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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24
Lighthouses and Waves.

THE force of the waves and the height
to which they dash against lighthouse
towers in the most exposed situations are
astonishing; and we cannot contemplate
them without rejecting how great a
triumph of science and art these build
ings are, and how strange life in them
must be. We find some interesting in
formation on these points in the c0pi0us
appendix to the report of the Royal Com
mission appointed in 1858 to inquire into
the condition and management of lights.
buoys and beacons-a bulky parliament
airy blue book Uf 1861. At the LOngships
lighthouse, ON the top of a conical rock
opposite Lands End, the Commissioners
were told by the head keeper that in heavy
weather waves break above the lantern,
seventy nine feet above high-water mark !;
and that on one occasion the sea lifted the
cOwl of the top so as to admit a great deal
of water, by which several of the lamps
were extinguished, and all the men
were employed in bailing till the
tide fell. He added that there is cav.
ern under the lighthouse at the end of a
long slip in the rock, and when there is q
heavy sea the noise produced by the escape
of pent-up air from the cavern is so great
that the men can hardly sleep.
Concerning the Scilly Bishops light.
house, on q rock in the southwest CT the
Scilly Isles, of which the Commissioners
say that the building is "perhaps the
most exposed in the world" they give
the report of the head keeper that THE
spray goes over the top of the lighthouse,
the height of which is 10 feet. At the
South Bishop Rock lighthouse they were
informed that "spray occasionally
strikes the lantern, and it has broken the
lower windows of the dwelling house,
that Is, of the part of the tower so-called
Yet the South Bishop Rock lighthouse is
On rock-off the coast of South Wales
Of such size that there is . patch of grass
before the door, and the tower rises to a
height Of IA feet above the sea.
The Smalls Lighthouse, also off the
coast of South Wales, is on low rock
about twenty miles from land, but 30
large that there "is room to walk about"
It Is above high-water mark, but, we
are told, 1.-THE sea breaks all about the
lantern of the old lighthouse, and over
the new building when there is heavy
wooden lighthouse, erected in 17S6; the
new building" . stone one in course
of erection in 1859, when the visit of the
Commissioners was paid. The Commits
sioncrs add, from Information given to
them by the head keeper, that green
seas pass up to . point about thirty two
feet above the level of the rock" II this
is the case in the Irish Sea. what must be
the height to which "green seas'' reach
ON the lighthouse towers in the Atlantic
Oceanl As to the force Of the waves,
although NO stone had been removed
from its place since the work of the new
building began, an iron bar was shown
to the Commissioners about two inches
thick, and fixed in the rock, which had
been bent like wire.-Engliah Paper.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24
CONDENSED 1ElEeRAPmlc NEWS.

The London Globe of the 9th publishes
a Pera dispatch in which it Is stated that the
Russians bad gained an important victory be-
tween Kan and Erzcroum and that the Turks
had retreated upon the latter place. 1t waa
rumored that the latter bad lost IA 900 men.
A Constantinople telegram of the 9th
says the Sultan had resolved to proclaim holy
war.
A Bucharest special of the 9th says
Roumania had decided to proclaim her indie
pendence and issue a declaration of war
A st. Petersburg dispatch of the 9th
says fanatical rising had taken place in the
Tchetchensi country. One hand of 500 insur-
gents were dispersed by the Russian troops, with
a loss Of ninety-nine killed and $50 wounded.
The Russian loss waa small.
An explosion of gas occurred on the
morning Of the 9Th, in the Vaudeville Mines,
near 81. Clair, Pa. Fourteen men were impris-
oned, and the bodies of six had been recovered
mp to the morning of the 10th. Eight were res-
cued alive. badly injured.
A Washington special of the 9th says it
has been decided 10 reduce the army by dis
charging 2500 enlisted men, and that the Presi-
Dent mad direcsed the Seczesazy OF War to issue
the necessary order.
At Boston, on the 9th, Alfred Rand, a
medical student aud graduate of Harvard,
committed suicide. He loaded small cannon.
nd having applied slow match to it. lay
. ~n ON the noof WITH n" head At the mouth of
.ne weapon "nen NJ exploded h's head was
blown on.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

-On the Public Garden this morning
common ground sparrow was observed to
be quite sufficient to vaBquish at least
half . dozen Of the English birds. The
fleht ended by the ground sparrow,
perched upon twig. taking one Of the
foreigners BY the wing, letting him hang
toward the ground and shaking him much
g ! terrier dog would . rat.-Boseon
Thunscripe.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24
-Here IA an English public eel

Here IL an English public school
ceit." " COnceit IL very bad thing.
Some people are couceited shout their
name, family pedigree or anything else.
This also Is conceit. Women also are
mostly conceitcd, also about their hair,
eyes and teeth, and anything else. Con.
ceit is also very bed"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

