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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1877-10-11

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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1877-10-11
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22
Moody's Forclble Saxon.

Mr.. MOODY's success as preacher is
due in part to his command of the Saxon
elements of the language. He uses the
simple, homespun English of the middle
classes. His textbook is the Bible, and
his speech is saturated with Saxon idioms
and diction. The simplicity and direct
ness of his style are we'll illustrated in this
passage from his sermon of Tuesday
evening in Boston: "A little child dying
said to its mother, What mountains do l
see yonder! There are no mountains in
front of the house, my child Yes. there
are, mother; don't you see them! Won't
you take me over in your arns' And the
mother got down and prayed, and told her
boy that Jesus would be with him. And
then the child's eyes frightened. and he
said, Mother, don't you hear themr
Hear who, my childv Hear the angels,
mother! They are just ON the other side
of the mountains. Garry me over the
mountains, MOTHER I can't do that,
my child; the Savior will take you over.
Jesus will be with you. Look at Him.
And then he breathed prayer, and said,
Good-by, mother; Jesus has come to
carry me over the mountain And then
the little sufferer was gone. Oh, sinner!
Christ has come to carry you over the
mountain. He will fold you to His bosom
and carry you into His kingdom. ~. 7.
Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22
The Sand.Carter.

In the sandy bottoms of clear streams
in Ohio and Indiana, there is common a
little fish (PleurOIepis pellucidus, Agassiz),
with slim, cylindrical body, measuring
two or three inches in length. The d.
minutive creature is Of a pinkish hue,
with line of steel-blue spots along the
sides and back, but it has no more con-
sistency or opacity than mold of jelly.
Not much of it is known among natural
lists, but Jordan and Copeland have lately
contributed some observations upon its
habits to the american Naturalist. A
specimen was placed in an aquarium, to
which it easily accommodated itself; but,
in the course Of few days, it was miss
ing. After careful search in the single
at the bottom, the upper edgeof its caudal
FIN and its little black eyes were dis
covered peeping out of the sand. Pleu
rolepis was buried! Was he dead !?
Slowly one eye was closed in q darter's
inimitxble way, for they can outwink all
animals in creation except owls; and. the
touch of finger on its tail showed that
it had lost none of its activity"
Many days elapsed before the little
turnover was observed in the act of enter.
ing the sand, but finally the process was
watched by vigilant spectator. The tiny
darter pressed its horny nose against the
bottom, standing meanwhile almost on its
head, and, with q rapid motion of its tail
from side to side, completely buried itself
within dve seconds. The sand was stirred
violently b. the action; but, ~ II had
nearly settled In the course Of half min
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22

ute, the darter thrust its nose out, and,
quietly drawing it back, "left the twink.
ling eyes and narrow forehead alone
visible"
The study of scores of different indi-
viduals has demonstrated that the Pleuro-
lepis remain buried while the water in
the aquarium is pure and cool; but, when
1t needs changing, they leave their burrow
ana lie on the bottom, painting violently.
The motive which the darter has for bur.
rowing is not yet explained. ut seems
to be wholly unprecedented" testify
the observers. "a number of them in
continent It lie helplessly on the bottom.
motiOnless and slowly breathing, when
one suddenly starts and buries its head
and neck in the now whirling sand, by Q
motion as quick as thought; q head1ess
tail beats frantically about; and, when
the fuicksand lies smoothly on the bottom
again, the little eyes are looking at you
like two glistening beads, as if to witness
your applause at 50 clever trick"
a BOleosoma (B. brepipinne, Cope), in
the same aquarium with the sand darters,
has been noticed burrowing in the sand
quite as persistently and in the same man.
ner as its companions. The habit is pos
sibly catching, as it has not before been
observed in an individual of this species.
The food of the Pleurolepis is minute, if
not microscopic.-Chicago Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22
How the Telephone Operates.

