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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19
The People Of Egypt.

A TOURIST who has been travelling
through Egypt thus writes to the Phila-
delphia Press on the condition of the pe0-
pie: Egypt In the possession OF England
would be one of the richest countries in
the world, surprising even the luxuriant
wealth and productive inexhauetibility Of
the age of the Phafoahs. The Delta
would be turned into vast cotton.gr0w.
ing region, and from the mouths of the
Nile to the Cataracts the prolific soil of
this teeming land of fertility would over
run with fatness. Left to pursue their
occupations no longer subject to cruel
c0rcees, by which the population of entire
villages are decimated, with an enlight-
ened and humane Government, rendering
life and property perfectly secure, the
population of Egypt would increase with
wonderful rapidly. Mesopotamia in its
best days might be eclipsed. The Eel
lahs, or agricultural laboren of Egypt,
are in NO better condition than were the
same class in the Pharonic eras. They
toll from morn till night for few pen
MES, with no covering but fold of cotton
about the loins, unsheltered from the
African sun, wretchedly fed, and housed
at night In novels that resemble more pig
pens than human habitations. With all
their privations and hardships, the Eel.
lahs are . good.natured, cheerful race, Of
kind dispositions and happy tempera-
ments. The Khedive is apprehensive OF
English designs. He fears an armed &C.
cupation of Egypt by British troops, and
its eventual Incorporation in the Anglo
Indian Empire. Should the Turkish EN-
pire break up his apprehensions may be
realized, for England would certainly
claim Egypt a. her share of the spoils,
and none could dispute her power to as
sert her pretensions. The Khedive could
make NO fight, for he would be assailed
on all sides, and he has nothing in the
shape of q navy but . few wooden yes.
sels."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19

snd passed behind her chair to ask what
had happened. "What IL the matter |.
Pray tell me-" The marked and sympa.
thetic attention of the Emperor drew III
eyes upon the lady, who became covered
with confusion. ~ implore you, Sire. to
leave" she answered Everybody is look.
ing al u.s." Troubled and perplexed, the
Emperor took the earliest opportunity Of
renewing his inquiry. II Insist upon
knowing. What is itf'' cit il this.
sire, !" the lady now answered haughtily, the
blood mantling her cheek, II have been
insulted tonight, and l will not expose
myself to q second instalt." "To-murrow. I"
said the Emperor, III low kind voice,
nobody will dare 10 insult you again
Returned home, Madame de Montijo and
her daughter, their Spanish blood thor
oughly aroused, made hasty preparations
to leave Paris for Italy. On the morrow
morning, however, the mother received .
letter from the Emperor, in which he
formally asked the hand of Mademoiselle
Eugene de Montijo in marriage; and the
ladies within q few days removed from
their apartments to the Elysee, which was
assigned to the Emper0r's betrothed.
Within month Mademoiselle de MOntijo
sat ON the throne of the Tuileries beside
Napoleon Ill.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19
4 Chinese Giant.

THERE is now veritable giant ON exhi-
bition on ] street, between Third and
Fourth. We entered the st0re-rOom where
he holds his levees last evening, fully per.
suaded to meet with humbug. We left
firmly impressed with the fact that We
had met with one Snowman WHO did not
exageerate in announcement of his exhi.
bition. The giant is . Chinaman, .
shrewd, good. natured and rather dignified
Chinamsn, who has donned mandarin's
costume and sits in chair large enough
for summer house. He is the most mas
sive man ever seen in this city. A large
handed man cannot encircle his wrist
with one hand, and two of the giants I'm.
gers make an ordinary hand stretch to
encircle them. A man five feet eight
inches cen stand erect under his out
stretched arm and not touch it with his
head. Ordinary men have to tilt their
hats upon the organ Of philoprogenitive-
ness and look upward to his face a. Chi
cago grain.buyersldo to Hoosier teamsters.
He stands seven feet nine inches high, and
claims that he weighs four hundred and
twelve pounds. He is . finely. proper
toned man, not at all corpulent-is, in
deed, hard-muscled and compact in frame,
and moves with the ease Of ordinary men.
-SacrementO (C0l.) Record Union.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19
A Photographers Fright.

