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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22

blacker than tho blacklist thunder.
cloud ever beheld. The ink gradually
dispersed itself through the water,
forming clouds of the most delicate
standings, fading off from the very
black place under which the beast was
concealed. Not even Turner, the great
artist ever imagined such cloud. This
ink is used in the arts, sepia being the
very substance taken from the cutie
fish and dried. Without doubt this
power of shooting ink is q wonderful
means of protection to preserve the an
imal from being eaten by its enemies,
and it may not be impossible that the
idea of gods and goddesses appearing
from the clouds and disappearing into
clouds, 50 often described by Virgil,
might have taken its origin from the
power of the cuttle-fish to surround it
self with q cloud ct ink. May we not
also compare this cuttle-fish to volum-
inOus author who conceals his identity
in clouds of ink?''
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22
Cuttle.ilsh Casting Its Ink.

MIR. FRANK AUCKLAND, the we'll
known English naturalist, describes. in
Land and Water, his good fortune in
seeing. under favorable conditions. q
cuttle-fish casting its ink. Three or
four specimens Of cuttles live in the
Westminster Aquarium. One of them.
in passing the window of his tank, evi-
IDENTIFY mistook the naturalist for . foe.
ESQ., writes Mr.. auckland. '.as he
swan along he elected from his ink:
BAG . Jet Of what looked like . cloud
of The most intensely black smoke that
ever came from . factory chimney.
instantly the water lost all transpar-
ency. Mr.. Cuttle-fish then went into
the middle of the water he had 80 art
fully made opaque. When there he
elected more ink, and in less than half
q minute the water round him became
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22
A Sharp History Of Petroleum.

THE Lumbernaon's Gazette gives the
following short history of petroleum:
The production of petroleum as an
article of trade dates from the 28th of
August, 1859, when Col. Drake, in a
well sixty-nine and one-half feet deep,
struck OIL" and coined q phrase that
will last as long as the English lam
guage. From that beginning it has in
creased to an annual production of
Il, SOC, 900 barrels of crude oil. The
first export was in 1861, of $1,000 bar
rels, valued at $1,000, 600, and the ex-
port of petroleum for the year 1877,
was, in round numbers, 49,, OOO, 900.
The annual product of petroleum to-
day--crude and retined-is greater in
value than the entire production of
ron, and is more than double that Of
the anthracite coal of the State of
Pennsylvania, and exceeds the gold
and silver production of the whole
country. As an article of export it is
fourth, and contests closely for the
third rank. Our leading exports are
relatively as follows: Cotton, annual
ly, from SIZE. OOO,OOO to $277, OOO, 900;
wheat flour, from 1853, OOO, 900 to $780,
OOO, 600; pork, and its products (bacon.
ham and lard), from 1908, 900 to
49,, 1000, 900. and petroleum from S48,-
100000 to S62,OOO,GOO. The total ex-
port of petroleum from 1861 TO and in
Guiding 1877 (sixteen years) has been
$442, 698, 698. Custom-H House valuation.
From the best sources of information
there arc at this time 10000 oil wells
producing and drilling, which at an
average cost of $1,000 per well would
make an investment of $4,000, 900 in
this branch of the business. Tankage
now existing Of capacity of 5000, 600
barrels, cost $2,OOO, 900, and 81, OOC, 600
has been invested in 2,COO miles of pipe
line connected with the wells. The en-
tire investment for the existing oil pro-
duction. including purchase money of
territory, is something over 800, OOO,-
600, which amount cannot be lessened
much, if any, for as wells cease to pro-
duce, new ones have been constantly
drilled to take their places.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22
Destructive Tornado at WallingfOrd,
Conn.
WAI1rNoFopp. Conn. Aug. q,