As the telephone, the new invention Of
Prof. 4. Graham Bell, is but little under.
stood, the following reprint of descrip-
ton and explanation Of the instrument
may not be amiss:
The telephone in its present form con.
sists of powerful compound, permanent
magnet, to the poles Of which are attached
ordinary telegraph coils of insulated wire.
In front of the poles, surrounded by
these coils of wire, is placed diaphragm
of iron. A mouthpiece to converge The
sound upon this diaphragm substantially
completes the arrangement. The motion
of steel or iron in front of the poles of .
magnet creates current of electricity in
coils surrounding the poles of the mag
net, and in the duration of this current Of
electricity coincices with the duration of
the motion of the steel or iron moved or
vibrated in the proximity of the magnet.
When the human voice causes the dia-
phragm to vibrate, electrical undulations
are induced in the coils envir0ning the
magnets precisely analogous to the undu.
lations of the air produced by that voice.
These coils are connected with the line
wire, which may be of any length, pro.
vided the insulation be good. The undu.
latiOns which are induced in these coils
travel through the line wire, and, passing
through the coils of an instrument of pre-.
cisely similar construction ct the distant
station, are again resolved into cir undu.
lations by the diaphragm of this instru,
ment.-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22
A Screw in q Boys Lungs for Five
Months.

In the Smiths Grove section there re.
sides the family of Mr.. w. J. Dickerson.
gentleman we'll and favorably known in
the county. In the family there is a
bright, manly little boy, nine years old,
named James, who is quite a pet. Last
August he and his mother were pairing an
Piles for drying purposes with an ordinary
machine used for that purpose A three.
eighths inch screw dropped from the ma
chine, and James, child-like, put the
screw in his mouth, and accidentally
sucked it down his windpipe. Violent
coughing followed without ejecting the
screw. On the list of September the little
hoy was taken to his bed, first with chills
and fever. This was followed by inter.
mittent fever. which in turn was succeed
ed by pneumonia and constant coughing.
with expectoration from the right lung.
The sufferer continued to grow worse, un.
til, in spite of the best medical treatment
and appliances, he wasted away to al
most skeleton from what he had been,
Death seemed inevitable and near at hand.
Near the LIST inst. he was taken almost
with commissions. Cold sweat oozed from
him, while his face and neck grew livid
and purple. His hours seemed to be mum.
bered. His father started hurricdly for
the physician. Suddenly there ensued a
violent, jerking cough, and the iron screw
was elected from the right hung, where it
had been since he swallowed it, over five
months ago. Proper restoratives were
given, and the little fellow has been stead.
lily improving and growing rapidly. He
is now well and fat as q pig.-Bo,oline
Green (KN.) Pantagraph.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22

In its report of . mass meeting of the
Red Ribbon temperance workers in De-
troit, the Ftss Press, Of that city, contains
the following boy-effort:
Master Gordon, aged eight years, son
Of Henry Gordon, made speech, Of
which the following is esrbasim report:
!" Ny pa does not feel able to speak this
evening, and he wishes me to say few
words. OF course, you can't expect
much Of speech from little fellow like
Inc, but I will tell you why I am here
tonight.
IT have littls brother at home. The
other night my pa said: Boys, which OF
you will take my place and work for tenn.
perancer / jumped up and said: Il
will, pap And am here to learn.
am but boy, but have seen many
cases Of drunkenness-many Of them so
bad that it has made poor mother weep.
/ don't want to do anything to make my
ma CRY, and know IL drink strong
drink Il will bring tears to her eyes.
have come among those good people
who are doing 20 much for little fello 40
like me. I have come to show my red
ribbon. (Applause.l The kind hand of
good Mr.. Dunield tied It in my little
button.hole. feel very proud # it
(Cheers.l Ny pa says it l. the emblem Of
sObriety, and he knows. shall pray that
it viii remain there always. Come, gen.
tlemen, and sign the pledge"
This childish effort was very effttual,
and when the little chap retired large
number accepted his invitation and affixed
thetr names % the pledge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22

