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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31
He Had Been q Boy.

IT is only now and then that the pub
lie get sight of man who was once a
boy and acted like boy. One of this
sort was met at the Central Depot the
other day. Feeling tired, and yet de-
string to see all that was to be seen, he
made arrangements to sit down on q
bench outside. Passing his hand over
it several times he said to himself:
"No tacks or pins put in here to raise
Teller up, and no pitch to hold Teller
down.
He looked it over very carefully, and
continued:
"No fresh paint on here to Spite
clothes, and no acid to Spite the hide. :"
He made last examination, and felt
satisfied to say:
mo place above here to pour water
down my back-no bricks to fall on my
head-nO Bogardus kicker under it no
bumble-bees around now, and think 1
can safely sot down and take comfort
Detroit Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31
Modern knowledge in the Talmud.

DIR. HERMANN ADLER delivered a
lecture on the Talmud last night at the
Jewish Workingmen's Club in Hutch
inson street, Aldgate, in the course of
which he gave several illustrations,
from passages to which he gave the
references in the Talniud, of anticipa-
tons of modern science by ancient
practice. Rabbi Gamaliel, he said, haG
in about the thirtieth year of the com
mon era kind of orrery in his house.
We are told in the Talmud that Rab-
hi Gamaliel had a representation of the
various forms and positions which the
moon assumes at the period of her
conjunction with the sun, and by means
of these he was able to cross examine
the witnesses who came to testify to
the first appearance of the moon." 1t
might be asked how the rabbis arrived
at their extensive knowledge of as
tronomy without possessing q tele-
scope. Now, he was not in q position
to state with absolute certainty that
they made use of telescope with OBJ
ject-glass and microscope, but he
thought it clear. from passage which
he would read, that they possessed an
instrument very closely resembling it.
1t was written that Rabbi Gamaliel was
on board a ship which landed on Fri
day evening after nightfall, yet the pas
sengers were permitted to land be-
cause, he said, 81 have been on the
lookout and find that we were within
the Sabbath-journey before dark" An
Otherpassagee explains more clearly what
is meant BY those words, translated,
ION the lookout" The citation runs,
rabbi Gamaliel had a tube by means
of which he could see distance of
1000 cubits by land and air; also 1900
cubits on the sea-" Galileo's pur Sc
nuove was anticipated by q rabbi. who
derived the Hebrew name for the earth
from q verb 81 to rum" because it runs
through space to do its mas
ter's bidding. It is generally be-
lieved that the famous Ameri-
can, Benjamin Franklin, whose OBJ
servations led to the modern
knowledge of electricity, was the first
to make lightning conductors; but it
was written in the Talmud Zone must
not place iron in poultry-yard from q
superstitious motive, but if it be done
on account of the thunder and light
ming it is permitted" The passage has
been recently quoted in Germany to
prove that in the fourth and fifth cen
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31

The following story, selected from an
Eastern teacher, may be applicable in
all climes and by all people:
"There was once a beautiful damsel
upon whom one of the good genii
wished to bestow q blessing. He led
her to the edge of large field of corn,
where he said to her:
Daughter, in the fields before us
the ears Of corn, in the hands of those
who pluck them in faith, shall have tai
ismanic virtues, and the virtue shall
be in proportion to the size and beauty
of the ear gathered. Thou shalt pass
through the field once, and pluck one
ear. 1t must be taken as thou goest
forward, and thou shalt not stop in thy
path, nor shalt thou retrace q single
step in quest of thine object. Select an
ear full and fair, and according to its
size and beauty shallbe its value to thee
as a talisman.'
1.-THE maiden thanked the good ge-
nj, and then set forward upon her
quest. As she advanced she saw many
ears Of corn, large, ripe and beautiful,
such as calm judgment might have told
her would possess virtue enough, but
in her eagerness to grasp the very best
she left these fair ones behind, hoping
that she might find one still fairer. Al
length, as the day was closing, she
reached part of the field where the
stalks were shorter and thinner, and
the ears very small and shrivcled. She
now regretted the grand ears she had
left behind and disdained to pick from
the poor show around her, for here she
found not an ear which bore perfect
grain. She went on, but, alas! only to
find the stalks more and more feeble
and blighted, until in the end, as the
day was closing and the night coming
on, she found herself at the end of the
field without having picked an ear Of
any kind
mo need that the gent should re.
buke her for her folly. She saw il
clearly when too late, as how many in
all chimes and all ages, in the evening
of life, call sadly and regretfully te
mind the thousand golden opportunitie.
forever lost because they were no,
plucked in their seasonr'
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31

