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

rebound and strike the speaker hard
and quick, like a rebuff of his dizziness
or temerity. They are very rarely re-
peated; and if they be, their falling so
dead, their incapacity to wake the
ghost of an echo, renders the air that has
held them CHASTITY, and their further re-
newal jocularly grim. The woman who
has heard and showed no sign of hearing
seldom hears again what she has so
adroitly and reticently repealed. The
sensitive but Observation-Disclosures ear
looks too formidable, too mysterious, to
be assailed afresh, and thus imperti-
nence sinks into cOnventionality and
apology unexpressed. There is no
such rebuke as that which is cOuched
in silence, which is conveyed only by
implication.
The art of not hearing is feared by
bores and malaperts, by coxcombs and
ninnies. They scarcely know what
they fear, but they know whom they
fear, and temperamentally avoid the
chill which the non-hearers strike into
their ill-conditioned souls. The art is a
of incOngruOus and insOlent schemes, a
lesson net soon forgotten to those who
need lessons, even in the best society.
They who have neJer tried it can form
no adequate conception of how much
they can save themselves in mind force
and nerve waste by refusing to hear
what they do not want to hear. Hav-
ing once essayed the role with earnest
purpose, they will soon find themselves
in new and genial atmosphere, full of
sympathy and oxygen.-Harper's b.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18
A Very Considerable Daughter.

WHAT was intended to be a marriage
up town Wednesday evening was
spoiled because the bride at the last mo-
ment refused to have the ceremony per-
formed. Before beginning the cere-
mony the minister asked if the parents
had consented, and neither answered,
but when the two stood on the floor to-
gether and the question was asked the
bride, ''Do you take this mar as your
husband?' she replied in firm tone.
mo" The minister was in fix, but
as the lady persisted in her answer, he
could only tell them that the ceremony
could not proceed, and the couple went
to the carriage and started back for
home. Before they went the lady told
the minister the reason for her action,
She said that after he had asked them
whether their parents had consented to
their union, she thought over the mat
ter, and had come to the conclusion that
as her mother was dead, she ought to
get the consent of her father before she
married, and as he SO far had been OPP
posed to the match, she had made up
her mind to see whether he would not
relent, and if he did, then she would re-
turn at some other time and have the
ceremony performcd.-Kingston IN.
Y Freeman.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18

that the limit was reached they have
been in error, and they are in error who
imagine any such thing now. There is
every reason to suppose that new in
ventions. new discoveries and new ap-
plications of old discoveries will con-
tinue to be made in the future as i'm the
past, and that the world of 1878 will be
as far in advance of the world we know
as ours is in advance of that of 1778.
The steam engine was in use a long
time before a locomotive drew an ex-
press train, or q newspaper was printed
on a revolving cylinder press. Who
shall say what uses will be made here
after Of the things which we think that
we know about, but which we are
really only beginning to begin to UNI
derstand.
1t is impossible to say in what direc-
tons we shall advance, but that we
shall advance as rapidly hereafter as
heretofore is well nigh certain. We
may never learn to navigate the air,
but we may SO improve our methods of
terrestrial locomotion that we shall not
care to fly. We may never learn to
create food by chemical processes. but
we may SO improve our agricultural re-
sources that no such necessity will
press us. Whatever else we shall do
it is certain that we shall bring cleo
tricity into much greater practical use
as domestic servant. We shall en-
ploy the telegraph or the telephone or
some other electrical apparatus greatly
more than we have yet done, IN our
daily lives and our daily bust
ness. We shall draw nearer to
each other in effect,perhaps with
the accompanying result Of separating
in fact. The business necessity which
has hitherto compelled men to come
together in great cities may disappear,
as many persons think that it will. The
extension of means of communication
may make it unnecessary for mer-
chant who does business in New York
to live nearer to the Produce Exchange
than Honolulu is. The time may come
when going on Change will involve
nothing more than opening telephone
stop in ones parlor wall and doing
business, not in one of the worlds mar.
kets, but in the one market, the world.
It may be that the editors of news.
paper will not need to assemble daily
in one place, but may sit in their Ii
braries, scattered all over the world.
and consult freely on the themes to be
discussed, transmitting their "copy''
from all parts of the earth and reading
proof thousands of miles away from tho
composing room.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18
Burning or the POor.HOnse Mt Bath,
n. Y.

