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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-27

loeg, but Ind received from - no ssplv.- Had
neYE heard, Nhile q New Nfleansy 1 the So
ca4ed "ShermgH letter." Al. III. -
~ ongressAn Datrall - recalled, but. III
,e4amination laeled only aho1t 1--WE nEinutes, bat
No testimony q tmp0rtanC6 WAS ed0Ced.
chairman E91ter annOunCed that he had r.
que1ted 6ena6k kellogg to appear before the
C0mNittee, bit bad received . verbal messago
from him, saying he could not comply with the
request at present.
A SHORT session of the Committee
was held ON tho 18th. II. @. Clarke, late Private
Secretary of Gov. Kellogg. being the witness.
Mr.. Clarke stated that the two Lists of returns
lay ON the table. In the commiteee-room In New
Orleans. until the signatures were complete,
yhen be forwarded them 70 the Secretary Of
ence were Gov. Kellogg and Mr.. Brewster. Could
The papers were in sroom 70 which Senator Mas
that anything might happen to them: He con;
sidered the first ret q all right anyway, and did
not consider the second get g important. Judge
levissee's absence from town was not known to
witness. He (witnees) did not eign either Judge
Levieees name or Ar. JOfrionE He knew the
vote of Louisiana would settle the election for
Hayes and Wheeler. At the time Of the signing
of the certificates, everybody and everything
about the Governor was in condition of chaotic
confusion. There was constant thrUng All tao
time. day and night, At his Office and house.
The Committee adjourned until The 18th. q
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We visited lately an enthusiastic old
friend, whose soil was profuse with
weeds, and especially good solid purs-
lane. These he had carefully pulled
and buried. We said to him: Your
are blistering. Your young
grapes are suffering from drought.
Your pear trees are dried and parched.
Your weeds would have served capt.
tai purpose as a mulch about them.
Indeed, among my berries l would
rather have creeping weeds growing
than have the ground cracked with
heat. Weeds can always be utilized by
throwing an armful about the nearest
tree. Then spread them and trample
them down tightly. For summer they
are one of the best possible mulches.
Then drive to your woodshed, or
woodpile, or to the nearest sawmill,
and scrape up a few loads OF rotting
sawdust and fine-cut chips. Large
chips serve as hiding places for evil
disposed bugs and slugs. If this saw
dust is fresh, RUM it through your stable
as bedding. It has the advantage of
being free from seeds, and is specially
adapted to your cvergreens. Nothing
is better for an arbor vitae or hemlock
hedge or for a bed of rhOdOdendrons
or kalmia than thick mulch of saw
dust. 1t is almost equally good for
pears and apples.
The value of ashes from anthracite
coal cannot be easily Overestimated.
They serve as a mulch when no stimu-
liant is desired. They tighten the soil.
They retain moisture on grass land.
But, above all, they are valuable about
trees attacked by borers. The writer
has seen them piled about ash trees
which were on the high road to de-
struction; but are now in restored Wig
or. 1t is the best application, we'll
pressed down, about apple trees. 1t is
equally valuable under gooseberries and
about raspberrics.
BARNARD manure should be used,
like all rich composts, very sparingly
about fruit trees. Cherries and pears
especially need to grow slowly to care
fully ripen wood and prevent cracking
of the bark. Stimulating manures may
be used only when the tree shows fec
BILE vitality or almost cessation Of
growth.
Straw, hay and material that can be
used in winter by mice should, il asc,'.
be trodden closely, and before cold
weather be covered with soil or re-
moved. As a temporary resort it is
sometimes useful. 1t is especially well
to gather up the waste and troddcn
straw from yard or stack and use it
among raspberries and strawberries.
Finally, q capital mulch is provident-
ly furnished in autumn in the leaves
that drift in corners and groves. Take
them when damp and use them for COW
ering in winter and mulch in spring.
1t is a crime to burn them. They are
intended to serve in summer for shade,
in winter to protect the roots of trees.
If run through the stable as bedding,
they are vastly improved for almost all
purposes.
Success in raising fruit cannot be at
tanned without skill in the use of
mulches. The old rule of Abernethy for
the health of human beings is equally
good for trees: sHead cool; feet warm."
Cor. N. Y. Independent.
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The Laugh on Mark Twain.