HE is young photographer, just start
ing in business and love. The other after
noon his girls mother calle'l for sitting.
He desired to make most favorable
impression upon that portion OF her mind
which could appreciate photography, and
80 he became q trifle nervous in the work.
But he got her settled finally, with her
eyes fixed classify on q certain object. as
is the custom. Then he drew the cloth,
took out his watch, counted off thirty Sec
onds, restored the cloth, and drew out the
case.
"Graciousi'' he unintcnti0nally cjacu.
lated, II forgot to pull out the plate"
The old lady had to sit again, and she
prepared for the ordeal, but with conn.
dence in the operator considerably abated.
He was more nervous now than before.
and it was some minutes before he had
her arranged to suit the focus. Then the
cloth was again removed, the watch again
pulled out. He counted of thirty seconds,
removed the cloth and drew out the case.
"Great Heavens!' he exclaimed, In .
frightened voice;"I forgot to pull out
the slide"
The prospective mother .in-law sprang
to her feet, snatched up her hat ana
shawl. and pausing long enough to in.
auire If he was drunk, shot out Of the
door, leaving che pallid- faced artist grasp
ing a chair for support.-Ala Calver.
nSn
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19

A terrible whiriwind struck TIT Town
Of fensaukes, Wn., oA the evening OF the
tth, destroying nearly every structure In the
village, ANA killing from six 70 ten persons,
and wounding twenty. Among the buildings
prostrated was the Gardner House, one of
the largest hotels In Northern Wisconsin,
The width of the tornado did not exceed 1 900
feet, and It was all over In two minutes. The
place Is q total wreck.
Information was received at Walla
Walla, Ore, on the 9th, that Col. Perry, who
was on the way to Gen. Howard with pack.
train and an escort of thirty men, was at.
tackled by Indians on the 4th, and that ten
soldiers aud two citizens were killed. Capt
Whipplc went to his rescue, and the Indians
were repulscd, but were In force around Col.
Perry and Capt. Whlpplc, who had only force
enough to act ON the defensive.
An official account was Received iii
Washington, ON the 9th, Of the crossing into
Mexican territory, over the Rio Grande, of
Onitcd States troops, and the capture of
stolen horses and the punishment of dep.
redatory Indians, who were driven into the
mountains. President Hayes, and others in
high official station, are said to have ex-
pressed much qualification at the intclli
gehce.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19

MANIFESTATIONS of internal force be-
meath the earth's crust in the shape of
either earthquakes or volcanic eruptions,
occur on an average nearly three times .
week, in greater or less intensity In some
part Of the globe. such, at least, Is the
conclusion to be arrived at from the com.
pilation of all the recorded phenomena Of
This kind in the year 1876, lately prepared
by Prof. Fuchs, and published In Ger
man scientific journal.
Out of the three hundred and sixty five
days of that year one hundred were
marked by terrestrial disturbances of
which authentic records exist, while there
must have been many shocks of more CT
less violence in unfrequented portions Of
the globe where volcanic forces are known
to exist. The most serious of these OBJ
served phenomena occurred at Cucuta,
New Granada, on the 10th, 17th and 18th
Of May, when several towns and villages
were destroyed; at San Cristobal and
Guadalaxera, in Mexico, on February
18th; at Lifu Island, In the North Pacific,
on March 26th; At Lahore, in the Punjaub,
and ct Porto Rico, on the 18th and 21st Of
December.
All these places, 1t will be observed, are
In the torrid zone, with the exception Of
Lahore, which IL only . short distance
north Of the Tropic d Cancer. It Il esti.
mated that no fewer than twenty thousand
persons lost their lives during the destruc-
ton caused by these earthquakes, while
the damage to property was enormous.-
Londos zInsss.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19
FACTS AND FIGURES:

IT is estimated that 1900, 900 buffalo
hides are awaiting shipment from the trad.
ing posts west Of Dallas Texas.
TINY are proud in San Francisco of
their Hack Company, with . great stable
of 100 teams and capital Of case, 900.
Mr.. DODGE, the statistician of the Az.
ricultural Department, states that during
the past year z,OOO, 600 hogs, of all ages,
have died of cholera, .beins . money loss
Of GO, QO0, 900 to the ;fafiners. Ohe-hfth
of the loss Was iii Illinois, and next III
order are Missouri, Iowa and Indiana,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Lou.
isiaha
They have wondst in full blast Heat
YanktBh, Dakota. It Is a large rock that
burns constantly, looking like ali imimehsE
coal of fire in the night, aid sending th
columns of dense black smoke By day. It
burns constantly and of itself. The rock
looks IS If it might contain coal, but Of
very poor quality. The fire reduces the
rock to q very bright red cinder, which
snaps like artillery, and the cause 10 o. yet
unknown to the people Of the neighbor-
hood.
TAXATION in Great Britain ID ssh, 000,.
600 year for National purposes, and
$1UA,OVV,VVV 1UI IOC8l VuIpO0CS SOsAAS
$536, SOC, 600. This is at the rate of IF.
teen or sixteen dollars per capita. Tho
National debt is q, coo, OK, 900. The Ma
tional debt of Great Britainis about $780,
OO0, 900 less thsn that of France, and the
annual burden of interest 1t imposes ID
less than half what the French debt i'm
poses. Our National debt, less cash in
the Treasury, was q, loss. ST., 342 ON the
LIST of June of which about a 100 OOO. 600
was interest bearing. Our local debts, in.
Guiding $3Q7 ,146. 028 Of State debts, were
estimated at $780,, 907 800 in 1876.
These debts aggregated e645, 427 $50 in
1870, according to the United States census.
The Cosr or WARS The Economise
places the loss in meh during the various
wars ffom 1864 to 1871 at 1,94S, 900, of
which $50, 900 died during that of the
Crimca; 5000 in that of Italy, in 1859;
Schleswig. Holstein, 5000; United States
civil war, 500, 900; war Of Prussia against
Austria and Italy in 1856. 5000; Mexi-
can, Cochin China, Morocco ano Para
quay expeditions, 65, 900; Franco Prussian
war of 1901, 215, 900, of whom 150, 600
were French and GO, 900 Germans; and loss
by massacres of Christians in Bulgaria
and Armenia, during l676-77, %, 900. The
expense Of the Crimean war Is placed ct
| 81 zoo, 900, 600; Italy, $3eO, O0O, 900; Unit
ed States-Northern section, a, 700, O0O,.
600, Southern Section, $2,30O, 900 900;
Schleswlg- Holstein, $35 ,O0O, 900; Prussia,
Austria and Italy in 1866, $3.50, 900 600 ;
Mexico, Cochin China, Morocco and
Paraguay, $2OO, 900 900; Franco Prussian
war, q, 500, 900 900; Total, $12yO65, 000,-
600.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19
Strange Discovery in . Cave.

A CORREsp0NDENT, writing from One0n.
tn, N. Y, to q New York paper, says:
A discovery, which has created no little
sensation in this part of the State, was
made q few days since by three men,
named w. H. Widger, F. A. Strong and
J. w. Shove, in the Township Of Laurens,
ON the diego Creek, Streeter's Gorge, at
Laurensville, q wild, rocky and in some
places almost inaccessible glen, which has
recently come into some celebrity as re-
sort of excursion parties and curiosity
seekers. Among the old settlers in the
Susquehanua Valley there was Tradition
of the existence of lead mine some
where on the creek in that vicinity, and
after the Indians were driven out of the
valley struggling members of the tribe
frequently returned and spent weeks In
the neighborhood, and brought lead into
the settlement to sell. No signs Of any
mine were ever found, however, but II
was believed, If it existed at all. to be
somewhere in the gorge. The three men
named were exploring the gorge few
days ago. Strong fell from ledge of
rock to the margin of the creek, striking
in . mass of driftwood that had been left
by freshets at the foot of the ledge. To
extr;ca te him, Widger and Shove re-
moved a large nuantitv OF this drift, and
- Toinc e. Zane mon an openine in the
rocks vhich had the appesrsnce Of an en-
trsnca 10 cave. Stronr was not injured,
mn. mon his beinr drawn from the creek,
the three mem crawled into the opening.
For lew feet they crawled through !
dripping. slimy space some three feet
square. when t became dry and dusty,
and Gradually widened. After following
the tunnel twenty feet or 30, and encoun.
terine q strong draft Of very cold air, the
exploring party retraced their steps, and,
procuring lights, returned to make
q thorough examination Of the cav
ern. For fifty feet the tunnel extended
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19

