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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-09-20
"VEGE'IINE,"

Says Boston physician, vi has no equal ~ blood
purifier. Hearing Of its many wonderful cures
Laboratory. and convinced myself Of its genuine
merit. It is prepared from barks roots and herbs,
each Of viii b is highly effective, and they arc
compounded in snch manner - to produce as
foNishin1 neanlfs -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-09-20

we may find that we only leave, for lit
tie time, the friends Of earth, to 90 straight
to the embrace of those who have long
been waiting for US tn make perfect for
them the n0bler life beyond the grave I
May 1t not be that our very first dawning
sense of that enfranchised existence will
be the rapture of reunion with the be-
loved ones, whom we have mOurned as
lost, but who have been standing near,
waiting longingly for our recognition, ~
mother may watch beside the bed of .
fever stricken child till reason reillumines
its eyes, and with outstretched arms It
cries, d" Mother ~
There are some, alas! to whom 1t must
be very dreadful to think of thus meeting,
on the threshold of eternity, the wronged,
the deceived, the forsaken, but for most
Of us, God be thanked, no dream of celes-
tial glory has half the ecstasy Of the
thought that in dying We may meet-and
me9 At eRcs, befOre We have had . mo-
ment TO fed the awful LONELINESS of death
the parent, wife, husband, child. friend
Of our life, soul Of our soul, whom we
consigned long ago with breaking hearts
TO the grave. Their "beautiful' forms
(as that dying lady beheld her brother
and sisser) entering eur chamber, standing
beside our bed of death, and come to 70
join us forever-what words can tell the
happiness of such visionf It mar Be
awaiting % ell. There il even, perhaps,
certain probability that it Is actually the
natural destiny Of the human soul, and
that the affections, which alone of earthly
things can survive dissolution, will, like
magnets, draw the beloved and loving
spirits Of the dead around the dying. ]
can go nOreesrAs why We sh0ald MOI In
dulge 20 ineffAbly blessed hope. But,
even If it b . dream, the faith remains,
built On NO such evanescent and Shadowy
foundation, that tAere b One Friend and
He the best-in whose arms We shall
surely fall asleep, and to whose love We
may trust for the reunion, sooner or later,
Of the severed links Of sacred human af.
fectioa.-Nss Quarterly Rsview.
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SaIf1g pcs &Tf,ss0 YTTTs.a sfgss ssias
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-19
One Form Of RudeneSS.

A fragrant breach of politeness, and
one which is most annoying to refined
and sensitive people, is the very general
practice of ones conversation. The I'M
punity with which this is done has de-
Graded rational conversation, which ought
to be the greatest charm OF social inter-
course, into a proving farce. A man or
woman who has anything to say tnnt Is
worth saying, desires to say it in his or
her own way ; and those who have brains
to appreciate it, will be equally desirous
of hearing it without interruption. Yet
it is common thing for parlor conver-
sation to partake more of the babble OF
Babel, than a conversation among rational
beings, who are supposed to know and
appreciate what each othes says. One
begins to relate an incident, and before
he has finished two sentences, some parrot
in fine clothes chimes in with her sense
less gabble, breaking the thread of dis =
course, and compelling the narrator to
begin again, or abandon the attempt to
instruct or entertain.
This is the grossest impoliteness it is
as.common ON occurrence as conversation
itself. It is not much to say, that nine
out of every ten people who indulge in
this habit are incapable OF carrying on a
rational conversation on any useful topic,
and indulge in these breaches of etiquette
by way Of covering their retreat and
hiding their ignorance. -
We suggest to young people-and old
ones, too, for that matter-that here is a
promising field for social reform. Never
remarks, however appropriate and witty
they nhy seem. All sensible people
will respecs you, and conclude that you
have good sense, and know how to use it
to the best advantage.
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are less than his own. If be had but in.

