The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18
SENSE AND NONSENSE.


MIrrs, either black or white, are to be
the rage this summer.
RED-HEADED girls are called raging
blondes in San Francisco.
A WOMAN need not always recall her
age, but she should never forget it.
LACE sets are now made up with
handkerchiefs to match the collars and
cuffs.
WHEN is dog most like human
being? When he is betwccna man and
boy.
AN advertisement travels and works
while the merchant is asleep and his
store closed. -7MuntOn Gazette.
THERE is al average of two divorces
day in New York. Let the mature
bachelor and the ancient maiden take
comfort.
DEATH loves u shining mark. No
bal.iheaded man ever enters 4 barber
shop without hearing the head shaver
call out. g You are next
THE highest mark OF esteem woman
can give to Il man is TO ask his friend
ship, and the most signal proof of her
indifference is to offer him hers.
THE bright lexicon of youth may be
deficient, but in the vocabulary of
dressmakers there is certainly elegant
evidence of such word as faille.
In England a married woman cannot
pay tax or rent Il house or do any hi z
independent of her husband. Single
women who pay taxes, however. can
vote at local elections the same as
men.
I'm ashamed of the age in which we
liver said a Lowell maiden of thirty
eight. "You may be ashamed of
yours, but I'm not of mine." replied a
nineteen-ycar-old companion. And it
wasn't much Of nose that went up,
either.
L1NDERMAN's eagle recalls the con-
versation ut tie show: Daughter -
Mother" Wy you hignorant gall, hit $
howl" Snowman. politely" Axes
parding, mum, butts u 'awk. louis
cille Coarier-Journal.
The first thing wife does now when
her husband dies is to run over to his
office and inquire of the clerks, in
smothered tones, "How much insurance
did the old man have on his life? And
was the last premium paid?' etc. Sic
mOrta est!-Chicdgo Times.
If man or an institution is charged
with some enormity, is investigated
and found innocent, the papers always
say he has been whitcwashed. 1t is so
disappointing to find here and there
somebody or thing better than we
hopcd.--Philadelphid Bulletin.
A BOLT of lightning entered house
III Alabama in search of prey the other
day, and finding no one but the baby
in, the festive fluid threw him under
the bed, melted the beads on his neck,
and left him so amazed that he didn't
whimper for two days.--Detroi Free
| Press.
THE Methodist says: "A seasonable
suggestion is that young pastors ought
to qualify themselves to manage church
| finances with discretion, accuracy and
| success. Several important charges
have been recently brought to our no.
tice rs examples of the demand for
pastors possessed of financial skill.
Some of our very successful ministers
would fail, though they are gifted
preachers, if they could not manage
finances. The laymen ought to do this
work; but there are many cases in
which they do not, and some in which
wants to be thoroughly equipped should
study this part of his work"
TIE Gramme magnctic-electric ma
| chine has now for Il considerable time
past been employed for supplying light
at the houses of Parliament in London,
and an idea of its pow err may be gath
cred from the fact, as stated, that it is
worked by steam engine at 4 distance
of some $50 feet Irom the point at
which the light is produced, the cur
rent being conducted thithcr bv copper
wires Onc-siNth of an inch in diameter.
The magnets in the machine arc ar
ranged upon three massive rectangular
blocks, and make $50 revolutions per
minute. ut an expense of two and two
thirds horse power, and give q light
equal to over 5000 English standard
candles.
THE use of long words which we get
from other tongues not only makes our
thoughts and our speech dim and hazy,
but it has done somewhat to harm the
morals of our people. Crime some.
times does not look like crime when it
is set before us in the many folds of a
long word. When man steals and
we call it defalcation," we are at a
loss to know if it is blunder or a
crime. If he does not tell the truth
| %<~ll hot SO &c
varication, it takes us some time to
know Just what we should think of it.
No man will ever cheat himself into
wrong-doing. nor will he be at loss
to Judge of others if he thinks and
speaks of acts in clear. crisp English
terms -E1change.
The Northeastern Railway Company
in England was recently sued by a
chimney sweep for breach of contract
| in refusing to carry him as passen-
ger. The defendants argued that the
sweep would have been a nuisance to
the other passengers, or to later trav-
elers who might occupy his seat. But
it was to an empty carriage that the
sweep was refused admission, and the
Judge held that the annoyance must be
to persons who were actually fellow
passengers, and that no account could
be taken of persons who might subse-
quently enter the car. The law ap.
plies equally to millers; and it is sug.
gested that separate compartments
should be provided for all persons the
color of whose clothing is Of trans
ferable nature.
Summer Dresses.
ONE of the novelties for summer
dresses is Grape batiste-a thin linen
70 brio r.,.s n E1od lilo ov.ono This