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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-26

of upward. The broad vanes now have
nothing to support them, and they
bend down and allow the air to pass
through the wing, which is now like a
blind with the Stats open. By these
two CONFERENCE.-THE shape of the
wing, and the shape and arrangement
of the feathers-the wing resists the air
on its down-stroke and raises the bird
a little at each flap, but at each up
stroke allows the air to slide off at the
sides, and to pass through between the
feathers, SO that nothing is lost.-St.
Nicholas for Septeneber.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-26
The Lime.Kiln Club-BrOtller Gard
ner's Rebuke.

THERE was a grieved look in Brother
Gardeners face as he hung up his hat,
deposited his cane in a corner and mo-
toned for an opening ode on the TRAN
gle.
"Gem'len," he huskily observed, II
hez a painful dooty to perform. I'd
sooner gin de bes' bar'l O. flour in De-
troit, but dooty am dooty. Lord Byron
Sanders will please STAN up.'
The individual named turned almost
white, with emotion, as he rose to his
feet. After a mingled look of sorrow
and reproach, Brother Gardner said:
"Lord Byron Sanders, you was down
on de docks de odder day. You went
down dar to sniff despice-laden breezes
an feel de system whoopin' up at de
rate of mile mint. So fur so good.
A stranger come long arter time an
said you was de perfeck pictur of de
King of Madagascar. Dat pleased
you. He axed if you was a bank
cashier, an you grinned wild delight.
He remarked dat you had an eye like a
hawk, a tigger like a candle, foot
like gazelle, and you bowed your
nose wild all de sweetness OBJ a little
lamb. When de stranger had We all
fixed he took We 'roun benin a coal
shed, produced free cards. an after
frowin' dem aroun' in de humblest
manner possible, he axed you to pick
out de fifteen spot o. clubs. You picked
Den he axed you to bet dat you could do
it agin, an you laid down five dollars
money dat you wanted to buy shoes
for de chilren. You picked agin, and
10! it was de ace oh hearts dat you
held! Den de stranger sighed like a
babe, wiped tear from de co'ner of
his eye, an you war lef' alone, sittin'
on salt bar'l and wishin' you had dun
gone an jumped into de wild and i'm
pecunicus ribber. Lord Byron San
ders, spoke up and make your defense. !"
I" lie reddy to sink freu de flo'r' re-
piled the distressed MEMBER 1 dun
went freu all dem operations, an lost
five dollars, and lie willin' to be sot
down on an all mashed upr'
Brudder Sanders" resumed the
President, II want to frou feu words
of advice in your pathway, an doan
you forget it: Doan git acquainted wild
strangers at a faster rate dan ten miles
an hour, for a hOs-thief kin dress jlst as
well an look jist as humble as Con.
stabul.
Ode pusson who flatters you, hez a
plan to deceive.
Ode man who plays game, plays
it to win.
"De chap who am allus wantin' a
loan, will sooner or later strike you fol
all he kin, an slide out.
ode man who wins your confidence
wild few soft words, not only gets
your money, but 'spises you 20 boot.
DE pusson who bets to git ahead Of
anoder am certain to be cleaned out in
de end.
"brudder Lord Byron Sanders you
kin now sot down. Let dis be great
an perishablc lesson to shun Satan
whareber you find him.
"May de horse-tlies eat me up if
doan do it!' was the earnest reply Of
the brother, as he fell back.-Detroi
Frpe Press
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-26
FACTS AND FIGURES.

