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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-09-20
CurlOsitics OF the Nails.

ON Monday night, as the bell of st.
Paul's clock struck the midnight hour,
the clerks in the Postoflice were busily
sorting and stamping letters. Suddenly
from small paper box sprang long,
slender snake, with flashing eye and far.
extended tongue. CONSERVATION seized
the young men for q moment, and the
viper was master Of the situation. Coiled
upon huge pile OF unstamped letters, he
lifted his head and looked about him.
Quick as flash one of the clerks seized q
sharp knife in enc hand and heavy let
ter stamp in the other, and, in less time
than is needed to tell it, the Florida ex
port was neatly divided into three equal
but angry parts. They were nicely re.
placed in the box. which was sent forward
yesterday morning to its destination.
Snakes In the PostOfficc are by NO
means infrequent. Scarcely week passes
in which one or more are not found.
Sometimes they are sent in bottles, occa-
sionally they are done up in wooden
boxes, but generally their sole protection
is thin paper box, which, nine times out
of ten, is broken or mashed by the heavier
articles in the bag. Horned tOads are a
favOrite contribution from people spend.
ing their winter in Florida. II is esti-
mated that q hundred q month Of these
choice products of the South are sent
through the m.ils. A day or SO ago .
bundle containing . swarm of bees was
forwarded in . mail bag. Not long since
an alligator was found among the letters,
having broken out of the pasteb0ard in
which he had been enveloped.
In yesterdays mails there were two
pairs of scissors neatly done up and ad-
dressed t. Mrs. Anderson, ct . watering
place. A corkscrew, sharp and savage,
was mailed yesterday, postal card being
tied to the handle. Glass cannot be sent
through the mails, as ii is about as dan
gerous - biting snakes to the unsuspect-
ing clerks. Consequently, there can be
seen in Mr.. Purdy'e collection fine ther.
mometer, sweet. faced photograph, sun.
dry bottles of medicine. and . sugar-bowl.
Neither can sugar or flour lie sent. Sam.
pies of both, as we'll as of tea and coffee,
arc constantly mailed. In many cases the
latter are detained for lack Of stampe.
Insuffciency Of prepayment Is . fertile
source of detention. There are samples
and packages, some of them valuable,
kept in the PostOfiice for lack of one cent.
It would seem - though the Government
might collect the extra cent ct the other
end of the route, but Congress determined
otherwise.
Postmaster James has opened q formal
registry of complaints, and it is note
worthy that in nearly every instance in.
vestigatiOn turns the tables back on the
complainant. One we'll knOwn firm recent
~ complained that they had to pay $1.2O
on single book. Investigation showed
that the leaves were covered with writing.
Bay Ks often raise hue and cry after .
stolen package. Investigation almost in
variably shows the package to have been
misdirected. Yesterday large parcel of
army letters, about which. great complaint
was made, was returned to New York,
having been misdirected to San Francis
Con-. r. Sun.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-09-20

1t 10 we'll stated, in the commentary
upon this accident in the article refcrrJ
to, that the number of persons who sys-
tematically delay n the last moment and
then make q rush for the train Is 10 be
counted by hundreds on each Of the great
lines. A large majority of these persons
are mot trained or otherwise prepared for
such efforts. Their pursuits are sedentafy;
there ID NO preparation on the part of the
internal organs to undergo sudden strain,
as In the case of labOrcrs. The hearty
meal diminished the space in which the
heart beats; and that organ, taxed Ivy
sudden effort at the same time, stOppeli.
and the gentleman died. He was . young
man and apparently in perfect health.
He had run in the same way many times
before, without harm. Why should he not
repeat the experiment every morning!
Evidently he repeated it one too many
times. Every repetition made him more
and more liable to the accident. The
heart was becoming enfecblcd by the
overstrain. 1t only required that this
organ should be compressed by distendcd
stomach. and then put on the pressure u
paralyze 1t. This accident, though rare,
Is one to which any Of those persons who
habitually tarry to the last minute and
~ s.AVC now W A"@A0 ou~suSA SAAVAs 40
liable.
