-
stopped by an angel" "And l." re-
Joined the girl, - she pushed past him.
IAN like an angel-stopped by an as. !"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14

THE census returns Of Sweden and Nor.
way for the close Of 1875 have Just been
published. The former has populstion
making the total population 8 zoo, 526.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14

ANY citizen who so desires can now
sign himself Many Taxpayers'' in his
communications to the newspaper. The
law forbiddiDg it has been repealed.-De-
(sOit Fsee Pres,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14

1t was recently reported from Washing.
ton that all representations on the subject Of
the Chisolm massacre had been referred to
Atty. Gen. Devens, who would examine the
laws for the purpose Of ascertaining whether
there is any authority for the Federal Courts
to interfere. The Secretary of State has
taken part In the investigation because of the
fac that the British authorities complained
that one Of the parties mastered was Brit.
ish subject
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14

May 30 was generally observed Is Deco.
ration Day throughout the country. The cere.
monies at Arlington were participated in BY
the President and Mrs. Hayes and the Cabi.
net. the President and his wife, with flow.
ers brought by themselves, decorating the
graves of dead soldiers. and especially the
monument to the unknown. Allthe Govern.
ment Offices in Washington were closed ON
that day.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14

In consequence of the opposition of Aus.
tria, :he Porte has abandoned the idea of
forming Polish Legion.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14

Several of the Sofas and officials con.
cerned In the recent emewse at Constantinople
have been expatriated.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14

come flowing In from the Golfers filled by
my ancestors"
Bravo! Leol You're splendid fel.
low! That last remark about the collins
of my ancestors was extremely fine. I'd
like to have any one, in the glow of
my present admiration for you, dare to
hint that you were the tiniest speck
croes-eyed. He or she'd repent in haste.
But, most admirable Of your sex, what
would you do If you were . male fellow,
30 unfortunate as to know nothing useful,
and wanted to propose to the girl you loved
and all the rest of itY''
I'D learn . trade if l hadn't talent
enough for profession"
1.-THE average quantity and quality Of
brain is scarcely sufficient for . prUfes
sion, and I'm too old to be taken as an ap.
prentice. If I were not and could be con-
verted into shoemaker or bricklayer-or
-or-plumber, think prefer being .
plumber, they only come and look at things
and 80 away again. couldn't give you
. house like this, where you could cit on
the porch with reach three in front Of
you and nice grapevine over you, MAX
ing clothes for hOrrid children around
corners"
"Nonsensei I don't mean that"
"What do you mean, them" reaching
up and plucking grape from . low
hanging branch.
"Cli1f Cameron, y0u know what mean
a. we'll q / do" and yet she explains
with great slowness and emphasis. "I
mean that . man should be able to SUD-
port the woman he marrics, either BY his
head or hands, whether he is ever Obliged
toor not. Go away, you are putting me
out of temper"
Putting you out of temperl You're
mistaken. never saw your dimple 60
angelic in my life. But say, Leo" he
continued, more seriously, III, l prove 70
you that on an emergency-that 10, X you
with your luxurious tastes and general ex-
travagauce should waste my substance in
Iiotous living after We were married-if I
prove 10 you that in that case I should be
willing and able to give you. bread with
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14

Peace has been concluded between
Abyssinia and Egypt.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14
EPITOME OF THE WEEK,
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.

Anthony Gardner has been elected
President of Liberia.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14

A call has been is sued for q State Re.
publican Convention to meet at Harrisburg,
Pa, on the 10Th OF August.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14

The Montenegrins recently attacked and
captured The Turkish Village Stozer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14

Ex-Gov. Warmoth, of Louisiana, and
Miss Sallie Durand were married ut New
ark, N. j., a few days ago.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-07
Greet WeaifH q Great MocEery.