THE total number of officers in the
branches of the Navy and Marine
Corps, active and retired, is 2.O67.
HENRY VIII, it is stated, in the
course of his reign hanged no fewer
than 1900 robbers, thieves and vaga-
bonds: In the latter days of Elizabeth,
scarcely year passed without 800 or
400 criminals being executed on the
gallows.
ENGLISHWOMEN are much more care
full about bones than Americans. They
not only scrape the bone once but
twice, reserving the fragments pro-
duced by the second scraping for max
ing omelets savory, and then cracking
the bone and boiling it in the soup
kettle.
The number of changes which may
be rupg on a peal of bells is very GU
rious. The changes on seven bells are
5,O4O; on twelve, 479,OO1, 900, which,
at two strokes a second, would require
ninety-one years to complete. The
changes on fourteen bells could not be
rung through, at the same rate, in less
than 1856 years, and on twenty-four
they would require more than III, OOO,-
OOO, DOC, 900 years.-M Y. Graphic.
The Massachusetts, State life insur-
ance report shows that the mortality
rate was favorable to the companies in
1877, but there was net loss of p, 900
in the number of policies outstanding,
or about 5 per cent. in the amount at
risk. The companies doing business in
the State increased their assets &c.,
GAG, 1896, against an increase of $685.
600 in liabilities, making a net gain of
,, nearly $1,9OO,OOO. The ratio OF assets
to liabilities has risen, during 1877,
from 11O.19 to lilo.
THE people of Moscow declare that
their great bell shall never be pulled
down from its glittering steeple, where
it reigns over all other church-bells iu
the world. Its weight is 443, 772 pounds,
while the other famous bells are light
in comparison: St. Paul's, London,
$4,000 pounds; Antwerp, 10000; Ok
ford, 1900; York, $4,000; Montreal,
1900; Rome, $4,000; Bruges, $4,000;
Cologne, 25,OOO; Erfurt, $4,000: En-
glish House of Parliament, 81, 900; vi
emma, 10000; Novgorod, $4,000; Pekin,
136, 900; Sens, $4,000; Moscow (its Sec
ond), l4l,OOO. The great bell of Mos
cow is nineteen feet high and sixty
four feet round; its noise is tremendous.
Or the population of Germany near
ly nine out of every thousand are blind,
in England nine, in Denmark eight, in
Norway fourteen, in Sweden eight, in
Finland twenty-five, in Austria five, in
Hungary twelve, in Switzerland seven,
in France eight, in Spain eleven, in
Italy ten, and in the United States five.
The number of deaf and dumb to every
thousand of the population is in Ger
many and Austria nine, in England five,
in Denmark six, in Norway nine, in
Sweden ten, in Switzerland twenty-four,
in France and Spain six, in Italy seven,
and in the United States four. The
number of idiots to every thousand of
the population is in Germany twenty
three, in England thirty-one, in Dem
mark and Sweden twenty-five, in Nor
way thirty, in Switzerland twenty
nine, in Belgium fourteen, in France
twenty-six, and in Italy and the United
States sixteen.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-26

-Templeton, the Boston correspond
emit of the Hartford Co,tra,st, draws this
pen picture of Kearney: "Kearney is
not a bad-looking person. He is a
good type of a class that may be seen IN
any large city. He is intelligent after
his manner, but not at all extraordi-
narily so; is fluent in speech; has good
voice, and, it is not unlikely, honestly
thinks he has q mission to reform poll
tics and redress the grievances of the
laboring classes"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-26

or organization, or from lack. of pur
pose. The evil has become so serious
that it calls loudly for Government in
reference. The bandits are Of the
very lowest order, mostly half-breeds
and domesticated Indians, naturally
vicious and ignorant, who were led to
crime by their own fiendish instincts,
and encouraged in it through the laxi-
ty of the laws and the inefficiencv of
the magistracy and the police. Now
that their Congress is in session, Chile
nos should see to it that this moral ex-
crescence is promptly and eflicaciouslY
removed >,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-26

The worst thing about mosquito
is its long soliloquy as to where and
when it had better settle down and bite.
z-NesO Haven Register.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-26

EDO let's ave a little hair" said a
fat English matron riding in street
bus; 'hits too 'ot to ride and too 'Ot to
walk; ham h'intirely h'upset."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-26
q ZEN ERAL.-


Up to the evening of the 10th, over
GOO bodies had been recovered from the wreck
of the Princess Alice.
At a Democratic caucus held in Bos-
ton, on the evening of the 10th, to choose
delegates to the Massachusetts State Conyen-
ton, representatives were selected from near
ly every ward in favor of Gen. Butler, who
had already accepted nomination for Govern
or as an independent Workingman's candi.
date.
The New Hampshire Republicans
held their State Convention, on the 10th, and
nominated Nat Head for Governor. The
platform Endorses specie resumption and
the payment of the public debt according to
the spirit and letter of the law"
A frightful colliery explosion oc-
Cured in the Abercorne Coal Mine, near New.
port, Wales, on the 18th. The were 81 men
in the pit, of whom only eighty had been re-
covered up to the evening of that day. The
mine was ON fire, and it was believed that the
rest had miserably persisted.
1t was believed in Vienna, on the
18th, that the anarchical condition of Albania
would compel Austria to occupy that Province
also.
A Semlin telegram of the 18th states
that Russia had advised Servia not to disarm,
and promised to continue her subsidies.
The Massachusetts, National Green
back Convention, which met in Boston on the
11th, nominated Gen. B. F. Butler for Gov
ernor, and left the matter of placing candi-
dates in the field for other State offices to be
decided by the Greenback Clubs. The plat
form adopted demands the immediate repeal
OF the Resumption act; the passage of an act,
by Congress, forbidding the issue of interest
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-26