can explain. There 10 no tradition in the
valley Of the existence Of this cave, and
the formation Of the implements found
and the material from which they are
made would seem to indicate that It was
known to. and occupied BY, representa-
t1ves Of rsce different from the Indians
who peopled the valley hundred years
Ago: There 10 theory advanced thst the
Indians brought the lead from the lake
country, and, aware of the existence Of
this cave, used 1t % . stofehouse for their
mineral. The attention of scientific men
has been called to the copper implements
and the skeleton. and several offers have
been Received from colleges and mtisetlnAs
tot theif purchase.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19
For Ones Health.

ION, the doctor has Ordefeu 1t: de
says II is absolutely Aecessafy fol- my
AS we meet OUT friends, these pleasant
summer days; and they tell US where they
are going thia summer, they alm8st invari-
ably finish OF With Tic remark which
opens this article.
Doctors, in these days, are shrewd fell
lows. They have an eye to the main
chance; and, US every fashionable woman
is out of health, it islands their physi-
clans" in hand to make them believe that
their condition is dangerous unless care
fully attended to.
Of course every fashionable woman
likes to think that her health demands she
should go to the salt water, Or TO the
think that she Is going, and to tell her dear
five hundred friends that she is going,
and going for her health. There Is q sort
of sclat in going somewhere for your
health.
And it IL surprising how pater. familsas,
no matter how penurious he may be, nor
how obstinately he says Fudgew and
Boshr' when all other little excursions
are suggested-it Is surprising, we say,
how quickly he willis and opens his peck.
et-boOk when the doctors opinion Is
quoted to him, and the plea of "a For my
Health" is presented:
1t Is singular how ftost people delight
to get away from home. Home, which
should be the center Of all our joys, and
the grand nucleus ar0und which sh6tld
cluster o6r dearest hopes and our fondcst
affections. Home, which should be to
every woman of = thousand fold more i'm
pOrtance than all the Saratogas, and Long
Branches and White Mountains.
Year by year our fashionable women,
when July sets in, leave their cool, com
Portable houses. where blinds and screens
shut out the heat. and dust, and smoke
leave their spacious, well-furnishcd cham
beers, and their elegantly-appointed tables
to travel. And they submit to be stewcd
and grilled in nine by ten bedrooms; they
are stified in the packing. box state rooms
of first.class steamers; they are bullied
by the landlords, cheated by the hack.
men, half. poisoned by the bad cooking,
and made to suffer from flies, heat, mos.
quitoes and other insects too numerous
to mention, to the tune of four dollars q
day, and washing extra.
And this Is called travelling for pleasure
and health!
Nov, we do not want to be understood
as saying ANYTHING against travel, when
properly conducted, for we do believe
that no system of education 80 polishes a
man as q judicions course Of travel, and
we have no doubt but that it Diogenes had
come forth from his tub and travelled dur.
ing the fashionable season, he would have
been much more entertaining company
flor the tub) ON his return.
Bot we cannot see how anybody can
call summer travel, as it is usually con
Quoted, a pleasure. We have tried il
quite extensively, and have failed to dis
cover where the pleasure comes in.
And our advice would be-never travel
in July and August unless you are sal
amander.
If woman can 60 on season after sea
son travelling for her health, and not col
lapse under the tnartyrdom, she must b'
blessed with sound constitution, and i
is safe for her to calculate on living twenty
years on borrowed time. Kate Thorn
in N. Y. Weekly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19
Il WoCtD not live always
/ ask not to stay;e
20 he ate n green peach

The time of year will soon be at hand
when you will buy dollars worth of
postage stamps, fold them up and place
them In your pocket book, and when you
need them, find the bunch glued together
in such shape that the entire mass would
mot carry an open circular to the nexttown.
-Ol CITY Defritk.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19
THE rURCo.RUssIAN wan.