=" Put out your tongue little further"
said physician to fair invalid "A
little further still, if you please" Why,
doctor, do you think w0man's tongue
has NO end?" said the gentle sufferer. IAN
end, perhaps, madam" replied the doc
tor. " but no cessation"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

There continues to be . dreadful dis
crepancy between the number Of men who
want to borrow and the number who want
to lend.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

Boston isn't to blame because the
Hoosac tunnel doesn't pay. She was will
ing to dig the hole and take her chances.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

Poindexter Edmondson, who WIS to
have been hanged at Bloomfield, Mo-, ON the
18th. has been respited by the Governor until
July Is. He was convicted solely on circum-
stantial evidence, and dying man is said to
have lately confessed that he committed the
murder for which Edmondson was found guilty.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

The fifty second anniversary of the
American Tract Society was celebrated in New
York on the evening Of the 18th. The receipts
for last year, according to the annual report,
were s44l, 1888, and the expenditures, e44l, 1l9.
About 6. 000, 600 copies of the Society's publca-
tons were circulated during 1876-'77.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

A Polish legion has been formed in
Austria t. aid the Turks.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS,

The expectation of corn from Servia has
been prohibited.
Defense works are being constructed
around Constantinople.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

The village of Eyschoff in Vslois has
been destroyed by fire. Over 800 people were
rendered homeless.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

The New York Senate Committee of
Investigation have made a report stating that
they have been unable to find any testimony to
sub tantiate the charges against Senator Woodin,
preferred or stated in Tweeds confession"
The Senate unanimously adopted the report.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24
The Atlantic Mutual Life Insurance
Company, of Albany, N. Y, has failed.

Only one man escaped from the Turk
ish monitor which exploded near Ibrail.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

Prince Milan and his Cabinet have
formally assured Austria that Servia will not
disturb the peace.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

The Minnesota Stste Fair is to be held
at Minneapolis during the first week in Sep
tember.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

The Governor of New York has vetoed
a bill which passed the Legislature authorizing
the election of women to school offices.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

d.. Taylor Lewis, President of Union
College. died at Schenectady. N. Y, on the night
of the 18th. He was seventy-fve years old.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

The President has signed q convention
between the Postof6ce Department Of the United
States and that of Italy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

The Delaware Hudson Canal Compa-
ny issued circular. the 18th, stating that, on
account Of the unusual competition, prices for
coal would be made from day to day. This was
understood by the New York coal men to mean
war and low prices.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

Owing to the sudden fall of the water in
the Danube, making it impossible to get out the
Turkish monitors in the old bed of the river OPP
posite Ibrail, the Porte has ordered that they be
abandoned or destroyed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

The Russian Minister, Count Shiskin.
has formally notified the Secretary of State, at
Washington, that a state of war exists between
Russia and Turkey. Similar notice was given
by the Turkish Minister some time ago.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-24

Two Deputy United States Marshsls and
two special United States Bailiffs have been ar
rested at Glasgow, KY, on a charge Of shooting
with intent to kill. The trouble arose from an
attempt to arrest illicit distillen.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-14

T. R. zofA RE. knrnY
ue
/. 4
KELLY & H0FER,
Stock and Money Brokers
oA1oe In County Buildings,
CARSON eIqY. kEv.,
xKyILk PURCHASE AND SELL
w stst,tiy on commission
MINING stocks
rr,ap,sc0 Stock and Exchange Board.
advances md00 OF dP'
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-14

the 0RMSBy HOUSE,
Carson and Second Streets
Carson City. Nevada.
GEO. D. FRYER PROP.
This we'll known hotel has bssn enlarged ana
reconstructed until In capacity sno appearance
II Is, unquestionsbly the
REST PUBLIC HOUSE IN NEVADA
surpasses any ,hins Of the tiado this State;
SPACIOUS DINING NALL
Marnincent Parlors and Splendid
Suites OF Rooms.
Combine to make II supply want long ie'
here and xAsouehcut the State. NO pans OF
e1,onse will be spared in the CULINARY
DEPARTMENT, and nothing tnat the mafRe's
80 ~. Pacific Coast afford will be omitted from
the table.
To correspond with the general elegance OF
tbs house THE BAR will be kept on plan
sacona to nothing In San Francisco: and the
pIII.IARD ROOM will always be nrst-cisss IN
all ts appointments.
rnr WESTERN UNION 1tlEsRAsR-see1PAHs
Have en- Office in the house; and all possible
facilities will be Afforded to
e...t.. Families and tts Travslf0g
Public.
A share of public patronage is solicited.
GEO. D. FRYER,
jan1
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-14