tied, owing to the very few who wear
them, and that they keep passing in rota-
ton from hand 10 hand. OF fifty persons
who buy diamonds, forty purchase to sell
again. six buy to give away, and four only
actually keep and wear the gems.
THE State Penitentiary of Western
Pennsylvania has a library Of 1000 vol
umes. The average daily population dur
were issued from the library 28,843 vol
umes, including 1882 works Of fiction.
1851 biographies, OF poems, 2,753 his
suits of this reading have been most en-
taken an active interest in literary pur-
work on their own account.
A LATE number of the Railsoav A0e has
long and elaborate article on disastrous
railroad constructions, showing the mile
age of completed and operated roads
which. during the year 1875 alone, have
either been sold under foreclosure, or,
having previously defaulted and proved
unable to recover, have been marked for
probable foreclosure by the appointment
of Receivers or the action of their bond
holders. The figures show that RAILWAYS
with mileage Of over IA 900 miles and
representing over $500, 00O, 900 of capital
have, during the past year alone. taken
some important step in the road to forced
reorganization. This mileage is nearly
one-fifth of the entire railway mileage Of
the United States; anG the amount of capt.
tai is also nearly one fifth of all the CAPT.
tai thus invested in the country. If to
these figures are added the other hundreds
of millions that come within the same cat
egory of unproductive inv Dlment, it is not
surprising that when these vast sums are
locked up from the reach of the stock
holders or bondholders or other creditors
whom they represent, there should be hard
times. and that suffering ami ruin should
be widespread. The Age, however, be
licves that the darkest days for our rail-
ways have passed, and that gradually
many of them through change of owner
ship and reorganization-they may reach
solid ground.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22
Tuscan Girls.

You are doubtless well aware of the
low standard of women's education in
Italy. There is, in place of mental cul
ture, an extreme attention to the perfec-
ton OF fancy work. Among the lower
classes in Tuscany this application to Or
namental work, inculcated by the system
adopted in Government schools, is very
great, and carried often to extremes by
ambitious teachers and parents. Three
years ago We had here an amusing exam.
pie Of the uselessness of this system of ed
ucatiOn, which is by no means limited to
the schools of the lower class of the peo-
pie. An exhibition of woman's work was
opened, and revealed marvellous powers
of perseverance and endurance in the
womankind Of Tuscany. There were dis
played marvels of fancy work, geograph-
ical, architectural and artistic designs
worked in colors, wonderful bead work,
excruciating hersldic arms, samplers
without end, painful limitations of we'll
known chef d'auoses in our picture CALLER
ies-all worked with the most smooth and
perfect stitching that could be imagined.
Parents beheld their children's work with
pride, compliments poured in upon the
industrious maidens, and prizes were
awarded. The practical use Of such work
was demonstrated to me short time after
One damsel had been especially anxious
that her friends should see her "Palazzo
Pitt" worked in eOlored silks and ex-
hibited. 1t had heen the labor of months.
The girls sister was shortly after mar.
ricd. The despair of the author of
the Pitt Palace Tin silks) was al
most comical. "Oh! Palmyra. what
shall do when you are gone? When the
mending and the accounts have to be
done shall be obliged to send for you,
for cannot sew q stitch, and you know
have never learned to make accounts!"
Palmyra had been educated at home, as
the parents of these young girls were not
than one daughter. The Tuscan women
cOmplexi0ned, and their appearance as
we'll as their mode of life is very different
from that of the natives If the Romagna.
There the women are splendidly devel.
Oped, vigorous, healthy, and possessed of
extraordinary muscular power. They
present q contrast to the men, who leave
all the hardest work to them. You see
along the Roman road leading from Ra-
VIENNA to FOrli, parties of women coming
laden with heavy weights of cut wood.
They walk erect, and their handsome
faces show no sign of fatigue. By their
side walk the men of the party, carrying
the little baskets which contain their din.
ner. As to the children's education, what
is more fascinating than to hear little lads
and lassies Of nine and ten repeating
q" Ariosto'' with self possessed air, NOV
ing their little arms with the cadence and
lisping the rolling periods and the sme-
nsorGtO ObIi0" till ones gravity is tried to
the uttermCstl These I speak of are
peasant children. Their verses and some
plain sewing is all that school teaching
affords them, and their health is certainly
not affected by over-study.-Worenes Cor.
PhiLQdelDhia Tele0rnDh.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22
The Fourth Napoleon.