DIR. RIGGS, . dentist Of this city, is
the man who first administered laugh
ing-gas when the discovery of that
anesthetic was made by the late DR..
Horace Wells. A public exhibition was
given at which DR.. Wells was present,
and the gas was taken first by Sam
Cooley, who had tooth pulled by
Riggs. Several weeks ago the Rev.
Joseph H. Twitchell, pastor of the
Asylum Hill Congregational Church in
this city, sat for good part of two
days in DR.. Riggs dental-chair having
his teeth repaired. Riggs is chatty,
and while at work gave Mr.. Twitchell
a detailed aud interesting account Of
DR.. Wells discovery and Of tho Cooley
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French and English Swindling.

A NUMBER of the English newspapers
are complaining bitterly of the high
prices and extortions already charged
and practiced upon foreigners who have
visited Paris to attend the Exposition.
Undoubtedly there is cause for this
the French are not slow to drive over
shrewd bargains whenever opportunity
presents-but we venture to assert that
there is not much more disposition to
take advantage of strangers in Paris
now than there is in London at any
time. The British metropolis has lost
the reputation it once had for fair-deal-
ing, and very deservedly. Its ordinary
shOp-keepers are shout as much in
clined to swindle strangers, especially
Americans, as Continental shop-keep-
ers are; and their swindle is bigger and
infinitely less graceful. The English
have as much Of prerogative as other
Europeans to overcharge and tell false
hoods in trade, but they have not any
more. and they certainly have no rea-
son to condemn their neighbOrs across
Channel for doing precisely what they
do themselves.-N. +. Times.
A IL - 4
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"A little bundle of humanity came

"A little bundle of humanity came
into grocery store the other day, car
rying basket almost as big as herself.
She had come from farm on the hills,
and as her bright eyes threw up . light
from the outer edge Of the counter, as
though they were two polished gems,
the grocer thought he detected . sea.ea
sadness even behind the brightness.
:. Mister" said the little girl, in PLAIN
tive voice, like the signing OF pine me
grove, "what are eggs worth to-dayr
g Ten cents" sOh," said the little
creature, II am SO sorry. I hoped they
would only be nine cents, because
mother said when they got a. low a.
that I could have all / wanted to eat
lust once Turner'S Falls { kass.)
Reporter.
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Edison, the Magician.

WHILE Mr.. Edison is preparing q
sheet of tinfoil to place upon the cylin-
der, we will take look at him. He is
hard man to describe, and no descrip-
ton yet given of him seems exactly
correct. He looks young and yet old
worn and yet fresh. His face is boy
ish, and has still performance of
manly characteristics. A finely-shaped
head is matched with a somewhat un-
ruly shock of hair, well sprinkled with
gray, which projects over. but does not
overhang, a finely-shaped forehead,
that bears well-dcfined though not deep
lines. His countenance is open, his
gray eyes are bright, his nose and
mouth are we'll shaped, and he is in
face very far from being a homely man.
Clean-shaven, his flesh is pale and un-
healthy in appearance. When he is
experimenting, he wears a thoroughly
earnest look, and as he speaks his
countenance tells quickly whether the
thought in his mind is one of weight or
of pleasantly. In height he is about
five feet seven inches, and, excepting q
very slight stoop of the shoulders, is of
good figure and is firmly built. He is
not so deaf as has been described, and
it is not fact that he has never heard
the voice of his own invention. He is
very hard of hearing, but by placing
his ear close to the sOunder of the tele-
phone, he hears readily. and is very
quick to detect false time or false tones.
His voice is soft and pleasant, and he
is something of singer. With very
retentive memory and wide range of
reading, he is able to repeat many
poems from memory, and in doing SO
delivers the lines with good taste and
expression. He has been described as
being careless and slouchy in his dress,
but the Boston party found this de-
scription scarcely justified. There was
q little carelessness in his get-up, but
there was no evidence of s1ouchiness.
With Mr.. Edison's previous history the
public is already more or less familiar.
He was born at Milan, Ohio, Feb. IL,
1847, his ancestors having come to this
country in 1880. The Edisons are a
long-lived race, his great-grandfather
having lived to be 120 years old, and
his grandfather to be 1903. Mr.. Edison's
father is still living, at the age of
seventy-four, hale and hearty, and,
visiting his son the other day, outran
him in a short foot-race. Edison's
mother was a Massachusetts lady, cul-
tivated and educated, and was SO faith
full mother that, although her son
never went to school more than two
months in his life, he is well educated,
being master of several languages, and
we'll read in history, general literature
and science. His early years were full
of changes, and, as train-boy, proprie-
tor of a newspaper-stand, engine hand,
newspaper publisher, telegraph opera
tor and electrician, saw many phases
of life before he reached his majority.
Boston advertiser.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-27