DULLION Even such as Is not
ID receivable at the U. S. Mint assaJeo ana
sold on the most favorable terms.
Samples cf Ore critically assayed for both
Gold and Silver, AND REPORTS BASED UPON
DUPLICATE TESTS, for 81. 25 per sample,
when reports are delivered in Carson.
Samples of Ore sssayed for Copper. Lead
Antimony. Tin and Mercury. or other Mesals'
nj very low rates. See Circulars.
Samples of all inorganic substances. miner,
ais. saline deposits and mineral waters analyzed
and examined chemically or microscopically.
Alse particular attention given to the Exam
inAtion Of Foods and Liquors, with reference
to ADULTERATIONS.
We aim at a large business on small pronts'
whether in Analysis or in other branches.
Assayers and the Trade furnished with Chem
tcally Pure Gold at $40 per o., with discounts
OF for quantity. Chemically Pure Silver 81
So per OF.
For further information see advertisement N
Virginia Evening Chronicle, or call, Is above
ON Messrs. Pixley b Mcconnell for Circular.
CONRA WIEGANp,
Formerly Melter and Refiuer OF q. 8. Mint al
San Francisco, and lsisr Assaysr of the sams
Establishment. ho'i4A
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-01-25
An Eccentric Wandcrer.

For fifteen or twenty years an odd.
looking genius, dressed from head to
foot in leather, has made irregular jour-
neys from this neighborhood TO some
place or places in the northern part of the
county. Nobody knows who he is, where
he comes from, where he goes, what his
nationality is, or what is his age and
name. He generally travels by unfre-
quentei roads, and whenever spoken to
always pretends that he does not under
stand the language. We say pretends,
because only few DAYS ago he met a
young lady in sleigh in Trumbull and
asked her in very good English her des-
tination and what were the contents of the
sleigh. The suit he wears is always the
same, and apparently is made Of boot
legs ripped open and coarsely sewed to-
gether. His boots are a wonderful &C.
emulation of leather, one patch being
fastened upon the other till they are
simply huge, unwieldly masses. His hat
looks like boot leg cut off and top
sewed in one end, and a piece to serve
for frontpiece ON the other. Everybody
along the roads knows him, and the same
title, "The Leather Man." is always
given him. He gets his food by begging,
and always appears to have a first class
appetite. Taken altogether, he is a very
singular combination, and very many
people would like to learn more Of him.
He sometimes comes along at intervals Of
q couple of weeks, and then again will be
absent for weeks ana occasionally months.
Bridgeport Comm Standard.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-01-25
The Gospel Of Merit.

Where there is SO much rivalry as In the
manufacture of family medicines, he who
would succeed must give positive and con-
vincing proof of merit. This is an age of in
CURRY. People take nothing for granted.
They must know the ",chys" and !" ,chcre-
fores before acknowledging the superiority
of one article over another. Among the few
preparations that have stood the test, those
manufactured by r. V. Pierce, NJ. D., of the
Worlds Dispensary, Buffalo, N. Y, have for
many years been foremost. The truth of any
statement made concerning them can be
easily ascertained, for DR.. Sagc's Catarrh
Remedy and DR.. Picrce's Golden Medical
Discovery are now prescribed by many
physicians in curing obstinate cases of Ca
tarrh and incipicnt Consumption. The Dis
covery has no equal in curing Coughs, Colds,
Bronchial and Nervous Affections. It allays
all irritation of the mucous membrane, aids
digestion, and when used with DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgaivc Pellets readily ovcrcomcs
torpid hucr and Constipation, while the
FavCrite Prescription has no rival in the
field of prepared medicine in curing diseases
peculiar to females. If you wish to "kno,o
thyse!f" procure a copy Of The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser" an illus
trated book of nearly l 900 pages, adapted to
the wants Of everybody. Price $50, post
age prepaid. Address the author, +. ".
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-01-25

tip, it was evident to him that the whole
affair must be explained to that individu-
al, as it was becoming serious.
Next day, as he expected. Flittcrtip
having proved his identity, returned 10
Raeburn thirsting for Bollop's blood.
But once more Jerry's luck served him
we'll. To the establishment of everybody,
the shipwrecked Frank Raeburn did turn
up, having, with two of the crew, reached
an out-of-the-way island, from which,
after many hardships. he had been res
cued by a passing vessel.
He managed to pacify Flittertip, who
behaved much better than the unscrup.l-
lous Jerry deserved; managed after ali to
buy a property in the neighborhood, and
lived to laugh over the events we have re-
counted. He and Jerry became firm
friends, the latter's hints on farming being
very useful to Flittertip; but Mrs. F.
never forgave Bollop the tomato to her
dying day.
DR.. Tom won his wife, but he made up
his mind never again in the future to adj
wise any one to play the part of lively
lunatic.-H. Sauile Clarke, IN Illustrated
Sporting and Dramatic Ners.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-01-25
JNsPOKEN QUESTIONS.