AMONG the dangers to which the French
Republic is exposed there is one for
which no calculation has apparently been
made. Young Napoleon, the son of Eu-
genie, is now twenty years of age, and it
is said that he intends at an early day to
apply to the Government of France for
permission to return to that country and
take service in the army. If he does SO
there opens before him a long vista of pos
sibilities, each of which in any other
country would be wild and improbable,
but which in France may be deemed the
natural sequence of events.
When the great Napoleon abdicated the
throne of France and Quilted his gay cap
ital never to return, the allied Powers
unanimously determined that no member
of the Bonaparte family should ever again
hold the helm of State in France and that
any attempt to install another Napoleon
should be deemed sufficient casus bells
to call all Europe to arms. Less than
fifty years had elapsed before the third
Napoleon, in some respects a more tai
ented man than his uncle, calmly stepped
forward, sword in hand, an1 the came
Powers which had formerly sworn he
should never occupy the seat of his uncle,
u0SVCuCN W Yoy IAVAA NOuAes W NOASA sstu.
late him on his accession to imperial pow.
porous reign.
A brief retrospect of the history OF
Louis Napoleon shakes all faith in the
doctrine of appearances. From his cradle
to his grave his life was one continual
series Of surprises: As a boy, he con,
stantly aspired to the purple, and looked
e. noc oh ,p1H =
it. As youth, his faith was no less
strong, though his prospects were darker.
As man, whether living in cheap quar-
tiers in London, whether working for his
board in New York, whether lodging
creditors in Cincinnati, whether deck
hand on an Ohio fiat boat, whether pris-
oner at Ham, whether Deputy in the
Assembly, or q President, Or an Emperor,
or prisoner of war or homeless refugee,
he never ceased to trust his destiny.
In this sublime confidence, shown alike
by every member of the Ronaparte family,
may, perhaps, be found one reason
of the strange good fortune that befalls
them. The young Napoleon is said to be-
lieve in his star quite as firmly as did his
father or his great-uncle. What his star
will lead him to is yet to be seen, but no
prophecy can be SO wild that it may not
be realized in the case of q Napoleon.
The present Cabinet in France may re-
fuse the youth in England permission to
return and serve under the tri-cOlor. bu!
the eyes of France are on him, and when
ever the gay Partisan Mobiles shall tire of
the simplicity of Republic. and long for
the splendor, the parade, the quick ad-
vancement and the rapid promotion OF an an
Imperial Court, thousand 7gues will
whisper his name, and he will be brought
back and seated on the throne already oc-
cupied by two of the greatest figures in
history.-,St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22
Wedding Gifts.

There are at least six persons, possibly
more, in New York City engaged in the
purchase of superfluous wedding presents.
three of whom deal exclusively in a GER
tain class of articles. One of these deal
ers, interviewed by reporter. carries on
business in the Bowery, where he has a
large store ostensibly for the sale of unre-
deemed pledges. but his most lucrative
business is in the purchase and sale of
wedding presents that are only SO much
old lumber to the owners. When asked
how he conducted the business, he replied:
"You see when a young couple belong
ing to good families get married, their
friends all make them presents, and, nine
times out of ten, the young folks find
themselves in possession of certain kinds
of household stuff enough to last several
generations. The young wife often dis
covers that she has set of jewelry for al
most every day in the month. Why, some
time ago did business with a newly mar
ried couple, now living in Lexington
avenue, where the young bride-and .
beautiful girl she was had eight opera
all; so bought five of them. Here's
one of them left Showing q small but
handsome pearl-mounted Opera-glass].
Silverware and china are other things that
newly-married people generally find they
have too much OF, but don't do anything
in that way. There are other men in the
business who deal in that and nothing
else: I confine myself to jewelry and
trinkets."
+" But how do you know on whom to
call, and when ~ q That's simple enough.
You see, the marriages are all published
in the papers, and, where it is wedding
between two rich folks, q report is made
of it, and q list of the presents given.
You see. when have got the names and
residences am all right. o, no; don't
90 to them az soon as thew are married:
that wouldn't do. Thev'd kick YOU out
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22
K;tch.r. .re domee4;c ~

Kitchens are domestic workshops. In
them are found all the implements of
home-husbandry, and q with any other
place devoted to labor, it is matter of
greatest advantage to those who work in
them to keep them in order. It Is the
heavy room of the house. The cooking
furniture and culinary tools are found
there, and she who rules the kitchen has
conquered the King. All its arrange
ments should have In view the greatest
conveniences and labcr-saving appoint
ments.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22
Spring Bonnets and Hats.