"A man in New Orleans has invent
ed a process of manufacturing mirrors,
which, it is claimed, is destined TO take
the place Of the quicksilver process. In
only ten or fifteen minutes the sub
stance used in place Of the quicksilver
is made to adhere to the glass, and tho
cost Of the substance is not more than
one-tcnth that Of, quicksilver. Anyone
can convert an ordinary piece Of glass
into mirror after acquainting himself
with the process.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-27

"A guilty conscience makes you feel
that every man you meet has just
learned your secret and ID looking ct
you with soornful curiosity.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-27

Another woman has shottena burg
lar-this time in Bradford, Pa. Before
going through house burglars should
make sure that there is nobody bgt men
around,A IN, 7, Graphic.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-27

In spite of numerous warnings,
some of the more alarmed depositors in
Boston savings banks are selling their
books at ruinously low prices.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-27

A BURNING lake of sulphur has been
discovered in the Indian Territory.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-27

NJ. Muir \ Sons, grain merchants, of
Glasgow, Scot, have recently failed, with
liabilities amounting to $500, 700.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-27

-Chicken-thieves have become such
nuisance in Houston, Tex, that a
mechanical genius has invented sort
of dummy chicken, bearing close re-
semblance to the genuine article, and
loaded with buckshOt, powder and caps.
Upon being taken from the roost the
innocent i looking fowl goes of, and with
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-27

AT the session OF the C0mm1ttee, on
the 18th, II. G. Clarke, formerly Private Secretary
to Gov. kellogg. recognised TIE lint and second
Get Of certificates in the possession Of the Com
mittee. At the instance Of Anderson, who stated
that there were errom in the certificates, he bad
examined them. Witness was present when Gov.
had himself sealed them up and forwarded them
to Washington. He also sealed mp the fiIut
set and handed them TO the District
tials Of the me seneers charged With the delivery
of the second set Of ceftifratest but vas Of tho
opinion that the authority which thu second
for the inst messenger. NJ. Olarke wss under
the impression that he NV HI. Brewster siRu
tho second set He had inclossd mewspaper
Electoral returns bad BEN loFged, 70 Gov. Kei-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-27

The Florida Sub Committee of the
Potter Investigation arrived in Washington
on the morning Of the 14th.
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Hon. E. F. Noyes. United States Min
lister to France, reached New York on the 18th.
He will testify before the Potter Investigating
Committee
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CURRENT PARAGRAPHH.
Ex-King George, of Hanover, died
recentlv at Paris
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The Colorado State Republican Con-
vention has been called to meet at Denver, on
the 9TH Of August.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-27

The Minnesota Republicans will hold
their State Convention at St. Paul, ON the 4tk
of Sentemher.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-27

William Cullen Bryant, the venera-
BILE poet, and editor of the New York Ere,si,sg
Post, died in New York, on the 12th. He was
in his cighty-fOurth year.
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The Committee resumed - session,