mount TO your chamber. Your slow, pillowet
head.
At the sound of my name, turns. sit by you
bed:
And we smile. and We chat on the news of tn,
day:
And Know. and You know you are passip,
But up to my lips. as the tears to my eyes.
10 be forced back, surge questions that find no
Do you link my light glance, in your face firm
Take. no note of the trenches which nearer are
drawn.
Day by dav by the foe that lays siege to your life
Are yoa glad to be led. to mid -heat from thu
strife
OF ear hs slraining race course, to hide eye and
From the glare Of mems gaze and the noise o.
their cheers.
And. weary enough in the dust to lie down,
Forgetting the race and foregoing the crown!
Or. more sharp than the pangs OF the flesh, TO tn,
soul.
Isto fall within sight-out Of rea III of your goal
Does your soul as the foot OF the spoiler draw,
nigh.
Bow down to the pit or Law hold on the sky:
Can vop each. through the valley you wa K to
ward alone
Any clmpses aar of the Lamb on the throne.
Shall you lean, as You tread the steep brink of thu
On the arm Of the One who is mighty to save:
When s'eeps silent chambers have drawn in the
crowd,
When the towns voice grows low and the clocks
voice grows loud
When up 10 YOU ear from the pavement comes
iaint
The step of til sinner or late serving saint
When pain from your pillow drives slumber away
AMI the night burns down with its duh
And the tirowsy nurse mods. like punctual ghost
Giidcs in grim Remorse to keep watch at her
Or does Conscience stand by you, a comforting
As ycu lie here and wait, with your deeds at an
end
Lie waiting for Judgment. while time his last
For you says ere E.ern;tys sentence is heard? -
Tn ugh many are nearer. and some are more dear
nto me. Yet. o friend of many year.
If some might be warmer. none ever more true,
As think and believe. have bsen toward me thar
ven.
When the slow. but sharp shears on your thread
shall be shut.
Can You see how one strand Of my own will be
In er,wiued-slender still of it's fairest in glow.
Down into the dark in your coifiu to so:
l know not, and now l may scarce look t.
krow-
So near Death leans DER you to set his great
seal
To your silence on all that you fear. or you feel
Thus Query and muse. and we finish our talk,
And 20 forth alone in the sunshine to walk.
Strong in health AMI purpose. but under weight
That t.eads on my heart like the foot OF your
Fate
Go coming sad dirges and dreariest verse.
Throush the streets you shall traverse anon in
Your hearse.
And next YOUR white lips will have murmur I'd
III -ir last,
And yuur voice have become as the voice Of the
Past:
And my thoughts must stray back from the flood
tide of men,
To a bleak. emptied chamber! What then-and
what then:
f. Fo,r0Ht. in Boston Daily 1idrertiser.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-01-25
Boys in Pennsylvania Coal Mines.

Several miles from this place, near the
little mining town of st. Clair, is the
Hickory Colliery, one of the Oldest mines
in the old Schuylkill region. The
entrance to the mine is from the top of the
precipitous hill, which, covered with the
black refuse of scores of years, bears the
semblance of a mountain of coal dust.
From the doors and open windows of the
colliery buildings great cloud of black
dust is ever streaming, settling on every
thing about till not an object in the neigh
borh0od but is black as the black diamond
itself. The interior of the buildings is q
cloud of hazy blackness; and the black,
silent men, as they appear and disappear
in the dust, seem like so many evil genii
floating in dark stOrm-clOuds.
The buildings at one time were evident
" we'll kept, with some attention to the
comfort of the men who worked in them,
but now they are going to rack and ruin.
The rickety wooden stairs, leading over
depths that make the head swim to look
into them, are so shaky and unsafe that
it is only with the greatest care that one
who is unaccustomed can make his way
over them. The doorways are open and
bare, and there is nothing to prevent the
cold winds from whistling through the
old rookery.
With these somber surroundings it is
no wonder that the men are silent and
lowering. In these works 800 men and
boys are employed; and when went
through the buildings and through the
mine yesterday saw them all. Among
all these 800, although was with them
for hours, ] did not hear q laugh or even
seen smile. Each one had his routine to
go1through, and he went through it just
as eam-engine or clock. And when
quitting time came each one went back to
his home in the regular groove, just as
the steam goes out Of the boiler when its
work is done, and then dropped off into
sleep. his only pleasure. have seen far
more cheerful bodies of men in prisons.
It may be their black and dreary surround
ings; it may be their knowledge of con.
slant and terrible danger; it may be the
strain of the great physical labor-I know
notwhat tits, but something there is about
these mines that wears the life and soul
out # the men, leaving only the weary,
blackened shell.
In little room in this big, black shed
"a room not twenty feet square-where a