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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-12-19

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polntnent OF a YellOw-Feyer Comn,iasion;
Ce!nng ON ting President Tor all c0gTeppondence
between To United States. and The herman EN-
paxs relative g the expubion ct Julius Baumer,
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mode Ut compcnaaticg inventors in place of the
prracnt ay.tom. resolution was agreed to re-
Quratinv the President tO furnish the Senate
al.Als and other Otaccrs, and auch other CORE
sOoasaence ~ 10 might have, relative - <he re-
cent clcctlOna In HONth Carolina and Louis
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Millionaire Or Missionary.

ITmatters somewhat whether a young
lady's uncle is millionaire or mis-
sionary if her lovers constancy is in
question. A German officer, who was
suffering from wounds received during
the war with France, was recently sent
to q village in the Swiss Canton of
Vaud to recruit his strength. There
he made the acquaintance Of young
lady whose parents resided in the same
village, and the couple became en-
gagged. Owing to the mildness of the
climate the hero soon regained his
health, and before long an order ar
rived from headquarters desiring him
to report himself within week at Ber-
lin. At first his letters were filed with
protestations of the enduring nature of
his love, but gradually, as time wore
on, they became less frequent and
much colder in tone. Six weeks had
elapsed since he had last written,
when, instead of a letter full of re-
proaches, the Lieutenant received a
telegram from his dear Marie. in the
following words: "Dear FRITZ have
Just received aletter informing me that
my uncle, who was a millionaire, at
Frankbar, in the East Indies, is dead,
and that l am his sole heiress." The
Lieutenant lost no time. He set out
for the village. The young lady was
overwhelmed with joy on seeing her
lover once more, but reproached him
for his long silence. "Don't let us
talk of it, dear Marie" he replied;
'sthere is now no obstacle to our
union. The unexpected good fortune
which Providence has sent us has re-
moved the objections of my parents to
our marriage, for fortune so great,
SO colossal" At these words,
Marie, taking his hand, said: "Fritz,
do not make fun of me.' The lover
drew out of his pocket the telegram,
asking her whether she had not written
the words, "My uncle has just died q
millionaire at Frankbar. Utterly as
founded, Marie dropped his hand, and,
her eyes filling with tears, exclaimed,
"Dear Fritz, there is q mistake in tho
telegram. What wrote was-'M My
uncle has just died missionaire in the
East Indies,' and the amount he has
left me is 1876 francs 45 centimes."
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The Diffusion Of 6ases.

MANY otherwise well-informed per-
sons suppose that foul air goes to the
top of room, and, therefore, that it
is necessary to ventilate in the neigh
borhood of the ceiling. This is a mis-
take. 1t is true that heated air ascends
to the top; but heated air is not neces-
sarily deleterious, and only becomes so
when impregnated with organic inn
purities. The theory that the carbonic
acid thrown off by respirationin room
ascends is equally fallacious. The spe-
cific gravity of carbonic acid is about
1852 (air being unity, while its expan-
sion when heated from 80 deg. Fab.
up to PIP deg. Fab. is only .37l of its
volume, so that it will be seen that
when it has received the same heat as
the body it is still heavier than the out
side air, and if it was not for the law
that governs the diffusion of gases it
would fall to the bottom. 1t is wise
dispensation of Nature, however, that
carbonic acid, like most gases, is not
amenable to the general laws of gravi-
tation, for it frequently happens that
the heaviest gas is above, though il
does not remain above, for it is contin-
ually on the move, until it is taken up
by some affinity, or thoroughly and
evenly mixed with the surrounding at
mosphere. Chemists well know that il
a tight vessel filled with hydrogen, and
one filled with carboaic acid, be con.
nected by q tube, and the vessel con-
tanning hydrogen is held above. the
carbonic acid, which is q score times
heavier, will ascend to the upper YES.
sci through the tube and keep oonsin-
uallv in motion until the two gases are
thoroughly mixed. This quality OF the
gases is termed by chemists the claw
81 diffusion," and we are indebted t.
it for the almost perfect homogeneity
of our atmosphere. american Builder
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The Mystic-Sounding Church BELLS,