1t is a good rule to back your
friends and face your enemies.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-26

In Berkeley. Tex, few days ago.
George Lynch was shot, by an assassin, and
left for dead. While he was lying unconscious,
the murderer Drained his whole family, con-
sis in of seven children, the Oldest being a
girl Of seventeen. Lynch was likely torecoy-
or. at last accounts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-26

The vote for Governor in Maine, at
the late election, is given approximately as
follows: For Common (Rep.), $1,000; Smith
tGreenbackl, $1,000: Garcelon Dem }, $4,000
There being no choice by the people Ga majori-
" of all the votes cast being required to elect),
the legislature will have to designate the
Governor.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-26

THE United States Treasurer has
issued circular stating that for the present
40 National Banks designated repositories
of the United States" will be supplied by the
Treasury, upon their application, with stand.
ard silver dollars from the mint, free of ex-
pense, in accordance with Sec. 1891, r. 8.
1t is expected that the coin furnished will be
put in circulation by being furnished to pub
lie disbursing officers, to manufacturing and
other Establishments; TO other banks and
bankers for distribution in like manner by
them, and generally where it is to be used as
current money.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-26

Sec'v Sherman, on the 10th, issued
the Seventy-tirst call for the redemption of
S5,o0o010 of so bonds of lS65-S2, coz, 600
coupon aud s3,OoO0O0 registered. The prin-
cipal and interest will be paid on and after
Dee. Is. interest to cease on that day.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-26

a very severe storm swept over Ohio,
Pennsylvania and other Eastern States, be-
ginning on the 9th and reaching its climax on
the night o. the 18th. A great number of
bridges on the various trunk railways were
washed out, and in some cases lives were lost
The storm was particularly severe at Mead
vile, Pa, where a train ran into awashed- out
culvert. and six persons on board lost their
lives. The Weland Canal was also injured,
and traffic has been for the present suspended.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-26

Officials tables of the census of the
District of Columbia were published on the
lith. The population of Washington is given
ut l3l,94,: Georgetown. 1l,5sl, and of the
county. 1858. Total in the District, l6O,-
c5l. OF which 1862. are white and 1904 COL
rai
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-12-13
Notice of Sale.

AFOTiCE Is HFREBY GIVEN THAT IN
~ pursuance u an order " the Probate Court a
l}usc c0uuty. Idaho Territory. made the tsouty
ninth day cot November l..1s. IA the matter ST shr
ostato ut David NiIugs. drcraNsd. the undersigned.
Tho Fxvutrt1 uf tue salt estate viii sell private
sale ip the highest bidder Ter cash sBJ subject to
q ntlmat.1n Nl sad rEnhAle Cuurl. olI
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-12-13
rHE CHINEsE QUESTION.

The Philadelphia Times, one OF the
ablest journals of the United States,
speaks as follows on the naturaaza-
ton of a Chnaman in New York, a
short time ago:
Entirely aside from the propriety,
which we take to be indisputable on
any but narrow technical grounds, OF
naturalizing individual Cinnamon, like
the Baxter street cigar-maker, who
are proven fit by careful examination
before a discreet Judge-and such eX-
animation every Judge is by law re-
CURED to make-is that which in pop
ular expression is designated as the
Chinese Question" This does not
relate to men born in China, who
come hither of their own motion, with
the intention of residing here, and
who are qualified, by native capacity
and acquired knowledge, to take part
in our national existence, but to the
propriety oi encouraging the exten
sive importation Of laborers who IN
morals, intelligence and education
mark the lowest level of Asiatic life.
These people, poured already by tens
of thousands on our Western coast,
have caused there earnest complaint
from some classes aud bitter opposi-
ton from others. 1t is the question
whether their importation is to con-
tinue, and whether the hundred thou
sand who have already come are TO
be followed by million more, that
The serious il not vital is
sue raised on The Pacific coast.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-12-13

