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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26
The Greatest Danger Of Railroad Travel.

THE risk of sudden death is very tri-
fling compared with the inevitable in
Jury sustained by every individual who
has to make long journey by rail. The
traveller really takes his life in his hand
whenever he sets out. The danger Is
less from accident than design, less
from misplaced switches than from mis-
placed ventilators, less from bad road
beds than from bad air. We are not
now speaking of the barbaric nuisance
of having to smell, breathe and battle
in the smoke, SCOT and cinders pouring
in from the engine, which, until some
other method is found to Obviate the
difficulty. ought to be in the rear Of the
train, instead of the front. Of all con-
ductors, brakemen, porters and pas
sengers. probably not one in the thou
sand understands the vital importance
of pure air, nor, indeed, do they know
what pure air is. To the conductors
mind, as to that of the majority of his
passengers, the comfort of the car de-
ponds upon the temperature 1T is
a matter of warmth or cold en-
tirelv. A warm car, or more COM
monty a hot car, is the one desider-
alum, albeit the warmth is the product
of animal heat from fifty bodies,
many of them not very clean. and of
exhalations from fifty pair of lungs.
with little chance for the escape Of Vi
tiated air or the ingress of pure ara
condition of things tending to produce
a state of "blue blood" not contem-
plated by the haut ton. When the life
current comes up to the lungs to be
changed from blue to red, to throw of
there the carbonic acid and take in Oxy-
gen-and the whole volume of blood
makes this circuit once in every half
minute, or over one hundred times an
hour-if there is lack of sufficient
ventilation in the car or sitting-roOm or
sleeping-room. the blood cannot under
20 this vital transformation. 1t goes
back to the heart. and from thence is
pumped through the arteries from
crown to sole. throughout the compli-
Gated mesh-work of the capiliaries, in a
state entirely untitled to perform its
functions of supplying oxygen to all
parts of the body, of carrying on the
waste particles resulting from the
..never-ceasing DEATH of the atoms
composing the body, and of replacing
these with fresh. living atoms, or. as it
is usually put, repairing the waste. "
--Jour,sal Of Chemistry.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26

General Charles Devens, the At
torney-General is from old Massachu-
sets stock, and is a very affable, pleas
ant gentleman. He is very approach
able and easy in conversation, and
polite to those who call on him. He is
q heavily-built man of about six feet
high, with thin, gray hair, which is in
visible on the summit of his handsome
head, and closely-cut beard of q mill
tary style. He keeps up with the fashion
in the matter of dress; and is always
neatly attired, generally in a black
frock suit, rolling collar, black cravat
and silk hat; his boots are always shin.
ing. and he draws on pair Of dark kid
gloves when leaving his Office to 60
into the Observation-Disclosures Cor CHI
cago Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26

Perhaps the craziest institution in
the world is the Cats Home in Phila-
delphia. Why any sane mortal would
try to prolong the life Of cat is one OF
those things that no fellow can find out.
All stray cats that can be picked up are
taken care of at this place until . home
is found for each. # the cat is very
old or hopelessly diseased. it is put to
death in such an easy, comfortable way
that it is positive pleasure for q cat to
die. 1t is q pity these philanthropists
could not be induced to come to De-
troit and try their delightful process OF
obliteration on all the cats in this city
that are in the habit of nightly holding
Pinafore matinees on the back fences.
Detroit Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26

Owen Meredith says: "Some wom-
en- are like the modest daisies and vio-
lets, they never look or feel better than
in a morning wrapper. Others are not
themselves unless they can flame out in
gorgeous dyes, like the tulip or the
blush rose. Who has not seen women
just like white lilies? We know sever
al double marigolds and poppies. There
are women fit only for velvets like the
dahlias; others are graceful and airy.
like azaleas. Now and then you see
hollyhocks and sunhowers. When
women are free to dress as they like,
they do not fail to express their true
characters, and dress becomes form
of expression very genuine and useful"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26
The Manner in Which the People oil
the Car Keep Warm.