MANITOBA LAKE, which lies north
west of Fort Garry, and has given a
title to the Province formed out of the
Red River region, derives its name from
q small island, from which, in the still
ness of night, issues mysterious noise.
On no account will the Oiibways ap-
proach or land ON this island, supposing
it to be the home of the Manitoba, the
"Speaking Cod" The cause of this
curious sound is the beating of the
waves on the " shingle," or large peb-
bles lining the shores. Along the north
ern coast of the island there is long,
low cliff of fine-grained, compact lime
stone, which, under the stroke of the
hammer, clinks like steel. The waves
beating on the shore at the foot of the
cliff cause the falling fragments to rub
against each other and to give out a
sound resembling the chimes of distant
church bells. The phenomenon occurs
when the gales blow from the north,
and then, as the winds subside, low,
waiting sounds like whispering voices
are heard in the air. Travellers assert
that the effect is impressive, and that
they have been awakened at night
under the impression that they we're
listening to church bells.-Helena
(Mont.) Independent.
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A Vale OF Tragedies.

ONLY two or three miles from Men
tone, in valley traversed by the IA
nous Cornici road, there is a spot
which the Debats describes in eloquent
and pathetic terms. 1t is "isolated,
wild, far removed from any animated
center. Only few stunted pines grow
up from the clefts in the slaty rock.
The aridity of the place is complete. A
horrible silence reigns in it. which is
hardly interrupted BY the cries of ILL.,
omened birds or by the cracks of the
muleteers' whips as they pass along
the road. Here Nature is dead, and
the abrupt gorges around justify the
lugubriOus purposes for which the spot
has been chosen" For this is the val
ley called Mortola, and here it is that
the affairs of honor of the neighboring
French heroes are decided with the aid
Of sword or pistol. "Can any reader"
asks the Debats, "guess what dramatic
scene has lately been enacted in this
valley?" Evidently not; and then fol-
lows a touching description of the terri
BILE tragedy. Two young men, inhab-
itants of Nice, and once intimate
friends, but separated by the ardent
passion which each of them had for a
lady," had agreed to have hostile
meetings with pistols in the lugu-
brious valley already described.
They met, and had for some time
been discharging their firearms at
one another without any announcement
result, when they were startled by the
tolling of the neighboring chapel bell.
They interrupted their terrible work
and began to mediate upon the wick
edness of angry passions. "Then ap-
peared upon the scene an unexpected
witness. 1t was the clergyman of the
aforesaid chapel whose counsels
promptly reconciled the two quondam
friends, and who, as it appears, has
reconciled many pairs of duelists in
the same way. AS soon as the report
of firearms rings through the Valley Of
Death the good man always sets his
bell tolling and hurries to the scene.
One is tempted to think that this hu.
name practice is pretty well known al
Nice and some other places, and that
the pugnacious young blades who re-
pair to the Mortola Valley are not al
ways SO nightly surprised to hear the
sound of the chapel bell and TO see the
unexpected witness appear on the
scene. There must, however, very
often be an anxious period of suspense
while the first few shots are being ex
changed, lest a too clumsy champion
should chance to hold his pistol straight
and shoot his adversary incontinently
before the "benetit of clergy is OBJ
| tained.-L0nd0n Globe.
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New York and paying duty there, and
being forwarded to California under
circumstances that leave no opportu-
nifty to ascertain their value or amount.
Though it consumes largely of foreign
goods imported at New York, with one
fftieth of the population, it pays one
cisco, and the average consumption of
foreign products is at least twice as
great here as ON the Atlantic slope.
The extravaganza of which we have
spoken is not confined to few; it is
characteristic of the community gen.
orally, and it is worse, relatively. among
the poor than tho rich. Many of the
wealthy families owe their wealth to
simplicity of life more than to large
gains.-Alta California.
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liberation of Yellow Fever.