The old prejudice against "book
and paper farming has given place to
the commOn-sense conviction that COM
parison of theories and experience are
as valuable in home and domestic mat
tiers as in everything else. The old
farmer who would try to enforce meth
DDS and practices in reference to plow-
ing, harvesting, planting and threshing
which prevailed when he was boy
would be laughed at for his simplicity.
It is beginning, at least, to be under
stood. that the more learned, logical,
scientific and progressive the farmer
may be, the better he can enjoy his pro-
fession and succeed in it.-Prairie
Farmer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31
THE TURsO.RUSsIAN WAR.

A Belgrade special of the 18th says
Servia demands, as her price for peace, the in
dependence of the Principality, the cession of
Old Serva and indemnity for Turkish devasta-
tons in the last war.
A Constantinople dispatch of the
18th says Philippopolis had been evacuated by
the Turks and burned. Adjos and Karrabad
had also been burned.
An Odessa dispatch of the 18th re-
ports further bombardment of Crimean posts
by the Turkish feet. Among the towns thus
attacked were Sebastopol, Theodosia and
Anapa.
The Turkish Minister for Foreign
Affairs, on the 10Th, addressed a note to the
Powers, respecting the misunderstanding
which had arisen on the subject of an armis-
tice with Russia, and asked their intervention
to bring about suspension of hostilities.
A London dispatch Of the 10th says
it had been learned that Suleiman Pasha's
Army was between two Russian Armies, on
the Road to Adrianople, and that it was likely
TO be captured before an armistice could be
concluded.
A special to the Vienna newspapers
of the 10th says that the Turkish Commander
at Erzeroum had offered to surrender, If al.
lowed to retire with his troops.
1t was reported from Constantinople,
on the 18th, that, should pending negotiations
for an armistice fail, the Porte would unfurl
the flag of the Prophet and permit the En-
glish fleet to pass the Dardanelles.
The Russian vanguard has occupied
Eski-Sakhra and Yeni-Saghra.
A Pera dispatch of the 18th says the
Grand Duke Nicholas had on that day met the
Turkish Peace Commissioners ut JambOli, and
announced that he had decided to treat only
at Aurianople, which he demanded should be
Immediately evacuated. The delegates as.
scented, and Immediately telegraphed the nee
essary Instructions.
Tartar-Bssardjik and Philippopolis
were reported, on the 18th, to have beer
evacuated BY the Turks and burned.
The Russians entered Adrianople Il
noon on the 10th. The Turks lost severs
hundred siege guns and a vast amount of wal
material. Negotiations for peace have beer
begun, but the propositions Of the Plenipo
tentiaries are said to be greatly at variance.
According to the estimate of the
Minister of Finance, the extraordinary ex
penses of Russia, occasioned by the war, az
gregated 49,, OOO, 900 roubles.
A Constantinople telegram Of thu
2lst says the Turks were arranging new lin'
of defense to cover Constantinople, but tn
general opinion was that the Russians woult
not advance beyond Adrianople. It was be
lieved that the Porte would purchase peace q
any price.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31

Kingston, N. Y, has professional
Juror who, when the jury retires for
consultation, says to his fellow-mem-
beers: Gentlemen, l have agreed SO
and so, and when YOU come to the
same conclusion, wake me up" He
then lies down, and when the jury
agrees with him he is ready to report,
but not before.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31
A Missouri Cave.Dweller.

