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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-04
The Mystery Of Difadence.

Morbid self-consciousness is the
secret of excessive diffidence. To be
always thinking about your manners,
said Archbishop Whately, is not the
way to make them good, because the
very perfection of manners is not to
think about yourself. Though many
self-conscious people are very agree
able, he claimed for unconscious man
ners an inherent charm which endears
a person even when there is nothing
else very remarkable in him. The es-
sence of social intercourse being the in
terchange of ideas as they arise actual
ly in the minds of the speakers. the ex-
cellence of it, he argued, must consist
in complete Inconsistencies; the far
Their you recede from that--and there
are infinite degrees-however clever
your conversation, the less you have of
the nature of companion and the
more of q book; so that consciousness
is the specific poison of that which is
the very essence of conversation. "All
disregard of self, too. is SO amiable that
uncOnsciousness seems to be almost a
virtue" Thackeray shrewdly main
tanned that it is only few men who at
tain simplicity in early life; if this man
has his conceited self-importance to be
cured OF, that other has his conceited
bashfulness to be taken out of him.
You have a disquiet which you try to
hide, and you put on naughty, guard
ed manner; you are suspicious Of the
goodwill of the company round about
you, or of the estimation in which they
hold you, and you therefore sit mum at
the Tablet is not your place to ''put
yourself forward" You are thinking
of yourself; that is, you are suspicious
about that parsonage and every body
else; ''that is, you are not frank; that
is, you are not well bred; that is, you
are not agreeable" This is the whole
matter in q nutshell.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-04
Camping Out.

A few practical suggestions in refer
ence to camping out may not come
amiss. Buy q horse, if you can, and
borrow wagon, or pay trifle for its
use. Now, having your horse and
wagon, pack carefully. Many take only
q coftee-pot and frying pan for the
cooking department. Your coffee-pot
had better have both bail and handle
and q lip. not q lid, as handles and
spouts are apt to burn off. Each cook
ing utensil should have its own jug, so
as not to blacken other things. The
rest of the cooking utensils are water
pail, Ratchet, large knife, and knife,
fork, spoon, plate and cup for each
person. The wooden picnic plates,
which you can wash q few times and
then kindle the fire with, are much bet
ter than china ones. Inquire before
hand if you can buy meat and vegeta-
bles along the route, and then-provide
accordingly. A light rubber blanket is
needed for each camper; those with q
hole in the middle for the head are the
best, as they do for both day and night.
If you have room, carry an empty tick,
which you can fill with straw and hem
lock. "A comfortable bed is then at
your service. The ladies, of course,
should have separate tent. Be sure
to provide yourself with books for rainy
weather, number of glees il you are
musical, and some few simple remedies.
Each member of the party should be
provided with his or her own haver.
sack. with brushes, scissors, thread and
needles, etc. Plenty of rope, Irvine and
copper wire should not be forgotten.
with . Ratchet, hammer, nails, etc.
Thus accoutered. you are ready for the
campaign.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-04
Plucky Mountain Women.

Mrs. Marshall and Miss Taylor, Of Fire.
hole Basin, NJ. T., were the heroines of
quite remarkable adventure lately. It
seems that they were surprised one after
noon by seeing large cinnamon bear on the
roof Of the root house, endeavoring to make
bis way to the succulent viands contained
therein. They tried to scare the animal
away with such missiles as were in reach,
but bruin didn't scare worth cent, and
continued to tear the roof Of the house Is
though they were not in the vicinity. Fear
ing they would be left foodless and famine.
stricken, they decided upon trying other
means, and, getting Sharp's rifle which
hung In the house, they overcame their
feminine aversion to such weapons, loaded
up the gun, and going to the corner Of the
house took good aim and fred with such ef-
feet that the bear came tlimbliDg of the
root and made Decline for his tormentors,
who, woman like, dropped the gun and ran
into the house and securely barred the door.
Unable to get at them the bear struck for
the timber, and the women, seeing him 70.
ing, picked up the gun, reloaded It and fol.
lowed him.. They had not proceeded far in
the timber when they heard the bear groan.
ing heavily, rs II much hurt, and, cautiously
seeking their opportunity, they rested theft
gun across log, and again let drive with
such good aim as to shoot it through the
heart. killing it almost instantly Xontsns
AQdts0NSaa. 81
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-04
Cat With FIy.Papr Attachment

