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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-11
Youth and Age.

When the bloom was on the beach,
When the light was in the sky.
And the lore the heart would teach
Fled the lip but Ii. the eye;
When The JOY we dared not measure
Came as wantOm as birds,
ana the hands first gentle pressure
Told tale too deep for words
Oh, how sweet it was to wander,
On those tender afternoons
Where the sea beach with its thunder
Cooled the air OF sultry Junes:
Where the waves retreating, swelling.
Swept the seashells on the shore.
Beating music to the telling
Of those tender tales of yorei
And how swecter still to linger,
Ere the moon was in the sky,
Willie the West with lifted finger
flushed the earth for day to die;
Oh, how sweet it was and sweeter,
Down the brookside by the lane,
There with bated breath TO greet her
With rapture wrought to pant
Or beside the old farm orchard,
Out beyond the meadow lot,
Shy, enchanted, blissful. tortured
VIII she come or will she not?
Oh, those days and oh, those meetings.
Such soul pleasures such heart beatings
What has after-life like this?
One fond smile-to last forever,
So we deem it at the time;
Hands enclasped that meier shall sever;
Mark the faith of youth sublime,
Yet life's joys and bitternesses,
Stamping in their gradual truth,
Prove that garnered age confesses
Treasures richer far than youth.
-Nc,o Yo14: Horld.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-11

accident had occurred, picked up the arm
from the rail and succored the hero.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24
Got Even With Him.

There was one man OIL the u OOdward
avenue car the other rainy r,orning
who felt as if the weather couldn't be
abused enough.
Don't you hate such weather as
this?'' he asked Of a portly acquaint-
ance opposite.
"No, sir,' was the decided response:
81 don't bother about the weather.
If it's fair. all right; if it's foul, all
right"
'But you can't like such morning
as this?''
Its just as good for me as any
other sort o. morning. was the calm
reply.
"And you like TO see rain and mud
and slush, do you?''
Eyes; / am perfectly satisfied"
The grumbler was out of patience,
but he secured revenge sooner than he
hoped for. In getting off the car the
fat man slipped and sprawled at full
length in the mud, to the intense deli ght
of the other, who rushed to the platform
and shouted:
"Don't say word-it's one of your
kind of mornings: If it was one of mine
you'd have fallen on bed of nice,
clean, soft, white. beautiful snow! Stand
up, till | look at your
The fat man stood up. He was mud
from boots to chin. He looked at himself
and then at the car, and feebly said:
Il kin lick you and all the weather
in the country with one hand tied be-
hind me!''-DetrOH Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24
The Telephone ExtOrtiOn.

No sooner has this much-talked-of
invention passed from the experiment.
al into the practical stage, if indeed it
has so passed, than its adoption to any
extent has been rendered extremely
doubtful by the prohibitory price pro-
posed to be charged for its use. We
have always understood that the tele
phone could be produced in quantities
for ridiculously small sum, at a few
shillings in fact; and looking at the
apparatus itself there seems no reason
to doubt that such is the case. 1t sur
prises us, therefore, to find that the
price of set of instruments for short
circuits is f25 to purchase, and Is per
annum to rent, and for long circuits
1856 and f1O respectively. Each set Of
instruments consists of pair of tele-
phones and a call-bell-" the equip
ment for one end of communications"
and, inasmuch as Z" one end of tele-
graph wire is about as useful as one
end of rope, with the other in the
sea, to drowning man, or one side OF
bridge to a retreating army. it fol-
lows that an expenditure of something
between ESQ and E7O must be incurred
before one is in a position to '.join on"
to wire which may of itself have cost
more than the instruments. The pur-
chase money paid for any set of instru-
ments secures license to use them
'.only for the purposes specified with
in the license" so that even for the
high price paid there is by NO means
absolute freedom in the use of the in
struments, which, on the generally &C.
cepted maxim that man may do what
he likes with his own, are little better
than "leasehold'' property.-Lo'a2on
Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