A CORRESPONDENT, Mr.. c.. w. Bibb,
of Danville, Mo-, sends us an account
of Montgomery County hermit, who
has lived twenty-four years in a cave
alone while digging for gold. The re-
cluse is Maj. Geo. Boffman, the militia
ry title probably being q pleasant fic-
ton of his neighbors. Well, in 1858,
the story goes, Boffman started for
California with yoke of oxen and a
wagon, and he proposed to make his
march across the continent all alone.
While camping near Boone's Lick his
oxen strayed off and he could not find
them. Then he was indeed alone and
helpless to travel with his wagon and
goods. While searching for his "car-
rage cattle'' he found a cave. His
brain was full of golden ideas, and his
mind became jaundiced by dreams of
hidden treasures. He began to think
that BOone's Lick would be as good a
place to dig as any other spot on the
round world, and the cave he had
found was q good enough cabin for q
miner. So he digged and digged, with
a pickaxe and shovel, and has been
digging necessarily for gold at Boone's
Lick ever since 1853. He has made
several huge holes in the ground, one
of them thirty feet deep through al
most solid rock, and still he digs for
the shining metal. He says that he is
expecting a French army to come and
guard him while he is taking out his
nuggets, when he strikes the color.
Even in his long isolation from the
world he has somehow got the idea
that Americans steal. Somebody must
have told him how this part of the
world has been going on in the last fif-
teen or twenty years. The Major does
not object to seeing the neighbors
when they come to his cave, and he
talks nationally upon all subjects but
gold. He is also said to be . man Of
education and uses good language flu
emily. He has three guns and shoots
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31

An estray paragraph observes:
"Nothing in this world but a mules
leg springs up spontaneously, and every
man must build his own road to sue
cess"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31

Josh Billings, or some one else,
said: !" No man will ever get to Heaven
riding . sore-backed horse" But, for
all this, observe q great many such
horses, go where I will. There is a
cheap, simple and efficient way to cure
sore backs and old sores of any kind.
Take white oak bark, peel the ross or
outside of, add water, and boil it down
till it is as black as ink. When cool,
add to gallon of the bark extract two
ounces alum. Wash the affected part
two or three times 3 day, until cured.
-. N. Lang, Couedale Farm, Ky.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31

The song Of the mortgaged church:
" Sound the loud Kimball.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31

1t is not generally known that Ros-
coe Conklings wife is Horatio Sey-
mour's sister.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31
EPlTOME Of THE WEEK.
CONDENSED Telegraphio News.

UrRR ENT PARAG r. PMS.
DR.. Slade, the American Spiritualist,
has been expelled from Berlin.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31

Ex-Sec'y Bristow was banqueted by
the citizens Of Boston, on the evening of the
18th.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31

Hon. John II. Gear, the new Gov
ernor Of Iowa, was formally inaugui ated on
fh. l.Ah
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31

At the meeting of the State Grange
Of Illinois, recently held III Peoria, A. Z.
Forsythe was reelected Master.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31

VIM. NJ. Tweed, of New York, has
made application to the Supreme Court for
his discharge under the provisions of the Poor
Debtors act.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31

Ex-Gov. Washburn has donated his
residence and sixty acres of land, near Madi-
son, Wis.-worth SlOO.0OO-to the State of
Wisconsin for the establishment of an In
dustrial and Reformatory School for Girls.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-31

AT Newburyport, Mass, few days
ago, twelve-year-old boy, wishing to fright
EN- some little girls. pointed a loaded gun at
them. when it went of. and instantly killed
Rosa Farrell aged six years, and wounded
two other children.
The New York herald., 1878-11-11
Y. NJ. G. A. MEETING.