An uptown lady is the owner of cat
who loves to jump after flies. This
lady. wishing to rid herself of some
flies, purchased several sheets of sticky
fly-paper. and on Saturday morning
placed one of them on the writing desk
in the dining room and went about her
work. Soon she heard a remarkable
noise, and the next instant the cat
went through the room with such speed
that it could only be ikened to . cat
being shot from . cannon. II was
nothing but dull, gray streak. In the
rear, attached to one of It's hind feet,
followed the sheet of iy-paper. The
animal was perhaps the widest cat
ever seen. She took in every room,
staircase and hallway in the house, and
went through them all at the same gais.
except increasing it slightly in going
down stairs. owing to the fact that she
didn't stop to count the steps, and
wherever she went the f1y-paper fol-
lowed like grim fate, aud the cat would
likely still Be "scooting'' through the
house like q veritable specter had not
it's owner, in attempting to shut one of
the doors so - to narrow the scene Of
operations, caught the paper fast. As
it tore loose from the hind foot Of The
cat she gave an awful yowl and disap-
peared under the ice-box. not returning
to her usual serenity until several hours
after. Since that time, when she secs
. bit of ay-paper. with wonderful So
gacity, learned by experience, she
makes tracks with the speed of q coyote
10 some other part Of the house, and
when q fly audsciously buzzes in close
proximity to her nose she merely looks
1t the insect with an injured air. as
much Is to say: - Yes; you take me for
cussed fool now, don't youT'-Kiwgs-
ton IN. ~ Freensan. d
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-04
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

President Huntington, of the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad, intends to rebuild
the Congregational Church at his BIRTH
place, Harwinton. Conn.
Mr.. George H. Babcock. of Plain
field, N. j.; has just given $4,000 to
Wilson College, at Wilson. Wis. and
also promised to give $4,000 more if
the alumni raise an equal amount.
Maj. ID. w, Whittle, after a years
successful evangelistic work in Great
Britain, has returned home to Chicago,
where he will remain for the present,
assisting in the Gospel work of the Y.
M. q. A. In some places abroad his
meetings have equaled in interest and
results those held by Moody and Sankey.
The wealthy Jewish synagogue Of
New York, of which DR.. Kohler is
rabbi, has decided to hold regular serv-
ices hereafter on Sunday. The congre-
CATION was equally divided on the SUBJ
lect. The change was brought about
by members who desired to do business
on Saturday.
The northwestern provinces of
India have made astonishing progress
in free education. There Is hardly a
village without its Government school,
wherein are taught reading. writing.
arithmetic. the geography and history
OF India. and in the higher classes a
little Euclid. These schools are gov
erned by local committees, made up of
Europeans and native gentlemen.
The Rev. Paxdor Hood, one of the
most famous of the Independent preach
ers OF England, is coming to this coun-
try. In q letter to a friend this side the
water he says: 81 am going and not
knowing whittier Igo. am going out
like Abraham, but even at sixty years
OF age l am not uncheerful. have
often been invited to 60 to America;
my purpose now is to go unlimited.
The st. Louis Christian Advocate
forcibly remarks: 1--WE have watched
such things for a long time, and
watched closely, yet do not remember
to have ever seen a really prosperous
church where the prayer-meetings were
not well attended, nor yet where the
brethren we're given to long hymns,
drawled rather than sung, and long
prayers, in which the same things were
substantially repeated again and again. ~
President Seelye, of Amherst Col.
lege, presided at the recent convention
of the American Home Missionary So.
ciety at Chicago. The society was or.
ganized tifty-tive years ago. The num-
Der of its missionaries has increased
from 1863 to 1882, and its income from
$4,000 to $290.953. Its missionary
congregations and stations have in.
creased in number from 1876 to 1858. II
has collected and expended more than
SO, 600, 900 and has organized or aided
in sustaining about 4, $50 churches. u
the amount collected $5,823,OOO came
from New England, $2,073,000 from
the Middle States, $l,032:OO0 from the
Interior and Northwest, and consid.
cradle sum from missionaries in foreign
lands. A committee of fifteen was ap.
pointed to take into consideration the
whole work and welfare of the so
ciety."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-04
Speech Restored by Electricity.