better. Accordingly Mr.. Thorne, ac-
companied with his doc. struck out for
the beach. Coming suddenly round q
clumP OF PUSHES. the great actor stop
pea abruptly, with his eyes fixed upon
group Of birds, floating quietly in the
swallow water. THE California
duck" exclaimed MIR. Thornc, in tones
OF suppressed delight, creeping gradu-
ally to get within range. 1--WE heard"
he continued, "that the ornithology of
California had never been properly
studied. These birds are not exactly
like the genus ducks in other countries.
but still can recognize the species.''
just then several of the birds arose and
wheeled slowly up. Mr.. Thorne is %
good shot, and four of them fell to his
right and left barrels. To his surprise,
however, his dog manifested no inter-
est in the proceedings, but calmly sat
down and gazcd speculatively into
vacancy. Nor would any persuasion
induce him to fetch the game. Finally
Thorne. determined not to lose his first
California ducks, waded into the water
and brought them out himself. When
the dog saw this, he began to appre-
ciate the situation and gave himself up
to uncomfortable mirth. After Thorne
had more than filled his game-bag he
ran across his companion. What
sport?" he inquired. "Only onc,''
was the somewhat disconsolate an
swer. Look in my bag" said Thorne,
triumphantly, II shot twenty-two.''
As Thorne proudly displayed his
slaughtered innocepts, gentle smile
rippled over his friends countenance,
and he remarked in loud tone. .Sea-
gulls, by the living jingo!" The ex-
preston that came over Thorne's face
must te imagined, for it cannot be de-
scribed. Suffice it to say that his bag
was hurriedly emptied, and that Thorne
got on the next boat for San Francisco.
-O0kland iCal. Democrat.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24
A COlOred EnOch Arden.

THERE are many Enoch Ardens in
this world beside the one that the poet
conjured, and Chicago has proven that
she is not behind the rest of the world
in their possession. Thereby hangs q
story--and a most true story, too, for
which the veracious reporter of the
Inter- Ocean will vouch. The great Re-
bellion was not unfruitful in this class
of real romances, and that same REBEL
ion is responsible for Chicago's pet
Enoch Arden; and, as the sequel will
show, though the hero of this true
story did not remain away from his
long-lost wife or only gaze at her round
the street corners and through the dis
guise of sorrow-wrinkled features, it
was not his fault; and in this fact is
added halo of glory to Chicago s
Enoch Arden and to his lost bride, that
the novelists can lay no claim to. But,
to come to the beginning Of this true
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

story. Fifteen years ago, on Christmas
Day, there arrived in Chicago, from
the ancient-looking but interesting VIII
lage of Carlton, in Missouri, just es-
capped from slavery, an octoroon, beau
tiful then, and still possessed of the
traces of that beauty, together with
charming manners, that captured the
heart of young Jackson SO many years
ago, and that less than year after her
landing in Chicago, ensnared the now
happy Charles Taylor. just before Sc
curing her freedom Mrs. jackson was
sold, and left the place where they had
lived happily together. The war came,
the proclamation of freedom was
waited over the land, and old homes
were deserted by the slaves. That what
was declared might become a reality,
Mrs. jackson fled to Illinois. Her
husband, too, fled to escape from his
once owner, and no one knew whittier.
Two causes, war and the desire for
actual freedom, as well as legal, effec-
tually succeeded in separating from
each other this husband and wife. Aft
er the war closed, Mrs. jackson made
inquiries as to her husbands where
abouts, and he made the same efforts,
no doubt, to find his lost wife. But
well might those once slaves, raised in
ignorance, fail to discover each other.
Nearly fifteen years passed away with
out their seeing or hearing of each
other. Still the memory of the early
love, if not the love itself, fingered
around the heart of Mrs. Jackson.
Though having another husband, sh
decided to visit the old spot where she
had once lived happily, even in slavery,
with her first love. But, like a true
and faithful wife, she told her husband
what she desired, and of her old love-
With a generosity much to be COM
mended in this great age of selfishness
he consented. She went to the old
place-Carlton. She met the old love
there. He, too, had longed after the
old place. Thus they met together last
summer. The old love, however, had
fled; but the kindly spirit of friendship
remained. The story of her after-life
the old husband heard. He wished her
continued happiness. She returned
to Chicago, told her husband of what
had occurred, and Charles Taylor, like
a generous man, and grateful to him
who had had the means of destroying
his happiness, but did not, wrote to
Mr.. Jackson, and invited him to visit
them in Chicago, and he accepted the
kindly invitation, arrived here the day
appointed, and spent happy Christ
mas at the little cottage on West In
diana. near Oakley street. Chicago H.
ter Ocean.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24
Charlie Thorne's "Ducks. "