are less than his own. If be had but in
herited his fathers saving nature p
She tried to regret this dolefully, but
after all she could not help the warmth
of perfect satisfaction filling her eyes.
Even his practical father had rejoiced
that his nature was his mothers from
the time that nature began to assert it.
self in little Tom" Little Tom then
to his parents; "Little Tom Leslie" Of
terward among his school-fellows, 'Lit-
tie Leslie now among his fellow-clerks.
On this particular Saturday morning,
as he walked to the bank, Tom loitered a
little in one street-a quiet street of
handsome private houses, before one of
which stood couple of cabs piled with
boxes. Tom waited long enough to be
sure that the cabs bore nothing but lug
gage. Then he walked briskly on, and,
entering the bank excitedly, told his
fellow-cierks of the arrival of the
coloners household; and for fully five
minutes forgot, in his excitement, to add
his genial invitation for the morrow.
When the coming of the regiment had
been discussed, and TOMS pleasant in
vitation accepted, he turned to his desk,
not to loiter again throughout the day.
An hour afterward, Mr.. Dart drove up,
and with quiet "good morning.
passed through the bank to his own pri-
vate room. Here presently Mr.. Matt
land joined him, and, standing before
the fire, discussed various items OF town
news-among them, of course, the al
rival Of the regiment.
"Colonel Conyngham has only one
daughter. We must help to introduce
her. Young Dart, having once belonged
to the regiment, gives it, as it were, a
claim upon us"
"The colonel's daughter will need but
little introduction" remarked Maurice
Dart, quietly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-19
YES 4!
Miss Maria Roop's Answer by Telegraph
to the Offer OF Heart and Hand.

Miss Maria Roop's Answer by Telegraph
to the Offer OF Heart and Hand.
The News of st. John, N. B., tells
the following interesting story of re-
cent matrimonial engagement that was
brought to happy climax by telegraph:
Miss Maria Roop, author of a series
of pleasing New York letters that ap-
peared in the NeaUs some months ago
under the title II "Glimpses Of
Gotham" was married in Boston on
Saturday last. Capt. Roop, distant
relative who sails an English ship,
visited Mr.. John Roop's few weeks ago
on his way to Parrisboro, N. s., and
met his fate in the person of the young
lady who is now his wife. He came,
saw and was conquered. He returned
to New York and began to load for Java,
but sang "Her her sweet smile haunts
me STILL" and whistled "The girl I left
behind me-" Would she marry him
and go on that long and lonely voyage to
the East
He wrote to her, and proposed that
she meet him in Boston the next week,
marry him, and sail for Java. His boat
was on the shore and his bark was on the
sea, or loading at the wharf, and she
must decide at once. The letter was re-
ceived in the morning, and had not been
read more than half dozen times (such
letters require great deal of reading,
it seems), when dispatch arrived tothe
following effect: "Please answer my
letter by telegraph-yes or no." Any
girl can promptly say yes or no to the
offer of hand and heart. but when such
an offer is coupled with three days
notice of marriage and sea voyage to
the East Indies, the case requires lit
tie more consideration. So she took
time to consider, and added strength to
the saying that the woman who considers
is lost, for when the afternoon OF the
same day brought her another dispatch,
which was simply eyes or no" che
went to the telegraph Office and wrote
eyes" on a blank. The operator know.
ing nothing of the vast Importance OF
that monosyllabIe message, placed it on
file for transportation, and the most
anxious man in New York was soon
made happy by its reception. The lady
left here on Friday morning last and
met and married the captain at the resi-
dence of a relative in Boston. Their
wedding tour will be o long one-around
the world, but not in eighty days.
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heads baskets covered with red cloth,
containing fiat cakes called "tef," OF
of which they deposit one before each
of the principal guests-all the effect OF
the beautiful and poetical scene being
dispersed by the following proceedings.
Meanwhile several COWS had been
slaughtered on the threshold of the hall,
and large hunks of the raw and smoking
meat were placed on the baskets, the
stranger guest being first Served. Two
attendants then went round, one dis
tributing knives from case he carried
at his side, and the other offering an
antelope's horn full of mixed salt and
red pepper, for us to season the meat
with. All the company then set to, and
began to devour the raw cows flesh with
the greatest avidity." This barbaric
BANQUET, with all its accessories of silken
robes, beautiful weapons, delicate
fabrics. rich gems, dark, handsome faces
with cleaning eyes and teeth, and braid
ed hair, the scene camp, and the guests
fierce warriors, conquered chieftain,
and an English officer, is combination
whereon to exercise the iveliest fancy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-19
A Relic Of Antietlm.