Patrick Halloran, q city expressman,
presented himself at the Dispensary
yesterday morning, complaining of a
choking sensation in his throat. He
could not speak above q whisper, and
seemed quite depressed at his loss of
voice. DR.. P. H. Cronin, in charge of
the lung and throat department, dag
nosed the case as vocal paralysis, tech
nically called paralysis of the central
abductor. The patient was directed to
sit with his back to the open door, and
in q few moments the doctor had put in
position large Office battery and placed
the sponge Of one conductor in the right
hand of the sufferer, attaching the other
to an instrument with an electric switch,
by means of which he introduced min
ute sponge to the internal and posterior
portion Of the larynx or Adams apple.
Once in position the doctor lightly
touched the spring at the side of the in
strument, the patient gave one yell as
the electric shock was given, when the
doctor closed the current and listened
to the now loud-voiced patient as he
fervently thanked him for his good
work.
The doctor says that the case he had
Just witnessed was not an unusual one
among singers and public speakers, who
at times would become completely
hoarse from over-use of the voice; but
in the present instance it was the result
of chronic bronchial catarrh coupled
with fresh cold, and NEGLECTED might
have led to q permanent vocal impair
ment, for cases Of over two year 8 stand
ing could seldom be cured.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-04

Another distinguished kngiishMAA b
dead. The eabls brings 10 America thS
news Of To heath of tho great Dean ot
Westminstsf. There ars nm EugiishmsA
whose death would be - widely ihgretted
in this country. His felataens with AmsticA
were not simply in ~ pnslic and literary
Clearwater. He had numerous and devotsd
personal friends here who had the greatest
admiration for his abilities and reverential
regard for his character. Arthur Penrhyn
Stanley was born in Alderley, Cheshire, De-
cember 10, 1916. His father was DR.. Ed.
ward Stanley, rector Of Aldel1ey for thirty.
two years and Bishop OF Norwich from 1851.
The SON was educated At Rugby. and in 1898
graduated at University College, Oxford,
where he subsequently resided for twelve
Canon Of Can erbufy, and he was Kegius
Professor Of Ecclesiastical History ut OK.
ford from 1856 to 1854, when.he was made
Dean Of Westminster. He was . leader
Of the "Broad Church" party. He pub.
lished "Life and Correspondence Of
Thomas Arnold, DID," which has
passed through numerous editions and
been translated into several foreign Ian.
guages, "Sermohs and Essays ON the Apos.
tolic Age,' 1.-THE Epiatles Of st. Paul to
the Corinthians, with Critical Notes and
Dissertations" Historical Memorials Of
Canterbury Cathedral" "Sinai and Pal
estine in Connection with Their History, {"
"Lectures ON the History Of the Eastern
Church; Lectures ON the History Of the
Jewish Church, - {. Abraham to Samuel, -
'''The Bible, Its Forms and Substance"
+" Scripture Portraits and Other Miscella-
Mes" Historical Memorials Sof West
minister Abbey" "The Three Irish
Churches" s. Essays Oh Church and
State" 90 The Athanasian Creed" and
Lectures on the History Of the Church Of
Scotland." In November, 1874, he was
elected Lord Rector Of the University of St.
Andrews. The last of the works named
above was written in 1874, As we learn from
the American Cyclopedia, to which we are
indebted for the record Of the wonderful
life.w work Of this eminent theologian. The
cause Of his death was erysipelas. His age,
It will be observed, was sixty-six. It was
reasonably hoped that he had many years Of
life before him.-St. Louis Rep,ebsican.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-04
A Snake In His Stomach.