The Russians have a great knack of
making their winters pleasant. You
feel nothing of the cold in those tightly
built houses, where all the doors and
windows are double, and where the
rooms are kept warm by big stoves hid
den in the walls. There is no damp in
a Russian house, and the inmates may
dress indoors in the lightest of CARDS,
which contrast oddly with the mass of
furs and robes which they don when
going out. A Russian can afford to
run no risk of exposure when he leaves
his house for walk or drive. He COW
ers his head and ears with fur bonnet,
his feet and legs with felt boots lined
with wool or fur, which are drawn on
over the ordinary boots and trousers,
and reach up to the knees; he next
cloaks himself in an ample top coat
with fur collar, lining and cuffs; and he
buries his hands in pair of fngerless
gloves of seal or bearskin. Thus
equipped, and with the collar of his
coat raised all round 50 that it muffles
him up to the eyes, the Russian exposes
only his nose to the cold air; and he
takes care frequently to give that organ
little rub to keep the circulation
going. "A stranger, who is apt to for
get that precaution would often get his
nose frozen if it were not for the court
esy of the Russians, who will always
warn him if they see his nose "whiten-
ing" and will unbidden help him to
chafe it vigorously with snow.
In Russian cities walkingi is just posi-
BILE for men during winter, but hardly
so for ladies. The women of the lower
order wear knee boots; those of the
shop-keeping classes seldom venture
out at all; those of the aristocracy go
Stout in eighs. These sleighs are by no
means pleasant vehicles for nervous
people, for the Kalmuck coachmen
drive them at such a terrific pace that
they frequently capsize; but persons
not destitute of pluck find their motion
most enjoy able. 1t must be added that
to be spilled out of a Russian sleigh is
tantamount only to getting rough
tumble on soft mattress, for the very
hick furs in which the victim is sure to
be wrapped will be enough to break the
fall.
The houses and novels of the Russian
working classes are as well warmed as
those Of the aristocracy. A stove is al
ways the principal item of furniture in
them; and these contrivances are used
to sleep on as well as to cook in. The
mujick, having no bed, curls himself
up on his stove at his time tor going to
rest: sometimes he may be found creep
ing right into the stove and enjoying
the delights of good vapor-bath. The
amount of heat which a Russian will
stand is amazing, and his carelessness
in facing the cold afterward not less SO
Pail M0U Gazette.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26

"A bushel of ashes represents the
mineral matter of from two to four
tons of vegetable matter. They are
therefore very valuable on soils that
have been over cropped. The mineral
elements in ashes are in form to be
Immediately available to plants. Ashes
contain potash, lime, magnesia. phos-
phoric acid, sulphuric acid, etc. !;
potash being in the greatest proper
ton. Professor r. G. Kedzie, of the
Michigan Agricultural College, says
that, "if farmers will try the expert
ment of dressing their clover meadows
with wood ashes, or will apply it to
their turnips and ruta bagas, they will
not hereafter sell their ashes for six
pence bushel and take watered soft
soap for their pay" Save all the ashes
made this winter and test the matter
next season. All experience shows that
the value of wood ashes for fertilizing
purposes is great.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26

1t is narrated that a would-be
joker in q mixed company remarked:
"Now, my friends. l think Japan is the
best place to live in in the world; un-
derstand that there are neither Jews
nor pigs there A diminutive speci-
men, but with an unmistak able Hebrew
cast of countenance, replied: swell,
nine friend, tell You vat it is. Let's
you and me 60 there and exhibit our
selves. We could make our fortune.
could represent the Jews and you
could take the rest Of the role to per-
felton,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26
FACTS AND FIGURES.

