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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-12
Strange Discovery Of the Colors OF q
French Regiment.

A RECENT discovery at Strasburg recalls
an incident of the battle of Froschwi!lel
at the outbreak of the FrancO-G German
War. The colors of the Eighth Regiment
Of French Cuirassicrs, which were sup.
posed to have been lost upon the field of
battle, have been recovered.
It appears that q non. commissioned off.
Ger of the regiment, finding that the battle
was lost, tore the cOlOrs from tie pole and
folded them round his chest. No sooner
had he done this than he was mortally
wounded by she'll; but he had time,
when carried to an ambulance, to contide
the cOlOrs To another soldier, who prom
Used to restore them to the regiment. The
latter failed to fulfill his promise, and, not
understanding the value Of the cOlOrs, he
sold the red and blue strips of the flag ut
Strasburg, having in the meantime torn
off the white strip to make himself neck.
tie.
1t happened that an inhabitant of Stras-
burg, who is in the habit of purchasing
curiositics, heard OF tho matter, and he at
once obtained possession Of the two strips
sold, which he has rejoincd. and upon
which are embroidered in gold letters.
"Thc Emperor Napoleon Ill. to the
Eighth Regiment Of Cuirassiers," and
upon the reverse side, "Eckmuhl-Wag-
ram-La Moskowa-Hanau!' The col.
lector, when he ascertained to whom the
colors belonged, lost no time in forward.
ing them to the Colonel OF the regiment
which had lost them.-PaN Nal Gazetts.
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A Famous Mountain.

WITHIN few miles of the city of Juna-
CHAR (more properly Junagarh) there rises
one of the most famous mountains in the
world, though many Of my readers may
never have heard of it before. 1t is Girnar,
or the Lord of Mountains, is also called the
Sin Destroying Mount, and by many other
similar names. High up on its first peak,
above a stupendOus precipice, and at a
height of nearly 5000 feet, there is Sc
ries of magnificent and beautiful temples
sacred to the religion of the Jains-a cor.
rupt form of Buddhism - and one of
which contains their famous perspiring
statue. On the summit of that peak there
is temple containing most ancient and
sacred HindOO image, or, rather, stone,
the Amba Mata, or Mother of Gods. The
peaks beyond have sacred shrines, to
which hundreds of thousands of pilgrims
yearly ascend. Hundreds of naked devo-
tees, besmeared with paint or ashes, are
scattered over this mountain, exposing
themselves TO almost incredible hardships.
Its last peak, the Dread Mother, summed
by pilgrims, is Sacred to Kali or Durga,
the blood stained spouse of silva the De-
stroyer; and that peak, with the jungle at
its base, is invested by the worst Of all
devotees who live ON carrion
and human flesh, and shun the face of
mankind.-Blackscood' Magazine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-12

Central Africa, from the mixed Ara
and Abyssinians of Nubia, Berber and
SEMINAR, to the pure negro of Darfour,
and the yet other cross-neither negro nor
Abyssinian-which forms the Gala tribes.
These it is whose kidnapping and other
means Of obtainment in the remote in
terror form the chief ground of complaint
against slavery in Egypt. But once in
the country and absorbed into its service,
their condition. it may be affirmed, BE-
comes not merely an immense improve
ment on their past, but in all respects one
Of the Highest forms of servitude To which
the name of slavery can be given. From
every material point of view they are in.
finitely better off than the free-born fellah.,
on whom, indeed, they look down with
proud contempt as an inferior class
since, as before remarked, both law and
religion combine to protect them, | as
neither protects the peasant. A bad mas
ter can, of course, ill-treat his slave as
we'll as his free servant to the borders OF
cruelty without coming within the clutches
of the Cadi; but such cases are rare, as
the social sentiment on the subject is es-
sentially humane and quite as operative as
public opinion among Ourselves.-Tsns-
lev's Magazine.
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Cavalry In Action.