els your name White?" asked his
Honor of a prisoner in the Detroit
Police. Court.
Eyes, it's Jim White, but it won't be
very long"
"Going to have it changed?''
eide" :.
Suicide. ehP Not when watermelons
and huckleberries are just coming into
market"
81 don't keer for melons nor nothin'
else," was the sorrowful answer.
"What is your particular sorrowp''
"Snake in my stomach-right about
here. / drank him in ten years ago,
and nobody knows how have suffered.
I've used up over $4,000 trying to get
rid of him, but he still sticks. The doc
tors tell me that gin might kill him of,
and had drank little gin last night
when 1 was pulled in here. 1 wish
somebody would kill me?''
Let me feel your pulse"
The prisoner extended a black paw
and blacker wrist, and after holding it a
moment the Court observed:
q" Your pulse is as regular as clock
work; run out your tongue"
Out came ten inches of picked tongue,
and his Honor carefully scrutinized it
and said:
Tongue is as clean as q whistle. Do
you have bad dreams?''
"Oh! yes, SIR"
Ivy. pains in the legsP''
Roaring in the ears?"
swell, think I can tell YOU what
ais you. Your system is all run down
for lack of soap and water"
"Eh?''
"What you think is a snake in the
stomach is simply q yearning of the
capillary substance on your head to be
cut, washed and combed."
"Oh! Landsr'
"After you have been bathed, soaped,
scrubbed and rubbed III bet a yoke of
steers against a mouth-organ that you
won't know you're own stomach"
"But I don't want to 90 up"
you'll have to. This Court has
been in operation eighteen years, and
it never yet missed chance TO cure a
case of snake in the stomach. The
prescription is for thirty days.
IL druther be killed than 90 up!'
"Take your choice. Bijah has all
the necessary tools to saw you in four
parts and pack you in a whitefish
barrel, and the city will be the gamer
by at least a gallon of soft soap. "-De.
troit Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-04
A Life Saved.

He wanted legal advice, and when
the lawyer told him to state his case, he
began:
about two years ago 1 was fool
enough to fall in love-"
"Certainly-I understand"
land for year past I have been en-
gagged to her."
"Of course
"A few months ago I found, upon
analysing my heart, that did not love
her as l should. My affections had grown
cold"
Certainly they had--go on"
u saw her pug-nose in its true shape,
and realized that her shoes were No.
Exactly, and you made up your
mind to break off the match? That was
perfectly proper"
Eyes, that was my object; but she
threatens to sue me for breach of prom
ise."
"Certainly she does, and she'll do it,
too. Has she any love-letters from
your
"That's the hang of it. She TALES
up 1885,"
"And do they breathe your love?''
Il should say they did; but l think
I've got her tight. All them letters are
written on wrapping-paper and with
pencil, and I've come to ask you if such
writing as that will stand law?''
"Of course it will. If you had writ
ten with slate and pencil she could hold
YOU"
"Great hockey! but is that sop
"Itis."
"And she's got me fast?''
"She has,"
"Well, that settles that, and I sup
pose I'll have to give in and marry
her?"
Unless" ..-
"Unless whatp'
"You can buy her of"
"Egad! that's it--that's the idea, and
you have saved my life! Buy her off
why didn't think of it before? Say,
where's the Dollar Store? I'll walk in
on her with set of jewelry, q flirta-
ton fan, card case and two bracelets.
and she'll give me quit-claim deed and
throw in all the poetry l ever sent her
to bootP" -DetroM Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-04

Recipe for grating wax: nepound
beef or mutton tallow; two pounds bees
wax; four pounds rosin. all clean and
pure as may be (use this proportion for
q larger or smaller batch. Put into a
kettle, heat and stir till thoroughly
melted; then pour into cold water.
Grease the hands with lard or other
soft grease, and work and pull the wax
until it is smooth and of uniform color
and consistency. This makes a wax
that will not run in hot weather or crack
in cold, and can be used in a cool day,
by keeping two balls Of it in q dish Of
tepid water, using from one and letting
the other remain in the water alternate
Gardener. in N. Y Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-04
The Fly-A Bald. Headed Mans Expe.
ricnCeS.