THERE is a great deal Of discussion
in Maine concerning the election Of
Governor by the Legislature. Ac-
cord.ng to the State law the House,
which is Democratic. will nominate
two of the candidates voted for by the
people, and the Senate must elect one
of the two. The House will Of course
send in the names OF tue Democratic
aud Grecnback candidates. The Sen
ate is Republican, and the members Of
that party are divided il opinion as
to \ hich candidate they Will vote for
Aside from their financial views, there
is little difference between the two
cand dates. The Democrat has stiff.
encd mp "A good deal IN his bard mon
ey sentiments since election. and the
grccmbackcr has toned down his srft
money rawlings, but neither j. 50 sound
now as be might IT,. There is some
talk IF the Republicans dividing ihcii
vote equally between the two, thus
Riding themselves of All responsible
ty and allow Ing the Grccnhacker> to
elect their man The Democrats say
this is . cowardiy programme, but il.
does not strike the outsider in that
way. There would To- - delicious la
vor of rctributlon about it for the
Democrats. They have used the
Grccnbackcrs as a calspaw, and ifthe
latter hold on to the chcsluutS, nobody
will weep.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-12-13
a City in Two States.

This is perhaps the only city in the
world, says Bristol correspondent,
that has two mayors and two city
governments, police, etc, and is taxed
in two states. The line between Ten.
nessee and Virginia is the center Of
Main street, and it gives / Use to many
funny scenes, as, for example, runa.
way couple need no coach and four,
but arm in arm, st p across Main
street and are welded The fugitive
commits crime in Virginia, goes to
the pavement ON the other side of the
street, and talks dcfantly to the off.
Ger on the opposite side, who has a
warrant for his arrest. A misstcp or
a too bold disposition will sometimes,
however, bring him to grief. Several
instances have occurred OF fugitive
being hustled across the line by par.
ty prepared while in the act of hold
ing such conversation, and they
tell OF o man who dcliantll perched
himself on a pile Of store boxes with
in six lcet Of the line, .jeering at the
officers on the other side, but, unfort-
unately for him, law-abiding citizens
tilted the boxes, and when he reached
the ground he was in lie other State
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-12-13
A Most Remarkable Woman.

Mrs. Mary Pardo Sanchez, of Mala-
ga, Spain, died on Wednesday morn
ing at the residence Of her daughter,
Mrs. Mcsia, No SO Middah street,
Brooklyn, at the age Of 10 years, ,
months and Is days. She was the
thirtieth daughter, her mother having
had sixteen boys and fourteen girls.
She came from Spain fourteen years
ago, and was married seventy-threc
years ago. Both her father and hus-
band were architects. When she was
ninety years Of age she lost her sight.
At ninety-seven she recovered it, and
could see much better than her dangh-
ter. She was smart and did the house
work until after she was 100 years
old. She was up and about until
within lew days Of her death y.
Y. World
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-12-13

THIsnEroN, of the Jolly Giant, pub
lished in San Francisco, was sentenced
10 one years Imprisonment in the Los
Angeles Jail, few days ago, for libel
There are several other suits pending
against him, which have been con-
tinucd to the next term Of court. The
practice of his paper has been to rake
up scandal of all kinds, and, undoubt-
eddy, to receive money when it could
for the suppression Of such publica-
tons. The sooner all such papers are
compelled to suspend the better It will
be for the country.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-12-13
Co.

The following shows the progress
made by American trotting horses in
the last half century:
In the year 1920 the best mile time
was about 300
In 1880 The record was 2:40.
In 1910 the best record, made by
Dutchman, was 2:28.
In 1850 the best record, made by
Lady Sufold, was 2:26
In 1860 the best record, made by
Flora Temple, was 2:lSk.
In 1870 the best record, made by
Dexter, was 2;l74
In 1876 the best record, made by
Col smith Maid, was 2:I4.
In 1878 the best record, made by
Rarus, was 2:134
Edwin Forest made his half mile in
LOS.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-12-13

Jumping. sheets" are being intro
duced into the English fire brigades.
They are of stout canvas, with six
teen loops or handles, to be held by as
many men, and so break the fall of a
person Jumping into them from burn
ing house. Trials have resulted very
satisfactorily.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-12-13

WADE HAMPTON is credited with be-
ing a man of more than ordinary abll-
ity; but man who is so ignorant Of
the nature of the mule as to fire gun
from the back of one Of these rebel
lious critters shows conclusively that
he is not posted on the modern use OF
the iackass battery.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-12-13