BATH. N. Y, April 8.
The building of the Steuben County
Poor-House, burned Saturday night,
was brick, thirty by forty feet, two
stories high. Nearly all the windows
were grated, and there was but one
mode of egress from each story. No
night watchman was employed about
the building. and there was no fire-ap-
paratus. The County-House is two
miles from Bath, and the Fire Depart
ment did not 90 out. An insane epilep-
tic from HOrnellsville, named Ford,
who was locked up in cell on the first
floor, set fire to his bed with a match,
probably obtained from fellow-pau-
per. All the partitions were of pitch
pine and burned like finder. The cries
of Ford reused the other inmates only
after the building was filled with blind
ing smoke. An inmate who had Ford
in charge opened Ford's door, and the
flames burst out and ran along the par
titions and up the stovepipe-hole, into
the second story. Ford could not be
seen on account of the flames. He had
forced his head between the bars of a
window, and, unable to pull it back,
was crying for help. The flames
poured out of the window around his
head and he persisted. The upper
story was occupied by twenty-five
women and children, and the lower
story by eighteen men. A majority
were idiotic, cripples, or very aged.
Five on the first floor and ten on the
second were burned. At the first alarm
Eli Darlington, the keeper, rushed out
of the main building with an employee.
and knocked in door at the foot of the
stairs leading from the second story.
Eight or ten women were piled up at
the foot of the stairs, and a cloud of
suff'ocating smoke rolled down. The
women were pulled out, and Caring
ton started upstairs, but was driven
back by the smoke. In five min
utes from the time of the alarm
the paupers ceased coming out, and
in half an hour the roof tell in. The
tirst-floor door, leading from the mems
department, was never locked, and no
one in the building was locked in cell
except Ford. On Sunday the blackened
remains of five bodies were taken from
the ruins, and to-day about two-thirds
of the debris were dug over, and more
remains were found. Altogether they
would about I'LL an ordinary-sized
coffin. Heads, legs and arms were en-
tirely burned off, and, in most cases,
but very small portion of any body
can be found. No blame attaches to
any one, but the county is severely CEN
sured for providing such man-trap for
the occupation of its paupers. Before
the fire there were 40 paupers in the
County-H House.
Edward Hudson, aged fifty-six,
paralytic, who craw1ed out of the
building with his clothes one mass of
flames, died to-day.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18
The Pedestrian Championship.

AT the recent pedestrian contest in
London, the conditions were that each
competitor pay the sum of ten sOver-
eigns as an entrance fee, and that each
contestant hav, ! he liberty to make his
way by walking or running, or any other
manner, so it be on foot and with
out assistance, for six days and nights,
and that at the end of the specified time
the one who had made the greatest dis
lance should be given the prize of
$3, 500 and the champion belt of the
world, this latter to be held until won
by some other pedestrian in fair COLI
test. One track was laid down for
home pedestrians and another for for
eigners, and all questions as to conduct,
ETC., were under the control of the
judges. AS is known, Daniel O'Leary,
OF Chicago, won the match, and. as y
consequence, is the present posscssor Of
the money and the belt offered as prizes.
The champion belt is held under the
conditions that the winner will have to
defend his claim to the beltfor eighteen
months, and should he wish to have it
IN his possession he must give security
to the appointed trustees, and under
take to restore it when called upon in
good condition.; that the holder of the
belt shall not be called upon to compete
in more than two matches within each
current year, and in case of his winning
the belt in three consecutive matches,
it shall become his absolute property
and that the holder of the belt must ac-
cept all challenges for not less tnan
f1OO side, and be prepared to defend
his right to the same within three
months from the issue of any challenge
The editor Of the London Sporting LIT
is nominated stakeholder for any
matches that may arise for the belt
With his remarkable successes as cri-
plnehy oheary VIII iose his t %rip ' on
the champion belt for few years a,
least. Chicago journal.
.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18
THE EASTERN CONTROVERSY.

A Constantinople dispatch of the I'd
says the Russians had commenced fresh
movement toward Gallipoli. and were erecting
Notifications everywhere. The troops north
of the Balkans had been ordered to take posi-
ton nearer the Danube.
The Admiral commanding the United
States squadron in Greek waters has ordered
a man-of war from Smyrna to proceed to
Nolo, near which place, according to last ac-
counts, massacres and pillaging by the Turks
continued.
Official returns, published on the
3D.. show that the Russians had $1,000 sick in
Europe alone.
Cettinje advices of the 4th say that
Russia had requested Montenegro to prepare
for renewal of hostilites, aud that Prince
Nikita was taking measures accordingly.
The British House of Commons, on
he 4th, passed a resolution favoring all in-
ures made necessary by the impending
troubles with Russia.
According to dispatches of the 9th
and 9TH, the war cloud in the East was dwin-
ding to insignificant proportions. Russia had
developed willingness, through the friendly
offices of Germany, to concede certain points
to England. Among Others, the Bessarabian
question had been acknowledged to be of in
tcrest to the Powers. A rumor prevailed that
Gortschakoff was about to retire from the
Russian Cabinet, SO as to make the concession
to Europe easy.
A debate occurred i'm the British
House of Lords, on the night Of the Sth, in
which the policy of England was quite broad
ly discussed by Lord Beaconsfield, Lord Gran
vile, the Earl Of Derby, the Earl of Carnovan
and others. A vote of thanks to the Queen
for her message calling out the reserves was
finally adopted without division. In the
House of Commons the resolution of thanks
and the Eastern question were discussed by Sir
Stafford Northcote, Messrs. Gladstone and
Hardy, but no vote reached.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18
q EN- ER Al.