Much has been said of the fly of the
period but few write about him who are
bald-headed.
Hence we say word. 1t is of no use
any more to deny the horrible truth.
Although as beautiful as q peri in other
ways, our tresses on top have sue
cumbed to the inclemency of the
weather, and our massive brow is slow
ly creeping over toward the back of our
neck. Nature makes all things even.
If man be possessed of such ravishing
beauty and such winning ways that his
power might become dangerous, she
makes him bald-headed.
That is our Tx.
When we have our hat on ard go
chasseing down the street with that
camel glide of ours, every one asks who
that noble looking Apollo with the deep
and melancholy eve is; but when we
are at the Office with our hat hung up
on the French walnut side board. and
the sun comes softly in through the
rosewood shutters and lights up the
shellac polish on our Intellectual dome,
we are not 80 pretty.
Then it is that the fly, with gentle
tread and seductive song. comes and
prospects around on our bump of self.
esteem, and tickles us and makes us
mad.
When we get where forbearan CO
ceases to be q virtue, we haul of and
slap the place where he was, while he
goes over to tho inkstand and smokers
at us. After he has waded around in
the carmine ink awhile he goes back to
the bump of spirituality and makes
some red marks over it.
Having laid oil his claim under the
new mining law, he proceeds to sink
on it.
If we write anything bitter these
days; if we say aught of our fellow
man that is disagreeable or unjust, and
for which we afterward get licked. it is
because at times we get exasperated
and are not responsible.
1.-THE fly were large and weighed two
hundred pounds, and came in here and
told us that if we didn't take back what
we had said about him he would knock
out the window with our remains and
let us fall hundred feet into the busy
street it wouldn't worry US SO much,
because then VIC could strangle him
with one hand while we wrote column
editorial with the other. We do that
frequently. But little fragile insect,
with NO home and no parents. and only
four or five million brothers and sisters.
gains our confidence and then ttckles
our scalp till we have to write with q
sheet of tar roofing over our head.
If the fly could be removed from our
pathway we would march along in our
journey to the tomb in q way that
would be the envy and admiration Of
the civilized world. As it is, we feel
that we are not making very hand.
some record. Bill Nye's Boomerang.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-04
FACTS And FIGURES.


FLORIDA contributes this year so.-
100000 oranges. TT
q. o. Hansel. of Lancaster. Pa,
has 10000 silk-worms at work.
The average price of prime mutton
in Melbourne through the year Is i've
cents, and of beef six cents. y sf-fsg.-r
Pennsylvania now holds third place
as q tobacco-growing State, having adj
vanced from the twelfth in 1870.
1t was the opinion of the astrono-
mer Kepler that the celestial spaces
were as full OF comets as the sea is of
fishes.
General Bidwell, of San Francisco,
shipped from his ranch $4,000 pounds
of cherries, one tree realizing $50, or
product of 900 pounds.
The deepest we'll in the world is
5000 feet, or more than three-fifths OF 3
mile in depth, and 10 located at Buda
Pesth. Hungary. . 'rs
r. H. Thomas, of Sparta, Ga,
claims to have thrashed out 1, 1928 bush.
els OF oats from twenty-five acres OF
land, and Colonel Reese harvested 1. us
bushels.
Blast-furnace Stag or cinder is
turned to a useful purpose at the
Sclessin Iron Works, near Liege, Bel
gium. After the molten Stag has
escaped from the furnace it is conveyed
Immediately to q stream of cold water.
The effect of this is division of the
Stag into q substance very like coarse
sand. This substance is then raised by
an elevator and deposited in wagons,
which convey it away to places where
it will be applied as an excellent "bal-
lasting for railroads. .t..
The rapid increase in the demand
for alligator leather in Europe makes it
possible that alligator farming may be-
come an important industry in our
Southern swamps. The foreign de-
mand already amounts to many thou
sand hides q year. The tanning Of
alligator hides began about twenty
years ago. At first Louisiana furnished
the skins and New Orleans was the CEN
ter of the traffic. The general slaugh-
ter of alligators soon made them scarce
in that State and now Florida is the
chief source of supply. The tanning is
done here at the North.
| Car wheels are now kept in their
place without being keyed on. In for
mer times they were almost sure to
precipitate an accident; besides, keys
would drop out by the constant jar and
be weakened by the axles and wheel.
Axles are turned to fit the wheel snug
ly, and are driven in place by hydraulic
pressure. Previous to being driven the
axles are covered with thin coat of
white lead and oil, which hardens in a
short time and holds the wheel so firm
~ in place that q pressure of from 100
to 40 tons is required to remove a
broken axle from the wheel in which it
is placed.