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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-10-17
A Remarkable Operation.

ON the Esd of September, 1874, a
shocking accident occurred to Miss
Lucy A. Osborne, who was at work in
a button factory in New Milford. She
was STOPPING down to pick up some
work when a dangling tress of her hair
was caught by a swiftly whirling shaft,
and in flash her entire scalp was torn
off. 1t was frightful wound. Not
only the scalp was removed but nearly
all of the right ear, and a portion of
the right cheek. The right eyebrow
was also taken and the left drawn up
from its place. The strain on the MUS
cles and chords of the forehead almost
destroyed her sight. She was sent to
St. Luke's Hospital, in New York, for
treatment, where she remained nearly
four years. She is now at home with
her father, Stephen Osborne, New Mil
ford, and although the marks of the
terrible accident will always remain,
vet surgical skill has done much to
modify them. A new scalp has grown
upon her head by the grating thereon
of minute bits of skin. This has been
a work of several years. The pieces
were contributed from the arms of the
hospital surgeons. The total number
of pieces used in this operation was
1860. One of the surgeons contribut-
ed from his person 1902 pieces, and
another gave S65.
The appearance of the scalp now is
similar to that of healed wound. Of
course there can be no growth of hair
thereon. The eyes still present a
slightly drawn appearance, but their
sight is very good although they will
not bear a close application without
WEAKNESS. The wounds of the cheek
and ear have been neatly dressed, the
former leaving scarcely scar.
During her stay in the hospital she
was visited by many medical men, a
number of them being from Europe.
In the FIRST of the grating process bits
of skin the size of nickle pieces were
employed, but not with good success,
and at the suggestion of an English
surgeon much smaller pieces were sub
stituted, and with excellent results
DGnbatry NesCs.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-10-17

The new fall bonnet Is said to be
made of material that poisons the COM
plexion," says the stingy man of the
Buffalo Express.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-10-17

The Bosnians are on the Save, and
so is about everybody else these times.
-Nes0 Haven Register.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-10-17

IT is said that in the rivers of Cana
da are varieties of fish originally from
salt water which can swim by zig-zag
movements from the bottom to the top
OF sheet of falling water fifty feet
high.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-10-17

The Austrian losses since the occu-
patton of Bosnia and Herzegovina aggregate
1900 men up to the LIST of October.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-10-17

session at Milwaukee,. on the 81, elected Of
iicers for the ensuing year as follows: Mark
Hopkins, d. d., President; William E. Dodge,
Nice-President; Nathaniel G. Clark and E. X
Alden, Corresponding Secretaries; Rev. John
o, Means, Recording Secretary; Langdon s.
Ward. Treasurer; Avery Plummer, Arthur W.
Tufts and }. NJ. Gordon, Auditors; A. G..
Thompson, ID. d., Alpheus Harding, Ezra
Farnsworth, Joseph s. Ropes, Prof. E. G..
Smyth. {. e. Burns, Elbridgc Torrey, E. b.
Webb and Rev. Isaac K. Worcester, Pruden-
tial Committee.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-10-17

Potter. Wilson Il Co., shipowners
and Colonial merchants, of Glasgow, Scot
land, have failed for S3OOOOOO
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-10-17

Pirates have made their appearance
in the Persian Gulf, and the British Minister
has asked permission from the Porte to send
a plau-of-war to operate against them.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-10-17

The Greenback vote in Colorado, at
the recent election, aggregated about ], POO.
The Republican majority in the State, over
the combined Democratic ana Greenback vote,
will be from $500 to $500. The Legislature
is largely Republican.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04
The Human Body.