As HEAT fosters, so cold suppresses,
the disease. A mere touch of frost,
however, is not enough to destroy it;
there must be cold enough to make ice.
"In New York and the vicinity the
fever poison has generally remained
active until the last days of October,
and frequently as late as the middle or
last of November" according to recent
reports of the New York Board OF
Health. Even the winter, while it
checks, by no means always extirpates
the poison. It lies latent during the
winter, and when warm weather comes
again the disease completes its work,
taking it up at the point where it had
left of during the previous year. /" Not
only does yellow fever hibernate during
its migrations," says DR.. Mott, IS but it
will half do its work during one autumn
in cities, resume and finish it the next
season: 1928 was an example of this
in Mobile; 1854 in Montgomery,
Ala; 1878 in New Orleans. Many
similar examples might be adduced. :"
In the former instance, adds DIR. Mott.
the yellow fever commenced in
Spanish alley, in the southern part of
the city, and took six weeks to overrun
one-half of the town, or all that part
south of Dauphin street which divides
the town into two pretty nearly equal
parts. The next year the disease COM
menced in the northern extreme, and
swept all the town left untouched the
previous year. Each year it took its
half of the town more deliberately than
the army-worm would eat through a
cotton field. AS remarked by DR..
Warren Stone, of New Orleans, it will
often travel, like Tax Collector, from
house to house along a street for two
or three weeks before it DIVORCES" "
So constant is this gradual progression
that when the disease is prevailing in
one part of q town the resident of an
other part can retire with safety long
after the first appearance of the cpl
demic. In New York, during the epi-
demic of 1922. its measured progress
was about forty feet per day.-Dr. r.
H. Coan, in Harper's Magazine for De-
Gender.
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Health Societies.

The idea is not new that family
physician should be employed to keep
family in good health, and should be
compensated for this service rather
than for attendance in sickness. Few
diseases attack human beings which do
not give warning by premonitory symp-
toms which, if needed, and promptly
treated, would save the victim from an
acute attack. There is scarcely any
thing which people. especially busy
people, and whose lives are, therefore,
of value to their families and society,
are so apt to neglect as the premonitory
symptoms of breaking down in health.
A slight cold that results in a hacking
cough is neglected until it develops the
seeds of consumption. The malarial
influences which are SO widespread are
allowed to fasten themselves perma-
nently upon the system, instead of be-
ing vigorously dealt with in the begin
ming, and the result is months OF i'll
health and probably an undermining of
the whole physical constitution. Poo
pie overwOrk themselves and pay no
heed to the protest of bodily exhaustion
which warns them that Nature will take
revenge for this imposition upon her.
Women especially become the victims
of nervous diseases, which render their
own lives and the lives of those around
them miserable, all from neglect.
It would, therefore, seem reason
able that change in the meth
DDS of society in, the employment
of physicians (Which should employ
them at stated salary to watch over
the bodily health and give needed hy-
9ienic instructions to families) would
Be q very sensible one; and that the
physician whose patrons were kept in
the best health should be the most pop
ular and the best remunerated.
But these are days when people must
economize, aud when favorite method
for securing and practicing economy is
combination for the purpose of pro-
curing any desired service at the lowest
possible rate. The latest illustration of
this tendency in the American mind
and methods is the formation in some
of our most progressive Eastern cities
Of health societies. These are conduct
ed ON the principle that prevention is
better than cure. The families COM
posing the society pay 80 much . year
into the treasury Of the society, and
elect . physician. to whom they pay.
from the fund thus created, . good
salary. He makes the care of the
health of these families his first con-
Germ. visiting them stately, and OBJ.
serving for himself what is the state OF
their health. He also gives to them
occasional lectures on hygiene and
dietetics. Members of the societies are
not tempted to neglect slight indisposi-
lions for fear of mourning heavy doctor
bills, but repair to the physician for
advice upon the first symptoms Of i'll
ness. There is no temptation to the
physician to :" cherish" case Of sick
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it sprang, with all it's strength, at Mr..
Spencer, its owner, who approached
nearer than the others, thinking the an
imal might recognize its master. Mr..
Spencer luckily escaped its claws by
dashing aside. It landed several feet
behind Mr.. Spencer. Before it could
make another spring Mr.. Thomas
Churchill, the hotel proprietor, sent q
bullet through its heart.-M Y. Sun.
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CONGRESS-.