WALLINaFoRD, Conn.,. Aug.a.
A TERRIBLE tornado passed over
Wallingford about six this afternoon,
and blew over houses, uprOoted trees,
and caused the greatest devastation.
1t is estimated that the killed will num-
Der at present at least twenty (since
stated at thirty, while the wounded
will reach twice that number. Tele-
graph wires and poles were blown
down, making it impossible to commu-
Meriden or Hartford to the north.
Without warning, the tornado, with
hail and rain. swept across the north
ern part of the town, from west to east,
and everything movable in its course
was carried away. 1t seemed to last
but moment, but its results were
frightful. Afterward a light rain fell,
and this soon ceased, and at eight
o'clock the moon shone brightly down
upon scene of desolation. BY actual
count, forty dwelling-houses were de-
molished, and at least fifty barns.
The scene was q memorable one.
The wooden houses were carried clear
of their foundations from a few feet to
the eighth of mile. In the line of the
tornado nothing was left standing, and
on each side of its track lesser damage
was done, chimneys especially suffer-
ing. The Catholic Church, wooden,
and the new brick high school were to-
tally demolished. The top of the brick
factory of the Wallingford Community
was carried away. Fires were commu-
nicated to the ruins in many cases by
lamps and stoves, and but for the rain
the horror of the affair would have
been greatly increased.
A youth named Matthew Mooney
was standing on the railroad track
by the tornado. He was picked up fifty
feet away almost beheaded.
Mrs. Hubby had her child in her
arms. When picked up both were dead
and almost scalped.
Fred Littlewood was picked up dead
on the side of the road where he was
killed by flying timbers. He was COM
ing home from work. Four female rel
atives of John MunsOn, up town, were
buried in the cellar of the house when
blown down, and it took long while
to get them out. Two were injured
slightly; the other two were unhurt.
Michael Kelly, while driving in q
buggy in the eastern part of town, was
blown over precipice some twenty
feet. He and his horse were slightly
injured.
One man had three small dwelling
houses swept out of existence. Barns
were lifted clear of the hay contained
therein, and the latter left standing.
The roofs Of innumerable houses were
taken off.
Little John Hoey, aged twelve, fear
ing trains would be delayed, rode on
six miles to Meriden to get
medical aid.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22

ABOUT noon yesterday portly, dig
nitied gentleman CHANGED to meet his
daughter, q handsome, stylish little
miss, wearing jaunty velvet hat, and
with her hair rolled up at the back of
her head in the shape of a Vienna 0un,
sauntering down Vine street under the
escort of = young man dressed with ex-
cruciating scrupulousness and exceed
ing taste. The old gentleman stopped
his daughter, and without noticing the
confusion their meeting threw her into.
commenced talking about the weather,
her shopping, etc. She listened duti-
fully q moment or two, and then re-
marked, referring to her escort, Papa.
this is Mr.. -" Papa, however, paid
no attention to the young man, but
kept on talking. Again she said, /" Pa
pa, you didn't hear me; this is Mr..
-"
eyes, yes, my girl, I heard you,"
said the old gentleman, with an impa-
tient wave of the hand. 81 heard you,
and don't care to know Mr.. -"
The immediate departure of that
young man in . very shrunken-up con-
dition was one of the funniest sights Of
the day. Cleveland Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22
Unconsidored TrlAes.

In making up handsome costumes,
ladies buy cheap silk for the skirt
proper, as the trimming used upon the
foot covers it, and the richer material
is thus saved for more important por-
lions of the toilette. Skirts are seldom
lined nowadays, and ladies think they
wear quite as we'll if they are not
stitched up with too fine q thread and
too close q tension of the sewing-ma-
chine.
A great deal of work that once was
though important is now known to be
of little consequence, and so, instead of
carefully Understanding or hemming
f0unces, these are very generally pre-
pared by the sewing-machine. The best
French dresses are made almost entire
~ by machine work, but in this coun-
try ladies prefer trimmings at least ar
ranged by hand-wOrk, unless in the
case of muslin and other wash-dresses.
1t is no economy to use black thread
for hemming black silk ilounces, for
long before the dress is worn out the
black thread is green, blue or yellow,
and shows . marked line wherever it
has been used.
A fanciful style of trimming on a
plain material or snowy mixture of
col0rs upon q dress which is to be
worn for service, only makes poor
return for the thought and labor ex-
pended. Some of the prettiest dresses
recently prepared were made Of striped
seer-sucker, at twelve cents q yard,
trimmed with q braid lace with .
crocheted edge.
Some Of the pleated yoke dresses
sold in the shops this summer have
been lined throughout, making them
too warm for comfort It is only the
yoke which requires strengthening; the
sleeves and pleateds body are more sat-
isfactorv If not lined.
In remodeling it is easy work to cut
Offthe long or old-fashioned fronts of po-
le9aises and make the reversed apron,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22
Street Life I'm Pekin.