ADDRESSES BY MEssRs. JEsUP, wETMoRE AND
MBuRNEY-GERMAN USBELIEF.
Az Yesterday was the first day Of the week of
prayer for young set apart by vote Of the Gem
eral Convention of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tons held in Geneva last August public meeting
was held last evening 1t the Fourth Avenue Prcsbyte-
rian Church, corner of Fourth and Twenty.
second street, at which DIR. Howard Crosby presided.
Mr. Morris X Jesup the first TO address the asse-
bage Hedwet particularly on the work that had been
done by the Christian associations throughout the
country among railroad men. He said there
900 railroad men In the United states and until
the Young Mems Christian Association took hold Of
the matter their spiritual wants had never been at
tended to. Attention was first drawn TO them
charged from his position account of
drunkenness, and having become converted
Mems Christian Association be had become an apostle
among the men OF his class, and was such an ethusi-
ast the subject that he almost forced the Conve-
tion of Young Mems Christian Association to send
number of other Christian workers among them
Mr.. Jesup was followed by, Mr. BENJAMIN q.
wetmore who spoke Of the work among the German
young men OF this city. He said that this was the
third largest German city in the world and IL any
one doubted IL all ne or she had to do was to take
walk through the great east side The Germans
brought to this country love of home life. love II
law and love Of order. and were, that account.
vailed among them disbelief in the
saviour and IN sacred things They break
they do not believe in it, This spirit Of inf.
deity among the Germans the speaker continued. is
liable; however. to yet become curse to the country.
and Christian work among them could not be begun
soon. An army OF young men of German descent
springing up every day, who will become steady
propagators Of inhdelity If not reached in time.
The subject was most serious one, aud
demanded the earnest attention Of the Young Mems
Christian Association. 'We must meet them half
way, said Mr.. Wetmore; "build gymnasiuins, estab-
lsh singing classes for the German loves music-1io
anything to bring them back 10 Jesus II their
hearts could be reached once people among us
would have greater and truer reverence for God.'
After Mr.. Wetmore. Mr.. Robert Nc cBurney made
short address. and Dr. Crosby concluded with an
earnest appeal 10 all to support In every way In their
power. the good work instituted by the Young Mans
Christian Associations thrvuuhout the country
The New York herald., 1878-11-11
CARDINAL CULLEN'S SUCCESSOR.

From the Dublin Freeman Journal
The telegrams the English papers publish from
their Roman correspondents are at all times amusing
in their ridiculous absurdy One Of the most ridicu-
lous have IL that from the Roman cor
respondent of the Inu MAI Gd-ets, which we else.
where reproduce. and in which it is grayely an
nounced that the Pope has offered the Archbishoprc
Of Dublin TO Cardinal Howard elat Cardinal Howard
has declined to take the See; that the Pope will send
a Nuncio to London without requiring an ambassa-
dor 10 be sent from London to Rome. The story of
the Holy Father dispusng of the See of Dublin be-
fore the grave has closed its late illustrious
occupaM is ludcrouA enough, but IL is moth
ing To- the statement that the Pope is
about to send an ambassador To London, and
that he is to humbly the Earl Of Bcaconseld for
his sanction to the appointment If Archbishop of
Dublin We need not say that there chapters
more glorious ut once for Ireland and the Holy See
than the triumphant resistance offered to the efforts
Of successive English governments to control in
the slightest degree the choice OF Catholic Bishops In
ireland.
The New York herald., 1878-11-11

social wants of men, and it is preposterous to attempt
il. II j. good thing, however, to bring people
together; any thing which brought them together did
good. except whskeS, which was not evangelizng
influence Yet while churches should have parors
and give entertainments il should be understood that
this only part of the interior economy OF the
church for its own members, and not for the COM
il they may play cards say il at home, in the pres
or their mothers. yes; If coming down the Mis-
sissipp in fatboat, no. May man dance? Ger
ainly, but not ut funeral. All outdoor games ath-
letic sports rowing, ball matches, &c., ought 10 be
encouraged for the sake OF the health they promote
and the Church ought to favor them bat not provide
them.
THE "HousEHoI.p" FORM.
The second idea OF the Church was that OF the
household-men brought together, animated Dy
common idea of life in Jesus Christ That was the
organic centre and germform of Church life upon the
New Testament basis. church should be like
stove, radiating heat to those outside of it, or like
light whose beams shed abroad If there is an
preacher II my way half the length OF Broad
way. 1t is not necessary for me to be within the
building TO obtain the benefit OF the light Men come
into church under implied obligation to work for
the good of their fellow members and OF the commit
nifty around them, contributing to that end OF the
gifts which God has given 10 them But there are
men that enter churches they do hotels. They re-
gard the church sort OF Lords hotel where they en-
JOY the music and think there nothing to pay except
when the basket is passed around aud then they drop
in "a tencent pieceif they don't happen 10 have any
pennies about them. such men often go to church
three times ON sunday and half dozen times during
the week They become like fine cainellias very
showy and very odorless. They enjoy the music and
the preaching ana praying anu nave great fecepus,
but proIectvity they are like sponges, they suck
continually aud then squirt out leaving themselves
empty and dry. whereas the command OF the Master
was Freely We have received: freely give"
PREACHING PRAYERS
Mr.. Beecher referred 10 the long and artstically
delivered prayers so often made, nd condemned
them only useless, but positively mischievous,
dscouragng those who cannot pray rhetorically
The best prayer he knew the Lords Prayer, and
after that the publican $. Lord be merciful 70 me-
sinner" The who by his conversation, his
actions, his example influenced those around him for
good prayed most efectually, though incapable OF
composing sentence grammatically. There were
thousands of men like sacks-all of heap when left
alone, but able to stand when hlledand there should
be filters OF these In conclusion Mr.. Beecher IN
dictated the way in which professional men of various
kinds could exert elevating influence upon their
fellow
The New York herald., 1878-11-11
ST. CECILIA'S CHURCH.