1HE EOCCeT AnV0SCiSaGAOA NOmmACVco
commenced proceedings, ON the 18th. by going
into secret session for the consideration of the
report Of tire Florida Sub Committee. A recess
was subsequently taken. and it was not until four
o'clock p. m. that the investigation was resumed.
Orlando II. Brewster, one of the members Of
the Louisiana Electoral College, testified a. to
the circumstances attending the count of the
Electoral votes of his State and the signature to
the certificates of election. Two Or three weeks
q clerical error. Several of the Republicans
thought sis was of no great consequence, but to
be certain. new set should be made out. Wit
ness subsequently, signed the new ret. He identi-
fed his signature on the returns which were
shown him by the committee.
The Chairman presented a letter from the Sec
rotary of State in reply to the resolution of tho
tons received from tie Oommieaion sent. to
Louisiana in 1877, etc.. Mr.. kvax6 Stated that
the President doubted The authority Of the Com.
mittee to demand such information, and he had
therefore sent the infoEmatiOn direct to the
House of Representative Tor oueh di1position 40
it might deem necessary. SM
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-27

On the 18th, Dennis Donnelly expi-
ated on the scaffold, at Pottsville, Pa, his
crime Of murder. This was the fifteenth of
the "Mollie Maguire'' executions.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-22
Postal Savings and Popular Loan.

Postal Sauings and Popular LoaA.
WASHINGTON, March 2l.-The bill of A. M. Wad-
dell, chairman Of the committee on postofices
and post roads, to establish postal savings de-
pository, and to aid in refunding the national
debt, was discussed in committee this morn
ing, and the chairman was authorized to offer
it as substitute for the bill of Mr.. Robbins,
from the committee on ways and means, which
was made the special order for to-day in the
House. Waddells bill contains the entire plan
of Robbins bill for rcfunding the national
debt, and provides for a postal savings deposit
tory, to be managed by the postof6ce depart
ment, substantially upon the English and Can
adian plans, viz: Deposits of any amount from
rs cents to $500 may be received at designated
money order Offices for which the depositors
are entitled to a pass book credit and also to a
certificate of deposit from the postmaster gen
eral. These deposits bear three per cent. inter
est and may be withdrawn at any time on ap-
plication of the depositor or his legal represen-
tatlve. Absolute security is guaranteed to de-
positors and no charge made for deposits or
withdrawals, while every facility is afforded
for the convenience of depositors. Those who
desire, may have their deposits, when they
reach $50, converted into 1855 certificates, or
per cent, bonds. The bill also provides for all
detail Is of management and covers all the
ground of the other bills having in view a pop
ular four per cent. loan.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-22

The insane asylum investigation opens
very inauspiciously for the institution. The
original action of the trustees in refusing
the Senate committee admission to the asy-
lum is almost equal to a confession of guilt
at the outset. The subsequent action Sc
cured by Mr.. Fletcher in behalf of the trus-
tees cannot remove the bad impression al
ready created. Mr.. F. has too much sagacity
not to see the unfavorable position in which
his associate trustees were placed, but he
reached the scene too late to undo the mischief.
We had shared in the hope that the investi-
cation would clear the institution from
blame, but the course of the trustees and
DIR. Bartlett convinces us that the charges
are in great degree true, and that there
ought to be not only radical change
wrought, but the guilty should be sent to
the penitentiary. We trust that the commit
tee will be so incisive in their investigation
as to expose the rascality and cruelty which
evidently exists there, and secure the speedy
punishment of the guilty. It is important
that some residences should be changed from
ST. Peter to Saltwater.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-22
The Life Surt,,a Serpicc.

WASHINGTON, March 21.-The billreported to-
day from the committee on commerce, author
ICES the secretary of the treasury to establish
additional life saving stations upon the sea and
lake coasts. among them the following: Fif-
teen complete stations on the coast of Virginia
and North Carolina. Two complete stations on
the coast of Lake Michigan, to be located, one
at Sleeping Bear Point and one at Bayley's
Harbor; four ife-boat stations, to be located,
one at Manistee, one at Ludington, one at Mus
kegan and one at Kenosha. One life
boat station on the coast of Lake
Superior, at or near the mouth of the Portage
Lake and Lake Superior ship canal; two COM
plete stations on the coast of Lake
Huron one at or near Port AUSTIN and one on
middle Island. and q life-boat station at or near
Sand Beach harbor of refuge. The committee
say that q transfer of the ife-saving service
would be far more expensive than under the
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-22