ORIGINALLY horses were only used in
war for the purpose of bringing the Chiefs
fresh into action, and this was effected by
means of chariots, from which the war
riors descended and fought on foot. Even
when cavalry proper first came into use
the horsemen did not charge in organized
bodies, or engage in hand to hand en-
counters, their arms being only bows and
arrows or javelins. In fact, the first cav
airy were but mounted skirmishers. When
Xcrxcs invaded Greece, the Persian host
comprised cavalry, who were accustomed
to charge in regular formation, and fight
hand to hand with the enemy. Alexan-
der the Great was apparently the first
among the Greeks to understand the
proper use of cavalry, and to derive full
advantage from their momentum. His
cavalry were of three sorts: Heavy, with
coats of mail, helmets and brazen greaves,
swords and short pixies; light, with lances
sixteen feet long, used mainly for OUT post
duty; and dimachi, genuine dragons, &C.
cust0med to fight either on foot or horse
back. Alexander organized his cavalry
in troops $50 strong, with eight ranks.
Between the troops he placed light infan-
try, a practice which has found favor
with commanders who lived 1900 years
later. The early Roman cavalry used
neither saddle nor stirrups, wore no CUR
ass, and had only shield and helmet.
Their arms were light lances, javelins and
swords. They sat on pad, kept in its
place by girth, breast plate and a
crupper. The Roman cavalry, as such,
were for some time only used for recon-
noitering purposes, and to pursue q
beaten enemy. As late as the battle of
Canine, the Roman knights leaped off
their horses to fight. Hannibal intro
duced great Improvements in the Cartha-
ginian cavalry, and the Romans, ever
ready to ready to learn from an enemy,
followed his example, and raised the
mounted branch to u high state of eff
ciencv.
The Germans formed their cavalry in
deep order, with sometimes as many as
sixteen ranks. Their method of fighting
was by riding up to the enemy without
charging, and, upon arriving within range
of their pistols, they fired two pistol shots
each, and then the front rank wheeled to
the right or left and unmarked the sec.
ond, which took up the fire while the
leading rank were retiring to the rear,
where they formed up in reserve, and re-
charged their pistols. Each rank did this
in turn, until the whole force had dis
charged their weapons. A practice arose
among the French cavalry Of charging at
speed, sword in hand, and the result was
always the overthrow Of their opponents.
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Old Greek Athletics.

THERE is no doubt that among the
Greeks the pursuit of high muscular con-
dition was early associated with that of
health, and that hygiene and physical
training were soon discovered to he close
ly allied. Thus Herodicus, a trainer, who
was also an invalid, was said to have dis
covered from his own case the method of
treating disease by careful diet and regi-
men. and to have thus contributed to the
advancement of Greek medicine. Pau
sanias also mentions wi. 3. 81 the case of q
certain HysmOn, an Elean, who, when q
boy, had rheumatism in his muscles, and
on this account practiced for the pentath-
Ion that he might become q healthy and
sound man. His training made him not
only sound, but a celebrated victor. 1t
would be very interesting to know in de-
tail what rules the Greeks prescribed for
this purpose. Pausanias tells us wi. Z, 81
that certain DrOmeus, who won teri VIC
tories in long races at various games
(abOut VI. 74) was the first who thought of
eating meat in his training, for that up to
that time the diet of athletes had been
cheese from wicker baskets. II must be
remembered that meat diet was not COM
mon among the Greeks. who, like most
Southern people, lived rather upon fish,
fruit and vegetables, 40 that the meat din
ners of BeOtia were censured rs heavy
and rather disgusting. However, the dis
c0very of Dr0meus was adopted by Greek
athletes ever after, and we hear Of their
compulsory meals of large quantities of
meat, and their consequent sleepiness and
sluggishness in ordinary life. in such q
way ~ to make us believe that the Greeks
had missed the real secret OF training,
and actually thought that the more
strong nutrimcnt man could ab-
sorb the stronger he would become.
The quantity eaten by athletes is
universally spoken of rs far exceeding the
quantity eaten by ordinary men, not con-
sidering its heavier quality. Our suspi
cion that, IN consequences, Greek athletic
performances were not greater, If even
equal, to our own, 10, however, hard &c
verify, - we are without any informa-
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ton az to the time in which their running
feats were performed. They had no
watches, or nice measures of short divis-
ions of time, and always ran races only
to see who would win, not to see in how
short q time q given distance could be
done. Nevertheless, a. the course was
over soft sand, and as the vases picture
them rushing along In pread-eagle fash
ion, with their arms like the sails of a
windmill-in order to aid the motion of
their bodies, as the Germans explain
latter Philostratos)-nay, as we even hear
of their having started shouting, if we
can believe such a thing, their time per-
formances in running must have been de-
ciLedly poor. In the Olympic games,
the running, which had originally been
the only competition, always came first.
The short race was once up the course,
and seems to have been about 1875 yards.
About the year 720 B. G. races of double
the course, and long races of about 5000
wards, were added races in armor were
q later addition, and came at the end of
the sports. 1t is remarkable that among
all these varieties hurdle-races were un.
known, though Jumping was assigned a
special place, and thought very import
ant. We have several remarkable anec.
dOtes of endurance in running long jour-
neys cited throughout Greek his
tory, and even now the modern
inhabitants are remarkable for this
quality. I have seen a young man
Keep up with q horse ridden at q
good pace across rough country for
many miles, and have been told that the
Greek postmen are quite wonderful in
their speed and endurance. But this is
compatible with very poor performances
at prize meetings. There were short
races for boys at Olympia of half the
length. Eighteen years was beyond the
limit of age for competing, as story in
Pausanias implies, and boy Vino won al
the age of twelve was thought wonderful
ly young. The same authority tells US OF
a man who won the short race at four sue.
cessive meetings, thus keeping up his
pace for sixteen years-a remarkable case.
There seems to have been no second prize
in any of the historical games. a natural
consequence of the abolition of material
rewards. There was, of course, a good
deal of chance in the course of the con.
test, and Pausanias evidently knew cases
where the winner was not the best man
For example, the races were run in heats
of four, ard if there was an odd mar
over, the owner of the last lot drawn
could sit down till the winners of the
heats came together, and run against then
without any previous fatigue. The limit
alton of each heat of four competitor
arose, fancy, from their not wearing
colors Tor even clothes) and so not being
easily distinguishable. They were &C
cordingly walked into the arena through
an underground passage in the raised sid
of the stadium, and the name and country
of each proclaimed in order by a herald
This practice is accurately copied in tn,
present Olympic games held at Athen
every four years. --Macmillan's Magdzine
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/" knowledge Is Power"