RENDER UNTO CESAR THE THINGS WHICH ARE
cAsARs SERMON BY FATHER FLATTERY.
Before beginning his morning sermon the Rev
Father Fattery, of st. Cecilias Church, at lo5th
street. paid graceful compliment to Colonel Maple
son. who has donated the services Of his artists for
concert la aid OF this church at Stcinway Hall
on the evening Of ST. Cccilia's day. sun
day, the oath inst. He paid a glowing
tribute 10 the great beraty and boundcss generosity
of Colonel Maplcson in helping to promote religious
and benevolent interests 1t s no new thing, he OBJ
served. To learn OF Colonel Mapeson being the nu-
nifcen benefactor of religion. On the other side of
the Atlantic his services always freely
given to the clergy. Thousands OF dollars
have been obtained by the cooperation Of churches.
schools and hospitals. Indeed, no member OF his
profession IL better known aud more beloved by
the dgntaries of the Church in Great Britain and Ire
land, with many of whom he is on terms OF friendly
intimacy aud from whom ne has received substantial
tokens of regard. Since they change their skies but
not their hearts. who across the seas nobody
will wonder that Colonel Mapleson should be open
handed and open hearted here he has ever been
ut home. This concert will be an honor to art
and to religion, and uncommon treat to the masses
Of the people. trust. therefore. said the reverend
father that will testify sense OF gratitude by
giving the Mapcson artists such an enthusiastic re-
eeption az they never had before On the morning ot
that sunday the feast of St Cecilia Will Dc celebrated
with solemn high mass and appropriate music.
Father Flattery preached from the text, "Render
unto Casar the things which are Ca-ars His ser
mon was directed against Communism. THAT be-
longs to a man., said he. (which he has honestly,
and that does not belong to . man which
he has dishonesty acquired" He spoke
but urged the necessity of earning and saving money
for charitable works and times Of necessity and old
age. He spoke, also, the subject of Church aud
politics. saying that conflict between the govern
The New York herald., 1878-11-11
CHANCES or An ENGLISH SELECTION.
From the London Globe.I

tuc BoHuou tlDDe
Now that the catacombs of the o-Cathedra Of tho
Irish metropolis have received the ashes OF the irish
Cardinal 1t may not be inappropriate to call attention
to the question Of his successor. This is subject
susceptible Of consideration from two distinct points
of view. The election Of TO Cardinal Cul-
len IN of Importance in political well as in q rs-
hgious sense. With regard to the latter, the
choice of the Holy See affects almost exclusively
the Roman Catholic laty aud clergy of the archi-
episcopal diocese. Az 10 the former, however il is
very desirable that selection should be made Of a
prelate of the moderate opposed 10 the ultramon-
tame or irreconcilable party. Ii IL to be hoped the
time may not when the cause OF good govern
net in Ireland will have 10 regret the loss Of the de-
ceased Cardinal. From him the party Of action"
or the disturbing political element in the sister
country had no support On the contrary he was the
avowed enemy of violent measures, and the govern
ment of the day. whatever might be its party com
pltxion, was always able to calculate that his power
ful influence and example would be thrown
into the scale In favor Of law and order.
Several names mentioned of persons whose
claims are likely TO be favorably entertained
didatcs for the vacant see. That selection will be
made from the Irish prcatcs IL most probable; but
aa opinion prevails in quarters To which respect ~
due that extension IT the Of selection might be
desirable under present circumstances aud that the
most fitting ~ the deceased Cardinal may
be found among the dignitaries Of the Roman Catho-
lie Church la Lnglsnd.