NJ. Tchurnitch, former President of
the Servian Ministerial Council, has been
found guilty of treason for participation in
the military revolt of last December, and SEN
fenced to be shot.
The Earl of Leitrim, his clerk and
driver, were all shot dead. on the morning of
the Cd, near his lodge in County Derry, Ire
land. Eighty-nine of his tenants were under
notice to quit.
On the Sd, the Massachusetts, House
Of Representatives passed an amendment to
the Liquor law, requiring the USE of the Moi
felt bell-punch, and limiting the number of
licenses to be granted in any city or town to
one for each 1000 inhabitants.
A Rome special of the 4th says Rus
sia has offered 10 send an Ambassador to the
Vatican at once on the Pope'e accepting the
present condition of the Church in the Rus
sian Empire.
At Pawtucket, r. l., on the night of
the 5th, during the performance of variety
troupe, Mile. Volante, q trapeze performer,
held an apple on her head which was to be
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18
Summer Dresses.

ONE of the novelties for summer
dresses is Grape batiste-a thin linen
fabric, crinkled like Grape. This comes
in delicate shades of blue, beige, pink,
lilac and ccru, and is made up as
deliberately as grenadines over silk of
the same shade. These batistcs are
meant for dressy afternoon toilets, and
some of them are trimmed with en-
broidery on white tulle, such as was
used during the winter for evening
dresses. One very pretty model of sky
blue linen Grape is made up in prin-
cesse design, with long apron and soft
ly plated back drapery. ornamcnted
with large square bows of doubled silk;
the plastron, sleeves and bands near the
edges are of white tullc, wrought with
silk in shaded foliage, rose-buds and
pale blue fOrget-me-nots. Beige-col-
ored batistes are trimmed with Smyrna
lace of very fine quality, and insertion
to match.
For costumes to he worn in the morn
ing very thick linen that is at the same
time light and fine is used, and trim
med with frills embroidered in high
colors, especially in red or blue with
black. Cream-color and greenish-gray
tints are chosen in these linens. They
are made with yokes and plated
basques; the over-skirts are embroid-
cred scarfs, and a charming little fchu,
also embroidered, accompanies each
suit. Some of these linens have light
damask figures which appear only in
the over-dress, while the skirt is plain,
and has deep plating to suggest
kilt. Striped sheer lawn dresses are
made up just as these thick linens are,
but are ornamented with anticipated
frills. They also have pretty fichus or
Clarissa Harlowe scarfs, with plated
frill for trimming.
The Scotch and Madras bingham
dresses are charmingly cool and fresh
looking. The bars and stripes are of
two or three colors on white ground,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18

shot by Mrs. Jennie Fowler, known on the
stage as Franklin. The shooter stood with
her back to the mark, taking aim by reflection
in a mirror. The rifle was discharged and
Mile Volaute fell dead on the stage, shot
through the forehead. Mrs franklin was
arrested.
Ex-iov. Moses, of South Carolina,
was arrested in New York City, on the night of
the 9TH, on the charge of having forged and
passed a note for 1916 1t was believed that
he would be taken to South Carolina and tried
for crimes alleged to have been committed
when nc held high official position in the State.
The Wellileet Savings Bank, of Mas
sachusctts, with deposits of $422. 1853, and the
South Boston Savings Bank, of Boston, with
deposits of 81 ,565, So, failed on the Sth.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18

I'm an ounce of mud there is the
material for diamond, sapphire and
an opal, all set in snow star. Such q
costly treasure as that should never be
deposited anywhere but on a newly
scrubbed floor or oil-cloth, and it is
gratifying t. know that it never is
Danbury Nescs.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18

=" Well, swan, Billy" said an old
farmer to an undersized nephew who
was visiting him, "when you take off
that ere plug hat and spit two or three
times, there amt mlch left of you, is
tn P''-C Cincinnati Breakf fast Table.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18
Vitality OF u Sharks Heart.