The number of bones in the frame
work Of the human body is Dag: sixty
three Of which arr in the head and face,
twenty-tour III the ribs. slxtoeu~in the
wrists, fourteen in the ankles, los in the
feet aud hands. there being in each
twenty-sevcn. The heart is SIX inches
long. and four inches IN diameter, and
beats seventy times per minute. 400
times per hour. 100, 500 per day, 80. 792. e
600 times per year, and at each beat two
and q half ounces of blood are thrown
out Of il, l75 ounces per minute, 656
pounds per hour, seven and thrce-fourth
tons per day. All the blood in the body
passes through the heart IN three min
utes. The skin il composed OF three
LAYERS. and varies from one-tourth tn
one-eighth Of an inch in thickness. Each
square inch Of skin contains 3, 300 sweat
ing pores. each of which may be hkenei
to a little drain-pipe one-fourth OF an
inch long, making mn aggregate length
Of the entire surface of the body OF 2Ol.-
l6s feet. or a little ditch for draining the
body ALMOST forty miles long. The
weight or the blood in the body is from
thirty to forty pounds. The blood per
forms a complete circuit, in the system
in 40 seconds. In twenty.four hours
IL 900 pints OF blood are sent 10 the
lungs The hair grows in two years twelve
to sixteen inches. A man grows twenty
wears. lives to 100 years, or more. Eight
hours sleep is the maximum required 10y
man. Napoleon slept four. Wellington
six. The food Of man is regulated by has
own experience which agrees or dis.
agrees with him. The average time OF
the stomach for digesting mixed diet Is
three hours and half. Exercise, clean
lincss, and cheerful and contented
spirit are Natures best medicine for
sound health and long life.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04
An Old Puzzle Rewritten,

"If you please, sir, I'm poor boy,
but I'm awfully smart and / want tc
work"
The storekecpcr looked at his Gus.
toner in astonjshment. The boy was =
little bit of fellow, and his chin came
just over the top Of the counter.
"Well, said the storekeeper, " You
seem TO have pretty good idea Of your
self" "
That's So" said the boy, II lost
my last place cause / was smart.
"All right, then. II show you where
you make a great mistake when you say
you're smart. Do you see that jug over
there ?"
"No, sir, said the boy, looking hard
at green box marked, "Six gross safety
pins"
Not there /: way back in the store. .
"Oh, yes, said the boy.
Now that jug is full OF vinegar il
holds eight quarts. I've an order for
four quarts, but haven't any empty
measures excepting one holding three
and another holding five quarts. Now,
il you're as smart as You say you are,
perhaps you can measure the -four
quarts from the eight quarts by using
the three and five ?"
81 can do it, said the hoy, 'just as
easy as fishing.
"If you do, I'll give You two dollars
% week and your clothes. No guessing,
now. you must measure exactly"
All right" said the boy, have
your tailor here in fifteen minutes to
measure me, please.
The tailor might have come even
earlier, as the boy had the four quarts
of vinegar measured out in less than hye
minutes.
How did he do itl
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04

In Nutrition in Health and Disease
DIR. Bennett says: These physiological
effects explain the prostration of an in
valid, or, indeed OF any one unaccuatom-
ed 10 exercise, after great muscular
effort They feel languid and exhausted,
have pains in the muscles and cannot
sleep. They have used mp, wasted part
of their muscular structures, and there
ia not sufficient organic activity in the
economy 10 rapidly renew the destroyed
fibre; so the feeling of fatigue and pros
tration lasts. This, however, is not a
reason for renouncing exercise as an inn
possibility, as not agreeing with the con-
stitution. A small amount only should
be taken regularly at first, perseyered in
whether agreeable or not, and gradually
increased as the muscular power in
creases, which il is sure to do. Active
people, even indoors, take deal of ex-
ercise. They are ever on the move,
running upstairs and down, fetching all
they want, and waiting both ON them
selves and on others; and that even when
surrounded with domestics. Such per-
sons find that they have walked several
miles in the course Of the day, without
even leaving the house. This In the
history of female servants, who often
never 90 out of doors from weeks end to
weeks end, and yet usually retain good
health. Sedentary people, on the con-
trary, persons of indolent habits, who
never move from the chair or sofa, III
they can help il, and who ring the bell
for all they want, reach the end OF the
day with scarce q mile OF exercise. Not
only, therefore, do they eschew exercise
out of doors, but they do not even take
it indoors. is it surprising that they
should be obese and unwieldiy, and o
prey 10 the diseases of a torpid, sing
gish vitality?
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04
Adventures of n WeteOrite,

