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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-06-09

Yet every woman living has ell the
time there is. 1t is her use of It which
makes her bondage or her freedom.
And If these Slaves of the Ring would
but measure carefully single days ex-
penditure of the golden hours, they
would almost certainly find that they
have paid it away for naught. There
is hardly q home in the keeping OF
well-to-do householders whose ma
chinery might not be so simplified as to
lift heavy burden from the mistress.
Suppose some reforming spirit should
declare: II will have house which
shall be my enlargement, not my pris-
on. l am told that travellers in japan
are much struck with the airiness and
roominess of moderate sized apart
ments, resulting from the absence Of
cumbrous furniture. Each article,
though always exquisitely finished. is
light; the lounges are of some elastic
woven material; the floors are bare. or
covered with mating. The fastidious
Japanese call our style of furnishing
unclean. I, too, will have bare floors
in my chambers, or if their shabby
nakedness must be hid, it shall be only
with mating. will no longer make
to myself idols of pillow shams, lace
pincushion covers, embroidered towels,
petticoated dressing tables and time
! devouring draperies. Neither shall my
parlor harbor tyrann cal carpet, but
a meek mat, which can be shaken any
day, and deties moths; nor furniture 80
fine that myself must take care OF it; nor
tides, footstools aud sofa pillows, which
are very Minotaurs Tor the destroying of
precious minutes. .......
"ln my living-room the books shall
abide, and plants shall grow, and
mothers rocking-chair shall be the
benevolent Court of Appeal for the
children, and it shall be that plain,
sunny. broad-bosomed room which Bess
shall cry for on her first night at Vas
sar, and Tom long to see through all
the fun and hard work OF his student
life.
1.-The dining room shall rejoice in
plated silver and plain china, that loss
and breakage need not worry me. The
kitchen shall be pleasant as sunshine,
neatness and tit furnishings can make
it. 1t shall be a storehOuse of con-
trivances for making homework easy.
For will again save time and nerves
by insuring cheerful service from the
servants. The food shall be good.
abundant, and well chosen. But will
have nothing for show, nor to placate
Mrs. Grundy. Nor will | put the fresh
ness of my day into difficult entree,
nor let my ambitions be crushed out
beneath the rolling pin. Nay. if this
moderate scheme OF existence be found
still too exacting, it shall be reduc ed
one-half. 1t may not be of much con-
sequence that should live. But surely
it is of infinite moment that while live
my days should hold something more
than fine upholstery, nursery jngles,
pie crust, embroidery, AMI visiting.
cards"
Who would be free, themselves must
, strike the blow. Courage, weary and
batfled sisterhood! 1t is these useless
uses of life which defeat you. Tho
gardeners law is the motto to be hung
on your walls, and carried in your
| hearts:
"Superluous branches
| We lop away, that bearing bougns may live. u
-Harper's Bazar.
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" Superduous BraDches.''

To a pretty young girl Sydney Smith
once said: "Do you ever reflect how
you pass your life? If you live to be
seventy-two, which l hope you may,
your life is spent in the following
manner: An hour q day is three years;
this makes twenty-seven years sleeping,
nine years dressing, nine years attable,
six years playing with children, nine
years walking, drawing. and visiting.
six years shopping and three years
quarreling." The terms of this enum-
Grafton would doubtless be changed for
most of us, and candor must admit that
we are sometimes less we'll employed.
But at the best it is appalling to think
how much of life must be spent in mere
~ perfunctory employments, which do
not enhance its value or our pleasure
in it.
Knowing, then, what an immense
subtraction must be made from the ap-
parent sum OF existence, it would seem
the choice of reasonable mortals, anx-
ious to make the most of the remainder,
to cut down all extravagant and super
fous demands upon it on the part of the
meaner qualities. Conscience, one
WOukU Soys 0uOuIu 4OCA VuO UOOA vi
Vanity, and forbid easy-going and evil
working Compliance the range of the
premises. But that upright, though
very one-sided. monitor gives herself no
apparent concern about this offense Of
grand larceny, being too busy about
some petty waste of substance or in
fraction of the ceremonial law.
From no class of persons, for exam
pie, is the sad and heartfelt cry of mo
time'' more general and more persis-
tent than from the great host of mar
ried women-mothers, wives and house.
keepers. They long for leisure, they
tell us-for leisure which means rest,
culture, companionship with husband.
children and friends. They would fain
study nature. art. politics, social sci
ence. But their vocation is . drag-net
which sweeps up all opportunity, and
to struggle against their lot is to breed
discomfort. >t
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6 Notices."