IT is scarcely possible (says foreign
correspondent to imagine, without
having witnessed it, the scene which
the commercial streets of Pekin exhibit
every day. The busy, bustling crowd,
the horses, mules, carriages, hand-bar-
rows and sedan-chairs, all mixed in in
extricable confusion, and among them
the itineraht dealers, some with ham,
pers, containing the stock-in-trade
suspended round their necks, others
standing before portable stoves on
which they cook the viands they vend.
These and many others are to be seen
in the streets, not silently Offering their
wares, but endeavoring to attract the
attention of possible buyers by shrill
ear-piercing cries and loudly Wanting
the low price and superior quality Of
the commodities.
The barber with his little bell sum-
mons all who have not performed their
toilets to be shaved in the open air.
He motions his customers to q low
seat; with one turn of the hand fathers
his head, and dexterously performs
with his triangular razor; he then
paints his eyebrows, and adjusts his
queue, brushes his garments, and, re-
ceiving a small fee, sends him away
satisfied.
Often crowd collects to listen to a
story-teller, or singer, to watch the
tricks of q conjuror, or to hear of the
marvellous properties possessed by GER
tain drugs and remedies sold by q To-
quacious quack, but suddenly there is
q stir among the assemblage, which
hurriedly disperses or draws to one
side, leaving room for the passage of
some grandee, who, seated in his chair,
and surrounded by q numerous c0rtege,
expects all interiors to make way at his
presence.
Guards of soldiers are stationed day
and night in the principal thorough
fares, with strict orders to lay their
whips upon all, without distinction,
who are disorderly, or betray the
slightest inclination to quarrel; beside
this, every street is divided into Sec
tions of ten houses, which are each un-
der the surveillance of one of the in
habitants, deputed by the authorities
to fill the office of tithing-man.
As soon as night falls, each house,
holder. be he rich or poor, Mandarin
or mechanic, must light the lantern
which stands at his door. At both ends
of each street there is wooden barrier,
which is closed ut dark, and sentries
posted at these barriers will permit of
neither ingress nor egress, unless the
applicant carries q lantern and can
show good cause for his absence from
home. Watchmen patrol the streets
during the whole night, who, instead
of CRYING the hour. show their vigilance
by striking tube Of bamboo every few
minutes, causing q dull, hollow sound,
which it takes Europeans some time to
become accustomed to and sleep
through.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22
CAPITAL AND LABOR,
Meeting Of the Congressional Commit.
too On the Labor Question.

too On the Labor Question:
GEORGE E. MCNEIL, President of
the International Workingmen's Union. residing
in West Somerville. Mass., was the 6rst witness,
on the 9Th. The whole difficulty, in his opinion,
10 the wsgea system Of labor, or, in other words,
that the wage system and the steam engine are
contemporanenus. and that the productive power
has exceeded the power of cOnsumptiOn. He IA
Mr.. Peck, Of Denbury, Conn.,, thought that, in.
stead Of Lending hundreds Of millions of dollars
70 hanks, the Government ehould lend some few
men: he read . long petition to Congress ask
ing the Government 70 loan any man 6 600 to
build house With, the amount to be paid back
One witness was in favor of abolishing the
United States Senate, restricting the powers OF
Conerees and the President. issuing 4SS per cap
no one outside the Labor Bureau to employ NJ
borers. Another believed tho cause Of the de-
preasiOn was the war, the 0vef.issue of currency,
sar .S s ss BY The seo, pecd Of is
ought e be remedied. A third witness advo-
Gated building home. in the West for the unem-
Of labor. and should be crushed out; he would
Also demcncti9e gold and silver. A fifth said
the present destituti0n was altogether due to
rum-9uzsling and beer-swilling: abolish all traf-
nc IN liquor and beer, and prosperity would 10
Henry D. Rothschild, clothing manufacturer,
thought the business still profitable, but per-
day for lebogeIs and wOrkingmen generally. The
eiRht-hour system was the cause of dissipation.
He would not give laborer time even for amuse
employment. II the .workiugman saved his
wages whom work was plenty and prices high. he
would not nov suffer from want.
misses and cries Of Get out"
NJ; Hswis read sSs following questions. which
'n TSs GonsoSs e earnestly
tions Of the country in Obtaining Information to
question submitted to Il. Il especially invites
suGXestiOno from representative men in all de-
partments Of business. Il proposes the follow
ing questions to employer OF labor throughout
j. What were the selling prices Of your prod
cct sj II !Se and in each Subsequent year down
:? ~ e y.s.: paid y you in each
3 Where the persons furnishing information
are Wiling 70 do g. the Commiteee invites them
in each ct these years upon tho capital employed
4 .Whst we're the wholesale and retail prices of
ing each Of these yean in your vicinity!
3. What 10 the difference, IL any, between the
rent: # .sG s Socsped y in the
6 What was the ooppa!asive amount of the
in the years 16O and 1875?
2. State the comparative steadine@ Of the en-
Payment of operatives between the years 1850
and 1873, inclusive.
The Commit4ee invites suggestions from en-
ployet1 and employed - % the extent and
causes Of the preeent depression q busine@, and
opinion, would tend 70 relieve The same.
The Committee will hold their next oeosi00 in
the New York HoatolRce, Aug. 90. ..1
The C0mmitteo then oiiOQRnod until tho date
above meatiened.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22