EVERY year an Grafton is delivered be-
fore the Hunterian Society of London, in
eulogy of John Hunter, the celebrated
physician, from whom the society takes
its name. The address of DIR. w. Moxon
for the present year is remarkably vigor.
Gus. The following is an extract:
1.-THE great fallacy of the age is the vul-
gar fallacy that knowledge is power. But
not all knowledge is power. Only the
knowledge you have faith and aim to use
is power; and the instinct of each mind
is. l believe, a far better judge of how
much knowledge it has faith and aim to
use than we commonly suppose. KnOwl
ledge is not power. Any fourth years
student knows much that Hunter did
not, and could not, know. But where is
the power of Hunter? Power arises by
training in the use of knowledge. Con-
slider the difference between training and
teaching. The teacher carries over the
things he knows, and fixes them in the
learners memory; the trainer takes what
is in the memory, and converts it into an
organ for the pupils own use. The store
of memory of things taught is totally dis
tinct and separate from the trained mech
anism for use of knowledge. And these
two different things the store and mech
anism-are In separate places in the
brain. It is only of late years We can be
sure of this. We have it proved obvious
ly in the case of language in what is
called aphasia. In aphasia, person par
alyzed on the right side of his body has
lost the power of using language, and yet
understands all you say. Obviously.
then, the understanding Of speech is in
one place, and the power framing lam
guage is in another place, in the brain.
The same is true throughout all human
requirements. The power of knowing is
the fruit of knowing, and the power of
acting is the fruit Of acting. There is
knowledge stored in one place. and the
power of using it Stored in another place.
Teaching is the storing of knowledge; it
may be done quickly. Training is the
creation of an organ for the use of knowl-
edge: it needs much time; it is slow
process. The trainer has to convert the
pupils knowledge into motive, his desire
into patience, his will into skill. Every
good trainer aims to raise up in the pupils
mind self training faculty, which shall
itself continue to train more and more
knowledge into motive. By such train
ing knowledge becomes power. But
knowledge, as given by the mere teacher
into the memory, is not power; it is 80
much weight, which by training may be-
come the instrument Of power. Now,
the self training spirit is natural to some
men-tO all great men. On the other
hand, the self-training spirit is almost alb
sent in some men. These are the fools,
and they trouble every one as to what is
to be done with them. But the vast ma
jority of men have some self-training fac
ulty; and the proper aim Of education. is
to support this, which may call the vital
spark of character, by help from the train
ing faculties of others"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-12