Prof. Lewis Swift, OF Rochester, well
known az a discoverer Of comets, de.
scribes a meteorite recently obtained
from Augusta county, Va. Three others,
of similar general characteristics, have
been found in that part of Virginia, and
it is surmised that they all fell in one
shower of stones. The extreme dimen-
sions of this meteorite are eighteen,
eleven and n half and eight inches /;
its weight is 152 pounds. 1t was origi-
naIly found in 1853 or 1859, ON a farm
near Staunton, by q colored man, who
noticed its great weight, and carried it
FIVE miles to find n purchaser, but vainly,
though he offered il for 81. II laid sew
eral years behind blacksmith's shop.
Then it was used in building a stone
fence, but as il was heavy and shapeless,
il soon fell out. A dentist afterward
selected IL as suitable for use as an anvil
in bammering ont gold plates. This
stone next Termed part Of the wall of a
cistern, and was there recognized for
the first time as meteorite by a Mr..
M. A. Miller, of Staunton.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04

A professor suggests this for the
cultivation of the memory: Before you
90 to bed at night implant in your
mind that which you desire to remem-
Der, and repeat it in the morning.
Mind never sleeps, but retires into
that spiritual cathedral which the
Almighty has prepared. Problems un-
solved before retiring become clear and
Ineligible in the morning, after the
night has rolled away. Classify your
knowledge as much as possible, and
have suitable pigeon holes in youI
brain for proper assortment Of your
information sound logic, clear head
and conscience, good humor. healthy
digestion are essential in the cultiva-
ton OF good memory.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04
A Woman Traveller.

Madame Lydie Paschkoff, woman
traveller of note, recently arrived IN
New York from Brazil. am not,
she said in conversation, "a Stanley or
a Livingstone / have discovered no
unexplored region, but have lourneyed
far and wide and have made a close
study Of the manners Of different nations,
as well as the peculiarities OF the coun-
tries | have visited as concerns nature
itself. In Turkey met with not a few
exciting adventures Once, ON the
Journey TO Palmyra, we encountered
tribe Of Bedouins. A few of their num-
Der came towards us at gallop, intend
ing 10 attack us, but they relinquished
the idea on perceiving our strength We
had with us as precauhon sixteen
soldiers, commanded by an officer, and
ten Arab cavaliers. More than once we
congratulated ourselves on our posses
sion of body guard, for, but for this,
we should inevitably have been robbed.
There were other mishaps than Bedouin
attempts upon MS, however. Once, in
approaching Liban, my horse ran away
with me. | hoped TO arrest him, but he
continued his mad course until he
stopped almost on the verge OF preci-
pice he was wise animal and thought
n prndent not TO 90 over.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04
RfSktuv life for IFhertV.


One OF the most daring leaps on re-
cord was made recently by George Glen,
a prisoner held for burglary, at the Cen
tral police station, in Toledo, Ohio. The
court room was on the fourth floor.
counting the basement as one story. On
the east side there is small ante-room,
in which prisoners are kept during the
time between the opening Of the court
and their respective trials. There is no
grating TO the window, and il il fifty feet
to the solid pavement below. Beneath
il is an iron fence presenting row OF
pickets, on which any one falling would
be almost certain 90 be impaled.
Glen was in the room with two other
prisoners, no officer being present He
expected 10 he called soon for trial on
three charges-burglary. larceny, and
assault and battery, Gleni said 10 the
other prisoners, " / am going 10 get out
of this" He hardly said il before he
threw off his overcoat, and pushing mp
the sash. sprang on the window sill.
HIS borrihed companions called out,
" Hold ON, You will be killed !" " It in
as well that way as any," said Glen.
Rising 30 his full height and grasping
the bottom of the sash, he placed his
left foot on the outermost end of the
stone, and by a desperate effort swung
his right arm and foot out toward
grated window that was some five feet 30
the north. Quick as a cat he caught an
iron Of the grating. but 30 do 30 was
compelled 10 slip his left hand from the
sash. and depend on precarious hold
OF the window frame. His right foot
struck the edge of the other window, and
then, by an effort of muscle, he drew
himself clear over 30 the other window.
Just 10 the north of this second window
n water pipe Of large size ran down in
the angle formed by the junction of the
main station with one of the prisons.
Grasping this between his knees, Glen
let go his mold ON the grating, caught
the pipe. and went down like a streak
of lightning. He had hardly touched
the stone step ut the bottom when he
made dart into rear door OF Zeile-
hans saloon, dashed into an alley by an
opposite door, and ran into Long street
with the speed of the wind. The jump
and descent occupied not over minute,
and Glen was away almost before the
other prisoners could call 10 an officer
Just outside the door. The court ad-
iourned, while the judge and the prose-
cutor went into the ante-room, and
looked in vague incredulity at the win
dows, the pipe, and the heel-marks ON
the stone.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04