THE new bOnnets are capOte-like in
shape, and are 50 decidedly bonnets that
they are no longer in danger of being
called hats. They have close fronts,
clasping the sides of the head, and pro-
jecting upward very slightly on top in or
der to admit q small face trimming, or
else they have rolled fronts turned back
from the face. The crowns are large,
high, and the newest are square on top,
though the pointed high crowns are also
shown; the back Of the crown tapes
backward abruptly, and in some cases has
an inch-wide band, like curtain, below
it. There are both large and small bon
nets, but the greater number have small,
close fronts, with ample crowns that cover
the head we'll.
Yellow Italian straws of silken luster
and fancifully braided make up the bulk
of the importations of spring bonnets.
Creamy white chips are not abandoned,
but they are no longer the first choice,
and, when used, they seldom constitute
the whole bonnet, q part of it, eitheI
crown or brim, being of fancy braids..
What are called twist braids, some of
which are smooth and glossy, while others
arc the rough English twists, promise to
be the popular choice. Some of the pIet.
tiest capotes have crowns of smooth satin
twist. as soft and pliable as chip, with
brims of rough and ready braids in feath-
cry patterns, or curved and festooned in
scalfops. Sometimes there are three lace
like rows of the yellow Italian braids
around the fronts of smooth bonnets, and
again this plan is reversed, the border
being plain and the crown rough. A now
city Is the open straw, dotted OF perforated
like lace. The rolled fronts are somewhat
in coronet foehion, but are more modest
in size than the cOrOnet bonnets lately
worn, and when filled out with lace ruches
look like . child's bonnet All these cap0te
shapes are worn quite far forward. The
newest chips are braided in the style Of
pearl braids, and are roughly finished.
Black chips have yellow braid brims, or
else ars striped with white, o. they have
a inch.wids band Of rough black twists,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22
EXTRA SESSION OF U. S. SENATE,

TUESDAY, March Ga lengthy discus
zion occurred over a motion that L. @ C. Lamar
be eworn in as Senator from Mississippi, Mr..
Blaine among others, a:gui, that his (Lamare)
credentials being entirely regular, he should be
sworn in now, and any question ae to the legality
OF the Legislature which elec' ed him should be q
matter Of subsequent inquiry by the Senate. AZ
in was ado. tcd--T to MIR. WAdleigh voting in
have yo ed in the NEGATIVE, was paired with
Mr.. Spencer. A revolution was then offered
BY Mr.. Blaine that William Pitt Kellogg
he sworn in as Senator from Louisiana. Mr..
Blaine then proceeded to argue that Mr.. Kellogg
was elected by the legal Legislature Of his State
and that the same Returning Board which had
rtghtfuly declared that the Hayes Electoral tick
ct In the ate was elected had also declared who
constituted the Legislature OF the State. which
body ha0 chosen Mr.. Kellogg Senator, and de-
clared who was the legal Gov Vernon Of the State.
Mr.. Bayard took the floor 10 reply to Mr.. Blaine.
but yielded for . motion to adjourn.
WEDNESDAY. March IA motion was
made thai Lafavette Grover, Senator-elec from
Oregon be eworn in, which motion was objected
TO. and subsequent Mr.. Mitchell stated that he
had teveral petitions ffum citixens Of Oregon OBJ
jecting 10 the eeatirg Of Mr.. Grover, which peti.
tons were red, charging that h. procured his
election BY bribery and corrupt use Of money
that be u1lawfully and co1uptly issued cortin.
cate Of elecoa 70 NJ. Crcoin, and falsoly toptne6
before TIE Committoo On Privileges and Gloctiooa
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22

"A New York lawyer says that no man
can make will which can stand an at
tack from another lawyer and two or
three dissatis0ed heirs. Let's oil die
bankrupt.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22

-Eph Horn, the negro minstrel, went
out OF the world with a joke on his lips.
He said to one of his attendants: /" I shall
be better shortly;I was always q good
man on the end"