The Sierra Nevada is in good ore
north Of the crosscut, and there Is
rich ore in the incline The porphyry
that the crosscut was in lately has
been proven to be nothing more than
a "horss."
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-12-13

WHAT'S the national air of this coun-
try" asked foreigner in Washing
ton. That's the national lair, replied
native, pointing to the Capitol, but
the animals are all out in The jungle
just now, chasing voters"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-12-13

CHARLEY Ross has been found again
this time in Pennsylvania.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-12-13

THE Potter Committee was to have
resumed its Investigations last Tues
day.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-12-13

lF your turs ever get worn down
short, whip them with 40 rods, for 10
rods is said to make q fur-long.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-12-13
laursday. ihe e.h pav Of JanrarY. ls7e.

~ O'Clock Z ~. At the Office - lonas y brown.
ia Iiah@ ,lgy. county Of Boise aud Territory 81
Idaho al tae right. title utcYset aud estate IF the
-ald David Mines At tha time ~ bis death and al
the right tlr and Interest; that ibe said estate has
by laA or otherwise. acquired other than or .n adj
dition to that # Tho said David Ntlmss 81 the time
Of his death IN aud to al that certain mining
ground. certain water rights and bitches and other
property situate lying and beiug in the said county
r Boise. Territory Of Idaho. and bounded and des
cribed follows. TO wit: Six hundred feet IN
length on Granite creek. commencing nearly oppo
site the house Of y. Mines aud running np said
creek GO feet 81 where ID. Mines wo ked in ISIS.
-Four hundred feet on thc poiut jGsi bslow John
Lasscns barn Grant, creek. eight huudi ed
feet Of bar ground Oh the har just shove said has
barn taken up aud recorded in the spring ui ISIS:
two bar mining claims fronting Grimes creek
four hundred feet more or less. aud situated above
aud adjoining the claims formerly owned by Bur.
son end Tews: also certain water right ami ditch
taking water ont OF Wet gulcb also certain water
right aud ditch taking watar from said Wet guch
higher mp aud changing 10 claims on Dead
Horse gnlch Also reservoir on Wet gulch aud
one reservoir on claims at tho house Of u. Miles,
consisting Of gulch and bar ground of over one
thousand feet also claims on Dead Horse ruich:
also hill claims the gulLh towards Centervile
the 'front.' Of the hll also all the iron pipe being
tweuty-nine joints. more or less:-Beih9 all the
mining ground, water bitches. reservoirs and iron
pipe owned by the said David Mines. deceased in
Boise county aforesaid. Terms and conditions of
sale: Cash ten per cent of the purchase money
to be paid to the undersigned ON day of SALE bal.
snce ou the first day OF May, 1879, pr viding the
sale be confirmed by the said Probate Court Deed
at the expense Of purchaser ELIZA MtLNEs.
gxeeutrix Of estate of David Mines deceased
IDAHO CITY. Dec 9-ls.s-lw.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-04
HELP FOR rAE PANAMA sUFFERGRs
CONSULATE on THE UsIrEp STATES orr
COLOMBIA. NEW YORK. AurIl q lkIH

CONSULATE or rHE USirED STATES orr
COLOMBIA, NEW YoHK, Aprii =, 1878
To rus EpIroR OF TIM hRaALD:-
have been aireoted by lLs Prssidcnt OF The state
OF Panama, In the Un,,sd States OF Colombia, south
America, 10 appeal 70 the well known hberaniy and
philanthropy of the people OF The United states OF
America on behalf OF the sufferers Of the Ore which
occurred al Panama the 6ih ol March ul Accordiug
TO the reports have received by the last mall, many
families are now homeless and absolutely dcsltutc
needing everything Tor their dauy hie aud support,
aud,hs time wncn the Of the local govern.
ment aud private individual inlcress tor tner rencf
are nearly exhausted lake. couseqsnty The liberty
OF addressing tho charitable people OF these States,
through your columns, asking them 10 contribute
thing they may be disposed 10 for this purpose.
Messrs Munoz and Espriea OF No Oh Liberty street,
ana Mr. Camacno Roliaro OF No. 90 Pine street. nave
kindly agreed to receive aud forward TO Panama tne
contributions mat may be sent To them. For my
part beg 10 recommend TO your kindness the inser-
ton your valuable paper Of these lines hoping
WILL and by dong contribute TO tins charitsb bio
work. Yours respectfully, MIGUEL SALGAZ.