WHEN Mr.. Snow, Barnum's press agent,
was here, he called on Bijah and they
had long visit. When he was on the
point of going away he handed the old
janitOr an envelope. Inside of it was q
ticket. The ticket read:
PASS BIJAH
INTO THE SHOW
After he
PAYS FIFTY CENTS.
And as soon as Barnum himself ar
rived in Detroit he sent for Bijah to come
and see him. The good old man parted
his hair in the middle, changed ends
with his paper collar, and otherwise
slicked himself up, and by-and-by he
might have been seen in the presence of
the great Snowman.
give heard of you, and you've heard
of me-" brusquely began Mr.. Barnum.
" How would you like to travel with me ,"
First rate. just banker to roll from
town to town."
"You shall be one of my cannibals at
fifteen dollars per week." continued Mr..
Barnum.
Bijah's jaw fell.
"Or YOU can have cage all by your
self, and be known as the wild hyena of
Australia"
Bijah began to get red in the face.
COR if you had rather" softly con-
tinued Mr.. Barnum. "you can sit behind
a screen and exhibit those feet of yours to
the astonished public. We will label one,
The Eastern Hemisphere the other,
The Western Hemisphere and you can
read dime novels behind the canvas while
the populace gaze in wonder and awe.
When can you leave!'
Bijah left in about a minute. He said
he wanted to 90 down. stairs and get a
toothpick, and he never returned. Detroit
Free Press.
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THE TURCO.RUssIAN WAR.

A Russian official dispatch, published
in London. on the morning of the 2sth, says
the Turks had attacked the right wing of the
Russi ms, and been repulscd with great loss,
after battle lasting eight and half hours.
The Russian loss was $50 killed and
wounded.
The late battle at Delibaba is acknowl.
edged to have been indccisive. The Rus.
slams fell back with heavy loss, and the Turks
had about 400 killed and 1000 wounded.
A Constantinoplc telegram of the 9th
reports that Mehemet Ali had advanced To
the River Moratscla, in Montenegro, and
burned $40 houses, sparing the churches
and monssterics. Over 5000 Mcutencgrius
We're encountered and defeated, with loss
Of 200 men, after six hours fight. The
Turkish loss was Us.
The ROumanian batteries opened fire
on the Turkish position at Widdin On the
evening Of the eth, and the task Ut its rcduc-
ton has been assigned 10 the Roumanian
Army.
The Russian cruisers have been oper.
ating in the Black Sea at points 90 near the
Bosphorus as to argue contempt for the Turk.
ish feet. Three merchant vessels which
were loading in the harbor Of Hsraclea we're
lately destroyed.
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Mean souls, like mean pictures, are
often found in good.looking frames.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-12

The celebrated trotting mare Lady
Thorne died recently at Trenton, n. j.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-12

A conspiracy to blow up the banks of
the Sucz Canal had been uncarthed at Alex.
andria.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-12

CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
The elections in France have been post
poned till the l4th OF October.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-12

The President has appointed Gen. Will.
lam G. Leduc, of Minnesota, Commissioner
Of Agriculture.
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in Dalmatia, Croatia, Sclavonia, Banat and
Pennsylvania.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-12

Gen. Sherman has started for the Vel
lows+Gne River, for the purpose of inspect
ing the frontier posts.
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George Fister, of Mahanoy City, Pa,
died Of hydrophobia few days ago.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-01

Mr.. j. G. West, lt 25O Second street.
makes a specially Of repairing sewing
machines and in rehitins and making
new old machines People do not know
that an old, rusty and apparently worn
out sewing machinf can be made as good
as new by an acSomplished workman
who understands the business. Mr..
West is practical workman on sewing
machines, and has had extensive expe-
rlence in the business. He will warrant
all work for one year, and all machines
will be returned free Of charge Strict
attention will be paid to country orders
which orders are Solicited. Ifyou have
a machine which ypu think is worn ont
and of no accounY send it to Mr.. West
and let him examine it. Very few ma
chimes are past the repairing point. and
many thought to be worthless can be
made useful and valuable. But in ordar
to accomplish this result you must en-.
ploy skiIliul "Orhnan. Mr. West pays
strict attention to his business. and he
will be pleased 70 see all cus,omers and
explain to them " "hateyor is necessary
with reference TO repairing machines,
We advise househe'pers and others who
use Sc ling machin s to give him call
whenever their machines get out of OF
der lie charges sasonabls prices and
performs good work.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-01