In 1873 the gold and silver product
of Colorado amounted to SO, Isl. 344;
during the year just closed it was $685.
1856, 483, which is rather remarkable
increase.
GERMANY is increasing its military
strength. After April, 1881, the army
on peace footing will be regulated
on a percentage of the population that
will raise its strength from 400. 900 to
427, 900.
The report of the Supervising Inspec-
tor at New Orleans for the last year
shows that no deaths have occurred from
steamboat-boiler explosions on the Mis-
sissippi Rivera fact unprecedented in
river navigation.
OWING to the disease of the vine, the
area of the vineyards of France has de-
creased by about 400, 900 acres since the
year 1874; though great portion of the
soil in which the vine formerly -four
ished is unfit for any other culture.
The area of vineyards in the country is
at present about 5000, 900 acres.
The number of suicides at Vienna
and its suburbs, last year, attained the
COuSlucIoUAo ukAo VI tWO uuuUr0O anu
ninety-seven, Of which forty-six were
of women. In most cases reverse of
fortune, misery or want of work was
the disposing cause, and the majority
of the unfortunates belonged to the
poorer classes.
INFANTICIDE was terribly common in
the northwest provinces of India during
the year 1879. The Inspector Gem
eral of Police reports that no less than
Is per cent. of the female children born
were killed. Among the poorer people
higher value is placed on the boys;
and, therefore, when food IL insufficient
for all, the girls suffer most.
A LETTER from Toxic furnishes some
interesting details concerning the num-
Der of foreigners resident in Japan. In
1879 there were 2,476 Europeans and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26
A woman at Nyack, N. Y, subdue,

"A woman at Nyack, N. T., subdued
an adopted girl by whipping her with
thorns and then bathing her back with
vinegar and salt; leaving her all night
ON her feet, tied to q bedpost; rubbing
red pepper in her mouth. and various
other tortures. One day she told the
child to 90 upstairs and undress, pre-
paratory to being whipped until the
blood ran down her legs. There was
no reason to doubt the promise, and
the girl therefore jumped out of the
second story, fed naked to the woods.
and froze nearly to death before she was
discovered.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26
A Fifteen.Minutes COurtship.

ABOUT two years since Sister Mary
Funk, a young lady of most respecta-
BILE parentage and devout Catholic,
came to this city from Frankfort. and
was admitted to the convent at the
corner of Chestnut and Shelby streets,
and was after this sub-teacher in the
school at the corner Of Webster aud
Washington streets. Some time after
this there came a request for the serv-
ices of sub-teacher in the convent in
Jacksonville, and Miss Funk, still un-
der the direction of the prioress. &C
cepted the situation, and performed her
work well and faithfully.
During all the time that she was con-
nected with the convent here as lay
sister, those associated with her now
speak of her as true woman, in the
strictest sense of the word. She never
complained, went straight forward in
the performance of the duties that
were assigned to her, and at all times
seemed perfectly satisfied with her life,
and, like the other members of the no
BILE sisterhood. she was always ready to
sacrifice her own happiness and comfort,
and, if necessary. her life, in order to
alleviate the sufferings of those who
were in distress.
After some time, and for what reason
no one knows, Miss Funk became dis
satisfied with her life. and concluded to
marry. The more she studied about
the charms of uble-blessedness the
more she was convinced that she want
ed to marry. As no one knows the Sc
crets of the human heart, it is only Just
to say that no one has right to criti-
else her acts. 1t is said that she stated
to friend that if she could find man
who suited her tastes she would marry
him in fifteen minutes. The friend
happened to know s. fifteen-minute
man." and man who bears a splendid
reputation, and the two people who
wanted to marry were introduced, and
in just fifteen minutes a contract to
cling together " for better orfor worse
was entered into, and the young sister,
with affecting solemnity, babe an af1ec-
tionate adieu to the walls of the con-
vent, hung her veil on the fence, and
launched cut on the stage plank that
leads to the good ship matrimony, and
she is now gliding down the river of life
by the joyous light of the honeymoon.
The wedding occurred about fifteen
days since. The gentleman she mar.
ried is named Hillerbrand, and he has
for some time been employed at AFTER
burns place. on the Brownsboro road.
This is remarkable case, as sister
who once enters q convent seldom
leaves it, but prefers to leave the world
with its joys, its sorrows and its myriad
of sins behind her. Miss Funk had not
entered the final order of sisterhood,
and if she saw proper to change the life
that she had started oft to lead with the
best of intentions, it certainly is credit
to her to come out openly and act hel
part as she has, and, if she is happy and
contented, the world will find no fault
with her conduct. Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26
Little Mignon and Her Errand.