gang, who returned il and died like
desperadoes as they were, either IN their
saddles or dropping from their horses
necks. Captain Jim proved the most
cowarlly oi the LOT. He begged for
quarter, but for answer was riddled by
dozen bullets.
When the fray was over and Dick
Hartford sat upright, listening 10 tue
account of the hght, and Of the seyerest
and sharpest the Vigilantes experienced,
he was eompllmented upon his courage,
and, in turn, thanked his rescuers. In
reality, he had performed his mission,
bat not 10 the manner he had planned.
That he did net succeed IN carrying out
his plans was owing the merest accident.
The Nigilantes had been summoned at
his instance, and were in time 30 save
his life. "A close shave, as Bris Mar
tin. the captain. remarked However,
miss is AS good as a mile" p"
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04

Commissioner General Mccormick
has published the list of American e1-
hibitors, artists excepted, in the Paris
exhibition. The list contains 57S names,
representing twenty-four States. Ma
chinery plays the most important part
in the exhibit. There are specimens OF
all sorts of machines for all kinds of
purposes. There are thirty-two lots of
agricultural machinery, and ten of now
ers and reapers. The names OF some of
the best known piano manufacturers are
missing from the list; but telephones,
toughened glass, type-writing machines
and other triumphs OF American inge-
nuity are well represented. New York
State furnishes 224 of the total number
of exhibitors, of whom 1896 belong to
the city OF New York. Pennsylvania
has l0i exhibitors, Massachusetts, forty
one, Connecticut thirty.eight, and New
Jersey twenty. The Western States
furnish fifty exhibitors between them.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04

On the 2Sth Of February last Mr.. o.
p. Rocks, of No. 1021 Cherry street,
Philadelphia, addressed letter TO Hon.
John Jay Knox, comptroller Of the trea-
sury, making inquiry after five dollar
note on the First National Bank of Lima,
Ohio, plate letter A, dated September
I9. 1872. The note was genuine in every
particular, but without seal. number, or
signature. Under the condition that IL
wonld be returned to him without de
facement Rocks submitted ii TO the
comptroller for examination as TO the
cause of its not having the seal, number
and signature. After investigation the
comptroller concluded it had been stolen
from the department and cancelled 1t,
sending to Rocks q five dollar treasury
in its place. Rocks, who priced the note
as a rare specimen, declined to receive
ehe genuine note and sent a letter of in
quiry, from which pointed correspond
ence grew between himself and the comp
troller, who has decided to redeem every
stolen genuine impression of national
bank notes. Heretofore such impress
sions when received at the redemption
agency were stamped "stolen and re-
turned whence they came at the loss of
the holder.-Philddelphid Times.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04
The Real Hero.


In l79S the Prnssian officers ol the gar
rison OF Colberg establishedan economi-
cal mess, OF which certain. poor immi-
grants we're glad TO psrtake. They OBJ
served one day am old major of hussars,
who was covered with the scars of
wounds received in the Seven Years
War. and half hidden by enormous gray
musfachios. The conversation turned
on duels. A young stoutbuilt cornet
began 10 pirate i'm an authoritative tone
ON the subject. .Hv6 r
" And you, major, how many duels
have you fought r.
"None, thank Heaven, answered the
old hussar, i'm q subdued voice; htge
fourteen wounds, and Heaven be praised.
there In not one i'm my back NO that Il
may be permitted TO say that / feel my
self happy in never having fought o
duel. s~9
. Bnt you 4dhan fight one with me, /"
exclaimed the cornet reaching across 10
give him % blow.
The major, agitated, grasped Che table
TO assist himself In rising, when unani-
nous cry was raised
"Dont stir, major. =
ALI the officers present joined ln aetx
ing the ccrnat, when they threw him
out at the window, and aht down again
at the table aa IN nothing hMd oecurred.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04
An Eccentric We'll.