It is a solemn fact that nine-tenths of
those people who spent three years in
putting up such household notices as
s.God Bless Our Home" ''Feed My
Sheep" ''Bless Ny Lambs" and SO on
down to "Forget Me Not" have spent
the last two in taking them down and
looking for something new. There is
a demand for something different, and
genius should arouse herself and get
down to business. "God Bless Our
Home was all right until the frame
was smashed in family fight, or until
it was discovered that blessings wouldn't
come without hard work and lots OF
planning. "Feed my Sheep" does
very we'll for motto for those who de-
pond upon the Director Of tho Poor, but
the rest of us know what groceries and
provisions cost. We have got to feed
ourselves. and all bills are cash at the
end of thirty days.
Let's have something new and some.
thing more appropriate. Turn DO wn
the Cas- could be extended to include:
land also the Kerosene Lamp" and
when worked in three colors and
framed in gilt, it would beat chrome
of the Yosemite Valley all hollow.
"Shut That Door, is little old, but
let us add: ''Or I'll wallop your and
it at once becomes thing to be gazed
at and pondered over. Forget Me
Not has no significance at all. and
should have never appeared as motto.
No one will forget you if you are like
the rest of the world. Let us replace
those meaningless words with: "Re-
member Those Carpet Tacks." =.
Honor thy Father and Mother
seems to have played out entirely as q
motto, and can no longer be found at
the fancy stores. What is now wanted
is card reading: Give the Old Folks
Show Remember the Sabbath
hangs in thousand of homes where the
old man goes fishing, the mother darna
stockings, and the children play ball
and marbles all day long. ''Remem-
Der your Water Tax" would be far
more appropriate for such q family, and
perhaps save considerable expense and
trouble. lin the Sweet By-and-by''
reads very well, but there is too much
chance for disappointment. Better re-
place it with "We'll all Gather on the
Veranda after Supper" If you have no
veranda of your own gather on the one
next door. Take EN- all down and
pack 'em away. They are like pro-
missory note without a date. Some
chap will soon strike q lead in some
thing new, and all will want to re-
decorate. --Detroi Free Press.
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"A Georgia boy was aiming q gun at
a robin. A little girl begged him not
to shoot the bird, and, when he would
not desist, scared it away. The exas-
perated young hunter thereupon shot
the girl
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-06-09

The largest orchard and vineyard
in western Texas is that of d. G. Sabin.
He has 5000 vines, 5000 of which are
in bearing. He has also 5000 bearing
peach and plum trees.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-06-09

"A lap-dog belonging to . Mrs.
PETER, of East0n, Pa, died within one.
half hour of the death of it's mistress, it
is said, from grief. &ttsS
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-06-09

Matches carried into . nest by
birds at the corner of the roof of a cot
tage in Shropshire, England, became
igaited. and the building ives destroyed
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Proof Of Animal Life in Other Planets.