After the battle of -Antietam, F. B.
Reynolds, OF Company F, Eighth O..
V. l., from Clyde, Ohio, was reported
among the missing. Nothing was ever
heard from him, and his friends gave
him up for dead. Recently man in
Sharpsburg, Nd, who is something OF
an amateur antiquarian, and is getting
up museum Of relics of the Indian and
other periods, had brought to him a
pocket looking-glass, which had been
found in the grave of an unknown
soldier on the battlefield of Antietam.
The case was made of laurel, and on the
inside contained Mr.. Reynolds name and
former residence. The gentleman i'm
mediately communicated with the post
master at Clyde, and sent the relic home
to the friends of the deceased, accom-
panied by very feeling letter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-19
The Chinese Joss and Temple.

A traveller writes: We enter a temple
whose outside is adorned with gliding
and lacquer, and quaint designs of birds,
animals and unreal monsters. They
have a religion of some sort, Wang
Heng "a very intelligent Chinese with
whom am acquainted9 assured me, with
churches and endowments as in England;
that is to say, they have the system, but
not the faith. I had supposed all along
that the curiously constructed temples,
sacred to Joss, had more or less OF q
religious character about them, but L
was now undeceived. Myhsbit.0n pass.
ing these edihces was to call in and see
what was going on, and one day found
out that Joss was uothing more than a
fortune-teller, after the manner OF the
Oracle of Delphos. When inside the
temple we see the figure Of Joss placed
on high, with ornaments of peacocks
feathers, whilst long streamers of colored
ribbons, pictures and flowers; presents
of tea, oil or opium lighted tapers in
colored wax joss sticks burning slowly
and sending their perfume around /;
heaps of joss paper smouldering in trays
bamboo boxes with bundles OF small
sticks. on one end of which are inscribed
certain cabalistic characters, surround
the figure. At certain hours in the
morning the temple becomes sacred. It
is the hour of divination. Any one now
about to undertake journey or make
o purchase, and desirous of knowing #
he will arrive in safety or make profit
able investment, comes to Joss. He
pays his obeisance by profoundly bowin1g
and salaaming; then lights o certain
number of matches or tapers and makes
a present. After while, when it thought
Joss is conciliated, the supplant takes a
box of marked sticks, and, after shaking
them about, selects half dozen, and pass
es them to the priest or Sheong-to (son Of
heaven) in attendance, who refers to the
book Of mysteries and there reads the
will of Joss. If he is warned of misfor-
tune he forbears the journey or declines
the bargain, and waits for a more
fortunate day. If Joss advises otherwise,
and good profit the result, the happy
merchant makes substantial present.
Joss is, therefore, as will be seen, q
fortune-teller and nothing more, and
Sheong.ti is only q sensible, cunning
fellow, who prefers to live by the credu-
lty of his neighbor rather than by the
labor of his hands.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-19
That Awful Bat.

There may be people into whose bed
room windows bats have not flown this
summer, the summer before, and all
the other summers as far back as they
can remember hut we doubt it. We
doubt, further, that there be people
who, when the bat arrives, have not
risen in their night garments OF sum-
mer style, and turning high the gas
pursued that bat with pillow and canes
and even chairs, arousing the family in
terror of assassins and giving the man
on the other side of the street, who is
up with the toothache, strong suspl-
cion that Kirkbride has established a
branch asylum in their house. Bats
have been knocked down under these
circumstances also have shins been
smashed and shins skinned but man,
in the end, has been victorious over the
bat-never. If he picks him up with
bis fingers he lets him 60 again imme-
diately. If he picks him up between
two sticks, and drops him out one
window the bat scars into the air and
flies in at another. The bat cannot be
persuaded to go away. He can't take q
hint. Let him alone and he'll go homs
and carry, etc. The bat, they say, is
good for eating the night bugs which
are always 80 much interested in what
ono is writing about. But whether the
bugs we're made 80 long before the bat,
and increased so much ahead of him
that he hasn't had fair show, or his ap-
petite is not powerful, there are plenty
of bugs yet to transact business. Let
the bat look at the sparrow and how
nobly he fulfilled his contract with fe-
gard to the measuring worm. 4 Tie
sparrow, too, is an excellent bird, with
only one bad habit, that of getting up
too early in the morning, while the bat
is afflicted with every wickedness, and
doesn't get up early only because he
doesn't go to bed.-.Philadelphia Press.
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The most trivial circumstances are able
to put an end to our Qualifications they
are like beds of roses, where it is very
unlikely all the leaves should be smooth,
and even one that is doubled suffices to
make us uncomfortable.
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There is no absrrdity in approving as
we'll as condemning the same individual;
for as few people are always in the
right, 30 on the other hand it is improba-
! BILE they should be always in the wrong.
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Suppose.