TUESDAY, Dec. SIN the Senate, the
close of the last session were continued. A bill
was introduced authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to issue in exchange for United States
notes a coin-certifcate of deposit of the denomi-
exceedirg 800. bearing 3.6S interest and convert
adopted calling on the Secretary Of the Treasury
for information relative to the amount, denOmi-
nation and kind Of silver coin which has lbeen
received in payment OF customs dues since the
beginning Of the current fiscal year. Mr.. Mat
thews spoke in favor Of the Texas Pa;
omission, at the time Of enrolment, from the
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. passed at the
last session. Of the clause relating to the Hot
the HOuse-For recoining the silver trade dol
lan into standard silver dollars; repeating the
Resumption acti to punish election frauds; to
further coinage Of trade dollars; in relation to
the expulsion from Germany Of a naturalizei
snd nscy Of sS1 %
ton biiis were passed. '-''-'''- '-'''''A'''"-
WEDNESDAY, Dec. An the Senate,
Measn. Ferry, Davis and Randolph were ap.
pointed ~ the committee to inquire into The
omission of the Hot springs clause from the en-
rolled 6undry Civil Appropriation bill At the last
session. Bills were introduced authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury. in redeemine legal
tender no:e: to pay g peg cent in gold coin .nd
eting $5OW0Q for levee improvemenfs on tie
Missiseippi RIVER; motion to take mp The
Texas Pacific Railroad bill was rejected yees
House. resolutions we've sdopsed calling on t6s
President for information relative 10 commune
cations with the United States Minister in Mexi.
| CO. on the subject of commercial relations b.
tween the United States and that country; callina
on the Secretary of the Treasury for informa-
on E: e tns ssTess o. Ts money s II
Of September and November, l676, other than de.
posits made BY Disbursing Agents. A bill VA
passed. with an amendment, Correcting the errul
ST. IN ps Sa g
ton.
THURSDAY, Dec. Sin the Senate,
the Special Committee on The Yellow-Fever In
vestigation was announced - follow: Assln
Harris. Matthew's. Lamar. Paddock. Conover
os5 ,. and Er:tis: a reselation va sdoptsd
Saving. and Trust Company. Changes were
T%sde: ~ unsni s cc e II TIE Standing
Tee of Appropriatisns, IN place Of Mr.: Eaton; Ar
%ittee ON Patent.. and NJ. Morgan to b @
s ws.ss On H. ~ Ese s E:. o ssssa &
%ittse. Adjourned 70, &c, Sth: !. In. @
Naval Appgopriafion bills were reported from on
to IT, Committee Of The Wbole, and made the
ordered into tie cSs.ses .aiectinS she cSSncse,
a regard g the 80 bonds q ths Disizicf Of d.
lumbis. Resolations we1 sdopeed for the e.
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A Constantinople dispatch of the Sd
says the Bashi- Bazouks and Circassians had
defeated the Bulgarian insurgent forces in
Macedonia, and burned twenty villages. Only
1000 inhabitants escaped.
A Vienna dispatch of the Sd says the
return Of the army Of occupation from Bosnia
and Herzegovina had been countermanded.
Kindt, the Manager, and Fortamps,
the President Of the Banquc de Belgique, who
defrauded the bank Of 10000, 900 francs, have
been convicted and sentenced-the former to
fifteen years solitary confinement, and the
latter to one years imprisonment and q, 200
fine.
Gen. Sherman, on the Sd, submitted
10 the Joint Commission on the Transfer of
the Indian Bureau to the War Department .
number Of official documents verifying his
previous statements regarding the advisability
Of the transfer. The General described the
suffering OF the Indians, and said "the army
should either be transferred to the Interior
Department, or the Indian Bureau to the War
Department Under the existing management
the Government Is very heavily taxed and the
poor Indian driven to the wall.p
A London dispatch of the 4th says
O'Connor. another Fenian convict, had been
released from prison and placed On board the
Etty Of Chester, en- route for Philadelphia.
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ness, for his reputation depends on his
Delng able to keep his society in good
health, and especially to prevent severe
attacks OF disease. Sensible people
would much rather pay for health than
for sickness, and so the feeling is ex-
cellent all arOund.-Sx. Louis Post.
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The Alta California estimates that
the population of the American terri
tory west of the summit of the Rocky
Mountains (including savages and por-
lions of Montana and New MexicO) is
about 1,218, 900. Of these $4,000 is
allowed to California, 143, 900 to Ore
gon, $4,000 to Nevada, 10000 to Wash
ington Territory, los, 900 to Utah, 49,
600 to Idaho, IA, 900 to Arizona, and L.
600 to Alaska. The Chinese pOpula-
ton of the Pacific slope numbers about
1O1. 900. of whom one-third are in San
Francisco.
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AN official return shows that during
the Exhibition 2O3, 157 foreigners have
been admitted into Partisan hotels and
lodging-houses. OF these, England
furnishes So, GIG; Belgium. q. $50; Ger,
many, d, 77e, Italy, 14,O68; the United
States, 1858; Switzerland, 1880;
Spain, 1O,OO4; Austria, S,5Ol; Holland,
6,682; Russia, 5,725; Sweden and Nor
way, 2,7O5; Luxembourg, 2,23S; Po-
land, 1852; Denmark, 1,767; Portugal,
1857; Roumania, LAP; Mexico, l, 400;
Algeria, 1882; Brazil, 1,164; Turkey,
1898; Greece, 854; French Colonies, 795;
Canada, 719; Egypt. $50; India, 2S6;
Peru, 1856; Japan, 166; Colombia, 156;
Venezuela, 148; Tunis, Sc; Persia, 80;
Chill, 81; China, 81; Oceanica. SO;
Morocco, 6S; Bolivia, "a; Ecuador, So;
Guatemala, AZ; Costa Kica, 80; La
Plata, 10; Uruguay, Is; Honduras. IL;
Nicaragua, II; Paraguay, IL.
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In Germany $4,000 acres OF land arc
devoted to raising tobacco. The Gov
eminent derives about $3.50, 600 revenue
year from the product, the tax being
about fifty cents per hundred-weight.
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IT is asserted that of thoee who learn
to play upon the piano, but one in
1000 ever acquires correct knowledge
Of the use Of the pedals,
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= The total receipts of the principal
Paris theaters during the Exhibition Of
1867 were d, $780, 900. The receipts of
the same, theaters during the present
Exhibition were %, $4,000
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Death from Hydrophobia.