els ERE any letto for ma to-day?'
Town Gossip was standing near the
general delivery at the Post-office when
he heard childish voice ask the Sec
ond time:
els ERE any letto for mamma to-
day?'
There, in front of the window, on
tip-toe, stood little girl with her hand
on the protruding sill and wistful
look in her blue eyes as she asked for
letter for her mother.
There's nothing for your mother
to-day, Mignon," said the clerk, as she
turned away to answer another inquiry.
"But mamma said ere must be sum-
fin to-day" persisted the little one, as
she brushed her unkempt curls from
her eyes.
You have all read the story of " Papa's
Letter." little waif of poem of UNI
known parentage which has fioated
about in the papers for several years
past and which is being read thread
bare by the elocutionists. The picture
at the window brought the lines to my
mind at once:
"Down the street the baby FASTENED
G08C0eO
Use letter, Misser Postman,
Is ERE woom for any more2
'Tause 'ies letters doin' to papa
Papa lives wiz bod, 90 know
Mamma sent me for letter;
Docs 90 fink at tan doeT"
The little one had been jostled from
the window, and lost her in the crowd
on the street. The child's persistency
had aroused my curiosity, and wanted
to know who she was. I had heard the
lady call her Mignon. They must know
her at the Office, for her mother 8 name
had not been mentioned, and they had
said there was no letter.
"Can YOU tell me the name OF the
little girl I heard you call Mignon, q
moment sinceP' asked of the lady at
the window.
II only know her as Mignon," she
replied.
ter for her mother; what is her moth
er's name"
"Singular as it may seem, I do not
now remember that" replied the clerk.
expressed some surprise. and the
lady told me that the little one was
the daughter of a poor sewing-woman
who lived somewhere on Larned street,
and who was possessed of mOnomania
for letters. She called the Larned-street
carrier, and from him I learned the
curious story. Something over year
ago the woman came to live on his
route, and the first day that she moved
into her plain apartments she took
great pains to give the carrier her name
and address telling him that she ex-
pected letter that very day. Days
came and went, but no letter came.
and every time the carrier passed the
wan, pale-facetl little woman called to
him from her doorway asking for the
letter, Finally she took to inqairing at
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26

--Havkeye Burdette meets Burlington
people wherever he goes. When in
Pottsville recently he went down into
u coal mine'' nearly sixteen hundred
feet beneath the ground. and the first
living thing he met was q mule.-Nor.
TiatOaUn Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26

The eldest person in Eastern Con-
necticut is said to be Mary Jerome, OF
New London, who has just become one
hundred and two years old. She has
none Of the ordinary complaints OF old
age, but is slowly wasting away.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26

Henry L. Shepard & Co., Of Bos-
ton, can pay the ninth of cent on the
dollar Of their Indebtedness. That's
better than being totally busted.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26
LATER.

A RUSSIAN subject named Hermann
was arrested in Paris on the 2Oth upon the
charge of being connected with the Moscow
explosion. Russia has made formal demand
for his extradition.
ENGLAND, Germany, France and Bel
gium have jointly and formally recognized the
independence of Roumania.
The President on the goth nominated
Rowland E. Trowbridge, of Michigan, to be
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
THE Postmaster-General issued an
order on the 10th directing that on and after
March LIST the mail service on ''star routes''
should be reduced to one trip per week, and
that the service placed on new routes since
and including July l, 1879. be also discon-
tinued, If necessary to guard against any de-
aciency being created to prevent the main
tenance of the ''star service" for the present
fiscal year.
A BILL was passed in the United
States Senate ON the 2Oth providing for the
delivery of dutiable articles in the mails,
and for indemnity for lost registered articles.
A motion, by Mr.. Morrill,, to take up and
pass the House bill admitting free of duty
certain contributions from abroad in aid OF
colored refugees in Kansas was objected to
by Messrs. Pendleton and Voorhees,, because
of irregularity, but after some discussion,
Mr.. Pendleton withdrew his objections
Mr.. Voorhees, still Directing, the Senate
adjourned to the I'D. The House passed the
Senate joint resolution authorizing the Secre.
tary Of the Navy to designate q vessel OF the
United States to carry, free Of charge, contri'
buttons for the relief of the suffering poor Of
ireland. After further consideration of the
proposed new rules in Committee of the
Whole the House also adjourned to the 2Sd.
REV. EDWARD CowLEY, late Mana
ger and Superintendent of the Shepherds
Fold In New York, who was convicted Of cru
ely treating and starving the children under
his care, was sentenced ON the Goth to i'm
prisonment in the State Prison for one yeal
and to pay fine of $3.50. At the expiration
of his term of imprisonment, II his fine Il
not paid, he is to be confined in the New
York Jail one day for e ach dollar.
A FIvE-sToRY iron-front building or
Broadway, New York, was destroyed by tire
on the night of the Goth, involving loss o.
about 100000 Two iremen lost their lives
by the collapse of the roof on which they
were standing, the unfortunate men falling
into the very heart Of the blazing building.
A PASSENGER train on the Bellaire &
Southeastern Railroad ran off the track while
crossing trestle near Bellaire, Ohio on the
night of the Goth, and fell thirty-five feet int
the chasm below. Twenty passengers wer.
seriously injured, and thirteen dangerously
Among those fatally injured was Hon. Lo
renzo Danford, of St. Clairsville, O., an ex
member of Congress.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26
FROM WASHINGTON.