Two interesting problems which have
long perplexed the scientific world ap-
pear to have been at last definitely
solved by the eminent geologist, DR..
Hahn. These questions are, first,
whether or not celestial bodies, othor
than the earth, belonging to our solar
system are inhabited by animate beings,
and, secondly, whether the meteoric
stones from time to time cast upon the
surface of this globe emanate from in
candescent comets or from volcanic
planets. That they at no time formed
4 part of the earth itself has been con-
clusively demonstrated.
DR.. Hahn has recently completed .
series of Investigations upon some OF
the huge meteOric stones that fell from
the skies in Hungary during the summer
of 1866. Thin lapina Of these mystic.
rious bodies, subjected to examination
under . powerful microscope, have been
found to contain cOralline and spon-
geOus formations. and to reveal uDmis-
taxable traces of the lower forms Of
vegetation. All the organisms, animal
and vege, able, discovered by DR.. Hahn
in the delicate stone shavings he has
thus dealt with indica the condition OF
their parent world to be one of what Is
technically termed "primary forma-
ton" But the presence Of water in
that world is proved by the fact that
the tiny petrifed creatures revealed oy
the magic of the lens one and all belong
to the so-called subaqueous classes OF
animals. They could not have existed
in comets. at least if the assumption DO
correct that these are in . state of ac-
tive mbustion.-Lostlo's Telegraph
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LATER.

4.
THE New York Legislature balloted again
for United States Senator on the Sd. The
vote for a successor to Mr.. Conkling was !:
Conkling, a.; Cornell, 20; Wheeler, 49,;
Rogers, IA; Jacobs, 80; scattering, IA. To
succeed Mr.. Plat: Plat, 30; Depew, 30;
Cornell, 10; Miller, 8; Herman, 80; scatter
ing, 10. No choice in either case. A reso.
luton that the convention adjourn until
noon on the 4th was adopted.
The Virginia Readjuster Convention on
the 3D. nominated Colonel William E. Cam.
eron, Mayor of Petersburg, for Governor;
ex-United States Senator John T. Lewis for
Lieutenant-G Governor. and Captain Frank s.
Blair for Attorney General. Mr.. Cameron
made speech of acceptance in the evening.
GENERAL GRANT and Captain Eads ar
rived ut New Orleans on the Sd from Next
CO. The ex-President stated to q special
correspondent Of the New York Times that
his mission to Mexico had been highly sue
cessful. He got all the concessions he
wanted, the only opposition being from SUBJ
sidized railroads.
AsBURY PARK, N. j., has been selected
as the place for holding the assembly Of
Sabbath Schools Of the Presbyterian Church
OF the United States, commencing August
and closing August II.
THE Viceroy of Ireland issued a procla-
nation on the 3D. commanding the unlawful
assemblages at New Pallas to be dispersed
by force. A flying column which left Linz
erick Junction found bridge destroyed,
but kept on it's way and made evictions,
amidst the groans Of the people. On the
same day soldier was stabbed and pulled
of his horse in the streets of Dublin.
UP to noon on the Sd, the seventh day Of
his fast, Griscom, the Chicago faster, had
lost 161 pounds. Early in the day he was
attacked by slight dizziness and vertigo,
and afterward was troubled with headache,
which disappeared in short time. In the
evening he attended theater under guard
of four watchers, and at ten o'clock re-
turned, saying that nobody had suspected
that he had been fasting for week. During
the twenty -four hours ending at noon he
had drank twenty.four ounces Of water.
ADDISON BROWN, Of New York, has been
appointed by the President United States
Judge for the Southern District Of New
York, viee Judge Choate. resigned.
In the British House Of Commons on the
Sd Mr.. Gladstone announced that the Irish
Executive had decided to adopt most vigor-
Gus measures for dealing with resistance to
law.
THE Mexican Government has paid S..
900, 900 within the last two years in railway
subventions.
TIE coal-mine agents Of Pennsylvania
met in Philadelphia on the Sd, and, to pre-.
vent overproduction, agreed to stop work
in the mines six days in June and three days
in July.
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trodden people of the whole globe, and IA
voring the election of President, Vice. Presi-
dent and United States Senators by direct
vote Of the people.
A READJusTER State Convention assem-.
bled at Richmond, Va, on the I'd. There
were over 700 delegates present, seventy five
Of them being colored. Resolutions were
adopted approving General Mahone's course
in the United States Senate. The platform
adopted declares for fair count and free
ballot; that merit, not race or religion,
should be the measure Of mems success in
politics; denounces the capitation tax and
the restriction Of the right Of suffrage;
favors a generous support Of the public
schools, and reasserts ''our purpose to set.
tie and adjust our State obligations on the
principles Of the bill to re-establish public
credit, known as the 'Riddleberger bill,
passed by the last General Assembly, and
vetoed by the Observation-Disclosures that
this measure recognizes the just debt Of
Virginia.. Two unsuccessful ballots for can.
didate for Governor were taken.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