The following suggestions from tho
same source are eminently judiciOus:
The dangers of such sudden strain are
not confined to failure of the heart upon
the spot. Very commonly in those cases
where apparently healthy old people are
found dead In bed there may be traced
out history of sudden effort made dur
ing the preceding day. The Ovcrstrajn Cd
put upon the heart does not manifest it.
self fully at the time; but during the sleep
of the ensuing night. With elderly peO-
pie sudden exertiOn during the day is un.
doubleday one cause of failure Of the
hearts action during the night. Nor arc
these fatal results the only untoward con-
sequences of sudden demand upon the
powers. Much more commonly the effort
Is followed by shOrtness of breath on cx-
ertiOn, by palpitatiOn easily induced, by
incapacity to undergo any violent effort,
and even by enfeeblement of the powers
for some considerable time after the ef-
fort which produced these consequences
has been made. A chronic condition of
impaired wind is often brought about by
undue effort, even in the young and COM
paratively robust, who are accustomed u
demands upon the powers. 1t is imp,s-
sible, perhaps, to impress upon business
men the risks that they run from their
habits of delay until it becomes necessary
to make . severe effort to catch the train.
Doubtless, it is done by multitude If
persons as regular practice; but absO-
lutte impunity cannot be secured, and ut
intervals some one pays the penalty
Stephen SmitA, n. d., in N. 7. Independ-
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-09-20

A case Of undoubted yellow-fcver was
reported In New York City, on the 4th. Tho
patient died. Steps were taken to prevent
ito spread.
Mrs. Edwin C. Fisher, of West Leba-
non. N. H., was fatally burned. on the lth,
while cndeavoring TO kiDdle IRE in the
kitchen steve by the use d kerosene oil.
Considerable excitement prevailed u
Red Cloud Agency, on the 4th, caused BY the
declared purpose Of Crazy Horne and Touch
the Cloud to leave the reservation. Troops
were gathered. but large party moved "a
the reservation. subsequently, they were
captured and brought hack Grassy Horse
alone escaping. $500 9 5
Crazy Horse. the fugacious Inolau
(hieftai", was recspsured 1t Spotted Tan
Agency. on the 5th, and brought to Camp
Robinson. where he ~asplaeed in Tie guard
house. He drew knife - be WAS being
conducted thfther. and attempted 70 murder
the guard. In the scufle which eneued
Crazy Horse was badly wounded.
The Peansylvania Ssats Republican
Convention met 1t Harrisburg, on TIA 6tA.
and nominated ]. r. otoeTet for eapsene
Judge; wm- b Hast fcs etaas Tseassrsr,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-09-20

The era of its triumph marked the decline
of amateur clubs, the establishment of
professional mines and the breaking up of
all local feeling in regard to base ball.
The game has been brought to perfection,
but the fun 10 gone. To freQuenter Of
the ball field q it was fifteen years ag0 q
match game Of this era is : sad sight.
The ball ground b fenced in and
y heavy entrance fec is charged
at the gate. A few spectators are
ranged on the well-w0rn seats
and they are all men and boys. The play
ers have not the youthful, lightsome air
of their predecessors. They take their
places in q perfunctory way and with the
cool, careless confidence of men about to
perform IN ordinary days work. Neither
OF the c0ntesting clubs seem to care
whether the game Is won or lost. Victory
or defeat Is nero question of averages,
and each is accustomed to both, for they
are playing continually. The crowd il
also uniAterested in partisan way, fOr
there Is no matter of local pride involved.