The admirers of Mr.. Charles II:
Thorne, Jr., in his impersonation OF
the serf Osip in Lies Danicheffs'
would have recognized his manly FORM
set off bv a hunting costume Of the
latest fashion, stealthily stalking about
the Alameda marshes, with gun over
his shoulder and dog at his heels.
Mr.. Thorne is not only q great actor,
but also "a mighty hunter" and, hear
ing that there was good du Ss.s'saa
dog, and, accompanied by friend,
came over. yesterday afternoon to try
his luck. At first the two sportsmen
kept together on the marshes, but the
ducks did not seem to be around. Mr..
Thorne suggested that they should
separate, and see it they couldn't do
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24
Modern COnnubial Evolution.

FIRST WEEK-Dear, dear. dearest
Mary.
Second Week-Dear, dear Mary.
Third Week-Dear Mary!
Fourth Week-Mary!
Fifth Week-Mary, you are mistaken.
Sixth Week-Mary, that is silly talk.
Seventh Week-O woman, you talk
like fool!
Eighth Week. want the buttons
sewn on my shirt cuffs, dye hear?
Ninth Week-Take away your cold
hOofs!
Tenth Week-What! Cold meat for
dinner! Don't you know a good beef
steak from bad one?
Eleventh Week-You're fool!
Twelfth Week-(Separation. Mary
goes home to her father)
Twelve Months Grand finale. John
calls on Mary with revolver. Bullets,
blood and police.)- Y Graphic.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24
Delusive AnticipatiOns.

WORRY, as has often been said, kills
ten men where work kills one. And
worry generally is less about what has
been than about what might be, but
very seldom is. That which has actual
ly past rarely troubles us; that which
is present soon becomes past; but that
which lies in the future may be as
grievous and formidable as we choose
to make it. 1t is the indeterminate,
the unhappened, which is likely to give
us most uneasiness, and fill us with the
largest amount of apprehension. The
majority of us accept facts, however
mournful, with cOmmendable reslgna
ton, though we are prone to be nerv-
GUS and fussy at the thought of what
may be. The real ills of life are in
most cases far less than the ills which
we anticipate. These torment and
wear on us year after year, and leave
with us the bitter memory that we have
suffered deeply for what has never oc-
CURED.
Very few of us that are not conscious
of this tendency to be beforehand with
misfortune, to measure the blood of a
wound that has not been made. We
are perfectly aware of the folly of the
thing, and are ever counseiing others
against its indulgence. Nevertheless,
with wise words on our lips, we nour-
ish the weakness in our hearts, and
compromise with reason by concealing
what we are not strong enough to con-
troll. We look back upon the year that
is all but gone, and see the innocence
of evils which we fancied and prefig-
ured until they distressed us as much
as, yea, more than, if they had been
actual. We determine to be rational
the next year, and we believe that we
shall be. We do not fear the same
things; we put new ones in their place:
and, because they are new, We imagine
that we have conquered the fear. So
we 20 on, struggling to shield ourselves
from darts that have not been hurled,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24
Death Of Victor Emmanuel, King OF
Italy.