The Providence Press tells this story,
apropos of shark story in the April
number of the Wide-AWdEe, written by
DR.. j. L. Payne: "He describes the
capture of II shark and it's dissection at
sea, and says that after the heart had
been removed from the body and placed
upon the deck it kept up its cOntrac-
tons for Il period of twenty minutes or
half an hour, just the same Us when in
place and performing its Office of
pumping the blood to the various parts
of the body We, in company with
the late Surgeon MacGregor, used to
enjoy, annually, shark fishing excur-
sion. One season we rendezvOused at
Edgartown, and fishcd for the monster
off Capogc.' We caught among 9TH
ers Il fellow of splendid pluck and pro-
portions, and decided to dissect him
We landed him upon an old wharf in
Edgartown, about four o'clock in the
afternoon, and proceeded in true sur
geon's style. We opened him; took
out his immense jaws, which, when
opened, passed over to the extreme of
our shoulders, and afterward found his
heart expanding and contracting as if
in life, though the body was devoid of
blood. We cut the heart out. placed it
upon IN inverted iron try-kcttle used
by whalers, and proceeded with our
work. After we had finished it was
nearly dark-we took the jaw and the
heart, the latter still pumping, to our
hotel, and placed the latter upon a
stone post, while we went in and had
our supper. We took a lantern with us
and examined that marvellous heart
again. 1t was still contracting, though
feebly, and its last culver, about $3.50
o'clock, was merely spasm. DIR.
Payne's story is not as marvellous as
ours, and we vouch for its truthful
noss >,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18

A machine quite as useful in its
way as the telephone or photograph
has just been invented. 1t is for the
comfort and protection of lone females.
You just pour Il gallon of whisky on
the sitting room carpet, and it smells
rs though there was man around, all
the .-HnsCk-E ye.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18

Faith is generally represented as
bedraggled female clinging to sea-
washed rock, but for simple, trusting,
undefiled faith, point us to an editor
paying postage on the paper of de-
linquent subscriber. Demo-
crat.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18
EPITOME of THE WEEK.
Condensed Telegraphic News.
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS

The State Convention of the Nation
al party, in PENNSYLVANIA, is to be held at
Philadelphia, on the Sth Of May.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18

"A stranger who applied at house
in the vicinity of Quebec for some
slight favor, the other day, was met ny
an old gentleman eighty-five years of
age, who hesitated for moment and
then said: "Tll go and ask father"
Presently he returned with his father,
Paul Leonard, who is asserted to be
1O7 years old. The latter owns all the
property and looks after it, and gives
his son orders as to what he is to do,
and the son obeys as dutiful child
should.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18

"A young woman Of Woolwich, Me-,
aged twenty-three, married man of
eighty-three on payment of $1,000,
which was the price he offered and she
was sold for.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18

"A new dictionary of the Yaghan
language, spoken by the natives of
Terra del Fuego, which will contain
$1,000 words, is being prepared by Rev
T. Bridges.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18

A larg" numoer OF persons have
been arrested in Ireland for completely in the
assassination of the late Earl of Lcitrim.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18

Men of many words and few ideas
appear to get along as well as more
quiet and more thoughtful people.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18

SOUTH CAROLINA now has $500 spin
dies and 1, 400 looms in operation, d.
vidcd among ten prosperous factories.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18

During March there were eighty-tive
failures in New York City, with aggregate Ii
abilities of S'.l1s,336, and assets amounting
10 S3.0{S, S4
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18

Rev. DIR. Geo. +. Seymour has de-
clined the Bishopric of the new Episcopal
Diocese of Springfield, Ill.,, to which he was
recently elected
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18
The New England Methodist Confer.

encc. at its recent session at Wcsthcld. Mass,
voted not to hereafter admit ministers who
use tobacco.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18

\ call has been issued for meeting of
the Missouri National State Convention for
the nomination of a State ticket, and TO pro-
vide for Congressional nominations.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-18

1t has been recently reported that at
Mieron. on the Rio Grande, the Mexican au-
thorities had. on requisition. returned herd
~ stolen cattle to their Texas owners, and
had taken measures to punish the thieves.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-02-01
Each got . bite,
But the kind wasn't right

The gold monopoIists are well
pleased with the Wisconsin Senate's
silver platform, which in effect is
simply this; "Put . gold dollars
worth of silver in your silver dol
lars, and coin IS many OF them as
you like" Let US see how this
would work. Say instead OF ALP IL
grains-the old legal tender dollar
when the bonds were soId-the new
dollar should contain 4I6 grains.
Suppose in 9 few years gold dollars
should become less valuable than
such silver dollars. WeshouId then
be forced to add 8 little gold to .
new gold dollar to bring iE up to q
silver standard. Then after 3 while
the silver dollar would need tinker
ing again, aud we should have to
put in 425 grains. Adding thus to
one coin and then TO the other TO
keep thorn Of exactly the same value
would lead to silver coach wheels
and gold grindstones. We should
have in the end silver dollars weigh.
ing q pound and gold dollars weigh
ing an ounce. The thing is ridieu-
lous. Ths experience of ages hae
shown that the two metals are VAIN
ed in about tie Fstion established bY
our coinage laws before the infa-
nous trick Of 1874 dropped the siI-
yer dollar froua the statute. It wiIl
do no harm to restore the law IS ft
stood 80 long upon the statute books.
The ratio established by that law
will be fouad as near the e6Freei
thing as can be deternirSdobR any
known process.-St. Louis JOar.s