Mr. A h. to man, Of 100 NJ lin
street. the well S'0 wn merchant tailor,
is now openings complete line Of fall
goods, Of French, Hnghsh and German
manufacture His stock ia larce ana
varied, Of the very best quality and q,
the latest styles, There is no peoe.sitv
to send orders for Clothing to LouisvilIo
Cincinnati or New York, beeausa NJ
Goodman can make up suits as cboorlv
as can be done elsewhere, taking goods
aud workmanship into consideration
The work turned out Of this house gives
general satisfaction, the very best work.
men being employed by Mr.. Goodman
and the greatest care being taken in
cutting, fitting, etc. His suits lool,
stylish and most fashionable, and are
Those of our citizens who
need fall clothing had better visit this
examine the goods. and
see what stylish cl0hing can be manu-.
factured for.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-01
WATCHES AND JEWFLRY.
F. Bowman. Matchmaker. No.
ISS Main street.

+. Bowman, Matchmaker. No.
ISs Main street.
+. j. Bowman, OF No. lSS Main street,
is practical matchmaker and ieweler
and makes watch and clock cleaning
and repairing a specially. All work
performed by Mr.. Bowman is warranted,
complete satisfaction being guaranteed
in every particular Watches clocks
and jewelry are cleaned and repaired at
prices TO suit the times Mr. Bowman
has had years OF experience in the bust
ness and is recognized as an accom-.
plished workman. His work has given
complete satisfaction to all his custom.
ers. He is prepared to perform all work
in his line promptly aud we'll, and he has
determined not to be excelled in this
particular by any one. Those desiring
lnything in his line will consult their
own interests by dealing with Mr.. Bow.
man.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-01
KREMER, HERzoG & co.
Importers and Manufacturers ot
millinery Goods, Nos. 25S and 25d
MHio street.

Importers and Manufacturers of
Millinery Goods, Nos, 25S and 256
hHio Street.
The necessity for having in our city a
wholesale millinery goods house has been
felt for some time, but that necessity has
been supplied by the creation Of a new
6rm known as Kremer, Herzog & Co
and the establishment OF extensive and
elegant storerooms at Nos. 253 and 255
Main street. The upper floors are occu.
pied by manufacturing departments,
where expert modistes are constantly
employed in the fabrication of beautiful
styles, some original designs, and others
alter imported patterns. The new stock
ID arriving daily, aud when ready for in
spectiOn, will be found to embrace all
the novelties OF the season. New York
invoices will be duplicated in STYLE and
price by the new firm. Special and
prompt attention will be paid to all Or
ders. The members of the firm have
inauguraied manufacturing and i'm.
porting business on such large scale
and under such favorable auspices that
IT cannot fail TO be alike creditable to
our city and profitable to the proprietors
The capital, experience and energy rtp.
resented by the new firm are the assur
ances OF its future success.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-01
E. WITzMANN 4 CO.,
Dealers I'm Pianos and Organs, No.
22i Second street.


One Of the most extensive dealers in
pianos in the city is the firm OF E. Wiz.
mann & Co., No. 22l Second street, op
posite Calvary Church. The house is
agent for the following ginstruments A.
Webers, Ernest Gabler's, G. d. Pease &
Co.'s and Wilzmann's pianos; also
Clough Il Warren's organ. Witzmann
y Co. sell pianos on easy monthly pay
mepts, have pianos for rent, take pianos
in exchange for others, etc. They EN-
ploy competent workmen to tune and
repair pianos, and they guarantee COM
plete satisfaction on the part Of their
customers. You can secure fine
piano at very low monthly rales-at
such rates that in short time you own a
hne instrument and feel not the loss Of
the money paid for it. Messrs. Witt.
man u Co. keep none but tue best in.
struments AT present they have on
hand fine piaro thoroughly repaired,
which instrument they took in trade from
the State Female College and which they
will dispose Of alta marvelously low rate.
1t is one OF the leading music houses Of
the city, and deserves the confidence and
patronage of the public.