The United States Attorney General
has decided that Immigrant railroads cannot
deviate from the lines of route originally To-
Gated without sabjecting themselves to the
charge of building different road. It is ad-
mitted that some reflections may be neces-
sary, but substantial compliance with the act
of location will be insisted on.
In recent circular to Supervisors the
Superintendent of the Census says the ap-
pointment of enumerators must be non-parti-
san. He is aware of no reasons existing In
the law for regarding women as ineligible for
appointment as enumerators. Each Super
visor must be the Judge for himself whether
such appointments in any number would be
practically advantageous in his district. It is
clear in many regions such appointments
would be highly Objectionable, but the Super
intendent is not prepared to say that locali-
ties may not be found where canvass of the
population by women could he conducted
without any disadvantage being encountered
by reason of the sex of the enumeration.
The exports from this country of do
nestle provisions and tallow during last
January were So, 49S, 957; January, 1879, &c..
4S6. 500. For the seven months ended Janu-
airy 81, 1880, 800, $50, 735; for the seven months
ended January 81, 1879, s6O,O9O,6SS.
A RECENT Washington special says
Senator Mcdonald, of Indiana, who had been
quite prominently named for the Vice-Presi-
dency on the Democratic ticket headed by
Bayard, had informed his friends that, after
mature consideration, he had decided not to
allow his name to be used Ms a candidate.
An order has recently been issued by
Postmaster-Gencral Key prohibiting the de-
livery Of registered letters and money
orders to the following persons, represented
rs being engaged in conducting fraudulent
schemes: X. c. Wintcrsmith, No. Mozart
Building, Louisville, KY, Supervisor Of the
Frankfort School-fund Lottery; w. Scott
Glove, Louisville, Ky., the new agent for the
Commonwealth Distribution Company; M.
v. Wagner, Marshall, Mich, who advertisea
to send patent recipes; Barnio 4 Bro, New
Orleans, representing the Royal Havana Lot
terry Company; and D. P. Herrick, - New
street, New York, who solicits money to in
vest in railroad and other stocks. 1t has been
further ordered that all persons. receiving mail
matter under fictitious names shall be ideuti.
led atthe postoftice before the mail i do
ivsrel
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26

Americans in the whole Empire. OF
these, 1.O67 were English, 479 Amer
leans, 800 Germans, los Hollanders, IS
Portuguese. and the remainder was
divided among other nationalities, prin-
cipally French and Italians.
FROM the calculations Of M. Paul Le-
roy Beaulien in the Econonsiste Fran
cais. it appears that the public debt of
trance exceeds &c, 900. 900, 900 of francs,
on which 1906, 900, 900 are paid annu-
ally as interest. Divided among ST.
OOO,O of Frenchmen, this debt, the
most colossal in history, gives an aver
age of 700 francs, as principal, for each
inhabitant, and 81 francs interest per
annum.
THE exports of petroleum and pc.
troleum products from the United States
during the month of November, 1879,
and the five months ending at the same
date, as compared with similar exports
during the corresponding periods OF
1873 were.