The men representing New York this sea
son may be unfolding the honor of St
Louis or Chicago next year. There i
merely languid interest expressed - t.
the salary that some particular men gel
and the prospects OF others for . good en-.
gagement. The pitcher delivers the ball
easily but with curl that seems to trouble
the batsman. He never over.pitches and
the catcher never lets ball pass him. II
the striker drives . ball up in the all
straightway everybody loses interest in it,
for the catching of it is no longer thu
noble work of chance but matter o.
certainty. If a grounder is driven be
tween the bases it appears impossible TO!
it to lind path through the felders; and
when one Of them gets hold of it he Slap
it to the base and the affair is settled. A
man on base is no longer source Of
strength to the club at the bat but source
of weakness, as he cannot get chance t.
run until the ball is struck and theI
moves at the risk of being cut of. tn,
listless precision, the wOrkmanlike Ger
tainty, the readiness without agility which
everybody displays become monotonous
cit is magnificent" said the French
man, "but 1t is not war" at is base
ball, but it is not magnificent. 7
World.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-09-20
How He Carved His Destiny.

A GENTLEMAN on Cass street, who had
arrived At the patriarchal age of eleven
years, began to feel ObstreperOus with the
coming d autumn, and when his father,
two or three weeks ago, objected to his
being out after nine O'Clock in the even.
ing, he ilared up and said that If he
couldn't have the privileges of the house
az . young man he would leave home; he
had borne with such tyranny as long a. he
could, and he would 90 forth into the
world and earn his daily bread by the
sweat of his brow.
my son." said his father, who is an
old gentleman from whose head the winds
of thirty summers have blown some hair,
"you may 60 forth if you wish to do 90,
and carve your own destiny"
And the son went forth determined to do
or die; the same as all the down-trodden
heroes did In the books contained in his
ten.cent library.
. And he sought employment at many
instance not moving ON just as briskly as
he was supposed to be capable of moving
ON, he was assisted In the process by the
man who gave him the order.
At last he secured q place in a corner
Sas~oAy As~ ~. ~Ao0S v0Ay wCi1. NJ was
to have two dollars week and board him.
self; and he thought exultingly of the
mortifcation OF his parents when they
heard Of his prosperity.
But things were not always to be thus
smooth and pleasant, and this headstrOng
young man found 1t out to his sorrow. He
was to sleep under the counter and take
his meals out, and the proprietor said he
would pay him ones weeks salary in al.
vance. 1t was an immense sum. and the
young man boarded himself to that extent
that the next DAY ne was bankrupt, and,
like all prodigal sons, very hungry. BE.
side, he cidnt like to clean spitt00ns
neither did he like to sort beans; and fur;
thermore, he was most decidedly opposed
TO sorting over buncnes OF onions attel
they had been s0ake1 for night. prepar
atory to going on sale the next morning a
Just fresh from the country.
He found many things to make HIM un
happy, ana 70 NIL the measure OF his IN
dignation, after . days subsistence OF
dried herrlngs and crackers, which placed
him IN an irritable humor, he was set t.
washing windows, and his girl came along
with jim stevens and wouldn't speak t.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-09-20
veracity Of Russian Newspapers.

Russian journalism, for reasons that are
obvious, has never made much of mark
in the reading world, but 1t sets very
good example just now to newspapers that
are printed in mere accessible tongues.
1t in "nOthing extenuates," and gives its
readers the truth. unwelcOme though it
may be, about Plevna, the Armenian
campaign, and so on, and chronicles
Russian rcverses quite as candidly as
though it were printed in Constantinople.
In this it affords striking contrast to
the old process Of toning down by easy
stages brilliant victory" into q con.
tested advantage" thence by fine degrees
progressing from repulse to disaster and
to retreat, until at last the total rout was
admitted. BY this means the minds of
newspaper readers in other days were sup
posed to be prepared for disagreeable
facts; but the journals, it Is true, were
not so much to blame 6 the controlling
hands in the telegraphic wire. Military
necessities may compel the Withholding Of
important facts for time for strategic
purposes, but to attempt to break" un-
welcome news to Nation is abou. a.
useless aud unsuccessful Is preparations
of similar sort for the individual; and
it is creditable TO the Russian Government
that it gives the bitter sauce to its chill
dren without any attempt to sprinkle
sugar over it, but relying on its tonic ef.
fects to stimulate and make ready the
army Of reserve.