Victor Emmanuel, late King of Italy,
and formerly King of Sardinia, was
born at Turin March IA, 1920, and
early entered political life. After dis
tinguishing himself in the war of 1848,
he was made King of Sardinia in 1849.
He reorganized the Cabinet, making
the distinguished statesman, Cavour,
his chief adviser. He became party
to the Anglo-French alliance against
Russia in 1855 that he might advance
Sardinia as political power. The re-
suit was as he anticipated, and import
ant events followed in quick succession.
In 1859, with France as an ally, he
took the field against Austria in the
war for Italian independence. The
King was good soldier, and Cavour
was master in diplomacy; and " lille
the King won distinguished honors at
Palestro, Magenta and Solferino, the
Minister took good care that the re-
suits of good fighting should not be
lost. Napoleon III. made the peace of
Villa Franco to suit himself, holding
out to the Italians the promise of an
Italian confederation under the honor
ary Presidency of the Pope. The stipu-
lations dictated by Napoleon caused
great discomfort in Italy, and many of
the States transferred their allegiance
to the King of Sardinia. In May, 1860,
Garibaldi assumed the leadership of
the insurrectionists in Sicily, and, sup
ported by Victor Emmanuers army
and navy, secured a triumph that vir-
tually settled the question of Italian
unity.
The first Italian Parliament assem-
bled at Turin, Feb. i, 1861. Eight
days later the Deputi 8 decreed to Vic
tor Emmanuel the title King of Italy.
The decree was officially promulgated
March II, 1861, was recognized by En-
gland March 80 and by France June Is.
In 1866 the King entered into the alli-
ance with Prussia that ended, after the
war between Prussia and Austria, in
Austria ceding Venetia to Italy. TAX
ing advantage of the Franco russian
War. in 1870, Victor Emmanuel took
possession of Rome, and in December
Of that year Rome was declared the
capital of Italy. In May, 1871, the
Italian Parliament, sitting at Florence,
passed the bill of the Papal guarantees
which regulated the relations of Church
and State. The first Italian Parliament
held in Rome was opened by the King,
Nov. ~, 1861. Since that date Victor
Emmanuel had devoted himself to per-
fecting the unity of the Kingdom, avoid,
ing complications with the Church with
out making any concessions, and avoid
ing complications with other European
States, while raising the position of Italy
rs political power.
The Kings Oldest daughter, Clotilde,
was married to Prince Napoleon Jerome
Bonaparte, in 1859. Hit second daugh-
ter is the present Queen of Portugal.
His second son, Amadeus. was for three
years King of Spain. Prince Humbert,
or Umberto, the successor to the throne,
is now thirty-four years of age. He
was with his father through the war
for Italian independence in 1859, and is
supposed to be thoroughly in love with
the principles that made his father so
great a favorite in Italy Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

Pretty story from New England:
"A Canaan farmer recently saw two
men attempting to drive a hog past his
house, but the brute was 80 obstinate
that they finally told the farmer that if
he would kill it for them they would
give him half Of the meat. He accepted
the offer with joyful a]acrity, and not
only killed the hog but dressed it into
the bargain, after which the strangers
drove away with their half. But when
the farmer went at night to feed his
own hog he found the pen empty, and
it did not take him long to discover
that he had killed his own property,
receiving half of it for his trouble"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24
A Rome journal explains to it's s

A Rome journal explains to its SUBJ
scribers why it can be had cheaper
yearly than by quarterly subscription,
as follows, lin repeatedly going to the
office to subscribe, you may meet a
friend, not only in search of match,
but Of cigar and glass of vermouth;
you may rub up against two or three
beggars; you may get wet on a rainy
day, or on hot day fall in with hydro
phobic dogs, not led by appropriate lit
tie strings; while, by taking a full
years subscription on the LIST of Janu-
airy, all such possible expenses will GER
tainly be avoided"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

The color of girls hair is regu-
lated by the size of her father pocket
book. If the latter be plethoric, the
girls tresses are golden or auburn. Ii
the old mans wallet is lean, we hear
the daughter spoken Of as only that
red-headed gall" You never saw a
rich girl with red hair. Louis
Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24
THE Tusss q. RUSSIAN WAR.