Wells in the oil regions. says Penn.
sylvania paper. have flowed salt water,
fresh water, gas and oil We now have
information that n we'll in Butler county
has been flowing balls Of fire. To add
to the interest Of the phenomenon, each
OF these balls Of fire exploded with n loud
report. The we'll is situated on the
McCandless farm, in Butler county, Pa.
considerable distance beyond develop.
ments. 1t was finished some time ago,
and was drilled as test well for that
locality. About the time ID was com.
pleted an immense vein OF water was
struck, which flowed one hundred feet
into the air. The well has been flowing
some months, and Is yet throwing the
water about fifty feet into the air. Re
Gently the family living in the vicinity
Of the well were startled by n loud
rumbling sound, not much unlike thun
der. They found, on going out of doors,
the noise proceeded from the well.
Balls OF fire rose above the column OF
water aud exploded with considerable
violence. This phenomenon continued
for some time. Then the rumblinp
noise and balls OF fire ceased.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04

mthe Office when I'm not on dutyf Adams
replied that Milliken himself was some.
what Of ali inventor, and he thought
that he would not only let Tom experi-
ment as much as he pleased, but that he
would also take n personal interest IN
his experiments. The very first trial
was the duplex dispatches that gave
Tom the reputation Of lunatio ia Mem
phis, aud caused him 30 loae his situa-
tion. Milliken, unlike Coleman, en-
tered into the spirit of the thing. and IN
u short time Tom had so far perfected IL
that he worked II quite successfully be-
tween New York and Boston. But 30
accomplish this he spent every dollar he
earned for material for bis experiments.
and when the grand secret was dis
covered hadn't money enough b. pay
for fling a eayeat for a patent. -
Netg York Stfu.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04
The Dying Wife.

Lay the gem upon my bosom,
Let me feel her warm breath,
For strong chill o'er me passes,
And know il is death.
would gaEe upon the treasure
Scarcely given ere go
Feel her rosy, dimplod angers
Wander DER my cheek Of snow,
am passing through the waters,
But blessed shore appears
knCel beside me, husband, dearest,
let me kiss away thy tears;
wrestle with thy grief, my husband,
Strive from midnight unto day;
I, naSy leave an angels blessing
When it vARishes away.
Lay the gem upon my bosom.
us not long she can he there
See how 10 my heArt she nestles,
Ns the pearl love 70 wear
II in after wears beside thee,
Sits another in my chair.
Though her voice be sweeter music,
And her tsee than mine more fair;
II a eherub cal thee Fathcs,
Ear more eoSutitnl than this,
Love thy hrst-oorn, oh my husband
Turn not from the naothsrless;
Tell her something of her mother
Yon may call her hy my name
Shield her fra,N the Winds of sorrow
II she errS, Oh gently blame,
Lead her sometimes, where am sleeping
will answer II she calls,
And my breath will stir her ringletS,
When my wise IN blessing falls;
Then her soft black eyes will brighten,
And shall wonder whence il came;
In her heart VIII u years pass DER her
She will lind her mothers name.
II is said thst every mortal
Walks between two angels here
One records the Ill. bat blots il,
II before the midnight dreAr
Man repentelh-if uncAueelled.
Then the right-hsnd angel weepeth,
BowiaS low with yelled eyes
vii he her right hand angel,
Sealing up the good for Heaven
Striving shat the midnight watches
Find no misdeeds unforgiven.
You Will not forget me, husband.
When l am sleeping meath the sod;
Oh, love the jewel 10 Gs given,
As love thee-usxt 70 God
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04

Weep, as il you thought OF laughter
Smile, as tears we're coming after
Marry Ipur pleasures to your woes;
And think hte's green well wsrth it, rose
No sorrow will your heart betide
Without comfort by its side
The sun may sleep in his sea-bed,
Bat you have starlight overhead.
Trust not 10 JOY the rose OF June,
When opened wide, will with soon
Italian days without twilight
VIII turn them suddenly to night,
Joy, most changoful Of all things,
Fits away on rainbow wings,
And when they look the gayest know
1t is that they are spread 10 60.
Mrs Br'o'saIne,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04

As party of gentlemen and ladies
were climbing to the top of monument
one day, lately, gentleman remarked
This is rather spiral fight Of steps. "
To which a lady replied Yes, per
spiral !" and she wiped her brow IA she
spoke.