The 0olos tells ito readers that the Rus
sian mistake has been to fancy they were
engaging In military promenade that
it would he simply walk over the Bal
kans-but that they cannot arrive at
Adrianonple by the mere weight Of col
umn alone. The Turk fights harder and
better than was expected, and seems 80
far To have the advantage Of generalship
on his side, a. well - the prestige Of be.
ing at home. Young Russia, which 10
supposed to have for its maxim . What
ever Is, is wrong" will probably have an
opportunity to engage ii more practical
work than pamphleteering before the
campaign is over.-P AiladslpAsa Ledger. 81
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-09-20
Old Joys that Bring Tears.

Truckee meadows went past, redOlent
with its perfume, and bringing with it a
long train of remembrances of the joys of
childhood. That man is to be pitied who,
in the experiences of a lifetime, cannot
number that of q spring from the big
beam in the Old-fashiOned barn, to the
"One, two, three,
The humble bee,
The roOeters crow
And away g0''
followed by the souse I" all over under''
1--WE did not notice contradictions in terms
in those days), as the descent was made
into the big bay of clover and timothy be-
meath. And what fun it was when Ike
and John had gone out after another load,
to tread down" its fragrant pillows and
catch grasshOppers and make them " give
you m0lasses' before you'd let them 20.
Maybe you're ashamed of it all now, big,
hairy man that you are, and won't &C.
knowledge that you got tired and fell
asleep to the chirp of the cricket and the
song of the katydid just outside in the
grass, and while watching the sunbeams
coming in aslant through the holes in the
roof and wondering why they all turned
round - they came down, although the
chinks weresquare. Perhaps none of you
care to own, now that you are grown up,
that you ever. on rainy days when the barn
was nearly full tothe ridge and the swallow
nests almost within reach made pile of hay
and climed up on it till you could touch the
nest, and then, notwithstanding the "Quit,
quit, OUTFIT, quit-it!" of the gentlemanly
proprietor, who wore blue swall0w-tall
coat end pearly vest every day, and did
not like your intrusion at all, took out
something oil body, and almost without
form or comeliness; something with .
"peep" in it, but which no more resem-
blcd bird than q human does an angel.
All these and q thousand more kindred
memories followed that load of hay
through the street, although it was hailed
and bound and did not at all resemble the
fluffy tags of thirty years ago. But the
perfume was just the same as it must have
been when Ruth CLEANED after BOaz and
his reapcrs, and certainly was. when the
writer "raked after" Is the load was
made from the winrOw in the meadow
back of the barn. There was one thing,
however, which was wanting. and most
sadly missed. If in some manner q b0E-
olink" could have been improvised. or
there could have been telephoned along with
that load the "whewty- whew, tinkle-tOn.
kle, javy.peevy, calico breeches, upside
down, upside-down, hold-slack-six-feet-
seven inches stand. back. Stephen, 'ward-a-
link of his song, 90 that il could have
been heard, that load Of hay would have
been worth 500 per ton, just for keep
sake and rs = reminder. TiTyisia (Neo.J
EHtevDfieo.
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tween Greece and Russia, and that the for.
mer would shortly declare war.
An earthquake shock was felt in the
vicinity Of Mount Holly, N. j., on the morn
ing of the 10th. Houses were shaken and
crockery broken.
The Slate Labor Convention met ii
Harrisburg, Pa, on the 10th, aud nominated
Vim. L. Ewell, for Supreme Judge; John "
Davis for Auditor. General, and James L.
Wright for State Treasurer. The platform
calls for the abolition Of the National bank.