tHe.l Suppose,
Falette, that I, instead Of keeping tryst
With you tonight, had staid away to doze,
Or ,all upon Miss Brant, or play at whist
Suppose?
[shel Suppose,
Yol had? Think you I should have cared
:, Indeed,
Amt you bit concei--dontta take my rose
A Gift to me-from whom? Well, Joseph Mead,
Suppose?
(de.l Suppose
Itisp Then I'm to understand, Fadette-
IfImust read your words rs plainest prose-
My presence matters not to you, and yet
Suppose.
.IShe.] Suppose
You are to understand me so? You're FREQ;
Do, if you wish And oh! the rivers frose
What skating We shall have! Tomorrow We
That's Jose
!sfHe.l -, And Jose
Be3hanged. It seems to me, Miss Lowe, that
81 you -f.-'
Are acting rather lightly; rumor goes
That he-but since seem to bore, adieu!-
[She.l Suppose
StHe.i Suppose
We say goodnight.
fshe.], - Goodnight, sir, and goodbye
Hell What does this mean, Fadette? Are
Isbo.l you : Well close
This scene at once. My words are plain, sir, !
Suppose?
Hal Compose
-s.- Yourself, Fadette.
[She.l Ny name, sir, is Miss Lowe!
[He.] Come, come, Fadette, do look beyond
I'll, I,,y - your nose,
sH'+sssf s''s And. .. ...
[She.],. :, Here's your ring, sir!
Hell - Ireceive it. though
3 '.-.. Suppose
[She.l Suppose
You do, sir ?-you-
-*THe.1 Eaough, Miss Lowe; Farewell! J.!
IT'S best I've been deceived in you, God
knows! -
Coquette! q hsartless flirt taughty belle
Who chose
fShe.l Suppose
Oh let's part rs frienda hate you there
- fue.l Fadette ! why, sweet, in tears This
>. surely shows '.
Youu pardon me, brute
[She.l And Frank, we'll never
suppose.
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There are ninety public and one hun
lrrd and eighty private banks IN Ger
many.
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There is nothing truer than physiog-
nomy, taken in connection with
manner.
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Words of Wisdom.

That thou mayest injure no man, dove-like be,
And serpent-ike, that none may injure thee.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-02

Few York Produce Market.

NEW YORK. March 81.
CoTTcr-Market Is vuated firm. Mlddling up
lands ~ II &C.
FLouE-Msrket is quoted as quiet. Re-
ceipts 1900 obls. Sales 5000 bols supertino
state and Western -four at 5.65(a6.S SO; common
to choice extra state SIS. a6i0: common TO
choice extra western, S5.55 1920; common to
choice Il. II. o. 5.s5QSs.CG.
RYE FLouR.-Steaoy. Sales 200 bbls at $4,000
As Tor superflne.
WHEAI-Dull. Receipts none. Sales none.
Market quoted at sl.44 q SLAB for No. 2Chicago,
for No. Minnesota ia store.
RYE-Qulet. Pennsylvania 81 for track.
CoRS-EasieT. Receipts 81, 900 bushels. Sales
$1,000 bushels at bia@56c Tor new western
Mixed 5lk@bTc for Old western mixed.
BARIEY-Alarket declining for ungraded,
Canada at seh, for si1-rowed state 65S7oc ; for
two-rowed state coo.
oArs.--Dun. Receipts 10000 bush. Sales
1900 bushels at ssS59c for mixed western and
state, and 45a56c for white do
PoRK-Firm. Sales OF 100 barrels at STATS
Manchester. Sales OF 100 tierces al 1910
@s9.75.
BUTTKR.-Market is quoted at ibs2s for
state and Pennsylvania new, 20a32c.
CHEFsH.-Cheese Is quoted az stAl5Hc for
common 10 prime.
sUGAR.-Steady.
wnIsKY-Quict. 81 OK per gallon, govern.
ment gauge.
EGGs-6ull at laH@lJc for state and Penn.
sylyania.
PEThoLEuM,-Quoted at lie for crude; re-
nned at l6k q &C.
CoAL--Qalet at 50 25s4 rs per cargo, for
anthracite.
eLEATnER-steedy. Buenos Ayres and RE
Grande light TO heavy weights 2I@25c.
fleece at sS@6Sc; unwashod. l@92sc pulled
2Q0 43c, --."t
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-02
Fast Day Services.