The Porte has published the following
official dispatch: The Russians, defying the
rights of humanity, and without any military
necessity, have completely destroyed the
fiourishing Town of Rustchuk, which 10 now
nothing but a heap Of ruins. They spared
neither mosques, churches, hospitals, nor
public buildings. We hereby make known
their act to the Justice and humanity Of
Europe"
A Bucharest dispatch Of the Sd SAYS
that all able-bodied Bulgarians had been
summoned to present themselves at the Rus
sian camps, to be Organized into force for
their own protection.
According to Turkish reports, the Rus
slams in Asia have been defeated i've times
since June is. Their losses ON the 3Oth nit.
were believed to be 10000, and their wound.
cd filed 500 wagons.
The advance of the Russians across the
Danube has aroused IN intense war feeling
in Constantinople, and all available troobs.
including the Imperial Guards, have been
ordered to the front.
The Gar has issued proclamation for.
malIy dcclaripg tho independence Of Bul.
garia.
On the 4th, Mukhtar Pasha teleeraphed
to Constantinople that the Ruesisn len wing
In front Of Kass had bsss slmest sanihilsteA.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19

The newest, dressy trimming for the
neck is Q boa made of white lace studded
with small flowers, such - violets, myo.
s0tis or lilac
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19
SENSE AND NONSENSE.

LACE neckties are worn by gentlemen.
AN idle roomer-thc discharged hotel
clerk.
Isle thread gloves without buttons;
but with long clicked wrists, are in great
dem and
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EPlTOME OF THE WEEK,
Condensed Telegraphic News.

CURRENT RARA60ARASe
The export of horses from Germany has
hecn forbidden by Imperial decree.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19

Portugal has consented to act with
England in suppressing the slave trade ON the
Mozambique coast.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19

twenty-five persons have been recently
drowned by foundations In the Province of
Murcia, Spain.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19

Philadelphia, Pa, has been chosen Is
the next place for the meeting of the Pan
Presbyterian Council, now in session at Ed
inburg, Scotland.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19

Claston & Co., heavy shipping mer.
chants and traders, of London, have failed
for e.5CO,OOO.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19

The Secretary of the Treasury has made
another call for the redemption Of $50 bonds
of 1855, in amount of $4,000, 0CO, interest
and principal payable on the 5th of October.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19

Announcement is made Of the failure of
the Merchants Loan and Trust Company, of
Paterson, n. j., caused, it is said, by business
depression, injudicious purchases of paper
and Investments in real estate. The stock
holders lose about fifty cents on the dollar,
but the depOsitors are safe.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-19

The Keeseville IN. w. National Bank
was entered, few nights ago, by seven or
eight masked burglars, who bound and
gagged the Waterman, blew open the safe
and vault, and got away with $15. 900 belong
ing to the bank and t6O.OOO belonging to in
dividuals.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-12

Conductor and MIR. Geo. Schuei Ter, the
pianist, will also take part i'll the con-
cert.
Tickets for the RiVe.King benefit are
selling rapidly and Indications are that
the result Of the excellent entainmeDt
Will be substantial benefit. rhe Oc-
casion will be one of the most brilliant
combinations OF musical talent ever en-
gagged in this city. Mrs. r ve-King is to
be assisted by Miss Auna DrasdIl, Miss
Emma Thursby, M. Whitney, Nine.
Jenny Kemp on and Mr.. FL, j.
Schonacker.
WOODS THEATER - "PINK DoMTNoEs." )"
The management of this house have
just put on the boards the great French
play, "Pink Dominoes," with Mr.W. N
Griffith in the leading part. 1t is pro-
nOunced one OF the funniest OF com edies ,
and will draw full houses all the week
Matlnees Wednesdays md Saturday.