The man who looks down in the
mouth naturally allows himself to be-
come low spirited.-N. u. Picaymne.
"A badly cross-eyed Phi ladelphia
woman is said to be really be ,utful
when she is asleep. A c,se OF hand
some is when handsome dozes. -Fuild.
delphia Chron Gle.
Egg Sociables" are the latest New
York craze. They have been pc u'ar
out West for years. All that is needed
is three. dozen mature eggs and an UNI
popular man. Chicago Tribune.
"A Drum Major isn't near so high in
rank as q Major-General. but his uni
form is about two hun ired per cent.
the most gaudy and it ism hard to guess
which man the gazing maidens smile
on.-Bost0n Post.
"A woman pianist who plays with
only one hand is just now the talk OF
Paris. If we remember rightly, the
Italian organist invariably plays with
only one hand. The Italian h IS Won
derlul turn for music.-Boston 1ra,s-
script.
-"Do bees think9' is the conun-
drum that is bother ng the pates of en-
tomologists. The action of bees is so
sudden that it is impossible to believe
that they think. If they considered
but never mind.-Aew Have's hegistsr.
New York's latest lahdy-dah: "Do
you play the pianor' mo; I don
play the piano. but my sister Hannah,
who is in Savannah, she plays the piano
in themost charming mannah." "Have-
abanana?'--M. Y. Star.
"A Chicago editor got hold of map
the other day, and presently excla med:
'.By tunket, the Mississippi River runs
by St. Louis. doesn't it!' aud then he
wrote a paragraph reerring to the Mis-
sissippi as miserable brook.-Boston
Globe.
The difficulty originated in this
way. Said Gallagher to Ragbag: II
heard story just now that was funny
enough to make jackass laugh. Let
me tell it to you.' don you slur
me by any such remark as that" reared
Ragbag, angrily.-daIUesto" NeUs.
Sad Enough
OF all sad words OF tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: Have you tenr'
-ke0kuk Constitution.
OF all cad words Of tongue or pen.
The saddest are these: I'VE haven't ten.
Steu.enr,l.s Heydld.
OF all sad words Of tongue or pen,
-alcilmond Baton.
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On the 3lst ult. eight lady physicians were
graduated from the New York Women's Med
ical College.
BALLOTS for United States Senators to sue
coed Messrs. Conkling and Plat were taken
in the two houses of the New York Legisla-
ture at noon on the 3lst ult For successor
to Mr.. Platt the Senate voted as follows:
Thomas c. Piatt, 8; Chauncey NJ. Depew, 1;
Francis Herman (Dem.), 2; Warner Miller,
2; Sherman s. Rogers, 1; Eldridge Lapham,
2; Joseph H. Choate, l; Judge Noah Davis,
2; William A. Wheeler, 1; George H. Sharpe,
l. For successor to MI. Conkling: Roscoe
Conkling, 9; Sherman 8. Rogers, S; John c.
Jacobs (Dem.), 8; George B. Bradley, 1; Chas.
]. Folger, 2; Governor Cornell, 8; William A.
Wheeler, 4; 7. NJ. Pomeroy, Q. The House
voted as follows for successor to Mr.. Plat:
Depew, IA; Herman, ~; Plat, 81; Folger,
6; Lapham, 6; Cornell, IL; Crowley, 8;
Evarts, s; Morton, .; Miller, 8; Francis, 1;
Pomeroy, 1; Wadsworth, Q; Tremaine, Q;
Rogers, 1; Choate, 1. For successor to Mr.,
Conkling: Conkling, 26; Jacobs, A; Wheel.
er, Is; Crowley, 5; Cornell, g.; Wadsworth,
q; Rogers, g.; Miller, L; Evarts, 2; Edick, 1;
Folger, 2; White. 3; Chapman, 1; Tremaine,
9; Fenton, l.; Ward, 1; Pomeroy, 1; Dutch
er, 1; Alvord, q No choice. Necessary to
elect, 81.
IT lie announced that the Eastern coal
miners have determined to restrict proluc-
ton. and that they will work the mines on
full time only on alternate weeks.
The New York Legislature has passed q
bill providing for the payment Of tax of 81
for each immigrant brought to New York by
steamship, to be applied to immigration in
spcction.
Ar its recent session the General Assembly
OF the United Presbyterian Church decided
to erect an educational establishment 1T
Clarksville, Va, for the benefit Of the freed.
men. and appropriated $4,000 for foreign
missions.
TIE arrivals Of immigrants at Castle Gar
den, New York, for each month since Janu-
uary last were Is follows: January, A083;
February, ass; March, &,7os; April, ~, rs;
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I'M aDa.rxKss.