A good congregation assembled at the
Methodist ch u, Friday, OF the occasion
of the union Fast Day services. The
opening prayers were by Rev. J. G.
johnson, of the Congregational church,
after which Rev. William p. Aiken, delv-
cred a sermon from the text
But the word of the Lord endureth forever.
And this 10 the word which by the Gospel Is
preached untoyou. Peter l 20.
The sermon discussed the conflict be-
tween scientific theories of the creation and
the origin Of man, and what some com
mentors have thought the Bible TO mean.
1t was brilliant and epigrammatic in the
highest degree as Ia all of Mr.. Aiken's
preaching. Anything but a very extended
report would do injustice to the vigor and
point of the sermon, and therefore we shall
attempt none The main ideas we're these:
Most of the scientific theories which are
thought to conflict with the truth of the
Bible are only theories; plausible theories,
it may be, but not demonstrated facts.
Then 1t 10 by no means certain that we have
ASoS"SN shS WV hiSohipb VI thO poOA VI
Genesis. Language Is at best but q very
imperfect vehicle to convey ideas and we
may now be easily mistaken about its
meaning, as commentators In the past have
been about points which are now clear.
Certainly no thoughtful person can read
the first chapter of Genesis without finding
that the frat three verses suggest questions
which have not yet been answered. 1t
is merely question Of belief at
best. Any ordinary man must take the
testimony of scientists on trust as he takes
the Bible and choose which he will believe.
The gospel of Christ satisfies needs OF the
human soul which science fails to reach,
and 10 therefore entitled to the more conf
dence. In conclusion he spoke of the way
to obtain honest government, which he
thought was by beginning with the people
and making them honest when the purity
of the leaders would follow. He said:
"Godliness will never settle down on US; 1t
will rise up from us when it comes"
Good Friday services were held at
Trinity Church at eleven o'clock, with
sermon by Rev. Walter Mitchell, at four
o'clock In the afternoon, and at West Rut-
land at seven in the evening.
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RUTLAND GLOBE MONDAY MORNING April p 1871
West Rutland Notes.

In school district 81, West Rutland, the
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year Prudential committee, F. A.
Morse treasurer,.A. Ward collector, III.
@. Tuttle auditor, r. R. Mead clerk, T.
II. Cochran. A tax of thirty cents was
voted.
In district No. 7 the following officers
weae appointed: Committee, Rev. G. o.
Reilly, @. II. Sheldon, James OConnell;
auditor and collector, James O'Connell I;
treasurer, II. II. Brown clerk, G. II.
Sheldon. A tax of 35 cents was voted.
The schools In this district open on Mon
day the I'd inst, with the samo corps of
teachers excepting that Miss Rourke of
Burlington, the former efficient lady pin
cipal of the glrls department, resigns in
favor of her sister, late a teacher IN st.
Johnsbury.
The center district, West Rutland, ap-
pointed the following school officers "a
Committee, G. Reed, r. Thrall, Thomas
Mcdowell; collector. w. Phrall clerk,
Rev. J. K. Williams. 1t was voted to &C.
cure the services of lady teacher for the
coming term. MARBLE.