A Constantinople telegram of the
9th says the Turkish Commanders in the field
had been ordered to conclude an armistice
with the Russian Commanders. The condi-
tions were believed to be that the belligerents
maintain existing positions and that negotia-
tions for peace begin as soon as the armistice
comes into operation.
A Russian official telegram of the
9th announces tn: capture of the Turkish for
;idcations in the Trajan Pass.
A terrible outbreak of spotted typhus
has occurred in Frateshti and the neighbor-
hood. 1t ori-irated among the Turkish pris-
oners, and it was whispered, on the 9th, that
the disease was really the Plague.
The capture of Schipka Pass was an
nounced in an official dispatch. on the 10TH
The whole Turkish Army defending the Pass,
consisting of forty-one battalions, ten batter
les and regiment Ut cavalry, were taken pris-
oners. This was considered at Constantine
pie worse misfortune than the surrender Of
Osman Pssha, since it practically rendered the
Balkans useless as line of defense. 1t was
feared that Suleman Pasha's Army would be
captured before it could reach Adrianople,
whittier it was retrAting.
The Turks have defeated the Monte
negrns at Spuz and Malissouri, and driven
them to Yenihoi.
Suleiman Pasha has been relieved OF
his command and summoned to Constantine.
PIE.
A Berlin dispatch of the 18th says
SAYS Russia was negotiating with the other
e<, @ho oIo ~
non-Baltic Powers from entering that sea.
Nisch surrendered to the Servians
after a two days. fight, on the morning
Of the 18th. About 5000 prisoners were taken.
A Ragusa dispatch of the 18th says
the main Montenegro Army was marching on
Scutari. Antivan had surrendered uncondi-
tionallv to the Montenegro Commander.
A London dispatch of the morning of
the 14th says news had been received that Gen.
Gourko had occupied the position lately held
by Suleiman, and that a column of Russian
troops were being hurried toward Adrianople.
In Constantinople it was stated that the latter
defensive works were only partially manned
and it was believed that they could easily be
carried by assault. Yeni Saghra was occupied
by the Russians, on the 18th.
Two Turkish delegates have been APP
pointed to negotiate for peace with the Rus.
sian Grand Duke Nicholas.
The German and Italian Ambassa.
doris to Turkey have notified the Porte that, II
It permits the British fleet to come to Con
stantinorle, Germany and Italy will also de-
mand permission to pass through the Darda
nelles.
There were rumors in Constantine.
pie, on the 14th, Of heavy battle near t.
tar-Bazarjik, in which the Russians were dc
seated, with the loss Of 5000 men.
Over 10000 fugitives from Roumelis
reached Constantinople during the week pre-
ceding the 18th.
The Turks claim that their fleet has
bombarded and destroyed the Russian port.
of Eupatoria and Yalta, in the Crimea.
The Servians have captured Vraiza,
and, on the 14th, were marching on Prishtina
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

A Brooklyn brides back-hair fell
down, and fell off, during the ceremony
in church, TIE other evening. There
was an instant pause, but nobody was
brave enough to stoop down and pick
up the mass of blonde stuff and hair
pins. The bride left the church leah
ing heavily on her husbands arm. Her
face was very red, and a sprout of hair
(possibly eleven hairs in ally stuck out
at the back of her head, tied with bit
of shoestring.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

Mr.. p. B. S. Pinchback. the Louisi-
ana politician, is the publisher of a
weekly newspaper, at New Orleans,
called the louisiana and devoted to the
interests OF the colored people of the
State.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

What's that?'' Mr.. Orrendorf
asked his landlady as she set his cup
by his plate. Coffee, was the prompt
and decisive reply. "Ah," innocently
remarked the boarder, with an air of
interest land what is it made of?''
And there was silence around the table
for the space of half an hour.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

A memorial to Congress was intro
duced in the Maryland House of Delegates,
on the 9Th, by Hon. Montgomery Blair, re-
citing the history of the Electoral Commits
zion, and claiming that It's decision was
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

THE losses of the Scotch farmers this
year through floods and bad weather are
estimated at $4,000, 900.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

A PRussIAN military journal says
that France can put on a war-footing
1,738, 600 men and 209, 400 horses.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

There are eight doctors in Con.
gress, M. D.-mighty dull,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

A man committed suicide in London.
on the nth. by leaping from the Whispering
Gallery in st. Paul's Cathedral.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

The Connecticut Legislature effected
an organization on the 9th. {. H. Bristow
was chosen Speaker of the House.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton was nomi-
mated by the Democrats in the Ohio Legisla-
ture. Tor United States Senator, on the evening
OF the 10th
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

Several suspensions occurred in New
York, on the 18th, consequent upon the failure
of +. }. Dunning l. Co.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

Ex-Congressman John r. Franklyn
s!ed. few days ago, at Baltimore, Md.
The State Savings Bank (known as
Freezes Bank), at Trenton, n. j., stopped
payment few days ago.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-24

DR.. Slade. the American Spiritualist,
has been expelled from Vienna because lie
wAs unable TO explain his vocation satisfacto-
rily to the police.