Master Mesierl Thou whose wisdom
Thou, whose mercy Judge, b kindly. look
andJudge my work and me.
To the fields all eager hearted did / hasten
at Thy word,
And am ing host OF laborers I have NOT
been Idle, Lord;
Resting late and rising early. In the ann
and In the rain;
Grudging not in Thy dear service sweat
OF brow and sweat of brain.
Msstsri Master dost Thou care NOS that
my hands have lost their skillf
Bee, tney fall beside me nervsiess, unFa-
sponsive " my Will.
Busy life fiits careless past me whore 1
droop upon the plain, -
White the song of happier reapers floats
from slopes OF golden grain.
And the world goes on without me. and
Thy fields no labor miss
Was there something In my service. q
my Lord, deserving this v1YFl
Well know that all gathered was not
offered at 1hy Ieet, 'TlTN1
And among the sheavts brought Thes
there were many ali unmeet,
Sometimes forget TO bless Tnee vben
the sunshine crowned my days:
Many slime l lost Thy COUNSEL in the
reapers' words Of praise.
Master Master Thou hast Judged me
mine was Dut half service rife
With q world ofimperfections-yeti IL was
my love, my life.
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CLARA BELLE has been skating,
and This % among the things she
saw:1 IA close hood on = round,
rosy checked creature, with . bang
reaching nearly to her bright eyes,
and a tangle Of hair flying behind
her, made her simply bewitching.
The one1 have especially In mind
was as artful in reality as she was
iRnocent in aspect. Her arrange
ment of. stockings proved 1t. She
wore "a pair of leegf6es, or over.
hose, Nof Knitting Or eFochet work,
reaching from low down on her
boots to q little above the ankle.
They were red, and therefore
conspicuous enough to draw con-
sidel able attention to her skating
gear. Every high flop Of her short
skirts revealed light-pink silk stock
ings, just q tantalizing amount of
almost 7colored surface above
the leggings, at the point where her
legs began to swell, The edntrivance
was q clever adaptation Of D six
year-old's arrangement Of short
stockings and bare calves, and has
often been resorted to in the ballet.
1t may be that I wrong her by the
suspicion that her falls were not
always accidental. She was Q most
excellent skater, and it did seem
odd that she should 20 over on her
face with her heels kicking up
behind, four times in one hour.
Being Of her sex I was no doubt
envious. l did not discern any
incredulity ON the part of the men,
who invariably rushed to her
assistance, however, and 1 really
believe the trickery was as pleasing
to them as it was to her. Such
leggings a. she wore were common,
though In subdued colors, and the
stockings above were generally dark,
or at least not Of . hue that had q
semblance- of flesh. Sometimes an
edging Of fur gave the leggings q
pleasantly warm look, and they had
the effect, too, Of making the feet
look smallersp IBNME8
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EDUOA TIONAL.