MAJ. WILLIAM H. DoBB, a promi-
nent citizen of Newcastle, died from
hydrophobia this morning. His suffer-
ings were intense. He was taken sud-
denly i'll on Saturday, and. although ev-
erything has been done to save him, all
efforts were unavailing. Maj. Dobb
was bitten by his own dog, New
toundland, about ten weeks ago. The
dog was lying before the door, and. in
going in, the Major stopped a moment
to caress the animal. It did not take
kindly to the petting, however, and
finally snapped at Maj. Dobbs' hand.
One finger of the right hand was Bit
ten. The Major Immediately sucked
the wound until it ceased bleeding, and,
as the wound healed in a day or two,
he did not fear any serious result. Sub
sequently the dog showed symptoms of
rabies, and was shot. The weeks
passed by, and the incident was hardly
thought Of, especially as the Major had
ceased taking elecampane and milk,
considering that he was out of danger.
On Saturday morning he went to the
hydrant and drew q glass Of water.
When he placed the goblet to his lips,
however, he found it impossible to force
a drop down his throat. He threw the
water away and went into breakfast.
A cup of coffee was placed by his plate
and he attempted to drink, but in vain.
lit has come at last" he said, and
arose from the table. A physician was
sent for, and, upon his arrival, found
the Major calm and composed, but be-
lieving firmly that there was no help
for him. He drank q little beer during
the day. Yesterday morning he grew
worse, and any unexpected noise would
cause cold tremors to run over him.
BY noon he grew deliriohs and his con-
vulsions increased. They grew strong
er and stronger, and several men were
brought into his room to hold him in
bed. Once he broke away from them
and tried to jump from the window,
but was restrained before he could leap
out. He frequently tried to drink, in
his more rational moments, and his eff
forts to force liquid down his throat are
described as terrible. His eyes would
seem to burst from their sockets, and
his strong frame shivered in every part.
During the night Maj. Dobb suffered in
describable agonies, and at 2:45 this
morning, in the midst of convulsion,
death came to his relief. The deceased
leaves wife and two sons, and two
daughters. He was over sixty years of
age, and was born in England. New
castle is thoroughly alarmed on the dog
question. 1t is said that the same dog
that caused Mai. Dobb's death also bit
another person. Several dogs were
killed to-day, and others are being
muzzled. Philadelphia Special to Chi
cago Tribune.