A newly-married man, who evil
IDENTIFY needs discipline, thus discourses:
"A woman is handy thing to have
aDout the house. She does not cost
any more to keep than you'll give her,
and she'll take great interest in
you.''
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22

The largest of the pyramids is 4S1
feet high and 693 feet on the sides; its
base covers eleven acres. The stones
are above thirty feet in length and the
layers are POS; $4,000 men were en-
plOyed in its erection.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22

Lewis Baker, who shot William
Poole, in New York, in 1855, recently died in
Paris
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22

AT recent Sheriff's sale, at Leb-
anon, Pa, collins went at one dollar
apiece.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22

The French Government announces
that s?,5oO prizes will he bestowed upon cx-
hibitors at the Paris Exposition.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22

John T. Hoyt, of Michigan, has been
appointed Governor of Idaho Territory.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22

In the International shooting-match,
in London, on the 9th, Capt Bogariius, the
American champion won by one bird.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
crwnENr pAwAonapp.

The Pope has appointed Cardinal
Lorenzo Nina Pontifical Secretary of State.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22

OhN 6DSA uas
A London dispatch of the 9Th says
over 1900 Russians in Bulgaria were down
with typhus fever, including Gems. Todleben
and Schouvaloff.
Great excitement prevailed at Blu
charcst, on the 9Th, in consequence of . mis-
understanding between Russia and Roumanja
over the proposed boundaries of the Dobrud.
scha.
The Democratic State Convention of
Louisiana met, on the 9th, and adopted .
platform recommending the levee system; de-
handing aid for the Texas Pacific Railroad
and the Brazilian Steamship Line; inlorsing
the Nichols Government, the State Funding
law and the Fraud Investigating Committee
Of the National House Of Representatives;
expressing sympathy for the laboring classes;
demanding the abolition of the National
Banking system, and the substitution Of
greenbacks for National Bank notes, the same
to be receivable for ali debts, public and pri-
waite. etc., etc. Four delegates who offered to
sell their votes were expelled from the Con-
vention. f. A. Burke was nominated for
State Treasurer.
The Delaware Democratic State Con-
vention met, on the 9Th, and nomiustcd John
". Hall for Governor. A hard-money plat
form was adopted. Resolutions were also
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22

Ex-Presidcnt Grant reached St. Peters
burg. Russia. early in August He was re-
rcired most cordially by both Government and
people
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22