DANClNGi
REOPENrNG OF A. 8. EBSTER'S sE-
~ q sLECTjDANCING ACADEMY.
Thursday Evening, September eth,
..,tl ..fsi AT THE 4y q a.
MASoNrC TEMPLE, Wilmington, Del.
Ladies' and Gentlemen, Misses and Mas
ters wishing TO become proficient In ali
the dances bf the day, and to learn the
new and more fashionable ones, will nnd
IL 70 their advantage 10 begin with the
opening Of the season. Is
.--....,-. EVENING GLASSES.
Commencing Thursday, September 9th,
0entlemen'E class Monday and Thursday
evenings from to ~ O'Clock.
AFTERNOON GLASSES.
Commencing ON Saturday, October "a.
ladies' aud Misses and Masters class
Thursdays nom to 8, and Saturdays,
from 2,U0 TO 400. Private lessons given
At any hour TO suit convenience.
oLIDH AND RACQUET wALTzKs TAUGHT
..--s,. ,t-,. IN A FEW LESSONS. L -
Special arrangements for Schools and
5eminRrfes, and Tor private Glasses OF
ladies' or gentlemen, can be made by ap-
plying at the Academy. at RObeiin A
Bros. No. 7l0 Market street, or by mail TO
p A. 3. WEBSTER,
epH -s.'-'f. Masonic Nenpia.
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A NEW YORK correspondent, having
heard OF q young lady who was taking
lessons in fencing, sat himself down
and wrote 70 his sDeWspaperthat ell the
girls in New York were learning how to
fence; and now numerous newspapers
are discussing the good and the propri-
stys or the. .eontr%ry. of the fashion. A.
Ii capital exercise" says one, "and we
heartily commend It." "It 10 o strictly
mascuhne sport, says another, and
ladies ought to have nothing to ,Tdc with
It," In the meanwhile the ladies, who
have never thoughsof handitng the foils,
wonder how, IN the name of common
SENSE. journalists hit upon such silly
themes. .,t,..-...-. .-.., '-......r.tt -
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A TEN CENT DINNER.

NEW YORK, January l2.-Mrs.
Amelia Lewis gave ten cent dinner
last evening to thirty young ladies,
employees of Lord & Taylor's Grand
street establishment. Mrs. Lewis
rooms, at No. 704 Broadway, were
brilliantly illuminated at 7 O'Clock,
when the young ladies filed in and
took their places at long table.
Mrs. Lewis hustled about and with
the assistance of Mr.. Lewis, her son
and a lady volunteer, made every
body welcome and happy. The
girls were hungry, and when the
soup came on there was an immed-
late attack. The girls were also
merry, and the rattle of spoons
chimed necessarily with rippling
laughter. In addition to the yer1
excellent bill of fare, which was ac-
tually cooked on her two little stoves.
Mrs. Lewis gave her guests a bottle
or two of claret. The wine, how
ever, was present, for she yery
naively remarked, ~ could only
give wine with my TWENTY-FIVE cent
dinner. The several courses we're
served steaming and savory upon
the cleanesS of cloths and with the
whitest of China. The praise of the
diners was unstinted and the 10y of
Mrs. Lewis unbounded at her suc-l
cess. Mrs. Lewis told her guests
that she wanted to help them estab-'
lish combination table at the large
mercantile houses, SO that thew
could have a good warm dinner in
the middle of the day for ten cents.
The menu last evening was as fol-
lows: Rice soup, stewed beefsteak.
potatoes, steamed mutton, caper
sauce, turnips, English plum pud.
ding.