and repair, had been applied to the purchase of
lumber which Was not needed, and which was
to-day rotting in the different navy yards, An
outrage and wrong had been committed by
some one for some purpose, but he would not
name either the man or the purpose.
Mr.. Calkins inquired how much the ships on
stocks had already cost.
Mr.. Clymer replied it would take wiser
man than he was to tell that, but during the
last eight years there had been appropriated for
the bureau of construction and repair the sum
of forty-three million dollars and for the bu-
reau of steam engineering fourteen millions Of
dollars.
Mr.. Calkins-What have we got to show for
it now?
Mr.. Clymer-We have got few hulks scat
tered through all the oceans, that are dscredit-
able to us a nation.
Mr.. Calkins-The gentleman (Clymer) has
SAID that it would take wiser man than he to
| tell where all the money for the navy went to.
Inc gentleman has national reputation for
being great Congressional explorer, and if he
cannot tell, give it up.
MIR. Banks said be had known of the speech
made by the gentleman (Clymer) for more than
thirty years. 1t had always been made by the
party out of power and the condition of things
had always been defended by the party in
power, but there was nothing more self evident
than that the United States government should
| be ready to take such position as its honor and
its interests would require. The time was not fa1
distant when it would be obliged to defend OF
the seas its flag and its maritime rights, and i,
should be at least prepared to do So The small
appropriation of million and half of dollars
for the construction and repair of vessels wa.
not such an appropriation as should be made
II there was anything discreditable in REGARD
to the navy, it was in such proposition.
After further discussion, Mr.. Danford
amendment was rejected, and the COMMITTEE
rose and reported the bill with but singl
amendment. and it was Immediately passed b,
the House.
Mr. Hewitt. of Alabama, moved to set asid
the regular order of business, the District gov
eminent bill, in order to take up the Mexican
pension bill: Rejected, yeas 81, nays 11s.
Adjourned.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-22
JUDGE IVHIT4KER,S HECOIslI

Judge Whitaker happened to be the pre-
siding genius of the criminal court in New
Orleans before whom the forger Anderson
was tried and convicted. Now we have
another specimen Of Republican statesman
ship and honesty. The pale faced, cadaver-
GUS, but whole souled generous Howe, of
Wisconsin,; Howe, whose thin visage
and attenuated form, and genial coun-
tenance, would, at once, prononouce him
amartyr to good living, Howe who went to the
Senate. some fourteen years ago, penniless
lawyer, and is now rich, who has had his
fingers in every railroad steal, and Congress-
ional subsidy from that time to this, wants
the Senate of the United States to inquire
into Whitaker, and to ascertain whether he
ever stole anything.
This is, of course, because Whitaker was
judge of the court before which jury of
twelve men found Anderson, or, to be re-
spectful. "Gen. Anderson y guilty of forgery
and perjury. It seems that Judge Whitaker
was, at one time, a United States revenue
officer, and that he was charged with being
he declares he was fully exonerated. 1t is
strange that the virtuous and honest Howe
did not introduce his resolution while Whit
aker was a United States official, and when
the act was committed. He was loyal then.
and had not tried Anderson.
Candor compels us to admit, we might
say, painfully admit, that the fact that any
man has been United States revenue officer
is presumptive evidence that he is a rascal.
But, thanks to merciful law, this presump-
ton may be rebutted by proof, and it is
gratifying to acknowledge, that many revenue
officers have been able to overcome the pre-
symptoms against, and to prove themselves
honest men. Whitaker claims to have done
this, and we believe it. But we cannot un-
derstand that the fact that Judge Whitaker
was thief should disqualify him from try
ing the forger Anderson, because, written on
the highest achievements of criminal juris-
prudence are the immortal words, catch a
thief with thief, which might, we are panied
to say, by some ungenerous person be con-
strued to apply to old granny Howe.