Ing system; the unconditional repeal Of the
specie Resumption ad: demands that eight
hours be conaidered days work and favors
legal punishmcnt for violations; favors sani-
tary Inspection Of al conditions Of labor,
ETC.; the enactment Of protective tariff laws;
the establishment q Bureaus q Statistics in
all States, as we'll . BY the National Govern.
ment; equalization d taxes; abolition Of
the contract system In etate, National
and municipal work; coudemning con.
victlabor contracts; favor rsserving lands
for actual settlers; establishing Courts Of
Arbitration to settle labor Disputes; making
employers responsible for injuries to EN-.
ployes; the abolition OF conspiracy laws,
gratuitous education, ETC., etc.
The election in Maine, On the 10Th,
passed OF quietly, and the vote WAS light. II
WAS believed that Conner (Rcp) had received
plurality Of about 8 900 votes over viii.
Jams (Deml The Legislature is strongly Re.
publicaa In both branches. s9gs
A Richmond Ind.) dispatch q the 10th
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-03-06
APPLICATIONS FOR PATENT.

Beginning d post No. I. U Z. survey No. 10,
whence . rocky knoll bears south IS degrees
east sbout no 'eet distant. aud tho quarter SEC
ton corner on the north lins ofsestihn 9.
Township i6 north. Ranxc II east. u. d. ~.
b ars south 62h degre . vesi I 100 fest distant.
and 2 inning from said poet No. I, nrrt courpe,
east coo q Ct 10 st No. .: thence. second course.
south 25 lee, TO poss No. q; thence, third
couIse, vest COO feet to post No s; thence.
purth course north sos fset to pot 80. I. the
place OF Neutrality-suspicious. ~ - 100 serts.
rrus bearings. Magnetic variation. ish de-
srres ssst.
Tue notice Of location Of this claim. covers
I'll tbe ground ine.uded In the above survey,
and alec some ground not included. bscsuse
covered b. other claims. Tais claim IL bounded
north By the vindicafor claim.
The I'm rovement. N the Holman mining
cisim consst 10 q shaft aad shsn-house. upsn
which lot Ices than ave hunired dollars have
been expended By the Applicant or his grantors
Any ald all persons claiming adversely any
portion Of sad mining ground. ben einbefore
d-seribed, Are required TO ale their sdvers<
CLAIM vhh the Register % the United states
Land Once 81 Carson Nty. Nevada. during tins
sixiy days period VI publication hsrsof. OF they
wLIbs taried BY virtue VI he provisions Of the
ststuts.
mhs sa C.. N. HARRIS. Register.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-03-06
NoTlcf TO IIfHHoIDERs.

THE UNDERSIGNED PLAINTIFF has
! this day commenced an setion In the Dis-
,riet Court of the First Judicial District of the
stats of Nevada. In and foe the q unity of sto
r-y. against the Oregon Consolidated Gold and
silver mining q lmpany. Q c~orrorsiion. defend
ant. to enforce q len upon that certsin mining
grpai q and quartz lode itnstcd In the Gold
iliil Mining District. Count, VI s.orry. state Of
Nevada. u corded upon the records OF 'sii Dis
uict a. tie New Orcgon Mining Claim" CON-
msneins at the vertical shan VI TIE Oregon
Company. running thence norther,y $50 feet to
= stale at he Independent compan,'s south
hn-. and $50 icct southerly fum said vertical
shaft. c-,.taining ftoo iinear feet. together with
at Dip. angles, spurl and variations. and the
her diianent. and sppurten,nces therrunto be-
lougins. Witch lien Is Ia secure th- sum Of
tfO ~ In gold coin o. the upi;ed states, and
10 Q lined under and by virtue u IN Act Of the
H. q slatur- u ths STATE az Nevada, entitled.
"An Acs 10 secure iieus ~ mechanics and
othsr~, ard to repeal all 9th. Acts Ia relat on
thcrvt,." sppcss-i March Q. is7s.