II you are ever tempted to purchase
a very large pear, decline the investment
or reckon upon disappointment. You
will probably find it woolly almost taste
less, and more like turhip than a pear.
We know, for We have made the expert.
ment in the land where the gigantic
pears are grown. Overgrown fruits
never seem to us to have the delicate
sweetness which may be found in those
of the usual dimensions. What is gained
in suantity is more than lost in quality.
In the same manner great wealth, great
honor and great rank generally turn out
to be great shams. Beside the counter
acting influence OF great care and great
temptation, there is the inevitable satie-
ty in too much of anything, which soon
renders it tasteless. For sweetness pre-
fer competence to enormous fortune, the
esteem of few to the homage of null
titude, and quiet condition to posi-
ton of eminence and splendor. There is
more favor in enough than too much.
Solomon's proverb bids us prefer the din
ner Of herbs eaten in peace to the stalled
OK consumed amid contention; and his
remark is the more practical when we con-
slider how often the fat OK seems of neces-
sity to involve contention, while the
herbs are not thought 10 be worth fight
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-07
The Blarney stone is

means inspiring. The Blarney stone is
ciasped to the outer parapet by the irons
! have already referred to, and in order
to reach it you must lean out over the
open space between two and three feet
in width. 1t is quite impossible to
touch i. with your lips without the IA
sistance Of second party who hangs on
to you in the rear to prevent your diving
out through the chasm beneath | was
alone; the wind whistled about my ears
and all the grass and fern tufts that have
sprouted among the decaying mortar
Kissed spitetulIy. cautiously crept to
the edge OF the wall, and while the earth
seemed to swim under NE, while the
walls oe the old castle seemed to sway to
and fro, l reached out to the parapet and
touched the stone with my finger tips.
This il as near as ever got to it, but ]
have had enough. There is a stone
down stats on the ground which is far
more convenient, and is usually sub.ti-
tuted for the original. For more than
four hundred years this castle has been
the soul-ieature of importance in a very
cheerful though lovely landscape. The
square tower, with its machicola,ei bat
tlement-all that is left of the castle
has been visited by pilgrims from every
cline. But it doesn't pay. 1t is very
dreary and very tiresome. The man on
the lawn who sells big oak ornaments is
more attractive. The woman who holds
the keys of the castle, and who talks as
if she had been brought up on Blarney
stones, is letter worth your attention.
Cdtlofc Standard.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-07
NLs Am I Not a Christian {?

|. Is il because ] an afraid of ridi-
Guile, and what Others may say of me ?
WhOsoever shall he ashamed of Me,
and My words; Of him shall the Son of
Man be ashamed"
9. Il it because of tie inconsistencies
Of protesting christians?
Every man shall give an account Of
himself to God"
3. Is it because ] am not willing to
give up all for Christ?
"What shall it profit a man if he shall
gain the whole world and lose his own
soul.
4. Is ii because I shall not he ac-
cepted?
Him that come,h unto Me / will in
no wise cast out"
). Is it because I fear ! am a great
sinner?
"The blood o; Jesus Christ cleanseth
from all SIM"
&. Is it because'I am afraid shall not
hold out?
He that hath begun q good work in
!sou will perfect it unto the day of Christ
Jesus"
:. Is it because I am thinking that |
will do as we'll as can, and that GOO
ought to be satisfied?
Whosoever shall keep the whole law,
and yet offend in one point, he is guilty
of ALL"
s. Is it because / an postponing the
matter without any defnate reason?
Boast not myself of tomorrow. for
thou knowest not what day may bring
forth"
"Choose ye this day whom you will
serve for this a faithful saying, and
worthy of all acceptation, that Christ
Jesus came into the world to save sim
ners." Nretian Cynosure.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-07
KISSING THE killarney STONE.

All that is left of Blarney Castle, a
mere stell, stands somewhat apart from
the village of Barney and the lake,
though it is near TO the mansion now
occupied by the possesser of the estate.
l was admitted to the castle by the
woman, who babe me climb till / came
to the top, and she did not omit to eau
ton me against falling off on the way
up. l climbed, and climbed, and
climbed. Three or four times on the
way to the turrets might have dropped
down from the doorless passages that
opened into the interior. There is not
door left in it from the foundation to
the top. The castle is like an enormous
chimney full of small windows. By the
side of the spiral stairs that screw their
way up one corner of the building there
are small chambers-hardly large enough
for sleeping rooms, though perhaps once
used for that purpose-with walls OF
amazing thickness. On the top ! fol-
lowed the wall: quite broad enough for
footpath, till came to that part of it
where the famous stone is lodged, held
in its place by strong bars of iron. The
outer ruin or turret is larger than the
castle, and is held in its place by pro.
truding stones; anywhere along the top
between the supports you may look down
the wall Of the castle through the gap,
and the sight on a windy day, when the
ruins seem TO quake under You, ie BY no