cause was made with the insurgents opposing
the Austrian occupation of Bosnia.
The machinists, blacksmiths and
bsiler-makers employed BY the Chicago, Mil
waukee d st. Paul Railroad Company, ut Mil
18th, In consequence Of their expressed ilieiu-
clinatiOn to accept of a substantial reduction
in the rate of wages. They subsequently, had
u consultation with the manager = the road
and substantially agreed to resume work.
The st. Louis Evessing Post of the
18th publishes statement to the effect that
the State Treasurer had, during his whole
term Of Office, carried among his assets q
worthless check Oh the Mastin Bank for $780,
OOo. which was accepted by the Legislative
Examining Committee rs cash. This, with
other amounts of = like nature, makes total
deficit of over &5O0, OOO, in addition to the
amounts lost by the failure of the National
Bank Of the State of Missouri and the Mastin
Bank. The Treasurer's bond is said to he
practically worthless. The Posts authority
for these statements is not given.
The total number of cases of yellow
fever reported in New Orleans for the week
ending on the 10th was l06; deaths, 126 The
new cases for the twenty-four hours ending
at noon, on the 18th, numbered thirty-one;
deaths. twelve. Business in the city was al
most At \ standetill. The disease was prevail
ing to an alarming extent at Grenada, Miss.
Help was asked for to take care of the sick.
RiOt0us disturbances occurred in Of
tawa, Can, ON the 18th, on the occasion Of .
street parade and celebration Of the Orange
Young Britons. Apprentice Boys and True
Blues. A rough attempted to break the ranks,
but was beaten badly. Lower Town Union
men subsequently attacked the Montreal
Britons, but were defeated and escaped before
the police came MP. Two Of them were sub
sequcntly arrested and bailed. The Montreal
Britons avoided . disturbance in the evening
by marching three miles out of Ottawa to
take the train Tor home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22

W
of iron. In locating works for bleach
ing or dying, care should be taken to
have the water analysed before q pur-
chase of land is made.
Cases of lead poisoning often occur
when water is retained in leaden pipes
and cisterns, although some affirm that
lead is not soluble in water. This may
be true, and yet it is not all the truth.
II piece of sheet lead be immersed in
water, and kept from the air for some
days, it will not dissolve. But when
the lead is exposed to the al: Gas in a
cistern) the carbonic acid Of the air
will attack the lead, and water, acting
upon it in that state, makes the lead
soluble in water. The purer the water
the more violent will be its action on
lead. Water conveyed in leaden pipes
to fish pond will kill the fish. Prof.
Chandler, on this subject, says: "Water
is liable to be contaminated by lead,
and the purer the water the greater the
danger from lead contamination. Water
which is kept in lead pipes ovre night
in New York will contain tenth Of =
grain, and water which passes through
200 feet Of lead pipe will give distinct
traces of lead" Till leaden pipes and
cisterns are replaced by iron ones,
which keep the water sweet, the safest
plan is to let the water run away which
has remained all night in the pipes,
and for domestic purposes use fresh
supply.-Edsciss Bailey, in ~ Y. OBJ
SeTUer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22

\ Washington dispatch of the Sth
says the demand for the standard silver dol
lars was steadily increasing So far during
the then current week the banks had called
FOR :300,WO. There was little demand for the
certificates for silver dollars, which had been
printed to the extent of $l9OOO,WO
, 1878-04-17
CHINESE HAXIuS.

NiAA-'A~'JS -N h-A'.ND'
The finest roads do not 60 far.
1t is the rich who want most things.
Raillery is the tightening of calumny.
Ceremony is the smeke of friendship.
Attention to small things is the ccon-
omy of virtue.
Great souls have wills; others only
feeble wishes.
All is lost when the people fear death
less than poverty.
Men may bend to virtue, but. virtue
cannot bend to men.
He who lets things be given to him is
not gooo at taking.
Who IS the greatest liar9 He who
speaks most of himself.
One may do without mankind, but one
has need OF II friend.
The court is like the sea; everything
depends upon the wind.
One terglves everything to him who
torgives himself nothing.
The pleasure of doing good is the only
one which never wears out.
The tree overthrown by the wind had
,,,o r,, hropnhus than roptu
Receive your thoughts like guests and
treat desires like children.
For him who does everything in its
proper time one day is worth three.
One never needs ones wits SO much as
when one has to deal with a fool.
The less indulgence one has for ones
self the more one may have for others.
He who wishes to secure the good Of
Others has already secured his own.
A fool never admires himself so much
as when he has committed some folly.
At court people sing that they may
drink; in village people drink that
they may sing.
Towers are measured by their shad-
ows and great men by those who are en-
vious of them.
The dog in the kennel barks at his
tieas; but the dorg that is hunting dees
not feel them.
When men are together they listen to
each other, but women and girls look at
each other.
He who finds pleasure in vice and
pain In virtue, is novice IN both one
and the other.