Now. therefor. all r-rour holding or claim
Ing iien- upon said pteni ses under the provi.
sions Of said Act arr hereby notined 20 hc and
appear before ssid District Court ON wEDNES-
DAY. March u 4. ID. 1871. at 10 o'elosk A. n.
The sane being q CAY 81 the r~gu,sr Msrrh
rm. A. d. is,T. % -sid Court. ami q exhibit
then and th>rc he pruof o; their aid liens.
n. n. cAhIiCK, Piaintia.
u. II. TAYLOR. A,t,rr.y for Plaintiff.
Dated February Is, 1871. fen law Nv tn
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-03-06
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
NOTICE. No. :s2s.

TINTED STATES LAND OFFICE. CARSON
u Caiy. Ns,ada. February o. 1877 -Notis 70
heseby siv.n thai the NIAuAkA GOLD AND
SILVIA MINING COMPANY. . corporation
existing under the laws Of the ttate Of Califor.
nia. having its p~o.ioiise a. s.n francisco, o..
superintendent thereof. this day flcd In this
once an application Tor . United staies pAuent
fsr ave hundred and reyeaty-nvc (5I5D linear
fc-t Of the Niagara Lode, vita surface groand
two hundr~d ,sooD fest In width, embracing .
: ..Isss ;s :. 4. G% 9 s ;. ,a rs L.. si..' iss. r, Tss ss-
ahip 10 north. Range II eazt. n. u. u. and NJ.
and being situate IN the Gold Hill Mining Die
trict, county u storey and state of Nevada.
and described In the plat and ield notes On ME
In this once - follows. viz:
Beginning q . Post marked No. i. U. =. sur.
vsy No. rs. ON tho est eide Of Gold Canyon,
mar the solth ehd OF the silver Hill Company
dump and on tie east boundary OF the keho."
u. b survey No. 81. from which said post the
quarter section corner On the lorth line oi sce-
tiou eight 49,. township 10 north. kangv II
EAST, n. u. NJ. bsAr- Moth n degsv-s 81 min
utss wet. distant LAS ieet. and the nagrtan on
Niagara Company hoisfing works bears south
81 degrees ~ minuter east; thence. running
nom aid Post No. I. north forty-.ix and one
ioarth lt6 ii dcxses east two husdnd lsI) icet
10 Pvss No. .; thence south fo,iy.thr,s and
three .curths lSJk) degrees east nye hundred
and sssenty-uve ,5T5l feet, to Post No. y:
thence soath 'ory-six and one fourth ltss de-
Krscs wet two hun. RID tsol feet ~ tne auth
eat Gunner Of the = Eeho," us sury,y No. 10:
thence along csst boundary OF said u.s Survey
No. 50 north ,orty three aud three iourths ON
degrees wvst Ave handrcd and seventy i've t515l
fset 10 said Post No. 4. the place Ut beginning,
81 the porthvestrriy corner Of The ctaim; ths
aiming ground hsreby sought to DO patented
icing bounded on the wet By the Eeho cain.
u. y. Survey No. 70, b~iongiIg To the sivci
Hiil Minin. COMPANY, and gu the south BY
VI s. survey No. Is
Tho part Of the said Niagara Lode hereby
applied for 10 the northwesterly or no,tlerl.
SIS fe~t OF th- 40 feet therv.i OWNED by said
Niagara Gold AMI silver Mining Company.
which said Niagara Company does not. how.
ever. hereby sAivs VI pr~jadice any VI Its
legal rights under mining lass 10 the remain.
Ing OF poutherly G35 teet OF Its said loie not
hereby sought To b patent.d d.
Notics Of the locsiion II said kisgara l. Il.
may be found IN Book D, ct page i,5. Gold MI
Mining Records. 81 Virginia Ci.y. Nevada.
References 10 hereby made ~ the plat and
field n1t.s ON nie In this once. and to The plat
and noties upon raid cain, Tor greater par
ticularity.
III sd q. Y HARRIS. R~..'-.